The Straits Times, 1 May 1997

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1997 60 CENTS MITA (P) 027/12/96
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  • 436 1  -  Sim Wai Chew Consortium signs deal for supplies from 2000 By SINGAPORE will start using piped natural gas from Indonesia under a landmark agreement signed yesterday between a consortium of Singapore companies and Indonesian state oil company Pertamina. Disclosing this m a statement,
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  • Article, Illustration
    168 1  -  Santokh Singh S. Murali By and S-LEAGUE chief executive officer Douglas Moore has tendered his resignation. An S-League official, who declined to be named, confirmed late last night he had given three months' notice yesterday. Moore, however, would not confirm nor deny the resignation. Asked if he would
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  • 412 1  -  Ahmad Osman By They apply to High Court to stop acting for ham after his remarks m ST interview THE two lawyers representing Mr Tang Liang Hong asked the High Court yesterday to allow them to stop acting as his counsel. Mr Peter Low
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  • 421 1  -  Raoul Le Blond By THE Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has nabbed eight Singaporeans who returned from Batam after taking Ecstasy. They were caught at the World Trade Centre ferry terminal and tested positive for the drug. Replying to queries from The Straits
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  • 562 1  -  Leong Ching Ching By The regional geo-political climate may turn stormy. Relations with our trading partners may be affected by trade or other disputes But if we retain our core values, are not intimidated by the challenges, and stay united as a national
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 559 2  -  Jasbir Singh KTM saga By FORMER Malayan Railway (KTM) regional engineer Mohamad Ruslan Abdul Manaf gave 24 hours' notice and resigned after he was hauled up by his bosses m 1995 for his "unusual dealing" with a Singapore businessman. In an affidavit
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    • 25 2 Picture by Farewell, waves Mr Wan Fook Weng. He was principal of ACJC for 12 years. LIM SIN THAI
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    • The Business Times
    • Berita Harian
      • 21 2 Many Singaporeans feel the proposed levy would be a burden that would discourage them from visiting Johor.
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      • 19 2 'Theartof'jong'or small boat racing is still alive and kicking here judging from the interest shown by some enthusiasts.
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    • 350 2 UNION leaders m Singapore back Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew m the recent row with Malaysia over his remarks on the crime rate m Johor, NTUC president John De Payva said last night. They supported the recent call by unionist Harbans Singh
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    • 269 2  -  Wong Chee Meng By TEACHERS and students gave retiring Anglo-Chinese Junior College principal Wan Fook Weng an unusual send-off yesterday by naming a lane within the school grounds after him. It is called, aptly, Wan Way. Besides paying tribute to his 12 years as principal,
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    • 556 3  -  Mary Kwang PM Goh m China (Outstanding ones to be approved by end of next month Bt China Correspondent 'So We have only about one or two months to wait and, thereafter, the projects should be approved as speedily as before." PM Goh,
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    • 426 3  -  Elena Chong Man gets 12 months for cheating, CBT By AN encyclopaedia salesman, who was on the run for 16 years after misappropriating money from his company, has returned to Singapore to face the music. I Although Chandrasegaran Muthiah, 38, had got away with
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    • 297 3  -  Yasmeen Hameed By *My heart says I must walk but my body is so tired' PAIN comes with every step he makes, but paralysed Bangladeshi worker Mohammad Bashar is determined to walk again. He was fitted with leg casts last Saturday and now spends 30
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  • WORLD
    • 596 4 WASHINGTON A plan by two billionaires to build an "Internet m the sky" that would use hundreds of low-or-biting satellites to transmit data and conversations all over the world turned from starry-eyed vision into work-in-progress on Tuesday. Mr Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft
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    • 342 4 CHICAGO Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has met US newspaper publishers and tried to convince them that his company was not trying to muscle its way into the classified-advertising business. In a keynote address to more than 1,200 executives attending the annual meeting of
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    • 127 4 THEY may look like the latest m circus acts, but this group of eight people are demonstrating the latest m urban transport. Developed by S taller Studio m the US, the Urban UFO is "more than a functional, futuristic vehicle engineered innova tively
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    • 403 6 WASHINGTON The Pentagon is planning to turn towards nigh-technology arms and highly qualified troops as it converts to a post-Cold War wprld, Defence Secretary William Cohen said on Tuesday. I In his annual report on the stete of the military released oo Tuesday, Mr
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    • 570 6 Not all the present shadow ministers will be appointed You can forget the notion that Tony will shove m a load of ministers he does not really want, with the idea of getting rid of them m a reshuffle after six months or
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    • 144 6 LOS ANGELES Police responding to complaints that a woman, described by neighbours as a local eccentric, had cut their telephone and cable-TV lines discovered 45 cats m her house on Tuesday amid piles of excrement and swarms of fleas, the authorities said. "This
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    • 466 8 'She has no real solutions to Australia's woes' £0% to 25% 4>fvote A Morgan poll released ,on Tuesday found the independent Queensland MPs newly-formed One Ration party would attract 10 per cent voter Jiuppart for the Lower House of Parliament. A Separate poll published an
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    • 273 8 1 ABERDEEN (Maryland) A 4 US military jury on Tuesday found an army staff sergeant guilty of 18 counts of rape m Bie most prominent case m a 'snajor sexual-misconduct tndal shaking the military. United States Army Staff
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    • 55 8 PADDINGTON, a stuffed bear which starred m 23 dozens of BBC television programmes based on a popular children's book, sitting on a pile of marina** lade sandwiches his favourite m London. Sotheby's plans to auction it for an expected £6,000*"* to £10,000 <5514,215 to 5523,690) on
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    • 311 8 WELLINGTON The prime ministers of Japan ana New Zealand avoided confrontation m a row over Japanese nucle-ar-waste shipments passing through the Tasman Sea during talks yesterday. Mr Ryutaro Hashimoto of Japan and New Zealand's Mr Jim Bolger, who met for 90 minutes,
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    • 73 11 A soldier carrying blocks of cocaine to be incinerated at a naval base m Matamoros, m Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on Tuesday. The Colombian cocaine was part of a 9,871-kg haul of the drug which was found inside a tanker truck heading lor the United States last week.
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    • 227 11 WARSAW Some of the storks flying north to nest m Poland have been turning back towards Africa because of confusing weather, Polish public television has said. It quoted ornithologists as saying such behaviour during the annual migration had not
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    • 405 11 Key govt officials find current practice counter-productive ATLANTA (Georgia) Key figures m the US government believe that the controversial US practice of "certifying" the anti-narcotics efforts of other nations is counter-productive and should be overhauled drastically, former President Jimmy Carter said on
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    • 469 13 Mild sanctions imposed but trade to continue PARIS Brushing off US pressure to get tough with Iran after its leaders were implicated m political murder by a German court, European Union ministers on Tuesday ordered mild sanctions but did nothing to
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    • 261 13 BRITON Peter Gregory, 65, who fought his way back to fitness after a heart-bypass operation, showing off his muscles with his wife Sheila beside him m Preston, Lancashire. Eight years ago, his life was hanging by a thread when he was rushed
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    • MEDICALNOTES
      • 110 13 I PHILADELPHIA Researchers reported ojl? uesday they had successfully vaccinatStwo chimpanzees against the virus that fluses Aids, pointing the way to possible m e of the technique m humans. SThe vaccine's effectiveness was unprecented m a primate species, which, like humans, is susceptible to infection
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      • 121 13 BSW YORK A drug that is taken once a y can suppress outbreaks of genital herSs as well as the standard twice-daily region of acyclovir, according to data reMesed on Monday at the annual meeting of tip American College of Obstetricians and (gynaecologists m Las
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      • 93 13 WASHINGTON About half of older drivers killed m traffic crashes have signs of Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests. A team of Swedish and Finnish researchers examined the brains of 98 drivers over the age of 65 who died m car accidents m Sweden and south-western
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      • 135 13 CHICAGO A study of healthy women shows that eating a diet rich m folic acid and vitamin B 6 may reduce a woman's risk of heart disease substantially. The Nurses' Health Study thus far shows a 50 per cent drop m the
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    • 68 15 A Sahara wi refugee waving from a camel as United Nations special envoy James Baker arrived m the Smara refugee camp m the Algerian Sahara desert on his last leg of a tour of the African region on Sunday. Some 167,000 refugees have
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    • 483 15 Some 55,000 Palestinians can go back to work m Israel JERUSALEM Israel is to lift the closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip which has kept thousands of Palestinians out of work for more than a month, Defence Minister Yitzhak Mordechai
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    • 145 15 BARCELONA A 23-year-old Spaniard was sentenced on Tuesday to 16 years m prison for killing his fiancee m a plot he tried to pass off as a "remake" of the tragic ending of Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet. Jose Maria Gomez Lopez, nicknamed Romeo
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    • 550 16 Bihar chief won't quit despite corruption charges NEW DELHI Just a week after Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral was sworn m, India's ruling coalition is grappling with a major crisis after a top leader named m a massive corruption scandal refused to quit.
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    • 58 16 MR MITSUO Matsumoto, technical support officer of a UN organisation seeking to ban all chemical weapons, wearing a special gasmask and impermeable plastic suit at The Hague on Tuesday. The organisation's inspectors worldwide will use the suits and masks at sites suspected of being contaminated. The
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    • 240 16 LIMA Peru's 1,700-year-old ruins of Chavin de Huantar high m the Andes have become unexpectedly popular after a hostage-rescue operation last week that was named after the site. President Alberto Fujimori named the operation after the Chavin ruins high m the
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    • WORLDFILE
      • 68 16 motorised rickshaw driver m eastern India returned U5525,000 (5536,000) to a pair of tourists after he found the money lying on the back seat of his vehicle, the Press Trust of India said on Tuesday. PTI said that Mr Swapan Dey discovered the cash after he took two
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      • 68 16 Security has been tightened m the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo ahead of May Day rallies organised by dozens of political parties and trade unions, officials said yesterday. Parking restrictions will be m place m several key roads here to prevent car-bomb attacks, a police spokesman said. During
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      • 91 16 An American Nobel Prize-winning research scientist was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months m prison by a Maryland court for sexually abusing a teenage boy he brought back with him from one of his research trips m Micronesia. Dr Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, 74, winner of the 1976 medicine
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      • 83 16 France, one of the most vocal supporters of greater European integration, topped the league of European Union rule-breakers last year, the European Commission said m a report released m Brussels on Tuesday. Out of 283 official complaints for breaking rules of the single market, 43 were against France,
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      • 55 16 The Russian Security Council arrived m Grozny yesterday for talks with Chechen leaders as a series of bombings threatened Use peace process, Interfax news agency reported. Citing sources. Interfax said that the recent bombingWf two Russian rail stations allegedly plannedjby Chechen rebels will be the major topic of
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    • PEOPLE
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      • 123 18 I GRENOBLE (France) Former European Commission president Jacques Delors (above) was hit with a cream pie and shaving cream on Tuesday by anti-Maastricht activists. i Mr Delors, 71, who headed the executive arm of the European Union from 1985-94, was seen going into a conference organised
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      • 187 18 PARIS When the going got tough, the late French President Francois Mitterrand got going to his astrologer. So says Elizabeth Teissier, the stargazer who writes the horoscope m France's weekly Tele 7 Jours magazine, m her book, Under The Sign Of Mitterrand, published this week. She
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      • 132 18 OSLO What promises to be the event of the year will take place m Trondheim m June, when royals from all over Europe meet to celebrate the 60th birthdays of Norwegian King Harald and Queen Sonja (above). The royal palace released the guest list on
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      • 127 18 WONDERBRA MODEL MUGGED: Muggers pounced on Wonderbra model Caprice Bourret inLondon's chic Hampsted district, hit her boyfriend on the head with a bottle, then ran off with her handbag and wristwatch, police said on Tuesday. PULITZER WINNER DIES: Noted US journalist and Pulitzer prize-winning columnist Mike Roy ko died
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    • 48 18 The thing about being 60 is that you get to pick the date. If s just the year that you can't change/ Avant-garde composer Philip Glass, on why a benefit concert to celebrate his birthday is being held today although his actual birthday was Jan 31. a*
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 184 19 PMGoh m China Good prospects for co-operation ASKED by the local television station if his leading a 30-strong business delegation to Dalian would deepen co-operation between Singapore and the north-eastern Chinese city, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said: "My job is like that
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    • 539 19  -  Mary Kwang By China Correspondent DALIAN Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong suggested yesterday that co-operation between Singapore and the northeastern Chinese city of Dalian could be extended beyond the port to include transportation and logistics and supporting services. He raised this point during a tour
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    • EAST ASIAFILE
      • 102 19 BEIJING At least 65 people died m a train collision m central China's Hunan province, which left local hospitals struggling to cope with horrendous injuries, officials said yesterday. A total of 290 people were injured when two passenger trains collided on Tuesday morning at
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    • 47 19 China is to expel an unemployed Taiwan journalist who hgacked a Taiwanese airliner to the mainland, state radio said yesterday. Liv Shan-Chung, 46, would be sent back to Taiwan on board a boat leaving on May 14 from the fisherman's quayside m Xiamen, Fujian province. AFP
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    • 53 19 Taiwan's Supreme Court has sentenced two Singapore nationals to death for smuggling heroin into the island from Thailand, a court official said yesterday. Poh Wei Beng, 29, and Tan Choon Siew, 72, were convicted last week of smuggling and selling 150 kg of heroin m Kaohsiung m
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    • 43 19 The third road tunnel under Hongkong's harbour opened for business yesterday three months ahead of schedule and HK$6OO million (Ssi 13 million) under budget. The tunnel, linking Hongkong island and Kowfoon on the mainland, can handle 180,000 vehicles a day.- Reuter
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    • 39 19 Redundant workers and separatists from northwestern China have been blamed for planting three bombs m Bening m March, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. Separatists from Xinjiang were responsfole for the bombing which killed three.- AFP
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    • 286 21 BEIJING Mr Bao Tong, the most senior Chinese official jailed after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has been allowed home after seven years m jail and nearly a year of house arrest, his family said yesterday. But Mr Bao, 64, former secretary to Mr
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    • 324 21 It cannot happen here. It will not happen here. I will not allow it to happen here/ Mr Tung on the possibility of Tiaiifiuunen-Mke crackdown m Hongkong. HONGKONG Future leader Tung Chee Hwa yesterday made a fresh promise to maintain freedom
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    • 287 21 TAIPEI The shocking murder of a Taiwanese television star's teenage daughter has sent the popularity of the island's leaders plunging to record lows as the public demanded action over the killing, a poll showed yesterday. Calls for the resignation of
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    • 627 22  -  Lee Slew Hua Vice-Premier debunks 'China threat' theory Reports by US Correspondent 'A review of China's history shows that China does not have a tradition of expansion. On the contrary, it was the victim of repeated foreign aggression, domination and
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    • 432 22 WASHINGTON Hongkong would enjoy extensive freedom and rights after its return to Beijing m July, said visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen as he sought to allay American concern that Hongkong's democracy might be curbed. He said: "The current social and
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    • 15 21 HONGKONG A NEW FUTURE Freedom and rights 'will be protected' under Chinese rule: Page 22
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 606 25  -  Edward Tang Approach endorsed by foreign ministers ?y lhaiiana uorresponaeni j PHUKET The foreign mm J isters of Singapore and Thaii land have endorsed the apj proach adopted by their senior officials, who met m the idyllic j beach-resort island here yesterday, on
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    • REGIONALFILE
      • 44 25 Thai Cabinet has approved a 47-million bant (552.6-miUion) fund for farmers displaced by infrastructure projects who have been protesting outside government offices for three months. But the 15,000 protesters said the proposal was too vague and vowed to stay put- AFP
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      • 42 25 Only 58 Javanese rhinoceros remain m their last Indonesian habitat on the western tip of West Java. A census this year found the tracks of 58 rhinoceros m the Uiung Kulon national park, the Antara news agency said yesterday. AFP
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      • 46 25 Thai police yesterday said they arrested five suspected drug traffickers and seized 15.4 kg of heroin hours before the men planned to ship the drug, concealed m pottery, to Australia. The arrests on Tuesday came after more than three months of investi- gation.— Reuter
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      • 32 25 Thailand's air-safety standards have come m line with global standards. The US Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said Thailand had been rated "conditional" previously but had improved by December. AFP
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      • 42 25 Four children were hurt when a suspected Muslim rebel lobbed a grenade at their home, the Philippine military said yesterday. The children, between three and 17, suffered shrapnel wounds after a man threw the grenade m Sirawai on Tuesday. AFP
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      • 37 25 Three fighter ships from the US, Australian and Canadian navies have docked at the Tanjung Perak Harbour m Surabaya, the Indonesian Observer reported yesterday, their arrival aimed at improving ties between Indonesia and those countries.
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    • 64 25 Soldiers attending the opening ceremony of an anti-narcotics museum in Mongla on Myanmar's border with China. Myanmar has been criticised by the West for not doing enough to stamp out its massive opium trade. The museum, opened on Tuesdav. was to mark what the authorities say is
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    • 235 25  -  Ignatius Stephen By m Bandar Seri Begawan GERMAN Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrived here yesterday for a three-day visit during which he is expected to meet Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei to discuss increased economic co-operation between the two countries. He was received
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    • 427 27  -  Derwin Pereira By m Jakarta Draft pact reached on claims to International Court INDONESIA and Malaysia edged closer to resolving a dispute over two small islands which lie off the coast between Sabah and East Kalimantan as senior officials from both
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    • 128 27 INDONESIAN President Suharto (right) giving his blessings to his youngest son Hutomo Mandala Putra and Solo princess Ardhia Pramesti Regita Cahyani at their traditional Javanese wedding ceremony m a park m east Jakarta yesterday. Political leaders took the morning off to attend the wedding. According
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    • 562 29  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Philippines Correspondent MANILA Confirming that three Chinese ships sighted m the Spratly Islands on Friday were armed naval vessels and that a new structure built by the Chinese m the area had been detected, Manila's Department of Foreign Affairs
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    • 245 29 Legislators also given protection MANILA Alarmed by a rash of kidnappings, the Philippine National Police (PNP) has deployed police officers to act as bodyguards for at least 186 wealthy private individuals, including prominent ChineseFilipino traders and fornjer government officials. The list prepared by the
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    • 373 29 BANGKOK Under a new as-sets-seizure law, the Thai government has confiscated more than 500 million baht (Ss2B million) worth of cash, land and valuables m the past five years and prosecuted those who amassed riches via the illegal
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 992 30  -  Brendan Pereira By m Petal ing Jaya *What The Straits Times did will have some effect on normalising bilateral ties.' Education Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. 1 don't want to get into this. But you know how the
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    • 186 30 New CID chief 'needs time to study state' s crime situation JOHOR BAKU The new Johor CID Chief SAC II Mok Siew Hoong said yesterday that he needed time to study the crime situation m Johor. "I don't wish to comment. Furthermore, I'm new here and need more time to
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    • 253 30 Man charged with Killing wife son and 4 others in fire KAJANG A site supervisor was charged with murdering his wife, son and four other family members by setting fire to a shophouse m Serdang, according to a report m The Sun yesterday. Yeap Boon Hai, 38, from Jalan 25/95,
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    • 362 31 Strengthening ties Under the concept, the three types of primary schools national school, national type (Chinese) school and national type (Tamil) school will share common teaching and learning facilities as well as hold certain curricular and co-curricular activities together. All these strategies would
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    • 347 31 KUALA LUMPUR The AntiCorruption Agency has detained a public relations officer of an international recording company for allegedly bribing radio disc jockeys to air songs by its artistes. The 35-year-old was picked up m the city last week. The arrest came five weeks
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    • 125 31 PETALING JAVA The Malaysian public's outrage against corruption is weak because of rising affluence as a result of the country's continuous economic growth, said political observer Chandra Muzaffar. Dr Chandra, who is also Just World Trust director, said Malaysians also did not
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    • 426 33 Violence, sex arid horror scenes are hurting our youth' KLANG The Malaysian Indian Congress wants the Information Ministry to censor all violent, horror and sex (VHS) scenes m Tamil and Hindi movies imported from India, party president Datuk Sen S. Samy Vellu has
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    • 121 33 KUALA Lumpur City Hall enforcement officers breaking into an illegal discotheque with lock-cutters m Cheras. The nightspot was made up to like an empty shop lot by day, with shutters down. I The Malay Mail reported yesterday that the officers found stools and a
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    • MALAYSIA FILE
      • 60 33 Users of the proposed highland highway linking Genting Highlands, Cameron Highlands and 7 Fraser's Hill will have to pay a toll, Works Minister 5 Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has said. He told the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday that the amount would reflect the use of the 258-km
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      • 57 33 The Penang state government has sounded 4 the warning that the I dengue outbreak will not end unless the public stays vigilant, The Sun reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted Penang state Health, Welfare Services and Caring Society Committee chairman Dr K. Rajapathy as saying that despite intensive measures,
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      • 75 33 The parents of a baby girl born out of wedlock were sentenced to four years' jail by a magistrate's court m Johor for abandoning her m a mosque last week, according to a report m The Star yesterday. I Rosli Suleiman, 26, of Felda Air Tawar m Kota
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      • 59 33 Two fishermen looking for shrimps m Teluk Intan, Perak, found a crate of artillery ammunition m their net instead, federal police said m Kuala Lumpur. A spokesman for the weaponry division said that on investigation, police found that the ammunitions, though marked "For Sea Dumping", had never been
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      • 44 33 The Immigration Department has blacklisted 59 foreign-maid employment agencies since taking over the Foreign Workers Task Force three months ago, The Star reported yesterday. A department spokesman said the agencies had their licences revoked for numerous reasons. Some were for cheating. Bernama
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      • 50 33 Malaysian traffic police have booked 39,818 speedhogs who ignored speed-warning limits along highways using Digital Laser Camera m the peninsular. BukitAman Traffic Police Enforcement Officer Deputy Superintendent Mohd Ali Jinnah said police had been using the cameras m all states, particularly along the North-South Expressway, since December. Bernama
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    • 457 34  -  Tan Hsueh Yun Clothes drying area Air-conditioning By Bigger units TO BUILD its executive condominiums, Singapore Technologies (ST) Properties asked 400 applicants m two earlier executive condominium launches to list the features that they were looking for m their dream flats. 1 Their wishlist included bigger units,
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    • 469 34 Granny now wants to return to island Tiger' sighting on Pulau Übin GRANNY Pungot Ahmad is going back to her Pulau Übin kampong home, although the tiger that she claimed to have seen may still be roaming free. Speaking m Malay at her son's Bedok South flat yesterday, Madam Pungot
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    • 132 36 I AT 85, former schoolteacher Lee i Change Chill is the oldest person so 4 for to sign up for The New Paper Big Walk. Even though "it has been a while Ace 1 have done anything athletic", pis confident that he will not
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    • 100 36 Big Walkers '97 The New Paper Big Walk will start at 7.30 am on Sunday, June 1, at the National Stadium. The grand prize is an Opel Vectra, with a driving clinic given by top British precision driver Russell Swift. Walkers can sign up at nine Sony centres, seven Royal
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    • 589 36  -  Elena Chong By Half-sister thwarted his attempt to be the sole beneficiary A BUSINESSMAN'S illegitimate son tried to pass off a forged will as genuine m order to get all his father's money and property. But he was found out by his half-sister,
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    • 454 36  -  Lim Seng Jin By FOUR men promised a gold dealer to take $250,000 m gold pieces to India for him, out kept the gold for themselves. Later, one of them had a change of heart and reported the group to the
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    • 423 36 Former manager acquitted of corruption A FORMER senior manager with DBS Finance was acquitted of corruption yesterday. District Judge Rahim Jalil said he was not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr Ramachandra Sheth Mohan, 47, had been induced into giving financing to a company and its clients because he
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    • 541 37  - Now, man changes his mind, opts for guilty plea Lim Li Hsien Move could get him 10 years to life By '•fIfMAN who insisted last week that he wanted to claim trial to a murder charge, changed his mind yesterday and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter. Instead
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    • IN SHORT
      • 41 37 Electricity tariffs will go down by about 5 per cent, or 0.66 cents, per kwh from tomorrow. Singapore Power said this is because of the fall m fuel prices. The new rates will be effective from June's meter readings.
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      • 43 37 pick-up driver was injured seriously when he crashed into a tree along Paterson Road at 2.10 am on Tuesday. He had lost control of his vehicle. He suffered serious head injuries and fractured ribs, while his front-seat passenger was injured slightly.
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      • 73 37 motorcyclist died when a van collided with his machine on Monday. The van was travelling towards Lim Chu Kang Road when it veered and grazed the kerb while going into a left bend. It hit the motorcycle as it was crossing over to the other side of the
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      • 60 37 Another motorcyclist died when he was hit by a car making a right turn from dementi Road into Commonwealth Avenue West on Monday. Mr Yusop Haji Abdul Rahman, 72, died at the National University Hospital at 1.20 pm. The car driver was unhurt. Eye-witnesses to any of the
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      • 52 37 me decomposed body of a man was found floating m a canal m Ama Keng offlimChuKangon Saturday The unidentified man, who might be a foreigner, had wounds on his head and neck. Police are treating the case as murder. Anyone with information can call the Criminal Investigation Department
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    • 582 39  -  Karamjit Kaur Sharon Vasoo Car-sharing schemes By and TECHNICIAN Tan Hoo Kok, 39, does not drive to work every day because it is too expensive. Instead, he signed up with the new constituency-based car pool scheme at Tampines on Monday, hoping to be
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    • 571 41  -  Indrani Nadarajah .They can learn to tell their Dills aDart and even learn about diet at new centre By The Medication Management Centre was set up m March to educate TTSH's heart outpatients, but its services may be extended if it proves successful. It is
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    • 312 41 FOR the past month, Laundryiand has been laundering and packing 500 pairs of jeans every day, and all for a good The jeans, which add up to m 7|§B so f ar > were collected by Gwrdano for The Salvation Army. They
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    • 345 41 IT CAN start with you. If ■your friend or a family member is a smoker, t advise him to stop. Or tell him about the anti-smoking hotline number on 1800-742-2066. This is the tack that the Singapore National j Smoking Control Campaign will
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    • 232 41  - ST Interactive gets 5.2 m hits a month Paul Jansen By THE Straits Times Interactive website has reached a new high m monthly accesses by readers. The number of files accessed by readers, or "hits" m World Wide Web parlance, exceeded 5.2 million m March. This is an increase of
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    • 352 42 SOME motorists are enough to drive anyone round the bend. But cabby Lily Chng, 43, does not allow them to bother her. She remains calm even when they cut across her path or honk at her for no good reason. What is more, she
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    • 466 42  -  Lea Wee By PLANT hormones found m some herbs and soya products seem to offer a promising alternative to conventional hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for relieving menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes and nervousness. But the role of these plant hormones, called phytoestrogens,
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    • 562 43 PM Goh, m his May Day message, touched on: i JiDJUCATION and worker training will be a top priority m the new term of the Government, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has said m his May Day message. Singapore could
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    • 290 43 Training and retraining 111 workers was also the theme m J May Day messages from other Government leaders. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien j ,hLoong and Labour Minister Lee wßoon Yang noted how vulnerable Singapore was m the global economy. But r through retraining,
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    • 886 44 IT IS arguably true that if the European Union (EU) took a tougher stance on Iran this week by suspending ministerial ties with it, it diluted its message by deciding that ambassadors recalled from Teheran could return if their governments so desired. Both moves were
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    • 1414 44  -  Youssef Ibrahim Run-up to British polls Booming economy best seen m glittering London But Britons m towns elsewhere struggle to cope By NewYorK limes The 3 faces of Britain At one end of the spectrum is glittering London, where the financial world is prosperous. Its biggest
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    • 764 44 The Economist PHRASES such as "hollowing out' and "deindustrialisation" continue to strike fear into the hearts of many workers, manufacturers and politicians m rich economies. And yet the reason for these is widely misconstrued. The relative decline m manufacturing jobs m
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    • 1239 45 Air force chiefs from 87 countries gathered at Nellis Air Force Base m Nevada, United States, last week to discuss the role of air power m the 21st century at a conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the United States Air Force. Here
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    • 320 45 Indonesia: The RSAF jAas long engaged m joint i training with the 1 Indonesian Air Force. The j success of this has led both i groups to develop jointly an Air Weapons Range m i Siabu, Sumatra, and a J state-of-the-art Air Combat i Manoeuvring
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    • 1687 46  -  Jacob Heilbrunn By The New Republic SHAOSHAN is a village made up of a cluster of hamlets m a valley of the Hunan province where, a little over a century ago, Mao Zedong was born. Shaoshan is not easy to reach. Yet, m recent years, it
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    • 571 48  -  Masahide Takezawa By The Nikkei Weekly Byzantine bureaucracy and weak infrastructure frustrate business NEW DELHI India's slowing infrastructure development, weak growth m consumption ana Byzantine bureaucracy are irritating investors and driving down direct foreign investment, which has been increasing since economic reform began m 1991. Cumulative
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    • 759 48  -  Charles Krauthammer By The Washington Post The US cannot believe that you can give food aid to North Korea without strengthening the very military that is threatening American soldiers. WASHINGTON If the people of a faraway country are starving, does the United States
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    • Levy on Singapore cars entering Malaysia
      • 359 50 Some Malaysians resent our presence MR WARREN Fernandez's "Will second causeway be a bridge too far?" m his Thinking Aloud column (ST, April 26) was not as tongue-in-cheek as one may think. Let's face it. We are not really welcomed m Johor Baru, at
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      • 237 50 I REFER to the articles "Johor to propose entry levy on Singapore cars" (ST, April 23) and "Progress is not drying undies m open" (ST, April 24). I was dismayed to read about the proposed levy. As the need to provide the necessary revenue to
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      • 152 50 I REFER to Warren Fernandez's article "Will second causeway be a bridge too far?" (ST, April 26). Now, here is a sound piece of advice. His suggestion that Singapore imposes its own levy on every Singapore vehicle crossing the Causeway into Malaysia deserves serious
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      • 79 50 Don't use Edusaye money frivolous IS IT not incredible that the Gfvernment spefifl R^inii mm last year under the Edu save scheme on studafi Si (hat they ,'St frivolous expenditure rawrlU £jna<»s2mUfiqjleach. What next? Safe-Sex Saturday ampeav^lMetal Appreciation" 7 J9 The money should gtunr s the essenrol care and high
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      • 289 50 I REFER to the reports on public transport fare increases (ST, April 25). I write with the deepest sympathy for my fellow disabled friends. It is indeed regrettable that taxi fares will increase substantially again on June 1. It would be interesting to know
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      • 316 50 I £EFER to the letters "10- to start off earlier ridiculous" far Mr Ong Sen Bin and "Flaws In bus, train farehike arguments" by Mr Peter Sidweil (STMpril 22). We thank Mr Ong for his observation that MRT is the main mode of public
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    • OVERBOOKED FLIGHT
      • 178 50 Cause: People who book several fight I REFER to Ufe letter "Overbooked flights Is this a policy of Cathay Pacific*" by Ms Yvonne Yee Foong Y%s (ST, April 23). The practice of overbooking flights exists because travellers often book several flights and, at the last minute, choose the most convenient
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  • SPORTS
    • 951 52  -  Hakikat Rai Sea Games athlete says he has a new job, SAAA sources say smoking was one reason ATHLETICS By "The gist of it all is *I indicated that I that we caught him was resigning as a smoking in the full-time athlete National
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    • 347 52 SNOOKER SHEFFIELD (England) Thailand's James Wattana put hiri^elf m an excellent position for a semi-final berth m the World Snooker Championship when he took a 5-3 lead over 19$1 champion John Parrott at thf Crucible on Monday night. [Psrrott made the perfect stsart, rattling m a 129
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    • 144 52 CRICKET COLOMBO Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik hit his 15th Test century to ensure a draw m the Second cricket Test against Sri Lanka yesterday, leaving the two-Test series tied 0-0. Malik, 34-year-old veteran of 96 Tests, hit a match-saving 155 to enable Pakistan
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    • 456 52 Chinese on course for double TABLE TENNIS S'porewins Singapore men's team maintained its unbeaten run m the classification for 73rd to 88th spots at the World Championships m Manchester yesterday. The team comprising Sen Yew Fai, Koh Chin Guan and Lai Chin Pang beat Lebanon 3-1, Macau 3-0 and Mauritius
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    • 609 52  -  Joe Dorai No less than my best, says Fandi of SAFFC tie against Geylang SOCCER By In competitions, there is no such thing as Mends. I cannot let my heart rule my head. I will have to be a true professional. I will have to give of
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    • SCORE AND STATISTICS
      • 68 52 American League: Anaheim 5 Boston 4, Cleveland 10 Oakland 4, Milwaukee 2 Detroit 1, Seattle 7 NY Vankees 5, Chicago 2 Texas 1, Kansas City 6 Toronto 5, Baltimore 6 Minnesota 4. National League: Houston 3 Colorado 1, Chicago 14 Montreal 8, Florida 2 San Diego l, Philadelphia 8
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      • 38 52 Second and final Test m Colombo: Sri Lanka 331 and 386-4 dec (S. Jayasuriya 133, A. de Silva 103 n.0.). Paidstan 292 and 285-5 (S. Malik 155, I. Hag n.o. 54, I. Ahmad 47). Match Hrawn drawn-
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      • 14 52 Schools' National A Div s-finals: NJC 22 TJC 10, HCJC 29 RJC 9.
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      • 35 52 NHL Stanley Cup play-off games, Eastern Conference: Buffalo 3 Ottawa 2. Western Conference: Edmonton 4 Dallas 3, Anaheim 3 Phoenix 0. World C'ship m Helsinki: Germany 0 Finland 6, Sweden 4 Norway 1.
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      • 35 52 World c sblp In Sheffield, q-finals: S^™ 0 J&l™y i Sc ot) bt,£arren W-10, James Wattana cad? J(*n P, 3""0"5"3 Ken Doherty f/el with John Higgins 6-6, Lee Walker level with Alain Robidoux 4-4.
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      • 49 52 ZZZ~uIHZ i ESLPSST ***serve League: Home S? {^asw- StS£ranS f K'^p^CR°nSLai5S^rft9entraT^ ?< SSs£fs C 1^ Woodlands Wellington FC 1 Geylang United FC 2. SBHFL Div 3: FMC 6 ATV 1, Dyno 5 Plaskon 1, Teledata w.o. Elf Atochem. French Div 1: Caen 0 Montpellier 1 Strasbourg 0 Monaco 2.
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      • 154 52 ATP tourney m Munich, Ist rd: Frederik Fetterlein bt Roberto Carretero 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, Alberto Beratasegui bt Guillermo Canas 6-7 (8-10) 6-1 6-4, Marc Rosset bt David Prinosil 2-6 6-3 6-2, Martin Sinner bt Felix Mantilla 5-7 6-4 4-0 (Mantilla disqualified), Andrej Medwedew bt Daniel Eisner 6-4 6-4. AT&T
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      • 24 52 Schools' National A Div s-finals Girls: HCJC 2 JJC 1, RJC 2 AJC 0. Boys: TJC 2 AJC 1, NYJC 2 HCJC 1.
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    • 533 53  -  Shirlynn Ho-Pereira Swimmer Ping Tjin Sportsboy of the Year, sailor Joan Huang picked as Sportsgirl By IT WAS the year of the water sports again as swimmer Thum Ping Tjin and sailor Joan Huang picked up the Sportsboy and Sportsgirl of the Year
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    • 482 53  -  Shirlynn Ho-Pereira COMMENT By IN ITS 20-year history, only once had the top youth sporting award Sportsboy and Sportsgirl ofthe Year gone to an athlete from a team sport. And even then, it was way back m 1985 when water polo player Tony Koh
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      145 53 SINCE the Sportsboy and Sportsgirl awards were introduced m 1977, swimming and yachting have grabbed the lion's share of honours. SWIMMING 25 Sportsboy: Marc Tay (1977), Khoo Teng Cheong (78/79), Oon Jin Teik (80), Tay Khoon Hean (81), Soo-Tho Kok Mun (82/83), Oon Jin Gee (84), Ng Yue
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    • 376 53  -  Santokh Singh SOCCER By THE HOPE of student Jeykanth Jeyapal who won the first soccer scholarship offered here by a foreign university may have run into a Mindef snag. The 20-year-old winger, who is doing National Service currently, has failed to obtain disruption from
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    • 159 53 SWIMMING BEIJING China has tightened controls to prevent doping m swimming again this year, making the penalties even harsher for athletes who test positive, a Chinese swimming official said yesterday. "We have strengthened the anti-doping campaign this year," said the official of the China Swimming
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    • 934 55 Magic burns the Heat and Pistons puts Hawks m a fix Magic 88 Heat 75 Pistons 99 Hawks 91 ORLANDO (Florida) The play-offs began for the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night, two games late but worth the wait. Now we wonder, m the wake
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    • 548 55 Jts Round Two rival may be surprising Phoenix dockets 125 Wolves 120 Eastern Conference Orlando 88 Miami 75 (Miami leads best-of-five series 2-1). Winner will meet New York in Conference semi-finals. Detroit 99 Atlanta 91 (Detroit leads best-of-five series 2-1) Western Conference Phoenix 110 Seattle 103
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    • 190 55 NEW YORK Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls became only the second player m NBA history to be named to the league's All-Defensive Team for an eighth time. The league announced its All-Defen-sive first and second teams on Tuesday, with Jordan matching Bobby Jones for
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    • SCHOOL SCENE
      • 206 55 SEPAKTAKRAW THE underdoes ruled at Bedok Sports Hall yesterday when the Institute of Technical Education (Bukit Merah) and Yusof Ishak Secondary triumphed over defending champions ITE Bedok and Changkat Changi Secondary m the Schools' National A and B Division finals. Victory was unexpected
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      • 209 55 BADMINTON LOW JIUNWEE scored the vital point that helped Victoria Junior College beat Raffles JC 4-1 m the Pilot Pen Schools' National A Division badminton final at Yio Chu Kang Sports Hall yesterday. Said VJC teacher m charge Goh Eng Chai: "When the draw
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    • SPORTSPEOPLE
      • 251 55 Chicago Wilson Sporting Goods fired golfer John Daly as a product endorser, a month after he entered alcohol rehabilitation for the second time m four years. Daly, 31, had been with closely-held Wilson since 1992, a year after winning the PGA Championship when he entered as an alternate.
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        122 55 WASHINGTON Talk show host Oprah Winfrey haj dropped basketball bad boy Dennis Rodman from her shoi because his new book is too risque. Winfrey spokesmal Connie St John said on Tuesday that a taping of Rodman': appearance was cancelled after learning of the content o "Walk On The
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 325 54 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths JULIANA HEN SIEW KEOW Age 86 Passed away peacefully on Tuesday 29th April 1997, sadly missed by all loved ones: Husband: Joseph Choo Kit Song Sons: Daughters-in-law: Choo Ming Guang, Joseph (China) Lav Wai Mun, Theresa Choo Ming Yong, Joseph Tay Tiong Poh, Doris
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    • 145 54 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements I LOW GEK ENG Departed 28 April 1997 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to: New Changi Hospital Staff of Ward 46, SICU MICU. Buddhist Research Society/ Buddhist Library Yen. B. Dhammartana, Yen. Or. K. Anuruddha, Yen. K. Dhammika, Yen. 0. Upananda. Buddhist Heritage:
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    • 96 54 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements The family of the late I KOH LYE SOON RICKY 58 YRS. with to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends. Father Paul Goh, Risen Christ prayer group and driving instructors for their condolences, donations, wreaths, assistance and attendance during their recent bereavement. The Family
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    • 228 54 850 Deaths 850 Deaths LIEW LAN INN AGE: 55 passed away peacefully on 29 April 1997 leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Shui Muun Hua Son: Shui Swee Haur Daughters: Son-in-law: Shui Swee Fen Chan Kirn Chye Shui Swee Van Shui Swee Yng God-daughter: Grand-son: Leow Shui Vi Samuel Chan Jun
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    • 194 54 30th Anniversary In Loving Memory of Sellappa Perumal (Qounder) 1967-1997 Always remembered by Wife: P. Marimutt Sons: P. Lelchimanan (Sats) P. Tamil Mani (Sats) P. Veungopal (Powergrid) Daughter*: P. Sundrammal P. Kamalam P. Muthulakshimi P. Asogarani Sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren A great grandchildren. Prayers will be held at
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    • 141 54 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam MDM KONG YIT KIEW (Wife of Mr Wong Sun) Departed 1 May 1985 'Though 12 years (Sate passed Sweet Memories of Her cling on to us c those who love her m life sincerely Still love her m death just as much. Deeply missed
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      123 54 oth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of K. TAMIL SELVI D/O CHITBA Departed: 8.5.1991 6 years have passed Since you left us Fond memories of you Lingers around us always Remembered by parents. grandparents, brothers, lister*, friends at relatives Athma Shanti Pooja Prayers will be held or- 1.5.97 at
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      95 54 Thalai Thevasam V. SUNRARAJU Departed 11/5/96 Prayer* will be held on let May 1997 at Blk. 148 Yishun St. 11 #04-129 at 9am. Always remembered by beloved wife, daughter, son and loved one* Please treat this as a personal invitation. 4TH ANNIVERSARY GNANAJOTHY W/O JAYAKUMAR Departed on 2/5/93
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    • 63 54 858 Requiems BSB Requiems THALAI THEVASAM S.GOVINDASAMY VANOAIYAR Departed on 12/5/99 0/ on* iv« *v»// never forget Hi* abtence to ua is a Borrow, Hi* to** we will always ngret. Thalai Thevasam Prayer* will be held on Friday 2/5/97 at Blk 40 Telok Blangah Rise #02-379. Tel: *****29. Between 10.00
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • 588 56 Bans and fines for players, national FAs SOCCER ZURICH World football's ruling body Fifa on Tuesday dished out a raft of fines and suspensions relating to the ugi \y scenes of fighting both on and off the pitch that accompanied the Bolivia-Argentina and
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    • 283 56  - Smith hopes to move on to Penang Malcolm Bastians r.er TASMANIAN jockey Glenn eSmith, who is currently riding as a visitor m Ipoh, has applied d jto ride freelance at the Penang meeting starting on Saturday i week. m£ The 20-year-old rider, who had finished his apprenticeship last July, was
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    • 736 56  -  Danny Khoo Kiwi trainer comes with 22-year experience and glowing credentials RACING By FACTFILE I Name: Patrick Michael Busuttin. Age: 42. Height: 1.82 metres. Weight: 100kg. Based at: Foxton, near Palmerston North. Family: Wife Brenda, 39, sons Daniel, 19, Trent, 17, and daughter Hayley, 15.
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    • 445 56  -  Tan Thean Loon By BERNARD ANG, Singapore's most successful trainer so far this season, has climbed to second spot behind Malcolm Thwaites m the trainers' table, but the championship title is furthest from his mind. Said the popular 52-year-old yesterday: I've no hope
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    • 474 56 IPOH Zanjabeel looks primed to score m the Class 1 Div 2 1,200 m event on Saturday with an eye-catching workout yesterday. Taken out by apprentice Poobalan Rahman, the four-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Chest Mark sprinted smartly over the final 600 m to clock 39sec.
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    • 419 56 FRENCH LEAGUE PARIS Monaco all but won the French First Division soccer championship when it beat Strasbourg 2-0 away on Tuesday to take an unsurpassable 12-point lead with three games remaining. The Monaco players celebrated m the dressing room after goals from
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    • 286 56 Chang, Courier ousted in first round TENNIS ATLANTA (Georgia) Michael Chang and Jim Courier made abrupt exits while Andre Agassi won easily m firstround play at the AT&T Challenge tennis tournament on Tuesday. Agassi, playing m his first tournament since his marriage last month to Brooke Shields, cave a 48-minute
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    • THE WHIP HAND
      • 120 56 THE spate of lengthy suspensions meted out recently by the stipendiary stewards m Singapore and Malaysia must have sent chills down the spines of the naughty boys of the racing game. Hopefully, this will deter those with intentions to ride incompetently and make them pull up their
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      • 72 56 RACEGOERS were tickled m Race 8 last Sunday when they saw Strike Back at the parade ring. The Nigel Land-ers-trained gelding had no tail, only a small tuft on his back. A check with the Ipoh-based Kiwi trainer revealed that the horse had lost his tail
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      • 139 56 ZALEHA, the Perak Turf Club's new announcer, provided some humorous moments over the public address system Last weekend. Her nervousness and constant slips got on some punters' nerves. Her reading of the dividends, claims and overweights of the riders were punctuated with pauses and mistakes. For example, she
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      • 103 56 MAGIC Millions Bloodstock has been sold as a going concern to a syndicate of prominent Australian businessmen for an undisclosed sum. The company, whose main business is auctioning Australian and New Zealand-bred thoroughbreds, was formerly owned by Corporate Financial Management (Aust) Pty Ltd. The three big names
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      • 158 56 PERSISTENCE paid off for technician Lee Foong Cheong as he spent hours on the phone answering two easy questions m the week-long Tiger Beer Triple Challenge contest. Said the 42-year-old Lee: "It was two hours per day early m the contest. Then, as the end drew near,
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    • 479 57 BLUE-CHIP stocks soared on Wall Street on Tuesday, fuelled by the bond market's good snowing, the publication of low-er-than-expected economic figures and a rise m IBM shares. The Dow Jones Index gained 179.01 points its second biggest one-day rise m terms of points to
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    • 85 57 SINGAPORE Physical (Ss) Tues Wed Kilobar *****-*****.58 *****-*****.40 100 gm 1582-1657.27 1581-1656.24 50 gm 793-333.27 792-833.27 20 gm 316—338.87 316-338.87 sgm 79-91.67 79-91.67 1 gm 16—24.72 16—24.72 Bullion coins (SS/oz) Spore bullion coin 505-511 505-511 Canadian maple leaf 505—511 505—511 Australian nugget 505-528.39 505-528.39 ÜBS gold Klnebar™(Ss/oz) 503—538.69
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    • 161 57 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling USdoHar 1.4341 1.4505 Sterling pound 2.3189 2.3750 Austraßandollar 1.1085 1.1434 Canadian dollar 1.0189 1.0421 NZdollar 0.9820 1.0152 ECunit 1.6478 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.5987 12.1085 Belgianfranc 3.9694 4.1170 Danish kronor
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    • 264 57 April 30 1997 Rubber Futures (Closing prices) RSSI Contract Tonnes (Scents/kg) Month High Low Sett Vol Open kit May 97 153.25 250 Jun 154.00 725 Jul 156.50 155.00 155.25 75 1945 Aug 157.00 155.50 155.75 75 1995 Sep 1-57.50 156.00 156.50 75 2020 RSS 3 Contract (US cents/kg)
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    • 131 57 Contract date: April 30 1997 (INIT ONE 3 6 9 12 ay, VALUE UNIT MTH MTH MTH WITH MTH CALL DATE US$ 5'/ 16 5y 16 s'/« 5'/ 16 5»/« f/6 02/5/97 A$ 5% 5% 5'/ 6 s'/« 5V,« 4>y,, 02/5/97 NZ$ 6 6y,» 6w 6'/« 6V,
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    • 8 57 Closing prices (Ms/kilo) KLTin $14.05(-0.06) Turnover 110(+22)
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    • 65 57 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES j CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (US$) BBL I BRENT BLEND May +0.30-0.30 18.55—18.60 WEST TEXAS Interm May +0.43-0.43 20.29 20.33 DUBAI FATEH Jun +0.58 0.58 17.48—17.53 TAPIS BLEND May +0.20-0.20 20.65 20.75 MINAS May +0.20-0.20 18.50-18.60 NAPHTHA (GIF Jap) +0.50/1.00 205.50-206.00 'NAPHTHA 6.00 21.60-21.80 CST-18OHSFO +0.50 0.50
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    • 38 57 I Ci x 5e palm oil (Ms/tonne) May 1360.00 (south) i Refined palm oil (US$/tonm) R6O Pairn Oil May 567.00 (sefler) June 557.50 (seller) RBOOMh May 602.50 (seller) Jun 595.00 (seller) RBO Stearin May 435.00 (seller)
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    • 21 57 i Closing prices (USS/troy oz) Tim Wad Singapore 4.630—4.640 4.650-4.660 Mon Tim i New York 4.630-4.640 4.630-4.640 I Source: Rothschild
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    • 377 57 April 30 1997 Brent Crude Open High Low Sett EttVol Jun97 18.55 18.64 18.55 18.60 283 Jul 18.66 18.66 18.66 18.66 9 Aug 18.73 0 Act Voi flue): 19. Open kit due): 91. Spot US Dollar/ Japanese Yen Op«n Wgh Low Sett ErtVol Jun97 126.92 126.% 126.75 126.70
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    • 1578 57 MALAYSIAN STOCKS (m Ss) Or** 1997 Curr Lml Vot Day CHv N«t M Cap High Low Company Traded Sal* +or- '000 High Law P/E $mil 47* 330 m AISBSOC 336 'Wich 222 338 330 5.0 86.7 344.7 137 92 m t AMOBSOC 93 5 +1 379 94.5 93.5
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    • 410 59  -  JEAN CHIA MARKET REPORT A STRONG performance on Wall Street helped shore up the Singapore stock market and regional bourses yesterday. The Straits Times Industrials (STI) Index crept above 2,000 points after diving below the psychologically important level two days ago.
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    • 30 59 Sing Tel 15c 6,166,000 UIC 5,669,000 HK Land US$O.l 3,517,000 Renongßhdsoc 3,365,000 KeppelCocp 3,130,000 Wing Tai 25c 2,960,000 LabroyM2Oc 2,740,000 Pub Bk Foreign 2,661,000 KeppelLandso 2,380,000 MMIHWgsiOc 1,968,000
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    • 63 59 Total Market Wad Tim Industrials 48.799 m 39.475 m Finance 12.732 m 12.749 m Hotels 1.672 m 1.792 m Properties 15.904 m 23.021 m Loans Stocks 12.372 m 10.579 m Plantations 971,000 3.623 m Mining 212,000 286,000 Total volume 92.662 m 91.525 m Total value m S$ 321.493 m
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  • MONEY 5
    • 529 60 DALLAS International Business Machines Corp (IBM) raised its dividend 14 per cent and boosted its stock buyback plan on Tuesday as chairman Louis Gerstner said he was not through remaking the world's largest computer maker. The dividend increase, the second by IBM
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    • 381 60 LOS ANGELES Software billionaire Larry Ellison said on Tuesday he was putting off, for now, an attempt to gain control of troubled Apple Computer Inc. ti In a brief statement, Mr Ellison, who is chairman of database software maker Oracle Corp, did
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    • 282 60 WASHING TON Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan (right) admit tea on Tuesday that regulators might lack the expertise to oversee large global financial firms, but he saw no need for a radical change m supervision. In a speech to the Institute of International Finance,
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    • 479 60 WELLINGTON The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) may have to rethink its recent proposal to introduce an official cash rate, meant to bring it m line with other countries, leading banking figures said yesterday. A number of key institutions
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    • MONEY WORLD
      • 92 60 Belgium's partially privatised state telephone company Belgacom, has signed a deal with trade unions on a restructuring I programme that would include redeployment and voluntary departures. Belgacom said in a statement that it would offer about 6,500 ofits 26,000 workers early retirement from the age of 50
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      • 70 60 Telecommunications operations contributed HK$3.6 billion (Ss67B million) of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd's net profit last year, up from HK$324 million m 1995, the company said m its annual report. The increase follows the flotation of Orange pic m Britain, the company said. It said property contributed HK$l.4 billion;
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      • 70 60 Brierley Investments Ltd (BID is examining an option to establish an Australian company m an effort to keep control of the Fairfax newspaper group, the Australian Financial Review reported. It said BIL is examining an option under which it would establish an Australian company to
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      • 70 60 Indonesia's PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada said last year's profit rose 30" per cent, matching analysts' expectations, as sales expanded. Profit for the toll road operator reached 123.6 billion rupiah (Ss74 million), up from 94.6 billion rupjah m 1995. Earnings per share rose to 124 rupiah
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  • MONEY 4
    • 477 61 Dramatic drop 'unlikely to recur' HONGKONG Hongkong's luxury property market, which has taken a beating since last month, looks set to consolidate before making a recovery m Hie third quarter of this year, property experts and develop- era said on Tuesday. "Over
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    • 336 61 China allocates $1.7 b to state banks for housing loans SHANGHAI China's central bank has allocated a total of 10 billion yuan (Ssl.7 billion) to state commercial banks to provide collateral-based housing loans on an experimental basis m 223 cities, reports said here yesterday. The China Securities and Shanghai Securities
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    • 60 61 Young workers at a make-shift balloon factory in Dhaka's suburban Kamrangirchar area checking their products before getting them ready for marketing. There are four such factories in the area, with each producing up to 25,000 pieces of balloons a day. Some of the better-quality balloons are exported to
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    • 502 61 HONGKONG China-related stocks will remain a major investment theme ahead of Hongkong's reversion to China, but fears that Beijing may exert some control over the sector has cooled the inflow of money, analysts say. "If red chips continued to rise as they
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    • 151 61 66 million cellular phones shipped out last year TOKYO Global shipments of cellular phones totalled 66 million units last year, up 57 per cent from the previous yeatf, market research firm Dataquest Inc said. Shipments are expected to rise 29 per cent year-on-year to 85 million units this year, it
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    • 208 61 ALMATY South Korea's Daewoo Corporation has won a tender for the exclusive negotiating rights to a 40 per cent stake m telecommunications monopoly NAK Kazakhtelekom, Kazakh Finance Minister Alexander Pavlov said on Tuesday. "We chose to give exclusive negotiating rights to Daewoo," Mr
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  • MONEY 3
    • 432 62 BRITISH Telecommunications pic (BT) will hold about 20 per cent of a Singapore consortium bidding for the Republic's second basic telecommunications licence. A bid for a licence to provide cellular services was also not ruled out, BT chief executive Peter Bonfield told a
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    • 635 62  -  Kalpana Rashiwala By FRENCH-LISTED hypermarket operator Carrefour, which opens its first Singapore store at Suntec City m September, plans to have five stores here within five years. The expansion target will depend on the availability of sites, said Carrefour Singapore managing director Bernard Holland The group
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    • 185 62 MANILA Lippo Group of Indonesia has offered to buy a majority stake m ailing Philippine thrift bank Monte de Piedad and Savings Bank, authorities said yesterday. The group would inject capital of one billion pesos (5555.8 million) into the bank, Central Bank of the
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    • 225 62 TAIPEI Taiwan's Finance Minister Paul Chiu had approved a proposal to lift a ban on local trading of offshore Taiwan stock-index futures m Chicago and Singapore, a ministry official said yesterday. "As Minister Chiu had promised previously to approve lifting the
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    • 431 62 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's announcement of an 8.3 per cent hike m electricity tariff for Tenaga Nasional Bhd on Wednesday would add Ms3oo--400 million (Ssl74-***** million) to the utility's bottomline next year, analysts said. The government has agreed to allow Tenaga Nasional Bhd
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    • 175 62 MAINBOARD-LISTED MCL Land, known formerly as Malayan Credit, has secured a $140 million five-year loan to refinance part of its original land acquisition costs and to part-finance the development costs of a proposed $215 million project at Robertson Quay. The loan was extended to
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    • 550 62 IF THE array of car loans available m the market are not quite up to your needs, you can now apply for a "tailor-made" one at DBS Finance. Responding to recent back-to-back launches of new car financing schemes, the DBS Bank subsidiary yesterday
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    • 366 62 MANILA San Miguel Corp said on Tuesday that strong earnings from its liquor and real estate businesses and a recovery m the food sector boosted recurring net income by 25 per cent m the first quarter to 904 million pesos (Sss2
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  • MONEY 2
    • 404 63  -  Tammy Tan Foreign share placement < may be m the works' By SINGAPORE Technologies Industrial Corporation (STIC) has raised its limit on foreign shareholdings from 40 per cent to 49 per cent its second increase m a year. The move caught many
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    • 196 63 OVERSEAS Union Insurance (OUI) has appointed sister company Overseas Union Bank Asset Management (OUBAM) as its new fund manager to capitalise on the tatter's expertise m regional equities management. OUI is an associate company of Overseas Union Bank Ltd and OUBAM is a wholly-owned subsidiary. OUl's
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    • 271 63 TRANSPORT group Tibs Holdings will pump m an initial US$l3 million (Ss26 million) into its Dandong, China joint venture. The venture, Huanghai Automotive Industries (HAD, will make and sell coach chassis and trucks. The 50-50 tie-up was signed on Tuesday between
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    • 346 63 SHOWPLA Asia Limited yesterday announced a one-for-one rights issue to raise net proceeds of about US$l4.9 million (5521.5 million), and an application for a secondary listing on Japan's Osaka Secunties Exchange. The rights issue would comprise 80 million new ordinary shares, with
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    • 234 63 KUALA LUMPUR YTL Power International Bhd's 34.16 million shares made available to the Malaysian public through a public issue were oversubscribed 10.46 times. The company received a total of 280,695 applications for 391.38 million shares. The bumiputra portion received 123,655 aplications for 159.58
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    • 247 63 TIMES Publishing and Syd-ney-based media group Roadshow Entertainment will form a joint venture to distribute interactive multimedia products m Asean and the region. The 50-50 joint-venture Sin-gapore-based company will be formed m less than six months. The two parties yesterday signed
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    • 181 63 Advanced Systems to place out 10.38 m snares SESDAQ-LISTED Advanced Systems Automation (ASA) yesterday said it will place out 10.38 million new shares at $2 each to raise net proceeds of about $20 million to fund its expansion. The placement price represents a discount of 2.4 per cent to ASA's
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 50 63 Singapore Press Holdings yesterday said its wholly owned subsidiary, The Straits Times Press (1975), has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary Multimedia Investment Inc m California. Multimedia Investment is an investment holding company with an authorised capital of US$l (551.44) and an issued capital of the same amount.
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      • 61 63 Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC) yesterday announced the appointment of Ms Joan Maria Ting Ping Ec as a director of the company. Ms Ting, who is a senior vice-president of management, corporate banking/trade services and fund transfers at DBS Bank, replaces Mr Chong Kie Cheong, executive vice-president of
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      • 32 63 Trading m the stock of Malaysian industrial group Wing Tick Holdings was suspendedyesterday pending an announcement from the company, an official at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said Reuter
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      • 41 63 Mainboard-listed automotive electronics maker GPE Industries yesterday announced the appointment of Mr Leung Pak Chuen as vice-chairman of the company with effect from today. He remains the managing director of GPE, a subsidiary of Hongkong-listed Gold Peak Industries (Holdings).
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      • 91 63 Four Malaysian companies said m a joint statement yesterday that they have formed a consortium to invest m palm-based downstream activities. The companies, Asiatic Development, Kuala Sidim, Hap Seng Consolidated and IJM Corp's unit, IJM Plantations, plan to invest an initial Ms7o million (5540.2 million) to
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    • 452 64  -  Jean Chia US securities watchdog seeks cooperation and help By SINGAPORE'S white-collar crime-buster, the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), and the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) are launching separate probes m connection with the US authorities' charges of insider trading by Singaporean businessmen. The
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    • 189 64 WASHINGTON The US economy surged at a 5.6 per cent rate m the first quarter double the pace Federal Reserve policymakers view as "unsustainable" and inflationary pressures picked up steam, Commerce Department figures showed yesterday. The jump m gross domestic product, the
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    • 541 64 TOKYO Developed markets m the Asia Pacific region enjoyed a boost yesterday from a bullish Wall Street, but several developing bourses wallowed m domestic woes. Investors m Tokyo, Hongkong and Sydney all took New York's lead after the Dow Jones Industrial
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    • 382 64 SINGAPORE Telecom Mobile signed up more than 30,000 new GSM cellular subscribers last month alone, dispelling fears that it would not be able to hold its own against competition. The Singapore Telecom group's paging subsidiary also boosted its subscriber base by the same
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  • Life!
    • 4 1 Life! THURSDAY MAYI, 1997
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      • 982 2  -  REBECCA LIM A disagreement between concert promoter ESA and a freight company has held up the return of music and sound equipment to Michael Learns To Rock MORE than a month after the Michael Learns To Rock concert at Suntec City, the
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      • 221 2 ACCORDING to a spokesman for Jardine International Movers, Mr Adrian Hobbs signed three contracts with the freight company on March 26 to move equipment for the Michael Learns To Rock concert. This was for moving the equipment from Copenhagen, Denmark, to Singapore
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      • Worlds apart yet linked by bond of love
        • 284 3 MOST men at 66 would be retired and looking after their grandchildren, but Mr Choo Jee Jeng has to tend to his three-year-old daughter Shirlene. He is the father of two sons and three daughters. His first four children are from his
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        • 267 3 SHE was 25, he was 52. She was a telephone operator and he was her supervisor. Age did not matter, they tied the knot and now have a two-year-old girl. Although Mr Hamid Sarkawi is 27 years older than his wife, Madam
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        • 341 3 MR TEO CHOON POH was just over a month old when his eldest sister, Madam Teo Sow Kiaw, got married. They are 25 years apart and have always had to put up with astonished gasps from people who find out about the
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        • 382 3 TAKING the bus is often the last resort for Ahmad Arjo and his wife Rukimah Esak. The reason: At over 152 kg, Mr Ahmad's bulk spills over to the next bus seat. "We hate taking the bus because it is usually
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      • 202 4 THE ENGLISH PATIENT and Secrets Lies dominated the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards ceremony on Tuesday, sharing the prizes m most of the major categories. The English Patient, which won nine Oscars m Los Angeles m March, was voted best film
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      • 923 4  -  RaviVeloo Some won't sacrifice anything but their soul On Thursday Surely it is a symptom of a deeper malaise that a proportion of our couples m a medical crisis find they cannot even communicate with each other, let alone depend on each other
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      • 175 4 A FLORIDA office building that has drawn more than a million people to view a shimmering image they believe is the Virgin Mary will become a permanent shrine if the building's owner has his way. Police have estimated that some 1.5 million people have
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      • 768 7 MEN benefit from marriage more than women. Or do they? Researchers m the United States agree that both sexes generally do better married than single. But m terms of physical and mental health, men seem to have the edge. Maybe. Experts have been
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    • Arts/Entertainment
      • 971 8 JANET HO The Singapore Art Museum exhibition is on from May 8 June 22. Admission to the museum is $3 for adults. Admission to the show at the LaSalle SIA College of the Arts at Goodman Road from May 14 June 22 and
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      • 237 8 THEY studied only Western painting and are not skilled enough to execute Chinese brush painting, which is their traditional art form. But Harbin-born Wang Guangyi, 40, and Yunnanborn Zhang Xiaogang, 37, are m the vanguard of the Chinese contemporary art scene, and their
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      • 582 13 TAN BAH BAH OLD pop and rock stars m Britain do not fade away, they just get wealthier and wealthier with age, according to the London Sunday Times. Even former big names generally believed to have either died or vanished
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      • 905 14  -  LYNN SEAH Prism, formed by SSO violinist Chua Lik Wuk, offers an alternative to symphony concerts and solo recitals The Prism Chamber Concerts will be held at the SPH Auditorium at the Young Musicians Society Arts Centre, 54 Waterloo Street, on Sunday and Monday at 8
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      • 339 18 FRESH from the international publicity that came with clinching a glitzy role as the next Bond girl, Malay-sian-born actress Michelle Yeoh hits the fashion headlines this time with a fullpage colour photograph splashed across this month's American Vogue magazine. Shot m mid-air with
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      • 233 18 EX-BEATLE Paul McCartney revealed recently how music has helped him cope with his wife's traumatic battle against breast cancer. In an interview with The Times of London, he said songwriting acted as a form of therapy which stopped him "going round the bend".
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    • Fashion
      • 937 10 CATONG No business like shoe business HE ARRIVED at his success, from the heel up, with the loafer. Today, he says his million-dollar business is coming to heel finally, with 10 Patrick Cox shoe shops and a clothes line. He is sometimes considered a bit of a
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      • 531 17  -  LEONG WENG KAM They were produced by top artists during China's Cultural Revolution and Singaporeans have joined spending spree on their works THE craze for works of art produced m China during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) is still on as art collectors here continue to show
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      • 399 17  -  LEONG WENG KAM Tung On Cantonese Opera Troupe to stage one of its biggest performances with daunting show AMATEUR group Tung On Cantonese Opera Troupe will stage one of its biggest performances at the Victoria Theatre this weekend. Forly-one of the troupe's 65 members will
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      • 564 17 MR ACHMAD DAHLAN, a 31-year-old batik painter, left a colourful batik cloth on a piece of wood. Over the next few days, the motifs on the cloth were rendered on the wood and a new business was created. That was three years ago. Now
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      • Malay Community Newsflash
        • 119 17 THE Tampines West Community Club Malay Executive Committee, with the collaboration of 22 "aNctir pußba", is organising a dikir barat competition next month. The competition is divided into two categories for boys and for girls. The winner of the former will be awarded the Yatiman Yusof Trophy
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        • 219 17 WORKERS who want to upgrade their skills by obtaining the NTC-2, NTC-3 and Time certificates can now get a subsidy of up to 100 per cent from Yayasan Mendaki and the Skills Development Fund under the Workers Training Programme. Under the scheme: Mendaki will subsidise
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    • 472 10 If you've always wanted to master the Chinese language, here's a marvellous opportunity. The Besta CD-67 p^^^ p^ B^ p^ B^ B^P^ B^ B^ B^ B^ B^ B^ B^P^ B^ B^| is an extraordinary computerized language tutor, dictionary and organizer that will give you confidence m speaking, reading and writing
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    • 357 13 WHEN FURNITURE COMES ALIVE The Furniture Mall would like to congratulate the following winners m the Golden Luck Key Draw, especially the first three winners who are customers of The Furniture Mall. |^_51EMil 4S^ I L-R Mr Paul Keng (Managing Director of The Furniture Mjß^Y Mall), Mrs Shila Fernandez Family,
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    • 299 14 TJ TJU X YT? T\T FrivetlbyMayfran's M 1^ M exquisite ronge of bedding a, T accessories now BY MAYFRAN -19 Hfl lam. jjMLg^^ 111 ■r/il F a^ I am V af Ji 1 l^^^S b^^j H|§ vM am M "MADE IN JAPAN HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND BRANDED STATIONERY $£> OIMLITf f
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    • 360 16 jl OPENS TODAY! m gmm mm gP* V World Trade Centre UIl«l>lt^ I Expo Hall 3 Dl\]\JbJ I 1-5May1997 P&renting Exhibition to^iNjy FREE ADMISSION! Of The Year! MotJierliood© m In Hl4 Xl P^l 11 11 MII i Subscribe to J II i I 11! Hi PI -1^ y MOTHERHOOD or
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    • 47 17 The Tung On Cantonese Opera Troupe performs at the Victoria Theatre this Saturday and Sunday at 8 pm. Tickets at $25, $15 and $10 are available at Tung On Wui Kun, 21 Bukit Pasoh Road (tel: 223-4416), and Yours Jewellery and Goldsmith, #01-08, Lucky Chinatown (tel: 223-2001).
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    • 105 17 WISDOM OF CHINESE PROVERBS A man may be pardoned for kSng another, but neither conscience nor reason wl ever forgive him |&A W i 1f 3 xt 7 &t How dare you bully her? T(||j\ A man may be pardoned tor hilling another, JM Mi V %Wv ou* neWier conscience
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    • 219 19 UFE! W/ Your Family's Needs Always Come First fISHBHIHI iaßt Nq&Q 5^ Llkw Mill II Wl L~ai*mMM MM B^B^. W »j HflnW^ >^^i^^yß Ml- «m\ Hi .Jl g -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^jP *INHHiH^^^BMi BVi vBH ,^BT L B^Bb^Bk WbWb\ aWBWT .^BBBt BWBWr aßk BWfl I AWBHr fIWBWf BWfl Every $30 purchase entitles you
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    • 23 20 MEMBERS of the SINGAPORE AIRLINES STAFF UNION Congratulate on its 50th Anniversary Celebrations wj§i|^ SinGAPORE AIRLinES TOGETHER WE STRIVE TOWARDS THE NEXT MILLENNIUM
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    • 28 21 For real-time stock information, call Quickstock on 1900-913-0003 at 30 cents a minute. Stock numbers are available m the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
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    • 954 21 DESTINIES OF FLOWERS IN THE MIRROR Suntec City Fountain. Today May 10: 8 pm. Theatre Works presents a play about a group of women who heal and perform miracles on a fantasy island called Paradise. Directed by Ong Keng Sen and written by Robin Loon. Tickets: $30 from Sistic and
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    • 393 21 South, Alassio, Op 50. Tickets: $8, $13, $18, $25 and $35 from Sistic. Concession tickets: $5, $8 and $12. THE PICTORIAL POEMS OF SHANGHAI Alliance Francaise, 1 Sarkies Road. Till Sun: 9 am 9 pm. Mei-Qin Art Gallery presents 60 oil paintings, engravings, seal and wood carvings by Shanghainese artists.
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    • 344 21 pm. Seminar organised by the PA and Overseas Union Bank. Fee: $10. Closing date: Sat. Call 340-5201/03. CANCER TREATMENT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Westin Stamford Hotel, Canning Room (English session) and Padang Room (Chinese session). May 10: 1.30 5 pm. SGH's Department of Medical Oncology organises a public forum
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    • 402 21 The National Arts Council invites entries of original works In all media. Selected entries will be exhibited at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from Aug 28 to Sept 2. Entry forms are available from the National Arts Council, National Heritage Board, LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts, Nanyang Academy
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    • 643 22 The StraitsThnes mmmT^^ I. =t] I An American company m Jurong invites suitably I DREW NAPIER I qualified applicants for the post of: I (t/SiQ. loo") 3n7K«?f57«l W*^k T*VK»3»i —^i^^»^— ""^^^^m^^^m Requirements Degree or Diploma m Accountancy with 3-4 years We invite suitably qualified candidates to apply for experience. positions
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    • 358 22 No business can be successful without satisfied customers. And here m the Classified Advertisement department of the region's leading publishers of newspapers and magazines, we understand the importance of servicing our customers 0 well. Mm H^^i T1 Imw MB ou t0 ke^ 6 m serv > cc w i tn
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    • 409 22 Q ffiftll* ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 4th Floor, Shekou Port Building, Shekou, Shenzhen, P R China on Friday 30 May 1997 at 10 a.m. for the following purposes:1. To receive and adopt the Directors' report
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    • 990 23 PR A CAREER UPGRADE, YOU CAN J .OOK TO US WITH CONFIDENCE, l At Berger Building Services, we do not just specialise m providing renovation, repainting, upgrading and maintenance services. We are also mindful that our people need the fulfillment of continuous growth. So if you want to move up
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    • 545 23 Sealed tenders are invited for the following works/repairs at the High Commission Of India Chancery premises:--(1) Electrical New main switchboard distribution boards, wiring, lights and power outlets. New installation of lightening arrestor. (2) Plumbing New domestic water piping from PUB metre to building and all outlets. (3) Sanitary All sanitary
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    • 209 23 UAH ik'c l> likj In The Subordinate Courts of The Republic of Singapore In the Cause of Writ of Distress No. 1 1 7 of 1 997 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Parvinder Singh s/o Hazura Orchard Point Pte Ltd Execution Creditor Singh of 29 Jalan Mutiara, Dragon View
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    • 509 24 (BOICieUX OVnaWUMG MONG4CI€PIIX (HNWOWNCOMTIBt LEVRSSHA* HOUSE 732 4124 ISMMfODN) AMONG ENTETONMENT CENTRE CHNAIOWNPONT 337W50 MONGEASTSI3 *****62 TEL *****63 TNESAMTiGJ /DW j&. Mi A H«)-1:30-4O0-6:»-9O0 n^n iinT^rAift fS OOUMETEAMfq 1100 100 300 700 900 ll«-1:M-4.O0-6:30-9:15 11 00 1. 00-3:00- 700 iS IWSAMTMa nABMAUKtUI TOMORROW/SAIURDAY TIfIARSMA) n»-1:X-4.-fl^&30Vf8 TOMOrScwKaSSS 11:45PM TOMORROW/SATURDAYU:3OISI TOMOWOW/SAIURWy „:45PM
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    • 574 25 1 1 i Vb 7 1 1 V 1 1 jB I mi mmm DANIEL DAY-LEWIS^* JIM CARREY #S WINONA RYDER 3j I^^ CRLOBLEHbB Trust Me. What some hearts desire I M m pg, they must possess. I ADI AD murxmwM P 10:45,3t4S t 630&9:15PM 1 1 ITTi 5, 4:15
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    • 810 26 1 *1 ii 1 1 3 1 I i r/«l iBViSI ■I'lMVMnl I UMnfl IwlO nmviwiMlH ■t*^- H _Bs^ m H^pf s^B^^Ba o^ I bb_ Ji^ l_i'^4i^ f V- H j! :> fP» ,^9 _Ht :> HL'-^H I BVB _L <BS Bflßi^F_^j_Bß jjfß_*Zj_E_ZL^L'_oßßf bU_bVA^BB iWi l\ I flftkß^^Mk.^^Bßl _JV n
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    • 415 27 jn V [pql IWWIJIDIIWIU .IHIIIIL. ,I!IIDiS n Jitu-lvl'ftlWdMaiWlllliDfNDHtK.aHirSil mm, mm, h lia-wß.Hß^HHi'nii nmsi NOW SHOWING f Catch the Converse Promotion for Special Discounts plus I j 1 a Chance to own an Exclusive Pair ol All Star* Springfield. M^^^^^y^ I PfiUL €UZRB€TH B H^^^J BOOK SCHVICCS PTC LTD Collier's Encyclopedia
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    • 2106 28 I THE MOST TALKED ABOUT HOME SHOW I |A m «■-> Um^jiM HITS TOWN AGAIN! BACK FOR HJSE/ I/I Z I^Wji m the oyoyj^ k^ ~/iS/Vwi"i < t^>^ I ll $2 M\M |W Y\ S WJf^W&VW Children under 12 years free admission \f j/ j 26 April 4 May 1997.
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    • 1136 29 Television Television PT-TANXTFJ, X I fcJi IsWUFa^HI fcJI I HI 3.00 Plum Blossom Trilogy-Plum Blossom Brand (Drama) VyXi^ ru^ l^ XjXj U I ■■U I irMlpW 3.50 It Pays To Travel (Vanety) mmmmmßmmmsmmKßamasmmmmmmmmmmmmm s» s» m^ 4.45 The Endurance square (Variety) BHB^^iMni^ij^^p^pa^p^pjiHßjp^il^^^HlfHpjßp^pMH^pjp^pHßap^^apjpflp^B^il^BiW 5.10 Tilt 23^ (Magazine) 8.00 AM Movie Marathon
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      • 201 1 C.A.T.S. is I H specially at Hj pi your service Hi P today from |H 9.30 am to WM I.oopm H Refer to F>a«e IB for your dasBlflicaLtlc»ii Gulden. 8 Catering FANN LE ROY Rastn. Bringing restn. cuisine to your doorsteps. Tel: 224-1783/ 9616-4245/ 9300-2393 Lie. ELW96I2IVOOO. DOLPHIN CATER $10/
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      • 102 1 23 Restaurants/ Food Outlets SLOANE COURT HOTEL old English atmosphere set breakfast $7.50 served daily from 7.15 am, set lunch $10.20/ $11.40, pint tiger draught $6.90. Best oxtail stew, good steaks chops reasonable prices, free parking. 17 Balmoral Road (S) Tel: 235 3311. 82 Antiques/ Collectors' Items ETHNIC HOMES The
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      • 155 1 52 Antiques/ Collectors' Hems TANG SAN ANTIQUE House offer a wide range of best genuine collection of China antique furniture potteries, porcelain, stones statues and many more from 14th to 19th century. Visit us at 15 Playfair Rd. Singapore *****7 Tel: *****15 REMOVAL SALE I Big discount! Old and new
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      • 258 1 82 Antiques/ 52 Antiques/ Collectors' Items Collectors' Items EeichiiN^lovl carved wood furniture I I Exquisitely carved teak boxes veneered wirhH Jof~ 40" box $50 each. Insecr-B resistant comphorwood veneer for I sole. All enquiries welcomed. Tel: 737 2662 27, St. Thomas Walk, Off Killiney M. Spore 0920 fg SLEEK IDEAS
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      • 982 2 72 Musical Instruments MUSIC LODGE. #02-10* IMM j Bldg. Used grand/ upright piano for sale. Rental, tuning available, j Used piano wanted. Tel. *****78 IS-TRK RECORDING STUDIO. I Band demos., albums, voice-overs, < gingles, karaoke. Record to CD. < Enquiries *****13 HIGHEST CASH OFFER for your < used piano. All
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      • 774 2 74 Pets/ Pet Care •ETS CITY -PUPPIES from $350: 'oodle. Pom, Chihuahua, Beagle, .abrador, Maltese, Shih Tzu, Enilish Cocker Spaniel, Boxer, Jack lussell. All breeds professional irooming with transport services. 148 Koon Seng Road. *****98. SHOW QUALITY MINIATURE Schnauzer, Shih Tzu, Maltese, 'oodle, Jack Russell, Chihuahua, Shepherd, Sheltie, Beagle, Dachs
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      • 589 2 90 Airconditioners/ Refrigerators AIRCON, FRIDGE, WASHING machine, repair svc. Ail brands models. Free checking. Reasonable pries. 24 hrs daily. Tslandwide service. Guarantee after-rtpair. Li Mao Svc Tel *****22 Pg *****006 92 Carpets/ Rigs CARPET GENFiKAL Cleaning Specialists. Promotion Offer. Call *****30 (24 hours.) 96 Electrical ATTN. HOM! fl FTY. Electrical,
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      • 639 2 112 House Cleaning/ Painting MUSLIM PAINTERS Specialised HOB/ condo/ pte. hse. Plastering, Varnishing Cleaning. *****057. PAINTING ROCKSTONE. CLEANING Maintenance. Pg. 9604-4832/ 288-4391 PAINTING. ALL FLOORS grinding varnishing clearing works. *****82/ Pg. *****426 (24 hrs) SPECIAUSED IN PAINTING for interior exterior project. Call *****948 *****688 100% ICI 3 yr. painting g'teed.
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      • 1407 4 221 Computer Products/ Services 221 Computer Products/ Services 221 Computer 221 Computer Products/ Services Products/ Services 221 Computer Products/ Services 221 Computer Products/ Services OUR Compaq ™-w* v^ w Jr *^TL GOT BETTER! i -i Compaq Presario 4760 M2lOO y/^t^TS mam •Intel Pentium 166 MHz MMXCPIi mm, |^Lr HHBH B
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      • 2273 4 I 312 Fiat For Sete S 37*89 FIAT UNO 45 R-»r 3 drs with sport* rims. FaMia* tyres, new suspension, battemwtd tax. Modified air filter. SifSl neg. Pis pg. 9416-4491. No <__firs pis. 1 OWNER 8T93 Fiat Uno I.OiE Manual, white, tax 4098 very beautiful. 100% acci<— > freel loan/
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      • 774 5 6/92 ACCORD EXI 2.0 auto. Cruise control. S/rims. Accident free. $76,800 neg. Tel: 344-0235 7r89 HONDA CIVIC 1.5, s/rims. Tax 12/97. $29,000. Call *****95. #01-02 West Coast Carmart. 7/*93 CIVIC ESi 3-dr. Manual. Black. PARF $17K. Full accessories. Deposit $15K. *****60 77*98 CIVIC ESI auto $91.8 K. 11/92 Civic ESi
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      • 505 5 317 Hyundai For Sala 324 Mazda For Sale 324 Mazda For Sala 'SB STELLAR I.BOSL, red, accl- 2 UNITS MAZDA 626 2.0 i auto LATff 1 "1008. 10T94 Astina dent-free, hifi, PARF $11,200, no n r g 2 g, io/*93), 1 owner, CO, 1-«- 5 door. 1 owner Full accessorepair,
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      • 286 5 320 Kia For Sala 320 Kia For Sala 320 Kia For Sala 320 Kia For Sala 320 Kla For Sala Three cars for the price of one! I For less than the cost of an average executive saloon, you can get three cars m one. A«fl Aktl Qfl fl 1.
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      • 115 5 324 Mazda For Sate 3T98 MAZDA 323 I.3GL 4 door. PARF $11.2 K. 100% beautiful. Can loan $12,000. #02-18 Balestier Point. Tel: *****97. 3T91 MAZDA 121 1.3. S/rims. Injection. Power steering. Yellow. Henly Enterprises: Tel. 282-0088 Unit 30 Kaki Bukit Used Carman. 8/93 MAZDA 929. Beige. 42,000 I km. Showroom
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      • 487 5 324 Mazda For Sale BEAUTIFUL SPORTY ASTINA 1.8. BT9I. Sunroof. S/rims. Expensive hi-fi. Call owner *****007 COE 9/2002. RX7 7/'B3 auto. Nice no. 2992. Superb engine, gteed accident free. *****77 END '80 MAZDA 323 1.5 GT. COE 9/2001. $14.3 K. Handphone 9-*****40 David. No agts. pis. END '92 MAZDA 626
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      • 1019 5 329 Mercedes For Sale 329 Mercedes For Sale 329 Mercedes For Sale Advance investment Scheme BBEBEEBBMIEEEE^iSvfiEIffm^ *t*»wJH sSiliß^^^*^Bßf*»i ~HI B^jJi-^^^b^^ BEeT** I^|B«MMBk. 7B HHMHLt^ Pt_ MM I DbE\ jiBE? bßß^^blEb^bWßß&Jb^ .JBBbI EEb 1 BEbIbbVBeI A VwEßb EBm Sfe *shl Lul^_^vEßßl !■■£■<••■ ByVV BEE^^^^H bbbbbT Bel b^B^lmmm^^lbV ■■BEE" o The Advance
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      • 984 5 325 Morcedet For Sale 2/93 MERCEDES E2OO. White. 16 valves. Tax 7/97. 3 owners. $136,800. *****62/ Pg. 9309-3388 3/90 AUTO 190 2.0 It. 1 owner. Orig. Excellent cond. Nice no. Tax 9/97. 576.8K neg. Tel. *****55. 4/90 200E 2 owners, white colour. Tip top cond. Asking $88K. Owner handphone *****221
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      • 462 6 "328 Mercedes For Sale CHENG YON G CREDIT I All latest model iilißi| LEASE EXPORtI MERCEDES benz All Cars Supplied By Cycle Carriage, the Authorized Distributor for Mercedes-Benz. *j One year EREE 1-M.urancflL-yyllli WL Subject to approval mh Terms Conditions apply m M E-Class WK MIBO BVBilflDlo* WJ C-Class %I
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      • 660 6 325 Mercedes For Sale 328 Nissan For Sale i i PRESEA 8/92. 1.8. manual, i Road tax 10/97. Run 82,000 km. i New CD changer. New tyres, 3rd I owner going abroad. Excellent i condition. $*****. Call *****01 SCJ 7/93 SUNNY 1.6 SSE. Green. S/rims. CD changer. Beautiful cond. $63.8K
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      • 472 6 32S Mercedes For Sale 328 Nissan For Sale 1977 DATSUN IOOF. Reliable runner. COE 2000. Tax 8/97. $4700. Tel: *****501/ *****24 2 OWNER 8/81 Datsun 100A Grey. COE 2002. $15,800 Lot 34 West Coast Car Mart *****29 2/89 NISSAN BLUEBIRD. Asking 538.5 K. New tyres. Excellent condition. Tel. *****38 owner.
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      • 861 6 326 Mitsubishi 326 Mitsubishi 326 Mitsubishi For Sale For Sale For Sale MITCIIRICUI One year FREE Insurance Iwll I wUDlwrll p 1 1.3 (M): 89,800/- Subject to approval W !mV: SiSSoOA Month.y .n.ta.ment...ow-.|2E! 1.6 (A) $106,800/L^H -____TV «__^_____fc Jfl-TV -____T "a*^_H UM_________________a___R_____B__lNHi^^ H_.^__t7T9m n I __I^_____E* 1 J M^^^^_____ r
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      • 461 6 334 Proton For Sale 334 Proton For Sale i 334 Proton For Sale Exclusive Trade-In Deal Blaupunkt Car iniMhiii i For Only $138 jg Sp«cl«l M V Test-Drive Gift *1«t your free *> m Froo u»ed.Car W^A^Umn V<>i>M>t>On /%l«=a Credit Pte Ltd b,^-— 85 Upper East Coast Road. Goodwill Court
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      • 366 6 336 Renault For Sale 8/91 RENAULT 25TX. 2.0 auto. 2 owners. Tax 10/97. OMV $20K Best buy! $41,500. Pg. 9490-1921 8T94 RENAULT 19 Cabriolet 2 door soft top, manual. 1 owner. Like new. Lot 59 Kallang Auto Ctr. 6T98 RENAULT SAFRANE 2.0 auto. Nice no. 1 owner. Low mileage. $98,800.
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      • 732 6 I 337 Rover For Sato t/93 820SU. SUN-ROOF. Electrical seat. S/rims. Under warranty. $101 K. Call 9-*****30/ 9-*****86 '92 ROVER 820 Si. Brand new cond. Low mileage. Auto. Interested, pis. pg: *****078/ *****752 '96 NEAR. 1 owner. 620 SLi auto, leather seat, airbag, under warran£jaxJl [MjpJtogJ^TSJjje^ 339 Saab For Sato
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      • 969 6 342 Suzuki For Silt MALAY OWNER '91 moiaJßV'ift 1.0 5-dr. Sony hifi, power windows/ lock/ alloy s/rims. Exqejent interior/ body. New 2K metallic green/ tax. $32K loan 1-4 yramow mthly. $500+/ deposit. *****11 10/92 SUZUKI SF4I3GTI 1.3, original grey. Accidental** S/rims. Twincam, 16-valve. ajent maintained. View: ChampiodaVotors, No. 2 Pandan
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      • 683 7 336 Renault For Sato 336 Renault For Sato 336 Renault For Sale 336 Renault For Sato 336 Renault For Sale We'd like to burst some balloons and reveal some steps. Before you go out and buy that car from the financial acrobats, we have something more interesting to help you
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      • 462 7 JUNE '90 CORONA 1.6 CD. S/rims. New tax. Accessories $SK. Well kept. Tel. *****86. LATE '92 TOYOTA Corolla 1.6GL1. Auto. 1 owner. S/rims. Nice no. Loan/ trade-in. 738-2229 MR) '90 CORONA 1.6 CD, auto, 1 owner, 16 valves, PARF $11,200. Orig. paint, wed kept *****23 MR) '92 CORONA GU. Manual.
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      • 799 7 344 Toyota For Sale 3/88 STARLET I.OXL. COE 2/2005. Tax 8/97. Full bodykit. Very sporty. 9721-1449/ 9218-8802 4/90 CRESSIOA 2.00LX1 Auto, New tax, PARF $29K. Asking $60.8K neg. Tel: *****83. 4/92 TOYOTA CRESSIOA 2.OGLX Auto. Well maintained. Showroom cond. Tel: 472-2222. 8/93 COROLLA XU. White. Like new. 1 ledy owner.
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      • 537 7 349 Other Makes 349 Other Makes For Sato For Sato MOTOR CONNECTION PTE LTD BRAND NEW FROM JAPAN 111 READY STOCKS 111 ATTRACTIVELY PRICED 111 MITSUBISHI LANCER GSR EVO. IV DOHC, 16V, ECI-MULTI, INTERCOOLER TURBO. Max. power 280P5,36kg/m Torque ALSO AVAILABLE: HONDA PRELUDE 2.2 (Sequential Sports Shift) TOYOTA COROLLA 1.5
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      • 407 7 372 Vehicle Accessories/ Parts SUNROOF-FARMONT (GERMANY) 10 yrs. manufacturer warranty. Safety, climate control, rain sttnsing auto close. Midas 221 9293/ fax: 323 2366 BODY KIT FOR most Models. Available for old cars also. Midas 221 9293 2H77 Car Financing/ Insurance HITACHI LEASING Call 0671 6603 Anytime WAH LEE CREDIT offers
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      • 1014 7 383 Vehicles Wanted ATTRACTIVE CASH OFFERI Scrap cars PARF or COE Private/ Co. Vehicles Commercial vans or pickups Viewing, location time at your convenience TAN HO SENG MOTOR CAR TRADING 139 Upper Paya Lebar Rd. *****3) Tai. *****03/ *****93 Mr Tan (Bam -11pm.) CARS WANTED BEST PRICE Mr. Goh *****533
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      • 1013 7 391 Vans For Sato 9TBB FORD ECONVAN 2.2. 5-dr. 1 owner. Beautiful cond. Aircon. New tax. Call: *****51 '91 TOYOTA UTEACE Van. 4-dr. New paint, aircon. Hifi. Good cond. Pg: 9-704-8274 883-8104, QG223, 7/"78 Suzuki 550 van. 5-dr. Tax 12/97 $1,600. '91 DAIHATSU HIJET I.Occ. sd^ar^jrcon^jifi^ej^42ol23 393 Motorcycles/ Scooters For
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      • 1104 7 402 DOl-O8 City South-Wast PTE APTS Rant ANCHORAGE. BRAND NEW Sweet Home with most complete facilities supermarket, restn., cafe etc. 3+l rms. $6000 $7000. 2+l, 4+l, *****524/ *****408 ANCHORAGE/ REGENT/ DOVER Parkview. Long/ short term. Brand new. Pool. 1/2/3/4 rms. $3K, $4K, $SK, $6K, $7K. Agt. tel. *****33/ *****977. D.07
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      • 1203 7 404 DO9-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rant D.IO NEAR ORCHARD Hotel. The Habitat. Beautifully renovated. New fixtures/ fittings. High flr. Spacious living/ dining. Large balcony. Quiet surrounding. 4+l 3800 sq.ft Facilities. $11. 3 K. *****43 agt LEEDON HOTS. NEW. 3+l. 1,700/ 2,800 sq.ft. Penthse. Roof garden/ balcony. Low/ high
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      • 1112 7 404 009-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rant D.lO TANGLIN HILL Meadow*. 3+l. 2087 sq.ft. Facilities. Immed, View to offer. Call 9-*****45 agt. D.lO THE CLAYMORE. 3318 sq.ft. 4+l. Very high flr. Fantastic view. $20K. Colossians 9-*****83 D.lO WING ON Life. 3300 sq.ft. 4+l. Very high flr. New. $500K renovation.
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      • 1084 8 408 Dl 2-14 Balestier/ Macpherson/Geylang PTE APTS Rent D.1 2 SHAN GATE. 1022 sq.ft. 2 rm. High fir. F/furn. MRT. Security card access. $2600. *****706 D.13 REGENT CT. 1200 sq.ft. 2+l/ f/furn/ f/aircon./ s/pool squash. $***** 9261-2757 agt D.13/ 14 NEW Euroasia Park/ Windy Hgts. MRT. 4+l. Furn. Pool. Immed.
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      • 1147 8 410 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Rent D.16 BAYSHORE PK. High fir. 2 bdrms. Partially/ f/furn. Avail. May/ June. $2.5K up. Rising *****181 D.lB COUNTRY PK. 1800 sq.ft. Full facilities. Furn. Pool view. Amenities. Joyce *****195 ERA D.16 CRESCENDO PK. 1800 sq.ft. 4+l/ p/furn/ f/aircon. Full facilities. $4500 negl
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      • 1002 8 416 D 22-28 Watt/ North PTE APTS Rent D.23 CHEAP RENTALI $3,300 fully furn. 1650 sq.ft. 3+l bdrm. at Cashew Hat. High fir. facing full facilities. Availabel Immed. JLW 9606-7488 Rosaline. CASHEW HGTS. 1227/ 1647 sq.ft. Nice view. $2.8K-$3.5K. Hillview Hgts. 1000/ 1647 sq.ft. 52.6K54.5 K. Cashew Prop 9608-1434. D.22
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      • 1112 8 420 Houses For Rent D.28 DEDAP RD. 4-level semi-d. 4150/ 3900 sq.ft. Very spacious, nicely renovated, aircon. Serene/ quiet. Pg. 9402-1863 EAST COAST 2-STOREY interterrace. 3 bdrms. F/furn. 2500 sq.ft. Quiet. Near amenities, convenientl Zubeda 9-*****33 ERA NEAR MRT j GOOD LOCATION, VIEW Unique design. New colonial semi-d bunglw. 3
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      • 1115 8 422 HUDC/ HDB Apts For Rent APPROVED HDB RENTAL Mais. CCX (next to MRT) $2K 5 rm. Pasir Ris (MRT) $1.6K 5 rm. Woodlands $1.4K 5 rm. Haig Rd (MRT) $I.BK 4 rm. Marina Cresc./ Eunos Cresc. (MRT) SI.7K 4 rm. Hougang/ West Coast Drive Tampines $1.3K/ $1.4K 3 rm.
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      • 1128 8 422 HUDC/ HDB Apts For Rent EXEC. APT. SERANGOON main rd. High fir. Windy. F/furn. Amenities. Immed. Any races. 281-5857 EXEC. MAIS. JURONG West Blk. 548, f/furn. aircon. face pk. Immed. *****32/ *****674 Builders FURN. 4 'A' Woodlands Blk. 730, locked 1 rm. for rent $1200 neg. Immed. Pg. 9-*****57
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      • 1157 8 426 Rooms For Rent D.09 ORCHARD RD. (lady owner). Beautifully luxuriously fum. Aircon. Near MRT. $750/ $900. Call: 252-6897 (9am. to 3pm.) EXPATS. WANT EXPATS, to share apty hse. The Summit, East Coast Simei. $800 to $1200. Tel: 737-1635/ 9616-3628. No agts. FOREIGN STUDENTS. GIRLS. Full board aircon room at
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      • 985 8 426 Rooms For Rant PASIR RIS. RM. for rent. $300. Furn. No cooking. Call owner Tel: 582-9714. PASIR RIS ST. 52. near MRT. F/furn. rms. Professional singles. $300. Nice owner. Tel. *****18 PASIR RIS BLK. 180. 2 rooms for rent. F/furn. Ladies/ couples/ expats. Pg *****854 Ginza POTONG PASIR MASTER,
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      • 757 8 440 DO l4B City a South-Wast HOUSES Sala D.06 PASIR PANJANG. Corner 3-storey terr. 4200/ 2000 sq.ft. 3+l+ roof top. Good cond. Valued 52.05 M, 9491-6447 Rainbow. D.06 PASIR PANJANG 2-storey terr. 2118/ 2228 sq.ft. 4+l rms. Quiet. Cosy. Park 4 cars. F'hold. $1.53 M neg. 9-4988-318 ET Co. D.02
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      • 806 8 441 DOl-08 City a South-Wast PTE APTS Sala D.04 HARBOUR VIEW Tower. 800 sq.ft. 2-bdrm. $710K SP"fk high fir. Tenanted. $3K. 9401 Wr D.06 DOVER PARKVIEW Twr. A, 1281 sq.ft. high fir. Gdn./ pool view, almost soldi *****778 ERA D.06 DOVER PARKVIEW Twr. D. 3+l. Best unit. Pool gdn. view.
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      • 1001 9 441 001 08 City ft South-West al PTE APTS -Sale At Dover Crescent, next to Singapore Polytechnic 1 DOVER RARKVIEW liiaiyLlß^atfs^lsi^AM a luxurious seaview condominium that sets a new trend for j ■■ir«ViTEjjj mi M'itT3 I 21st CwAur i IMn 9 intelligent home automation systems BH3iiSlißfflSliHsl I Built on high
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      • 509 9 441 DOl-08 City South-West PTE APTS Sale 446 DO9-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Sale D.lO MERA SAGA 947 sq.ft. 2 rooms. Low floor SI.IBM D.lO VALLEY PARK 1216 sq.ft. 2+l rms. High floor. 999 years. TOP soon! $1200 p.a.f. OAKLEY PROPERTIES *****093/ 9-*****76 #08-0* BLOSSOMVALE 1356 sq.ft./ 3+l rms.
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      • 565 9 441 DOl-08 City South-west PTE APTS Sale 446 009-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Sale D.09 JERVOIS LODGE. 1238/ 1324/ 1378/ 1389/ 1798 sq.ft. F'hold. Full facilities. *****876 D.09 LE WILKIE f'hold. 3 rms. 1030 sq.ft. Pool/ security/ amenities. $1.15 M. Pg. 9302-2360 ERA D.09 LEONIE GARDENS. 1733 sq.ft. 3+l
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      • 415 9 441 DOl-08 City South-Wast PTE APTS Sale 446 009-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Sale D.lO VALLEY PK. 1701 sq. ft. 3+l. High fir. 999 yrs. TOP soon. Good facing/ price. 9-*****93. D.lO VALLEY PARK Blk. 483, 793 sq.ft. studio, low floor, full facilities. 5925 K. GIC 9300-8799. D.I B
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      • 447 9 441 DOl-08 City South-Wast PTE APTS Sale ll I 450 Dll A2l Newton/ Bt Timah/ Clementi HOUSES Sale i D.ll EAGLES NEST on Cam- I borne Rd Hill top d/storey bunglw. I with that billion view. 16,000 sq.ft. 3 bunglw. development Live built opportunity. CP *****704 D.ll YOUR SEARCH is
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      • 1010 9 451 Dll &21 Newton/ Bt Timah/ Clementi PTE APTS Sale D.21 MAPLEWOODS PENTHSE. Brand new 2939 sq.ft. (1 level) Spacious living/ dinING 4+l store Beautiful greenery view Full facilities/ freehold Within walking distance (Ikm MGS School) 52.85 M AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING HB PG. *****811/ *****70 NO. 28 HUME AVENUE #09-01
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      • 2538 9 455 Dl 2-14 Balestier/ Macpherson/ Geylang HOUSES Sale 455 Dl 2-14 Balestier/ Macpherson/ Gaylang HOUSES Sale 455 D l 2- 14 Balestier/ Macpherson/ Geylang HOUSES Sale 451 Dll &21 Newton/ Bt Timah/ dementi PTE APTS Sato D.21 PINE GROVE. 3+l. 1760 sq.ft. High fir. Well renovated. $870 K. *****46/ *****644
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      • 757 10 460 D l 16 East Coast HOUSES Sale IMP^KEW GATE p^^ At Upper East Coast Road /Kew Drive f 3 Storey Cluster Houses Wrm Outdoor Recreahonal FAcaxnEs I sV^ 1 sffsfc^at ■ritf'flffi^r^B MSs^'avi s^af f/ I £4C// HOUSE HAS A PRIVATE GARDEN AND A PERSONAUSED ROOF GARDEN The spaciousness of
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      • 515 10 460 Dl 5-16 East Coast HOUSES Sale D.l» BRAND NEW 3 storey semi-d/ F'hold. 2900/ 3400 sq.ft. 6+l. TOP obtained. *****539 TR. D.lB CHEAPEST/ MOST affordable semi-d. Prime area. 2-storey f'hold. $1.58 M. Harvest *****668 D.IS FIDELIO ST. S/storey semi-d. Valued $1.55 M. Sell way below valuation. 9400-8618 Ryan D.lB
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      • 339 10 460 Dl 5-16 East Coast HOUSES Sale 461 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Sale CALL OWNER *****13 VIEW TO OFFER BANK'S VALUATION $1.25 M MEYER/ MOUNTBATTEN RD. D.lB KATONG PARK TOWERS (99 yra.) High fir. Sea view S.E. facing, big hall Full condo facilities Approx. 2313 sq.ft. Foreigners can
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      • 540 10 460 DIS-16 East Coast HOUSES Sale 55== 461 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Sale dontHjiss D.16 BAYSHORE PARK. Are you looking for a 2 bedroom on a high fir. with a sea view and without afternoon sun? If yes, call Sharon 9213-3797 LV ATTN. FOREIGNERS/ TOWNHOUSE lovers! Smart investment!
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      • 488 10 460 Dl 5-16 East Coast HOUSES Sale 461 015-16 East Coast PTE APTS Sale =Lhouse= OPEN HSE. TODAY! 2 6pm. Bayshore Pk. 3 bdrms. High fir. Pool view. Beautifully renovated. Asking $820 K. *****98/ *****998 JH PENTHSE. VARIOUS UNITS. Ka tong Area. 3300-10,000 sq.ft. Superb view. Single/ double level. Good
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      • 1090 10 461 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Sale D.I B MANDARIN GARDENS. 3+l, 1572 sq.ft. 81, high fir. Sea/ pool view. Face S. *****410 agt. D.I B MARYLAND PK./ Neptune Ct. 1650 sq.ft. 3+l. Mid/ high fir. Sea view. Amenities. *****203 DP D.IB MEYER PK. F'hold. 2800 sq.ft. 4+2 rms.
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      • 962 10 466 D l 7- 18 Changi/ Pasir Ris PTE APTS Sale D.lB NEWI MELVILLE Pk. 3+l. 1206 sq.ft. Full facilities. Near MRT, shpg. ctr. etc. Viewing by appt. 1 6pm. $708,000. Rolf *****11/ 9-*****19/ 9 *****81 LANDED WITHIN CONDOMINIUM. Azalea Pk. $I.IM 0.n.0. 999 yrs. 1679 sq.ft. with gdn. Pool
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      • 1132 10 470 Dl 9-20 Serangoon/ Thomson HOUSES Sele I D.19 BIG GDN. 15,350 sq.ft. Luxurious 3-storey semi-d bunglw. Only 4 families. Beautiful design/ finishes. F'hold. $I.BM/ 52.55 M. View 12-2pm. Harvest 9-*****80 D.19 SIRAT PLACE. Exclusive. F'hold. 3 storey terr. 1620/ 2620 sq.ft. 4+l. S.W. facing, nice no. Near future MRT/
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      • 1026 10 470 Dl 9-20 Serangoon/ Thomson HOUSES Sele D.20 S9BOK. Jin. Pintau, Terr. 2»-storey. 950/ 1300 sq.ft. 3 rms. Move-in. F'hold. 9494-8818 ERA. F'HOLD. D.19 2 storey terr. 1800/ 2150 sq.ft. 4+l. Split level. Near Maris Stella Sch. Agt. 9-*****10 JALAN SELANG 51.23 M terr. Freehold. 5 bdrms. Huge gdn. Sembawang
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      • 943 10 475 D22-28West North HOUSES-Sele MUNSHI ABDULLAH WALK Exclusive 2/storey inter, terr. on cul-de-sac f'hold. land. 2635/ 2445 sq.ft. 3+l rms. Spacious layout, comfortable parking for 2 cars. Quiet serene. Close proximity to St. Nicholas/ AJO MRT. Reasonable offer will not be refused! ■ml newl estate S-*****88 D.28 SELETAR HILLS. Jalan
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      • 722 11 465 Dl 7-18 Changi/ Pasir Ris HOUSES Sale 485 D l 7- 18 Changi/ Pasir Ris HOUSES Sale 465 017-18 Changi/ Pasir Ris HOUSES Sale The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL) y _y? >l w^*' IVj1 Vj I -< I Jfi Private Property HDB Resale I This may
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      • 428 11 465 017-18 Changi/ Pasir Ris HOUSES Sale 476 D22-28West 476 D 22-28 Watt 476 D 22-28 Wett ft North ft North ft North PTE APTS -Sale PTE APTS Sale PTE APTS Sale PARC S T A Choice apartments with beautiful lake views, facing the Lakeside dM'T^T station. I VISIT OURNKW
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      • 212 11 465 Dl 7-18 Changi/ Pasir Ris HOUSES Sale D.28 F'HOLD SERENITY Pk. Tower 1. 1572 sq.ft. Garden terrace. $1.19 M. Gary 9206-3330 DW D.28 GRANDE VISTA. 4+l+l. Mais. 2024 sq.ft. Full facilities. Foreigners eligible. Agt. 9205-7430. D.28 MIMOSA PARK. 2300 sq.ft. 4+l bdrms. Pte. garden. S/ pool. F'hold. 51.28 M.
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      • 180 11 I 465 Dl 7- 18 Changi/ Pasir Ris HOUSES Sal* SEASONS PK. 1044/ 1066/ 1109/ 1249/ 1292/ 1539 sq.ft. $665K up. Sell below cost. Agt. 9404-3361 SEASONS PK. HIGH fir./ pool. 1044/ 1109/ 1292 sq.ft. 2/ 3+l. S6BOK/ $790K/' SBBOK. UT *****423 SEASONS PK. 1970 sq.ft. 4+l/ roof terr. Resort
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      • 1002 11 488 HUDC Apts For Sale 8897*1 BELOW VALUATION! BLK. 713 apt. Hougang. 1650 sq.ft. 3+l rm. Renovated/ aircon. Unblocked. Privatize soon. Pg. *****712 TP JUST SOLDI BLK. 315 Shunfu HUDC, #08. Another 2 units avail. Blks. 315, 319. Better condition. Pg. 9494-6464 ERA. POTONG PASIR BLK. 112. Corner unit. High
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      • 1188 11 492 HDB Apts For Sale (Ang Mo Kio) NEW LISTING! 3-RM. Blk. 441 F/renovated. Valued SI67K. Don't missl Move m. *****376 DW NEW! 3 "NG' blk. 180/ 607. Unblocked. Renovated. MRT/ mkt./ St. Nicholas. 9218-5291 C&H ONLY 8 YRS. 4 "A' A.M. Kio Blk. 234. High fir. Face S. Nicely
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      • 1144 11 I 493 HDB Apts For Sale I (Bedok/ Chai Chee) BEDOK: EXEC. APT. pt. blk. 633/ 94C. Mais. 114/ 130/ (161 ground) 5-rm. 605/ 611/ 147. 3 "NG' 48/ 71. Chai Chee 3 'I' utility blk. 40 opp. interchange. *****296 SUPER VALUEI 4 NG' Bedok 81. High fir. Privacy. Nice
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      • 1386 11 493 HDB Apts For Sale (Bedok/ Chei Chee) i EXEC. MAIS. 719. Excellent Bedok Reservoir view. High fir. Ren ovated. Can contra. NBI *****337 EXEC. MAIS. BEDOK Res 114 High fir. Windy. Aircon. Unblock cd. Good price. Rey *****897 ENA JLN. TENAGA 6 RM. Blk. 649 High fir. Unblocked. Well
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      • 825 12 493 HDB Apts For Sato 493 HDB Apta For Sato (Bad*K/ Chal Ch— (Badok/ Chai Ch— The Straits Times Ciassified PROPERTY GUIDE (HPB ESTATES) Lim Chu Kang y/ /^X if^^ "l J Choa Chu KangTA V #*'*"^n n f^/r \s A BukrtPanlang r >^AngMo jy /I >^^ S\ /TV I
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      • 402 12 494 HDB Apts For Sato (Bithan) <« BEST OF BISHAN »> 4 'A' Corner. High fir. Blk. 239. Open. Windy. Quiet 5 'A' Corner. Mid fir. Blk. 260. Valued $S4OK. Low cash HUDC Shunfu. Ground floor Sell below valuation Jeffery Tan (Proeerve) 9266-2860 Direct: *****629 SIN MING COURT 4 'A'.
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      • 454 12 493 HDB Aptt For Sato (Badok/ Chai Ch— 494 HDB Apts For Sato (Bithan) URGENT!! MUST SELLI 5 T Sin Ming Blk. 402. Valued $465 K. All races/ N.S. facing. Mid fir. G'teed. low caahl Parkson pg. 9-*****74 QllpehTdl 1 1 HOUSE 1 PM. TO 3 pm. Blk. 141. #02-516.
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      • 571 12 493 HDB Aptt For Sato (Badok/ Chal Ch— 494 HDB Apts For Sato (Bishan) JUMBO FLAT 8LK.286 1,851 sq.ft. High fir. Unblocked. Near all Amenities. 9608-9771 MAP LOW CASHI 8 'I' corner, Bishan Blk. 161 F. Aircon. Marble. All races. Valued $504 K. 9493-9410. LOW CASHI 4 A' Bishan 228.
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      • 542 12 493 HDB Apta For Sato (Badok/ Chai Ch— 494 HDB Apts For Sato (Bishan) 8 'A' BISHAN 255. High fir. Lift level, windy, aircon. Near mkt./ park/ bus. Vi Realty *****802 8 'A' BISHAN Blk. 234. F/renovated. 4-rms. Mkt./ bus-stop. Chinese not eligible. Agt 9608-2515. 8 'I' BISHAN St. 13
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      • 321 12 493 HDB Apts For Sale (Bedok/ Chai Chee) 496 HDB Apts For Sato (BukH Batok) IMMEDIATE REGISTRATION Bt. Batok Exec. Mais. blk. 366. High floor, unblocked Exec. Mais. blk. 330. Renovated, 100% move m 3 'A' blk. 161. High floor, move 4 'A' blk. 177. Renovated, well kept Pg. 9-*****97
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      • 1013 12 496 HDB Apts For Sale (Bukit Batok) 4 'A' BT. Batok. Blk. 207, 209. Near MRT/ shpg. ctr./ s/pool. Also Blk. 160. High fir. Near food ctr./ good school. 566-8886/ 9203-2456 4 "S' BLK. 338, high fir. lift level. Renovated, can contra. Move m early. $250K negj 3 "NG' blk.
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      • 1343 12 496 HDB Apts For Sale I (Bukit Batok) 3 "NO"/ 4 "A" corner blk 272/ 202. High floor. Breezy. Near amenities/ market/ MRT. Pru 9412-8718 3-RM. BT. BATOK Blk 265, 127. high flr. Unblock. MRT. Amenities. Can contra. 9211-5537 agt. 4 'A' BLK 113. MRT/ Amenities. Food ctr. Well kept.
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      • 1186 12 497 HDB Apts For Sale (Bt Merah/ Q'town/ Talok Blangah) 3 'I' COMMONWEALTH Close Blk. 81. Quiet. Unblocked. Nice view. Open hse. 12-3pm. 479-5843 3 'I' CORNER corridor blk. 32 Lower Delta Rd. High fir. Designer decor. Near mkt./ MRT. *****55 3 'I' HENDERSON Blk. 96. High fir. Near amenities,
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      • 926 12 500 HDB Apts For Sale (Choa Chu Kang/ Bukit Panjang) IJXJ OPEN HOUSE 4-BPM 4 'S' Pending MJ Bt. Panjang Blk. 228 #08-191 High floor No blocking Valued SIBBK. Can contra <3<u| Early move-in View to offer »>" Call Ivan 9407-4108 Beta Raal Estate «vj 8 'I' CORNER blk 225.
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      • 1358 13 500 HDB Apt* For Sole (Choa Chu Kang/ Bukit Pan|ang) EXEC. APT./ MAW. CCX Blk. 361/ 208. Low cash. Near MRT/ central. Must view! 9522-8687 agt. EXEC. APT. CCX Blk. 420, wellrtndvated, high fir. MRT/ amenities, price neg. 9-*****73 Relic EXEC. APT. CCX. 204 corner. High ftr. Open view. 100%
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      • 925 13 500 HDB Apt* For Sale (Choa Chu Kang/ BukK Pawjang) 8 T CCX Blk. 432. High floor. Renovated. Near MRT/ Lot 1. Can contra. Pg: 9702-8798, DW. 8 "I' CORNER Bt. Panjang 121, 140, 204, 242, 273, 276, 418. Unblocked. High fir. *****765. 8 'I' CORNER. CCX Central blk. 355.
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      • 1309 13 501 HDB Apt* For Sale (Clementi/ Wast Coast) ACT NOWI CLEMENTI 4-rm. 404 dr.-to-dr. Well kept. Quiet. Price neg. Can contra. 9607-2484 ARN. ATTN: 4 'A' Corner West Coast. Renovated. Shop/ mkt./ amenities. Can contra. ISM 9-*****27. BLK. 2 HOLLAND. 3 'I', 2 units. Mid fir. Move-in. Blk 46. Walk-up.
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      • 1188 13 501 HDB Apt* For Sale {Clementi/ Wast Coast) 3-RM./ 3%-RM. HOLLAND Dr. Blk 17/ Clementi. High fir. MRT. Well renovated. 9411-8857 agt. 3% 376. CLEMENTI central. Unblocked. Renovated. Aircon. 999% move-in cond. *****698 ERA 4 'A' BLK. 611, corner. West Coast, high fir. Can contra. Marble floor. Unblocked. 9319 8219
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      • 994 13 502 HDB Apts For Sale (Geylang/Eunos/ Macpharson) JLN. BATU. CORNER! 5-rm. Super Bigl Upgradingl Renovatedl Unblocked viewl *****060 SML LENGKONG TIGA BLK. 112. 5 T. Renovated. Can contra. All offer considered. Pam *****454 ERA LENGKONG TIGA EXEC. Mais Blk 104. Well renovated. Move m cond. Can contra. Pg. 9-*****92 LOW
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      • 902 13 504 HOB Apts For Sale (Hougang/ Serangoon/ Yio Chu Kang) Very low cashl 8 'I' comer Hougang. Mid fir. Renovated. Can buy access. P5.*****-669 4 *N.G' ground fir. Hougang Blk. 388. 100% renovated with access backyard Pg.9SBB-6854 tm« imim ackcv »met m« BEAUTIFUL EXEC. MAIS. Blk. 148 539. Serangoon N.
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      • 1267 13 504 HDB Aptt For Sale {Hougang/ Serangoon/ Yio Chu Kang) BLK 862 EXEC Mais. Hougang. #02. Renovated. Cash $SK. No contra. Pg: 9494-7919 agt. BLK. 662. HOUGANG 4 A'. Well kept. Move m cond. Nice renovation. Near achy mkt. Pg. 9594-0628 BLK. 709 4 'NG' corner Hougang. High fir. Marble.
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      • 1150 13 504 HDB Apt* For Sale (Hougang/ Serangoon/ Yio Chu Kang) 4 'A' HOUGANG. Blk. 537. High flr. Can contra. Chinese not eligible. $315K neg. Pg. 9700-9981 agt. 4 "A* HOUGANG/ Chengsan. Blk. 549 corridor. Renovated. Low flr. Valued. No contra. Pg: 9594-2245 4 "A" HOUGANG Blk. 536. High flr. Nicely
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      • 1080 13 505 HDB Apt. For Sato (Jurong) CAN CONTRA 4 'A' BLK 721 Jurong West $283K 5 'A' BLK 332 Jurong Ea.«t S42OK 5 'I' BLK 905 Jurong West View to offer 5 RM. PT. Blk 204 Boon Lay View to offer JURONG SPECIALWT MAGGIE *****882 ERA JURONG SPECIALIST BLK. 953,
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      • 1401 13 505 HDB Apti For Safe (Jurong) EXEC. MAIS. JURONG E. *k_ 325 Renovated. High fir. MktVschJ| MRT Price neg. *****800 DW. EXEC. MAIS. BLK 548. Juron( W. F/renovated 4 aircons Windy. View to offer. 9503-9771. EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 910, mid fir Renovated very good condition Don't miss! Pg. 9-*****80 agent
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      • 1384 14 505 HDB Apts For Sate (Jurong) 4 'A' CORNER Blk. 429. Well keet. Amenities. Sch. Cheap. $290K neg. 358-7660/ 9709-6736 4 'A' JURONG West. Blk. 902. m, Move m. Can contra. Good buyl Pg. Jai 9212-9146 Propex. 4 'A' JURONG W. bik. 447. Close tita** MRT. Quiet convenient well v
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      • 930 14 506 HDB Apts For Sate (Kallanpy Whampoa) 3 T WHAMPOA. Well kept High floor. Good location. Pg: 9558-6426 J3 3-RM. BLK. 27 Jalan Bahagia. Upgraded. Marble flr. Well kept. Can contra. Pg. 9302-9295 YSP 3-RM. BLK. 38 Jalan Bahagia. Upgraded. High flr. Mkt./ amenities. SI6BKI Pg. 9494-2888, ERA 3-RM. JLN
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      • 922 14 512 HDB Apts For Sate (Pasir Ris/ Changi) ERA SHOWHOUSE 4-BPM (THUR) EXEC MAM. BLK 847. PASM RIS Pond sea view MRT/ bus-stop/ White Sand 200% move-in cond. North/ South facing M##t Art void o#ck ••RAYMOND HO" *****748 ERA SHOWHOUSE Thursday 2 -spm. < Exec. Apt. Blk. 244 Paair Ria
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      • 1350 14 512 HDB Apts For Sate (Pasir Ris/ Changi) CASH SI2K ONLY! 5 T corner Pasir Ris Blk. 482, high flr. Unblocked. No contra. *****388 CJ CASH SBKI B-RM./ exec. apt. Corner, Pasir Ris, lift level, newly renovated, MRT/ mkt. AY 453-9881 CORNER EXEC. MAW. Pasir Ris blk. 422, high flr.
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      • 1067 14 514 HDB Apt* For Sale (Tampines/ Simei) NEW LISTING. CAN CONTRA 1 1 8 'I' BLK. 496E TAMPINES (only 8 yaara) Ceramic throughout 4 split aircon, storage water heater 2 built-in wardrobes New bedrooms door/ balcony Both toilets renovated Amenities and MRT Price neg. Good buy I Pa. 9899-8978/ 9834
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      • 1298 14 514 HDB Apt* For Sale (Tampines/ Simei) BLK. 886. 8 'I' Tampines., Mid fir. 4 bdrms. Move-in. Contra. N/ S facing. Unblock. *****840 Esaint. I CASH 820K NEG. 4 'A7 5 'I' corner Blk. 852/ 843 Tampines. Simple renovation. 9494-7919 agt. CASH S3SK 8 'A' Tampines blk. 126. High fir.
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      • 1320 14 514 HDB Ants For Sale {Tampine*/ Simei) 4 'A' CORNER Tampines 935. Orig. Well kept. Will consider any genuine offer. *****558 ERA 4 "A' CORNER b1k.925 Tampines. Valuation $310 K. High fir. No contra. Renovated. Propex *****449 4 'A' CORNER Tampines Blk. 296. Low fir. Renovated. Amenities. Can contra. *****823
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      • 1179 14 516 HDB Aptt For Sale (Toa Payoh/ Potong Pasir) nffraH ft wk MMfff I cV qllpemTdl i house' S-OPM. 4 T upgraded Toa Payoh S3IOK negV 4 'A r 2 units Kirn Keat Link $380K neg. Near MRT/ market. Contra. Pg. 9705-0322 UFI 4-RMS. PT. BLK. 191/ 179 T. Payoh.
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      • 1022 14 516 HDB Aptt For Sale (Toa Payoh/ Potong Pasir) S T BLK 44 T. PAYOH. 5 yrs. old. Lift landing. Weil renovated. 3+l rms. Can contra. 9-*****84 8 T BLK. 44. All races. Low floor. Open view. Move-in. 5499 K. neg. Hurryl Page *****691 agt. 8 'I' TOA Payoh 44/
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      • 1042 14 518 HOB Apt. For Sale (Yishun) ALL YISHUN BEST 3-RM. blk. 320, 394, 706. 774, 783 4 "S' 285. 396, 636, 721, 758. 790 4 "A' corner 872, 861, 844. 850. 829, 820, 772, 771, 768, 412, 386, 367, 350, 345. 346. 331, 321. 283 8 T corner 935, 873,
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      • 1368 15 518 HDB Apts For Sale (Yishun) W BLK. 348 4 'A' mid fir.; Blk. 647 5 "I' high fir.; Blk. 791 exec. apt. Can contra. 9571-5798/ 9652-1016 -«^BLK. 380, 8 T corner. High fir. '"■Designer decor. Move-in cond. Near amenities. Pg. 9498-5380 PP. BLK. 352 EXEC. apt. High fir. No
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      • 1352 15 518 HDB Apts For Sale (Yishun) 4 'A' BLK. 396. Nicely renovated walk-up. Amenities. Valued $275 K. FVR *****-388/ 9-*****84 4 'A' BLK. 327. Renovated. Mid floor. Sch./ MRT/ Northpoint. Pg. 9-*****33/ 9-*****20 Texan 4 'A' BLK. 412. Yishun. #05. Just 5 yrs. Lift level, unblocked, amenities, renovated. *****311 ERA
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      • 843 15 518 HDB Apts For Sale (Yishun) 8 "I" CORNER Yishun 413. Lift level. Beautifully renovated. Food ctr./ sch. Valued. *****28 agt. 8 'I' MID fir. Unblocked. Near MRT. Renovated. Can contra. Valued $380 K. Call nowl 9209-0717 8 T YISHUN Blk. 155, 159, 612. Low price, cheap!! $410 K. Renovated.
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      • 983 15 527 HUDC/HDB Apts Wanted (Rent/ Buy) ATTN: READY CASH buyers urgently need flat. Free valuation. Cash deposit. *****33, Lilian. ATTN. READY CASH buyers for HDB flats. Free valuation done. High price assured. *****72 Ideel BISHAN URGENT! 8 T St. 12. High fir. Pt. Blk. Immed. regn. Owners pis. call *****753
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