The Straits Times, 25 December 1981

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1981 35 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 101/1/81
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    Lock icon US cuts trade ties with Poland
    910 1 Reagan warns of more sanctions WASHINGTON, Thursday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan, accusing the Soviet Union of instigating the Polish military crackdown, suspended major economic ties with Poland last night. In a Christmas address televised from the White House, Mr Reagan charged that the Polish people
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    Lock icon Polish troops storm steel mill and hold militants
    385 1 VIENNA, Thursday POLJSH troops reportedly stormed Poland's largest steel mill yesterday and arrested Solidarity free trade union militants who were said to have been holding 2,000 striking workers as their hostages. Warsaw Radio reported last night that the troops were sent in
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    Good wishes from PM
    62 1 THE Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, wishes all a Merry Christmas. A MERRY Christmas to all our readers. There will be no Straits Times, Business Times and Berlta Harian tomorrow, but New Nation will be oat as usual and will carry two Moneywords coupons. On
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    Lock icon Jakarta bars striptease
    77 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. Striptease will be banned and the number of Mandarin songs reduced in nightclubs and entertainment places in the Indonesian capital from Jan 1, Governor Cokro Pranolo said. They are added to the banned list drawn up under President Suharto's new order government since 1965. At
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    Lock icon Five shot
    46 1 MANILA, Thurs. Five members of the Civilian Home Defence Force were snot dead by communist guerillas disguised as government soldiers after being taken from their homes on the outskirts of Davao city in the southern Philippines last Monday, military headquarters here said today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Gift of love — a kidney
    65 1 Gift of love a kidney DACCA, Thurs. A 40-year-old woman, Mrs Zakia Khatun, saved the life of her critically ill brother by donating one of her kidneys last week in what is believed to be the first successful kidney transplant in Bangladesh. Both the donor and recipient, M.A. Chowdhury, are
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    Cold wave toll
    29 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs. More than 100 people have died in a cold wave sweeping parts of north and north eastern India over the past two weeks.
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    Ho-ho-ho Santa gets the bye-bye-bye...
    149 1 LONDON, Thar*. Santa Claos cot the ■aek yesterday for grumpily ripping off hto white beard In front of a fear year-old girl and shattering her Illusions. A big department store in Loton said It had fired Mr Derek Rathbone, 51, one of two part-time Santas
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    Police will step up watch groups
    352 1  - Police will step up watch groups K. S. SIDHU, By Crime Desk POLICE are to give a new dimension to crime prevention and detection among Neighbourhood Watch groups by providing them with up to date news despatches on the identity of criminals and crimes committed in their areas. This new
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    Lock icon Tourists held for drugs
    62 1 BANGKOK, Thurs. Customs officials have arrested one French and two Spanish tourists at Don Muang airport and seized nearly 300 grams of heroin. French woman Ruby Legrail, 32, and Spaniards Ana Eligia Fernandez Alayou, 21, and Santos Tello Antonio, 31, were arrested on Tuesday at a
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    Lock icon 21 hurt by lightning
    55 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. A bolt of lightning injured 21 people in a mosque in Maialengka, 250 km south-east of here, Antarm news agency reported today. The agency said lightning bit the mosque's minaret and travelled down an electric cable into the mosque where the Muslims were preparing
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    PM on what an opposition MPcan and cannot do
    824 1 4 MEANWHILE, Alison, and the rest of Singapore watching Anson, will learn about real politics; that life Is about Jobs with decent and adequate pay, about homes with working lifts, water and electricity which work for U hoars In a day,
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    Lock icon 30,000 flee floods
    65 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. At least 30,000 people were evacuated from their homes in east Jakarta early today when floods inundated large areas of the sprawling Indonesian capital, authorities said. The flood was caused by continuous rain during the past 24 hours, raising water level to 2.5 metres along
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    Lock icon Film in doubt
    44 1 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. MGM wants to scrap "Brainstorm," the nearly completed US$l2 million (5J24.6 million i film jeopardized last month by the death of actress Natalie Wood, but MGM's insurance carriers are still reviewing the matter, an insurance spokesman says. AP.
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    PAP will field Pang again
    591 1 PAP will field Pang again MR Lee Kuan Yew has reaffirmed that the People's Action Party will field again Mr Pang Kirn Hin, who lost the Oct 31 Anson by-election "and prove the sceptics wrong." "I saw him a week after his defeat, after being psychologically bashed, bruised and battered,"
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    66 1 60 PLOTTERS ARRESTED MANAMA, Thnrs. Sixty pevpie have been arrested for allegedly nlwlng a p»up d'etat In feakrata, Interfer Milliter Sheikh M*h*mmed Khalifa aald la a statement released here today. The minister said almast all the pUttera were thought to be la custody and that the M under arrest
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      HOME
      372 2 Disappointing Santas IT may be Christmas, but the festive spirit seems to have missed the Santas in town. That's the verdict of our "learned judges": five children aged between five and 12. We brought them to five department stores in Orchard Road yesterday. But of the five Santas, only
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      COMMENT
      333 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THREE recent challenges to peace on earth came during the season of goodwill to all men Cambodia in 1918, Afghanistan In Il7t and Poland this year. Yet, even the most opportunistic and aggressive power most contend with the moral dimension Inherent In the Christmas spirit,
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      TIMES BUSINESS
      277 2 WEAKER MARKET NOT AFFECTING HOUSING LOANS DESPITE weaker property prices the last half year, banks and finance companies have said they are content to continue using the same guidelines for housing loans as before. This is because loan amounts are based on valuations done on the property by
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      BACKGROUND
      54 2 STRONGER THAI COALITION BY bringing the Social Action Party into the government in the latest reshuffle of the cabinet, Thai Prime Minister Gen Pi-em Tinsulanonda has strengthened his ruling coalition. This new coalition government is geared to serve an immediate purpose: meeting the opposition challenge mounted by former Premier
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      SPORTS
      225 2 Cable on venue THE International Football Federation (Fifa) has cabled the Football Association of Singapore to ask whether "Singapore (is) able to stage the New Zealand-China match on Jan 9." The match will decide the last qualifier for next year's World Cup finals in Spain. FAS has replied that
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      AROUND THE WORLD
      505 2 People obstacle A MAJOR obstacle to China's pursuit of modernisation is the "glaring problems in the quality of our population. The Shanghai World Economic Guide says 150 million or 15 per cent of the population is illiterate. Half of the 100 million-strong industrial workforce are less able
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      ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
      227 2 PWD to be revamped THE structure and capability of the over-burdened Public Works Department are being reviewed by the Malaysian Government, which feels that many of the projects can be handled by other government agencies. The review team is expected to recommend that PWD be more a
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      SECTION 2
      359 2 A Christmas story THE age old question, What is Christmas?, is placed Before us once again. This time Rebecca Chua conjures up a romantic yet melancholic fairy tale set in modern Singapore. The saddest boy in the universe, the prince, meets the most beautiful girl in the world.
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      SECTION 3 (Spore edition)
      187 2 Of legendary animals CHINESE legend is steep in the mythical animals of dragon, phoenix and the unicorn. Behind these symbols lie some creatures both big and small that are real and revered. They are the deer, crane, white tiger, carp, tortoise and even the monkey. These
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      210 2 The largest exhibition and sale of classical Chinese furniture, arts and crafts. December 18-27, 1981 10am to 6pm daily. If you have always hankered for a piece of Chinese culture, or a magnificent suite of Ming style furniture, now is the time to buy it. At Asean's largest display of
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      People — China's obstacle to progress
      334 3 People China's obstacle to progress Report lists five 'glaring problems' in the drive for a quality population LONDON, Thursday THE quality of China's population has become a major obstacle to its pursuit for modernisation, according to new statistics made available here. The Shanghai World Economic Guide admits that China is
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      Lock icon Big gas find in disputed South China Sea islands
      350 3 A HIGHLY significant natural gas deposit has been discovered near the disputed Natuna Island group in the South China Sea, the Indonesian Pertamina Oil Company said today. The discovery was made by Continental Oil Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the
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      Lock icon A Chinese view of the American -tongue—
      391 3 A Chinese view of the American -tongue— BEIJING. Thurs IF the well-mannered Chinese professor just off the plane from China says he's "drooling to let it all hang out with a sh— load of people at the welcoming reception," forgive him. Chances are, he'd been studying his pocket "handbook of
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      Lock icon GONDOLAS TAKE OVER IN VENICE
      57 3 GONDOLAS TAKE OVER IN VENICE YOU can go anywhere on a gondola In Venice after one of the heaviest floods to hit the city in several yean. On Tuesday, flood waters, caused by unusually high tides In the Adriatic Sea, reached 1.45 metres above sea level, forcing residents to resort
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      Lock icon Courtesy first
      38 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The US Government is asking its personnel at ports of entry to treat all foreign visitors courteously following numerous complaints from citizens of the Philippines of mistreatment on arrival in th» United States. AP.
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      Lock icon Costly war
      36 3 TEHERAN, Thurs. Iran is spending about 3,000 million rials (SCB 7million) a day on its 15-month-old war with Iraq, a spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards in the north of the country said yesterday. AFP.
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      Lock icon Recount confirms slim majority for Muldoon
      116 3 WELLINGTON, Thurs. The ruling National Party of Prime Minister Robert Muldoon retained its twoseat parliamentary majority when a magisterial recount yesterday confirmed it had held New Zealand's most marginal seat, Taupo, by only 14 votes. The opposition Labour Party applied for a recount in
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      Lock icon Thugs bribe Chinese officials in illegal timber deal
      249 3 Thugs bribe Chinese officials in illegal timber deal BEIJING, Thurs. Chlneee gangsters used women and bribes to make official* lo«k the other way while they piled op 1.1 million yuan (SJI.S billion) In praflta tram Illegal timber trading, the People's Daily reported yesterday. The paper said the communist party's Central
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      68 3 «3£s^ KEL BELLA CHINESE ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES 1 w ys t A LARGE FAM. ROSE PLATE WITH FLORAL SCROLL AND EIGHT TREASURES. 34.6 CM (13% DIAMETER. SIX CHARACTER MARK AND REIGN OF KUANG HSU Compare with a simiar piece and size exhibited in National Palace Museum, Taipei. May 1981. Possibly
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      Lock icon Appeal to intellectuals for a 'patriotic accord'
      426 4 JARUZELSKI'S FIRST MEETING WITH CIVILIANS VIENNA, Thurs. GENERAL Wojciech Jarazelski, head of Poland's military government, yesterday appealed to a group of leading Polish intellectuals to help achieve a "patriotic agreement" in the country, Radio Warsaw reported. The radio, monitored here, said professors among
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      SOLIDARITY IS GIVEN NOISY SUPPORT
      70 4 SOLIDARITY IS GIVEN NOISY SUPPORT WITH posters In fr»nt of his shop calling for a Mlsy show of rappert for Solidarity, wine merchant Dennis Overstreet waves to motorists In Beverly mils, California, yesterday to Jain In. Adding to the velum is Us helper. Mr Oventreet, whe alse owns a shop
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      Lock icon E. European troops in military exercises
      122 4 E. European troops in military exercises WABHINQTON, Thurs WARSAW Pact troops are engaged In military manoeuvres, the Pentagon said yesterday, but there was nothing alarming and the exercises were normal at this time of the year, officials said. The State Department meanwhile confirmed that two Soviet armoured divisions stationed in
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      Lock icon Reagan's talk translated by VOA
      108 4 Reagan's talk translated by VOA WASHINGTON, Thurs. As President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Polish crisis last night, the citizens of Poland were able to bear his remarks in their own language. The Voice of America broadcast a translated version of Mr Reagan's address to Poland as the
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      Lock icon Poland faces mounting fuel and food shortages
      583 4 Poland faces mounting fuel and food shortages Cyftc-fcriowitjl Solidarity! WARSAW, Thurs. In its bleakest report yet of the nations economic situation, Warsaw Radio conceded yesterday that strikes, absenteeism and suspicion among recalcitrant workers were causing mounting fuel and j food shortages throughout Poland. It acknowledged that deep bitterness lingered among
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      Lock icon AMERICAN LONGSHOREMEN BOYCOTT POLISH CARGO
      375 4 DUNDALK (Maryland), nut. l—fijummrn yesterday refued U unload Polish cargo tram the freighter Kaatmtors PnlMld, which docked in Baltimore with 38 crewmen, mast of them members of the Solidarity labour union. The International Longshoremen's Union (ILA) unloaded most of the cargo from the ship because
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      Lock icon Saudis pledge support for Syria's fight for Heights
      403 6 Saudis pledge support for Syria's fight for Heights BEIRUT, Thursday SAUDI Arabia yesterday announced full backing for Syrian efforts to bring about a cancellation of Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights. It warned that if "peaceful means" fail, Arabs would collectively "have to consider what appropriate measures to take.' r
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      Lock icon DOCTOR IN SECOND SUIT FOR ENDING MARRIAGE
      213 6 DOCTOR IN SECOND SUIT FOR ENDING MARRIAGE SAN DIEGO (California), Thurs. A psychiatrist who was ordered to pay US$ 2.5 million (5J.125 million) to a woman for having sex with her during therapy sessions yesterday has been accused in another sex-therapy lawsuit of breaking up the marriage of a San
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    Lock icon Begin to call for elections in two months?
    203 6 TEL AVIV, Thurs. Prime Minister Menachem Begin is contemplating new elections next February, less than a year after his re-elec-tion and two months ahead of the final Israeli troop withdrawal in the Sinai peninsula, according to the state-owned television. The TV network
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    Lock icon Zsa Zsa to divorce seventh husband
    137 6 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has filed for divorce from her seventh husband, attorney and producer Michael O'Hara. According to a petition filed in the Superior Court on Tuesday, the couple have reached a property settlement. Miss Gabor, a member of a
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    Lock icon Hunt for a Great White
    138 6 MONTEREY (CallfornU), Ulan. A hunt for a dm* white shark, pMtdbly the biggest ever to swim on the Callfornlaa Mtit, has been Launched after ft surfer disappeared, a marine expert said today. A Mm< sfrtaed sarfh«ard wasfcea Mfcwe had aa M cm chunk bitten off
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    Lock icon US Navy to get tough with drug offenders
    209 6 US Navy to get tough with drug offenders WASHINGTON, Thurs. The United States Navy announced a get-tough policy against drug abuse yesterday, changing its emphasis from the treatment of offenders to punishment, including the dismissal of officers found using or possessing drugs. use and distribution of drugs and drug paraphernalia
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    122 6 $2.9 m golden handshake A BRITISH firm has proposed granting a "goldon nandshSJce" worth nearly £750,000 (SS2,91O,OOO) to hs former managing director. The pay-off to Mr Jack GUI for losing his £100,000-a-year job with Associated Commu nicationsC or p o ration (ACC) last September is believed to break British
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Thanat asked to stay
        74 7 THAI PRIME Minister Prem Tinsulanonda said in Bangkok yesterday that he had asked Deputy Premier Thanat Khoman, who offered his resignation, to stay in the post. Dr Thanat gave no reasons for the offer on Wednesday Dut it took place after the central committee of the
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        Lock icon $71m loan to Vietnam
        57 7 FRANCE YESTERDAY agreed to lend Vietnam 200 million francs (5571.8 million) after negotiations lasting several months, the French Foreign Ministry announced in Paris yesterday. It said the loan, contained in the first financial accord between the two countries since 1977, reflected French policy towards the development
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        81 7 THE UNITED STATES Attorney-General has decided to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of bribery against US Labour Secretary Raymond Donovan. Attorney-General William French Smith said in Washington yesterday that he had applied to a court for permission to appoint a special prosecutor because of public interest
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        Lock icon No action by Thatcher
        67 7 BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Margaret Thatcher will take no action over allegations that a woman tried to hang herself outside the London apartment of a government minister, her spokesman said in London yesterday. London newspapers had said the woman, a former parliamentary aide, was found two months
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        Lock icon US arms offer report
        77 7 A PRO-COMMUNIST Portuguese newspaper said in Lisbon yesterday that US Secretary of State Alexander Haig had offered to supply military advisers and anti-aircraft missiles to Angolan rebel groups. The newspaper, Diario de Lisboa, said it had learnt from diplomatic circles that the north Americans have 14
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        Lock icon Lead on kidnap gang
        76 7 ANTI-TERRORIST police leading the hunt for the Red Brigades kidnappers of American Nato General James L. Dozier believe that the kidnap gang may be headed by hard-line terrorists who murdered a kidnap victim on July 5, press reports said in Rome yesterday. The detectives made this
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      Lock icon Santa gets fan mail from thousands
      296 7 Santa gets fan mail from thousands MONTREAL, Thurs. Children all over the world whether they write in English, French, Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish or even braille know that Santa Claus lives in Canada. At Zip Code HOHOHO in downtown Montreal, Santa and nine helpers at Post Office House have already answered
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      Lock icon Trench Watergate' four jailed five to 10 years
      258 7 A JURY of the Paris Assize Court yesterday sentenced four men to prison terms ranging from five to 10 years for their participation in France's notorious "De Broglle affair" the assassination of Prince Jean De Broglie in Paris just five years ago.
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      Lock icon Britain's trade on the rise
      84 7 LONDON, Thurs. Britain's latest trade figures today showed record exports and imports and led a minister to say they backed government claims that the economy was recovering from recession. Exporters sold more goods abroad last month than ever before, with shipments valued at £4 765
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      Lock icon One-way telex
      44 7 BONN, Thurs. Some telex connections with Poland were restored (or the first time since martial law was imposed 10 days ago, the West German postal ministry said. A ministry spokesman said some lines had been restored to but not from Poland. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Not for UN
      38 7 UNITED NATIONS, Ttaurs. Outgoing UN Secretary-Gener-al Kurt Waldheim said in an interview yesterday that the United Nations was powerless to Intervene directly in the Polish crisis as long as it remained "an Internal matter". AP
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      Lock icon Coldest Christmas in Britain in a decade
      447 7 Coldest Christmas in Britain in a decade CHRISTMAS has a Dickensian mood in Britain this year. The coldest December of the decade has covered roofs and countryside with snow, while the sagging economy brings reminders of the hardship Ebenezer Scrooge once dismissed as none of his concern. Bookmakers set odds
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      Lock icon Civilian rule by 1985
      65 7 MONROVIA, Thurs. Liberian Head of State Samuel Doe yesterday set April 12, 1985, as the date for a return to civilian rule. He made the announcement in a Christmas message to the nation in which he also said that A.B. Tolbert, son of assassinated former President
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      Lock icon An Xmas surprise
      43 7 MORGAN CITY (Louisiana) Than. A goat admiring the baby Jeras at the city's nativity scene gave parents and children more of a show than they had bargained for by giving birth to two babies of her own on Tuesday. UPI.
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      26 7 All branches open today. People's Park Branch Katong Branch Toa Payoh Branch Boon Lay Branch Paul Jewellery Main Branch close today; IPOHHENG i Jewellery Pte Ltd
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      382 7 We wish all our 1 customers I a Merry Christmas U $j Business as usual today, 25th December. 1981,10am -9pm I ■01 i &t ISETAN HAVE LOCK ~^^T^ f S/j> Havelock/Outram Roads, Spore o3l6. Tel: *****1 pi ISETAN ORCHARD ICO I*^o H Liat Towers. 541 Orchard Rd Spore 0923 Tel:
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    Testing for five Santas
    782 9  - Testing for five Santas MAY HO By '775 the season to be merry and the age of the consumer test! So yesterday, the Straits Times set out on a not-altogether-serious survey of Singapore's Christmas grottos. Along with us came a specially selected panel of experts: five children aged from five
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    Treats from uncles and aunties
    429 9 Treats from uncles and aunties By EVELYN NG, Social Services Correspondent A TREE and presents. Christmas stockings and Christmas treats. Best of all, the love of an uncle and auntie who cared enough to take them home. These are wishes come true for Lily, 13, and Ah Po, eight, this
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    Bonuses liable for CPF
    139 9 Bonuses liable for CPF payment COMPANIES moat pay Central Provident Fond (CPF) contribution for bonus and bong bao (red packets) riven to their workers, the CPF Board said yesterday. la the put, employers have been uncertain aa to whether bonus aad hong bao would attract CPF liability. The calculation of
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    Chinese opera troupe
    149 9 coming CHINA'S Guangdong Chaozhou Opera Troupe will begin its performance at the National Theatre from Jan 15. The troupe, which first visited Singapore in 1979. will present four full- length operas and two short plays nightly till Feb 2. The 63-member troupe, i which includes 32 artistes
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    Duty-free meat to be sold at airport
    220 10 Duty-free meat to be sold at airport TRAVELLERS leaving Singapore will soon be able to buy prepacked frozen meat along with other duty-free goods at Changi Airport's departure hall. The airport authorities plan to set up a meat counter in the east wing of the hall in seven months. A
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    Chamber meet
    27 10 THE Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry will hold its monthly management committee meeting at its premises in Hill Street on Tuesday .at 3 p.m.
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    SIA plans to fly to Canada late next year
    321 10 SIA plans to fly to Canada late next year SINGAPORE Airlines is planning to fly to Canada late next year under a special agreement with the country's airline, Air Canada, in a new bid to break into the Canadian market. The airlines are understood to have agreed in principle to
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    Banned drivers must send in licences
    191 10 Banned drivers must send in licences 10 to appear in court on Monday MOTORISTS, who fail to surrender their driving licences after they have been disqualified or suspended by courts, will be prosecuted, the Traffic Police warned yesterday. So far, Traffic Police have blacklisted 494 motorists who have failed to
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    Snatch thief fined $1,000
    68 10 PAINTER Seoh Kok Kum, 37, was fined $1,000 yesterday for stealing an envelope containing $700 and a Post Office Savings Bank passbook from Miss Chong Ho, 30, a typist, on Dec 17. Miss Chong was walking along Belvedere Close in front of Block 6 when Seoh
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    TRUNK CALLS, HALF OF $4,700 PAID UP
    190 10 TRUNK CALLS, HALF OF $4,700 PAID UP ALMOST half of the $4,700 owed by students at the National University of Singapore for overseas phone calls has been paid up. The authorities have now extended their pay-up deadline until the New Year. About three weeks ago, the students were told to
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    Fined $2,500 for making false claim
    112 10 A FORMER safety officer was jailed for one day and fined $2,500 for making a false insurance claim by using the name of a worker who had made a similar claim following an accident. The court heard on Wednesday that Or Kirn Piouu, 23,
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    Trespassed
    36 10 FREE lance diver Raymond Scow Llan Chye, 28, was fined $100 yesterday (or trespassing by entering into the compound of Ridgewood Condominium, a private property, at Mount Sinai Road on Dec 2. He pleaded guilty
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    $6,000 fine for selling cigs to drug detainees
    340 10 AN electronics company storekeeper, Han Boh Khoon, 32, was jailed a day and fined $6,000 by a district judge yesterday after he admitted 27 charges of corruptly selling cigarettes to drug detainees in the Sembawang Drug Rehabilitation Centre. The court heard that
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    New post for Dr Toh
    70 10 A NEW post of group adviser to Apollo Enterprises has been filled by Dr Toh Chin Chye, former Deputy Prime Minister and ex-chairman of the People's Action Party. He is now MP for Rochor. He will help the board in policy and decision-making as well
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    146 11 Federal Court rejects appeal by 20 Sabah assemblymen KUALA LUMPUR, Than. Malaysia's hlgheot cMrt yestenUy dlsmbaed v appeal by M Sabah aMemMymea against the bearing «f petitions charglag them with corrupt practice daring •tote electiMs. Tlm Federal C**rt rated that It had no Jurisdiction la hearing the
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    State taking second look at private development
    259 11 THE Selangor Government had frozen all private sector projects in the Petaling district so as to review its development strategy, The Star reported here yesterday. Mentri Besar Datuk Hormat Rafei said in a statement that the review was to ensure that all projects
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    PWD comes under review to speed up govt projects
    446 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE Malaysian Government, anxious to speed up development projects, is reviewing the structure and capability of the Public Works Department, the New Straits Times reported today. Its main aim is to decide whether this overburdened department should implement
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    Lock icon Philippine Govt grounds two Sabah copters
    140 11 Philippine Govt grounds two Sabah copters KOTA KINABALU, Thursday TWO Sabah Air helicopters engaged in the installation of power lines in Mindanao, southern Philippines, have been grounded by the Philippines Air Force because their operating permits have lapsed Sabah Air's managing director, Capt T.M. Robertson, said this today when clarifying
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    Lock icon Fatal escape from fire
    71 11 LONDON, Thurs A Malaysian and his two-month old baby died when they fell three floors while trying to escape a fire in their flat here on Monday According to reports, father, mother and child tried to climb down from a bedroom window. They stepped onto a
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    Lock icon Govt steps up hunt for 2 Reds
    99 11 Govt steps up hunt for 2 Reds KUANTAN, Thurs. Malaysian security forces have stepped up a hunt for two communist guerillas who killed a member of a local vigilante corps earlier this week in Pahang, police said today. Mr Thong Tha Yong, 53, was shot dead in a restaurant west
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    Lock icon U.S. WANTS TO SELL STOCKPILED TIN'
    92 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malaysian Government believes that the United States' reluctance to Join the sixth International Tin Agreement (ITA) was because It wanted to sell the tin la Its stockpile. Deputy Minister of Primary Ilndustries, Mr Bujaag HaJI Ills, told the Senate today
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    New SBC security chief is a police officer
    225 13 New SBC security chief is a police officer A POLICE officer has been seconded to the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) for one year as its new chief security officer. A police spokesman said Asst Supt P.C. Joseph's secondment, from Jan 2, follows consultations between SBC and the police. This is
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    Study to assess the demand for seamen
    279 13 THE National Maritime Board has commissioned a study to assess the demand for seamen in Singapore over the next five years. The Applied Research Corporation, commissioned three months ago, is undertaking the six-month study and will recommend new training courses and programmes. Labour
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    PlantS that may cause death...
    302 13 PlantS that may cause death... THEY may be just the thing to "dress up" the home or keep Singapore's garden city image blooming, but some common plants may spell danger to children. If eaten by accident, a number are poisonous enough to cause paralysis, blindness and even death if the
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    PORT TO GET MORE CONTAINER BERTHS
    189 13 PORT TO GET MORE CONTAINER BERTHS THE Port of Singapore Authority is to convert two existing conventional berths at Keppel Wharves together with the shipyard's two dry docks into container berths to meet the expected growth of container traffic in the mid-Bfe. A PSA spokesman said that the protect would
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    Finland choir to sing at Victoria Theatre
    124 13 Finland choir to sing at Victoria Theatre A 50-MEMBER children's choir from Finland will sing at the Victoria Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The Bluebells Children's Choir is on a goodwill tour of the Far East. Formed in 1969, they boast a rich and colourful repertoire of 352 songs.
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    Youth falls to death
    45 13 A YOUTH was found dead at the foot of Block 11 Eunos Crescent on Wednesday. Koh Hock Leone, 24, was believed to have fallen from the upper floors of the 14-storey building. He was a former patient of the Woodbridge Hospital.
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    Rider killed
    35 13 HO ENG SING.44, died in Alexandra Hospital two hours after his scooter skidded and crashed into a signpost along a road divider at the Commonwealth Avenue and Commonwealth Drive Junction on Wednesday night.
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      201 13 Bringing Up Father By BUI Ka vanagh V Hal Camp MdO WMJT kAE ITS MEvEP IKM?6UISMTeP iAeCOOU?(J'T \I*AAGIME kAPS JiGGgI >t)U S(4OULP»J'r ■GO «IM<S> FCP TOOLME THAT JKSGS FlMM.I_y L6A»J BROSE SihJGIMG SO LATE PLAY *X«?TUBA IOU.DEAi?? TDEMJoy J APPP6CIAT6S BOT ME VVOH AT \i\GMX SO EARuV ItJ SOT ITS
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    453 14 I Peace and goodwill, too CAMBODIA in 1978, Afghanistan in 1979, and Poland this year. Three times in recent years have bayonets been mounted against peace on earth in the season of goodwill to all men. Christmas this year is of bitter irony to the Polish
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    Will the Indonesian Rupiah be devalued?
    1645 14  -  JOHN DRYSDALE BEHIND THE HEADLINES By of The Times Organisation INDONESIA is at the cross-roads of new economic policy decisions, the most important of which, from Singapore's point of view, is whether another devaluation of the Rupiah is in prospect. In theory, there is
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    Effect on Singapore
    70 14 4 The effect on Singapore would be similar to the consequences that the Rupiah devaluation had In November 1978, namely, an immediate curtailment of Indonesian tourists (it took two years for the 1978 momentum of Indonesian tourist arrivals to pick up again) and a drop in trading
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    Danes are concerned over 'Yellow Sub'
    799 14  -  RICHARD EDER By in Copenhagen DENMARK'S highest point is less than 183 metres and the seacoast is a very gradual lowering of the country's flatness into the Baltic and North seas. There is nowhere for a Soviet submarine to hkle off Denmark. The Danes
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      94 14 Il^m CHRISTMAS GREETINGS ...from China. Shopping for Christmas gifts with that touch of originality is more a matter of imagination then money At the Chinese Emporium you'll find a regular treasure-trove of quaint curios and Chinese artifacts that make attractive presents assured of an appreciative response. Then there's silk blouses
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      Defending the standard of NUS arts faculty
      477 15 ON Dec 15, The Siraits Times carried a letter by "Undergrad" under the heading "On raising the standard of NUS arts faculty." For some time, I have been observing the sporadic but repeated allusions to the Arts and Social Sciences Faculty in a
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      NS enlistees can go home for Xmas
      105 15 I REFER to the letter "Intake after Xmas please, Mindef" (ST.Dtc We would like to assure your correspondent that the new enlistees are allowed to return home to celebrate Christmas with their families. In planning this year's intakes, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef)
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      'Seletar' has strong links with past
      312 15 I READ with interest the proposal by the authorities to change the name of "Seietar" to "Shilida," and a reader's response appealing against the change. I hope that the following historical evidence will be considered by the relevant authority and that, like the call
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      Billed for calls office did not make
      177 15 PHILIP and C Tay (ST, Dec 15) were lucky. The STD bills they received for calls they did not make were for small sums. Our office received an STD bill for (140 two months ago. While we protested, (Telecoms replied they were checking
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      A Christmas wish to keep up good work at NPCC
      299 15 I REFER to the letter by "Fed Up" (ST, Dec 14). It is sad to note that the writer and some others fail to appreciate the activities organised by the National Police Cadet Corps. Being an ex-cadet inspector of the
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      625 15 For saving us from bees ON Dec 11, my family and I were walking along Cluny Road beside the Bukit Timah campus when we were suddenly attacked by a swarm of inchlong bees. Despite our two-year-old daughter's screams, about a dozen passing motorists slowed only to gawk before speeding off.
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    Prem pulls off a coup against opposition
    1242 16  -  BY BRINGING the Social Action Party (SAP) back under his wings in the latest cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda has pulled off a minor coup against the opposition. His new coalition might look temporary in as much as the general election is
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    Waiting for a German Brixton
    681 16 HOW times have changed since Mr Armado Rodrigues, a Portuguese carpenter, became the millionth foreign worker to arrive in West Germany. At Cologne station, he was given a celebrity's welcome. A brass band played, speeches were made (in a language he couldn't understand) and the
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      263 16 cHI ORIENTAL HOME FURNISHING CENTRE EVERYTHING FOR y~i \^||m^rtmnlA+A Come on in this weekend and spruce up •j\ I IUUr twllipiClC your home in time for the festive season —4F A /*4 l*"Jcfumlshll *"J cfuml$hln S Grand opening gifts. jjfi) (j^ftl CGlliro nOW OPCI1« Every purchase of $10 (and multiples
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        Pan-Elec subsidiaries
        72 17 PAN Electric Industries has announced the incorporation of two new subsidiaries, Regal Marine Pte Ltd and Phonesitter Pte Ltd to undertake vessel owning and chartering and manufacturing of electronic communication equipment. Regal Marine is 100-per-cent-owned by Pan Electric and was set up with an authorised and paid-up capital
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        Public Textile Bhd
        50 17 PUBLIC Textile Bhd announced tnat approval has been obtained from the Capital Issues Committee to purchase the lot of property at Mukim 1, Province Wellesley Central, Penang, from Makok Development Sdn Bhd. The company will be acquiring the land for a cash payment of M 53.63 million.
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        Approval given
        82 17 MALAYSIA Borneo Finance Corporation, a 70-per-cent-owned subsidiary of MBF Holdings announced that shareholders of the company have approved the reduction of the par value of the company's shares from Msl to M 50.50 per share. The change has been approved by Bank Negara Malaysia. In addition, the company
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        Loan for Thai Dairy
        99 17 PRIVATE Investment Company for Asia S.A. (Pica) has arranged a three-year US$5 million loan for Thai Dairy Industry Co, the largest canned milk producer in Thailand. The purpose of the loan is to refinance Thai's dairy short term loan and partially to finance the construction of
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        Lock icon Set to plunge
        90 17 LONDON, Thurs. Air fares between London and Zurich are set to plunge with the advent of a new service to be introduced by Britain's farecutter king, Sir Freddie Laker. Laker Airways is scheduled to begin the London-Zurich run, its first regular flight in Europe, in April. Sir
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        Lock icon Exports at new peak
        59 17 LONDON, Thurs. Britain's exports reached a new peak of £4.765 billion ($18.4882 billion) in November, but the trade surplus narrowed sharply, Department of Trade figures showed yesterday. Estimated invisible foreign earners such as tourism and insurance took the surplus to £193 million. Only £26 million of
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        Lock icon 'World trade to grow'
        46 17 TOKYO, Thurs. World trade is expected to grow by 3.5 per cent in real terms in 1982 over the current year, as the world economy continues to recover slowly, the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro) predicted in its annual report today. AFP
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        Lock icon Better MFA
        121 17 HONGKONG, Thurs. The government's trade commissioner, Mr Lawrence Mills has returned with better news than foreseen about the position of exporting countries under the new Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) agreed by 50 nations in Geneva yesterday. He said the new protocol was "not as good as we would like
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      'No need to change housing loan policy'
      622 17  -  ANGELINE TAN By BANKERS USING SAME GUIDELINES DESPITE weaker property prices the last half year, banks and finance companies have said they are content to continue using the same guidelines for housing loans as before. This is because loan amounts are based on
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      Japanese banks top the list in Asia
      447 17 HONGKONG, Thurs. Japanese banks dominate the latest Asian Banking survey of the region's top 200 commercial banks. According to the survey by Asian Banking, the region's financial monthly, Japanese assets absorbed a massive 78 per cent of the combined total (including contra accounts),
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      SMA mission to Sri Lanka
      163 17 MEMBERS of the first Singapore Manufacturers' Association (SMA) specialised trade mission to Sri Lanka recently, expect to sell a total of $1 million worth of their products to that country over the next 12 months. The SMA said five of the nine mission members who
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      Computers within reach of most people
      334 17  -  CHAN Ol CHEE By IN FIVE year's time, it will not be difficult for small shopkeepers and middle-income individuals to possess a microcomputer. With advances in electronic technology, the price of microcomputers, could come down to onefifth of what these machines are fetching in
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      Times diaries sell like hot cakes
      108 17 Times diaries sell like hot cakes TIMES desk and pocket diaries have been selling like hot cakes with orders from Indonesia and Malaysia still streaming in. The overwhelming response (or these diaries has forced Times Orchard Centre, the main distributor, to stop accepting more overseas orders. But those from local
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      Market Highlights
      322 17 SINGAPORE: The stock market closed generally firmer on covering interest la moderate turnover, during today's half day session. Among leading Industrials and Ounces, Straits Steamship advanced 38 cents to $5.11, Central Bugars aid Hong Leeng Finance gained M cents each to 514.5* and $B.M respectively, Singapore Finance nnmdaerato
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      SCOREBOARD
      25 17 Up Down Inch Industrials 32 24 21 Finance 15 1 Hotels 9_i Properties 5 2 4 Minings l i Plantations 13 1 Deb/Loans 11
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      ST INDUSTRIALS INDEX COMPONENTS
      60 17 BaastaMßM Qmimaem QatkitoßM B»»Pir Pu-EW ißcteeapr BM MTC UM Warka +1 +J +15 1 -5 NBT Nat Ira PMC Perils PUal Priam +2 +5 +8 -2 SembSklp +10 Sap Carp +2 Stme Darby -3 8t Stoamablp +3g BtTra4tax -10 TlßKaPab -5 L Kmgfmeen +6 Wmtm -4
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        Rises
        41 17 i Looaf Credl >ublit Bank )VI 3 Ceramic. It Sleam.hip Ua View Milan 9 Leoaf Pin Kin(» Inland Pen lit 800 482 MO MO 510 TOO 1430 880 540 790 1SC 75 40 +40 38 35 30 +30 30 28
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        32 17 JtralU Trading 1»l«ngor Dred( ImUui DBS T\m— Pab DM W B Ray* reztilc Corp Vaarme* 880 505 438 SIS SOS 3M 303 294 -10 -10 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4
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        Volume Leaders
        19 17 rav SelProp UMW S'pore Finance Faber Merlin Total turnover: 3.96m Total value: $18.85m 205.000 176.000 156,000 140.000
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        31 17 BT Indicator: Industrials: Finance Hotels Properties: Minings: Plantations: OCBC: SESInd *****0 1H4590 786.78 770.07 *****4 1738.40 *****8 1224 .14 I 768.24 774.18 330.31 ***** 934.47 934.31 743.70 745.74 667.96 669.37
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    2300 18 INIII STRIAL COMMERCIAL 1881 Last d[v High Low Company Sale -for- Net P/E Vol Day (•000) High Lo« 4M 248 Acma 302 145 115 115 Alcom 115 4.8 360 130 Allied Choc 210 cd 7.0 112 150 BA T 242 unch 45.5 430 308 Bata -370 220
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    Market firms in KL
    409 18 THERE was a distinct change of mood at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday as prices recovered on a fairly wide front in half-day trading from Wednesday's sharp fall. Operators, who had been at the sideline of late, joined in the traditional torrent of j last-minute
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    UNIT TRUSTS
    184 18 SINGAPORE INIT TRUST (Ma—lMS' prteea lar Dae U) The Commerce 3.26 3.43 The Savings Fund 1.93 2.03 Spore Prog Fund 1.43 1.50 Spore Sec Fund 2.16 2.27 Spore Invest Fund 111 1.16 Spore Equity Fund 1.34 1.41xd ASIA UNIT TRUST (Maaagers* price* tor Dae S) Mai Invest Fund
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    BUSINESS DONE
    840 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and IHKirwm in and reported to the Stock Exchangr of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the world "sett". Big Board deal
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    1382 18 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INMIHTBIALM Atom (1 468 1.485) (4) 1 46 (2) 1.45 (8) 1.48 Atos
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    Covering interest takes prices up
    572 18 INVESTORS doing their Christmas shopping at the Stock Exchange of Singapore came late yesterday. Bat when the half-day tradla g was over, they weat home happy. Trading started very quietly with prices holding steady around their overhight levels. There was some Interest la a few
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      144 18 Reader^ Digest DISCXWERY The adventure stories the schoolbooks never told. Discover what it was like to go where no man had ever gone before. Read about heroic explorers and their incredible exploits: Magellan, the brilliant navigator the conqueror Cortes Princess Malinche, who was "as beautiful as a goddsw" the dreaded
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    470 18 SporaLaad (8.808 9 908) (2) 8 70 (1) 875 (51) B JO (29) BJ6XD Town City (4.728 4.908) (1) 4.70 (1) 4.80 UOL (3J0B) (1)3.78 (8) 3.78 (21) SJO PLANTATIONS Batu Kawan (3.408) Cons Pkal (1988) (1) 1.9S DbbJod Eat (SMB 8.108) (13) BJO (IS) 8.06 Hlfk Low (Z468
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    Lock icon White pepper duty cut
    67 18 KUALA LUMPUR: Total export duty on ground white pepper was cut to M 577.31 per tonne from 79.14, while black pepper and unground white pepper were left without duty, effective yesterday, the government said. Export duty was set on the basis of Gazetted prices of $3,219.33
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      Hongkong
      302 18 HONGKONG: Stocks finisiied higher on selective buying support in yesterday's half-day session, although the marict was quiet, brokers said. Some speculators took advantage of the exchanges' announcement that yesterday's transactions will not be deu'v ered until next Monday, and did some cheap buying against any possible rally after the
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      Sydney
      348 18 SYDNEY: Share prices moved ahead slightly on light preChristmas buying of resource stocks and selected industrials, dealers said. The All-Ordinaries index rose 2.1 points to close the half-day trading session at 592.8. Jackson well partners Cl»remsat gained 13 cents to AJ1.43 and States 12 cents to $6.56 Vamgaa was
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      Tokyo
      402 19 TOKYO: Share prices closed < slightly lower on balance after erratic trading due to yesterday being the last business day in margin trading for deliveries within the year, dealers said. The Dow Jones average finished at 7662.48, down 19.51 points, in a thin volume of 260 million shares, with
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      New York
      434 19 NEW YORK, Wed. Stocks closed lower in moderate tradins as investors moved to the sidelines ahead of the Christmas weekend. The Dow Jones industrial average, moving in a narrow range ail day, accelerated its downtrend near the close to finish off about 2.29 points to 869.67. Declines led
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    Amsterdam
    252 19 AMSTERDAM, Wed. Share prices were mixed to higher with Uailever rising 1.50 guilders. Bayml Datra 110 and Aka* 0.50 in Dutch internationals, dealers said. Banks were mixed with ABN gaining 1.50 and* NMB down 0.50, while mortgage bank FGH added 1.30. Insurer Amev rose 1.50, QtHfcw»<« two and Btrttlta
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      Produce
      133 19 prices CHINESE Pr»d«cp Exchange, Singapore, closing prices per IN kg yesterday. Caeaaat all: Bulk fob $101 00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $113.00 sellers, new drum lob $117.00 sellers. Oprm: Mixed (loose) $53.00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asia NLW $372.50 sellers, Sarawak white pepper
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      GOLD
      211 19 THE Singapore gold market was very quiet yesterday, with dealers staying on the sideline in festive mood. The international gold price closed at US$4O4 405 an ounce In Hongkong yesterday, one dollar above the New York's finish and compared to Wednesday's $403.00 403.50 close. The metal was traded quietly
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      181 19 THE STRAITS tin price fell 34 cents to M$35 02 per kilo in Penang yesterday, on an official offering up nine tonnes to 140 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady with forward buyers gaining £20 to £8,100 per tonne. LONDON: There was follow-through support buying for cash metal
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      130 19 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian crude palm oil market ruled very quiet in a shortened pre-holiday session yesterday, dealers said. They said no trades I were reported. Bid/ask quotes were at MsBBo 890 for December and at $890 895 for January. The refined market was also featureless. The market
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      36 19 I LONDON: Copper prices on Wednesday (previous In brackets) Wirebir Spot £864 00 (£863 00); tellers £365 00 (£863.50). Three Month buyers £891 00 (CM.SO); sellers £***** (£B9O 00). Market taac: Barely steady. Sate: 12,175.
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      368 19 LONDON: Rubber cially described as Futures ended a quiet day between 0.30 and 0.40p per kilo higher at the close of a sparse day's trading on Wednesday. Dealers noted no outstanding market moving features and attributed the thinness of trading to seasonal factors. Turnover was 132 lots of 15
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      65 19 KUALA LUMPUR: The I Malaysian Government said total export duty on copra was reduced to M 588.69 per tonne from $89.25, effective yesterday, but export duty on palm kernel remains unchanged at $191.15. Export duties were set on the basis of Gazetted prices for
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      644 19 LONDON. Wed. Share prices closed steady today after trading in a narrow band throughout a quiet session, dealers said. The Financial Times index closed 1.1 points lower at 517.7. Banks were firm with Bank of Scotland up 20p amid per- 1 •Mat bid rumours. The unre iated Royal Bank
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      50 19 FINANCIAL TIMEB INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 517.7 Tuesday 518.8 Week Ago 520.6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 8«8.67 Tuesday 871.86 Week Ago 808.72 H.K.HANG SENG Thursday 1375.59 Wednesday 1301.48 Week Ago *****8 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Thursday 739.1 Wednesday 738.0 Week Ago 739.8 ALL ORDINARIES Thursday 592.8 Wednesday 590.7 Week Ago... 598.3
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      486 19 THE US Sing dollar opened at $2 0630 40, eased to $2.0490 00. before closing firmer at $2 0515 25 in the Singapore forex market yesterday. Trading was generally thin and featureless with little participation by market operators ahead of the long Christmas weekend. Interbank rates at
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      24 19 THE avenge rate at which major Singapore bank* are ewrraUy prepared to lend to their best customers Is 11.18 per eeat
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      95 19 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm kernel output dropped in November to an estimated 54,000 tonnes from the upward revised 55,767 in October, the Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority (Porla) said. It said in its December Palmoil Update Bulletin the slight drop paralleled the marginal (all
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      314 19 ZURICH, Wed. Share prices continued higher in moderate turnover with trading enlivened by a strong bond market, dealers said. Foreign bonds on balance closed 1/2 per cent above yesterday's levels while domestic bonds were only narrowly higher. Among leading equities banks showed gec-i gains on year-end window dressing they
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      118 19 MANILA: Mining and oil shares were lower while the commercial industrial sector was unchanged yesterday, dealers said. Turnover rose to 5.7 million from 1.9 million pesos, they said. Gainers were Atlaa C«a B. Bajml. G«M .Bade Petrvieun. The rest were unchanged or un traded icox Mlnlnc OBD .***** lllu
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      61 19 BANGKOK: Share prices, closed mixed in slow trading yesterday, dealers said The Book Club index feU 0 15 point to 33 16 points for a turnover of 5.6 million baht Saka Itimm dropped one baht to 147. First Tnut lost two to 45 while Baak M Ay»dhaya ud IsdastrbU
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    216 20 '20pc of govt firms suffer losses' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. About 20 per cent of the 505 companies in which the government has a share have suffered losses, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Abdullah Abdul Rahman, told the Senate yesterday. He said the government had invested in 686
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    Record purchase of airpowered equipment
    122 20 Record purchase of airpowered equipment FOUR Asean countries together purchased a record $8.2 million worth of airpowered equipment from Atlas Copco (SEA) Pte Ltd, the Singapore subsidiary of the Swedish multinational corporation. A total of 70 Z-Pack oilfree rotary screw' compressors has been supplied to Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and; Thailand.
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    FEFC revises CAF factor
    110 20 THE FAR Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) is to Increase the Singapore/Malaysia Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF) from 13 per cent to 15 per cent from Jan 1. An FEFC statement issued yesterday said the fourth quarterly review of currency values showed an upward swing of more than
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    954 20 A FOREIGN multinational company's subsidiary operating in Singapore would normally buy and sell as much as it can locally. This is a logical reason for setting up operations here and takes advantage of lower costs and /or better markets available locally. But if the profits
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    680 20 NM ROTHCHILD and Sons (Singapore) Ltd has appointed Mr Chew Ban Seng, 32, and Mr Patrick Tea Chong Nghee, 34, to its board of directors with effect from Jan 1. Mr Chew who has five years' service with the bank is responsible for Banking (Treasury). An associate
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      771 27 C.A.T.S. does not operate today. Service resumes tomorrow. We regret any inconvenience caused. rail"!* Ntipml Srvtoes I Q StaftStaMMl tußjuujllPDlll 1 I MEOA ELECTRIC, SPECIALISES In video, colour t.v. washing machine, refrigerator, alrcond, antenna Installations, *****43/ OWNER LEA VMM SELLING Philips colour t.v. 68 cm, video NV2OOO. NEC hl-fl set,
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      219 29 RICHARD WONG TENG HOE Of Ben Line Steamers Ltd, passed away peacefully on 23/12/81. Body lying at St. Steven's Church, Salllm Road, Spore 1337. Church Service at 2.30pm on 26/12/81 thereafter cortege leaving at 3.00pm for cremation at Mt. Vernon Crematorium. MRS TAV TOW (nee Ng Ah Ol)
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      37 29 As a mark of roepoct to the tot* MRS CHUNG BWEE POEY Nee WONG AH KIEW Motti#r of th# ptrtntrs of CHUNG SWEE POEY A BONB, The Office will remain closed on 26th December 1981.
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      109 29 In Lovloq M#mory of KOHENGBOON mxrttd 25th D«c«mb*r 1»7» 5 years have passed since you left us so suddenly. But sweet memories of you still linger on. D##fiy mis##o by woi, oBUQntor In mn lie hlttttm n nnti ■nm Iri'lflW, pfWMKHHaTVn WO hwm Mi. In Loving Memory
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      39 29 MADAM CM1 A HWEE LAN DEPARTED 29TH DECEMBER MM Gone from our lives one year today But In our hearts you'll always stay: D#CfMy IM999O Md f0f9V9t HIWG^B" tar ad by family Mid lowd oo#«.
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      M LOVING MEMORY OF
      71 29 K. BMASK A«AN D»p«rt»d 2S.1Z7S Deeply missed but memories of you will linger on and always be remembered by beloved wife, daughters, Indra Plryadarshlnl, Chandrlka, Usha, Hemalatha. and all beloved In-laws. IliiMrtsd by •on-to-LMn WlWlHHB WMk Ch«odr»» In Loirtno, Memory Of Ann Tan Ouat Lay Departed
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      31 29 FRANCIS HO BIANG GUAN Departed MM) Me 1W To be with you In tne same old M Is our dearest wish today. Always ramefHtoeraal &f who o*i#a.
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      127 29 ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL (Anglican/Episcopal) Colemjn Strut North Bridft Hi CferlstMi En i i 1 6pm Trw Blessinf Of The Crib II 30p m Carols try Clthedrjl Choir 11 30pm MdnifM Eucharist CkistusOiy /J m Holy Commurtton 8j m Pinsh Communion 9 30i m Holy Communion (Mjndinn) Him Family Sernce Holy
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      151 29 With reference to the religious announcement In the Stralti Times Dec 24. pertaining to the services of Calvary Charismatic I Centre. The title or the Services should read "CHmSTMAS" DAY SERVICES We sincerely apologise ror the Inadvertent error. Seeeen Auve( tiawy WCSLV METHODIST CHURCH InvHea you to Hwtr Christmas Day
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    Police act to prevent festive season robberies
    549 30  - Police act to prevent festive season robberies LAI YEW KONG, Detectives posted inside and outside banks and financial houses By Crime Correspondent PAYROLL robbers struck 10 times during the first 11 months of this year. In all cases, the victims' had no armed escorts. The second article of a five-part
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    Muis to recruit doctors and nurses for pilgrims
    278 30 Muis to recruit doctors and nurses for pilgrims THE Muslim Religious Council (Muis) intends to recruit two doctors and six nurses to look after Singapore pilgrims to Mecca during next year's pilgrimage. Two Muis officials will also accompany the pilgrims to give general assistance. The acting Minister for Social Affairs,
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    Sembawang Expressway will ease jams in Toa Payoh
    197 30 Sembawang Expressway will ease jams in Toa Payoh THE Sembawang Expressway, from Ang Mo Kio to Jalan Toa Payoh, when completed in January next year, will siphon off through traffic now causing peak-hour congestion in Lorongs 1, 2 and 6 in Toa Payoh. Motorists from Tarnpines, Serangoon Gardens, Seletar and
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    Jurong Shipyard wins container contract
    250 30 Jurong Shipyard wins container contract THE Jun.ng Shipyard is to convert four conventional ships of the Malaysian national shipping line to container vessels. The agreement was signed in Kuala Lumpur two days ago by Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MTSC) executive director, Tengku Tan Sri Dato Ngah Mohammed, and the chairman
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    COURT TO UNRAVEL THIS KNOT
    136 30 COURT TO UNRAVEL THIS KNOT THE marital status of two women "married" to the same man will be decided by a court on Jan 9. And the court's decision will also determine whether husband Low Wong Thai, 31, is guilty of falsely declaring that he was a bachelor at the
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    Hon: $20.6 m to be paid out in pensions in 1986
    192 30 PENSIONS to be paid out in the financial year beginning 1986 is expected to total about $20.6 million with about 1,516 more pensioners than at present. The estimates were given by Finance Minister Hon Sui Sen in a written
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      Lock icon World Cup draw not set, say organisers
      529 31 JrtADRID, Thurs. The Spanish organisers of next year's •World Cup soccer 'finals yesterday 'denied that the draw jor the 24-nation competition had already »Deen decided. I Raimundo Saporta, Ipresident of the Spanish Royal World Cup Organis--Ing Committee, told a conference that »there had
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      Lock icon Roberts for L'borough
      50 31 MANCHESTER, Thurs. Andy Roberts, the West Indies pace bowler, has agreed terms with Uttleborough, the Central Lancashire League club, for next season. Roberts played with Aslingden last season, but he has now told Uttleborough he will be available to play for them every weekend next season. AFP.
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      27 31 NEW DELHI, Thurs. England were 249 for three at lunch on the second day of the Third Test cricket match against India here today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Germany to test champions Argentina
      265 31 Germany to test champions Argentina SOCCER ROUND-UP BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. World champions Argentina will play former title-holders West Germany In a friendly match here on March 24 as build-up to the World Cup soccer finals in Spain next year. The other "wann-ui matches are against Chile, Peru, Soviet Union and
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      Lock icon Oliveira still in serious condition
      208 31 Oliveira still in serious condition CAMPINAS (Brazil), Thurs. Doctors attending to Joao Carlos de Oliveira said yesterday that the world triple-jump record-holder who suffered multiple fractures in a fnotor accident on Tuesday remained in serious condition. One doctor said the 27-year-old star jumper is in a coma and breathing with
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      Lock icon Vicki's misconduct costs her two years
      147 31 BRISBANE, Thurs. Australia's Sportswoman of the Year, squash champion Vicki Hoffman, was suspended for two years from representing Australia, and fined A 51,026 ($2,411) yesterday for misbehaviour at the recent world squash championships in Canada. An independent tribunal heard complaints from international squash officials
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        Hartono leads
        37 31 BADMINTON World champion and former eighttime All-England title-holder Rudy Hartono, of Indonesia, and South Korea's Sun Ai Hwang will lead a field of 72 players from 19 countries in the Japan Open championship next month.
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        English hosts
        22 31 BOWLS England will be hosts for the 1963 world indoor championships, to be held at a northern venue in spring.
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        Drawn game
        48 31 HOCKEY The second match of the touring Polish team against Pakistan's Gujranwala District in Karachi ended in a 1-1 draw on Wednesday. Poland's goal was scored by Marek Krus within a few minutes of the start of the Same, but Pakistan equalised l the second half.
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        Line-up
        48 31 In Madrid, the Spanish Hockey Federation have named 16 players for the World Cup in Bombay from Dec. 29-Jan. 12. They are Garica and Zumalacarregui (goalkeepers), Coghen, Bordas, Ricardo, Xavier Cabot. Santi Malgosa, Juan Arbos, Juan Malgosa. Juan Arbos, Monegal, Pellon, de Paz, Chaves. Roca and Monsalve.
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        Czechs 3-2
        30 31 In DuluU (Mlnors.U), Vladimir Ruzicka scored two goals, including the game-win-ner, to steer Czechoslovakia to a 3-2 win over the Soviet Union in the world junior tournament yesterday.
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        Debut
        30 31 RUGBY UNION Peter Win ter bottom, the 21 -year -old Headingley flanker, will make his England debut in the rugby union international against Australia at Twickenham on Jan. 2.
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        Japan tops
        51 31 SOFTBALL Japan defeated China 4-1 on Wednesday to win the Hongkong overseas invitational ladies tournament with an unblemished record. Japan also had wins over the Philippines, Indonesia and Hongkong. Philippines beat Indonesia 5-0 in the other match on the final day to claim second spot, while China were
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        Trio out
        55 31 TENNIS Britain's chances of making a confident start in the King s Cup internationals in the new year have been hit by news that three of their Davis Cup players will not be available for the early matches Buster Mot tram. Richard Lewis and Jonathan Smith, who will
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        Two wins
        43 31 VOLLEYBALL A touring girls' high school team from Osaka, Japan, won two exhibition games against British Columbia clubs In Victoria on Wednesday. The Minamin eyagawa girls beat Can-Am 1510, 15-12, 15-4, while the touring B team defeated Victoria YWCA 15-3, 15-6.
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        62 31 WEIGHTLIFTING Nine world records were set at Moscow's Soviet Cup competition, which ended on Wednesday. Adam Sadulaev set a world record in the snatch (186 kg), clean and jerk (227.5 kg) and Olympic total (412.5 kg) in the 70kg weight class, while Yuri Zakarevitoh snatched 192.5 kg and
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        32 31 YACHTING Condor, a Bermuda yacht squadron entrant in Saturday's Sydney-to-Hobart race was placed under arrest on Wednesday, following a collision with a skiff at Sydney Harbour while racing last Sunday Agencies.
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      Lock icon Khan, Nawaz out of Test match
      390 31 ADELAIDE, Thurs. The Pakistani cricket team selectors have decided to rest their Test opening bowlers Imran Khan and Safraz Nawaz from the four-day match against South Australia, beginning at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday. The new ball will be taken by Sikander Bakht and
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      241 31 HIGHLAND PARK (Michigan), Thurs. Fanner world heavyweight boxing champion Leon Sptnks was treated for minor head Injuries at a Detroit hospital and discharged after his car collided with a taxi on a snow-covered street yesterday. Police In this enclave of Detroit said Spinks and the
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      Hail the Future President!
      275 32  - Hail the Future President! TIPTOP By PENANG, Thurs. Future President, who ran into all sorts of trouble in Class 3 Div 5 over 1,200 m last week but still came home well for a smack-up fourth, merits strong consideration in Race 3 for Div 5 horses over 1,400 m on
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      Magnificent Eighty back in form
      307 32  - Magnificent Eighty back in form TONTO By MAGNIFICENT EIGHTY has regained form and is worth backing in Race 2. This six-year-old New Zealand gelding by Imperialist scored twice this season. In February, he won in Class 4 Div 6 over the Penang 1,200 m, beating Taman Mas by half a
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      Forest Shadow for Race 4
      220 32  -  EQUESTRIENNE By FOREST SHADOW, an impressive last-start winner who led from start to finish in a Class 4 Restricted Terms sprint at Bukit Timah last month, can take Race 4. That outing was only the Regalis gelding's second. In his debut, he set the pace
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      The mudlarks
      56 32 THESE ben** wUI ge well •a a wet track Wmerraw: RACE 1: Maaaira, MeGarrot U Dto* Kid. RACE t: Hallday's Image, Typheen Jar, RACE S: Wonder WtmiD, Palladium, Rawlt RACE 4: Whistling Tern, Gaadamaaa, Alps Waaaerer. RACE <: Tyreen's Theme, Always Welceme, Adellae's Pet. RACE Kxider, Spilier, Caamlr
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      SELECTION
      116 32 RACE EPSOM JEEP FAIRWAY RACING ED Ju»t Damian Kattegat Tungesh Jual Damian Kattegat Mandura Kattagal Mandura Just Damian M Rofnsncv Typhoon Joe H Image M. Eighty Free Spender H. Romance H. Irnag* H. Romance Free Spender F. Prs#id#nt Successor Wonder Woman F. Pr««.d«nt Loving Star Successor F Pr#sid#nt Successor
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      164 32  -  EPBOM JEEP Exidor can win again By THE remarkably-im-proved ExMer can chalk up another win in Race 6 at Penang tomorrow. This seven-year-old has won three of his last five runs. His last win over the Bukit Timah 1,600 m in Class 4 last month was particularly impressive.
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      3595 32 DAfF 1 2.30 CL ASS 3 DIV 7 1,400 m £W\^Ei X (Ratings 74-66) (Stakes: $14,500) 1 ****** Tufat SI (14) Auric-Teh 5 irq dl ->- 1.5 was course scratching last week; last start was (air Sth to Paris n in Div 4 1250 m Ipoh Nov; In
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      7 33 Cup hopes in winding-up gallops
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      Persian Sapphire claps on the pace
      484 33 ON THE TRACK ...with TIPTOP PENANG, Thurs. Perslan Sapphire, who is now topweight in the Governor's Gold Cup race on Sunday with the withdrawal of Taman Singapura, was the only Gold Cup candidate to go fast when he did a windingup gallop over 600
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        94 33 Agasam Aufe G*«dmaa G«lden Arrow Indent pom BTT Asset CheahFah UhPUKw ChMM PegMOB Cheng K«k Llm TJakra Robert Walker Mdm J.J. Hedle P*l Jttoa Mdm B.H. Yap Chateau Gay l«t 35 31 18 16 15 11 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5
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        91 33 Teh Allan Bsagave Sumul SM. Lee West Ahmad G. van Breukekm E. van Braakelea Daniels P.K. Leong M. Ismail Bnang K.L.Ca«ag Yesh Rogers lUbertNg Hedale David Tan Ist 65 54 50 48 46 45 36 36 31 31 27 26 26 26 25 24 23 21 20 20 Sad
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      1069 33 RACF 1 2.15 CLASS 3 DIV 2 1,400 m ItA^U 1 (Rating. 87-80) (Stakes: $14,500) 1 8*1993 Gcaeral Tnac V R (R) XL Chong-Zafir 5 nig a +1.5 Bayiil 8 I *1* Jnwm M (M MemoC. Breukelen 3 nig a BC-1 KhM 4 S 2*1340 Qicat Of taw
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      Allan pulls out Taman Singapura
      68 33 PENANG, Thurs. At acceptance time today, trainer Ivan Allan pulled out Taman Singapura, his sole runner in the $100,000 Governor's Gold Cup race over 2,000 m on Sunday. National Star, trained by Garnet Bougoure, was also withdrawn, leaving 14 runners to contest this season's last
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      Can rugby be popular when coaches leave?
      290 34 THIS LETTER WINS $25 RUGBY is a robust game which requires a tremendous amount of physical exertion and a high degree of discipline. It is a contact game which prepares players for the future struggles of life psychologically and physically. When the Goh
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      Include squash in next Games
      109 34 SINCE Singapore will be hosting the 12th South-east Asia Games In IMS, I suggest that the Singapore National Olympic Council consider the Inclusion of squash In the biennial get-together. Squash Is becoming more and more popular in Singapore the number of courts In the Republic
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      Glory seekers and those without guts
      211 34 Glory seekers and those without guts AFTER every major international sports competition, we read interesting reports. When a contingent do well, the glory seekers will come forward from all corners to claim credit. But when a team fares badly, nobody has the guts to come out to admit responsibility. We
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      These athletes set fine examples
      180 34 THE performances of our athletes at the 11th Southeast Asia Games was dismal. Except for the golden performances of swimmer Junie Sng, weigh tlifter Sarvindar Singh, the waterpolo team and the trap shooters, most of the athletes failed miserably. But we must not forget the
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      208 34 MORE ON HILL I WOULD like to know more about former England striker Gordon Hill. Can you please tell me how many times he has represented England? Is he playing for any club now? GORDON'S FRIEND GortM Hill begaa bis »•<•- eer career with MUlwall \m ins uml switched
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      146 34 ONCE a week, your sports letters will be published in the Straits Times, with the best letter (to be decided by the Sports Editor) winning a cash prize of $25. There is no restriction on what you can write about... so long as it is about sport. You can
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      Prepare a pool of athletes for future
      283 34 IT IS time the Singapore I Amateur Athletic Associa- I tion get down to serious planning to prepare our i athletes for future assign- I ments. i Our athletes' showing at Manila speaks for itself. Their haul of one silver and six bronze
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      Let's bring back Singapore Open
      172 34 THERE have been much talks of plans by the Singapore Badminton Association to improve the sport in the Republic, but, sad to say, they have not made any headway. Perhaps, it is easier said than done. One way to revive spectator support is to bring
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      Rovers leave for Jakarta
      185 35  - Rovers leave for Jakarta J. R A JENDR AN By TAMPINES Rovers Football Cub, thanks to the generosity of Indonesian First Division side Tunas Inti, leave tomorrow for a four-day tour of Jakarta. Tunas Inti, who visited Singapore in August, have agreed to pay for Rovers' board and lodging. They
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      SBA to send team to Penang
      115 35 SBA to send team to Penang THE Singapore Badminton Association will send a team to the Penang Open invitation championships from Jan. 29-Feb. 1, reports WILFRED YEO. The number of players to be sent, though, will depend on a reply from the Penang Badminton Association. Said SBA secretary Robin Chan
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      Knockout wir for Melluzzo
      167 35 MARSALA (Sicily), Thurs. Italy's Salvatore Melluzzo kept his European featherweight boxing championship by stoppine his Spanish challenger, Kndlio Barcala, In the ninth round of a scheduled 12-round-er here last night. The referee stopped the fight to save Barcala from further unnecessary punishment tor Melluzzo to win
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      Lock icon Duo in the final 16
      64 35 MIAMI BEACH (Florida), Thurs. Two easy wins have catapulted the two top-seeded 18-year-old boy players Into today's final 16 of the 35th annual Orange Bowl world junior tennis championships Top-ranked Roberto >rguello, of Argentina, smashed unseeded Peter Lindgren, of Sweden, 6-0, 6-1 in yesterday's play.
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      62 35 YORKSHDtE, Thurs. The first report of the three-month Investigation into Yorkshire Cricket Club's affairs is expected to be completed by the end of next month. The probe was sequel to the storm of controversy which arose in September after Geoff Boycott was omitted from the side
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      FIFA break playoff hush
      411 35 By JOE DOR AI THE international Football Federation (FIFA) yesterday broke their silence on Singapore's bid to stage the World Cup playoff between China and New Zealand. They have sent a cable from Zurich to the Football Association of Singapore enquiring about the national or- ganisation's
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      Lock icon Liu to add height to China's defence
      258 35 BEIJING, Thurs. China's national soccer coach Su Winsung has brought into his squad the tallest player he can find to strengthen his team's defence in their crucial match against New Zealand next month, the newspaper Ta Kung Pao reported yesterday. Su told the
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      Squash legend may play in Singapore
      124 35  - Squash legend may play in Singapore PATRICK B ASTI ANS By SQUASH legend Hashim Khan, 65, may play exhibition matches against two of Singapore's top players in May, pending negotiations between promoter Mike Nathanson and the Singapore Squash Rackets Association. Nathanson, who passed through the Republic last October, suggested the
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      Balaram gets year's suspension for assault
      343 35  -  R. MANORAJ By SINGAPORE Recreation Club's S. Balaram was suspended for one year by the Singapore Hockey Association for assaulting a player. The SHA disciplinary committee found him guilty of assaulting Pritarn Singh, of Armed Forces, during a senior knock-out semi-final match on Dec
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      A first for new bowling —alley—
      200 35  -  WILFRED YEO By THE newly-opened Celebrity Bowl, in Jalan Sultan, will score a first on Wednesday when it stages a coaching clinic and beat-the-pro tournament, involving two top American professional women bowlers, Pam Bucker and Vesma Grinfields. The left-handed Pam, 34, holds two world
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      It's time for more women shooters
      308 35  - It's time for more women shooters PETER BIOW By WHEN Filipinas Arlene Rodillado and Chona Gana distinguished themselves in the shooting championships in the recent South-east Asia Games in Manila they bagged three gold medals between them they must surely have provided some food for thought to the other nations.
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      Orienteering stopover
      208 35  -  JANICE BEAH By AN 11-member Orienteering Federation of Australia team will be in Singapore from Dec 31- Jan 3 en route to the Pacific Orienteering Carnival in Japan from Jan 10-17. Besides taking in the sights, sounds and smells of the Republic during their four-day stay, the OFA
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    301 36 Soviets deny poison rain charge WASHINGTON, Thurs THE Soviet Union denied yesterday that deadly chemical agents of Soviet manufacture had been used against civilians in South-east Asia. The Information Department of the Soviet Embassy in Washington was commenting on an ABC News television documentary called Rain of Terror which was
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    101 36 Still no peace in Bethlehem IT WAS hardly a peaceful scene as Israeli troops In combat gear gathered In front of the 12- metre Christmas tree on Manger Square in Bethlehem, In the occupied West Bank yesterday. The irony is that armed security was very heavy In the birthplace of
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    Lock icon Thai tapioca for Russia
    72 36 BANGKOK, Thurs. The Soviet Union has agreed in principle to toy 5.5 million tonnes of lapi <ca from Thailand in a fi-'e-year period starting next jear, Mr Burin Hiranburana, nanaging director of the mark *ting organisation for farmers said today. The Soviet Urion started to buy
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    36 36 MANILA, Thurs. Tropical storm Let, pa king peak winds of 95 km h, today churned toward the Philip pines, prompting 'he Manila weather bureau to raise storm warnings on the country's eastern seaboard. UPI
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    36 36 WASHINGTON. Thini. The US army will train r bout 1,600 infantrymen and officer candidates for the army of El Salvador at two major US bases starting next month, the Pentagon said yesterday. AP.
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    240 36 BID TO COPE WITH CONTINUING SALES SLUMP DETROIT, Thursday IN A bid to cope with the continuing car sales slump, Chrysler Corp and Ford Motor Co have announced widespread temporary plant closures in the United States, while General Motors Corp have revealed new
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    422 36 THE Justice Department has given US Presidential Aide Richard Allen a clean bill of health on the two questions that remained after it closed its investigation concerning his receipt of US$l,OOO (5*2,000) from two Japanese journalists. Attorney General William French Smith announced that he
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    323 36 BANGKOK, Thurs THE Thai military today said Vietnamese forces this month introduced air support for troops fighting Cambodian resistance groups along the ThaiCambodian border. A military supreme command spokesman said the Vietnamese had for the first time deployed Soviet-built Antonov-26
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    38 36 MONTEGO BAY (Jamaica), Thurs. Two gunmen broke into the winter home of country and western singer Johnny Cash and robbed him and his family of US$lO,OOO (S$2O,SOO) In cash and valuables, police sources said yesterday. UPI.
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    42 36 BEIJING, Thurs. Nine young women jumped off their bicycles and beat off four thugs mugging a soldier last week, the China youth newspaper said today. They caught one of the attackers and handed him to the police, it said. UPI.
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    38 36 NOUMEA, Thurs. Two people have drowned in floods in the French South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The floods were caused by a cyclone which has also severely damaged crops and livestock, police said today. Reuter.
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      460 1 What is Christmas? IT WAS the night before Christmas. The wind whistled through the banyan trees and the coconut trees craned their necks to see the most beautiful girl in the world gathering hibiscus and dewdrops. As she walked, she sang, and the crickets and frogs piped up in chorus.
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      1078 1  -  REBECCA CHUA ffl "Disco carols, laser lights, plush chairs, novelties, loud talk and laughter, drunks and nymphets and I hope they don't spill wine on the carpet," said the waitress. "Waste of money, that's all it is, a colossal waste of money! exploded a visiting environmentalist. "Conserve
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      1545 2  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN CHRISTMAS DAY YOOI'B Flrft Chrhtt i (Cfc C, If ».m.): YAAAWWWNNT S-T-R-E-T-C-H and Yogi wakes up (tut like yiiQ to Ms first Christmas, since hibernating. Toe "animated characters celebrate this premiere event, as a rather bleary-eyed Yogi tries to grapple mth the sHnatlon. WH^CtoMBiM Clrens (Ch
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      The many ages o£ Christmas
      897 4 Christmas presents, carols, Santa, mince pies, more presents. But it's also shopping, rushing, company dinners, dreary rain. It just depends on whether you're eight or 80, or in-between. SHIRLEY LOW reports. —Single g'-' But suppose he sees through your disguise w and recognises you for
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      598 4  -  ENID NEMY By CHRISTMAS 1981 has just arrived; but for Ira Levy and Marc Rosen, it's long gone. In (act, last summer, while other people were sunning themselves, they were busily plotting what Santa might be sliding down the chimney with next year. And now, when ordinary mortals
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      49 5 Bom: 7 May 1915 Depemd: 24 Dec 197S 3 yean ago you left vi Though it seerm like yesterday Minutes of time are running fast But memories of you will always last Remember by your wife, douotrter ond all loved ones I MR. CHARLES STEVENS ESPfCKERMAN
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      63 1 Christmas A time of peace and joy A special time for sharing And rediscovering The spirit of Christmas The spirit of caring And giving. And for the year ahead There are plans to fulfill Paths to pursue New heights to reach. j/hl A ikiMtiAlJ UmJUvi I J^m I Kk^Afl tt
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      159 2 J^^^^^^^^^l 35 6 Tanglin Road, W^ ____ll Singapore 1024 of treat joy shall be Ihi this Christmas MMrfL we invite you to join us I jet oor spettil tenrfeft rnf nglish/Cantonese on: j J2S Dec (Fri) at 19pm: Christmas Celebration j2BOte(&it)at7.3ppm \ZJ Cte (Sun) at 7sm BanaetaK M**"* Pastor RevOhßeny
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      305 2 Today Tomorrow EXHIBITIONS CULTURAL Stow: Vie Cor, INTERNATIONAL Classical cert Hall. 7.30 p.m. Tickets Fmnttare Fair til: World at Kampung Chantek CC. Trade Centre. Exhibition Christmas Concert: hall. 10 a.m. 8 p.m. Until Queenstown Library reading Tues. Free. room. 3 p.m. Free. Chinese Opera: Chinese FILM: Arwtnd Tne W«rld opera
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      322 2 blks 167 A 168, Stirling Rd, 7.30 p.m. SUNDAY: Residents buffet dinner at void deck, blk 80, lrg Limau, by Whampoa D RC, 7.30 p.m. 9 p.m. $10 each. Picnic at Sembawang beach, organised by Ang Mo Kio F RC, 8 a.m. —1 p.m. Free. Mass tog-a-walk by Kirn Keat
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      523 3 Straits Times Crossword ACKOBB 6 Applauds one type of current 1 Sole comfort, perhaps a bit of S°?°? !L verse on a city (-M) 7 the P*""' s b^B£adV"UBe*fter^ 8 adV U8e fter to say of 9 o^) 0 PhU <**** """PO-O U ffi L .he Grand Natt^T a show
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        1267 1  -  LI LIENFUNG By Hong Lou Meng (15) GRADUALLY, it dawned on me that when people politely assured me they were not bored by my series on Hong Lou Meng, what they really meant was: "Are you ever going to wind up that thing?" I feel I
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        Animals in Chinese mythology
        837 2 You have probably read about the legendary dragon, phoenix, unicorn in Chinese mythology. But animals like the deer, crane, carp and tiger also play an important part in Chinese stories of magic and superstitions. KWAN Zl writes. AFTER Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer, trots away with Christmas,
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      20 1 3? Animal j^ a V^sr- 1 The M th Avkf-y 1 traditional costume of V^ Indian women v>A Page IV
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      Clinging passionately to flowing sarees
      783 4 As a woman's costume, the saree is unique and has no parallel in any other part of the world. It is simple but elegant and brings out the wearer's charm, says SULOCHANA. THE saree, the traditional costume of the Indian women, is a unique attire
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      214 4 Your correspondent Ambiga (ST Sup, 20/ /ll) was not correct in her statement that the red pottu on the forehead distinguishes the Hindu women from the others. Only the white holy ash denotes one as a Hindu. One with the red pottu may not be a Hindu. All married
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