The Straits Times, 1 January 1987

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  • 17 1 The Straits Times j Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1987 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 108/12/86 I
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  • 794 1 Only half the economy did well, so PM urges wage restraint for at least another year Forecast for this year is 3 to 4 per cent less than the projected figure for other NICs and below Govt's estimate QUOTE With output rising, iff em- ployert m
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  • 240 1 THE Government has rejected an appeal by Time magazine to lift the recent order restricting its sale m Singapore. This was confirmed yesterday by Mr Lee Seng Giap, Director of Newspapers, Ministry of Communications and Information. He said Time had written
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  • 142 1 THE Community Chest's executive director, Mrs Bee Wan Ditzlg, Is recovering at the National University Hospital after being rushed there unconscious on Tuesday after a fall. She fell Into the orchestra pit minutes before Heartstrings' fulldress rehearsal and broke her right leg. The
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  • 218 1 TAIPEI Taiwan, faced with a glut of money, is set to further relax its foreign-exchange controls early this year, central bank governor Chang Chi-Cheng said. Mr Chang told reporters yesterday that the baiik was revising some existing regulations with the aim of further easing
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  • 419 1  - Countdown begins for Smoke-Free Week PAUL JANSEN By SINGAPORE'S first Smoke-Free Week is around the corner The organisers, a collection of organisations led by the Health Ministry, want to spread this message all over Singapore: It* you are a non-smoker, encourage relatives, friends and office colleagues to stay away from
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  • 396 1 US raises duties on delicacies and EC vows to hit back PALM SPRINGS (California) The United States has fired the opening shot m a transatlantic trade tiff that could escalate into an economic war, and gourmet food and drink were among the first casualties. On Tuesday, President Ronald Reagan sharply
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  • 59 1 THE Overseas Union Bank yesterday confirmed that the fraud recently uncovered at its main Hongkong branch involved HKSIO2 million (Ss2B million) The bank said tt was continuing action for recovery of the mone" but repeated that its 1»6 af-ter-tax profit was likely to be only about $7
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    • 23 1 One more go before the show of the year: Back Page What 5 young friends did to help fill charity pool: Back Page
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 324 2 Software export plan TWO ENTERPRISING brothers have struck out to make a name for themselves m the software market. Mr Lin Sin-Chen and Mr Lin Sin Cheng have developed a word-processing program for personal computers which they hope to export soon to the United States. Called Companion Word, the
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    • 123 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE last year has been a painful one for many Singaporeans. However, despite some recent signs of recovery, they should not forget that the task of turning the economy around Is not over. They should also be more aware of what Is going on around
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    • 74 2 MUSIC DIRECTOR'S THANKS THE MUSIC director of the Oriental Singers, who recently sang continuously for 74 hours and five minutes m a record breaking singing marathon, has written m to say that the "success definitely did not come from the singers alone, but largely from the strength and call
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    • 212 2 Oil imports 4 will rise' A GROUP representing the US oil industry has predicted that America's reliance on foreign oil will rise m future years, slow the economy and impose restraints on foreign and military policy. The American Petroleum Institute said a study showed that the country
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    • 188 2 Around Asean... and Across the Causeway Laos raps Thai plan LAOS HAS condemned Thailand's plans for a joint Thai-US War Reserve Stockpile m its first critical comment since Vientiane and Bangkok agreed to normalise relations a month ago. Observers however, said that the criticism was less strong than previous Lao
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    • 264 2 Referees' gesture SINGAPORE referees will from Saturday officiate all National Football League matches for free to help ease the financial burdens of the Football Association of Singapore. This surprise move was unanimously decided on by more than 80 of the referees who have been selected to officiate the League
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    • 467 2 Fat, hairy crabs 'WHEN THE chrysanthemums are m full bloom, the crabs are fat". This ancient Chinese observation comes true each year during the ninth and tenth lunar months when the da za xie or Shanghai hairy crabs plump with roe are m season. The season of the
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    • 176 2 TECK HOCK APPLIES TO HIGH COURT FOR A RECEIVER TROUBLED coffee trader Teck Hock yesterday applied to the High Court for the appointment of a receiver over some ot its stocks after two more creditor banks Citibank NA and Chase Manhattan filed claims to take delivery of goods which
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    • 163 2 Irtmi All programmes m Malay unless otherwisi indicated 1.10 Country Music Awards 1986 (English) 1.19 Azan Zohor 1.25 Country Music Awards (cont'd) 2.45 Documentary on the PLO 3.10 Impian (Children's programme) 3.50 Drama Mmggu Ini (r) 4.41 Azan Asar 4.55 Programme Summary 5.40 Muqaddam 6.10 Peristiwa: Summary of
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    • 340 2 Cleans everything except your pocket In fact, this miracle cloth can help fill your pocket. Clearly a rich opportunity, m classification 57. Classifieds. Pg. 29 4 Product Advertiser Section/Pace Mines Thai Airways I—3 Bank POSO 10 Battery Maxwell/Schmidt Scientific I —IS Bed Lnen Linen Lace I 36 Cameras
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  • around the WORLD
    • 403 3 BEIJING Chinese Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang will make the first visit by a Chinese head of government to Eastern Europe m more than two decades. Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian said yesterday m an interview with Xinhua news agency that Mr Zhao will
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    • 129 3 WARSAW A new edition of the children's classic Winnie the Pooh is likely to cause a rumpus m Poland, where the bear of very little brain is something of a folk hero and even has a Warsaw street named after him. In the new
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    • 313 3 NEW DELHI A policeman has beaten the Prime Minister and a host of politicians, businessmen, artists, social workers and sports stars to two of India's most prestigious Man of the Year awards. India's high profile supercop Julio Francis Ribeiro, m the hot seat
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    • 78 3 THE Champs-Elyaees In Paris has been witness to many n military parade, hot when these 3s "Red (iuards" came tramping dawn the nvenne an Tuesday, they raised many n cnrlsns eyebrow. Waving facsimile espies sf Chairman Mao'B Utile Bed Book these 3t young Chinese
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    • 277 3 Man who beat Indira in polls dies at 69 NEW DELHI Raj Narain, one of India's most colourful politicians best known for a 1977 electoral victory over the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, died m hospital here on Tuesday night. Mr Narain, who helped shape the course of Indian politics
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    • 38 3 HAVANA One hydrofoil passenger was killed and 46 injured when two of the craft collided while crossing between Cuba and a smaller island, the Isle of Youth, the Cuban news agency Granma reported on Monday Reuter
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    • 75 3 LISBON A baby girl, kidnapped half an hour after she was born, was returned to her parents m good health on Tuesday, after the woman who stole her surrendered to police here two-and-a-half years later. The culprit was a 26--year-old married woman from
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    • 73 3 THESE three woman made aviation history m the United States on Wednesday when they became the first allwomen crew to handle a commercial flight. At the helm on the flight were Flight Officer Tracy Prior (left), Capt Beverly Bass (cen tre) and First Officer Terry
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    • 58 3 WASHINGTON For the first time m history, it would take more than US$lO,OOO (S$21,800) for every American man, woman and child to pay off the national debt. The per capita debt m fiscal year 1985 was US$lO,O5O U551,233 higher than m 1984, according to a report
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    • 187 3 No renewal of visas so 14 firms pack up RANGOON Eleven Japanese and three South Korean companies have closed down their businesses m Burma after the government decided not to renew the visas of their c:. ecutives, trade sources said yesterday. According to the sources, about 40 Japanese and 10
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    • 84 3 SYDNEY An Australian woman gave birth to test-tube quads here on Tuesday after trying to have children tor almost 17 years. Marcia Prgmet and her husband, Ivan, from Canberra, had unsuccessfully been trying for a family since 1969. Mrs Prgmet gave birth to
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    • 170 4 Merck tops list as 'most admired corporation' NEW YORK PHARMACEUTICAL firm Merck and Co Inc has been named the most admired corporation m the United States m a survey by Fortune magazine released on Tuesday. International Business Machines Corp (IBM), the holder of the title every year since the poll
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    • 137 4 MO DE JANEIRO Torrential rains la south-east-ern Brazil have killed at least 28 people and left 1 t,#H homeless, officials said on Tuesday. Worst-hit was the east-central state of Miaas Gerals, where drowning, landslides and lightning claimed If lives, civil defence authorities said. In Bio,
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    • 410 4 US reliance on foreign oil 'could slow economy' WASHINGTON A GROUP representing the US oil industry predicted on Tuesday that America's reliance on foreign oil will rise m future, slow the economy and impose restraints on the conduct of foreign and military policy. The American Petroleum Institute (API) said a
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    • 381 4 WASHINGTON AMERICAN firms have been acquiring substantial technical know-how from the Soviet Union some with military uses and more may become available m the new year, says the head of a firm m the technology transfer business. "In the business community there is a
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    • 72 4 MISSING $5,Mt fancy gun belt pair of Colt .45 six-shooters, and silver bullets. Ring a bell? Yes, for with two costumes, these items are the lost property of actor Clayton Moore, who used to play The Lone Ranger (seen In this undated file picture).
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    • 196 4 Reagan envoy to visit the Middle East WASHINGTON THE US State Department announced that its top Middle East expert, Mr Richard Murphy, will travel to the region this month for talks with Israeli, Jordanian and Egyptian leaders. Spokesman Phyllis Oakley said on Tuesday President Ronald Reagan had ordered the trip
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    • 151 4 Hostages killed in reprisal for attack BEIRUT A Muslim fundamentalist group claimed it killed three kidnapped Lebanese Jews m retaliation for the Israeli shelling of Lebanese villages. A handwritten statement to An-Nahar on Tuesday said the three men were spies working for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. It was signed
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    • 209 6 Thatcher honours Yes, Prime Minister stars LONDON British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher yesterday honoured the stars of a televison programme that pokes fun at politics m general, and her job m particular. In her New Year honours list, which also rewards success m business, sport, the arts and politics, actors
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    • 403 6 PARIS Thousands of striking railway workers and supporters demonstrated m French cities on Tuesday as union heads walked out of talks m protest against the railway's refusal to withdraw a contested salary system. All the major unions demanded that the system, suspended on Monday,
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    • 54 6 picture. CHILDREN frolic an this street In Buenos Aires as sheets of paper rain dawn from offices. Downtown, all streets and sidewalks were covered with paper for Argentinians traditionally celebrate the last working day of the year on Dec 3f by throwing office papers out
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    • 172 6 We have beaten back socialism Mrs T LONDON The British Prime Minister claimed her government had beaten back socialism, but had still to overcome it. In an optimistic New Year message, Mrs Margaret Thatcher said the "dismal defeatism" of the 1970s had been replaced by the steady successes of the
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    • 360 6 Lead linked to hearing loss among children ATLANTA IX) W levels of lead, linked m the past to lower IQs and nerve damage, have been associated for the first time with subtle hearing loss m children. New research also suggests that low lead levels m the body may delay the
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    • 173 6 LA PAZ Bolivia, after years of hyper-inflation that produced hamburgers costing 3 million pesos (SS3), announced on Tuesday It will remove six zeros from Its inflation-battered peso and rename the currency the boliviano, effective today. One L'S dollar now boys 1,923,»ti pesos. After Jan
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    • 134 3 We wish you «r* Herring New Year MOVENPICK'S HERRING HAUL JANUARY 1-31 st 1987. Ring m the New Year with a herring! We have the best, fat, fully grown Matjes herrings served m eight delicious ways. Try our herrings with chopped onions or fresh cucumbers. With peppers, black olives or
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    • 104 3 East Meets West This New Year Parisian chic adopts the best of oriental styling and the result is an attractive combination of fashion and tradition this New Year. Take your pick from dresses, skirt suits and the more contemporary coatie dress-suits. Ik J| a jjl^ 1 sBl i ,^BBBk. iBMt
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 339 8 But criticism less strong than before BANGKOK Laos has condemned Thailand's plans for a joint Thai-US war reserve stockpile m its first critical comment since Vientiane and Bangkok agreed to normalise relations a month ago. Observers here, however, said that the criticism was less strong
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    • 150 8 Talks with rebels may start today BAHRAIN Peace talks between the Philippines government and Muslim rebels from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) might open m Jeddah today, the Philippines government negotiator said. Mr Agapito "Butz" Aquino, speaking m Jeddah, said the date would be finally confirmed when he established
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    • 387 8 BONDOC PENINSULA (Philippines) An underground women's guerilla movement came out m the open for the first time m 15 years on Tuesday and accused President Corazon Aquino of being tied to Washington's "apron strings The Makibaka Women's Group, which was outlawed m
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    • 125 8 BANGKOK Bangkok's colourful gavernor Chainlong Srimnang will spend a day sweeping the city's streets, according to officials here on Tuesday. Maj-Gen Chamlang said an Monday that he would take to the streets to test a road sweeper's average efficiency and get first-hand experience, the city
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    • 72 8 BANDA ACEH (Sumatra) Hundreds of piratepornographic video cassettes featuring Western and Japanese obscene films were confiscated, the head of the censor board, Dr Markum Singodimedjo said yesterday. Several cassettes containing communist doc- trine and Chinese culture were also seized. The operation, the first m Banda
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    • 52 8 HANDS clasped In mutual respect, the Archbishop of the Philippines, Cardinal Jaime Sin, greeting Mother Teresa m Manila yesterday. Mother Teresa, who is India's Nobel Peace Prize winner, was attending a blessing of the Missionaries of Charity's new orphanage In the slum district of Tondo.
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    • 263 8 Court 'no' to bail for Thai coup bid accused BANGKOK An AppealCourt here has rejected a request for bail for 33 defendants held m connection with an abortive coup against the government of Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda m September 1985, court officials said The request for baii for 33 defendants
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    • 50 8 BANGKOK Two US sena tors arrived here yesterday en route to Vietnam for a private visit, a US Embassy spokesman said. Senators Mark Hatfield and James McClure were scheduled to leave for Hanoi today for talks with senior Vietnamese leaders on the question of Vietnamese refugees AFP
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    • 204 9 44 1 resolve to be fitter and healthier m the New Year, more considerate to others, more fun to be with, to enjoy my life more and save more money... Js__* >: S^S| L__r ____a____a______r^ —BE-" a_a____ P k #fi*"-^--"" _sa_M_____B_fl______^ _____t'-S_?iSS-. J aIW ______P^^ ______s4|___- -aalDP^^ H JK^^ a_r
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 248 10 'Congress owes bank $4.47 m' KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC), m dire financial straits, may set up a public-listed company to get out of its problems, according to the Malaysian Business Times. A resolution to set up the company
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    • 147 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Trades Union Congress has appealed to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to retrain from giving royal assent to the Official Secrets Act (Amendment) Bill, recenUy passed by Parliament. The call was among the resolutions adopted at the 28th MTUC biennial delegates conference.
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    • 106 10 THE discovery of a hand/ ul of coins and a shoot of ju Dilation was aU it took to start this mad scramble at the scene of a fire. A little boy had made the find among the dying embers which
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    • 40 10 KUALA TRENGGANU A MAS Fokker Friendship plane enroute here returned to Subang airport shortly after takeoff because of a "slight fault". The fully loaded plane with about 50 passengers aboard made an emergency landing at the airport. NST
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    • 27 10 KUALA LUMPUR Indonesia and Malaysia will work out details of an exchange programme involving lecturers when the education ministers of the two countries meet. NST
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    • 221 10 Ignore rumours and help restore economy, says Dr Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday urged Malaysians to help restore the economy by ignoring rumours spread by irresponsible groups. "We know their stories to be unfounded as all their claims have been proven to be false.
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    • What I want for 1987
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        108 12 MY HOPE is that shop-owners will not be afraid of helping their competitors. When a tourist asks for an item the ahop doea not have, and the salesman knows that another ahop stocks it, he should tell the cuatomar and not keep the information to himself Such service
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        82 12 6 I WISH that courtship, dating and match pi aking through the Social Envelopment Section and tha Social Development Unit will becoini part of otr culture just like m Japan, where no one questions the peop'e who join singles clubs. After all, we are helping our nation and
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      • 74 12 I HOPE to play more challeng- ing and youthful roles m tho future. I don't want to bo someone else's mother on tho screen anymoro. In tho now yoar, I wHI keep myself m good hoalth by exercising regularly and eating aenaibly. I want to
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      • 143 12 I WANT to bo tho first boy m rlasa. That moans I cannot watch TV but I won't worry about that because I will got my mother to tape my favourite cartoona, Ho Man and Mask, so that I can watch thorn whon
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        92 12 TOP of my Hat of goal, la to raiao the necataary fundi for tho association. Aware wants to roach a far wider circle of woman, to ba aura that we an not juat preaching to tho converted and to tha privileged Aware must attempt to roach tha woman
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        90 12 4 1 HAVE always played the good guy. I hope to be a villain for a change this year to find out what it's like to be a bad guy. I also hope my dream girl will appear m the new year. I believe m fata and
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      • 60 12 /ASA stockbroker. I hopo that tha recession will end. I'm confidant that it will. 1986 wasn't a good yoar for •tockbrokora. At those who are responsible for tho collapse of tha markat ara now m fail, 1997 should bo a much safer yoar to invoat m
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      • 86 12 My first million 6 1 HOPE to market my clothes all over Europe thia year. My New Year reaolutiona are to work doubly hard and to double the size of my overseas markets And my personal goal for 1967 is to earn my first million dollars. It's ambitious, yea, but
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      • 72 12 WHAT I would like to do first is improve my ranking and do well at the World Open this year. I would also like to promote squash more m Singapore. There are a lot of promising juniors here but I don't think there's enough backup. We still
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      • 115 12 I WANT to got even more closely involved m youth activities m my constituency. I want to win the confidence of tho young people to prove to them that policemen are their buddies. My New Year rssolution is to strivs for self-improvement to be physically fit and
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      • 78 12 MY GOAL for this year is to get into shape for the Sea Games m Jakarta. I've laid off bowling for seven to eight months and had my first training session this week. My second resolution is to keep my desk at home tidy. My last resolution
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    • 448 14 National Smoking Control Programme If you are planning something for the Smoke-Free Week, or know of someone who is, please let us know. Send the details to the News Editor, The Straits Times Press, 390 Kirn Seng Road, Singapore 0923. SUPPORT groups are being formed m
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    • 257 14  -  PAUL JANSEN LAI YEW KONG is a genial colleague, according to the members of his team of reporters covering the crime and civil disasters beat, and all those who sit near him. But there's one thing about him that drives them
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    • 385 14  -  TERESA CHEONG By THE man behind Singapore's first Smokeout Day m 1980 knows how addictive smoking can be. Mr David Kraal is still unable to shake the habit that gripped him 31 years ago when he was 18. He has tried several times
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    • 53 14 THE MP (or Thomson, Mr Leong Horn Kee. will open a No Smoking Campaign exhi-bition-cum-talk and film show at the Thomson community centre at 7.30 pm on Jan 19* The exhibition, organised by the community centre, will be on daily from 3 pm to 10 pm
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    • 375 14 Locally -made software package for US TWO enterprising brothers have struck out to make a name for themselves m the software market. Mr Lin Sin-Chen, 33, and Mr Lin Sin Cheng, 26, have developed a word-process-ing program for personal computers which they hope to export soon to the United States.
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    • 73 14 Shophouse damaged by fire FIRE yesterday destroyed the upper storey of a dou-ble-storey pre-war shophouse along Bukit Timah Road. The fire started at about 4.30 pm and destroyed television sets and other goods belonging to Bukit Timah Electric Company. No one was injured. The shopowncr, who did not want to
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    • 150 14 Singapore Petroleum Company raised the posted prices of its petroleum products yesterday The move follows a similar revision by Shell Singapore effective from the same day. Singapore Petroleum's prices for naphtha, aviation fuel, kerosene are up by two US cents. (4.4 cents Singapore) while dual point
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    • 431 15  -  VALERIE LEE Muslim leaders on call to restrict Malay student intake m schools By THE proposed 20 per cent limit on Malay student intake into schools must also be set at the classroom level or the exercise will be ineffective, said leaders of
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    • 282 15 Parents who are aware of need for exposure to English SOME Malay parents are already aware of the importance of exposing their children to an Englishspeaking environment and are sending their children to schools that do not have large numbers of Malay pupils. Housewife Mrs Rohaya Mohd Rais, 35, sent
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    • 49 15 THE Singapore Toy Dog Club's Fourth Championshiu Show will be held on Marcri 8. The venue has not been confirmed but is expected to be the World Trade Centre. Admission is free but money collected from donation boxes will go to the National Kidney Foundation.
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    • 107 15 A 47- YEAR-OLD man whc had placed 665 video tapes m someone else's home for safe-keeping could not, however, keep them from the police. Yesterday, Oon Mm Kwang was fined a total of $21,500 for having 658 uncensored and three obscene tapes m a
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    • 74 15 PASADENA (California) While float builders make their final applications of flowers on Singapore's float entry m the Tournament of Roses Parade to be held today- a lion dancer and his tamer rehearse m front of the float's giant lions. The float
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    • 315 15 Freshfields sued for negligence by Aussie group ENGLISH law firm Freshfields is being taken to court for negligence by the Elders Pica group. The suit was fifed by Elders Pica SA, Elders Finance and Investment Company Ltd and Elders Pica (Pte) Ltd all part of the Australian conglomerate Elders DCL.
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    • 81 15 A SERIES of talks will be held this month to explain NTUC Income's special annuity plan for retired people. The scheme is approved by the Central Provident Fund Board and is available from today. The an- nuity is guaranteed for a minimum period of 15
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    • 662 17  -  ANNIE CHIA Management councils not responsible for swimmers' safety By CONDOMINIUM residents swimming m their pools do so at their own risk. Under the Land Titles (Strata) Act, management corporations are "to manage and properly maintain the common property and keep it m
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    • 327 17 FEWER Singapore Bus Service drivers now fail to stop at bus stops. In November, complaints against errant drivers numbered 42, down from 65 for the same month m 1985, said SBS m a statement. This was a 35 per cent drop. Even more
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    • 147 17 Sounding of horn ended in tiff and fight A MAN was yesterday sentenced to three months' jail after he admitted hurting another's finger over a traffic incident which started with the toot of a horn. Goh Eng Hock, 24, is apG.aling against sentence, c was released on 15,000 bail. The
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    • 126 17 Man used force on policeman A MAN was fined $600 yesterday for using criminal force on a policeman who had stopped his friend for a speeding offence. Heng Chye Suan, 41, was fined another $50 for using abusive language on Constable Kon Sing Giat, of the Traffic Police Division. The
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    • 374 17 Govt agencies not exempted from paying fees under copyright law THE Government has clarified that the proposed copyright law will not exempt government agencies from paying royalties for public performances of musical works. The Clerk of Parliament, Mr A. Lopez, said yesterday, m a letter to The Straits Times, that
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    • 85 17 MOSTLY afternoon showers are expected ln Singapore ever the next fortnight beginning today, according to the Meteorological Service. The showers are likely to be localised ln the first four to six days and become widespread on one to two days In the second week. Last month's rainfall was
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
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      • 602 18 THE last year has b^cn a painful one for many Singaporeans. They have had to put up with smaller wage increases ai__ "educed CPF contributions from employers. The even less fortunate among them lost jobs as several sectors of die economy stayed depressed. However, as the Prime Minister
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    • 1020 18 The Prime Minister's New Year message v The test for our younger generation of Singaporean leaders and workers is whether they can put long-term interests ahead of short-term gains, and by demonstrating wage-restraint discipline, win the confidence of investors. Mr Lee. 5% How the economy
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    • 638 18  -  VIKRAM KHANNA The Trade and Industry Minister puts growth figure m perspective By _6_ Pay curbs, CPF cut helped If we had not had wage restraint and the CPF cut, I don't think we would have got 1.9 per cent. We would have
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    • 869 19 A CARD from a health nut reads: "A fit Christmas and a healthy New Year!" I am intrigued. I imagine him taking only the lean meat of the turkey and saying a firm "no" to the pudding and the wine.
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    • 1416 19  -  LOUISE DO ROSARIO Bilateral trade up after re-opening of political dialogue By writing for Far Eastern Economic Review SINO-SOVTET economic co-operation is proceeding with uncharacteristic momentum after two decades of strained bilateral relations. In the past four years, bilateral trade has grown five times m
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    • 182 19 wTf L_u_a^d___w __v __!n ill i■■ B_C__'___iß-_ r 1 i 11 Si_i iii I i 1 ii __r__ jl kl _Sl l 'X w^^Ka f'i ____n____^_____P __l >■ t __3_ !Ki>M_ I iml Iji P» '_H__ ____^^v___l i*% _F __on^»^-w i H rr___— r_T H* t _Hl Let's Usher In
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  • FORUM
    • 167 20 SOME time m the middle of last year, my company was charged m court and fined $300 for making late payment of CPF contributions although all arrears with late payment charges had been paid. I notice that where other statutory boards are concerned,
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    • Replies
      • 75 20 WE refer to the letter "Bus driver was smoking and the windows were closed too" by "AntiSmoker" (ST, Dec 15). Disciplinary action has been taken against the driver concerned. He was also cautioned not to repeat the incident. We will continue to monitor his work performance and would
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      • 76 20 WE refer to the two letters on the Singapore Marathon (ST, Dec 22 and 25) and would like to thank the writers for their comments. The organising committee will be holding its post mortem meeting soon and will review the matters raised m both letters, that is,
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    • 124 20 DURING the morning peak hours, city-bound motorists travelling along Ayer Rajah Road are invariably caught m a long traffic jam before they reach the Ayer Rajah Expressway. At first glance, it appears that the road widening work is the cause. I feel the major cause are
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    • 331 20 Marathon choir: We couldn't have done it without you DURING the recent marathon choir singing event at Marina Square, 30 Singaporeans went through the challenging experience of singing continuously for 74 hours and 5 minutes. Although their primary objective was to sing about and share
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    • 661 20 Clarifications of parts of articles on new copyright law Possession per se will not be an offence I REFER to your articles on the Report of the Select Committee on the Copyright Bill (ST, Dec 27). These articles contain some inaccurate statements on the provisions of the new copyright law
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    • 115 20 I WISH to refer to your articles "Brunei now has stake m 3 Teck Puat companies" and "Brunei set to seize Teck Puat's Aussie and Pacific hotel assets" (ST, Dec 18 and 25). It is erroneous to state that the Brunei Investment Agency is
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • Article, Illustration
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    • 90 23 THE stock market closed slightly higher m quiet trading yesterday although the anticipated late "window-dressing" activities failed to take place. Rises led falls 66 to 44 and turnover for the half-day trading was 5.71 million shares worth $10.73 million compared with the 10.09 million units at $19.16
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    • Chief price changes
      • 12 23 UE 659,000 NOL 263,000 Fed Cables 260,000 City Dcv 226,000
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      • 64 23 MM 3M 59 Him* Fin 240 +13 DBS 90S +10 SPM 7SO +10 SB 270 +10 MtFWjswtSOc fS +10 Wl 492 +1 Pt* Hu 91 +1 Uandtfm 331 +C UyDtvMc 220 +t KMpEmatMc W IS 65' i +C ocbc no +s Metal Boi SfMit 411 +4 Soar* Bus 394+4
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      • 72 23 M Birtunf 530 -10 IhcCort 2M -7 SM 920 -5 iIN 910 -5 KS 7M -5 WumM SlO -5 Iwl Carpn 279 -3 CtC 113 -3 Pjrt»« H 50c 125-3 K-MTH N -3 Mm 4(2 -2 CtU Star* 10p 3H -2 Sir** Tra*« 3M -2 Kwfacky Spore 316 -2
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      • 97 23 Ok 30 Dec 31 BT Composite 781.26 782 57 BT Indicator *****162 *****405 BT 06/ OS 58 9 CAW W4 6957 06V +***** +***** ST industrials 891 21 891 30 ST Finance 2038 54 2055 24 ST Hotels 574 07 573 47 Dec 30 Dec 31 ST Properties 423
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    • 35 23 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Tim Industrial Composite 1985/86 High 940.64 (3/11/86) 834.57 (3/11/86) 1985/86 Low 563.34 (28/4/86) 470.92 (28/4/86) AD tin* High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) AM-tim« Low 74 75 (17/9/64) 470.92 (28/4/86)
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    • 12 23 THE US dollar lost 35 ticks to DM 1.9475 m Singapore.
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    • 25 23 DM V FF S| HK$ IS* US$ 1 .9475 ***** unq 2 1800 unq E 1.4685 ***** ***** 6.4445 2 1750 7.7980 1.4685
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    • 10 23 In Singapore, the gold price was not available yesterday.
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    • 56 23 Eurodollar: Lost three ticks to 93.88 a contract. Deutsehemark: Gained 23 ticks to 0.5158 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 10 ticks to 0.*****5 a contract. Nikkei: Lost 50 points to ***** a contract. US Treasury bond: Lost 80 ticks to 98.24 a contract. British pound and Gold figures were
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    • Short stops
      • 82 23 TOKYO Nippon Steel Corp. one of the world's largest steel makers reportedly has plans to build a manufacturing plant to produce steel sheets (or automobiles m the US through a joint venture to be set up with Inland Steel Co. The Asahi Shimbun newspaper said Nippon
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      • 49 23 LONDON Troubled An-glo-Irish brewing firm, Guinness, whose affairs are being investigated by the British government, suffered a fresh blow when merchant bank Morgan Grenfell quit as its adviser. The bank simultaneously announced that its corporate finance director, Roger Seelig, had resigned over the Guinness controversy. Reuter
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      • 65 23 LOS ANGELES Flying Tiger Line, the world's largest air freight carrier, which has been trying to recover from recent losses, has announced a comprehensive cost-cut-ting programme covering administrative and executive staff. The programme, effective today, eliminates 124 out of 2,600 positions including 8 per cent of management,
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      • 59 23 SEOUL The Jungwoo Development Co, one of South Korea's leading construction firms, has been placed under receivership with outstanding debts of more than US$23l million (*****.58 million). The local Commercial Bank was designated as the legal caretaker of the giant construction company and immediately froze repayment of
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      • 50 23 BRUSSELS rTT Corp of the US and France's state-owned CIE. Generale d'Electricite have signed the agreement creating the world's second largest telecommunications group. The two companies are merging their telecommunications and some fi-ber-optic cable activities m a new venture managed by CGE and incorporated m The Netherlands. AP
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    • 389 23  -  S. KUMAR Move is to reassure creditor banks, say sources By TROUBLED coffee trader Teck Hock yesterday applied to the High Court for the appointment of a receiver over some of its stocks after two more creditor banks Citibank NA and Chase Manhattan filed
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    • 380 23 LOSSES incurred by some new subsidiaries and acquisitions caused profits at food-based QAF Ltd for the half year to end September 1986 to dip despite a large increase m turnover. Group pre-tax profit was down 9 per cent to $2.6 million, although turnover
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    • 70 23 500,000 KFC shares sold INNOVEST Bhd has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Hart Holdings (Pte) Ltd, sold 500,000 shares m Kentucky Fried Chicken (S) Ltd for $1,575 million cash or $3.15 per share. The group, m October last year also sold 250,000 KFC shares for $562,500 or $2.25 per share. It
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    • 346 23  - Unique invitation to investors LIM ENG HAI By A FURNISHING and contracting company which has been turning away fresh orders because of cash-flow problems is inviting investments amounting to $1 million for expansion. Unique Interior Service's sole proprietor, Mr Loh Sai Kou, said business had improved m the last few
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    • 314 23 DBS' insurance arm buys Cecil Point THE Cecil Point office building has been sold to DBS Bank's insurance arm, the Insurance Corporation of Singapore Ltd (ICS), for $30.17 million the second property m Cecil Street to be sold m a week. Tat Lee Finance acquired three floors of Tung Ann
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    • 514 23  -  ANTHONY HOE By THERE was some good news from embattled Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat's empire yesterday a strong second half helped his flagship Goodwood Park Hotel Ltd and its subsidiary Hotel Malaysia Ltd to return to the growth path m the year ended
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    • 138 23 KUALA LUMPUR Cycle and Carriage Bin tang Bhd, which reported a M 514.6 million group loss before taxation for 1986, is optimistic that the results for the current year will be better. Chairman Tan Sri Haji Basir Ismail said said this was the first time that
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    • 2302 24 READERS should be aware of the fcnitattom of this rnfwmation. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt m at the stock exchange, is covered m "business done". Further, because al deaings at a particular price are lumped together, the table docs not show the trend m
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    • 1736 24 INDUSTRIALS Apnomoto (3065) (1)310 Alcorn (695) (3) 71 (2) 70 5 (2) 70 1 > 69 AISB (58S) (3) 54 (2) 53 (4) 56 (2) 57 (2) 58 (I) 60 (I) 61 xd API (478 48SX2) 47 5 (2) 47 ASMO 328 1335X28) 132 xd
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    • 2755 24 Al shares quoted hive par value of $1. unless otherwise specified Adjusted for scrip. 'rrftits N Tai -exempted dividend. ABM is traded m lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted m (Mars Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment Scheme. 1986 Last Yield Voi Day
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 356 25 1 1 i 3 OWC Financ. 4 a-ataWt at CBS Ftunce 5 Quaff?— Hut rata art off art. by OUT. UoF'< ratef abo a-afaMt al UOF. ate naatmt at DBS Fkmc*. OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 3 3V 4 2 V 2 3 Monthly 3y
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      • 189 25 Interbank Over the counter Lo WUrs to Foreicn currency currency one unit of to SJIO foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4449 1.4481 7 01—6 80 Canadian dollar 1.5745 1.5779 6 40—6 27 NZ dollar 1.1405—1.1434 8 89—861 Sterling pound 3.1954—3.1998 3 15— 310 US dollar 2.1745-2.1760 4.61-4:56 Local defers
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      • 112 25 THE US dollar closed mixed against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed easier at 2.1745/60 m quiet trading. It traded within a range of 2.1745 and 2.1810. It opened at 2.1795/05. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed unchanged at 1.9475/90. It fluctuated
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      • 104 25 HONGKONG Gold closed steady m thin year-end trading, helped by bullish sentiment based on rising oil prices, dealers said. Bullion ended at U*****.20/70 an ounce against an initial U*****.30/_0 and was above New York's final U*****.00/50. Dealers noted some position-squaring purchases by local investors but said there was no
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      • 26 25 GOLD US$/oz Wtd Tuts Singapore 390.40—390.90 389.50—390 00 Hongkong 390.20 390 70 388.90—3.9 40 Tuts Mod New York 390.00—390.50 389.10—***** London unav 389.50 390.00
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      • 246 25 Monogoro" prices for Jan 2 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 89 0 96 The Sannp Fund 0.82— 0 88 S pote doe fund 0 35-0 39 S pore Sec Fund 0 59— 0 64 Spore Invest Fund 0 69—0 75 S pore tquity Fund 0 42— 0
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    • Stock markets round-up
      • 634 25 THE Singapore stock market closed for the year on a quiet note as the excitement from late window-dressing activities expected by some brokers failed to take place. United Engineers was the busiest counter with 659,000 shares traded, rising six cents to 65.5 cents
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      • 197 25 0«C 30 IBS CtlMft G«n Moton 66* -H Goody«or Tir« 414 AJcoo 33% GuK Rn 12* **•<* Sig 40 H«wk«tt Pock 42* *"»«•"<: 12 unch hill Bum Moch 120* Amr Corp 53* Ht Corp 54 Att 25 Jhv> Jhn* 66* B«thl«h«m Stl 6* unch Koi»«f Alum Co 13H
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      • 66 25 ____I J I I l I NST Index Wednesday 1,328.24 (1,328.36) --a Hongkong Hanf Seng Wednesday 2,568.30 (2,559.36) Australan Al-Ordharies Wednesday 1,472.80 (1,470.20) Nkkei Stock Average Wednesday Closed (Closed) Financial Tines Industrials Tuesday 1,308.60 (1,308.80) Dow Jones Average ggg Tuesday 1,908.61 (1,912.12) E (Figures in brackets refer to those
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      • 479 25 Dec 30 Pence CJunje INDUSTRIALS MI<NG Allied-Lyons 320 +3 Borlow Rand Asi Oom« Charter Com 272 unch BTRPLC 272 +2 Com GoW 662 -2 Babcocks 183 -1 Rust Plat 1000 unch Barclay* 506 +3 ZCJ 11.21 +1 Beechom 442 +2 nee j./ BKX 262 +5 US +A Blue Crete
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    • Simex futures
      • 110 25 Eurodollar 3-month deposit MARCH Eurodollar opened at 93.86, down from the previous close. Buying interest however, emerged from this level as some dealers felt that the Eurodollar futures had been oversold. The encouraging seven-year US T-bonds auction results last night also prompted the buying interest. The March contract was taken
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      • 54 25 EXPECTATIONS of a wider trade deficit tonight saw the dollar remaining weak m the spot market. The March deutschemark opened higher at 0.5149 but was narrowly traded. (US dollMr Deutschemark > Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 87 0.5149 0.5151 0.5148 0.***** Five Jun Sept Open Ist (Ties):
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      • 68 25 THE post futures gains m the cash T-bonds market, brought about by the fairly strong demand for the T-bonds auction, saw the March T-bonds indicating higher bids at 96.20. There was lack of deling interest due to the year-end sluggish market. (US Treasury Bond) Open High Law
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      • 21 25 British Pound) Opes High L*w Sett Est V«l MarB7 4u Sept Open lit (Toea): SO. Act V*l (Tms): Nil.
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      • 34 25 MARCH yen indicated 10 ticks higher at 0.*****5. (Japanese Yen) Open High L*w Sett Est Mar tn 0.*****5 0.*****5 0.*****5 0.*****5A Five Ju Sept Open bit (Ties): Ml. Act V»l (Tim): 1«.
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      • 51 25 MARCH Nikkei opened lower at *****. There was hardly any dealing interest on the last trading day of the year. (Nikkei Stock Average Index) Open High Law Sett Eat r Ju Mar 87 ***** ***** ***** *****A Two Jon Ope. iHt (Tmb): IST*. Act V«i (Tim):
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      • 23 25 VSS per troy ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Fefeffl Opea lat (Tim): Tw». Act V»J (Tms): MI. Repom trom BA Futures
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    • 90 25 Crude to-* pakn ol J-n 695 (central) I. Refined paimoi UvS/tonnes l j RBO palrr oil la 2W50 (seller.) F<-> 300 istmH) M,r 3*.2 50 (sellmRBD Stearin UK) RBO Olein l.n Feb ?05 (sellets) Mar 310 (sders) Crude stearin Neutralised 'jnq palm oil Ctosint pricjs on the KLCE
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    • 722 25 Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo m La Receivrj Receivn{ Shp (Voya X Vt Cm^ fme Clement (956) 04/01 (0300) F7 1530-1630/1630-1730 Pl/Sl c &T* 'PiSE? M/ 01 (0100) FSA 1100 1200/1200 1300 L2/N2 E Obtem (009W) 01/01 (1600) FSA 0700-0800 N2 C R Pans (8W)
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    • 15 25 Rubber Closing price cents/Mo Singapore January ***** up 1 50 cents Malaysia January unav
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    • 17 25 Tin Closing price MS/Mo iL Tin 17.05 up 15 cents urncver 90 tonnes down 61 tonne?
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    • 26 25 Ckrti if pricts Coppor ./tonne Turn Spot 910 00-910 50 (907 00—907 50} 3 months 934 00—934 50 (*****-*****) Market tone Steadier Sales 21.400 tonnes
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    • 26 25 Ctosinj pncat Aluminium torSpot 7f 0 50—781 00 (7*5 50-786 00) 3 months 796 00—797 00 (8)0 00-800 50) Market toie Steady Sales 3.030 tonnes
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      184 25 Vessel Berth An Dep Vessel Ktppd Mianres P»W Cottbus K2B aside 31/12 W" Mam Hughe wretf K2l aside 31/12 AlSwamrw Qinqhecheng K29 aside 31/12 Pioneer Supreme Taihangshan K32 aside 01/01 Sutra Waheng K33 aside 05/01 6* nh Hao World Sanpo K27 aside 03/01 Olympia Xindu K35 aside
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    • 407 26  -  NGIAM TONG HAI Joint venture will develop budget hotels m China By CHINA Travel Service (Holdings) Hong Kong Ltd, the Chinese stateowned travel company, has bought a 50 per cent stake m the Singapore Ko family's Kaihin Enterprises, set up to invest m China and
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    • 191 26 Enter the 'dial a document' facsimile Innovations TAD Corporation's new portable facsimile machine allows people on the move to send and receive copies of Important documents within minutes, from anywhere In the world, just by making a telephone call. Called the Courier, it can be used with an ordinary telephone
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    • 218 26 Twenty picked to train as futures dealers STARTING on Monday, 20 people would start training as futures dealers to meet the shortage of skilled dealers at the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex). Officials from Singapore's futures exchange said yesterday that they had received applications from 60 people to join an
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    • From the companies desk
      • 101 26 ARAB-Malaysian Merchant Bank Bhd has been appointed financial advisers to Supreme Corp Bhd to review the group's financial structure and recommend changes, but the study is m its preliminary stage. Supreme revealed this m a company release on Tuesday. The company also clarified that the group's current liabilities as
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      • 90 26 THE depressed car industry has caused Sateras Resources (M) Bhd to record a pre-tax loss of M 56.6 million for the six months ended Sept 30, last year, up 60 per cent over the same period m 1965. However, after-tax loss was M 5518,000, a decrease of 11.9
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      • 109 26 PLANTATION-BASED Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd has turned m much poorer results for the year ended Sept 30, last year. Group pre-tax profit was more than halved to M 530.6 million from $85.6 million m 1985. Turnover fell 19 per cent from Ms27l million to Ms2l9 million. At the
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    • 795 30 74 Situationa Vacant: Miscellaneous VEGETARIAN REST. REO. Waitresses Able to speak English Interested pis. call: *****30 TEMPORARY DRIVER NEEDED urgently. Contact *****55 81 Vehicles For Hire BTW CAR RENTALS Wishes all our customers and friends •A VERY HAPPY A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR' 1, Jalan Retnaia, Hill via m House #04-06,
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    • 948 30 87 For Sale: Mercedes 78 MERCEDES lENZ 200 New paintwork Full accessories $28,000 View 22 Walmer Dr. 76 260 MANUAL, pte. owner, alrcond radio cassette. Tip-top $26,800 *****88/ pager: *****81 79 MERCEDES BENZ 200 auto New road tax, chauffeur driven, selling $-'.000 Tel: *****90. 9/77 MERCEDEB 200, 2 owner, white
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    • 960 30 90 For Sale: Toyota ALMOST 83 TOYOTA Cressida. fully auto. 2 pte. owners, full accessories, 1 yr. rd. tax, g'teed showroom cond Tel: *****24 ALMOBT 60 TOYOTA Corolla 1300 DX Alrcon./ cassette Private owners. Ttp top condition. Tel: *****46 ENO 81 TOYOTA Corolla DX, alrcon., radio/ cassette, tax end 87.
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    • 1010 30 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi '78 SIGMA 1600G8. S-speed Pte owner. Alrcon.. hl-fl. Tip top cond. $7,700. Tel: *****88. 79 GALANT GLX 2000 c.c. PARF. 1 owner. Asking $15,500 View: 81k.3 Teban Gdn.. #10-18. 8/' BO GALANT 1 6GS big bumper, tax 2/TT7. s/rims. Power windows. $12,900. *****46. K.C. no agts.
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    • 979 30 93 For Sale: Honda *78 CIVIC SS.ft-0/ $7,850 '79 l>.il miii van $2,800 "77 Datsun 200 L. $4,600 Tel: *****90. "7S HONDA ACCORD 1000, 3-door. Alrcon., sports rims, new paint, can PARF $8,800. *****19. 79 HONOA PRELUDE 1602 Full accessories, PARF, trade-in acceptable *****11/ 2. •S1 AUTO. HONDA Accord. Tax
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    • 1315 30 96 For Sale: 96 For Sale: Other Make* Other Makes jco_ifO-ro 1 AUTOPTSLTD f Distributor for Hyundai motors cars open on 1.1.87. from 10a.m. m S to 6p.m. m 1 TEL: *****88 1 249, ALEXANDRA ROAD 1 SINGAPORE 0315. I 74 SPORTY CLUBMAN. New paintwork. $5,000. Tel: *****71. 84 HYUNDAI
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    • 858 30 107 Accommodation Available Apartmenta PANDAN VALLEY (CHEMPAKA Court). Fully furn Avail immediately 2.100 sq. ft. No brokers please. Tel *****06 PANDAN VALLEY, CHEMPAKA Court, 1800 sq.ft. Furnished, alrcon. Split-level. $1,200 Inclusive maintenance. Tel: *****26 JURONG $450. Napier Rd. $900 Seletar $550 Tampines $400 Lily (Agt.) *****86 day/ night. MARINE PARADE
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    • 984 30 113 For Sale: Houses D.S LENGKOK ANGSA renovated d/storey terr F'hold Vacant HoOK call *****69 (agent) HAPPY NEW YEAR. 1)9. 10. 11, 12. 13. 14, 15. 16. 19-20 available Call *****71 114 For Sale: Private Apartmenta /'LONG NIAN\ COURT" For Beta/Rent 4-Storey newty burlt walk -uo apartment/ matsonette Freehold propwty
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    • 748 30 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 3 RMEO TOA PAYOH -Ik 159. hi«h (ir faring garden, walking distance to bus terminal MRT station $38,000 neg Tel *****29 3-RM BEDOK NORTH Rd Terrazzo throughout It cabinet Market s/pool nearby $47,000'- (Full CPF) *****83 4-RM: CLEMENTI BLK 349/ 317/ 601. 3-rm Clementi 81k.
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    • 758 31 121 For Rent: Office Spaces NEW WORLD AMUSEMf-NT Pk aircon office for rent. Free parking 230 sq ft $450 *****1 f> 123 For Sale: Shop Spaces O 14 SIMS AYE.. 2 unit, intermediate St corner shop, f'hold. $300K each Agt. *****68 (*****79). D 9 ORCHARD TWRS. prime shop space facing
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    • 373 31 FOUND SOMETHING? From now on. if you have found anything. you can call C.A.T.S. (Classified Advertisement Telephone Service) at *****66 and have an advertisement published free of charge! IT'S A C.A.T.S. SPECIAL SERVICE ft 'ft Tie Straits L_s_T Classified 168 Births/Birthdays ABaby Boy REM! LEE to SUNNY S BETTY LEE
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    • 138 31 I l_~ 1 ~y_* i I i _B Tick the most likely reason for the smiles D Just had a yummy meal D Pre-surgery anticipation Going away for good D Back home for good D News of paltry inheritance DHitslsTotoprize Just paid three years' income tax D Received fat retirement
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 360 32 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MR. KWA LAY SWEE Born: 25.3.1915 Died: 30.12.1986 passed away peacefully at NUH leaving behind beloved: WIVES: Lim Stew Mot (deceased) Ng Kui Yin, Mary SONS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: Soo Mm Nancy Goh Soo Kok. Sebastian Agnes Eu Soo Ben Soo Keong, Bobby Sally Lee Soo Heng, Albert
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    • 65 32 Tho family of the lata Madam How Lian Fab (passed sway peacefully on 23.12.86) would like to express thetr deepest appreciation and sincere thanks to the doctors (especially Dr. K.T. Woo), sisters, staff nurses staff of the Renal Unit of the Singapore General Hospital, to whom they are
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    • 95 32 Tha Family of tha Lata MRS. SOH CHUAN WOO ne_ Lim Tho Lian wiahaa to express their heartlelt thanks and gratitude to all rela five*, friend* and wail-wisher* for their kind assistance condolences donations and support during their recant baraavamant. Th« family of the lata) Foo Tiang Fong
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      40 32 In Loving Matnory of S.K. PIYADASA Departed 1/1/72 Always romomborod by Loved Onoa. a___________________________i "In Mom oriam" Is for those who were close to you. Call *****11 x 5680 for your free booklet of "In Memortam" verses.
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    • 91 32 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements MDM. ANG MEOW KENG Departed 26.12.1986 Steven Sim See Loy, Spore Commissioner m Hong Kong and family members express their deepest thanks to the President of Spore, ministers m the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, M.P., friends and relatives, for their messages of condolence expressed m personal
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    • 158 32 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memonam j In ever loving memory of I Mr. Teo Bak Seng Departed Ist January 1984 Dearly missed and always remembered by beloved wife Joyce Teo, childrengrand children and loved ones. V_____ M M M J W In Loving Memory of 1 j C.R. PAUL
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      39 32 ATHMA SHANTHI POOJA MR. T.R. NAIR (A.T.E. MASK ATI PTE LTD) Departs- 18 12 86 Athma Shanthi Pooja will be held at Sivan Temple, Serangoon Road on 2.1.87 at 6.30pm. Plaaaa treat thia ca a personal invitation.
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 409 32  -  JOE DORAI FAS kitty unhealthy, so officials offer to handle all National League games for free By A friend m need is a friend indeed. With that m mind, Singapore referees will from Saturday officiate all National Football League matches for free to help ease the
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    • 440 32 jdkjdkjd Walsh and Blackmore add to United's injury woes today DIV ONE FIXTURES Manchester United v Newcastle United, Wimbledon v Arsenal, Coventry v Luton, Everton v Aston villa, West Ham v Leicester, Nottingham Forest v Liverpool, Chelsea v Queens Park Rangers. LONDON Manchester United,
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    • 249 32 Saxton sacked: Bobby Saxton became the second managerial casualty m the English Second Division within a week on Tuesday when he was dismissed by Blackburn Rovers. Saxton, m charge at Ewood Park since taking over from Howard Kendall m May 1961, followed *Mick Buxton, who was dismissed by
      AFP; Reuter  -  249 words
    • 131 32 Pakistan topple Windies dkdkdjd PERTH Pakistan beating the West Indies by 34 runs m the opening clash of the Benson and Hedges one-day challenge here on Tuesday. Replying to Pakistan's 199-8, the Windies were all out for a paltry 165 off 46.2 overs. Mudassar Nazar took 3-36 off 10 overs.
      AFP; Reuter  -  131 words
    • 252 32 dkjdkjdkdkjd ADELAIDE Davis Cup hero John Fitzgerald produced an irresistible display of serve-volley tennis to beat defending champion Eddie Edwards, of South Africa, 6-4, 6-4 m the first round of the South Australian championship on Tuesday. Results Singles ?nd round: Wally Masur (Aust) bt Kelly Jones
      Reuter; AFP  -  252 words
    • 285 32 Rashid'B title: Rising star Rashid Sidek, of Federal Territory, retained the Malaysian Boys' Under-18 singles badminton title for the third consecutive time when he defeated Perak's Cheat) Soon Kit 15-7, 15-12 m the final m Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. Other re-alto (all finals) Boys' doubles: Cheah Soon
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 161 32 KPBP^~*3BH You are Avenger, a Ninja _a_______^_____B warnor trained m the Way of the Tiger, an outstand•J •—X M ing master of the martial Ib I i-B arts m^ m^ m^^ m mm At last, having overcome WmM the forces of Evil which SHI conspired against you, I^ m^A the
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  • RACING
    • 356 33  -  PEDIGREE Auric's way of staying as No. 1 m the game By PENANG Auric Stable, five-time champion owner m the last 10 years, has just bought two topnotch English-bred gallopers to race m Singapore-Malaysia Jerry Sung, the man behind Auric, paid a staggering 84,000 guineas
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    • 420 33 ON THE TRACK with PEDIGREE PENANG Tanjong Bangah 111, entered only for one run this weekend, did a keen workout yesterday morning. Despite being kept m check by Peter Johnson, the Bellissimo four-year-old was half a length ahead of Shanttn Inn II at the end of
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    • 65 33 PERTH Western Australian Turf Club stewards yesterday dismissed an appeal by jockey Mark Sestich, who was suspended until Friday week for careless riding at Ascot racecourse last Saturday. Sestich will be replaced by Malcolm Johnston on Fair Shin today's A5250.000 (about SI370.000) Railway Stakes over 1.600 m.
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    • 1078 33 IPOH A total of 265 horses, comprising 144 m Class 3 and 121 m Class 5, have been entered for the Perak Turf Club January meeting, starting on Jan 10. Eight races have been scheduled on the first, third and fourth days and nine races on the second
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    • 131 33 FIRST DAY: Class 3 Divs 2, 5 and 6 1,200 m; Class 5 Divs 1, 4 and 5 1,400 m, Divs 2 and 3 1,200 m. SECOND DAY: Class 3 Div 11,200 m 1,200 m and 1,600 m, Div 2 1,600 m, Div 3 1.200 m and 1,600
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    • 1868 33 APPOINTMENTS/ NOTICES ■■■■STANTS RSSOBBI I Te,e(ax No: im I Rates: I Box Service: Sales Service: Straits Times' Ss2s 00 psc cm I Collected' Sss 00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMEAD I Tel *****11 ext 5724/5/6/8 5669 I Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. I Posted: SJIO.OO NOTICES a_ i|*-_— -I
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    • 155 33 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 18. WATERFALL CORPORATION PRIVATE UMITED (In voluntary liquidation) SPECIAL RESOLITIONS PASSED ON 2STH DECEMBER, ISM At an extraordinary general meeting of the company held on the 29th day of December. 1986. the following special resolutions were passed a. That the company be wound up voluntarily; b.
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  • FACES '86
    • 582 34  -  J. RAJENDRAN MAHMOOD GAZNAVI PETER SIOW JUDO... By DARTS... By KARATE... By HO YEN CHYE PERHAPS the best thing to happen to judo last year was 20-year-old Ho Yen Chye, who won the national schools A Division title for the second consecutive year.
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    • 377 35  -  JANICE SEAH LELA ZAINAL TENNIS...By FOR three years the subject of rave reviews, Lela finally proved the faith was well placed when she began the year by becoming the first Singapore tennis player to earn International Tennis Federation points. The 14-year-old Maju Secondary Student reached the semi-finals
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    • 245 35 THE ACE OF HEARTS THEN, m November, came the ace m the game Scandinavian Airlines served us Bjorn Borg on a platter. Five thousand fans, the biggest crowd ever to turn up for a tennis event m Singapore, sat for three hours, spellbound by the magic of
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    • 129 35 RAMIE SALLEH RAMLE SALLEH may have to spend the New Year thinking about what went wrong m 1986. The most talented windsurfer ever to emerge from local shores took a rather uncharacteristic course of ups and downs last year. Perhaps it was the tremendous pressure to do
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    • 415 35  -  ABDUL KARIM ABDUL KARIM'S life ban also had a fairy-tale ending. The SLTA decided to lift it m July, saying that he had learned his lesson. Karim's saga began at a Pesta Sukan match two years ago against fellow national trainee Melwyn Peretra. Claiming, later,
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    • Article, Illustration
      254 35  -  LEE WAI WUN UNDER SAIL... By THE Seoul Asian Games was the regatta that separated the men tram the boys In regional sailing. And Tony Taa and crew Edwin Low, who were thrashed at Ptisan, returned with the realisation that Singapore sailors are bat water babes, compared to Asia's
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    • 352 34 _U__^lkl__f_l D A A f I_tfll IB C/ 7^ kl M aat HwlHI DiM_%plr I ir tlH© 4$ CtUj -*<«•*-'■--■- -4 #rvrt/ mwv fo GUM e S%^ l____i I.L 'l^^^SlSSSPf_^al m __3_r7_K The n HINA Collection? SnOW Festival New Year Special Guangzhou/Beijing/Harbin/Jilin/HongKong 11 Days from *****0 p ep 30/1/07. •Beijing
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    • 1805 34 New Year Specials ijk Festival Europe 8 Countries 14 Days *****8 ___g#^ _____T m^Wl 1 ffl am _i _P_ Jl m_% France Par 'syHolland (Amsterdam yßelgium (Brusselsyttaly (Rome)/ Vatican/ """^*^^»*i____ _________F VmmY mm f 'j§ Mm im___i ___PM_l m -fm l(|_W Swrtzerland (LucerneVGermany (Franklurty_ngland (London) Dep. 29/1/87 i ii|>u_^^ ti
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    • 367 35 Eor iricipressive ftiniiture at very special prices, 1 1 -j^P*^-. look tor this tag on our MRgSI •Jr i \j ifjm !_r___l __F S'^^^^___ __T I "fs**'l___f* I i_s____T>;/*iflP H X aia>t a **v«^_____P'^^^^ ___H ___pp_i* v *_W_^_ra_______— r _JL _U ___vl _jmwa\ v& ft _W~ _Br_Bl I __P __a_S____
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  • 360 36 BEIJING Students here huddled before radical campus wall posters yesterday to hold whispered debates on whether to stage the most defiant protest for democracy yet m China's wave of student unrest. Many students said their next demonstration would be held
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  • 404 36  - US lifts all curbs on wildlife imports LIAK TENG KIAT Decision the result of 'positive' actions by Spore government By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Singapore's wildlife exporters are to get a good start m 1987 the Americans are completely lifting their embargo on fish and wildlife imports from Singapore as of
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  • 139 36 IT WAS only a full-dress rehearsal but the countdown to 1987 was belted ont with the same enthusiasm as It would be for the real thing As the clock hit the imaginary 12 at Tuesday's rehearsal, hundreds of artistes flooded the
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  • 289 36 MEET the Shadowchasers a group of five boys, aged between eight and 12, who not only spent their December holidays hunting for adventures bnt also eared enough to help raise money for the Community Chest. Their modest sum of $B..t_
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  • 188 36 'Hitler was rich but he dodged all taxes' MUNICH Adolf Hitler was one of the richest men m Europe, but he dodged all taxes, a West German magazine reported on Tuesday. Quick magazine said the Nazi dictator had the story spread m Germany that he thought so little of material
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  • 322 36 Reagan to use radio after Soviet 'no' to TV greetings PALM SPRINGS 'California) President Ronald Reagan, rebuffed by Moscow m his attempt to make a second New Year's greeting on Soviet television, has made a tape which the Voice of America will beam across the Iron Curtain, the White House
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  • Page 36 Advertisements
    • 194 36 HpK n I^2l, an enterprising nMl t n i mm igrant from Afghanistan, B _H_K. Amir Mohamed Khan, S I H set up the first carpet KjgL__P I business m Singapore. H T^^ f* fil ,n 0< > years Amir _i Sons j^^^^^^^^^^Mj have built a solid b v:™_ T_
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    • 11 36 There is no weather report today because of early press time
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    • 300 36 rtonica jJJ/ series 3 New fast fully motorized aim-and-shoot compacts from Konica lb, _______fe_z *__u__a______-______^^ KJDniC3^ft i <j *_r*s ___l _fcl_| J -to—*— chu—ioi i-> M __n^^-^H _%__pi 7 --f'i«f# -^fglFflH MT-11 (35MMF2.8) All features of MT-9 more 11. Close up focusing _________^______________________________3___________ 45cm Warning for ciose-up ________^^G ___p^^________ E|*§»
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  • The Straits Times Section TWO
    • 12 1 THE STRAITS TIMES, THURSDAY, JANUARY I. 1987 The Straits Times Section TWO
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    • 800 1 The season for Shanghai hairy crabs has ended here, but they are stilt available m Shanghai until the Lunar New Year. MAY HO, who went on the trail of the crab, reports. More about hairy crabs on Page Two. AUTUMN is a much-wel-comed season m
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    • 541 1 Three ways to catch 'big barricade' crabs IN SHANGHAI, hairy crabs are called da za xie (literally, big barricade crab), borrowing their name from the method m which they were caught traditionally. In the old days, crabs used to be caught m the wilds
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    • Food
      • 685 2 Foodfests Compiled by Manjit Kaur Theme Whara Whan How much~ What you gat Herring Movenpick, Lunch and a la carte Assortment of Dutch Scotts dinner until from $6.75 herring dishes washed J fln 31 down with Heineken beer German Baron's Table, Lunch and
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      • 451 2 AT THE Maharani Restaurant, level five, Far East Plaza, a set lunch of starter, pappadam, fish and chicken or mutton, vegetables, rice and naan costs only $9.90 nett. The price includes tea or coffee. The menu is changed daily. LE MERIDIEN SINGAPOI R at Orchard Road has introduced
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      • 525 2 ELIZABETH TAYLOR sat propped on a pillow m a pink suite at the Plaza Athenee, with one of her diamond rings saddled prominently to a left knuckle, two private secretaries within earshot and a pack of menthol cigarettes
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    • Page 2 Advertisements
      • 445 2 _l _> i _r^^_B_»- mw* amws^^mV m _B§l 5 _a^ Venue ready for the Lunar New Year. Over a hundred sets P p°a P rk es J ■^are on display there's furniture for your whole house! Com P |ex suites, sofa and dining sets, wall units, g" 4 (a-_v. r
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    • Style
      • 170 3 THE first day of the New Year. And a first look at a new simplicity sweeping m from the world's fashion capitals that flatters the feminine shape. From Japanese giants Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons, and from Milan's magician of body moulding
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      • 505 3 THE following letter stems from recent comments on the Singapore fashion scene made by British fashion director Mikel Rosen. Mr Rosen, 33, who is well-known m London fashion circles, has been hired to coordinate and direct Singapore Apparel '87's trade exhibition and gala shows m April. Among other
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      • 1079 3 Pictures by Two big European fashion names France's famed house of Hermes and Italy's Ermenegildo Zegna are out to raise a new awareness of their individual styles with stylish boutiques opened last month. JOHN de SOUZA reports. FROM the outside, the $400,000, expanded and renovated Hermes
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      • 1450 4 Healthy lifestyle Dr Ang Kong Ec Exercise Physiologist Barbara Burlingarhe Nutritionist Children need the same basic nutrients as adults. But children need more of each nutrient as they are active and growing, particularly during the toddler years. Table 1 The foundation of an adequate diet
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      • 994 5 Cao Yu's famous play, Sunrise, has been made into a film which will be shown here soon. GOH BENG CHOO reports on the making of the film, which has bagged five awards m China. CHINA'S leading dramatist Cao Yu once walked into
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      • 112 5 POET Yuan Haowen (UN 1257) was on his way to Blngzhou to sit for an examination when he met a hunter who had caught two wild geese. One died while the other managed to escape. The bird who was free circled m the sky
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      • 837 5 BING KIN <*<_> the celebrated writer who published her first book more than 65 years ago, still has good hearing and eyesight and is able to move about with a walking stick. In a recent interview m her Beijing apartment, the gentle 85-year-old
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      • 1036 6  -  MAZNAH JUNAWA By TO MALAY drama critics and fans m Singapore Amir Amzah is no stranger. Although his name is not a household word they can easily recognise him whenever he appears on stage or on the TV screen. Amir, whose real
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      • 934 6  -  MAZNAH JUNAWA Oleh BAGI peminat-peminat drama di Singapura khususnya, nama Amir Amzah memang sudah tidak asing lagi. Amir atau nama sebenarnya Syed Amzah Syed Omar Alsagoff boleh dikatakan memang sudah lama menceburi bidang drama sejak tahun 1976, selepas pengajiannya di Institut Kejuruan Baharuddin. Berusia 27
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    • 651 9  -  REBECCA CHUA Artist Lee Man Fong will exhibit his works at the National Museum Art Gallery from Sunday to Jan 18. reports. EVEN as a septuagenarian, artist Lee Man Fong (right) thought he would never stop painting. Then, in July 1385, the diagnosis, that his kidneys
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    • 946 9 IN SHOGUN MACBETH, Lady Macbeth and the three witches were all Asian. In The Philadelphia Story, the haughty Philadelphia debutante, Tracy Lord, was black, while the young reporter who had come to hate her but fell m love with her instead was Asian. In My Fair
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