The Straits Times, 18 August 1986

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1986 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85 I
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  • 910 1 I am accused often of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today. By Our Political Desk Everybody thought Sat- urday last week was a great success. What made it possible? Because after
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  • 275 1 THE MINIMUM sum of Central Provident Fund savings to be set aside for retirement is to be $30,000, to which the value of the house owned will count, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said last night. A sum from this amount can
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  • 22 1 BANGKOK Laos and Zimbabwe have established diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level, the official Laotian news agency KPL has said. AP
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  • 159 1 PM wants unit labour cost held THE PRIME MINISTER (above) using a chart on screen to show how high Singapore's labour costs have become. He urged Singaporeans to keep the unit labour cost (ULC) from rising further and to look for niches in the world that our businessmen can exploit.
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  • 342 1 60 feared killed as rebels shoot down plane KHARTOUM About 60 passengers and crew were feared killed when a Sudanair Fokker Friendship was shot down by guerillas near the south Sudanese town of Malakal, the official Sudanese news agency (Suna) reported yesterday. It said the plane carried 57 passengers, including
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 405 2 Haze worsens THE HAZE over the east and west coast areas of Singapore worsened yesterday, especially in the morning. The Meteorological Service said the haze was caused by an increase in the amount of particles in the air because of the lack of rain. Weekend fires in Malaysia could
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    • 204 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE FIVE PATIENTS who went through the ordeal of receiving a permanent artificial heart have experienced more suffering than anything else. Which suggests that future implantations can only be Justified when the current design deficiences have been corrected. And that, as far as possible, the
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    • 271 2 Report on Mafia A SICILIAN judicial inquiry into the Mafia has revealed that the underworld crime organisation was twice asked to support coup plots in the *****. One of the plots was alleged to have been hatched by Sicilian financier Michele Sindona. The 1,400-page inquiry report, published
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    • 338 2 Malek may join FT SINGAPORE SOCCER SKIPPER Malek Awab has finalised plans to join Federal Territory after this month's Merlion Cup competition. The midfielder has applied for an official release from the Football Association of Singapore to move to Kuala Lumpur to start his career with FT. Steven Tan,
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    • 439 2 Relaxed air at festival THE TWO-WEEK Kuala Lumpur Arts Festival, which ended recently, had a village theatre flavour, epitomised by the 45-member Balinese troupe, Dewa Kosala Rakta. This village troupe gave the most number of performances and, therefore, formed the core or backbone of the festival around which
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    • 196 2 NEW RULES TO ENSURE SOUND FINANCIAL SYSTEM THE SECURITIES Industry Act 1986 and the Futures Trading Act 1986 and the regulations for their administration came into force last Friday. The new regulations spell out the rules that broking firms and futures traders have to comply with to ensure a
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    • 230 2 Oath at gun-point A PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE probing the failed July 6 coup attempt by supporters of deposed President Ferdinand Marcos has learned that his ally, Arturo Tolentino, took the oath as Acting President under threat of a gun. This seemed to lend credibility to
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    • 86 2 FLATS FOR LONG-TERM STAY THE HOUSING BOARD reiterates to four readers who had commented on its decision not to buy back HUDC flats that it is, under the lease agreement, not obligated to buy them back. It says HUDC flats are meant as long-term accommodation for those who cannot
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  • around the WORLD
    • 595 3 We were desperate and under severe pressure, they explain MONTREAL THE Sri Lankan refugees found drifting off the Canadian coast this week have admitted they started their voyage in West Germany and apologised for lying. The refugees first told Canadian officials they came
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    • 437 3 ISLAMABAD FIVE members of a European climbing expedition died after reaching the summit of Pakistan's K-2, the world's second highest mountain, diplomats said yesterday. They said British climber Julie Tullis froze to death in her tent three days after a heavy snowstorm trapped
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    • 177 3 Workers seize Australia's largest oil and gas rig PERTH More than 300 workers seized control of Australia's largest oil and gas rig off the Western Australian coast on Saturday after being fired by their employer and have refused to leave the platform, police said. The workers, aboard the North Rank
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    • 215 3 MOSCOW Beijing Mayor Chen Xitong arrived yesterday for a previously unannounced visit, at a time of attempted rapprochement by China and the Soviet Union. Mr Chen, accompanied by a delegation, had been invited by the Moscow City Soviet, Tass said. Meanwhile, the staff
      AFP; AP  -  215 words
    • 62 3 THE residents of these two houses in the town of West Mifflin, in Pennsylvania, had a close call when a single-engined Piper Malibo plane brushed the roof of one of the houses and crashed, bursting into a ball of flame on Friday. Two people,
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    • 198 3 Cartoonist's view of China's leaders heralds reforms BEIJING Cartoons of China's two leaders have appeared in a major newspaper in an unprecedented display of artistic freedom. The Shanghai paper, Liberation Daily, ran caricatures of Deng Xiaoping, a noted bridge player, playing cards and Communist Party general-secre-tary Hu Yaobang as a
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    • 266 3 WASHINGTON Walk, don't run, is the message from many fitness experts and America is listening. Tracks, sidewalks and even shopping malls are now trekked by a growing pack of hoofers who don't like running's intensity or injuries. "Walking is going to be to the
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    • 232 3 Indochina trio 'seeking stronger ties' BANGKOK Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia are studying ways of strengthening their relationship, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach told a conference in Hanoi yesterday. He made the remark at the 13th half-yearly conference of foreign ministers of the three countries, which opened amid signs of
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    • 278 3 KARACHI Anti-govern-ment rioters clashed with police yesterday on the eve of a nationwide campaign by opposition parties in protest against the arrest of their leaders, including Benazir Bhutto. Riot police fired shotguns and tear gas at hundreds of youths who pelted them with
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    • 97 3 CAIRO Finance and foreign ministers from more than 120 Third World countries meet in Cairo today to map out a strategy for economic and trade co-op-eration. Relations with the richer, industrialised nations, and how to tackle a growing debt problem because of falling raw material prices
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    • 362 4 Mafia asked to back two coup plots report PALERMO (Sicily) A judicial inquiry into the Mafia has revealed that the underworld crime organisation was twice asked to support coup plots in the *****. One of the plots was alleged to have been hatched by Sicilian financier Michele Sindona. The 1,400-page
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    • 91 4 LONDON -A Yorkshire widow celebrated her 199th birthday on Saturday by taking her first flight a trip on the supersonic airliner, Concorde, over the Bay of Biscay. But thrilled as she was, Mrs Charlotte Hughes said after the flight: "Next year, when it's my
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    • 72 4 THIS House, resting on its roof, is not a victim of a cyclone or hurricane. It was deliberately built in such a way. Sited in Finland's latest amusement park, called Tykkimaki, It is already doing what It's architect meant it to do
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    • 89 4 Soviet satellite hits the deck WASHINGTON A large recently-launched Soviet satellite that went out of control in space plunged into the southern Indian Ocean on Saturday night, a spokesman for the American Space Command said. US Defence Department officials said on Friday the satellite was launched on July 30 by
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    • 63 4 MOSCOW Soviet pianist Svyatoslav Richter has' donated the proceeds from a concert to the victims of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the official news agency Tass reported on Saturday. It said the recital took place in Gorky at the start of a tour of Soviet cities. Tass did
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    • 42 4 SANTIAGO Security forces found 648 automatic rifles, 73 Soviet-made rocket launchers, 1,942 grenades and cartons of explosives in an abandoned mine, officials reported on Saturday. It was the fifth guerilla arsenal to be discovered in the past nine days. AP
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    • 331 4 Drastic cut in aid means millions may starve in Africa UNITED NATIONS A drastic drop in private and government contributions to emergency relief programmes is threatening millions of Africans with starvation. Officials at the United Nations Children's Fund, Save The Children, World Vision and other organisations said the drop could
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    • 115 4 Queen Mother out of hospital ABERDEEN Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who was warded in hospital on Friday for observation of a minor throat problem, was discharged on Saturday. She was reported to be continuing with her Scottish holiday. The 86-year-old mother of Queen Elizabeth was flown to Aberdeen for
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    • 196 4 MOSCOW The Politburo has ordered a halt to a US$4O billion (5586.4 billion) project to divert Arc-tic-bound northern rivers to the arid south, a project that scientists warned could create an ecological nightmare. The idea, conceived more than a decade ago, had
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    • 290 5 Moscow stockpiling biological weapons US WASHINGTON A senior American defence official has charged that the Soviet Union is stockpiling biological weapons in defiance of a 14-year-old international treaty. Mr Douglas Feith, deputy assistant secretary of defence for negotiations policy, said in written testimony for a House of Representatives intelligence sub-committee
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    • 462 5 Reagan attacks House for cuts in Star Wars WASHINGTON The House of Representatives is conducting a "reckless assault" on national defence, President Ronald Reagan said on Saturday. And he threatened to veto the military budget Bill if Congress did not restore what it had cut from advanced weapons programmes. In
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    • 142 5 Slow down on SDI, ex-officials tell Reagan WASHINGTON Five leading figures from the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations have appealed to Mr Reagan to slow down his Star Wars programme and show moderation in his defence policies, the New York Times and Washington Post reported yesterday. Former defence secretaries Melvin
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    • 65 5 Balloon flyers set record HOT-AIR balloon enthusiasts were oat in force in Bristol, England on Saturday for the start of the annual Bristol Balloon Fiesta. A crowd of several hundred onlookers watched as one by one, the inflated balloons took to the air. A record total of If! balloons made
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    • 155 5 AUGUSTA A baby born 15 weeks premature to a brain-dead woman has died after 32 hours of life. The infant's mother, Donna Piazzi, 25, had been in a coma since being found in June in a toilet unconscious from a drug overdose. She became the
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    • 283 5 Go-ahead for drastic cuts to US tax rates WASHINGTON House of Representatives and Senate negotiators have approved a Bill that would make the most radical changes in the tax code since World War n, drastically cutting rates and shifting about US$l2O billion (*****.40 billion) in taxes from individuals to businesses
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 231 6 Loan payment for N-plant to be discussed MANILA Philippine officials acompanying President Corazon Aquino on her official visit to Washington on Sept 15 will hold talks with the United States Eximbank and other bankers over payment of the loan for the scrapped US$2.2 billion (about 554.6 billion) nuclear plant. Presidential
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    • 117 6 SOME of the items from the opulent New York townhoose of former President Ferdinand Marcos being examined by prospective buyers at the Viscount Hotel in Queens, New York on Friday. The items, including the painting of Mr Marcos in full state attire which was
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    • 182 6 Where students go nuts over football JAKARTA Even Argentine superstar Diego Maradona might balk at playing soccer in West Java, where in one village a burning coconut is kicked with bare feet. The coconut is soaked in kerosene for two weeks and the game played at night, usually in a
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    • 161 6 5,000 attend Jakarta's N-Day rally JAKARTA A flag-raising ceremony attended by more than 5,000 people highlighted the celebration of the 41st anniversary of Indonesia's independence yesterday. The 90-minute ceremony presided over by President Suharto at Istana Merdeka was attended by 1,000 members of the four wings of the armed forces
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    • 153 6 BANGKOK Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Arthit-Kamlang-Ek has denied^ reports that talks on setting up a stockpile of American munitions in Thailand have hit a snag over finances, the Bangkok Post newspaper said here yesterday. The Post quoted Gen Arthit as saying Thailand
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    • 455 6  - Tolentino 'took his oath under gun threat' ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent MANILA A presidential committee investigating the failed July 6 coup attempt by supporters of deposed President Ferdinand Marcos has learned that his ally, Arturo Tolentino, took the oath as Acting President under threat of a gun. This seemed
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    • 319 6 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON^EEE =ZT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (ECONOMICS) ~ZZZ IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES "5S r The Singapore Institute of Management will conduct the Bachelor of Science Economics) in Management Studies external degree programme offered by the University of London. The first intake, on a full-time basis, is scheduled in November 1986.
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 259 7 Hospital staff shocked as lunatic flings baby girl ALOR STAR Hospital staff watched in horror yesterday as a lunatic broke into the children's ward of the general hospital and snatched an infant from the incubator and flung it to its death. The premature baby was born 12 days ago to
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    • 234 7 Workers to move out for checks to be made on fire damage KUALA LUMPUR More than 1,000 government employees will play it safe and move out of Wisma Keramat, where the top three floors were razed on Friday. After inspecting the 17--storey building on Saturday, Land and Regional Development Minister
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    • 211 7 MCA: Three reasons for poor polls showing KUALA LUMPUR A post-mortem by the Malaysaian Chinese Association (MCA) into its poor performance, especially in the urban areas, in the recent general election has spotted three causes. MCA secretary-general Datuk Lee Kim Sai has listed them as follows: First, frustration over the
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    • 112 7 KUALA LUMPUR THE Malaysian Chinese Association and the Gerakan could revive their joint council. MCA secretary-general Datuk Lee Kim Sai said on Saturday that the council should be started afresh. Gerakan secretarygeneral Kerk Choo Ting sent a letter to Datuk Lee in May requesting that
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    • 183 7 ALOR STAR Parti Islam's (PAS) failure in the recent general election was caused by its over ambitious aim of wanting to rule the country, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. He said if PAS had aimed at becoming a strong opposition, it
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    • 256 7 KUALA LUMPUR The Government has adopted a three-pronged approach involving the active participation of state governments, banks and the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) to ensure the success of its special lowcost housing programme. Under the approach, which is also expected to provide the
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    • 50 7 KUANTAN The new Pahang State Executive Council is expected to be named today. Pahang Mentri Besar Datuk Khalil Yaakob will have an audience with the Sultan of Pahang at Istana Abu Bakar in Pekan today to seek royal assent for the proposed list of state executive councillors. Bernama
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    • 66 7 JOHOR BARU Police detained 40 motorcyclists, including Singaporeans, in Jalan Tampoi on Saturday night for racing on a public road. About half of them were fined while the others received warnings during a lVi operation from 11 pm, a police spokesman said yesterday. He
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    • 93 7 SEREMBAN About 20 passengers in an air-condi-tioned coach on the Singa-pore-bound Express Sinaran had a narrow escape when their coach was derailed near Rahang about 2 km from here on Saturday. Most of the passengers in the coach suffered shock when it went rocking
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    • 429 7 The Stock Exchange of Singapore Soon to be located in OUB Centre O^P The Stock Exchange of Singapore chose J ■Si to relocate to OUB Centre because no other building could meet their stringent requirements. The Stock Exchange of Singapore wanted to be in the thick of the action, at
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  • HOME
    • 708 8 The Prime Minister speaks at the National Day Rally They are rational thinking men, PM says of these male graduates Marriages under Women's Charter No of of graduate graduate grooms who married bridegrooms graduate brides From 37% in '83 to 49% in first half
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    • 368 8 Teach young traditional Asian values PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew last night called on parents and schools to teach the young traditional Asian values which could help preserve the Singaporean spirit to forge ahead in life. Speaking in Mandarin at the National Day Rally, he said Confucian ethics had therefore
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    • 155 8 THE Malay community has managed to avoid bearing the brunt of unemployment caused by the recession because of an increase in the number of Malay skilled and semiskilled workers, the Prime Minister said in Malay. He said he was worried that
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    • 1109 8  -  LESLIE FONG JOHN TAN IRENE NGOO OSMAN LEONG WENG KAM Their style is different but Stories by and Getting rid of the great divide 6 Our biggest success has been in obliterating or nearly obliterating the divide between the Chinese educated and the English educated.
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    • 276 9 It's so bad some residents can't see the next block THE haze over several areas of Singapore worsened yesterday, especially in the morning, giving a gloomy touch to an otherwise sunny Sunday. Visibility was poor, with many tall buildings and highrise flats lost in
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    • 222 9 A MESSAGE came through in colour for more than 1,500 children at an on-the-spot colouring contest in Tampines New Town yesterday. The children had to touch up a black-and-white poster outline with coloured pencils and crayons. And as they did so, on came
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    • 174 9 Jewellers head for Australia to tap market SINGAPORE'S jewellers want a foot in the door of the multi-million-dollar Australian jewellery market and have sent a trade mission there to achieve their aim. Nine Singapore jewellery companies led by the Trade Developoment Board will visit Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne from today
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    • 54 9 A FILIPINA was taken to hospital with serious injuries after she was found lying unconscious along the pavement outside Lucky Plaza in Orchard Road last night. The woman, who was not immediately identified, was believed to have fallen from a higher floor of the shopping centre
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    • 28 9 THE Home Affairs Minister and Second Minister for Law, Professor S. Jayakumar, will launch the National Fire Prevention Council at Mandarin Hotel at 11 am tomorrow.
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    • 378 9 RESIDENTS of any constituency including grassroots leaders and the Member of Parliament who object to an impending law allowing the HDB to repossess flats of people who throw killer litter have an option. The MP can write to National Development Minister Teh
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    • 220 9 DON'T listen to rumours spread by opposition parties about the PAP calling a series of by-elec-tions before the end of the year, the First Deputy Prime Minister said yesterday. "By-elections are not declared by opposition MPs," said Mr Goh Chok Tong. Although he did
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    • 214 9 THE search is on for 38 people to take part in the First Earth Run, which will cover 39 nations and pass through Singapore in November. Instead of a baton, the runners will carry a replica of the Olympic torch used in the 1984
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    • 259 10 Walkathon with a difference A MINISTER went for a walk yesterday, flanked by a gorilla, a dog, a seahorse and several witches. The Acting Minister for Community Development, Mr Wong Kan Seng, was unperturbed as he walked on. For it was a fancy-dress walkathon and they were trudging on for
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    • Article, Illustration
      102 10 Police seek kin of dead men IUIIIHIIIIMIIIi* POLICE are seeking the relatives of a pedestrian who died in hospital after being hit by a car along Nicoll Highway on Aug 7 at 11.20 am. The victim, a Chinese aged about 65 and about 1.62m tall, had white hair
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    • 96 10 FIRE badly damaged a two-storey house in Glasgow Road, near Yio Chu Kang Road, yesterday. Police said the fire started in one of the three rooms on the upper floor after a short circuit at about 10.45 am. Firemen put out the blaze 20 minutes later. A
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    • 586 10  -  ILENE ALESHIRE Remove them immediately, say stained-glass specialists By ABOUT $3 million worth of stainedglass windows at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus chapel need to be removed immediately, according to two stained-glass companies. They said the already fragile windows have
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    • 306 10 THE glass panels of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus chapel dates from the end of the 19th or beginning of the 20th Century, when interest in basic techniques of making stained glass was undergoing a revival. Stained-glass windows are made with
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    • 272 10 Body-in-boot trader had planned to go on HK trip A WATCH trader who was found murdered in the boot of his car on Saturday at Changi Airport had planned to go to Hongkong, his sister said yesterday. The sister, identified only as Madam Kwok, 37, said Mr Kwok Wai Leong,
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    • 49 10 THE Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Labour and Environment), Mr Eugene Yap, will open a World Health Organisation regional seminar on occupational health services at the Novotel Orchid Inn in Dunearn Road at 9.30 am today. Delegates from 12 countries are taking part in the four-day seminar.
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    • 108 10 A SUBMARINE will be among 26 naval vessels taking part in a coming exercise in the South China Sea. Exercise Starfish is a 10-day exercise involving the navies of Singapore, Malaysia, Britain, New Zealand and Australia under the Five Power Defence Arrangement. To be
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    • 88 11 Embassy marks Jakarta's 41st year of independence INDONESIAN Ambassador Bais Abin slices off the top of a cone-shaped pile of yellow rice while his wife, Dewi, (on his left) and some staff members of the Indonesian embassy look on. This traditional Javanese gesture was performed yesterday
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    • 111 11 HOME Affairs Minister Professor S. Jayakumar and officers of the ministry's various departments took part in a fund-raising jog for the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association yesterday. Prof Jayakumar, who is also Second Law Minister, led the 45-minute jog which
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    • 165 11 PRIVATE firms are tying up with public organisations and the National University of Singapore to carry out joint research and development projects. The 1984/85 annual report of the Science Council issued recently said the private sector was involved in 11 of the 14 new projects
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    • 61 11 TAIWANESE writer Professor Chang Shi Kuo will launch Chess King, an English translation of his Chinese science-fiction work, at the Regional English Language Centre auditorium on Wednesday at 6.30 pm. A forum on creative and science-fiction writing will be held at 8 pm. Joining Prof Chang
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    • 478 11 That 'bring system down' statement MR J. B. Jeyaretnam yesterday said he and the Workers' Party are not out to destroy the basic foundations of society in Singapore. Responding to criticisms of his recent "bring down the system" statement, he said his party
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    • 158 11 ALMOST all Singaporeans have benefited from the country's political, social and economic systems which have been built and refined over the past 25 years. The MP for Radln Mas, Mr Cling Hee Kok, said yesterday that the total system had provided jobs and boosing for
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    • 75 11 THIEVES broke into a shipping company in Enggor Street last week and took $10,000 from the safe. Miss Linda Chew, 26, a secretary with Lim and Sons in Union Building, found the front door to the office forced open when she arrived for work
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  • The Straits Times
    • 580 12 THE death of the last of five people who received permanent implants of an artificial heart calls for a re-examination of the desirability of using such a device. There is now conclusive proof that the Jarvik heart falls far short of being a viable replacement. Though
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
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    • 1487 12  -  IAN BLACK By JERUSALEM In a drab little office, somewhere in the sprawling Ministry of Defence compound in the centre of Tel Aviv, there sits an affable Israeli colonel whose job it is to advise his superiors on policy towards the Palestinians
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    • Regional comment
      • 483 12 Editorial, headlined Continuity and change, published in the New Straits Times on Aug 12. THE dust of elections has settled; whether or not this is the last that will be heard of the trends which made themselves apparent over the past few months is
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      • 487 12 Towards closer co-operation Editorial, headlined Bilateral maturity, published in The Jakarta Post on Aug 7. SINGAPORE'S National Day on Aug 9 serves as a poignant reminder of the many achievements of that hard-working Island republic whose strong leadership is leading that country towards realising its daring vision of the future.
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    • 961 13  - Soviet computer industry plodding behind that of the West WILLIAM MCHENRY By IN THE advanced Western societies, the spectrum of computer applications is enormous. It runs from manufacturing to office work, across the whole range of military systems, to education and consumer and entertainment products. These enormous markets provide sufficient
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    • 985 13  -  ROBERTO SURO By 4 Although Americans normally make up only about 20 per cent of the tourists here, they account for about half the money spent by visitors because they stay in top hotels, eat in expensive restaurants and buy costly
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    • 884 13  - Personal computers for US military academies JAMES FERON By WEST POINT, New York When the 1,200 West Point plebes arrive this week from summer training to begin classroom work, they will find personal computers on their desks, part of a technological revolution sweeping the military academies. As the computers are
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    • 252 14 Salesmen's club is working to enhance contribution I REFER to the letter "Set up association to keep salesmen in line" (ST, Aug 2) and share the writer's opinion concerning the significance of greater professionalism among salesmen. Sales professionals play a major role in contributing to the quality of life and
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    • 266 14 YOUR report on the Moluccan separatist movement (ST, July 26) has drawn my interest but also my concern as an Indonesian reader. The report may leave an impression in the reader's mind of a situation comparable to that in Sri Lanka or in Punjab,
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    • 174 14 Finance firm interest rates too high THE report "Credit POSB home loans now cheaper" (ST, Aug 12) said it had captured about 30 per cent of the home-loan market and that most of the growth was at the expense of finance houses. I am not surprised this has come about
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    • 46 14 SINGAPORE Pools Pte Ltd should realise that the prizes it offers for the Toto draw are too small. Moreover, it is not easy to win the lowest prize. I am sure it can raise the value of its prizes. DISILLUSIONED Singapore 1232
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      • 356 14 HDB's role is to provide flats for long-term stay PLEASE refer to the letters by four of your readers (ST, July 19), who commented that they were penalised by the Housing Board on the resale of HUDC flats. One of the writers also suggested that the HDB relax the rule
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      • 285 14 IT HAS been said that the rationale for the minimum CPF sum proposal (the withholding of $36,000 or $48,000 in our accounts) is that it will benefit the minority of Singaporeans who are unable to hold on to whatever savings they have, either during
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      • 118 14 PLEASE refer to the letter "Try out scheme in Marine Parade" by "Marine Parade Resident" (ST, July 28), who suggested that the Housing Board include Marine Parade or Bedok in its free-parking trial to find out if it would be "feasible and beneficial" as
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      15 15  -  ANTHONY HOE By, Hotels still struggling to fill rooms Source: Economic Survey of Singapore
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    • 409 15 Aug 18: The Management Development Institute of Singapore will hold a one-day workshop on "Business Commercial Law" to give participants an understanding of the principles of Singapore commercial and business law. The workshop, led by Miss Catherine Tay Swee Kian, a lecturer at the National University of Singapore,
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    • 380 15 6 The group has adopted a posture of remaining Mean and hungry' whilst the excesses of the past five boom-years are curtailed. Promet Bhd's chief executive Brian Chang commenting on his company. THE Dynasty Singapore has appointed Mr Ernst Hnber Director of Food and Beverage. Mr Huber will be
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      • 101 15 Shipping group restructures HONGKONG The Tung shipping group will shortly issue revised restructuring plans for its US$2.6 billion (555.6 billion) of debt in a bid to quell dissatisfaction from some of its more than 150 creditors, sources close to the restructuring said. Details of the revised proposals were not made
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      • 63 15 SEOUL South Korea had a US$l billion (552.16 billion) international balance of payments surplus as of end-July, the government Economic Planning Board reported on Saturday. The country suffered a US$lO3 billion deficit last year. Improved commodity exports was one reason for the improved picture, totalling US$l9.3 billion
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      • 63 15 HONGKONG Peking Jeep Corp is to resume production today after a two-month stoppage for lack of foreign exchange, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday. The plant, a major US$5l million (Ssllo million) Sino- American joint venture project, is to begin exporting vehicles by the end
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      • 69 15 LONDON State-owned Rolls Royce Ltd said it won an order worth K6OO million (Ssl.9 billion) to supply engines for British Airways" new fleet of advanced Boeing 747-400 jetliners. Delivery is to occur between spring 1989 and December 1990. The company also won an option to
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      • 59 15 LONDON Imperial Chemical Industries Pic plans to raise cash in capital markets to pay for its US$5BO million (551.25 billion) takeover of SCM Corp from Hanson Trust Pic, ICl's chairman-elect Denys Henderson said. The takeover is due to be completed by October. The acquisition will turn'
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      • 91 15 TAIPEI The China Securities Investment Trust Corp is to raise a US$25 million fund in the United States for local security investment, a financial source said o Saturday. The state-run Central Trust of China would serve as custodian of the fund to be collected through
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    • 730 15  - New rules spell out prudence for stockbrokers CONRAD RAJ Acts now in force ensure sound financial system By THE Securities Industry Act 1986 and the Futures Trading Act 1986 and the regulations for their administration came into force last Friday. The new regulations spell out the rules that broking firms
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    • 355 15  -  DOREEN SOH By UNITED Industrial Corporation has sold the last of its US office buildings for a windfall profit. It has also polled out of a hotel venture in China. However, the chemical, trading, hotel and property group which has been the news
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    • 194 15 Tin mining company Pahang Investments, suspended from trading on the stock market since last October, has announced the resignation of three directors in what appears to be another boardroom reshuffle. Chairman Datuk Nik Hussain bin Nik Ali, who was appointed in 1984 following an earlier spate
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    • 184 15 BERJAYA Corporation Bhd's shareholders have approved its acquisition of a 22.06 per cent stake in Palmco Holdings Bhd and the company will seek representation on the Palmco board. "We will be requesting one or two seats on Palmco's board," Berjaya chairman Datuk Sulaiman Mohamed Amin
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    • 246 15 Industry now much healthier THE stockbroking industry appears to be In a much healthier position now than nine months ago. The present 29 members of the Stock Exchange of Singapore owed $641 million to their bankers at the end of last month, compared to the $1.96 billion owed by the
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    • 388 15  - Jeweller invests in biotech GRACE CHNG By LARRY Jewellery which has been diversifying its business over the past five years has entered a most unlikely field in its latest move. The company's director and general manager Charles Chan and his brother Larry have invested over $2 million in a project
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    • 94 15 LONDON Retail prices in Britain rose 2.4 per cent in the 12 months to the end of July, the lowest annual inflation rate the country has seen since 1967, official statistics disclosed here *>n Friday. Prices fell 0.3 per cent in July, reflecting cheaper food and fuel,
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    • Company news The week that was
      • 37 16 Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Larut Tin M53,884L (sl2Bb) Mar 85 MBf Finance 10 (15) $10,364 ($19,372) Sept 85 Promet (5) M$B7,BBOL ($33,096) Dec 85 Roxy Elect 1 Ms9B9b Dec 85
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      • 18 16 Gross Group pre-tax Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) George Town M$3lL ($11 1L) Mar 86
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      • 48 16 Interim Group pre-tax Half-year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) DBS 7 (8) $62,269 ($76,792) June 86 FELS $7,358 ($8,529) June 86 Fujitec 10 (10) 1,006c (1,917c) Mar 86 H Negara $157L ($445) June 86 Keppel Corpn $3,643 ($24,703L) June 86 St Steamship $2,968 (S99BL) June 86
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      • 390 16 Tan Koon Swan's .trial related to the collapsed Pan-Electric Industries group has been fixed for Aug 25 in the High Court. Nine other charges are scheduled to be heard in the subordinate court the following day. The Pan-Electric Industries financial director, Tan Kok Liang jailed earlier was freed
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    • 40 16 Financial Times Industrials Friday 1271.00 (1263.20) TTfj? Dow Jones Industrials H?~ Friday 1855.60 (1844.91) L Nikkei Stock Average Saturday Closed (*****.41) (Fijures in brackets refer to those of the previous tradinj day) IH"iiii i i i i i 1
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    • 214 16 Auj 15 US$ Chanje Alcoa 37* Allied Sig 40% unch Amax Inc 1214 -H Amr Corp 54* +V* Att 23V. -M Bethlehem S« 8V* Boeing Co 59W Burroughs Cp 70V4 Caterpdlor Co 45 -2W Chose Manhtn 41% Chrysler Cp 39M> +Mi Gticorp 54?4 -\V, Cons Not Gas 29%
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    • 146 16 SYDNEY Australian share markets extended their midweek rally to close stronger in brisk trading, buoyed by sharp rises in overseas bullion prices and in anticipation of a tough Budget this week, brokers said. The market was also encouraged by the Reserve Bank's intervention to prop up the dollar in
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    • Overseas markets' weekly round-up
      • 535 16 Stock barometers soar to new highs TOKYO Aided by bullish sentiment on Wall Street and other major markets overseas, and in anticipation of an interest discount rate cut by the United States, West Germany and Japan, market barometers soared to record highs on the Tokyo stock market last week.
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      • 119 16 HONGKONG A cut In Hongkong's prime rate helped posh the Hang Seng Index to another record high last week. The Hang Seng Index put on 4.47 points to finish the week at an all-time high of 1,935.76, while the Hongkong Index closed 7.62 points higher at 1,212.12. Dealers said
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      • 117 16 LONDON Encouraged by hopes for a cut in international interest rates in the near future and buoyed by a strong lead from Wall Street, share prices rebounded strongly on the London stock market last week, following the previous week's heavy fall. The Financial Times Industrial Share Index closed 53.6
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      • 532 16 Auf 15 Pence Change MINtNf WDUSTRIALS MWlb Allied-Lyons 335xd +5 borlow Rond Ass Dairies Charter Cons 250xd unch BTR PLC 286xd -7 Cons Gold 467 -5 Bobcocks 187 -8 Rust Plat lO'*xd unch Borcloys 492 +20 ZCI unch Beecham 403 +2 net HCC 268 unch >* 7/ Blue Crete
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      • 168 16 NEW YORK The bull market in stocks celebrated its fourth anniversary with a strong rally last week. Stock advances occurred through virtually the entire market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 72.98 points on the week to 1 ,855.60 in the biggest one-week surge since a 92.91 -point
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    • 3193 16 M shares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/ rights, N Tai-eiempted dividend. ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted in dolars. Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment Scheme. 1986 Last Yield Net Vol
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 339 17 1 Mn $1,000 2 For best customers only. 3 OCBC Finance. 4 available at DBS Finance. UOF's rales." also available at UOF also available at DBS Finance. OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 4>4 4 1 4 4 4 1 Monthly 4 ■> Autosave 4 Fixed
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      • 515 17 BANKS' prime lending e e ale B k a^ rates at the close of busi- g g"^ 7,f ness on Friday, Aug 15 Hab(b Bank g Bank PLR Hokkaido lakushoku 7m Hongkong Shanghai 7 Algemene Bank 7 ln d'an Bank 8 American Express Vi Indian Overseas 8 Am'Dam
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      • 169 17 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to SSIO foreign currency Australian dollar 1.3520—1.3545 7.61—7.26 Canadian dollar 1.5534—1.5550 6.51—6.39 NZ dollar 1.0706—1.0746 9.52-9.00 Sterling pound 3.2226—3.2270 3.13—3.07 US dollar 2.1585—2.1600 4.66-4.61 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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    • 570 17 B Suria (276) 19/8 (1700) F7 *****630/*****730 P2/S2 Or Minister (26) 19/8 (2000) Fl 1730-1930 F4 Leda Ms (8610) 18/8 (2330) F5 1430 1530/*****430 Al/Bl *****330 Fl A Utah (5) 18/8 (2130) F7 1030-1130/*****230 Nl/Pl *****330 SI E Greet (010RW) 19/8 (2300) Fl 0900 1000/1000 1100 L2/N2 E
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    • Article, Illustration
      197 17 Keppel Wharves Sunny Sky Gulf Oaoud Kris Melela K2SW aside 18/8 Hawaii Lantana Kl6 a'side 18/8 Sibolangit Liheng K2l a'side 18/8 Therassia Angehque Kl6 18/8 19/8 Timber Indah Cruise Muhibah K27 18/8 19/8 Universal Bright Frotasingapore KlB 18/8 19/8 Jenson K22 18/8 19/8 Marina Myoma Ywa K3O
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    • 184 17 Asian rates ASIAN currency average High low deposit rates for the J^ J* /w J 3 16 week ended Aug 15. 6 months 4<, 49/16 12 months 4', 4 9/16 BID PRICES usj sterln w 1 month 10 9"» days 6 7/16 6, 3 months 9 5/16 gi k S^/i*
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    • 31 17 Closing prices RUBBER Spore KL cents cents S/kilo M/ kilo Aug 11 175.75 220.00 Aug 12 178.00 222.00 Aug 13 177.50 223.00 Aug 14 176.75 221.00 Aug 15 177.00 Closed
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    • 31 17 Closing Turnover TIN prices Tonnes Cents (M)/kilo S/kilo M/kilo Aug 11 14.07 56 Aug 12 14.09 46 Aug 13 14.10 86 Aug 14 14 10 82 Aug 15 Closed Closed
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    • 95 17 LONDON Extremely quiet conditions prevailed on the London physical and futures markets last week. The seasonal low level of demand throughout Europe as well as in the United States and East Asia was compounded by Friday's holiday in Malaysia and in some European countries. Traders again pointed to "less
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    • 33 17 SLIGHTLY EASIER. Tin prices showed signs of easing in quiet conditions on the European spot market (basis Rotterdam warehouse) as quotations moved to £3,670-3,720 per tonne against £3,680-3,740 the previous week. AFP
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    • 52 17 STEADIER. Values firmed in line with gold and platinum, buoyed by the 1,144,000-oz decline in London Metal Exchange stocks to 29,750,000 oz, the lowest level since October 1981. But the thin volume of trade and sterling's relatively steady performance against the dollar brought the market back from its best
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    • 37 17 QUIET. Initial support was derived from the firmer tone to precious metals and from the 575-tonne downturn in London Metal Exchange stocks to 154,725 tonnes. But gains were pared in the absence of fresh news. AFP
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    • 389 17 THE glitter of gold brightened when spot prices hit a high of US$397 last Monday, the highest level since June 1984. The rise stemmed from strong bullion demand in Europe and news that Japan needed more gold to mint coins commemorating the Emperor's reign. The South African
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    • 23 17 Buying Selling Highest— Lowest Highest-Lowest SJ/gm Ss/gm Bank of China 27.10-25.93 27.22-26.05 OUB 26.80—25.92 26.95 26.07 UQB 27.17-25.92 27.32 26 07
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    • 22 17 GOLD US$/oz Sat Fri Hongkong 383.80— 384 30 386.00-386.50 Fri Thurs New York 383 20— 383 70 386.70 387 70
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    • 47 17 LOWER. Values fluctuated lower under sterling's influence and due to the lack of fresh news. London Metal Exchange stocks were 4,000 tonnes lower at 126,550 tonnes, the lowest since July last year. Merchants outside the LME quoted U551,235-1,255 per tonne against U551,2254,245 the previous week. AFP
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    • 531 18  -  DOREEN SOH Your money By MANY investors who have Jack Chia-MPH loan stocks are rather puzzled by the TSRs that come with them. A shareholder recently asked: "What are these funny things called TSRs? What do you do with them?" TSRs are Transferable Subscription
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    • 378 18  -  Lui Khang I 1 ST INDUSTRIAL INDEX Confounding the sceptics, the ST Index closed at 813.85 on Friday a 41.17-polnt gain for the week. The performance confirmed the "reverse head and shoulder formation" by breaking the 781 "neckline" and the objective of 1 ,890 points by
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    • 180 18 CAP wins banking system contract CAP Information Systems (Singapore) has won a Msl.7 million contract to sell a retail banking system to Penang-based Ban Hin Lin Bank Bhd. Mr John Oates, managing director of CAP Information Systems, said the contract was the company's first Malaysian deal. The company, which supplies
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    • 358 18 Promet to curb 'excesses of boom years' KUALA LUMPUR PROMET Bhd, which has reported massive losses for last year, will remain "lean and hungry" and curtail the excesses of the boom years. Chief executive Mr Brian Chang said in his annual report that, in the short term, the group's main
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    • 536 19 THE racing stewards concluded their inquiries into Opulent in Race 10 on the first day and Ernie's Brother, who left the stall riderless in Race 10 on the second day. After questioning the respective trainers and riders concerned, they took the following action: Opulent: They noted the
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    • 2245 19 US-bred makes amends in Trophy race CLASS 3 DIV 8 l,2Wm Mdm Li Mei In's 7 Prize Hunt 52.5 c 50 (38-8) Slvan (5) 5 5 1 3 Wing Commander II 55.5 (17-7) Bakri (1) 3 3 2 6 Martinique 54 (52-10) Ang (8) 2 2 3 8 Tiger Town
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    • 339 19 SARATOGA SPRINGS (New York) LONGSHOT Wise Times came from third last at the top of the straight to capture the U*****,500 (about *****,000) Travers Stakes (Grade One) run over 2,000m on Saturday. There was a sensation after the race when Broad Brush, who finished
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 323 19 181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MRS WEE THIAM SIEW (nee Mdm Lee Bong Seow) Aged 89 passed away peacefully on 16.8.86 leaving behind. SONS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW WEE AIK LENG TAN AUN YOKE WEE AIK KOON TEO POH LIAN WEE AIK SUN BEBE LIM DAUGHTERS WEE AH CHUAN WEE AIK KEK
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    • 74 19 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The Family Of The Late MR. LOUIS TEO HON SEN wish to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Fr. Fossion of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Fr. Paul Tan and prayer group of St. Bernadette Church, doctors and staff of Physiotherapy Dept and Staff
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    • 47 19 183 Condolences 183 Condolences TEO CHONG KHIM The Staff of Teo Lai Lee expresses deep sympathy to the family of the late departed MR TEO CHONG KHIM. As a mark of respect for the late Mr Teo, our office will be closed on Tuesday, L 19/8/86. J
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    • 95 19 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam I FONDEST MEMORIES OF MDM LUCY CHAN ij (MRS LEE GEK SENG) I Called Home to be with the Lord on August 18 1983 We remember with praise your favourite Psalm 23. "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want I will dwell
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      193 19 In Loving Memory of MR. V. THURAISAMY (MARI) (Departed 18/8/1965) Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near. Always remembered by: S.R. Chandra, V. Manikavaaaker, P. Selvanathan, G. Sockalingem. M. J»g«nathan. In loving memory of SIMON GOH TECK MONG departed 18.8.75. His
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    • 38 19 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE CATHERINE LAU GEOK ENG Express their heartfelt thanks to relatives, Drs. Staff Of SGH WD 72/78. TPH WD 5. friends colleagues for their attendance, condolences. wreaths donations during their recent bereavement.
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    • 393 20 WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS Szechuan teenager spirals to springboard gold 4 I'm going to try my very best to win the gold medal in the Olympics. In China there are many good divers like me, so I have to work hard. Gao Min MADRID Fifteen-year-old Gao
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    • 268 20 MADRID Hosts Spain beat fancied Hungary 7-5 in the final preliminaryround water polo match at the championships here on Saturday to send the 1982 silver medallists crashing out of this year's competition. Hungary were 3-2 up go- ing into the final period but the Spaniards,
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    • 132 20 MADRID Swimming hopes to rid itself of a contentious issue by altering the breaststroke rates to allow a swimmer's head to dip under the natural surface of the water. Announcing the International Swimming Federation's decision, Flna president Robert Helmick said the intention had been to make
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    • 297 20 Canadian pair capture world duet title MADRID Carolyn Waldo claimed her second gold medal of the championships here when she and Canadian team-mate Michelle Cameron won the synchronised swimming duet title on Saturday. Carolyn, who collected the synchronised solo gold on Friday, teamed up with Michelle to clinch the duet
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    • 107 20 Synchronised swimming (Duet prelims): 1 Michelle Cameron and Carolyn Waldo (Can) 194.867 pts 2 Sarah Josephson and Karen Josephson (US) 192.201 3 Megumi Itoh and Mikako Kotani (Jpn) 184.267. Diving Women's springboard final: 1 Gao Min (Chi) 582.90 2 Li Yihua (Chi) 549.42 3 Marina Bobkova (SU) 525.21. Water
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    • 300 20 TORONTO Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, of West Germany, beat unseeded American Jonathan Canter 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-3) on Saturday to advance to the final of the U*****,000 ($806,250) Player's International tennis championship. It will be Becker's second final in two weeks. Last week he lost in straight
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    • 257 20 CASTLE ROCK (Colorado) Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Bob Tway were eliminated on Saturday as the field for the US$l million ($2.15 million) International tournament was trimmed to 12 finalists. Veteran Howard Twitty, of the United States, with 11 points in the scoring system used
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    • 295 20 YORK (England) Young Jose-Maria Olazabal, of Spain, was well-placed on Saturday to score his first professional victory on a day when veteran golfer Lee Trevino revealed he needed surgery to remove growths on both eyes. Olazabal, 20, is one stroke behind joint-leaders Mark James and Gordon
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    • 268 20  -  TAY CHENG KHOON BLUSHES were spared when the inaugural Battle of the Sexes for the Temasek Cup ended in an 8-8 draw at Tanah Merah Country Club yesterday. In fact, a play-off had originally been suggested. The Singapore Golf Association nominated Poh Ee Kiat and
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    • 405 20 BASEBALL Toronto trounced Texas 13-1 in a Major League game on Saturday. Other results American: Detroit 12 Boston 6, Kansas City 4 NY Yankees 2, Cleveland 2 Baltimore 1, Milwaukee 6 Chicago White Sox 5, Seattle 7 Minnesota 6, California 5 Oakland 2. National: Chicago Cubs 5
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    • 450 20  -  ALAN HUBBARD SOCCER From LONDON It was Everton who could manage only to field half a team, but it is Liverpool, held to a 1-1 draw in Saturday's FA Charity Shield at Wembley, who face the new season with the biggest question marks hanging over them.
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    • 204 20 ASPEN (Colorado) Raul Alcala, of Mexico, edged out Steve Bauer, of Canada, on Saturday in a photo finish to win the Aspen Circuit race, the eighth stage of the Coors International Classic. Alcala, the only Mexican rider ever to compete in the Tour de France
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    • 296 20 SOCCER SHORTS j GLASGOW Dundee United prolonged Graeme Souness' unhappy introduction to Scottish League when they scored three goals in the final 20 minutes to beat Glasgow Rangers 3-2 on Saturday. Rangers appeared to be coasting towards a comfortable victory when Ally McCoist scored the second of his two goals
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    • 312 20  -  LIM KEE CHAN LOH SING CHER (handicap 9) eliminated defending champion Naranjan Singh (8) 3 and 2 in the quarter-finals of the Jurong Country Club match-play championships yesterday. In the match between the Lee brothers, Vincent (1) got the better of Kevin to win by 3 and
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    • 216 21  - Raffles old boys pack too much power J. RAJENDRAN OLD Rafflesians Association, fielding five schoolboys, clinched the Sim Lim Cup when they defeated Police 23-6 in the Singapore Rugby Union Under--23 final at Queenstown Stadium yesterday. Winger Darmawan Narjadin, one of the five Raffles Junior College students in the team,
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    • 94 21 CEYLON SPORTS CLUB, needing a seven-goal win to clinch the last remaining place in the Fraser and Neave Elite Cup hockey competition, were denied even the chance to try when their opponents, Combined Schools, failed to show up for their Premier Leaeue tie at Fairer Park
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    • 253 21  - Nicky de- poses Fathol PETER SIOW WORLD BODYBUILDING SELECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS By THE loud speakers boomed: "And now for the Champion of Champions.. .Nicky Quek". The capacity crowd watching the bodybuilding championships at Victoria Theatre yesterday gasped in disbelief. Like many others, they were expecting the name of Fatholomein All, winner
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    • 355 21  -  JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE soccer skipper Malek Awab has finalised plans to join Federal Territory after this month's Merlion Cup competition. The dimunitive but hard working midfielder has applied for an official release from the Football Association of Singapore to move to Kuala Lumpur and
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    • 249 21 JUDO Schoolboy Ho Yen Chye won both the over-95 kilogram category and the Open event in the Pesta Sukan judo championships at the Singapore Badminton Hall yesterday. Result*: Men's r-Mkg: 1 Teng Soon Onn 2 Lim Chin Leong 3 Tan Thai Liok M-ttkß: 1 Yeo Chin
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    • ASEAN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
      • 565 21  -  HAKIKAT RAI By A first at last as 200m sprinter stands up for Singapore SINGAPORE'S Haron Mundir came of age as he stormed to the men's 200 metres gold medal in a personal best time of 21.1sec, stealing some consolation for the home crowd
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      • 213 21 BEIJING China will send 385 athletes to the Asian Games in Seoul next month and compete for 220 of the 269 gold medals at stake, Li Furong, deputy head of the Chinese delegation, said on Saturday. Li declined to predict how many gold medals China would win,
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    • 211 21 SOVIET Yelena Kuznetsova set a 10-km walk track world best time when she clocked 44min 32.505ec at the Russian Athletics Federation Summer Games on Saturday. Yelena bettered the previous mark of 45:31.90 set by China's Xu Yongji in Ji'an, China, last March. SPANIARD Jose Manuel Abascal recorded the
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    • 329 21 LONDON ALL-ROUNDER lan Botham, banned from firstclass cricket for two months after admitting he had smoked cannabis, has been recalled to the England side for the Third and final Test against New Zealand at The Oval, starting on Thursday. With England needing to win to save the
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    • 281 21  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI REX MARTENS hit a quick, unbeaten 52 to lead Singapore Cricket Club I to a three-wicket win over Ceylon Sports Club in a Division One match at the Padang yesterday. Chasing 195 in the 50-over match, SCC were in a spot in the
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    • 276 21 Men's Htm hardies: 1 Fauzan Aunardi (Indn) 14.705ec 2 P. Parameswaran (Sin) 14.85 3 Renato Unso (RP) 15.21. 2Mm: 1 Haron Mundir (Sin) 21.1 2 Pongsak Wacharakup (Tha) 21.2 3 Indra Nugraha (Ind) 22.1. MMm: 1 M. Raju (Mai) 3:57.65 2 Chern Srichudanu (Tha) 3:58.89 3 Mario Castro (RP)
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    • 425 21  - Narisa and Sam top finals LEE WAI WUN SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL BOWLING By I SAM GOH and Narisa Prateep had Singapore celebrating a double in the finals of the Singapore International bowling championships yesterday. For national champion Narisa, defending her Open Masters title at Striker's Bowl was a dream come true
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    • 187 21  -  PETER SIOW NATIONAL sailors Ben Tan and crew Loey Ah Chee stamped their authority on the 470 class at the Pesta Sukan international regatta off Changi yesterday. But young Malaysian Puasa Selamat stole the show in win all his races in the Laser class.
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    • 247 20 Miis_ Institute of Singapore! J^S CERTIFICATE IN SALES MARKETING r^S 10th Intake, commencing C Oct. 14 1986 nni. Are you finding it hard to get that Senior Sales Rep T H job or that Sales Supervisor's job which your experience qualifies you for? Is it because you don't have that
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    • 129 21 Bring your car for a respray this month and we'll paint this much for free. If your car is looking a little sorry for itself at the moment, we have any old respray. The Berger Standox 2K system developed in Germany will give some good news. The SAE One Stop
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 65 21 HOCKEY SWHA IMv. 2 League: STC v NUS (STC, 5.30). SOCCER Freindly: Padantiques v Singapore Sports Council (Padang, 5.30). SOFTBALL Schools Nat. e 'ships A Boys 3rd pairing: STI v Hwa Chong; B Boys final: Bedok View v Thomson Sec. (Both at Dover Road, 3.30). SQUASH Ovalttne Graded c'shlps: (Kallang,
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  • 136 22 ORANGE (California) Hollywood movie companies have started a bidding war for the rights to the story of a 13-year-old girl whose parents were arrested after she turned them in for alleged drug use. "I have had telephone calls from nine major
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  • 693 22  -  ILENE ALESHIRE By HDB has been subsidising repairs and redecoration. The HDB also began sprucing up and doing repairs in the Phase 1 and 2 estates once the decision was made to turn them over to the residents to run to
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  • 173 22 Japan most competitive, says study GENEVA Japan has taken over as leader in international competitiveness from the United States, according to a study by a private Swiss foundation. Among newly industrialising countries, it placed Singapore second to Taiwan and ahead of Hongkong, South Korea and Malaysia. The report by EMF,
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  • 172 22 S. Yemeni fighter jets force down Boeing 720 DJIBOUTI Two South Yemeni MiG fighters intercepted an Air Djibouti Boeing 720 over the Red Sea on Saturday and forced it to land at Aden, official sources in Djibouti said yesterday. South Yemeni armed guards made the 59 passengers disembark and kept
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  • 50 22 PARIS The death toll rose to 13 yesterday in the car explosion outside a mosque in the holy city of Qom in central Iran on Saturday, in which about 100 people were also injured, Radio Teheran said. Earlier reports had put the number killed at 11. AFP
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  • 22 22 KINGSTON Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa arrived in Jamaica from China on Saturday to begin a five-day visit. AP
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  • 401 22 No tough action likely, says Chok Tong Dr Toh's abstention THE People's Action Party is not likely to take tough action against Dr Toh Chin Chye, a PAP founder member and now the MP for Rochore, who breached the party's rules when he abstained from voting on the Housing Board's
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  • 443 22  -  VALERIE LEE They're first disabled pair from Cheshire Home to tie the knot By THE WEDDING guests were one hour early and the 30 front-row VIPs were all in wheelchairs several church pews were removed to make space for them. When the
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  • 148 22 MR Goh Chok Tong yesterday advised the Housing Board to take a cautious approach in launching the new concept of town councils, which will allow Singaporeans to have a greater say in the management of their HDB estates. The First Deputy Prime Minister said town
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    • 144 22 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Hazy. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 33 max., 25 min SUNSET today: 7.13 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.04 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 514 C Foggy Melbourne 9 14 C Rain Bangkok 26 32 C Cloudy Moscow 414 C Cloudy Beijing 20 28 C Cloudy
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    • 338 1 SAUNA'S WOES Salina was the Malaysian play specially commissioned for the arts festival. It was about a warm-hearted prostitute (played by Fauziah Nawi, right) living in a Singapore kampung after the war, and her cruel, layabout lover (Jalil Abdul Hamid). ZAWAWI'S SONGS At the folk concert, Khatijah Ibrahim
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      • 391 2 You can still join the Ivy League even if you can't go to America. All you need is a PC. ONE day, some students may graduate from Harvard without ever having walked the university's hallowed halls. The university's mathematics department, has developed a system to
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      • 791 2 An ever-widening hole in the atmosphere over the South Pole is threatening to tear the ozone layer that protects life on earth from the sun's deadly ultraviolet rays. 4 The big question is whether what's happening in Antarctica is likely to be a foretaste of what
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      • 519 2 Researchers in Singapore, which aims to be a regional centre for venom research, have produced charts on what to do when bitten by snakes. A physician who works in the Amazon offers a new answer. A CHAT in a London laboratory between an American mis-sionary-physician who
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      • Science Briefs
        • 113 2 TRADITIONAL healers in Swaziland say the term "witch-doctor", enshrined in a law dating back to colonial times, is derogatory; they want to be called something else. The Swazi Association of Traditional Healers called on the government to repeal the law, passed early this century when Swaziland
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        • 120 2 AN EXPLORATION 2,500 m below the waves of the Pacific has confirmed what scientists only theorised just a few years ago not all higher life forms rely on energy from the sun. Marine scientists in a small submarine found sea organisms that produce
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      • 654 3 KOO CHIANG, 22, a Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) scholar who has returned from West Germany, will treat friends and music lovers to a recital on his 120-year-old violoncello at the end of this month. "This is a prized possession, a result of my three
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      • 724 3 A young pianist scales the heights Two young Singapore musicians Lim Jing Jing, prize-winner of Maria Canals Piano Competition in Barcelona, and cellist Koo Chiang have come home to give recitals. They tell CHONG WING HONG about the kind people who have helped them in their music studies. "DON'T call
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    • Bilingual Dwibahasa
      • 556 4  -  AZMAN SIRAJ By KUPUJA or Kumpulan Pemuisi Remaja (Young Poets' Group) is hoping to produce at least 10 productive Malay writers in three to four years' time. If everything goes to plan, after that time, the Malay community here will be able to
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      • 621 4 Oleh AZMAN SIRAJ KUMPULAN Pemuisi Remaja (Kupuja) berharap bahawa dalam tempoh tiga hingga empat tahun akan datang ia akan dapat melahirkan sekurangkurangnya 10 orang penulis yang baik dan produktif kalaupun tidak prolifik. Inilah matlamat utama Kupuja setelah empat tahun ditubuhkan. Ia berharap
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      • 1592 4 B.S.P. TENDER NOTICE NO. SSU 3/86 Lot No. Quantity Description Rejected tubing/casing consisting of> 01 400 Jts 9M x 47 Ib/ft. x 40' rejected casing 02 1,850 Jts 3.W x 9.3 Ib/ft. x 30' rejected tubing 03 200 Jts 2M" x 4.7 Ib/ft. x 30' rejected tubing 04 130 Jts
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      • 390 4 mi Tr INSTRUCTIONS: I IT A K £)rQ A On evei T iine below there is a word whose letters X \s l_a IVala Oil 1 /TL JL have been jumbled up. Rearrange the letters to form the word required. Rahaffian 4 Word Quiz AT Part 4 Fill in the
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      • 745 5 YOUR HOME You don't have to hunt for ideas on home improvement and comfort. TDmorrov^.. Ideas on home improvement from: Boon Yong Sofa Maker Brady's (S'pore) Pte Ltd E.S. Furniture Construction Jin Chern Construction Jumbo Decorations Supplies Li Yuan Awning Ironworks See Chin Iron Works Contractor YCM Metal Industries in
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      • 722 6 52 Office Furniture/ Furnishing REMOVAL SALEI OFFICE furniture executive desk, beautiful reception table with matching guest sofas, conference table, Venetian blinds *****00, Kathy. USED OFFICE TABLES chairs for sale. Reasonable price Pis. call *****57 54 Book-keeping/ Secretarial/ Answering/ Translation Services FOR THOSE WHO seek the very Best Prestigeous Regn. Address
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      • 997 6 57 Business 57 Business Opportunities Opportunities We are expanding our general goods department. We request for quotations from suppliers to supply us the following items. 1. Electrical goods. 2. Electronic goods, e.g. clocks, radios. 3. Canned food, soft drinks. 4. Decoration items. 5. Motor car accessories. 6. Toiletry items. 7.
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      • 749 6 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help Available Available Special Protection (good terms conditions) offered to employers who bad bad experiences to clients first time employing maid Strict Japanese tolerable attitude behaviour training Hardworking, helpful, obedient, cheerful, honest self-disciplined Documentation incl medical exam, $5,000 bond/P A, WP visa 9 2-yr contract.
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      • 320 6 FEMALE ACCOUNTS CLERKS e At least GCE O' level e LCC Intermediate bookkeeping/ Higher Accounting e Able to type e Minimum 2 years' experience in accounts department (able to handle upto trial balance) e Knowledge of computer and payroll calculation would be an added advantage Interested applicants please call personally
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      • 612 6 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical CLERK (COLLECTIONS) Age 35-40 years. Possess valid Class 2 driving licence and motorbike. Preferably bilingual and like meeting people. JOB DUTIES: Assist officer in control of collection and site inspection. Interested, please writ* slating personal particulars and work experience to: The Personnel Officer NTUC INCOME
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      • 876 6 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical LAW FIRM requires immediately 1. LITIGATION SECRETARY 2. RECEPTIONIST/ TYPIST Advancement opportunity for the right candidates Please write with full resume, expected salary non-returnable passport size photograph to: S.T. BOX A***** 390 Kim Seng Road S pore 0923. Metropolitan YMCA requires:Receptionist (Male) e Minimum Secondary
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      • 585 6 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical WANTED for temp. Assignments 1) Typists. 2) Audio Typists, 3) A is Clerks 4 General Clerks, 5) Data Entry Operators. 6) Secretaries. Please call: *****11. GENERAL CLERK FOR Jalan Pemimpin area urgently required QCE O Level. Call *****84. TEMPORARY RECEPTIONIST/ Typist reqd Immediately. Age below
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      • 640 6 71 Situation* Vacant: Sales SALES SUPERVISOR Expanding company haa «n» immediate vacancy for a Sales* Superviaor with the (ollowing attribute*: e Male/ female, above 20 yrs. old e Experience In door-to-door sales is es-.. i sentlal Previous experience In* selling Venetian blinds,* curtains solar films Is* an advantage e Sales
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      • 579 7 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales Cold Storage Supermarkets We have immediate vacancies for the following positions: I 1. MALE/FEMALE SALES ASSISTANTS 2. TRAINEE BUTCHER (Goldhill Supermart only) Interested applicants, please apply personally at the following locations: PROMENADE CENTREPOINT 300 Orchard Road 176 Orchard Road B 1-02 B
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      • 578 7 SALES EXECUTIVE required by manufacture of fruit juice*. e Applicants with previous experience preferred. e Must possess own vehicle. e Have productive contacts with restaurant, clubs, lounges, large small catering establishment and ship chandlers. Call *****22/ *****77 I for interview SALES REPRESENTATIVES urgently required male/ female e preferably with experience
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      • 681 7 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical Technical The MRT Corporation invites applications for the following position OPERATIONS DIVISION Train Operator Salary Scale (5380) $400x20 460/520x25-670 Functions The operator will be driving passenger and engineers' trains. He has to ensure the safety of passengers and the
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      • 398 7 (A) SENIOR AIRCON/ ELECTRICAL TECHNICIANS Min. VITB/ NTC 2in Aircon Refrigeration or Electrical Installation Control. Min. 5 years experience with PUB Licence in servicing repairing aircon equipment ranging from centrifugal chiller to A.H.U. TECHNICIANS Min. VITB/ NTC 3in Electrical or Aircon related trade. 2 3 years experience in building maintenance.
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      • 657 7 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Fa Local Components^ Manufacturing Company has vacancies for:--(1) ACCOUNTS CLERK e Preferably with experience. e Keeping full set of Accounts. e Preparing payroll. e Answering telephone general clerical duties. (2) PRODUCTION CONTROLLER e Diploma in Mechanical/ Production Engineering or equivalent. e Able to perform purchasing duties.
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      • 536 7 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Degussa I Electronics Degussa I Electronics (former Oemetron) (Office Hours) To generate production photo tools and with some dark room experience an advantage e Minimum3GCE'O'levels in Arts or Technical stream e Aged 18 -24 years We offer an attractive compensation package which Include* monthly bonus factor,
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      • 796 9 106 Accommodation Available: Houses BINJAI RISE/ PK. Colonial bunglw. New kitchen/ bathrm. Large patio, lovely gdn. $3,000. ORIOLE C'RES./ SWISS CLUB (hilllop). Pool optional. $4,500 up. RIDOUT/ CLUNY. Majestic Colonial. Utmost privacy. Sprawling grds. ROCHALIE/ LADYHILL/ BIN TONG. (Pool). 4/ 5 bdrms. $6,500 up. VANDA C'RES./ GARLICK AVE./ CORONATION. $2,800
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      • 628 9 106 Accommodation Available: Houses D.5 FABER PK. with s/pool. immaculate d/storey detached. 5 bdrms./ central aircon. Newly furn. $3,500. Rolf *****11. 2-STOREY SEMI-D. GREENLEAF Gdn. 3 rms., f/furn., aircon., $1 000 Hong Leong Gdn. 3 rms., f/furn., aircon., $900. Tel: *****88. D 1543. 2-STOREY BUNGALOWS in Peach Garden. 5 bedrooms.
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      • 1672 9 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Available: Apartments Apartments Apartments ftliliiiliMlfilli^l 82, Grange Road, Dist.lO < < qn Sv Prime Location District )0. Singapore's JfsjSaLilS Ci> /£^<^^H exclusive neighbourhood. ISb9b6k^§ HlPpl*« Bb^^P'- Unique architecture Designed by Poul Rudolph, BB^^^BBfcW"?/ V^7 N an American architect with international Hnf-*' T^H
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      • 907 9 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments BLK.E MARYLAND PK. Hawaii Tower Meyer Tower High floor. Facing sea. *****41 agent. BRAND NEW DAISY Lodge, newly furn. Studio/ 2-bdrm. *****33 Solo Real Est. CAVENAGH HOUSE. 3 bedrooms. Fully furnished. Pool. Tel: *****78/ *****21 CENTRALLY LOCATED OXLEY Quiet, cosy, green. Nice furnishings. $2,000. Chanster *****80.
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      • 750 9 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments TAMPINES AVE. HDB. mats Furn 3 bdrms. $600. Pis. call *****28/ *****88 THE PLAZA, 2-RM. apt. High fir facing sea F/furn. $1,200. Contact Mr. Sing, *****78. 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms ORCHARD AREA F/furn, bathrm attached, aircon., carpeted, sauna, squash, s/pool. Meals, laundry avail. Suitable for foreign
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      • 940 9 113 For Sale: Houses D.28 RENOVATED S/STOREY semi-d. 5100 sq.ft. 4 bdrms. Large living hall. Extended living/ dining rm. Covered carporch. With long driveway, new aluminium strip fencing. Reasonable offer secures. Citlprop *****75 D/STOREY INTER. TERR, house for sale at D.19 Tal Keng Gdn. 3* 1 bdrms (1 attached bath),
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      • 1437 10 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses FREEHOLD imS **wFT, JTCJ» Only 5 Units Left J»W^^ STRATEGICALLY LOCATED: r^r~~~~-_ In one of Singapore's most sought-after neighbourhood sited at /^W»/:^^~~---__ the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Stevens Road (Behind Hotel r i>£fc£*^'O!/v^^^7 Equatorial). 15 minutes
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      • 1261 10 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses MORTGAGEES AUCTION SALE to be held on 25th August 1986 at 2.30 pm, Jupiter Room, Apollo Hotel Havelock Road 1) 2BengWanßoad Lot 205-41 TS 17 Single storey detached house Land area: 441.3 sq.m. (4,750 sq. ft.) 2) 108 Jalan Lam Hua t
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      • 919 10 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments WIND HOUSING SERVICES TEL: *****05/ 4/ 3 5-ROOMED A.M. Kio b1k.259 $170,000 Bedok Reservoir blk 612 711 $135,000 $140,000 Clemanti b1k. 604 $134,000 Crawford Lane blk 461 $178,000 Eunos Cresent blk 22 $1 16.000 Hillview blk 13 $115,000 King George's b1k. 807 $145,000 T.Payoh b1k.217
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      • 738 10 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 3 ROOM WHAMPOA, A.M. Kio $36,000/ M. Parade $42,000/ Bedok $55,000/ Tanjong Pagar $58,000. *****76 4-RM A.M. KIO Blk 301. 411. 537: Bedok Blk. 22, 41, 52. 419: T. Payoh Blk. 175, 226. Price neg. *****84/ *****41. 4-RM.: CLEMENTI W. 81k. 708. ceramic cabinets, well
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      • 584 10 117 Properties Wanted 5 WANTED V JURONG EAST N BEDOK ANG MO KIO OTHER AREAS CALL MISS CHOW 732 8288 WE EMPHASIZE ON SERVICE,.. VCHEN6 AND LEW EMTPy PEOPLE'S HOUSING *****21/ *****22 Urgently Wanted HDB Eg! .JGLATSpI UNIWEST *****15/ *****47 BUYERS REQUIRE: e Terraces/ Semi-d/ Bungalows any district Apts: Bayshore.
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      • 1131 10 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Space* PRIME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX 1 1 LI Ift 11 Industrial UN lUN Building H JALAN PEMIMPIN ij| 2 cargoes and 1 passenger lift. Tight Security system Clean and well maintained Competitive rentals UNION TEXTILE CO. (PTE) LTD. 37 Jalan Pemimpin, #01-01, Singapore 2057. TEL:
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    • Page 11 Advertisements
      • 569 11 121 For Rent: Office Spaces i Jonesl Lang Wootton I 532-3888 I RAFFLES From 1,000 sq.ft. I Matterhorn Building I I OCBC Centre I OCBC Centre South I I Standard Chartered I Bank Building I Straits Trading Building I Tung Centre I UOB Building SUPREME HOUSE SHOP SPACE 255 sq.
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      • 566 11 121 For Rent: Office Spaces TONG LEE BLDG. 7th storey off. space. 100 sq.ft. Carpeted. Central aircon Maintenance included. Tel: *****22. FAR EAST SHOPPING Ctr 880/ 1544. Int'l Plaza 463-8000. UIC 2500/ 5000.' 9500 YSC: 296-6666. GOLDEN MILE COMPLEX carpeted office. Partitioned, 442 sq.ft $800 inclusive. HVPC *****48 GOLDEN MILE
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      • 709 11 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces FAR EAST SHOPPING CENTRE next to Singapore Hilton SHOP SPACES FROM 185 to 1.077 sq.ft. Reasonable rental Available for immediate occupation. ENQUIRIES: TEL: *****11 S.G. Ng/Shannon/Angie BEACH ROAD GROUND floor shop with road frontage. 1,300 sq.ft. Reasonable rental. Toilet provided with within shop. Tel: *****33/
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      • 541 11 136 Cruises 136 Cruises 136 Cruises A holiday on your way to a holiday [SINGAPORE KUANTAN \s^ kV^S^s\" {PACKAGE INCLUDES: CRUISE PASSAGE BERTH ACCOMMODATION COACH TRANSFER AND SIGHTSEEINGS FIRST-CLASS j HOTEL ACCOMMODATION MEALS FACILITIES OF CRUISE: RESTAURANTS DISCOTHEQUE DANCING HALL SWIMMING POOL GYMNASIUM CINEMA/TV/ VIDEO HALL SHOPPING ARCADE FREE ENTERTAINMENT
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      • 522 11 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours '■J^^^^'^L Jointly organised with l^^^^^^ußil v^» i^fC^ **Q< air new zEaLano^ Jl I i^^^M 1! ■■~<^^-~^- %a horizon txzx&i'mw WH Mi #W HOLIDAYS qsa^^\. .^i^^^rpTl RRlißfflfflP^HWiß 11/12 Days Scenic $2288/$2388 ST^2^ Rl3mlPS^3 New Zealand Vf^ ■■^■mihmß^ml 15 Days Bay of Islands and
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      • 445 11 x— CB9 PERTH tou*—^ I f^ ief Beaton iK^ ~^S DEER FARM 6 ROSE GARDEN. Or i i \~^l n N?{ i i i i— t— /~7 Try Horse Riding See Sheep Shearing! 5 nf^ Now Full-Board (All Meals Incl) IT™" With No Increase In Pric«S Offer Till 3 1
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      • 523 12 137 Tours 137 Tours I I _JPA»LY DEPARTURE) I IGENTING N PENAWG (Pearl of the Orient) ENTING RON I HIGIUAIIDj B^EWfIWIiGHLANDS (Casino Hotel) 1 9BHHHBOHH^HHBMHHBHBB| ""i^ iS^iniiiii ill mJ I OSSS #DHrNASTYBSS No. 1 Tour Operator to Australia presents No.l VALUE PACKAGES TO AUSTRALIA b 7 SIJV 7 r^^nK(S\ Ideal
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      • 690 12 146 Foreign Education 146 Foreign Education i We Assist students in ■^■H^^ I admissions to accredited *tA~ Colleges/Universities for: Sjp ••> jf) I- High School Diploma >S^ v> f •Gc fc O'/'K levels A r CK. Mof\\. i h/l Ext. LLB program ir^\ ft JaTaWllWi r^ii (Univ. of London) Tr
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      • 314 12 148 Computer Courses COMPUTER COMMERCIAL SCHOOL WC& G418(747) I 10PM PART I/I I 1 Incorporating... FREE computer packages training Flexible schedule for part-timers Scholarship awards for I students I Personalised tutoring I available on requests^! ■f TEL: *****80/*****50^ M #05-22/23/24/25 V m Peninsula Plaza BASIC PROGRAMMING 18/8 Am A Ntght,
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      • 1222 12 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses f^^BIBmySafSBBB* I JL I Ml l Jrih i M L^^n*^aV.^^^^-Lj-L.a^L?^B- GET A RECOGNISED COMPUTER QUALIFICATION AT INFORMATICS OUR CREDITS 4 BRITISH COMPUTER SOCIETY PART I EXAM -Full Part Time First Computer School accorded full recognition
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      • 276 12 150 Commercial/ 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses Technical Courses AT UNITED you are assured of QUALITATIVE TRAINING by experienced Lecturers Please enrol early for the following Courses: ACCOUNTING IMPORT EXPORT ADVERTISING IJUM. BUSINESS STATISTICS JAPANESE (Stage I) COST ACCOUNTING JAPANESE (Stage II) COMMERCIAL lAW MARKETING ENGLISH FOR COMMERCE PUBLIC RELATIONS ECONOMICS
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      • 598 12 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses NEW AFTERNOON A EVENING CLASSES IN SEPTEMBER e INTERIOR DESIGN A DECORATION e GRAPHIC DESIGN (Advertising Art) e ADVANCED GRAPHIC DESIGN a FA ARTIST TRAINING COURSE e AIRBRUSH TECHNIQUE e ARCHITECTURAL DRAUGHTSMENSHIP AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION e FASHION DESIGN (Full-time A Part-time) e O' A 'A' LEVEL
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      • 671 12 153 Driving Instruction FULL COURSE 5370, guaranteed basic theory, free final theory, hourly driving Tel: *****49 HUA LOONG DRIVING Ctr Fetch send. Full courses g'teed. Free final theory. Call: *****68/ *****07**"* PACIFIC DRIVING SCHOOL free final theory lectures. *****62 Tiong Bahru/ *****78 Thomson. 154 Dancing Instruction i m ANN DANCING
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    • Page 13 Advertisements
      • 527 13 APPOINTMENTS NOTICES ■MM STANTS RSSOBBI l^^u S'lnts r, m sj-r..». <•», ""n t^"'%.(H» Trlex S«-rvi<-e: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS MIXHI TIMEAD Tel 737W11 PJrt H24 56 8 9MB Sunday Times: 5525.G2 psc. nil t'oslod: SSUI.UU A r%F)|^¥|^JT > )lr€ FMTQ Y(&Fh\/7l L&M Grouting, the leading specialist AjMr^JlHI IIYICIH I^7 P^KV/ Structural Repair,
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      • 462 13 TRAINEE MANAGER |f you are looking for a career in the restaurant industry, 'M consider this. j& Despite the current state of economy, we are looking for rapid M expansion of our existing restaurant business and are looking for new restaurant concepts in Singapore and elsewhere in the region. m
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      • 158 13 Make the right move in the right direction. Head for a career at IP Cm SBBQdIB Our Research Development Group at Singapore Science ifH iii Park provides challenging opportunities for AUTOMATION 11 11 ENGINEERS Degree in Mechanical/Electronic Engineering from a Hi!;:; recognised university Relevant experience in the area of robotics,
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    • Page 14 Advertisements
      • 761 14 APPOINTMENTS GOVERNMENT OF NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Applications are invited from applicants who are subjects of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam for appointment as MUSICIAN in the Broadcasting and 1 Information department. Radio and Television Section, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Negara Brunei Darussalam.
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      • 781 14 NOTICES I SHERIFF'S SALE I MOTOR SHIP OR VESSEL "GLASGOW" (Admiralty in Rem No. 269 of 1986) I I PARTICULARS OF VESSEL Name of Vessel "GLASGOW" ex I "NICOLA" Port of Registry Manila Type 5 Hatch/5 Hold closed shelter deck vessel with .1 D raised forecastle, ma- H chinery and
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      • 1002 14 ATTENTION BRITISH CITIZENS LIVING ABROAD BROWN w f*tUD£*r* (Andrew Brown, of Sk 6 Orchard G ro\ c. MajJa M|| f gmr WW J '"#|»wlll|f m pr** 2 (John Phillip Smith, of 21 A HigWield Road, t nfield Middlesex F.N6 2DR) JONES 3 (Albert David Jones, of 11 Charlton Court, London
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      • 971 14 WARNING NOTICE "MONEXE" M/S SKYLINE ENTERPRISES PTE LTD of 77 High Street #06-06, High Street Plaza, Singapore 0617, are the registered proprietors in the Republic of Singapore for the Trade Mark "MONEXE" in Class 9 for television receivers, video cassette recorders, video cassette players, tape recorders or a combination of
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      • 912 15 NOTICES OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME Notice is hereby given that in consequence of the intended change of the name of a ship by our clients, Astranor Shipping Pte Ltd (A company in the process of incorporation) of 70 Shenton Way Unit No. 19-03, Marina House, Singapore
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    • Page 15 Miscellaneous
      • 578 15 SUN TAN *r Collette PEANUTS By Schulz THE BORN LOSER By Art Sansom BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker f*l/ I mSJ Sfi,Y YOU "\^IMgAK) «SOUPSPSFDtSSO(O^ f c=7^ AMD TWB LOOK O? ccc^aS^c ILpi l I it L HAVE TO U. il II II 1 I MUU I (5) I THE
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    • Page 16 Advertisements
      • 618 16 NOTICES IN THE SUBORDINATE COURTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE M.C. Salt N*. StSS of MM HONGKONG BANK TRUSTEE (SINGAPORE) LIMITED Plaintiffs and 1. CHUA SEE KHOON 2. SIM HUI GUAN Defendants NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: 1. Chna See Khoon, Blk. 12, Kampong Arang Read, #M49, Singapore; and 1. Sim
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      • 720 16 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Originating Summons No. 839 of IMC In the Matter of the freehold land known as Lot 748 pt Mukim I situate In the District of Upper Tanglin In Singapore together with the zinc house erected thereon and known as No. 25A
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      • 311 16 ■IIiIBIIIIBIIiIBIIIiBiIIIBIIIIBI'IIBIIIIiBIIIIBIIIIBIIIIBIBIIIIBIIIBIIIIBIIIIBI'I'I LIDO: Season ENDING SOON!- (*****14) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.45, 9.15 The Brothers of Saint Basil s School preached against vice, lust and disrespect. But that never stopped these guys. m I «Pj 44EAVENJHEUPUS f i^-^BT^nV ANOBEW bj iPJi^^K^^^SßM mSkwßm DONALD i'^BßHtf JBBBBCZSSML-1 SUTHERLAND m I CAPITOL-CHANGI:
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      • 653 16 FREE FLUKE ACCESSORY WITH THE PURCHASE OF A DMM!* ■■■■^■"HISSiiHIIBI Now through September when ■"^RSSS2^P?|J i w ljj^.Jt wRS' ?> a!H| y° u bLj y a F| uke digital multimeter 1 Itoailhiflß W, *(Mo6e\ 37, 20 Series, 70 Series ■Srtß^H :;^BBCZLJmJWB B pi 80 Series only), choose a FREE ■I^
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      • 320 16 CATHAY •HTH SCARY DAY!! (*****00) 5 SHOWS: 11AM. 1.30. 4.00. 6.30 t 9.00PM "i loved w:j*m "THE FILM IS SCARY 'UJJTr^! fi ON ELM STREET 2J FREDOY-SREVENGE I Ki| ORCHARD: 18TH BIG DAY! (*****58) 4 SHOWS: 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 1 9.00pm ■^HH KM PH MAC (MM) Tko kavc «> m
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    • Arts & Leisure
      • 1700 17 The recent Kuala Lumpur Arts Festival, grounded in Asian traditions, was informal, intimate and non-intimidating. MURIEL SPEEDEN rounds it up. WHEN Kuala Lumpur Arts Festival director Ismail Zain was searching for a central showpiece for the festival, he remembered Bab's Dewa Kosala Rakta,
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      • 163 17 WORLD Chess Championship Garri Kasparov took the lead in his title defence against challenger Anatoly Karpov with a win by time-forfeit in their eighth game in London. Karpov lost while considering his 31st move on Friday. He had only nine minutes for 18 moves. Reuter Game
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    • Page 17 Miscellaneous
      • 410 17 What's On gs—g— AT THE ZOO Secondary School. 10 am. $240 6 pm. Free. On till Aug 30. Room. 10.30 am 8 pm. Free. 32 Pandan Road. 9 am 5 pm. SEALION SHOW. By Kelly, J^ detaUS> WATERCOLOUR EXHIBI- Last Free the sealion. Singapore Zoologi- cal1 Act 6 on TION.
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      • 981 17 p-l Radio One FM Stereo 90.5 mHz in VHF Band II 5.58 AM National Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News in Brief 6.05 Another Morning, Another Show 7.00 News and Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 Another Morning, Another Show (cont'd) 7.30 Morning Financial News 7.40 Radio Patrol 7.45
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    • Page 18 Advertisements
      • 147 18 Great New Ideas from DECOR GUIDE Exclusive THE BAMBOO PALACE Marcos Jii B B^^k^-ffifc^fcfc-Hideaway for Celebrities PLUS Filipino Furniture J| ttl^b^A^BW| I B J t^^Sm^Sl^f Showcase fl i^feß^^^^a A mmKxHsSsmt Italian Flair at 'Oh Italia' at Tangs E fe^ll V INDUSTRIAL CHIC in a Four-Room HDB Rfl B^SS^ B Furniture
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      • 91 18 IHi^^ 1 JWf*^*^*^' "ff^S^ Tom "HEfW i w i^^w^L i S wf will MS Jflr I m BO Q3 Vii > \S SJv «4v> lJi vv Bf fcSIBs.-'' tsC*» T > I'* &%M&!r m^K&* 1H& w* ■HHr t ■w» jP/ 19* B r_\ fill Sr?T* *JWtk I HP' As Singapore
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    • Page 18 Miscellaneous
      • 1232 18 mm MY VIEW mm Catherine Ofig ■■■■i.n.. ■■mm i ■"■■■i» ■■,,,i,,,,,,, iwm wm m ■iiiiinii.nw i C:«L':.:r; When three's not company TSS SBC drama artiste S Laura gets hooked on drugs mfle^'vix^ Ye y 0ian e is a happy-go-lucky girl Well, Wanxia has no in- T^T orth and South (Ch
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      • 167 18 Bfe #•> sm L__9B9Ez=9MHsflHVi9 Wanxia (Zhen Huifen) is angry with her husband, Liang (Huang Shinan), whom she suspects of being unfaithful. (Ch 8, 9.30 pm) I SBC 12 I All programmes in English unless otherwise indicated 7.30 PM SBC Text "Live" Sample Pages 8.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by
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