The Straits Times, 13 July 1986

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  • 8 1 SUNDAY PLUS The Sunday Times, July 13, 1986
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  • 3929 1 KING HENRY II AND HIS THREE QUEENS sdkfjdlkfjdfdf DISSOLUTE may be too strong a word for the youth of Henry Ford n, but indolent certainly is not. A tale of Henry's student days relates how, confronted with the deadline for a Yale end-of-term paper on the novels of Thomas Hardy,
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  • 315 1 For every two that sleep in the wet, only one sleeps in the dry. It's a crying shame that two babies out of every three could be losing sleep over wet cloth diapers when Pampers can help ease their problem. That's because babies don't take too kindly to diapers that
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    • 104 1 Fashion Arts and Books Food Mind and Body Motoring Travel To BOUSTEAD MARKETING MANAGEMENT SERVICES PTE 11 D 1 20. COLLYER QUAY. «16-00 TUNG CENTRE SINGAPORE 0 1 04 ATI DAWN LIM I I want to keep my baby dry and happy Please send me the Pampers leaflet and a
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    • 432 2 Your way to success through SOA home study courses The fact that you are reading this message means that you are already aware of the advantages of a successful career. You want the satisfaction, happiness and financial security that success brings. Here's where The School of Accountancy Business Studies can
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    • 25 2 NEXT fiJB~ WEEK: WORLD Extracted from Ford by Robert Lacey. Published by William Heinemann, the book is available at Times Bookshops at $49.00 (778 pages).
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  • 700 3 Isetan goes for the youth FASHION Orchard Road's latest giant store believes street chic is where the money is, reports LIM PHAY-LING THE shopper who walks into the New Isetan Orchard store at the Wisma Atria may be forgiven for thinking Tokyo's trendy Harajuku district had sprouted overnight m Orchard
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  • 731 3  -  LIM PHAY-LING [arts books] By THERE they were Grandma's worn beaded slippers, lovingly restored and displayed m a glass showcase, strategically spotlighted. Who would have thought that this humble home-made item would be featured m an exhibition, much less one at the National Museum? But
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  • 569 3  -  LIM PH AY-LING THE Americans have taken a shine to Singapore-made jewellery. Exports have gone up, and next week, a bigger group of jewellers and goldsmiths will leave for the United States on another sales mission with the Trade Development Board. Most of the made-in-Singa-pore
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    • 257 3 y^. fm: beour MSk AMBASSADRESS s) TO THE WORLD C^U^^ Enter the Miss Tourism -Singapore '86 contest. I jCj^J A chance m a lifetime to win this prestigious title Nj^^ as well as other attractive prizes. Prizes: Miss Tourism $5000 cash plus return air ticket to US including 10 nights
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  • FOOD
    • 791 4 CAT __HT I EATING at the Fong Ong coffeeshop stall m Ceylon Road is like taking a walk down memory lane. The path goes back quite a distance to 1958 and the La Paloma, the chic haven of dining m those days. While
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    • 416 4 IF THE sight of fish stomachs and heads does not turn you off, then you may enjoy canned ikan bilis sambal. Unlike the texture of canned chicken curry, that of .canned ikan bilis is generally natural and chewy. Even if they were too soft for our
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    • 497 4 THE truth about wine could lower your grape expectations. An award-winning glass of Cabernet Sauvignon might owe its clarity to polyvinyl-po-lypyrrolidone or isinglass, a gelatine prepared from the membranes of fish bladders, both legal wine additives. Two recent scandals involving European wines
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    • 85 4 A HANGOVER is only one of wine's negative aspects. Chemicals that occur naturally m wine and additives have been linked to health problems m some humans and laboratory animals. An average bottle of wine contains 1 per cent or less of these common food
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    • 347 4 WHAT'S m wine? Don't look for the answer on the label. About 80 additives can legally be used to process wine, but none are identified on the bottle. "Some wineries use hydrogen peroxide to bleach red grapes to make white wine," says an official of the United
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    • 308 4 WINE may be the most simple and complex liquid m existence. Simple because m its most basic state, it's nothing more than fermented grape juice. Complex because its nuances are boundless, given the countless variables of grape types, processing and ageing. The basic ingredient is the
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  • MIND & BODY
    • 1114 5 leave a violent marriage because they have a measure of financial freedom. LEE SIEW HUA talks to one wife who walked out after 10 years, and m another story lists some causes of wife-battering. Official figures show that fewer Singapore wives are battered nowadays. But social
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    • 629 5 A SEEMINGLY innocuous incident can set off a chain of violence m a troubled marriage. But, as social workers point out, any marital relationship is deeply complex and m most cases, not one but several factors come into play when one spouse hits
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    • 713 5  -  WINSTON LEE By S/ CITROEN cars have always been distinctive m their styling, sometimes to the point of looking quite unconventional. As a result, thwre are people who regard them as charming and full of character and others who think them odd. When the
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    • 472 5 Expecting a word of greeting is not being old-fashioned Etiquette Q: MY PARENTS grumble that my Mends do not dml them when they come to visit me. But I think this tent important and that my parents A: It is not being fussy and old-fashioned to expect some courtesy m
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    • 225 5 ■If ORCHARD y^ftu*. BOAP There's no stopping Yves Rocher. In just 3 years, 9 Yves Rocher beauty centres have sprung up m various parts of Singapore. The latest to open is Beauty Palace (2nd Centre) at #06-18, Lucky Plaza on 14 July 1986. YR beauty/skin-care are based on plant and
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  • SPOTLIGHT France
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      610 6 Geography FRANCE is situated at the western extreme of the European continent, between latitudes 42 degrees N and 52 degrees N. Stretching 950 km from east to west and also from north to south, it is the largest country m Western Europe. It has a 3,000-km coastline, stretching
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    • 614 6  -  JOSEPHINE NG A six-page supplement to celebrate the 197 th anniversary of Bastille Day tomorrow By SINGAPORE'S appetite for culture is growing. This observation comes from French ambassador Mr Jacques Berniere. A similar phenomenon is taking place m France, Mr Berniere says. "Museums
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    • 372 7  -  JOSEPHINE NG By VISION TECHNOLOGY the term used to decribe robots with vision capability is a state-of-the-art field increasingly felt m the realm of factory automation. The numerous applications for vision technology include production control, inspection and quality control and process monitoring m the electronics, motorcar, food,
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    • 648 7 FRANCE, well-known for its haute couture, does not want to be caught m its high fashion robes. It also wants to be known as a centre of science and modern technology. French ambassador Jacques Berniere said recent bilateral scientific and trade relations indicate
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    • 340 8 OPTICAL fibre technology is becoming one of the major areas of development m long distance and urban network telecommunications systems. It not only improves the qnality of transmission, it also means drastic cost savings for digital links used m telephone networks and m analog or
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    • 183 8 THE revolution m fibre optics was first fuelled by the production of high purity sili- con which limits optic losses. Then it became necessary to master a technique of stretching this silicon into wires one or two-tenths of a millimetre thick by first introducing minute quantities
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    • 577 8 MESSAGE Yves Cadilhon French Commercial Counsellor I AM pleased that m 1965, commercial exchanges between France and Singapore, which amounted to Ss2 billion, increased by 26 per cent. Thirty-five per cent of our Asean exports like our cognac, semi-finished and finished industrial products (metal, chemical, electrical and
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    • 117 8 OVER the last 30 years, French agriculture has experienced a real revolution, which has transformed attitudes and methods. This farmer from the Poitiers region has gone a step further forward or rather up. On board his ultra-light, called the Agriplane (which has a speed of 60
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    • 1004 9 MESSAGE Pierre Pere First Counsellor HIT by the 1973 and 1978 oil crises, the economy of France started the 1980s with the problems faced simultaneously by other European countries, badly affected by the sky-rocketing increase m the cost of their energy imports: growing inflation (13.6 per
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    • 698 10 THE City of Sciences and Industry m Paris, described by some as "the most modern museum m the world", and by others as "that monumental fortress", opened on the afternoon of March 14 this year to the marvelling public. The photos of the Giotto space-probe's
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    • 917 10  -  KEVIN CHUA TSONG JIN By MY HOME for four weeks at the end of 1984 was a farm m a peaceful French countryside, where my bedroom window overlooked sprawling fields. Turkeys, geese and chickens were within sight. With 24 other Singaporean students,
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    • 422 11 MESSAGE Jean-Francois Grunstein Counsellor for Culture and Scientific Co-operation BESIDES trade and economic relations, France has developed other ties with Singapore, including scientific, technical, cultural and linguistic cooperation. The French-Singapore Institute of Computer, Automation and Electronics Technologies was officially opened m February last year.
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    • 628 11 4 The greatest French revolution cuisinewise, of course could be m ushering m elegant decor and presentation of dishes, m But some may miss the traditional service. A FLURRY of white shirts and tall hats is the picture one gets of the latest flourish of activities
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    • 42 7 With J±L Compliments from O "STELLARO" SHIP SUPPLY PTE LTD 63, Telok Ayer Street #02-05, Singapore 0104. Tel: *****33, *****3t. Cable: STELLASHIP, Telex: RS ***** STELLA. Suppliers of: Fresh, Frozen Dry provisions General hardware •Duty free liquor Full range of French products
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    • 169 8 EH: Hf? tß^^M FRENCH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 4 Draycott Park Singapore 1025 Tel: *****11 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****29 I i With compliments of G.T.M.-COIGNET J.V. H.D.B. 15 000 dwelling units P.W.D. Ayer Rajah Expressway Stage 1 M.R.T. Contract 402 (Yishun Sembawsng) Address: Bukit Batok West AveB Singapore 23G5 Postal Add:
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    • 297 9 [EL] FRENCH BUSINESS 'ma ASSOCIATION 1 0 I I 4 Dra ycott Park Singapore 1025 I—-J J Tel: *****11 Telex: RS ***** Fax: *****29 The French Business Association gathers almost all the 200 French companies established m Singapore. Business and friendship could well be the motto of the Association. Besides
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    • 239 9 fag/iafa4ttoisfo the People and Government of the Republic of France on their National Day Hk ii m|p I hlk 11 1 PmS^fl Bbl PS3I Dragages et Travaux Publics 18, rue Paul-Lafargue La Defense 10 ***** PUTEAUX France Tel: (1) 47.62.21.00 Postal Address: Cedex 32 ***** PARIS LA DEFENSE Telex: SFDTP
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  • TRAVEL
    • 802 12 KATE SINGLETON gives a Westerner's impressions of a popular destination today. CHINA is a country of weird, beautiful landscapes, of villages untouched by industrialisation, of cities feverishly trying to catch up with the present and stretch out towards the future. If you want to see
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    • 939 12  -  LIM PHAY-LING By THERE'S going to be more than just an orgy of food when Hongkong hosts its first food festival next month. The Flavour of '86 will also be an entertaining and educational experience for visitors flocking to the British colony
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