The New Paper, 17 August 1990

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1 39 The New Paper
  • 16 1 the new paper FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1990 MCI (P) 75/4/90 50 CENTS the 4/ new paper
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    • 111 1 [^KSiip^pjpBi^oR SINGAPORE OR BUST: ABBAS TO SYDNEY CLUB E" GANGLAND BRAWL Parangs, after bloody 7 PZ /%/%/t Five men were arrested after a bloody brawl involving 15 in a Beatty Road JL D-JflCl/l coffeeshop. It left two slightly injured, while five more were carried away by gang members before police
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 521 2 A single woman wants a doctor to help support her three-year-old son their love child, she claims. Yesterday the young woman told NG WAN CHING her story H ER lover was a medical student who said he was too embarrassed to buy
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    • 172 2 TYKE marks on the face of an Indonesian cook indicate he was the victim of a hit-and-run traffic accident. The body of Mr Abdul Samad, 29, was found in a drain in Jalan Buroh on Tuesday. At first detectives thought his badly disfigured face and severe head injuries
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    • 295 3  -  By Karen Goh T HK Legend of the Lion was a roaring success at Expo '90 in Osaka, Japan. The 20-minute musical told Singapore's story through a mixture of song and dance to Japanese visitors to the Expo last week. It starred Dick Lee, Jacintha
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    • 227 3  -  By Lois Ng An HDB void deck in Bukit Batok became a makeshift Chinese tea house on Monday night. Residents gathered for a chat and sipped freshly-brewed tea to the strains of Chinese orchestra music. It was the graduation ceremony for 13 students who had
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    • 161 2 Hotlineplus IF you want to share a point of view, call our HotlinePlus number, 734-7711. You can also write to The Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, S'pore 0923. v s f&S* v- V IL A ROBINSON S l(, KJ) U P S I K I LEVELS 1
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 214 4 HOT STORY BE nimble to stay on top. That is the message Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has for Singapore after the rise in oil prices. Singaporeans must adapt to the changing circumstances, he said at a National Day dinner in his constituency,
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        44 4 MANY Australian schools have banned Ninja Turtle toys because they make children aggressive. They have told pupils to leave Ninja swords, nunchakus and sticks at home. Despite the steps, both the Ninja Turtle movie and the cartoon series are scoring record ratings.
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      • 68 4 THE Open Market Value of 30 Japanese cars have fallen in the past three months. The biggest fall of $20,000 was registered by a 3,791 cc Holden. The OMV of 29 Japanese cars has remained same. Meanwhile, the OMV of 57 European cars has gone up,
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      • 71 4 PRESIDENT Suharto of Indonesia yesterday promised more tolerance. The country needs to be more open, he said in a state-of-the-nation address on the eve of Indonesia's 45th Independence Day. "We must actually view differences of opinion as tht dynamic mover of life itself, he said. He also disclosed
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      • 82 4 THE Singapore Press Holdings is setting aside 1 per cent of its trading profit annually to fund community and cultural projects. That would mean $1.2 m for the financial year 1988-89, when the trading profit was $121.6 million. The group yesterday said: "Supporting social and cultural activities is
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    • 101 4 The Straits Times: Mr Lee drives home a point from oil price hikes. PM: Stay nimble to stay on top. Business Times: S pore office rents fifth costliest in world. Lianhe Zaobao: Iraq once again seeks truce by reiterating that it is prepared to hold peace talks unconditionally. Berita
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    • 36 4 MARGARINE can raise cholesterol level. A study by Dutch scientists says hardened vegetable fat in margarine might even be worse than saturated fat. The new findings were published in yesterday's New Kngland Journal of Medicine.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 461 6  -  Publisher Alex Chacko will launch The Solid Singapore Joke Book at this year's Book Fair, COLIN CHEONG reports By Colin Cheong ALEX Chacko may be the hottest publisher in town. He has chalked up four bestsellers in the year since he started his company. His first
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    • 137 6 HOW does Alex Chacko pick bestsellers? Alex attributes this knack to "a definite view of human nature". He says he understands this view because he is a Christian. Yet, in her book, the lifestyle Bonnie Hicks reveals she lived seems to contradict that.
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    • 122 6 TWO jokes from The Solid Singapore Joke Hook: Two kung-fu masters were carrying on about (heir respective skills. "Why, mv reflexes are such that you will not believe," boasted Master Foo. Drawing his sword, he sliced at a passing fly. It promptly dropped dead in two pieces.
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    • 219 7 A FOOD-STALL assistant stole 12 cars worth a total of $251,300 by using duplicate keys. Salaya Kalaimani, 30, pleaded guilty in a district court on Wednesday to three charges of stealing three cars worth a total of 127.8(H) be- J tween July and October
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    • 153 7 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. besieged: If a group of people, especially soldiers, besiege a town or other place, they surround it in an attempt to capture it. dislodging: If you dislodge something from
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    • 182 7 SO you thought New York was expensive. Look around. Singapore has surpassed New York to become the fifth most expensive city in the world for office rents, reports Business Times. A survey by consultants Richard Ellis showed it now costs US$74l a year to occupy
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    • 358 8  -  By Chitra Rajaram THEY engage consultants, hold seminars, conduct in-house programmes and surveys. No, this is not part of a management trainee programme for aspiring fasttrack executives. It is what Singapore hospitals are doing to encourage mothers to breastfeed. Since the beginning of last year,
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    • 169 8 MRS Anita Tan, a 27-year-old housewife, was busy breastfeeding her baby girl at Mt Elizabeth Hospital last evening. This is her second child. She did not breastfeed when she had a baby boy in 1988. "At that time I was not really into it as I wasn't
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    • 525 9  -  By Trudy Lim CONTINUING turmoil in the Middle East could hit tourism in Singapore in as little as two months, according to hotels. In addition, a travel industry expert said yesterday he thinks it could cost Singapore 250,000 visitors a year. The expert, Prof Chuck
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    • 171 9 IT seems the fastest wav to a Singaporean's pocket is through his stomach. At least that strategy worked for the Raffles Girl's Primary School students. To raise funds for the 25th Anniversary Charity Fund, they held a weekly mini food-fair for 17 weeks from April
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    • 452 10 A nine-year-old girl recently wrote to The Straits Times asking why teachers yell at students. They are exceptions, teachers, students and parents told The New Paper. But four primary school children tell ANGELINE SONG about teachers who abuse pupils. L IN, 11, has a subject teacher who
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    • 345 10 SOMK teachers scream and yell at their students over trivial matters. But they are the exceptions, not the norm, say 10 people we interviewed. We spoke to students, teachers and parents. Mrs Yvonne Leong, a teacher for more than 20 years, said: "Most teachers are quite
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    • 313 11  -  By Dave Ang EMPLOYERS say the new guidelines for part-time workers are fair. They also say they are likely to implement them once details have been worked out. All five companies The New Paper spoke to yesterday responded favourably. Two companies said their part-timers already
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    • 415 12  -  Bv Suresh Nair FIVE men were arrested by police after a bloody coffeeshop brawl along Serangoon Road in which parangs, choppers and batons were used. Two people were slightly injured and treated as outpatients in hospital after the free-for-all at the Beatty Road coffeeshop on
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 192 14 NINE garment manufacturers have been given $7 million for automation projects. Mr Mah Bow Tan reveals this in a speech this morning. He is Minister of State for Trade Industry and Communications Information. The financing comes from the Automation Leasing Scheme (ALS) and Extended Automation Leasing Scheme
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    • 271 14 AP. LEADERS of East Germany's Social Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday declared they would pull out of the shaky coalition Government, a move that could delay the national unification process. However, the move still requires approval from the party's parliamentary caucus, which is to meet
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    • 189 14  -  NEW BEAT ESTHER TAN RAYMOND Lee, 28, got his first box of crayons from his mother and drew his first picture when he was i four. Little did his mother know then that he would become one of the best-known cartoonists in Singapore. He has
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 272 15 Reuter. A PEACE forum was set up in Soweto yesterday to end black infighting that has claimed about 160 lives in four days. The decision was taken by black African National Congress deputy leader Nelson Mandela and South African Law and Order Minister
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    • 196 15 AP. LESS than two weeks after taking office, Pakistani Prime Minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi is facing a rebellion in the Senate, the upper House of Parliament. Forty senators voted yesterday to oppose the caretaker Government that replaced ousted Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. They accuse Mr Jatoi
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    • 348 15 AP. A RAPE case in the United States has taken a bizarre twist. The woman has multiple personalities and the man 'charged says one of the woman's personalities consented to have sex. The incident occurred in June in Oshkosh, a city of 50,000 in Wisconsin.
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    • 124 15 1 spm 7pm Heats 2 9 Sep. Semi-Final 16 Sep. New Ferry Terminal Final 30 Sep. Musical Fountain. It's the Sentosa's Karaoke Explosion 199(). Put your vocal chords to the lest and let your budding singing talent take centrestage. There are the Chinese. Malay and English sections in which you
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    • 289 16 2nd Phase Results Distinguished Photographer Award v 20 Entries Selected For Finals (Top 10 scorers after 2nd phase) V' miSmOK 1 Tan Chuan Lek Spore Dance Theatre 1. LeeTiahKhee 21 points OMSMMPOM 2. Lai Lam Tuck *ij u, i'i'j y 2. Tey Kim Guan 20 points 3. Lee Fan Yong,
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 263 17 Bernama. US President George Bush has stopped a hid to remove Malaysia's privileges under the Generalised System of Preferences, says a Malaysian minister. The GSP is a scheme providing for duty-free entry of goods from developing countries to the United States. Trade and Industry Minister
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    • 284 17 Reuter. FRENCH fashion house Cartier has decided to hit back against copycats selling fakes even in the smartest boutiques in Indonesia. It took eight local firms to court yesterday. Cartier's lawyer said: "Shops shamelessly sell Cartier-labelled watches, glasses and leather goods supplied by local producers which are
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    • 113 17 AP. A WHITE British actor may get to play a Eurasian in the Broadway production of the hit London musical Miss Saigon after all. The Actors' Equity union yesterday reversed its decision to bar actor Jonathan Pryce from playing the role. The decision came at
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    • 330 18 Wire services. IRAQI military authorities yesterday threatened to round up about 2,500 US citizens living in Kuwait if they failed to obey an order to assemble at a hotel. US Ambassador to Kuwait Nathaniel Howell received the assembly order at 3 pm (Singapore time), State Department spokesman
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    • 76 18 "WE are on our own land. Kuwaitis and Iraqis are both Iraqis from the beginning There is no going back The people were divided by imperialism. This is a thing of the past. There is no possibility of the backward oil emirs, who distorted the
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    • 193 18 Reuter. IRAQ yesterday denied that tanks and armoured vehicles were patrolling Baghdad. The report by Egypt's Middle East News Agency said the measure seemed to be the result of an assassination attempt on President Saddam Hussein. A Government spokesman quoted by the official
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    • 46 18 Beat by the heat: A US Airforce major receiving medical attention yesterday in an air-transportable hospital in Saudi Arabia. The major suffered heat exhaustion while erecting tents in the more than 40 deg C heat Picture/ Reuter
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    • 289 18 Wire services. PRESIDENT George Bush held out little hope that the Gulf crisis could be solved after talks with Jordan's King Hussein. Mr Bush this morning (Singapore time) also authorised US naval ships to begin intercepting ships carrying goods to and from Iraq and Iraqi-occupied
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    • 308 19 Wire services. SAUDI Arabia yesterday called for an emergency OPKC meeting to discuss the loss of supplies caused by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Saudi Oil Minister Hisham Nazer said the kingdom, along with other unidentified members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, "have
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    • 195 19 Reuter. UNITED Nations Secretary-general Javier Perez de Cuellar has said the use of military force to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq would be a breach of the UN Charter unless approved by the Security Council. "Any intervention, whatever the country, would not be in
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      237 17 AP. SHARE prices fell yesterday, apparently jostled by mounting tensions over the Middle East. The Financial Times 30share index was down 23.3 points at 1,724.9. Throughout most of the session, shares drifted without much investor interest in the slow summer season. In the current climate of confusion in world
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    • 94 17 Reuter. STOCKS opened lower after arbitrageurs sold the cash indices to buy cheap futures contracts. Brokers see Tokyo share prices heading lower today in a thin, pre-weekend session devoid of good news from the Middle East. The key 225-share Nikkei index fell 313.84 points, or 1.14 pet, in the
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    • 51 17 FT Industrials Thur 1,724.90 (1,748.20) Dow Jones Average Thur 2,681.44. (2,748.27) ST Industrial Thur 1,329.36 (1,330.40) NST Industrial Thur 3,111.69 (3,108.13) Hongkong Hang Seng Thur 3,183.29 (3,178.27) Australian All Ordinaries Thur 1,557.00 (1,562.30) Nikkei Stock Average Thur 27,549.44 (28,112.12) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading
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      276 17 Wire services. A STREAM of bleak developments in the Middle East and on the US economic front sparked heavy selling on Wall Street yesterday. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials slid 66.83 points, 2.4 per cent, to 2,681.44, the biggest drop in over a week. Fears of
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  • spotlight
    • 844 20 The present oil price hikes resulting from the invasion of Kuwait and the drastic cut in Middle East supply brings to mind memories of the 1973 crisis. Then, the powerful 11-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) supplied nearly half of the world's petroleum.
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    • 176 20 COMMUNICATIONS and Information Minister Yeo Ning Hong said on Aug 11 that Singaporeans should learn from the 1973 oil crisis. They should start conserving energy and preparing for dearer fuel and electricity. If the crisis in the Middle East resulting from the invasion
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 746 21 fridaytv JOURNEY'S END THE ROCK 0F EUROPE: RHH^SRI MANHUA and Shufang (Fu Shuiyu, (Channel 5, 11.20 pm) But Tiansheng declines. Datou is annoyed which include Massachusetts and to find that Tiansheng has rejected the IT" 8 am' Tk° II BP >' '"'4 ff 6 Robin and Maurice Gibb, discuss Hp
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  • 242 22  - Survival of the fittest Man SEENLASTNIGHT By Colin Cheong GORILLAS may be very much like human beings biologically, but do not expect people to live and let live. After all, we have so little tolerance of our own species, is it possible that we will make allowances for mere animals?
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    • 288 22 ®3aytv CELEBRATION an american tail THIS is the story of the Mousekewitz family of mice as they journey to America and Fievel, their young son, who gets separated from the family on the way He is washed ashore in a bottle in New York harbour. Determined to find his family,
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  • SHOPTALK
    • 443 23  -  By C Shantheni YOU mean to say Dick Tracy wears all these things? I can understand the two-way wristwatch and even the boxer shorts, but a cosmetic bag? Whatever, the Dick Tracy collection has them all. The retail counter selling Dick Tracy souvenirs outside Peranakan
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  • Showtime
    • 331 24  -  By Dave Ang THREE Singapore artists are out to shock you. Wong Shih Yaw, Vincent Leow and Chandrasekaram will create rather bizarre exhibits for an art show which will re-open the newly renovated National Museum Art Gallery today. All three will be putting up art pieces which will focus
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    • 80 24 THE exhibition is open to the public from Aug 18 to Sept 2 (closed Mondays). Hours: 9am 5.30pm. Admission is free. The exhibition is sponsored by The Lee Foundation, Metamedia Systems Pte Ltd, Apple Singapore Pte Ltd and C K Tang Limited. Visitors will also get a chance
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    • 526 25 IT was deja vu. The Countdown To National Day 90 TV show gathered comedians Malay, Indian and Chinese from the 60s to re-enact their acts. It was a heartwarming idea. And TV viewers saw Samad Ayob, Veerisingam, Abdul Rahim, David Mala, Hua Liang, Wang Sa
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    • 117 25 WHAT was clearly needed was A more natural format whereby all the races interact together as in real life. The act ached for a stronger structure than just characters chancing to meet each other at a hawker stall and talking just about everything under the
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    • 127 25 SHOCKING ARTISTS CHANDRA, who with his long hair and beard has more than a passing resemblance to a yogi, will sit for more than three hours figuratively buried under a 6 m by 6 m pyramid of stones suspended from the ceiling. The lowest
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 110 27 TODAY'S PIN-UP CALLY Kwong is Miss Hongkong 82 first run-ner-up. This Lady of Ice has that aloof, almost regal quality about her. The nickname, Lady of Ice, stuck after her song of the same title became a hit. While most beauty contestants prefer to
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    • 323 27  -  Bv Karen Goh s INGAPORE drama has a new supporter a tobacco company. British-American Tobacco Company (Singapore) is offering a drama scholarship to local actors with professional acting experience. They will study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow,
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    • 122 27 MR Tay Tong, production manager of Theatreworks: "It's good that someone is actually doing this. Frankly, a lot of the practitioners in Singapore are not professionally trained. A lot of us are on-the-job trained. "Not many of us could finance ourselves to go to this sort of thing.
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    • 320 27  -  REVIEW/ By Dave t Dave Ang IT was a terrific struggle. So goes a line in ST*ARS' latest play, Room Service. On its preview night on Wednesday, the dozen or so actors and actresses certainly had to dig deep into themselves to keep the 2Vi
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    • 343 29 FRIDAYRADIO EH3SEEEIHi NOON News in Brief NOON News in Brief 12.05 Lunchdate 12.03 Popular Classics 1.00 News and Weather Report 1 00 News and Weather Forecast 1.15 Lunchdate (cont'd) MO Currency Exchange Rates 2.00 News in Brief 115 Popular Classics (cont'd) 2.05 Afternoon Fare l-*5 Midday Market Report 3.00 News
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    • 551 30 COMICRELIEF FRIDAYRADIO Orchard Road/coim Goh NOON Good Music, Company and Mc NOON Newsdesk 12.30 Off tha Shelf 12.15 Sentimental Journey 12.45 Folk in Britain WHAT DO WOMEN ekitcment j intellect 1 Ifwuiiusr I! M 100 W«m H»> NirMs// ORmURHN OR LOOK 7 I SOMEONE TO (ARalt PUywrightDsvid Hare hure- 1.09
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    • 24 31 821 Business To Business YONG KENG GUAN SOFA MAKER specialises in reupholstery of old sofa also, able to make new office chairs TEL: *****29.
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    • 279 32 821 Business To Business X4KWHMK wwnwnw mm /S\\ SS£ STANDARD ySS 5| CONCRETE f 1 I PRODUCTS CENTRE I /-P. JALAN BUfT, (Off CHUA < ICHU HANG ROAD, 13.Sm/v) 11 f SINGAPORE 2469 I I Tel: *****76 j j P M r f 11 i nggip MIMCTUKI INSTAUIRI fit Of
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    • 483 32 831 Employment w KysaM M > V\V> Applications are Invited from suitably qualified \X (tptf persona for the post of: I CLERICAL OFFICER WsViV'V Minimum Qualifications: ly At least a GCE 0' level pass in English or Mathematics; or VvV. 3 GCE'N'level passes including P3 or better In English and
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    • 215 32 831 Employment 831 Employment EB IkANSWAkt DISIKIBUIK>N 53 SERVICES PTE LTD y A newly formed joint venture between Warehousing Transportation (1988) Pte Ltd. a member of the Keppel Group of Companies, and Malaysian International Shipping Corporation, the Company operates out of a 17 acre site in Jurong and offers a
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    • 443 32 831 Employment S UNION SERVICES J (S) PTE LTD a urgently requires: a 5 1) MALE/ FEMALE WAREHOUSE 1 CLERK i Dutio*: 9 Assist the Supervisor 9 In the dally office 5 j functions a S Maintain accurate 8 stock record cards, filing, documentation and operate computer. 9 Requirement*: J
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  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • 180 33 —a———— 831 Employment TECHNICIJBB m m. m* A -a...—s. afc Male citizens must have completed N.S. I CCE 'O' level Preferably possess class 3 licence Experience preferred but training will I Attractive salary is offered to the right I candidate with similar experience or H background in ink/paint industry. DELIVERY
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    • 422 33 831 Employment SINGAPORE PETROLEUM CO PTE LTD invites applications for the position of. GENERAL CLERK GCE O' level Pleasant personality Ability to type at 40 wpm On-the-job training provided Job offers: 5-day work week Attractive fringe benefits Interested applicants, please call tel: *****76, Anne for interview at: ■L 6 Shenton
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    • 405 33 831 Employment 831 Employment 5 Due to rapid expansion, we are looking for: SALES EXECUTIVES (FEMALE/ MALE) Requirements: 2 e 2 years sales experience, preferably In office automation Possess high drive and self motivated a Good communication skill Preferably possess own transport a Age: 22 26 years old J Benefits:
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    • 391 33 831 Employment I CLUB KABUKI CUM KARAOKE has immediate vacancies for: (1) WAITRESSES/ WAITERS (2) CASHIERS Training provided Experience Is an advantage Salary scale $»<X> to SI.000 Part-timers ire welcome Attractive incentive and pay package Walk-In Interview on 17th Itth August 1990 fr..in 3pm to 6pm Other day* from 6p.m.
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  • Page 34 Advertisements
    • 375 34 831 Employment An established and aggressive trading company in Jurong has immediate vacancy tor: JUNIOR SECRETARY e Minimum OCE 'O' level with credit In English 2 years relevant working experience Able to work Independently Knowledge of PC will be an added advantage Interested applicants, please call Mrs Lim at *****66
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    • 215 34 831 Employment FEMALE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT required by a computer firm with some relevant working experience Interested, please call personally at 1, ROCHOR CANAL ROAD #03—49 SIM LIM SQUARE SINGAPORE 0718 (trom 11a.m. onwards) to see MR. YEO. An established Shipping Oroup has Immediate* vacancies for accounts 5 CLERKS OCE O'
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    • 374 34 831 Employment Electric City Pte Ltd has E vacancies for: |1. CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT E Minimum 'A' level Able to type E 5 Knowtedfle of PC E Wordstar Lotus E S 5 1/2-day week Salary $750 $950 E E acc to experience E 12. MERCHANDISING I ASSISTANT E (Full-Time I Temporary)
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    • 462 34 831 Employment Wanted 1) FEMALE/MALE PART-TIME PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS 2) FEMALE/ MALE SECURITY SUPERVISORS/ GUARDS a) Warehouse at Pioneer Sector Lane off Oul Road Bam to Bpm b) Condominium near Clementl Ave. 6 MKT Sam to Bpm/ Bpm to Bam c) Part-time on any day for day or night In any
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    • 267 34 831 Employment A group com pan in automation projact and machining aarvioaa In Hougang Ava. 1 raqwraa: DESIGN DRAUGHTSMEN/ WOMEN NTC 2/ 3 or STI graduate o 1 year experience o Familiar with Jigs fixture designs o Autocad experience an advantage ENGINEERING ASSISTANTS (Mechanical) NTC/ITC Assembly of custom built machine
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    • 361 34 831 Employment l A Petroleum Company I i urgently requires i FEMALE GENERAL i SHIPPING CLERKS j! Mln. 2 years working] J j experience preferred J Ii o OCE 'O' level I iI Able to type i i i Interested applicants i please call *****60/ *****02 A young Christian computer
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    • 319 34 831 Employment Local Expanding Enginooring Co. Km ifTintodittf fMtnciM fof thd —i*i pvwiiofii 1) SKILLED/ SEMI SKILLED MILLING MACHINIST OC INSPECTOR OFFICER (tomato port) Mln. O' level with Technical I knowledge 3) APPRENTICE 4) OPERATORS (Mate/Female) i WALK-IN INTERVIEW Wk 1009. #01-*) Viahun Industrial Park A Singapore 7776 Tel: 752-7*oo
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  • Page 35 Advertisements
    • 267 35 831 Employment Required OFFICE BOY Experience not necessary. Retirees may also apply. Interacted plaaaa call TEL 297-1352 Wail aataMishad lATA traeal iftflcy has immediate vacan- c» lor ACCOUNTS CLERK I OCE O 1 level i Ito 2 years accounting 1 i experience i i For appointment call i i *****67/
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    • 263 35 831 Employment PROFESSIONAL DJa 4 KJe CANTONESE ENGLISH MALI S FEMALE urgenUy required Experienced or Inexperienced Call: *****11 (Ipm. to Ipm.) or page *****21 SEMINAR AND GUIDANCE TO FUTURES TRADING Interested, please call to reserve *****66 ext. 140 *****11 ext.l4l WILLIAM LER Trading Company requires: GENERAL CLERK a OCE N"
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    • 302 35 831 Employment I Established Software I House requires Pleasant personality Good telephone etiquette Able to type GCE O/N level Benefits 5-day work week 14 days annual leave Interested please write to: THE ADVERTISER BLK 1003 TOA PAYOH INO. PARK #04-1501/13 SINGAPORE 1231 I 871 Education/ Instruction KTaTOanHiTTTaIT^B Cpn #03 29
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    • 105 35 831 Employment 871 Education/ Instruction WELCOME RIP YOUR P*.» NEWBORN A great moment of joy. Bring out the champagne. Announce the birth of your newborn. In The New Paper Fastads Fitti Baby Announcements Page. FREE. As a birthday gift to your newborn, Fitti will present 2 packs of diapers, a
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    • 120 35 831 Employment 831 Employment ''''X'X^lwXwwXnSflwflnMMl^ I Established Imp/Exp in Building Materials set has vacancies tor the following positions Kg GENERAL WORKERS I With class 3 dnvmg licence H Salary $750 neg H DRIVER I With class 4 dnvmg licence H Salary $650 neg I Interested, please phone or call tor
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  • SPORTS
    • Article, Illustration
      476 36 BATTLE CHARITY SHIELD MAN UNITED V LIVERPOOL Live on SBC 12 Tomorrow, 10pm Reuter. BOTH League champion Liverpool and FA Cup winner Manchester United will have a major point to prove when they step out at Wembley in tomorrow's FA Charity Shield. Although many consider the Charity Shield little
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    • 148 36 Reuter, AP. FORMER World Cup player Paulo Roberto Falcao was appointed Brazilian soccer coach yesterday. It is his first coaching job. Falcao, who starred for Brazil in the 1982 World Cup, replaces Sebastiao Lazaroni. Falcao said he had agreed to a condition laid down by the Brazilian
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    • 199 36 Wire services. THE English FA is to decide whether Swindon Town manager Ossie Ardiles will face charges in a payments scandal which has rocked the club. The Football League decided yesterday to hand the FA its evidence and charges against individuals at Swindon relating to irregular payments to players.
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    • 464 37  -  NATIONAL SCHOOLS RUGBY DIV C FINAL ST ANDREW'S v RI Jalan Besar, 5.30pm By Loh Tuan Lee ST ANDREW'S School and Raffles Institution. Junior rugby can't seem to get away from these two schools. Why can't rugby fans have a nice surprise this year, like Dunearn Technical coming
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    • SINGAPORE OPEN BOWLING
      • 245 37  -  Stories/A] Alfonso Chan THE LOCAL bowlers have had their grouses, and the overseas bowlers have joined them too. But D-day is here and every bowler, whether they use a heavy or a light ball, will have to master the tricky lane conditions at Victor's Superbowl if
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      • 214 37 SHK looks trim and fit, a young lithe athlete cusping the world within her hands. But underneath those confident looks, Grace Young is a bundle of fears, not least that of having to defend her Singapore Open title. The Sportswoman of the Year said that events
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    • 433 38 It was a bitter-sweet return to Singapore for Australian soccer imports Abbas Saad and Alistair Edwards last night. They had left on Monday to persuade their club, Sydney Olympic, to allow them to extend their Malaysia Cup contracts beyond the Oct 31 deadline.
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    • 156 38 SYDNEY Olympic may play a friendly soccer match against Singapore's Malaysia Cup squad next month. This is one of the olive branches offered to the Australian knockout champion in order that its stars Abhas Saad and Alistair Kdwards will be all owed to stay on with Singapore. The
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    • 404 38 Wire services Results of yesterday's international sports: BILLIARDS World championship in Bangalore. India Gp A: David Meredith IN'Z) l>t Kohala Sirisoma (SI,) 1,220-836, Nalin Patel (Ind) 1)1 Martin Spoor man (Bel) 1.472 734 Cap B: Manoj Kothari (Ind) 1)1 S Shaharwar <li (SI.) 1,953 (594. Martin Coodwill (F.ng) ht
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    • 205 39  -  Abbas denies $214,500 fee By S Gulam Ultimatum to Sydney Olympic /Page 39 SINGAPORE soccer star Abbas Saad (above) last night denied his Australian club was asking the Football Association of Singapore for A$150,000 ($214,500) so that he could continue playing in the Malaysia
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  • Page 36 Advertisements
    • 198 36 THE NEW PAPER ELECTRIC CITY SPECIAL VISIT AND WIN! H i r ypt i NO PURCHASES REQUIRED Simple! All vou have to do is to fill up your particulars in the coupon below. Deposit it at Electric City Forum Galleria (4th storey) before noon on 22 August 1990, for your
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    • 56 39 I FALCAO IS I APPOINTED I BRAZIL COACH E| Roberto Falcao (right) takes S|| over from ;K Lazaroni for first !H coaching job I Jlj SPORTS GRANINI Fruit Nectar Distributor: the unique "Drinkable Fruit" PETRA FOODS for Only the Best from Singapore 2775. the *****72 *****58 from West Germany. PETFDS
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