The Straits Times, 19 February 1985

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    15 1 Tne Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1985 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 95/1/85
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    Lock icon We'll remove threat: China
    505 1 Beijing will never waver, Hu assures troops at Sino-Vietnamese border BEIJING, Monday COMMUNIST Party chief Hu Yaobang has toured the tense Sino-Viet-namese border to tell frontline troops that China remains determined to remove the Vietnamese "threat" against itself and the peace of Southeast Asia. The Xinhua
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    Lock icon Death Row convict is 93
    111 1 Death Row convict is 93 TOKYO, Mon. Sadamichi Hirasawa, Japan's oldest Death Row convict, who has maintained his innocence behind bars for 37 years, observed his 93rd birthday today amid persistent calls from supporters for his release. Hirasawa has spent a longer time on Death Row than any man in
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    Lock icon 'Open waters'
    43 1 HONGKONG, Mon. China is to allow offshore yacht races from Hongkong into its waters and boats will be able to anchor at Chinese islands, but crews will not be allowed to venture ashore, the South China Morning Post has reported. AFP
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    Lock icon Lorry driver among the dead in 5-vehicle collision
    475 1 A SUDDEN death has cancelled the reunion dinner tonight for the Gobs of Block 12, Commonwealth Drive. The family will be mourning the death of Mr Goh Keng Tng one of seven people killed In two accidents yesterday. Mr Goh, 54. and
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    Lock icon MCA reinstates 14 members
    295 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon THE MCA reinstated 14 expelled leaders as ordinary members today and agreement was reached on the controversial membership list. Court cases filed during the party crisis will also be withdrawn, it was announced. There were happy faces all around when Mr Tan Koon
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    Dhana urges US rethink on arms aid for Khmers
    208 1  -  TAN LIAN CHOO By THE United States presently does not give military assistance to the noncommunist Cambodian resistance but there are grounds for a policy change, Foreign Affairs Minister S. Dhanabalan noted yesterday. "Everybody knows the US is supporting the freedom-fighters
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    40 1 PARIS, Mon. Three Armenian activists go on trial tomorrow for the 1983 bombing at Orly Airpon that left eight people dead and 54 injured in the deadliest terrorist attack in the French capital in 20 vears AFP
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      83 1 LONDON, Won Prime Mlnlfetf-r Margaret Thatcher has agreed to meet leader* of briuin labour union movement tomorrow at lfi Downing Street to talk about th< 11 -month-old coal strike shortlv before she leave* (or Washington, her of flee announced. Mrs Thatcher had until today refused an>
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      395 2 Let there be lights "CHINATOWN has never been so pretty and happy and crowded before. I hope they will keep it this way every year," Madam Wong Ah Choy, 69, said from the second-storey window of her home at Trengganu Street. She was enjoying the lights and activities on
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      270 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE decision to lift the curbs on the ownership of non-residential properties for the applicants and owners of HDB/HUDC flats is seen as a positive development even though it raises some questions. The authorities have yet to give a satisfactory reason for restricting the liberalisation
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      65 2 'LONG INSURGENCY' FORECAST THE communist rebels in the Philippines have slim chances of taking over the country without massive foreign support. The insurgency will be a long-festering problem that may find temporary relief in the battlefield with the change of government. This is the assessment of two surviving leaders
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      152 2 FREEZE ON NEW LISTING. ISSUE OF SHARES IN KL MALAYSIAN Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin has announced an immediate freeze on the new listing and issue of company shares on the Kuaia Lumpur stock exchange. He said there should be no more new listing and new issue of shares until
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      287 2 From late to great FOR regulars Hashim Hosni and David Lee. the soccer game they almost missed turned out to be the match in which they were the star performers The bus carrying the* Singapore soccer squad almost left on Saturday morning for the Malaysia Cup tie against Pahang
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      580 2 Rites of spring SIX MILLION Chinese couples are forced to live apart because of their jobs, causing not only heartache but also a drain on Beijing's finances, a Chinese Labour Ministry official has said. Mr Zhang Bingnan was quoted yesterday by the English Language weekly Beijing Review
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      Around Asean...and Across the Causeway
      230 2 Around Asean...and Across the Causeway "Hardship the result' MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said in Sabah on Saturday that the country could not afford to have a state government ruled by a political party in opposition to the federal government. Differences and misunderstandings between the federal and
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      467 2 TV update Channel 3 5.35 Camp Wilderness Reservation 6.10 Camera on the Move Antarctica 6.40 Kegiatan Belia: Youth Activities 7.15 Bimbingan Ugama: Religious Guidance 7.29 Azan Maghrib: Prayer Call 7.35 WKRP in Cincinnati Dear Liar: Bailey gets her first crack at field reporting. 8.28 Programme Summary 8.35 Azan
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      140 2 Christian zeal AMERICAN Dr Wendell Friest did not take his religion seriously until he met a group of enthusiastic Chinese Christians in Taiwan. Since then, he has decided to specialise in pastoral counselling and, having learnt Mandarin, has been doing such work there. Here to give a series
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      Lock icon Taiwan govt takes over loan company
      224 3 Taiwan govt takes over loan company TAIPEI. Mon. The government, alleging illegal loans, took over one of Taiwan's largest savings and loan institutions today after a run by depositors that officials described as Taiwan's worst financial crisis Vice-Finance Minister Lee Hong-au said the government-run Co-opera-;ive Bank of Taiwan took over
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      Lock icon Spread of cane toads worries Australia
      305 3 Spread of cane toads worries Australia SYDNEY, Mon. The cane toad, brought here half a century ago, likes its new home so much It has spread by the millions and now seems set to conquer a large chunk of this huge continent. The toad, originally from South and Central America,
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan students skip class
      78 3 Sri Lankan students skip class COLOMBO, Mon. Thousands of Sri Lankan students boycotted classes here today to stage noisy demonstrations against new rules governing universities. Riot police stood by but no clashes were reported as students shouted slogans and carried placards calling for withdrawal of university amendments. The amendments include
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      Lock icon Chun reshuffles his Cabinet
      377 3 Lho made new PM and 13 others replaced SEOUL, Monday SOUTH Korean President Chun Doo-Hwan reshuffled his Cabinet today, appointing Mr Lho Shin-Yong as his new Prime Minister. Mr Lho, head of the Agency for National Security Planning and a former Foreign Minister, replaced the ailing
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        Lock icon Four more arrested
        112 3 FOUR MORE leaders of Pakistan's main opposition coalition were put under house arrest yesterday, leaving virtually all of the opposition leaders in prison a week before the first national elections in eight years. The four are Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, acting head of the Pakistan People's Party; Khwaja
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        Lock icon New Soviet envoy
        47 3 ASIAN AFFAIRS specialist Yuri Razdukhov has been named the next Soviet ambassador to the Cambodian capital of Pnnom Penh, Tass news agency said in Moscow yesterday. Mr Razdukhov will replace Mr Oleg Bostorin who has held the Dost since Mav 1979, Tass said. AFP
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        Lock icon Finder's no keepers
        69 3 CHINESE OFFICIAL Gao Yushan (above), who heads a Beijing government programme to return confiscated objects of art to their rightful owners, examines an antique ivory image. This piece was among 30,000 items taken from Beijing by rampaging Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution in the *****. Mr
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        Lock icon Chernenko's book
        73 3 THE SOVIET Communist Party daily Pravda yesterday published a review of a new book by President Konstantin Chernenko, 73, who has not appeared in public since Dec 27, and is acknowledged to be ill. The review of the book, a collection of Mr Chernenko's speeches and articles since
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      Lock icon Six million heartache couples
      221 3 Six million heartache couples BEIJING, Monday SIX million Chinese couples are forced to live apart because of their jobs, causing not only heartache but also a drain on the state's finances, a Labour Ministry official has said. Mr Zhang Bingnan was quoted today by the English-Language weekly Beijing Review as
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      Lock icon Sikh priests ask to be allowed to carry guns
      157 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. India's five Sikh high priests have asked the government for permission for themselves and their staff to carry guns, the Press Trust of India said yesterday. The priests had rejected government offers of security and wanted their own
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      Lock icon The first Aids death in HK
      56 3 HONGKONG, Mon. The disease Aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) claimed its first victim in Hongkong yesterday with the death of a 46-year-old sailor, officials said. The sailor, who returned here last year after living in the United States for several years, was admitted to
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      29 3 RANGOON, Mon. President San Yu of Burma has summoned the People's Congress to meet for its Budget session next month, the Burmese Broadcasting Service announced today. AFP
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      Lock icon End of the coal strike 'in sight'
      345 4 End of the coal strike 'in sight' TUC wants meeting with Thatcher LONDON, Monday LEADERS of Britain's labour movement have asked for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, declaring that peace in the 11-month-old coal strike is within grasp. They made the request by telephone late last night,
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      Lock icon Thatcher hates jibes about husband
      148 4 Thatcher hates jibes about husband LONDON, Mon. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher says she bitterly regrets seeing the media poke tun at her husband Denis, because "he has been absolutely marvelous." Interviewed yesterday on CBS Television, Mrs Thatcher was asked how she felt about Jokes made in British newspapers at her
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      49 4 ATHENS, Mon. Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou has been forced to postpone his China visit from March 3 to March 8 in order to prepare for vital discussions on agriculture with European Com-' munity (EC) partners at the end of that month, it was announced here. AFP
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      Lock icon Walesa plans counter-attack
      374 4 Protest against arrest of three union officials GDANSK (Poland), Monday SOLIDARITY founder Lech Walesa yesterday said he would launch a counter-offensive against the government following the arrest of three associates and a prosecutor's warning that he halt political activity. "I am embarking on a counter-offensive," Mr Walesa
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      Lock icon Boy saved from freezing flat dies
      130 4 LONDON, Mon. A 13--vear-old boy has died in hospital two days after being rescued from a freezing London apartment where his mother and sister lay dead in Britain's current spell of icy weather. Michael Smith, whose feeble tapping on the walls of the housing
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      Mitterrand drops special adviser
      117 4 Mitterrand drops special adviser PARIS, Mon. Former left-wing guerilla tactician Regis Debray lost his post as special adviser to French President Francois Mitterrand yesterday to become a senior official concerned with administrative disputes. A government decree said Mr Debray, 44, had been appointed a rapporteur to the Council of State,
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      Lock icon Moscow fires kill 300
      77 4 MOSCOW, Mon. At least 300 people died in fires in Moscow last year and the rate this year is running at more than one fire death a day, a Soviet newspaper reported yesterday Leninskoye Znamye. blaming carelessness and negligence for the fires, said there were 300
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      Lock icon Prison officer shot dead by IRA assassins
      184 4 Prison officer shot dead by IRA assassins ARMAGH (Northern Ireland). Mon. Two Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassins shot dead a senior prison officer in front of his children yesterday as he left a Roman Catholic church after attending mass. i Hundreds of worshipapers were pouring down the steps of St
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      Lock icon Plan to kill Craxi uncovered by police
      97 4 MILAN. Mon. Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi said yesterday that West German police have uncovered what appears to be a plan by Marxist terrorists to assassinate him. A file on Mr Craxi was discovered in a hideout used by West German terrorists, the
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      75 4 WASHINGTON, Mon. Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele apparently sent Christmas cards from Portugal to friends in Paraguay as recently as 1980 and can travel in and out of Paraguay with ease, a senator said yesterday. New York Senator Alfonse D'amato said on an ABC television programme that
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      Lock icon Reagan 'made no-Salt deal'
      422 5 Soviets built 500 more missiles, says columnist WASHINGTON, Monday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan, in a "backroom deal", informed the Soviet Union in September 1981 that he would not seek ratification of the Salt II treaty, a reputed Washington columnist reported yesterday. As a result, columnist Jack Anderson
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      Lock icon 'Satellites that can evade attack on the way'
      213 5 WASHINGTON. Mon. The Pentagon is developing a new generation of deep-space spy satellites capable of evading Soviet attack, the Washington Post reported today. The navigation, communications and spy satellites would be aided by a nearly completed network of ground stations that would
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      Lock icon Greece's objection
      65 5 NEW YORK. Mon. Greece's opposition to deploying new IS missiles in Europe applies also to Soviet SS-20 missiles. Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou said in an interview published in the current issue of Time magazine. •We take the view that any measures. American or Soviet, that may lead
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      Lock icon Senator and spacemen rehearse for liftoff
      147 5 CAPE CANAVERAL. Mon. Senator Jake Garn joined five Nasa astronauts and a French pilot yesterday for the final two hours of practice procedures aboard the space shuttle Challenger they will fly in two weeks. The seven ran through launch procedures and checked all spacecraft
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      Lock icon Mystery disease kills 14
      301 5 SAO PAULO, Monday SCIENTISTS are trying to unravel the mystery of a strange, unknown disease that nas so far claimed the lives of 14 children. •'We don't have the slightest idea what is causing the disease. Only God knows when we will discover a cure and
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      Lock icon 35 m in US without health insurance
      129 5 35 m in US without health insurance WASHINGTON, Mon. A new study by the Census Bureau says that 15 per cent of all Americans, 35 million people, lack any kind of health insurance. The study, based on 1983 data, says 75 per cent of the population has private health insurance
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      Lock icon Deaths linked to smoking
      70 5 NEW YORK, Mon. The number of smoking-related deaths has doubled in the past 20 years and now accounts for 500.000 each year, an epidemiologist said. "The way it is going, there's not much basis for optimism in terms of any rapid decline in mortality until we
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      129 5 Rio lights up for the carnival A I'KTI RK of full Raietj as colour! ull> -clad revellers ushered in the famed annual Ri«i arnhal at the Sugar Iyoat Ball in Rio d«- Janerio on Friday But the frenzied six-day carnival also has a tinge of sadness tor 2a people have
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      Lock icon Lebanese start revenge killings
      518 6 50 dead believed to be Israeli collaborators, says Newsweek NEW YORK, Mon. The Lebanese resistance has murdered about 50 people believed to have collaborated with the Israelis, in a bloody settling of scores begun in the first phase of the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the
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      121 6 'Iran won't conquer Iraq' BEIRUT, Mon. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein vowed Iran will not conquer his country, the Iraqi News Agency, Ina, reported yesterday. In TEHERAN, Iranian Information Minister Mohammed Reyshahri said security officials foiled two bids by dissidents to hijack aircraft during ceremonies marking the sixth anniversary of Iran's
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      189 6 WASHINGTON, Monday SAUDI Arabia, West Germany and Britain have joined the United States in delaying economic aid to Sudan in an effort to press President Jaafar Numeiry into overhauling his country's economy, American officials said yesterday. One State Department official said
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      111 6 Two killed as police fire into Black mob JOHANNESBURG, Mon. Two Black women died after security guards shot into a crowd attacking a local Black councillor's house in the township of Khatlehong, east of here yesterday, police said. Two houses and a car were set alight and a policeman's house
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      Lock icon Police fire teargas to stop clashes
      116 6 HARARE. Mon. Police fired teargas yesterday in the town of Kwe Kwe to halt violent clashes between sapporters of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Mr Joshua Nkomo. No one was hurt, a spokesman said. Police cancelled a rally planned by Mr Nkomo
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      Lock icon Israel expels former Palestinian guerilla chief
      294 6 TEL AVIV, Monday ISRAEL has expelled a former Palestine guerilla leader to Lebanon, ending a five-year moratorium on deportation of Arabs from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, officials said today. A Defence Ministry spokesman said Abdel Aziz She'een engaged in "vigorous activities of
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      304 6 Ali gives up hope of finding kidnap group BEIRUT, Mon. Former world boxing champion Muhammad AH has given up hope of finding the captors of four Americans and a Saudi Arabian, but says he will remain in Beirut until tommorow to try to win theii release. Mr Ali, 43, visited
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      58 6 LONTX)N. Mon. Libya and Sudan arf conducting secret talks on ending their support for each other's rebels, the weekl\ Observer reported yesterday The newspaper said the talks had alarmed Egypt and the United States because a Libya-Sudan rapprochement "would dramatically change the balance of power
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  • AROUND ASEAN...and Across The Causeway
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      Lock icon Mahathir stresses cooperation
      248 7 Mahathir stresses cooperation Country cannot afford opposition rule in states BUKIT GARAM (Sabah). Mon. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday the country cannot afford to have a state government ruled by a political party that is in opposition to the federal government. Differences and misunderstandings between
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      Lock icon Differences emerge over path to peace
      247 7 JAKARTA. Mon. The second Vietnam-Indonesia non-governmental conference began here today on a bright note with "both sides pledging to work for peace and prosperity in the region. However, differences emerged on how to go about achieving this goal. While Indonesia said that war was
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      Lock icon Khmer refugee killed by Thai troops
      185 7 Khmer refugee killed by Thai troops BANGKOK, Mon. Thai soldiers searching for illegal Cambodian refugees in a camp at Khao-1-Dong yesterday fatally shot a refugee who tried to flee and wounded at least one other, eyewitnesses reportedly said. Refugees said they saw Thai troops shot dead one refugee and wounded
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      Indonesians seek refuge in Noumea
      234 7 JAKARTA. Mon. Indonesians are among the victims of violence spearheaded by the Kanak freedom movement in New Caledonia. The Jakarta Post reported on Friday. The Indonesian Community and Descendants Union (PMIK) Chairman, Mrs Soukiban Siban, and New Caledonia Chief Authority Dick Ukeiwe said that 83
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      Lock icon Arson probe finds cut wires
      180 7 MANILA. Mon. Arson investigators have found severed telephone and power lines on two floors of a luxury Manila hotel where 25 people were killed by fire last week, a senior police officer said today. Col Levi Macasiano said constabulary crime laboratory experts, who were sifting
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      Jakarta VIP in Brunei
      67 7  -  HAN LING BANDAR SERI BEG A WAN, Mon. Indonesia's Health Minister, Dr Suwardjono Surjaningrat, began a threeday visit to Brunei today. Dr Suwardjono is holding talks with Brunei Education and Health Minister, Pehin Dato Haii Abdul Aziz. He will tour the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha
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      Lock icon 180 couples tie the knot in mass wedding
      115 7 MANILA, Mon. One-hundred-and-eighty couKles, most of them livei partners for several years and parents many times over, were married at the weekend at ceremonies attended by a Roman Catholic bishop and government officials. Oldest among them was Mr Carlos Marquez, 71, and
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      Lock icon Screw from home-made firecracker kills boy
      147 7 Screw from home-made firecracker kills boy KUALA KANGSAR, Mon. A 10-year-old boy died in the Ipoh General Hospital on Friday 28 '2 hours after a screw from a home-made firecracker lodged in his skull. Police said Zulkifli Mansor bin Abdullah and his friends had used motor-cycle spark plugs filled with
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      Lock icon Bank Bumi, BMF drop action against 12 firms
      261 7 Bank Bumi, BMF drop action against 12 firms KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The High Court today granted an application by Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad (BBMB) and Bumiputra Malaysia Finance Limited (BMF) to dissolve an injunction against 12 companies because former BMF chairman Lorrain Esme Osman does not have any interest in
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      Police step up fight against festive crime
      408 8  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE By AN ON-GOING islandwide police operation has been stepped up to combat crime during the Lunar New Year season. And 114 housebreaking and robbery suspects have been roundea up since the police action began during the Christmas season. A police
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      Holiday treats
      32 8 DRAGON and lion dances, pugilistics and a cultural show will be some of the items that Lunar New Year visitors to the Chinese Gardens can enjoy on Wednesday and Thursday.
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      New Year delays repairs to ceiling of ex-MP's flat
      234 8  - New Year delays repairs to ceiling of ex-MP's flat JEEVARAJAH YASOTHA By REPAIRS to prevent more pieces of the ceiling from falling at a former MP's flat in Haig Road will have to take second place to the Lunar New Year. There are just no workers available for the repair
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      Lock icon Chinatown...so pretty and happy
      545 8  - Chinatown... so pretty and happy GOH SUI NOI Stories: Picture: SIMON KER AFTER dinner each evening, Madam Wong Ah Choy, 69, is at the second-storey window of her home at Trengganu Street, enjoying the lights and activities on the streets below. "Chinatown has never been so pretty and happy and
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      Reunion dinner: Your place or mine?
      424 8 Traditional once-a-year meal no longer the straight-forward affair it used to be REUNION dinners for Chinese families used to mean having the whole clan, which usually spans three generations, sitting down for a meal on Lunar New Year's Eve at the patriach's home. It
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      $260,000 award for land upheld
      164 8 $260,000 award for land upheld THE Land Acquisition Appeals Board yesterday upheld a $260,000 award given by the. Housing Board to an uncle and his nephew for acquiring their 4,022-sq metre piece of land in 1981. Mr Quek Khiok Meng said yesterday that he and his uncle. Mr Quek Keng
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      Tender call for airport theatrette
      78 8 TENDERS are being called for the conversion of pan of Changi Airport's transit cafetaria and lounge into a 76-seat theatrette. When completed, in June, the threatrette will screen The Singapore Experience to transiting air travellers. Passengers will be able to preview the show from outside
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      Woman and two children killed 'after rent row'
      507 9  -  BEN DAVIDSON But motive was robbery, says DPP By A HOUSEWIFE and her two young children were stabbed tc death a few days after her sub-tenant was told to leave following a row over the payment of rent, the High Court heard
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      SSO will leave for Europe on Thursday
      183 9 SSO will leave for Europe on Thursday THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra will leave on Thursday for a 15-day, 11-concert tour of Scandinavia, Its first trip outside South-east Asia. The 75-member orchestra will perform in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo and seven other cities in addition to its appearance at the Offshore Goteborg
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      Charge is withdrawn
      37 9 A FALSE declaration charge against journalist Pfrdval Nihal Seneviratne. 44. was withdrawn by the prosecution yesterday. Mr Seneviratne was a<-quit-ted of the offence allegedly committed at the Registiy of Marriages on June 9. 1983.
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      Air traffic controllers to be licensed
      356 9  - Air traffic controllers to be licensed ANNA LEE By THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore is planning to license civilian air traffic controllers soon. With licensing, regular medical check-ups will also be introduced. A CAAS official said that this was part of the on-going process to raise the professional standard
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      Man knifed in ship row
      79 9 A TAIWANESE fisherman, Ju Jin Shing, 31, was fatally stabbed in the neck minutes after a dispute on a fishing vessel yesterday. Marine Police have arrested a fellow fisherman from the Taiwanese registered fishing vessel, Chien Huei. The ship was anchored at the Eastern Anchorage,
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      Forget the flowers and donate to Chest, guests told
      251 9 Forget the flowers and donate to Chest, guests told WHERR have all the flowers gone? Guests attending a reception in conjunction with the official opening of the Singapore Petrochemical Complex at Puiau Aver Merbau in March may ask this question when the> notice the absence of floral bouquets which so
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      Two women fined
      49 9 TWO women were fined a total of $2,400 yesterday for announcing horse-race results at a house at Jalan Tahar on Saturday. Poon Moey Seh, 24, who had a previous conviction, was fined $1,600 while Ang Beng Choo, 17, was fined $800. Both unemployed women pleaded guilty.
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      HDB seeks talks on town council
      311 11  -  MATHEW YAP By HOI SING Board officials want an early meeting with Ang Mo Klo MPs to discuss plans for the town council. The meeting was llkel> to be held within two weeks, an HDB official said yesterday. And as the idea for the
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      Computers read to the blind
      371 11  - Computers read to the blind STELLA DANKER Firm donates two to association By THE blind can gain access to more books, learn to use computers and so be able to handle more jobs, thanks to two new '"talking" computers donated to the Singapore Association for the Blind. At the touch
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      Man dies after visit to see grandchildren
      317 11  -  DANIEUL MUDALI The Chidambaram fire By IT WAS a grandfather's surprise visit to see his grandchildren in Singapore that eventually led to his death on board the Indian passenger liner Chidambaram. Former security guard S. Subramaniam, 56, missed his grandson and granddaughter. His
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      Discord mars SCCCI election
      181 11 THE election of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry officials was postponed vesterday because of disagreement among some clans. The issue was the reelection of a vice-presi-dent to the new 43rd council. The clans would have to resolve the matter in private before another meeting
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      HDB on why only part of property rule was changed
      417 11  - HDB on why only part of property rule was changed ILENE ALESHIRE By PEOPLE who bought HDB flats when they were poor but who have since prospered should not be penalised. A Housing Board spokesman said that was one reason for lifting the restriction on HDB flatowners investing in private
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      Early morning speedster fined and banned
      84 11 A COBBLER who raced with three other motor cyclists at 2 a m was fined $700 yesterday and banned from riding for two years. Yap Choon Meng, 23, raced the others along North Bridge Road to- wards South Bridge Road on July 24, 1983.
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      Raja to address world leaders, educators
      198 13 Raja to address world leaders, educators MR S. RAJARATNAM. the Senior Minister i Prime Ministers Office), has accepted an invitation to speak at the opening ceremony of a conference of world leaders and educators later this year in the Austrian Alps. Dr Otto Molden. President of the Austrian College, Austria's
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      PSA $½ m childcare centre opens mid-year
      152 13 PSA m childcare centre opens mid-year THE Port of Singapore Authority's first chOdcare centre, which costs about $500,000, is expected to be opened in the middle of the year. Tenders have been called to construct the centre whi^h will be an extension of the premises of the Port Authority Recreation
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      Ties off as firm braces itself for hard times
      212 13 FOR executives at a Robinson Road advertising agency, yesterday's workday started with a walk to a window of their 18th-storey office. With shirt-sleeves rolled np and a ringing cry, the flve executives in their City House office threw their neckties to
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      SBC singers to go abroad for training
      406 13  -  LEONG WENG KAM By THE Singapore Broadcasting Corporation will send its singers overseas for further training to raise their standards and professionalism. Those selected are likely to be outstanding performers who have completed SBC's year-long basic singIng course. During their stints abroad, which
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      Police take stallholders unawares
      217 13  - Police take stallholders unawares MATILDA GABRIEL Raid on fair nets record 2,600 suspected pirated tapes B> POLICE seized 2,634 suspected pirated cassette tapes in a swoop on Chinatown shops on Thursday evening. The seizure is believed to be the biggest from a single raid of music shops since retailers became
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      Wandering reservist gets six months' jail
      139 13 Wandering reservist gets six months' jail A RESERVIST who went overseas for more than six months without an exit permit was sentenced to six months' jail yesterday. Satwant Singh, 33, admitted remaining in Thailand and India for nearly three years from Jan 4, 1982, while subject to the Enlistment Act.
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      Director cleared of 4 charges
      112 13 A DIRECTOR of Anika Publications (S) Pte Ltd, Hussein bin Jahidin, was yesterday cleared of four charges in relation to the Companies Act. The Registrar of Companies' prosecutor applied to have the charges withdrawn and Mr Hussein was given a discharge amounting to an acquittal
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      1009 9 Metro gives away the far horizon gardens apartment Watch the "Metro Show" tonight on Channel 5 7 .50 Mte^^^^ali^lWiZß iiiiT aiFSw in pm see y° u ve won tne luxur>- apartment valued g^^£^^^^^m!Sm^X^^^^/tj^^^o at $V 4 million in the "Metro Shoppers Contest." If you don't win the apartment, there's still
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      A road by any other name's still a street
      571 10 HAVE you ever visited the shopping complex near Char Chun Tau, which is opposite Ong Keh Sua Kah? You probably have, although those names don't sound familiar at all. For the uninitiated, char chun tau is Hokkien for the bow of
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      Looking after children is a joy for Irene Teo
      318 10  - Looking after children is a joy for Irene Teo LIM KWAN KWAN Telok Blangah B> LOOKING after 12 children is not an easy chore, but for Miss Irene Teo, 23, it is a breeze and a joy. "Baby-sitting" is all in a day's work for Miss Teo and her three
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      Pine Grove RC wants ministry to rethink plan for its car park
      346 10 Pasir Panjang THE RC of Pine Grove HUDC estate at Ulu Pandan Road has appealed again to the Ministry of National Development to rethink its plan to open the estate's car park for public use. The chairman of
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      Why no women's group — Dr Wong
      394 10  - Why no women's group Dr Wong GOH SUI NOI Changkat By CHANGKAT is only one of three constituencies that have women MPs, yet it does not have a women's sub-committee in its community centre. Its MP, Dr Aline Wong. is in no hurry to set up one either. The women's
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      26 12 BEN FOODS (S) PTE LTD wishes all their customers and friends a Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year. /?>K BEN FOODS (S) PTE LTD \bur(rtiarantee()fQualitYZlUA^^^SßS^ e0512
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      250 13 The ideal gift this Lunar New Year. A Mm I Everyone's talking about it. Nobody wants to miss it. The Silk Road series Singapore's unique chance to see what I for many of us is our heritage coming alive, i What better hong bao than the magnificent three volume I
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    The Straits Times says New HDB rules: Some questions
    482 14 The Straits Times says New HDB rules: Some questions THE lifting of the restrictions on ownership of commercial and industrial properties for owners and applicants of public housing flats raises a number of pertinent questions. The most obvious is why residential property should be excluded from the liberalisation. The explanation
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    The long peace is blamed for rot in US alliances
    1081 14  -  DREW MIDDLETON By ALLIANCES can and do stand the hard pounding of war. But as events ol the past two weeks have shown, they are susceptible to more insidious pressures. The Anzus (Australia. New Zealand. United States) alliance that has
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    CPF issue far from resolved
    777 14  - CPF issue far from resolved IVAN LIM COMMENT Bv Labour Correspondent MR Ong Teng Cheong has spoken his mind. The CPF Board has responded. But the issue is still dangling in the air with workers and unions not entirely satisfied. This is the state of play in the CPF-NTUC exchange
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    Sikh drift to Punjab tends towards a vicious circle
    587 14  -  SURINDER SINGH By of The Straits Times Foreign Desk 6 While the state government fears the huge influx of refugees and the continuing flow may have an adverse effect on the state's economy, what it fears more is the effect the
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      TV news has to play a vital national role
      728 15 IN reply to my letter •"SBC, do not give us plain news' (ST. Jan 29). the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation has stated that "SBC news (is) primarily to inform". (ST. Feb 4). I would have allowed the issue to pass had SBC
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      Highrise sick and foldable wheelchairs
      137 15 Highrise sick and foldable wheelchairs A RECENT incident has convinced me that the authorities should consider including a foldable wheelchair in ambulances to cater to the needs of very sick patients. The present system of transporting very sick patients from highrise flats to ambulances and then to hospital is very
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      Don't raise fares, put more taxis on the roads
      229 15 Don't raise fares, put more taxis on the roads I REFER to your report "Taxi fares to be raised soon". (ST. Feb 12). Once again a shortage is being solved with an increase in prices Isn't it possible to simply introduce more taxis on the roads? While the taxi fares
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        Composite 'A' level course cheaper
        117 15 Composite 'A' level course cheaper I REFER to the letter "Private school stuaents pay too much" from "Honestly Poor". (ST, Feb 4). Private schools offer tuition in subjects leading to the GCE -A 1 lev-»l examinations on the basis of single subjects or as a composite course (consist ing of
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        Silk Road to be shown in Mandarin too
        98 15 Silk Road to be shown in Mandarin too I REFER to the letter "More on silk and clearer dialogue needed" from Ms Teo Kim Gek on the "Silk Road". (ST, Jan 31). As the version that is currently being telecast is English, the English narration was given more emphasis. The
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        Reasonable flexibility in ice-cream parlour
        64 15 PLEASE refer to the letter, "Trip to ice-cream parlour turns sour" by Mr H.T. Tan (ST. Feb 9), about the airport icecream parlour. We have discussed the complaint with the opera- tor of the ice-cream parlour and it was agreed that there will be reasonable
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      Proposed rise in creche fees is puzzling
      552 15 IN view of the government's policy of encouraging married women to continue working, the latest round of proposed increases in childcare fees in government-sponsored creches is puzzling. Even more mystifying is the method of using the combined salaries of the couple instead of
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      Lock icon Anything but rosy
      1212 16  -  ABBY TAN Former Philippine communist leaders assess future of insurgency By Manila Reporter 4 Both Huk leaders do not blame President Marcos per se for the country's ills. Instead, they consider him a prisoner of the system a feudal structure compounded by what they perceive as American
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      Lock icon A case of US versus them
      652 16  -  ELAINE SCIOLINO Kirkpatrick denies loss of support in the UN By UNITED NATIONS The departing American delegate to the UN, Mrs Jeane Kirkpatrick, is preparing a report to Congress on the 1984 session. The material the report will be based on includes statistics indicating
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      173 16 Work goes better because you and the Sharp Z-60 are such as on business cards, right on the edges of the a great team. Advanced mechatronics technology keeps you in copy. Its interchangeable developer units provide B5 f*f\ direct touch with this easy-to-operate, simple-to-maintain beautiful copies in black, red, blue
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      In the market
      208 17 PRICES firmed across the board with impetus provided mainly by the good showing in the Hongkong market and activity in Kentucky FYfed Chicken. RFC, the day's most active stock, saw an unexplained price climb of 88 cents to $3 44 with mnrp than one million shares changing
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      Singapore barometer
      34 17 Singapore barometer Up Down Unch Industrials 79 3 16 Finance 3 Hotels 5 I 1 Properties 6 1 4 Plantations 6 I Mining 0 I DeO Loans 3 0 4 Total 106 19 30
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        Rises
        79 17 Kentucky Spore 344 +88 Mapim Corpn 328 14 M Bantinf 600 10 Gtn_tp 545 10 Cok) Store lOp 268 -10 Sim Lin 231 +10 StaWt- 258 +9 SfMM Corpn 140 +9 Tasok Cement 452 +8 FimaMßei 358 -8 UIC 199 +8 JuronfEnfsoc 182 +8 Sport Land 287 7 Cora
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        Falls
        81 17 H Leoni CrtdH 480 -60 DBS 585 -5 U0 I 250 -5 Kuaia Sidm 205 -5 M CrtdH 182 -5 Ame- 25c 238 -4 Cerebos 50c 218 -3 Pahant Inv 25p 84 -2' 2 OUB 398 -2 Ptrfc Plant 362 -2 H leoni Fin 330 -2 Snanpi-la 228 -2
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        Indices
        70 17 Feb 15 Feb 18 BT Composite 710.68 716 64 BT Indicator *****31 *****81 BT 08/OS 395 276 ST Industrials 804.14 810 90 ST Finance 2369 68 2360 23 ST Hotels ***** ***** ST Properties 477 38 479 77 ST Minings 333 89 333 82 ST Plantations 2437 01 2438
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        Most active
        13 17 Kentucky Sport 1.037,000 Pan-El 475,000 Pohong Inv 366,000 Sim. Darby 360,000
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      KLSE steadier
      89 17 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market finished on a steadier note yesterday for the first time since early last week. The New Straits Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index added 7.22 points to 1281.13. Share prices opened marginally higher and continued to move up- wards on a strong buying support.
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      ST Industrial Index components
      74 17 Bousteadßhd +2 CtC ~2 CCM CoW Storaje 10 Duntap Ind 0 1 Em FtN -5 Gerrbnfs 10 Guinness susp Haw Par 2 InchcapeßM +4 Keppet +4 MTC unch Murti-Purpose +3 .> NBT susp Nat Iron -4 PMC +3 Pan Dec +5 Perls Plant —2 Prinu Promet
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      K.Lumpur barometer
      47 17 K.Lumpur barometer Up Down Unch Industrials 80 14 11 Finance II 1 2 Hotels I 0 1 Properties 9 1 1 Oil palms 4 1 3 Tins 2 4 I Rubber 10 1 5 ERubbers 0 0 0 Deb Loans 0 0 1 Total 117 22 25
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      INDICES — Highs & Lows
      149 17 INDICES Highs Lows $1.54, Pahang Inv lost two cents to 84 cents. Magnum gained 14 cents to $3.28. A dealer explained the rise to the approval to convert part of its plantation into property, thereby increasing its asset backing per share. The losers were mainly from the financial sector, with
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      Stock exchange asks KFC to explain rise in share price
      378 17 KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN shares, which took a beating after its colourful extraordinary general meeting on Jan 18 and fell from $3.60 to $2.34, started to regain lost ground by leaps and bounds late last week. Why 9 asked the Stock
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      New non-executive director in ICI is no typical Japanese
      308 17  -  TERESA OOI By London Reporter Face in the j news MR SHOICHI SABA, better known as Mr Toshiba, does not conform to the Japanese stereotype The boss of Japan's giant Toshiba Corporation is a Presbyterian and serves as a church elder
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      KFC's 88-cent rise spurs activity as prices firmed
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      Lock icon Freeze on new share issues, listings in KL
      613 17 Daim wants securities market to consolidate itself first KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysian Fiznance Minister Daim Zainuddin has announced an immediate freeze on the new listing and issue of company shares on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. He said there should be no
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      Lock icon Frenzied trading HK as Y. K. Pao challenges Khoo
      573 17  -  ROBERT MAYERSON By HONGKONG, Mon. The bull stampede continued on the Hongkong stock exchanges today as investors celebrated the beginning of a fullscale battle for control over Wheelock Marden. The market reacted to the news that shipping magnate Sir Yue-Kong Pao
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        Lock icon China contract
        60 17 LONDON, Mon. Dunlop Holdings PLC said it signed a contract worth over £17 million (about Ss42 million) with China National Chemical Construction Corp and China National Chemicals Import and Export Corp. Dunlop will supply technology and equipment for making radial truck tyres at a plant in Liaoning province,
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        Lock icon IBM's new chip
        56 17 NEW YORK, Mon. International Business Machines Corp said it fabricated an extremely small and fast one-million bit computer memory chip. Initial samples of the new chip have operated as fast as 60 nanoseconds, or bi llionths of a second. The chip is designed to operate up to
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        Lock icon Joint venture
        50 17 HOUSTON, Mon. 3D/ International, a privatelyowned design and project management firm, said it formed a joint venture in Kuala Lumpur with Ra- leigh Cycles (Malaysia) Bhd. The new company, 3D/I (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, will perform planning, design, interior and landscape architecture and other construction-related services, 3D/International said. Reuter
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        Lock icon New phone systems
        62 17 TOKYO, Mon. Fujitsu Ltd won a contract to supply more than 30 digital telephone switching systems to China's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, a company spokesman said. She declined to specify the contract's worth but said it will be more than 10 billion yen (SsB.6 million) and
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        Lock icon Bank cuts prime
        74 17 Bangkok Bank Ltd said it will cut its Singapore dollar prime lending rate 0.25 point to 9.25 per cent, effective today. The bank will also lower most of its fixed deposits rates by 0.25 point. The one-month rate will drop to 5.75 per cent, three months to
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      Banks wind up firms only as last resort: ABS chairman
      330 17 Banks wind up firms only as last resort: ABS chairman BANKS in Singapore, like their counterparts elsewhere, wind up their customers' businesses only as a last resort. They do this after they are convinced that the businesses are not viable, and after they have exhausted other avenues to get their
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      DBS Bank gets Taiwan licence
      86 17 DBS Bank has been granted an offshore banking unit licence by Taiwan's Finance Ministry. The bank, which has had a branch there since August 1983. is the first Asian bank to get this licence. Nine other banks have been given the licence since Taiwan set
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      Business done in Singapore
      2990 18 READERS should be aware ol the limitations of this information Not every transaction nor every price dealt in at the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges, is necessarily covered in "business done Further because all dealings at a particular price are grouped together, the table does
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      Business done in Kuala Lumpur
      2324 18 INDUSTRIALS Acmo 2 OOS A Choc 2 84S* AISB 3 90S' ;SM! 3 86»M 3 88 Alcom I 45S Anton 1 356 38S> ;2) 1 34 API 1 07B> v5 1 06 (9) 1 07 *Sm I 318 1 32S 1 \6) 1 31 (141)
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        SECTION ONE
        1809 18 310 145 Acma 148 +3 5.0 3 148 148 308 103 Alcorn 126 +4 39 5 126 125 312 218 Allied Choc 240 198 109 Amol Steel 50« 1 16xd unch 3 4 55 117 116 275 175 BAT 22c 181 +5 8.2 2 181 181 350 310
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        SECTION TWO
        930 18 M shares quoted have a par value of Si unless otherwise specified 'Adjusted tor scnp rights N Taxeiempted dmdenc ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the pnce quoted n doliars AI S B 201 93 AP I 96+2 23 96 94' 364 244 A|.nomoto
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        RUBBER
        356 19 FOB in bales RAS MRELB (S cents/kio) (M cents/klo) Noon Close Noon Close Int 1 RSS Prompt 1985 ***** 162 50 *****—162 50 Unq Unq Int. 1 RSS Mar 1985 166 50—167 00 166 50 167 50 186.75 187 00 186 75-187 75 Int. 1 RSS April 171.50—***** 1
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        Produce market
        189 19 f?2ia NUtmeg quality 0 71 onc«Jlookc iioFOBNSW 438 00 (sellers) »M 032 LOCOnUI E4W FOB NSW ***** (sellers) Oil Closing prices, 155 00 (sellers i Gambler USJ. tome fOB OW drum FOB 168 00 (sellers) FOB NSW 330 00 (sellers) BANGKOK Ne s umFoB /wad** J**-^ ?60 CoDra
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        KL Tin
        52 19 i THE Kuala Lumpur Tin Market's price yesterday held at the International Tin Agreement's floor level of M529.15 per kg as the buffer stock manager remained active. Total volume of tin delivered increased to 213 tonnes from 112 on Friday j and included 40 to 50 per cent
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        Copper
        21 19 Closing prices Copper ,onn Mon Spot Unav— Unav (1295.50—1296 00) 3 months Unav— Unav (*****0-1322 00) Market tone Sales: tonnes
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        27 19 Closing prices Silver Uss/troy oz Mon Fri Singapore 5.30—6 35 6 77-6.32 Fri Thus I New Vork 6 76-6 31 6 71-6.26 Source Credit Suisse. S'pore
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        108 19 Closing prices Aluminium £/t«me Mon Spot Unav— Unav (1008.00— 1009.00) 3 months Unav— Unav (1045 00 1045.50) Market tone: Sales: tonnes Ctainf prices HKS/60 kiio ba( Soyabean Feb ***** Mar 122.20 Apr ***** May 124 00 Jun 124 60 Ju! 125.00 Ctain( prices yen/60 Mo bag Red beans Feb
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        28 19 GOLD US*/oz Mon Fri Singapore 305 80 306.30 304.50—305.00 Sat Fri Hongkong 305.00—305.50 304.70—305.10 Fri Thurs New York' Unav 303.10 303 60 London 304.00—304.50 304.00 304.50
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        112 19 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed slightly higher yesterday in quiet trading, with sentiment aided by Friday's firm Chicago soyabean futures. PALM Closing prices Crude MS/tonne palm oi Feb 1205 (south) Mar 1195 (south) Refined palm oi USJ/tonnes RBD palm Mar 560 (sellers) Apr 555 (sellers) May 550
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        123 19 LONDON, Mon. Gold bullion was fixed at U*****.95 or £276.223 an ounce, compared with an opening of U*****.00/ 50 and Friday's close of $304.00/50. In post-fix trading, the metal was quoted at U*****.85/305.35. It opened around US$3O6, but soon ran into profit-taking and selling prompted by the dollars recovery
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      380 19 HONGKONG, Mon. Share prices today closed with pared gains as small investors squared positions ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays starting on Wednesday. A counter-bid for all Wheelock Marden shares by HK Wharf on Saturday triggered active speculative buying in snares linked to the takeover target, helping
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      324 19 Feb 18 HM Crunje j Associated Hotels 0 45S unch 1 Bonk Ot East Asw 24 60 -0 2 Cheung Kong 14 00 •0 I Cfwio Liqnt 14 80 -0 1 Cross Harb Tunnel 1 0 00 unch F E Consortium 0 385 +0.015 For East Exch Ph4»x 0
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      326 19 fee 11 Ten Chanfe Mitsubishi 520 +4 Mirsui Co 330 +4 A^nomoto 1090 unch Mitsui Shipbldg 160 unch ,l<c 476 Mitsui Smelting 417 -83 Amoda n9O unch Mitsukoshi 432 +6 Asah. vhem 660 15 Mifsumi 1220 +60 A soh. Glass 880 unch Murata Mtg 3160 -10 Sonh Tk 650+1
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      321 19 Feb 18 Cents Change IC I 202 +2 (Aust) Leighton 182 unch Lend Lease 580 +4 AC I 198 +2 Magellon Pet Aust 235 unch A N I 262 +4 Mayne Nickless 330 +5 APM 253 -2 Metols Explor Aberfoyle 890 +10 NL 48 Age 260 unch Mideost 18
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      686 19 WASHINGTON, Mon. Although wary of making specific forecasts, most government and {jrivate analysts here beieve the dollar will remain strong despite record US trade deficits that should ordinarily mean a weaker currency. But they warn that the American economy could be jeopardised at
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      240 19 THE Singapore dollar opened strongly at 2.2250, but ended much lower at 2.2355/85. It was widely traded between 2.2170 and 2.2390. The greenback opened much weaker against most major currencies from New York levels on Friday. Against the Deutschemark, it ended at 3.2532/42, compared with its opening of 3.2490/05.
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      197 19 Manager*' prices for Arbuthnot Securities Asia >*■ e putra Feb 19 Sp™ Growth Fur* I NM-UIM Eleventh IB putra 0 98-1 <b Singapore Unit Trust 102 108 The commce 222-236 OUB-Montaeu income Bond Unit The Savings Fund 1.59 1 69 ,7^.. .in Income Bond 1.28-1 3b S'pore Prog
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      212 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreifn Local dolars to Foreign currency currency one unit ot to SJIO foreifn currency Australian dollar 1.6626—1.6664 612—594 Canadian dollar 1.6690 1.6718 6 09—5 97 NZ dollar 1.0225 1 0245 10.01-9 65 Sterling pound 2.4736 2.4792 4 11—4 01 US dollar 2.2350-2.2380 4.51—4.45 Local
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        65 19 THE April gold contract opened at U*****.00, higher than the previous settlement of U*****.70. Weakness in the US dollar and steady crude oil prices lended support to the metal. It traded narrowly throughout the day between U*****.20 and USss3oB.4o to close at U*****.60. (In UStper Troy ounce) Open High
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        Deutschemark
        74 19 THE March Deutschemark opened at 0.3086, a full 13 ticks above Chicago's close. Early US dollar selling petered out as traders took stock of its decline over the past few trading days. Deutschemark steadily declined as dollar buying gradually brought the market to New York closing levels. It closed
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        Eurodollar — 3-month deposit
        83 19 Eurodollar 3-month deposit BOTH March and June Eurodollar contracts traded close to Chicago's closing level in a relatively quiet day Expectations for steady to firmer short term interest rates did not provide the bullish sentiment for any rally. The March contract opened at 90.72, down from last Friday's close of
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        Japanese Yen
        50 19 THE March yen contract opened at 0.*****2. in line with the US dollar's weakness. However, the yen's strength against most currencies was short-lived as traders unwound their profitable yen positions accumulated in the past week. Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 85 0.*****2 0.*****7 0.*****1 0.*****1 95
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      551 19 Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time frock Sea Hawk (8508) 19/2(2300) TA3 1030 1100 83 Sin Bhum (208N) 19/2(2300) FSB 1000-1100 11 Gold Hilla (49W) 20/2(0200) TA3 *****800 1300-1400 1.3 Islamabad (25-HW) 20/2 (0700) TA3 1000 1200 1700-1900
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      Ships in port
      158 19 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Auby 20W aside 19/2 Silver Star 20E aside 19/2 Fair Rainbow 23/4 aside 19/2 Anemone 33/4 aside 19/2 Mans Sportsman 1/2 19/2 21 2 Sun Coral 25/6 19/2 20 2 Pasir Panjang Altai Maru 305 a'side 19 2 Del Remedios 303
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      Firms get tips on handling a crisis
      470 20  -  ANGELINE TAN Important to know how to deal with the press, says PR man By BE PREPARED should be the motto not only for Boy Scouts but also for companies, believes a chief executive officer of a public relations group. With the possibilities
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      Moneywise
      378 20  -  DOREEN SOH By QI STARTED a small business in 1982 and have since built it up. Now I am receiving good orders but I do not have enough money to fill the orders and meet delivery dates. Can you please tell me where to go for help? A IF
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      Hong Leong buys 320,000 more shares in Haw Par
      237 20 THE Hong Leong group has bought an additional 320,000 shares in diversified group Haw Par Brothers International. The Hong Leong group led by patriach Kwek Hong Png announced yesterday that four of its companies King's Tanglin Shopping Pte Ltd, Singapore Finance,
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      Two new directors appointed
      367 20 Two new directors appointed Ambassador Hotel THF former chairman of TDM, Dato M«hamed Sallch bin Yusof, and Mr K. Balakrishnan are the new directors of Ambassador Hotel. Although it is known that Mr Balakrishnan has bought over exchairman Peter Thara Wing Fai's shares in the hotel and now owns 8.88
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        Duta
        26 20 COMPANY in the news Duta Consolidated has announced it has bought 68 per cent of a liquor company, Fairdeal Liquors Sdn Bhd, for $930,000 cash.
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        Ganda Holdings
        53 20 GANDA HOLDINGS has announced it will buy 75,000 shares or 30 per cent of the capital of newly incorporated company Worldpak Air Courier Service at $1 par each. Ganda will also buy Escada Sdn Bhd for $137,500 cash. Escada. which has obtained a moneylender's licence, will complement the
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        United Pulp and Paper
        97 20 SHAREHOLDERS of long I suspended counter United Pulp and Paper Co Ltd will have to wait again. The company has informed the Stock Exchange of Singapore that Malaysian property consultant Koo Siew Koon has appealed against the registrar's decision on his case against UPP and its
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      157 20 "The Number One Pizza Franchise" Rated in "Top Ten of all U.S. Franchises" (Entrepreneur Magazine Jan 84) Over 700 Inns in U.S.A. Far East. Middle East j and Africa Pizza inn For licensing information, contact: Franchise Development Pizza Inn, Inc. 2930 Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas *****-6103 Tel: (214) 638-7250 Telex:
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      761 21 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: n 1 mm^ M| >^^ Sa°t n rd y Fr day 8 30amto2 00pmr»T^ Run-On: $5 00 per line (Mm $15 00 1 Food/Entertainment (2 5) v ______L fs-^% X_^_\ f J /gf^W 1^'^"^ a 4^^ deadline tor the Sunday Times) Semi-di«play: $20 00 per
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      187 21 14 Antiques/ Arts/Crafts ANCESTIOUE— Sale on all Chinese and Malacca antiques at near cost. 290-G Joo Chlat Road Singapore- 1542 Tel: *****62. 16 Flowers/Plants A SPECIAL DESIGNED bouquet for Chinese New Year. $30 onwards Call Janie: *****91, *****87 *****28/ *****74. 18 Horn* Furniture/ Furnishing SALE DIRECT FROM factory Kitchen cabinet
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      556 21 25 Sale: Other Products SPLIT-AIRCONO UNIT Typa New Rotary Sanyo I.SKV. c/w installation support equipment, 3 mths. old for cheap sale due to moving. Pise call Fischer *****21. BOOTS PUSHCHAIR. Small car seat. Stove and bed guards. All $75. Tel: *****80. $36,000 JURONG COUNTRY Club transferable membership. Interested please contact:
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      425 21 28 Health Centre*/ 28 Health Centres/ Massage Massage •s«B^a™sl^^Hss3s33jgs3B*|^n s 31 Tailoring 31 Tailoring V?lr* TAILORING of suite, shirts, trousers. A V#^\ REAOY-TO-VlfeAßQliiogseis. K A \TJ shlr&&laekets.Bß»c4T-«hirteeic Jti 2>^Z_l\ TEXTJLEOf large coWSfw from I OF DISTINCTION |^3 tiJ<iflG*J€CK Established 1943 i Pj MENSWEAR TAILORS i USB DEPARTMENTAL STORE LEADER IN
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      363 21 57 Business Opportunities SOLE DISTRIBUTORS WANTED throughout the world for popular Eliya Indian mutton, chicken, fish (extra hot, hot, mild) curry in cans. Tel: *****57. REQUIRE 1) FISHING trawler with freezing facilities of about 150--250 tons. 2) Ordinary cargo vesssel 500- 1500 tons. Tel: *****73. 65 Situations Wanted IX7CJ s^
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      306 21 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF SINGAPORE 321 Joo Chiat Place S'pore 1542 invites applicants for the following positions: 1. STAFF NURSES/ STAFF MIDWIVES for permanent night duty, 3 On, 3 Off 2. UNIT SECRETARY/ WARD CLERK Secondary 4 education Must be able to type Must be
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      280 21 67 Situations Vacant: EDP I. MARKETING MANAGER Diploma in Mai keting 5 years relevant experience, preferably credit card facility 2. CHIEF ACCOUNTANT Degree in Accountancy Member Professional Body 5 years experience similar level 3. ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS Degree in Electronics 4 years experience in computer related industry 4. MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS Diploma
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      560 22 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial Clerical A 'eading fore.gn tra company located the Central Business District invites suitably qualified applicants for the post of TELLX OPERATOR (Male) Requirements. GCE 'O' level e Ability to type 35 wpm Completed N S e year's experience in a similar position The company which observes
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      449 22 71 Situations Vacant: Sales We are young, rapidly expanding company in the oilfield sales a service industry representing major U.S.A. a U.K. Manufacturers. We require immediately the following key personnel A. QUOTATIONS (Inside Sales) CO-ORDINATOR Qualifications:- Minimum 2-3 years' in quotation department dealing in oilfield equipment with drilling companies, oil
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      569 22 73 Situation* Vacant: Production HITACHI KOKI (S) PTE. LTD. Requires:MALE MACHINE OPERATORS Prefer NTC 3 holder Interested applicants, please apply personally during office hours at:HITACHI KOKI (S) PTE. LTD. 47—49 GUL DRIVE JURONG IND. EST. SINGPAORE 2262 SBS BUS: 255 4 252 from Jurong Interchange 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous A
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      639 22 74 Situation* Vacant: Miscellaneous OFFICE BOY required immediately by well established Engineering Consultancy Firm. Secondary Two level, and completed National Service or exempted Please apply to P O Box 1507 Maxwell Road Singapore 9030 Closing Data: 26 Fab 85. 81 Vahicto For Hire SUNRISE I CAR RENTALS New Year Special
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      563 22 hhfiS vehicle 86 or saie 1; J K©TOl^^s Kl'E^v^^ ■tefja^a 111 Sillp il Units of Accomodation ftZjuffliL-ww^jl 87 For Sale: Mercedes 1981 MERCEDES 280S. Fully auto.. 1 pte owner, aircon. cassette. Tel: *****33 1982 AUG. MERCEDES Benz 280SE. Auto. I pte owner, aircon. cassette. Tel: *****03. 280 SLC MERCEDES Sports
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      470 22 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi MUST SELL! '83 Mit Galant GLS auto. Radio cassette, s/rims. low mileage Very good condition. *****78 Mr. Neo. ONE OWNER SEPT. '77 Sigma GS Eligible PARF. $8,700. Call Tony Tay *****11 or Page *****33. 1978 GALANT, 5-speed. non PARF". private plate, new tax $6,850 0.n.0. Tel:
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      645 22 94 For Sale: Other Makes MODIFIED VOLKSWAGEN 1971 1200 c.c. Bright red. big wheels and whale tail. Excellent all round condition. Must be seen to be appreciated. Terry *****72. NON-PARF PTE REGD '73 Citroen GS. 1200 c.c Tip top condition. Passed inspection. Tax 4/'B5. $2,600 0.n.0. Phone *****07. 23. Lor
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      446 22 106 Accomodation Available: Houses DIST. I9, GARDEN VIEW Estate (in Serangoon Garden;, brand new 2-storey semi-detached and terrace houses for rental. Tel: *****62 or *****03 Miss Tan $9,000/ $12,000 dist. lo d/storey, s pool, also $1,500 dist.ll. semi-d Phone: *****79. 4 BDRMS! BEDOK 2-storey semi-d. Spacious, comfortable $1,300. Admiral: *****22.
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      779 22 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments ifdHATEAU 67 Cavenagh Road. Distnei 9. Fully furnished Apartments/Maisonctte^ for immediate occupation. Just a minute's walk to Centrepoint and Cuppage Road Market Food Centre may enqulries WUSHEN Pte LM Tel *****88 S'S mm m t *.^i 109 Accommodation Wanted: Houses EMBASSY ATTACHE
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      287 23 113 For Sale: Houses Katong Luxurious Resid 3 Distinctive Features I High class resideni latest designs and fittings I Lush green and tra environment I Spectacular seasid scenery Easy tran I ffm. 2-storey luxi 2-storey luxl For Bookings Enqu I I^bSß Scotts Road J t rgent Sale! CHANCERY LANE Modem
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      402 23 113 For Sale: Houses //"i he most high c estate in Katong. A eaview Palace IfCOAS lences with ;ewith Co L luxurious G SENNETT LAI nquil 1 j le CHAI CHEE sportation sec school _and I upper ea; t Aft I feMtato^Bv-kj^&j^B&Bam sUa jnous Semi-detached Gai Bi r BafflT*!! i
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      176 23 113 For Sale: Houses nassresidential|B djoining Katong HI n hill I r>| KATONG SEAVIEW I /I Q PALACE ME I EPB 5T COAST ROAD 'den Bungalow K_J| Townhouse jMHRj Bi to Hyatt Hotel). J£9| 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces SIONG HOE 5-STOREY WAREHOUSE Lorong 1, Toa Payoh Singapore 1231 Available for
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      763 23 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces 123 For Sale: s Shop Spaces |^^IS^B^^^^^^s^^bS^SP^-|B|BBBBB^^|' coronation shopping plaza Wm 2ND FLOOR K__^-dBP^ CHOICE LOCALITY. FACING WJWJHT _pf"l 1. JI t r m ~H^H| ESCALATORS, 265 SQ FT JVMS' PRICE: $136,000 BK WW *****22 I SPACE FOR 1 I m 124 For Rent:
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      Ernest earns first cap
      343 23 Tay Cheng Khoon on the squash scene ERNEST TAN, who surprised favourite Mark Hill in the final of the Pepsi's Under-16 squash final, has been rewarded with a junior international cap. The quiet, unassuming Anglo-Chinese schoolboy has been included in the squad of seven for the
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      Seok Hui forced out of Inter-club League
      332 23 LIM Seok Hui, the newlycrowned Sportswoman of the Year 1984, will have to sit out this year's Singapore Squash Rackets Association's Inter-club League. The national champion has signed up for Tanglin Club in the men's C Grade but not for the women's Premier
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      281 23 DELRAY BEACH (Florida), Mon. Tim Mayotte. who ranks 45th in the world, won his first tournament on the pro tour yesterday and it was a big one the inaugural US$l.B million ($4. 03m) International Players Championships. Mayotte took the title with flair, coming from two-sets down
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      Lock icon New face snookers Griffiths
      233 23 LONDON, Mon. Unseeded rookie professional Steve Newbury knocked out fellow-Welshman and 1979 world champion Terry Griffiths 5-3 in the second round of the £250,000 ($615,000) British Open snooker championships at Derby yesterday. In other second-round matches, world champion Steve Davis dismissed fellow-Englishman John Virgo 5-3. Terry
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      Lock icon Misbun and Co reign supreme
      352 23 SPORTS IN SHORT KUALA LUMPUR A beat Jakarta 5-0 in the final of the Inter-city badminton tournament in KL on Sunday. Results (KL first): Misbun Sidek bt Lius Pongoh 15-11, 15--9; Ong Beng Teong bt Serian Wiyatno 13-18, 18-14, 15-7; Razif Sidek bt Kurniahu 8-15
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      Lock icon Finn fanfare for Vatanen
      330 23 MOTOR SPORTS KARLSTAD, Mon. Finland's Ari Vatanen drove his Peugeot 205 Turbo to victory in the Swedish motor rally yesterday his fifth successive win. It took him 4hr 38min 49sec., to complete the 29 special stages of the second World Championship event this year. The reigning
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      186 24 ROME, Mon. Verona took a step nearer to their first-ever Italian League soccer title yesterday when they fought back to draw 1-1 with Inter Milan and top the First Division table. Alessandro Altobelli silenced the home fans by firing Inter ahead but Verona equalised with
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      200 24 MADRID. Mon. Real Madrid's hopes of recapturing Spanish soccer glory were jolted when they were held to a humilating 1-1 away draw by Malaga in their First Division clash yesterday. It was the ninth consecutive match Real failed to win. They are now 13 points
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      Lock icon Ups and downs
      700 24 Hateley on mark, English off to Australia Thls Coventry team photograph was taken in ISfel, bnt Tommy English (front row, second from left) prefers to forget. It reminds him of what might have been. On the back row, second from left, is Mark Hateley, whom English once
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      255 24 Pint Division: East German: Rot-Weiss Erfurt 1 Hansa Rostock 0, Magdeburg 0 Stahl Brandenburg 0, Stahl Riesa 0 LOK Leipzig 0, Wismut Aue 0 Karl-Marx-Stadt 0, Chemie Leipzig 0 Dynamo Dresden 0, Carl Zeiss Jena 0 Dynamo Berlin 1, Vorwaerts Frankfurt 7 Motor Suhl 0. Greek: Olympiakos 2
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      152 24 GRONINGEN, Mon. Fandi Ahmad resurrected his somewhat dwindling soccer fortune in an away friendly against Heerenveen, a Division One club, last Saturday. Though FC Groningen lost 4-3, Fandi did enough to prompt assistant coach Dick van Vlierden to say a few nice words about his performance.
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      141 24 HANOVER, Mon. West German soccer club Kanover said yesterday they would ask for the result of Saturday's quarter-final Cup game in Saarbruecken to be annulled because of bad refereeing and inadequate security measures. Saarbruecken won the game between the tw»j Second Division clubs 1-0 but Hanover
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      337 24 MIDFIELDERS Uwe Rahn and Norbert Meier on Sunday withdrew from West Germany's squad for the World Cup European Group Two qualifying match against Portugal next Sunday because of injury. Meier, 26, has a groin strain and Rahn, 22, suffered a knee injury while playing for Borussia Moenchengladbach on
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        215 24 CLEVELAND, Mon. Jim Howard set a United States high jump record of 2.35 metres at the Knights of Columbus athletics meeting yesterday. Howard's winning leap erased the previous record of 2.30m set last year by Igor Paklin, of the Soviet Union. American Milt Ottey was second
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        114 24 Jones makes history with eighth win CARDIFF, Man. World marathon record-holder Steve Jones made Welsh history with his eighth victory in the Welsh crosscountry championship* In Cardiff on Saturday. Jones, who set the marathon world-best time of 2hr Bmin ssec in Chicago last year, covered the 11km coarse in 33:28.
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        235 24 LONDON. Mon. Zola Budd will continue to run in Britain despite being forced out of the English women's cross-country championship by demonstrators at Birl'enhead on Saturday. The *18-year-old South African-bora wonder girl said yesterday: "My programme will remain the same and this ha.s rot
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      Morgan shock
      272 26  -  Hakikat Rai Hockey by SINGAPORE captain S. Morgan and his assistant, Mohammed Ali, have withdrawn from the squad for next month's Merdeka Games in Brunei. The two have also indicated that they mav not be available for all future international competitions until they have secured permanent employment. Morgan
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      243 26 A DISALLOWED goal three minutes into the second-half brought to an end Armed Forces' winning streak in the final of the Civil Services Hockey League at Balestier Road yesterday. The blunder by umpire Balwant Singh took the sting out of the young Forces side, who were
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      318 26 Woody's waiting game pays off SAN DIEGO, Mon. Woody Blackburn paired the fourth extra hole of a play-off with Ron Streck to win the US$4OO,OOO ($896,000) Andy Williams San Diego Open golf tournament here yesterday. It was Blackburn's first victory in 10 years on the United States Professional Golfers' Association
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      596 26 FRED MARTENS, suspended from playing cricket for the Republic until the end of June, says that the manner in which the Singapore Cricket Association arrived at the decision was "unfair". The SCA suspended Fred for backing out without adequate reasons from the national team for the
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      537 27  -  JOE DORAI By FOR regulars Hashim Hosni and David Lee, the game they almost missed turned out to be the match in which they were the star performers. The bus carrying the Singapore soever squad almost left on Saturday morning for the Malaysia Cup
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      17 27 It's been a hard day's night Dreamland... Hashira (left) enjoys some well-earned shut-eye after his daring deeds
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      A friendly request
      403 27 Regent extends warm hospitality to FAS boss and company PAHANG have asked Singapore for a friendly return match at the National Stadium. The Malaysia Cup competition will have a break until March 2, and Pahang want the return game as their squad will be "off" for a
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      Winds blow Asia's way
      248 27  -  PETER SIOW TWO factors will favour an Asian winner when the Ray-Ban Singapore Open windsurfing championships start off the East Coast tomorrow. By First, the generally light winds at this time of the year will help the smaller-built Asians mor^ than the Europeans. Second, the organisers
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      IN SHORT
      196 27 THE West Indies Cricket Board of Control named Viv Richards, 32, to captain their side daring the eightweek tour by New Zealand. DEFENDING champions Barbados had to struggle for first Innings points against Leeward Islands on the first day of their four-day Shell Shield cricket match. Scores In
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      240 27 HOLDERS Everton have the luxury of yet another home-tie, against either Ipswich or Sheffield Wednesday, following today's draw for the English Football Association Cup quarter-finals. LONDON, Mon The League leaders, who beat Minor League Telford 3-0 in the previous round, are joint-favourites to win the Cup
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      204 28 US pulls out of Anzus talks CANBERRA, Mon. The Inlted States has pulled out of an Anzus defence alliance meetIng on military communications due to have started in Sydney today, a Defence Ministry spokesman said. The meeting of IS, Australian and New Zealand defence officials was immediately cancelled. The withdrawal
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      Lock icon Plastic heart man 'recovering'
      229 28 LOUISVILLE (Kentucky), Mon. Mr Murray Haydon, the third man to receive an artificial heart, is recovering so well that doctors say he may be taken off the respirator later today. The 58-year-old grandfather had his ailing heart swapped for a fist-sized metal and plastic replacement in
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      209 28 Jek: Drop CPF withdrawal age proposal A VETERAN People's Action Party MP has called on the government to reject the controversial proposal to extend the CPF withdrawal age. Mr Jek Yeun Thong, MP for Queens town, said this was one of the "incorrect" suggestions in the report of the Committee
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      147 28 OXFORD (Massachusetts), Mon. The bride wore a white satin gown and the bridegroom a custom-made tuxedo as two Cabbage Patch dolls were married here yesterday before a crowd of more than 200 real people. "It was the most beautiful thing I ever saw," said Mr
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      442 28 The sinking of the Belgrano LONDON, Mon. The British government faces Parliament today to answer opposition charges that it has lied for three years about the sinking of an Argentine warship in the Falklands War. Political commentators said Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's survival in office
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      74 28 GIBRALTAR, Mon. Business has boomed in Gibraltar in the 14 days since Spain reopened its frontier with the British colony, local officials and traders said today. They said about 60,000 visitors, more than twice the local population, had swarmed across the frontier since the border gates were
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      284 28 Westmoreland drops $268 m suit against CBS NEW YORK, Monday GENERAL William Westmoreland and CBS unexpectedly reached agreement yesterday on an out-of-court settlement of his US$l2O million (*****.8 million) libel suit against the television network. The agreement reportedly followed several days of private discussions between lawyers involved in the 18--week-old
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      231 28 Firemen refuse to give aid for fear of Aids LONDON, Mon. British firemen have refused to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to possible homosexuals until they are given proof they cannot catch the deadly disease Aids through saliva. The Fire Brigade Union announced yesterday it would impose the ban until a Home
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      133 28 What it should have been A REPORT on the Girl Guides yesterday said their Candlelight Rededication Thinking Day was to be held at Temasek Junior College on Feb 22. It will actually be held at the Jurong Stadium. The wrong information was g^ven by one of the organisers. IN A
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  • OBITUARIES
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      39 25 LTA TIO SOI NGEE Departed 19th Feb., 1983 Our thoughts are always with you. Our hearts are sore with pain; This world would be like heaven If you were here again. Sadly missed by parents family.
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      70 25 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam LTA ANG CHENG SING DEPARTED: 19 FEB. 1983 We often think of the yesteryears When we were together. Fond memories of you linger, M.ikmij your absence that more painful for us. Always remembered by: How Onn, Chin Hock. Stephen Shing Leung. Ngok Sang, Kevin
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      227 25 MR lEONG CHAN TONG Ag»d: 60 paaaad away p— catulty on 17/2/(5 t*a*ing behind Wit« Kan Kwan Eng ■am Leong Heng Leong Heng Chong iE!vin) I.eong Heng Onn Leong Heng Chuen Leor.g Pow Long Duaghtar-in-law: Peggy Sim Suan Neo Oaughtars: Leong Ah Moi Leong Yuke Har Leong Yout
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      150 25 ANTHONY S/O MUTHIAH AGED 71 YEARS PttMd away on 18 Fab 1385 laaviny Dtntno ht9 D#iOV9g Wi««: MEENA JOHN Oaughtars: JENNIFER SHANTI (OECD) MARIA ANN 2 sona-in-law, 6 grandchildran and lovad on— to mourn hia loaa. Body lying at Blk. 301 Clementi Ava 4. For lunaral arrangements tal:
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      22 25 LTA TIO SOI NGEE Departed 19th Feb 1983 Always remembered by Commanding Officer Staff of 123 Squadron, Sembawanq Airbase.
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      182 Acknowledgements
      233 25 The family of the lata MDM SIM KWI HONG Departed 15th Feb. 1985 withes to thank the pastors and members of Telok Ayer Chinasa Math. Church and Trinity Math. Church, ralathraa, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, prayers, donations and wreaths during their recant baraavmant. The
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      What a jolt for punters
      442 25  -  EPSOM JEEP Hot favourites flop over weekend at 'happy hunting ground By THE glorious uncertainty of the racing game was once again fully manifested at the just concluded four-day February meeting of the Penang Turf Club. It was "hongbao racing" on the first weekend. Punters
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      Lock icon How they ran at Penang on Saturday
      205 25 At the 400m Pictures at the 400m by JONATHAN CHOO At the finish Ci 5 Div 5 1,400m 1. Dust Devil n 2. Respectable 3. Terry Moore 4. Takanawa Prince Dist: '2 2, 1 Time 1:30 Q 5 Div 3 1,400m 1. Many
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      Lock icon 'The Shoe' shows who's boss
      270 25 ARCADIA (California), Mon VETERAN jockey Willie Shoemaker stole some of the thunder (rom Panamanian-born Lafltt Pincay Jr, who a race earlier had ridden his 6,6Mth winner, when he beat Pincay In the U*****,008 (about Sssls,Nt) San Antonio Handicap at Santa Anita Racecourse yesterday. Shoemaker, astride
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      Amateur card
      46 25 THE card for Thursday's amateur race meeting at Ipoh the first in the new racing season will be published tomorrow as there is no publication of The Straits Times on Thursday. There are nine races and off-course betting will be available at Bukit Timah.
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      KL weights
      1322 25 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Weights, barrier draw and ratings for this weekend's races here: SATURDAY Claaa 1 Div. 1 1,200m (Rating*: 161-156) 6 Jingle Bell IV 60 181 1 Pagan Dancer 57.5 176 5 Gold Mine 56 173 14 Papas Love 54.5 170 11 Sentimental Journey n 54.5 170
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      Lock icon Make a note of these horses
      194 25 Make a note of these horses PENANG. Mon These horses did well here ove; the weekend and can be followed Kuala kangsar last eariy, did noi gel a clear passage in the running but finished strongly for second to Good Report m over 1.400 m Watch hirr when he goes
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      Lock icon Trainer Swift dies at 48
      95 25 Trainer Swift dies at 48 LONDON. Mon. Epsom -based Brian Swift, who trained more than 325 winners in flat racing, died yesterday. He was only 48. Although Swift never trained a classic winner, he won many important races including the Lincoln Handicap, the Norfolk Stakes and the Wok ingham Handicap.
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      54 25 183 Condolences 183 Condolences With Deepest Sympathy Condolence To The Late Father Of MR. FANG CHENG CHUNG Family From Staff of L.P.O. Telecoms k IN CHERISHED MEMORY OF I MIKE K H TAN DEPARTED 19TH FEB 1975 Tune takes away the edge of Brief Bui memory turns back very leaf
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      36 25 The family of the late MR. WILLIAM LIM Departed 16/2/85 wish to thank the Pastors of Christ Methodist Church, relatives, friends A colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, wreaths, donations and condolences during their recent bereavement.
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      23 26 TODAY'S EVENTS SOCCER Malaysia Cap: Kelantan v Negri Sembilan (Stadium Sultan Mohamad IV), Penang v Trengganu (City Stadium) both matches at 8.30 pm.
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      217 27 European Camera multiple program ae m W^^ttk Itfi W~ DUAL METERING SYSTEM Sitting in judgement for ihe award was a panel J^^W|MP^^^^BSi||§Htt% of journalists from prominent European photo K \w Ilk journals. H l^ vj»^ V «\f Their aim: to select a camera that represented in H WL\ \5.) one
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      234 28 The long peace is blamed (or rat in US alliances: Page 14 1 1 Ishmg all patrons and friends a happy and prosperous Chinese Sen- Year. We close- for the holidays from 20th 22nd February. Business as usual from 23rd February I S® for a quern The purest m>kl. Ihe
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      119 28 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 24 min. SUNSET today: 7.20 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.16 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 14/26C Fine Manila 20 34 C Fair Amsterdam -8/2C Clear j Melbourne 13/21 C Cloudy Bangkok 24/33C Fair Moscow -9/-8C CToudy Beijing
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      393 1 s^_.- w Celebrate outdoor I T"\ A i^^\ OUTLOOK, Page Three ■^^|"y m Vlf V J Interview with Cilia Black V^~™^^ I W W LEISURE. Page Seven b^bV a Mr ill II 1 JJ /J A fl il '^HS^B^^^^^ "^*i^b^^^^ 4*» MhwßS^^^w r^ ij^^X'iimmwfa**' ak 4 IMS V J^B^B^BF^jf^T IVflla
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      408 2 >OOOOOOOOOQOOpCMXOGOOCX)OCCQ CATHAYiNOVi^^ 5 GOLDEN SULTAN: LAST DAY! S 4th FLOOR. SULTAN PLAZA JALAN Si LTAN Q (*****76) 5 SHOWS 1 lam, I 30, 4 00, 630 9 15>;r- Q S CASH BOOKINGS NO 'KEF I Q Sfr ~yi Y* J f 0 r' i 8 .Ike 4 O NOW SHOWING
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        Celebrate outdoors
        859 3  -  Christine Khor MARIA TAN ¥r edited by Wondering how to spend the holidays with the children? Go outdoors to be photographed, applaud Madam White Snake in Chinatown, and watch cows and a milking demonstration at the Chinese Garden. By MAKE this Lunar New Year a more memorable one
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        Fond memories of the festive season
        717 3  -  LEONG CHAN TEIK Tuesday column By a Penangite "GOING home for the Lunar New Year?" a Singaporean friend asked. "No, because I couldn't get late train or bus tickets. And flights were fully booked when I called in November." Behind her pensive look, my
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        44 3 ■P \\j// 4HH I wB -^^^r^ ■^B^KL- n '^B^B^hbßam ~J9 Ihh C'mon have a sip of cfnflllO I Chrysanthemunn, Orange, Lychee, I Sugar Cane, Soya Bean, Herbal Tea, I MxTII love the pure, delicious 1^ taste that keeps! Because it's in Tetra Briks! "^^p^^^
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        246 4 23 Prop found on the 17 Moonies desperately P^^^— P^^ __JHH_ JlH^^, mon^y 9 __^J_L t0 snow animal 19 Doped cigarettes found To shorten il some 2° Nurs^ is disturbed at JM| H[ pHJHHHpH pH| pH 26 Elegant literature 22 Manage to avoid girl 8 found in mail beautiful turning
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        371 4 NOTICES ■BHHHHHJHHHHHHHHHHHHB notice W\ %r c* m W r< B lAND TITLES ACT I SHERIFF'S SALE (copter?*) M IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE (Section 32) M REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE h\ e Wk r m. n nc P WHEREAS pursuant to In Ihe Cause Ut m section 32 of the
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        698 4 APPOINTMENTS 1 We are a well established and last-paced growing U.S. organization in the consumer electronic business. To meet our expansion w, needs, we invite applications lor the tollow|j ing engineering positions J Electrical J Engineers The successful applicants will be responsible m for electronic/circuit designs of our products M
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        331 4 JXMCS GARFIELD By Jim Davis PEANUTS BSchaiz MOW ARt MOW WOOL P 1 MOW HUMILIATING.' Mf-, A MOOSE. ..qQRR //GETTING S I CAN'T SELIEvE 1T iT >c; BETTER THAN U'ON'T NEED YOU i-10U/ ai Lu I EVER PAY VOL) SQULAK >)' VOU F"EEL \f SUCKEP UP LIKE A COMMON tJ^'
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    • SECTION THREE
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        American counsellor in Taiwan
        936 5  -  GOH BENG CHOO An American counsellor, Dr Wendell Friest, gave a series of talks on love, marriage and parenthood at the DBS auditorium last week. It was a project by the Care Corner, a Christian service centre. Our reporter finds out how a posting to the
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        Narcissus — delicate beauties you cannot ignore
        213 5 Narcissus delicate beauties you cannot ignore THE people who are rushing to get some lastminute shopping done before the Lunar New Year cannot help but turn their heads at these narcissus flowers blooming in all their glory. The tiny flowers, in white and yellow, stand out among the festive reds
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    • BILINGUAL
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        Young singers try luck at talentime
        524 6  -  KAMSAH SIRAT By 1T WAS a slow start at the popular song section's audition of the talentime organised by the Malay Cultural Society or Persatuan Kebtidayaan Melayu PKM). But once under way it quickly picked up speed. The audition or preliminary round of the
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        Lebih ramai cuba nasib
        448 6 Oleh BUDIMAN A. R. DI ANTARA bidang seni yang sangat diminati ramai ialah seni suara. Golongan remaja yang memonopoli bidang ini, akan terus mencuba bakat mereka di setiap peraduan adubakat yang sering diadakan. Selalunya terdapat dua bahagian dalam peraduan ienis ini, iaitu bahagian langgam solo dan
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        'Rintangan' tak jejas kebolehan Ithnin
        442 6 "ALANG-ALANG mandi biar basah' atau 'Alang-alang genggam bara apt biar sampai jadi arang" adalah dua peribahasa yang sesuai jika dignnakan ke atas Eneik Ithnin Mohd Sadli, 19 tahun. Cita-citanya untuk memasuki peraduan menyanyi pada It Februari lalu hampir musnah. Beliau yang tidak pernah bertandlng dalam
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        988 6 APPOINTMENTS/ NOTICES HH STANTS RSSOBBI WHi Telefax No: *****59 Rates: Box Service: T c Sales Service: Straits Times: 5525.00 psc. cm. Collected: 555.00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMEAD Tel: *****11 ext 2724-7 2669 Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. Posted: SlUuio APPOINTMENTS NOTICES PA CT 17 P r^\ 9M IMPORTANT
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        311 6 We're 1 now at I I Bangunan I I Peremba I I AS FROM 18th FEBRUARY 1985 I I PEREMBA BERHAD I I 11TH FLOOR. BANGUNAN PEREMBA. I I 424, JALAN TUN RAZAK. KUALA LUMPUR I I TEL. NO.: *****8 I ASSETS FOR SALE m j£ to»T Hj^^g^^^^—^—-^^^^^^^^^ PfM COUNCIL
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    • LEISURE
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        Cilla's still going strong
        955 7  - Cilla 's still going strong KANNAN CHANDRAN Cilia Black was in town over the weekend, on her way to an Australian tour. Although known for her songs in the *****, she is still quite popular with the audiences who attend her concerts and watch her on television By BACK in
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        Donald Duck lives on after 50 years
        669 7  -  PHILIP COOREY Rim and film-makers By Donald Duck's 50th Anniversary will be shown on Thursday, Ch 5, 9 am. Our writer looks at the world's most famous fowl. DONALD DUCK officially celebrated his 50th birthday on June 9 last year, but Hollywood legend
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        Malayalam mystery play
        271 7  -  RICHARD NG ANGANEYENGIL ANGANEor RIGHT YOU ARE (IF YOU THINK SO) Victoria Theatre Tonight, 7.30 pm Previewed by THE nature of reality comes under scrutiny in a Malayalam play, Anganeyengil Angane. presented by The Singapore Kerala Association. Whether reality is subjective, objective or relative should be an
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        Valentine's Day celebration or musical binge?
        622 7 PRE-SCANDINAVIAN TOUR CONCERT By the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Choo Hoey Soloist: Staffan Scheja Last Friday and Saturday Victoria Concert Hall Reviewed by GEORGINA EMMANUEL INCORRIGIBLE Don Juan philandering with bevies of beautiful women. Chopin languishing for a secret love. Franck over-bur-dening the world
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        395 7 First time in Singapore! ,EM|p»^"^^H jl^Bt Jj P The Swallow. Talented H» f^l $M S versatile and captivating. ■fr|^^ JU Si Ihev excel in Mandarin. h l^Ssf' b^b^b^b^L^B s^Bu BBkiflki. '< «^^^^^^^t^bW 1 S English. Japanese. Kfav, MBB>^f ./atyj fP Cantonese and xts^Tp aVHI IP Hokkien numbers and M ■aWBr
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        367 7 What's on ■MiII HJUI «T enUiAM Theatre, Cuseaden Road. BAROQI E Ml SK 9 m Free Exhibition to com THE JAPANESE memorate the 400th anni- n i K f 7T T c Pictorial exhibition of versary of the birth of m m Singapore durinK Hetnrich schutz and the the j
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        190 8 \bu need to know only I |^^^^^^H^^^^^|HH| I two words to do I HIHIHHHIHiJ^HHH I business in Singapore. M^M ■K^^^^^^^^^ni^^^H^^^^^^^^^^teS ?^§i S I n th e Malay Language, it means the 'Red B( x>k It's fcaMJ KmLjLJLc^SSJ S^fcB^JLSi^^^^^^^^: H the fonder name for the Times Business Directon 1 of Singapore.
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