New Nation, 24 August 1982

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    18 1 new nation PUBLISHED BY THE SINGAPORE MONITOR LTD. Tuesday, August 24, 1982 M.C. (P) No. 19/5/82 30 cents
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    Lighting up S'pore with natural gas
    508 1  -  By CATHERINE ONG THE first electricity to be produced from natural gas may light up Singapore as early as 1988 wnen the first supply of such gas is piped across the Causeway from the East Coast of Malaysia. Major power stations in Singapore will
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    'Bird man' who thinks he is above the law
    131 1 THIS "bird man" obviously thought he was above the law. In spite of a Department of Civil Aviation attempt to clip their wings, hang-gliding enthusiasts are still flying high in the vicinity of the security-sensitive Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute. The
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    Lock icon Israel's $2 billion war bill
    47 1 Reuter ISRAELI Finance Minister Yoram Aridor said in New York yesterday his people would have to pay over US$l billion (552.15 billion) in extra taxes for the invasion of Lebanon, which he claimed had prevented another Middle East war against Israel. Reuter.
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      126 1 Broad, bold strokes of agreement in KL Margaret Thomas reports on PM's trip to Malaysia: A 2 3 □CHMIMAY THE WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF TENNIS RACKETS I Wm JSjj •V" 0 <r 0 Z z r if.: 53 Available al all leading sports A depi stores Sole Agent Royal Sporting
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      Positive mood augurs well for future
      168 2 THIS is what the Malaysian daily New Straits Times said about the Lee-Mahathir talks in an editorial published yesterday. WHILE it is too earW ly to tell how fulfilling the visit of Mr Lee Kuan Yew will be, the agreements reached and the positive
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      Singapore-KL enter a new
      358 2  -  By MARGARET THOMAS in Kuala Lumpur A LOT of ground was covered when Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamed met for two hours vesterday So mucn so, in fact, that when Or Mahathir ran through the long list of items ne
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      How air shuttle will operate
      427 2  -  By EE BOON LEE, SALEHA SALLEH FLYING to Kuala Lumpur will be as easy as catching a bus in the city. If you miss one, wait a while and hop on the next. Unlike buses, you cannot expect a flight every few minutes. The waiting
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      Eastern Airlines pointer
      130 2 Our reporter FRANK WITT writes: THE first air shuttle service was launched by Eastern Airlines on America's East Coast about 10 years ago. This service, especially popular with harried businessmen, does not require the purchase of tickets in advance; it does' not even require cash. Only a
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      ties phase
      308 3 having two benefits stimulating the local tourist trade and encouraging Singapore businessmen to look further afield in Malaysia. An increased two-way flow of Singapore and Malaysia tourists would help to take up some of the slack both countries are experiencing in the international tourist trade. Meanwhile, the Singapore
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      Common gut feelings... perceptions
      112 3 QUOTES I can assure you that we have our eyes fixed on the same windows of vulnerability. We share a considerable amount of common gut feeling and perceptions from where threats are likely a to come. Mr Lee when asked to give details of regional security
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      Accord on other points...
      177 3 O Water O Land O Air IF JOHOR needs water, it can draw what it needs from Johor River. But Singapore will continue to get its 55.4 million litres of water under the terms of the 1962 "water agreement" between the Malaysian and Singapore governments. We
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      Police officers to meet on pay
      186 4 THE Senior Police Officers' Association will hold an extraordinary meeting on September 10 to discnss the way a new salary scale has been implemented. Some Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents are upset and feel they should have got more than they are receiving. The meeting
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      Unionists attend 3-day politics course
      297 4 A THREE-DAY political course began yesterday for Malay-speaking trade unionists at the National Trade Union Congress. The aim is to give them the background to the crucial issues facing Singapore and the thinking Behind government policies. The lecturers are peof>le who have been in Doliics
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      Easier parking in Ang Mo Kio
      305 4  -  By CHUA NGENG CHOO THE Housing and Development Board is to solve the long-stand-ing parking problem in Ang Mo Kio by adding 1,200 more parking lots and allowing kerbside parking in parts of the estate. Kerbside parking will provide 200 parking lots, and by
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      Social role of unions
      93 4 TRADE unions can also help workers socially, said Acting Minister for Social Affairs Dr Ahmad Mattar in an article in the NTUC publication. Our Heritage and Beyond In Social Needs of Workers", he gives several ways unions can help imErove workers' lifestyle. nions can. for example:
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      When queue for lots starts before dawn...
      309 4 HOUSING Board staff have always been encouraged to use their discretion when dealing with the public. And this was just what the parking supervisors at the Ang Mo Kio (South) Area Office did recently. When they returned to the area office at 5
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      Lock icon Is your place of work anything like this?
      107 4 National Productivity Month ARE these scenes familiar? Do they reflect the conditions at your place of work? Do you know someone helpful or unhelpful? If so, do call the National Productivity Board's hotline *****37 between 8.30 am and 5.00 pm from today
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      Debarred lawyer turns preacher
      696 5  -  Dallas prisoners and theology claim Khoo's full attention• By SIT YIN FONG DEBARRED lawyer, tycoon and one-time "playboy" Khoo Hin Hiong, 44, now preaches and tries to help hard-core convicts in the state prison of Dallas, Texas the state of J. R Ewing of television fame.
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      Jeya: Raja trying to create a bogey
      463 5 THE Workers' Party leader, Mr J B Jeyaretnam, yesterday fired several salvoes against the Second Deputy Prime Minister, Mr S Rajaratnam, accusing him of: Trying to create a bogey out of the Workers' Party. Twisting his statements. Distorting the story about Ho Juan
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      NEW HAVEN FOR LIGHTERS
      106 5 WORK is under way to construct a breakwater at Retan Laut to shelter vessels from the choppy seas off the Pasir Panjang Wharves. A spokesman from the Port of Singapore Authority said the sea off Pasir Panjang is choppy, because it is exposed to the monsoon
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      205 3 Dinner for two by candlelight or the entire Restaurant 1819 for your private elite party Dining at the Restaurant 1819 has always been an intimately elegant affair: superb Continental cuisine, fine wines, and rich decor in an aura of nostalgic grandeur. As such, our chefs are uncompromising in providing you
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      164 4 CLEAN FRESHJHR Clean your indoor air. Make no mistake about it. Filter machines that supposedly freshen indoor air are nothing new. But a negative ion generator that will actually make the air you breathe 99% pure is something else again. Imagine being able to replace irritating smoke, smog, pollen and
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      Lock icon Life returning to W. Beirut
      494 6 THE EXODUS FROM BEIRUT...THE EXODUS FROM BEIRUT... UPI LAT-WP BEIRUT, Tuesday LIGHT bulbs flickered to life sporadically in West Beirut on Sunday, a sure sign the 50-day Israeli siege of the city was near an end. The reappearance of electricity for the second time since
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      Track convoy on the move
      43 6 PALESTINIAN Liberation Organisation guerillas arrive at the Beirut port in a track convoy to board the Cypriot vessel Sol Georgios on the first day of their evacuation from Beirut. The area is guarded by armed French Legionnaire troops.
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      Guerillas stripped of arms and jeeps before departure
      290 6 BEIRUT, Tuesday SIX hundred Palestinian guerillas left Beirut by ship for South Yemen yesterday and 1,000 others bound for Tunisia were stripped of heavy *arm& ana jeeps in the third dav of the fighters' exodus from Lebanon. The latest departure means almost
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      EN ROUTE TO THE PORT
      105 7 Palestinian fighters move by the truckloads, waving Palestinian and Lebanese flags, to the ports where they will board ships leaving Beirut to other Arab countries. Quotes on Mr Gemayel's election: HE'S a criminal and should be hanged. Mr Adnan Dughan, a Sunni Muslim who says
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      Lock icon Israelis are not jubilant
      423 7 THE EXO D U S FROM BEIRUT...THE EXODUS FROM BE IR Reuter UPI AP TEL AVIV, Tuesday AS they watch the PLO guerillas sail from Lebanon into exile, few Israelis seem able to raise more than a feeble cheer. Defence Minister Ariel Sharon has hailed the
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      Lock icon MIDDLE-EAST REACTIONS
      181 7 Agencies IN DAMASCUS: The Syrian government declined to comment officially on the election of Mr Gemayel but a strong feeling of dissatisfaction permeated goverment circles and the government controlled press. All four dailies highlighted scores of statements by various Lebanese Muslim and leftist leaders who denounced the election
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      Lock icon IN WASHINGTON
      75 7 AP US State Department's chief spokesman John Hughes congratulated the Lebanese Parliament for electing a new president "through its traditional constitutional processes during this difficult and trying time. "The promotion of genuine national recon- ciliation and reconstruction are crucial to the success of Mr Gemayel's term as president,
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      Lock icon France orders firm to defy Reagan ban
      421 8 Born on Friday the 13th with 13 toes... HER name is Mary Ann Louise Bezona... she was born on Friday the 13th of August (at 2.21 p.m.) with 13 toes. Her grandfather was born on a Friday the 13th as well. She is
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      Lock icon Bringing order to air waves
      84 8 Reuter GENEVA, Tuesday RADIO experts from 72 countries began 18 months of negotiations here yesterday to try to sort out growing air wave confusion stemming from the spread of FM (VHF) broadcasts. Local "free radios" have mushroomed throughout Western Europe on the waveband and authorities
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      Lock icon The Vatican link in bank collapse
      194 8 UPI MILAN, Tuesday CARDINAL Agostino Casaroli, the Vatican's No. 2 man, acknowledged in an interview yesterday that the. Roman Catholic Church might have some financial responsibility in the collapse of Italy's scandal-ridden Ambrosiano Bank. The Vatican confirmed that the remarks attributed to the cardinal
      UPI  -  194 words
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      Lock icon Police make this black sports star see red
      111 8 Rputer LIVERPOOL, Tues. ONE of Britain's top black sportsmen says he will sell his sports car because police keep assuming that he has stolen it. England hockey player Barry Coy, 20, said that police had stopped him more than 100 times in
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    • World Briefs
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        Fukuda in Kuala Lumpur
        36 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday FORMER Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda arrived here yesterday for a three-day visit. He is due in Singapore on Thursday for informal discussions with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
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        Lock icon LIMA:
        58 8 Reuter Police yesterday pursued leftist guerillas through the Peruvian mountains after at least 26 people were reported killed in the bloodiest clash of a wave of political violence. The hunt was centred on a district 575 km southeast of Lima, where guerillas attacked a police station, leaving six policemen
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        Lock icon BEIJING:
        50 8 UPI China announced a major shake-up of state agencies in a bid to streamline a bloated bureaucracy and increase efficiency. The official Xinhua news agency said eight of the 23 state agencies under the authority of the State Council China's cabinet would be merged into the remaining 15. UPI.
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        Lock icon CAMBRIDGE, (England):
        57 8 UPI Three British scientists lost in gale winds and freezing temperatures in the Antarctic for 10 days may have fallen through thin ice and are now presumed dead, officials said yesterday. "The chances of finding them now are negligible," said Dr Richard Laws, director of the British Antarctic
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      Lock icon Imelda: When a woman becomes president...
      162 8 ■mWOMEN IN POLITICS Reuter MANILA, Tuesday THE WIFE of President Marcos said last night she feared that if she succeeded him as president she might lose her "mystique as a woman." But Mrs Imelda Marcos did not reply directly when asked in a television
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      Lock icon 'Yes, I wept over Falklands'
      113 8 Reuter LONDON, Tuesday BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was quoted yesterday as saying she wept at times during the Falklands conflict with Argentina. Women's Own magazine asked her in an interview whether she had reached the point of tears during the fighting. She replied: "Some
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      185 6 ONLY $500 for a Nissan air-conditioner in every NEW 120Y Blind Van I Take advantage of this Double Offer from Tan Chong! Book a Nissan 120Y Blind Van today, and for just S5OO more, you'll get a Nissan air-conditioner (inclusive of installation). You'll also enjoy greatly reduced H.P. rates when
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      138 7 Every Wednesday and Friday at Lunchtime This Wednesday's special is a fabulous offer of food and fashion. Savour a sumptuous spread of local and western delights while gorgeous girls take to the catwalk with the latest imported styles from FASHION PARK. Co sponsored by HEALTHY LIFE (S) PTE LTD Friday
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      Lock icon Inflationary storm rages in Mexico
      795 10 LAT-WP MEXICO CITY: The Mexican businessman furrowed his brow. "These are very difficult times for us," he said. "I am terribly uneasy about unemployment. Have you ever been to a Mexican school?" He gestured with his fingers, making them appear like lots of little running
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      WORLDWATCH
      307 10 REVIEW OF ANALYSES AND OPINIONS IN CAPSULE FORM WESTERN negotiators say they fear that a major South African military incursion, begun two months ago deep inside Angola, could jeopardise the chances of persuading Angola to remove the estimated 20,000 Cuban troops in that country. South Africa has insisted on
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      Lock icon Liverpool dying a slow death
      600 10 LAT-WP LIVERPOOL, England Not far from the centre of Liverpool, there is a handsome Gothic church, St Paul's, with roof missing and no glass in its windows. "Actually," a resident said, "this church was bombed out by the Germans in World War II and serves
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    • opinion / letters
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        Right decision
        141 11  -  The Song Koon Poh controversy A RUGBY FAN THE Singapore Rugby Union Committee made the right decision in slapping a lifetime ban on Singapore's ex-rugby captain Song Koon Poh. As a player of vast international experience, Song must surely have realised the consequences if he violated the rules
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        Women, please dress decently!
        49 11 WOMEN should dress decently If they want to avoid having their modesty outraged. I notice the fashion today is for some women to appear in public braless or to wear shorts that are really short. Such women are only asking for trouble. HEARTACHE Singapore 0314
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        Mystery caller from the HDB area office
        196 11 I REFER to your report 'Housing Board Officers with a gentle touch.' (New Nation, Aug 18, 1982). The decision to improve their image is long overdue. My wife recently had an unpleasant experience with one of the Maintenance Inspectors from Ang Mo Kio
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        Does Song realise he is condoning apartheid?
        136 11 I REFER to Song Koon Poh's interview in the New Nation (Aug 17, 1982). I suppose Mr Song can hold his head a little higher now that he can use any toilet he fancies (in South Africa) and not have to surreptitiously seek
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      216 11 How about a career in JOURNALISM? If you are a graduate, have worked one or two years, and thinking of switching to a more exciting career, why not try your hand at journalism? It's a different kind of life. You won't have a chance to get bored. The hours are
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      256 11 If I can't find modW erate men to deal with, I mast tarn to the foolhardy and the timid. The former will progress and seize upon what I have to offer; the a latter will hesitate to act. CONFUCIUS TODAY is Tuesday, August 24th, the 236th day of 1982. There
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      Lock icon The Trengganu Connection
      110 12/13  -  In the pipeline...Malaysian gas to light up Singapore and power our cars Stories by Catherine Ong Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew announced at a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Kuala Lumpur yesterday that, if feasible, a proposed pipeline from
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      How the natural gas reserves will be harnessed
      360 12/13 The pipe network THE NATURAL gas reserves to be harnessed are in the contract areas of Petronas Carigali and Esso Production Malaysia Inc (EPMI) off the shores of Trengganu. The project is scheduled for completion by May 1984. Under phase one, Petronas
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      Price will be closely tied to that of crude oil
      223 12/13 What price, gas? ALTHOUGH there is much controversy surrounding the pricing of gas, it is accepted that the price of natural gas is closely related to that of crude oil. There are some producers, for example, Indonesia, who feel that
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      Fill her up... with liquid gas, that is
      443 12/13 LPG-powered cars HOW would you like to top up your car with gas? Yes, gas in all its gaseous forms and not gas as petrol is called in America. You may have to step on your accelerator a few times, but think
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      Lock icon Implications of the deal for Singapore
      470 12/13 Pros and cons Diversification of energy sources. The new energy source is only a causeway away. Any problems relating to control of supply will be easier to deal with than if the source was thousands of kilometres away. The distance is ideal for piping
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      HK group sets sights on ACB
      269 14 ONE of Hong Kong's leading conglomerates is planning to pull off a major banking coup in Singapore, Insight magazine claims. Its sights are focused on the controlling interest in the privately owned Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), the target of a number of other unsuccessful
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      Two ways to boost trade
      598 14  -  NZ trade mission cites barter and culture as key factors B» RODNEY HOBSON Business Editor SINGAPORE as a barter centre and a cultural gateway that is the way to boost trade during the recession, a trade mission from New Zealand says. And mission members are
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      A convenience for motorists
      50 14 Now the drive-in automated teller bank. No need to get out of your car. No need for extra staff. Customers can use the Unlteller machine installed at UOB's newlyopened branch at Boon Lay Place. For those who like the human touch, ordinary banking services are available.
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      Jewellers go metric
      74 14 MEMBERS of the Singapore Jewellers Association are switching to the metric system. They will base their retail sale of gold in metric units and metric electronic scales. Prices per gram will be displayed at all the member's retail outlets. To help consumers become familiar with the conversion
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        Lock icon HK's consumer price indices up
        57 14 Reuter HONG KONG The consumer price indices rose 0.8 per cent in July. This represented year on year rises of 10.1 per cent for CPI A' relating to those spending HK$l,OOO to HK$ 3,499 a month and 11 per cent for CPI 'B' for those
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        Lock icon More investments in oil drilling
        41 14 Reuter BANGKOK Union Oil Company of Thailand will increase its investment to about US$l billion from about US$4OO million and drill more wells to increase natural gas production from its field in the Gulf of Thailand.
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        Lock icon Gloomy outlook for some in HK
        48 14 Reuter HONG KONG Manufacturing and construction firms in Hong Kong do not expect any noticeable improvement in business in the third quarter of 1982 over the level of business activity in the past two quarters, the Census and Statistics Department said. Reuter
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        Lock icon Robot-making industry expands
        32 14 Reuter TOKYO The Japanese robot-mak-ing industry expanded 37.4 per cent last year and the trend looks set to be repeated this year, the Japan Industrial Robot Association said. Reuter
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        Lock icon VW goes on short-time stint
        39 14 Reuter BONN Volkswagenwerk Ag (VW) will suspend production at its Brussels assembly plant and put some 3,000 to 3,200 of the 4,800 workforce on short time for 10 working days from September 27. Reuter
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      OVERNIGHT WALL STREET
      89 14 THE stock market extended its broad advance yesterday, again in very heavy trading, as a 13.5 per cent prime lending rate spread throughout the US. Retail, technology, aerospace, oil and airline issues paceo the gainers. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which gained 3.72 points last
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      Negative mood to prevail in market
      332 15 Deteriorating fundamentals also taking their toll in Malaysia AS July has so clearly demonstrated, the economic slowdown currently being experienced by Singapore and Malaysia will continue to provide the backdrop for an easier market in the months ahead, City Securities says in its monthly
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      Firm closing in very active trading
      166 15 SHARE prices closed firm yesterday despite profit-taking towards the close in very active trading. The opening saw the market following higher overseas markets and OCBC's prime rate reduction announcement. Fraser and Neave rose 10 cents to 5.15, Magnum Corp 16 to 2.89, National Iron
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      GOLD
      37 15 Yesterday's ck>M In S$: Selling Baying 5 Em 142 129 10 gm m 260 20 gm 536 518 Hot 419 401 Kilobar 28,310 26,110 100 gm 2,651 2,621 50 gm 1,326 1,301 1 oz 830 813
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      Lock icon Companies urged to highlight financial status
      278 15 STAR PUBLIC companies in Malaysia should try to adopt a policy of greater disclosure in their annual reports by including a table on financial highlights or a historical financial summary. At a press briefing on the 1982 Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM) annual report
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      Lock icon Keeping up with with the times
      223 15 STAR THE nature of corporate business have changed so much that a traditional Chinese business has bought a 51 per cent majority interest in South Malaysia Industries to keep up with the changing times. Mah Poh Cheong which has interest in rubber, palm oil
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      Lower export quotas hit tin miners
      117 15 MALAYSIA Mining Corp (MMC) said its group has temporarily closed seven dredges because of lower export quotas allocated by the International Tin Council (ITC). MMC said in a statement that the group has been allotted a total of 1028.02 tonnes of tin concentrates for
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      Business Calendar
      111 15 Annual meetings Time Date Venue Jurong Cement 2.30 p.m. Sept 3 801 Ocean Build ing Synthetic Resins 11a.m. Sept 3 Kuala Lumpur Malayan Credit Sept 24 Selangor Dredging 11 a.m. Sept 29 Proposed d lividends Great East Life Guthrie Malayan Credit S Dredging Utd Motor Works Jurong Cement
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    • OTHER COMPANY NEWS
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        Sparkling results for General Corp
        122 15 GENERAL Corporation turned in a sparkling set of results which saw pre-tax profits surging to $6.1 million for the first half of the year. The group was only making a meagre $382,000 the year before and the improved earnings were made on turnover of $24.9
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        Turnover at Prima slashed
        142 15 TURNOVER at Prima was slashed from $92.6 million to $20.3 million after the group gave up ownership of P T Prima Indonesia. The Indonesian flour mill had in the past contributed substantially to its earnings. Prima's exports have also been hit badly by the recession. While
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        OUB gets approval for rights issue
        34 15 OVERSEAS Union Bank's rights issue of convertible loan stock has been approved by the Stock Exchange and will be put to an extraordinary general meeting on September 24.
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        Profitable time for North Borneo Timbers
        58 15 NORTH Borneo Timbers turned an after-tax loss of $2.1 million in the year to May 31, 1981, into a $7.3 million profit in 1981-82. Dividend is 7.5 per cent. At the pre-tax stage, profit was up from $7.3 million to $12.6 million. Last time
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        Three subsidiaries for Paper Products
        30 15 PAPER Products Malaysia has incorporated three wholly-owned subsidiaries with paid-up capital of Ms 2 each: Paper Products Leasing, Paper Products Development and Paper Products Construction.
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      Your $ (Foreign Exchange)
      85 15 Your (Foreign Exchange) Your S$ to one unit of foreign currency Selling Buying TT/DD TT DD US* 2.1495 2.1395 2.1275 sterling 3.7456 3.7175 3.6965 Australian 2.1097 2.0872 2.0672 Canadian 1.7472 1.7236 1.7076 New Zealand 1.5894 1.5678 1.5478 S$ to 100 units of foreign currency Deutschemark 88.0771 86.8770 86.4270 French franc
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      Lock icon IMF paints a gloomy picture
      662 16 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Tues THE economies of United States and other industrial nations are "stalled" in mid-1982 and face further discouragingly slow growth and high unemployment, the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday in a generally pessimistic annual report. Despite the "increasing social and political strains"
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      Lock icon Free $2,100 cheques
      686 16 Yet few of the thousands of recipients say 'thank you' LAT-WP ANCHORAGE (Alaska), Tuas ON this northernmost frontier of American political science, a State government has decided to see if money really will buy happiness. One thousand US dollar (552,100) cheques have been going out for a
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      Barter trade makes a comeback the big way
      498 16  -  By MARLENE CIMONS WASHINGTON: When former secretary of agriculture Bob Bergland closed a big corn sale to the Polish government later this month, his export company was paid not in cash but in coal, sulphur and building cement. Mr Bergland, now president
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      Malaysia thinking of barter trade
      131 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Malaysia is considering the possibility of engaging in barter trade with the Eastern bloc countries to diversify its exports market, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamed has indicated. He did not name countries but claimed they could prove to be viable
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      194 20/21  -  Snt*# U h J >•' PICTURE EXCLUSIVE... KEN JALLEH Jr HE LEFT our shores about a year ago, a refugee from the inadequacy and rigidity of local sport, in search of excellence. Today, Ang Peng Siong, Singapore's swimming sensation, is on the threshold of becoming a world beater.
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        283 22  -  By B J SMITH NEW ZEALAND jockey Alwin Tweedie rode Tanayar to victory in the Pesta Sukan Cup on Sunday winning his first Cup classic on the local turf. Elated, Tweedie said after the race: "It's about time I won one. I am really
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        Razmy for Australia
        315 22 RAZMY ASHARI is leaving the local racing scene for three months to ride for Perth trainer Roy Edwards in Australia. The oatspoken Ipoh jockey and chairman of the Malaysian Jockey's Association confirmed at the weekend that he has accepted an invitation from the leading Perth trainer to
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        Possibility could be a possibility
        484 22 TRACK WATCHERS this week will be scrutinising Possibility, which will be racing on Sunday, after the gelding ran a close third on August 7 at Penang. Possibility, ridden by Peter Lee settled down fourth from the wide barrier draw. He held his position and chased
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      494 23  -  A spate of withdrawals mars the Singapore Closed championships Squash By KEN JALLEH Jr. A SPATE of withdrawals hit the Pakistan Airlines Singapore Closed squash championships' boys' under-16 and mixed under-12 matches at Kallang last night, leaving the organisers in a quandary. There were seven
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      183 23 FOUR squash teams from Oman will be in Singapore for matches against club sides and possibly a national selection side when they arrive on September 26. Major Roger Cocksedge, the teams' manager, was here yesterday to arrange matches for his teams, which will
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      Philippines wants Republic to send juniors next year
      351 23 Golf LIEUTENANT Colonel Enrico Javier, the non-playing captain of the victorious Philippines golf team had this message for local golfers before he left this morning for Manila: "Please make an effort to send a team to next year's junior tournament in Manila
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      Tan Sri Azlan at helm of new body
      365 23 Hockey THE Asian Hockey Federation (AHF), following a merger with the Asian Ladies' Hockey Federation (ALHA), elected Raja Tan Sri Azlan Snah the president of its interim-committee yesterday. The official elections will be held in the third week of November in New
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      74 23 Reuter ZURICH, Tuesday WORLD CUP soccer champion Italy also led the finals in sanctions, receiving 11 yellow cards, the International Football Federation (FIFA) said yesterday. And Italy won two other competitions, Paolo Rossi (above) easily taking the awards for Best Goalscorer and Best Player of the competition,
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      174 23 Cycling Reuter LEICESTER, Tuesday ITALIAN sprinter Russella Galbiati was at the centre of a disqualification row in a controversial start to the world track cycling championships here yesterday. Galbiati, 22, lost first place in the women's sprint repechage when race officials decided she
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      159 23 Reuter SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday THE 70-year-old British yacht Duet was named overall winner of the tall ships' race from Vigo, Spain, to Southampton without crossing the finishing line, the race organisers said yesterday. The 15-metre training vessel was 10.3 miles short of the line when the time
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      Ban dashes Melani's High Ambition
      598 24  -  Asian Games equestrian events hit by protest Equestrian By B. J. SMITH A SELF-IMPOSED ban by East Asian countries of equestrian events at Delhi s Asian Games has dashed the hopes of Singapore's Melanie Ng, who was prepared to sacrifice her horse to participate. Melanie,
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      Lock icon Ovett likely to be fit for Athens race
      192 24 Reuter LONDON, Tuesday WORLD 1,500 metres record holder Steve Ovett, of Britain, now seems likely to be fit for the European athletics championships in Athens next month. Ovett, 26, injured a hamstring in training a week ago and withdrew from last Friday's
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      308 24  -  Swimming: By KEN JALLEH Jr. SWIMMING internationals David Lim and Poon Kah Leong have been entered for the South-east Asia age-group swimming championships in Toa Payoh from September 3. The pair, two of the Republic's top hopes, nad opted out earlier because of
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      102 24 SWIMMING: Singapore's Aquaman Picture Special A2O-21 SQUASH: Spate of withdrawals A 23 IMKMKMHMMHMXMHX KKXMK»OO<M>OO(M Electric goes fully automatic with correction tape ~r r mm-.f Ji" jmmv 3 y ONLY $450/. s« 'T.V -R •.-9 ft The New HANIMEX REGAL 8800 is portable fully automatic with built-in correction ribbon giving you
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      251 25  -  wf&gr Mb? Text: LEE CHUI SAN THE smell of racing fuel hangs heavy in the air. The starter's flag drops. Engines scream, tyres spin and the field roars off in a cloud of burnt castor oil. As the pack reaches the first corner, spectators crowd
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      What's so funny?
      620 26  -  all about WORDS by Graham Colin Jones "A FUNNY thing happened to me yesterday", you may say to your friends as you begin your story. Your friends, though, do not know whether your story is going to be funny-ha-ha or funny peculiar. Similarly the comment "He's funny"
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      Understanding a joke in the language you're learning is real progress
      228 26 to "the constituency of yoghurt." He then stopped and said "No. that's not the right word to describe the thickness of a yoghurt." He soon found the word he wanted. What is it? The answer is at the end
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      53 26 1. The word meaning the degree of thickness is 'consistency.' A constituency is a parliamentary division where people elect a person to represent them in parliament e.g. Anson is one constituency and Cairnhill, another. 2. A shoving leopard is 'a loving shepherd.' 3. Our queer old dean is 'our
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      Alien setting for the Chinese brush
      684 27 WHILE a Chinese artist may feel slightly out of depth in San Francisco and fail to find the familiar lotos flowers, bamboos and pine trees, Mr Wong Lui-sang takes delight in this alien setting. A master of the Lingnam style of Chinese painting, he
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      Posh pad for seven Pekingeses
      162 28/29 THIS is not a small room, but a large, air-conditioned dog house. tfs about the height of an average person and it houses seven show standard Pekingeses. Mr Loh Chee Weng, their owner, says the room was air-conditioned to prevent the heat from making the
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      DOGGY DELIGHTS
      424 28/29  -  CROUCHMEAD KENNELS Owners: Mr and Mrs D A Beaton Breed: Beagles By SHAUN KOH TWO or even three dogs running around one's home can easily drive one literally up the wall. Thus the idea of having seven canines careering in and out of every part of one's home
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      335 28/29 KENLOH KENNELS Owner: Mr Loh Chee Weng Breeds: German Shepherds and Pekingeses I ARRIVE at Mr Loh Chee Weng's house, a large two-storey, semidetached house with a spacious well-worn garden, off Siglap. But I am told that he has gone to the
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      Han Chong torn between loyalty and love
      552 30 THE STORY LAST WEEK: Look Ke Duo begs Yong Zheng not to send Prince Shi Si to the West but to no avail. Meanwhile, Han Chong and Yn Yan are delighted with Madam Hna't decision to close down the inn and. shift in
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      321 31  -  By BERTILLA PEREIRA DRAMA comes to campus in a big way when university students from the various faculties orf anise their own Drama estival next month. The Varsity Playhouse and the Students Union of the National University of Singapore will stage a Drama Festival for
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