The Straits Times, 21 March 1987

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1987 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 108/1.2/86
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  • 303 1 Singapore's image not hurt by move to curb circulation Dr Yeo THE Asian Wall Street Journal controversy reached Parliament yesterday and saw several MPs supporting the Government's action of slashing the newspaper's circulation here. Communications and Information Minister Dr Yeo Ning Hong told the
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  • 885 1  -  our Parliament Team Give students broad-based education so they can keep on learning By GIVE students a broad-based education so they know how to keep on learning all their lives. And do not overload them. This, as Dr Tory Tan sees it, is the challenge
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  • 581 1  -  NANCY LOH By FIFTY-THREE needles were detected by X-ray m a four-year-old boy and 16 of them are still lodged m him, a district court heard yesterday. Of these, two are at the back of the eyes. Ail must have been
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  • 129 1 WASHINGTON An-ti-semitic statements being made by Malaysia art- diminishing US sympathy towards that country's aid needs, a leading member of Congress has warned. Mr Stephen Solarz, chairman of the House Sub-committee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, said "some of the anti-semitic drivel that emanates
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  • 32 1 BEIJING The South China city of Guangzhou has banned traditional fireworks at ceremonies to open stores and hotels m order to reduce noise, Xinhua news agency said yes- Reuter terday.
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  • 453 1  - ISMAIL KASSIM [fflRBnlfMwSmTnifijlPfl By m Qua Musang (Kelantan* THE campaign by Umno dissidents against the leadership of Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad rolled on relentlessly yesterday at the party's Gua Musang divisional ing. Trade and Industry Mi Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, who is head of the Gua Musang ward, and party
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  • 114 1 THE Straits Times Industrial Index jumped 20.08 points yesterday as the stock market continued its rebound. The Index closed at 1,051.95 after institutional investors were again said to have shown strong interest quality stocks. Sentiment was also boosted by talk of the possi
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 340 2 Price of spurned love A MAN described by his lawyer as "romantic and sentimental" and deeply m love with his wife, was fined $300 for locking her and her family m their flat. Sales co-ordinator Tan Chwee Hock, 30, was fined for wrongfully confining the six people m their
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    • 297 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: SINGLE-SESSION schools are not new here. Until the *****, there were many such schools. It was only when universal education was introduced that doable-session schools became common. Now that resources are available, it is only logical that schools should revert to teaching only one session
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    • 82 2 TIMELY COMMENTS ON BLACK A MAN thanks both Mr Linn In Hua, the new president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the MP for Aljunied, Mr Chin Ham Tong, for their recent "timely" comments regarding Dlack clothes. He adds that he himself had to put
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    • 249 2 Hardliners rule HARDLINERS have blocked discussion of a key economic reform m China's Parliament next week m a clear challenge to reformers among the leadership, Western diplomats said yesterday. Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday that a major draft law on reforms of state-owned industrial enterprises will
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    • 305 2 Sunil's right timing SUNIL GAVASKAR is the only cricketer to score more than 10,000 runs m Test cricket. After crossing this record mark, Gavaskar plays the familiar tune again he wants to close his innings. GODFREY ROBERT feels there is no better time for Gavaskar to "declare" than now,
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    • 304 2 Helping the stork out ABOUT 600 couples are treated for sub-fertility problems m Singapore every year, while one m seven Singapore couples has infertility problems due to various causes, according to gynaecologists from the National University Hospital. For childless couples and those planning to start a family, or
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    • 237 2 SHANGRI-LA HOTEL PROFIT UP BY MORE THAN 200% THE MIDAS touch of Mr Robert Kuok was seen again yesterday when his Shangri-La Hotel Ltd reported a 207 per cent jump m pre-tax profits last year to $18.85 million. The sharp increase oame on the back of a turnover gain
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    • 170 2 Around Asean... and Across and Causeway Test for Prem PRIME MINISTER Prem Tinsulanonda returned home yesterday from a 12 -day trip to Africa and Europe to face'a threatened parliamentary no-con-fidence vote and a possible Cabinet reshuffle. The opposition has already announced that it will call for a no-confidence vote against
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    • 358 2 Some moving news... Move to classtication 90 and read ..first the bad news Then the good news. Classifieds Pg 8, Section Two rryT> Product Advertiser Section Paje Mnn Turkish Airlines Books Ministry of Community Development I —20 Camera Minolta Pte Ltd Car Nissan Tan Chong Sons I —17
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  • around the WORLD
    • 76 3 INDIAN film star and Member of Parliament Sunil Dutt (ceatre) and his 19-year-old daughter Priyu left throw their arms up m joy after reaching the centre of New Delhi on Thursday Mr Dutt and his followers are staging a 2.500-km peace march
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    • 295 3 The Iran arms affair WASHINCTTON A new1> confident President Ronald Reagan has defended his hands-off management style as proper, and seeks to deflect widespread criticism that his detached approach had allowed the Iran arms scandal to occur. Appearing on Thursday night at his first formal
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    • 168 3 WASHINGTON President Reagan has charged that Moscow has exceeded a traditional restrictive reading of the 1972 AntiBallistic Mfssile (ABM) treaty, but said the US saw no reason to follow suit. "We are a nation of laws. We want to stay within the
      Reuter  -  168 words
    • 136 3 Nakasone to press on with tax reform TOKYO The government of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, despite a vast opposition movement on a scale unseen m Japan since the *****, has decided to press ahead with its tax reform proposal. Leaders of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and senior government officials
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    • 341 3  -  PETER HAZELHURST By Tokyo Correspondent Dangerous turn, says electronics industry official TOKYO Japanese electronics firms will increase production facilities m South-east Asia m future m spite of the industry's attempts to prevent manufacturers from transferring their operations overseas. This is the view of Mr Shoichi
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    • 96 3 Tanker runs aground TOKYO A small Singa-pore-registered oil tanker ran aground on a rocky Pacific coast near here m stormy weather yesterday, killing one of its six South Korean crew members, maritime safety officials said. The 225-tonne N0.16 Ei-ki-Maru developed engine trouble overnight and was swept onto a reef near
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    • 218 3 CHICAGO I "BLOOD doping", a blood enrichment technique some athletes use to increase stamina, apparently works weil enough that the army thinks it may have military applications. "It doesn't take a lot of imagination to come up with a military scenario where it would
      UPI  -  218 words
    • 135 3 Ptggott gets $855,000 bail on tax charges i LONDON Britain's for- mer champion jockey Les- ter Piggott, a multi-mil- lionaire after riding 5,000 i winners, was granted bail I of £250,000 t*****,000) by magistrates at Newmarket i yesterday where he ap- peared on 12 charges of tax evasion. The magistrates,
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    • 82 3 air attack TEL AVIV Israeli airj craft bombed a suspected i Palestinian guerilla base south of the southern LebI anese port city of Sidon I yesterday m the first air i raid m more than a month. an army spokeswoman an- nounced. Local Sidon radio stations said the aircraft
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    • 396 4 Hardliners block key draft law BEIJING Hardliners have blocked discussion of a key economic reform m China's Parliament next week m a clear challenge to reformers among the leadership, Western diplomats said yesterday. Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday that a major draft law on reforms
      Reuter; UPI; AP  -  396 words
    • 45 4 WEST BERLINER Peter Lardong bites heartih into a single-sized record made of chocolate. The 42-year-old forklift driver produces the really usable records, which are playable several times m his kitchen, out of 15. g of plain chocolate. Reuter
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    • 167 4 France cracks spy ring in swoop on six PARIS France's count-er-espionage service has cracked what it believes is a foreign-backed spy ring, charging two East European women and four Frenchmen with passing secrets about Western Europe's space programme. Judicial sources said the six, charged on Wednesda> m Rouen, north-western France,
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    • 359 4 TOKYO Japan, fearing a trade confronta'ion with the United States over computer memory chips, yesterday urged its biggest electronics companies to avoid dumping the rhips and to buy more from American manufacturers. The request came afer the US Senate unanimously approved on Thursday
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    • 138 4 HOUSTON More than 200 people who thought they could collect some insurance money were arrested m a police sting operation instead. Police mailed 2.200 letters to fugitives who had outstanding warrants from as far back as 1977. The letters said they were to receive a
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    • 538 5 Authorities examining takeover mechanism Wall Street's insider trading scandal NEW YORK .ALJ STREET'S spreading scandal can be likened to policemen stopping a car for speeding and discovering drugs and weapons m the back seat. No one knows what they will find m the trunk. The policemen m this case, the
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    • 366 5 NEW YORK The widening Ivan Boesky scandal on Wall Street took a new turn on Thursday when Boyd Jefferies, a major force m the securities industry, was forced to resign m the face of criminal charges. Federal prosecutor Rudolph Giuliani said Jefferies, who
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    • 127 5 s\v FRANCISCO San Francisco's posh Stanford Court Hotel has never lost a bible, but since It put dictionaries Ui iLs rooms last month 41 have been stolen. I'he dictionary Idea w»as suggested to hotel president James Nassikas by New ork Times columnist William Saflre, a
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    • 198 5 LONDON The British government m a tax deal will buy at virtually halfprice a £10 million (5534.5 million) masterpiece by 19th-century English landscape painter John Constable, Arts Minister Richard Luce said on Thursday. The painting, Stratford Mill, one of only two works by Constable
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    • 129 5 LONDON Anglo-Irish brewing company Guinness said on Thursday it had begun legal action against former chairman Ernest Saunders and another director to recover £5.2 million (5517.8 million) paid during a takeover battle last year. A statement said Guinness intended to seek the
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    • 190 5 BELGRADE A wave of illegal strikes throughout Yugoslavia, the most serious outburst of labour discontent since World War 11, threatens to disrupt the precarious economy of the communist country. According to official figures, more than 11,000 workers have walked off their jobs m more than 80
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    • 165 5 WARSAW The Communist Party-con-trolled trade union movement has war lied the authorities that it would suppo 1 strike actions if they insist on puttii g prices up. Diplomats said Thursday's warning s reminiscent of the Solidarity heyday f
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 399 6 BAGUIO Armed Forces Chief Gen Fidel Ramos .said yesterday investigators were looking into the possibility that the bombing of the Philippine Military Academy al Baguio on Wednesday pan of another coup plot against President Corazon Aquino. Miliary and police S, including an extra
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    • 345 6 BANGKOK Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda returned home yesterday from a 12-day trip to Africa and Europe to face a threatened parliamentary vote of no confidence and a possible Cabinet reshuffle. Gen Prem, m an airport statement, described progress on trade, tourism and the
      AP; Reuter; UPI  -  345 words
    • 175 6  -  Yang Razali Kassim By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Indonesia will not lodge a protest with Canberra over a just publicised defence paper, which one daily here describes m banner headlines as implying Jakarta to be a threat to Australian security. Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja told
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    • 217 6 During his weekly press meeting, Dr Mochtar was also asked about Singapore Foreign Minister S. Dhanabalan's remarks that recent diplomatic moves by Vietnam's friends m Moscow and India could well be a ploy by Hanoi to deceive the world. Dr Mochtar side-stepped this. His response was
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    • 233 6 JAKARTA An Indonesian delegation due m Beijing next week for a United Nations conference "will not avoid it" if approached by Chinese officials to discuss bilateral relations, Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said yesterday. The delegation will be headed by the Indonesian Ambassador
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    • 109 6 18 Filipino soldiers die in Red ambush MANILA Communist rebels killed 18 soldiers m a daylight ambush m the I southern Philippines, military officials said yesteri day. they said about 70 soli diers on foot patrol were attacked m forests m westI crn Mindanao on Thursday, the officials said they
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    • 148 6 TOKYO A rightwing extremist swinging a wooden sword forced his way into the Philippine Embassy here yesterday, demand ing the release of a Japanese business executive kidnapped m the Philippines last November. The man was overcome by police m about 10 minutes and there
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    • 41 6 BANGKOK Four people died and hundreds of houses were damaged during a storm m Ha Nam Ninh province, 90 km south of Hanoi, on Sunday, the Voice of Vietnam radio, monitored m Bangkok, said on Thursday. AP
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    • 226 6 BANGKOK Lao DeputyForeign Minister Soubanh Salitthirath is expected here on Tuesday for a second round of normalisation talks with Thai officials despite controversy over a recent bomb explosion m Vientiane. Thai Foreign Ministry officials said yesterday that the Thai embassy m Vientiane
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 160 8 KUALA TRENGGANU Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah on Thursday listed the names of several leaders he claimed were grouped as '"deviationists" by certain quarters because they were expected to provide opposition to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his supporters. Among them are: Minister
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    • 342 8 Go easy on Western- style democracy Mahathir KEMAMAN (Trengganu) Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has reminded Umno members to be vigilant and not be obsessed with the practice of democracy to the extent that they were prepared to drop their customs. Opening the delegates conference of the Kemaman
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    • 481 8 He also denies role m BMF affair GUA MUSANG (Kelantan) Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah denied yesterday allegations that he was responsible for approving the sale of United Malayan Banking Corporation shares to the Malaysian Chinese Association, a matter which was raised
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    • 192 8 Don't meddle in Umno affairs Musa Xl ALA TRENGGANU Umno Deputy President Datuk Musa Hitam told MIC President Datuk S. Samy Vellu on Wednesday not to become involved m Imno's political affairs, especially at a time when its members were facing election to the party's central leadership. "What is happening
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    • 331 8 Ghafar denies investors lack confidence KUALA TRENGGANU Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba yesterday denied claims by certain quarters that foreign investors were reluctant to invest m Malaysia because they had no more confidence m the government and leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said although the
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    • 146 8 KUALA LUMPUR A 56--year-old Briton who was assumed by Scotland Yard to have been murdered m London m 1985 Ls believed to be alive and well m Malaysia. Two Scotland Yard detective sergeants arrived here on Tuesday to investigate reports from their
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  • ASEAN / CAUSEWAY
    • 340 9 1 STRALIA will maintain a "fairly substantial" presence m the region after withdrawing its remaining Mirage squadron trom Butterworth m June next year, according to the chief of its Defence Force, General Sir Phillip Bennett He also re-affirmed Australia's and New Zealand's commitment to the Five-Power
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    • 304 9 I can't hold on to Koon Swan's seat, says Speaker KUALA LUMPUR The Speaker of the Malaysian Parliament, Tan Sri Zahir Ismail, said although he had not received Tan Koon Swan's resignation letter as a Member of Parliament, he could not now hold on to the seat. Parliament held the
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    • 183 9 Mustapha to contest Sabah by-elections KUALA LUMPUR The by-elections for the Limbawang parliamentary and Usukan state seats m Sabah will be held on April 18, Elections Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Talib said He told a press conference on Thursday that nomination day has been fixed for April 8.
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    • 198 9  - Asean agro pact unlikely, congress told R. VASANTHI KUALA LUMPUR Regional eo-operatlon among Asean nations m the agricultural sector may not be possible, given the competitive and economic structures of the Asean members, the first Asean Economic Congress was told yesterday. Mr Eddie Chew, of I niversity Pertanian Malaysia, said
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    • 38 9 JOHOR BARU The Johor government is preparing a comprehensive report on the problems and future position of the 10.001) squatters illegally occupying government iand m the state. Mentri Besar Haji Haji Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday. Bernama
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    • 78 9 Poorer results in exam KUALA LUMPUR There was a fractional decline m the performance of students who sat for last year's Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (A-level) examination. Of the 71,251 candidates. 53,680 75 3 per cent passed at least one subject, compared with the 56.309 (75.5 per cent) of 74.539
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    • 200 9 Others rescued by firemen KUALA LUMPUR Four children slid down a sewerage pipe to escape a fire m the shophouse they were living m. They were among a dozen people living on the top floor of the three-storey Daniel Tan building
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  • Parliament
    • In short
      • 106 10 THE House went through several issues under three ministries, with more than the usual share of forceful speeches and fast-paced exchanges. Far from winding down, the last hour of the Education Ministry debate picked up momentum i apuiU as Mandarin-speaking MPs sank their teeth into the issue
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      • 106 10 >( 'MF s. h Zi pi im ipais have been taking the easy way out by grouping pupils m classes rding to their second language rather than i. .uiemic ability While that may make it easier for scheduling language classes, it also means that pupils are
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      • 85 10 HOW much can you fit into a normal school ia> That was the question, Education Minister Tony Tan said, as he reminded the House of the twin tenets of education m Singapore: English language as the key to learning and business; and the mother tongue as
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      • 153 10 YOU did not need to know Mandarin to understand that these men were speaking about something close to their heart. Mr Jek Yeun Thong Queenstown revived the debate on Chinese-language standards by blaming the schools for not doing a good job. Parliamentary Secretary (Education) Tang Guan
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      • 101 10 THE Asian Wall Street Journal carried an :ng lit i Last December, then refused to carry the Singapore Government's reply. Last month, its circulation here was slashed to 400. Yesterday the issue reached Parliament, first during Question Time and then during the debate on the Communications
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      • 85 10 THE Government has told the US State Department that American-style freedom of the Press cannot apply here. The US State Department, which regretted the action against the AWSJ, said that m America, "the press is free to publish or not publish what it chooses, however irresponsible
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      • 117 10 WITH growing concern about cleanliness and hygiene at food centres, the Environment Ministry is considering a points demerit system for food sellers. Senior Parliamentary Secretary Eugene Yap said hawkers who flout the rules and chalk up demerit points may have their licences taken away for specific
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    • 565 10 End of S'pore- Malaysia air pact will hurt ties Debate on the Communications and Information estimates Why should Singa- poreans want to go through the massive jams at the Causeway, drive all the way to Senai Airport (m Johor), leave their cars unattended for days or even weeks just to
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    • The AWSJ affair crops up in the House
      • 591 10 A THIRD note has been sent by the Government to the US State Department over the Asian Wall Street Journal affair. Dated March 13, it made absolutely clear that Singapore cannot accept the American definition of press freedom. The note from the
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      • 116 10 4 That the Journal refused, even when the Government offered to help pay for the incremental costs of producing an advertisement-free edition, clearly demonstrates their interest m advertising revenues and not the free flow of information. The Government's action to insist on
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      • 1112 10 Govt's firmness in dealing with foreign press shown THE Government established its reputation for firmness m dealing with the foreign press when it insisted on the right to reply to a malicious article on Singapore m the Asian Wall Street Journal, Parliament was told yesterday. In carrying out this policy,
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    • 1165 10  - Chiam's complaint sparks mini debate on local media Ahmad Osman Salim Osman Leong Weng Kam Rav Dhaliwal Loong Swee Yin Conrad Raj Wong Ai Kwei Hsung Bee Hwa And the Singapore Press comes under scrutiny PARLIAMENT REPORTERS: and FOR close to half an hour yesterday afternoon the Asian Wall Street
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    • 635 11 Dr Yeo spells out principles in Press dealings The AWSJ affair They are a right to reply and an open approach We are quite happy to accept criticism. We do not tell these foreign publications what they should publish, what they should not. They are completely free to print whatever
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    • 375 11 MEMBERS of Parliament yesterday took issue with the Government for offering to subsidise the printing of copies of the Asian Wall Street Journal without any advertisements. The offer, made by the Government on Feb 26, was to bear half the extra cost of putting
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    • 428 11 THE Government does not intend to change its liberal policy of letting foreign journalists work m Singapore, the Communications and Information Minister, Dr Yeo Ning Hong, said yesterday. "Singapore is an open society and we will continue to open our doors to bona fide
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    • 359 11 A RECENT letter m the Asian Wall Street Journal was cited by Dr Arthur Beng (Fengshan) to show that the paper had double standards m publishing views. Dr Beng. who chairs the Government Parliamentary Committee for Communications and Information, said the Journal published m
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    • 321 11 In Jakarta, a writer comments on the affair JAKARTA There are lessons which Indonesian journalists can learn from the recent actions taken by the Singapore Government against two foreign publications, says an Indonesian writer. In a commentary m the Indonesian daily, Suara Karya, Mr Tjipta
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    • Exchange of letters between the Singapore and US governments
      • 459 11 1 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes to the US government A STATE Department spokesman was reported m the Asian Wall Street Journal (AWSJ) of Feb 11, 1987 to have expressed regret over the gazetting of the AWSJ. He was quoted
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      • 277 11 O The US Embassy replies THE Ministry's aide-memoire of Feb 12 requested confirmation of comments by a State Department spokesman regarding restrictions on the Asian Wall Street Journal. The remarks quoted by the Ministry are accurate. They were made m response to media questions
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      • 388 11 O The Ministry writes again THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes the statement m the aide memoire that the US government does not take sides m the particulars of either the Time magazine case or the case of the Asian Wall Street Journal (AWSJ). However, the
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      • 361 11 Wa MiiT^iB?f»7?^^^^n^~^n THE Department of State notes the questions posed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore m its aide-memoire of Feb 27 concerning the US government position on the matter of the circulation restrictions imposed on the Asian Wall Street
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      • 502 11 X The Ministry writes to the US government THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs refers to the US State Department aide-memoire dated March 10, '87 stating the US government's position on the restriction of the Asian Wall Street Journal. The note reiterated the US government's commitment
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    • Debate on the Education estimates
      • 865 12 Guan Seng stoutly defends bilingual policy THE bihngualism policy and declining standards of Chinese were again the subject of a spirited debate m Parliament yesterday Such was the concern voiced by several backbenchers that the Parliamentary Secretary i Education), Mr Tang Guan Seng, felt
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      • 202 12 THE Education Ministry is studying the experiences of other countries m pre-primary schooling before taking a decision to extend the pre-primary programme to all children of kindergaru n age. Parliamentary Secretary (Education) Tang Guan Seng told Parliament yesterday that the programme, if extended, would
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      • 404 12 SINGAPORE wants to take the best elements from education systems around the world, to be adapted for use here. It is not the Education Ministry's intention to copy any particular system, Education Minister Tony Tan said yesterday. Responding to Dr Koh Lam Son (Telok
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      • 221 12 THE Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore (CDIS) yesterday received a pat on the back from Dr Tan Cheng Bock (hau man of the Government Parlia mentary Committee on Education, for improving the quality of school textbooks m science and other subjects. Dr Tan (Ayer
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      • 373 12 THERE are four major elements m an all-round education, Dr Tay Eng Soon said. "An all-round education consists really of four major parts: academic education, the development of character of tudents through various means including moral education, to help them have an
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      • 252 12 STUDENTS should not be grouped m classes based on the second language they are taking, the Minister of State (Education), Dr Tay Eng Soon, said yesterday. Making this categorical stand, he said it was not the policy of his ministry to allow schools to
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      • 327 12 STREAMING or "setting'"' The subject was again raised by Dr Tan Cheng Bock (Ayer Rajah), who said: "I'm not asking for much. I just want to be convinced whether streaming is better than setting. With this he made an impassioned appeal on a
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      • 1040 12  - Chiam, the Press and fair reporting PATRICK DANIEL From the Gallery By I THE most entertaining episode m Parliament yesterday, at least for those m the press gallery, came m the late afternoon when Opposition Member Chiam See Tong (Potong Pasir) took a bash at the local press. The House
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      • 479 13 Demerit system for hawkers under study THE Environment Ministry is considering a points demerit system to force foodsellers to brush up on cleanliness .md hygiene. Operating like the demerit system for motorists, it will see hawkers being assigned points each time they are caught flouting the rules. Senior Parliamentary Secretary
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      • 546 13 HOUSING Board residents m Chong Boon, Chengsan and Jalan Kayu can have their rubbish collected by private operators, the first public housing estates to be allowed to privatise rubbish collection. The Environment Minister has given the go-ahead to the Ang Mo Kio East Town
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      • 129 13 A POLICY statement from the Housing Board will be issued as soon as the board completes its present study on the feasibility of selling its shops, Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister of State (National Development), said m reply to Dr S. Vasoo
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    • 437 15  -  DOREEN SIOW By BIDDING for half of the lucrative retail shops at Changi Airport has started with some overseas intereai The 49 retail shops at the airport had an estimated combined turnover of more than $200 million last year. Bidders for the 25 shops
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    • 68 15 THE Singapore Sogetsu Association will celebrate its 20th anniversary with an exhibition of 156 flower displays to raise at least $50,000 for the Singapore Red Cross Society. The First Lady, Mrs Wee Kirn Wee, will open the event at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Thursday at 5.30
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    • 164 15 Punctured liver case: Coroner's findings next month STATE Coroner Lim Keng Seong on April 6 will give his findings on the inquiry into f ae death of a patient who bled internally after a Efcaal-yaaa radical student had done a pleu~-.l *ap on her. Madam Minah binti Wahas, IT, died
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    • 95 15 Japanese envoy presents his credentials THE new Japanese Ambassador to Singapore. Mr Wa-si-ike Miyake. presented his letter of credence to Presi- j dent Wee Kirn Wee at the j Istana yesterdaj morning. Shortly after. Mr Miyake. i whose last appointment was director-general. Middle Eastern _n>J African Affairs Bureau. Japanese Foreign
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    • 166 15 SHELL raised the wholesale prices of some of its products yesterday The wholesale or posted price of industrial diesel has been raised by US$l 73 <553.70) to U5520.73, marine diese! by US$l.7B to US$2O 28, and medium fuel by US$2.5O to US$l5. per barrel. Shell
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    • 355 15  -  NANCY LOH By A 'ROMANTIC and sentimental" man, spurned by his wife, went to the flat where she was staying with her family and locked them m. Sales co-ordinator Tan Chwee Hock, 30, was lined $300 on Thursday for
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    • 35 15 MRS Fathiah E. In_erto from the Department of Extramural Studies, National University of Singapore, will talk about assertive training at the Queenstown Branch Library auditorium today at 2 .30 pm Admission is free.
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    • 301 15 A MAN accused of rape told the mother of the alleged victim over the telephone not to interfere as it was a "private affair", the High Court heard yesterday. The mother, whose identity was withheld by the court, said that on the
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    • 214 15  -  MAUREEN CHUA 'Rape-after-beer' trial Reports by BUSINESSMAN Liew Kirn Yong, accused of rape, had for 22 days of his trial given press photographers the slip until 10.10 am yesterday. He was "caught" when he arrived at the High Court car porch m a taxi with
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    • 74 15 Molest trial continues in April THE trial of suspended schoolteacher Chow Kek Kuan, 54, (or allegedly molesting some of his primary school pupils last year, will continue for five days from April S. Seventeen witnesses have so far given evidence at the trial, heard behind closed doors since Monday. The
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    • 152 17 AN UNIDENTIFIED woman, believed to be m her mid-twenties, was found dead m the Macßitchie Reservoir yesterday. A jogger found the woman's body m the water below the band-stand, which is built into the reservoir, at 7.25 am. She had no visible injuries but
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    • 75 17 Man charged with robbing goldsmith A MAN was charged on Tuesday with robbing a goldsmith m Clementi Avenue 3 of $200,000 worth of jewellery last October. No plea was taken from Lee Van Khuen. 29. unemployed, who is alleged to have robbed Mr Tan Wee Poh of Mcc Hen? Goldsmith
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    • 175 17 IT was a humble sidewalk show but to the children m Singapore m the *****. it was one of life's more exciting moments. Paying the vendor of this pushcart cinema a princely fee of five cents, they would stoop and peer into holes to watch
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    • 101 17 Jeya hearing ends A DISCIPLINARY Committee appointed to determine whether lawyer J. B. Jeyaretnam's convictions on four criminal charges made him unfit for the legal profession ended its hearing yesterday. The committee, chaired by Mr Choor Singh, a retired High Court judge, will now have to deliberate on all the
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    • 59 17 A TEENAGER. Kirn Tat Siong. has been charged with rioting while he and eight others were m an unlawful assembly that wanted to assault another teenager. Goh Kheng Hock. 17 Kirn. 16. who allegedly committed the offence on May 3 last year, is on $2,000 bail.
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    • 523 17  - Raffles City home to 4 govt bodies MATHEW YAP By Interim move for Foreign Ministry Our marketing agent, DBS Land, has been working hard, following leads closely. Our good location helps. Access to the complex is easy as we are bounded by major road networks, and we will have the
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    • 273 17  - Bridge to romance K.F. TANG By Novel SDU activity for 50 A \OH) Ls stronger than a singleton m a nontrump suit so 50 single graduates will h am this afternoon when they sit down to the first of four sessions of introductory contract bridge. But the hope is that
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    • 506 18  -  EDMUND LOH Talk on grammatical errors by children By WHEN children make "grammatical errors", parents should try and understand why they are made rather than jump at the first chance to correct them. This was the advice from a linguistics expert at a
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    • 384 18  -  TONG YOKE THO By More to open THE Big M is expanding again. It will open four or five new restaurants by the end of this year, bringing its total m Singapore to 25. By then, it would have a
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    • 236 18 181 \NBI L. There is no law m that Turkish city against passion, running riot. Tht Business Time. Executive Lifestyle section today highlights one young man's passionate encounter with lusty belly -dan< er> and other equally tan talising pleasures m one ol the most historical
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    • 500 19  -  BERTHA HENSON 120 models to display outfits outdoors m Orchard Road By THE biggest outdoor fashion show m town, m the heart of Orchard Road, is only two Sundays away. Featuring 320 outfits from major department stores and boutiques, and 120 models to
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    • 373 19  -  ROSNAH AHMAD Report by DEEPLY engrossed m their project, these students did not realise that a YIP had dropped bj Mrs Lee Kuan Yew and her granddaughter. Xiuqi. six. were at the National Museum yesterday when they came across the group of 20 students
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    • 181 19 Extortion case student put on probation A STI DENT who extorted $1,394 from a former classmate over a sevenmonth period, was yesterday put on two years' probation. Urn Chin Hin, 17, will also have to stay home from 9 pm to 6 am during the period. To settle a misunderstanding
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    • 142 27 Phone survey to gauge smoke-free success THE Health Ministry is conducting a telephone survey to ascertain the popularity and success of its three-month campaign against smoking. About 800 telephone numbers were randomly picked for the survey starting this week and ending m mid-April. Participants are aged between 15 and 64.
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    • 260 27  -  SANDRA DAVIE By Down-to-earth fun at day-care centre EVERY daj while their parents are at work. Andre Chua. five, and Elizabeth Loo. four, get up to some down-to-earth fun. After all, what could be closer to a child's heart than playing with soil and water 0
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    • 289 27  -  DANNY TAN BY ROSES are red. violets are blue but does it make a pile of greenbacks for you? That is one of the questions faced by 12-year-old budding entrepreneurs at the Ulu Pandan Campus of the Singapore American School These students at work m
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    • 364 27  -  CHAN KIN SANG By FILIPINO maids m Singapore may enjoy common terms of employment if proposals by a newly formed association are accepted by agencies. The Foreign Maids Employment Agencies Association was registered last month, and one of its first objectives is to standardise
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    • 427 27  -  IRENE NG By THE earnestness of law undergraduate Chui Kan Yuen, a volunteer guide at Sentosa 's Coralarium, impressed two American visitors so much that they promised to return to the resort island. And what Mr Chui did was to single out some
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    • 87 27 AN EIGHT- YEAR-OLD schoolboy, who suffered serious injuries after being hit by a van at the junction of Yishun Avenue 3 and Sembawang Road last week, died m hospital on Wednesday morning. Norsadilee bin Abdul Wahab Abbas, of Sembawang Primary School, died m
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    • 387 27  -  SALMA KHALIK By A SEARCH is on for some wacky games played he r e to be shown on American TV. The crazier, the better. Whatever the sport, it must be colourful and fun. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board wants to identify some
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    • 7 17 T.V. Hwang's Down Memory Lane: Page 2t
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
    • 1050 20 MORE than 700 company executives met at New York's Waldorf-As-toria Hotel on March 10 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Catalyst, a body which exists to further the interests of businesswomen. The husinesswomen had something to celebrate. Over the past 25 years
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    • 575 20 T. F. Hwang takes you down Memory Lane FIVE-FOOT WAY FIVE-FOOT tta\ is ih. title m English of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's latest Mandarin drama production. Screening of the _#-episode serial began on Monday. Five-foot ways, according to our archives librarians and research officers, were started m Chinatown m 1822
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    • The Straits Times
      • 263 20 DOUBLE-SESSION schools are now so mm h f he norm m Singapore that it is natural that younger Singaporeans should regard single-session schools as novel. But nothing can be further from the truth. Until the *****, many schools here had classes only m the morning. It
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      • 299 20 SCHOOL-LEAVERS need information m order to decide what career or course of study they should pursue. In this, teachers who are trained m career guidance will doubtless be of help. It has been suggested that such guidance will, for instance, reduce the number of students
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    • 165 20 "Hard-headed economies should be tempered by heart-felt sympathy." Dr Tan Cheng Bock, MP for Ayer Rajah. "I only hop. 1 that when they are m their new abode, foreign dignitaries and visitors to the ministry wiil not be unwittingly directed to Sogo Department Store and the
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    • 620 20  - West German sports stars lose their glitter PETER BRUCE By THE- West Germans can be hard on their heroes. Take Harald 'Toni" Schumacher, for example. By the time the West German football team went to Mexico for the World Cup finals last summer most of the country, including the team
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    • 1771 21  -  TAN SAI SIONG By z '"r t\ _'> Desk 15 companies picked as pace-setters to reduce role of state m business FOR a set of proposals which is likely to leave an indelible mark on Singapore's corporate landscape, the report of the Public
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    • 742 21  - Why illegal bookies are scurf of the turf TAN SAI SIONG By Look Back In Wonder A personal view of the week s news ILLEGAL book-making is a multi-billion-dollar industry m Singapore, if what Singapore Turf Club officials revealed at the 19th Asian Racing Conference m Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday
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    • 183 20 .^mbers Game «.—-i_— .MOI Singa LITERATURE THE ARTS IN SINGAPORE Bmaa^^rZ8 maa^^rZ r~ Issue no. 13 ZZ-SSS Features: SjISZjS Short Stories SSSSSS Poetry SZZSS Drama Audience Survey mmmmmrmtzm Hi msmmmmmtmm wiimmmm^^^mmMA H ___^^^^B_l '~^A^^Am*mm A hS B_l_t___B__________J ____L mmm\ jm __W__________i_f __t Amm* "'*\H mm Wl r?iTTT________________> J^^^^^aV Wr wi
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  • FORUM
    • 330 22 Proposed system not a fundamental change affecting Constitution On team MPs YOUR reader "HKN" has graciously conceded that the team MPs system is not undemocratic, at least no more undemocratic than the system of electing the US President and Vice-President on a team and first-past-the-post basis (yesterday's Straits Times). He
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    • More letters on the new population policy
      • 265 22 Do not leave out those first to respond I CONCUR with the views of "Frustrated Dad of 3" (ST, March 12). About four years ago, the Government introduced the Graduate Mother's Scheme m its education policy and two years ago the Prime Minister warned about the lopsided procreation pattern m
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      • 120 22 WE are a family of five. Our youngest child will be two years old this September. Unlike a third child born on or after Jan 1 this year, he will be deprived of the icing on the cake referred to by Brig-adier-General (Res)
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      • 142 22 IN line with the present three child policy, I would like to bring my case to the attention of the Government and employers so that they would help families like mine. My wife has been consulting a gynaecologist attached to a private clinic as she has problems conceiving
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      • 75 22 IN line with the Government's third child policy, the Ministry of Community Development has announced a $100 subsidy for childcare services. I feel that it would be much better if it could start 24-hour services at the various childcare cen- tres for the benefit of housewives on
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      • 93 22 THE Straits Timet welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. But we would prefer your using
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      • 466 22 An appeal to start with the basics paid maternity leave THE tax incentives offered by the Government to encourage couples to have a third child are extremely generous, particularly if the wife continues to work full-time and is drawing fairly substantial income. However, it is surprising that a very fundamental
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    • 164 22 Include names of nominees in CPF statement QUITE some time back I wrote to the Central Provident Fund Board suggesting that it print the names of each member's nominees when it sends him the annual statement of account. I gave the following reasons why this should be done: 1. Many
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    • Replies
      • 145 22 CPF has allowed writer to use his funds I REFER to the letter "Why can't I use CPF?" by Mr Alfred Tan (ST, March 11). The writer might have given your readers an incorrect impression regarding the release of CPF savings for the purchase of his house. The board's records
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      • 77 22 WITH reference to "NonCatholic" 's letter "For members only?" (yesterday's Straits Times), we would like to assure him that he will be entitled to any prize for which his ticket may be drawn. We assume that he had purchased the donation draw ticket from a friend or
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      • 55 22 I REFER to the letter "Wants to convert his driving licence" by Mr H.B. Tan (ST, March 10). The writer is requested to telephone Mr Daljit Singh, Head Administration. Traffic Police on *****00 during office hours for advice on the matter. KHOR CHOR HUAT for Director PR
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    • 251 22 Man insists on tradition and custom REFERRING to the article 'Tne penchant for black rapped" (ST, March 17), I write to thank both Mr Linn In Hua, the new president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the MP for Aljunied,
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      • 12 23 UMW 3,358,000 UIC 1,529,000 Inchcope 1,475,000 S, me Darby 1.412,000
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      • 58 23 i*f!tr|i 590 ♦55 *ott»ruro Mv S5O 40 CBi «5 -M S pa; ljoo Sl5 +30 UK -W We tro Hklti 775 +25 v 333 -24 D6S 1160 *20 1120 +20 3*) -20 Qtotm X* -20 L*ut V 102+20 C*C 2*2+18 214 +1S ■IN ?«5 -15 U 3re«f<XJ *oO -15
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      • 42 23 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1986-87 H*h 1082 89 (10/3/87) 949 96 (20 2 8/-' 1986-87 low 563 34 (28/4 86) 470 92(28/4/86) All time H«h 1082 89 (10/3/87) 983 06(8 2 84) M-timeLow 7475(17/9 64) *****(28 486)
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      • 11 23 Closinj Change Voi ('000) Matxrui frwiterj 2 45 unch 232
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      • 12 23 THE IS dollar lost 45 ticks to DM 1.8290 m Singapore
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      • 12 23 In Singapore, gold gained L T SSO.6O to U*****.50 an ounce.
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      • 59 23 Eurodollar: Remained unchanged at 93.57 a contract. Deutschemark: Gained 11 ticks to 0.5497 a contract. British Pound: Lost 35 ticks to 1.5885 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained nine ticks to 0.*****4 a contract. Nikkei: Gained 105 points to ***** a contract IS Treasury bond: Gained three ticks to 101.31
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    • Short stops
      • 71 23 HOUSTON (Texas) Texaco is asking an appeals court to order a newtrial m its case with Pennzoil. claiming Pennzoil did not comply with the court's order involving a landmark multibil-lion-dollar judgment against Texaco. The appeals court last month upheld a court verdict against Texaco that said
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      • 85 23 TOKYO Japanese customs authorities, faced with a flood of fake Reebok sneakers from South Korea, have turned away about 100,000 pairs since last summer, company officials said. Customs officials at the ports of Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama and Kobe had begun barring imports of the counterfeit footwear A
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      • 73 23 LONDON Rolls-Royce, the state-owned aero-en-gine maker which is due to be sold off within the next two months, has smoothed its path to the private sector by announcing record profits fer the past year. Pre-tax profit rose to Li2o million (***** million) from £81 million the third
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      • 74 23 $2.3 b Seoul surplus SEOUL South Korea had a current account surplus of more than US$l billion (552.14 billion) m the first two months of this year thanks to soaring exports and increased tourism earnings. Bank of Korea officials said. The current account, which includes trade m services and goods,
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      • 106 23 WASHINGTON The personal income of Americans rose 0.9 per cent m February, the best gain m 10 months, while personal consumption jumped a strong 1.7 per cent. The increases far exceeded most economists' expectations. Some of the personal-income gains came from a federal and military
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      • 51 23 WASHINGTON US steel industry employment declined m January to a record low for the 14th consecutive month, the American Iron and Steel Institute said Average employment m January was 150.500 people, including 110.800 production workers, compared with 196,300 and 143.900. respectively, m January last year.
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      • 54 23 DETROIT Chrysler Corp, which last week formally proposed a takeover of American Motors Corp (AMO. may soon also acquire Italian exotic i ,ir maker I,amhorghini. Chrysler already owns almost 16 per cent of Italian car maker Maserati. and has options to acquire 51 per cent of
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    • 647 23  -  ANTHONY HOE By Expectations of bonus issues also aided sentiment THE stock market's jump yesterday was fuelled by foreign funds pouring m and excitement among small investors about talk of possible stock splits and bonus issues to be announced. Dealers said investment managers continued
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    • 405 23  -  DOREEN SOH THE Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Ltd yesterday announced record results and is celebrating with a one-for-10 bonus issue. The group, one of the premier life assurance companies m Singapore and Malaysia, reported a group surplus of $13.91 million
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    • 182 23 Sale of Airport Industrial Building confirmed DBS BANK is negotiating to sell Airport Industrial Building and will not give it further financial support. The DBS Bank group said yesterday that its 95 per cent-owned subsidiary, Great Pacific Finance, (GPF) held through DBS Finance, had written down its investment m Airport
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    • 338 23  - Ruling by HK court may not apply here CATHERINE C. ONG Asean Resources case By THE historic ruling by a j Hongkong High Court judge to freeze the Singapore assets of Asean Resources, a company based m the British colony, may not be enforceable here, lawyers and academics here said
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    • 225 23 THE deal for Hotel Properties to rescue Emporium Holdings has apparently not been finalised. It had been reported that under the preliminary agreement the listed Hotel Properties signed with the retail chain's receivers two weeks ago, the terms were to have been finalised
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    • 246 23  - Former director of NBB may be released on Tuesday A BRUNEI High Court judge yesterday indicated that former National Bank of Brunei (NBB) director Chen Ping Fang would be released on bail of about $500,000 next Tuesday. This followed an application by Chen's counsel Mr Howard Cashin which was mentioned
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    • 351 23  - Shangri-La Hotel profit jump more than 200% DOREEN SOH By THE Midas touch of Mr Robert Kuok was seen again yesterday when his Shangri-La Hotel Ltd reported a more than 200 per cent jump m profits last year. The sharp increase came on the back of a turnover rise of
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    • 70 23 KUALA LUMPUR Petronas. the national oil corporation, has reported a 5.6 per cent fall m group pretax profit to M 56.51 billion for the 1985 86 financial year from M 56.90 billion a year earlier. Group turnover dropped by 2.8 per cent to M 510.97 billion. The
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    • 3829 24 READERS should be aware of the imitations of this information Not every transaction, nor every price dealt m at the stock eichanje is covered m "business done' Further because al deafcigs at a particular price are lumped tojether, the table does not show the trend m
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      • 663 25 day's decline. 'The Nikkei Stock Average closed up 13.35 points at 21,657.67, after vaulting m and out of minus and plus ranges aU day. Falls led rises nine to eight m share turnover of 1.5 billion against Thursday's 1.4 billion. The volatile
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      • 332 25 M* M HKJ Chanfe Hk £l«ct w O rr 33 75 +0 75 Ka Woh Bonk 250 unch Smg Too 3.225 -0.025 Hk Gos 16 50+0 1 (Co Woh Stone* 143 +003 Smo Lond 2.825 +0025 Assoc Inrt Hotels 188 +004 HK Lond 800 +03 X.MB '250 +03 Stekjx
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      • 358 25 Mm 20 'en Chante M.tsub Chem 884 1 M,t%ub Elec 575 +30 t Vltvj6 Esf 281 30 Ajnomoto 3500 50 Mifiub Heavy 619 +9 Ak* 470 10 MiHutwh. 1170 +70 Amodo 820 10 Mitsui Co 643 +16 Aw*. Chem 886 4 MM Snotoldg 240 +5 A«jh. QOM 1690 20
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      • 218 25 Mar 19 USS Chanft Akoo 44* All.cd Stg 47* Amax Inc 19 +H Amr Corp 56 +IV4 Art 23* Bethlehem Sti 7* unch Boe>ng Co 51W ■<* Burrough* Cp IOSH Caterpillar Co 46H Cha*« Monhtn 38(4 +V 4 Chry»lw Cp 53V4 +W Citicorp 51 -H Corn Nat Go*
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      • 69 25 I I I I I I _l I I I I NST Index Friday 1,608.23 (1,597.01) Hongkong Hang Seng -j Friday 2,780.55 (2,721.28) g£_ Austrafan Al-Ordharies Friday 1,652.20 (1,648.60) Nikkei Stock Average Friday 21,657.67 (21,644.32) Financial Fines Industrials Thursday 1,581.60(1,589.50) Dow Jones Average Thursday 2,299.57(2,286.93) (Figures in brackets refer
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      • 518 25 Mar 19 Pence Chanfe INDUSTRIALS Asdo-MFI 153 I AKwd-Lyons 390 -2 BTRPLC 325 -8 Bobcocks 199 -2 Barclay* 508xr -2 Beechom 550 -3 »CC 339 -5 BkjeGrcto 760 -2 BOC Group 436 unch Boots 285 -1 Bowater 435 -2 BATS 515 -2 Britannia 178W unch Brit Gas 84' i
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      • 331 25 1 «r SIMM 2 For tat cwtonen ort* 3 OCBC Franc*. 4 iitutm it D6S Fiance 5 Qiuihnc *»t 'it" i* k» a****? OUT UOfi rit«." ktu i-mitm it UOf nkbtm It MS Fiunce OCBC OUB UO6 DBS DEPOSIT RATES 3 3M 2'i 3 Monthly 3'> Autosave 3'/i
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      • 159 25 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local doflars to ForeJfn currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4707—1.4736 6.97—6.79 Canadian dollar 1.6322—1.6342 6.19—6.09 NZ dollar 1.1909—1.1936 8.75—8.40 Sterling pound 3.4250-3.4287 2.95—2.91 US dollar 2.1440 2.1450 4.70-4.66 Local dolars to 100 urits of foreign currency Austrian
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      • 108 25 THE US dollar closed quiet against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed unchanged at its initial opening of 2.1440/50. It traded within a range of 2.1430 and 2.1450. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed 1.8280/90 compared to its opening of 1.8300/10. It
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      • 133 25 THE kilobar market opened at 5528.052 and closed at 5528,053 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened at U*****.30/405.70. The metal hardly traded out of that range m a featureless and dull market. After lunch, gold made the day's high of U*****. 80/406. 10 on slight overseas buying.
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      • 25 25 GOLD UStyoz Fri Thurs Singapore 405.30 405.80 404.90—405.20 Hongkong 405.40 405.80 404.80 405.20 Thun Ned New York 405.00—405.50 404.80—405.30 London 403.50—404.00 405.00 405.50
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      • 227 25 Managers' prices for Mar 21 ft 23 Singapore Unit Trust Th* Commerce 1.02—1.10 The Savings Fund C 89— 0 %>d Sport Prog Fund 0.41 0 45 Spore Sec. Fund 0.68— 0 74 Spore Invest Fund 0 76 0 82 Spore Equity Fund 0.49—0 S3 Asia (Mt Trust Mai
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    • 423 25 Eurodollar 3-month deposit JUNE Eurodollar opened virtually unchanged from the previous close at 93.58 as United Slates personal income and personal consumption expenditure figures were within market expectation. The trading range again remained tight, between 93.57 and 93.58 during the session, with a lack of fresh news for
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    • 501 25 Receipt of Export FCL containers end LCL cargo LCL Recetvng Rect.vrij Carjo Time Block F2 *****530/*****430 Al/Bl *****300 Fl F7 1530 1630/*****730 Pl/Sl FSA *****100 B 4 FSA *****300 F3 FSA 0800-0900 17 F7 0730-0830,*****330 N6 F7 0900 1000 W4 FSA *****230 G3 FSA 0700-0800 U4 F7 0700-0800/2030
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    • 19 25 Rubber Ctosmf prices cents 'kite Singapore April ***** up 1 50 cents Malaysia April 227.50 up 0.50 cents
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    • 26 25 Cto*n{ pncei Copper tonrv Thur? Spot *****—***** (914 00—915.00) 3 months 895 00— 8% 00 (894 50—895.00) Market tone Steady after firmer Sales 27.300 tonnes
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    • 23 25 Ctoant pncr. Aluminium tome Thurs Spot 831 00 833.00 (831.00—832.00) 3 months 796.00— 797 00 (794.00-794.50) Market tone Quiet Sates 4.050 tonnes
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    • 98 25 Crude MS tonne palm oi Mar 745 (soutr 735 (central) and north) Apr 745 (south Apr 737.50 (central Refined palm oi USI tonnes RBO palm oil Mar/ Apr /May/ June 315 (setters) RBO Ste.?rir Apr/May 275 (sellers. RBO Olein Mar 327.50 (seders) Apr/May/June ***** (seders) Crude stearin Neutralised
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    • 377 26 Takeovers will come under new panel KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S Code on Takeovers and Mergers will be ready for gazetting 'm a couple of days'' and is expected to come into force on April 1. Ministry of Trade and Industry secretary-general Datuk Ahmad Sarji
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    • 214 26 NEW YORK American Express plans to sell a minority stake m its wholly-owned Wall Street investment firm, Shearson Lehman Brothers, to Nippon Life Insurance of Japan for US$53O million (551, 14 billion). The transaction would give Nippon Life a 13 per cent holding
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    • 317 26 WASHINGTON THIS year's failure rate among commercial banks m the United States is running at twice last year's record pace. Forty four banks have failed already this year, compared with 20 by this time last year and 144 for the whole
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    • From the companies desk
      • 99 26 MultiPurpose Holdings MULTI-PURPOSE Holdings Bhd, the investment arm of the Malaysian Chinese Association, has appointed the Perlis Plantation chairman, Mr Geh Ik Cheong, to its board. Perlis Plantation is one of the companies m "Sugar King" Robert Kuok's stable. Mr Geh, a long-time close associate of Mr Kuok, who was
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      • 110 26 KUALA LUMPUR Fima Metal Box has proposed a one-for-two rights issue to raise M 520.64 million to partly finance its investment m a new project to make two-piece beverage cans. The group will invest Ms 46 million m the high-technology operation at a new factory to be
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      • 100 26 MALAYSIA'S largest merchant bank. ArabMalaysian Merchant Bank Bhd (AMMB), has confirmed reports it is seeking a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Its parent company. Arab-Malaysian Development Bhd (AMDB). said talks were being held with the relevant authorities on a proposal to make an offer for sale of
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      • 18 26 OVERSEAS Union Securities Ltd's net tangible asset backing per Ssl share as at Feb 28 was $2.91.
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  • RACING
    • 394 28  -  TONTO Pakistan's Fletcher can take invitation race By Out man on the track THE final two of the four jockeys' invitation races highlighting the IWh Asian Racing Conference will be staged at Bukit Timah today and tomoiTow. The first two, held at Kuala Lumpur last
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    • 233 28  -  TONTO GERALD DE GEOFFRE above). Chairman of the Jockey Club of France, was m Singapore on a private visit earlier this week. De Geoffre's family has traditionally been associated with horse racing. His grandfather owned a Grand National winner and his uncle is a prominent
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    • 95 28 THE Singapore Turf Club said yesterday that In today's international jockeys' invitation event (Race 6), Small Wonder (No. 5 and newcomer Avonvale (No. 7) have been withdrawn on veterinary grounds. The first two emergency acceptors, Noble Scholar (No. 13) and Beware (No. 14) will take their
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    • 366 28 What the tipsters say RACE RACING ED TONTO PEDIGREE LUCKY LEO MARKSMAN 12 Holly Dolly 1 Everything Nice 2 Beat Alwayt 5 De Pretender 10 Gutsy 1 5 De Pretender 11 Maximum Capacity 10 Gutsy 3 Tavern Blue 8 Silicon Valley 14 Duke Payne 1 Everything Nice 2 Best Always
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    • 6349 28 Today's Bukit Timah card WWBBWWBWW 23 CLASS 4 DIV 3 1,400 m [f,\*i Jl (Ratings: 68-57) HatilMHl (Stakes: $17,000) 1 29-^6Bl Everything Nlee D 57 (68) Anderesingh-E Breukelen 8 nzm pc +1 1600m > Pipped Sweet Success by nk m driving finish C 5-2 Pg 1400 m firm Feb 28;
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    • 197 29 Barker guest of honour at ARC dinner THE Minister for Law, Mr E.W. Barker, was guest of honour at a dinner held m conjunction wan the IStli Asian Racing Conference (ARC) at the Raffles Ballroom m Westin Stamford Hotel last night At the dinner, delegates from the U member nations
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    • 395 29 ON THE TRACK with TONTO ISTANBUL and Remember V will not run m tomorrow's $250,000 Singapore Derby. Istanbul has been withdraw! from all engagements on veterinary grounds white Remember Me V is not accepting. Remember Me V was also pulled out by trainer Charles Read from
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    • 82 29 TUESDAY (good going): Chinese Wall and Happiness II 38, Score 37.2, Wags 35.6, Artus 37.6, Exceptionally 36, Kushinagar 35.6, Noble Scholar and Biscay Bomber 37.7, Lunar New Year and Whenever Wherever 38.2. WEDNESAY (good): Nostradamus and Daytona II 37.8, Double Dare 39.5. Supreme Picco 37.3, Just One
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    • 118 29 15 hurt as part of grandstand collapses LONDON At least 15 people were injured on Thursday when a section of the grandstand roof on which they were standing at Cheltenham Racecourse collapsed. Ambulance men said five of them were taken to hospital with "quite serious" back injuries. Five others were
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 282 30  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI by FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Muhammad Asif gets his biggest sporting break when he turns out for Singapore m their Malaysian Cricket Association League match against Malacca at Balestier Road today (10.30 am). The Secondary Four Peieai student, who plays for SCA Schoolboys, has been included
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    • 662 30  -  GODFREY ROBERT BY 4 One must retire when one is on top. I want my departure from Test cricket to be remembered as much as my entry was. Gavaskar (left) IN EULOGISING Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar's feats, one inevitably compares him with Sir Donald Bradman.
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    • 191 30 PERTH Pakistan Test cricketer Qasim Omarclaimed on Thursday that he had been threatened with death if he maintained his allegations about the use of drugs m international cricket. He also reiterated his claim that a leading international cricketer used cannabis and distributed it to other players.
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    • 69 30 HYDERABAD India beat Pakistan m the third one-day cricket international here yesterday Both sides scored 212 from 44 overs, but India won because they lost six wickets against Pakistan's sever. Scores: India 212-C (R. Lamba 41. R Shastri 69 n.o X Dcv 59); Pakistan 212-7 <R Raja 23.
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    • 208 30  - SLTA draft a new constitution JANICE SEAH By THE Singapore Lawn Tennis Association are drafting a new constitution which, if passed, will replace the current one which is 38-years-old. Of the proposals put forward, the most far-reaching is that no president be allowed to serve consecutively for more than three
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    • 292 30 ROTTERDAM American Chip Hooper, ranked 223 rd m the world, upset defending champion Joakim Nystrom, of Sweden, 6-4. 6-4 m the second round of the U*****,000 ($674,000) Dutch Open tennis tournament on Thursday. In an evening match, fourth seed John McEnroe defeated Holland's Michiel Schapers 6-4, 6-0.
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    • 331 30 ATHLETICS Defending champion John Ngugi will miss tomorrow's World Cross Country championship m Warsaw because of a leg injury, the Kenyan Amateur Athletics Association announced. BASKETBALL Dallas edged out Sacramento 105-104 m an American NBA match on Thursday. Other results: NY Knicks 111 Indiana 105, Washington 110
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    • 1012 32  -  MARTIN PALMER INTO THE LIMELIGHT Can West Ham regain lost glory Brady has the answer By I The left foot that is always right 4 The great thing about him is that when everybody else is rushing about, all of a sudden he will find a little
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    • LEAGUE ACTION IN EUROPE
      • 385 33 ENGLAND Arsenal may recall three earlier to halt slide LONDON Arsenal, whose charge towards the title has been blunted by a winless run stretching back to Jan 4. received encouragement from an unexpected quarter on Thursday as they prepared for today's trip to Watford. The man w
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      • 640 33 Brazilian medicine's new gain INTO THE SHADOWS 41 do not think it is fair to take a high salary without working. If I cannot serve my club, the best thing to do is pack up and go home. I hope I can be as good a doctor as they say
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      • 486 33 City's lifeline: English First Division strugglers Manchester City plunged into the transfer market on Thursday m a big way. They agreed to sell defender Clive Wilson to Chelsea for £300,000 ($972,000), renewed their £200,000 deal for Blackpool forward Paul Stewart and then moved to sign Eire striker Frank
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      • SPAIN, ITALY
        • 289 33 Champagne on ice for Napoli ROME Napoli, holding a five-point lead m the Italian League title race with eight matches to go, are keeping the champagne on ice, but the fans are already celebrating as the club head north to Milan for tomorrow's match against Internazionale. Napoli, led by Argentine
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        • 264 33 No Real striking problems MADRID league leaders Real Madrid should enjoy an easy win when they host llth-ranked Valladolid tomorrow m the Spanish First Division. But second-placed Barcelona face a less certain result at eighth-ranked Real Sociedad. Third-placed Espanol host 12th-rank-ed Athletic Bilbao and fifth-ranked Majorca go to Zaragoza. Madrid,
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    • 423 34 RABAT Ireland's Eamonn Darcy. without a win m Europe for four years, equalled the course record of 67 to take a onestroke first-round lead m the 1165,000 ($567,600) Moroccan Open golf championship on Thursday. Darcy collected seven birdies and dropped a stroke on a day
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    • 136 34 NEW DELHI Steve Bowman, of the United States, and Peter O'Malley. of Australia, shared the seoond-day lead on 139 m the Indian Open golf championship here yesterday. Borman. the overnight leader, had an even-par 72 while the Australian carded a 71. I fading n< oris Americans, unless
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    • 853 34  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By Third-round scorecard Tze Ming, Jacobs still the ones to beat 286 A. Russell (US) 71, 67, 68. 217 Lin Chia (Tai) 67, 72, 68 2*B Chen Tze Ming (Tai) 6f. 71, 71; K. Tomori (Jpn) 69. 67, 72. 211 P. McWhinney
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    • 206 34  -  LIM KEE CHAN Fy DEFENDING champion Tali!) Haron will start as overwhelming favourite m the Keppel Open today and tomorrow. The veteran seven handicapuer, who won the Open from 1974 to 197S and again 1980 and 1981, also holds the course record of par-72 set last year.
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    • 187 34 KUAI A L'IMFUR MALAYSIA, who bagged gold medals m both the team and individual skeet events, still had the golden glint m th^ir eyes on the opening day of the team trap shooting championship here yesterday. They are leading the field "with 206 points, thanks
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    • 211 34  -  HAKIKAT RAI By AS predicted, Ernest Tan will clash with Mark Hill m the boys' Under-19 final of the Sptite Age-Group squash championships at East Coast Recreation Centre this afternoon. Ernest made short work of Sng Yu— Jen, winning 15-10,' 15-2, 15-10 m just over
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    • 313 34 DESMOND Koh broke a national Under-14 record anc. helped set another at the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's inter-club age-group meet at Ang Mo Kio yesterday. Desmond, swimming for Chinese Swimming Club, clocked 2min 05.035 ec for the 200 metres freestyle, breaking the 1979 mark of 2:06.93.
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    • 196 34  - Andy gets in on the last day PETER SIOW By ANDY CHONG succeeded, while former national squad bowlers Mohan Tupani and Patrick Wee failed, to qualify last night for this weekend's tournament proper m the inaugural Jatico bowling championship at Celebrity Bowl. Andy began with an encouraging 217, followed by
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    • 414 35  -  LEE WAI WUN PERSONALITY FOCUS: ICUK SUGIARTO By 4 1 did not expect to do so well (m the All-England), especially after suffering an ankle injury m the Scandinavian Open the week before. My target is the World CHampionship m Beijing and I will be
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    • 435 35  - The Iceman warms up to the world J. RAJENDRAN Report by Icuk now sets his mind on beating the best m Beijing FORMER world badminton champion Icuk Sugiarto will be making an all-out bid to regain the world championship title m May with the help of Chinese coach Tang Hsien
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    • 294 35 Geylang out to turn the tables HAKIKAT RAI PREVIEWS TONIGHT'S NFL DIV TWO FINAL Ex-kingpins aim to prove Tyrwhitt win was a flash m the pan GEYLANG International have a score to settle with Tyrwnitt Soccerites m tonight's National Football League Division Two final at the Bedok Stadium. Liter;... h
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    • 69 35 SOUTH Avenue went down 2 3 to Gilbraltar Crescent m the National Football League Division Two match for third place at Jalan Besar yesterday South Avenue's Yunus Babak and Redzuan Shedek were sacked by referee Tony Lim m the first half after Rosman Rahman and Abu Bakar Saat
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    • 92 35 SEVERAL lucky draw prizes await ticket-holders at this evening's National Football League Division Two final between Geylang International and Tyrwhitt Soccerites at Bedok Stadi- I urn at 7.30. One of the top items to be given away is a 14-inch Thomson colour television set. Other prizes include
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    • 240 35 T\ F magic of South \meriean soccer may be hrought to the National stadium m Ma> b> I ruguay Division One < hampi ons National. Hut before they can be included m the quadrangular, organised h> the Football Association of Singapore, t>ie hosts will first have
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    • 59 35 DBS thrashed Singapore Tobacco 5-0 m a Singapore Business Houses Football league junior knockout match at Tanglin yesterday Other results: Texins 1 Standard Chartered Bank 1 (Texins won 4-2 on penalty kicks); Hong I.eong Croup 3 Malayan Breweries 1; Westin Plaza 3 Crown Prince Hotel 0 Div
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    • 273 35  -  J. RAJENDRAN THE SINGAPORE-JOHOR SOCCER FRIENDLY By He is out despite completing suspension STRIKER V. Sundramoorthy will not be eligible to play for Singapore when they meet Johor's Malaysia Cup team m a friendly at the National Stadium tomorrow (7.30 pm). The Football Association of Singapore have
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    • 85 35 FRENCH OPEN PARIS Second seed lb Frederiksen. of Denmark, overcame early resistance by unseeded Indonesian Richard Mainaki to gain a place m the last eight of the French Open badminton championships on Thursday. Frederiksen, who won his third-round match 15-10, 15-9. and unseeded England's Anders Nielsen were the
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    242 32 Mdm Yeo Hwee Eng I Aged 66 years passed away peacefully on March 19th, 1987 leaving behind beloved: j Sons Daughters-in-law Tay Gek Chuan Mdm Chan Siew Meng I Tay Yun Chwan, Henry Mdm Chan Siew Lee, Jannie j j Daughter Tay Yang Koon Grandsons Granddaughter-in-law Tay Wee Mm Mdm
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 645 33 Madam Ng Soo Ngin aged 87 (Wife of late Kwek Soo Yong) Beloved mother of Sons Daughters-in-law Ah Soong Lim Tok Jee Ah Jeng (deceased) Ah Lang Jennifer Howe Phak Diana Ho Daughters Sons-in-law Lee Sok (China) Lim Kee Seng (deceased) Lee Hiang (China) Teoh Kuan
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      43 33 MRS KOH KONG THIAN (NEE ONG PHAIK HOON) AGED: 64 called home to he with the Lord on 20.387 leaving behind Children: Dennis Daniel Nancy Daughter-in-law: Yulia Son-in-law: Grand Daughter: Su-Ann Adopted Children: Freerk Lily For funeral arrangements, please telephone *****70.
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    • 111 33 The family of the late MDM ALICIA LEE LAI HOE express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to relatives. The Management 8 Staff of Hitachi Electronic Devices (S) Pte Ltd friends and colleagues for their praye's. condolences, donations, wreaths and assistance during their recent bereavement bVbbVbbWbVbbbsVbHbbVHbVbVN The family of
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    • 147 33 In Loving Memory of CHRISTOPHER JAMES NG KIM CHEOK 4 years have gone by 21st March 1983 Not just today but every day. 1 remember the happy times w> shared. when we were together Fond memories of you linger, making your absent that more painful for me.
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      64 33 In loving memory of MRS LUCY CHAN Departed on 21.3.76 Sadly missed but nevet forgotten by loved ones SRI ISKANTHAN S/O MX SUNDRAM Departed: 21 March 1982 The years may wipe out many things But Ihis they'll wipe out never. The memor> of those happy days Which
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      49 33 Path-da-Bhoo In loving memory of S. TEJA SINGH Jl (Village CHAKAR) Managing Director of KHALSA TRADING CO. PTE LTD. Who passed away peacefuli\ on 24-3-85 m India will be held at SRI GURU NANAK SAT SANG SABHA (Wilkinson Road) on 22-3-87 Please take this as a personal
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    • 15 33 (Building 3, 3p.m.) .^kWkWkmmmmmmWWßAAkmmmmmWAWkm^ 'In Memoriam" is for the loved I ones whom you remember
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    • 119 34 ARMWRESTUNG ABC Extra Stout "Over the Top" Challenge semi-final (Marina Square Shopping Centre, 3pm). ATHLETICS 3rd Road Relay (Seletar Reservoir, 4 30pm) BOWLING Ist Jatlco Tournament of Champions semi-finals (Celebrity Bowl, 6pm) Youth Bowler of the Month tournament: Qualifying rds (Striker's Bowl. 8 30am) CRICKET MCA inter state league: Singapore
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  • Page 35 Advertisements
    • 312 35 PENETRATOR For All Purposes For All Surfaces 4j£:^ An American football looking shoe desu as the ultimate training shof J track and field sports Synthetic ipper with mesh nylon areas and pe f toe-piece to provide high br< ,^jr ---rtp. Solid rubber ou* JrjWm^k ant, sll P stu ds gives
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  • 482 36  -  GRACE CHNG By Panel to co-ordinate govt efforts, says EDB chief GOVERNMENT help for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can now be better co-ordinated with the formation of an umbrella body. Called the Small Enterprise Committee (SEC) and responsible to the Minister for
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  • 430 36  -  HEDWIG ALFRED Story: Psychiatric patients at Tan Tock Seng learn to stay relaxed THE man on the left is more than a taiji instructor. He is a psychiatrist. And the people m front of him are his patients. Dr Yeo Seem Huat is
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  • 376 36  - HDB officer jailed for hurting superior ELENA CHONG By AN ACTING research officer of the Housing Board was unhappy that he would not be confirmed. Fang Chin Yong, 32, then vented his frustration on his superior and hit her with an iron pipe, a court heard yesterday. Fang, a Nanyang
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  • 28 36 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 50 industrials rose 14.63 points to 2.314.20 an hour after trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. AP
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  • 194 36 PONTYPRIDD (Wales) The crowd cheered as a beaming Sharron Gardiner took the throne to be crowned Miss Wales. Bnt two minutes later, she was m tears. After declaring the 23--year-old the winner of the contest on Wednesday night, master of ceremonies Eric
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  • 479 36 Reagan tells press: I would not do it again The Iran arms affair WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan, buffeted by the Iran-Contra scandal all winter, emerged m his news conference on the eve of spring flashing the verve and wit that catapulted him to two terms as President. Although he broke
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  • 91 36 COLOMBO Sri Lankan authorities have seized some six tonnes of silver valued at US$l2 million (SS2S.T million) their biggest seizure of contraband yet from a trawler here, Customs officers said yesterday. According to sources here, the captain of the trawler Al Ajmeer reported to
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  • 136 36 BEIJING Thousands of Chinese are seeking spouses through advertisements m magazines and newspapers, which have such a backlog of marriage ads that people have to wait for months to get theirs placed, according to Xinhua News Agency. Since Mr Ding Naijun, a teacher,
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    • 221 36 1 1 HUH UHH ll Weather WW.AIJMI) P'lll'l. I' Ml UlHllllilliii Uj. UP TO 1 p.m. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 33 max., 24 mm SUNSET today: 7.15 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7 08 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 13 20 C Cloudy Undon 19 C Cloudy Amsterdam -1
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  • The Straits Times
    • 3 1 The Straits Times
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    • 1042 1  -  Teoh Eng Soon While some couples may now be thinking of having three, or more children if they can afford it to take advantage of new tax incentives one m seven Singapore couples is being bypassed by the stork. S.L. TAN reviews the recently
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    • 269 1 ABOUT 609 couples are treated (or sub-fertility problems in Singapore every year, while one in seven Singapore couples has infertility problems due to various causes, according to gynaecologists from the National University Hospital. A five-year study by a NUH team between 1979 and
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    • Books
      • 591 2  -  MARK PESTANA CARPENTERS GOTHIC By William Gaddis Picador, 1987 262 pages, $18.95 Reviewed by THEY are people with big dreams leading desperate lives. Paul Booth is a Vietnam veteran turned hustler. His mousey wife, Liz, once the daughter of a rich businessman, is now
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      • 435 2  -  SHAUN KOH THE SISTERS By Robert Littell Pan, 1987. 304 pages, $11.90 Reviewed by THIS espionage thriller is titled The Sisters, but it is really about two men. Their boss has a Man Friday (right-hand man), whose real name just happens to be Thursday,
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      • 574 2 Getting the stork to come a-calling BESIDES fertility pills and injections for women, and hormonal tablets or surgery for men, here are some other methods of treatment for infertility m Singapore: The battery-operated fertility pump, which can be worn round the waist by both women
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        468 2  -  SERENA TOH Compiled by HER Father's Daughter by William J. Coughlin (Pan, 1986, $13.99, 383 pages) When a powerful New York magnate dies suddenly, everyone thinks his son will take control of his empire. But it is his estranged daughter who is the new heiress. Pitted against other
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      • 452 3  -  James Clavell CARLA CHUA THRUMP-O-MOTO By Hodder Stoughton 1986 89 pages, $29.85 Reviewed Young Reader 4 Thrump-O-Moto explores the world we can only find m dreams a world woven together by hope, power, magic, high aspirations, enchantment, danger and courage; a realm of wonder,
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      • 201 3  -  CARLA CHUA Compiled by The Three Hilly Goats Gruff (Ladybird, 1987, 51 pages, $3.25)' WANTING to grow fat on the sweet-meadowed grass on the other side of the river, the three billy goats Gruff have to cross the bridge. Unknown to them, an ugly troll lies under the
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      • 229 3  -  Cynthia Voight JANICE GAN FENG DICEY S SONG By Fontana Lions/1985 224 pages, $5.90 Reviewed by THE story opens with Dicey THlernan reflecting on her new life with her old grandmother on an old farmhous< m Maryland. She is 13 years old, has three sib
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      • 119 3  - Kane's book is 'completely original' STELLA KON -Letter GRANDMA CHEW OF EMERALD HILL I REFER to an article m the "Young Reader" section of The Straits Times last Saturday. The review on Grandma Chew of Emerald Hill says the children's book "takes off from" my play, Emily of Emerald Hill.
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      • 339 3  - Discipline sees kids through adversity E. Nesbit GRACE CHOW THE STORY OF THE TREASURE SEEKERS By Puffin 1986 208 pages, $7.20 Reviewed by THE Bastables, six brothers and sisters, find themselves stuck at home after their father's business went bust and he could not afford to pay their school fees.
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    • Page 2 Advertisements
      • 348 2 AFFORDABLY YOURS. DISTINCTIVELY INTERFURN. Come and visit Singapore's largest showroom of genuine leather lounge suites. We have the widest selection m a complete range of colours and designs, at highly affordable prices. If it's leather it has to be InterFurn. Jeanne From Le Canape Club Beautifully upholstered contemporary design. full
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      • 769 3 In tomorrow's asia magazine FUTURE AT STAKE Next week marks the 40th anniversary of the Military flfl* f tfl__^v Bases Agreement between **"fIM^ '-^jSp* V e United States and the W^ fjup" Philippines. But with *!-i/^ BB mounting opposition to the _ft cW n 1^ 'jf\ American presence, will ■^PJT
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        84 4 ume, Dlease wait please wait for th e forlorn lover for a soul who j Uted another drowning m the for a t^e love shown, filthy mud of sins. Time, oh, time, iime > If only you can please wait stay and wait) for a careless scholar many wou
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      • 73 4 Black is the colour of mourning, And those who are groaning, Black is ash, And the stale mash. Black is a dirty cat, And a nasty rat. Black is the sound of the crow, And the moving mower. Black is the colour of hair, And the misty
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      • Article, Illustration
        206 4  -  ALISON LIM Perishing With boredom and disgust The dragging, depressing dreariness of doldrums Wearing and tearing patience and goodwill. Close behind boredom and impatience, Irritation creeps, Crawling and clasping like bony fingers Growing whilst gurgling Threatening to dehumanise The sweetest of souls. And it can. Irritation The grinding of
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      • 226 4 EXPRESSIONS offers an outlet for creative and artistic effort by you and for you. Whether you write, paint, sculpt or draw (cartoons, illustrations, drawings and other graphic works), send your best effort to us. Poetry, prose, short stories, limericks and essays should be typewritten, double-spaced and not
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    • Page 4 Advertisements
      • 738 4 Tea Dance at El Morocco i _%i Marring 2 1 March 87 Attractive door gift tor every patron on 2 1 March 87 Tea Dances were the rave of the sixties. For many they are now only a memory of an era long past, But not anymore, every Saturday and
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      • 22 4 icas_t___i__a ig--i j SOLIDS pi is a r-J JO house or flat from The Straits Times Classifieds fen CIDi fa ___zi_t_j fa-_-g
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      • 75 4 Big tummy? Fat trunk? Skinny? No problem let Rowing Exerciser" to help you. Practice with it 3 minutes a day. Male or Female. jB Al! your problems cleared within 2 wee J<j^ r* You'll look healthier and better. (Sl^ L M Special Offer Sales {ty* W j "Rowing Exerciser" i
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    • Do-it-yourself
      • 508 5 Grab some paint, sandpaper, cardboard and paintbrush and create something special for your bedroom. IF YOU are looking for a way to add zest to a bedroom, consider putting your paintbrushes to good use by creating your own painted headboard. A brightly painted area
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      • 194 5 IF YOU'RE tired of buying separate cleaners for different materials, then help is at hand. Bissell's Upholstery Cleaner claims to be so versatile that you can use it on leather, plastic and fabric m your home or car. First, vacuum
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      • 435 5 GARDEN tools are a great help, but only if khej are kept m good working order. Keeping them m the closet is one way of putting them out of action. The surest way of shortening their lifespan is to leave them
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    • Page 5 Advertisements
      • 630 5 Ip ann RnU.t.ei*s GRAND OPENING Knitting Materials imported from Germany, U.S.A., Japan Australia. Latest Knitwear fashion books Cross Stitch available! Free Lesson m Knitting For more details call at: A \j/ ann Rnikkers J^z/ 165. TANJONG PAGAR »02 08 ,0- AMARA SHOPPING CFNTRf C SINGAPORE 0208 TEL *****30 C* v
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      • 433 6 TEENAGERS 7 "PREVIEW I LIDO: TODAY 8.45 am i STALLS 51 50 CIRCLE $2 50 No Free List EVERYBODY NEEDS A DAY OFF. WHETHER 6or a 60 FERRIS KNOWS THE VALUE OF A DAY OFF .a JUST KNOW HOW TO WAKE THE BEST OF IT! I_£l /<?* i FERRIS BUELLEFTS
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      • 913 6 The Great Eastern Life Assurance J~n Company Limited ilncorporalrd m Smuaporr i AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3 1ST DECEMBER 1 986 Ihe Directors are pleased to announce that the audited surplus attributable to stockholders of the Company and the Group for the year ended 31st December 1986 were
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      • 604 6 OCOOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXOCXXX>OC£ 8 CATHAY WARMLY > 0 WELCOMES TO Z X SINGAPORE J 0 MR RAYOMOND WONG MS Ll CHI S X FIND OUT FROM THE STARS 9 THE CURE FOR THAT Q X "ITCH". MEET IN-PERSON: 8 O MR. RAYMOND WONG •MS Ll CHI 0 9 MAJESTIC TONITE: 11.30PM SHOW
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      • 395 7 mPMf^mMmLr^j^m-^m <l*-\ j^lf^jH _B-I^_tf^]_l l__JP_l^i! &<£-£' _^__aJi lr JR^iE E_s__»J£^_ji _aPB v3i!sS9_rl __Pi^v_gfl B^tWi wL mtiri^mmf ___L___«l I mmWSf^A fl _____'^i _R@n_U I AmmmWmmX S^aß WT ______B___i-^J XL- -^B I Qf _f_l —P^—t— y-i_i _i? v _*__i__F_l _____a__ST^ r 2 >r?v*^ -IBHbSSB WKJSL^— j-JB— v.. '_-Jl •"'S_C^H H ISMkSLM. i
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      • 366 7 novotel orchid inn STEAMBOAT WEEKENDS < ■Kp*c*>*'^* ifH___r v-^i^^ '"'"<*! l |j|Mßtfflrl I^|^^_Btetei^fts_^-P J_§ il_^ ,^v^^ ,a^__i___!_ s_fll _T I__i^_f J kS _Qr __fl >* i *"''^^____flp^^^^ __S* i> *'_$______>' v "_^_rTWfc'_r j*'*"*''' _B ~^K;- l___a_itf r _k_P^ a ___e?p^_i s Byul _s_i^_i mwz^m\ m**' *^mw _P__^i_aßP _l K~___fl ~~sfl~~^~*~~*
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      • 615 7 Over 30 manufacturers are j U^^i^pAA »->. participating m this Vt V_J^>^r^\\\\ \U^^^*i J_w/V*\\ v_i/^it_______-i33. 12 pm to 10 pm /:^X^^X^\ DUE T0 popular demand/// 1^ I >^^XJ^C EXTENDED TO 2ZND MARCH j/\ 1 Av_^_^x^ JffTFT^nlrTl/ Y ADM,ss,ON if 6 ItsjS _fl_^V >>^ MapDsiFa mi Ik Furniture Exhibition /^Bkwl. A//3v
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      • 101 7 Free Curtain Sewing lor curtain fabrics from $4 per metre Free Curtain Track with Installation tor purchase of S 300 and at>ove Package Deal tor HDB FLAT Owners 3 Rooms from $120 00 4 Rooms from $220 00 5 Rooms from $320 00 5 Rooms Mansionette from $395 00 Package
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    • Page 8 Advertisements
      • 635 8 2 Eating Out SLOANE COURT MOTEL 1 arge fi ger Draught Beer $4 50- 9tt lunch $5 90 Steaks. Chops Oxtail Stew at reasonable prices. Rooms daily from $45 upwards. Free parking 17 Balmoral Rd.. Spore 1025 Tel: *****11 JHOTH MAHAL. 36 Cutl Rd tel: *****11 Daily 12-3pm. 6 30-
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      • 534 8 11 Pleasure Boats/ Sea Sports WHITING 36 (SLOOP) 10 sails VHF Dtngh] inboard diesel engine \er> :.i>! fully fitted for racing and extensive cruising, many extras Asking 5565.000 Contact Iversen 7;*H2962 17-1/2' SKI BOAT c w Johnson 115 hp PTT J5.300 17-1 2' Ski Boat Hull. $1,000. 14-1/2' c/w 35
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      • 583 8 I 12 Computer Products/ 12 Computer Products/ 12 Computer Products/ Services Services Services ___R_t__ \W^^ t-txaapaad -WP^Just the Right WjAßm Gift. ..for MBf your child^z^oos "*l?H____ iylW* 8 **>o Japar —flu—b^ ej^^s* fl^^^^^ r Wm W *v t m BAWm **m* J^:*.* i At Only $82* p.m. for a Licensed'lßM-Compatible.
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      • 134 8 Do your Lotus, Symphony, ACAD, j DBase run slow on your PC/ XT or compatibles? Use our speed card to convert to 286 speed (6 Mhz). 3.4 times faster than PC/ XT. New arrival 12 Mhz Baby 286. For demonstration, please come to: #05-42 FUNAN CENTRE $1,950 ONE WEEK ONLY
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      • 547 8 FROM MONTHLY: $49 A 20% downpayment, you could be the owner of the following 36-hrs. free training Privileged MicrolinCard 12/24 mths warranty a 8 MHz 640K Turbo PC XT 8088-2 with 2 drives, colour graphic cards complete system 14" colour monitor: $1,580 a 1024K PC/ AT MOW with 1.2 MB
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      • 659 8 13 Musical Instruments SELDOM USED YAMAHA Piano, tip-top cond. $1,950 0.n.0 and Suzuki Violin No dealer pis. Pager *****15. NIEER PIANO MODEL: 626. (120 cm) Holiday offer $1790. Selegie Rd. =02-02 Parklane *****65 ONE YEAR OLD Organ for sale. Yamaha FC 20. Good condition. 551,600 o.n.c. Tel: 441-0505 ONE 5-YEAR
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      • 694 8 18 Home Furniture/ 18 Home Furniture/ Furnishing Furnishing f OFFICE CUM SHOWROOM 10TH ANNIVERSARY SALE j New design kitchen cabinets being displayed. X a Free design and quotation 2 I a Low price (factory price). J a Free gifts: Decorative PVC door <3'x7') or a attractive I writing desk for
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      • 616 8 20 Pets/Pet Care PET-TAXI SERVICE: Specially catered for your convenience. The Doggy Salon: *****08 (24-hr.) POMERANIAN PUPPIES, 7 weeks old for sale. Male/ female No papers. $300 each. Tel: *****72. SCIENCE DIET (dog/ cat food). For free home delivery. Call Mr Kee: *****24/ *****32 day/ night. SMALL SIZED WHITE Spitzs
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      • 1056 8 THE STRAITS TIMES, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1987 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday to Friday 9an Jf r deadline lor next day) Saturday 8 30am to 2pm (Ilam deadline tor The Sunday Times) Pubac Hoiday: 9am to lpm COUNTER SERVICE: HMES OBCHAJH) Com*! #02 105 iUCKr PIAZA Mondat to Friday: 10am to 12
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    • Page 9 Advertisements
      • 782 9 28 Health Centres/ 28 Health Centres/ Massage Massage |*|Kp A Facilities include: piATrn >| Shiatsu/Massage/Facial/ hAS rKN Suana/Steambath/Hot& c_NTß_itc: te "r* m WJM Jk 4!h Flr Great Eastern Hotel f 401 MacPherson Road J WBf j T *****45 x 450 Bfs' MASSAGE CENTRE. Queens Hotel sth Floor Penthouse 24 Mount
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      • 574 9 33 Babysitting/ Child Care Centre EDUCATED HOUSEWIFE WILLING to babysit full part-time, children above 2 years Foreign students acceptable, educational needs included Tel *****24 NEW KINOERGARTEN A Toddlers session starting ln ttie afternoon m Katong district. Call *****28 34 Gardening/ Landscaping SPECIALLY DESIGNED AVIARIES Bird Landscape for your gdn patio
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      • 672 9 36 House 36 House Renovation/ Decor Renovation/ Decor Specialist m fabrication and installation ol Ampiimesh i..- grtles and Aluminium grills. Stainless stell guiles Iron grilles Glass 8 HUDC OB Oesi— s Private Houses Clients Designs Condomnurns t^'^yvj 'ii^/f^ _y I*}. 1 it _rT J j Ijj-!-! _1 LICENSED CONTRACTOR CL/W2728.
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      • 693 9 39 Bridal Services LATEST '87 fl W Bltyannal I crcation^W W*B jk LC H Trading ■Bridal A Boutique' I < tefkJbfl 03-09 Cuppage Plaza Spore 092. Aafef Tel *****68 Ysf-Wk TA !40 Private Investigation/ Security Agencies Jl KENNETH'S INVESTIGATION i SECURITY SERVICE In All investigations handled by genuine Si reputable
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      • 811 9 54 Book-keeping/ Secretarial/ Answering/ Translation Services CHEAP EFFICIENT Part-time Bookkeeping services provided Tel: *****89/ Pager: *****01 CO. INCORPN./ ACCOUNTS/ taxation/ reg. office/ telex and other services *****22/ *****22 (res.) 55 Commercial Vessels FOR SALE: 1983 BAYLINER Cabin Cruiser. 7.20 m long. Volvo Penta Engine 180 kw Original fittings Price neg.
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      • 2030 9 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Heir Available Available Available MMi»Bj_!____tiL'J _I________U_________B___l___U— J ~i _^_^L— W ii.iil-iii-iW FtUPtNO: $230 P.M. SRI LANKAN: $150 P M (Fee $700, fjJ'f'T E___3___G_s-S_--1 <>%An *ie DArs traininc UUy_-w c V ME R 50 NEW 810-OATAS EACH WEEK i.JKT'Cover Full Documentation Services *n
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      • 448 9 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive THE COUNSELLING AND CARE CENTRE invites applications tor the tollow ing positions 1) THERAPIST/ CO-ORDINATOR OF PUBLICATIONS 2) THERAPIST Applicants must possess Degree! s) m Social Work, Psychology or Counselling with experience ln working from a family systems orientation and be fluent m Mandann Applicants
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      • 733 10 67 Situations Vacant EDP VDU OPERATOR/ CLERK requirement* c Between 18 -25 years old c A »(ov>(! QCE O level certificate with credits m English and Mathematrequired preferably with intermediate typing certificate -ping speed ot .50 wpm .ear working experience m operating the video display unit and data-entr\ work station
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      • 363 10 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical J q CHASE invites applications for the posts of (D TELLERS (2) CLERKS c Good GCE O' 'A Level (Ngee Ann Diploma will be an advantage) Pleasant and cheerful disposition c Effective interpersonal skills c Age between 17 to 25
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      • 272 10 A large food processing and trading company invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the positions of: A) General Clerks/ Typists (Finance) GCE O' level with 2 years' experience m operating a word processor Basic knowledge of Accounting Working knowledge of micro-computers is an added advantage. B) General Clerks/
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      • 453 10 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical MITSUBISHI CORPORATION I Invites applications I for the pott of: j Female GCE 0' Level/PCBS Singapore Citizen Able to type at about 30 wpm Benefits: Service benefits Bonus and transport subsidy Free medical and dental treatment Personal Accident Insurance, etc. Interested applicants are to apply
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      • 510 10 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical We are looking for suitably qualified personnel to |Oin our fast expanding multinational company as Age 20 28 years GCE O or A level with credits m English and Mathematics LCCI Intermediate Book keeping Minimum 2 to 3 years relevant working experience Age 20 25
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      • 713 10 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical A leading US multi-national corporation, located m Tuss Industrial Estste, invites spplicstions for the position of: ACCOUNTS DATA PROCESSING CLERK to sssist m dsily accounts snd dsts processing. c Mm. GCE O' level and LCCI Intermediate Bookkeeping c At least 2to 3 years' working experience
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      • 522 10 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical r EBB m \t, M'pitr We require CLERICAL OFFICERS c Minimum 3 GCE O* levels with credits for English and Mathematics. c Typing speed at least 25 w.p.m. c Preferably some clerical experience Please apply with full particulars including present and expected salary and contact
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      • 546 10 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical CONTAINERS PRINTERS PTE LTD A well established packaging company m Juror.g r -quires: FEMALE PERSONNEL CUM PRODUCTION CLERK c Able to converse In dialects Malay c Preferably with some experience ln personnel or production c Attractive salary STORE CLERK c Preferably with some experience ln
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      • 709 10 70 Situations Vacant Secretarial/ Clerical We operate Ihe lergeet chain o computer echools lor both childrei adults We ere m the process o expanding our operetion we m vits suitably quehtied applicant tor the following position RECEPTIONISTS/ TYPISTS (Foi Diet. ls, 19. 21) c GCE O' level with relevan training
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      • 658 10 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical I j CAREER ADMIN. ASSISTANT Experience- ir can ying ou! he' o^. ties uneesisted untuper ritec ene m assuming progressively broeoe reepontibihtiet uncompromisingly fussy about the quaiity of her work superior communicating competence as independent correspondent, telex and telefax writer unquestionable skills m typing, shorthand
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      • 719 11 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial Clerical An electrical import and export company requires GENERAL CLERK Interested applicants please call personally at -'*9 Upp Thomaon Ro«d Singapore 2057 (betore Thomson Yaohan) for .m interview An aatatXiahvd computer firm requires FEMAIE GENERAL CLERK S.q_i.'«m#nta Minimum GCE O' Level c Experience is not essential
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      • 964 11 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical APPLICANTS REPLYING Hux numbers of vacancies are requested DOt to enclose original copies of testimonials or reference with their applications No responsibility can be accepted for their loss Applicants are also .tdwsed to *nte to Box Numbers iorrectly and check them before posting ACCOUNTS CLERK
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      • 549 11 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales Sales W ////^^^L^^^^^^/y^Y Lia,son representative otfice of the biggest credil S^ "~^VVVV^^ cards In Japan has immediate vacancy 'or a m Minimum GCE O Level y I Age 20 -30 years II j H Completed National Se n y
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      • 99 11 Established hardware and offshore ■upply company has vacancies for Ihe following opportunities: REGIONAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE/ CO-ORDINATOR Fluency ln English. Mandarin St dialects essential Must possess sound knowledge of hardware/ marine requisites Experienced familiar with relevant clientele preferred Possess own transport preferred Must be prepared to travel SALES REPRESENTATIVE Fluency ln
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      • 490 11 r KINGRICH 1 ENTERPRISE PTE LTD Applications are invited for the posts of: A) EXPERIENCED SALES REPS. For paper department Possess own vehicle Attractive remuneration Basic salary plus commission medical benefits transport allowances B) STORE ASSISTANT Completed N.S. Sec. education Please write m to: I 354 M Alexandra Road L
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      • 712 11 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Weil established multi-national Trading Company requirea A SALES REPRESENTATIVE c with at least 3 years of fast moving consumer goods selling experience; who owns own car and holding a valid Class 3 driving licence; c with GCE 'O' level qualification; c who is fluent m English
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      • 608 11 71 Situations Vacant: Sales FWe are an established ufacturer of popular^ fast moving health drink and owing to our expansion program, we are seeking for suitably qualified If you enjoy direct selling to households, possess a pleasant personality and preferably with a driving licence, you are probably the kind of
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      • 822 11 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Tin i elf ELF PETROLEUM SEA. PTE LTD (A suosidiary ot Sociel* Lubrifiantt I Elf Aquitaine) An international petroleum compa- ny engaged m regional marketing and manufacturing of automotive, industrial and marina lubricants invites application* for tha position of: SALES REPRESENTATIVE OR SALES EXECUTIVE for its
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      • 682 11 72 Situations Vacant 72 Situations Vacant Technical Technical A leading US multi-national corporation located m Tuas Industrial Estate requires 1. QA INSPECTORS (2 SHIFTS) ITC m Mechanical Engineering or a good GCE O' Level Certificate with technical subjects. Knowledge of measuring instruments, visual and dimension inspections will be an advantage.
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      • 1020 12 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: 7 Technical Technical Technical I m I We are a leading US multi-national corporation, located m Tuas Industrial Estate. Due to company expansion, we are looking for a suitable candidate for the new position: MANUFACTURING ENGINEER The Incumbent will be required
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      • 332 12 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical j mm Apple Computer, a Hinunc MX) company manufacturing personal computers has vacancy for a DRAFTSPERSON The ideal candidate should possess NTC 2 or ITC m Mechanical Engineering with at least 1 year drafting experience m a manufacturing environment. Those without expenence
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      • 334 12 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical PENTEX CIRCUITS PTE LTD. I EXPANDS I I We are an established and progressive PCB I I manufacturer. In view of our expansion pro- I j I gramme, we invite interested applicants to I I apply for the following positions: SALES ENGINEER
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      • 228 12 JEDECO A member of the Tan Chong Group of Companies and appointed Exclusive Distributor for Domnick Hunter Filters Ltd, U.K. for Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand Papua New Guinea seeks suitably qualified personnel to fill the cancies of SALES ENGINEER Requirements: Must be Singapore citizens Worked as a mechanical engineer with
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      • 489 12 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant Technical Technical I At Amm^^Wi We are a large and established multi-national organisation m the forefront of the electronic technology. We export electrical and electronic products to more than 120 countries. We invite applications from suitably qualified candidates for the positions of: Technicians The
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      • 623 12 72 Situations Vacant Technical tZk Vie z'n eaa.rg 'octurer of higri techno og/ O'col' components and r a^e /oca^cy *o r following po Dutiei To trouble-shoo' repair ond maintoin ol! produc tion machines and equipment Requirements: Minimum NTC 3 m Elec trical Electronic Servic ing and Installation Minimum 3 years
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      • 517 13 7 2 Situations Vacant 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical r 1 -^v ISA i r^i i Q r i KaO. I A leatfcrhj US munutdctunrio, computet peripherals I TEMPORARY I TECHNICIANS (2 3 months) ElectncdJ \mnnv; IrotalldUon ot robotic assembly line Qualifications: NTC/TIC m ElectncdlMechdnical En^neerincj Some vcvrbmc: expenence preterrecl
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      • 598 13 72 Situations Vacant: Technical INKONHT t'NC.I.NEERING PTE LTD has vacancies tor: "assistant SERVICE ENGINEER c Poxse^ NIC IH Certificate c Working experience m field maintenance, troubleshooting and repair ot" computer peripherals or datacommunications equipment Interested applicants, please call Javin (336-0333) foi an interview appointment or write m to The Personnel
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      • 490 13 72 Situations Vacant: Technical requires Repair Technicians m Certificate/Diploma m the Electronics/ Electrical field or its equivalent Preferably with some practical experience m repairing and servicing of radio and radio cassette sets Please write m confidence giving comprehensive resume, expected salary, recent photograph and contact number to: BP^"S Personnel RmLm
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      • 412 13 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 74 Production Production Production Production a National Semiconductor I ...where people make the difference. In Interview M f Sj\ SIII Sunday 22 March 1987 W^fjS m\ W I Call 273 8444" WBPW-' W.i^iilhVL&M B\. National Semiconductor Pte Ltd
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      • 75 13 MANUFACTURING CO. REQS. Female Production Operators. High starting salary, transport provided Permanent/ rotating shifts. Only those residing m A M Kio Si Yishun areas need apply Tel: *****57/ *****55 Paul Guna to arrange for interview PLASTIC FACTORY REQS. Permanent Ist Si 2nd shift Female Workers Call personally at: Vir- lory
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      • 312 13 APOLLO MAGNETICS I leading international supplier of omputer magnetic tape heads sating up its local subsidiary and mites Singaporean applicants for: FEMALE O.A. INSPECTORS (Trainee) i Mm. GCE'O' levels cert, i Able to speak and write English (limit B 4 m English and Maths), i Age from 17 to 25
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      • 439 13 BWD SWANN INDUSTRIES PTE LTD An established company is I expanding Its operafonlnvlta applicants for th* taliowt ng poet Requirements: Minimum Secondary 4or NTC 3 or 4 years working experience preferably working as QC leaOer m electronics firm Statistical knowteage is advantage Responsibilities: To assist the Supervisor m daily aammistration
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      • 495 13 I Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm At ATsrT, quality is our key word. Quality m products. Quality m people. If you're right for the job, we provide unlimited challenges and continuing opportunities for personal development TELEX/FAX OPERATOR GCE 'O' level At least 2 years' mailroom experience Able
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      • 524 14 "4 Situations Vacant 74 Situations Vacant Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Applicants are invited from suitably qualified and experienced -undidates to fill the following interesting and challenging positions: (A)CLUB MANAGER (B)HEALTH CENTRE MANAGER Qualifications/ Experience For Club Manager Mature individuals with over 5 years' Club management experience m upmarket social club with discotheque
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      • 143 14 DRIVER/ MESSENGER Required c Possess a valid Class 3 driving licence c Able to speak and write simple English c A Class 2 driving licence will be an advantage interested applicants may obtain .-tppiication torms from SO COLLVER QUAY »02-01. OVERSEAS UNION HOUSE SINGAPORE 0104 Closing Dale: 27th March. 1987
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      • 449 14 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous NTUC COMFORT invites applicants for the following posts Haj*V 111 •tasTssal Requirements: Secondary education Age range between 25 to 40 years old Bi-lingual m English and Chinese Preferably have some relevant working experience m operating the tyre equipment and battery accessories Job Description: c Changing of
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      • 2826 14 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous DRESSMAKING TRAINEE INSTRUCTRESS wanted. Bilingual Interview Sat. Sun. 10am 4pm. =03-647 Balestier Hill Shopping Centre. Tel: *****31. FEMALE PACKERS. Skilled or unskilled. Age bet. 22-35. School leavers may apply Transportation meals provided Interested please contact: *****72. WANTED HOSTESSES FOR high class niteclub St lounge at Orchard
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      • 620 14 86 For Sale: BMW 86 For Sale BMW pilv I ml im 85 For Sale: Alfa/ Peugeot/Volvo CO. REGD. '80 Alta Romeo Alfetta 2.0 GL. selling cheap $8,900 View 138 Hong Leong Garden Shopping Centre. West Coast Way. ***** ALFETTA GTV 2000, metallic baltlc blue/ black interior. Fast/ sporty Giugano
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      • 830 14 87 For Sale: Mercedes 73 MERCEDES ?OC V verted to '74 model, pte registration, aircon cassette, s/rims See to believe tip top cond $9,900 Tel: *****87/ *****89 79 MERCEDES 200 auto. Pte owner, aircond.. power windows, central locking, radio/ cassette, white colour, excellent cond See to believe $38,000 ono *****35
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      • 855 15 89 For Sale: D.itsun Nissan I N SSAN MARCH IO GI S aircon radio immaculate cond WO rel 459-9944 82 NISSAN SUNNY I oupe 5 OL, 5 uee nu b 1545, pte owner. a»rnn> radio cassette. PARF. 82 SUNNY 13 Pte owner Airwii! radio cassette New rd U.\ s;,; H
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      • 912 15 90 For Sale: Toyota 90 For Sale: Toyota 90 For Sale: Toyota 90 For Sale: Toyota Wfe moved the Tbvota Central Parts Wirehouse. About 20 metres! You used to be But the good news able to tell the Toyota is that our new premises Central Parts Ware house d are
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      • 672 15 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi VERY TIP TOP Lancer Fl2OO near '84. 2 owners, brand new tax. full accessories. $19,500 neg *****65. 11/78 MITSUBISHI LANCER 14 2 owners, aircon radio cassette, excellent cond $8,800. *****60. 1980 MITSUBISHI LANCER. Pte. owner, aircon., cassette, good cond $12,900 0.n.0. Tel: *****08 1981 COLT SUPERSHIFT
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      • 743 15 92 For Sale: Mazda '78 MAZDA 323, 5-door. 1000 re. Tip top engine St body. Tax 5/87. $8,300 0.n.0. Tel: *****65 '78 MAZDA 323 5-dr. Saloon. Full accessories, new tax, $7,000 0.n.0. 01-44. Katong People's Park. '78 MAZDA 323, 5-door. 1000 c.c. Very good cond., new tax. Tel: *****59 8/'B3
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      • 660 15 94 For Sale: Daihatsu TOWARD '82 DAIHATSU Charade XTE, 5-speed. Square lamp. 2 pte. owners, aircon., hi-11 tax 11/87, original paint, accident free, superb cond. $15,600. *****22. 12/79 CHARADE XTE $11,800. 10/78 5-speed, $9,600. New tax/ paint, aircon., hl-fl. ROY passed. (Selling either one). Tel: *****04. ALMOST '82 DAIHATSU 550
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      • 967 15 96 For Sale: Other Makes HYUNDAI STELLAR. VERY good cond Aircond.. other extras, 516.200 0.n.0 79 Lor. Man. MID 80 SUBARU 1600. Hi-fi. aircon good cond Reasonable offer secures. 501 Guillemard Rd MID *81 SUBARU 13 DL 2nd owner, aircon. hi-fi, sports rims. Good cond $13,200. Tel: *****25. MID-83 SUBARU
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      • 721 15 98 Sale/Wanted: Motor Cycles/Scooters ONE PAIR DIADORA BOOTS FREE FOR EVERY SUZUKI rjr/mfjSm7 PURCHASED mjriiKi GUAN HOE CO (M) PTE LTD (Incorporated m Singapore) 14. Hill Street. Singapore 0617 Tel: *****68 FA HONDA CBX 400. good condition, original colour white blue, new road tax and insurance selling $3,500. Call *****72
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      • 871 15 99 Vehicles Wanted BEST PRICES OFFERED scrap St used cars 102. Mackenzie Road *****34' *****46 BUYER REQUIRES 80 82 Accord Civic Other makes considered PARF No dealers *****41 CASH $100 COMMISSION lf you j could pass the car that your friend is selling Pg *****63 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR gently reqs. any
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      • 539 15 106 Accommodation 106 Accommodation Available Houses Available: Houses v£Zjs> fi 3A GOODWOOD HILL (DIST 10) Singie-storey coioma! bungalow 2 bedrooms m centra! local 5B GOODWOOD HILL (DIST 10) Singie-storey colonial bungalow 2 bedrooms m central location 268 MALCOLM ROAD (DIST 1 1 Double-storey colonial bungalow 2 bedra 295 TANGLIN ROAD
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      • 291 15 FONTANA HGTS./ BEAVERTON NASSIM MAN./ CLAYMORE. To] of the range Facilities $5,500 up 6 ARDMORE/ BINJAI/ THE BAL MORAL/ ARDMORE PT./ others bdrms Facilities. $4,000 up. THE ESTORIL/ HOLLAND HILL CHATSWORTH/ LUCKY/ HORI ZON/ YONG AN/ ROSITA Facil' ties. $2,500 up ROBIN/ SOMMERVILLE. $1,500 up BLISSHOMES (S) PTE LTD *****44
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      • 890 16 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D 4 GRANGEFORD 2 RM .■ramie view, fully furn Full fa- xceUence *****81 D 9 LEONIE TWR Mid flr 4 rvlrins Well maintained m May Call Mrs Leo»| 337T285 EUGENIA COURT PANDAN Valley. 3 bdrms. full condo facilities $900 Universal Realty. *****66 FERNHILL GROVE LOWER mals
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      • 959 16 110 Accommodation Wanted: Apartments 24-HR SERVICE your prop- J erty Furn unfurn Condo/ Apt./ House HDB for immediate leas- ing Call *****71 *****23, pager *****20 Tang EXPATRIATE COUPLE LOOKING for an apt m Bayshore on a 1-yr. lease Interested owners pis contact *****51. Bien-fonds WANTED URGENTLY FOR rental HDB pte
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      • 882 16 113 For Sale: Houses D 19 OFF UPPER Serangoon 7ms D Store] split level semi-d Facing Fast 5 2 rms Aircond. Built-in cabinets, marble, parquet, ceramic Area near 5.0005q ft $620K neg F'hold. *****28 owner 0 1542 LORONG STANGEE beautiful d storey terrace 2000 sq ft Split-level, terrazzo/ parquet 4
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      • 832 16 113 For Sale: Houses D.27 D/STOREY SEMI-D. 4 bdrms near Sembawang Pk newly renovated 3,000 sq ft 999 lease $380,000 neg Tel *****02 (Gary) D.5 NEAR Haw Par Villa. Cosy terr townh'se 2 years 2,800 sq.ft F'hold 3♦ 1 rms. $470,000 Richard Low Housing: *****18 FAIRLY NEW D.19 d/storey seml-d.
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      • 375 16 114 For Sale: Private Apartments L O N G E R L O A N S AT LOWER RATES Ito 10 years 6.75% 1 1 to 25 years 7.25% 26 to 30 years 7.50% Va% less for Ist time home buyers HOTLINE *****88 ext. 630 Cecil St *****88 Robinson Rd
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      • 816 16 114 For Sale: Private Apartments RAJAH TOWER PENTHOUSE (#26-01 #26-02) for lease/sale 4 bedrooms all with attached bathrooms. Tastefully furnished. Fully aircon. carpeted. Tel: *****77 READY FOR OCCUPATION now! Freehold D.12 Balestier Point (279 Balestier Rd./ 5 mins. to Orchard Rd.) Brand new apts. 2/3 bdrms. 1,130 1,668 sq.ft. $235,000
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      • 975 16 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private n- For Sate Private Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments A*W JSL Mandarin Gardens yjr It's a whole new way of living! i-BE 'Si^^'^^i «f> mW Hefl-stiKked sui^ermurkei Hell ltiid-<mt living and dining rooms Pmteuknmutl\ managed iinderfanen litikkon iTttirr Right
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      • 75 16 D.16 BAYSHORE PARK. 1195 sqft New apt 3 bdrms.. good faring. $290K T. Jude (Joe). *****73 D.1953 JADE TOWERS, 3+l. mid flr.. facing main road, well kept, furn Tel: 280-9664 No agt. pis. D.4 MOUNT FABER. New condo, 1,755 sq.ft. 4 bdrms. Marble Pool, squash $326,000 *****80 *****82. D.9 CAIRNHILL
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      • 75 16 D.9 RIVER VALLEY, 1250 sq ft 3 bdrms Marble F'hold. $170,000 Agent *****22/ pager *****25 D.9 SCOTTS TWR. 1,200 sq ft Only 2 yrs. old 3 bdrms High flr F'hold $340K Gateway *****38 EASTERN LAGOON CONDO. I 11. 2 rms. Walk-up/ high rise Facing sea F'hold. Acumen *****11 EASTERN LAGOON
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      • 317 16 OPEN MOUSE TODAY 2-6pm Apt at 69 Lor 8 Geylang Recently renovated fully furnished OPEN H'SE TODAY. Amber Twr mals. «05-O2 3* 1 rms. Viewing 4-6.30pm Agape *****55 OWNER EMIGRATING BAYSHORE Pk 2 bdrm Diamond Twr with furnishings Tel: *****53 QUEENSWAY TOWER. 3 bedrooms with bathrooms attached. For sale Price
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      • 950 17 116 For S.nle HDB Apartments 5 ROy MED A M KU) 305 552 714.5110 $140,001 Dorset Road 48A. $149.0U Dover 26 39. $122 $145,001 Spottlswoode Pk IJ9. $155.00t 4-ROOMED A M Kio 131 608 $83- $88,001 Beach Rd 17 tpt blk $78,001 Bedok South 33. $88,001 Farrer Road 6 $92,001
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      • 997 17 116 For Sale HDB Apartments 3 RM CORNER BLK ij Marine Cres High flr Pacing se.i. Sim pie renovation $48,000 neg j Olympic 255-3333 3-RM LOWER DELTA Road, b1k.32. terrazzo flooring, newly/ fully renovated Homan Parkton: *****62 *****35. I 3-RM T PAYOH BLK 199, 145. 79. 232 (corner) $36k AM.
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      • 1231 17 120 For Saie: Office Spaces D 2 ANSON CENTRE. 1160 sqft I High flr Good lacing $280 p.s.f. Agent *****22 res *****60 D.7 GODLEN MILE Complex shop cum office 312 sq ft 2nd level i $95,000 ono Call: *****83. GOLDEN MILE/ GOLDHILL Podium Blk. office 1219 1711 sq.ft. Lindtrac *****79
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      • 415 17 125 Shop Spaces Wanted WANTED RETAIL SHOP space fo rent In Orchard Tower and Cen trepolnt. Area 300 800 sq.f Preferably groundfloor to sec ond level. Call *****(j2 Mr. Liew WANTED GROUNDFLOOR SHO house at dl or 15, 800 I.iXKJ sq.f Tel: *****07, Alan after 10am 135 Air Travel SUPERBUDGET
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      • 820 17 137 Tours 137 Tours P AMERICA m >8 11 DAYS AMERICA WEST COAST SS gS HIGHLIGHTS $2399 g ?0 Hawaii/Los Angeles/Las Vegas/San Francisco/Seoul <v S$ 4/4, 11/4. 18/4, 25/4, 2/5, 9/5, 16/5, 23/5, 30/5, 6/6, 13/6, 20/6 VS i' >8 14 DAYS WEST COAST AMERICA 8 i] SX WONDERS $2699
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      • 483 17 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours I'ii^^^ TT kIH-.rjlL^ |T<:, J I I T 1 1 afl V jJ I a I J I MM I fl fl I iii y.Hj -L" i Bi_^3EEEB3B t_l_i i U^_ir^Tr^^Tß^T-_l_B |_________________'____i Bn£^@iMn2ralMfl |.uj.JL _J. f_% For colour brochure, call ken™ 345-7755.336-0411 t^Ti? 7_f?lfS
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      • 1058 18 137 Tours 137 1 *>urs 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours i 137 jours 137 Tours 137 Tours "AMERICA IS JAPAN HONGKONG EUROPE c CICQO __^"C_l TK_ C_lrnv_ r_ctii#_l Jfclw 6 Days Hong Kong/Macau _T 1 A^^ttg: Hotel on wheels A new concept m travelling tor ■IQDaysUSAWest Co .ist Delight
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      • 144 18 __^^-T a_s^ [^^(AAN- 1 t^^^S^mmßmm^^mT W^^^ A*?^ __fc_ l ____l mm _fl^^^ __B^^' ™"BBSf" enwcN HAVtL •00 Orcnara Pa =rO2JO MeriO*" Shpg Ct: TEL: *****22 60 Mar-ie Parade Fla «6-34 Pa-kway TEL. *****90 6 A"s<y Pc =6-06 Dai-idi '->o>e< a TEL: *****00 '0 Eu long ien -0i- IC jama o
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      • 407 18 147 Academic Courses ill) OUR NEXT GCE A' LEVEL (Pre-U I 2) n GCE O' LEVEL FULLTIME/PARTTIME CLASSES COMMENCE: 23 MAR. '87 NS DEFERMENT/ STUDENT PASS CAN BE ARRANGED. For more information, please call us: BMC Commercial Training Centre (BUK!T MERAH) Blk 162 (Next to Regal Theatre) Bt. Merah Town
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      • 447 18 146 Foreign Education 146 Foreign Education ■-fji-* W ir^MfLgtlll MAY OR SEPTEMBER, 1987 ADMISSION Founded m 1936, COLUMBIA COLLEGE offers international students a wide range of academic programmes m preparation for admission to universities m Canada and the U.S.A. IST AND 2ND YEAR UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME m Arts, Science, Commerce, Computer
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      • 124 18 NUS UNDERGRADUATE OFFERS a 3-month revision course for Economics on a personal or group basis Interested 9 Call Classifone *****30 (off hrs Ref: ***** QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED pri 6 teacher giving tuition m Bt Batok. Clementi and Jurong East Call *****02 RETIRED ENGINEER OFFERS Eng Maths to Pri Sec students
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      • 773 19 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses Z:Z-'. INFORMATICS COMPUTER SCHOOL students and f I 1 Sophsa Road Peace Centre #03-01 Singapore 0922 their parents W e make Computer Professionals Out of You JUNE '86 NCC DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER STUDIES EXAM INFORMATICS SCORED 5 OUT
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      • 567 19 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses SPECIAL SAT/SUN CLASSES BOOKKEEPING (Beginners) (BUKIT MERAH) DSun 930-1100 am 22 03 Z\ Sun 10 00- 100pm 22 03 3 Sat 2 30- 4 00pm 28/03 (JURONG) MSat 2 30- 4 00pm 21/03 2) Sun 930-1230pm 22 03 D- 530pm 28 03 SHORTHAND (Beginners) (BUKIT MERAH)
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      • 846 19 156 Cookery Instruction JOBLESS? LEARN TO Cook and sell Claypot Hire. Prawn Mee. Hor Fun, Fried Rice. Pandan Rlre. Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee. etc. Tel: *****90 MON. 23/3/87. *>-4 pm 6.30-8.30 pm. 1) Mutton Beryani 2) Mutton Rendang 3) Tomato Sauce Chicken 4) Pineapple Salad Call: Yatimah *****34 Toa Payoh.
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      • 1197 19 > NOTICE I OF REMOVAL HCB FUTURES PTE LTD I With effect from 23rd March 1987, our office will be relocated to: 3 Shenton Way #22-04 Shenton House Singapore 0106 Postal address: P O Box 246 Maxwell Road Post Office Singapore 9004 Telephone No. Office *****77 Dealing Room 223 881
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      • 603 19 I CHILDREN S CHARITIES ASSOCIATION (tel: *****31/2) DONATION DRAW 1987 RESULTS OF DRAW HELD ON 14 MAR 87 Ist Prize: *****3 2nd Prize: *****7 3rc Prize: *****5 Ticket No. Prize Ticket No Prize Ticket No. Prize Ticket No. Prize *****0 115 th *****3 147 th *****6 21st *****2 13th *****6
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      • 894 20 APPOINTMENTS/ NOTICES JfWWffWft STANTS RSSOBBI MBHPffB rHefax No: 7: Kates: Bo service: a__Ma_HH_ o 1 mi- o nojuuoi mm- 111 111 Sprvicp Tel *****11 Straits Times: 5525.00 psc. cm. Collected: 555.00 IVlex Scrvier: S. I A.N.T.S. RS ***** I'IMKAI) ext 5724-/5/6/8 5669 I Sunday Times: 5525. 62 psc. cm. Posted:
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      • 664 20 AD American Optical AMERICAN OPTICAL SINGAPORE invites applications for FINANCIAL CONTROLLER CUM COMPANY SECRETARY American Optical Singapore is a well-established and leading company m the Vision Care and Safety business m Singapore. It is responsible for the regional marketing and distribution of Ophthalmic and Safety products throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
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      • 835 20 IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE: A *i_f3E^ J*"" m^mZ*^^ L i_^ \a. J? „4*Wf>W M BBmmmm rt_ _V J __kj*»*'' _|_W_M. '^kmrnM^mmmmmW^^^ **ft_H mmiW^W^ I ft., V**^a r**lA_rS6!__s_lfH— s__~ Wk W- <^&^B mmW i W _if 358-B- OEM— H ?ni l* mmmm l mw V fi^- m M B Mil m-
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      • 891 21 APPOINTMENTS C~ > i Coopers Cx LyDr3n(j Associates provides a comprehensive range of management consultancy services aimed at helping clients increase the effectiveness and profitability of their organisation. These services include Corporate Development, Organisation Planning, Financial Control and Management Information Systems, Manpower Reviews and Cost Reduction Studies, Electronic Data Processing,
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      • 630 21 S_s +ZT SINGAPORE PTE LTD Impalloy, a leader m the field of cathodic protection and related activities is seeking to further strengthen its Singapore-based V operation with the appointment of an J additional experienced S A &AXJE.S Wk if The successful candidate will j i i probably have a tertiary
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      • 927 21 Peat Marwick Management Consultants offer a wide ran^e of services which include Business Advisory Services. Information Systems Service Executive' Selection, Banking and Finance Consulting, Acquisition Advisory Services, Client Seminars. Strategic Management. Small Business Management. Market Reset -ch. Feasibility Studies and General Consulting. Banking Our client, a major Japanese bank m
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      • 1108 22 APPOINTMENTS A_B_SS.^qSI^SB!-!HI Mfo !sk_i__yktt-_l_B_s_S_H nvD l__B_i_B-B-M.^BMMgg-B--l-^M.^Wi.^^--l The Information Technology (IT) industry has been identified as a critical determinant of new vitality m Singapore's c development As a productivity tool to enhance competitiveness, the use of computers has been actively promoted m all sectors of the economy since 1 980. To
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      • 581 22 j ->■ mmmm W .T~"~zz: zziz, __z If you've recently graduated. It's Time You Knew The FACTS Fairchild Advanced CMOS Technology FACT" is Fairchild's most recent and significant technological advancement. It is a new full-featured logic line that provides the highest performance m the entire IC industry for aerospace and
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      • 484 22 invites applications tor appointment as (A) EXECUTIVE OFFICER (Gross Salary $590 $2,024pm) Applicants must possess a Pass Degree or a Ngee Ann Polytechnic Diploma m Business Studies or a GCE A Level Certitic ate (B) TEMPORARY CLERICAL OFFICER (Gross Salary $444 $1,000pm) Applicants must be below 25 years ot age
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      • 727 23 APPOINTMENTS THE BRAINPOWBt THE WILLPOWER THEWINPOWER A world leader m hi-tech electronics and consumer appliances. B Thomson Group of France, a world leading edge m high B technology electronics and consumer appliances, with global production and marketing facilities. Due to our recent expansion m our Singapore and Malaysia plants we
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      • 73 23 i CHEMICAL ENGINEER I I Minimum three years experience m chemical and/or physical refinery of vegetable oils. Must be familiar with lay out, implementation and overall operation X of the refinery. I Applications will be treated m strict confidence Applicants should send full |l|S personal and career details, present and
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      • 749 23 j CITIBANK® J |J§ We seek talented people with the desire to excel and the discipline and energy 111 to succeed m this demanding and exacting career as: I TRAINEE DEALERS I 111 Citibank's trading team is one of the largest m Singapore, We offer excellent career and professional growth
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      • 636 23 PAXUS I f=D llncorpixuftd n rj.S.w l/\_ PAXUS Financial Systems is one of the largest and most successful software and services supplier to the Financial Services Insurance industry internationally Today, two of our products POLISY and LIFE have been widely accepted and installed m many major insurance companies around the
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      • 1029 24 APPOINTMENTS r-n < r p r"^v 1f T\ c Do Training Awards) SI Nd A PORT V y GCE A level holders are invited to apply for EDB Training Minimum Qualifications Awaras tenable at tne following institutes of technology a) Two passes at the GCE 'A level examinations m Mathematics
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      • 378 24 Nauru Phosphate Corporation A re-organisation of the Corporation staffing structure has resulted m the following positions becoming available: Controller of Stores The position requires an experienced Controller of Stores to be responsible for the supply of items to tne mining industry at Nauru and the operation of the Corporation's hardware,
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      • 712 24 _______~_~_~_~_~________________________________________~_~l~^m E__s_^_s_!_Essss-B-BsEssl r*sssssss-EE_s_sB__gg____| New Avenues of Exciting Challenges. <§& Seagate J 55 Disc drive design and manufacture at Seagate involve an ongoing _5 s commitment to technology a major factor behind our status as a leader 555 m producing high quality rigid disc drives m volume at low cost. And
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      • 549 24 llfestpac I BANKING CORPORATION (Singapore Otfice) Due to its increased activities. applications are invited to fill the following positionsSETTLEMENTS CLERKS At least 5 years experience working m banks, two of which must be m the Settlements area. Ability to accurately carry out assigned duties Some typing skills Minimum 'A' Level
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      • 808 25 APPOINTMENTS I f, *> /fe£*i\ OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING \S_y CORPORATION LIMITED OCBC SCHOLARSHIPS Applications for the above Scholarships are invited from outstanding candidates who have obtained admission or are eligible for admission into the first year of study at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI).
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      • 743 25 All you need to get to the right 'Us are the right 'As* i. y° vu k re^ A I P eone whohas worked hard WHAT ARE OUR SCHOLARSHIPS The of fer °pen to young men and to get the best As, now is the time to reap WORTH? women
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      • 283 25 I EASTRECO (PTE) LTD, a Nestle research I development company offers challeng- I i ing opportunities for specialists m the I following capacity. Assistant Project Leader H Duties: I To work m a group involved m new process development for food products I Qualifications: Master of Science or equivalent m
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      • 348 25 TW I CAREERS IN I AIRCRAFT I ENGINEERING Singapore Airlines has comprehensive training programmes for different categories of staff m its Engineering Division. Applicttions are invited from aspiring candidates who wish to be part of a highly skilled workforce handling the latest m aircraft technology. They can join one of
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    • Page 26 Advertisements
      • 385 26 APPOINTMENTS Do you have Excellent academic qualifications A keen intellect An agile mind Drive and stamina If you do and are prepared to invest the time to learn and apply the skills that go into creating and selling newspapers, we have openings for you m n JOURNALISM c MARKETING HUMAN
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      • 155 26 I ELECTRONICS I In line with our expansion, we have the following vacancies: Diploma/ITC m Electrical P^O^^^ik'll^_l Some experience m a H_M_a__fc_l__l_l_M_l manufacturing environment BTWBfHFIffWfM GCE Technical or ITC m I Experience m supervision of i MPIiPPfMPPK"* GCE "O" Level (Technical) Z: Emmmhm-hLB Experience m related field _B iH^_l I
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      • 526 26 novotel (over SOO Hotels worldwide) orchid inn SINGAPORE recM" B CHIEF ENGINEER The Psrsont* Must be an aggresssrve, Bjoflweted matured professional with at least 3 years' managerial experience m hotel or building maintenance. Should possess a degree or diploma m Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or its equivalent m work experience.
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      • 553 26 A/t» SINGAPORE BROADCASTING CORPORATION invites applications for the post of: I DANCER To perform dance items and dance backings m Tv 1 Productions. Qualifications Between 16 25 years old. Candidates must be slim built with a minimum height of 1.63 m, have an aptitude for dancing and be photogenic. Experience
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      • 534 27 APPOINTMENTS I Health Care H or Id H ide ABBOTT LABORATORIES A world leader m medical diagnostics invites applications for: DISTRIBUTION ADMINISTRATOR Respon.slbUitfe*: Handle all Administrative functions of FAR EAST DISTRIBUTION CENTRE. Invoice and shipping document preparation. Maintain inventory stock records. Control export credit and collection. Report preparation Typing, filing,
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      • 592 27 has vacancies for dynamic, highly-motivated and innovative individuals who are ready to take up a challenging career with a progressive organisation. CIVIL AVIATION OFFICERS Applicants should possess a good Honours degree m Business Administration, Economics, Science or Humanities from a recognised University. Successful candidates will hold key-management positions m the
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      • 562 27 Singapore Aircraft Industries (SAI) is a progressive and innovative aerospace Jk group involved m depot level maintenance and refurbishment oi aircraft and their ok\—ZZmT components, manufacture of parts and assemblies and systems design and integration. Bk I- 1 With special pride m maintaining a high standard of workmanship and Au
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      • 289 27 Nauru Phosphate Corporation A re-organisation of the Corporation staffing structure has resulted m the following positions becoming available: Mechanical I Services I Superintendent I The position requiresa qualified Mechanical Engineer or a person with mechanical trade qualifications at senior supervisory level to undertake maintenance, repair and upgrading of various mechanical
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    • Page 28 Advertisements
      • 808 28 APPOINTMENTS IS Top-notch Professional Appointment Sff If ACCOUNT MANAGER 11 The Account Manager will coordinate all communication activities between Seagate and some ot its major customers to ensure that customer requirements are met and customer issues are resolved 11 This position requires excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills. The appointee
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      • 246 28 Bach of Accountancy or its equivalent. 10 years of working experience (with at least 3 years m Construction Company). Able to set up and manage the overall Accounting Department (including all financial responsibilities). Relevant knowledge and experience m a Computerised Environment using PCs is preferred. Only candidates currently working as
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      • 799 28 Hi"" 111 111 111 1 "^jmmmmmmmmM I BfIBDBBD I DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION is one of the world's j largest manufacturers of network computer systems and associated peripheral equipment and the leader m Systems integration with its network communications and software I products. The Company's products are used worldwide m a
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      • 818 28 WWW WWm Nauru Phosphate Corporation A re-organisation of the Corporation staffing structure has resulted m the following positions becoming available: I Services I I Manager I B A qualified Mining, Civil or Mechanical Engineer, having a minimum of 5 years' managerial experience is required to control the civil, mechanical and
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    • Page 29 Advertisements
      • 634 29 APPOINTMENTS /We are a leading Japanese manufacturer s marketing subsidiary of computer and peripherals m district 0315 In line with our expansion, we have the immediate following vacanciesELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS Responsibilities a Repair and maintenance of motherboards, floppy disk drivers. printers, monitors and interface cards, a Product evaluation, demonstration and product
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      • 574 29 Partnership m Success I The premier international software company J S|:j committed m Asia, delivering quality ffi£ solutions of leading edge technologies to i Kjij successful organizations. J 8&j: Software Consultants I THE POSITIONS M Responsibilities include: j igij a demonstrating, installing and supporting Kg; state-of-the-art software Kg: a preparing
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      • 795 29 ;x;i We are a joint-venture company set up by a Swedish multi- i;i;i§a national company and one of Singapore's largest local W3s xx electronic company. Wf&sk ii JS; We design, develop, install, integrate, and maintain computer WW :i;i;:; systems for industrial and defence applications m close co- WW gx operation
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      • 553 29 WALK-IN INTERVIEW 1 iSH(HF Date Saturday. 21st March 198? Time 9.00 am 12.00 p.m; 1.00 p.m. 4.00 p.m. HBPU Venue: The Westin Stamford Westin Plaza r J Buckley Morrison Rooms lllr THINK AHEAD and stay ahead by securing a job :^H|^_ with a well established, dynamic I and progressive Electronics
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    • Page 30 Advertisements
      • 686 30 APPOINTMENTS I r i _P^_E_^^_^^_l _^^_^_fl __r^_l WW I __> WWAI mm w^m I I 1 1 mmrMm^ *s 1 1 I B I J *a* Iri \Wzm «j tm}\ 9 DATA GENERAL CORPORATION is a Fortune 500 US Company which designs, manufactures and sells general purpose computers. Our success
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      • 811 30 Mm\ v We are large and established company providing a t j^r wide range of engineering services as well as auto •''^^r repairs service for saloon cars and trucks. We now have vacancies for the following:- j Supply Executive The successful candidate will vet through material requirements and i source
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      • 576 30 I I WBB BB A member of Jack Chia-MPH Group ACCOUNTANT 1 he appointee will be responsible lor preparation <>l management reports, cash-flow, budgets and finalisation of statutory accounts. Applicants must: Possess a Degree m .Accountancy or other recognised professional qualifications Have at least 2 years' experience m a commercial
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      • 581 30 HONG FOX CORPORATION GROUP invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the posts of MANAGER (PROPERTY MANAGEMENT) Qualification A degree or a professional qualification m Estate Management or equivalent qualification with at .east 5 years managerial experience m property management with a sizable property company or group Duties Responsibilities Management
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    • Page 31 Advertisements
      • 556 31 APPOINTMENTS II BU W z Mmmmm^Lmßmmm\ The National Computer Systems Pte Ltd (NCS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Computer Board Currently, NCS employs around 800 computer professionals on behalf of various clients. The services it provides to clients include formulation ot recruitment strategies, development of competitive compensation
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      • 665 31 I Precision Casting Pte Ltd PCPL. a subsidiary of the CRA Group K§ s^ J of Australia is expanding its operation and invites applications for the K^li* ,/r positions Of: W&M Degree or Diploma m Mechanical W$M Engineering or equivalent At least 3 years' experience m a supervisory or engineering
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      • 635 31 I Not just fast growing but fast steady. And that's important. Because at Mini Scribe we plan r our growth program to enable our customers to get our best attention and our employees our fullest guidance. Our next phase of growth calls for young Singaporeans who appreciate such an environment.
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      • 782 31 *o>¥& HAGEMEYER SALES &SERVICES H986) T^nlwsrffi'r I'iMMon of Hagemeyer Marketing Service* Pte Ltd. I Opportunities exist tor suitably qualified and experienced applicants to join our successful sales force as foil. >\.vs Sales Engineer Ref. 2 1 3 1 (KDK Fans) I Possess gixxJ sales track record m the electrical tieid.
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    • Page 32 Advertisements
      • 535 32 APPOINTMENTS I A PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN COUNSELLING VITB Organisation VITB is responsible for the conduct and promotion of vocational skills framing for the industrial, commercial and service sectors m Singapore The Board aamimsters 16 training institutes with an enrolment capacity of 24,000 trainees It offers full and parttime training at
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      • 127 32 j I TO**;.iv V Gfc-diAsjhniflfl -luPboh- Trescott On April 17. 1984. WPC Yvonne Fletcher was murdered m London by a Libyan gunman who hid beneath a cloak of diplomatic immunity, returning to his homeland a free man and a national hero Earlier that year a rapist who nad attacked a
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      • 601 32 i__________HH_l BlfflKPiifrtljjffl __l_HHB__RStHpHnpWW_(ni_£Mjil :Z-~ Bra EWW—P Fortune 500 Computer Company Control Data Corporation is a large U S based multinational company and is a leader m the manufacturing and marketing of advanced computer systems and OEM peripheral products In the area of computer systems, the company offers a broad range
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      • 868 32 NOTICES ADMISSION TO COURSES 1 AT THE I NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE AND TO THE ACCOUNTANCY COURSE AT THE NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE I I ADMISSION IN 1987-8 I (Commencing 6 July 1987) PERSONS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SEEKING ADMISSION TO COURSES AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE AND THE ACCOUNTANCY
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      • 75 32 PAN MALAYAN HOLDINGS LIMITED Removal of 3hare Registration Otfice Please be informed that with effect from 23rd March 1987 our Share Registration Office will be relocated at: 141 Cecil Street *02-01 T^ng Ann Association Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22 As from the said date, all documents, orrespondence and enquiries relating
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    • Page 33 Advertisements
      • 640 33 NOTICES mWSSm\\\ RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS Research Scholarships are available to outstanding university graduates registered for. or admissable to master's and doctor's degree programmes by research at the National University of Singapore The Scholarships are tenable for one year m the first instance and. subiect to satisfactory progress, renewable annually for another
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      • 283 33 THK BANKRI PTtY ACT (CHAPTER 18 IJ7« ED) IN IHK HHiH OM RT OK THK KKPI HIK OF SINGAPORE IN BVNKRI PTCV NO IB2X OK \9Ht XX imil) (HI A (HI LAI (a (HI V \H SIM K\ PVRTK HIN LKOMi rK\IHN(, (PTK) LTD Judgment Creditor NOTICE OK \DVERTISEMENT OF
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      • 1119 33 _H_-_--sU-i-^^ I PART-TIME CONTINUING LDULAI lOnV AND TRAINING COURSES APR 87 INTAKE Applications are invited for admission to the following part-time Continuing Education Training I I Courses commencing In the week beginning 6 Apr 87. I ACADEMIC EDUCATION COURSES H The Acaaemic Eaucation Courses are conOuctea m fhe following Evening
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      • 952 33 I PART-TIME CONTINUING EDUCATION S AND TRAINING COURSES I APR 87 INTAKE I Applications are invited for admissior tc the following part-time Continuing Education Training I courses: I PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES COURSES S To be conducted dt the National Institute of Commerce Prince Eawara Road Singapore 0207 Classes will be
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      • 67 33 Please be informed that with effect from 30 March 1987 our new address will be> 16 Raffles Quay #01-02 Hong Leong Building Singapore 0104 Our telephone numbers remain unchanged, For future correspondence or enquiries, please contact us at the above new office fC^ CREATIVE TOURS (S) Lw PTE LTD 16
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    • Page 34 Advertisements
      • 716 34 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP 185 ANO IN THE MATTER OF REARDON SMITH SERVICES (FAR EAST) PTE LTD REARDON SMITH SERVICES (FAR EAST' PTE LTD tin Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting ot the above company duly convened and held at 7500A Beach Road,
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      • 667 34 r WW K\NKKI PK Id (CHAPTKB 18) IN IHK 1111. 11 (OlKl OP SINI.APORK IN HWKKI PTCI Ni> Wk of 11S« XX HIKI J<M> (.KK (m.».) K\ P\KTK: THK DKVKLOP MENT BANK OK SIN(i\POKK LIMITKD (KKDITORS IN IHK MATT-SOP 1 A BXNKKI PT< FCTITION ISSI XI) ON IHK STH I)A\
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      • 78 34 THE GREAT BOOK EVENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR... \^—-~zii£z^^ ,^™'_i_^_i-' f IB _S-I _B_____ n nJ us Interchange ■^■w r^rf ft AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES! wrongJ/ jj V^_ Date: 20-22 March, 1987 kl (Fri -Sun) JALAN *S V y -___ugoH_ Time: 10 am to 6pm SBS Bus Nos. to
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    • Page 34 Miscellaneous
      • 586 34 _M_H_B_B_M_H_M_B_B_B_^' I,I ,1,,,^ SUN TAN By CoUette PEANUTS By Schuii W?<* 60CON&S Wr^™" I foUT rr'SMoTENrW^ /fotWlTAbouT cr.mTmGt&Ttsr^ i Ir— 1 j t j-, [ISTHIS AU*t*£ I ?MFAMiSHEP.V K^iltf &&S PO YOU NEEP MELP I M 600P AT UJRITIN6 /fiO AUEAP..ASK V /l 5 %ET LOST" ONE l^^flaS^K^gr^ UiITMYOaRMOMEUJOgK^ n
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    • Arts & Leisure
      • 214 35 THE Decline Of The American Empire, the first Canadian film nominated for an Academy Award m the United States as Best Foreign Film, swept Canada's movie awards on Wednesday. Decline was honoured as Best Picture and won seven other Genie awards, given by the
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      • 268 35  -  CAROLINE NGUI u\ KSS what singer-song-writer Mark Chan is up to now? Well, he's singing a Mandarin song, Qi Shi SI Ba Dong Ho lk> XJn literally translated, it means Actually You Don't know What's In My Heart. "I've wanted to do it for a
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      • 308 35 Chess Knight CHINESE Swimming Club defeated Caissa Chess Enterprise by 3-1 m the final round of play to take first place m the Cairnhill Community Centre Ist Team Tournament. The team is represented by Jeremy Lim, Lawrence Kiong Colin Lim. Mark Lim, Ang Hao Yao
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      • 267 35  -  CAROLINE NGUI There is nothing like staging an examination text to guarantee full houses, as Fairfield Methodist Secondary School has found out. AN INSPECTOR CALLS, by J.B. Priestley, is the O level literature text. It is no wonder then that tickets for the four scheduled performances
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      • 188 35  -  CHRISTINE KHOR YURI MAZURKEVICH and Dana Pomerants a hus-band-and-wife Russian violin duo will give a recital followed by a master class at the Development Bank of Singapore Auditorium on Thursday at 7.30 pm. The programme includes works by Sarasate, Paganini, Tchaikovsky, Spohr and Leclair.
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    • Page 35 Miscellaneous
      • 688 35 What's On YOUNG PEOPLE'S nett. For reservations, call Theatre. 8 pm. Tickets sold EVENING OF LITERA- old days. National Museum, Paintings by Wong MciTHEATRE 734-4805 or 737-3644 ext 1954. out. (See article above.) TURE. Organised by the Tarn- upper rotunda. 9 am -4.30 pm Sheong. Arbour Fine Art, 39 A
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      • 1031 35 1 Radio One FM Stereo 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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    • Page 36 Advertisements
      • 349 36 Counting calories 7 Jj K^_k here's a quick little w% _BJ_B exercise you can add to your *V[«j B daily routine. Vl Simply reach for a pack J W EQual Sweetener with *> W Nutrasweet and drop a tablet or two into your coffee or r; |_|_H WWW VJp^^^^P M
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      • 75 36 Jmmm\^^°l JBJMHHI B ro\umo»a TP^^W Canada Spartans j_kM i i ""c^ib ■H I F *r_j^rt^_^f^S j r,; ti-i JsiP ______^!fl*S* __n 2_b *^\r\c\ JE9sp^ **c* Taste Now: Ask your favourite store for ,__^___B__ B.C. Spartan Apples mmmWwtan/Sm |T^^J l«______r We know you ________u________S_____l__^___. will Like them. H__P'^^_i_F^_B___ B.C. TREE FRUITS
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    • Page 36 Miscellaneous
      • 1717 36 I ■■MM—J—a— »—■—■■—^■^M—B— r I I •r**'**>rf**. «~i— mmmmm ■My View by KOH SIEW TIN and CATHERINE ONG I p Qr j^ e I Wl_f\_F Z) All programmes m English unless otherwise mditated Vnilttfl lUI Cl Odl lO lU_fC"sll UUIt CIIJCIIII 12.30 PM SBC Text "Live" Sample Pages 7.30 News
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