The Straits Times, 17 May 1988

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1988 S MCI (P) 92/12/87
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    'Only way' to serve all: Mattar
    472 1 'Only way' to serve all: Mattar *Politics of accommodation will mean lasting gains for all races' THE politics of accommodation is more rational than the politics of exaggeration and chauvinism m governing a multiracial Singapore, Environment Minister Ahmad Mattar said yesterday. "This is the only way interests of the various
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    Superstar Stevie promises a good time for all
    376 1 BLIND superstar Stevie Wonder arrived m town yesterday, tired and late, but unperturbed that only just over half the tickets for his one-night show had been sold. Reporters were kept waiting for an hour as the singer went shopping for a present
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    18-offence driver jailed and fined
    71 1 18-offence driver jailed and fined A CAR salesman, Anthony Thian, 27, was yesterday jailed for a month and fined a total of $8,050 when he admitted to 18 traffic offences. Thian was also banned from driving all vehicles for five years. The offences included illegal parking, beating a red light,
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    Lock icon Two defect
    29 1 BERLIN Two East German footballers have defected during a visit to West Berlin for a friendly match. The two were with their team, BSCi Motor Eist-nhut-tenstadt. AFP
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    Lock icon Thatcher faces rising pressure as pound reaches new highs
    402 1 LONDON The British pound surged to new highs early yesterday as pressure grew on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to settle a continuing dispute within her own Cabinet over exchange rate policy, analysts said yesterday. The pound rose to 3.1886 deutschemarks and
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    Lock icon Virus found in hospital's water system
    125 1 LONDON Several floors of Guy's hospital m London were closed yesterday following the discovery of Legionnaire's virus m the water system, a spokesman for the hospital said. There were no reported cases of contamination and the premises were being disinfected, the spokesman added. A
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    Lock icon Getting fitted out for Hari Raya
    125 1 The Prime Minister wishes all Muslims m Singapore Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. The Straits Times extends greetings to its Muslim readers for a happy Hari Raya. "A LITTLE higher please," Mohammed Rudi, 10, told elder sister Roziah as she adjusted his new sarong while
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    Judge rejects challenge to Govt by AWSJ
    361 1 Curbs on sales of Journal remain THE High Court yesterday dismissed the Asian Wall Street Journal's application to quash a government order declaring the regional newspaper as engaging m domestic politics and another curbing its sales m Singapore. It also ordered the Journal
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    SUF leader ordered to pay $500,000 for defaming PM, Cabinet
    514 1 THE High Court yesterday ordered opposition party leader Scow Khee Leng to pay damages of $500,000 plus interest and costs for defaming the Prime Minister and his Cabinet during the 1984 general election. The sum ordered by Mr Justice F.
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    Lock icon Lucy home
    34 1 LOS ANGELES Lucille Ball, 76, star of the I Love Lucy television series, was discharged from hospital on Sunday night after undergoing a series of tests for a possible heart complaint. Reuter
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  • IN SUMMARY
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      247 2 Appeal by teacher A LAWYER, acting for a teacher jailed for molesting three pupils, told the High Court yesterday it was very unlikely no one saw the molest happening m class. Mr M. N. Swami, for former school principal Chow Kek Kuan, 56, submitted m his appeal that the
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      Comment
      209 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: WITH the Vietnamese economy m desperate straits and with the Soviet Union now Joining In the International chorus that they withdraw from Cambodia, Hanoi may have no option bat to pall oat Its troops In the not-too-distant future. The non-communist groups In the resistance coalition
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      Around Asean. and Across Causeway
      184 2 Around Asean. and Across Causeway 6 No coup bid' vow ARMY commander-in-chief General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh has dismissed the notion that Thailand's civilian political structure is now firm enough to withstand any army-backed bid to take power. "I want to see what powers could keep a check (on the military) if
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      Around the world
      191 2 Call to legalise drugs EXASPERATED by the seemingly endless deaths, crime and corruption generated by the world's illicit drug trade, a growing number of public officials and scholars m recent weeks have begun to call for a debate on what for years was politically unspeakable: making drugs
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      Timesdollar
      368 2 OCBC TO RAISE RATE FOR 12-MONTH FIXED DEPOSITS OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corporation is raising its interest rate for its 12-month fixed deposits by a quarter percentage point m a move that could signal a reversal of the downtrend m interest rates since late last year. The bank, which will pay
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      Forum
      107 2 ANGER AT US INVOLVMENT "A PATRIOT" says he is puzzled and angry that a good friend like the United States should decide to interfere m the internal politics of Singapore. He says the Internal Security Act has proved to be a valuable tool for the defence of our stability
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      Buyers' Guide
      316 2 Classifieds Sect. I Page 26 Sect. II Page 3 8 Appt/Notices Sect. II Page 13 Cinemc Sect. II Page 12 Comics Sect. II Page 14 Product Advertiser Section/Pace Mrlnts SIA I 5 Bed Linen Linen Lxc 1 2 Boutique Schuhe Boutique I 28 Books Int'l Trade Publications I
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      Timesport
      267 2 Milan wins title A 1-1 DRAW with Como was all that AC Milan needed to win the Italian Division One soccer crown on Sunday. Milan finished the season with 45 points, three more than defending champion Napoli, which lost its last home match 1-2 to Sampdoria. Antonio Virdis put
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      Section Two
      631 2 Month for forgiving RAMADAN is the fasting month when Muslims try to be at their religious and tolerant best, while Syawal is the forgiving month when they try to forgive and are m turn forgiven. Muslims visit one another throughout the month of Syawal for forgiveness. A family
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  • around the WORLD
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      Lock icon Tanker still ablaze 3 days after Iraqi attack
      333 3 MANAMA (Bahrain) The Spanish supertanker Barcelona was still ablaze yesterday, three days after a devastating Iraqi air raid on Iran's Larak island oil terminal. The reported death toll rose to 19. The London-based Lloyd's Shipping Intelligence Unit said two crewmen were reported
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      Lock icon 27 arrested
      33 3 MUNICH Police arrested 27 right-wing extremists who were holding an illegal rally where they gave the Nazi salute and shouted Nazi slogans on Saturday nieht at a square m Munich. AP
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      Lock icon Protester killed during riot m Vanuatu capital
      252 3 PORT VILA A demonstrator was run over by a truck and killed during a riot involving traditional land-owners m the capital of Vanuatu yesterday. A spokesman for the central hospital m Port Vila confirmed that one man died m hospital after being run
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      Lock icon Rival Shi'ite militias defy Syrian warnings
      368 3 BEIRUT Rival Shi'ite Muslim militias battled m Beirut's southern slums yesterday, defying Syrian warnings to stop as two of Syria's toughest generals marshalled troops to move m and halt the bloodletting. Police said the Iranianbacked Hizbollah, or Party of God, and the Syrianarmed Amal
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      Lock icon Beijinglets some foreign banks deal in renminbi
      149 3 Beijinglets some foreign banks deal in renminbi BEIJING The central bank has decided that a few foreign banks will be allowed to offer services m China's non-convertible local currency, the renminbi. Xinhua news agency said yesterday the People's Bank of China will be naming one or two foreign banks that
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      Lock icon Yugoslavia limits pay hikes, public spending
      266 3 BELGRADE The Yugoslav government yesterday imposed ceilings on wage increases m the first austerity measure of a new programme designed to beat an economic crisis. Yugoslav politicians and Western diplomats said the move was likely to cause social unrest which would severely test Prime
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      Lock icon Israeli troops 'kill three in demos'
      432 3 Violence flares m refugee camp and five towns JERUSALEM Israeli troops killed three Palestinian teenagers m demonstrations yesterday on the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip as violence flared m a refugee camp and five towns following prayers marking the end of the Muslim
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      Lock icon Release political prisoners, urges Seoul opposition
      236 3 SEOUL Opposition parties, shocked by the suicide of a student who jumped to death from the roof of a building demanding freedom for political prisoners, yesterday urged the government to release all those still m jail for political reasons. Dissident circles m Kwangju, 274
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      Lock icon Gunmen kill 10 in attacks on Khartoum hotel and club
      395 3 KHARTOUM Gunmen killed at least 10 people, mostly foreigners, m simultaneous attacks on a busyhotel and a club frequented by foreign aid workers and diplomats m central Khartoum on Sunday. The machinegun and handgrenade attacks on the Acropole Hotel and
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      Lock icon Up to 3 million in N. Vietnam facing starvation: Hanoi reports
      486 3 BANGKOK As many as three million people m northern Vietnam may be facing starvation, according to Hanoi's official radio and reports from international aid organisations, which have been asked for emergency food supplies. Hanoi's domestic radio service said last
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      Lock icon Cigarette smoking addictive, says US report
      227 4 Cigarette smoking addictive, says US report WASHINGTON Cigarette smoking is addictive like cocaine or heroin use, US Surgeon-General C. Everett Koop said m a report to Congress yesterday. "This report shows conclusively that cigarettes and other forms of tobacco are addictive m the same sense as are drugs such as
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      Lock icon Call in US for debate on making drugs legal
      569 4 Govt asked to consider repealing laws against cocaine, heroin NEW YORK Exasperated by the seemingly endless deaths, crime and corruption generated by the world's illicit drug trade, a growing number of public officials and scholars m recent weeks have begun to
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      Lock icon China business officials 'living it up in Hongkong'
      444 4 China business officials 'living it up in Hongkong' HONGKONG Chinese business officials stationed m this British colony are enjoying a capitalist lifestyle that could raise a few eyebrows among the communist leadership m Beijing, local businessmen said. Mr Tsui Sze Man, a Hongkong delegate to a Chinese state advisory body,
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      Lock icon US paper sheds light on super-secret Stealth bomber
      287 4 WASHINGTON The Stealth bomber, designed to elude detection by radar, is an airplane with the range and sophistication to roam elusively over enemy territory for repeated attacks with only two fliers aboard, The New York Times reported yesterday. The newspaper said it
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      Lock icon Tribal rights group plans to block sale of Maori head
      226 4 LONDON Plans to auction a preserved Maori head has drawn the threat of a lawsuit from a Lon-don-based organisation seeking to protect the rights of tribal people. The tattooed head of a young Maori man, believed to have been killed
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      Lock icon Bush's aide linked to covert Contra operation'
      549 5 Security adviser named as 'Washington contact' NEW YORK Potentially damaging questions have been raised about the role of Vice-President George Bush and his staff in covert efforts to supply Nicaragua's Contra rebels, Newsweek magazine has reported. The magazine, citing testimony before a Senate
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      Lock icon All-female offices better at solving problems: US survey
      172 5 NEW YORK All-female offices are better at team problem-solving than all-male offices, according to findings released yesterday m Working Mother Magazine. Ms Wendy Wood, a psychologist at Texas A and M University who reviewed more than 50 studies conducted over a 22-year
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      Lock icon Three killed as gunmen open fire in Belfast bar
      308 5 BELFAST Gunmen killed three people and wounded nine when they fired automatic weapons at Sunday lunch-time drinkers m a bar frequented by Catholics m Belfast. A Protestant paramilitary group claimed responsibility for the attack. Two gunmen opened fire at the 20
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      Lock icon Debut New York-Moscow flight in joint venture
      150 5 MOSCOW A Boeing 747 jointly operated by the US airline Pan American and the Soviet national carrier Aeroflot has made its first non-stop flight between the United States and the Soviet Union. The plane touched down at Moscow's Sheremetievo airport on Sunday afternoon
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      Lock icon Gorbachev rated almost on par with Reagan in US poll
      189 5 NEW YORK Americans view Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev nearly as favourably as they do US President Ronald Reagan, and Mr Gorbachev outpolls Mr Reagan among college-educated Americans, according to a Media General-Associated Press poll. Less than a month before the
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      Lock icon 'Muslims to outnumber Jews in US'
      110 5 NEW YORK American Muslims are expected to surpass Jews m number within the next 30 years, becoming the country's second largest religious community after Christians, Time magazine said. The shift will be a result of immigration, a trickle of conversions and a relatively high
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      Lock icon Star gazing in Russia is faith and fad but no joke
      546 5 Star gazing in Russia is faith and fad but no joke MOSCOW In a one-room clinic a few paces from Moscow's most popular pedestrian mall, Dzhuna Davitashvili, celebrity psychic healer, gesticulates over the head of a deaf and blind man, as if pulling invisible weeds from his cranium. Watched by
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      Front MPs still in old Umno: Razaleigh
      353 7 KOTA BARU Former Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has said that all Umno MPs elected on the National Front ticket remain MPs of the old party, said a report m The Star. "It is the Dewan Rakyat Speaker's prerogative to determine
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      Lock icon High demand for starfruit in Europe
      272 7 High demand for starfruit in Europe KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has started exporting starfruit on a large scale to Europe because there is a big demand for it. Deputy Agriculture Minister Datuk Alex Lee said here on Sunday that several companies and individuals have been exporting the fruit on a small
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      Lock icon Fishermen want UN to pay for loss of Bidong fishing ground
      220 7 KUALA TRENGGANU The 12,000-strong Trengganu Fishermen's Association (Penentu) plans to seek compensation from the United Nations for "difficulties" faced by local fishermen as a result of Pulau Bidong being used m the past 10 years as a transit camp
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      Lock icon Malaysian wins essay contest
      180 7 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian has won the top prize m an international essay contest organised by the Japan National Committee for Pacific Economic Co-operation. Mr Ahmad Zainy Mohamad Zain, a research assistant with the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, won an all-ex-penses-paid study tour to
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      Lock icon 'Govt saved nation from racial conflict'
      532 7 Mahathir urges greater friendship among people m Hari Raya message KUALA LUMPUR The climate of fear pervading the country at the end of last year has now been replaced by growing confidence and positive development, Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Sources, if revealed, 'would be harassed'
      460 7 The 'sale of Limbang' report KUALA LUMPUR Closing arguments were heard m the High Court here yesterday m a case m which the Far Eastern Economic Review allegedly libelled Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad m a story on the purported proposal to
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      Lock icon Gerakan head takes MCA man to task
      170 7 Gerakan head takes MCA man to task for remark PENANG Gerakan president Datuk Dr Urn Keng Yaik said he hoped that a Malaysian Chinese Association assemblyman's criticism of the Acting Penang Chief Minister at a recent state assembly sitting is not part of an MCA plot to undermine the Gerakan.
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      54 5 Singapore Airlines flies to more destinations m Europe than any other airline from South East Asia. A colossal 26 flights each week to 12 major European WSk "^L cities, including of course, Rome. En route, as always, you will enjoy a standard of inflight service even other airlines talk about.
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  • AROUND ASEAN
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      No coup while Prem is away, vows Chavalit
      436 6  -  TAN LIAN CHOO But says nobody could stop him if he really wanted to stage one *y Bangkok Correspondent If I wanted to stage a coup, I would be capable off doing it, and nobody could stop me. If I did it,
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      Arthit to field 200 candidates in polls
      213 6 Former military uongman General Arthit Kam-ang-ek has announced that his par- y.'Puang Chon Chao Party (Thai pople's Party), would contest 200 s nationwide m the July 24 national election. The Bangkok Post newspaper rethat the former army commander also revealed a 16-member administrative
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      Lock icon Aquino denies talk of Cabinet changes
      188 6 MANILA President Corazon Aquino says she is satisfied with the performance of her Cabinet members and dismissed speculation that another revamp is m the works. In her weekly Ask The President radio programme aired on Sunday night, Mrs Aquino was asked about rumours that
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      Indonesian lawyer forged court document
      109 6 Indonesian lawyer forged court document JAKARTA The Indonesian Bar Association (Ikadin) has suspended one of its members for forging a Supreme Court document, the Jakarta Post reported. The Jakarta chapter of Ikadin suspended the lawyer, Adi Moewardi, for six months, the report said. The Post said the forgery came to
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      Lock icon Danger from Reds, rebel soldiers checked but social problems serious, says Ramos
      476 6 WASHINGTON The threat to the Philippines from right-wing soldiers has dwindled while the danger posed by communist insurgents has levelled off, according to Philippine Defence Secretary Fidel Ramos. General Ramos, now m the United States for talks with
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      Lock icon US 'must withdraw bases if it can't meet pay demand'
      385 6 MANILA Philippine Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus said yesterday the United States would have to withdraw its two military bases m the country if it did not meet Manila's demand for more compensation. "If the United States cannot afford it, I
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      'Decision on engagement in politics lies with minister'
      1189 8 Hearing on AWSJ's case against government restriction Judicial review it con- cerned, not with the decision, but with the de-cision-making process. Unless that restriction on the power of the court is observed, the court will, m my view, under the guise of
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      Probe into abuse of travel passes by some MRT staff
      260 8 Probe into abuse of travel passes by some MRT staff AN INVESTIGATION has begun into a number of cases of Mass Rapid Transit employees abusing staff travel passes. These employees are believed to have let family members or friends use their passes, which allow staff to travel free on MRT
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      SIM talk
      47 8 THE Singapore Institute of Management will hold a seminar on situational leadership on June 13 at the Shangri-La Hotel from 9 am to 3 pm. The speaker is Dr Paul Hersey, an author and consultant. The fee is $380 fir members and $430 for others.
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      NTUC teams to visit Britain and China
      149 8 THE Secretary-General of tne National Trades Union Congress, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, and the Vice-Pres-ident, Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, will be leading separate delegations to Britain and China respectively. Mr Ong, who is also the Second Deputy Prime Minister, is going to Britain
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      Man on fake certs charge
      98 8 A MAN was yesterday charged with forging 26 share certificates with a face value of nearly $117,000. Kong Choot Sian, 46, and several accomplices allegedly forged three 1,000 Magnum share certificates and another three 1,000 Genting share certificates totalling $26,727 on Sept 9, 1983. On
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      Journal knew reasons behind changes to Act, says judge
      597 8 Journal knew reasons behind changes to Act, says judge MR JUSTICE T. S. Sinnathuray yesterday explained why he was satisfied that the Asian Wall Street Journal knew the reasons behind the 1966 amendment to the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act, which gave the Communications and Information Minister the power to
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      Heavy morning rain for second time in 3 days
      343 8  -  SHARON LIM By PATTERN of SUMATRA SQUALLS Strong, east-moving squalls, the "Sumatras'of the Straits of Malacca, blow most frequently towards the South China Sea. It occurs during the South West monsoon season from May to October and comes toward! Singapore from
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      Combined disaster exercise planned
      282 8 THE Singapore Fire Service and the Civil Defence Force will hold their first combined headquarters exercise next year to test the effectiveness of their "nerve centre", especially m times of major disasters. The exercise will evaluate the close co-operation between the senior commanders of the two
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      Petrochem complex makes profit
      622 11  - Petrochem complex makes profit RONNIE LIM Previous losses likely to be recouped this year By SINGAPORE'S |2 billion petrochemical complex once tagged by critics as a "white elephant" is well on its way to becoming a "cash cow". It made profits for the first time last year after having been
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      Temple to improve drainage in tortoise ponds
      318 11  -  GERRY DE SILVA By MORE dead tortoises have been found m the polluted ponds of a Buddhist temple, leading it on a desperate search for its architects to design a drainage system to solve the problem. The Phor Kark See Temple m Bright
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      Raffles Country Club raises membership intake 2½ times
      266 11 OVERWHELMING response has prompted the Raffles Country Club to increase its initial intake of members to IM times more than was first planned. When applications closed at the end of April, about 4,600 people had applied. The response prompted the club's general
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      Unionists 'must defend right to decide our future'
      237 11 Unionists 'must defend right to decide our future' UNIONISTS of today must act to defend Singaporeans' right to decide Singapore's future m the 80s, the 90s and into the 21st century, the Deputy Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress, Mr Lim Boon Heng, has said. In a commentary m
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      Unlikely no one saw offences in class: Counsel
      371 11 Appeal by teacher jailed for molesting pupils A LAWYER, acting for a teacher jailed for molesting three pupils, told the High Court yesterday it was very unlikely no one saw the molest happening m class. Mr M. N. Swami, for former school
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      More Singaporeans going for exotic, do-as-you-please tours
      704 12  -  SANDRA DAVIE By SEE wildebeest m Kenya, watch the hypnotic gyrations of a belly dancer m Turkey, haggle over brassware m a Moroccan bazaar, handle the AK-47 assault rifle at Darra Adam Khel near the Afghanistan border. These are not tales of adventure
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      'S'pore ever ready to play key role in Pacific'
      310 12 SINGAPORE, which has an excellent economic infrastructure and political conditions conducive to business activities, is always ready to play its role m the economic growth of the Pacific, said Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu. Dr Hu said that with its strategic
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      Player found guilty of hurting Omani hockey team manager
      281 12 FORMER national hockey player Farieigh Clarke was convicted yesterday of hurting the manager of an Omani hockey team during a friendly match here three years ago. District Judge Dalip Singh postponed sentencing to June 6 pending a probation report on Clarke,
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      Four men charged over theft of circuits
      128 12 FOUR men were charged m court yesterday m connection with the theft of 100 cartons of integrated circuits worth about $190,000. Three of them Alias bin Ishak, 24, Abdul Jalil bin Atan, 21, and Julius Thomas I oudes, 20 allegedly stole the circuits
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      Govt reviewing garment quotas levy
      371 12  - Govt reviewing garment quotas levy DOREEN SIOW By THE Government is now reviewing the levy on export quotas allotted to garment manufacturers. But a Trade Development Board spokesman, who confirmed this, said: "There is no decision taken yet as of now whether we are going to increase it." She said
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      Employers fined
      65 12 TEN companies and three men were yesterday fined a total of $49,000 when they admitted engaging Malaysian workers who had no work permits last month. Five of the Malaysians, all women, were employed as barbers at a hairdresser's. The rest, all men, worked as carpenters, labourers and general
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        Russian seamen muscle in on tug-of-war
        142 12 Russian seamen muscle in on tug-of -war THESE Russian seamen have their feet planted firmly on the ground as they strain every fibre to win a tug-of-war contest. They were among 2,260 seafarers from 14 countries taking part m the final day of the week-long sports meet at Toa Payoh
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        Masseuse died from Mows
        113 12 AN AUTOPSY has shown that the masseuse who was found murdered m a private apartment m Lengkong Tiga, off Changi Road, died of acute bleeding and multiple blows to the head. The body of Miss Kelly Koh Suat Wah was found m the llth-storey apartment of
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        Kebaya queen quest
        96 12 SIXTEEN- YEAR-OLD student Rashida Mohd Rashid Bentgen, of Malay and German parentage, is the youngest finalist m a kebaya contest, to be held on Saturday m Katong. The contest, open to both single and married women, will see 11 other contestants parading m the traditional Malay dress
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        More can speak Japanese
        96 12 MORE Singaporeans are putting their knowledge of the Japanese language to the test here m Singapore. A total of 1,635 candidates sat for the language proficiency test conducted by the Japanese Cultural Society m December last year and 896 of them passed. This is more than
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        Masked man in her room
        109 12 AN undergraduate has reported to the police that a masked man stole her gold chain and later forced her to masturbate him. The 24-year-old woman, a student at Nanyang Technological Institute m Nanyang Avenue, off Jurong, said she was sleeping m her hostel room on
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      Scow admits making vicious and malicious attack on PM
      1143 15  -  AHMAD OSMAN BEN DAVIDSON PM's defamation suit against Scow Khee Leng Reports by and What Scow said These are the words, uttered m Hokkien at an election rally on Dec 15, 1984, that landed Mr Scow Khee Leng a $500,000 damages
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      Hefty damages called for because of insincere apology, says counsel
      714 15 THE High Court was urged yesterday to impose a hefty order of damages on opposition party leader Scow Knee Leng because he was neither sincere nor unreserved when he apologised for slandering Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during the last
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      Book written by schoolgirl on list of school textbooks
      262 15 'Familiar situations and simple language make it suitable' A BOOK written by schoolgirl Ivy Koh about treasure buried in the Tiger Balm Gardens has made it to the list of recommended literature textbooks for lower secondary pupils. The Tiger's Treasure by
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      Teenager admits goldsmith robbery
      132 15 Teenager admits goldsmith robbery A DISTRICT court yesterday called for probation and Reformative Training Centre reports on a teenage painter after he admitted his role m an armed robbery last year. Roland Neo Hock Chong and a male accomplice robbed Seng Hin Goldsmith and Watch Dealer at Block 19, Ghim
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      Ad firms flock to Beach Road for low rent, competitive aim
      533 15  -  JULEEN QOH By Banner banter: "Welcome to a tough neighbourhood!" said one banner. "Thank yon, whoever yon are" replied another in the opposite building. This cheerful banner banter between competitive ad agencies Saatchi A Saatchi Compton and Leo Burnett
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      242 8 Meet Mario Marchetto. I The Chef who should have been a songwriter. Elton John wrote Candle In The Wind for Marilyn Monroe. Carly Simon penned You're So Vain for Warren Beatty. Chef Mario from Lugano, Switzerland cooked up »> Lamb Cutlets Villeroi for an old flame. And we do mean
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      67 8 19 QUILTS*^ M%i '"T*-N SEW FORTH RJI pQ Thc My K9 FIRST QUILT SHOP Rfl Hi m Town mm M OPENWGOFOUR H M BRANCH AT TANGS H M In conjunction, you are invited to our OS B 3 at Tangs from 17 May —30 May '88. S3 IQfl Holland Road
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      1194 10 > f Have a fun day for the^whole family !_w f TLfcOM**"^ IB W f /l#r^^^ f iva/ua J^^m^^^^ B I Ami Wrestling Competition B Over-the-top to you! Participate m The r;rand Buffet I ill k I I^^ M or be an audience to the Be ,v.rt ol a gastronomic
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      197 11 ONE OR TWO man business M SERVCORP, PRESENTS \1 I THE WORLD'S FINEST I [[^SERVICED OFFICE I I a f3SB|IS3;| I Mid City location Spectacular views I I Telephone answered the way you want it I I Fully furnished office Complete secretarial I I Word processing Facsimile Telex 1 I
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      86 12 CMercieri .V '£c A K-n/iT s j/om '////Mi/ /Ai' /;/!*>>-/ collection „f |PHj J I furniture, lighting and decor accessories to suit the smallest l apartment or the largest bungalow. <RM Hr^S f V And for our oth Anniversary, we're having a IH^I 1 storewiAe sale at absolutely unbeatable prices,
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      369 13 mtWAnd you'll discover just how true the quality of Sony VMeoTapes are mil M f aim \J m Mk\ I i i m i m I #1 A I ff -^b^^^^ a v^H- < ''9hk^. _^nH SS _^m^^ f^ W m HbLI A Y/.' i v','l'. i/. '/v' A v
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  • around YOUR PLACE
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      Commuters in a hurry shun bus interchange
      267 14  - Commuters in a hurry shun bus interchange JACQUELINE CHIN Tampines By A BUS stops. Scores of commuters spill out and rush across the road to the opposite bus-stop, many disregarding oncoming traffic. Meanwhile, the interchange down the road, just one stop away, is being regularly bypassed. Almost every day, this
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      Time-saving but risky dash
      205 14 Time-saving but risky dash A Traffic Police spokesman says: "Pedestrians should not risk their personal safety for the sake of catching a bus quickly." Ten of the 14 bus services along this route stop at this bus-stop, which is about 100 metres from the interchange. Between 6.30 am and 8.30
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      The elderly learning to speak English
      365 14  -  CEPHAH TAN Kaki Bukit and Kirn Seng By WHEN Madam Leong Kirn Hoe picks up the ringing telephone these days, her first word is "hello?" Nothing unusual, one might think. Except that m the past this grandmother, born m China 78 years ago, would
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      Area office gets pat on back
      78 14 Seen and Heard THE Jurong East Area Office received 170 letters from Yu\ua residents between April last fear and March this year, shoving appreciation for the way tAe office runs the estate. This has put the office m good stead as it is m
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      Sunday trips for senior citizens
      76 14 EVERY Sunday morning, a group of Chong Boon senior citizens are on the road m two buses by 6.30 am. They stop for some fresh air and exercise at places like Woodlands Park, Marina Square and Mount Faber, spending an hour exercising, doing qigong or
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      909 14 I «5« 1 988 "31 .5. 1 988 At all provision shops with the mobile display, mP^ Lv m' ol 13 El ql__J I: PC-^S: Bl _Df H fi a*\f_r HAPPY FAMILY SPECIALS FROM THE DRAGON |(Gr33M^--i,l._i-_L^ Spoclqli^-^^i^ Blw It!** 565 Klckopc^ Joy Juke packed with Diamond 2^J^^vl oock^ I
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      44 14 MENSTRUAL I PAIN? I Take Saridon. It's Aspirin Free. Soothing, fast relief for Hi headache, fever, aches pain. wM F HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE CO. LTD /anmS !^H SWITZERLAND nuw Full dcta<s on composition indications contraindications sKtee^Mts dosagt a n d precautions arc availaMi on request
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      198 15 I HEW k CußljßH3Jt»'^% K "eS^r^B ßS^^* 1 1 ffi^ I Come up to the Top of the 'M' for a j-Yv prawn wwfe// with quail eggs feast of local and Western favourites! fI 1 mcc %oreng» beryani rice •Malaysian Every Sunday and Public Holiday from VI satays stuffed marrow
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  • COMMENT/Perspective
    • The Straits Times
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        And now for Cambodia
        623 16 PEACE is not quite breaking out all over yet, but things are moving m the right direction at long last. In Afghanistan, Soviet troops are actually leaving, driven as much by the determined opposition of the Afghan people as by the international odium heaped on the
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      Punchlines
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      'Machine gap' that makes US victim of its own success
      1249 16  -  ROBERT E. NORTON JACK EGAN Equipment imports keep deficit high By ana US News World Report Retooling stands to profit American businesses m the long run, but the boom m equipment imports won't translate quickly into more exports and a
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      Australian 'tax graduates' plan comes under fire
      764 16 Our RtM9#ll Gfifnm#r MELBOURNE MELBOURNE Australian tertiary students fearing they will be victims of a Federal government move to tax graduates up to AslB,ooo (5527.850) to fund higher education have been resorting to violence m a series of impromptu demonstrations around Australia. Rowdy
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      Tough debt collector who stalks errant borrowers
      1640 17  -  CONSTANCE MITCHELL By The Asian wall Street Journal Other bankers don't believe they can get any money from Third World borrowers. But that's a state of mind. My stand is: no compromises. We want cash, and we won't take 10 per cent down.
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      Lock icon Fewer job offers for business grads
      296 17 For the record NEW YORK The postman is bringing bad news for many graduating MBAs. At American's top business schools, the class of 1988 is receiving only half as many job offers from Wall Street as its predecessors did. In past years about a
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      Cash aid must not go to buy guns and bullets
      487 17 Viewpoint Editorial headlined "Aid used to buy misery" from The Australian of May 9, 1968. THE news that up to 60 per cent of financial aid sent by the Australian Council of Churches (ACC) to the Philippines each year is
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      39 16 ■laaaBMiMMMiMMi^MaiiiaiBiaianH 80 years Of Cane Furniture Manufacturing B, v m TRELL1AGE stnmn in strvctwe Strang In character CHI) AN SIN CHOON KEE CO. LIEN TEE YUI FURNISHING Block 212. Hougang St .21. =01-337 339 Singapore 1963 Tel: *****28. *****28.
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      277 16 Iy||| songhe cuizu xiangmi <** NOBLE PINE CRANE s»stft> Xc VJti* aV>pCW Every Grain is 100% Pure Thai Xft c High Grade Fragrant Rice "Noble Pine Crane" is an established brand of Thai Fragrant Rice 1 Jtf, harvested and packed m Thailand It is guaranteed to be 100% pure quality
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      Our leaders are right to protect our country
      289 18 Our leaders are right to protect our country SINCE the election of Dr Ton 6hin Chye as MP m 1959, J have seen Rochore change from a mainly slum .area to a modern, bustljng zone. All* these years I have refrained from commenting ojb the subversive elements and plots uncovered
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      S'pore, a nation that is best left alone
      337 18 S'pore, a nation that is best left alone The Hendrtekson Affair RECENT events of foreign interference m Singapore's domestic politics have prompted me to write this. Singaporeans, faced with the reality of a multi-racial population, should strive even harder to live together as one people and become an impregnable society.
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      I salute Mr Goh's brave decision
      156 18 I salute Mr Goh's brave decision IT was most shocking to read that a diplomat from a friendly country like the United States, with whom Singapore has the most cordial relations, has with the connivance of two senior State Department officials chosen to interfere m our domestic politics. Our Government
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      We don't want a 'Singaporegate'
      278 18 I AM puzzled and angry that a good friend like the United States should decide to interfere m the internal politics of Singapore. I am sure many other Singaporeans are equally puzzled and outraged. My memory goes back to the late 1950s when the Central
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      Ugly Americans will even work to do in their own kind
      589 18 Ugly Americans will even work to do in their own kind THERE are "Beautiful Americans" and "Ugly Americans" and Mr Hank Hendrickson, recently expelled for conducting black operations with a view to smuggling m an American Fifth Column into our Parliament m the next general elections, comes under the latter
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    • Letter
      On what the SDP thinks of 'free will'
      157 18 THE Singapore Democratic Party has done it again. In the past four years, I have often decided not to read or listen to SDP statements or comments, not least because they are predictable or naive. Whenever I did, I always regretted it.
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      Aussie group is not doing justice
      172 18 I READ with disgust the report "Aussie group campaigns against ISA arrests". (ST, May 10). Why did The Australian print such an unfair and biased advertisement? If this is press freedom, I wonder if it will print this letter from a 21-year-old Singaporean as
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      Do anything, but...
      129 18 I READ with disbelief the report about the Committee of 100 for Freedom of the Singapore 10. (ST. May 10). Firstly, how can the committee fully appreciate what is really happening m Singapore within such a short time? Could it be that it has vested interests m
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      Malaysian groups are meddling in our affairs
      357 18 I REFER to your report "Malaysian groups urge Spore govt to release Scow". (The Sunday Times, May 8). I would like to bring the attention of all Malaysian political parties and social action groups to the fact that Singapore is no longer a
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
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        Directionless trading
        64 19 SHARE prices edged marginally upwards m directionless trading within a narrow three point-range. The Straits Times Industrial Index closed 0.48 point up to 970.66 while the Business Times Composite Index gained 0.24 point to 853 points. Turnover fell to 22.86 million units worth $38.74 million from Friday's 25.43
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          Most Active
          15 19 Von der Horst Wrts 1,649,000 NOLWrtsl993 1,224,000 NOLWrts 1,135,000 Marco Polo Wrts 1,042,000
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          Rises Falls
          115 19 CCtt 32t it SlAFornfn 12(0 -20 l.ammarco Mi -HO SU 11 JO -10 MBat*r. 4N +1 BStmbawsnt 490 -10 Pubfc Bart. Vk 179 -f-l Htamti 444 -I City Dm SOc 213+7 Ooftmam M'ua 700 -5 BjtuKaaan 344 -6 S 'port land MS -S JwonfSvMc 250 +6 Mttro Mdp
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          Indices
          102 19 May 13 May 16 May 13 May 16 81 Composite 852 76 853 00 SI Mining* 274.21 274 44 BT 08 OS 96 85 ST Plantations 1840 16 1842 74 CAOt 6974 6936 DCS CPF In*. 314 44 314 78 lOdjy M Avg 6913 6922 OCBC 703 99 70S
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        Sesdaq
        55 19 Closing Change Vol ('000) fcnttk Enpt 20c 1 45 56 Fuji OfHct 20c 0.81 98 GB HW|s 10c 0% +2 58 Metatock 25c 0 66 unch Sinfapore National Printers 50c 2 09xd unch S«f»tronks 20c 101 +1.5 59 Its 50c 0 93cd unch 3 Tonhow M 50c -2 90
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        INDICES — Highs & Lows
        38 19 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Fines Business Tines Industrial Composite 1987 High *****0 (2*'B/87) 1327.69 (11/8/87) 1986/87 Low 563 34 (28/4/86) ***** (28/4/86) Ml time High 1505 40 (26/8/87) 1327 69 (11/8/87) All time Low 74.75 (17/9/64) ***** (28/4/86)
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        Exchange crossrates
        99 19 i 1 Forex THE US dollar gained 44 ticks to close at DM1.6854 m Singapore. Gold In Singapore, gold gained US$3.2O to U*****.50 an ounce. Simex Eurodollar: Gained six ticks to 92.46 a contract. Dentschemark: Lost 16 ticks to 0.5949 a contract. British Pound: Gained 20 ticks to
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        Lock icon Mitsubishi gets nod
        106 19 TOKYO General Electric Co GE and Westinghouse Electric Corp of the US agreed to let Mitsubishi Electric Corp raise its stake m a joint firm to 33.3 per cent from 10 per cent, a Mitsubishi Electric spokesman said. Powerex Inc. a Pennsylvania maker of discrete semiconductor devices,
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        Lock icon 5 firms to produce gold
        56 19 JAKARTA Five companies conducting exploration and gold mining m Indonesia will start production this year, Director General for Mining Sutaryo Sigit said. He said that three of the companies will produce 2.5 tonnes of gold while the other two have submitted feasibility studies but have
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        Lock icon $113m tag for 7 hotels
        82 19 LONDON Ladbroke Group PLC said it agreed to sell seven provincial hotels m Brit am for about £30 million (5J113.40 million) to newly-formed company Penguin Hotel Group PIC. Penguin would acquire five freehold and leasehold hotels, mainly m northern England, for about £27 million and
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      OCBC to raise fixed deposits rate
      578 19  -  HSUNG BEE HWA Move may signal reversal of downtrend of interest rates By OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corporation is raising its interest rate for its 12-month fixed deposits by a quarter percentage point m a move that could signal a reversal of the downtrend m interest
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      New electronic signboard provides information on major stock indices
      227 19 CORPORATE raider Gordon Gekko said m the movie Wall Street. "Lunch is for wimps." But with the new electronic signboard operating at the top of the DBS Securities Building at Malacca Street, the lunchtime crowd m Raffles Place need not have
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      Govt bonds get boost from October crash
      542 19 THE Singapore Government Securities market, which was launched m May last year, is doing relatively well with an average daily turnover of about $460 million. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), m its latest statistical bulletin, also disclosed that the market m Government
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      UOB to auction Hong Guan Building to recover loans
      312 19  -  LIM ENG HAI By UNITED Overseas Bank will try to auction off an old, poorly-maintained office building m Robinson Road next week m a bid to recover several millions of dollars from its owners. The seven-storey Hong Guan Building, whose saving
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      'Empty seats will cost SIA $40m annually'
      273 19  - 'Empty seats will cost SIA $40m annually' YAW YAN CHONG By SINGAPORE Airlines will lose about $40 million per year if on every flight, three economy seats are empty because passengers did not show up. Mr Hwang Teng Aun, the Director of Marketing, said this to illustrate the severity of
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      Electro Magnetic shares begin trading tomorrow
      407 19  - Electro Magnetic shares begin trading tomorrow DAMIEN LIM By TRADING in the shares of Electro Magnetic (S) Ltd (EMS), the first issue to be listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Singapore this year, will begin tomorrow. Market expectations are that shares in the video tape and
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      Marco Polo bidder explains takeover offer
      340 19 HONGKONG tycoon Sir Y.K. Pao's camp, which is 1.6 per cent away from owning half of Hotel Marco Polo's issued capital, has explained the reasons for its takeover bid on the hotel. In a document issued yesterday by Wardley Ltd on behalf of the
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      Business done in Singapore
      3113 20 READERS should be aware of the imitations of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt m at the stock exchartfe, is covered m "business done". Further, because al deainfs at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend m
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      Business done in Kuala Lumpur
      1943 20 INDUSTRIALS Vmo (100/150) Ajmomoto (260/275) xd /kom(8!/82)80(7)81 (11)82(16) /PI 38)39(2)38(17) /ISBI-/I04) 102(26) 103(17) -ASM (230/231) 230 (2) 231 (3) 232 (10) 2.30(86) 231 (65) Antoh (170-) 168 (18) 169 (52) (3) 170*7) 170(30) ,Aokom(l44/ 146(6) 145(3) 145 J6> 144 (3) 155 Boto .462/470) 462 xd
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      How your stocks performed
      2956 20 M shares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified. Margin stocks are shown m bold print Adjusted for scrip/rights N Tai-eiempted dividend ABN is traded m lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted m dolars AOCF shares and Nasdaq stocks are
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    • Commodities, Finance
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        203 21 Interbank Over the counter Foreifn Local dolars to Foreijn currency currmcy one unit of to Sslo foceifn currency Australian dollar 1.5498 1.5526 6.52—6.36 Canadian dollar 1.6267 1.6289 6.20—611 NZ dollar 1 3874 1 3901 7.35-7.14 Sterling pound 3 7884 3 7923 2.66—2.62 US dollar 2.0050— 2 0060 5.02—4.97
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        Bank rates
        336 21 OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 2*4 2Vi 2V* 2* Monthly 2V* Autosave 3 Fixed deposit 1 month 2Vi 2Vi 2V* 2V 2 (1) 2 months 2Vi(l) 3 months IVi IVi 2V* 2»/i(l) 6 months 2% 2% 2% 2^(1) 9 months 2% 3 3 3(1) 12
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        Forex
        115 21 THE US dollar closed little changed against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed little changed at 2.0050/60 m torpid trading. It traded within 2.0065 and 2.0055 after opening at 2.0050/60. Against the deutschemark, the greenback opened at 1.6870/75 and closed at 1.6850/55.
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        Gold
        131 21 THE kilobar market trad- PHYSICAL Bu,«-S*n ed between 5529,438 and *aj> n ,Zmn In the Far East market, 1 n n-3» gold opened with firm un- b m dertone as it encountered 20 su-ms good buying m early Aus- Mjm i.«6S-i4M tralian market. It opened Jj» JiV 5^ 9
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        Gold market
        33 21 GOLD USJ/oz Mm Fri Singapore 453 25 453 75 451.00 451.50 Mm Sat Hongkong 453.60 454 00 451.40—451.90 Fri Thws New York 451.50 452.00 451.50 452 00 London 449.60—450.10 451.50 452.00
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        Rubber
        11 21 Rubber Closinf prices cents/klo Singapore Closed June Malaysia Closed June
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        Tin
        15 21 Tin Closinf prices Ms/klo XL Tin 17.43 unchanged Turnover 100 tonnes up nine tonnes
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        Copper
        21 21 Clow* pricis P f Fii Spot 1405.00—1415 00 U355 00-1358.00) 3 months *****0-*****0 (1142.00-1143.00)' Market tone Irregular Sales 22.175 tonnes
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        Silver
        24 21 mmmm Mm M SmcMWfe 6 6S— 6 70 6 SJ-«M fn Dm Nra rort 6 62-6 67 fi $7—6(2 Sowrt OMH S»«t. Sport
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        Aluminium
        22 21 CM* prices Aluminium tonne Fri Spot *****0-*****0 (1570.00-1572.00) 3 months 1290 00—1292.00 (1276 00-1278 00) Market tone Firmer Sates 7.950 tonnes
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        Palm oil
        105 21 Crude MS/t«m palm m May 975 (south) 965 (central) June 965 (south) Refined palm oi USS/tomes RBD palm ml June 392 50 (sellers) July/Sept 390 (setters) RBO Stearin May 387 50 (sellers) June 385 (sellers) July 375 (sellers) RBD Oletn June 405 (sellers) July/Sept 400 (sellers) Crude stearin
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        Simex futures
        585 21 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (100 implied interest rate) Opea High Lew Sett Est Vel Juett 92 46 92.48 92.45 92.46 1214 Sep* 92.03 9204 92.02 92 02 2509 Dee 91.75 91.76 91.75 91.75 423 Mar 89 91.56 91.56 91.56 91.56 13 Jaae 91.37B 91.39 Sep* 9125 3 Dee 91.12
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        Container schedules
        462 21 Container schedules Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo LCL Receiving Receivinc Sty (Voyage) Arr Carp Time Hock New Oasis (12/818) 19/05 (0530) F5 1900 2000 R4 PraMiakh (161) 19/05 (0600) F5 *****100 Bl Pearl Reefer (425N) 19/05 (0700) F5 0730 0830 P3 Kap Kanevsky (11BW88) 19/05 (0900) F5
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        Ships in port
        282 21 I Vessel Berth Arr Dep Vessel Berth Arr Dep Vessel Berth Arr Dep Ktpptf »"»n»w Part Panjanf Prattwi M4C 17/05 19/05 Sentiasa M3B 17/05 18/05 Caly K35 a side 18/05 Beeco Asia P3W aside 19/05 Haimen K?8 aside 18/05 Glorious Ace P4B aside 17/05 krone Qwghecheng K29
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        Unit trusts
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        676 21 SHARE prices drifted m directionless trading to close marginally higher for the day. Dealers said trading was fairly quiet from the opening bell, with mixed interest m selective counters. One dealer said: "Most of the institutional investors and traders would not commit themselves
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        63 21 ~^r X NST Index Monday 1,591.11 (1,586.62) --J Hongkong Hang Seng 0 Monday 2,538.02 (2,532.63) £f_ Austrafan M-Ordinaries 8 Monday 1,425.10 (1,403.20) r~ Nklrei Stock Average Monday 27,759.87 (27,468.31)) Financial Times Industrials I Friday 1,428.60 (1,417.60) Dow Jones Average 7g^ Friday 1,990.55 (1,968.00) R (Figures m brackets refer to
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        90 21 NEW YORK Despite improving profits and tonnage balance, tanker owners remain cautious about replacing their ageing fleet, industry executives said. At the annual meeting of the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) here last week, tanker owners said current freight rates were too low
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        275 21 U HK EJ*ct 735 +005 Ko Woh Bonk I 85N unch Sing Too 2825 unch a-— t-i v, ■>** Hk B»ct Won 2B.ooNunch Ko Woh Storm 1.16 +002 Sino Land 0.53 +0.01 £*?< t Hot r* Hk Got 16.00 unch KMB 12.40 unch St«k« 240 uneh Bonk Of Eo»t
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        Lock icon Temerloh Rubber
        240 22 TEMERLOH Rubber Estates Bhd, which incurred a loss last year, expects its group profit to show a considerable improvement if commodity prices remain at present levels. Chairman Datuk Syed Kechik Syed Mohamed noted m the company's 1967 annual report that m the current year there have been increases
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        111 22 AVER MOLEK Rubber Company Bhd registered a 64 per cent jump m pre-tax profit to MJ482.000 (*****,032) for the half year ended Feb 29 against M 5294,000 previously. The company attributed the higher profit to better commodity prices and higher crop production. Turnover also rose 45 per
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        113 22 UMW Group Chief Executive Datuk Eric Chia has relinquished his post m the company with immediate effect and has been appointed Executive Chairman of a restructured Perwaja Group. UMW Holdings Berhad said m a statement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange that Mr Shiew Wan Shing, presently UMW
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      299 22 Timuran selling quarry operations in Perak KUALA LUMPUR Timuran Holding Bhd is selling its quarry operations m Lumut Perak as part of a strategy to consolidate its core businesses of distribution and marketing, its Managing Director Geoffrey E.F. Taylor said. The group is also currently discussing with two or three
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      Lock icon £ sees quiet trading in Singapore
      475 22 sees quiet trading in Singapore DESPITE sterling's furious rise m London on Friday, dealers said trading m Singapore yesterday was very quiet with most investors preferring to stay on the sidelines m anticipation of the US March trade figures to be released today. However, m early European trading yesterday, the
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      162 22 TOKYO The Tokyo Stock Exchange has admitted 16 foreign brokerage firms which will be allowed to begin trading next Monday. Including the six foreign houses admitted m February 1966, this brings the number of foreign brokerage firms allowed to deal directly on the exchange
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      Lock icon ANZ Bank confident of second-half profit growth
      229 22 SYDNEY Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) said it was confident about the group's continued profit growth prospects m its year ending Sept 30 after posting a 32.5 per cent rise m interim profit. ANZ lifted net profit to A5230.24 million
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      414 22  -  DAMIEN LIM __> QMY CAR was recently stolen. It was Insured under comprehensive coverage but will I get a full payment if my car is not found? How long wonld it take the insurance company to investigate? A The amount you will receive depends on the sum your car
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      KLCE tin futures 'useful for traders to hedge and arbitrage'
      299 22 THE Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) Chief Executive refuted allegations that its tin futures faced "a bleak future" and said they are a useful tool for international tin traders to hedge and arbitrage. Tuan Syed Abdul Jabbar Shahabudin, clarifying a
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      BTC pleased with first weekend of racing
      210 23 THE first weekend of racing staged under the auspices of the Bukit Turf Club was blessed with fine weather and everything went smoothly. It augurs well for the Singapore Totalisator Board, which recentty appointed the BTC to take over the rans from the
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      All eyes on two in trophy race
      303 23  -  LIONEL LEE By ATTENTION will be focussed on Ananda and Mister Shoosh, who head a field of 16 m the Auckland Racing Club Trophy race for Class 2 horses over 1,850 m at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Ananda has improved tremendously this season
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      Lock icon How they ran at Bukit Timah on Saturday
      238 23 At the doom At the finish IsMnUI- aaas -taaaaa- -l:fiT»Ui— -EHSla— EBBS- E B- Pictures by and Class 4 Div F 1,200 m 1. Tuck Inn 2. Special Selection n 3. Carrera 4. Very Game Margins: IV4, 4V2, IVi Time 1:11.7. NGHAI
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      This weekend's weights
      1016 23 WEIGHTS and ratings for this weekend's races at Bukit Timah: SATURDAY Auckland Racing Club Trophy Class 2 1,850 m (Ratings: 120-103) Ananda 57 120 Mister Shoosh 56 118 Dollar Issue 55.5 117 Score 55 116 Kinross Lad 54.5 115 Ace Attack 54 114 Noblero 53.5 113 Felicity
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      New worlds to conquer
      46 23 NEW TERRITORY, who took the last race for Class 4 Div C horses at Bukit Timah on Sunday, is the only horse among the 16 winners last weekend to be promoted a class. He now has two wins from only three starts.
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      Lock icon Ravinella again spot-on
      233 23 PARIS Hot favourite Ravinella duly completed the English 1,000 GuineasFrench 1,000 Guineas double at Longchamp on Sunday. But she caused a few hearts to flutter at the end of the 1,600 m race for three-year-old fillies. A three-way photo-finish gave the verdict to Ravinella by a neck
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      Lord Reims takes Cup after almost falling
      136 23  - Lord Reims takes Cup after almost falling JACK ELLIOTT ADELAIDE After almost falling, jockey Brent Thomson regained his composure on hot favourite Lord Reims and went on to capture the 3,200 m Adelaide Cup yesterday. Lord Reims won easing up by six lengths. Soon after the start, Lord Reims was
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      Lock icon Honoured but jinxed
      96 23 Honoured but jinxed BEVERLEY (England) Ten-year-old Rapid Lad won so often on this north England provincial track that the stewards named a race after him. Last year, he won the first running of the Rapid Lad Handicap but was disqualified and placed last for interfering with another horse. And last
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      Lock icon Durie, Nevin goals boost Chelsea
      466 25 LONDON Chelsea took a confident first step towards retaining their English First Division soccer status on Sunday. Bobby Campbell's team produced some clinical finishing to beat Blackburn 2-0 at Ewood Park m a tense first leg of the playoffs semi-finals. Second-half goals from Scottish pair
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      228 25 DUTCH international striker John Bosman has signed a two-year contract to join Belgian club Mechelen from Ajax Amsterdam, his financial adviser said on Sunday. "His decision was influenced by the chance to play with his former coach," Ger Lagendijk said, referring to Aad de Mos, who once coached
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      36 25 Dlv One: SI Brian McClalr (Man Utd) John Aldridge (Liverpool) z8 Stuart Rimmer (Watford, 27 for Chester) VI Leroy Rosenior (West Ham, 22 for Fulham) II Lee Chapman (Sheff Wed) Nigel Clough (Forest). AFP
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      Lock icon Chinese hopes on high jumper Zhu
      166 25 OLYMPIC FILE BEIJING China are pinning high Olympic hopes on former world high jump record holder Zhu Jianhua despite a run of bad luck and injuries. Zhu broke the world record with a leap of 2.39 metres m 1964 but disappointed his fans with
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      Lock icon AC Milan take over Italian crown
      752 25 Fans jeer outgoing champs Napoli ROME Ruud Gullit's AC Milan were crowned League champions on Sunday as troubled outgoing title-holders Napoli slumped at home on the last day of the Italian soccer season. A 1-1 draw at Como gave Milan the title that has
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      Lock icon Annette opts out of team
      155 25 LONDON South Afri-can-born freestyle swimmer Annette Cowley has ruled herself out of Britain's team to the Seoul Olympics to avoid a controversy similar to the one involving track star Zola Budd. Zola, who was also born m sports-ostracised South Africa, returned to her homeland last
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      Lock icon Russia enter 784 for Seoul
      168 25 Russia enter 784 for Seoul SEOUL The Russians will send 784 athletes and officials to the Seoul Olympics, from Sept 17 to Oct 2, the organisers said yesterday. The Seoul Olympic Organising Committee said visiting Soviet National Olympic Committee officials had submitted a preliminary entry. The entry listed 625 athletes
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      209 25 ATHLETICS Manuel Matias, of Portugal, won the 13th Paris Marathon on Sunday m 2hr 13min 54sec. His compatriot Aurora Cunha won the women's race m 2:34.55. BASEBALL Hai Tai Tigers beat MBC Dragons 3-1 m a Korean League match. Other results: Lotte Giants 8 Tai Pyung Yang
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      Lock icon RESULTS ROUND-UP
      400 25 AUBTRALIAN Marconi 3 Brisbane Lions 0, South Melbourne 1 Melbourne Croatia 0, Footscray 4 Brunswick Juventus 1, Sydney Olympic 1 Apia Leichhardt 1, Preston Macedonia 1 Wollongong City 1, Sunshine George Cross 1 Sydney Croatia 0, Adelaide City 2 St George 1. FINNISH Haka Valkeakoski 1 TPS Turku
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      Lock icon Title in the bag for Porto
      275 25 LISBON Porto won their ninth Portuguese First Division soccer title on Sunday when they crushed lowly Rio Aye 5-0 at home to move 11 points clear of Benfica, with only four games left. Benfica, who lost 2-1 at Belenenses, had already given up hope
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      Lock icon El Salvador beaten
      49 25 SAN SALVADOR (El Salvador) Trinidad and Tobago defeated El Salvador 1-0 on Sunday m an Olympic soccer elimination match, guaranteeing the United States will compete m Seoul. Anton Corneal scored Trinidad and Tobago's winner m the 52nd minute, after receiving a pass from Leowson Lewis. AP
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      Prema at her best
      370 26  -  HAKIKAT RAI Run at US meet wind-aided By SINGAPORE sprinter Prema Govindan recorded a career-best 11.83-sec-ond (electronic) run for the 100 metres at the Big-Eight Championships m lowa on Saturday. Twenty-two-year-old Prema, who finished fourth, said her effort was wind-aided but she did not know the
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      Taiwan's dunk champ to play here
      242 26  - Taiwan's dunk champ to play here LEE WAI WUN By TAIWANESE centre Chang Tsu-han will be one of the stars to look out for m the Tan Cheng Kwee basketball tournament at the Geylang Indoor Stadium from May 29-June 3. The 23-year-old, who will lead Taiwan's top club McDonald's to
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      Windies blow rivals away
      234 26 TAUNTON West Indies' fast bowlers, with Curtley Ambrose and Winston Benjamin predominant, trounced Somerset with a day to spare on Sunday. Ambrose and Benjamin, who shared eight first-in-nings wickets, each took two more as Somerset crumbled to 146 all out, leaving them only eight runs ahead.
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      Taverners win
      54 26 TANGLIN TAVERNERS bet Singapore Chine» Recreation Club on a faster scoring rate in a Division Two cricket match at Dieppe Barracks on Sunday. Brief sc«r<M: TT 178 in 40 overs (D. Scott 73. A. Bala 3-13. Tee Kim Chai 3-15) SCRC 116-6 in 37 overs K.C. Tee 32
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      Lock icon Ballesteros under fire as James triumphs
      250 26 Ballesteros under fire as James triumphs SANTANDER (Spain) European Golf Tour chief Ken Schofield has hit back at Severiano Ballesteros over his outburst about the course for the Spanish Open, which Briton Mark James won by three strokes on Sunday. James, lifted by a blind, 30-metre chip-in that earned him
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      Patrick tops with 74
      172 26 PATRICK CHOO (handicap 10) carded the overall best gross of 74 m the Changi Golf Club monthly medal on Sunday. Other results (all aett scares) A Wv: 1 Lim Jit Seng (13) 65 ocb. t Andrew Chong (12) 65 ocb. S Wong Heng Seng (15) 65.
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      Tactician Rudy holds the key
      760 27  -  J. RAJENDRAN COUNTDOWN TO THE THOMAS CUP FINALS FOCUS ON INDONESIA By INDONESIAN SQUAD In order of ranking Singles: Icuk Sugiarto, Eddy Kurniawan, Alan Budi Kusuma, Ardy Bernadus Wiranata. Doubles Liem Swie King and Eddy Hartono, Bobby Ertanto and Gunawan. Reserve: Hadibowo. Indonesians counting on
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      Lock icon Frederiksen eyes world title
      491 27  -  J. RAJENDRAN Danish exhibition DENMARK'S Thomas Cap badminton squad will play an exhibition match at the Singapore Badminton Hall tonight at 1 DENM ARK'S Ib Frederiksen, the first unseeded player to win the All-England men's singles badminton title, has set his sights on capturing the World
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      Mani leaves for tests in Switzerland
      322 27  -  JOE DORAI SOCCER By FORMER Singapore international A.R.J. Mani left for Switzerland last night for three trial matches with two Division One clubs m Basle. The first of the three test matches for Mani will be conducted on Thursday and the other two within
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      Sharon takes over lead
      123 27  -  LEE WAI WUN BOWLING SHARON NELSON, who won the Queens bowling title m March, emerged top qualifier m the women's event of the fourth Jatico tournament at Pasir Pan jang Bowl yesterday. The 39-year-old replaced Patty Hor, who has occupied the No. 1 seat since the
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      Lock icon Joyless victory for Lendl
      243 27 ROME THE world's top tennis player Ivan Lendl won the Italian Open on Sunday, but it was a joyless victory, marred for him by the constant distraction of a restless crowd and by his own erratic form. Lendl took almost 4 j hours to beat 26th-ranked
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      Lock icon Singapore can get back into the limelight
      259 27  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI HOCKEY By 4 SINGAPORE hockey can return to its glory days of the early 50s and 60s a return which the likely availability of an artificial pitch m the near future should hasten. This is the view of Mr Denis Tay,
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      Lock icon Big guns in last eight
      277 27 TABLE TENNIS NIIGATA (Japan) All the big guns world champions China, North and South Korea and Japan lived up to their promise and shot into the medal round of team competition m the Asian Table Tennis Championships here yesterday. Singapore's men were beaten by Japan
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      Poh Seng for ITF study tour
      290 27  - Poh Seng for ITF study tour TAY CHENG KHOON TENNIS By' TAN POH SENG has been selected for an International Tennis Federation study tour of seven European countries. Mr Tan, the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association vice-president, will be visiting Sweden, West Germany, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Spain and England from May
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      Gurdwara trials
      38 27 THE Singapore Gurdwara Cup hockey trials will be held at Indian Association on Friday at 5.30pm. All Sikhs keen to represent the Republic may attend. The Gurdwara Cup competition will be played m Seremban m July.
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  • OBITUARIES
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      322 Acknowledgements
      277 26 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MOM. DOLLY EE wish** to axpreas thair heartfali thanks and appreciation to Or. Chan Hang Chun and her staff, Staff Of Glenaaglaa Hospital, Pastors and members of Calvary Charismatic Centra, Relative* and Frtenda tor their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations, wreaths and prayers
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      165 26 321 Deaths 321 Deaths V. RAMASAMY 58 year* old patted away peacefully on 16/5/88 leaving bahlnd betev^V 2JJ*** Kallammal. son«: Kunalan, Manlmaran Daughter: Kalyanasundrai Cortege leave* Blk 126 #06-621, Taman Jurong (2261) for Mount Vernon Crematorium on 17/5/86 at 2.30 p.m. Contact number (*****72). VEERAPPAN V. THAVER 75 ymn Was
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      323 Condolences 323 Condolences
      153 26 323 Condolences 323 Condolences Our Deepest Sympathies Condolences To Lum Ah Har A Family On the demise of their beloved mother Mdm Wong Yee Mvi Age: 68 From: Board Of Directors Management Staff Of Pana Harrison Reinsurance Brokers Pte Ltd Pan Asian Insurance Agencies Pte Ltd OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND
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      86 26 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgement THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. POON CHIN HEONG (Departed on 11/5/88) wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all Pastors, relatives, neighbours, friends, colleagues, business associates and associations for their prayers, kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations, wreaths and scrolls during their recent bereavement.
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      323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences
      111 26 323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences The Management and Staff of ASSOCIATED LIQUOR DISTRIBUTORS (S) PTE LTD express their deepest sympathies and condolences to the family of the late MR. LEE CHUAN SIAK Our heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathies to MR. DAVID LEE ENG THONG family on the demise of
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      324 In Memoriam
      60 26 PETER ROBERT TEH CHEONG TIAN Oeperted: May 17.1M7 He suffered patiently and long His hope was bright, his faith was strong; The i eace of Jesus filled his breast And In His arms he sank to rest. Always remembered by mother, talher-ln-law, wife, daughter*, brothers, staters, nieces
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      84 26 In Moiviory of Oeperted 17/5/77 In our hearts your memory lingers Sweetly tender, fond and true There Is not a day, dear mother That we do not think of you. Always remembered by Rtcherd, Annie* Olen. In Loving Memory Of KATTARI RAJAGOPAL Departed: 17.5.88 Two years have
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      118 26 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MOM. MARY TAY SIANQ HONG Departed 17/5/77 The blessed memories we have Of her well always cherish. And count them tenderly each day Lest for lack of love we perish. Alway* remembered by children end grand-children. m Loving Memory Of MADAM D. LETCHIMI
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      82 26 MR ALAGAN SUBRAMANIAN (MEEYA) thank relatives and friends for their attendance, condolences assistance donations by relatives, staff of Wood bridge Hospital Ylo Chu Kang Primary School during their recent bereavement. Family request all relatives friends to attend the Athma Shantl Pooja on Tuesday 17 588 night at Sri
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      66 27 I CONDOLENCES ■-> <• I With deepest sympathies and condolences I I our Council Member and Past President t I Mr Lee Chin Chuan I 1 ■V. S I and family I I on the sad demise I H H H H I of his beloved mother I H I
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    Lock icon Afghans give first Soviet convoy a heroes' send-off
    525 28 KABUL The first convoy of 1,300 war- weary Soviet troops leaving Afghanistan yesterday headed north for home from the Afghan capital after a ceremonial heroes' send-off by the Kabul regime. As they started their arduous journey, a mujahi deen nationalist guerilla leader
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    Lock icon 31 killed as Chinese farmer sets off dynamite
    115 28 BEIJING A farmer killed himself and 30 people when he blasted a room full of people watchIng television with dynamite after a fight with his mother. The Hebei Daily yesterday said 18 other people were injured m the blast last month m
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    Software virus makes its way to Singapore
    408 28  -  Jacqueline Wong By A SOFTWARE virus which sabotages computer programs has made its way to Singapore. These software "viruses", also known as logic bombs and trapdoors, are programs deliberately planted on floppy disks to sabotage users. A contaminated disk infects the computer, and
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    Lock icon Virus destroys information on US paper's network
    182 28 PROVIDENCE (Rhode Island) Rhode Island's largest newspaper the Providence Journal-Bulle-tin discovered and controlled a mischievous "virus that infected the newspaper's computer network, but not before it damaged the information on scores of disks. Computer experts say the Journal-Bulletin apparently is the nations first
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    Lock icon 10 paintings stolen
    53 28 PARIS Burglars stole 10 prized paintings worth a total of US$2.l million (5J4.2 million) from a Paris house overnight on Sunday. The paintings, including a Chagall, a Picasso and two Utrillos, belonged to a mem ber of the Moroccan Parliament, Mr Johana Ohana, who discovered the theft
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    37 28 NEW YORK The Dow Jonos average of 30 industrials rose nearly seven points m the first half-hour, but the gain had shrunk to 2.16 points at 1,992.71 by the first hour of trading yesterday. AP
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    Lock icon Diehard militants refuse to surrender
    501 28 Police resume firing into Golden Temple complex AMRITSAR Indian security forces gave diehard Sikh separatists barricaded inside the Golden Temple a final chance to surrender last night. "This is your last chance to surrender," the commando-led paramilitary police said over loudspeakers. "We will tell you
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    KL has no plans to impose Islamic law now
    277 28  -  R. VASANTHI By It will give rise to racial disunity, says minister KUALA LUMPUR The government has no immediate plans to implement Islamic law m the country or replace civil law with Islamic law, Minister m the Prime Minister's Department Datuk
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    315 28  -  ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent MANILA The government said it would investigate a military charge that the British Broadcasting Corporation paid communist guerillas to film an ambush on Jan 27 which killed 11 soldiers. In LONDON, the BBC on Saturday denied the accusation,
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    160 28 TOKYO Plans for a ship to accommodate business offices have been unveiled to solve a shortage of office space here caused by skyrocketing real estate prices, a newspaper said yesterday. The project calls for the construction of a 35,000-tonne vessel to be anchored m Tokyo
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      A TIME FOR FORGIVING
      1232 1 Muslims all over Singapore celebrate Hari Raya today. MARDIAN A ABU BAKAR relates what Hari Raya means to one Malay family. "ASSALAMUALABCUM (May the peace of Allah be upon you)," says Mr Misrudin Anwar as he steps into his home at Jupiter Road. Wife Jamaliah Yusoff
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        Embarrassing each other
        78 2  -  IRENE PATES We asked teens to start a discussion with their parents. The topic: How parents embarrass their children and how, in turn, children embarrass their parents. This can mean treading on thin ice as some of the 10 teens who broached the subject acknowledged in their
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          She's too old to be my sister!
          282 2 SOMETIMES I answer my parents m monosyllables, "Yes", "No", etc, and they get irritated. I can't blame them, but sometimes I'm just not m the mood to talk. At other times m my family, it seems like we live m a comic strip.
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          I'll Improve, Dad even without the ad
          136 2 MY FATHER always exposes my mistakes to all my relatives and friends. I get so mad about it. Can't he just be more considerate? Can't he just tell me directly instead of "advertising" my faults? Once, I got so sick and tired of
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          It's a good game but rules are tricky
          500 2 I AM closer to my Dad and he is always there to share my sorrows and joys. But when it comes to my Mum, there is little communication. So after reading the Teens Page, I felt the game suggested by Irene Pates
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          95 2  -  IRENE PATES TEMPORARY reporter, Wong Su-fei, 18, suggested this week's topic. "Wouldn't it be interesting," she said, "to find out what kind of stuff teens would include in a time capsule as representative of their lives today?" Send your letters, by next Tuesday, to Teens
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        250 2 $1000 FIRST PRIZE Closing date H IV *J| extended-. IflMl Jl NATIONAL DAY COMPETITION (A) Write a composition on The Singapore I Would Like To Live In When I Grow Up. The prizes are: First Second Third $1,000 $500 S3OO (B) Write a short essay or a poem or draw
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        556 3 22 Computer Products/ Services DSDD 5.25" USA bulk disks 7.5« each. Usual lifetime warranty. Free delivery for 100 pcs. From your estab. disk supplier: *****00. 23 Musical Instruments FUNAN PIANO CO. Famous British piano. Monington Weston. C. Stelnbert, Korea, Tetnberg, Meary Si Near Star. *****40 GOOD USED PIANO for sale
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        643 3 3 Where To Lunch 3 Where To Lunch AT ONLY (tj »"y pf /^o£.iv ill 1 1 2 noon to 230 pm Children under 12 years old S5 50+ FN lOY I wV^ I yourself with more than 20 varieties ol our lop local tavountet Gourmet cold cut. Assorted salad.
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        585 3 39 TV/ Video/ Hi-fi GARAGE SALE of large valuable classical record collection over 5,000 titles, several from golden age of stereo. Venue: 11 Halifax Rd. (off Cavenagh Rd.) Time: 10am 4pm. Sat. 14/5. Phone *****44 for details SOUND LAB. PI/ P2 prof, speakers, Teac X2OOOR 10 open reel, head amp./
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        689 3 41 House Renovation/ Decor SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR OLD AND NEW FLATS Order your furniture direct from factory We specialise In kitchen cabinet $100 p.f.r Broken Rubber Ceramic Marble Tile* 3 rm. 1,900 2,500 $450 4 rm. 2,700 3,000 $580 5 rm. 3,700 5,000 $750 Special ofter for oM flat*. Flooring
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        637 3 53 Club Membership CHANGI GOLF CLUB. $14 000 including transfer. Contact 563-7398 WARREN GOLF CLUB (ST) urgent sale $10,000 nett 0.n.0. Going overseas Tel. 468-3023. Cecilia. 54 Gold/ Pawn Ttcke"ts~ ■v"""' ABSOLUTELY HtGHESTPRICFs'3I B OFFERED FOR yQUR W. H3EI!IIE9|HHHH I '*****11 I *****12 I *03- 02 THIRD FLOOR J E^.
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        718 3 56 Sale: Other Products GOOD CONO. SHIMANO racing bike (10-speed) for sale. $150. Contact David at 289-8041 KAVISA SALWAR SUITS m silk and cotton New stock avail, at «03-61 Peninsula Plaza. *****63 LADIES ROLEX OIAMONO watch, selling $4,500 0.n.0. Tel. *****01/ 2. David REMOTE CONTROL 60 size plane with radio,
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        514 3 92 Domestic Help 92 Domestic Help Available Available I Personalty interviewed overseas and screened from provinces frequently Filipino Sri Lankan Thai Indonesian Muslim Chinas* Widest selection Guaranteed replacement Weil-Tramed through reliable ♦On time arrivals ♦""o^~"~~— assessments Full documentation" affffSal v HIGHEST PERCENTAGE RECONTRACTING MAIDS^~ JjtjWJf IN SINGAPORE A HONG KONG
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        544 3 94 Positions Vacant: Professional/ Executive THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL Of SINGAPORE invites young, dynamic A resourceful parsons with good communications skills knowledge for the posts of 1) STAFF NURSES 2) MIDWIVES A) Intansivc Care Unit B) Ob/ Gyn. Unit C) Peediatnc Unit Qualifications: Graduated from an Accredited School of Nursing Postgraduate
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        462 3 1 98 Positions VacantSecretarial/ Clerical KOON HOE THE BUILDING CENTRE requires RECEPTIONIST c female, Singaporean age above 18 c GCE O' level c able lo type c pleasant personality with good tel. manners SHIPPING CLERK a Singaporeans age above 18 a GCE 'O' level a able to type a knowledge
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        421 4 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions VacantSecretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical -Bk National University Hospital I Excellence: Our Mission. A Commitment Invites applications for the position of: STENOGRAPHER I Requirements: Must have GCE 'A' levels j||j Possess a Private Secretarial Certificate |i| Conversant with Lotus 123, Wordstar
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        567 4 TECHCO (PTE) LTD No. 11, Senoko Avenue Woodlands East Ind. Est. Singapore 2775 )i,i> immediate vacancy for FEMALE ACCOUNTS CLERK c iCE O' Level c Able to type c Minimum 2 years relevant experience. Prefer appllront* living m Yishun. Marsiling, Sciiibawang and Ang Mo Klo Interested applicants, please call 758-1111
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        689 4 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical An established Shipping Company invite* application* for the follow ing positions: 1) RECEPTIONIST CUM JUNIOR SECRETARY (District 0719) c Minimum GCE 'O' Level with good credit m Kngllsh. c Able to type at 40 w.p.m. c Able to operate Word Processor. 2) JUNIOR ACCOUNTS CLERK
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        700 4 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical LAW FIRM requires FEMALE RECEPTIONISTS Mm. 2 3 yrs. experience I QCI O' Levels with credit m English Interested applicants, pis write-in with full resume non-returnable photo to: 140 Cecil Street #07-00 PIL Building Singapore. 0106 By 31/5/88 Legal Firm requires an EXPERIENCED CONVEYANCING SECRETARY
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        784 4 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions Vacant: Salas Sales 7-ELEVEII are welcome Secondary education Conversant m English OAI CO Mandarin or Malay UrvLCw We Provide you AQQIQTAMTQ Competitive salary plus FIOOIO I fill IU confirmation adjustment Fu|| Time/Part-Time Transport allowance Good career advancement promotional prospects to become store .ai^^^^k management staff
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        832 4 100 Positions Vacant: Technical Immediate Poeitione lUILDING SERVICES PERSONNEL 6 M&E Design Draftsmen 8 Civil Structural Draftsmen i 5 Mechanical Design Draftsmen i 3 Klecincal Draftsmen Applicants must have at least 3 ears related experience for the ibove positions RACERS 5 Mechanical i 3 Electrical i 6 Structural/Civil tfimrnum 1
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        628 5 100 Positions Vacant: Technical Fast expanding inspection company has vacancies lor: CARGO/ PETROLEUM INSPECTORS c Mm qualification UCE i) level a Salary negotiable Experienced Inspectors to write In stating experience. (2 vacancies for experienced inspectors) (1 vacancy lor trainee) Please write to: Fairview Inspectorate and Ad|usters (S) Pte Ltd 141.
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        858 5 102 Positions Vacant: 102 Positions Vacant: Hotel/ Restaurant/ Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Lounge S ShangriLa hotel SIM AW )HI SHAMAI LA INIIKNAIK)fvM lIOTII SALES MANAGER The Shangri-la Singapore, a world clasa hotel end consistently rated m one of the Top 10 Hotels In The World, is looking for a dynamic end
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        483 5 127 Other Vehicle Accessories fl^B J onwards Car S«*tS Js^B^ BBW all mt tts Latest Car Stereo Accessories available 129 Registration Numbers EH 8811K FOR Sale, highest offer secures. Interested please page 505-8253. LUCKY NO. PLATE SY 288 E. Highest offer secures. Contact Roselind or Kevin at: 754-8993. 21 YRS.
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        965 5 130 For Sale: Alfa/ Peugeot/ Volvo 9/79 SPRINT 1.5, superb engine, extractor New upholstery/ P6OO tyres $18,900 0.n.0. Genuine buyers page Christina: *****51 81 SPRINT VELOCE, pte owner S/rlms Pirelli P6 tyres. Must sell. Call 534-1228 after 2pm VI VOLVO 244 OL manual, power steering/ windows, full accessories, orlg paint.
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        861 5 134 For Sale: Datsun/ Nissan WORTHY DEALER Catering lor all makes or used ContrertalA Japanese cars _bothjj»*y&NgnPAßrQ-Ptate Ora Amu* Mfertf/fcv U»aJk* rmtfi/W Tel: *****14/ I *****54 1 LOW INTEREST LOW D/PAYMENT For new private commercial vehicles. High Trado-in valu* for us*d vnicl— Authorised dealer: SIN HOCK SENG TRADING CO. PTE.
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        1026 5 134 For Sal*: Datsun/ Nissan •64 JAN. NISSAN Sunny 1.3 2 owners, rd lax 6/88. s/rtms, 5-speed, radio cassette Fg *****78 •84 NISSAN POWERBIRO. Aircon. radio/ cassette Showroon cond. Tax 6/88 $36,300 *****00 '64 NISSAN PULSAR, I.ODX. tax 10/88. Alrcon.. radio cassette. Beautiful cond $26,800 *****80 85 NISSAN MARCH 1.0
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        929 5 135 For Sal*: Toyota 8/86 TOYOTA COROLLA, 1 owner. hl-fl. alrcon.. tax 7/88. showrm. cond $37,800 *****12. Chan •60 CORONA 2ND owner, power windows, s/rims. Showroom cond. $16,600 ono Tel: *****28 •80 SPORTY TOYOTA Starlet 2 owners, full accessories. Tip top condition. *****78 •80 TOYOTA COROLLA 1300 DX. atrcon.. hi-fi.
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        1052 5 137 For Sale: Mazda '75 MAZDA BONGO Van t 1000 Seating capacity: 8 persons Rd I tax Aug Ist payment $2,200 < Loan $3,000 avail Tel 261-2500 i 79 MAXDA 323. 10. modified to '80 model New battery, suspension I St tyres. $12,200 Tel: 444-0475 Allan after 10am 6/81 MAZDA
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        1006 5 138 For Sale: Honda 13 HONDA ACCORD. FX Auto, full accessories r.idio cassette, s/rlms. tax 8/88 Well maintained. Excellent cond. Asking $36,000 Tel *****56 (after 10am) REG. 1965 APRIL Honda Shuttle 1.5. New tax 2 pte owners. Uniqu- design Page *****74 $40,500 o n o 1/80 HONOA ACCORD 3 pte
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        792 5 138 For Sale: Honda 9/82 ACCORD EX I I Manual Highest offer secures. Tel: *****94/ *****02 '82 HONOA ACCORO EX Manual Tax y 88 $31,300 Tel: 563-0827 139 For Sal*: Daihatsu MID 14 DAIHATSU Charade 1000 CX. 5-speed. 5-dr. (new model), power windows, aircon.. hi-fi. Road tax 9/88. beautiful. $27,900.
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        1000 6 141 For Sale: Other Makes EXCELSIOR CAR CARE, main contractor to Porsche. Rolls Rpyce, Daimler, Jaguar. Rover, Holden L Slme Darby Group of Companies specialise In Dlamondbrlte glazing tt only mobile car polisher m Spore 755-2333. T3, TRIUMPH STAG. Auto transmission Hard- soft-top. Orlg., electric windows. 1, pte. owner. Rare
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        945 6 142 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles 2 UNITS, -90/ -81. Datsun panel vans. Alrcon.. radio, cassette. Downpayment $2,500. *****86 •75 DATSUN PICK-UP. 1 yr rd tax, beautiful cond. $2,800 Tel *****04/ *****29 '79 DATSUN PICKUP. Beautiful cond $3,300 Tel 283-5886 (11am spm) '77 MAZDA JUMBO 1000 Radio cassette, alrcon rd tax
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        2554 6 171 Property Financing 171 Property Financing 171 Property Financing 171 Property Financing b^V'^W^^V^bl IB? *»•< 'v^irPfl Br 'yj- *^u^H _We specialise m home loans that's why we are called a building society. oB^ Y° u will find us fast, friendly and flexible call us now. jfc^ There is no obligation,
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        550 6 179 For Sal*: Houses 179 For Sal*: Houses 88 units, 24 storey Tudor design houses located at Lorong Puntong off Upper Thomson Road. Drvetoptr Mayfield Property Development Pte Ltd Joint Sole Marketing Agtnts COLLIERS APPRAISAL GROUP miemaoonai Propcny Consuuarus PRorEim consl-lunts rrt ltd lOCollyer Quay 133 Middle Road #18-03 Ocean
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        312 6 Mayor Towor Saairlaw Gordon Luxurious Apt. For Sato Located at Meyer Rd., next to Katong Park, with squash court, suana-bath, swimming pool wading pool, children playground. BBQ pitch etc Ample parking space 24 hrs. security. Freehold about 1900 sq.ft. 1 living room, 1 dining room, 3-1 bedrooms facing sea 3
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        867 6 186 For Sale: Private Apartments D.9 BEVERLY HILLSI 4100 sq. ft, high fir 4I I rrns good facIng/vlew. Beautifully furn. SellIng with/without tenancy at $5,500 pm *****36/7 OPEN HOUBE. GENUINE buyers welcome Vista Park #01-08. Cornelian Blk. 968 sq.ft. 2 rms. Beautifully furn Time 2-7pm Jennings Homes *****97 (Jim) OPEN
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        1113 6 191 For Sale: HDB Apartments ALL 3-RM.: Lor Ah Soo L-corner Blk 114. Aljunled C'res Blk 95 $40K Bedok L-corner Blk 418 46/ 108. $53K Whampoa. Ohlm Moh Sin Ming Boon Lay $25K Holland $36K. Teban Taman Ho Swee 81k. 14. Tanglln Halt Blk.Bl. 36. 94. 98. 25. (59. $24
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        661 7 191 For Sale: HOB Apartments 3-RM. BLK 241 Juroi.g East High fir Marble flooring, kitchen cabinets Tel *****51/ *****19 3-RM. CLEMENTI BLK 409. terrazzo flooring. MRT Attached toilet. $50K neg (CPF S4 7K) Pg *****16 3 RM CLEMENTI CENTRE Blk 434, kitchen cabinet, near MRT. $53,000 0.n.0. Tel: 474-8667. 3-.-HH
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        385 7 196 For Sale: Office Spaces HOTEL BUILDING FOR SALE/ JOINT VENTURE Strategically located In town centre (Batu Pahat) Call *****38 Mr* Koh 197 For Rent: Office Spaces msE\ f SHENTON WAY PRIME OFFICE SPACE AND FURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR LEASE I Rent Negotiable j Ring I jfpfrt Malayan Credit I wM
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        335 7 241 Tours 241 Tours i Kuantan for MsiO9. The South China Sea comes free. Fnr iusi Mslo9 ncti per person on j twin Nhanng bjsis you can haw 3 Jays 2 nighis" aca>mmodalion al Hvatt Kuantan, a complimentary welcome drink, daily continental or local hreakfast. a MS4S voucher per room
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        685 7 241 Tour» 241 Tours 241 Tours 241 Tours 241 Tours 241 Tours H i*< V^-"'fcsCHl ANGM Al^^r«^TT I P^Sl tphuket --iisr 4M&PW£!sr^ 4 Days Only Fr $488 ex,,» Bonus* /W 9 oep^ay June 2 Dep May 28 a B EatLycManmuaoyoucw uep d June Special Child Fare Pay 50% only at
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        148 8 241 Tours KEN-AIR '88 AMERICA NEW! EXCITING! ACTSON PACKED! KIHG-SiZE VALUE! ***** Air Hotel nSsUmSol I EXPRESS I 11 weekly departure©- I ||^988J I CANADIAN I ROCKIES I Vancouver I 1 1 weekly departurw I fDSBEmUS R GRAND CANYON IiBRYCE I CANYON 1 1 weekly departures I CALIFORNIA 1 1
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        1297 8 241 Tour» 241 Tour« 241 Tourt 241 Tour» 241 Tour* 241 Tour* 241 Tours 24i^SurT AMERICA CANADA iiJIiAA» ,^,iL^ aiictdama Amtrak USA Rail Tickets Passes for unlimited travel from $256 l|Bfl HM B Brewster s Canadian Rockies (Choice of 1 8 itineraries) from $120 I F||jijlm9 ll Highlights Of The
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        303 8 f; S^ c BEAUTIFUL v^ CHIANGMAI wL J> Jo^& School HoMay Specia< De P arhires A* m^^€^'" 5°W Bangkok/^|{<#JL tf*q^fff Chiangmai '^mr1 t flw\ Wttcome nightclub dnr with suckling ptg International steamboat buffet Dm at Asia s btggest roMer skate rest Floating Market 4 W Temple tour Visit Snake farm
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        411 8 if Most Successful Japanese Tour Organiser In Town SETO OHASW BRDGE EXPO '88 n( SIX ROAD EXPOSITION IN NARA <mpMg 10 Days All Japan Tour with Extra Incentive A) plus 1 Day m Korea (inclusive Hotel 3 Meals) all m 1 1 Days B* B) or plus 3 Days m
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        155 8 262 Home Tuition CARAVEN (REGD. 3SI9K/00-X). We have a large pool of current school teachers, grads. specialise In 'A' level subjs., Sec. Prl. Tutors personally interviewed and performance monitored. *****47 HAM TUITION CENTRE has qualified, reliable experienced tutors, all levels, subjects (lncl. violin/ piano/ organ) it dlst. at reasonable rates
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        707 8 262 Home Tuition WE HAVE SCHOOL teachers. University/ 'A' level graduates offering home tuition Tel: *****15 WE HAVE EXPERIENCED L Quailfled tutors for your requirements ti needs. "Is call *****11. 1100 Sl2O for secondary students at Bedok Reservoir. Interested please call: *****47 I ECONOMICS TUmON BY Honours graduate. Raymond, tel:
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        Gongfu master on the Fist of Yongchun
        1163 9 CHONG WING HONG meets the gongfu master who built his career on a deadly pugilistic art that is believed to have been started by a village girl who lived m China some 300 years ago. THE plaque read: "To Our Respected Shigong, In
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        410 9 "YONGCHUN is a modem form of the Shaolin martial art. I don't think we should 'modernise' it any more," said gongfu master Augustine Fong Chi Wing. "In practice, an exponent may display his own style. But for the best result, one should go
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        Train warden held the play together
        514 9  -  GOH BENG CHOO ABSOLUTE SIGNAL Arts and Acts Victoria Theatre Last Friday I found the dialogue m English spontaneous and for the most part, close to the original. But it was also obvious that most of the cast lacked the ability to convey feelings
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        668 9  -  LI NIANPEI By A CHINESE might feel embarrassed when he is invited to a splashy Western restaurant and asked to order from the menu. I still do when confronted, for the umpteenth time, with the names of dishes all looking suspiciously French or
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        Dressed for a celebration
        572 10 Today is a special day for all Muslims, a day which celebrates their triumph after a month of fasting. There are relatives to visit and friends to meet. Dressing one's best, no doubt, is a must. MARDIANA ABU BAKAB highlights the outfits some people have picked
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        112 10 The domestic insurance business has grown by a creditable 3 per cent helped by the strong recovery of the economy. In 1987, life insurance new annual premiums increased by 54 while general insurance business registered a 7.8 per cent growth m gross premiums. Advertisers can reach more prospects m Insurance,
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        802 15  -  JIMMY ONG T. K. SAB APATHY TABLE DRAWINGS BY JIMMY ONG brings to drawings a sense of grandeur. Unlike any other artist m our midst, he has magnified the delicate, intimate medium of drawing into a spectacle. In his works, we witness
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        467 15 What's nn OPENING OF Republic of Singapore Air $100, $85 and $35 available at in-laws. With English subti- elude talking parrots and an three and 12 years old. ISTANA GROUND? Force Band. 4.45 5.15 pm and the door. ties. Alliance Francaise. Dray- eagle swooping low over the unuunuo 545-6 15
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