The Straits Times, 7 June 1989

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    14 1 The Straits Times Kstd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1989 50 CENTS MCI (P) 44/12/88
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    Lock icon Rival army units clash in Beijing
    1254 1 Heavy artillery fire heard and tank battles reported m the western suburbs SIA puts on extra Beijing-S'pore flight THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday advised all Singaporeans to leave troubled Beijing and said Singapore Airlines would put on an extra flight today to help
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    ST Index slides another 38.24 points
    122 1 SINGAPORE'S stock market suffered another sharp fall yesterday and the Straits Times Industrials Index slid 38.24 points to 1,233.13. On Monday it had fallen 33.84 points. After two successive days of across-the-board selling, dealers said the market's mood reflected the anxiety about the situation
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    Foreign investors 'shaken by killings'
    135 1 Foreign investors 'shaken by killings' THE President of the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations, Mr Wee Cho Yaw (above right), said yesterday the killings of students and civilians m Beijing had shaken foreign investors' confidence m China. Commenting on the bloodshed m Tiananmen Square where thousands were believed to
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    Lock icon US banks cut prime rates as Fed may ease credit
    314 1 US banks cut prime rates as Fed may ease credit NEW YORK Major American banks cut their benchmark prime interest rates on Monday amid expectations that the Federal Reserve would loosen its grip on credit to avert the danger of a serious economic down i urn. New York-based Citibank led
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    Lock icon 16 killed as train slams into bus
    47 1 JAKARTA A train slammed into a speeding bus m northern Sumatra, killing 16 people and injuring 34 others, police said yesterday. The bus was travelling at high speed over railroad tracks on Monday when the train crashed into it. UPI
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      25 1 Major Chinese cities paralysed by unrest: Page 10 More reports and pictures: Pages 11, 12, 13 Students the pawn m leaders' power struggle: Page 26
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        POLY GRADS
        72 2 Polytechnic grauuaies are so much m demand that some of them got job offers even before they sat for their final examination m March this year. Out of the 3,700 students graduating from Singapore Polytechnic this year, 500 have already found jobs. About 169 Ngee Ann graduates out
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        SAMSU RAID
        53 2 Customs officers raided a large distillery m a remote kampung m the Yio Chu Kang area yesterday. They found that illegal samsu operators had been using water from a stagnant, algae-covered pond and filthy rags as filters for the samsu, after it had been distilled m rusty drums.
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        WIDOW HELPED
        95 2 A widow with three children m school yesterday became one of the first beneficiaries of the new CPF insurance scheme. Hawker assistant Madam Lam Tng Fong received $30,000 after her husband died of a heart attack six days after the scheme took effect. Under the Dependants' Protection Insurance
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        TRAFFIC JAMS
        74 2 The "choke points" on some of Singapore's key thoroughfares are facing paralysis and threaten to grow worse despite the Government's recent attempts to ease the jams. The cause of the jams is no mystery. Traffic simply has exceeded the capacity of the roads estimated as 1,800 vehicles per
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        FIRST MEETING
        45 2 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad will meet Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) leaders on July 5. The meeting would be the first official meeting between the MTUC and Or Mahathir since he assumed office m 1981. Across the Causeway, Page 10
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        AQUINO 'YES' TO BILL
        81 2 President Corazon Aquino said that m spite of her reservations, she would sign the wage Bill passed by Congress last week giving Philippine workers a 25-peso (552.50) a day pay rise. To allay fears that she might veto the Bill, Mrs Aquino told reporters: "I'll sign
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        SNAG IN PROJECT
        71 2 A joint Sino-Tbai project to assemble tanks and manufacture tank spare parts m Thailand may not materialise because of the current turmoil m China, a spokesman for the Thai armed forces indicated here yesterday. The spokesman, Lt-Gen Narudol Dejpradiyuth, suggested that a question mark now hangs over
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        SEOUL SAYS NO
        71 2 The South Korean government said yesterday that students would not be allowed to take part m the world youth festival m Pyongyang and threatened stern legal measures against student radicals who try to attend. The Education Ministry said that it has now become impossible to send students
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        FLOODS KILL 300
        60 2 Parts of the Sri Lankan capital were underwater as the death toll m the worst floods m 42 years rose to at least 300, officials here said yesterday. The water level of the Kelani River, which flows through Colombo, was rising rapidly and shanty towns along the
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        ACTION DELAYED
        43 2 Western and South-east Asian countries have agreed to put off action on a proposal that is expected to lead to more restrictive treatment of Vietnamese boat people. About 50,000 Vietnamese boat people are m Asian camps awaiting resettlement. World, Page 6
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        ARMS FOR PAKISTAN
        54 2 The Bush administration has notified Congress of its decision to seU US$6B million (Ssl3l million) worth of torpedoes and anti-aircraft missiles to Pakistan. The notification came on Monday as the administration made known its intention to strengthen the military resolve of Pakistan despite Soviet military withdrawal from
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      Lock icon Khomeini's body topples to the ground in funeral melee
      666 2 TEHERAN Hysterical crowds blocking Teheran's main cemetery threw the burial plans for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini into wild confusion for several hours yesterday by tearing the shroud covering his body to shreds and spilling the corpse onto the ground. The Iranian news
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      Dengue outbreak hits four areas in S'pore
      220 2 Dengue outbreak hits four areas in S'pore THERE has been an outbreak of dengue haemorrhagic fever, which is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito, m four areas of Singapore. They are Marine Parade, Joo Chiat, Jalan Kayu and Serangoon Gardens. During the first five months (Jan-May) of the year, there nave
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      Lock icon Amnesty for 41,000 Namibian exiles
      129 2 Amnesty for 41,000 Namibian exiles WINDHOEK South Africa has agreed to grant full amnesty to about 41,000 Namibian exiles due to return home next month, the top United Nations official m the territory said yesterday. Mr Martti Ahtisaari, special representative m Namibia of UN SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez de Cuellar, said
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      Plans afoot for vintage car museum
      373 2 Plans afoot for vintage car museum A VINTAGE car museum is planned for Singapore. The proposed showcase of such cars is expected to be located at the planned racing circuit site near the East Coast Parkway, according to The Highway, the publication of the Automobile Association of Singapore. Talks are
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      Police probe death of man who 'fell' to death
      242 2  - Police probe death of man who 'fell' to death LEONG CHAN TEIK By POLICE are investigating the death of a labourer reported to have fallen from a hotel but whom they suspect to have been beaten up by another worker. Detectives were told that Mr Herman bin Sutan Merajo, 39,
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      Three new additions to boost Sentosa's menu of attractions
      537 3  -  DOMINIC NATHAN Resort hotel, Asian cultural village and riverboat restaurant to be ready by 1992 By SENTOSA'S menu of attractions will get three new multi-million-dollar additions by 1992 a Resort Hotel, an Asian Cultural and Entertainment Village and a Mississippistyle Riverboat
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      Lock icon Ex-chairman of Recruit out on $2.7 m bail
      337 3 TOKYO The former chairman of the Recruit Company, the central figure m the bribery scandal that has rocked Japanese politics, was released yesterday on bail of 200 million yen (552.7 million), court officials said. Hiromasa Ezoe, 52, had spent 113 days m
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      Lock icon Solidarity rejects govt offer of 'grand coalition'
      552 3 WARSAW The Polish Solidarity union said yesterday, after its stunning success m Sunday's general election, that it would not join any coalition with the communists and called instead for a "timetable" to lead the country to genuine democracy. Solidarity's formerly hounded leaders, many
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      204 3 Weather Showers over a few areas m the early morning and again over several areas m the late afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 25 mm. SUNSET today: 7.09 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.5S am. GLOBAL MATHER Adelaide 7/16 C Smoke lm Amgelea 16/20 C Clear Amsterdam
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      Lock icon Seoul bans students from N. Korean fest
      380 4 Govt accuses North of using event for propaganda SEOUL The South Korean government said yesterday that students would not be allowed to take part m the World Youth Festival m Pyongyang and threatened stern legal measures against student radicals who try to attend.
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      Lock icon Uno paid geisha to be his mistress: Magazine
      368 4 TOKYO A weekly magazine charged that Japan's new Prime Minister, Sosuke Uno, paid a geisha US$2l,OOO (5540,530) to be his mistress. But the story raised few eyebrows yesterday among the Japanese who consider it common for politicians to keep concubines. A 40-year-old
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      Lock icon France to cut nuclear tests in S. Pacific
      123 4 PARIS France will reduce its nuclear tests m the South Pacific from eight a year to six starting 1990, Prime Minister Mich ?1 Rocard said yesterday. The decision, taken as part of general cuts m defence spending, is likely to be welcomed
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      Lock icon Germans now live longer
      52 4 BONN If age brings wisdom, then West Germans are seven times wiser than they were m 1970. The last census m 1987 turned up 2,19*1* citizens aged 100 or more seven times as many as the previous nationa' headcount m 1970, the Federal Statistics Office said
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      Lock icon Shortage of burns doctors hinders help for victims
      287 4 Soviet gas pipeline train disaster MOSCOW A shortage of doctors experienced m treating burns has complicated efforts to help victims of a gas explosion that blew apart two Trans-Siberian railroad trains and burned many victims beyond recognition, newspapers said yesterday. Officials have
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      Lock icon Soviets, Afghan guerillas reopen talks on PoWs
      186 4 Soviets, Afghan guerillas reopen talks on PoWs ISLAMABAD The Soviet Union and Afghan guerillas reopened negotiations yesterday on the return of Soviet prisoners of war held by the guerillas m Afghanistan. The meeting was the first between the two sides since January, when talks aimed at reaching a settlement to
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      Lock icon Jaguar jet crash kills pilot and pedestrian
      107 4 Jaguar jet crash kills pilot and pedestrian NEW DELHI A Britishdesigned Jaguar jet burst into flames and tumbled out of the sky m southern Tamil Nadu yesterday, killing the pilot, one pedestrian, and wounding three others on the ground, the Press Trust of India said. The 35th Indian military aircraft
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      Smuggler robbed world of rare, costly orchids
      438 5  -  ALAN HUBBARO By Europe Editor LONDON An international orchid smuggler "raped" beauty spots all over the world of rare orchids that may now be extinct. London's Old Bailey court has been told. Former diplomat Henry Azadehdel, a 37-year-old Armenian, befriended experts and pumped
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      Lock icon Kenya frees all political prisoners
      223 5 Kenya frees all political prisoners NAIROBI Kenya has bowed to international pressure on human rights by suddenly setting free all political prisoners held without trial, diplomats said yesterday. They said the surprise release of Kenya's seven remaining political detainees over the past five days was the result of a long,
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      Lock icon 2 Soviet students given US asylum
      168 5 ANCHOKAUK (Alaska) Two Moscow journalism students have won asylum m tho United States iftci crossing the ice from Siberia to Alaska with a dogsled expedition OM of them said on Monday. Mr Anatoly Tkachenko, 24, who defected on Alaska's Little Dtomede Wand m April
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      Lock icon 300 killed in Sri Lanka's worst floods in 42 years
      322 5 COLOMBO Parts of the Sri Lankan capital were underwater as the death toll m the worst floods m 42 years rose to at least 300, officials here said yesterday. The water level of the Kelani river, which flows through Colombo,
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      Lock icon 40 feared dead in ferry mishap
      116 5 BOGOTA At least 40 |>eople wore feared drowned when a ferry carrying revellers sank on Monday m the Cotadero River m south-western Colombia, a Civil Defence official said. Major Jorge Duran, secretary-gon-eral of the Civil Defence Board, said the passengers had left a "Festival
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      Lock icon Top corporate heads in US asked to help improve education
      359 6 Top corporate heads in US asked to help improve education WASHINGTON Declaring that the overall dropout rate of more than one student m four constitutes a national tragedy, United States Education Secretary Lauro Cavazos has urged the country's top corporate officers to join m an effort to improve American schools.
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      Lock icon Deportation of boat people put off
      465 6 Compromise move follows demand by US, Vietnam GENEVA Western and South-east Asian countries have agreed to put off action on a proposal that is expected to lead to more restrictive treatment of Vietnamese boat people. Under the plan, all Vietnamese arriving m neighbouring South-east
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      Lock icon SEVENTH HEAVEN
      76 6 Mr Nguyen Tue, 26, had to sail many leagues of troubled waters before ending up with seven degrees from the Ivy League Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday. Mr Nguyen, a Vietnamese boat person who arrived m the US nine years ago, earned his degrees, a record for
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      Lock icon Europe's biggest rocket launched after 5-week delay
      240 6 Europe's biggest rocket launched after 5 -week delay KOUROII (French Guiana) Western Europe's biggest and heaviest space rocket, a 500- tonne Ari-ane-4 carrying two satellites, has been launched after a five- week delay. The 58-metre high launcher streaked into the night sky on Monday from the European Space Agency's base
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      Lock icon American boy, 11, takes off on flight around the world
      221 6 COSTA MESA (California) An 11-year-old, who last year became the youngest pilot to fly across the United States, took off on a 30,580 km goodwill flight to the Soviet Union and around the world. Tony Aliengena flew a single-engine Cessna
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      Lock icon Portable electronic Bible unveiled
      155 6 Portable electronic Bible unveiled CHICAGO Key m valley, shadow and death and up comes the 23rd Psalm on the screen of the newest version of the Good Book the pocket-sized computerised Bible. At least two manufacturers, taking advantage of information compression technology, exhibited computerised versions of the Old and New
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      Lock icon Video booths touted as new way for Americans to keep in touch
      362 6 Video booths touted as new way for Americans to keep in touch NEW YORK For the price of a lunch, Americans can buy a new way of keeping m touch through messages recorded m "video booths". The booths, a 1980s version of 1950s black-and-white photo booths, allow customers to send
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      Lock icon US to sell $131 m arms to Pakistan
      359 7  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington correspondent WASHINGTON The Bush administration has notified Congress of its decision to sell US$6B million (Ssl3l million) worth of torpedoes and anti-aircraft missiles to Pakistan. The notification came on Monday as the administration made known its intention
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      Lock icon 'Love cell' visits for married prisoners
      69 7 DUESSELDORF (West Germany) Married prisoners will be able to meet their wives m "love cells" m two West German jails this summer, the Interior Minister of North Rhine- Westphalia said on Monday. Mr Rolf Krumsiek said the state was introducing the cells as an
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      Lock icon India's test firing of missile a success
      177 7 NEW DELHI India successfully test-fired a sur-face-to-surface missile on Monday from a launch pad m eastern Orissa state. The Press Trust of India said the indigenously-built Trishul (Trident) was launched m Chandpur, 150 km from Calcutta, on Monday afternoon. The latest success adds
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      Lock icon '50 N-weapons litter sea floor from US, Soviet naval mishaps'
      316 7 '50 N- weapons litter sea floor from US, Soviet naval mishaps' WASHINGTON United States and Soviet naval accidents have littered the ocean floor with at least 50 nuclear weapons and 10 nuclear reactors since World War n, according to a report released yesterday by the Greenpeace environmental group. Forty-three of
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      Lock icon 56 killed in violence in Soviet republic
      424 8 MOSCOW Fifty-six people were killed and at least r>oo injured during weekend ethnic violence m the Soviet Central Asian republic Of Uzbekistan, it was reported yesterday. A journalist at the Soviet news agency, Novosti, said that 43 of the 56 dead were Meskhetian
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      Lock icon Currency-short Argentina hit by banking crisis
      267 8 BUENOS AIRES A 10--day shortage of teinknotes has brought Argentina's financial system to standstill, blinking sources said on Monday. "I simply don't have enough australs to meet our clients' demand," said a teller m a private bank. The central bank has clamped restrictions on
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      Lock icon Aids risk from many sex partners
      200 8 MONTREAL The more sex partners an Aids-in-fected homosexual has over his lifetime, the quicker he is likely to develop symptoms of the deadly disease, researchers reported on Monday. Findings presented at the Fifth International Aids Conference, showed that m a study of 318 male
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      Lock icon Herzog cuts life terms of 3 Jews to 10 years
      381 8 JERUSALEM President Chaim Herzog has further reduced the jail terms of three Jewish guerillas sentenced to life m prison for murdering Arabs amid a public row over Israeli vigilante attacks on Palestinians m the occupied territories. The army maintained a
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      Lock icon Hacker linked to KGB found dead
      154 8 WOLFSBURG (West Germany) A West German computer hacker suspected of providing the Soviet KGB with codewords to gain entry into Western research and defence computers has apparently committed suicide, police said on Monday. The body of a man found burned to death last Thursday
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    • Major Chinese cities also hit by unrest
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        Lock icon China's trouble spots
        461 10 BEIJING Major Chinese cities were paralysed by unrest yesterday as people took to the streets to protest against the bloody suppression of the Beijing pro-democra-cy movement. Traffic m many major cities has been blocked for several days by roadblocks manned by citizens incensed at the Beijing violence
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        Don't cause disturbances, Shanghai residents told
        550 10 Don't cause disturbances, Shanghai residents told SHANGHAI Shanghai residents have been warned that anyone causing disturbances would be dealt with severely as rumours of an Imminent troop invasion were rife m the city, residents said yesterday by telephone. Shanghai city radio said yesterday the situation m China's largest city was
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        Lock icon Foreign newsmen shot and beaten by troops
        307 10 BEIJING Foreign journalists, covering the brutal martial crackdown, have been shot, beaten and detained by Chinese troops m an attempt to quell coverage of one of the darkest pages m Communist China's history. A Japanese reporter was shot m the foot, and a
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        Japan 'unlikely' to impose economic sanctions
        214 10  - Japan 'unlikely' to impose economic sanctions Peter Hazelhurst By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Despite threats by Japan's private bankers to withhold loans to China if the violence continues, the Japanese government has made it clear that it will not take any action to impose economic sanctions against Beijing. Prime Minister Sousuke
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        Lock icon Celebrities join in protests
        296 10 HONGKONG and Taiwan celebrities have strongly condemned the Chinese government for the massacre of students and civilians at Tiananmen Square. Popular Hongkong television actress Lisa Wang, who is a member of the Chinese National People's Congress, joined five other Hongkong members m the Chinese parliament m
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        Lock icon HK workers expected to go on strike today
        317 10 HONGKONG Hongkong residents prepared yesterday for a general strike to protest against the Chinese military's brutal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. Hundreds of thousands of Hongkong workers are expected to take part m the strike today, organised by moderate trade unions and the
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        One student leader killed, 3 others not seen in public
        474 10 One student leader killed, 3 others not seen in public MISSING FOUR missing student leaders Wuer Kaixi, Wang Dan, Feng Congde and Chai Ling most closely identified with the protest m Tiananmen have aroused great concern since Sunday's outbreak of violence. All except Wang Dan, 21, are alive, said Hongkong
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        HK activist held in Beijing released
        180 10 FREED HONGKONG political activist Lee Chuk->an who was dragged off a plane by Chinese security officers as he was about to leave Beijing on Monday had been freed, Hongkong newspapers reported yes tenlay. A Mm Pao Daily repert said Mr I,ee was sent back
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        Lock icon Crackdown in Beijing has led to rift in army: US
        848 11  - Crackdown in Beijing has led to rift in army: US BERNARD TRAINOR By AMKKICAN military specialists say a serious rift has developed within the Cfctane armed forces as a result of the Beijing governments crackdown on the students over the weekend. A Bush administration official confirmed reports of an armed
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        Lock icon Army's junior officers sympathetic to pro-democracy movement, say experts
        712 11  -  FOX BUTTERFIELD By BOSTON American experts on the Chinese army say that its morale has been badly affected over the last year by the same problems of inflation and corruption that have created widespread dissatisfaction among the public with the communist
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        Lock icon Soviet Parliament says trouble in China an internal affair
        465 11 MOSCOW The Soviet Parliament yesterday condemned all outside attempts to put pressure on Beijing over bloody clashes between troops and civilians, saying it was an internal ChtaCH is sue. Hut a resolution adopted by a large majority by the new Congress
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        Several generals 'under house arrest
        218 11 SKVKRAI, ageing Chinese army generals who opposed the killing of students and civilians by the People's Liberation Army were under house arrest, Hongkong newspapers reported yesterday. The Hongkong Economic Journal said the generals who opposed Chines«> Pn sidont Yang Shangkun were art off from all
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        'Calling the shots through old-boy network
        530 11 'Calling the shots through old-boy network MAN IN THE NEWS PRESIDENT YANG SHANGKUN Apart from paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and Prime Minister U Peng, the Chinese leader most opposed to the pro-democracy movement m China is President Yang Shangkun. Mr Yang acted jointly with Mr Li last month m issuing
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        China now 'adrift in the community of nations'
        515 12  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The use of violence on pro-democracy protesters m China has left the country adrift with serious consequences for its future, according to three \perts on Chinese affairs. l)r Amos Jordan, a former State Department official
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        'Modernisation is dead'
        574 12 PHE massacre m Beijing engineered by senior leader Deng Xiaoping has killed not only Chinese students and residents, but also China's modernisation programme, said Mr Lv Keng, an international authority on Chinese iffairs. The modernisation programme is finished, as modernisation can come out of the barrel of
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        Lock icon Chinese students in US condemn 'fascist' govt
        243 12 Chinese students in US condemn 'fascist' govt NEW YORK Chinese students m the United States, outraged by the killing of pro-democracy demonstrators m Beijing, have said m a letter to President George Bush that the Chinese Communist Party has turned into an evil, fascist dictatorship. The students are members of
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        Lock icon Death toll figure a guessing game
        380 12 BEIJING The people of Beijing were yesterday trying to grasp the enormity of the events of last Sunday's attack. But the healing pattern of public grief shock, acceptance, and mourning was being frustrated by a lack of information. What had brought on the attack
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      Singaporeans anxious to return home
      1052 13  -  LEONG WENG KAM TAN EE SZE By and SINGAPOREANS working or holidaying m Beijing are anxious to return home as the situation m the Chinese capital remains tense and uncertain. The Singapore Commercial Representative m Beijing, Mr Wong Meng Quang, told The Straits Times yesterday
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      Lock icon Foreign embassies getting set to evacuate their nationals
      509 13 BEIJING Many foreign embassies here yesterday prepared for a mass evacuation of their nationals, following unconfirmed reports of clashes between warring army factions that could plunge China into civil war. The embassies of the United States, the Soviet Union and the 12
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      NUS club to collect signatures for open letter
      277 13  - NUS club to collect signatures for open letter MIKE YEONG By THE Democratic Socialist Club of the National University of Singapore will be collecting signatures from students and staff of NUS for an open letter condemning the Chinese government for ordering the brutal attacks on unarmed Chinese students and citizens.
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      Aquino: I will not veto that wage Bill
      443 14  - Aquino: I will not veto that wage Bill ABBY TAN By Mamla Correspondent MANILA President Corazon Aquino said that m spite of her reservations, she would sign the wage Bill passed by Congress last week giving Philippine workers a 25--peso (5J2.50) a day pay rise. To allay fears that she
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      101 14 MANILA Tropical storm Dot lashe<i the Philippines yesterday, bringing shipping and aviation to a standstill m the central islands, officials said. But there were no immediate reports of damage and casualties. The rreteorological department, raised the second of three storm alerts as the s orm
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      Lock icon Indonesia plans to make more people pay for contraceptives
      362 14 JAKARTA Indonesia, which receives a United Nations award tomorrow for its success m family planning, has decided to make more people pay for their contraceptives. The government hopes to privatise its heavily subsidised family planning system. While just over 10 per
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      Lock icon Thai police raid heroin factory belonging to drug kingpin
      164 14 BANGKOK Police raided a heroin factory m northern Thailand near the Laotian border and seized six kg of morphine as well as a large quantity of chemicals, border police officials said yesterday. They said the factory, belonging to drug kingpin Khun
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      Lock icon Amnesty plan for illegal capital flight
      259 15 Amnesty plan for illegal capital flight MANILA A Philippine congressman has filed a Rill allowing citizens who have illegally stashed wealth abroad to repatriate their assets without criminal liability, his aides said here yesterday. The Bill, filed by Representative Hernando Perez, aims to attract some of the billions of dollars
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      224 15 New bid by Hanoi to join Asean HANOI Vietnam has renewed its request to join Asean and called for the setting up of a new organisation to include Asean, the three Indochinese nations and Burma. "It is time to remove step-by-step the barriers between the six non-com-munist Asean members and
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      Lock icon Thai health squads to move in on Aids
      145 15 BANGKOK Thailand is set to send mobile health squads throughout the country as the fight against Aids intensifies, a public health official said yesterday. A total of 29 doctor-led mobile groups staffed by 154 medical personnel will be ready this month to
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      Lock icon Farmer kills six in stabbing rampage
      138 15 Farmer kills six in stabbing rampage MANILA A farmer went on a stabbing rampage m the central Philippines, killing six people including a policeman and woundi.ig eight others, the military reported. Police killed the assailant after he refused to surrender. The Philippine Constabulary headquarters here said Domingo de la Pena,
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      Lock icon Muslim train bombers have fled into Malaysia'
      112 15 BANGKOK Muslim separatists who bombed and derailed a passenger train m southern Thailand last week have fled across the border into Malaysia, a Thai police officer said yesterday. Separatists responsible for derailing a passenger train m Narathiwat, 1,170 km south of here, fled
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      Doubts over Sino-Thai tank project
      295 15  - Doubts over Sino-Thai tank project TAN LIAN CHOO By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK A joint SinoThai project to assemble tanks and manufacture tank spare parts m Thailand may not materialise because of the current turmoil m China, a spokesman for the Thai armed forces indicated here yesterday. The spokesman, Lt-Gen Narudol
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      155 15 BANGKOK Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan predicted yesterday that Thailand could benefit from an influx of foreign investment prompted by the turmoil m China. A government spokesman said General Chatichai told a Cabinet meeting that government agencies should prepare for investment from companies which currently have
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      417 16 First formal meeting since he took office m 1981 PETALING JAVA Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad will meet Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) leaders on July 5. This will be the first official meeting between the MTUC and Dr Mahathir since
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      KL may set up national council on education
      263 16 KUALA LUMPUR The Education Ministry will consider setting up a national advisory council on education after studying suggestions made by its special adviser, Tan Sri Dr Awang Had Salleh. The Star quoted Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim as saying that members of the
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      131 16 KUALA LUMPUR Government employees have now to comply with a service circular requiring them to undergo urine tests for detection of drugs within short notice. The circular, dated April 19, and enforced on the same day, was signed by the Deputy Di-rector-General
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      Lock icon Vegetable prices 'will drop soon'
      147 16 IPOH Vegetable prices, which had gone up by about 30 per cent recently, will return to normal by the middle of August, farmers said. Secretary of the National Vegetable Growers' Association, Mr Chou Eng Kian, said bad weather and attacks by pests were the main
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      Lock icon Inaugural MAS flight to China half-full
      230 17 Inaugural MAS flight to China half-full KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Airlines (MAS) launched its inaugural flight to China yesterday minus more than half its passengers who backed out due to the political unrest there. Fifty-thi-ee tourists due to take the flight to the southern city of Guangzhou cancelled their bookings because
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      421 17 Put aside self-interest to achieve this, King says KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian King yesterday called upon the people to help make Malaysia a developed country and endeavour to preserve their cultures. Government policies and incentives to develop the country alone are insufficient as people, whether
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      Lock icon 889 to get award on King's birthday
      163 17 889 to get award on King's birthday KUALA LUMPUR The Yang di-Pertuan Negeri of Malacca, Sarawak, Sabah and Penang head the list of 889 people conferred awards and medals m conjunction with the birthday of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Azlan Shah today. Tun Syed Ahmad Shahabudin Al-Haj (Malacca), Tun Ahmad
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      Lock icon Leisure boats upset Johor fisherman
      148 17 Leisure boats upset Johor fisherman JOHOR BARU A fishermen's association here has reported to the Fisheries Department that leisure boats for game fishing, apparently from Singapore, are upsetting local fishermen. A spokesman of the Pengerang Fis'iermen's Association said the powerful boats for sport fishing created high waves around local fishing
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      39 17 KUALA LUMPUR The Pesticides Regulations 1989 are expected to be gazetted by the end of the year, the agriculture department said yesterday. The draft regulations would be submitted to the Agriculture Ministry's pesticides board for approval. Bernama
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      169 17 KUALA LUMPUR A woman was sentenced to four years' jail after being convicted of helping her boyfriend rape a teenager. The Sessions Court here heard that cosmetic saleswoman Sharifah Hani Zaman, 40, held the hands of a 17-year-old secondary school student m
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      Poly students get job offers before exams
      456 18  -  NG WEI JOO -oriented training makes them eagerly sought-after by firms By Polytechnic graduITC so much m demand that some of them Hot joh offers iwi before they sat for their final examination m March this year. Out of the 3,700 students graduating
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      Banners for shops in ration exercise
      177 18 ALL shops involved m the food and water exercise from June 18 to 25 will be identified by displays of large multi-lingual ban nt'rs. The exercise is aimed at familiarising people with food emergency situations and about a million people from 236.000 households an
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      It's up on the wall for all to see
      537 18  -  TAN LI CHENG By BUKIT Panjang Government High School is so proud of its English Language examination results that it has painted them on the school wall. And astonishing results they are too. A multi-pronged language improvement programme has enabled the
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      SBS driver gets jail and ban for death of woman
      204 18 A SINGAPORE Bus Service driver was yesterday jailed for six months and banned from driving all classes of vehicles for 10 years for causing the death of a woman pedestrian. Yeo Hock Chuan, 26, pleaded guilty m a district court
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      Ex-party head engages lawyer
      138 18 Ex-party head engages lawyer WONG Hong Toy, former Workers' Party chairman, who claimed trial to a disorderly behaviour charge, has engaged lawyer Ling How Doong to fight the case for him. Mr Ling, chairman of the Singapore Democratic Party, appeared m a district court yesterday and requested District Judge Tan
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      Picture search to trace growth of Spores defence
      338 18 THE nail has gone out to search through those old dusty albums for photographs to trace the development of Singapore's defence from the mid--*****. The Ministry of Defence is organising a Defence Historical Photographs Competition as part of its efforts \.o preserve
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      Youths off to learn about courtesy in Japan, Korea
      171 20 Youths off to learn about courtesy in Japan, Korea THE best way to learn about courtesy, it appears, Is to get first-hand experience from two countries that are renowned for their court eousness. A 19-member delegation from the voluntary youth organisation, Youth Challenge, will leave today for a 13-day Courtesy
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      Illegal distillery for samsu smashed
      531 20  -  LEONG CHAN TEIK Water from stagnant pond, rusty drums used to make drink By ILLEGAL samsu operators, m a hurry to distill the alcoholic drink m time for this month's Dragon Boat Festival and the coming Festival of Hungry Ghosts, had been using water from
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      Constable fires warning shot to ward off armed attacker
      296 20 Constable fires warning shot to ward off armed attacker A POLICE constable fired a warning shot with his service revolver when a man armed with a pair of scissors tried to attack him at the East Coast Park police post early yesterday. The .*hot, fired by Constable Salim bin Hussin,
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      Suspect 'struggled immensely even with handcuffs'
      459 20 Death of suspected drug trafficker A SUSPECTED drug trafficker kept "struggling immensely" even though he was handcuffed, the leader of a drug-bust team said yesterday. Chief Narcotics Officer S. Vijakumar told a coroner's court on the second day of an inquiry into the death
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      Revamp for Parks and Recreation Department
      240 20 Revamp for Parks and Recreation Department THE Parks and Recreation Department has been revamped to make its operations more streamlined and efficient. The department will be run on a more "businesslike" manner, said Mr Ang Gek Choo, head of the newly-created Corporate Services Division. Details of changes to the department
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      Questions for next Parliament sitting
      131 20 Questions for next Parliament sitting TWO Members of Parliament have submitted questions for oral answer at the next sitting of Parliament. Mr Wan Hussin Zoohri. an MP for Aljunied GRC, wants the Education Minister to disclose the main findings of the survey on the teaching profession conducted last year among
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      Two firms hired illegal workers
      111 20 TWO companies which illegally employed Malaysians as general workers without work permits were dealt with under the Employment Act. Aluputer Industrial Pte Ltd. m Senoko Avenue, hired Mr Azizpee bin A. Rahman between November 1986 and June 17 last year. A first offender, the company
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      Maid found slashed to death
      149 22  - Maid found slashed to death SHARON LIM By A MAID was found dead with slash wounds, m a Jurong flat yesterday afternoon. Madam Kosalai Ammal, 42, an Indian national, was found with three slash wounds m the neck m a flat m Block 313, Jurong East Street 32. Police said
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      Boat owners told to quit West Coast
      370 22  -  MATHEW PEREIRA By OWNERS of pleasure boats and sampans moored off the West Coast have been given notice to move out by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) because they are contributing to what it describes as "unsightliness". They have been told to
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      Man charged with having two guns in robbery
      148 22 Man charged with having two guns in robbery A MAN was on Monday charged with having two guns while committing robbery with four others. Chew Cheong Yew, 30, is alleged to have committed the robbery with firearms on Aug 8 last year at Chip Lee Goldsmith Jewellery at Yishun Ring
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      'Be serious'
      32 22 NATIONAL servicemen should take their training and responsibility seriously, said MP for Paya Lebar, Mr Philip Tan, on Saturday at the 31st intake Construction Brigade national servicemen passing out parade.
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      Widow is one of first to gain from CPF insurance
      504 22 She and her 3 sons will 'feel more at ease' now with payout A WIDOW with three children m school yesterday became one of the first beneficiaries of the new CPF insurance scheme. Hawker assistant Madam Lam Tng Fong received
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      Travel agency boss fined $500
      104 22 A WOMAN director of a travel agency which is being wound up was fined $500 on Monday for failing to submit a statement on the agency's affairs to the Official Receiver and liquidator despite being given an extension of time to do so. Chay Kwai
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      Zoo Aid to raise money for rare animals
      261 22 YOU have heard of Band Aid, Live Aid, Food Aid, Sport Aid. Now right here m Singapore is Zoo Aid. No, it is not what you think. Ah Meng the orang utan will not dress up like Bob Geldof and sing Do
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      Guidelines drawn up for frozen-embryo scheme
      564 24  -  Gillian Pow Chong Move by Thomson Medical Centre to avoid legal, ethical problems By A HOSPITAL here has drawn up a set of guidelines for the freezing of embryos m its assisted reproduction programme. Thomson Medical Centre came up with the guidelines to avoid
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      19 Spore tourists hurt in accident in Thailand
      277 24 19 Spore tourists hurt in accident in Thailand NINETEEN Singaporeans were admitted to a hospital m Thailand after their tour bus went out of control 27 km from the northern city of Chiangmai. Most of the injured passengers suffered head and back injuries after the 2 pm accident last Thursday.
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      Jail and fine for bid to cash stolen cheques
      170 24 Jail and fine for bid to cash stolen cheques A CHINESE man who posed as a Japanese to cash stolen travellers cheques with a forged passport, was jailed on Monday for two days and fined $8,000. Hoh Kok Kwan, 30, an insurance supervisor, admitted m a district court to attempting
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        1,000 MRT commuters caught eating or smoking
        125 24 MORE than 1,000 people were caught smoking, eating or drinking m MRT stations and trains m the second half of last month. In 15 days m May, 483 were caught smoking m stations while another 494 were found eating. Station staff also caught
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        Fiery emu passion
        100 24 EDDY and Emma are not ones to respect convention or observe it. The two Australian emus were seen mating last week months before they were supposed to do so. Emus normally mate during the cooler months of November and December, but the love-struck pair at the Jurong
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        Golfing at Marina Bay
        96 24 AN OUTDOOR jacuzzi-cum-swimmming pool and a three-hectare fully automated 150-station golf range for teeing practice these are but two features of the Marina Bay Golf and Country Club. The colonial-style ihree-storey c übhouse built on four hectares of land is the latest and biggest development m
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        Star-struck at sea
        98 24 IT WAS music, dance and meet the stars on the high seas for 80 underprivileged children from four agencies supported by the Community Chest of Singapore. The four are Children's Aid Society, TRANS Centre, Students' Care Sevice and Bukit Ho Swee Social Service Centre. These children, aged
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        Free tuition for A levels
        92 24 THE NUS Tamil language Society will hold free weekly tuition classes from June 18 for the coming GCE A level examinations The sessions from 9 am to 1.15 pm each Sunday will be on till Sept 10 at the Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre m
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        ABC of traffic congestion
        1229 25 Clearing up the 'choke points' on Spore roads DRIVE down the Pan Island Expressway near Toa Payoh during the morning rush hour, and you get a feel of what it is like for motorists fighting their way through the heart of London, Paris or the world's
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        SIX WAY OF MEASURING TRAFFIC FLOW
        109 25 A: Very free flow.. .vehicles almost have the road to themselves and can travel at road maximum speeds. D: Heavy flow with tolerable delay, it is getting a little uncomfortable for the motorist. B: Very smooth flow with light traffic, vehicles can go at
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      $1,000 penalty for rejecting grants may not be legally enforceable
      349 25  -  TAN OOI BOON By THE $1,000 penalty that applicants are asked to pay when they turn down scholarships offered by some organisations may not be legally enforceable, say lawyers. Several lega l experts said students are not obliged to pay
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      Opening of six new booths at Woodlands a boon for motorists
      220 25 Opening of six new booths at Woodlands a boon for motorists SIX new immigration booths, which go into operation at the Woodlands Checkpoint today, will help ensure a smoother welcome for motorists entering Singapore. Equipped with sensor lights, the new booths, costing $40,000 each, will indicate to motorists if they
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      Secretary jailed 6 months for forgery
      193 25 THE secretary of a trading firm forged a Primary Production Department (PPD) certificate to cheat a Middle Eastern company of US$6O,OOO (about S$120,000), a district court heard. Peter Ting Tiew Hee, 38, then secretary of Yu Sing Trading Pte Ltd, m Robina House, had
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      Study lists 10 types of stress computer managers face
      307 25  - Study lists 10 types of stress computer managers face CHAI KIM WAH By MANAGERS of computer departments suffer from at least 10 types of work-re-lated stress and most have personalities highly prone to heart disease. This is revealed m a study here of occupational stress among 141 computer managers and
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      Tanglin Halt killings: Man charged
      107 25 Tanglin Halt killings: Man charged A MAN was charged m a district court on Monday with the murder of two men at Block 27, Tanglin Halt on May 24. Ithinin bin Kamari, 33, unemployed, is alleged to have caused the death of Mohd Said Bin Abdul Majid, 29, a machine
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      163 25 HELP THE TIRED BUSINESSMAN FIND A TREASURED HAVEN. fe te_ tc jig P^iip jflp-p- -^y'~Z^^ Start at the corner and simply work your way hotel's fine restaurants. Or work it all off at into the middle. That's how easy it is when the Fitness Centre. And if the joys of
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  • The Straits Times
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      The choice is yours
      642 26 RECENT years have seen a number of changes to Singapore's education policies. But on Monday, the Minister for Education, Dr Tony Tan, announced what is to be a turning point m the search for the best education system to serve Singapore's changing needs. In the coming
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      Students the pawn in leaders' power struggle
      1580 26 FOxcerpts from a commentary m the Hongkong Economic Times by Professor Zhang Wuchang headlined "China has to pay an enormous price." THE economic price that China has to pay for the student movement m Beijing is obvious. Businessmen from Hongkong, Taiwan and other
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      Yang, not Deng, may be pulling strings in China
      1722 26 Crisis m China Almost all reports emerging from China point to President Yang Shangkun as one of the key villains behind the brutal massacre of students and demonstrators m Beijing. A commentator writing under the name of Oi King argues m
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      International drug smuggling — the Singapore connection
      1529 27 International drug smuggling the Singapore connection WHY do drug smugglers keep testing Singapore's narcotics security net despite the frequent and widely-publicised arrests and death penalties of those ill-fated couriers who preceded them? DAVID MILLER of the Home Affairs Desk reports on a new chapter of the Republic's unending battle against
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      Lock icon Fertility, prosperity and marital bliss
      674 27  -  Ning Juita A MOTHER returned from a Malay wedding to be greeted by a small reproachful voice: "Why no eggs?" For generations, guests take home hard-boiled eggs painted red and decorated with "gold" flowers to their children who stay up to wait for these and
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  • FORUM
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      Mendaki-ministry panel to look into queries on proposal
      130 28 I REFER to the letters "Many needs will compete for funds" by Buhari and "Provide details for proper study of proposal" by "Malay Singaporean" (ST, June 6) concerning First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's proposal to hand over the $1.5 million
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      Offspring will be cut off without a cent for death-bed conversion
      161 28 THANK you for publishing the letter "Different faiths can lead to loss of filial piety" (ST. June 5). I am m my early 50s. I have discussed this topic with my wife and three grown-up children. We have firmly
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      Hire 'half pay, half load' teachers
      477 28 I AM a graduate secondary school teacher and have been m the teaching service for six years. I like teaching and believe that it is a noble and very meaningful career. I am also a mother of two very young children and strongly believe
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      Time to act on harmful, illegal practices in shopping centres
      403 28 Time to act on harmful, illegal practices in shopping centres IT IS time to do something about unlawful business activities. It is extremely worrying to see a picture of a security personnel beaten up and bloodied by a tout right m the hrart of our premier shopping district (Sunday Times,
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        There is still a demand for maisonettes
        198 28 There is still a demand for maisonettes PLEASE refer to the letter •'Make them say if they want maisonettes" by Kenneth (ST, May 31). The writer suggests that the Housing Board gets all applicants for executive flats to state whether they prefer apartments or maisonettes. He also suggests that the
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        Dept will act against offenders of park rules
        150 28 I REFER to the letter "Park users should be more considerate" (ST, June 2). The Parks and Recreation Department is aware that some dog owners bring their pets unleashed into the park. We have m the past advised the offenders who have
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        Guns will not win battle
        147 28 I AM writing this letter to express my sentiments on the turn of events m China. I have always taken my human rights for granted, as something natural. Communism, to me, has always been absurd and preposterous. It never occurred to me that there are
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        Withdraw film on Chinese army
        97 28 IN VIEW of the events m Beijing over the past few days, the screening of a film like "The Secret of Chinese Army" must offend many peace-loving people m Singapore. The film does nothing more than glorify an organisation that shoots unarmed peaceful protestors indiscriminately.
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        Doctors should have patients' interest at heart
        262 28 MOST of the doctors m Singapore take their profession as a means to earn money rather than upholding the ideals of a doctor whose job is to heal and to relieve pain. I refer to the article "Discontent over doctors who turn businessmen"
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  • TIMESPORT
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      Lock icon Michael, 17, has an old head on his shoulders
      462 29  -  Michael Chang PROFILE PARIS Michael Chang showed a maturity way beyond his years as he bravely and heroically defied a major attack of cramp to beat world No. 1 Ivan Lendl on Centre Court at the French tennis Open on Monday.
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      Lock icon Heroic Chang downs Lendl
      940 29 Teenager defies cramp and two-set deficit to knock out world No. 1 FRENCH OPEN TENNIS "I really thought I couldn't go on any more. But I said my prayers and all of a sudden the cramps went away. It wasn't anything mentally. The Lord wanted me
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      Lock icon Edberg wins through to semi-finals
      476 29 FRENCH OPEN LATEST SBC will be televising live the men's and women's finals of the French Open this weekend on Channel 12. The women's final will be on Saturday at Bpm, the men's on Sunday at 9pm. PARIS Third seed Stefan Edberg, of Sweden, honing
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      THE LATE NEWS
      138 29 Real Madrid go for McMahon, Seaman Spanish soccer giants Real Madrid are reported to have joined the chase for England internationals Steve McMahon and David Seaman. Welshman John Toshack is said to have targeted the Liverpool midfield player and Queen's Park Rangers goalkeeper as his first foreign
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      Acid test for twin strikers Tokijan and Devaraj
      663 30  -  Joe Dorai SOCCER PREVIEW by Singapore v S. Korea There will be a delayed telecast of the match on SBC 12 at 9pm Tickets for today's matches are priced at $15 for the grandstand and $10 for gallery. Schoolchildren will be charged
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      Ganesh fails to impress Chin Aun
      198 30 Ganesh fails to impress Chin Aun Malaysia v Nepal SOH CHIN AUN, Malacca's Malaysia Cup team official, dashed from Malacca to the National Stadium on Monday to watch Nepalese skipper Ganesh Thapa m action m the pre-World Cup soccer competition but the journey proved unprofitable. Former international Chin Aun was
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      Samad, Kirn Song to star in charity match
      291 30 FORMER Singapore skipper Samad Alapitchay and quicksilver Quah Kirn Song will turn out for Telok Kurau United against Kuala Lumpur FA m the Mokhtar Dahari charity soccer game at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow at 7.45pm. The two ex-stars will join current national
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      Lock icon Confident Kuala Lumpur
      168 30 Confident Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUU Malaysia Cup champions X mla Lumpur are confident of qualifying for the second round of the 9th Asian Club Football Championships, starting here on Saturday. Kuala Lumpur Football Association secretary K. Rasalingam sakl h» picked his team and Indonesia's Pelita Jaya to clear the preliminary
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      SOCCER SHORTS
      286 30 NAPOLI soccer club president Corrado Ferlaino on Monday firmly ruled out any talks about a possible transfer to France of Diego Maradona. "Napoli do not let players go, they buy them. And since Marseille have no players of interest to Napoli there is no need to arrange any
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      Lock icon Botham's Test bid crushed by injury
      302 31 Botham's Test bid crushed by injury LONDON England allrounder lan Botham was "devastated and broken-heart-ed" yesterday after a cheekbone fracture ruled him out of the First cricket Test against Australia starting at Headingley tomorrow. "Lan is devastated and bro-ken-hearted. He is a very sad man," Botham's manager Tom Byrom said.
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      Lock icon Conner team to vie for Cup
      216 31 YACHTING SAN DIEGO Dennis Conner, whose defence of the America's Cup last year was nullified m court, has formed his own racing syndicate. "We're doing this because the America's Cup is m our blood," said Conner, who beat New Zealand m a head-to-head series
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      Lock icon IAAF boss shaken by findings
      225 31 IAAF boss shaken by findings DRUGS IN SPORT MONTE CARLO International athletics chief Primo Nebiolo said on Monday he was shocked by revelations at the Canadian government inquiry into drugs m amateur athletics. "What is happening m Toronto is shocking me, I can tell you," Nebiolo, president of the International
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      Don't handicap Singapore golf
      735 31 THAT more than 3,000 people are vying for the right to apply for 100 memberships 50 golf and 50 social m the Singapore Island Country Club should surprise no-one. That number would be higher but for the fact that applications were available only through existing members
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      Lock icon Hot Phoenix heats up drivers
      236 31 MOTOR RACING PHOENIX The sight of the victorious Alain Prost with a piece of tin foil on his helmet to ward off the sun just about summed up last Sunday's US Grand Prix motor race. The stifling arid heat of more than 38 deg C
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      Singapore ready to squash opposition
      615 32 TAY CHENG KHOON reports from Hongkong on the East Asia Squash Championships HONGKONG When the ninemember Singapore team arrived at Kai Tak Airport late last evening, customs officers took a long, close look at the four huge trophies they brought along with them. But these
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      First for Macau, Taiwan
      164 32 HONGKONG Macau and Taiwan will make their debut m this year's eight-nation East Asia squash championships starting on Friday. But Taiwan will take part m only the team championship next week as they have decided to skip the individual event. Said a tournament official: "The participation
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      PEN SKETCHES OF SINGAPORE'S MEN AND WOMEN PLAYERS
      778 32 Zalnal Ahidln, 31, businessman/coach: A popular seventime national champion who lost his title to Anthony Chua last Saturday. Age is catching up on the national coach. That, coupled with family and business commitments, has slowed him down. But his vast experience and
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      Training boost for fencers
      211 33 FENCING THE Amateur Fencing Association of Singapore are likely to send nine fencers for a one-month training stint either m West Germany or France m preparation for the August South-east Asia Games m Kuala Lumpur. They have also made plans to engage a coach from either
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      Shining hopes now for hockey team
      414 33  -  Mahmood Gaznavi COMMENT By IT MIGHT seem a little farfetched to talk about successes m hockey. Not after the Singapore team had finished bottom of the pile m the Perak Hockey Association invitational quadrangular last weekend. But team manager Farouk Marican is optimistic. His
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Okay for Scots to join in
        78 33 Okay for Scots to join in The Scottish Rugby Union reaffirmed on Monday their decision to allow Scotland's top players to take part m the 100 th birthday celebrations for the sport m South Africa. They said it would be "exceedingly unfair" if participation by Scottish, English and oth?r British
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        Govt backing
        24 33 ihe Japanese government have endorsed a plan by the central city of Nagano to host the 1998 Winter Olympic Games, officials said.
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        Title bout
        43 33 Heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson might defend his title m London later this year, Britain's Press Association said. They added American promoter Don King had approached British promoter Frank Warren about staging a Tyson bout m the new London Docklands Arena.
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        New ball game
        42 33 Anfield, the home of English FA Cup soccer winners Liverpool, will stage a rugby league match for the first time. The Charity Shield game between champions Widnes and Challenge Cup winners Wigan will be played there on Aug 27.
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        Shins ahoy
        51 33 The Changi Sailing Club are organising a beginners' sailing course on four consecutive weekends at their premises m Netheravon Road. The fee is $600/ $650 and sessions will be held on Saturdays from 2.30pm to 5.30pm and Sundays from 9.30 am to 12.30pm. A swimming test will be
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        Lucky prizes
        36 33 Attractive lucky draw prizes are m store for participants m the first progressive run leading to the Dec 3 Mobil marathon. The 13.5-km run will start at 7am on Sunday at the National Stadium.
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        Roman power
        36 33 Mexico's Gilberto Roman outboxed the hard-punching No. 1 contender Juan Carazo, of Puerto Rico, to retain his World Boxing Council super flyweight title m a 12-round unanimous points decision m Los Angeles on Monday.
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      Haron pulls out of Selangor meet
      118 33 ATHLETICS SINGAPORE'S Haron Mundir has withdrawn from the Selangor Amateur Athletics Association golden jubilee championships to be held m Kuala Lumpur at the weekend. Haron, who won bronze medals m the 100 and 200 metres events at the Jakarta South-east Asia Games two years
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
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      131 29 I TODAY'S EVENTS I ATHLETICS SAAA All-comers meet (NUS Sports Complex, 5.45pm). BADMINTON Bth FAN Yonex National Ranking league Ist cycle (SBH, 7pm). BASKETBALL BAS Cup Boys' A Div tournament: Gong Shan Old Boys' Assn v SAF (7.30pm). Tong Whye Physical Assr. v Eng Tat Shan Hwa (8.45pm) all at
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      242 30 Banque Asia 'B9 sth Asian trade exhibition on banking technology, equipment and services June 6 9, 1989 Raffles City Convention Centre, 4th Level Singapore The latest technology for banks and financial institutions is on display at BANQUE ASIA 89. The fifth event since 1980, the exhibition focuses on a broad
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      76 30 k| 110 Oriental and Tribal Mi Carpets and Rugs (Jt^ i af^u»>'«»M>vNU>vu>V^^WhWilr l »W)>l>t'iulll<aK>lll(U)Wi/^ >^ L H| f Tudor Ballroom fell ii Goodwood Park Hotel Pi Viewing: 9.30 am 12.00pm Jj 533 Auction: 1.00 pm sharp y^ 2 carpets to be given away free. All Bfl carpets are backed by
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      122 31 This years VisQuiz'B9, the Bth m the series, promises I to be even bigger and better. i If you're up-to-date on current local and world affairs j and think you can moot the challenge, form a team of three with the endorsement of your local community I centre, school, organisation
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      461 31 f Catch the Action and the Replay r s*± w F "V GROUP 4 >^^^^^^^^^m s 'l^y* %*A?M WORLD CUP I I Capture the magic and i:jM qualifying B| "^^^Tr t a I drama of the World Cup. 'JB Main sponsor: \*i A I3OICIz>CCir I^-" The glory of the goals.
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      310 32 V|||M| NEXT DRAW No. 355/89 111 l I I Thursda y' 8 June 1989 \s\ 10 Anson Road #03-13 26 Va i\N International Plaza Singapore 0207 Draw N0.355/89 Group I Prize $300,000 (MINIMUM GUARANTEED AMOUNT) Group II Prize $60,000 Check with your Toto/4-D retailer for the latest Group I and
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      475 32 The aluminium material consists of a coating of between 20 to 25 microns. In all corners, a It is coated, under a high temperature of 200 °C, with a protective layer of j> Sealant Pad has been J "lacquer" which does not fade even m intense sunlight. (The coating of
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  • OBITUARIES
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      321 Deaths 321 Deaths 321 Deaths
      302 33 321 Deaths 321 Deaths 321 Deaths HUANG PAO FANG Age: 80 passe<l away peacefully on 5.6.1989 leaving behind Wife: Lee Lai Wah Son: Huang Bing Daughters: Son-in-law: Huang Lul Gi am Chin Toon Huang Eng Body lying at No. 18 Joan Road, Singapore 1129. Cortege leaving on Friday 9/6/89 at
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      322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements
      244 33 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements Anna, Raymond A family of th« i«t. MISS THERESA YAP HWEE PHENG Bafe In tha arms of Jesus on 31st May 1989 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and sincere appreciation to Rev. Albert Rene kens and brother Edmund of the Blessed Sacrament Church, relatives, ex-school
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      324 In Memoriam
      87 33 In Loving ChwMwd Minify o* MR R THE AO AR A J AH Departed 7-«-It7o 10 years today since we lost our precious gem. There Is no one to match you for your gentleness and humbleness. If every one could have some one Just like you, the
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      325 Requiems 325 Requiems
      191 33 325 Requiems 325 Requiems Athma Santhi Pooja The Sixteenth Day Ceremony and Prayers for the Late SARABWATHY AMMAL (MRS. A. GOPALAN) will be held on Thursday night 0/6/89 at 406, Paslr Panjang Road. Ceremonial Rites on Friday morning 9/6/89 at West Coast Beach. Prayers on Friday 9/6/89, 7.30pm. at Sivan
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      324 In Memoriam
      111 33 to Loving Memory CH NANCY YAP Al TIN Dapartad 7.6.75 Time changes many things, But not the memory of our loved one so dear, For In our hearts you live, and always will. Alwaya ramamborad by paranla. brothara. •Istar-in-law. alalara brothara-tn-law. If. Loving Memory Of N. 3HANMUGAM
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      326 Funeral Directors/ Services
      23 33 WHEN ONE DEAR to you has departed, turn to Singapore Casket Funeral Directors since 1920 Tel: *****88 24 hrs
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      6 33 SEA GAMES XV KUALA LUMPUR 1989
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      32 33 job listings items for sale services offered business opportunities used car listings announcements travel destinations real estate listings ...and bargains to be found m The Straits Times Classified! C.A.T.S. 737-1166 li\ I
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      79 33 tCJLTJ. 1 737-"** i AdvMHsina/V^^ I j link to \Wp i 1 Classified I x^ g Information "*~S ill Dial this number for information on y=-. operation hours, rates, box charges and other relevant information about Classified Advertising, fc^ S is available 24 hours a day, 7 days S sell,
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  • RACING
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      Lock icon There's no stopping the Maktoum brothers
      662 34  -  EPSOM DERBY EPSOM (England) The Maktoum family of Dubai can underline their near monopoly of top European horse racing today by capturing the one English classic to have eluded them the English Derby. This season alone, Sheikh Mohammed and his brother Hamdan Al-Maktoum between
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      Khoo plans to leave after S'pore Gold Cup
      420 34  -  MALCOLM BASTIANS By FORMER champion local jockey Leslie Khoo is expected to hand m his licence after the Singapore Gold Cup meeting which ends on July 2 to join the Macau Jockey Club. Khoo, who will leaving for the Portuguese colony at
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      Bougoure's pair shine in separate workouts
      816 34  -  Tan Thean Loon TRACKWORK By PENANG Racing Joy and Bright Future 11, both trained at Bukit Timah by Garnet Bougoure, drew attention m separate workouts yesterday. Racing Joy, on board m his first three of four starts, was eager to go but was restrained
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      Placid Ark jockey for Penang meeting
      255 34  - Placid Ark jockey for Penang meeting TAN THEAN LOON By PENANG John Scorse, of champion Australian sprinter Placid Ark fame, will be the sole visiting rider for the Penang Turf Club June meeting which starts on Saturday. Scorse, 27, is best remembered as the regular jockey of the brilliant speedster
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      2869 36 m m A C I A IN THE MATTER OF THE A •> A. Ocrvicc has always hem the hallmark of American Kxpress. Reliable, MiTtmuiTi I w trt>llrt »<' '»glon«i compuwr «oftwv« cam»nn»ci.c»r :-i rtodPiaT-ai efTc<:tive delivered promptly and proHtably. It makes life more I. ELECTRIC ■II I I ZSX^S^^^nSSZi-
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      2949 37 HUm^Hll^^H^^^m^H^^ HHIH^HIHHIIIHHB^HIHIiI^IHiIHHBiI^^IHHHBHBIIiB^HHH^^HiHH^IHBHHHIHiHH^^^HHHHBHIIiBiI^^HH| I NOTICK OF DESIGN REGISTRAIIONS I llSi^^^k AT&T Country Club -^^crspccuvc view UK Design No. *****38 SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH *> I STATISTICAL PROCESS Tenders are invited for the su p p| y and delivery of Food for a period of four months CONTROL SEMINAR to
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
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      Lock icon LUNCH-HOUR PROTEST
      56 38 Crisis m China: The economic impact A businessman calls on business and financial workers demonstrated during their fellow workers to take to the streets to march during a rally lunch hour against Chinese Premier Li Pene and the killing m Hongkong's Centr.il district yesterday. Several thousand of Chinese
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      Lock icon US 'will continue to sell wheat to China'
      434 38 WASHINGTON China, criticised by the United States for military attacks on protesters, bought 1 85 million tonnes of US wheat on Monday, and officials said the American marketplace was open to Beijing for more agricultural purchases. President George Bush on Monday suspended
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      Lock icon US firms pull non-Chinese workers out
      396 38 SEVERAL big US corporations including IBM, Xerox and Dow Chemical have pulled their non-Chinese employees out of Beijing or closed offices as a result of the weekend violence. International Business Machines moved all non-Chinese employees, less than half its China workforce of 120, out
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      Lock icon HK dollar steadies but greenback firms
      319 38 HONGKONG The Hongkong dollar ended easier yesterday after Monday's day of hectic, panicked trade, sparked by the weekend bloodshed m Beijing. The IIK currency finished at 7.7910/ bO to the US dollar, from a closing 7.7890/40 on Monday. Dealers said traders squared Hongkong dollar
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      Lock icon Crisis will affect demand for KL's primary products'
      267 38 KUALA LUMPUR The current crisis m China will have an adverse impact on demand for Malaysia's primary products, the Primary Industries Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said yesterday. Effects of the situation m China were already being felt with the
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      Lock icon Fall in Beijing bond prices worldwide
      359 38 Fall in Beijing bond prices worldwide LONDON Prices of China's bond issues have dropped around the world m response to weekend developments m Beijing. International bankers said new credits for the country would be placed m temporary abeyance. In TOKYO yesterday, buy and sell indications for yen bonds issued by
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      112 38 Japanese firms stop trading TOKYO Japanese companies, including trading houses, banks and manufacturers, have suspended Beijing activities and begun evacuating their dependents. Two special flights requested by the Japanese government left Tokyo yesterday afternoon to ferry them back. About a third of the 3,039 Japanese living m the Chinese capital
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      Lock icon Australians to stay clear
      84 38 MELBOURNE Australian investors will stay clear of China until the chaos there is settled. "Businessmen are basically risk averse and Australian investors, all Western investors, will sit on their wallets until the situation is clarified," said Mr Russell Fynmore, President of the Australia-China Business Co-operation Committee
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      Lock icon KFC closes outlets
      99 38 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky Kentucky Fried Chicken said on Monday it has closed its three restaurants m strife-torn Beijing, including its flagship store on Tiananmen Square, to protect the safety of its 200 Chinese national workers. "The stores were closed on Sunday and will remain closed for the duration
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      Lock icon 'Don't write HK off'
      80 38 'Don 't write HK off' MADRID A top banker m Hongkong said yesterday that the Beijing crisis should not at this stage cause serious concern for the colony's financial markets. Mr William Purves, Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp, said that the sharp fall m the Hongkong stock
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1672 39 TRANSACTION DATE: JUNE 6, 1989 a) Adiujted for new Issues; Par value $1 unless otherwise specified; P/E ratios are not adjusted for currency differences Ifl^ Last Vol Oay Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +V- fOOO) Hl»*i Low P/E $mll INDUSTRIALS 202 130 AISB 50* 186 -8
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      593 39 Tueedey June HKS First Pacific 0030 +0004 Ind Equity (Pac) 11 SO unch Amoy Properties 20/5 +0 190 Jardln* Math 16 00 +170 Aa.aSeclntl 148 -0.06 Jardlne War 280 +0525 AslaS*cWar9l 0.245 +0.015 JSH 0.40 +110 Bank of EA 12.10 -0 10 X M Bua 590 +050 Bond Corp
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      343 39 Tuasday Juna 6 YEN Mitsub Elec 1 190 -20 Mitsub Estata 2420 50 Aiinomoto 2690 +10 Mitsub Haavy 1150 -io 796 -25 Mitsubishi 14 50 -Jo J2jf*r~ »70 -30 MltsulCo 10 20 Asahi Chem n6O onch Mllsul ShlptoWg ago *»*hl Glass 2320 +70 Mitsui Smiting ZZZ 868 +17 BanKOI
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      308 39 Tuesday J««M 6 CENTS rf- Hardie jame. 235 2 Hartogen Aberioyte 496 +5 Helm C«xp 113 -3 Amatll Hooker 121 -2 *"*<>' 440 -10 ICI 630 -6 AmpolExpl 156 Ind Equity fg Z n n \ll"£ IntHealth 60 voch Anl96Nts 252 unch Lelgttton 06 +1 Anl I*o unch Lend
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      370 39 Monday Juna 8 Pane* INDUSTRIALS AAC B.y£>rs ZZZZZiS -13 Botswana 2 BTRPLC 38« -10 Buflata 11% Barciays 437 -3H Daß~,, ,1 ff?f h m «M -17 Drlafontaln BICC 50/ +12 FraagokJ 7 X R bocg™ -S? 1 SJSU:zzzzz: 800 Oroup 461 -2 QFSA 15% 22 2 ou'omo^oo laae" s°."*.
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      338 39 Ol— y ICN Pharm Inc e% .54 %z^ a f, ::?!i"Sr SS f ~V-,,, S:S Amu inc 2SK -H R«fr Mega* Cp 46ft -54 AiMridiHm Vl* LaLandE«plor MX unch r-T* 3 zzz:zzz3s J Avon Product. 34« MaTrL,, st,. i 25 v B«tjw«rn s« m unch J££r*" Doo Bordan
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        24 39 Open High Low Sett Est Voi tone W 1 5690A 1 565? Dec ,5284 Open M (Man) ?10 Act Vol (Mon): 24
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        39 39 Op«n Hfch Low Sett Est Vol Imm tt 0 00/037 0 00/0406 0 *****8A 0 00/001 456 U* 0 00/095 0 00/1088 0 00/0/8 0 00/0/8 1/1 Dk 000/146 Optn M (Mw) ??3» Act M (Man) /«3
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        45 39 W cats lurw 89 puts «fh Low S«t» Hfch low Sett g 300 5 500 6 600 CAB 700 H CAB 800 M CAB f? 1000 81 CAC 1100 Sept 89 cab Sept 89 puts K|h low S«H tt|h low Sett 447
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        128 39 km* 89 cab June 89 pub 8850 CAB 8875 CAB 8900 171A 170 CAB 8925 146A 145 CAB 8950 121A 120 CAB 8975 96A 95 CAB 9000 71A 70 CAB 9025 47A 46 1 9050 23A 22 2 9075 9A 8 9125 2 Sept 89 cab Sept 89
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        20 39 Closing prices (cents/kilo) Singapore 1 76 50 July down 5 50 cents Malaysia ?56 00 July down four cents
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        47 39 Crude palm ol (MJ/tonne) June 905 (south) 895 (north) Refined palm o* (USS/ tonne) RBO PatnOi June 355 (sellers) July 355 (sellers) RBD Oletn tune 365 (sellers) July 360 (sellers) August ***** (sellers) RBD Stearin June 335 (sellers) luly/August 330 (sellers) Crude stearin Neutralised Unq
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        12 39 Closing prices (M$/kilo) KL Tin 2719 10 Turnover 78 tonnes 45)
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      302 39 OCBC OUB UOB OBS TLB POS DEPOSIT RATES Savings 3 2 3 A 2 3 A 3K 3'/« 3 Fixed deposit 1 month 3 3 I A 3'« 3 I A 3 I A 3 months 3 3V4 3 > 4 VA 3tt 6 months 3V« 3 3
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      70 39 Crude Product Prices J^imSMenn*.,.. ft* fOO7/007 2Q 3g < Q OUBA/FArtH Uy 08/0.08 17.95 18.00/BBL MM.S y 010/010 1590 1600/BBL TATO BIEH) U e 00 179 18 00/88 l CSMWWFO JtJne 00 1900 1920/BBL NAPHTHA (CIF hoan) HOO/1.00 99 00 101 00/MT JJMJHJ (CIF J,p«,) f 2 OQ/2 0Q jnw
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      Lock icon Opec ministers recess meet without new oil output plan
      464 40 VIENNA Opec ministers have recessed their mid-year meeting without agreeing on a new six-month oil production plan or a date for resuming formal discussions. The ministers, who met for nearly three hours on Monday, appeared to be m general agreement on
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      Lock icon 'Foreign' pair to sit on Sony board
      328 40 LONDON Japanese electronics company Sony has decided to appoint two non-Japanese nationals to its board m Tokyo. Sony Europa President Jakob Schmuckli, and the ViceChairman of Sony's US operations, Mr Michael Schulhof, are believed to be the first foreigners appointed by a major
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      Lock icon Junk bond specialist's appeal to disqualify judge fails
      317 40 Junk bond specialist's appeal to disqualify judge fails WASHINGTON The Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for a civil fraud trial of junk bond specialist Michael Milken and the US$65O-million (551.25-billion) settlement of similar charges against his former employer, Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. The court, without comment, rejected Mr
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      Lock icon Split emerges on first day of coffee pact talks
      478 40 LONDON Big differences emerged on Monday among coffee producing countries on the first day of the last scheduled round of talks with consumers on a new price-support pact for the commodity. A group of 12 countries led by Mexico, Central American
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      Lock icon Successful Gatt talks may end need for Super 301: Yeutter
      295 40 Successful Gatt talks may end need for Super 301: Yeutter WASHINGTON A successful outcome of the current round of talks under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) may end the need for US bilateral trade actions under new "Super 301" provisions m the US trade law, US Agriculture
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      Lock icon US council complains against shipyards
      129 40 US council complains against shipyards WASHINGTON The Shipbuilders Council of America said on Monday it would be filing complaints alleging unfair trading practices by shipbuilders m West Germany, Japan, South Korea and Norway. Details of the complaints are to be released tomorrow. According to the latest statistics released by the
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS WEEKLY ROUND-UP
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        Lock icon HK stocks stage rebound during a day of rumours
        189 41 PRICES staged a strong rebound m active trading on the Hongkong stock market yesterday, dominated by developments and rumours surrounding the situation m China. The Hang Seng Index closed 56.1 points higher at 2,149.71, recovering only a fraction of Monday's plunge
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        Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR
        138 41 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday continued to drift lower, with Singaporebased issues carrying the brunt of the selling. Continuing the decline, the 30-counter New Straits Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index shed another 29.85 points to 2,184.58. It had tumbled 50.01 points on Monday. Sellers swamped the trading
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        Lock icon NEW YORK
        223 41 A BROAD fall m prices during Monday's session of the New York stock market was the result of a late wave of selling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, off 19 points with about an hour before closing, ended 37.13 points lower at 2,480.70. It was the biggest drop
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        Lock icon LONDON
        207 41 PRICES on London's stock market ended significantly lower on Monday the fifth session m a row as the market remained unsettled by weakness m sterling and the outlook for British interest rates. Trading activity was dull, however, as many players stuck to the sidelines, waiting for further evidence of
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        188 41 THE national Australian share market was lower by the close of floor trading yesterday after a day of lacklustre trade, dealers said. Brokers said the market opened easier m line with a 37-point fall on Wall Street on Monday and failed to find any direction. "The market is m
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        238 41 INVESTORS looking for bargains and jumping on themes almost rescued the languishing Tokyo stock market, but uncertainty resulting from unrest m China and the weaker yen outweighed the optimism. Prices closed mixed m light trade after falling m the morning and rising m the afternoon. "There was some buying
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      IT seen as key to finance sector's success
      223 41 IT seen as key to finance sector's success FINANCIAL services companies must brace themselves for the intensifying competition m the 1990s and use information technology as their competitive edge. This was the message by National Computer Board Chairman Tan Chin Nam to about 120 delegates at this year's banking congress,
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      Change of title
      62 41 ECONOMIC Development Board General Manager Tan Chin Nam has had his designation changed to Managing Director, as from June 1. The board said the change was to better reflect the job and its responsibilities and bring it m line with "international management practice m the use of
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      Businessmen urged to remember 'old friend'
      287 41 PENANG Chief Minister Dr Lim Chong Eu has urged Singapore investors to remember "old friend Penang" when considering the relocation of some of their operations across the Causeway. He said that apart from a good infrastructure, the advantages of investing m Penang included the
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      Conference to help businessmen
      110 41 Conference to help businessmen SINGAPORE'S first-ever international conference and exhibition on entrepreneurship will be held m March next year. The event, to be called Endec '90 and based on the theme Entrepreneurship: A spectrum of possibilities, will be aimed at encouraging more entrepreneurship The four-day event, starting on March 21
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      Customs Dept to shift home base
      205 41 THE Customs Department will next month move its headquarters from Custom House at Maxwell Road to its new rented office space at the World Trade Centre (WTC). Administration and Manpower Division Director Koh Cheng Hwa yesterday said that the 56-year-old Custom House would be
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        SINGAPORE
        102 43 Volume: 100.89 m units (4- 7.24 m) Value: $224.46 m $20.49 m) Indices June 6 June 5 ST Industrials 1233.13 *****7 ST Finance 2278.71 2317.17 ST Hotels 948 82 962 91 ST Properties 689.47 702 84 ST Minings 212.58 214.37 ST Plantations 1456.27 1461.33 BT Composite 1139.41 1172.37 BT
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        OVERSEAS INDICES
        43 43 June 6 Chance Kuala Lumpur NST Industrial 2184.58 29.85 Hongfconf Hang Seng Index 2149.71 +56.10 Tokyo Nikkei Stock Average *****.01 5.07 Sydney Australian All-Ordinaries 1522.60 12.80 New York Dow Jones Average (Mon) 2480.70 37.13 London Financial Times 30 (Mon) 1737.00 8.50
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      114 43 Averaie Prime Lending Rate 5.625% Average of Singapore's Big Four Local Banks ASIAN CURRENCY UNIT Contract data: 6/6/88 CUWfMCV 1 MTH 3 MTH fi MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CAIL VALUE DATE USJ 8 7 BY. 8H B>* 8 8^ 8/6/89 AJ 17 17/4 17'/ 4 17'/. 17
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        SPOT RATES
        28 43 I HK$ «/USJ £/US$ USJ Open ***** 142.50 1.9500 7 7950 0.7481 ***** Close ***** 142.88 1.9537 7 7920 0 7489 ***** Source Astttr t Petrel
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        COUNTER RATES
        166 43 Singapore dollars to on* unit of foreign currency Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Buyini 00 Seinf US dollar 1 9370 1 9560 Sterling pound 3.0299 3 0924 Australian dollar 1.4336 1.4768 Canadian dollar 1.6016 1 6327 NZ dollar 1 1065 ***** Austrian schilling 13 7684
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        SINGAPORE
        83 43 Ptiysicat (Ss) Tue* Mon Kilobar 22,987 23,137 23.070-23,220 100 (?m 2.308-2.333 2.316^-2,341 50 gm 1 1 56 1.171 1.160-1.175 70 gm 460 472 462 474 s*m 115-125 116-125 1 gm 23 32 23 32 Bu»on coins (SJ/oz) Spore bullion coin 714 730 718 734 Canadian maple lea< 736 74?
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        INTERNATIONAL
        35 43 US$/oz Mon Fri Hew York 365.75-366 25 366/5 36/75 Tun Mon Hoofkont 364 80 365 30 367/0 368 ?0) Tues Mon Sm apore 365 00 365 50 36/80-368 20 London momktt fi» (Tuesday) 365.00
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      UIC makes $7m from sale of Inter-Pacific shares
      361 43 UNITED Industrial Corporation has made a profit of Mslo million (557.16 million) from the sale of a substantial part of its stake m Inter-Pacific Bhd, formerly known as Raleigh Bhd. The Singapore property and trading group, which held an 11.2-per cent stake
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      World's largest container ship here
      230 43 THE wife of the Chairman of the Port of Singapore Authority, Mrs Lim Kirn San, is the godmother of a very large godchild the Mette Maersk, the largest container ship m the world. Mrs Lim's association with the Mette Maersk began m April when she
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      More requirements for staff option schemes
      315 43  -  Doreen Siow By LISTED companies which are thinking of continuing or starting employee share option schemes will now have to comply with additional requirements. Confirming an earlier report m The Straits Times, the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday said that employees who are substantial
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      Margin trading can provide opportunity for higher returns
      537 43  - Margin trading can provide opportunity for higher returns Steven Pak El WITH Overseas Union Bank introducing its Share Margin Financing Scheme two weeks ago, all the "Big Four" local banks as well as Tat Lee Bank now have a margin trading scheme. Margin trading allows an investor to purchase more
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      Kamunting revises finance package in KSM takeover bid
      306 43  -  R. Rajendran By KAMUNTING Corporation has revised its M5592-million (*****.87 million) fund-raising package related to its takeover bid for Koperatif Serbaguna Malaysia (KSM). KSM is a substantial shareholder m Multi-Purpose Holdings. Announcing the change yesterday Kamunting said it would issue 129 million
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      Harrisons records profit of $147 m
      190 43 HIGHER palm and rubber prices and an increase m palm production have helped Harrisons Malaysian Plantation Bhd (HMPB) to turn m record profits for the year ended March 31. The company posted a 79-per cent increase m pre-tax profit to M 5204.72 million (*****.39
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        SCOREBOARD
        36 44 up uown uncn Industrial 7 114 7 Finance 0 11 1 Hotels 0 15 0 Properties 1 25 1 Plantations 0 9 0 Mining 0 6 0 Warrants 2 26 3 Total 10 217 12
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        TOP RISES
        45 44 City Dcv 50C 446 16 Rothmans M'sia 740 I b NS T 360 I 4 C&C 318 U M T C 78C 298 I 3 SLandWrts 474 Malayawata 144 I Tibs 50C 128 1 Sim Lim 104 f 1 S land Loan 90
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        52 44 S I A Foreign 1640 60 SI A l? 90 60 S P H 745 45 0 C B C 960 35 S I A 200 1330 30 Spore land 1210 30 Nat Iron 710 30 U 0 B 530 30 C X Tang 430 26 F N
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        Lock icon Crowds withdraw $63m from Bank of China
        844 44  -  Tan Ee Sze Khaw Wei Kang Queues form from 8 am to withdraw money and protest against the China bloodshed By and LARGE crowds packed the Bank of China's offices m Singapore yesterday to withdraw their savings some out of fear that their
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        Shares take further 38-point dive
        269 44 Shares take further 38-point dive THE Singapore stock market took a further 38.24-point dive yesterday, despite a 56-point technical rebound on Hongkong's Hang Seng Index. On the heels of Monday's 33.84-point fall, the ST Index yesterday slid to 1,233.13. Dealers described the 5.5--per cent plunge during the past two sessions
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        24 44 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 9.93 points to 2,490.63 m the first hour of trading yesterday. AP
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        Singapore companies brace for serious disruption to China business
        593 44  - Singapore companies brace for serious disruption to China business Gerry de Silva By SINGAPORE traders aro bracing themselves for a serious disruption m business with China, just as the Government yesterday urged Singaporeans working or m transit m Beijing to leave. So far, there have been no reports of Singapore
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        Chambers need more teeth, says Feedback Unit chief
        249 44 FEEDBACK Unit Chairman S. Chandra Das is to raise with the Minister for Trade and Industry the question of giving more support to local business chambers so that they can better help their members. Commenting on Monday's feedback session on the Government's
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      183 40 P" Sft^V J^^^ nfeh. il a^HW^M I f^S A B '-4 t i 'B aal aaf < t^ >4^"^ iJ afT bbbbT t aßß*^^^ J^^^^33»aaaaaaaJSi^aaaß See our latest dazzling collection of wedding gowns from top designers. < MM M MMMM^_ M ■"■■k ■■■"■l3l ■KiMiaaaiiK^l WJll 20% EEtc^ te $25,000 $5,000
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  • SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES
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      HIGH AND LOW
      72 42 Straits fines Mustnais 1989 High 1310.02 (17 May 89) 1988 High 1177.87 (8 Aug 88) 1987/88 Low 700.45 (7 Dec 87) All time High 1505.40 (26 Aug 87) All-time Low 74.75 (17 Sep 64) Business Fines Composite 1989 High 1206.38 (2 June 89) 1988 High 1043.86 (8
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      MOST ACTIVE
      45 42 DBS Land 5.593 m NOL 5.127 m City Dew Wrts 3.766 m Tan Chong 50< 3.322 m NOL Wrts 1993 2.848 m Keppel Inv Wrts 2.580 m UOL 2.264 m Promet 2.247 m City Dcv 50C 2.154 m Sime Darby 50C 2.035 m
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      TURNOVER(CASH)
      33 42 Sector Vohmt Vakit Industrials 963.000 1,221,730 Finance 71,000 101.325 Hotels 99,000 93,880 Properties 182.000 348,430 Bonds. Loans, Wrts 1,123.000 856 075 Plantations 107.000 256,360 Mining 22.000 26,900 Total 2.567 m 2.904 m
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      TURNOVER(READY)
      67 42 Mail Board Monday Tuesday Industrials 42.170 m 44.641 m Finance 7.112 m 8.390 m Hotels 1.681 m 1.998 m Properties 13.978 m 18 402 m Bonds. Loans, Wrts 23 987 m 21 652 m Plantations 3.009 m 2.464 m Mining 1.710 m 2.539 m Total volume 93.647 m 100.086
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      SECTION ONE
      35 42 TRANSACTION DATE: JUNE 6, 80 Or* Or* I*M To! Laot Voi Day LM Quota Ol» Dlv Y'M Nat M Cap H%H Low Co* Coma—y Sal* *or- (000) High Low Buy*r 9«ltar C'w Smll
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      China's troubles again impose price falls
      557 42  - China's troubles again impose price falls Steven Pak By PRICES fell across the board m yesterday's Singapore stock market trading. It was the second successive day of lower prices, and reflected the continued anxiety about the escalating civil unrest m China. Despite a 56-point recovery on Hongkong's barometer Hang Seng
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      BONDS, LOANS AND WARRANTS
      467 42 284 124 t 1543 CX Tang Wt *****38 -6 60 244 238 236 240 45* 14* J 1500 ClMin Hup Wrta 33 -2* 1689 34* 32* 33 33* 87* 82 t 1501 CMy D*v Bonds 88 unch 1 88 88 86 5 5 8.4 86 17
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      281 42 Manager* prices for OCBC-SMBL Investment Mft MARA BuNputra Jun« 7 Savers Capital Fund 096—100 First Bputra 7 19—7 21 Savers Trust Fund 0.95—0.99 Second B'ptf.a 6.52—657 Sincapore Unit Trust qmr h wMhn#nt Mft ""IV uwj mvwnnem mp f Mr^ eputi;' 5 82—5 37 The Commerce 1.08-I. Mid Union
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      264 42 168 120 t 4000 Amtak Eng 20* 142 -4 7 143 142 136 143 IO.ON 7 1 1.4 10.1 60 4 93 73 4006 Fu|l OflMt 2O* 73 cd -IK 16 73* 73 72» 73 10 ON 45 2.7 8 1 24.1 163 136 4001 (38 Hldga 10* 169
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      105 42 M shares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tu-eiempted dividend. P/E ratios and fross yields of foreifn shares are adjusted for currency differences Trustee stocks under CPf Approved Investment Scheme. X Margin stocks. ABN is traded m lots of 10 shares each,
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      12 1 THE STRAITS TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1989. The Straits Times Section Two
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      GHOST WRITERS Spirited team gets together for comic
      1019 1 GHOST WRITERS Spirited team gets together for comic Three young people, who have heard enough campfire ghost stories to last them a lifetime, are launching a comic series based on Singapore's supernatural stories. They tell HELEN CHIA their 'horror story. HHHfIHH* AXI drivers who I pick up "beautiful ghosts" at
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        Picasso 'destroyed' by pop psychology
        610 2  -  Chua Chong Jin JUST as biographer Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington h:;s temporarily overshadowed tar subject Picasso, she too has n overshadowed by her critics The reason is simple: unlike the dead Picasso, her critics are well and alive. And some of them can argue better than
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        A peek at the poet in banker's disguise
        471 2 Voices And Visions looks at the works of T.S. Eliot m the context of modern poetry this Sunday on SBC 12 at 4 pm. Helen Chia previews. WITH his beakish nose, three-piece suit, bowler hat and rolled-up umbrella, T. S. Eliot was
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        Adding up bits of experience
        948 20 f*T^T\te*+ vr^ n Singapore's most ;fl iTIII/iYrlVn© i successful writer talks to mmm^M^ZSfv Helen Chia about her =^^^^^1 f i ft h short story collection, which is reviewed below. CATHERINE LIM, one of Singapore's best-known writers, gives off a girlish giggle as she bubbles with
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        A wicked eye, a good ear and a nose for Singapore odours
        922 20  -  Koh Tai Ann THE innocent-seeming subtitle. Stories In Celebration, as much as the title, O Singapore! are coyly disarming. But like the eight tales within, the title is satiric and good-humoured-ly subversive. It combines adulatory ejaculation (albeit mocking)
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        956 2 fl DRAW RESULTS I Ist Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize $10,(XX) cash plus a 7-day holiday $5,000 cash plus a 7-day holiday $3,000 cash plus a 4-day holiday M for two to Hawaii/Los Angeles. for two to USA. for two to Hong Kong. I Kelly Lee Chew Yian Lim Ann
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        A media weeding
        14 4  -  Koh Siew Tin ByK IT is force l £p Job. But
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          MY PICK
          342 4 INSPIRED, it took the musician only an hour to write two songs for a friend who was unlucky m love. "He was depressed, so I wrote the songs to cheer him up, said keyboardist Leo Lim of the Extra Touch Live Band, who will render these two sentimental
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          LOOKING BACK
          135 4 A HALF-full auditorium did not dampen the National Junior College choir's enthusiasm. From the word go, the choir put up a spirited performance, full of zest and youthful vitality, last Friday at the SLF Auditorium. The 120 voices delivered a selection of excerpts from Broadway hits like A
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        How to win vital votes on stage
        366 4 AFTER talking to judges ;<nrJ seasoned competitors, we have come up with a list of |>ointers for contestants of music competitions. THE PIECES and PERFORMANCE: Unarguable repertory: Kvon though the repertory m.iy offer generous choices from Mbeniz to Stravinsky, from Bach to Walton
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        Top draw with bigger and better prizes
        793 4  -  Lisa Kong THE aim for the 7th National Music Competition this year is greater participation by music ensembles and vocalists. "We are making a conscious effort to encourage group mu-sic-making and singing," says Mr Liew Chin Choy, deputy director (cultural programmes), Ministry of
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        Qu Yuan, poet who gave hope to a nation
        810 6 Tomorrow is Duanwu Jie, which is also known as the Dragon Boat Festival. It is mostly associated with the eating of zongzi or dumplings, and many people remember the poet who is said to have inspired the festival. Lee San Chouy
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        POEMS BY QU YUAN
        291 6 TODAY 25 poems are attributed to Qu Yuan. They form an important part of Chu Ci, the classical poems and songs written by the people of Chum classical Chinese. U Sao (On Encountering Sorrow) Qu Yuan's masterpiece records autobiographical details of the protagonist who, like Qu
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        The man who discovered the elixir of file
        557 6  - The man who discovered the elixir of file DRAGON TALES Norman Yam AFTER Prince Zhu £v of the Ming dynasty documented his medical insights m Tin Huang Ben Cao, a work first published m 140 b, social interest became focused on the "herbal healing of hunger". It came like a
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        THE DRAGON BOAT RACE
        365 6 THE Dragon Boat Festival actually began as a form of worship to supernaturaL elements and was not started to commemorate the poet Qu Yuan's death as popularly believed, says Dr Ong Tee- Wah, senior lecturer at the Chinese Studies Department, National University Of Singapore. "It originated
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        WHAT THE FESTIVAL MEANS TO SINGAPOREANS
        420 6 T. H. Cham, 29, student: "It's a day of remembrance of a past historical event. Since it's a festival, I go down to watch the dragon boat race when I'm free. If I can't get to see the race, it will be just an
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        Giving vent to rage in verse
        809 7 Mohamed Latiff Mohamed has been described as an angry poet. Is he merely stating the truth m his works or is he a rebel without a cause? Mardiana Abu Bakar finds out. IN THE mid-70s. the aggressive and angry poems of Mohamed Latiff Mohanied
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        Luahan perasaan Latiff masih lantang
        418 7 DALAM pertengahan tahuntahun 70-an, sajak-sajak agresif dan marah-marah Mohamed I^atiff Mohamed mula menonjol dalam sastera Melayu Singapura. Ada pengkritik yang mengenengahkan karya-karya Latiff sebagai nafas baru dalam puisi setempat. "Satu hal yang menarik mengenai puisi-puisinya ialah luahan perasaannya yang ka-dang-kala lancang dan kesat," kata Johan
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        Musical hits a snag
        377 7 JEFRI AND MARIA, the first Malay musical m Singapore, has struck a low note. This core item m Singapore's first Music Festival, which started last week, will not be staged on July 8 and 9 as planned. A shortage of funds is cited as the reason.
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        A POEM
        43 7  -  LATIFF H f The facts speak for themselves. It is not so much that I am an angry writer or an aggressive poet. It is up to the critic and the readers to 9 evaluate my writing. Mchamed Latiff Mohamed (above)
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