The Straits Times, 7 May 1983

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1983 40 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 65/1/83
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  • 725 1  -  IRENE NGOO HDB advises office, workshop and shop tenants affected by rent rises By Our Housing Correspondent TENANTS of HDB shops, offices and workshops affected by rent increases will have to revamp and upgrade their businesses if they are to remain viable and competitive. An
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  • 67 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. Australian newspaper publisher Rupert Murdoch has signed an agreement with Satellite Business Systems (SBS) to lease satellite space for a satellite-to-home television service. A spokesman for SBS said the five-year agreement for more than US$75 million (*****.5 million) will provide the firm with five
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  • 54 1 ANKARA, Fri. The head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said yesterday the number of countries suffering acute food shortages rose from 19 to 24 during the past year. FAO director-general Edouard Saouma said about 100 million refugees around the world were also m need
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  • 459 1  -  JUNE TAN By Our Education Reporter PROJECT Care m Da Qiao Primary School involves falling m love m an open library! An acronym for Creating A Reading Environment, it seeks to get pupils to first of all faU In love with reading. And this Is to
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  • 46 1 BEIJING, Fri. In a bid to stem a population explosion bigger than the national average, authorities m Guangdong have decided to launch a massive sterilisation campaign over the next two months, the Guangdong Yangcheng Evening News reported m its latest edition seen here yesterday. AFP
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  • 248 1 NEW YORK, Fri. AN Eastern Airlines Lockheed L-1011 jumbo jet with 172 people aboard lost power on all three engines yesterday and narrowly avoided plunging into the Atlantic Ocean. The plane plunged 3,660 m to below 1,220 m before the crew could
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  • 129 1 Hitler's diaries BONN, Frl. The West German government announced today that it had examined three volumes of diaries said to have been written by Adolf Hitler and found them to be forgeries. The Interior Ministry, which made the announcement, said it based Its conclusion on an examination of the
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  • 57 1 LONDON, Fri. The British navy's six Type-21 frigates have developed hairline cracks m their aluminium upper decks, the Defence Ministry said last night. A spokesman said the problem was not serious, but each of the 2,800-tonne warships would be taken out of service m turn for repairs
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  • 371 1 JERUSALEM, Fri THE Israeli government announced today that it accepted m principle an American-arranged plan to withdraw foreign forces from Lebanon but was seeking clarifications from the United States on security matters. Spokesman Dan Meridor, speaking after a special Cabinet meeting lasting nearly seven
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  • 25 1 MOSCOW, Fri. The Soviet Union today launched space satellite Cosmos-1459, the official Tass news agency announced. It said the equipment was functioning normally. UPI
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    • 64 1 PARIS, Fri. Demonstrators fought running street battles with police m Paris and Rennes today after protest marches by students and tradesmen turned violent. Clouds of teargas wafted through the streets of the Latin quarter m the capital as nelmeted protesters armed with petrol bombs, clubs and
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      589 2 Best attendance WITH the drop-out rate of students cut by more than half, Basic Education for Skills Training (Best) officials are now more confident of improving the programme further. Figures show nearly 70 per cent of the 7,380 workers who enrolled m January will take the June examination. This
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    • 225 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE Urban Redevelopment AuthoritySingapore Institute of Planners' call for ideas on revitalising Boat Quay opens exciting prospects for the preservation of other areas of historical and cultural importance m Singapore. One group, to its great credit, has already submitted its proposals on what can and
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    • 247 2 RUBBER TRADERS URGED TO MANAGE OWN AFFAIRS IT IS time local rubber traders consider running their own day-to-day affairs instead of looking to the government to do it. Speaking at a dinner following the annual general meeting of the Rubber Association of Singapore yesterday, Trade Development Board chairman
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    • 65 2 RENT OR AID? A REVIEW of the American/Philippines military bases agreement has begun. The Philippines is holding out for payment of $3.2 billion rental for American use of the Subic Bay and Clark Air Base facilities. The Americans, however, would like to treat any payment to the Philippines as
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    • 347 2 2 on bowling mission SPORTSWOMAN of the Year Adelene Wee and meritorious winner Ronnie Ng will represent Singapore at the Asian Cup bowling championships m Pattaya, Thailand, from June 18-26. Among those taking part m the tournament, which will bring together the top man and woman bowler from 16
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    • 536 2 China's man for Seoul CHINA'S civil aviation director will lea^ for Seoul today to discuss the return of a Cmnese plane, which was hijacked to South Korea on Thursday with 105 passengers and crew on board. An official spokesman said Korea had agreed to let Mr Shen
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    • 169 2 Japan's pledge JAPAN will try to find ways to increase its imports from Malaysia and give Malaysians, particularly bumiputra companies, a bigger share of Japanese sub-contracts m Malaysia. Visiting Finance Minister Noburu Takeshita made this pledge to his Malaysian counterpart Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah yesterday. Tengku Razaleigh told
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    • 390 2 No small potato WE T^IKE for granted the potato because it lacks colour. But it is a versatile ingredient for main and side dishes. TAN LEE LENG says if you know the four main varieties, you can get the most from this humble staple. She lets you m
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
    • 383 3 He will try to obtain release of plane hijacked to South Korea BEIJING, Fri. THE Director-General of the Civil Aviation Administration of China will leave for Seoul tomorrow to discuss the return of a Chinese aircraft hijacked to South Korea yesterday with 105
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    • 209 3  -  ABBY TAN By Our Manila Reporter MANILA, Friday GOVERNORS of the Asian Development Bank failed to agree on the issue of Taiwan retaining its membership while almost all were m favour of China coming m, bank president Masao Fujioka said today. Speaking to journalists
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    • 120 3 HONGKONG, Fri. With the recovery of the US economy, Hongkong's exports are starting to move up sharply, government officials said yesterday. Exports to the US, the colony's biggest market, were 9 per cent higher m real terms and 19 per cent higher before deducting inflation
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    • 333 3  -  NANCY CHNG By Our Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK, Fri. Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda is finalising his Cabinet list, and an announcement of the formation of the new government can be expected this weekend, sources said today. Gen Prem has approached the Social Action
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    • 79 3 JAKARTA, Fri. At least 32 people were drowned when an overloaded Borneo river boat struck a floating log and sank, reports said today. The vessel, Setia Bndi, was carrying at least 152 passengers and crew, and one tonne of cargo, as it sailed down
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    • 102 3 Son Sann for Australia and NZ BANGKOK, Fri. The Prime Minister of the Democratic Kampuchean government, Mr Son Sann, leaves here today on a private but politically important visit to Australia and New Zealand. Embassy sources said it was not immediately clear whether Mr Son Sann would meet foreign ministers
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 65 3 THE SWEDISH Navy shifted its nine-day search for foreign submarines from the east coast to the west yesterday after more sightings of "periscopes and other indications of submarines", the Defence Ministry said m Stockholm. Prime Minister Olof Palme said yesterday he was "extremely dissatisfied" with Thursday's Soviet
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      • 63 3 THE RATE of civilian unemployment m the United States dipped slightly to 10.2 per cent last month, as a business recovery created some 360,000 jobs, the Labour Department said yesterday. It was the second decline m as many months and 0.6 per cent below December's high
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      • 74 3 WARNING STRIKES by thousands of public workers halted public transport for up to three hours m many West German cities yesterday morning, forcing many people to walk to work. Some 100,000 workers were expected to take part m the public service, transport and traffic union's temporary strike
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      • 65 3 CRUDE OIL prices will continue to decline m inflation-adjusted terms until 1985 before rising through the rest of the decade, a United States government report issued m Washington predicted yesterday. The report prepared by the Energy Information Administration forecasted that oil prices would fall to a
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    • 80 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. US Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige will lead a delegation to Japan and China from May 16-26 m an effort to ease trade frictions with those countries, the government said today. Mr Baldrige has called the mission "another step towards improving our trading relations with
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    • 329 5 BEIRUT, Friday PRESIDENT Amin Gemayel ordered Lebanese forces on alert today and demanded that Syria stop instigating the heaviest fighting m three months between rival militias, official news reports said. Fighting between rightist Christians trading artillery and rocket fire with Syrian-backed Muslim leftists subsided
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    • 143 5 Moscow blasts expulsion of envoys MOSCOW, Fri. The Soviet Union today angrily assailed the crackdown on communists m Iran, charging that Islamic authorities were adopting the repressive measures of the ousted Shah of Iran and contributing to a USinspired anti-Soviet campaign. An editorial m Prayda denounced the expulsion of 18
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    • 326 5 JOHANNESBURG, Fri. POLITICAL power m South Africa will remain firmly m white hands, m terms of a new draft constitution which will allow coloureds and Asians limited participation m the central government. The South Africa constitution bill, tabled m Parliament yesterday is the
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    • 87 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. A Congressional subcommittee voted yesterday to prohibit the United States from supporting loans by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to South Africa because of the Pretoria government's racial policies. The United States last year backed a US$l.l billion (about $2.2 billion) IMF loan
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    • 113 5 Herzog is Israel's sixth President JERUSALEM, Fri. Mr Chaim Herzog was installed as Israel's sixth president here yesterday In a colourful ceremony that was attended by US Secretary of State George Shnltz. Guarded by a special detachment, Mr Herzog entered the Israeli Knesset Chamber along with retiring president Yitzhak Navon
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    • 335 6 Applicants for visas will now be screened thoroughly WASHINGTON, Friday THE United States is tightening up its system for granting visas to stem a flow of strategic technology to the Soviet Union, a senior State Department official said yesterday. Under-Secretary of State William Schneider
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    • 288 6 PHOENIX (Arizona), Fri. President Ronald Reagan yesterday retracted a remark that he could approve Soviet leader Yuri Andropov's latest proposal on European missiles if it was genuine and not propaganda. He told a radio interviewer a few minutes after he made the remark that he should
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    • 34 6 YUCCA FLAT (Nevada), Fri. US scientists yesterday detonated a nuclear weapon 390 m below the surface which had a yield of less than 20 kilotonnes, an equivalent of 20,000 tonnes of TOT. UPI
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    • 159 6 Call for grain pact talks with Soviets WASHINGTON, Fri. The Senate Finance Committee yesterday approved a resolution to reinforce President Reagan's offer last month to negotiate a new, expanded grain trade agreement with the Soviet Union. The present accord, m its sixth year, expires on Sept 30. Moscow has not
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    • 236 6 House panel okays $394 b defence bill WASHINGTON, Friday A BILL that would authorise spending US$lBB billion (***** billion) on defence m fiscal 1984 was approved yesterday by the Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives. The bill gives President Ronald Reagan all the mafbr weapons programmes he
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    • 52 6 ANKARA, Fri. Turkey has refused the United States per- mission to build 11 relay transmitters m Turkey to strengthen broadcasts beamed at the Soviet Union, informed sources reported yesterday. The sources said Turkey re- J fused the US request because it would strain Turko-Soviet relations
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    • 96 6 MIAMI, Fri. The wife of tennis star Jimmy Connors was yesterday granted temporary custody of their three-year-old son, Brett, by a judge who said the couple should try to work out an amicable divorce settlement over the next month. Connors was given limited visiting rights,
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    • 191 7 Solid poll showing boosts Tory hopes LONDON, Fri. A solid Conservative showing m local elections provided encouragement for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, reportedly considering a call for parliamentary balloting as early as next month. Jokingly dubbed the "largest opinion poll m the world," yesterday's elections for some 13,000 local government
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    • 306 7 Fire bombs and tempers explode m protest march picture. PARIS, Fri. Violent protests by students and businessmen erupted throughout France yesterday, highlighting widespread anger with the socialist government's policies on education and the economy. Scores of people here were injured as demonstrators hurled molotov cocktails, bottles
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    • 197 7 What the window man saw... ...spies a-calling at Soviet building LONDON, Frl. A storm window installer said yesterday that he spied on the Soviet trade delegation here for 18 months, gathering Information that led to the expulsion of at least two Soviet agents. Mr Bill Graham, 45, said m an
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    • 261 7 Troublesome Poles get the nudge WARSAW, Fri. Polish authorities are encouraging thousands of people they regard as potential political troublemakers to leave the country under an unspoken arrangement with more than a halfdozen western countries, western diplomats here say. Although travel restrictions introduced under martial law make
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    • 111 7 MUNICH, Fri. West German scientists say they have conducted experiments confirming a theory that homing pigeons navigate by sense of smell. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Physiological Behaviour at Seewiesen, Bavaria, said yesterday their experiments showed that homing pigeons could return to
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    • 101 7 European labour ministers' dilemma PARIS, Fri. Labour Ministers from 20 European countries have been unable to agree on whether cutting the work week would create jobs. A communique issued yesterday at the end of a three-day meeting on solving unemployment said labour and management should negotiate the ways of reducing
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  • 137 8 THE Soviet fishing trawler Let Elksm left Singapore on Thursday at 7.12 p.m. minus two Russian crewmen warded at the Singapore General Hospital for suspected methyl alcohol poisoning. A source from the trawler's shipping agent, Singapore Soviet Shipping Company, said that nine of the 11
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  • 417 8 WITH the drop-out rate of students cut by more than half, Basic Education for Skills Training (Best) officials are now more confident of improving the programme further. Figures released yesterday showed that nearly 70 per cent of the 7,380 workers who enrolled for
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  • 138 8 THE Culture Ministry has disallowed the distribution here of cassette tapes featuring comedian Richard Pryor because of his crude and vulgar language. Checks were made among some Orchard Road shops, and a number of tapes by the black US comedian who has acted m
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  • 336 8 Rain but it's not enough to fill our reservoirs Let Every Drop Count WATER consumption from 8 a.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. Friday was 785,300 cubic metres, higher than the 766,200 cubic metres used the previous day. Prom May S to 5, the average daily consumption was 775,416 cubic metres,
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  • 159 8 SHIPS taller than 25 metres from the waterline are banned from sailing under the cable car system m Keppel Harbour from Tuesday at 8 a.m. to May 30 at midnight, the Port of Singapore Authority said yesterday. The ban will ensure that such ships would
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  • 100 8 AN OLD man who reported to police that he was robbed by a teenaged couple last week, is now helping police m their investigations into an alleged molesting incident. This follows fresh information given to the police that a girl was molested before the
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  • 682 9  -  JOHN TAN Singapore, Japan agree on a broad spectrum of issues By JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasonj* left yesterday for Manila, the next stop on his tour of Asean and Brunei, after spending three days m Singapore. He met Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
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  • 80 9 Marcos on why ties are vital ON HIS arrival m Manila yesterday, Mr Nakasone was told by President Ferdinand Marcos that the Philippines' ties with Japan were "important for the growth of Japan into the great economic power that it is today, important to our own growth as a free
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  • 471 9  - Sincerity a mark of Abe's motto EVANGELINE GAMBOA By .JAPANESE Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe was running a tight schedule but he exuded an air of serenity which could have been influenced by his motto: Seishin seii sincere of mind, sincere of intention. "It is said that the world of politics
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    • 783 9 m Certificate Course m PUBLIC RELATIONS The Institute of Public Relations of Singapore will conduct 20 two-hour lectures on the Principles and Practice of Public Relations, beginning May 31 1983. The IPRS Certificate will be awarded to students who successfully complete the final examinations. The course is intended for newly-appointed
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  • Article, Illustration
    287 10  -  BENG TAN By Medical Reporter Has good bedside manner Handles patients well Has a cool head Is up-to-date m knowledge Is clinically competent Is responsible Is a team worker THESE seven qualities listed on the right are what the Health Ministry look for when it assesses government doctors.
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  • 430 10 THE State Coroner recorded a verdict of misadventure on a nonparticipating soldier who died after a piece of iron pierced his throat during the full dress rehearsal of the SAF Display at West Coast Park. Private Edward Rangasamy, 18, was sitting on
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  • 85 10 A POSTER showing five Singaporean children holding lanterns during the mooncake festival so charmed judges at the 14th annual travel poster contest of the Pacific Area Travel Association m Mexico last month that they awarded it the grand prize. A Singapore Tonrist Promotion Board
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  • 132 10  -  KHNG EU MENG By AN AIR ambulance service, long a dream of people working m remote parts of South-east Asia, will soon be a reality. From July 1, two jets and a helicopter will take to the skies whenever an emergency call is received from any
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  • 99 10 THE Singapore Women's Association is inviting women to enter the Miss Singapore/Miss International 1983 contest. Women interested m taking part must be between 17 and 22 years old. The closing date for entries is May 20 and preliminary rounds will be on May
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    • 59 10 SENANDUNG f BUDAYA featuring S.M. Salim, M. Daud Kilau, Kamariah Noor, Wahid Satay, Momo Latiff and other popular Malaysian and local artistes 21 May 83 National Theatre 8 pm Tickets at $5, $3 $2 Available at Central Booking Office (Victoria Theatre), Cold Storage and Tangs Superstore. Pi esented by the
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  • 226 11  -  GRACE CHNG By THE government is likely to introduce a tender system for hawker licences next year. This is because most street hawkers will already be resettled by then. An official of the Environment Ministry said it was unlikely that new hawker licences
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  • 454 11 Scheme will be put into effect if pilot project is successful A NEW passbook, which will speed up payment of monthly Housing Board rents, flat instalments and other HDB charges for some 400,000 HDB households and tenants, will be introduced if a month-long
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  • COURT BRIEFS
    • 65 11 THE boss of a feedmill was fatally shot m the head during a hunting trip m Johore last Oct 31, a coroner heard yesterday. State Coroner Seng Kwang Boon, who heard the evidence of one witness who was at the shooting scene, noted that it could not
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    • 80 11 THE chirping of a bird lured a thief to steal it; later the same sound led to Its recovery by the owner, a magistrate heard yesterday. The bird, a $250 Chinese thrush, was stolen from its owner, Mr Andrew Tan Thiam Yew, by Tan Swee Liang,
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    • 59 11 THE High Court yesterday awarded $14,250 damages and costs to an 11-year-old schoolboy, Wong Chee Yong, who fractured his leg m a traffic accident about three-and-a-half years ago. Mr Justice Lai found the driver, Mr Sim Hock Leong, 34, a storekeeper, wholly liable for the accident along Jalan
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  • 91 11 THE Australian Army's Chief of the General Staff, Lieu tenant-General S i r Phillip Bennett, is m Singapore on the last leg of an official visit to several countries m the region. He will pay a courtesy call on the Minister of State (Defence), Da Yeo Ning
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  • 175 11 Why the great demand for shops and offices THE demand for Housing Board shops and offices was unusually high m the past three years because of a lack of such facilities m the private sector. A total of 6,992 units comprising 4,241 shops, 455 offices and 2,296 workshops were tendered
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    • 206 12 JAPAN'S Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone arrived m Singapore for a three-day visit on Wednesday. He was given a big welcome at the Istana where he met President Devan Nair, the First Lady and Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Lee.
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    • 244 12 THE PM LOOKS BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE TROUBLE-MAKING UNIONS PRIME MINISTER Lee Kuan Yew looked back when he spoke at the May Day rally on Sunday then forward. Back to union mass meetings m the 1950s and the last May Day rally he addressed
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    • 68 12 SINGAPORE has been advised to make more use of part-time hotel workers. The advice came this week from a Japanese hotel chief who is here to suggest ways to raise productivity m Singa- pore's hotel industry. He said that part-time hotel workers m Japan were employed
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    • 33 12 COURTESY NOT JUST A SMILE THIS year's courtesy campaign will be held m July. A 28-minute film will be telecast daring the campaign with the message that courtesy means more than just smiling.
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    • 66 12 COMPANIES give their workers more benefits than they are required to by law, according to a survey carried out by the Singapore National Employers' Federation. Companies are only required by law to give annual leave, sick leave, maternity and retrenchment leave. But most give
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    • 162 12 IN SHORT THE FIRST of eight "Big Top" Boeing 747 aircraft ordered by Singapore Airlines took off from Changi Airport on Thursday on its first flight to Tokyo and Los Angeles. The other seven new Boeings will be delivered by 1986. They will cost a total of $2,400 million. SENTOSA*S
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    • 167 12 TENANTS of more than half the Housing Board's 15,333 shops, workshops and offices will pay higher rents from Aug 1. But the new rents will still be lower than market rates, says the board. The increases will range from about $500 to more than $2,000 a
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    • 102 12 $16m of heroin is seized TWO Singaporeans are being hunted by police m connection with the seizure m Hongkong of more than $16 million worth of heroin. The heroin weighing 141 kilos arrived from Thailand by trawler. NEARLY 8 kg of the "soft" drug hashish worth $127,000 was taken from
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    • 210 12 MESSAGE AS NTUC CENTRE IS OPENED OLD-FASHIONED valve radios and charcoal irons have been replaced by modern transistor radios and electric irons. In the same way, workers with oldfashioned skills should guard against being replaced by others with modern skills. The advice was given on
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    • 55 12 THE computer firm Tandon which took over the Chai Ghee Road site of the bankrupt Rollei camera company has celebrated its success by giving production workers a 10 per cent pay rise. Workers have also been given a bottle of perfume. Last year Tandon produced $130
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    • 197 12  - The next step for Best pupils NG WENG HOONG By WHAT opportunities are there for workers who have completed the Best programme's top Module 4 course? The question will be answered next week at an exhibition showing skills training courses that are available. It will be held at the Bukit
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    • 141 12 COURSES FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE THE following courses are available for Module 4 Best students: Air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics. Boiler and pipe fitting and servicing. Dressmaking. Furniture making. Welding. Heavy duty diesel mechanics. Maintenance fitting. Marine fitting. Marine steelwork. Men's tailoring. Metal machining. Motor vehicle mechanics. Plumbing and pipe
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    • 152 12 DID 1,500 LEAVE CAMBODIA? VIETNAM'S annoucement that it is withdrawing 15,000 of its 180,000 soldiers that invaded Cambodia four years ago seems to have been a trick. Journalists who were invited by the Vietnamese to see 1,500 of the soldiers leave Cambodia this week never saw them
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    • 123 12 THE fleet of American B-52 bombers stationed on the island of Guam m the Pacific Ocean is to be replaced over the next six months by a more modern version of the airplane. The fleet is part of America's contribution to defence m the Pacific region. The present
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    • 142 12 HOTEL NIKKO SHOPPING CENTRE will house Singapore's latest department store This store with the best foreign expertise, promises to be the most exciting place m town Made available only now; for sale are limited prime shop units. At affordable prices from $1,000 per square foot. .J^^^^V:''4lHp^ Js^^3?^^B^H a iiiihiiimmmimmimii i
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    • 277 13  - Son Sann given 3,000 rifles: Sihanouk TAN LIAN CHOO KUALA LUMPUR, Fri CAMBODIA'S Prince Norodom Sihanouk today confirmed that Singapore has given 3,000 automatic assault rifles to the resistance movement led by nationalist Son Sann. Prince Sihanouk is President of Democratic Kampuchea (DX), a coalition government which groups three resistance
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    • 33 13 SEGAMAT, Fri. A woman, Lee Siew Huat, 38, was killed by a bolt of lightning m a rubber plantation at Lubuk Batu here yesterday. Her body was found by villagers. NST
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    • 267 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday JAPAN will try to find ways to increase its imports from Malaysia and give locals a greater share of Japanese sub-contracts m Malaysia. Japanese Finance Minister Noburu Takeshita made the pledge at a meeting with his Malaysian counterpart Tengku Razaleigh
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    • 404 13  -  TAN LIAN CHOO By Our Diplomatic Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Asian Conference on Palestine closed here today after recommending a step-by-step plan of action by the United Nations Security Council for the creation of an independent and sovereign state of Palestine. The four-day
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    • 241 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Police have set up committees at federal, state and district levels to check on drag abase among members of the force. These committees were set up recently following the launching of the nation-wide antidrug campaign by the Prime Minister.
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    • 302 13 KUANTAN, Fri. THE Pahang Religious Council has agreed to ban Muslims from gambling m the casino at Genting Highlands, it was announced yesterday. Mentri Besar Datuk Mohamed Najib bin Tun Razak said the Sultan of Pahang will soon announce when the ban will
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    • 88 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Former Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Mokhtar Hashim's appeal against his death sentence for the murder of Datuk Mohamed Taha Talib will begin m the Federal Court on June 7. The appeal by village headman Rahmat Satiman, 54, who was also convicted and sentenced
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  • 410 14 CAR rental companies intend to re-appeal against a recent tax ruling abolishing tax deductions on SZ cars hired for more than 183 days m a year. The new appeal will be made through the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas). The
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  • 118 14 A $1 million consignment of detergent powder was seized under a court order by officials representing a large American detergent company yesterday. The detergent, In packets bearing several brand names, was said to be destined for the Middle East when
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  • 305 14  - One-way telephones to beat the punters S. KUMAR TELECOMS STUDIES PROPOSAL By TELECOMS is studying a police proposal to have some public telephones and coinafons converted so that only outgoing calls can be made. Sources said this suggestion was made during a recent meeting between Telecoms officials and the police
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  • 968 14  -  BEN DAVIDSON MAUREEN CHUA By and ADRIAN lim, 41, his wife Tan Mvi Choo, 28, and Hoe Kan Hong, 27, are charged with the murder of Agnes Ng Slew Heok, nine, and Ghazali bin Marznki, 11, m 1981. Lim and Tan also face
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  • 143 14 WORK at a construction site .near the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and Jalan Hwi Yoh was disrupted yesterday when 82 Thai workers staged a walk-out following a misunderstanding over income tax deductions. The workers stormed out after learning that money m their
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  • 46 14 A CIVIL defence d c m o ns tration-cum-launching ceremony be held at the open space fronting Chong Boon community centre m Ang Mo Kio on Sunday at 10.30 a.m. The MP for Chong Boon, Mr S. Chandra Das, will attend the function.
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    • 385 14 J ust two short years since their introduction here, there are over a thousand Ponys m Singapore. Such sales success is a cause for real celebration. And what a celebration we have arranged! From now till July 31, when you buy a Pony well give you: $1000 worth of accessories
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    • 30 14 «>mbers Game SUPER JACKPOT 52 01 FOR TOMORROW'S DRAW 36/83 TO BE DRAWN OVER REDIFFUSION AT 4.30 P.M. INCREASE YOUR WINNING CHANCES I PLAY TOTO THE SYSTEM k WAY J
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    • 1419 15  - Keeping abreast of the latest in speed info LILLIAN CHEW The curtains will be raised next week for Informatics '83 a weeklong computer-based event organised by the government. Computer buyers will be able to see the latest gadgetry on display. Professionals can attend a software conference and students can visit
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    • 354 15 I Introducing a range olf refrigerators 1 I^HRBil f^^ I so economically fashionable, I I you'll love the money you save. """jlLii 1 1 f w' rom Mitsubishi for your kitchen, a range of six refrigerators. &M H I Each designed on the energy-saving concept. Our unique **jf H i
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  • 479 16 A BIG step forward has been taken when an official body normally associated with the destruction of old buildings and places to make way for ultra-modern high-rise blocks and complexes initiates a move to stimulate public interest m the preservation of
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  • 529 16 T.F. Hwang takes you down memory lane TRANCE TALK DO YOU believe m trances and speaking-in-tongues? It's all sheer mumbo jumbo, poohpooh the cynics. It's real, insist the amateur practitioners though many of them may seriously object to the word trance, as being applicable to their inner experience. Mumbo jumbo
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  • BEHIND THE HEADLINES
    • 1120 16 All Britain is agog over the prospect of a June election 4 IF she (Mrs Thatcher) does decide to postpone the election and 'to continue to keep her options open, she will be accused by the opposition of fearing an electoral reverse m a June
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    • 751 16 How Andropov and the bishops caught Reagan unawares IT DOES no good to talk about the unfair advantage that totalitarian regimes have over practising democracies. Mr Yuri Andropov made a clever offer on Wednesday to count warheads, instead of missile launchers, at the renewed Euro-missile negotiations m Geneva m two
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    • 232 16 L^Ha^a^ai^ktt^__ ILVb^LI B^^^^^'H bBP^ a > i-'^B b^Bl^^b^b^bw j^l^iSw^ -^jH 1.4/ v) j I 'x^jl^^B^ AUTHORISED DEALERS: Culr Ml Elizabeth Ctr Elegance Reptile Hse Mandarin Hotel Shopping Arcade Elegance Reptile Hse Far East Plaza Easmo Fashion Reptile Hse Far Fas, Shopping Ctr Galerie Fashion Far Fas, Plaza Grand Classic South
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  • FORUM
    • 228 17 We must think safety at all times "ROAD RUNNER," who wrote the letter "It's time for another safety campaign" (ST, April 29), made a commendable call for another intensive road safety campaign. However, I feel that such campaigns should not be aimed at achieving road safety alone. Safety campaigns should
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    • 141 17 Residents want another market ANG Mo Kio is a big housing estate. We are staying right m its centre. It has five theatres, four supermarkets and emporiums, two hawker centres and only one small market. Most residents like us go to this market even though the vegetables, fish, meat and
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    • 69 17 I REFER to the letter "Modern hospital has old clothes for patient" by "Patient" (ST, May 3), and would like to suggest that government hospitals be more flexible and allow "C" and "B 2" Class patients to wear their own clothes, if they so desire. This concession
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    • 774 17 Do something to manage 'shuttle' service seating THE Singapore Airlines reply "On average, each 'shuttle' was only 61 pc full" (ST, April 30), to my letter "Traveller speaks up after 18 air shuttles" (ST, April 26), is unsatisfactory. Statistics should not be used to say "61 per cent on average"
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    • REPLY
      • 295 17 WE refer to the letter "Why are there no checks at the pools?" by C. Lim. (ST, April 18). Rules and regulations on the use of swimming pools are displayed at all Singapore Sports Council swimming complexes. Our lifeguards, besides looking after the safety of swimmers,
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    • 203 17 20-cent coupons will make motorists happy I HAVE on many occasions been exasperated over the fact that I have to use a 40-cent coupon to park for a m re 10 to 20 minutes m a Housing Board or Urban Redevelopment Authority car park. A cinema-goer who uses these car
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    • 122 17 I REFER to the report "Why land prices have remained buoyant" on the speech by National Development Minister Teh Cheang Wan. (Sunday Times, May 1). I have just lost a house because of a road widening scheme. The difference between the current market value
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    • 215 17 Lifeguards don't act, rain shelters are too small I WOULD like to comment on the Singapore Sports Council's reply "It's normal to find shells at this time" (ST, April 27) to the letter "Improve the lagoon" by "Lagooner." (ST, April 18). Three days before the publication of the letter, the
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    • 403 17 BTHEBITE OF AN ORANGE MORE ACHE THAN ZEST? J#*»" '^V There is a Trythissimple solution test. Take a fresh Q IJ"h^ wedgeoforange Ay?. and bite into the f 1 fro J??heUSA fruit. How does it I V I feel? If you are 1,.-. den tists now m pain, then 1
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    • Article, Illustration
      928 18  -  ABBY TAN U.S. MILITARY BASES IN THE PHILIPPINES The Region with Our' Manila reporter j The military assistance given by US is not enough, says President Marcos. The bases are not m the Philippines' interests. Philippines has no enemies, and being geographically removed from the Asian mainland,
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    • 695 18  -  ANDREW POLLACK By m New York COMPUTER researchers tell about an early computerised language translation system that was tested by having it translate sentences from English into Russian and then back into English. In went the statement "The spirit is willing, but the flesh
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  • TIMESBUSINESS
    • NEWSBRIEFS
      • 86 19 DUNLOP Estates Bhd has reported after-tax profits of M 57.78 million (M 511.25 million) on turnover of M 595.67 million (M 5109.35 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1982. Directors have recommended a final dividend of 10 per cent, less tax, payable on June 24. Directors said
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      • 42 19 DUTA Consolidated Bhd has reported group losses of M 54.94 million (Ms 2 million losses for the 12 months to Oct 31, 1981) on turnover of Msll million (M 515.56 million) for the 14 months ended Dec 31, 1982.
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      • 50 19 FEDERAL Flour Mills Bhd has reported group pretax profits of M 521.2 million (Ms7.B million on turnover of M 5377.54 million (M 5148.3 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1982. A final dividend of 10 per cent, less tax, has been recommended payable on June 28.
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      • 82 19 MALAYA Glass Factory Bhd said that at the close of its recent rights issue on April 26, acceptances received amounted to 7.88 million shares. Excess applications were received m respect of a further 398,535 shares. The total acceptances and excess applications represent 98.55 per cent of the total
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      • 59 19 PURCHASE (New York), Fri. Pepsico Inc said it is test marketing a new packaging product that has features of both cans and bottles. Pepsi said its "aluminium bottle" can be resealed like a bottle and can be chilled quickly and recycled like a can. The company said
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      • 92 19 LONDON, Fri. Finance for Industry is raising £40 million (Ssl32 million) through a seven-year Eurobond, with £20 million launched as an initial tranche, lead manager SG Warburg and Co Ltd said. The issue carries a 10 V 2 per cent coupon and 95 V 2 per cent
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      • 89 19 WASHINGTON, Fri. Congress passed and sent to the president a Bill which provides that issuance of net worth certificates under a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation programme would not constitute a default. Last year, FDIC began providing capital assistance to financially troubled thrift institutions m exchange for obligations
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      • 88 19 NEW DELHI, Fri. India's rubber goods manufacturers have urged the government to arrange immediate imports of natural rubber to curb steep domestic price rises, trade sources said. The price of natural rubber on the domestic market has jumped to 20,000 rupees (554,410) a tonne this month from about
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      • 112 19 LONDON, Fri. British car sales m the first four months of 1983 were a record 642,000, up 16.6 per cent on last year, a spokesman for the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said. The previous peak for this period of the year was 638,000 m 1979,
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      • 38 19 MADRID, Fri. The Rumasa group holding company m Spain, which was expropriated by the Spanish government two months ago, has been losing money at an annual rate of 57 billion (SsBB2 million), it was revealed.
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    • 268 19 FRANKFURT, Fri. World leaders meeting soon m Williamsburg, Virginia, should emphasise the need for balanced policies m fighting inflation. Mr Karl Otto Pohl, president of the Bundesbank, the West German central bank, said this meant continuing efforts "to reduce budget deficits rather than
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    • 400 19  -  CONRAD RAJ By IT IS time that local rubber traders consider running their own day-to-day affairs instead of looking to the government to do it. Speaking at a dinner following the annual general meeting of the Rubber Association of Singapore yesterday, Trade Development
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    • 374 19 ESSO Malaysia Bhd, which was recently m the news over a possible restructuring of its equity, has turned m lower earnings for 1982. For the year ended Dec 31, 1982, after-tax profits from petroleum and ammonia operations fell 14 per cent to M 558.3
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    • 245 19 Mexican economy begins to show signs of recovery MEXICO CITY, Fri. Mexico has reported some major improvements m the performance of its bruised economy, confirming that the government of President Miguel de la Madrid is fulfilling the target of its economic stabilisation programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Mr
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    • 142 19 Chrysler able to pay back some loans DETROIT, Fri. Chrysler Corp announced yesterday it will pay off US$4OO million (SsB4o million), or one-third of its outstanding federal loan guarantees, m June. "This is a great day for everyone associated with Chrysler," company chairman Lee lacocca told shareholders at the annual
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    • 322 19 High Low to remain prudent and frugal HIGHLANDS Lowlands says it is looking forward to better commodity prices, but cautions that the upturn is likely to be slow and difficult. High Low chairman Dr Syed Mahmood bin Syed Hussain noted m his latest annual statement that "prudence and frugality would
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    • 68 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Sarawak pepper exports fell to 25,010 tonnes m 1982 from 28,696 tonnes m 1981 and 30,709 tonnes m 1980, the Pepper Marketing Board said. It gave no reasons for the lower exports. Last December, The East Malaysian state exported 1,814 tonnes of pepper,
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    • 547 22 GREAT Eastern Life Assurance Company, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, has experienced a 100-fold increase m its paid-up capital to $13.8 million from only $138,010 m 1917. This was disclosed by chairman Tan Sri Tan Chin Tuan m his annual statement to shareholders
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    • 333 22 FEDERAL Cables, Wires Metal Manufacturing Bhd expects its performance to be better m the current year, barring the unforeseen. This is because the government's policy of encouraging supplies to be produced m Malaysia will boost demand for the group's products, chairman, Tan Sri
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    • 266 22 Thomson suffers heavy group losses PARIS, Fri. Thomson, the French state-owned electronics group, suffered net consolidated losses of 2.2 billion francs (***** million) last year, far heavier than had been expected. The group, which took over Telefunken, the German electronics company to strengthen its European consumer electronics base, had predicted
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    • 282 22 CI Hldgs agrees to acquire tap maker CI HOLDINGS Bhd, a relative newcomer to the stock market, is beefing up its building materials operations by baying a tap manufacturer. At the same time, It is acquiring an office building m Kuala Lumpur as its headquarters. C I Holdings said m
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    • 297 22 P O expects better results in second half LONDON, Fri. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co PLC (P&O) expects a much better second half after a bad start to 1983, managing director Oliver Brooks said. He said the sale of 22 ships last year would help results but that 1983
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    • 337 22 Ford attempts to enter European diesel car market LONDON, Fri. Ford is attempting to break into the European market for diesel-powered cars with a £140 million (Ss44B million) development programme. When production of the 1.6-litre engine begins m September at the company's main British production centre, Dagenham will become the
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    • 164 22 MADRID, Fri. The Spanish government has reached accord with the country's main private electrical utilities for the takeover of the high-ten-sion power grid, the only nationalisation project m the Socialist Party s election programme. The agreement between Mr Carlos Solchaga, the Industry and Energy
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    • Market Highlights
      • 358 19 SINGAPORE: Share prices closed narrowly mixed on late profit-tak-ing after a higher opening m active, selective trading. Intraco rose 16 cents to $4.20, Malayan Cement 5 cents to $7.95, Metro 50 cents to $10.60 and ICB 30 cents to $7.55 while on the decline, F&N,
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      • 31 19 Up Down unch Industrials 48 60 25 Finance 6 10 Hotels 4 4 4 Properties 8 4 0 Plantations 14 3 1 Mining 1 2 1 Deb/Loans 5 2 2
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      • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
        • 37 19 Esso 885 -70 C Sugars 1240 -20 Straits Trading 760 -20 F E Levingston 640 -20 Syn Resins 520 -20 Loytape 364 -16 MT C 78* 610 -15 Carlsberg 520 -15 S P Textile 235 -15
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        • 45 19 May 5 May 6 BT Composite: 942.80 ***** BT Indicator: *****5 *****9 ST Industrials: 968.46 96&41 ST Finance: 2388.49 2387.65 ST Hotels: 1044.68 1045:26 ST Properties: 732.95 741.43 ST Minings: 263.04 258.94 ST Plantations: 1038.81 1128.. 59 OCBC: 852.37 852J7 SES Ind: 729.82 724.42
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        • 56 19 Metro Hldgs 1070 +60 Dunlop Est 715 +50 A Enterprises 300 +36 N S T 1135 +35 Island Pen 740 +30 Petaling Gd 5O« 252 +27 D Keramat 870 +20 I C B 745 +20 Duff Dcv 420 +20 Kuala Sidim 420 +20 M Flour 396 +20 Federal Flour
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        • 20 19 UOL Warrants 1,753.000 Petaling Garden 1,133,000 MUI 985^000 UMW 785,000 Promet 779,000 Total turnover: 26.88m Total value: $91.86m
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      • 76 19 BousteadBhd -1 C ft C -5 CCM -4 Cold Storage Dunloplnd -2 Esso -70 F&N -10 Gentings +4 Guinness Gnthrie Bhd Haw Par +2 Inchcape Bhd -2 MTC -15 NBT -2 Nat Iron -5 PMC -5 Pan Elec +1 Perils Plant Prlma +5 Robinson's -4 Rothmans
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      • 2914 20 Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tax-exempted dividend. ABN traded m lots of II shares each, with the price quoted m dollars. All shares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified. SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL Gr's Net 1 9H1 Last Div P/E Vol Day High Low
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      • 539 20 THE local stock market rose to an all-time high m early morning trading yesterday as investors continued to lend their buying support. But profit-taking m the afternoon brought shares to a slightly easier finish. The Straits Times Industrial Index, a widely-fol-.lowed market borometer, shot to a
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      • 438 20 HEAVY profit-taking on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday took the steam out of an early rally and caused it to close mixed to slightly easier. Market observers said that some investors turned cautious m the afternoon and resorted to selling ahead of the weekend. Prices opened
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      • 187 20 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST (Managers' prices (or May 9) ASIA UNIT TRUST (Managers' prices (or May 9) Mai Invest Fund 2.95 3.13xd Mai Prog Fund 1.61 1.71 Mai Security Fund 1.70 1.80 Mai Berjaya Fund 1.26 1.34xd Mai Equity Fund 0.94 1.00 ARBUTHNOT SECURITIES ASIA (Managers' prices for May
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      • 39 20 Up Down unch Industrials 48 47 16 Finance 4 4 2 Hotels 1 1 Properties 5 3 Oil Palms 5 2 1 Tins 2 2 4 Rubbers 10 2 Rubbers 0 0 0 Deb/Loans 0 0 1
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      • 4049 20 BID and offer prices officially listed and business m and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown m brackets m lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett". Big Board deals
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      • 2069 20 BID and offer prices officially listed and business m and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown m brackets m lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Alcom (3.148) (69) 3.06 (41) 3.00 (24) 3.04 (35) 3.08 (49)
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      • COMMODITIES
        • 697 21 PRICES on the Singapore rubber market yesterday closed slightly higher with May One RSS buyers quoted at 220.00 cents a kilo, up four cents from Thursday's close. Morning prices were marked up slightly on covering interest and some upcountry buying. Afternoon prices gained further ground on speculative buying. KUALA
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        • 32 21 Rubber: May 6 Singapore: May: 220.00 cents (up 4.00 cents) Malaysia: May: 241.00 cents (up 2.00 cents) Tin: M 531.41 per kilo (down 4 cents) 130 tonnes (down 7 tonnes)
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        • 205 21 THE Malaysian crude palm oil market closed higher on pre-weekend covering m quiet trading yesterday, dealers said. In May, central rose M 57.50 to $840 a tonne while south and north gained $2.50 each to $842.50 and $837.50 respectively. June saw north traded at $837.50. In the refined
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        • 38 21 LONDON: Copper prices on Thursday (previous m brackets): Wirebars Spot buyers £1110.50 (£1112.50); sellers £1111.00 (£1113.00); Three Months buyers £1136.50 (£1137.00); sellers £1137.50 (£1137.50). Market tone: Spot steadier; Three Months barely steady after firmer. Sales: 26,400 tonnes.
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        • 35 21 Wed Tbm New York 12.348 12.358 L2.41S 12.32S Zurich 12.338 12.228 12.43S 12.32S Ttan Wei Singapore 12.508 12.408 12.60S 12.50S Closing prices m US dollars a troy ounce. oesrees Crent SHWMy s p#fc»
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        • 287 21 THE STRAITS tin price m Penang yesterday weakened four cents to M 531.41 a kilo but still remained within the International Tin Agreement "may buy" level of $29.15 and $32.06. Dealers said the drop reflected lack of interest from other sectors but continued strong support from the buffer
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        • 132 21 PRODUCE Exchange, Singapore, noon closing prices per 191 kg yesterday: Coconut oil: Bulk fob $110.00 sellers, old drum (m second hand drum) fob $123.00 sellers, new drum fob $127.00 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) $63 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $350.00 sellers, Sarawak white pepper fag
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        • 234 21 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable m Singapore opened at $29,275 and closed lower at $29,140 yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened at U*****.50/433.50 and narrowed to $432.20/ 432.70. The market remained quiet and featureless throughout the morning at this level and closed for lunch at $432.70/433.20. The
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      • 692 21 THE US dollar opened at 2.0935 45 against the Singapore unit yesterday. It traded to close at the day's low of 2.0905/15. Trading was moderate with some buying support for the Singapore dollar against the Amerian unit. It remained steady against major currencies m spite of lower
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      • 44 21 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on May 6: Overnight: 3 Call deposits: 2 3 Closing Buying Selling 3-month Treasury bills 2W 2K 3-month Bank bills 714 7^ 3 months CD 7Vfe 7 6 months CD V/k 7 .Source: National Disconnt Co.
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      • 38 21 Closing interbMk rates for Singapore dollars on May t: Offer Bid Overnight 6 3 '4 6 '/a 1 month 7' 4 7'/« 2 months 7 1 7 3 months 7W 7 Overnight mode 6 3/ i
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      • 25 21 I THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 9.M per cent.
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      • OVERSEAS MARKETS
        • 378 21 STOCK prices on Thursday closed higher and the Dow Jones Transportation Average soared to a new high as the market continued to resist a widespread sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained some seven points to finish near 1220. The Dow Jones Transportation Average was more impressive, however,
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        • 375 21 THE stock market yesterday closed narrowly mixed with losses slightly outnumbering gains and the Hang Seng index ending 0.58 lower at 986.71, brokers said. Trading was dull and lacklustre throughout, mainly reflecting a lack of investment interest. Sentiment was overshadowed by worries over the recently weak Hongkong dollar, the
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        • 653 21 STOCK prices declined yesterday m spite of early strength with trading quiet ahead of the account end, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times index was down 2.6 points at 692.4. Glaxo attracted early interest and jumped 80p to 940 on news that the US Food and Drug Administration
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        • 50 21 H.K.HANG SENG Friday 986.71 Thursday 987.29 Week Ago 1019.43 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Friday 743.1 Thursday 744.1 Week Ago 741.5 ALL ORDINARIES Friday 588.5 Thursday 589.1 Week Ago 592.2 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday 695.0 Wednesday 689.8 Week Ago 696.8 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 1219.72 Wednesday 1212.65 Week Ago 1219.52
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        • 327 21 Yen AJlnomoto 820 unch Altai 530 -12 Amada 867 unch Asahl Chem 305 -4 Asahl Glass 600 unch Bank Tk 291 unch Brldgestone 515 -4 Canon 1400 +20 Casio Computer 1180 -30 Citizen 405 +2 D Nip Print 754 +9 D Nippon Screen Dale! 583 +l Dallchl Kangyo Bk
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        • 314 21 Cents 1INDUSTRIALS A C I 140 -1 A N I 255 unch A P M 195 -5 Aberfoyle TOO -20 Age 230 +2 Alliance Oil 89 +1 Allied Mill 185 +15 Ampol Exp 198 +1 Ampol Pet 170 unch AM 410 -2 Ashton 162 -8 Assoc Pulp Paper B
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    • 223 21 I Superfine Persian I Design Rugs ff (double-knotted) §1 90 cm x 152 cm (3'xs') I USUAL PRICE $1 ,950 I NOW SALE PRICE 950 dti W rienta Carpet Palace Re Ltd wJal\lsiV 163-H Singapore Handicraft Centre I HlvllHlfl Tanglin Road Singapore 1024 Tel: *****59 I Open: Mondays Saturdays 1
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    • 842 22 Pw^wwh^bSwmpw »PB yftjP^^ 1 Pbbbh|B|ijB|plm|||b^ ?^^^^K^P— ~^Bh^B IB w;V!Ti^^^SS JSI Bn BBB fl Bs^h Bip JMRg^M hB sß^S^P^^B S^^Sr**^J9S!™Sfs A member of PA International 2 1 CHIEF EXECUTIVE I I LEASING COMPANIES D In Excess of $110,000 per annum plus car plus benefits Location: Kuala Lumpur or Singapore Eg Eligibility:
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    • 93 22 W^ Victoria, Australia I AUCTION on site I THURSDAY, 9th JUNE AT 3.00 P.M. 185.6 ha. (458.6 Acres) Approx. MAROONDAH HIGHWAY COLDSTREAM i (via Lilydale) I 38KMS. MELBOURNE G.P.O. PROPERTY SURROUNDS RAILWAY STATION MAINS WATER EXCELLENT FENCING I GENEROUS VENDOR TERMS I Absolutely prime, undulating, cleared country of outstanding quality
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    • 852 23 737H66 I V XIANG MAN LOU RESTAURANT jfjjg;**. Blk 231, #oi-79, Bain Street, mumwtt Grd F r Bras Basah Compfey, Singapore 0718. Tel: *****85/*****70 J ||L jmMMI 'M IM L JM'f r'^yflßHßffifc BRAS BAS.AH RD iz[-To-)<r~ 10pm 3am gb*S Q REASONABLE PRICES 2 r5 2 Ilifl FROM $4 -$lO PER
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    • 1204 23 tTt* 3" *P JmTSU!aAS«&V!IWSE The Ultimate Hong Kong Restaurant Specialities: Seafood Sharkfins Abalone Open: 1 1 30 am 3.00pm, 6.00pm 1 1 30pm For Reservation Call: *****40/*****88 Hotel Asia, 37, Scotts Road, J V Singapore 092? We serve Eastern Western Food TRY OUR AIR FLOWN FILLET STEAK $18.00 MF inclufint
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    • 1460 23 RATEjfc Ordinary J 1 .00 per word (Mm 1 5.00) $18.00 per col. cm Semi-Displov (Mm. $54.00 Straits Times) $18.50 per col. cm. (Mm. $55.50 Sunday Times) $22.50 per col. cm. Display (Mm. $67.50 Straits Times) $23.12 per col. cm. (Mm $69.36 Sunday Times) Box Charges:ss.oo (collected) $10.00 (posted) TELEPHONE
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    • 689 24 31 Tailoring Basic Fashion Design Certificate Course Advanced Fashion Design Diploma Course Fashion Design Rapid Accomplished Course All courses are conducted by fashion designer Miss Sic S.P. who graduated from Australia and Hong Kong Fashion Design Colleges 33 Babysitting DAYTIME BABYSITTING, AGE 2 to 4 years old. Contact Mrs. Tan,
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    • 574 24 36 House Renova- 36 House Renovation/Repair/Decor tion/Repair/Decor -DON'T MISS" THIS OPPORTUNITY V^ Showroom Renovation T^ y on CERAMIC TILES V L, ,J Best Prices for best tiles jKLJS JR/ Call or visit Pj, jf JL Islln fAA «^e] \l WK****. G-32, Ground Floor, j f Parklane Shopping Mall, I J**
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    • 433 24 53 Computer Products/Services SPECIALLY DESIGNED COMPUTER TABLES for sale. Suitable for most micro-computers. Enquire at *****33/8. 32K RAM DRAGON 32 and Spectrum, high resolution colour graphics and sound. Phone Sum *****67. 54 Book-keeping/ Secretarial/ Answering/ Translation Services 24 HOURS ANSWERING ($3O), tel: *****88. Telex ($5). After office ($l5). Corporate subscribers
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    • 648 24 55 Commercial Vessels: 55 Commercial Vessels: Sale/Charter Sale/Charter W AVAILABLE FOR SALE! I 39M LANDING CRAFT I I Built 1975 with a h.p of 730 I I Interested please phone: 1 I *****81 I 60 Business 60 Business Opportunities Opportunities ■v:i Due to our expansion and diversification, we :■s•: wish
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    • 420 24 66 Situations Vacant a) Professional Executive Due to expansion, an I established Switchboard I Manufacturing Company m Jurong has the folI lowing vacancies: 1. ENGINEERING MANAGER I Diploma/Degree m ElecI trical Engineering with I minimum 3 years' experience m design of I switchboards and conI trol circuits. 2. TECHNICAL/ MARKETING
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    • 502 24 66 Situations Vacant a) Professional Executive A well established construction firm requires: PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS Interested applicants please write with full resume, indication of salary expected and contact telephone number to: S.T. Box A*****, 390, Kirn Seng Road, Singapore 0923. THOMSON MEDICAL CENTRE has vacancies for the following posts: LOCUM PHARMACIST
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    • 690 24 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial d) Secretarial Clerical Clerical I A well established company m Jurong invites suitably qualified candidates to fill m the following immediate vacancies:ACCOUNTS CLERK Female Singaporean. Age preferably below 22 years. c GCE *O' level with ability to type. Preferably with experience In
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    • 496 24 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical Wa invita you to join us as: (A) CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY Preferably GCE 'A' level. a Possess private secretary and bookkeeping intermediate certificates. a Must be bilingual and able to translate from English to Mandarin and vise versa. a Pleasant personality with ability to work
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    • 507 24 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical I A Shipping Company m- I vites applications for the I posts of: CLERK/TYPIST Minimum GCE "O" Level certificate Typing ability 35 to 40 wpm Must be pleasant and willing to learn STORE KEEPER Minimum GCE "O" level certificate Have at least Ito 2
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    • 548 25 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical Challenging positions for: GIRL FRIDAY cum ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT c Full 'O' level certificate, credits m Maths and English. c 'A' level preferred. c Bookkeeping experience. c Typing 40 wpm. c Mandarin. Hokkien and Cantonese speaking. c Energetic and rugged. c Interested m dealing with
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    • 608 25 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical An international 4 manufacturing company requires GCE 'O' level with credit m English Bilingual m English Mandarin Ability to type i Relevant working i experience preferred Interested applicants, please submit resume giving details of qualifications, experience, age and contact telephone number together with a
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    • 702 25 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical An expanding bank raquiraa TELEPHONE OPERATORS c Minimum GCE 'O' Level with at least a pass m English. c Pleasant voice. c No experience required as on-the-job training will be given, however, preference will be given to those with previous experience. An attractive commencing
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    • 671 25 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical A local wall aatabllahad company raquiraa 1) GENERAL CLERKS a With or without related experience, c Able to start immediately. 2) ACCOUNTS CLERKS c LCCI Intermediate, c Preferably with experience but not essential. 3) TYPISTS c Able to type 30 to 45 w.p.m. Remuneration:Attractlve
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    • 598 25 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical School leavers please apply personally fonFEMALE GENERAL CLERK Minimum education Secondary 4. c No experience required, training will be given. c Good prospect for the correct applicant. Please bring along I.C. and personal resume. Interview time, 11.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m. on 7th May 1983
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    • 597 25 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical SECRETARY Required Requirements:--e Minimum GCE 'O' level with combined typing skill c Knowledge of shorthand will be an advantage Dutles:- Perform general secretary duties involving sales and manufacturing activities. Please call or write to MAID PTE LTD 27 Tuas Avenue 2 Spore 2263 Tel:
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    • 870 25 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical RECEPTIONIST/ CLERK required GCE 'O 1 level. Ability to type. Good spoken English. Please send applications with full details, expected salary and contact telephone number to: S.T. BOX A***** 390 Kirn Seng Road Singapore 0923. Required urgently A) FEMALE GENERAL CLERK/ TYPIST B) OFFICE
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    • 573 25 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical SMALL TRADING FIRM requires Typist/ Receptionist. Good prospects for future Secretarial training. Candidate must be fluent In English and able to type well. Call: *****81. URGENTLY REQUIRED CHINESE Female General Clerk with experience m clerical work, correspondence and typing. Write to 35 Selegie Road,
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    • 542 25 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant c) Sales c) Sales GKN MILLS PTE LTD A multi-national company engaged m the manufacturing and sales of building A construction materials and a division of The GKN Group Of Companies require the services of: SALES ENGINEER This Is a senior position for our
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    • 261 25 ROAD EXPRESS The leading overnight trucking company between Singapore and West Malaysia urgently requires SALES EXECUTIVES to promote our express road transportation service between Singapore Malaysia c must possess car c minimum starting salary $1,000 p.m. (basic) c car allowance fringe benefits Candidates with previous sales experience m the service
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    • 449 26 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant c) Sales c) Sales c) Sales If you're hot off the mark m WINTERWEAR Assistant supervisors salary up to $1,375 Sales co-ordinators salary up to $1,295 We're offering a hot new career m winterwear. From apres ski to funfurs you will
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    • 1004 26 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant c) Sales c) Sales c) Sales Would you like to get it together as a FASHION COORDINATOR Step into a high-flying career with fashions from around the world. Design, sketches, fabric <^~7 f research, display co-ordination, advice on f .^\^r~ fashion
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    • 901 26 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant c) Sates c) Sales c) Sales If you don't stand still for flw STATIONERY I] Sales co-ordinators salary up to $1,295. _f3_V We'd like to offer you a specialist career m our new W'^B Stationery Department handling everything from 'w*^^ designer
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    • 490 26 66 Situations Vacant c) Sates THE HANDLING SPECIALIST? Every company that handles products need him to improve productivity and increase profit. A Handling Specialist is professionally trained m many fields of business operations. If you are interested m becoming a Handling Specialist, you must be employed now and be above
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    • 534 27 68 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant ~e) Sales c) Sales c) Sales If you think you'd click m our PHOTO STUDIO We'd like to offer you a unique career. One ij which could be the beginning of something ml big. We want someone to be Jill (or
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    • 158 27 66 Situations Vacant S) Technical (HDB PREFAB PROJECT) we are a leading construction company from France and have vacancy for the posts of: A) SITE CLERK-OF-WORK (Woodlands/ Marsiling Avenue) GCE 'A' Level with technical knowledge Possess initiative General clerical duties and must be physically fit B) INVENTORY CLERK (Bukit Batok
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    • 568 27 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant Technical Technical I SENIOR TEST I TECHNICIAN Bw Requirements J yffl «ITC or NTC 2in Electronic Engineering i l »1 »1 -2 years experience m trouble-shooting g» jm digital electronics jK Responsibilities fm Sffi To lead a team of Test Technicians and Opera- Sn
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    • 166 27 ■tc\ I a leading producer of I wire mesh seeks a: Qualifications: GCE 'O' level with credit m Maths Passed the Part 1 ~> Examination of the Institute of Management Services, U.K. Those without the required qualifications but have 2or more years of relevant experience may Jg^ apply The successful
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    • 408 27 66 Situations Vacant t) Technical I We are a group of large i international companies manufacturing steel products for the building industry. Due to continued expansion, we have a vacancy for an m GCE O' level M Minimum 2 years' 3 experience m quantity surveying with some fl experience m
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    • 509 27 166 Situations Vacant Technical International construction company invites suitably qualified applicants for the position of: M&E FOREMAN Polytechnic Graduates or at least GCE 'A' level Minimum 3 years' supervisory experience m building construction Age 25 years' old and above Interested applicants, please apply m own handwriting with I details of
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    • 511 27 66 Situations Vacant t) Technical Established Electronic Company requires TECHNICIANS (3) Completed N.S. Minimum qualification Secondary 4. Training provided. Possess class 3 driving licence. i Interested please contact *****55 Junior Structural Draftsmen required to work with senior draftsmen on preparatiijn of structure drawings. Interested and with drafting experience please call
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    • 501 27 66 Situations Vacant Technical A promising furniture company requires male/female full and parttime: (A) INTERIOR DESIGNERS (B) FURNITURE DRAUGHTSMEN Please apply with contact phone to: S.T. BOX A***** 390, KIM SENG ROAD SINGAPORE 0923 Architect's firm requires INTERMEDIATE DRAUGHTSMAN Please submit full resume, to: WONG LEE ARCHITECTS Blk 123, Bkt.
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    • 375 27 66 Situations Vacant g) Production k ASTEC J I INTERNATIONAL J SS^S) PTE LTD M Bflr A subsidiary of a^Srs 1 J* British multinational t£ c corporation urgently requires Only 2 rotating shifts Earn up to Additional Benefits: a) Minimum confirmation increment of $19/--b) Air-conditioned working environment c) Comprehensive training
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    • 405 28 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant g) Production g) Production g) Production 11 The Management of fit GM Singapore Pte Ltd r gr cordially invites female Singapore citizens, •Jp ■3jP seeking employment as Sr PRODUCTION OPERATORS J& on: Saturday, May 7, 1983 at: 9.00 am and 2.00
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    • 246 28 Garment manufacturing company requires (A) FEMALE PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS Experienced m sewing. Training provided. (B) FEMALE COMPUTER EMBROIDERY OPERATORS Knowledge of English. Minimum seccondary 2to 3 education. c Training provided. (C) FEMALE QC PACKERS Able to write simple English. (D) DRIVERS (Chinese male) Possess class 3 driving licence. Interested, please call
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    • 350 28 requires urgently A) PROCESS OPERATORS Male c Secondary education and above. Willing to perform shift work. c Exclusive on-the-job training provided. B) FACTORY WORKERS c Physically fit. c 16 years and above. We offer: High starting pay, shift allowance and overtime rates. Recreational activities squash, badminton, etc. Security. Upgrading opportunities.
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    • 511 28 66 Situations Vacant h) Domestic PART-TIME AMAH required for washing. Ironing and some cleaning. Mornings only. Liveout. Apply personally at 3, Adam Park, Spore 1128. PART-TIME HOUSE MAID above 30 years old required for general housework from 9am. to lpm. daily. Katong area. Call *****18 REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY, GENERAL Amah, 9am
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    • 829 28 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous I) Miscellaneous ADD-ON MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS PTE. LTD. Due to rapid expansion, the Add-On Group of Companies invites applications for the following positions: 1. COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT (REF. NO: 4/83) Candidates must have several years of secretarial experience either m a fairly large
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    • 415 28 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous Egapore national printers (pte) ltd We are a well established commercial printing firm m Singapore, m line with our development programme, we wish to invite applications for the following tions:COMPUGRAPHIC KEYBOARD OPERATORS Possess Secondary 4 education preferably with GCE '0' level passes m English Mathematics.
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    • 570 28 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous Established Company m Jurong requires immediately: SITE SUPERVISOR c Minimum 2 years' site construction experience c Poly Diploma or equivalent c Possess driving licence c Completed N.S. c Able to take Land Survey MARINE CARPENTERS c 3to 5 years' working experience c Able to read
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    • 524 28 66 'Situations Vacant i) Miscellaneous AJNeff BANK This well established offshore bank is seeking a person of high calibre for the following position: MESSENGER DUTIES: The successful applicant will be involved with: Attending to the receiving and despatching of mails Delivery of cheques and other items as required Miscellaneous office
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    • 526 28 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous A well established company dealing m interior decoration supplies requires FEMALE GENERAL CLERK c G.C.E. 'O' level c Able to type c Bilingual preferred SALES REPRESENTATIVES c Preferably with sales experience c Good contact with architects/designers an advantage c Male applicants must have completed National
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    • 601 29 66 Situations Vacant I) •Miscellaneous BELL CAFE requires: PLEASANT WAITRESSES To work m the night from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. a "Salary $550 to $700. a Unlform^and transport provided. Attractive fringe bene fits provided Interested please call personally at: BELL CAFE #04-33, 4 TH STOREY ORCHARD PLAZA ORCHARD ROAD
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    • 887 29 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous REGENCY SERVICES NEED Male Cleaners for Immediate employment. 1. Window Cleaner, salary $350. 2. General Cleaner, $300. Call personally at: Far East Plaza, basement carpark, Scotts Road, Singapore 0922, Tel: T*****6 Mr. Raja from 9.00 am to 6.00pm, SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANT IN Sydney requires experience cook
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    • 582 29 70 Pleasure Boats: Sale/Wanted/Hire sMfmTr ~iTirasaiic: PANWIN 20 BRAND NEW PANWIN 200 Half cabin cruiser C/w Evlnrude or Suzuki 140, trailer, 5/ST fuel tank and canopy. Down payment $5,000/Also available various kind of speed boat and fishing boat. Sea try can be arranged. JOHORE BOATS FIBREGLASS PRODUCT *****58/*****85 Mike/Miss Chua
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    • 655 29 74 Vehicle financing/ Insurance ssastssss WE CAN HELP YOU OWN A NEW CAR up to 90% financing attractive interest rates:--12 months 6% flat 24 months 6VM flat 36 months 6V£% flat 48 months 7% flat (Instalments payable m advance) prompt attention to your needs. WEI MING MOTOR PTE LTD No.
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    • 796 29 LATE 1977 DATSUN 100A. New paint, passed Inspection, full accessotles, $11,300. Down payment $2,000. *****65. MID 1978 DATSUN 120Y GL with aircon, radio/cassette, mechanically well maintained. Asking $14,700 0.n.0. Contact *****98. MID 1981 DATSUN 120 Y. 1 private owner. Aircond, sports rims, tuff-koted, showroom condition. $19,350. *****36. MID 1977, DATSUN
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    • 762 29 1978 FORD CORTINA I.6GL. Aircon, radio, cassette, selling $11,800. Loan $9,000. Contact *****81/2 Mr Ang 1978 FORD CORTINA 1.6 GL. Private owner, PARF. Aircond., radio cassette. $11,700. Tel: *****00. 1979 FORD CORTINA Statlonwagon 1600. Company regd., aircond, accident free, showroom condition. $12,700. Tel: *****87. 1980 FORD CORTINA 1.6 Teresa. Beautiful
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    • 476 29 r®-| The Promise of Service delivered ai^p Our New SERVICE CENTRE MOBIL SERVICE STATION 263 Thomson Rd Singapore 1130 Tel: 252-3874 We Specialise m mazoa SINGAPORE USED CAR (PTE) LTD. Committed m providing the most Efficient Service SHOWROOM G1 &G2 Novena Vilie Thomson Rd Tel: 253-8877 COMPANY REGISTERED DECEMBER 1978
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    • 751 29 76 Vehicles For Sale h) Mercedes Q PLATE MERCEDES FOR SALE 3 month free after sales maintenance 1976, Mercedes 230.6 Automatic, white, $21,500 1976, Mercedes 230.6 Automatic, brown, $22,000 1976, Mercedes 230.6 Manual, brown, $21,000 o 1976, Mercedes 230.6 Automatic, brown, $21,500 1976, Mercedes 230.6 Automatic, blue, $22,500 1976, Mercedes
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    • 702 29 76 Vehicles For Sale i) Mitsubishi '75 SPORTY GALANT 2000, 5-speed, sports rims, aircon, radio/ cassette, $9,500. Tel: *****86. '78 JULY MITSUBISHI Galant Lamda. Asking $17,600. Call *****04. j) Toyota Buy your PEUGEOT and TALBOT from RELIANCE MOTORS where service is simply excellent and trie cars are the latest models.
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    • 338 29 76 Vehicles For Sale J) Toyota 1979 TOYOTA STARLET. 2 owners, radio/cassette, tax Dec. Selling $13,950 0.n.0. Contact *****44. 1979 TOYOTA CORONA 1600 c.c. Atrcon, sports rims. $*****. Jalan Toa Payoh Caltex Station. 1979 TOYOTA CELICA Metallic silver, EX plate. 25,000 Jc.m. $18,500. Tel: *****02. '80 TOYOTA DX 2-door, radio/
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    • 557 30 76 Vehicles For Sale 76 Vehicles For Sale 76 Vehicles For Sale I) Others 0 Others i) Others DAIHATSU Charmant 1300 cc /\/itl i 0 LC 4-Speed $25,371 ARF' fe e t)U i -a^^HHPP^^ LES-Speed $26,771 ARF' .is tr *l2^^^BF^^l LslfiJ Sin Tien Seng pteL d Head Office Kallang Centre:
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    • 580 30 DEC. 1977 CITROEN CX2400 Pallas. Excellent condition. $16,000 0.n.0. *****43. LATE '78 MINI New paint, tyres and battery. Cassette and sports rims. $10,000 0.n.0. Tel. *****02. SUZUKI 800, 8,000 km only. In very good oondition. $14,000. Call: *****93. WELL MAINTAINED 1981 'Suzuki 600, Ist owner, PARF eligible, $11,500 0.n.0. Call
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    • 551 30 76 Vehicles For Sale n) Motor Cycles/ Scooters NEW VESPA SELLING lowest price, free Shoe! helmet. RZI2S $830 3/83 GLI4S $630Daytona 250 $1,100 FCB2SON $930 many RXK $600 FRDI2SLC RXIIS RXIOO GTO AX Vespa $560. 403, Balestler Road. ALMOST 1982 YAMAHA RXSIIS, comphrehensive insurance, original condition, 80% new. *****0. Contact
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    • 734 30 78 Scrap Vehicles 2000 C.C. SCRAP Cars required urgently. Cash payment, high price guaranteed. Tel: Mr. Lee, *****81. FOR SALE, SCRAP CAR 1600/ 2300 cc including ROY transfer. Mr. Beng *****57 (Night *****61) SCRAP WANTED. 985 1600 2000 cc. Cash payment. *****86 *****67. (Office hours: *****35). WANTED SCRAP CAR for
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    • 651 30 86 Accommodation 86 Accommodation 86 Accommodation Vacant Vacant Vacant a) Houses a) Houses a) Houses world leader m air conditioning and heating technology fl I FREE SERVICE WHEN YOU RENT A CARRIER AIR-CONDITIONER. BEAUTIFUL DETACHED BUNGALOW double storey, split-level, sunset view, quiet, fully furnished. $4,500. *****50/ *****52/ *****51. BUKIT TIMAH
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    • 512 30 86 Accommodation Vacant b) Apartments c^Ardmore^ OPEN HOUSE Long or short lease c Luxurious apartments to let with exclusive Country Club membership Just off Orchard Road and Scotts Road 3-bedrooms; large lounge; ample parking c Furnished or unfurnished Rental from $5,375 per month including service charge Visit our show flat,
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    • 628 30 86 Accommodation Vacant b) Apartments KINGS MANSION, 24TH floor, 3 bedrooms, unobstructed sea view, high security, close to supermarket and shopping centre. Unfurnished $2,500, furnished $3,000. Contact owner Johnson Ng *****94/*****81. fl RIDGEWOOD HONG LEONG, SHERWOOD Towers, Orchid Apartment l/2/3-bedroomed. Price $1,800 to $3,800. Other properties available. Ring Timothy *****38/9
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    • 778 30 86 Accommodation Vacant b) Apartments LION TOWER opposite Goldhill Square. Easy access to Orchard Road. 3 bedrooms, servant's. Furnished $2,500. City Real Estate *****91. MICHEL APARTMENT Tanglin district, new furnishings, luxurious, alrconditloned 1-bedroom flat. All ntbdern conveniences. Spore *****82. UPPER THOMSON, GREEN Meadows, lower maisonette, 3 alrconditioned bedrooms, fully furnished
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    • 769 30 87 Accommodation Wanted a) Houses A BANK DIRECTOR requires houses/apartments m dist. 5, 9, 10, 11, 21 for expatriate staff. Budget $2,000 $20,000. Owners call General Properties *****13/ *****75. A GROUP OF Foreign Company Executives are looking for accommodation, different budgets.if your property is available, please call: 235-7404. b) Apartments
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    • 758 30 89 Properties For Sale a) Houses DIST 12 ST. MICHAEL'S Road brand new double-storey corner terrace. 3,000 sq.ft. 3 bedrooms/ servant's. Split-level. Freehold. Completion Nov '83. $575,000. Swansea Homes *****11 (Sat/ Sun). DIST. 21 ENG KONG Gardens approx. 3,400 sq.ft. 2 storey corner terrace 3 bedrooms/servant parquet/ terrazzo, freehold/vacant possession.
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    • 1002 31 89 Properties For Sale '89 Properties For Sale 89 Properties For Sale 89 Properties For Sale b) Private Apartments b) Private Apartments b) Private Apartments b) Private Apartments MEADOWS. The Ult[mate Condominium" k <&/^Open the door to a world of its own with a gold key. EXCLUSIVE 28 *W $5?.
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    • 348 31 DIST. 16, TANAH MERAH condominium of Upper East Coast, 2 bedrooms, walk-up apartment, 1080 sq.ft. Freehold foreigners eligible $305,000 Everton Realty Tel: *****76/*****79 (Saturday/ Sunday). DIST 21 EUGENIA COURT Pandan Valley. 3 «bedrooms. Split-level living/ dining. Study store. Selling with tenancy till early 1984. 2185 sq.ft. Freehold.<ss6o,ooo. Swansea Homes *****11
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    • 838 31 89 Properties For Sale to) Private Apartments DIST. 10, NEWLY COMPLETED 6 bedrooms, maisonette with swimming pool, area 3,400 sq.ft. Selling $860,000. Atona Properties *****34. DIST. 11, HILL PARK 2 units of 3storey townhouse. 1,900 sq.ft. 3 bedrooms. $560,000/ $590,000. Call Jeffrey: 273-3333 Ext 30 (Saturday/ Sunday). DIST 14 LENGKONG
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  • OBITUARIES
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      178 33 MR. JAMES ANG passed away peacefully on 5.5.83 leaving behind: Wives Liang Fong Bee Kang Kwee Cheng Sons Edmond Jeffrey Daughters Patricia Cynthia Diana Adopted-Son Tony Liang Tian Chung Son-in-law Koh Wee Kiat Daughters-in-law Kathleen Low Jennie Lim Grandsons Roy Adam Cortege will leave 129-B, Kampong Java Road
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      115 33 MDM. RATRAMPA GOVINDAS AM Y Passed away peacefully on 6.5.83 leaving behind son Muniandy, daughter Indranl, daughter-in-law Mohana, son-in-law Thanabal, 2 grand-daughters M. Uma Shankari, T. Sangeetha, relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Hears* leaving Apt. Blfc. 246 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 #09-1171, Singapore 2056 on
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    • 94 33 The family of the late Mr. Chan Chin Koon wish to thank all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates, pastor Chan Feffig, deacons and members of the Grace (Singapore Chinese Christian) Church, the committee staff of members of the Chinese Swimming Club and attending doctors for their kind attendance,
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    • 236 33 141 Deaths 141 Deaths GOH YEOW 800 alias GOH WEE CHEE Aged 61 years Departed 5-4-83 to be with his Lord. Leaving behind: WIFE: Tan Ai Keng. Sons: Daughter-In-Law: Tone GohJC. Kirn Agnes Teo David Goh K. Yong Daughters: Sons-In-Law: Barbara Goh Tony Teh Alice Goh Simon Khoong Michelle Goh
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      152 33 In Loving Memory of My Mother MDM. TAN SOK KIAR (MRS. C X TANG) The Lord called her home 12.55 p.m. Thursday 7th May 1981. A gracious lady, Always a charming smile, Always dignified despite age ailments, Kind to all around, Loved by all who knew her.
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      69 33 IN CHERISHED MEMORY KATHERINE LYEEN SEQUERAH Called to rest 7th May 1978 Dearest Mum, we miat you Thoughts of you bring tears 5 long years have passed but memories stay fresh and painful. Today and everday m sil«nce we remember Yvonne and Papa. In memory of DOMINI©
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      33 33 The family of the late MR. K. CHELLAPPAN invites all Relatives, Friends A others for 16th day prayers at Siran Temple, Orchard Road on Sunday 8/5/83 at 7.00 p.m. Enquiries: *****68
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    • 34 33 The, Management Committee and member* of THE STEDFAST CLUB express their deepest sympathies condolences to the family of the late MR TAN X AH SENG (Ex-Committee member) who passed away on 4/5/83
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  • SPOTLIGHT IN THE WORLD BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
    • 537 34 Men's singles: Morten Frost (Den) bt Philip Sutton (Wai) 15-8, 15-7; Icuk Sugiarto (Ind) bt John Goss (Can) 15-5, 15-0; Luan Jin (Chi) bt Michael Kjeldsen (Den) 15-11, 15-9; Prakash Padukone (I) bt Andy Goode (Eng) 15-5, 15--8; Chen Changjie (Chi) bt Kevin Jolly (Eng) 15-8, 15-6; Liem
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    • 39 34 Battling Beijing army power to quarter-finals STYLISH Prakash Padnkone, of India, seen above with China's Loan Jin, and m left picture, was quietly confident of taking on the AllEngland champion (right) before their clash m the men's singles quarter-finals
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    • 563 34 BATTLE ROYALE Han Jian (China) v Jens-Peter Nierhoff (Denmark), Chen Changjie (China) v liem Swie King (Indonesia), Lnan Jin (China) v Prakash Padnkone (India), Morten Frost (Denmark) v Icuk Sugiarto (Indonesia). COPENHAGEN, Fri. The all-conquer-ing Chinese army continued their relentless progress m the world badminton championships
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    • 186 34 Value of cashing in on craft of coach THE Singapore Badminton Association should fully tap the vast expertise of Chinese coach Fu Hanxun, here to train the national South-east Asia Games squad, to further expand the knowledge of local coaches. This call was made by Dr Tan Eng Liang, chairman
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  • 286 34 Ace Sevvy goes backstage VERSAILLES (France), Fri. Richard Boxall, a 22-year-old from England, stole the thunder from Spaniard Severiano Ballesteros (below) on the opening day of the French Open at the La Boulie course here yesterday. Ballesteros, Spain's US Masters champion, had fired a four-under-par 68, which seemed enough to
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  • 45 34 RAFFLES Junior College edged out Hwa Chong JC 7-6 (full-time score 1-1) to win the national schools' boys A Division hockey title m the final at the Padang yesterday. Monk's Hill upstaged Raffles Institution 1-0 to take the B boys' crown.
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  • 25 34 NATIONAL University of Singapore (Estate Department) sent Singapore Baggage RC packing with a 3-1 win m a soccer friendly at Dover Road yesterday.
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  • 221 34 Lethal Leconte lashes Landl NEW YORK, Fri. Frenchman Henri Leconte (right), who beat Bjorn Borg m the Swede's farewell match, continued his giant-killing act today when he crushed topseeded Ivan Lendl, of Czechoslovakia, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the US$3OO,OOO ($630,000) World Championship Tennis Tournament of Champions at
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  • 227 34 PERUGIA, Italy, Fri. Top-seeded Virginia Ruzici, of Rumania, crashed 7-5, 6-1 against unseeded American Kathy Horvath m the third round of the Italian women's Open tennis championship here yesterday. Kathy, 17, m action again after a four-month lay-off with a back injury, was too good
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  • 309 34 WORLD Boxing Council heavyweight champion Larry Holmes decided not to disrupt his training programme to attend a Press conference m Las Vegas and got a verbal lashing from his opponent. Third-ranked fellow American Tim Witherspoon, who meets Holmes m a 12-round title bout here on May 20, said:
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  • 262 34 Barlow's ton-up reminder LONDON, Fri. Graham Barlow, the forgotten man of Middlesex's English County Championship triumph last summer, took an early opportunity to stake a regular place m the side with a century against Lancashire at Lord's yesterday. The 33-year-old former England player, who appeared m only four championship matches
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  • 137 34  -  PETER SlOW LAOS and Vietnam have only two more days to submit their entries if they aim to compete m the South-east Asia Games. If their entries do not reach the office of S.S. Dhillon, secretary-general of the Singapore National Olympic Council, by
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 80 34 Hff \i i >i r 1 mm iq BOWUNG Carlsberg Stars of Tomorrow championships "J (Kallangßowl, 10 a.m.). CRICKET Saturday M/ league: CSC v SCC (Balestier Rd.), Tanglin Taverners v SRC (Padang), Police v Patrician Society (Thomson Rd.). All at ''">■ 2.30 p.m. SOCCER Clementi intra- con finals: Clementi Palace
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  • Focus on the world table tennis championships
    • 432 35 TOKYO, Fri. China's ping-pong stars won six and lost two men's singles matches as they advanced into the second round of the 37th world table tennis championships here today. The biggest upset came when China's world No. 3, Xie Saike, was beaten by unseeded
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    • 255 35  -  JANICE SEAH INTERNATIONAL Cheong Hon Toong bowed oat of the PIA Singapore closed squash championships at Kallang fast night m grand style. Instead of national kingpin Zainal Abidin taking the match unchallenged as everyone had expected, Hon Toong made him sweat for the 9-7,
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    • 876 35 Men's singles (first rd): F Changmao (Chi) bt R Hijne (Hoi) 21-9, 21--10, 21-9; P Renverse (Fra) w.o. I C Marin (Spa) L H Park (SK) bt E Caetano (Can) 21-10, 21-9, 21-14; J Jiang (Chi) bt M Costantini (Ita) 21-17, 21-16, 21-9; Z Kriston (Hun) bt
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    • 260 35  -  LEONARD KING By SPORTSWOMAN of the Year Adelene Wee and Meritorious Award winner Ronnie Ng will represent Singapore at the 16-nation Asian Cup bowling championships m Pattaya from June 18-26. The Asian Cup, initiated m 1980 by Asian Zone FIQ president Soetopo Jananto, is designed
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    • 201 35  -  LEONARD KING DEFENDING champion Susan Wong fired her way to the top of the women's graded Masters ladder with a comfortable 1,042 pinfall series m the prequalifying round of the Carlsberg Stars of Tomorrow bowling championships at the Kallang Bowl yesterday. Susan, 23, still using
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    • 133 35  -  J. RAJENDRAN RAFFLES Junior College ran off with the Police Cup, right under the nose of Deputy Commissioner of Police Michael Chai, when they beat Anglo-Chinese JC 4-0 m the final of the national schools' under-20 rugby tournament at the Padang yesterday. Though they
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    • 256 35  -  HAKIKAT RAI GWEN COOKE, the Singapore Recreation Club's dashing forward, was the only new face m the national women's hockey team who entered their final phase of training for the South-east Asia Games at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre yesterday. She will replace Cynthia Lim. "We
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  • Racing
    • 320 36  - Bundle O'Joy looks good EPSOM JEEP By BUNDLE O'JOY is up a class but has a nice drop m weight for his impressive win over the Bukit Timah 1,200 m m early March. He looks good for a second win m Race 5 for Class 3 Div 1 sprinters over
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    • 243 36 LOUISVILLE (Kentucky), Friday A MAXIMUM field of 2i three-year-old colts will tomorrow contest the 109 th running of the Kentucky Derby with Marfa the favourite. If all 21 run, the purse will be worth IS$53l,W# (about SSI.I million). Marfa, the frisky grey son of 1975
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    • 280 36  -  PEDIGREE By CASH m on Currency m the opening race today. This speedy three-year-old gelding, drawn next to the rails, is the day's best. In his only outing, Currency came m for inspired betting and after leading till close home, finished
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    • 106 36 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 1: Evertrust, El Toshi, Supreme Reward 11, Vescovo RACE 2: Regent's Park, Escada, Be My Native, Uncle Duke, Great Guns, Nichol Wings RACE 3: General Trong V, Quotable, Man Of Song, Princely Warrior, It's Terrific, Pulau Tioman
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    • 4501 36 apPpMI 1.45 CLASS 3 DIV 4 1,200 m 81H3311 (Ratings: 84-76) ■HHiM (Stakes: $14,500) 1 **3*s* Disputed Bid 57 (84) Four Wishes-PK Leong 4ag u2 +.5 Nonacceptor last week; fair showing when sth of 12 Div 6 Ipoh 1200 m good March 26; strongly supported when -length
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    • 331 36 RACE EPSOM JEEP RACING ED PEDIGREE TONTO WENG SOOK 7 Currency 10 Kia-Ora 7 Currency 1 Disputed Bid 7 Currency 1 1 Disputed Bid 7 Currency 10 Kia-Ora 7 Currency 1 Disputed Bid 9 Treasure House 1 Disputed Bid 9 Treasure House 10 Kia-Ora 10 Kia-Ora
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    • 221 36  -  TONTO By our man on the track IPOH, Fri. Enjoyment VI, with a win and a second m two outings, is up against moderate opposition m Race 5 for Class 3 Div 1 horses over 1,200 m and can lead all the way again. The three-year-old
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    • 403 37  - Tweedie opts for Timber Tycoon TONTO ON THE TRACK with IPOH, Fri. Leading jockey Alwin Tweedie has elected to ride Timber Tycoon m the Perak Derby on Sunday. Tweedie said he had a "tough time" picking his mount, especially with six rides to choose from three each from the stables
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    • 106 37 CHRIS GWILLIAM, champion jockey m 1980 with 81 winners, will be back m action at the Singapore Turf Club May Meeting starting next Saturday. Gwilliam has just had his application for a visiting jockey's licence approved. Nigel Tiley has also been granted a licence
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    • 60 37 TUESDAY (going soft): Andermatt 38.8, Balmoral II 42.6, Supremacy 42.5, San Jose 38.2, Spy HI 37.4. WEDNESDAY (going yielding): Breakthrough 40.8, Levant and Eddie Yokum 41.4. THURSDAY (going soft): Siapa Rajah IV 38, Andermatt 37.8, Pahang IV 40.2, Enjoyment VI 38.3, Super River 40.6, San Jose 41.2,
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    • 178 37 Total No of placings Placings for last It rides Rides Ist 2nd 3rd 1 Tweedie 118 22 17 12 0 0 0 0 1113 11 2 Donnelly 146 17 12 15 10 2 2 2 0 10 3 0 3 Lam 99 16 12 15 0 3 110
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    • 89 37 Ist 2nd 3rd Bougonre 28 17 18 West 22 15 11 Allan 20 10 14 Teh 18 21 17 Lee 17 14 8 Samsuri 17 13 7 Buang 13 18 11 Jaafar 13 5 2 G van Brenkelen 12 9 8 PKLeong 12 8 7 Ng 11 11
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    • 85 37 Ist 2nd 3rd Agasam 20 10 13 Auric 6 10 10 Sultan &Khoo 5 2 0 Chens 4 6 1 Memo 4 2 1 Premier 4 0 2 Goodman 3 9 10 ChuFaiHung 3 2 5 Golden Arrow 3 2 1 Memories 3 10 WengLoke 3 10 Prince
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    • 402 37  -  EPSOM JEEP By SHOOT UP HIGH's victory m the $40,000 National Stud Cup at Penang and She's A Darling's comeback win at Ipoh last Sunday will no doubt give a big boost to this year's auction of Malaysian-bred colts and fillies. Sixteen lots
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    • 1530 37 DAftp 1 1.15 CLASS 3 DIV 5 1,200 m Xl^^r, x (Ratings: 82-70) (Stakes: $14,500) 1 0908 Discover 57 (82) Of Rig-West 3 ec +1 Tweedle 10 t o*B His Eminence II 54 (8«) M M-Mak 4 arig dl +1 Junaidi 1 3 79*745 Prestige EDI 55.5 (7S)
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  • Spotlight on the Malaysia Cup final
    • 385 38  -  JOE DOR AI IT now appears that Pahang will 9 be my home and, for all the goodies they have bestowed on me, I'll give a limb to help them win the Cup. 7 Suriamurthi WHEN former Singapore skipper Thambiah Pathmanathan and midfielder Rajagopal
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    • 482 38 But rivals aim to make it their year after heartache TEAMS Selangor: R. Arumugam, Lim Teong Kirn, Santokh Singh, R. Subramanlam, Wong Hung Nung, Reduan Abdullah, Jamaluddin Norbit, Khans Hung Meng, Razali Alias, K. Rajagopal, K. Kanagarajah. Pahang: Sanusi Daud, Jamal Nasir, Tajuddln Nor, D. Devandran, Nordin Mohammad,
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    • 293 38 Odds are with me Razali KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Selangor striker Razali Alias is not m the least impressed by the Pahang defenders. "I've played against them and they did not show anything for us to sweat or fret about," he said today. "If we get an early goal, we will
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  • 442 38 LONDON, Fri ENGLISH Football Association Cup finalists Brighton will go to the Wembley final as a relegated club if they fail to win tomorrow's League clash against fellow stragglers Manchester City. Brighton, who meet high-riding Manchester United m the FA Cup final on May 21, have
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  • 205 38 The sack does not worry Benson MANCHESTER, Fri. John Benson (above) could hardly have had a tougher start to his job as Manchester City manager. Things have gone so desperately wrong for him that there has been speculation about his own future. But he says: "I haven't got time to
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  • 121 38  - Goalless start for soccer squad JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE'S South-east Asia Games soccer squad drew 0-0 with Combined Schools m a friendly match at the National Stadium yesterday. The game was the first for the squad since they started their final phase of the Games preparations. Singapore could have broken
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  • 253 38 A SPORTS goods manufacturing firm have offered attachments to three top Brazilian clubs for Singapore candidates attending the Brazilian Football Coaching Academy m Rio de Janerio next month (writes Joe Dorai). Apart from attachments to Flamengo, Corinthians and Santos, the coaches will also have short sessions
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    • 35 38 ALAN RUBBARD's Saturday soccer column has been held over this week. He has written a special preview to the European Cup-winners' Cup final between Aberdeen and Real Madrid which will appear m Tuesday's Straits Times.
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  • Countdown to the SEA Games...closing the Indonesian file
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      471 39 SINCE Mohamed Sarangat burst to glory with a flaming 100-metre run m the 1962 Asian Games m Jakarta, no other Indonesian sprinter has shown the same red-hot pace. Indonesia have matched one or more of their most efficient running machines with other regional hopefuls but, horror of horrors,
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      518 39  -  Peter Slow Stories by HENNY MASPAITELLA may not be the first name you think of among South-east Asian women for the century sprint, but she hopes to be second to none m Singapore. For the 19-year-old nigh school student exhibits the power and grace of a racing filly
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    • 640 39 JUST three short months ago, Starlet hated the sight of stopwatches. If the Indonesian middle distance queen had her way, the timepieces would all end up at the bottom of a deep, murky river. What triggered off the hatred was her outrageous smin 20sec run
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    • 436 39 And the sky's the limit for the golden judokas IT IS easy to believe that Indonesia have mastered the art of administering pain as stark and grating as a dentist's drill when one notes their rocketing rise In Judo. A glance at the Judo graph Indicates
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    • 380 39 LOOKS can be deceiving and none, perhaps, more than Perry George Pantouw's. The puffy cheeks add width to his smile, the black eyes are extremely innocent and the handshake loose. But the 18-year-old judoka, who weighs almost 100 kilogrammes, is a mean machine on the
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  • 345 40 MR ONG Teng Cheong leaving the Labour Ministry, probably for the last time as Minister, after a farewell party yesterday. The Labour Minister was given a happy send-off by his staff. There were good wishes and handshakes, smiles and quips all round. And the
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  • 156 40 Envoy claims immunity for wife MANILA, Fri. The Swedish ambassador here, Mr Erik Bq Kalfors, has invoked diplomatic immunity for his Philippineborn journalist wife, Sheilah Ocampo-Kalfors, 39, against a US$2 million (554.2 million) libel suit brought against her by three top military commanders. The Philippine news agency said on Wednesday
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  • 32 40 NEW YORK, Fri. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 4.45 points to 1,224.17 m the first half-hour of trading on the New York Stock Ex- change today. AP
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  • 382 40 NEW YORK, Friday A LARGE previously unknown comet is speeding towards a "close" encounter with earth next week. The small, fast-moving object, now a faint light m the distant sky, is expected to approach within 4.6 million km of earth the closest a
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  • 693 40  - Secrets leak triggers off manhunt LIM SAY BOON Australian intelligence accused of giving damaging information to CIA By Our Melbourne Reporter MELBOURNE, Fri. The publication m a newspaper here today of top secret Australian intelligence documents has triggered off a massive manhunt throughout the country's intelligence organisations for the source
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  • 285 40  - Telecoms man stole $50,000 from coin boxes CHARMAINE CHAN By A TELECOMS coin-collec-tor spent his days off stealing about $50,000 from public telephones by switching their loaded coin-boxes for empty stolen ones. Tay Keng Hock, 35, now jobless, was yesterday jailed for 18 months by a district judge for the
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    • 340 40 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally IN TODAY'S ISSUE Life insurance agents and brokers will soon have to abide by a code of conduct drawn up by the Insurance Commissioner. This move followed complaints by the general public about the lack of professionalism of some of the agents, reports LEE YOKE
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    • 146 40 [SALE I HANDMADE I I CARPETS I I FROM I I PAKISTAN I I CHINA I I Less 50% Discount I I AMIR SONS I H (SINCE 1921) PTE LTD B B Ground Floor First Floor B B facing the Orchard Mall Lucky Plaza B B Tei: *****83/***** 1 2
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    • 141 40 UP TO Ip.m. Showers In several areas. TEMP. (C) up to fi a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 25 mm. SUNSET today: 7.06 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.56 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 13/21 C Fine j Manila 21/35 C Fair Amsterdam 14/20 C Cloudy j Melbourne 13, 19 C Rain Bangkok 27/36 C
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    • 2 1 SECTION TWO
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    • 966 1 Teaching the boys to run their own dubs 4 The clubs are a community project, of concern to all parents and all citizens who care for the future of our young people. Given the support, they can go a long way towards laying the foundation for a safer and more
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      • 98 1 Another story and the timetable o£ the va rious boys 9 clubs 9 activities on Page Nine 0 RENAULT gives you achance BUT Sp X BtJ ft ikj f^,B ftß flkk i| fl~j SAWS SSSMY Ih.\ P9^»'3! I. 'fll^pi -sts»-"» ,-r-r- '>---«>^ L s :<. JPfB RENAULT S GORDINI TURBO
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      • 344 1 Men who dare, win BOOKS: Page Seven 1 The versatile potato OUTLOOK: Page Two Aces go places LEISURE: Page Twenty-one Open new horizons ot adventure. vu I r ____BB___r ;;i^^^|^tegi^yHßflHWH|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^|^^^^^^f~\ v^__i_i_____i__N^^^^^B_J _____P__S__2______^ Learn to fly m 6 months at no cost, with the Junior Flying Club. >a All the adventure,
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      • 964 2 Potatoes can be fried twice We take for granted the potato, Cinderella of the kitchen, because it lacks colour. But it is a versatile ingredient for main and side dishes; and each country has its potato speciality. TAN LEE LENG says if you know the four main varieties, you can
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      • 571 2 M atchstick potatoes ¥i kg potatoes oil for deep frying salt; Method Peel potatoes and cut to matchstick strips. Place m a large bowl of water and cover for 30 minutes to remove excess starch. Drain and dry potatoes on towel. Fill a deep pan or wok onethird with
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      • 689 2 Jw :|r Spreading her unique übat r 01 assorte<^ f Ol 1^ Friendships: H» meet-me-behind-Capitol- cinema-or-you-kena courtships; '^f r «f please tell me how to spike «HBte^ H his meesiam Hatreds and W^^j-J^^^ how I tell if she really digs *^^^■■■■rr'i me sort of Love. Only m Her World. rjß
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    • 1057 3  - Final touches missing Christine Khor Today, a New York-trained chef, HUO MEILI, starts a series on eating m coffee houses while keeping to a budget. In the first column, she samples the offerings of the Shangri-La. THE Shangri-La Hotel's Coffee Garden has a lot going for it with possibly the
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    • 315 3  -  DEREK BUTLER By IT'S LITTLE more than three weeks since I was m the delightful Rhone Valley of Switzerland and yet it seems a whole world away. Sion the capital town of the Rhone River's Valais region as it cuts its leisurely way through the
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    • 233 3 COOL, airy, comfy. The coffee garden offers a breath of elegance m service and decor at moderate prices. The views of the pool garden wing and waterfall is one -of the nicest m Singapore. Here you can relax and dine m comfort. Spring Rolls ($7.59) Your best bet
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      • 150 3 **u2^^ uas COOKER Best Quality irfWfe Irresistibly Priced BOREAL model 9782, white, 4 iy**- _Z. gas burners of different sizes. Specially designed ideal for plac'■■■iJlJffffii ing a Kwali Chinese Wok), oven |gpJP Js, and gas cylinder compartment I^^*^ rfSST w^' c^ can accomm °date any brand's cylinder. Can be used
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      • 227 3 Spread the gift of gold. Butter from Kerrygold. Kerrygold pure Irish butter comes fresh, smooth taste of only the to you m Singapore from the richest highest quality butter. Taste the dai-ry pastures m the world. A gift gold. AATWJks*« of creamy goodness enjoyed in^|jjjP^M|^ over 80 countries across theJ^^fe
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      • 644 4 A ..ml/MS^^ CONTEST 0 jJH^iJirr^^ K/w J Pff/Z£"S WORTH fflo/--^fV 1 a>«. VW />a we letters Yw fH£ HOU6KOH6 AMP J If&trf*/ )SHM6HAI MHKIU6 m( 'W l zms^?JXw™ M m>~/*trn& UM6 AMYAM (7*) 3* C Fttl n '-w/i"c^&toUP2 20d-MiRZAKHAHc;a 1/1 LEMI& 4K«./LAWREMC£ POOMfS! W'f gF SSiTsuire*) 3 "lmviHcmu(9) 4t^ 7%)r£"
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      • 1013 5 the PortaSound keyboards are amazingly H^^^HlH^k Qs+sL^ H low-priced i^M^>^ M i/ynJ/ EdSy TO Pl3y i fl^^^^H^ Jmm^ handy carrying case and AC/DC/car battery J^^^Hl^^'^ M "T operation makes the PortaSound keyboard i^^KS^^^B i >' v extremely portable I ''I J>% Unique PASS technology makes the PortaSound Family \j V
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    • BOOKS 1
      • 844 6  -  Miyamoto Musashi Allison Bushby ZHANG MEI-JI A BOOK OF FIVE RINGS By Translated by Victor Harris First published 1974 Published by and in paperoacK, I98z 96 pages, illustrated. $15 Reviewed by 4 Iff the foreman knows and deploys his men well, the finished work
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      • 821 6  - Complex but colourless thriller Desmond Bagley KEVIN SULLIVAN WINDFALL By Fontana 1982. 320 pages. $10.35 Reviewed by A taut and clinical style is sustained throughout. IT'S difficult to assess this book, if only because the reader would be hard pressed to identify its principal qualities, let alone comment upon them.
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      • 159 6 Claim this sensational offer at any Singapore Colour branch. JK^^^^W Enjoy the benefit of shooting roll after roll of sharp, dear pictures without paying a cent for the film. Pius the added. bonus of a $10 discount on selected fashion items at any Heshe shop. <^h2^ iJ 'B^ 1 <k»
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      • 1150 7  -  Philip Warner ROBERT CHEW THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICE: THE OFFICIAL HISTORY By Sphere Books, 1983. 304 pages. $11.10 Reviewed by TRAINED to fight m desert or jungle, on land or sea, on mountains or plains, m freezing cold or scorching heat, the Special Air
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      • 458 7  -  Yvonne Hooker NATHANAEL LIM CIRCUS FUN English text by Methuen, London, 1982 16 pages. $28.20 Reviewed by NOTHING beats the excitement of the Big Top except, perhaps, a lavishly illustrated and sophisticated book on the circus. In fact, for me at least, this
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      • 218 7 R-i_i— a.HoaK^»jg 'fTiuupMß a>>in^irTnr'g H^^t^^lH |Hhv B*Sl b^^# V_PV HH^JS^^H FANTASTIC FREE J I 1 I I GIFTS OFFER!!! ■pU i ByAyflß^^S^^^^ByiHHr Buy any set now and you *IH JV -"-~BH~~~~~~~^~^ g will get all these fantastic gifts: a| iIP 't.ji' y pfi--' j ja ;^>^sy"'' |B 1 Quality mattress
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    • 1043 8 The robot that 'speaks' for lan Teenagers lan Butcher and Rachel O'Sullivan were unable to talk until miraculous robot computers gave them new and distinctive voices. BILL SPICER reports from London. Now, listen to this TWO children who will probably never talk again have been given the magic power of
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      • 1033 8 S.E. Asia's 1 L A W^ I I if I Technology fair of International I ffcfl I l^f^ I Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Machine Tools I I 9 J fr^B lndustr a l Robots Exhibition HB^HHH 9 I II J and Automation j MATEX-ASIA '83 AUTOMAT-ASIA '83 20-23 JULY 1983 > SINGAPORE
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    • 671 9 6 The staff are now able to speak to members as friends and discuss their personal problems. Some have disclosed their family and school problems to the staff, who advise them accordingly. The members are no longer afraid of police officers. Instead, they
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    • Page 9 Advertisements
      • 327 9 vw^S^ b Leather Sofa Promotional Kingdom $3069 ti* 4CO A W OO v v e s^ Sunset S3BS6- <!* 4 QCO As^^^oS s^! Annie $3§6«- d* -f CQQ o °^<e^V 5 sets only V UOU \JJ>i*^^ 2 sets only V 1 570U 4 sets only N> D*la V^^^^ e® i^l
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    • Page 10 Advertisements
      • 345 10 JADE: 24th Record-Breaking Day m (*****80) 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 9.00 No Free List (j RICHARD GERE IHBMI HI m I,; DEBRA WINGER > j J^^HBB »**H come to see "An Offi- M^SL **%d m 9 you belong. jjPßEfc W. ('WINNER of 2 GOLDEN^ m «a> GLOBE AWARDS 1983 OH
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      • 276 10 Golden New Town I Princess" Clementi I Palace New City 'l and Golden City NOW SHOWING! G: 11, 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.00pm NT: 1.30, 3.30, 7.00, 9.00pm C: 1.15, 3.30, 7.30, 9.30pm Pa: 1.00, 3.30, 7.15, 9.30pm NC: 1.30, 3.30, 7.15, 9.15pm Pr: 1.30, 3.30, 7.30, 9.30pm GC: 1.45, 4.00,
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      • 247 10 !W^^^^ i iTi 1 1 1^ > BRSS^^H 1 L^AflflH -v v^PI HP^^ t x «H^^^|nfv> i '^fe(: v;ss "^L COMPUTER SYSTEMS State-of-the-art 16-bit systems at a practical price. 1 megabyte memory 8086 or ***** CPU support for up to 16 users 16 MB directly addressable from CPU and DMA
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      • 214 10 V REDIFFUSiOIT\ GIVES MORE FOR LESS Specially selected VHS-PAL j System video cassette recorders. 2>- PHIUPS I «l Kf Downpayment: $180 I 1 12 months x $107 j 1 guarantee: 1-year on all parts including video head. q months x $75 I Can be used forall makes of VHS Tapes.
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      • 1136 10 O V*9j ORGANISATON V ft O O 2nd GIGANTIC MONTH' C' Due to Film's Length C) 4^k Please Note Times fj| X 12 15pm, 400 4 B.oopm X V Cash Bookings/No Free List Jt' Q Columbia's "GANDHI" U Dolby Stereo Print C| o SSSKKESnQIx X NOW SHOWING 1 3C Ql
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    • Page 11 Advertisements
      • 192 11 roms w^+*wp 1a «i^lsl f^jHg^S^ With our most s^®^^^ It advanced computerised s^ cl color printer, we'll have your *s&* color prints ready m just 1 hour, **fc^P all using Kodak paper and Kodak chemicals only. We also offer 5 HOUR EXPRESS SERVICE at no extra charge. 3R-25* Send m
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      • 247 11 JnBM i i .^^^^^^BSiNH^^^^^Bßfl BMHwii^t^ j 'f*™*r# "^cJ^B ;.■■.->■ MmC. ff-- ja^. V M^^: ■Wiloia v -5 SJF -ioBBBI ■f1y,,, .al Bk- jjUbVUk^. I h i i**" _^^B1 Bw^ vHßbh^m^ s^^^^H^BSß^Bß^^Ba^B^BßV^Bf si BBttk' j :,j^B BB^BB^^^^bBBBbmS^BBm^bI^BSj&IIbTB BbPß^^^i^^^p BB^ i? 3Bl BB^i^* Bblbm Jk- '"^^^Bl HBBP^**^^^^BB'' '^^^^HH BB**^^^^^ B^BV^teAi^l j B^Br
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    • Page 12 Advertisements
      • 788 12 APPOINTMENTS Coopers &Lybr3nd Associates provides a comprehensive range of management consultancy services aimed at helping clients increase the effectiveness and profitability of their organisation. These services include Corporate Development, Organisation Planning, Financial Control and Management Information Systems, Investment Planning and Appraisal, Electronic Data Processing, Executive M""*] Selection, Marketing and Economic
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      • 905 12 THE SGV GROUP H SGV-Goh Tan Pte Ltd H Professional/Executive Recruitment Services J| Our client, a leading venture capital company m the BH United States, is m the process of setting up operations for HH the ASEAN region. It is now m the process of identifying B| prospective candidates for
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      • 629 12 I m B THE SGV GROUP B SGV-Goh Tan Pte Ltd B Professional/Executive Recruitment Services B Our client is an established international manufacturing B and marketing organisation of electronic, electrical and B mechanical equipment and parts for the automotive OEM B market. Due to rapid expansion, the company is now
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    • Page 13 Advertisements
      • 848 13 APPOINTMENTS f^ PHILIPS are a large multi-national organisation m the forefront of electronic jj technology. We have m Singapore significant manufacturing as well as marketing activities covering a diversified range of products from consumer electronics to sophisticated professional systems. We now seek the services of promising individuals to join us
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      • 144 13 One of the world's leading Japanese M E Contractor urgently requires a RECEPTIONIST GCE 'O' Certificate Age below 18 years Typing knowledge required Pleasant personality No experience required Interested applicants are requested to write m giving full personal particulars, contact telephone numbers, experience and enclose a non-returnable recent photograph to:
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      • 880 13 Cj We are a newly established American Electronics Computer iTfi P.C.B. Assemblies Company m Bedok. Due to out expansion J^ programme, we ar<- looking for qualified personnel to fill the Jp following positions m our new. plant: MANUFACTURING ENGINEER k Diploma m Production Engineering. With 2 yens experience m an
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      • 684 13 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FOUNDRY INDUSTRY We are a modern and advanced foundry, located m Jurong, offering superior proven quality castings, machining and fabrication services. Our specialities include producing manganese and alloy steel castings for the dredging, quarrying and» mining industries. Due to our expansion program, we are currently seeking
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    • Page 14 Advertisements
      • 724 14 APPOINTMENTS Sin Sheraton-Utama Hotel SHERATON HOTELS INNS. WORLDWIDE P.O BOX 2203 JALAN BENDAHARA, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BRUNEI Tel ***** Telex (809) BU 2306 Cable SHERATON BRUNEI Sheraton-Utama invites suitable applicants for the post of GENERAL MAINTENANCE MECHANIC Qualifications Minimum of 3 years experience m maintenance of electrical and mechanical building
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      • 625 14 cf r-v i* BAKERIES a wholly owned subsidiary of the Cold Storage Group of Companies and located at Chin Bee Avenue, Jurong has an immediate vacancy for QUALITY CONTROL EXECUTIVE t The successful candidate will be involved m the development of new products from products concept stage to the transfer
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      • 471 14 1r- An International Organisation m Jurong invites suitable persons to fill a newly created position: BILL NEGOTIATER m our Shipping Department. Functions:- Responsible for preparation, checking and negotiation of Inward and Outward documents. I Co-ordination between Marketing and Production departments. Qualifications and Experience: 'A' level holder experience m preparation and
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      • 662 14 KANSAI PAINT (S) PTE LTD, a subsidiary of the largest paint manufacturer m Japan, invites application from male Singapore Citizen for the position of: CHEMIST The selected candidate will be responsible for the preparation and improvement of testing facilities, liaise with SISIR personnel m quality control of finishing products, and
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    • Page 15 Advertisements
      • 774 15 APPOINTMENTS ■fpPIJ SINGAPORE |f ii «|4 POLYTECHNIC Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the following positions: jj f I PRINCIPAL LECTURER 1 I ($4727 5802 pm) 1 II SENIOR LECTURER I ($4130 4543 pm) I I 111 LECTURER I 1 ($1652 4284 pm) I ts The point of
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      • 680 15 I MARITIME HOLDINGS LTD I E We are an established and diversified group with primary I interests m shipbuilding, tug and barge chartering both m H Singapore, East and West Malaysia, Brunei and the Middle East. Due to current expansionary programme, we have vacancies for: I (A)MARINE ADMINISTRATOR I (B)AN
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      • 829 15 I VOSPER PRIVATE LIMITED is an I international Company engaged m a wide! I range of marine engineering activities I I including construction, repair, design I and servicing of sophisticated naval I 1 craft and specialised vessels. I We are seeking a matured and self I I motivated executive to
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      • 631 15 The international development research centre is a public corporation funded by the parliament of Canada to support research m developing countries. The communications division of IDRC requires a REGIONAL LIAISON OFFICER To work at the centre's Singapore regional office. The person will provide essential inputs to ensure that well-informed decisions
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    • Page 16 Advertisements
      • 542 16 APPOINTMENTS You're m for a change at \Ssso] DEPAKIMtNT SrOßE^^ CENTREPOINT NEW STORE OPENING SOON PART-TIME JOBS FOR MALES AND FEMALES IN SALES, CASMERMG AND STOCK HANDLING Are you presently working m an office, bank or shop and interested m adding to your regular job income? Are you a student
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      • 285 16 I SERVICE I MANAGER I An International Company m Singapore invites applications for the position of Service Manager. Applicants should possess a degree or diploma m mechanical engineering from a recognised institution and at least 5 years experience m a similar position. A good knowledge of electrical circuits will be
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      • 454 16 •dppkz computer We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic individual to fill the position of COST ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR The successful candidate should possess a Degree m Accountancy with 3 years post qualification experience with emphasis on Cost/Management Accountancy m manufacturing environment. This position requires strong analytical skills for budgeting forecasting,
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      • 585 16 BOSCH invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions: Technical Service Coordinator (Home Appliances) The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating the service facilities provided for the Company's operations m Singapore and Malaysia. In addition to monitoring the services provided b\ the Company's maintenance personnel, he must
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    • Page 17 Advertisements
      • 1165 17 APPOINTMENTS V fil TW\ ASTRA, Sweden, is one of the most research oriented pharmaceutical companies m the Jk S^ f J|^ world. Some 20% of sales is being spent on research and development every year. Our m m activities are fully concentrated to ethical Pharmaceuticals. Astra today holds a prominent
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      • 531 17 f OA BUSINESS SYSTEMS I PTE LTD I EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR I OF EXXON OFFICE SYSTEMS IN SINGAPORE MALAYSIA In view of our expansion, we invite suitable qualified candidates for the following posts: 1. SALES MANAGER 2. INFORMATION PROCESSING SALES (SYSTEMS DIVISION) 3. SALES REPRESENTATIVES office PRODUCTS DIV. BSI TYPEWRITER) Qualifications:
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      • 648 17 NOTICES THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 12C8 of IK2 RE: WONG SIONG YIOU tradIng under the name and style of TZULJ IMPORTS ft EXPORTS EX PARTE: GUTHRIE SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED Creditors NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT In the Matter of
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      • 1067 18 NOTICES SYNTHETIC RESINS (MALAYSIA) BERHAD 1 (Incorporated m Malaysia) I NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company I will be held at the Registered Office, 2nd Floor, Wisma Bunga Raya, 1 52 Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 20
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      • 550 18 COURSE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE REITAKU UNIVERSITY For Spring 1984 Period for Submission of Documents: From June 1 to Aug. 20 1983 Qualifications for Entrance: Those who have finished 12 years of schooling m their home countries, and over eighteen years of age. Reitaku students are able to obtain an Immigration
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    • Page 18 Miscellaneous
      • 249 18 G ARFIELD By Jim Davis J?M PAVf^ g.-f —A-^ 1963 United f Mture SyndicaW, Inc. STAR WARS By ArcMe Goodwin &At Williamson DJ tCLS C~i ID /E2wZv^^^B^^( 11/' r>f i/~>i i I B\ H ABF-CrtZTE&yiiAADMfDA/ (ZeiEE NU I yc/,=»lK.' IU- KU9M IAJK ffimiil-mm H^\ KUfaH L^H .^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B^^^^B^B^B^B^r (.-^i .V^^t^tl!^ B^B^Br^^**J£
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    • Page 19 Advertisements
      • 782 19 APPOINTMENTS t£3 ill eH tiiiJ A well established trading company requires a Marketing Executive F^l P3 ES Wi This is a newly created position and the ideal candidate |h w must fulfil the following requirements •j: la jiji;: •Preferably possess a tertiary/professional qualification Eg with a bias towards marketing :;:j::
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      • 583 19 m IMI National \V\ W \iwl2j Panasonic \\\J i ESS Technics y To meet our current expanded operation we invite suitably qualified and experienced applicants to fill these challenging positions: Mechanical Design Engineer Requirements/Duties: Possess a Degree m Mechanical Engineering Minimum 2 years' experience related i to plastic technology m
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    • Page 19 Miscellaneous
      • 456 19 PEANUTS Byschui* T«ROU)IN6AGOLFBALL lUNLESSI UNLE55 SOMEONE OPENS I..ANP THE BALL SAILS f-ANP SMETHROU)S A6AINST TME STEPS 15 THE FRONT POOR ANP THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM V^T BACKI^^ 2mD FOR YOUR REFLEXES YOU M 155 TME STEPS... OUT INTO THE KITCHEN 7T—^ 6QOPFORYOUKKbHb\h^ „r,. y/— U)HERE IT MITS YOUR V> I
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      • 853 20 Six stage charity concert CHAN ENG CHENG meets six professionals who will take to the stage tomorrow evening m a charity concert. "BUSY", a catchword of most executives, does not seem to belong m the vocabulary of a group of six professionals. These six a biochefiF ist, a doctor, a
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      • 250 20 Sing Sing Sing back again SINGAPORE Broadcasting Corporation's popular Chinese musical series on TV, Sing Sing Sing, is back and it promises to be more interesting and entertaining. The third season of the musical, which started about one-and-a-half years ago to help groom local talent, will begin on Channel 8
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    • Page 20 Advertisements
      • 964 20 NOTICES I ESSO MALAYSIA BERHAD _a_fe. (Incorporated m the States of Malaya) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTY FOURTH ANNUAL GE- I NERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the Ballroom. Equato- I rial Hotel, jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur on
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      • 76 20 Our regular column, Saturday With is held over. L/dscdH D &D CANE \\2y FURNITURE The exciting, sophisticated world of unique cane furniture I We welcome you to see our full We also specialise m: range of artistically crafted cane Custom Made Furniture pieces for truly pleasant home Curtain Furnishings «i
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    • Page 20 Miscellaneous
      • 111 20 TODAY: ANTI-DRUG ABUSE EXHIBITION Jointly organised by Clementi RCs and Sana at the concourse of Blk 451, Clementi Aye 3 from 7.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Till Monday. Mr Bernard Chen, adviser to the Clementi RCs will be officiating. TOMORROW: CRIME PREVENTION EXHIBITION Organised by Changi Zones 1 and 2
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      • 894 21 Aces still going places 6 The Four Aces, first formed m their college days, zoomed to fame m the America of the 50's, a post-war climate that demanded "beautiful songs, beautiful lyrics and melodies" and had their pictures pasted on army trucks and airforce planes. CAROLINE NGUI threw Three Coins
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      • 187 21  - Hongkong's TVB appoints video tape agent here Teo lian Huay YOU may soon have difficulty getting video tapes of Hongkong TV serials from your usual video libraries. Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB), one of the two Hongkong TV giants, has appointed a local company to be the sole agent of video
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      • 271 21 The outstanding Educational Materials Fair m the centre of the ASEAN Region The unique opportunity to get informed on all that the world is offering to make learning and teaching easy and efficient. ASEAN DIDACTA 11th June #<< World Trade W W Centre Singapore International Fair for fflfefttt "Pesta Antarabangsa
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    • Page 21 Miscellaneous
      • 422 21 SINGAPORE GASING years of singing together. WORKS OF ART BY FESTIVAL Display of Tickets at $30++ for JEAN MIOTTE Nationtops of various shapes and diners at the Inn of Happi- al Museum Art Gallery. 9 sizes and demonstrations ness and $55++ for non- a.m. 5.30 p.m. On till on top-making
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      • 253 22 Get irnnw a Speck>/ gift for Mother t>y/ Mother's Day is just around the pocket. With a keen eye you'll be corner May Bth. If you haven't got able to come up with some interesting mum her present, you'd and unusual gifts. In fact better hurry down to vv ou
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      • 1111 22 1.00 PM Opening followed by Sesame (Malay) Street: Children's Programme 7.50 The Forum Presents Maynard Fer--2.00 Shazam!: Ibec's Hissmen capture guson: Maynard's special guests the Marvels, take them two mil- are Herbia Mann and Sarah lion years into the past and turn Vaughan. them into Hissmen. 8.45 The Fall Guy
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      • 936 22 y^- H Woman who fishes f333BBHMBP T T V^ l l^ il IV-^ 3 IsJPI IVU 6.00 AM World News 6.09 lies 8.00 World News 8.09 10.09 British Press Review The World Today 6.25 News about Britain 8.15 ifi 15 Network UK 10 31 111 Book Choice 6 3fl Finan
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