The Straits Times, 23 July 1986

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1986 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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  • 818 1 Dr Tan: School system must be flexible, stress the basics and encourage creativity Towards a more creative and innovative society: Excerpts from Dr Tan's speech on Page 14 FUTURE education policies will be guided by three principles which should lessen the anxiety and bewilderment that
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  • 172 1 'But Games should not be sacrificed' THE Government has said that Britain should impose significant economic sanctions against South Africa but it does not believe the Commonwealth Games should be sacrificed m this effort. In a statement yesterday even as more countries were announcing
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  • 296 1 In EDINBURGH, bad news continued to rain down on the Commonwealth Games as the boycott figure swelled to half the 58 nations originally scheduled to take part m the tournament. Grenada joined the ranks of the boycotting nations on Monday night when it pulled
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  • 396 1  -  NANCY LOH By KUNG WAI TUCK often went to school with bruises on his face, arms and legs. This prompted the principal and teachers at Boon Lay Primary School to visit his parents on several occasions to advise them to stop beating
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  • 158 1 THE masterplan for a new Haw Par Villa, revealed for the first time yesterday, promises even more than originally anticipated. This is because International Theme Parks wants to build a high-technology playground that is more than twice the allotted size, And it is willing to
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  • 205 1  - Singapore firm to put $87m in Filipino mine ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent MANILA A Singapore company, Sinofil Regional Investment Pte Ltd, has announced plans to invest US$4O million (SsB7 million) m a copper and gold mining venture m the central Philippines. The company's managing director, Mr G.K. Yap, said
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    • 52 1 EDINBURGH Brunei withdrew tram the boy cott-hlt Commonwealth Games on Tuesday bnt the number of absentees remained at after Lesotho changed Its mind about withdrawing. Brunei's London High Commission Informed games organisers that their five-man squad was being withdrawn, a press office spokesman said. Renter. SEE
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  • 247 1 Story plus another picture on Page 4 PANAMA CITY Venezuela's Barbara Palacios Teyd\ who lists wetghillfting as a favourite activity, has won the Miss Universe title. "I'm very happy and very content/ said Miss Palacios, 22, the third Venezuelan to win the coveted title since 1979. At
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  • 491 1 Peres meets King Hassan Syria immediately cuts ties with Morroco RABAT (Morocco) Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres held surprise talks with Morocco's King Hassan yesterday m a potential diplomatic breakthrough m Middle East peace efforts, Western diplomats said. In a swift reaction, Syria accused King Hassan of treason and said
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 520 2 River history series THE SOCIAL evolution of four large rivers m Singapore, together with their natural conditions and the customs of the people living and working along the river banks, will feature m a series of articles m the quarterly magazine of the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations.
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    • 122 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: PRE-PRIMARY is simply what it means pre-primary, a scheme that seeks to give the child a taste of what it Is like to be m school. Parents should look upon the scheme as an additional means to help their children ease into primary one and
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    • 257 2 Tutu, Botha disagree PRESIDENT P. W. Botha and Bishop Desmond Tutu appeared side-by-side m public for the first time after disagreeing privately on South Africa's crisis and the need for emergency rule. "The state President did not agree with me that the situation was deteriorating," said Bishop
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    • 303 2 Bubbly on the green GREG NORMAN celebrated his highly-popular British Open victory on Sunday by playing the bagpipes and drinking champagne into the early hours of the morning. After "entertaining" friends and fellow-professionals with his attempts to master the intricacies of the Scottish pipes, Norman and his wife spent
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    • 367 2 Bullies m the making BULLYING m schools, is a major social problem m Japan. In the United States, new studies explain the psychological interaction between bully and victim. Is bullying a problem m Singapore? IRENE PATES interviews some principals who say there are about one or two cases
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    • 211 2 'REJECT UIC OFFER' CALL REITERATED BY INTRACO INTRACO LTD has repeated its view that United Industrial Corporation's takeover offer is too cheap and with only two days to go before the deadline the trading giant has reiterated that shareholders should reject it. UIC is offering $1.70 for each Intraco
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    • 212 2 Around Asean...?£&a y Prem still ahead WITH JUST five days before the Thai general election on July 27, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda has again denied any political ambitions and parried the question of whether he would lead the next government. Gen Prem, who has been m office since 1980, has
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    • 107 2 NOT-SO-FREE OFFERS A SHOPPER who bought a handbag was given a voucher with which she could claim "a string of pearls" free. When she did so, however, she was surprised to find that it did not come with a clasp. In fact, she was told that she would have
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    • 250 2 Goods/Services Organisation Section/Page Mines Qantas Airways —16 Bcveraie Nestle (Milo) II 2 Books Butterworth Co (Asia) —14 Boutique Ginger Lime Boutique I 26 Cameras Tithes Corporation Sdn Bhd I 1 Campaigns Ministry Of Health I —11 Ministry Of Communications I 8 Can SM Motors (Volvo) I 4 Coins
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  • around the WORLD
    • 389 3  -  WINSOME LANE By Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG Shock figures released by the Hongkong Tourist Association yesterday predict hotel occupancy rates here will fall from the present 88 per cent year-round to 69 per cent by 1989. With 15 new hotel projects under way to
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    • 257 3 BEIJING New York Times correspondent John Burns, detained by Chinese police on suspicion of spying, violated travel regulations on a trip to central China but is not a spy, foreign editor Warren Hoge said yesterday. Mr Hoge said he and executive editor
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    • 124 3 UNIVERSITY of Hawaii drama graduates have performed the first ever English-language Beijing opera m Beijing. The troupe of 44 from the university's Drama Department gave two public performances of the 1928 opera, Phoenix Returns to its Nest. Both UNIVERSITY of Hawaii drama graduates have performed the
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    • 181 3 Land mine kills 29 on bus in Sri Lanka COLOMBO Twenty-nine people were killed yesterday when a governmentowned bus hit a land mine near Vavuniya m northern Sri Lanka. Helicopters ferried at least another 25 civilians to hospital for emergency treatment. Most of the dead were believed to be Sinhalese.
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    • 349 3 WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND'S highest law enforcement official yesterday signed an order blocking further prosecution of two French secret service agents jailed m the bombing of a Greenpeace protest vessel, paving the way for their transfer into French custody. A stay of proceedings
      UPI; Reuter  -  349 words
    • 147 3 STOCKHOLM Taiwan is set to officially visit the Soviet Union for the first time since the 1949 communist takeover of China when a team takes part m the World Basketball Cup from Aug 8 to 17. Asian diplomats said on Monday that Soviet
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    • 256 3 Chinese won't let HK slide, says Youde CHICAGO Hongkong will not see decline or repression when it comes under Chinese control m 1997 because Beijing sees the British colony as a valuable asset for modernisation, said the Governor, Sir Edward Youde. The fact that China had allowed Hongkong to exist
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    • 370 4 JOHANNESBURG President P. W. Botha and Bishop Desmond Tutu appeared side-by-side m public for the first time after disagreeing privately on South Africa's crisis and the need for emergency rule. "The state President did not agree with me that the
      UPI; Reuter; AP  -  370 words
    • 279 4  -  LIAK TENG KIAT By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan, on the eve of a major speech on South Africa, has been warned by Senate leaders that he must adopt a much tougher line against Pretoria or have Congress impose sanctions of its
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    • 314 4 PARIS FRANCE'S extreme-left guerilla group, Action Directe, has sounded a warning that its current wave of bomb attacks m the French capital is part of a new onslaught of political violence across Europe. Action Directe, m a statement claiming responsibility for a car-bomb attack
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      • 55 4 ITALIAN SOCIALIST leader Bettino Craxi, who resigned as Prime Minister three-and-a-half weeks ago, has been given a new mandate to form a government. President Francesco Cossiga gave Mr Craxi the mandate on Monday night m Rome after veteran Christian Democrat Giulio Andreotti abandoned his efforts to snivp
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      • 57 4 AMERICAN AND Soviet arms negotiators have begun a special session m Geneva to discuss the 1979 Salt-II Treaty limiting strategic nuclear forces, which President Ronald Reagan had threatened to abandon. The Soviet delegation arrived at the American diplomatic mission m Geneva yesterday and official sources said the day
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      • 73 4 SPANISH PRIME Minister Felipe Gonzalez delivered his investiture speech to Parliament yesterday after Basque guerillas stepped up their campaign of violence with a grenade attack on the Defence Ministry m Madrid. "We are going to put an end to terrorism," Mr Gonzalez said m a televised statement after
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      • 66 4 TWO YOUNG men allegedly packed U5577,000 m 400 capsules then swallowed them m a bid to smuggle them out of Nepal, police sources m Kathmandu said here on Monday. The two, named as Dudhraj Gurng and Khagam Ghale, were arrested at Tribhuvan International Airport as they were about
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      • 42 4 AN ANTI-NUCLEAR GROUP is to hand China a petition signed by a fifth of Hongkong's five million people calling for the shelving of plans to build a nuclear power plant m Daya Bay, 50 km north-east of the Colony. AFP
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      • 52 4 COLOUR TELEVISION has reached Cambodia, the Vietnamese army paper Quan Doi Nhan Dan reported yesterday m Hanoi. The first colour transmission on Saturday was made possible with the help of Vietnamese technicians, the daily said, adding that Cambodian television can now transmit five programmes a week m
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    • 558 5 Heated debate over Viking probe results WASHINGTON It is "more probable than not" that some form of microscopic life was detected on Mars 10 years ago by the robot Viking landers, a scientist said on Monday. Another researcher disagreed, saying: "We are alone.
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    • 182 5 2 Czechs ride to West on high-wire VIENNA Two Czechoslovaks made a dramatic escape into Austria over the weekend by using home-made trolleys as cable cars between two power pylons straddling the border. They were named as Robert Ospald, a 30-year-old worker and Zdenek Pohl, a 20-year-old locksmith who planned
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    • 118 5 KOEGE (Denmark) A Danish woman has found four 7,000-year-old skeletons m her garden while digging a fish pond, a museum official said on Monday. Dental examination showed the bones were of a 40-year-old man and a woman of around 25 with an eight-year-old child between
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    • 134 5 MONTPELLIER (France) A suspect m a torture case, m which a young man was chained up and maltreated for a week, committed suicide m jail here on Sunday night shortly after surrendering to police, official sources said on Monday. The suspect, Alain Fiche, 23, a
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    • 141 5 LOS ANGELES A man who tried to steal a car while Its owner was fillIng the petrol tank left a unique bit of evidence part of his ear. The car's owner, a 20--year-old carpenter, bit off the gunman's earlebe daring a struggle over
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    • 123 5 Three killed in fights for petrol BEIRUT At least three people have been killed m Christian east Beirut m gunfights among motorists jostling for priority at petrol pumps. One man was shot dead by a stray bullet as he was driving past a group of quarrelling motorists. Several people were
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 491 6 BANGKOK WITH just five days before the Thai general election on July 27, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda has again denied any political ambitions and parried the question of whether he would lead the next government. The Nation published yesterday excerpts from a rare
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    • 300 6 Keep US bases beyond 1991, says Enrile MANILA Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile yesterday urged the government to retain US military bases m the Philippines beyond the expiry of their lease m IMI unless Soviet military forces are removed from east Asia. 'at would not be In the Interest of
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    • 87 6 PHILIPPINE President Corazon Aquino showed last Sunday that not only can she run a government, bat she can also throw a salute when the need arises. In this instance it was at a parade of hundreds of students who are undergoing training under
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    • 481 6  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM First Indonesia-Singapore Conference By Jakarta Correspondent BALI The First Indone-sia-Singapore Conference, which begins today, has been described as an important contribution towards better understanding between the two countries. The two-day meeting the first of its kind is timely as
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    • 259 6 Self-sufficiency in rice just the start, says Suharto JAKARTA Indonesia's current self-sufficiency m rice is only the first step towards greater success that the country hopes to achieve m the agricultural sector, President Suharto said yesterday. In a speech at a ceremony m Marihat, a northern village on the Indonesian
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    • 212 6 Marcos 'has $1. 8b in 13 Swiss accounts' MANILA Former President Ferdinand Marcos deposited at least US$B3O million (Ssl.B billion) with 13 Swiss banks, a govern ment investigator has told a leading business daily. And with other bank accounts, gold bullion and real estate, Mr Marcos' total wealth could be
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    • 88 6 JAKARTA Three teenage boys seeking ways to raise money for a football club pretended to be kidnapped then asked their parents for US$2,OOO (554,400) m ransom, a newspaper reported. The trio, aged 12 to 16, sent letters to their parents saying "the League of
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 503 8  - Front and PAS open fight for Trengganu ISMAIL KASSIM By KUALA TRENGGANU The ruling National Front and the opposition Parti Islam (PAS) have hit the campaign trail for control of the oil-rich state of Trengganu m next month's general election. Trengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Haji Wan Mokhtar Ahmad will
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    • 428 8 PENANG Chief Minister Dr Lim Chong Eu, who had earlier planned to retire from active politics, will seek re-election and defend his long-time Padang Kota state seat m the general election. Dr Lim told a press conference here yesterday that he decided to stand m
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    • 442 8 KUALA LUMPUR The Democratic Action Party, m a last-minute effort to deny the ruling National Front a two-thirds majority m the general election, said yesterday it was prepared to reach an electoral understanding with Parti Islam (PAS). The party's deputy secretary-general, Mr
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    • 165 8 IPOH The High Court here has dismissed with costs a suit by the Sepakat Democratic Party to restrain the Election Commission from raising the deposits for parliamentary and state candidates m the general election. In dismissing the suit m chambers yesterday, Justice Datuk Anuar Zainal Abldln
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    • 282 8 Professionals prominent in MCA slate KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Association has finalised its list of parliamentary and state election candidates and it will be announced today, party president Tan Koon Swan said yesterday. He told a press conference at MCA headquarters that the party would field 32 parliamentary candidates,
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    • 221 8 MIC chief turns 'actor' to spread party message KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president, Datuk S. Samy Vellu, has become an "actor" to spread his party's message. About 100 Tamil movies 'on video tapes contain a four-minute speech by the MIC leader m which he tells viewers why they
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  • HOME
    • 771 9  -  SALMA KHALIK By More land sought for high-tech theme park IF THE planners have their way, the new Haw Par Villa will be four times larger than it is now, and it will easily cost $50 million to build. Original plans for the high-tech-nology Chinese
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    • 243 9  -  CHERIAN GEORGE By CHAPS was scampering through the neighbourhood m the Tanjong Katong area last Wednesday evening when a car drew up and a concerned head poked out. When businessman Danny Teo saw the Shlh Tzu with no owner m
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    • 195 9 Be more polite on the phone, URA tells staff A CLOSER look at how its official letters are written and bow its officers conduct themselves over the telephone that is the thrust of the Urban Redevelopment Authority's courtesy drive this year. Staff at all levels have been attending workshops on
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    • 81 9 Jobless man accused of abduction AN UNEMPLOYED man was charged yesterday with abducting a hotel steward. Mani s/o Muthia Chelliah, 26, is alleged to have committed the offence with an unknown accomplice m Holland Road on Aug 8, 1984. Mr Panniaselvam, 29, was allegedly abducted from Holland Avenue and brought
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    • 341 9 Clan magazine to feature series on four rivers THE social evolution of four large rivers m Singapore, together with their natural conditions and the customs of the people living and working along the river banks, will feature m a series of articles m the quarterly magazine of the Singapore Federation
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    • 338 9 Three men held for smuggling CUSTOMS officers have arrested a ship's master for smuggling beer and two Indonesian seamen for smuggling cigarettes. The unpaid duty on the items, seized m separate incidents, was $21,500. The Filipino master of a Singapore-registered cargo vessel was arrested on Monday morning when Customs officers
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    • 67 9 A MOTORIST was trapped for 30 minutes m his badly smashed car before firemen could free him after an accident at River Valley Road last night. Nineteen-year-old Goh Tay Moy was driving towards Alexandra Road when his car and an oncoming SBS bus collided at
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  • 446 11 Bangsawan, wayang and translated opera treats m store STREET culture is moving indoors for a festival of traditional theatre featuring Malay bangsawan, Chinese wayang, and Westernstyle opera rendered m Mandarin. Nine groups will be performing m the festival for which about $50,000 has
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  • 149 11 A TIP-OFF by a pub-lic-spirited citizen led to the arrest of a suspected car thief m Jalan Membina Bar at yesterday. Police received a telephone call at 5.10 am telling them that a man was meddling with several cars at
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  • 288 11 'Mental patient could have started fire that killed 4' A DOCTOR told a coroner's inquiry yesterday that a mental patient could have started the fire that killed him, his mother and brothers. Dr Wong Yew Wui, of Woodbrige Hospital, said Cho Yeng Whye, 32, had his case reviewed a month
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  • 55 11 THE maximum insurance that can be taken out on letters and parcels to Denmark and India has been reduced because of restrictions placed by these countries. Air parcels to Denmark can now be insured for up to $1,830. Surface letters and parcels to India now have
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  • 282 11  -  LOONG SWEE YIN By WHEN taxi-driver Yeoh Ah Kow ended his full-time national service m 1972, his officer's parting words were: "Always be honest m whatever you do and wherever you may be." For 14 years, he has been guided by the advice. On
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  • 89 11 A MAN was charged on Saturday with molesting a 10--year-old girl at the first-floor landing of Block 43, Marine Crescent, on Jan 25. He is also accused of molesting an 11-year-old girl at the void deck of Block 139, Tampines Street 11, on July 7. No plea
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  • 36 11 THE Republic of Singapore Air Force will be conducting an exercise today. Aircraft will be flying at low levels over the eastern and southern areas of Singapore between 4.10 pm and 4.35 pm.
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  • 149 11 A MAN was on Monday accused of committing three more armed robberies at goldsmiths involving jewellery worth about $530,000. Kawal Krishna Kumar Singh s/o Bhabhuti Singh, 22, who already (aces two such charges, is alleged to have robbed Kaily Diamond Jewellery m Victoria Street
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  • 608 12  -  RAY DHALIWAL Airport gets $4.6 m system that can detect ships and measure their height By CHANGI Airport has installed a sophisticated system that detects ships passing nearby and measures their height to warn of any hazard to aircraft. The $4.6 million Vessel Height Measuring
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  • 223 12 Fee cuts will cost CAAS $16m in lost revenue THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will charge various businesses at Chang! and Seletar airports $11 million less m fees over the next 17 months to help them weather the economic downturn. It has extended the IS per cent fee reduction
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  • 97 12 Third man charged with unnatural sex act A THIRD man was charged yesterday with having unnatural sex with a 13-year-old girl m a hut m Track 14, Yio Chu Karig Road, on July 13. Ang Ah Chai, 26, is alleged to have committed the offence while with eight other persons
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  • 64 12 AN UNIDENTIFIED man m his 60s fell to his death from Block 13, Bedok South Avenue 2, on Thursday afternoon. The man was slim, about 1.65 m tall and had short hair. He wore a white shirt and black pants. Those who know him are
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  • 401 12 THE National Day sea carnival at East Coast Park on Aug 9 and 10 will be the biggest and most colourful ever held m Singapore. Lined up are an hour-long sail-past, races for boating clubs, waterski relays, dragon boat competitions, canoeing, boardsailing and yachting.
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  • 142 12 AN important tour begins at Kallang theatre at 3 pm today. It is free and it is not offered by any travel agency. It comes with a chance to bag a first prize of $70,000 for the architect, designer, sculptor or painter who wins the project
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  • 619 12  -  VALERIE LEE By AN INVITATION to use the proposed national symbol on promotional materials and products has met with mixed reactions from companies here. Some say they will use the red stylised lion as soon as they can but others have adopted
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  • 160 12 Fancy a fan for a cool $3,500? IT LOOKS like an ordinary fan. It does exactly what is expected of one. But this traditional Chinese fan from the 1930s which art consultant Hellen Ellis is pointing to is worth $3,500. "These fans are usually priced according to the artwork and
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
    • 453 14  -  JUNE. TAN By CHANGES m education policy have net been characteristic of the last few years alone. They go as far back as Sir Stamford Raffles. And, as m the past, new education policies have come about as a
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    • The Straits Times
      • 611 14 IT'S the time of the year when parents jostle and queue for endless hours so as to secure places m schools of their choice for their children. Given the high premium placed on education, it is not surprising that anxious parents spare no effort to ensure
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    • 1872 14 Excerpts from the speech by the Minister for Education, Dr Tony Tan, at the forum held last night at the Nanyang Technological Institute. The subject was: Economic Change and the Formulation of Education Policy. Get basics right, make education dynamic and encourage new
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    • 999 15  -  T.F. HWANG Why did the Kelantan High Court recently turn down the application of a father for his 17-year-old daughter's conversion to a religion other than his own to be declared null and void? And why did he also fail to
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    • 904 15  -  ISMAIL KASSIM By SUSIE TEOH was not present when the Kota Baru High Court ruled that she had the right to choose her own religion over the objections of her parents even though she had not reached adulthood. Susie, who was only
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    • 480 15 4 Never in history has so much been written about so few on the basis of such minimal and unconfirmable ft information. Editorial in The Guardian, on The Sunday Times report. 4 The queen, through the incredible stupidity of a few of her
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  • FORUM
    • 374 16 Or how string of pearls came without a clasp I HAD a very unpleasant experience shopping at a department store m Katong recently. I bought a handbag for $33 and was given a voucher for a free string of pearls. This voucher was given
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    • 207 16 Don't retire the Singapore Girl at 35 I USED to fly SIA bat I will not do so again until more consideration is given to air stewardesses who are retired at 35. The reasons why many like myself choose SIA are: o THE good condition of its planes and its
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    • 273 16 I HAVE been working m Saudi Arabia for 2 1 2 years and am due to return home for good at the end of this year. Through the course of work and travelling, I realised that I am very fortunate to be
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    • Replies
      • 229 16 WE REFER to the letter "Levy: Employer was very slightly late" by Working Mother (ST, July 8), m which she raised some questions about the foreign maid levy. We wish to inform the writer that the collection of the levy and the interest
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      • 123 16 Raid by film censors was orderly I REFER to the letter "Board and those who want to use it" by "Insulted" (ST, July 12). The board's reply (ST, July 2) was based on the report made by the film censors and police officers who conducted the search. There was no
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    • 255 16 Use new expressway for bus service to Woodlands I HAVE been living m Woodlands for quite some time and I wish to bring up these points to the attention of the authorities concerned. It normally takes about l'/2 hours to reach the Orchard area or return, discounting possible traffic jams
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    • 269 16 No one came to repair water pipe despite calls IT HAPPENED on July 9 at 6.30 pm. I was in my new HDB premises at Block 243 Yishun Ring Road when I heard a loud cracking noise outside. I rushed out and found that the water pipe along the corridor
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    • 218 16 Chaos reigns at Bukit Batok bus interchange I HOPE your Forum Page will be a means by which I can Ji aw attention to the chaotic state of the temporary bus interchange m Bukit Batok. Conditions are especially bad during the peak hours (6 am to 8 am and 5.30
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • 78 17 SHARE prices finished lower across the board again yesterday, although m the afternoon they recovered some of the morning's sharp losses. The Straits Times Industrial Index ended 5.4 points down at 728.78 and the Business Times Composite Index lost 4.98 points to 613.67. The Scoreboard showed 100
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      • Chief price changes
        • 51 17 FIN 735+5 MBrtwcrifj 615 +5 CIHfS N +4 AnulStetl50c 93 +3 MunHdfsMc 44 +3 Ml Cam 46 2Vi MuNiPwpott 42' i 2"j HleonfCrwH 34« 2 THS 208 +2 tenets SOc 173+2 S«a Mew 137 +2 TDM 117 +2 KGHMp 112 +2 Ch«mMiu50c 61 +2 «incol?5c 62 +l'i Promt 49
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        • 64 17 C Properties 360 -20 0C8C 690 -15 SPH 775 -10 S8S 210 -10 Sin Hcn| Chan ISO -10 Straits Trjdmj 275 -9 Fkm M Boi 233 -S H leant Fin 22S -S CtC 144 -S Pert Hua 183 -7 Spore Bus 3S4 -6 ICB 360-6 S pore land 354
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        • 11 17 JC-MPH 817,000 Promet 664,000 Acma 384,000 City Dcv 352,000
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        • 77 17 July 21 July 22 July 21 July 22 BT Composite ***** ***** ST Properties 364 13 ***** 6T Indicator *****155 *****146 ST Minings ***** 267.38 BT 08' OS -29 -137 ST Plantations 2023% *****9 CAW -6784 -6827 OCBC ***** ***** 08V -*****8-*****0 OUB Composite ***** ***** ST Industrials 734.18
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      • 34 17 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Fines Business Times Industrial Composite 1985/86 High 852.65 (7/3/85) 757.79 (8/3/85) 1985/86 Low 563.34 (28/4/86) 470.92 (28/4/86) All-time High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) AH time Low 74.75 (17/9/64) 470.92 (28/4/86)
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      • 14 17 THE US dollar lost 63 ticks to close at DM 2.1240 m Singapore.
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      • 21 17 DM Y FF S$ HI liSS US$ ***** 155.30 Unq 2.1790 Unq 1.4940 2.1240 155.05 6.8630 2.1825 7.8140 1.4925
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      • 12 17 In Singapore, gold lost US$O.lO to close at U*****.50 an ounce.
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      • 32 17 Eurodollar: Lost four ticks to 93.62 a contract. Deotochemark: Gained 13 ticks to 0.4721 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained nine ticks to 0.*****8 a contract. Gold: Unchanged at U*****.70 an ounce.
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      • Short stops
        • 100 17 HONGKONG China's first joint-venture finance company will be set up on Friday m the special economic zone of Shenzhen, newspapers reported here yesterday. The China International Finance Company Ltd is to be jointly formed by the Bank of China, Shenzhen branch, the Hong-kong-based Bank of East
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        • 54 17 ZURICH Swiss Bank Corp's share market index has fallen to its lowest level since late February. The index fell nine points, or 1.5 per cent, to 600.4 on Monday. Despite the holiday season being at its peak m Switzerland, investors worried by the lower dollar sold on
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        • 74 17 LONDON Britain's Trustee Savings Bank, whose path to the stock market has been littered with hurdles, has set a mid-September date for its public flotation and said it hoped to attract more than a million investors to the share sale. Britain's House of Lords finally cleared
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        • 76 17 TOKYO Japanese semiconductor makers forecast that their sales m the current fiscal year will recover 18.7 per cent from the depressed fiscal 1985 level to 2,824.9 billion yen (5538.37 billion). The leading economic daily Nihon Keizai said a survey it did showed that the makers planned
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        • 74 17 WASHINGTON Interest rates on short-term US Treasury bonds plunged to their lowest level since 1977 m Monday's fixing here. The Treasury sold US$7.6 billion (5516.57 billion) worth of threemonth bonds at less than 5.72 per cent interest, compared with the previous week's 5.78 per cent. It
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    • 504 17  -  MARA FERNANDEZ By IN the battle between Shell, Mobil, Esso and Caltex waged through the media to prove theirs is the best product, the petrol companies have come perilously close to breaching the Singapore Code of Advertising Practice. The code states that all claims
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    • 98 17 SINGAPORE Petroleum Company (SPC) has announced that it cut its posted prices for petrol from July 18. The cut means that both intermediate grade petrol (92 octane) and premium (97 octane) will be cheaper by US2 cents per US gallon. Their new posted price for intermediate grade
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    • 291 17 ITF confirms talks with Jack Chia and OCBC officer INTERNATIONAL Trust ft Finance yesterday told the Stock Exchange of Singapore that director Mr Ong Tjin An had talks with Jack ChiaMPH and an officer of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation on the proposed sale of his family's stake m the finance company.
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    • 152 17 DBS Bank has tapped the Japanese market yet again this year for another long-term loan m yen. It will be raising 4.75 billon yen (about $65 million) from a syndicate of Japanese financial institutions, according to lead manager Mitsui Bank yesterday. The seven-year
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    • 674 17  -  CONRAD RAJ By Nothing has changed say directors of trading group INTRACO Ltd has repeated its view that United Industrial Corporation's takeover offer is too cheap and with only two days to go before the deadline the trading giant has reiterated that shareholders should reject
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    • 68 17 HONGKONG Trading m the shares of San Miguel Brewery Ltd, a Hongkong subsidiary of the San Miguel Corp of the Philippines, has been suspended, and securities analysts said the move has led to renewed takeover speculation. San Miguel officials here said they had requested the suspension
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    • 2681 18 (READERS should be aware of the limitations of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt m at the stock exchange, is covered m "business done". Further, because al dealings at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend m
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    • 2132 18 INDUSTRIALS Acma 1 40 B) xd Ajinofnoto(29oß3loS) AMD (2966) (2) 300 (1)296 Alcom (638 655) (4) 66 (1) 65 xri A158(565)(1)54(5)56 API (788 79 '/I S) (6) 77 (1) 76 (1 1) 75 (27) 74 (45) 73 (9) 72'/ 2 (41) 72 (9) 78 "2
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    • 2631 18 M shares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tai-eiempted dividend. ABN is traded m lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted m dolars. Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment Scheme. I 1986 Last Yield Vol Day
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 362 19 OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings daily 4-*4 4 4 4' 4 4 1 4 Monthly 4' < Autosave 4 Fixed deposit 1 month 44 4' 4 4 4(1) 2 months 4(1) 3 months 4' 4 4' 4 4' 4 4(1) 6 months 4V4 4' 2 4V4
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      • 169 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.3919 1.3948 7.32—7.05 Canadian dollar 1.5839 1.5858 6 38— 6.28 NZ dollar 1.1790—1.1829 8.68—8.40 Sterling pound 3.2566—3.2603 3.10—3.05 US dollar 2.1835-2.1845 4.61-4.57 Local dollars to 100 units of
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      • 125 19 THE kilobar market traded between 5J24.776 and 5524,968 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened m the morning at U*****.20/4.60 and slipped to U*****.85/4.15 m a cautious morning session. It closed for lunch at U*****.95/4.25 and reopened at U*****.00/4.40 m the afternoon. The metal eased again to U5J353.20/3.60
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      • 25 19 GOLD USS/oz Tues Mon Singapore 353.40 353.80 354.60—355.00 Hongkong 353.30—353.70 353.60 354.00 Mon Fri New York 354.60 355.10 355.50—356.00 London 354.00 354.50 350.00—350.50
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      • 106 19 THE US dollar closed mixed against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed higher m quiet trading. It fluctuated within a range of 2.1820 and 2.1870. Against the deutschemark, the greenback opened at 2.1255/60 and closed at 2.1245/55. Trading was narrow, fluctuating within
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      • 231 19 Managers' prices for July 23 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 82— 0 88 The Savings Fund 0 74 -0 80 S pore Prog Fund 0 34-0 37 Spore Sec Fund 0 59-0 64 Sport Invest fund 0 55-0 60« d Spore Equity Fund 0 41—0 45 Asia
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      • Simex futures
        • 90 19 Eurodollar 3-month deposit THE Eurodollar futures market was extremely quiet yesterday. After opening slightly lower than the previous close at 93.63, the September Eurodollar traded down to 93.62 and remained within a narrow range throughout the session before closing at 93.62. (100 implied interest rate) Open High Low Sett Est
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        • Article, Illustration
          79 19 CURRENCY futures opened lower than Chicago's close due to some short-covering m the spot dollar. The currency futures markets were also very quiet as dealers stayed on the sidelines. Prices recovered m the afternoon as the dollar weakened m early European market. September deutschemark closed slightly higher at 0.4721.
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        • 38 19 SEPTEMBER yen closed slightly higher at 0.*****8. (Japanese Yen! Open High Low Sett Est Vot Sept 0.*****0 0.*****0 0.*****6 0.*****8 208 Dec 0.*****3B— 0.*****1 Mar 81 0.*****6B 0.*****6 Open Int (Men): 1452. Act Vol (Mon): 751
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        • Article, Illustration
          37 19 GOLD futures for August delivery closed at U*****.70 an ounce. USS per Irov ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Aug 8C 354.50B 353.70 Sept 355.40 Oct 356.80 Open bit (Mon): 17. Act Vol (Mon): Ml.
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        • 13 19 THE pound closed slightly lower at 1.4850. Reports from BA Futures
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      • 15 19 Rubber Closing price cents/kilo Singapore August 177.00 down 0.75 cent Malaysia August 221.00 Unchanged
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      • 17 19 Tin Closing prices MS/kilo 1 Tin 14.20 down eight cent! urnover 97 tonnes up 11 tonnes
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      • 28 19 Clotttf prices Copper £/tonne Mon Spot 891 00-891 50 (883 50-889 00) 3 months 907 50 908 00 (905 50-906 00) Market tone Steadier Sales 8.300 tonnes
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      • 28 19 Ctomi price* 1 Silver USJ tto» 02 lues Mon Singapore 500 505 5 00-505 Man fri New York 5 03-508 505- 510 Source Credit Suisse S pure
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      • 27 19 Closing prices Aluminium £/torew Mon Spot 746 00—747 00 (742 00-743 00) 3 months 755.50 756 00 (754 50-755 00) Market tone: Steady Sales 7.500 tonnes
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      • 104 19 Crude MS/tonne palm oil iuly 520 (north) 517 50 (south) 510 (central) Aug 520 (north) 517 50 (south) 515 (central) Refined palm ol USS/tomes RBD palm oil July 230 (sellers) Aug 227:50 (sellers) Sept 225 (sellers) RBD Stearin July 175 (sellers) Aug 170 (sellersl RBD Otem July 255
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    • Stock markets round-up
      • 619 19 SHARE prices fell across the board again yesterday despite a recovery m the afternoon. Prices fell heavily m the morning on uncertainty about the Aug 2 and 3 Malaysian elections but firmed after news that the Malaysian High Court had dismissed the Democratic Action Party's
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      • 340 19 My 22 HKJ Chan e Assoc Intl Hotels 0 98 Bonk Of East Asia 17 80 -0.2 Cothay Pacific Air 5 45 +0 05 Cheung Kong 21 20 +03 China Light 15 30 +0 2 Cross Horb Tunnel 9 60 +0 05 F E Consortium 0 415 0 005
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      • 352 19 My 2? Yen Chan Aimomoto 1 790 unch Akoi 434 13 Amodo 780 15 Asahi Chem 825 +20 Asohi Glass 1270 -10 Bank Of Tokyo 811 -9 Bridgestone 678 1 3 Canon 881 42 Casio Computer 1290 +20 Gtuen 526 -4 D Nip PMnt 1940 10 D Nippon Screen
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      • 333 19 My 22 Cents Change (Aust) A C I 362 +14 A M I 270 -3 Abertoyle 780 unch Age 315 -5 Amcor 325 unch <Vmpol Exp 170 -5 Vnpol Pet 211 +1 \m 463 unch «,shton 165 I 3 H P 838 unch 3eoch Petroleum 70 unch Jell Group
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      • 66 19 i i i i i ii i i I NST Index Tuesday 1,141.17 (1,142.77) ~-g Hongkong Hang Seng I Tuesday 1,791.53 (1,777.73) 0_ Australian All-Ordinaries Tuesday 1,136.80 (1,135.40) Nikkei Stock Average -4- Tuesday 17,639.32 (17,522.22) Financial Times Industrials Monday 1,276.30 (1,295.40) Dow Jones Average Monday 1,779.11 (1,777.98) (Figures m
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      • 243 19 My 21 US$ Chan e Alcoa 35 Allied S»g 38H +H Am Tel Tel 23*4 unch Amox Inc 11*» unch Amr Corp 48^ -H Bethlehem Stl 10% -2* Boeing Co 60^ -IMi Burroughs Cp 65^« M Caterpillar Co 46Wi unch Chose Manhtn 38*i 7 <* Chrysler Cp 37
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      • 532 19 My 21 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 321xd -2 Ass Dairies BTRPLC 298xd -7 Babcocks 181 6 Barclays 504 15 Beecham 408 -3 BICC 273 5 Blue Circle 601 10 BOC Group 307 -5 Boots 249 +6 Bowoter 311 -4 BATS 375 13 Britannia 139 -2 BP 580 +2 B
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    • 537 19 LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time Block E Going (013 RE) 24/7 (0700) fl 1200-1300/1 100- 1200 L2/N2 E Garden (010RW) 24/7 (1500) Fl 1000-1100/*****000 L3/N3 Niaga 21 (SJ14/86) 24/7 (0700) Fl 2200 2300 14 Mercator (39W) 23/7 (1600) Fl 0700-0730/*****800 F3/G3 G Petrenko (13CW86) 23/7
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    • Article, Illustration
      243 19 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppd Wharves Atlas Kl6 aside 23/7 Bright Faith Kl9 aside 23/7 Had Baik K27 aside 23/7 Kobe Maru K2O aside 23/7 Kota Wirama K3l aside 23/7 Marine Blue Kl7 aside 23/7 Monte Paloma K2O aside 23/7 Colossus K3O 23/7 30.7 Had Senang K2l
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    • Ford
      • 250 20 MILAN FORD of America is poised to acquire a big minority stake m Italy's state-owned Alfa Romeo under an outline agreement drawn up by the two car companies, industrial sources said. The ailing Italian maker of high-performance cars would retain a separate corporate identity under
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      • 41 20 BEIJING West Germany's Volkswagen Ag is facing problems m China because of the sharp fall of the yuan against the mark and problems m selling cars, Mr Martin Posth, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Volkswagen Ltd, SV, said. Reuter
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    • 339 20 KUALA LUMPUR PROMET Bhd, which suffered a loss of more than Ms 92 million last year, expects to steer back on to the path of profitability, its managing director and chief executive, Mr Brian Chang, has said. He cited the duty-free
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    • 83 20 TOKYO The US dollar fell to another low against the Japanese yen here yesterday, prompting Bank of Japan Governor Satoshi Sumita to pledge "every possible means to stabilise the exchange rate. The dollar closed at 155.30 yen, the lowest post-war closing rate and
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    • 424 20 MMC chief says it hopes to bag deal by year-end KUALA LUMPUR THE newly-formed consortium of Malaysia Mining Corp, Promet and Pernas Construction hopes to bag a Msloo million engineering and construction project by the end of this year. MMC chief executive Ibrahim Menudin
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    • 398 20 Watergate man picked to head Asian division of PR firm HONGKONG DWIGHT Chapin, the latest of several Watergate felons to find success m the business world, has taken over as Managing Director for Asia of Hill and Knowlton, one of the world's largest public relations firms. Mr Chapin, 46, yesterday
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    • 450 20  -  MARA FERNANDEZ Small business By HOME video company Vldeovan Enterprises saw back In 1983 that Singapore would one day tighten Its copyright laws and worked towards thai day. It Is the only Singapore video company to be given a licence by Him stodio
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    • From the companies desk
      • 172 20 CITY Developments has told the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) that Orchard Hotel, which it bought recently for $39 million, was valued at $42 million by valuers Knight Frank Cheong Hock Chye Baillieu. City also told the SES about the basis of the value of the new shares
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      • 208 20 MALAYSIAN Resources Corporation Bhd is to sell its entire carbide factory operations and subsidiary Multi Roofing Tiles Sdn Bhd to MCB Holdings Bhd for M 512.3 million. MRCB said the sales were m line with its rationalisation and consolidation exercise by reducing its borrowings. They would also provide
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      • 34 20 METAL Box Singapore director Mr Goh Kee Song bought 2,000 shares m the company at $3.48 each on July 18 and has registered them under the name of June Song Pte Ltd.
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      • 32 20 MR THOMAS Chua Boon Lee, recently appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of the C&C group of companies, has been appointed to the board of Cycle Carriage Bintang, an associate of C&C.
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      • 21 20 MR John Andrew Patrick Hill has resigned as a director of Hotel Marco Polo with effect from last Monday.
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      • 31 20 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore has queried Van der Horst and Malaya Tin Printing (MTP) about the reported sale of 7,148,000 Van der Horst shares by MTP, asking for details.
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    • 309 20 Tin miners to get M$70 m soft loans and cheap power KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government will give Ms7o million m soft loans to tin miners and cut electricity tariffs by 15 per cent to help them continue mining despite poor prices, Primary Industries Minister Mr Paul Leong said. Miners
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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    • 255 20 Learn how to Program and Use Personal Computers Now at Home m Spare Time, you can learn everything you always wanted to know about personal computers. How to program m BASIC How to understand and use more than 80 BASIC Commands and functions How to write and run your own
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  • HOME
    • 262 21 Drug approved for use in US, says firm A DRUG company is hoping for a quick recovery from the decline m sales suffered by Feldene, used m the treatment of arthritis. Sales m Singapore of Pfizer 's Feldene (piroxicam) to hospitals, clinics and pharmacies dropped by a fifth over the
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    • 387 21 The Murugason-Choong trial LAWYER Freddie Yin put forth yesterday the defence's case concerning incidents at the Telok Blangah Drive polling station on Dec 22, 1984. He ended his four-day cross-examination of key prosecution witness Lee Kok Kee. Mr Lee, 42, told the court
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    • 251 21 EIGHT Australian naval vessels sailed into Sembawang Wharves for a threeday visit yesterday. This was more than the usual number that travels on goodwill missions. But then this year is special for the Royal Australian Navy. The Australian High Commission's First Secretary
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    • 445 21  -  MATILDA GABRIEL By THEY were m the soup. After all, the link between alphabet soup and campus unity is not as simple as ABC. But the National University of Singapore's Architecture Club students took the trouble to spell out the connection. They went on
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    • 254 21 Fatal-crash soldier didn't have m-cycle licence A VERDICT of misadventure was recorded yesterday on the death of an army corporal who crashed while riding a borrowed motorcycle at his Amoy Quee Camp last Christmas Eve. Devaraj Menon, 21, died at 5.40 am on Christmas Day, about 12 hours after he
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    • 54 21 Teng Cheong back from Jakarta visit SECOND Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong returned here yesterday afternoon after a five-day visit to Indonesia. The visit was at the invitation of Admiral Sudomo, the Indonesian Manpower Minister. Mr Ong was accompanied by Mr S. Chandra Das, the Trade Development Board Chairman,
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    • 187 21  -  SURESH NAIR By POLICE are investigating a report by a lounge proprietor that two narcotics officers and a police officer intimidated him recently. He alleged that two of the officers drew their guns during an argument. A police spokesman said yesterday Tanglin
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    • 262 21 He turned nasty when prospective customer changed her mind A DOOR-TO-DOOR salesman, angered at having a door shut m his face, took revenge on a prospective customer by padlocking the iron grille gate of her Pandan Gardens flat. When the woman's family found
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    • 209 21 A CRANE operator for a Tuas shipping company was fined $2,500 yesterday after he admitted that he used a crane knowing that a safety device was not working. Tan Ah Bah, 36, was using the crane to lift a load of steel beams
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    • 104 21 A SHOP supervisor on her way to a bank was punched by a robber before he ran off with her bag containing $33,375. Madam Lee Kan Hoi, 35, of Popular Book Company, was m Bain Street on Monday at 11.30 am with the shop's
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 139 21 B^B^KiilliiHlßlll ACTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE UNIVERSITY PREPARATION COURSES L Acton Technical College is a British Government funded College administered by the London Borough of Ealing. It is situated m the western suburbs of London not far from Heathrow, with convenient transport to central London. The College is offering students from Singapore
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    • 306 21 I INFORMATICS COMPUTER SCHOOL IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ACCORDED WITH FULL RECOGNITION BY THE FRIENDS UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, USA. Direct Transfer of Credits Credits attained from our DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER STUDIES and ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER STUDIES will be allowed direct transfer to relevant degree programmes
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      72 22 MR LEE KIM HOCK AGED 74 passed away peacefully at Alexander Hospital on 22-7-M leaving behind beloved Son: Lee Hock Kee Daughter-in-law: Ling Puah Choo Daughter: Lee Eng Neo i Son-in-law: Llm Boon Hoe Grand- children: Lee Teck Inn, Lee Su Lin, Lee Teck Kee to mourn his
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    • 174 22 The family of the late Mrs. Robert Loke nee Mdm Lily Lum wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance, donations, condolences and wreaths during their recent bereavement. They would also wish to convey their special thanks to all doctors,
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    • 218 22 MISS ANNE LIM KENG LUAN with to express their heartfelt thanks gratitude to Reverend Frs. Barthoulot A Nicolas, Prayer Groups of the Churches of The Immaculate Heart, Christ the King. Risen Christ A St. Ignatius; the Staff a Residents of Euaoff College; Acting Dean, Staff a Students of
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      197 22 MR BAGGA SINGH SIDHU Departed: 23rd July 1971 With Goodbyes left unspoken, you quietly passed away. He patiently tolled for those He loved and left us to remember. Dearty loved and sadly missed by In Loving Mwnory Of MRS KANG CHIANG HOCK Departed 23 July 1983 D«arwt
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  • RACING
    • 796 22 Chew does trackwork JOCKEY S.H. Chew, who got off lightest in the threehorse pile-up at Ipoh last Saturday, did trackwork on trainer Charles Read's horses at Bukit Timah yesterday. He was astride last-start winner Dost Devil U, who matched strides with All Rich in 38
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    • 136 22 MIAMI A racecourse here may be forced to seek bankruptcy protection because its insurance company apparently cannot pay a US$lO million (about Ss2l million) Judgment to an injured jockey. Kenneth Noe, President of Calder Racecourse, said the Florida Supreme Court reinstated a jury's award
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    • 267 22 JOCKEY Peter Lee, who suffered facial and spinal injuries when Presamaran fell m Race 8 at Ipoh last Saturday, is expected to leave hospital this weekend. But he may be out of action for some time. Winson Liew, who suffered a shoulder injury, was
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    • 241 22 At the doom Pictures by ALBERT SIM and LEE FOO SAN At the finish Class 5 Div 3 1,200m 1. Outstandingly 2. Face The Facts 3. Bratasena n 4. Classy Dist: 9'/ 4 1, nk Time 1:13.8 Class 3 Div A 1,200m 1.
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    • 262 22 182 Acknowledgements To all the dear friends of the late Miss N.B. McMunn (M.8.E.) a sincere thank you for everything you did for her. She passed away on 19th July 1966 and was laid to rest on 20th July 1986 Inserted by Grace THE STRAITS j TIMES i RATES FOR
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      446 23 4 After "entertaining" friends and fellow-profes-sionals with his attempts to master the intricacies of the Scottish pipes, Norman and his wife spent an hour sipping champagne by the side of the 18th green the scene of his greatest triumph. Already the leading money-winner on the US Tour
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    • 278 23 SPORTS SHORTS ATHLETICS Said Aouita is the top attraction m the International Athletes' Club Grand Prix meeting at Crystal Palace on Aug 8. The Moroccan Olympic 5,000 m champion makes his first appearance m Britain this year at the lAC Meeting. Aouita, the world re-cord-holder for 1,500 m and 5,000
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    • 449 23 FEDERATION CUP PRAGUE Wimbledon finalist Hana Mandlikova, playing m front of a large crowd m her hometown for the first time, almost came to grief on the opening day on Monday. But she survived her attack of nerves to beat unheralded Angeliki Kanellopoulou, of Greece, 6-1,
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    • 257 23 BAST AD (Sweden) Sec-ond-seeded Swede Stefan Edberg struggled to beat compatriot Christian Bergstrom 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 m the first round of the Swedish Open tennis tournament on Monday. First-round result* (Swedes, unless stated): Thomas Hopstedt bt Juan Carlos Baguena (Spn) 3-6, 7-6, 7-5; Eric Jelen
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    • 571 23 TIMESPORT focuses on the contrasting fortunes of sport's two superstars golfing great Greg Norman, of Australia, and tennis terror Martina Navratllova, of the United States. Norman, who won the British Open on Sunday, attracted not only media attention but the adulation of fans away from his home
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    • 411 23 TOUR DE FRANCE L'ALPE D'HUEZ Bernard Hinault won the 18th stage of the Tour de France here on Monday and settled any doubts about his relationship with his team-mate and the leader Greg Lemond. The Frenchman, five Tour wins behind him, and the American teamed
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    • 237 23 LONDON Frank Bruno, who failed m his bid to win the World Boxing Association heavyweight title here last Saturday, said he was convinced Tim Witherspoon would become unified champion. Bruno, who was stopped by Witherspoon m the 11th round, had a brief telephone conversation with the
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    • 607 24  -  GODFREY ROBERT By Man of the moment Johnson waits for the hour EDINBURGH He walks with a natural bounce. His smile is fleeting, his stammer endearing. And his instincts tell him that he will soon be the fastest man on the planet. His face has been
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    • 450 24 EDINBURGH Australia, who have sent their largest team here, are hoping to collect their highest number of gold medals. Team manager Arthur Tunstall is aiming for his 240-strong squad to beat their record tally of 39 first places m Brisbane four years ago. "We
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    • 195 24 THE Edinburgh boycott has failed to deter Cardiff from launching their bid for the 1994 Commonwealth Games. A reception will be hosted m Edinburgh next Tuesday by the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales, who is supported m the application by Cardiff City Council, the Wales Tourist Board, the
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    • 293 24 Annette barred from Madrid meet LONDON Sooth Africa-born swimmer Annette Cowley goffered another blow to her career here on Monday when the sport's governing body, Fina. ruled that she cannot compete In next month's World Championships In Madrid. As Annette waited m Edinburgh for a High Court decision here on
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    • 188 24 SCHOOL work and impending examinations have ruled out Singapore's top juniors from the Hongkong Open junior championships from Aug 17-25. With Chew Kok Keene, Ernest Tan and Mah Li Lian not available, Chee I-Ming will be the only age-group titleholder m
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    • 327 24  -  TAY CHENG KHOON ON THE SQUASH SCENE By THE Singapore Squash Rackets Association have made the world's leading women professionals two proposals to attract them to September's Anchor Beer Singapore Open. The SSRA are prepared to almost double the prize money for women from
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    • 560 24 Little hope of the band striking up Majulah Singapura EDINBURGH A Majulah Singapura recording was among the items m Encik Othman Wok's luggage when he led the Singapore team to the 1970 Commonwealth Games here. But the strains of our national anthem were not heard at the Scottish capital here
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    • 364 24  -  ALBERT JOHNSON Duo to spearhead Seoul medal hunt By SWIMMERS Junie Sng and Ang Peng Siong have been entered for seven events at the Asian Games m Seoul from Sept 20-Oct 5. Junie, now studying m Brisbane, will return to join the Republic's contingent.
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    • ON THE CRICKET SCENE
      • 147 24 NOTTINGHAM New Zealand captain Jeremy Coney was taken to hospital after being hit m the face while fielding against Nottinghamshire on Monday but will be fit to play m the First Test against England, starting tomorrow. An X-ray revealed Coney had suffered only
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      • 404 24 Marshall, Walsh set the pace LONDON West Indian pace bowlers Courtney Walsh and Malcolm Marshall took 17 wickets between them on Monday as they fired leaders Gloucestershire and rivals Hampshire to convincing victories m the English county championship. On a day of impressive bowling performances, Walsh took a best-of-the-season 9-72
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    • 435 25 ALBERT JOHNSON speaks to the new F&N age-group badminton champion JOHN LIM does not hero-worship. This pragmatic approach has brought him to the top of the badminton ladder along with sheer guts, determination and hard work. John, 17, who used to toy with
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    • 450 25 PETER WATSON ON THE SNOOKER LEAGUE TWO new high breaks and two new group leaders emerged from the latest flurry of Guinness Snooker League action. Tony Leong, of Singapore Recreation Club B, sank a 58 to lead the individual scorers m Blue Group. Desmond
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    • 590 25  -  J. RAJENDRAN BADMINTON FRIENDLY: SINGAPORE v CHINA Stories by Pictures by China m charge as hosts reel under pressure 4 Winning the Thomas Cup did not totally make up for the sadness I felt at losing to Lius (inset). But I always console myself that things
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    • 398 25 Day when gold lost its shine for Ding AS he stood on the winners' rostrum last May with China's Thomas Cup badminton team, Ding Qiqing could not help but feel a tinge of sadness despite the shiny gold medal around his neck. On the morning of the final, Ding thought
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    • SOCCER AT HOME AND AROUND ASIA
      • 183 25 MANILA World champions Argentina will help basketball-crazy Philippines play better football under a programme arranged daring Argentine President Raul Alfonsin's visit here last week, a newspaper said on Monday. Leading daily Business Day said the first step would be an exchange programme for coaches, adding
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      • 291 25 MERDEKA SPOTLIGHT Fixtures Today: Czechoslovakia v Japan (7.45), China v Syria (S.M); Tomorrow:' Malaysia v India (7.45), Indonesia v Thailand (9.M); Friday: Japan v Syria (7.45), Czechoslovakia v China (9.»); Saturday: Thailand v Malaysia (8.45), India v S. Korea (9.3t); Sunday: Japan v China (7.45), Czechoslovakia v
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      • 211 25 THE dismal show m the Asian Youth competition will certainly give the administrators many sleepless nights pondering the future. The tournament, which serves as a gauge for budding stars, clearly indicate that Singapore lack young talent. What went wrong? Don't ask coach Ibrahim Awang
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      • 144 25 AVER RAJAH Wanderers missed a golden opportunity last night to pull themselves out of the National Football League Division One relegation mire when they drew 2-2 with doomed Fairer Park Dynamos at Jalan Besar Stadium (writes Joe Dorai). Ayer Rajah have two more games to play
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      • 178 25 PEI CAI Secondary's volleyball team are only two years old, yet they have managed to reach the final of this year's Schools National Championship (writes Lee Wai Won). Their C girls beat Presbyterian High 15-12, 15-2, 15-4 m the semi-finals at Pei Dao yesterday.
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      • 79 25 HOSTS Deyi Secondary defeated Yusof Ishak Secondary 23-15 m a Schools National B Division boys' softball match yesterday. In a Boys' C Division tie, Thomson scalped Anderson 46-1. Other results Boys C: Raffles Institution 12 Mci Chin 11. Bedok View 24 Ping Vi 16, Thomson 46 Anderson 1,
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      • 113 25 COMMERCIAL Girls beat Singapore Cricket Club 16-15 m a Division One National League netball match at the National Stadium. Other results Div One: Toa Payoh CSC 36 Serangoon Gardens CSC 18, PSA I 37 Toa Payoh 18, National Trainees 26 SG 12, Tanah Merah CSC 23 Lotto 19,
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    • 119 25 (China first): Men's singles Chen Kang bt Hamid Khan 15-11, 17-15; Ding Qiqing bt Lav Wing Cheok 15-7, 15-10; Sha Haiping (15-9) drew Wong Shoon Soo (15-8). Men's doubles Wang Yue Ping and Jin Chen bt Kelly Wee and Steven Oh 15-10, 15-2; Su Xiong and Chen Kang bt
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    • 266 25 i FMM Seminar on "INCENTIVES UNDER THE PROMOTION OF INVESTMENTS ACT 1986" Organised by •3^ Federation Of Malaysian Manufacturers With the support and cooperation of Ministry of Trade Industry Thursday, August 14, 1986 > Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur Objectives 1. To provide a better understanding on incentives available under the
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 132 25 ATHLETICS Primary Schools track Held c'shlps (National Stadium, 2.15). BADMINTON Friendly: China v Singapore (SBH, 6) HOCKEY SHA Wv 1: NTI v PARC (Farrer Park AC, 5.30). SOCCER Port League Dlv IB: Pulau Brani v GATX (Bukit Chermin, 5.30). NI^Dl ALL s > n 8»P 0P National Leagne (Petain Road.
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  • 519 26  - Nakasone appoints new men in major reshuffle PETER HAZELHURST By and KOICHI ISHIYAMA of our Tokyo Bureau TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone reshuffled his Cabinet yesterday m a sweeping move which replaced all but one of his former council of ministers. Re-elected as leader of the Lower House of
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  • 583 26 She was seated next to emergency door which was flung open NINE- YEAR-OLD Ng Poh Bee's choice of seats m her school bus yesterday morning was fatal. She was sitting alone just behind the driver and beside the emergency exit door when the
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  • 165 26 1,000 fishermen missing after storm hits south China HONGKONG More than 300 Chinese fishing boats and about 1,000 fishermen are missing after a tropical storm lashed southern China, a Chinese provincial official said yesterday. The official of the Department of Aquatic Products m Guangdong told Reuters by telephone that at
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  • 109 26 MILWAUKEE For Jack Bradley, it was a bit like the story of the mouse who ate too much and realised as the cat pounced that he wouldn't fit back into his mouse hole. Police answering a burglary call at Bill the butcher's shop on
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  • 159 26 How much more you will pay for water Average monthly increase of two households For 30 cubic metres a month Present bill $14.10 n New bill $18.10 f Increase 4 f^A^j For 50 cubic metres a month J Present bill $29.30 New bill $36.60 Increase
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  • 225 26 SYDNEY Christmas Island will have a casino m a Md to tap the lucrative South-east Asian gambling market, according to plans announced here on Monday. The 2,5 M Islanders on the Indian Ocean island, mostly of Chinese extraction, have already voted overwhelmingly m
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  • 329 26 DAP fails in bid to stop August polls KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's High Court has dismissed^ an opposition party's application to halt next month/s general election, the AttorneyGeneral said. The main opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) had sought an injunction to stop the poll being held on Aug 2 and 3
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  • 118 26 Lift robber gets six years and 12 lashes A JOBLESS man was yesterday sentenced to six years' jail and ordered to be given 12 strokes of the cane on a robbery-with-hurt charge. Tham Weng Long, 38, admitted that he robbed Madam Lian Soon Choo, 25, of a $220 gold chain
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  • 30 26 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 15.18 points to 1,794.29 m the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. AP
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    • 134 26 Weather UP TO 1 pm Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 26 mm SUNSET today: 7.17 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.06 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 10/12 C Rain Melbourne 7/15 C Overcast Bangkok 25/31 C Fair Moscow 15/24 C Storms Belong 21/31 C Cloudy New York 18/29
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    • 1079 1 A dance of dread Bullying m schools has driven some students to suicide and now ranks as a major social problem m Japan. From New York, GLENN COLLINS reports on new studies on the psychological interaction between bully and victim. IRENE PATES talks to some principals
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    • 978 1 4. it is striking to see a sort of choreography of victimisation. A dance goes on. It is as if they court each other, and often it seems as if neither can leave the other alone. Psychologist Dr Nathaniel Floyd. 4 A
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      • 222 1 CTADT UEIDE As soon as you start V 1111 l I nKIUE# the engine of your car; the trouble can begin. Metal moves against metal at such speeds that the friction alone would cause the engine to seize m seconds. By the time you're driving along the road, the temperature
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      • 51 1 lift* w t /j From star to victim id Rise and fall of Boy George Singapore hospice 2 Volunteers write in Emperor's art show 3 Special exhibition of Chinese paintings in New York Arts Laisure Edited by Richard Lim Bilingual Edited by Teo Han Wue Classifieds: Pag* S to Page
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      • 666 2 Volunteers who remind us of our humanity On July 1, we published an article about a hospice (or a resting place for the terminally ill) m Singapore with an urgent request for volunteers. The response was heart-warming, reports IRENE PATES. MORE than 120 people wrote m to volunteer their services
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      • 961 2 Miss Lim Bee Koon, I/CNo. *****34Fisnow the proud owner of this Milo World Cup containing $20,000 cash. The first prize of the Milo World Cup Contest. Here are the other winners who will join her m the celebration. THOMSON VIDEO CAMERAS (6
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      • 789 2 A schoolboy tells his story to IRENE PATES. 4 So I was bullied into joining them. They asked me to tattoo a red dot between my eyebrows, and one between the thumb and the index finger, like the other members, but I m
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      • 752 3 "KNOWLEDGE is power", a motto which has been popular for the last half century, has now become "Information is power" m the 1980s. Our ancestors living thousands of years ago not only knew the importance of information, but also consciously tapped it, sifted it and made
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      • 1061 3 Under the 18th-century Qianlong Emperor, Chinese painting reached what has been termed its "last peak" of greatness. An exhibition In New York from the period includes works portraying the emperor as well as his own paintings. By KATHERINE KENNEDY TWO hundred
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      • 409 3  -  GOH BENG CHOO By A SIMPLE stage, cosy atmosphere and low-key Chinese music set the mood for the opening night of Singapore's first Chinese dinner-theatre at Hilton Hotel's Grand Ballroom last Friday. Minutes before dinner was served, the audience mostly families or close friends streamed
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      • 894 4 THEATRE enthusiasts m Kuala Lumpur are currently being treated to two Egyptian plays. There are no pyramids though m the Drama Centre's two plays by famed playwright Tawfik Al Hakim. Both these plays are actually part of the workshop for students
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      • 845 4 PARA peminat drama di Kuala Lumpur mulai sennalam berpeluang menyaksikan dua buah drama Mesir dipentaskan dalam bahasa Malaysia. Walaupun drama itu berasal dari Mesir, tidak terdapat sebarang unsur ahram atau piramid di dalamnya. Kedua-dua buah drama itu ditulis oleh penulis skrip Mesir yang terkenal,
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      • 750 7 70 Situations VacantSecretarial/ Clerical MALE JUNIOR CLERK A major international bank with an oflthore branch m Singapore eeefcs a young man to join it« Dealers' Back-up operation. The candidate need not have any experience but ability to type would be an advantage. He should possess 2 GCE A 1 Level
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      • 515 9 72 Situations Vacant: Technical FUJITSU We have immediate vacancies for: Maintenance Man (Male) Requirements: c NTC 2/ITC m Electrical Engineering c Relevant experience advantageous (though not necessary) Completed National Service Willing to perform shift duties We offer attractive compensation and fringe benefits to successful candidates. Please call personally for interview
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      • 503 9 72 Situations Vacant: Technical SHEET METAL WORKERS and Trainees required by engineerIng co Call *****49. SKILLED WORKERS NEEDED for installing folding doors, blinds shower screen. Int. call: *****53. WANTED AIRCONDITIONINQ MECHANICS with experience and driving licence Tel *****47 73 Situations Vacant: Production PRODUCTION! OPERATORS (KMAIE) Malaysians also wanted, the company
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      • 558 9 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situation* Vacant: 73 situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production proauciion Production Production ETC MAI C DDnniIPTION 0R Mu^ m 0 I|MI n rCIYIALiC rnUl/UvllwH you can choose the following r-y**-^— p|j v ___J_\4____________\__Aa interview between B.ooam and <' W^""^^ JBB S HiTilirivWjUl
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      • 278 9 HITACHI KOKI (S) PTE. LTD. raquiraa MALE MACHINE OPERATORS Completed N.S. NTC m Metal Machining or equivalent experience Interested applicants, please call personally during office hours at: 47-49 GUL DRIVE JURONG IND. EST. SINGAPORE 2262 SBS Bua: 255 252 from Jurong Interchange. Required MALE GENERAL WORKER Starting pay $550 p.m.
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      • 463 9 GM Singapore w r PteLtd. FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS (Permanent Day Shift) Singapore citizens between 16 years to 35 years old Interested applicants please bring along your IC and call personally for an interview between B.ooam to 4.00pm at: I GM SINGAPORE PTE LTD Blk 4010 4th Floor i Ang Mo
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      • 460 9 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous ISETAN Singapore DEPARTMENT STORE has immediate vacancies for trie following positions:A) MAINTENANCE OFFICER (Electrician) c Age 21- 26 years c Singapore citizens Possess Trade Cert, or have experience m similar capacity c Able to work on 2 rotating shifts Starting salary $630 further adjustment upon confirmation.
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      • 516 9 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous A newly established Dental Company requires 1. SALES REPRESENTATIVE c Minimum qualification: GCE 'O' level or 'A' level c Experience preferred but those without may apply Ability to communicate effectively with professionals m English/ Mandarin Must have own transport Attractive remuneration awaits the right candidate. Only
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      • 628 9 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous COLOUR LAB~ requires 1. SALES REPRESENTATIVES Young, with knowledge of advertising 2. ARTIST Knowledge of some darkroom work. 3. DESPATCH RIDER. 4. ENLARGER OPERATOR. Compulsory knowledge of colour printing. Bright, dedicated, hardworking, pride m your work are compulsory assets we are looking for. If you have
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      • 891 10 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Urgently required 1) CARPENTER 2) COMMERCIAL ARTIST 3) PLASTIC SIGNCRAFT WORKER Interested please call personally at:Bloch 1035 Eunos Avenue 5 #01-53, Singapore 1440 5T CRANE LORRY OPERATOR urgently required Class 4 driving licence, c Experience preferable. Please ring: *****44 during office hours for an interview. SECURITY
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      • 688 10 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous SECURITY/ SR. GUARDS urgently needed. Part-time avail. #07-52, Golden Mile Complex. *****00 TEMPORARY STAFF REOD. to distribute pamphlets. Good pay. Call: *****21. 81 Vehicles For Hire CHARLIE'S TRUCK RENTAL:- Latest model, Daihatsu Diesel Driven trucks Toyota pick-up Toyoace petrol driven light trucks vans. Daily long term
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      • 801 10 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance Insurance WmiFOCL^g^ Prompt processing of applications Up to 90% financing Attractive interest rates New car Used car 12 mths 4.25% 5.25% 24 mths 4.50% 5.50% 36 mths 4.75% 5.75% 48 mths 5.00% (Instalments payable m advance) g Call 533-3737 today El FORWARD OVERSH
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      • 764 10 TELSTAR TXS QHIA 2.0, Oct. 1983. Pte. regn. Power steering, electric windows, alrcon. Excellent cond., new tyres. 30.000 km. $27,000 0.n.0. Tel: *****35 x 248. '81 FIAT Xl 9 Spider Sports 1.5 with Targa roof. Full accessories. SBC regn. Brand new condition. Highest offer to: 89 Lorong H, Telok Kurau.
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      • 1614 10 87 For Sale: Mercedes 87 For Sale: Mercedeo 89 For Sale: 90 For Sale: Toyota Datsun/Nissan 1980 DATSUN 280ZX sports car, hl-power cassette radio, s/rlms. $22,000 0.n.0. *****55/ *****77. 1981 DATSUN 100A, pte. owner, alrcon., radio cassette, $12,600 0.n.0. Tel. *****67. 7/83 SUNNY 1.3 GL. 1 owner, tax 12/86, radio
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      • 894 10 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi 7/83 GALANT GLS. Tax 12/86 2 owners, full accessories $16,800. Tel: *****67. 77 MITSUBISHI LANCER, alrcond., radio cassette, s/rlms. Tel: *****88. 78 LANCER 1400. Square lamp, 5-speed, PARF, aircon., cassette $7,300 neg. Tel: *****00. 10 LANCER GL Auto. 2nd pte. owner, aircon., hl-ft, tax 12/86, beautiful
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      • 784 10 93 For Sale: Honda •84 JAN. HONDA Prelude, hi-pow-er Pioneer cassette radio, aircon., power windows, s/rlms, computerised accessories, showrm. cond., $33,800 0.n.0. Call *****55/ *****77. I CAREFUL OWNER late 1982 Honda Civic 13 notchback sspeed. Radio cassette, showroom cond., guarantee accident free. 569 Balestier Rd. Chris *****46. END '83 HONDA
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      • 918 10 96 For SaleOther Makes THE BUY OF a life tune Brand new Lancia Prlsma Alrcon.. central lock, power windows, control system instrumentation 105 BHP $39,950 on the road Tel *****25/ *****51 ALMOST '79 SIGMA Galant 1.6 Stationwagon. 5-speed. new tax. Expensive radio cassette, power windows, central locking, alrcon. Tel John
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      • 623 10 97 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles 83 TOYOTA HIACE Commuter PB Bus 1 owner passed inspection alrcon. new tax. *****63. ■85 SUZUKI 800 van '83 Mitsubishi L3OO van, both 1 owner. 5-door Original paint. Tax new. *****26 98 Sale/Wanted: Motor Cycles/Scooters SELLILNG, BUYING LCI2S, M8X125, HXI3S, RXK, RXI2S $700. 350LC, PX2OO,
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      • 467 11 98 Sale/Wanted: Motor 98 Sale/Wanted: Motor 98 Sale/Wanted: Motor Cycles/ Scooters Cycles/Scooters Free YAMAHA Service CampaigSr 2 1st 27th July '86 (both dates inclusive) 9.00 am 5.30pm Daily. Free servicing for ALL YAMAHA motorcycles or scooters any model, any age with service engineers from Japan m attendance. Plus free gifts
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      • 677 11 WANTED! Any make of good secondhand car. Cash payment Highest offer Free valuation DAH MOTORWAYS PTE. LTD. Home of Quality Used Cars 7 Chang Cham Road (0315) TEL: *****82/ *****83 ATTRACTIVE PRICE Cash payment for your quality used cars. Singapore Used Car, 275 Thomson Rd, #01-01/ 02 Novena Vllle, S-1130.
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      • 628 11 D.ll Residential ••midetached. 84 Hillcrett Rd. 3 rms, living and dining rm., servant's rm., kitchen and furnished. Approx. area 267 sq.m. Rental $1,800 p.m. neg. c D.5 West Coast Dr., Hong Leong Condo. Fully furnished, 3 bdrms., dining, living, kitchen. Rental $2,000 p.m. n#Q> D.5 West Coast Way, Hong L-wng
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      • 757 11 106 Accommodation Available: Houses D 1750 TOH AVENUE, single-sto-rey detached bungalow, large edn compound, partially furnished Avail. 1/8/86. For details contact Mr K.H Tan, *****74 FABER HILLS, COSY modern 2storey split-level terrace with children's pool. 4 aircon. bdrms. servant's. Fully furn. Now vacant. $1200 neg. *****33. NEW LISTING. D.lO. Callfornian
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      • 548 11 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available- Available: Available: Available: Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments Upgrade to a private residential home at City Mansions, when prices are now m your favour. s i o i o Low-rise apartments and double-storey HH^ townhouses m an elite
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      • 232 11 /PC c Luxurious Apartment "ttx QIX located next to Botanic SJj CO Gardens Holland Rd Ifb c Quality homes 3,300 tA Cjf sq.ft. some with private fu Ry spectacularly landscaped W CX c Big Swimming pool, tennis court and children £v ijrx Agents welcome i<y ?7 PLEASE CALL: V| |3533-6868
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      • 215 11 The mini United Nations! <T) X (QL~l*\ Feel really at home with the expat community at Ardmore fit J/fM" rvtvlr^ Park. Enjoy friendly country (yji 'fytJA 1 JW^^ club amenities, I y^T^L^^^^^ Nations today? 1 /AO L^i^JtfL- OPEN HOUSE 1^ EfflZn A+zdJ*?^ 1O«« to spm i JavVycg^Ca^C^) (Mon-S«t) rtf atgam^^^»r>6»r
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      • 241 11 D-05: Parkview Condo, 4 rma. Hin Sang, Wastvala, Viata Pk. Hong Leong. Island View, ate. D-15: Bayshore Pk, Seaview Naw condo, 2/ 3 bdrms. Others: Silver Twrs, Futura, Beverly Fairways, Teresa Villa, Riverwalk Hacsenda, Faber Gdn, Mimosa Pk. Suffolk, Nawton, HillcrMt Ridgewood, Himiko, Balmoral. Enquiries: *****21/ *****38 D.lO DUCHESS COURT
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      • 237 11 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments /WARNERX f COURT I Holland Avenue Elegantly furn. brand new 2-bdrm. apts. 3/4-bdrm. maisonettes S/pool squash ct. For long/ short term lease. Sole Marketing Managing Agent: K.W. HO ASSOCIATES I TEL: 734-2377 ELIZABETH TOWERS PENTHOUSE (#24-01) for tease/ sate 6 bedrooms, central aircon., 3 split-levels, fully
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      • 935 12 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments FURAMA TOWER near Grange Road, high level 2-bedroom apt., parity furnished. Swimming pool facilities Rental: $1,800 0.n.0. Call Jones Lang Wootton at *****88. DIST.IS, NO.I, PULASAN Road Grdflr. flat. Area fenced up. free fenced up parking space for 2 cars Land area: 4.000 sq ft $800.
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      • 876 12 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D.9 GRANGE TWR., high fir. f/furn, 2 bdrms. with attached baths, 1319 sq.ft. rental reasonable. Tel: *****22 Nin Kai Prop. D.9 LUCKY PLAZA, 2 bdrms F/furn. $1200. D.21 Pandan Valley 3*l, Eugenia Court Furn. $1400. *****59/ *****49. D.9- 11 GRANGEFORD, Sommerville, Marbella Ct., Hillcrest. 3- 4
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      • 933 12 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D.15 P/FURN. 3-BDRM. with tel aircond. $650. View: 878 Ceylon Rd 10am- spm Tel: *****03. D 16 NEW 3-BDRMS. apt High fir. tastefully furn. Full facilities. $1,550. Multiprop: *****17/ 8/ 9. D.19 CHUAN PK. 2 bdrms. f/furn. aircon. full condo facilities. $800. Tel: *****77 day/ night.
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      • 760 12 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments 1-RM FURN. APT. to let. Tel. *****96 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms COSY, FURN. AIRCON. rooms m Orchard Rd. for foreign students/ foreigner. Meals laundry avail Tel: *****10. (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) Mr Koon/ Francis. ORCHARD AREA F/furn., bathrm. attached, aircon., carpeted. Full facilities. Meals, laundry
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      • 1126 12 108 Accommodation 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms Available: Rooms Staying m Singapore for more than a month? Enjoy these benefits m one of our comfortably appointed rooms at a special package price. For enquiries and reservations, please call our Sales Department at 338-33J3 or Reservation Department at 339-2941. HOTEL NEW OTANI
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      • 934 12 113 For Sale: Houses FOR SALE HILLTOP detached Chestnut Crescent bunglw 4 bdrms./ servants quarters, large patio/ gdn. Ssl.l million. No agts pis. Tel. Teh *****95. INTERMEDIATE D/STOREY TERR. h'se. for sale. Watten Estate Rd. *****,000 Pis write to: ST. Box A*****, 390 Kirn Seng Road. Spore 0923. SELETAR PK.
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      • 763 12 113 For Sale: Houses D 14 NEW 2-STOREY Inter 3 1 rms Marble parquet. Quiet surroundings Acumen *****11 D.15 D/STOREY DETACHED bunglw for sale. Area 30.000 sq.ft. Interested call: *****55/ *****25. D.15 EAST COAST Pk d/storey semi-d. 2600 sq.ft. 4 bdrm. facing east. 5369K Vlllanelle *****81 D.15 FOWLIE RD. 2-storey
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      • 799 12 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments I PROPERTY AUCTION 1 SALE TODAY I 1 No. 8 Angklong Lane #03-02 Faber Garden Condominium m 2) No. 2 10 C Acacia Court Pandan Valley t 3) No. 40 Lloyd Road #02-46 H Lloyd Court ffl 4) No 306
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      • 797 12 HILLCREST ARCADIA, FURN. 2bdrm. apt. with attached bathrms. Country club facilities. v 1,400 sq.ft. $230,000. Phone: *****68. No agents. D.lO HIMIKO CT. Quick sale. 2 bdrms. F'hold. 1205 sq.ft. S/pool. Squash/ tennis cts. $280,000 0.n.0. Forward Properties, *****00. D.lO LEEDON Hts 1700 sq.ft./ 3 bdrms./ beautifully renovated/ superb facilities/ $390,000
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      • 900 13 114 For Sale: Private Apartments D.lO MT. SINAI Ridgewood Townhse. Excellent facilities. 3 I I rms. Holland *****79. 0.10 PINETREE CLUB vicinity, quiet, facing greenery, 3 1 bdrms., $340,000 Fields: *****11 0.10 PRIME LOCATED Apt for sale with/ without tenancy. Enquiries: *****88, Jonsen. D.lO, WELKIN MANS. 2.000 sq.ft. 3 hdrms
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      • 844 13 115 For Sale: HUDC Apartments D.15 LAGUNA PK. High fir A bdrms./ servant's Approx. 1770 sq.ft $240,000 0.n.0. Rolf *****11 0.15 LAGUNA PK. 3• 1 bdrins attached bath. 1550 sq.ft/ 1770 sq ft. $210,000 /$240,000. Denker *****11. LAGUNA PARK, 1750 sq.ft. Low/ high floor. $230,000 $245,000. Uniwest *****15/ *****47. 116
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      • 939 13 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments JURONG EAST S-RM. Blk 230 high fir., all ceramic, cabinets $127,000/ Dover 81k.26 marble, cabinets $129,000 neg. *****22. JURONG EAST S-RM. pt Blk 230 High fir Best orientation Morn, sun Marble throughout. Near facilities. $138,000 neg. *****08. MARINE CRES. S-RM. High/ low fir. Blk 27/
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      • 651 13 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments NO CASH NEEDED. 2/ 3 rms. Tanglin Halt Telok Blangah, Blk 33. Full CPF'. Price neg. *****77. PURE 4-RM. DOVER Rd beautifully renovated maintained. See to appreciate. 255-3333 PURE 4-RM. AM Kio Aye. 3, broken marble, terrazzo, $80,000 neg. *****66/ *****06. SPOTTISWOODE PARK. 5-rm. high
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      • 704 13 117 Properties Wanted ANG MO KIO c BEDOK c CLEMENTI c DOVER c WEST COAST 3, 4, 5-roomed flats wanted urgently. Owners pleate call: *****60/ *****53 BUNGALOWS, SEMI-DETACHED AND APARTMENTS IN GOOD RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS Wanted by clients. J.S. Lee (Realty) Co. *****26/ *****61 I PEOPLE'S HOUSING *****21/ *****22 Urgently Wanted
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      • 1024 13 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces Sea-front, 94 metres, with Mooring facilities including Slipway Beautifully designed Office/Factory Building with Workshops 2 700 sq metres Canteen (Single Storey Block) 28 1 sq. metres Op-en Area 13.860 sq. metres Total Area 16.841 sq metres Lease: JTC 30 years w.e.l. 16 August 1980
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      • 962 13 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces K. B. WAREHOUSE COMPLEX (Koki Buklt Rood 2) L%u £c 5 Shir ii f *sj READY FOR OCCUPATION SING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX j[32. Ang Mo Kio Industriol Port 2) LA*? iTT. ™W BWI BUS -MS^UMkJI |k9b9 jfiftfi^ *fiB S lWm !ssT*"*f ll^ <3p^Q^©*
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      • 580 13 121 For Rent: Office Spaces I PARKLANE SHOPPING MALL, 600* sqft. units. Under $2 00 p.s.f. inclusive Tel *****03. PARKWAY PARADE Office units. Area 937- 4,200 sq ft Contact: *****28 TABLE SPACE ($5O). Registration address ($10)/ Answering ($10)/ Telefax/ Telex/ Typing *****12 TANGLIN SHOPPING CENTRE, 6th storey. About 600 sq
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      • 479 14 124 For Rant: 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces U^ccupancy»n the Ist storey^ J SPACE AVAILABLE L on J^H [HOME FURNISHING FLOOR]! easy to identify and remember for shoppers i looking for FURNITURE HOME FURNISHING ITEMS Approx. 14,000 sq ft to be let to a single ft operator or
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      • 571 14 126 Restaurant/Lounge R Spaces Ra*taurant lor rant at Bukit Timah Road. Inclusive of furniture and kitchen equipments $5,000/- negotiable. Interested Tel: *****49 Mr. Foo. 127 Other Real Estate COMMERCIAL LAND 80,000 40,000 sq ft. Suitable for office building. Industrial land 30,000/ 60,000 sq.ft. Residential land 30,000/ s 80,000 sq.ft. Luckypoint
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      • 432 14 136 Cruises 136 Cruises NATOMALEMY I CRUISE MALDIVES PHUKET 1260 fr0 "359 137 Tours 137 Tours aEEEEEEEEEsIaEBgBWHriBF i Days: Hongkong Guangzhou 21 Days: Guangzhou Kunming Guilin (yangshuo) E«ry Mon. t Thurs (stone forest) Chengdu Chongqing Yangtze Cruise 1/12 Days: Guangzhou Guilin Ylchang Wuna n Zhenzhou yangshuo) Beijing Shanghai Xign Bejjj
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      • 996 14 137 Tours 137 Tour* 137 TourB 137 TourB Shcon.unc.ion m 4 rjj rec t flight to China i S i The Great Wal! Sheraton Hotel «f 3 OWh. The Premier international hotel m Beipng 7D Beijing DiSCOVerieS(EveryFn) From $1688 B *ccom m The Great Wan Sheraton Holei iQD China DefiahtS
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      • 207 14 HONG KONG FOOD FESTIVAL 4 DAYS $1088 6 DAYS $1399 Dep 17/8. 24/8. 7/9. 14/9 Dep 25/8,6/9. $1429 Off 15/9 DINNER CRUISE ON THE PEARL OF THE ORIENT TYPHOON SHELTER SEAFOOD ROAST GOOSE SHATIN PIGEON YAM SING TOUR VEGETARIAN LUNCH AT PO UN MONASTARY LANTAU ISLAND EXCELSIOR HOTEL 4 DAY
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      • 422 14 137 Tours 137 Tours i FARMOS A HOLIDAY TOUR offers this fully guided tour m our luxurious imported coach (with TV/ video facilities) to Stmwberry e (O^ i^^^^^^^ @FARMOSA HOLIDAY TOUR f SJ PTL LTD. 101, Upper Cross Street #81-20, Peoples Park Centre, Singapore 0105 Tel: *****33 I iominuhsto TURH£
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      • 705 15 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours We call it the Super Easy Packs. And if you We looking for a flexible holiday, this is it. Because you plan the time and place at the price you want to pay. The 4 Super Easy Packs to Jakarta, Bangkok, Manila and Hong
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      • 1206 15 146 Foreign Education 146 Foreign Education HOTEL MANAGEMENT DEGREE COURSES c 2-yr Associate Degree /Diploma m Hotel Mgt 3/4-yr Bachelor's Degree m Hotel Mgt. SIU offers an intensive programme combining basic business studies with practical Hotel Restaurant Management Training m France, Germany A England. COURSE DATE SEPT '86 QUAL: 'OVA'
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      • 1174 15 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses MBMB|aUPpy*|WwMy^ j GET A RECOGNISED COMPUTER QUALIFICATION AT INFORMATICS COURSES OFFERED Wordstar, dßase 11/tll, 1. NCC DIPLOMA IN Lotus 1-2-3, Symphony, COMPUTER STUDIES Framework, Accounting, (Incorporating City Guilds Micro-processor, 747(418), designed for GCE. Assembler. "O"or"A" level holders. No prior Courses 1& 2 qualify for
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      • 1545 15 i 149 Secretarial/ 149 Secretarial/ 149 Secretarial/ Typing Courses Typing Courses Typing Courses ■hHBPHBH [BliißßlßiiiiiH 151 Language Courses ENGLISH Taught by professionally trained, experienced graduates. GENERAL ENGLISH (Speaking, listening, reading writing skills) Part-time begins 23 July Full-time begins 28 July Morning/ Afternoon/ Evening SPOKEN ENGLISH begins 28 July Mon. Frt.
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    • Page 16 Advertisements
      • 1149 16 AWOTNTMENTS/NOTICES QTA WTQ RQRflAfil Telefax Ne: *****59 Rates: B °x Service: mmm OIAW I O nOOUOO I Stiim Servlce Tel *****U Straits-Times: 5525.00 psc. cm. Collected: 555.00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMEAD ext 5724/5/6/8 5669 Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. Posted: SSIO.QQ APPOINTMENTS mmmmm J trans L |nk EXPRESS
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      • 774 16 APPOINTMENTS I The MRT Corporation invites applications for the following positions: CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES DEPARTMENT 1. SECTION QUANTITY SURVEYOR (Ref: CS/SQS.4S) Salary Scales $3250x150-4000/4150:150:4300 ($4150:4300)4475:175:5350 Function To assist Engineer's Representatives on site m supervising and directing teams of quantity surveyors undertaking measurement of civil and architectural works for interim payments
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      • 495 16 located m the southern port erf Malaysia, we ore one of the largest exporH>ri»eot«i germ»n» martufacfurei-% m S.E.A Ira me with our expansion programme, we irmto suitobh/ qua&fed applicants im the post ofPRODUCnON MANAGER The position wiH be re&pomible fort Controlfmo,, planning, supervising and COOr* dmahnfl att production activities to
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    • Page 17 Advertisements
      • 787 17 NOTICES 4^~ NOTICE OF DESIGN REGISTRATION U.K. Design Registration No. *****63 M If 1 1 Wr FRONT PERSPECTIVE VIEW REAR PERSPECTIVE VIEW 8 Notice is hereby given that ROWENTA-WERKE GMBH, of 6050 Offenbach am Main, Waldstrasse j9 202-256, Federal Republic of Germany, are the registered proprietors of the copyright m
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      • 638 17 HDB "I TO LET BY PUBLIC TENDER I j under the 2 rental bids system I A) EMPORIUM B) RESTAURANT C) CAFETERIA LOCATION Woodlands Town Centre DESCRIPTION Approx Floor Area Emporium 7908.3 sm (Lower Ist, Ist 2nd Storey) Restaurant: 1964.9 sm Cafeteria 501 .0 sm SHOWROUND A showround will be
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      • 719 17 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Windlng-Up No. 481 of 198 C In the Matter of the Companies Act, Cap. 185 And In the Matter of SHREE LIKRAI TRADING PTE LTD. ADVERTISEMENT OP PETITION Notice is hereby given that a petition for the winding up of
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      • 760 17 r IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE i COMPANIES WINDING UP NO. 392 OF 1986 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 185) And IN THE MATTER OF TAI JOO SHIPPING AND TRADING (PTEJ LTD ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a petition for
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      • 721 17 IN THE SUBORDINATE COITtTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE M.C. Suit I No. 6635 of 1986 Between WILLIAM JACKS ft CO. (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. Plaintiffs And 1) TAN CHWEE KIM j 2) ONG KIM HWA (all t/a Kirn Long Furniture Decoration Contractor) Defendants NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: 1. Tan Chwee
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      • 780 17 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 186 AND IN THE MATTER OF CHAMPNEYS HEALTH SERVICES (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP j At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members !of CHAMPNEYS HEALTH SERVICES (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. duly convened land held at 161 Kampong
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    • Page 18 Advertisements
      • 677 18 t IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Originating Petition No. 33 of 1986. In the Matter of Section 73 of the Companies Act (Chapter 185) And In the Matter of SHI M ENTERPRISES (PRIVATE) LIMITED Advertisement Of Petition NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition was, on
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      • 340 18 SUN TAN By Coliette \T6cARRi THE PARC£LS?y [STW COMPIAtMHZ'-J {CAMy /on ft, WA Ll£rfJ THE BOJIN LOSER By Art Sansom fX f*atemM> [Pi /^.ousr wat£wm& <£.. S-hm pwioamic,^ njryAJjeMATTEfcZ/ fIATI THO RMNT CKM ON VMS WL\l\W>> THE GAMBOLS By Barry Appleby C^ O> [y'gE MOT AWAKB yrrj t «*y t\
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      • 438 18 PEANUTS Br scAais i OKAY, CAPTAIN TUTOR, 5 A tt > ME A CAPTAIN UJHERE PO UJE START /yOU NAME IT |'M^ 2 UUMERE PO UJE START \UTOR .MV NAME UJHAT PO YOUTMINK I WORSE AT IT! 7 MAYNARP... YOUR WORST SUBJECT IS?] V ir~p=< BEETLE BAILEY By More Walker
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    • Art & Leisure
      • 514 19 WHEN black civil rights messiah Martin Luther King Jr was gunned down on a hotel balcony m Memphis on April 4, 1968, it spelt the beginning of the end of black soul music. That opinion comes from music historian Peter Garulnick, author
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      • 811 19 A Singapore actress has made it into India's bustling moviedom. Sasikala Selvarajoo tells KANNAN CHANDRAN about her new movie career. 41 want to become a character artist because not many people can do that. So far the producers have tried to give me different roles
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      • 1034 19 IT STARTED with a trickle; it swelled into a flood. On June 10, the Daily Mirror "broke" the Boy George and Drugs story. Sadly, it could only manage cocaine. Never mind. Three weeks later, the Sun delivered the story for which thousands of pounds had
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      • 70 19 TICKETS for the Kurosawa Film Festival, which begins on Saturday, were snapped op within an hour after the Embassy of Japan at Nassim Road opened yesterday. Bat if yon haven't got yours, don't fret. There Is still a small batch of free tickets available at the Goethe-lnstitnt
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    • Page 19 Miscellaneous
      • 418 19 What's TALK Information Counter. GEYLANG SERAI DOWN Restaurant Theatre (opposite holidays. FOR STUDENTS GOING TO EXHIBITIONS JJ^Kry rfSfatoU faf fflSS 8 Admfssion ll^ for and MING VILLAGE. See how BRITAIN FOR HIGHER FANS OF THE WORLD. Ex- *reAto?Mto&^Ma" $2 foT Sren unde? 12 A traditional craftsmanship is EDUCATION. Topics include
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      • 958 19 —I Radio One FM Service 90.5 mHz m VHF Band II 5.58 AM National Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News m Brief 6.05 Another Morning, Another Show 7.00 News and Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 Another Morning, Another Show (cont'd) 7.30 Morning Financial News 7.40 Another Morning, Another
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