The Straits Times, 9 August 1989

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  • 835 1 To make up for losses from emigration and shortfall in babies 4 People must feel that Singapore is worth being part of and worth defending. Otherwise, we cease to exist. We cannot close our doors to prevent Singaporeans from leaving. But we can make
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  • 97 1 KUALA I.UMPUH The Malaysian Yang Dl-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Azlan Shah, yesterday sent I message of congratulations to President Wee Kim Wee of Singapore on the occasion of the Republic's National Day. In his message, the King said Malaysians were confident that the close and cor dial relations
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  • 65 1 OUR four section National Day social publiea tion, Singapore Close-up, free with today's news paper, offers four contrasting views of the nation. We feature surprising faces, unusual places and things, cartoon portraits of Singaporeans and a riveting personal story. Spread out the front and back
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  • 62 1 SAN KKANOSCO A sharp t'urthqunkc Jolted the San Kranclwo Hay area for 10 seconds early yesterday shaking buildings, breaking windows and rait linn objects off shriven. There were no immediate IVMftl <»( sci lons damage or injuries The (juake had a magnitude of 5.1 on the
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  • 63 1 Sharp quake in NZ WKI.I.INCTON New Zon land was jolted l>y a sharp tartaquake late yesterday whteh caused minor damage OWr i wMI MnM Of lK)th the North and South Islands, a IVpai tment of S<lentlfle and Industrial Kesearch geo phystes s|M)kesmnn sntd. The (jiiake measured VT> on the Hlehter
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  • 47 1 pksiiawah Two people were iiijiin-il when a homh i I|i(m-(| tin ou^h a small hotel here caily yesterday, poMcs said The Inuiil) was planted In uiie of the bathrooms of the t'httial hotel, they said, ad ding that it slightly dam aui-d the hiiiMun: AFP
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  • 785 1 9.1 Strong economic growth at half-way mark MTI forecast for full year revised upwards TIIK Slunaporo economy turned In a mirpi isuiKly HtumK ptrflOHMUMt In tho first hlx moiltiM, k««»wliik by a hlKhor than fptl'ltd I I ptT cent. With the lohu.st fir. st half showlnK. HM Mlni.sliy of Trade
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  • 578 1 NATIONAL DAY AWARDS A IiANKKIt and a linker till IH'll Juil K c hCiUi I hi- IliMI ours list of |M*O|>U* Klvon Na llonnl Day awards this yeai Hanker |«ee Hee Seng, who chairs the Public Service Commission and Mr Justice Yong Pung How,
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    • 80 1 EXTRA: OUR 16-PAGE SPECIAL JACKIE TRIES TO TAME A WOMANISER What fund managers say What fund MMBgen havr to say of the ■OVtnMMnt'l n«-w tax ■cfcOHM for unit trusts. Consultancy blossoming Intcru.ition.il management > OMlllting firms are rapidly expanding then operatkMM in Singapore. PLUS I'.ml (iop.il reflects on the lov»'
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 695 2 JUMP IN APPEALS: Encouraged by the Government's newly -relaxed immigration policy, more Singaporeans are applying for permission to marry work permit holders and for permanent residence for their foreign spouses. This was the feedback from several MPs who said they saw a Jump in the number of such
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    • 636 2  -  K ALIMULLAH HASSAN Reaction to Singapore's statement on US bases 'Nothing should be done to undermine Zopfan' By Wntmg for The Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia feels that any decision by Singapore to allow US bases in the Republic would undermine the peace process
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    • 507 2 TWO COUNTRIES PICK NEW LEADERS: n WELLINGTON Geoffrey Palmer, sworn in as New Zealand's new prime minister yesterday, said that there will be no change in his country's anti-nuclear policy that has brought it into head-on confrontation with the United States.
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    • 487 2  -  PETER HAZELHURST By Tokyo Correspondent H TOKYO Mr Toshlki Kaifu, 58, a former education minister, was elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party today and will become the country's next Prime Minister. Mr Kaifu described by the Japanese press as a political
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    • 646 3  -  SERENA TOH SERENE LIM By and TEN, nine, eight went the countdown, led by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong at last night's Countdown to National Day. The crowd did not need much encouragement to join in the counting. Thousands
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    • 416 3 WHILE most of the 460.000 students In Singapore schools celebrated the nation's 24th birthday with concerts, staff and pupils from an independent school were treated to grandmothers' tales yesterday. About 30 "grand-guests" from grandparents to grand-auntleti were Invited by Methodist Girls'
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    • 143 3 lAKAKTA Indonesia's I'li-siilcnt Suharto reminded top government offl cials on Monday to avoid l>ower, wraith and women thr«H« obsessions which could lead to tholr ruin, the official Anlara news ajjency raportfd. Newly appointed Uen« kuin provincial governor Ka/le .lachya quoted Mr Suharto as saying during a
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    • 360 3 A (](X)D education Is more than just performing well in examinations it should be an all-round experience to build a sound mind in a healthy body. This was the National Day message from Education Minister Dr Tony Tan to secondary
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    • 191 3 8,000 Convent girls celebrate double joy IT WAS double joy yesterday as 8,000 schoolgirls danced and sang together In a joint celebration of National Day and the 135th anniversary of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ). It was the biggest gathering ever, with 11 Convent schools coming together
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    • 101 3 SINGAPORE celebrates its 24th birthday today with a grand parade at the National Stadium. Both spectators In the stadium and television viewers at home will catch glimpses of a nation at play as thousands of participants perform various colourful items. Watch closely and
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    • 133 2 Crafty kingmaker: Page 23 <\onAY IN BT TODAY IN BT TODAY IN BT«TODAY/^ Today m BUSINESS TIMES I i EXCLUSIVE REPORTS Reactions, reactions What fund managers have to say of the government's new tax scheme for unit trusts. 1» Consultancy blossoming International management consulting r < firms are rapidly expanding
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    • 172 3 Weather Showers over several areas in the early morninf and over a few areas in the late afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 25 min. SUNSET today: 7 15 pm; SUNRISt tomorrow: 7 05 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Amsterdam 17 T.'C |{„ln Madrid IV HC Cl.mi AUMtiu
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  • around the WORLD
    • 447 4 India offers to pull troops out of Sri Lanka by February COLOMBO The government said yesterday that India has offered to withdraw Its peacekeeping troops from Sri I-ankn by February next year, while SH Lanka wanted them out by September. It was the first time India had offered a specific
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    • 213 4 CAPE CANAVERAL The space shuttle Columbia blasted off yesterday on a secret military mission that aerospace industry sources said would deploy a sophisticated satellite to spy on the Soviet Union. The Columbia, the oldest of the three US space shuttles, took off
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    • 675 4 First step should be taken by US, says source close to Rafsanjani TEHERAN Iran signalled yesterday that It would use its Influence to free US hostages In Lebanon once It receives American assurances that it will unblock Iranian assets frozen for 10 years. "The
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    • 193 4 NAIROBI Ethiopia has mounted an Intensive air search for a plane with 14 people on board, Including US Congressman Mickey Leland, which went missing after aborting a landIng In bad weather In mountainous terrain in western Ethiopia on Mon- day.
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    • 336 4 Students mark anniversary of Rangoon unrest BANGKOK Five people were arrested as about 30 students defied martial law in Rangoon yesterday, shouting slogans to mark the anniversary of the ■tart of last year s crushed uprising for democracy, witnesses said. Other than this incident, I Rangoon was quiet yesterday as
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    • 151 4 Match sparks gas-leak blast 18 killed MOSCOW A worker who lit a match In a basement where he was Investigating a gas leak Ignited an explosion that killed 18 people In the Soviet Ukraine, Pravda reported yesterday. The explosion on Monday ripped through a fivestorey apartment house In the Ukrainian
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    • 415 5 WARSAW Solidarity leader I^ech Walesa has called for the formation of a coalition government ex eluding the Communist Party, saying It Is the only way to rescue Poland from deep political, economic and moral crisis. Mr Walnut proposed, on Monday, grouping tho op position
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    • 143 5 50 Indian grads burn degrees to protest against unemployment NEW DELHI Some 50 Jobless Indian graduates burned their university degrees at a city landmark here and shined shoes In protest against unemployment in the country, witnesses said. The protesters marched to Jantar Mantar, an ancient observatory In the heart of
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    • 337 5 Rambo and other US movies to hit Soviet screens LOS ANGELES The Soviet Union will soon get to see John Rambo. The American cinema anti-hero known for his violent and occasionally anti-Soviet ways will soon start appearing In Russian movie theatres. Starting In October, the movie, First Blood the first
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    • 186 5 WASHINGTON The United States and the Soviet Union have reached a preliminary agreement to submit disputes Involving drug trafficking and count-er-terrorism to the World Court for arbitration. They reached the agreement after a meeting here last week, but have been discussing proposals to
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    • 254 5 MARYVILLE (Tennessee) An estranged couple's battle over the fate of seven fertilised human eggs went on trial In an unprecedented divorce case In the United States. The plaintiff, Mr Junior I<ewis Davis, Is seeking to prevent his estranged wife from trying
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    • 575 7 Director's lack of skills threatening staff morale and programmes PARIS Despite new management, Unesco seems far from recovery, the International Herald Tribune reported yesterday. Some staff members and outside observers say they have rarely felt such demoralisation and drift, even during the regime
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    • 326 7 Bonn closes E. Berlin mission used by would-be emigrants EAST BERLIN West Germany has announced that it would close Its East Berlin mission, which Is being occupied by 130 East Germans hoping to emigrate. An official spokesman said on Monday that the mission, the equivalent of an embassy, was too
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    • 158 7 PARIS The red berets and white T-shirts of New York's Guardian Angels made their first appearance In the Paris Metro on Monday, under the watchful eye of French police. The Angels, a vigilante group that patrols the New York subway and London underground, are
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    • 184 7 Wanted sperm of HK cops and firemen HONGKONG Hongkong's firemen and policemen have been called on to perform a new duty by donating to the Family Planning Assoclation'i depleted ■perm banks, a newspaper here has reported. According to the Hongkong Standard, the association has come up with the Idea of
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    • 320 7  - Birth control pill may reduce risk of ovarian cancer: Report ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor IjONDON The birth control pill may have cut deaths from ovarian cancer by nearly 25 per cent In women under 55 since its widespread use began more than 20 years ago, says a leading British
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    • 32 7 LONDON London will commemorate the 50th nnnl veraary of the Battle of Britain next year with a gigantic display of World War I! planes. Including Spitfire and Hurricane fighters. AFP
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    • 134 7 Tokyo professor adds over half a billion decimals to pi TOKYO An assistant professor at the University of Tokyo claims to have wrested back the world record for calculating pi after losing it to two US researchers. After 67 hours and 13 minutes of calculations on a computer using 100,000
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    • 288 7 MUNICH If you're fat and single and despair of finding a soul-mate, the appropriately named Andrea Kiss could have the answer to your prayers. The 90-kg Ms Kiss runs a match-making agency to combat what she calls
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    • 512 8  -  Kalimullah Hassan International Conference on Cambodia By Writing tor The Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia, which co-chairs one of three working committees in the Cambodian peace talks In Paris, said yesterday It would try to prevent the Khmer Rouge from
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    • 352 8 PARIS Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach and Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Liu Shu qing held talks on international moves to bring peace to Cambodia, Vietnamese officials said. Mr Thach, who is also deputy premier and No. 5 hi the party hierarchy, Is the highest-ranking
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    • 191 8 Ban on some foreign papers lifted BEIJING A group of English-language foreign newspapers, banned from the newsstands In Beijing In a mid-July censorship crackdown, have returned to the hotel shop*. The Asian Wall Street Journal, the Hong Kong Standard, the International Herald Tribune and the South China Morning Post all
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    • 455 8 BEIJING China's communist hardliners are weighing the consequences of lifting martial law In Beijing in the face of passive protests, scattered resistance and huge financial losses, foreign diplomats said yesterday. "A simmering rebellion" was how two diplomats dencribed China after a recent tour of major
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    • 277 8 Chinese staff of private US organisation arrested WASHINGTON Beijing authorities have arrested Chinese representatives of a private United States organisation. The Washington Post reported yesterday. New York financier and philanthropist George Soros was quoted as saying that the Public Security Ministry had detained and Interrogated his personal representative, Mr Liang
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    • 44 8 Four vendors play cards near their stall at a Beijing furniture market. People playing cards or chess are seen more often since pool tables, all the rage last summer, were banned by martial law from the street* of China's capital. AP picture.
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    • 301 8 China colleges cut intake of Beijing students BEIJING Colleges nationwide have cut by 1,148 the number of secondary school graduates they will accept from Beijing, an official newspaper reported yesterday. The move is seen as yet another apparent effort to prevent future student unrest. The newspaper, China Dally, quoted Mr
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    • 118 8 TOKYO Japan will give China emergency aid worth 260 million yen (553.64 million) to relieve damage caused by heavy rain, Foreign Minister Hlroshl Mttsuzuka said yesterday. .Tfra omnrnnontr n)r) )a )b» /)>•>■) ludsmrn fa cut off regular economic cooperation to protest the brutal suppression of the
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    • 254 8 BEIJING Chinese peasants have clashed in more than 800 battles over resource-rich land since 1960, causing "tens of thousands" of casualties, the China Daily said on Monday. The number of lengthy, violent feuds over valuable land soared from 30 in the 1950s to 130
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 437 9  -  ABBY TAN Reactions to Singapore statement on US bases National interest will guide Philippines' decision on bases: Aquino By M.iml.i CotrpsfXHkfent MANILA I'resident COTMOfI Aquino said yesterday that Singa (lore's offer to act as host for MOM American military facilities will
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    • 552 9 SINGAPORE should not have offered to be host for American military facilities because this could hurt the feelings of Its neighbours, Berlta Harian Malaysia said yesterday. The offer was against the Asean spirit of regional co-op-eration and could undermine the Asean
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    • 500 9 Balance of power argument too simplistic, says Jakarta paper IT IS "too slmpllHtlr" for Singapore to argue that h sustained American military presence will main tain tne balance of power In the region and allow the non-communist countries to concentrate on econom lo development, the Jakar ta I'oat said yesterday.
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    • 384 9  - Chatichai's top aide quits after public quarrel with army GRANT PECK By writing for The Straits limes BANGKOK A top foreign policy adviser to Thai Prime Minister Chatlchal Choonhovan submitted his resignation yesterday following a public quarrel with the army and Its com-mander-ln-chlef, GenerHl Chavalit Yongchalyudh. The resignation of Mr
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    • 355 9 JAKARTA Defence Mln lster Benny Murdanl has called on the military to prepare Itself for challenges thrown up by economic and social change In the country, the Armed Forces d-illy. Angkatan Hersenjuta, reported yesterday. Indonesia faced the possibility of uneven economic growth towards the
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 372 11 'Most of them left Kuantan during recent economic slowdown' NATIONAL Front election workers have discovered that about 7,250 voters in Pahang's Teruntum constituency most of them said to be Front supporters could not be located at their registered addresses. According to The
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    • 294 11 71 boat people feared killed in latest attack by pirates KUALA LUMPUR Sev-enty-one Vietnamese refugees were missing and feared killed in the latest pirate attack on boat people in the South China Sea, refugee officials said yesterday. They said news of the attack came from 13 survivors, who said that
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    • 57 11 KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman was discharged from the General Hospital here yesterday after being treated for a bout of flu. He was hospitalised a week ago. The Tunku, who underwent eye surgery In the United States In June,
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    • 240 11 JAKARTA Seventy-four Malaysian students have been admitted into Indonesian universities for the new academic year beginning this month under a government-to-government programme now entering its fourth year. This brings to 272, the total number of Malaysian government-sponsored students now studying In 19 Indonesian
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    • 160 11 KUALA TRENGGANU The Magistrate's Court here yesterday fined nine Thai fishermen a total of Msl3s million (SfMS.OOO). or In default 20 months' Jail, for fishing in Malaysian waters off the Trengganu coast on Sunday. The nine fishermen did not pay the fine
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    • 154 11 S'pore firm to train 100 from Trengganu KUALA TRENGCANU A Singapore-based electronics company will provide a six-month training stint (or 100 people from Trengganu, after which they will return to work at its electronics plant which Is to be built here, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Wan Mokhtar Ahmad said yesterday.
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    • 219 11 MCA MPs who back Islamic Bill offer to quit By Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Eight Selangor state assembly members from the Malaysian Chinese Association have offered to resign from all party and assembly posts for supporting the controversial Selangor Islamic Administration (Amendments) BUI last month. One of them who spoke on
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    • 304 11 KUALA LUMPUR A Japanese company has struck oil for the first time in Malaysia, and the strike is the first on land in the country in more than 50 years, officials said Tuesday. Mr Keita Matsunokl, legal and liaison officer of the Malaysian
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    • 157 11 KUALA LUMPUR The threat from guerillas of the banned Communist Party of Malaya along the ThaiMalaysian border is under control because of close co-operation between the two countries' security forces, Malaysian army chief Lieutenant-General Mohamad £taud Abu Bakar said yesterday. But he
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    • 165 13 Singapore has shown the world what is possible when (everyone strives for excellence together. What we have accomplished in just 24 years as a I nation is nothing short of remarkable. The same spirit I of achievement has inspired Wearne Brothers. ■K vijv&l^l^Bfl t f\ II C~^ 'wVSWK&tAjmHm^ i'9K 1
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  • HOME
    • 1003 14 National Day celebrations MaJdng a pledge to the nation (from left) Mr lim Slong (iuan, IPS (Defence); Dr Yeo Nlng Hong, Minister for Communications and Information and Second Minister for Defence (PoUcy); Mr Ooh Chok Tong, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence; Brig-Gen
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    • 316 14 THE Ministry of Defence and other organisations held observance ceremonies yesterday to mark National Day. Mindef held Its ceremony at Its headquarters at Buklt Gombak. The First Deputy Prime Minister ana Minister for Defence, Mr Goh Chok Tong, officiated. The Second Minister for Defence
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    • 86 14 THE National Solidarity Party has said that It rejoices with the Government and people of Singapore on National Day. It said in a written statement that Singaporeans have "good cause" to celebrate the nation's "Joint success". Singapore, the state- ment noted, had "continued to
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    • 1642 14 THK DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDKR Mr Ix?e Hee Seng, Chairman, Public Service Commission; Mr Justice Yong Pung How, Former Chairman, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. THK MKRITORIOI S BKRVICK MEDAL Dr Wong Heck Sing, Deputy Chairman, Public Service Commission. TIIK PUBLIC SERVICE STAR (BAR) Mr K.xny Siow Buay, social
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    • 1506 15 Text of the Prime Minister's National Day Message Changi's top rating is not only because of nigh quality infrastructure, but also because of high quality management which has continued to upgrade by incorporating the latest advances. And the infrastructure has been used to best
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    • 306 16 LIVE rounds of machine-gun ammunition have been discovered in a little wooded area behind Arcadia Gardens. According to expatriate housewife Mrs M. Barnes, her son, Fletcher, 10, returned home from playing in the area one day with 12 rusty but live bullets.
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    • 565 16  -  BERTHA HENSON Singapore's new immigration policy By ENCOURAGED by the Government's newly-re-laxed Immigration policy, more Singaporeans are applying for permission to marry work permit holders and for permanent residence for their foreign spouses. This was the feedback from several MPs who said they
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    • 493 16 COMPACT discs now cost less but not necessarily for the consumer. Following Polygram 'B 15 per cent price cut on all their CDs in April this year, EMI has also reduced its wholesale prices and Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) said it will do
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    • 197 16 TWO airlines have withdrawn from Travelnet, the Singapore Telecom's computerised ticket reservations system, since a new tariff system was introduced in March this year. Thai Airways withdrew last week while Malaysia Airlines opted out in April. A Thai Airways spokesman said the airline made
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    • 319 16 Customs and Excise Dept moving to new offices in WTC THE Customs and Excise Department will begin operations at its new home in the World Trade Centre on Monday after spending more than 60 years at its headquarters in Maxwell Road. The new premises will be more convenient for the
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    • 90 16 School looks for memorabilia (lAN Kng Seng Secondary School Is In search of old photographs, souvenirs and other memorabilia of the school when it was located In Austin Road and Telok Ayer Street The school Is looking for exhibits lo put on permanent display at Its recently opened premises In
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      • 147 16  -  K. F. TANG DANCE champions Shawn and Gladys Tay did Singapore proud when they emerged winners In a contest which pitched them against fellow dance teachers from Japan, Asia's top ballroom dancing nation. Mr Tay, 30, said after the Malaysia Asia Pacific
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      • 155 16 IT DOES not pay to play hide-and-sneak that's what 83 motorcyclists found when booked trying to slip Into the Restricted Zone without paying the $1 entry licence fee. Traffic Police's Head of Operations, Superintendent lx> Boon Teck, said they were the first group to be caught since July
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      • 104 16 ■GREAT legs, aren't they? An International panel of Judges thought so and gave Singapore model Anita Akhbar, 18, the Best l-egs Award at the Supermodel of the World contest in Ixw Angeles on Aug 3. Her legs were described as being without blemish and "most photogenic". They
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    • 437 18 Last day of final amnesty for illegal workers ONLY a trickle of illegal workers turned up for repatriation yesterday, the last day of the final amnesty, to the relief of foreign mission officials. They did not have to wait until close
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    • 169 18 A DIVER died after getting into difficulties while cleaning a coffer dam at the Senoko Power Station. Police said the body of Mr Ong Swee Kheng, 33, was recovered at 2 pm on Monday. A professional diver with Commercial Diving Services, he was employed
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    • 444 18 SINGAPORE Bus Service drivers will soon be able to instruct passengers to move to the rear without even raising their voices. They will merely activate a recorded female voice to do the Job. And that will be only one of about half
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    • 375 18  -  DAVID MILLER But he still loses $1,000 to two assailants By A VEGETABLE seller bit off part of a robber's finger when the latter tried to stop him from shouting for help during a hold-up In Jurong East early yesterday. Despite this,
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    • 271 19  - Poly students 'sell' Ngee Ann to schools SERENE LIM By SPECIAL student ambassadors are visiting schools to soft-sell polytechnic education to secondary school students. The ambassadors are Ngee Ann Polytechnic students and graduates whose mission is to give a first-hand account of campus life to the students. The ambassador scheme
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    • 189 19 SINGAPOREANS must work to ensure that the minority races here continue to entoy equal status and benefits, said Mr Peh Chin Hua, an MP for Jalan Besar GRC, on Sunday. Differences of race, culture, language and religion should not create barriers but Instead
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    • 374 19 Man ordered to pay lawyer $35,000 for defaming him A PROVISION shop owner was on Monday ordered to pay $35,000 in damages, coats and interest to a lawyer whom he had defamed In writing. Mr Neo Cheng San, 48, failed to show up on Friday or Monday for the hearing
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    • 156 19 Murder of ex-Amex banker ALL three accused In the I^aguna Park murder trial have concluded their witness box evidence on the validity of statements they gave police after their arrests. They had objected to their statements being admitted as evidence against them in
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    • 221 19 A BRITISH executive whose car collided Into another at a road Junction, refused to give his breath and blood samples for testa, a traffic court heard on Monday. William Nell Smith. 51, a company director, was fined a total of $2,000 and banned
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    • 78 19 Food centre to close for repairs THE Yiinx Sheng Food Owm In Jurong wHI be dOMd for I 1 i months from Thursday to strengthen the roof and for general re pairs and redecorafion work. At the same time, the Public Utilities Board will lay gas pipes to the food
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    • 913 20  -  MATHEW PEREIRA By The stilletto knife, shown hore in actual size, is used to silence the onemy at close range. The commando battalion is the only unit in the Singapore Armed Forces which has its own special knife. This is presented together with the red beret
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      • 608 22 AT 24, a young adult usually ponders some of the major decisions of the future, things which will determine how life is going to turn out for him. There are questions about marriage, when and with whom. There is the decision about long-term career plans
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    • 1610 22 Analysis of the International Conference on Cambodia The month-long International Conference on Cambodia currently taking place in Paris hopes to set in place a mechanism for bringing peace to the war-torn country. TAN LIAN CHOO of the Foreign Desk, who is covering
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    • 778 22 NEGOTIATIONS at the International Conference on Cambodia here are moving at a snail's pace. But some delegates are hopeful a peace accord can be struck at the eleventh hour, lust before the conference Is scheduled to close at the end of this month. "I
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    • 1222 23  - Kanemaru, the crafty kingmaker behind Kaifu's rise to power IAN RODGER BY Financial Times Mooted as a candidate himself, Mr Kanemaru craftily withdrew and then insisted that no one else within his faction the LDP's largest run either. That put him in a position of being able to deliver the
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    • 1017 23  -  RICHARD PERLE Viewpoint By ON June 26, after a oneday trial, Richard Mueller stood In a West German federal court In Lubeck awaiting hi* sentence. Mueller had been found guilty of shipping US$l4 million (5127.3 million) worth of militarily sensitive (mostly American)
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    • 101 23 ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST I6,WE'LL BE HELPING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GET INTO MANUFACTURING. mm Our expanded appointments section specially devoted to manufacturing starts next Wednesday, August 16. And with so many ads for engineers, technicians, specialists, controllers, and other executives, it's going to be easier than ever to get into manufacturing.
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  • FORUM
    • 422 24 Legislation on bankruptcy needs review THE major systematic law reform exercise, reported in The Straits Times (July 31), Is a welcome move because many of our laws are outdated and not reflective of our intrinsic position as a trading nation. Our small physical size and OUT K**° graphic position, together
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    • Replies
      • 160 24 IN HIS letter "Fares take RZ pass with them" (ST, Aug 2), Mr Sulayman Ahmad suggested that taxis should not have to pay to enter the Restricted Zone during the restricted hours. Our position remains that cars are not the only vehicles
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      • 151 24 IN HIS letter "Should move more businesses outside RZ" (ST, Aug 1), Mr Milton Tan suggested that businesses should be moved outside the Restricted Zone to help ease the traffic congestion In the city. This subject was also raised nt the
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    • 34 24 THE doubts and fears of your readers and people from abroad regarding ihe offering of permanent residency to Hongkong people prompted me to submit this cartoon. JANICR BAKUCH Singapore 1955
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    • 212 24 RECENTLY. I attended an entertainment programme at Kallang Theatre. When the master of ceremonies commenced the presentation of the show, I began to wonder where the entertainment came from the stage or from my co-audlence in the gallery. One does not blame the youths in the
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    • 249 24 Consumers must do more to improve hawker hygiene UNHYGIENIC practices by food vendors still persist as evidenced by government prosecutions and media reports. Thus, the introduction of further measures by the Ministry of the Environment, recently announced and featured in a report "Hygiene course for those who want to be
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    • 359 24 ON JUNE 23, 1989, I arrived at Narlta Airport (Japan). To my surprise, I was stopped at the immigration counter and questioned on the purpose of my visit and the duration of my stay in Japan. I replied that I Intended to spend four to five
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    • 120 24 Ad may give wrong idea of life insurance funds RECENTLY, a life insurance company took out a series of advertisements in your paper, saying, "Why should having offices In over 190 countries be of the slightest concern to Singaporeans?" I am a Singaporean and I am concerned about the possible
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    • 80 24 Snob appeal that is out of place THE full-page advertisement for BMW, which appeared recently In The Straits Times, struck me as being in morally poor taste as well as rather Insensitive. "Envy Is a heavy burden to bear. But then, who's walking?" says the text. This kind of snob
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    • 450 25  -  Joe Dorai SOCCER By SINGAPORE'S national soccer squad, strengthened by the return of former strikers Fandi Ahmad and V. Sundramoorthy, will face three test matches a.s part of their prep aratlons for this month's Southeast Asia (James In Kuala Lumpur. The stlffest test Is the
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    • 369 25 TOP KNGMBH soccer clubs are to be given f.4 million ($12. 6m) towards the Installation of more seats in terraces at their grounds following the Hillsborough tragedy when 95 fans were crushed to death. A trust funded by football pools companies said the money would be given to
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    • 343 25 KUALA LUMPUR When the Malaysian South-east Asia Games soccer team trained at the Petronas Sports Complex in Dangi yesterday, four players had to watch from the sidelines. M. Ravlndran, Zalnal Abldln Hassan, Llm Teong Kim and Mat Zan Mat Aris are all down with
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    • 175 25 SINGAPORE'S hopes of win nlng the International Masters Over-40 hockey championship were dashed yesterday when Hongkong held them to a 0-0 draw at the I'adang. The Republic were expected to have scored a convincing win to make up for their 2-0 defeat by Malaysia on Monday.
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    • 310 25 honckonc; England*! Jimmy White btgU his ram palgn for the Hongkong Pro fessional Open snooker tournament on a promising note by defeating veteran Kddie Charlton, of Australia, 5-2 in the first round on Monday. The Londoner, who Is rank ed fourth in the world, started solidly
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      283 25 HOCKEY SINGAPORE'S hockey team scored a morale-boosting 2-0 win over visiting Old Merchant Taylors' Hockey Club, of England, in a friendly match at Ceylon Sports Club yesterday. The team, who will leave for the Kuala Lumpur South-east Asia Games on Saturday week, had beaten Cambridge University 3-0 last
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    • 181 25 IPOII Australia showed that they were serious contenders for the Junior World Cup title when they trounced Egypt 7-0 in their opening Group A hockey tie yesterday. Despite playing at half-pace, the Aussies gave a polished display to take a commanding 3-0 lead at the
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    • 409 25  -  Lee Wai Wun TENNIB Hy SUNNY LIU will gel hIH last warm-up for (he South-cast Asm < .'ami-s when the Team Horg O|ien Singles tennis tournament starts tomorrow. Sunny, 20, Is top-seeded for the four-day event at the Singapore Tennis Centre. But surprise absentees are his two
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    • 315 25 CYCLING KUALA LUMPUR Reports of a punch-up and hot tea being thrown during a quarrel indicate that all is not well in the Malaysian South-east Asia Games cycling camp. And to make matters worse Ishak Amin, a top member of the 30km race team and a medal
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    • THE LATE NEWS
      • 92 25 Olympic return for golf? Golf, last staged as part of the Olympics in 1904, could make a comeback at Barcelona now that the newly-formed World Golf Association have applied for exhibition sport status at the 1992 Games. The WGA were formed some three months ago and held their first meeting
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      • 38 25 Defending champions West Germany scored a 5-1 rout over Holland in a Group A match of the Fourth Junior World Cup hockey championships in Ipoh yesterday. Other reralte: Pakistan 2 England 0, Argentina 3 Malaysia 2.
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    • 499 26 THE HARON MUNDIR CABE SPRINTER Haron Mundlr can take part in this month's South-east Asia Games in Kuala Lumpur if he clears two hurdles. FIRST, the Singapore Amiteur Athletic Association must allow an appeal by the runner and recommend him to the Singapore National
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    • 734 26  -  LEE WAI WUN I MIDWEEK 1 El several days last week, 25th Singapore Open bowlchampionships at Super--1 teetered on the brink of ster, all because of a word 1 called ambiguity. 7 When organising chairman UEe Fook Choy vetted the tour'hament rules, little did he
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    • 488 26  -  J. Rajendran BOWLING by ALTHOUGH Mohammed Al-Qubalsl has the looks and personality of a film £Btar, taking his girlfriend to -see Batman is about the clos'est encounter he expects to -jhave with the silver screen. His world Is one of bowling Iballs and
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    • 422 26 Two problems limit use of sport psychology DR SEET AI MEE, the Minister of State for Community Development and Education, yesterday highlighted the two problems associated with sport psychology: unpredictability of its outcome and the competing demand for time and commitment. Speaking to about 400 delegates at the opening of
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 73 26 LA Lakers sign giant Divac The Los Angeles Lakers have signed Vlade Divac, a sevenfoot (2.13 metres) centre with the Yugoslav national basketball team, to a multi-year contract. Divac, 21, was the top choice of the Lakers in the National Basketball Association draft. The terms of the contract were not
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      • 48 26 Canada, the United States and Brazil qualified for next year's Women's World Basketball Championship by scoring their second victories on Monday in the America's Cup regional tournament in Sao Paulo. Canada outplayed Mexico 82-64, the US beat the Dominican Republic 99-58 and Brazil trounced Peru 112-58.
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      • 56 26 Britain's hopes of winning the Admiral's Cup slumped in the early stages of the 965-km Fast net Race on Monday, the climax to the six-race series. The 17-metre Jamarella was best placed of the British team but was only 20th on corrected time. American yachts Sagacious V and
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      • 50 26 Ninth-seeded American Derrick Rostagno was upset 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) by hard-serving South Africa's Gary Muller in the first round on Monday of the U*****,500 ($805,700) US hardcourts tennis tournament in Indianapolis. John McEnroe's younger brother, Patrick, lost to Venezuela's 1988 world junior champion Nicolas Pereira 7-6 (7-1), 6-3.
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      • 49 26 Marie-Laure de Lorenzl de Taya, the French golfer who topped the European women's money list last season, is seeking a divorce from her husband Roman Taya after an eight-year marriage. The 28--year-old said she took the decision "with much regret" because of "irreconcilable differences" between the couple.
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      • 39 26 Embattled Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose has sought further* court protection from disciplinary action while he contests an inquiry into allegations that he gambled illegally on baseball games. His lawyers filed a motion In a federal court.
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      • 54 26 American Marvin Camel, 38, a former two-time world cruiserweight boxing champion, is confident about his chances in a comeback bout tomorrow. Camel, who fights fellowAmerican Dennis Fikes In an eight-round bout, said: "I think it's not going to go eight rounds and I'm not going to be the
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      • 49 26 Paul Azlnger and Fred Couples have clinched berths on the US Ryder Cup golf team to play Europe next month. Four others British Open champion Calcavecchia, US Open winner Curtis Strange, 1989 leading moneywinner Tom Kite and Chip Beck have also earned places in the 12--man squad.
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    • 857 26 ATHLETICS African e'shlps Men's shot put: I Achouch Mohammed (Kgy) 19.36m I Robert Wallkhe (Ken) 17 28m S Chlma Ugwu (Nig) 16.76m. Women's Javelin: 1 Chlnwoke Chlkwuele (Nig) 52 18m I Mllka Johnson (Ken) 49 32m 3 Y. Azzlz (Alg) 48.16m BASEBALL American l>«agae: Toronto 2 Texas
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    • OBITUARIES
      • 277 27 321 Deaths 321 Deaths 321 Deaths S RAMDAS Age: 60 Passed away on 8.8.89 leaving behind WIFE Win SON Ravi DAUGHTER Sara BROTHERS S Subramaniam S V Mani S Govindasamy S Jayakumar SISTERS S D Rani S Jothi Body lying at 71 Holland Road, #01-01, Singapore 1025; Cremation at Mount
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        379 27 MOM. TAN «AI UN p«**«d away peacefully on till AugiMl IMW hMvtttg iMMnd Mwtwdi Ooh Mow Khlm •■Hi William Ooh Ah Tm Philip Ooh Yam Koon QohKM Leong Margaret Tan Mul O«ok Kathcrlna Tan Ooae Hoon Bhallay Chan Daughter*! Ooh Ah Eng Ooh Bm Khlm Alice Ooh Lay
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      • 105 27 522 Acknowledgements 922 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements YIK LAM SENG FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. YAP SIN SENG DEPARTED ON 3 AUQ. 1989 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to the MP of Jurong, MP of Kampong Glam, Director of PA Youth Group. CCC, CCMC, RC, SC Lion Dance Troupes
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      • 41 27 323 Condolences 323 Condolences SIS Condolences WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF MR. SHUNMUGAM RAMDAS FROM THE PARTNERS AND STAFF OF M/S RAMDAS WONG As a mark of respect, the firm will be closed on 10th August 1989
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      • 193 27 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam CHOW WINQ MENQ MOK BAU CHIN Departed 0/8/88 Departed 0/10/72 Jo«t token of low's ctorotton TiiGt our no#rts 9ttM totiQ foe you. Dearly remembered by family and all loved one* IN LOVING MEMORY NANCY M H BE AH Departed on 9-9-92 Sadly mUeed and
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      • 78 27 321 Deaths 321 Deaths COMMERCIAL DIVINQ SERVICES JAMEB ONQ BWEE KENG OPERATIONS MANAGER Ag 33 yMri old Waa called Horn* to the Lord on 7 Auiuit IMO. Body lying at blk 37 Sin Mlnf Drive #01-077. Tel *****15. Cortege leaving on 11 Aug. 1960 for Mount Vernon Crematorium at 11
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      • 208 27 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements Glory be unto the Lord Jesus Christ The family of the late Elder Lee Seng-Ton wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Rev. Kao Keng-Tal, Pastor Son Poey-Eng, Pastor Llew Kee-Kok, Rev. Dr. Stephen Tan, Members of Slon Christian Church, Doctors, Colleagues, Business Associates,
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    • 380 29 BOXING NEW YORK Kver wonder who would have won if Mike Tyson, the current world heavyweight champion, could have squared off against Muhammad All in the former champion's prime? That, as it happens, was what television personality Arsenio Hall was wondering one night
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    • 380 29 Horses engaged on Saturday: CLASS 2 DIV B 1,200m: Plekalae galloped In 12.9, then dislodged his rider and bolted. Kxqulslte II was hard held in 41.8. Slow work: Iftohl (Yeap). CLASS t DIV D 1,200m: Slow work: Hauling Dancer 11, Baby Dm (M.C. Mow) CLASS 2 DIV
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    • 236 29 Seow applies to be stable supervisor KUALA LUMPUR Jockey Scow Wool Khlang, who handed In his riding licence to the Malayan Racing Association last week, has applied to work as a stable supervisor to rookio trainer Margaret Mullins. Seow, 35, was interviewed for the post at the Perak Turf Club
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    • 189 29  -  Mecon Bastens TRACKWORK Hy KUALA LUMPUR Restrict cd terms performer Artlna 111, who has yet to show up after four starts, caught the eye with a brilliant workout yeu terday. With Mltsuhlko Mlchlkawa aboard, the five-year-old American horse clocked a sizzling 35.3 sec for 600m
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    • 91 25 NEXT DRAW No. 373/89 TRn^P^B Thursday, 10 August 1989 lyill DRAW VENUE: v\^|| n Singapore Pools (Re) Ltd r l/ 10 Anson Road #03-13/26 XNK \\N International Plaza Singapore 0207 Draw No. 373/89 Group I Prize $538,000 Group II Prize $40,000 Check with your Toto/4-D retailer for the latest Group
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 40 25 TODAYS EVENTS BOWIJNG 25th S'pore International c'shlps (Superbowl, Sam). CRICKKT Annual match: SCRC I^ooals v SCRC Expatriates (SCRC, 10.30am). HOCKRY International Masters tournament, Over-SOs: Malaysia v S'pore (8.30am), Australia v UK (5.30pm); Over-40a: Malaysia v Brunei (3.30pm) all at lA.
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    • 480 30 Securities commission seeking millions in penalties and illicit gains NEW YORK Two former stockbrokers and a lawyer were charged on Monday in connection with the Dennis Levine insider trading ring that began the crackdown on Wall Street corruption in 1986. In
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    • 390 30 CALIFORNIA Cars produced by Asian manufacturers continued to win the highest customer satisfaction from US car owners, according to an annual survey. The Asian cars, however, held a narrower point lead over American rivals than in the past, J D Power and
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    • 271 30 Japan says trade surplus will not drop much TOKYO Japan acknowledged yesterday its huge trade surplus is unlikely to shrink much, if at all, but said the United States must share the blame. "The basic trend is for exports to strengthen and for Imports to increase, with the current-account surplus
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    • 500 30 BOMBAY India's private sector is seeing a boom, the result of a bountiful harvest and also a signal that Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's policy of gradual economic liberalisation has begun to pay dividends. Week after week, companies have been announcing their results for
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    • 244 30 TOKYO Hitachi Ltd plans to import computer chips to Japan after etching their circuits in the United States and protecting them with covers in Malaysia, sources in the company disclosed. Hitachi would be the first Japanese company to produce 256-kilobit static random access memory (SRAM)
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    • 456 31 Beverly Hills investor bids for UAL Corp Takeover proposal sparks 28% rise in airline company's share price NEW YORK The stock of UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, soared 28 per cent, or U5546.25 (5590.18), on Monday after the company said it had received a takeover proposal from Mr Marvin
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    • 199 31 Grand Met to buy chain of restaurants IX)NDON Grand Metropolitan PLC said it has reached agreement to buy UB Restaurants from United Biscuits (Holdings) PLC (or £180 million (*****.8 million). UB Restaurants in the UK comprise 381 Wimpy restaurants, 131 Plzzaland restaurants and 130 Perfect Pizza takeaway/ home delivery pizza
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    • 385 31 NEW YORK Several wide-ly-followed US stock market Indices set records on Monday, raising expectations share prices will head to even loftier heights. The New York Stock Exchange composite index climbed 2.55 to a record 194.19, while Standard and Poor's 500-stock index rose 5.49
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    • 400 31 Taiwan index sails over 10,000-point mark TAIPEI Frantic trading pushed Taiwan's superheated stock market over the 10,000--point mark yesterday, and dealers predicted more gains ahead (or the world's fastest growing bourse. Excited small investors jammed into brokerage houses to watch the index close 54.04 points higher at 10,022.10, its highest
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    • 162 31 NEWARK Marine Midland Bank, a unit of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp, will pay the US government and the state of New Jersey US$3 million (555.85 million) in settlement of a lawsuit charging the company failed to supervise its disbursement of US$l7 million in guaranteed loans,
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    • 301 31 WASHINGTON US and Soviet negotiators will meet in Moscow in early December to revive grain trade talks that faltered last year, US officials said on Monday. US Trade Representative Carla Hills and Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter said preliminary talks were scheduled to take
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS MOUND UP
      • 165 31 NEW YORK A bid of more than US$4 billion (S|7.B billion) for UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, helped encourage Wall Street on Monday, tending the Dow Jones Industrial average to a new post-crash high. The Dow soared 41.54 points to
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      • 143 31 BARGAIN-HUNTING and speculative buying sent share prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market to higher ground yesterday In active trading. Reflecting the market sentiment, the 30-counter New Straits Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index put on 4.61 points to close the day at 2,351.27. The index declined 6 6
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      • 74 31 STRONG demand for blue chips after Wall Street's gains overnight led the Australian share market to a sharply higher close, dealers said. The All Ordinaries index closed 20.2 points higher at 1,698.3, slightly off the day's peak of 1,703.2. Dealers said strong domestic institutional demand combined with keen offshore
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      • 130 31 SOME high-priced blue chips charged ahead on talk they may issue bonus stock, and futures-related Index-linked buying by foreign brokers boosted share prices at the close to end broadly higher in thin trade. Buying of smallcapital shares led to a record second section close. But prices were stifled by
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      • 54 31 SHARES showed steady gains on the London stock market on Monday, encouraged by revised retail sales figures (or June out mid-morning, demonstrating a continued slowdown in consumer demand. The Footsie 100-share index closed up 14.0 points on the day at 2.341.5, almost within 100 points of its all-time high
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      • 112 31 SHARE prices closed higher on the back of a 41.54-polnt gain in the Dow Jones industrial average and a firmer tone in other markets, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index rose 44.17 points to 2,607.94, topping a psychological barrier of 2,600. The broader-based Hong Kong Index rose 29.22 points
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    • 523 33 Malaysian motor traders expect higher car sales despite price increases KUALA LUMPUR Motor traders are anticipating that there will be another round of price Increases In the near future for non-Proton Saga cars although there was a hefty hike In new car prices In the first quarter of this year.
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    • 184 33 KUALA LUMPUR Perils Plantations Bhd will spend Msloo million (55T2.45 million) on a 10-year programme to Increase plam oil production In East Malaysia, company Chairman Gen Ik Cheong said. The company will Increase the area In palm oil cultivation to 32,375 hectares
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    • 165 33 Genting projects pre-tax profit of $159m KUALA LUMPUR Gaming operator Genting Ucrhad on Monday forecast a consolidated pre-tax profit of MJ219.91 million (*****.32 million) for last year compared with MJ168.41 a year earlier. The company attributed the profit to its proposed restructuring scheme, which required Genting to transfer its gaming,
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    • 417 33  - Tongkah to sell its Sabah estates to Harrisons for $50m Chow Chee Sun By TONCKAH Plantations (M) Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tongkah Holdings Hhd, is selling Its 6.018 ha of cultivated plantation estate to Harrisons Malaysian Plantations Hhd (HMPH) for Ms7o million (*****0 million) In cash. Tin' sale
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    • 206 33 Worlwide to acquire 47% stake in Perangsang KUALA LUMPUR Worldwide Holdings Bhd (WHB) yesterday said Its proposed restructuring scheme has been approved by the Capital Issues Committee (CIC). Under the proposed oxer else, WHB will acquire 10.932 million Msl shares In I'erangsang Tin Consolidated Sdn llhd Commerce International Merchant Bankers
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    • 156 33 KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur tin market (KLTM) fell by a further 50 Malaysian cents on Monday to close at M524 .50 per kg. The market eased in line with the heavy fall in the I,ondon Metal Exchange (LMK) on Monday which
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    • 240 33 KUALA LUMPUR Poland Bhd achieved a 7.3-per cent Increase in group pre-tax profit of M510.49 million (557.55 million) for the year ended March 31, compared with M19.78 million achieved in the previous year. (Jroup turnover was M559.09 million, an increase of 19.57 jmm
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    • 363 33 Raise KL's rubber products to world standards: Minister KOTA KINABALU Malaysian rubber-based industries will lose out to International competitors if the quality of their production does not reach international standards, Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Serl Raftdah Aziz said ycnterday. The Minister, who perform o<l the ground-breaking ceremony for a
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    • 323 33 IN THE first seven months of the year, four Singapore construction firms have already clinched $46 million worth of contracts in Taiwan which is enjoying a property boom. The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) yesterday said that this was a four-fold Increase over
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    • 422 33  -  Koh Bee Ann By JAPANESE trading giant C. Itoh, which has been in the limelight as a major player in Singapore's property scene, may have to rely on traditional trading activities to maintain its growth this year. Speaking to The Straits
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    • 181 33 KUALA LUMPUR Malayawata Steel Bhd has returned to the black with a group pretax profit of MsB.BB million (556. 39m ill Ion) for the year ended March 31, against a loss of M55.29 million a year earlier. In a statement here yesterday, Malayawata said the
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    • SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES
      • 72 34 Straits Tints Industrials 1989 High 1372.29 (31 July 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) Bustntss Tints Composite 1989 High 1261.03 (14 July 89) 1988 High *****6 (8
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      • 45 34 Landmarks H 50C 8.862 m Guthrie Wrts 6.275 m Multipurpose 5.601 m FACBSOC 3.313 m Tan Chong 50C 2.668 m Guthrie GTS 20C 2 660 m Bedford 50C 2.439 m Q A F Ltd 40C 2.305 m Promet 2,195 m NOL 2.112 m
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      • 40 34 SMtor Votun* VahM Industrials 1.928 m 1 779 m Financt 294,000 281,520 Hotels 26.000 33.390 Properties 728.000 637,340 Bonds. Loans, Wrts 1 256 m 1 358 m Plantations 100,000 105,760 Mining Nil Nil Total 4.332 m 4.195 m
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      • 64 34 Main Board Mondiy Tuesday Industrials 31.262 m 50.688 m Finance 6.896 m 8 089 m Hotels 10.653 m 3.860 m Properties 14.750 m 22.679 m Bonds. Loam. Wrts 16 362 m ***** m Plantations 3.279 m 5.416 m Mining 193.000 298.000 Total volume 83.395 m 109.661 m Total
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      • 538 34  -  Steven Pak MARKET REPORT By ENCOURAGED by buoyant overseas markets and anticipation of the Singapore economy's improved performance in the second quarter of the year, share prices on the local stock market closed on a firm note on National Day eve yesterday after
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      • 552 34 394 124 t 1643 CK T.ng Wl *****30 MO 242 46H 14M I 1800 Chuan Hup Wrta 33 1 900 33 32* 32* S3 I7M 82 1801 CMy On Bonds MM -M S MM MM MM 17) II 6 4 M 17 t 1808 City D*v
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      • 273 34 Manager's prices for August O A 10 Sinf aport Unit Trust Tnt Commtf c« I 1 7 I 24 The Savtnp Fund I 05- 111 S port Prof fund 04/ OSI Sport Sk Fund 0/4 0 79id S port Invest Fund 083 088 S port Equity Fund 056
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      • 309 34 Al starts quoted have a par vahtt of $1. unless otherwise specified Adjusted for scrip/rffhts. N Tie eiempted dMdend. P/f ratios and poss yields o( foreifn sharts art adjusted (or currency dtfftrtnces. Trustee stocks undir CPf Approved Invtttmtnt Schtmt t Marfbi stocks ABN h tradtd in lots of
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      159 35 SINGAPORE Volume: 109.67m units 26.28m) Value: $173.65m 14.41m) Indices Aufust 8 Aupnt 7 ST Industrials 1361.76 1351.74 ST Finance 2533 68 2522.79 ST Hotels 1056.43 1039 49 ST Properties 772 90 770.07 ST Minings 220.15 219.09 ST Plantations *****9 1455.98 BT Composite 1236 66 1228.38 BT 08/OS 61
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    • 108 35 PRIME RATE Averafe Prime lendinf Rate 5.625% Average of Singapore's Big Four Local Banks Contract date: CUmCNCV 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTM 9 MTH 12 MTM CM I VALUE MH US$ 8 8 )'n I', )<, 10/8/.W At 16'. 16% 16'. 16 ISM IS 10/8/B.' W$ 11
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    • 202 35 DM Y 5$ HK$ W/USS £/USS m Open ***** ***** ***** /8060 0 7630 ***** Clow ***** 139 25 ***** 7 8055 0 7653 ***** Soviet Mkf I Pttur Singapore dollar* to on* unit of foreign currency Buyinc 00 Selinf US dollar ***** I 9575 Sterling pound 3
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    • 126 35 Physical (SI) Mon Tims Kilobar ?3 ~»9 73.439 77.954 73,104 100 gm 7,315 7.340 7,304 7,379 50 Rm 1.160 1,179 1.154 1,169 70 gm 467 4/4 459 4/1 sgm 116 175 115 175 1 gm V 73 32 Bdkn cofcw (Ss/o/) Spore bullion coin 17\ W /I 1
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    • 638 35  -  Sharon Lau Sector overtakes manufacturing to lead economy with 12.8% growth By FINANCIAL and business services, boosted by the buoyant stock market, turned in a sparkling 12.8-per cent growth rate in the first half. The sector led the way as
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    • 407 35 THE slowdown in America's economic growth, accompanied by recent interest-rate cuts by major US banks, has led Singapore bankers and economists to expect a slight downward movement of domestic interest rates. The United Overseas Bank group
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    • 281 35 THE Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement (TPA) of which national flag-carrier Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is a member has voted unanimously to continue its contain ership capacity management programme for a second year in an effort to further reduce over-capacity on Transpacific eastbound routes. At the
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    • 361 35  -  Chow Choc Sun YOUR MONEY THE number of Singaporeans going abroad on holiday and business has been steadily rising over the years. Yet, four in five travellers travel without insurance. This is despite the plethora of travel insurance policies offered by insurance companies, credit card
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    • 268 35 THE Singapore economy's surprise 9.1-per cent growth in the first half of this year should keep the stock market on a high for the rest of the year. Brokers say buoyant economic growth will underpin the equities market. Bullish overseas
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    • 39 36 I UP 10.02 Up Down Unch Industrial 92 71 ?4 Finance 73 6 4 Hotels 8 2 8 Properties 20 7 3 Plantations 12 3 3 Mining 3 0 2 Warrants 21 4 9 Total 179 43 53
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    • 45 36 Goodwood Park 1550 100 laipCons 50C 310 60 Tongkah Hldgs 1/0 32 SI A Foreign 1810 ♦20 OCBC Foreign 1100 *20 OCBC 1020 70 U 0 B Foreign 64b t 20 Talam Corpn 170 f 20 OCBCWrts 1994 418 flB TimeEngrg 283 17
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    • 39 36 MBS 298 —12 M Breweries 1140 10 S Steamship SOC 350 10 Guinness S0( 390 8 Semb Shipyard 488 6 CoW Storage H 3/4 -6 SPH 870 5 Shangnla 795 —5 lsetansoC 675 5 Prima 630 —5
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    • 703 36  - 'Moderate pay settlements' call by BG Lee Shaun Seow Second-quarter Economic Survey Minister cautions against repeating mistakes leading to 1985 recession By AFTER two years of relatively high pay rises, both employers and workers must bear In mind the state of the economy next year when negotiating their wage settlements,
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    • 165 36 1988 will be 'hard act to follow': US Embassy THE US Embassy in Singal«iu' has forecast that the local economy will grow by between 7.5 and 8 per cent this year. In a report which coincided with the release of the Government's Second-quarter Economic Survey, the embassy said "1988 would
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    • 528 36 Inflow of Hongkongers 'will not hit economy in the short term' AN INFLOW of Hongkongers, following the relaxation of Singapore's immigration policy, will not affect the economy in the short term, Trade and Industry Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Even if about 2,000 Hongkong immigrants are attracted here each
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    • 25 36 NEW YORK The I)ow Jones average of 30 industrials ad vaneed 3.61 points to 2,698.60 In the first hour of trading yesterday. AP
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    • 603 36 Retail Ha len up The car-buying spree in the first quarter, which boosted retail sales by 27 per cent, has subsided. The retail sales volume index in the second quarter still showed double-digit growth of It per cent over the same period last year. H«aeat-to-K«o4neM figure* When one reporter
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    • 514 36  - 'Labour shortage the main obstacle to faster growth' Gerry de Silva Goh Eng Yeow By and SINGAPORE businessmen welcomed the news of a 9.1 per cent growth of the economy but said the major factor that would limit growth for the rest of the year was not the slowing American
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    • 1050 1 DICCOVERING ROCHORE History unfurled itself with the immediacy of a first-hand experience when writer Kelly Chopard researched a book commissioned on Rochore, the constituency that is no longer on the electoral map. HELEN CHIA reports. Discovering Rochore IF THE elders of the Cho dan Association were right, Raffles did not
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      • 1343 2 Helen Chia lends her ears to the joys and pains of recorded literature and listens to the distributors' sales talk. SOMF SELEC MO TIM Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy/tltJO Julie Christie, who also played Bathsheba in the movie, reads as well as
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        415 2  -  N. Stack Biotechnology A Brave New World, edited by Stephanie Yanehlnskl (Lntterwerth Press, Cambridge, UK/12? pagea/SS4.M) The editor of this Important book is a consultant in biotechnology communication who is based in Singapore, and also a writer for leading journals. She has assembled an impressive panel of genuine
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      • 981 3  -  Murray Seeger THE ENIGMA OF JAPANESE POWER By Karel van Wolferen Alfred A. Knopf/ 4§6 pages/$59.90 WHILE Harry S Truman is famous for many important decisions made during his US presidency, perhaps he Is best remembered for one pithy remark about political responsibility. "The buck
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      • 616 3 Voices and Visions looks at the life and work of the restless American poet Robert Lowell this Sunday on SBC 12 at 9.30 pm. Koh Buck Song previews. IN A letter to a fellow-poet, Robert Lowell once wrote: "Writing takes the
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      150 2 FACES WHICH are the faces that stand out in the crowd? They tend to belong to people who belong to another time, u or dare to be different or have the courage to go their own way. We look first at the unusual artistes in our midst a Chinese
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      89 2 THIS Straits Times special is designed to offer four contrasting close-up views of Singapore. Seen through the eyes of —the individual writer, each section bears a distinctive stamp. The first two sections feature the flip side of Singapore as seen in unusual faces, places and things. For light relief, we
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    • 534 2 -CCVER- c rtNiM wiown, cnwm puyooy^ 4: MocMMV Cwwn, Monkey God mlnilo. le lonfnlng Clown* otMtintna Clown, tMM ttown; 7 Royal ftM Clown. Cufiiffiiofi Clown, QOttslp 9 XAny wofi%AO^ 10: AM pmpon Clown; ill Common Clown, ordinary man. Another half-hour, another painted Clown face. Miss Tan
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    • 408 3 COMANUTIY ZINGING MANYM^Iay youngsters have gone from blue leans and A-ha f s hot pop XobijuMeiayv and dlklr barat. The traditional for in of community singing is now oung Malay Singaporeans Y are breathing new life I into dikir bant, a traditional form of Malay folk singing once only done
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    • 543 4 I I ERE are artistes who have dared to venture Into cultural territory outside their milieu. Miss Shyama Balakrlshnan is an Indian with a yen for the yangge or Chinese fan dance. This dance, a standard in the repertoire of Chinese classical dancers, is performed with verve
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    • 236 4 Kala Mandhir is an unusual Indian cultural group with an unstoppable enthusiasm for crossing cultural boundaries. In taking on such daunting productions, the group believes in putting new faces in the spotlight. Promising players may take the lead in one production and play bit parts in
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      • 128 5 When not working at the Shell oil refinery on Pulau Bukom, 30-year-old technician Kenny mmmm Tan is often seen sporting a kurta, a traditional Indian tunic, and listening to Indian music. Since he began playing the sitar, a classical Indian pluck-string instrument, six years ago,
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      • 138 5 Mr Nazir Abdullah, 38, loves to play ghazal music on his gambus &t Malay weddings. Gbazal is a marriage of Malay and Arabic music indigenous to Johor. The gambus is the Arabic name for a lute, a guitar-like instrument. His audiences find this a rare
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      • 95 5 Miss Low Mei Ling, 23, plays a mandola, said to be one of only eight in Singapore. The guitar-like instrument sounds like the Chinese pipa but is different in timbre, being made from a different wood. It belongs to the banduria family of pluck-string instruments, which includes the
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      • 119 5 Mr Joe Peters, assistant director of the National University of Singapore's Centre for Musical Activities, has amassed 21 rare tribal instruments of the Ifagao tribe, who cultivate the famous rice terraces of Northern Philippines. The 41-year-old started his collection in 1978, while reading for a Master's degree
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      • 124 5 To an Ifagao maiden in love, a nose flute can establish identity in the same way as the secret code number used at automated teller machines. It is said that the tribeswoman will acknowledge an intended love song on the flute only if it is played by
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    • 352 6 TWO men give one-of-a-kind ""public performances THE WORLD ON HIS SHOULDERS At 46, performing artist Tang Da Wu is Singapore's angry not-so-young man. Among other things, his anger is directed at social and environmental causes, such as the damaged ozone layer. To express this anger, he
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      669 8 EVEN the workaday side of Singapore has surprising faces to offer. First, a look at —entrepreneurs who have dared to strike out In uncommon directions. SMART CAR The Smartcar, mechanical engineer Peter Boo's brainchild, looks like a mm child's play car that is what is smart about it. Light
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      414 10 Orchids or orchid prints, for instance, would fit the bill nicely, he says. Mr Ho designs f or D4 A Management Consultant* Pte Ltd, the parent company for the Hemisphere* store, a hatchery for budding fashion talent. His creation is a white chiffon and satin gown with a
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    • 277 11 DYING TRADES Among ordinary workers are those who hold unusual jobs few: are queuelng up for. Stackers In kilns are a vanishing group: here and embalmers have to handle the dead everyday. HOTHOUSE EFFECT Stacking unf ired clay pots in a "dragon" kiln look* easy enough, but it Is a
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      1270 12 PRESSING JOBS TOP: Mr Ramu'i al— glint wlln f^fi#CtlOfl of hit workpi«c« in th«gk>w of Mm orsngc '•inp. ABOVE: Urban sfS2t *m- mllklnQ 3fWMi2. THESE four people, with made-to-fit occupations, work long hours. idy to t* taken out by eager dates. Then Mr Tuxedo its (or Ms charges to come
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      179 14 MY MAT! lin g^jk^A^ mm. Mmßmi Mmm^mbi 4fc^M Mrft Ml fMBMM. Prait Mr 5iE tea^m MV L^a I^m JWafr ML ■MtafCMil Ihihf rallii v^BMJv BJL Vf BW^Pj BMKMBU MV Wii M^Hf l^^RM^R^R IMMvwTWIiy ■^^^bWpWb' P^^rJ» Hi^^^P 1 bjbj ■•^•■^w h^V^Hf BWPf W^MIW *^*^*^P^PV BB^P^BW^J •^▼^'"•P^P ■^**J^Pw/^j vf b^^^^^^V^^^^P W\^\r JfjHl
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    • 180 14 Here's a man who lets his work get to other people's beads. ——Mr Mahmood Said, <fc n\nm N»y nr worn by some traditional performers at the annual Chingay parade aa well aa at other festive occasions. His masks of cardboard, wire, cloth and puMlng and
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      685 16 IJ ERE is a group of invisible workers. They toll unseen In closed rooms on secretive projects "Tat the National University of Singapore, emerging only when they are ready to shout to the world: Eureka! THE PERFECT FRUIT THE man who plays midwife to Mother 9 Nature works in
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      318 18 BUSY people who believe in taking time off to help strangers in need are few and hard to come by. FINANCIER, FUND RAISER Before he became a voluntary social worker in the early 70s, accountant Thai Chee Ken found his life in the rarefied world of high finance somewhat
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      213 19 NEITHER TOO OLD NOR TOO LATE At 72, when many people would have long retired, Chinese physician Yeo Siong LJan is still busy giving free medical services to the needy. Mr Yeo is passionate about putting in his two-hours-a-week service at the Chung Hwsi Free Clinic in Toa Payoh,
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      192 21 URBAN SAAAARITANS HELPING A newspaper story on women volunteers who looked after dying cancer patients so moved teacher Ally Kumaran, 36, that she decided, five years ago, to do voluntary social work. Her enthusiasm so fired her family that the Kumarans of Yishun all six of them now help
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    • 123 21 Bank officer Ronnie Goh, 41, bakes pizzas to help drive home the message: "Love Babies. Adoption not Abortion." The father of two believes women with unwanted pregnancies should know that "there is a long list of people who want to adopt babies", and volunteered his help to
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      1187 22 SOME parents believe In sharing everything with their families, Including their Jobs. We profile a former dancer and a mechanical engineer who rounded up their entire family to start a business; and sons who were Inspired to continue their fathers' work at a prison. ALL IN THE FAMILY.
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      268 23 VISITORS take their pick of Singapore faces. What tourists choose to take home to remember m^ mm Singapore by are not pictures of the usual faces in the crowd. They tend to hunger for more romantic images of the past, (or faces which capture the mysterious Orient. And
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    • 135 5 muftmciiwMci KHOR-SA-DAENG-KWAM-YIN-DEE There, you've just said "CONGRATULATIONS" in Thai And you as Singaporeans have yourselves to congratulate on your 24th National Day At Thai Airways International, were proud to work with a nation whose total commitment to achieve excellence has set a perfect example to the world Like you, our
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    • 686 6 The Association of Banks in Singapore on behalf of all its Member Banks, extends congratulations to the v f0 jo <^m Republic of Singapore on her r VJ^^^tf G^^^^H 24th National Day. J^^^^^^^^^^^^^H Algemene Bank Nederland NV Allied Irish Banks pic American Express Bank M #HV Limited Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank NV
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    • 52 9 Congratulations Best Wishes to The People and Government of The Republic of Singapore on their 24th National Day INTERCONTINENTAL Development Company Pte. Ltd. 230 Orchard Road #07-236 Fabar House. Singapore 0923 Tel: 235-6966 (3 Llnea) Telex: RS ***** Cable: MILUKIN" SINGAPORE Fax:*****20 iL "Landing Importers A Exporter* of Vartoua Commodities'
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    • 97 11 f^^fvvw^ SINGAPORE s^^ js^^k jto) 5 1) Heartiest Congratulations to the People and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on their 24th Anniversary of Independence. May our Republic march triumphantly towards its goal of becoming a developed, vibrant and cultured nation. AMARNATH GROUP AMARNATH ENTERPRISES PTE. LTD. THAKRAL COMPANY
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    • 287 16 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE ON THEIR 24TH NATIONAL DAY. a/at MARY CHEN SINGAPORE'S FIRST I 1 THE TABLE" JB QUALIFIER I^^C^^^B itS Top JS^mwm tc 50 T r f thc Tahlc UTS m thc workl) President's Round Table 1 sth, 16th 1 7th Terms Premiums -in-force
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    • 202 17 Our salutations to Singapore on her 24th National Day. f Timeless 1^ beauty ■BB^^H^^^^^k. for your eyes... ;1 the window of your soul. l__^HßiPl___ Eyebrow Tattoo is the latest technique of 'drawing' permanent 3 eyebrows. Neat and beautiful, tattooed eyebrows last you forever. THE LEADING NAME Artemis is the pioneer
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    • 819 18 Jfcnfe*. In step with Singapore's celebration of excellence It is with great pride that Bata Shoe (S) Pte Ltd celebrates with the people on the occasion of the Nation's birthday. Over the years, Singaporeans from all walks of life have been enjoying the lasting comfort of Bata Shoes. We pledge
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    • 125 19 Congratulations to the people and the government of Singapore on the occasion of their 24th National Day SVENSKA NEWSPRINT ORTVIKEN newsprint mill is operated by SCA Paper AB, a subsidiary of Swedish SCA Group. Following expansion in 1984/85, it has an annual capacity of 600.000 tonnes on four paper machines.
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    • 486 20 Y A. A o n Co"* •"<* Mvour th« test there Is in Vt? tflT mnt? t*& Congratulations Best Wishes iMiW J^P, ibgf f/S to the Government People Po^.K^ P i2S!K llln# nmMi A7 AT\ M of the Republic of Singapore on m^JEM*£- m^ AHi DCCTAI ID AK X m
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    • 201 23 6B£sr\VbLtb"R7 I I The People Government I I of the I I Republic of Singapore I I on the occasion I I of the I I 24th National Day I I The Organisation of The Tokyu Group I I Tokyu Agency International H 1 Tokyu Car (Singapore) H i Tokyu
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    • 93 24 CONTINUE TO SHINE SINGAPORE AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE Warmest Greetings from those who wish you well: C+rmti 1881 Italy Ebel Switzerland Enrico Covert Italy Fortls Switzerland Francesco Smalto Prance Gianni Versace Orologl Switzerland Jaeger-LeCouttre Switzerland Leonard Switzerland Louis Erard Switzerland Mario Valentino Italy Montblanc West Germany Nanl Bon Italy Offermann
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      412 2 ENTER through these unique doors, a blend of Chinese, Malay, European and Colonial styles, for a close-up view of surprising places and things in Singapore. We begin our exploration at serene places of worship which have always been an important part of the Singapore landscape: opposite page. In striking
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    • 294 2 The House of Singapore has doors of many faces. The functional modern doors of most houses and apartments here tend to greet visitors with blandness and anonymity. But the extraordinary doors which one finds here and there often reflect our heritage and delight the eye with a
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      181 3 LIKE A PRAYER f\ HANQE, In the name of \j development, Is an Inevitable part —of the Singapore landscape. Among the few things that have withstood the hands of change are houses of prayer. These are storehouses of our cultural jflfefc heritage, their Intricate details I m bearing witness to
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      714 4 IN A nation where established forms of worship are a way of life, one still sees signs of people who prefer to go their own way. Along Singapore roads lie the shrines of these freelancers of religion. Not for them the corporate-llke rituals of temple, church or mosque.
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      86 5 THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE pass by their tombs every day, but few know anything about the kings who once ruled the Island. But for the past 45 years, an old man has been keeping a constant vigil at the tomb of the last king of Singapore, Sultan Iskandar Shah. And
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    • 486 5 A stone's throw from the Registry of Marriages, up the steps of Fort Canning, an old man sits guarding the tomb of the last king of ancient Slngapura, Sultan frflrflpHflf Shah. "Sultan of Singapore/' he tells those who wander by, pointing at the tomb resting on a
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    • 191 5 Amidst the commercial hubbub along the dusty stretch of Telok Blangah Road outside the World Trade Centre, Singapore's ancient temenggongs lie in peaceful slumber at a nearby mausoleum. The State of Johor Mosque, a group of brown buildings with Chinese-style roofs built in 1849, is the resting grounds
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    • 557 6 FORGOTTEN but still standing In various parts of the Island are relics of dark chapters In Singapore's history the bloody 1915 Sepoy Mutiny and the Japanese Occupation. Seventy-four years after the Sepoy Mutiny, traces of the violent uprising still remain in modern Singapore. Two memorial tablets, dedicated
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    • 154 7 SPIRES THAT INSPIRE PIRES, domes and minarets raise proud fingers to the sky, signalling that they are one of a kind. Monolithic skyscrapers sprout around them but they remain unchanged, reflecting our heritage and adding a touch of grace to the Singapore skyline. Th« Gothic »plr» of tho Convont of
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      643 9 A SOCIETY'S icons are not only reflected in its buildings and relics, but also in the mundane images that people put up. Among public signs, none are more prolific or more individual than those put up by the small businessman. They are often a reflection of his idiosyncracies
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      381 11 WALKING along the streets of Singapore, one notices examples of workmen's efforts that go beyond the pedestrian. These were merely ordinary men at everyday worksites. But in their hands, cold concrete, plaster, tiles and paint were transformed into sublime displays. ome places can make you stop and stare. The
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      525 13 CHEE TONQ TEMPLE. Tha Umpla In Hougang Avanua 3 wm eomplatad In 1967, and has b«comt on* of Singapore's most controversial religious buildings for Its dapartura from traditional tampla snaps*. Tha main structure of tha roof Is a bright red staal frama. Thare Is a systam of
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    • 315 15 A WALK into tourist shops can surprise many Singaporeans. Few of the souvenirs capture the essence of the nation. Instead, the shelves bulge with knick-knacks emblazoned with the established symbol of tourism, the Merllon^^Mj These are the souvenirs offered to the more than 3 million visitors who come
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      640 16 THE newer, the faster a thing, the better that Is the Singaporean mentality. Yet sensibilities are changing, and this Is reflected In our concern for preserving old buildings and museum relics. Not often seen are the prized collections of Individuals who value age-old objects. THEIRS THEY were offered
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      503 18 FOUR ambassadors, who have spent many years overseas, recall spots which "tug at their heartstrings. MR J.F. CONCEICAO Formsr MP for Katong and presently High Commissioner to Australia: I often think nostalgically of Katong, g where I was brought up from the age of about 10, and
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      509 19 MR ROBERT CHUA 43, vMm and television producer. Joined a Hongkong TV station In 1967. I was born at River Valley Road and lived practically next door to the Singapore River. Whenever I think of Singapore, I recall the river ai it used to be. There were many tongkangs
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    • 118 4 BJ Xhe Longincs Gonquesi VI IP elegance of design makes the Omquest VI IP (Very High Precision). Accurate to the watch of choice for those whose lives around one minute in five years, this is depend on precision and whose taste runs probably the most advanced watch in to the
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    • 320 6 Leading the way for professionalism and quality in Singapore's construction industry. IHflflflflttfliflflflflflflflflflflfli I 'M flflfll flflflfl^ IflM. 4 flflfltflflKaJflW IIfIfI^HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHI I al HH IL.' I Mk H 1L ■■flfeflk flflus flLfliL Bflflfll flflflflflflVf LJ^^flflflßMflflfc.li.. Hj flfl^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B Bflfl^l 9 fli fIfIH^HBTI H^H^H^H^H^H^ll il t.^^^^^B I \y x y' Singopora Contractors Association
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    • 59 9 ■■fc, tkM WkMK^^, MMWt^ For the last 24 years UlC's range of household cleaners have done a fair share of Singapore's dirty work. And we're proud of it. We're equally proud to be a part of an independent Singapore. And a clean Singapore. VmII V ■■■Ml IHU WOW wTXn FSfflvOfflATß
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    • 903 12 Emporium Group celebrates with Singapore on its 24th bii^Hßtetfor we've filled our stores with fantastic bargains for more exciting shopping. Don't miss this chance to party in the sJ m J y Bl B *fl|L^ HURRY t OFFER VALID FOR ONE WEEK ONLYI WHILST STOCKS LASTt Bhal JQfl B^^^i KW^
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    • 583 14 Singapore Bell Helicopter Asia's center for operations in Asia the Pacific Bell Helicopter Asia with headquarters in Singapore A represents the worlds largest helicopter manufacturing and customer support network. Virtually everything that m^^^A M Bell Helicopter offers at its main Texas facility is now A available in Singapore, one of
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    • 230 14 Congratulations Best Wishes to the Government and People of Iri ISIEf 'I I roil IttUng ruMi I wnyir P^M^j HMMMIyMn Co. HMMMI Co. Htt £^9jffefi^^^ 14. 4«Mn Cungah 22nd Floor. UMBC M*n BMg HapoSSSng Port KalanQ j«t«n Sultan Sutoknftn wlßlMli S*«ngor SOOOO Ku ata Lumpur C«3rJ AYAPOH PtNANO Cable -HANDSYSTEM
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    • 163 15 Chee Seng Sesame Oil Double Pagoda Brand Was ■HaM Awarded A Trophy For The 1988, I Ith International Award For Food And Beverages. Barcelona. Spain And A Best Quality Gold Medal for The Monde M Hi Selection. 1988 Athens Greece L^b^LH BH BW """""'""'"fffffnimH ■■■bI CHEE SENG OIL FACTORY (PTE)
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    • 75 15 I We alni > 4yea rs oi ex e 1 1 e n c I ongratulation- Singapore I THIS IS IT! i 1 IBM Tr.imm TMC Compul I N.ihon.il I r.i<l«-«. I IK; H ii<iuh Ptmirfirld It. niiii),. r I'rrniH'i Compntri I i mn )f> School <>• Altron Coni|)ut«'i Fr.imn
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    • 726 17 Hogithzr we cetebrate with the pecrpte and government of Singapore on the occasion of their 24th 9{ationaC (Day /DAISHOWA ti Forest Products Ltd 207 Queens Quay West, Suite 880 Toronto. 0p Ontario MSJ lA7 Va Tel:(416) 862 5000 W* Telex: 065-***** Telefax: (416) 862 5123 y| HB^^LB If W^ Bwl^mv'
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    • 325 17 A Birthday TVeat^^ At Amara WMto It's time to celebrate and by popular f JA demand, the Preshwater Fish Promotion Tlltut continues into August So for your culinary WjuQr enjoyment savour our exquisite freshwater fish dishes and the finest Szechuan cuisine. Open Daily Lunch 1 1.30am 230pm Dinner: 6.30pm 1
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    • 95 19 Cowgrotidctims to the Government and People of Singapore on their 24th National Day H|| E^3ENG£ANDI K"" AI DQjaOUS, AND SM»H i Mm a extracted Irom genlune tnest quaxiy |r J^v Korean Gtneeng roots and Is produced /(f* wUn the moat advanced ScWntMlc procedore TMs Osiaang Candy has a vary ptaaunt
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    • 105 19 Congratulations to the People and Government of Singapore on the occasion of their 24th National Day We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our esteemed clients for their valuable support. £E£3Al!'Pest ¥SGS roibtibal tistiiv i /uuuttui MANAQIMINT m LTO SOS. Singapore (PU) Ltd. UWRATORY Pit 111. 5
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    • 693 19 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaH I Ka| BMaakl B^B^B^B^B^B^B^Bk^ Congratulations Best Wishes tO i^B^B^B^B^slß^B^B^B^B^B^B^BHa^H B the government and people of Singapore on the occasion of j^^^^^^^^^^^^^HLl^^^S thru 24th National Day HbßbHHL^b^blb^b^b^B^Bl rC3s^sj^^B Rajani#andha! The New Executive Ihhh!! Ah with i-M'i -> ihin K olm' iihcmt Biman'n New l.x«suliv«» 11am, you 11 find the fix*!
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    • 64 20 i "It you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the toundations under them." Henry David TW**u To the people and the government of Singapore for making our nation's dreams a reality. We drink a hearty toast.
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    • 2 1 SINGAPORE CLOSE-UP
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      272 2 PORTRAITS THE typical Singaporean is put in the spotlight warts and all in this section. First, humorist Paik Choo takes a light-hearted poke at the urge of Singaporeans to take part in almost any competition and to win at all costs. Other facets of the Singapore personality are portrayed
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    • 749 2 HUMORIST Paik Choo looks at the Singaporean propensity for making a public exhibition of winning. I F^ EOPLE are not so k^ simple you can I summarise all their values and attitudes into one word." The New Paper's report on 10 types of consumers (July 21). You wanna
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    • 80 7 ON THE STREETS WHERE WE LIVE HERE are some all-too-famlllar street scenes smacking of both the past and the present. Paik Choo says: 'Got taste. -*=r kl; By Mr ZulkHll Md Yaaaln, 33, of Bangklt Road, Singapore 2367 t a graphic d««*gn»r By Mr R Karmakar, of Jalan Airnn, Singapore
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      14 13 HOUSE TRAINED Training the male of the species is often either overdone or rare.
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    • 150 14 THE WAY WE WERE TOP: Street life at Colly er Quay in 1923 was reconstructed by a former Straits Times artist, Don Badio, in this '50s sketch. Europeans, Chinese clerics and businessmen wore the tutup, the high-necked white tunic said to be the survival of the East India Company uniform.
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    • 525 15 THE majority of the 260 cartoonists who entered The Straits Times' Cartoon Contest were people who did not earn a living from art. Amateur doodlers, their occupations range from bank officers to hotel bellmen. Some are happy to draw just for fun, while others are more serious about
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    • 110 2 v^bl bßbb^^Bbp^^ .^T^SMiBHiJ wftll if I bbKiPP^ ai^^^^^ k k ,^fl -.•< <> fflß|^J K B mmim \Jr f W^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^E^^^^^^^^^^^^*-: *?K«iKKbl i > r W^^R^^^^^^^^^B It AT m j'^Jßf r^pylßa I K V^affl bbbbHbbbbt bbL^^^m^ Children. Life would be ..JjflHH^ V Kids. They're noisy. They won't sit still for five
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    • 54 3 ■■■■■■■■■■1 B^^^^^^l B^^^ V ,<iP JIM fl ■^Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiw :^r JHB^h^V alilililililillllll ■lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIImP jS^Km^m H^^^l^^jfiSßH BBSSBEHkw-' '''(LMBBBBBBIIBIBkIIBIBBBBB ■VE^H ■■^^■1 ■■■■^1 Hjt^^M^^^^H WSJ* IS ifil bEd i«l IS pv iih F^lll HbS BC^^^S 893S BT^^^~V^' u *^Bfl IV I s^^ IBma Bmlh^B^^Bml Bm^R^^^BVa Bm^^^Bml i^V ""^"^^^H I B>M~U X BS^^Bsl BS^^bH J^^BS^BS^BI
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    • 152 4 THROUGH LOOKING THE traits of Singaporeans are a favourite subject among cartoonists. Paik Choo picks the winning —cartoons and wisecracks from the sidelines. Paik Choo says: 'Some people don't want a lot, just everything. <f^7^ f?R^PRE^% <fA^fl^% m wo mow 1 jt 7S SSml27, f^^vmoi p i/j» o o mXi
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    • 99 4 W _fj(F_r^_f I H^^"^ I_ am _v .ir _r P^ _r a^^^_^y^ _F I a By Mr Colin Qoh Y ong Pinoof Suneet View, Slnyapore zm. Tnto entry wins the first pros, $1,000, in the amateur eection. Paik Choo says: 'Money makes the world go fumy. |^o V-t er tlte
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    • 62 5 BRINGING SINGAPORE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FOR EVEN GREATER ACHIEVEMENTS World Trade Centre Singapore, Hall 3 September 7-10, 1989 From |y|YQe The Microcomputer Trade £V|Q ITP Services (Pte) Ud Cmin^j Association (Singapore) lIV^ c/o 151, Chin Swee Road #02-11, 994 Bendemeer Road #04-03, Singapore 1233 Manhattan House, Singapore 0316 Cable: PROMPT, Telex:
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    • 90 5 kl; (^4251 -(EY42SI T^ -V VV_l^/ r <^ -I I ■AlfiMT y^f )r i lu II J/7 By Mr Lee Chee Chew, 22, of Sims Avenue, Singapore 1438, an artist. This entry wins first prize, $1,500, In the professional section. "n/ro 7/lO IrsEPII [r5B p n Jlbs^ll fW^wf 1/10-7/I0 i/io-7/iO
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    • 35 5 Pa//c C/700 says: '7"A?e more f/7/ngs change, the more they don't. I^OSAITAL 1 (HfIJONJ Jyii I I f/ I Bf MrW«« Ml I K£L_ x I xx i I •wlMpor* r f w^ 2^^r^l /SiCt/^Siick
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    • 95 7 1 NATIONAL DAY 1989 jf W y^M.l£lit lw7Tm^aTaTryiZy//iwaaM aaT Singapore Forever Congratulations Best Wishes TO THE GOVERNMENT PEOPLE OF SINGAPORE j ON Tf/£ OCCASION OF THEIR 24th NATIONAL DAY I TOSHIBA j j TOSHIBA ELECTRONICS ASIA, LTD (SINGAPORE BRANCH) 460 Alexandra Road #26-01 PSA Building Singapore 051 1 i-^ Tel:
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    • 50 7 SOGO SALUTES SINGAPORE WE ARE PROUD TO BE HERE. THROUGHOUT OUR THREE YEARS WITH YOU, WE'VE SEEN AND SHARED YOUR PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY. AND ON YOUR NATIONAL DAY WE WISH YOU MORE GOOD YEARS AHEAD." LiviNc, iok run an (Dsogo Tel: *****00 Opan Mv»n days a w—k 10am to 10pm
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    • 77 9 OUR FUTURE. nevv generation. A new beginning. Our Mi/re resfe /n your nano/s. n guidance, diligence and integrity, 3C7^^| w^ nav/e confidence in you taking on fne challenge of tomorrow as yesterday's youths were in creating it. On f/7/s 24fn National Day, Omega is proud to snare fn/s significant moment
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    • 302 10 The Largest Bee Hua RoSeWOOd s^F celebrateBthe24th FUmitwe Ml National Day mfl^rj**t 11.00am- 6 oopm Singapore (ONLY ON NATIONAL DAY )Wm—m—^—mim Guangzhou Dining set If I Dragon Design jfl H^ i'f I |i ra v 111 I l^^^W^^^^H iH 1 111 tt_—_ i_ Uaw* Ea^^^M^ pHHHHHH Canton dressing table Quangzhou
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    • 270 10 PASSION 3UFFET iUNCH" BUFFET antics was a theme V^^^^^^f///^^^^ Pa//c C/700 says: /or /fte/r money /^grjM^^^fj&^J^^ ''iffii^^^l\ RIGHT: By Mr Laong Cha# Foon, 17, of Clamant! L^sP^\-flk, J^nfJ^^^xT^^^ Avanua 4, Singapore 0512, a atudant. IT (W itt BELOW: By Mr Chua Yong Joo, 22, Ang Mo Kio aUt«P T Avanua
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    • 183 12 ■buHhHBHHHhB The Life Insurance Association proudly celebrates Singapore's 24th National Day. American International Assurance Co Ltd Asia Life Assurance Society Ltd British American Life Assurance Co Ltd Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd Insurance Corporation of Singapore Ltd Keppel Insurance Pte Ltd ManuLife (Singapore) Pte Ltd Mercantile General Reinsurance Co
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    • 247 12 m movwg wes commuter are classic. Pa/7c Choo says: 'Amazing how far some will go.' Laaav^l LaS m f \1 I JLaa! aaaa^^l Lbbw_ aavV LaaaV. If// \T I Jl^^B^fe^H >l aaaa! Law -TT^ aaa aaa^M l# \V I V^^E Lv*^**" aa^^aaaaaaT^aaaaaaße^\ 1 VI /^Lai aaaV^aai _^H V bT^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i 17
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    • 334 13 Best Wishes to the Qovernment \frSr the People of the Republic of Singapore m mm^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ on her 24th Nutumul Day mmm uil]s%£3giir& EURO SHOE SHOP PTE LTD I^Hi^H^^^^H Mid Year Release New Arrival Shoes^^^T r^^avu^ I '^Pf^^^^^^^^^^H t^k^ 8 Brand New Styles In Vanety of Colors '^m^t^iL- fek. ff^ varda
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    • 126 15 WHATEVER THE OCCASION aSsntaflE^Ek wO| I^^B^B^B^LH I ffi\ IMPB mim mfrdm Ib{^Jß' ETimßßr DP rf pm usifinG R6STOURPinT ON THE OCCASION OF OUR STH ANNIVERSARY Value-packed 9 course set menu for table of 10 persona for lunch or dinner at onh/ $338.00 10%. Dishes Include Lobster Cold Dish, Roast Suckling
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    • 477 15 Food Potpourri 4— 13 August Join us at the Orchard Terrace as we keep the spirit of Singapore flying high. Our chefs are cooking up a sumptuous spread of local favourites gleaned from our ethnic enclaves in Chinatown, Geylang, Katong and Serangoon. Watch our chefs twirl a Roti Prata, charcoal
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    • 54 16 TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE HONG LEONG GROUP RHEEM (FAR EAST) HONG LEONG INVESTMENT SINGAPORE FINANCE CITY DEVELOPMENTS HONG LEONG INDUSTRIES PTE LIMITED HOLDINGS PTE LIMITED LIMITED LIMITED MANUFACTURING LIMITED 1946 1948 1961 1963 1963 HONG LEONG FINANCE KING'S HOTEL HONG LEONG HONG LEONG CORPORATION LIMITED LIMITED HOLDINGS LIMITED LIMITED S
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      307 2 JOURNEY CHANGE is the theme of this section. And changes here, as seen through the eyes of a single mmm writer, are presented in the form of a personal and reflective essay. At 40, Richard Urn is troubled by memories of his growing years people, milestones and hurts of
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    • 1082 2 Because of our change in ways of life, ways of living, in W thinking, in rational questioning, we reach a point where we've got to face up to fundamental problems. Who made a me? Where am I going? What happens to me when I die? Prime Minister
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      • 70 2 They provide hope for the future. Ww iff Ik iyj iyk V Bl I' ,il 1> BjBWWBBbBBB^^kHBI m^ mm^mtmtm^^^m^^Ki m t* JdB^B^BVvS^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^I B^H*^lt_ —^t_Z—^^BF.' f B^B^B^B^Bt^BF^^Tßf^^^BW' merely provide the hardware. Congratulations to the people of Singapore on their 24th National Day. epson Singapore pte. ltd. No 1 Raffles pw c
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      78 3 This used to be my teenage stomping ground, reshaped beyond recognition. The crumbling hrirk and wood of my old school have given way to the aluminium and glass of Raffles City. The change is quantum, as are the changes in Singapore over the last two decades, and
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      • 75 3 We salute SINGAPORE on her 24th National Day EXCELLENCE TOGETHER SINGAPORE »g) FOREVER^ MCiLUM CHANG GROUP 3t Kim Tlan Road, MO3-00 Kim Tlan Plaza. Singapore 0316. Tal: 273-8888 Tatoi: RS ***** LUMCHQ Tctotex. 278-5072 C.We LUMCONTR Congratulations to the Government People of the Republic of Singapore on the occasion of
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      • 152 3 The 21st century. It's only a few years away! So have J// you thought what it will be like how its changes will Ml affect you? Ml I How will you face the exciting challenges to come? »^^KKKL Your first job. Your marriage. Educating your children. wSBI Jj^T Financial security
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      1126 4 LOOS CHANGE fa I look around me: all this modernity, all this gloss, and as a people we have yet to learn to flush our public toilets. It was in the 70th-floor restaurant in Westin Stamford that Chinese actress Joan Chen ear- r.jnounced theatrically: "I like Singapore. I like its
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      • 271 4 Congratulations to the Government and People of Singapore on her National Day. PBFfl^arffj^J Bl|jjlßj|mU| > 'Jm Mm Mm 8-day tour to Hawaii General Refrigerator ER 12 5-day tour to Adelaide, General Mini-bar ER 8 Australia ■■■■■■■■i J J LUCKY DRAW 3-day tour to Pelangi Holiday W Am Every P arllc
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    • 1404 5 UNDER THE SPREADING BANYAN TREE The banyan tree stood outside one of the school 1 two W tuckshops, and during recess, many students would gather under its wide shade, to chat or to watch the others play bola bantam or football or rugby In tha large playing flald out in
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      • 98 5 Irene's Creation Singapore United Kingdom Irene's Crealfon turns 8 From now H tin end of August, lndies Creatfon is JH H^| K offering a 10% discount plus a free WM I pair of designer earrings to Ist 18 V V brides to-be And a further $500 lH Br discount voucher
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    • 2466 6 My father, uncle, a relative and an adopted f*9 grandson helped in the family business. In the day, they stayed In the shopfront, or worked In the makeshift warehouse in the middle section of the long house) Wo had lots of womenfolk, but they remained in
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      • 51 6 LOOK FOR THIS _^HL LUbU r_j BUY SINGAPORE AGROTECH ™BNMb^ FARM FRESH EGGS BBBBBBm B. .^^l WmV BBD. L bk mMi* '^7 >■ bvbvbr' >4bV '^^bV .^bybwbbV f i^L. k BBW .^BL .^BBBBT B^B^Bb jB^BBBn B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^K^. .^B^B^B^BKi Soaring Towards I^^B^L^imlmHLjj^^w New Heights of Excellence Br Jfc mS/ ?v i Bk.
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    • 210 9 TAKING THE LONG VIEW What would the old man have made of this? To my grandfather, the waterfront area was the pulse of the country he knew the rivers, the harbour, the businesses, and the seat of government. These went back to early Singapore. Changes here were evolutionary, there were
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    • 961 10 THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED 1,000 SHIPS I*l u tuNo-ro^ -j when Lim Muo was still a little dreamed that F'Wrflft llik her father an(i piflF^TK^ two brothers, _jL^!S?!?_ J all fishermen, were caught In a storm, and their three boats were about to capsize. In her dream, she reached out
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      • 36 10 D 19 BAN HIN LEONG GROUP Builder Of Homes Not Just Houses ElO COLLYER QUAY #I I-06, OCEAN BUILDING, SINGAPORE OIO4. 11. TEL: *****88. *****07. TELEX: RS ***** BHLGRP. Fax: ***** 1 5. I l| m
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      • 141 10 \*ymfKv///////7nt^ Hi The Sunday Times will be publishing a Swing Singapore SPECIAL ISSUE in tabloid format, barely hours after the event is over. You can get a copy of this special commemorative issue for 50 cents at Hut** 77ie Bookshop outlets and newstands from 12 noon, Sunday r August 20,
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    • 206 11 A dream to keep alive old bonds of community began here more than 60 m^ years ago. About 700 people, many of them immigrant merchants and traders working along the Singapore River, dug into their pockets to build this house of the Hokkien Lim clan.
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      1067 12 M^ I romsrntMjr now when wo w moved In to the new flat in 1968, the first thing my grandmother did was to install a •mall altar on one side of the wall and to hang a mirror above the mam door. The altar was lor my dead
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      1319 13 t^ In batwaan running to this patron and that in tha nightclub, ona of Singapore's top-aarning Munimlaa tails ma about harsatf and nar job, which pays mora than $10,000 a month. ferner is long pane among the Singapore trendies, as I have Just found out from Sharif ah
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      • 115 13 TEPRVNYAKI HHlHHHHa^Hßaydkyma^H It's feppanyaki with choice Amerk .in meat and seafood. Imagine, corn-fed beef sizzling alongside chicken, prawns, catfish and vegetables on the Teppanyaki counter. Our sumptuous >t j<l "jPaV--10-course Special Teppanyaki O \J 4<§ Set is a steal: at just K> for SENBAZURU lunc h or dinner. iapanim mswurani
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      • 48 13 dosed today *^^^^aai^^Baß^B4 J fe^ All Poh Heng outlets will be closed today in celebration of our nation's 24th National Day. Business resumes tomorrow. Majulah Singapura! Head Of Ace: North Canal Road Branches at Ann Mo Kio, Bcdok, Boon Lay, Hougang, KatonK. Parkway, People'* Park and Toa Payoh.
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