The Straits Times, 9 April 1983

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1983 40 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 65/1/83
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  • 474 1  - Safe havens we are in the top 5 PETER BARNARD 100 leading US analysts put Spore high on the list for investment By US Editor WASHINGTON, Fri. More than 100 leading American analysts have placed Singapore among the top five countries as safe havens for investment because of their political
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  • 29 1 LIVERPOOL, Fri. Workers at Ford's big Halewood car factory voted yesterday to end a month-long strike over the disputed dismissal of an employee accused of vandalism. Reuter
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  • 408 1  - We are the champions! BRIAN MILLER Adelene and Peng Siong take top sporting honours By IT WAS the certainty of the century a "nap shot" m racing jargon. Ang Peng Siong just could not lose. There was no way anyone was going to get near him. How true. It took
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  • 151 1 KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE, Friday AMERICANS "walked" m space for the first time m almost a decade when astronauts Story Musgrave and Donald Peterson spent nearly four hours yesterday working outside the orbiting space shuttle Challenger. The dual space walk, the first involving US astronauts since November
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  • 82 1 Comeback of the write-offs EACH showed his disinterest In different ways. One chatted during lessons. Another threw paper planes. A third would skip class. So they fell further back in school until they ended up, expectedly, as dropouts. That was last year. Today they are back, taking their lessons seriously.
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  • 41 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. Unidentified extremists looted rifles, submachine guns and stocks of ammunition from a local militia ammunition store m Punjab state where militant Sikhs are pressing a violent campaign for religious and political autonomy, officials said today. UPI
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  • 70 1 TOKYO, Fri. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone today told Chinese Vice-Premier Yao Yilin that Japan was ready to extend an unspecified amount of yen loans to China for development projects, government officials said. Mr Nakasone made the remark when Yao, who arrived here on April 3
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  • 491 1 Arms aid on the way BANGKOK, Fri. US sends Redeye missiles THE United States is to make immediate deliveries of military equipment requested by Thailand to help the Bangkok government meet the threat of Vietnamese aggression. The first shipment, comprising Redeye antiaircraft missiles, will arrive at the weekend, US military
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    • 55 1 BANGKOK, Fri. A Thai air force flghterbomber crashed today near the Cambodian border opposite the abandoned headquarters of Cambodian coalition president Prince Norodom Sihanouk, military sources said. The sources said it was not clear if the American-built A-31 Stane had been shot own by Vietnamese ground
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    • 287 1 I GM Leading Manufacturing Jewellers, Diamond Gem Merchants Since 1942 01-34 Specialists' Centre, Orchard Road Singapore 0923. Tel: *****37. *****07 01-06 DBS Building. Shenton Way. L |^v Singapore 0106. Tel: *****04 /_j 64 pages today The cleanest HDB blocks of flats Back Page SUMMARY 2 WORLD NEWS 3,4,7,8 TIMESCOPE 14
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  • IN SUMMARY...
    • 690 2 Wooing students THERE will be a place m the Vocational and Industrial Training Board's institutes for every primary school leaver who wants to learn a trade. This is -the message the board and the Education Ministry will spread when they launch an extensive programme to inform primary pupils and
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    • 189 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: NOT counting those plying the tourist trade, trishaws have been proclaimed a dying breed m Singapore not once but many times. Clearly though, the reports of their fate have been premature. For they are not only still around. They could well find new markets, complementing
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    • 311 2 POINTERS FOR HELPING LOCAL PACKAGING INDUSTRY A STEERING committee comprising representatives from the government, industry and some academic institutions here should be formed to provide some guidance for the local packaging industry. This is one of the recommendations of a study mission which visited Sweden last October. The
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    • 389 2 Down Mexico way WHERE will the 1986 World Cup be held? ALAN HUBBARD rules out Canada and America because Fifa feels the game's most spectacular show should always be held by a country where soccer is the No 1 sport. To revert to a European country would need a
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    • 628 2 Hanoi 'bluffing' AUSTRALIAN Foreign Minister Bill Hayden said yesterday a Soviet warning, that Hanoi might support communist insurgents m South-east Asia unless Asean stopped opposing its policies, was unconvincing, "bluffing and bullying." "I don't think the Asean countries are going to be very disturbed by that sort
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    • 175 2 Gearing up for shift THE Malaysian Industrial Development Authority has geared itself to accommodate the possible relocation of several labour-intensive industries from Singapore. One step being taken is asking the Foreign Ministry which agency Singapore would designate to handle the transfers. Its chairman Tan Sri Ishak Patch
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    • 415 2 Getting the President ready for the Press A TYPICAL presidential press conference at the White House is a media event by itself. It is staged by public relations aides determined to project the Chief Executive m the best possible light. President Roosevelt used to hold press conferences m
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
    • 828 3 Calling Kapitsa's bluff JAKARTA, Friday AUSTRALIAN Foreign Minister Bill Hayden said today a Soviet warning that Hanoi might support communist insurgents m South-east Asia was unconvincing "bluffing and bullying." Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Kapitsa had earlier told foreign ministry officials m Singapore during talks there, that Hanoi would back
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    • 164 3 JAKARTA, Fri. Visiting Australian Foreign Affairs Minister BUI Hayden said here today Australia's ambassador m Hanoi would be Instructed to condemn Vietnamese incursions into Thailand m the strongest terms. "We find no justification or excuse for the incursions into the sovereign territory of Thailand, nor
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    • 81 3 They're only routine operations Hun Sen BANGKOK, Fri. The Vietnamese-backed Heng Samrin regime is only carrying out "routine operations" and "strictly respects" the territory of Thailand, Cambodian Foreign Minister Hun Sen said today. The Phnom Penh news agency, SPK, quoted Mr Hun Sen as saying that Cambodian troops were currently
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    • 288 3 Singapore extends drive to India SINGAPORE yesterday extended the Asean diplomatic drive against Vietnam by calling upon India, the current chairman of the non-aligned movement, to express its concern over the Vietnamese offensive at the ThaiCambodian border. The call was made by a senior Foreign Ministry official who told Indian
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 65 3 THE JAPANESE Defence Ministry yesterday unveiled a new high-technology warplane described as a fighter pilot's dream because of its remarkable agility and manoeuvrability at very high speeds. The "control configured vehicle", a twinengined fighter capable of flying at 1.6 times the speed of sound, is said to
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      • 62 3 THE SOVIET Union, India's largest importer of detergents, cosmetics and toiletries, has suspended buying these products from the country during the current year, a report said yesterday. The Economic Times newspaper said that the Soviet government had informed some 20 leading Indian exporters that it had to
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      • 70 3 REPRESENTATIVES OF 18 world airlines met m Karachi to review fare structures m the Middle East and Asia and decided to eliminate heavy rebates on some routes m the region, a spokesman said on Thursday. Delegates at the 12th conference of the Middle East and Orient Carriers
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      • 57 3 THE SOCIALIST International opened its 16th congress m Albufeira, Portugal, on Thursday with a call for global negotiations to halt the arms race and promote greater cooperation between industrialised and developing nations. "We must act as the great international party of peace," former West German Chancellor Willy
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      • 57 3 PRIME MINISTER Margaret Thatcher has begun preparations m earnest for a general election that most Conservatives believe would be held m October, the Daily Express of London said yesterday. The newspaper said Mrs Thatcher had a secret meeting on Thursday with leading members of the Conservative
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    • 259 3 Japanese will control world economy, says Marcos MANILA, Friday PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos today brushed aside fears of a militarily resurgent Japan and predicted Japanese world economic domination "m the next several decades" as he braced for next month's talks with Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. He said only withdrawal of the
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    • 164 3 HAYDEN COMING FOR TWO-DAY VISIT AS PART OF ASEAN TOUR MR BELL HAYDEN, Australia's Foreign Minister, will be m Singapore on April 26 and 27 as part of a tour of Asean countries. It will be Mr Hayden's first visit to Asean as an Australian Labour Party minister. The former
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    • 50 3 TOKYO, Fri. A volcano erupted north-west of Tokyo today, showering ash over a radius of 50 km. Officials said there were no reports of damage or casualties from the eruption of the 2,542-metre Mount Asama, 120 km from Tokyo. The volcano last erupted on Oct 8. Reuter
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    • 686 3 s A member of PA International 2 I GENERAL MANAGER I DIRECTORSHIP PROSPECTS Around $95,000 per annum plus car B Location: Singapore jjl (Ref.3133) g A European-based group of com- related field will also be considered. panics, involved in the manufacturing of Candidates should possess general E a well-known range
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
    • 209 4 SYDNEY, Friday AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Bob Hawke said today his Labour government might refuse to pay state pensions to the wealthy. Mr Hawke said that Labour would consider testing pensioners' means to assess their finances. Labour, which ousted the Liberal-Nation-al Party coalition from power
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    • 248 4 WASHINGTON, Fri. China's cancellation of cultural and sports exchanges for the year is an overreaction to the political asylum granted to tennis star Hu Na, but does not necessarily threaten overall relations between the two countries, US officials said yesterday. A State Department
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    • 193 4 Canberra says no to another foreign investor CANBERRA, Fri. The Federal government has limited an American company's bid to increase Its shareholding in an Australian company the second Indication in two days that the new Labour government Intends to curb foreign investment in Australia. Yesterday, two applications by foreign investors
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    • 308 4  - 'Hongkong Butcher' sentenced to death WINSOME LANE By Our Hongkong Reporter HONGKONG, Friday A 27- YEAR-OLD taxi driver has been sentenced to death for the murders of four young women whose bodies he had mutilated, photographed naked, defiled and disJJOSbtrtl Of* nm^mWmawnMmmmmmnammnumwmwammiim An all-male jury of seven deliberated for four
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    • 38 4 DHAKA, Fri. Government troops have arrested 100 tribesmen in the dense jungles of south-eastern Bangladesh as part of efforts to track down armed guerillas who last week abducted 30 paper mill workers, officials sala yesterday. Reuter
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    • 82 4 TOKYO, Fri. The export of drugs, agro-chemi-cals, tobacco and liquor to the Third World countries by industrially-advanced nations came under stiff criticism at an international seminar here today. The criticism was voiced on the third day of discussions at a Interna- tional Organisation of
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 3
    • 165 7 Sao Paulo authorities to create 30,000 low-paid jobs SAO PAULO, Fri. Sao Paolo aothorities today said they are creating 3t,Mt low-paid jobs immediately as tension eases In the city after violent demonstrations against unemployment. Mr Almir Pazzianotto, Sao Paulo state government Labour Secretary, said the Jobs for street and sewer
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    • 221 7 Broad plan of covert action Military and economic aid Political pressure WASHINGTON, Friday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan last year approved a broad plan of covert action, direct military and economic aid, and political pressure to prevent "the proliferation of Cubamodel states" m Central America, The
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    • 150 7 WASHINGTON, Fri. The White House yesterday appeared to confirm The New York Times story bat told reporters to look at the report, entitled United States Policy m Central America and Cuba Through (Fiscal Year) 1984 A Summary Paper, m its context. Deputy White House
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    • 222 7 WASHINGTON, Fri. The Republican-dominat-ed all-party Senate budget committee today voted to cut President Ronald Reagan's 1984 defence spending budget by US$3.3 billion (Ss7 billion) to U*****.4 billion. It also voted to cut by half so-called spending authority which accounts for actual outlays over a
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    • 32 7 TOKYO, Fri. Visiting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak left Tokyo by the Japanese National Railways' "bullet" train to Osaka, western Japan, after cn f nDr his nffirial visit to Japan. AFP
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    • 244 7  -  PETER BARNARD By US Editor WASHINGTON, Fri. America's Interior Secretary James Watt has missed the target and shot himself m the foot and that's official. The number one question on White House lips for two days has been: What's Watt done to the Beach
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    • 246 8 BOURG-ST PIERRE (Switzerland), Fri. A tiny alpine village wants French President Francois Mitterrand to honour a debt incurred by Napoleon when his army passed by 183 years ago. Mayor Fernand Dorsaz of Bourg-St Pierre said yesterday that a bill for US$75 million (*****.7 million) will be
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    • 240 8 i T!i^^^^B^Mi^^^^iM"'V'^B LONDON, Fri. Disclosure that one of Britain's biggest police forces is sending regular armed police patrols onto the streets drew a storm of criticism yesterday m a country where policemen do not normally carry guns. Mr James Anderton, Chief Con- stable of Greater
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    • 107 8 PARIS, Fri. The heads of 17 European industrial groups have held a twoday meeting here aimed at forging a pan-European industrial base to meet competition from elsewhere, Volvo president Pehr Gyllemhammar said here today. The groups represented were Saint Gobain, Renault, Lafarge and BSN of
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    • 94 8 KUWAIT, Fri. The Gulf states last night adjourned until next Wednesday high-level talks on capping shattered Iranian wells that are gushing thousands of barrels of oil a day into the waterway. Political wrangling between warring Iran and Iraq had held up the formal opening of
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    • 337 8 KUWAIT, Fri. THE Palestine Liberation Organisation will not give Jordan's King Hussein a mandate to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinians in peace talks with Israel, two PLO officials said today. But it was not clear whether this was the final word
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  • 432 9 WITH the licence fees for hawker stalls increased since April 1, Singaporeans will be watching the prices at their favourite food stalls, while the hawkers will want to have their say as well. If you have any views, just ring The Straits Times-Shin
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  • 145 9 24 motorcyclists fined for dangerous driving TWENTY-FOUR motorcyclists who used the roads as a racing circuit, usually m the early hours, appeared In court yesterday on charges of dangerous riding. They pleaded guilty and were each fined between $4* and $SM. Five others claimed trial. The court heard that the
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  • 54 9 JAKARTA, Fri. The Indonesian maritime patrol has arrested a Singaporean fishing boat for operating illegally m north Sumatran waters, the semi-official Antara news agency said today. It said the maritime patrol vessel fired warning shots at the boat, registration number SMF-855, hitting a fuel tank and starting
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  • 422 9  -  JUNE TAN MEETING MANPOWER AND SCHOOLS' NEEDS ARE TOP PRIORITIES By Our Education Reporter THE Institute of Education will be revamped m June to respond better to the needs of schools and manpower requirements. The main change will be a reduction m the number
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  • 138 9 QUESTION BEFORE COURT ON 'HURT' OR 'DEATH' THE question before the court was whether a man who "killed" another with one blow to the throat, should be charged with causing hurt, or causing death. The prosecution said the charge accusing 61--year-old R.M. Abdul Gaffoor of causing the death of Mr
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  • 32 9 A SEMINAR on the Study of Child Care Services m Japan will be held next Saturday at 9 a.m. at the NTUC auditorium, Trade Union House, m Shenton Way.
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  • 194 9 You pay less for your cooking gas now COOKING gas is generally cheaper now. Five companies, Mobil, Caltex, Shell, BP and Summit Gas Pte Ltd, have reduced prices of cooking gas. They said they were passing on to consumers their savings on longterm purchase contracts with oil refineries. The refineries
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  • 82 9 A "Help the Aged Cross the Road" campaign will be held tomorrow from 9 to 11 a.m. at Tiong Bahru Road, near Seng Poh School, by the Bukit Ho Swee Zone A residents' committee. Its aim is to teach aged pedestrians to cross the
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  • 42 9 THE Muneeswaran Temple Society will hold its annual general meeting at the temple's Queensway premises at 4 p.m. tomorrow. At this meeting, a management committee to look after the affairs of the temple this year and next will be elected.
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  • 119 9 MALAYSIAN Airline System (MAS) passengers bound for Penang have to pay $34 extra if they take flights which stop at Kuala Lumpur. The "additional sector fare? was introduced this month to encourage passengers to use the airlines direct flights
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  • This Week...
    • 406 10 Adrian Lim, 41, of Block 12 Toa Payoh. Tan Mai Choo, 28, Lim 's wife. Hoe Kah Hong, 27, described as Lim 's girlfriend. Loh Ngak Hua, 25, Hoe Kah Hong's husband. He died on Jan 7,1980. Agnes Ng Siew Heok, 9, of Block 233
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    • 63 10 NEW FLAT OWNER CHEATED TWO workers at the Housing Board have been arrested over the allocation of a flat. Police are investigating to find out if they had cheated the HDB by making officials believe the flat had been allocated. An applicant had been told he could have the new
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    • 150 10 THE LOUD AND QUIET OF PUBLIC OPINION MANY people telephoned The Straits Times this week to give their opinions on prices at food stalls following the recent increase m licence fees paid by hawkers. One woman said hawkers had the
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    • 58 10 VICTORY IN SQUASH MATCH SINGAPORE won the East Asia men's squash championship this week for the sixth year. The championship was held m Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Singapore was losing 2-0 to Malaysia when Dr Ranjodh Singh won the third game. The next two games were won by Stewart
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    • 240 10  -  NG WENG HOONG By LESSONS at secondary school level may soon be a part of the Best programme which was designed to help workers without a full primary education. An experimental class has already started for 45 workers at the Shangri-La Hotel. The once-a-week
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    • 71 10 A PARTY to show that drinking and driving are dangerous is to be held by the Automobile Association of Singapore. Guests at the party on May 8 will be invited to drive over a special course set up at the Old Kallang Airport. They will then
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    • 221 10 VIETNAMESE CHASE CAMBODIANS ACROSS THE THAI BORDER AND ANEW FIGHT BEGINS THE WAR between Vietnam and Cambodia moved into Thailand this week. About 6,000 Vietnamese soldiers started the latest fighting on Thursday last week just as many people were planning to play April Fool's tricks on
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    • 129 10 POLITICAL activity over the future of Cambodia increased this week. Vietnam's Foreign Minister was reported as saying that having talks between bis country and the five members of Asean Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines was the only way to find peace m Cambodia and
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    • 196 10 THE FIRST two routes to be operated by the new private bus firm, Trans-Island Bus Services, started on Sunday. They are Route 167 from Anson Road to Admiralty Road West, outside Sembawang Shipyard, and Route 160 from Admiralty Road West to Crawford Street, Kallang. Fares
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    • 130 10 A PLAN to trim the number of workers at Singapore Airlines has received an eager response from the workers themselves. The airline decided last month that it was employing 130 more engineering workers than it needed and asked for volunteers to leave. The airline
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    • 220 10 Earthquake hits Sumatra Hf^ World wise B ABOUT 100 people were hurt on Monday when an earthquake shook parts of Sumatra, about 1,000 km north-west of Singapore. Four houses caught fire but no one died. The centre of the earthquake was under sea about 55 km from Sumatra. The earthquake
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  • 203 11 $5 coins to mark SEA Games opening THE Singapore Mint will issue crown-size $5 coins next month to commemorate the opening of the 12th South-east Asia Games to be held here from May 28 to June The last time a crown-size $5 coin was issued was II years ago to
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  • 542 11  -  WONG Al KWEI By Education Ministry and Vocational Board set to spread this message THERE will be a place m the Vocational and Industrial Training Board for every primary school leaver who wants to learn a trade. This is the message
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  • 436 11 What can't they possibly do? WOMEN IN THE POLICE FORCE... BARELY 40 years ago, if someone had suggested recruiting women into the police force, he would nave met with cynical replies like: "Really? What could they possibly do?" Yet today, there are almost 900 women police officers representing about 13
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  • 34 11 A MALAYSIAN woman, Hamid Blbi binti Jallal Khan, 43, was yesterday jailed for a day and fined $300 lor stealing a $16 T-shirt from Metro Marine Parade on Thursday. She pleaded guilty.
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  • 118 11 EIGHT people were Injured, seven seriously, when a van landed on Its side after an accident with a taxi at Ponggol Bead early yesterday. The Injured were from the van, which was heading towards Upper Serangoon Road at 12.15 a.m. Police said the
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  • 234 11  - Special Best classes for shift workers NO WENG HOONG By SPECIAL Basic Education for Skills Training classes will be launched m July for workers who are unable to join the programme now because of shift work. The Skills Development Secretariat of the National Trades Union Congress will start two classes
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  • 121 12 236 more leave HUDC queue TWO hundred and thirtysix HUDC applicants have opted out of the queue for middle-income flats after new prices and policies were announced on Feb 18. But another 39 new applicants have joined the queue, which now stands at 3,818. Review The latest withdrawals were not
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  • 534 12 Good news Good business _r_T _T C £~l"w* -_fc V%__. regular checks for trishaws TRISHAWS need not be inspected anymore because the Registry of Vehicles has decided to do away with the six-monthly inspection from today. The ROV decision, announced yesterday by the registry's Senior Assistant Registrar, Mr Seek Hang
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  • 266 12 Tourist board zooms in on zooms in on the US THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (S^fPß) is diverting three-quarters of its advertising taidget for recession-plagued continental Europe to more promising markets like the United States. For the first time, it will launch a large scale advertising campaign on American television
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  • 129 12 Advertising agency retrenches six workers OGILVY and Mather (S) Pte Ltd, one of Singapore's largest advertising agencies, has retrenched six workers. This comes after Pakistan Airlines, one of the firm's largest clients, decided to use its subsidiary agency m Karachi. Ogilyy and Mather's managing director, Mr Rod Pullen, said yesterday
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  • 158 12 Desserts that' ll brighten up your dinner table A STAND displaying strawberry tarts topped with cream, chocolate parfaits, ice cream and toffee apples at the Homemakers Exhibition at the World Trade Centre, is bound to make visitors drool. But, on closer examination, visitors will find that these delicious-looking desserts are
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  • 109 12 FIRST the police arrived, then the firemen came. Finally the job was done. The snake was m the bag. Catching snakes is the policeman's job but what can he do if the python is too high? So the fireman came yesterday with his long ladder
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    • 936 14  -  WONG AI KWEI j_.Reports by. The Vocational and Industrial Training Board is 10 years old today. What it has done in the past decade in preparing students for working life is no mean feat. In the next 10 years, its role will be even more critical.
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    • 306 14 SECRET society gangsters have their beginnings as school dropouts at the average age of 13.7 years. About IV. years later, they land their first job. Soon they will be jobhopping and seven out of 10 will earn less than $400 a month when
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    • 449 14 WHAT is vocational training? It is skills training to help a person do his job well. Put simply, it prepares school leavers for work, and helps those who are already working to do their job better. The trainees learn simple skills like laying bricks,
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    • 122 14 To make way for our new fashion store at Centrepoint... and our new home furnishing store at Specialists' Centre, every single item in our store must go! EMERY m v\\, IS OH SALE 1 1 EVERY i j Mi> IS ON SALE 1 1 EVEHY~^jj>^ IS ON SALE EVERY W
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  • 607 15  -  BEN DAVIDSON MAUREEN CHUA m Jgyygl ADRIAN Lim, 41, his wife Tan Mvi Choo, 28, and Hoe Kah Hong, 27, are charged with the murder of Agnes Ng Siew Heok, nine, and Ghazali bin Marzuki, 10, between January and February 1981.
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  • 528 15 A FORMER dance hostess from Malaysia said yesterday that the electric shock treatment Adrian lim gave her was so painful and exhausting that she fainted at times. But Lim brushed aside her protests and insisted that she should undergo the treatment In order to exorcise
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  • 186 15 LAWYER H.E. Cashin has reported to police that he received several death threats this week in connection with the Toa Payoh murders trial. Mr Cashin, is defending Adrian Lim, one of the three accused. He has been assigned as Lim's defence counsel by the High Court.
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  • 190 15 'Keep watch on effects of MRT tunnelling' THE effects of tunnelling while building the Mass Rapid Transit system should be carefully monitored. Suggesting this, the president of the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers, Mr Lim Lan Yuan, said Singapore could draw on Hongkong's experiences m building its Mass Transit
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  • 85 15 A BOOKLET on The Scheme of Charges for Government Medical Services, 1963 is now on sale at $2 a copy at the Health Ministry headquarters, at 55 Cuppage Road, Cuppage Centre. Printed by the Health Ministry, the booklet is also sold at the Singa- pore
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  • 211 15 THE Public Utilities Board is showing what energy conservation means by slicing $300,000 off the electricity bill of the PUB Building m Somerset Road. The saving, the equivalent of 1.5 million units of electricity, was achieved during 1981 and 1982 without
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  • 209 15 and shows how thimbles can save water A WATER-saving device installed m high-rise buildings saves 152,000 cubic metres, or about $114,000, a month, a PUB spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said that this meant a saving of 4.7 per cent. The board started installing the device, known as a thimble,
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  • 492 16 The Straitsllnies says Return of the trishawman BUSINESS for trishaw riders picking up? Somehow, it does not seem very credible. Naturally, we all know about the trishaw riders plying the tourist belt. And a nasty lot a few of them are too, what with their cheating and threatening innocent foreigners
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  • 691 16 IT IS IN THE MATURE of daily newspapers (it couldn't be otherwise) to give the impression, as a magician does with a sleight of hand, that the daily fare offers a comprehensive menu to satisfy the appetites of all but the most demanding, news-hungry
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  • 489 16 T.F. Hwang takes you down memory lane ZHUJIAO FROM Zhuiiao to Tarnpin. That s my theme today. The suggestion that I kicked off today with Zhuiiao came from reader K A Mathew, 53, an Indian Singaporean. Last Sunday he asked me in a coffeeshop how I thought the modern sprawling
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  • 877 16  -  JOHN DRYSDALE An in-depth look at major news events this week By of Global-Stats Ltd, London A MESSAGE from US Secretary of State George Shultz to King Hussein of Jordan, before the visit to Amman earlier this week by the PLO leader,
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  • FORUM
    • 438 17 THE letter "When will we have itemised medical fees" by "Q.E.D." (ST, March 24) and your editorial supporting his view (ST, March 25) are most welcome at a time when readers are complaining about some doctors and their charges and •about there being
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    • 494 17 Listen, and you will hear something in this silence I REFER to the report "You ask for it but when we invite the public to debate major issues the response is so poor." (Sunday Times, April 3). While I agree with our Defence and Second Health Minister, Mr Goh Chok
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      • 197 17 UNLIKE the other reservoirs such as Macßitchie and Seletar, Pandan Reservoir has no land around it that can be turned into a park. It consists of only a man-made dyke encircling the reservoir. The dyke is six-kilometre long with a sixmetre wide laterite track at
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      • 105 17 WE refer to the letter "Show it later" from Patricia Sharma. (ST, March 19). We sympathise with the writer and her friends, but it is very difficult to satisfy everyone. In this particular case, the educational programme for the young, "Share A Story," will
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      • 60 17 WE refer to the letter "Little enjoyment" from "Housewife." (ST, March 19). We would like to inform the writer that matinee shows are not necessarily cheap or lacking m entertainment. We are repeating "Hawaii Five-O" every Thursday at about 4.10 p.m. on Channel 5. We are also trying
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      • 44 17 WE refer to the letter "The day I lost my card to the machine" by "D.W.D." (ST, March 14). We thank the writer for bringing the matter to our attention and apologise for the inconvenience caused. EDDIE KOII PRO Telecoms
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    • 146 17 TENANTS ENDUP PAYING HIGHER RATES I READ with interest the article "The energy guzzlers..." (Sunday Times, March 27) on National Development Minister Teh Cheang Wan's press statement. The 20 per cent surcharge on electricty bills imposed on owners of commercial buildings to deter the wasting of energy does not appear
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    • 274 17 I REFER to your article "A night ride with danger." (ST, April 4). It is regrettable that The Straits Times should depict trishaw tours organised for tourists as hazardous. I would like to throw more light on the matter. To prove the point that the
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 369 18 Singapore's labour intensive industries to be relocated KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida) has geared itself to accommodate the possible relocation of several labour-intensive industries from Singapore to Malaysia. Bernama reported yesterday one of the first steps being taken was
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    • 270 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Major commercial banks here today reported quiet trading in the Singapore dollar after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday moved to quash rumours of a possible devaluation of the currency. One of them, Malayan Banking, said there was no large
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    • 54 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A Sumatran tigress has been captured alive by the National Parks and Wildlife Department m Kuala Trengganu, it was reported on Wednesday. A recent survey said there are only between 30 and 50 tigers remaining m the Trengganu jungles, which has the largest concentration of
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    • 296 18 Mystery over last trip made by journalist HONGKONG, Fri. Mystery surrounds the trip, to Madras by Mr Vavula Veera Raghaya Rao, a sub-editor with the Hongkong tabloid, The Star, who was foun£ slain m Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday. Mr Rao, 51, was discovered m a drain outside a Kuala Lumpur
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    • 90 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. More than 400 people were treated for food poisoning in Seremban on Wednesday, Bernama news agency reported, quoting a state health authority official. The victims, who suffered from stomach cramps, vomitting, giddiness, diarrhoea and fever Included college students, nurses staying at a
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  • Market Highlights
    • 458 19 Si NG A PORK: Share prices closed firm on sustained buying sapport m active selective trading with higher overseas markets advices aiding sentiment. Metro rose 35 cents to $9.85, National Iron 39 cents to $9.39, Straits Trading 35 cents to $6.95, DBS 39 cents
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    • 32 19 Up Down iincn Industrials 68 26 25 Finance 14 2 0 Hotels 5 5 5 Properties 12 1 1 Plantations 9 15 Mining 4 6 1 Deb Loans 4 4 2
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    • 75 19 Boustead Bhd Dunlop Ind -2 Guinness +6 MTC Pan Elec +2 Rothmans S Trading +35 U M Works +6 C C +10 Esso -10 Guthrie Bhd NBT +1 Perils Plant +2 SembShip +4 Sap Corp Wearnes +6 CCM -2 F&N +30 Haw Par -3 Nat Iron
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    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      • 70 19 G E Life 3300 +100 0 C B C 1190 +70 ST P 1975 840 +40 1 C B 795+40 Kamunting Tin 700+40 Metro Hldgs 985 +35 Straits Trading 695 +35 DBS 950+30 F N 830 +30 M Breweries 535 +30 Kemayan 200 +30 Nat Iron 925 +25 Grand
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      • 17 19 Sea View Loan 300 -180 H Negara 410 -42 Shell 670 -30 Lion Corpn 350 -12
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      • 44 19 April 7 April 8 BT Composite: 854.24 868.36 BT Indicator: *****4 *****4 ST Industrials: 869.52 879.30 ST Finance: 2159.87 2211.01 ST Hotels: 1054.90 1053.04 ST Properties: 688.74 694.32 ST Minings: 235.97 237.48 ST Plantations: 975.17 982.64 OCBC: 768.75 784.39 SES Ind: 654.10 658.46
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      • 24 19 M U I 1,617,000 OCBC 911,000 U 0 B 691,000 Consplant 625,000 A P I 597,000 Total turnover: 19.91m Total value: $75.37m
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    • 2719 20 Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tax-exempted dividend. ABN traded In lots of It shares each, with the price quoted in dollars. SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL Gr's Net 83 Last Div P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale +or- (*000) High Low 278 235 Acma 255 unch 21.7 24.7
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    • 44 20 OCBC 1280 +50 Kamunting 735 +25 M Banking 820 +25 U 0 B 490 +20 Dun Est 600 +20 Tronoh 1020 +20 S Trading 745 +20 Loytape 394 +18 SMI 426+16 HMPB 464 +16 C Storage Ltd 535 +15 Syn Resins 560 +15
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    • 20 20 Jacks Infl 600 -30 Dutch Baby 450 -20 Bolton 286 -16 Gold Coin 550 -15 Utd Est 595 -15
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    • 40 20 Up Down unch Industrials 34 45 21 Finance 7 11 Hotels 1 0 1 Properties 5 2 3 (HI Palms 4 1 1 Tins 7 3 4 Rubbers 8 6 3 Robbers 0 0 0 Deb/Loans 0 10
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    • 3356 20 BID and offer prices officially listed and business m and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown m brackets m lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett". Big Board
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    • 322 20 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market closed the week on a slightly steady note yesterday, with finance stocks featuring prominently m more active trading. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation again stole the limelight, with an impressive gain of 50 cents to M 512.80. Quiet United Overseas Bank jumped 20 cents
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    • 182 20 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST (Managers' prices (or Apr 11) ASIA UNIT TRUST ARBUTHNOT SECURITIES ASIA (Managers' prices lor Apr II) Spore Growth Fund 0.94 0.99 OUB-MONTAGU (Managers' prices for Apr Mil) Union Spore Fund 1.30 1.35xd DIAMOND MGT SPORE INCOME BOND UNIT (Current prices) Income Bond 1.42 I.49rbn MARA
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • 349 20 THE Tokyo stock market yesterday closed slightly lower on scattered selling of market leaders, but low priced large asset issues met selective demand. Yen AJlnomoto 805 unch Altai 460 -5 Amada 595 -16 Asahl Chem 291 -5 Asahl Glass 566 -4 Bank Tk 291 unch Brldgestone 479 -19 Canon
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      • 302 20 PRICES yesterday closed firmer but off the day's highs due to late profit-taking ahead of the weekend. Trading was moderately active throughout, brokers said. Shares opened steady on various factors including an improvement m factory orders m Hongkong, signs of a decline m US interest rates and higher overseas
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      • 190 20 Sandos Pc 773 -2 Sandos Reg 1980 unch Sulser Pc 286 -8 Sulser Reg 1840 unch Swiss Bank Br 321 -4 Swiss Bank Corp Reg 234 -3 Swiss Re-Insur Reg 3250 +20 Swiss Re-Insur Br 7225 unch Swissair Br 805 unch Swissair Reg 880 +5 Union Bank Of Swlts.
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      • 82 20 Oriental B 0.02 unch Phil Overseas 0.017 unch Phllex B 0.1950 unch PLDT 36.00 uncn Podco B 0.0022 +0.0004 SaTMlguelß 21.00 unch Seafront 0.0055 unch Slme Darby HJS +0.25 Surlgao Con B 0.024 unch Uslphll 2JO unch Vulcan 0.005 unch Pesos Apex Mining B 0.014 unch Atlas Con. B
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    • 622 20 THE local market beaded strongly upwards yesterday, again on bullish sentiment Inspired by strong buying interest m the OCBC stable of companies. The Business Times Composite Index climbed 14.12 points to 868.36 and the Straits Times Industrial Index put on 9.78 points to 819.30. Buying
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    • 786 20 BID and offer prices officially listed and business m and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown m brackets m lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Aflnomoto (3.18 B) Alcom (2.008 2.015) (12) 2.04 (9) 2.03(1) 2.05(20) 2.02(9)
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    • 382 21 PRICES yesterday closed marginally higher across-the-board m light trading, with hectic last-minute trading m Grace Bros dominating trading interest. Near the close the All Ordinaries index was up 22 points at 529.7, with the all industrials index up 2.7 at 664.0 and the all resources index up 1.7 at
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    • 656 21 EQUITIES were generally easier yesterday, m quiet trading ahead of the account end, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times index was down 0.8 points at 671.4. Government bonds were mixed m quiet trading, after early firmness, as sterling eased from the day's best levels, dealers said. Longer-dated issues
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 692 21 RUBBER prices in Singapore yesterday closed slightly lower with April One RSS buyers quoted at 249.50 cents a kilo, down three cents from Thursday's close. Morning prices were marked down slightly on lower London advices and after-close easiness here on Thursday. Afternoon prices lost further ground on some offerings
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      • 31 21 Rubber: April 8 Singapore: April: 249.50 cents (down 3.00 cents) Malaysia: April: 266.00 cents (down 3.00 cents) Tin: M$31.55 per kilo (up six cents) 159 tonnes (down 26 tonnes)
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      • 230 21 THE Malaysian crude palm oil market yesterday firmed on speculative interest m active trading, despite India's STC passing its tender. In the April position, north region rose Ms3o to $780 a tonne, central $11 to $782 and south $10 to $784 while m May, north firmed $12.50 to
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      • 31 21 LONDON: Copper prices on Thursday (previous m brackets): Wirebars Spot buyers £1077.00 (£1086.00); sellers £1077.50 (£1086.50); Three Months buyers £1107.00 (£1117.50); sellers £1107.50 (£1118.00). Market tone: Steady. Sales: 22,550 tonnes.
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      • 237 21 THE STRAITS TIN price m Penang yesterday moved six cents up to M 531.55 a kilo, still within the ITA "may buy" level of $29.15 and $32.06. Some dealers said that the firmness was due to the buffer stock manager's support but others said the BSM was absent,
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      • 133 21 CHINESE Produce Exchange, Singapore, noon closing prices per 100 kg yesterday: Coconut oil: Bulk fob $95.00 sellers, old drum (m second hand drum) fob $108.00 sellers, new drum fob $112.00 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) $55 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $355.00 sellers, Sarawak white pepper
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      • 219 21 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable m Singapore opened at $28,758 and closed at $28,793 yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened at U*****.75/425.50 and remained extremely quiet and featureless despite bullish sentiments from the local parties. It went to a high of $425.50/ 426.25 and eventually closed for
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      • 94 21 NOON SSR and SMR prices yesterday: RAS April May (Current Mth) (Forward Mth) Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 (1-ton pallet) 225.50 227.50N 227.50 229.50N SSR 50 (1-ton pallet) 221.50 223.50N 223.50 225.50N MRELB April May SMRCV (1 -ton pallet) 310.50 312.50N 311.50 313.50N SMRL (1 -ton
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      • 34 21 Closing prices In US dollars a troy ounce. Source: Credit Salaae, Spore. T__i_ Wed New York 11.16B 11.19B 11.23S 11.26S Zurich 11.12B U.15B 11.22S U.25S Fri T_-ra Singapore _1.12B 11.14B 11.22S 11.24S
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    • 387 21 STOCK PRICES turned m a desultory performance on Thursday but managed to close slightly higher due to a late rally based on bargain hunting. The Dow Jones Industrial moved up and down throughout the day and finished on the up side, with a gain of about four points.
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    • 49 21 H.K.HANG SENG Friday 1034.17 Thursday 1014.16 Week Ago Closed AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Friday 664.0 Thursday 661.2 Week Ago Closed ALL ORDINARIES Friday 529.7 Thursday 527.5 Week Ago FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday 672.2 Wednesday 654.0 Week Ago 655.1 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 1117.65 Wednesday 1113.49 Week Ago 1130.03
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    • 689 21 THE US dollar yesterday opened lower at $2.0980/00 against the Singapore unit after rumours of the local currency's devaluation was dispelled. Trading was moderate on the local foreign exchange and the rate remained steady. The US unit was traded to a high of 2.1005 and a low
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    • 46 21 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on April 8: Overnight: 3 Call deposits: 3 —3'/« Closing Baying Selling 3-month Treasury bills 2 7/16 2 5/16 3-month Bank bills 67« 6% 3 months CD 6% 6% 0 months CD 615/16 613/16 Source: National Discount Co.
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    • 32 21 Closing interbank rates (or Singapore dollars on April 8: Offer Bid Overnight 32 30 1 month 6% 6 3 /< 2 months 6% 6V4 3 months 615/16 613/16 Overnight mode 7%
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    • 24 21 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 9.09 per cent.
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    • 181 21 SHARE PRICES were mixed m quiet trading on Thursday, with advances slightly outnumbering declines. However, there was little movement. fu ABN ***** +2 Ahold ***** -3.1 Akto 5930 -0.4 AMEV 120.10 +0.6 Amfas 90.00 Amrobnk 62.40xd -03 Bergoss Berk ***** Bols 9030 +1 Borsucer 145.00 +03 Boska 4330 -13
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    • 88 21 Buhls Bangkok Bank 258 +2 Bank Of Ayudhaya Ltd 146 unch Ooodyear Industrial Finance Corp 134 unch Jalaprathan Cement.... 160 +3 Maboonkhrong 147 +1 Metal Box Rama Tower 4030 +1 Sana Union 125 -10 Sermsuk Slam Cement 315 +2 Slam City Cement 294 unch Slam Credit 91 unch South
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    • 937 21 FROM: Page 2t, col 18 TJmuran (6.00 B) Tong Meng (3.225) (15) 3.20 (4) 3.22 Tractors (4.488) (2) 4.48 UAC (3.828 3.845) (2) 3.82 (11) 3.84 Via Benat (8.40 B) (9) 8.20 (5) 8.30 (3) 8.50 (18) 8.40 UE M'sla (1.125) (31) 1.13 (6) 1.15 (4) 1.14
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  • TIMES BUSINESS
    • NEWS BRIEFS
      • 83 19 OVERSEAS Union Bank, the last of the "Big Four" local banks to release its preliminary results, has turned m commendable earnings for the year ended Dec 31, 1982. The group achieved a 12 per cent increase m net profits to $59.3 million (against $52.9 million previously) while
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      • 97 19 OVERSEAS Union Enterprise Ltd said it proposes a rights issue of one-for-four on existing paid-up capital of $99.15 million. The rights shares will be offered at $4 per $1 stock, it said. OUE, a member of the Overseas Union Bank group, said major shareholders have undertaken to
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      • 62 19 THE Overseas Union Bank $100.61 million 7.25 per cent convertible unsecured loan stock 1992 will not be convertible during the period from May 16 to 25, when the transfer books and register of members of the company will be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders' entitlement
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      • 72 19 Bank Negara Malaysia has approved Killinghall Tin (Malaysia) Bhd's acquisition of a 23.2 per cent stake m Southern Banking Bhd, Killinghall said. Malaysia's Foreign Investment Committee had earlier approved the transaction under which the company will buy the 6.97 million Southern Banking shares from Malayan United Industries Bhd
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      • 91 19 PEGI Malaysia Bhd, m reply to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's query on its acquisition of seven million shares m Dunlop Holdings PLC, said a factor taken into consideration m arriving at the purchase price of M 51.70 a share was the then prevailing market price of Dunlop
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      • 80 19 ISLAND and Peninsular Development Bhd has told the KLSE that its directors expect profitability for the year ending Jan 31, 1984, to be better than that for the year just ended. On its proposed bonus and rights issue, I and P said it would furnish the KLSE
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      • 35 19 THE KLSE has reminded Johan Holdings Bhd to comment on a report that it is making a takeover bid for Van der Horst Ltd. The KLSE query was made on March 25.
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      • 80 19 BANKGOK, Fri. Thailand's second rice paddy crop this calendar year will drop by 10 per cent to two million tonnes from last year, a spokesman of the Thai Rice Mills Association said. The spokesman said a recent survey by the association showed that although the area planted
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      • 75 19 PRETORIA, Fri. South African gold holdings fell 389.28 million rand in March to 3.13 billion rand from 3.52 billion rand in February, the Reserve Bank said. In volume terms, holdings fell 60,000 ounces to 7.69 millon ounces from 7.75 million ounces. Gold reserves were valued at 407.17
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    • 374 19 A STEERING committee comprising representatives from the government, industry and some academic institutions here should be formed to provide some guidance for the local packaging industry. This is one of the recommendations of a study mission which visited Sweden last October. The members of the
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    • 138 19 PAN Malaysia Cement Works' subsidiary, PMCW Holdings, paid M 556.6 million for the recent purchase of a 10 per cent stake m Cycle Carriage. PMC, m reply to a Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange query, said the amount included brokerage and stamp duty. On
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    • 402 19 CYCLE and Carriage Ltd has achieved significantly higher interim profits following a recovery m car sales. The motor-based group reported pretax earnings of $40.66 million for the six months ending March 31. This amount, which includes the share of profits of associated companies, is
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    • 210 19 Increased costs cut into Robinson's earnings HIGHER costs and lower investment income have reduced earnings at Robinson Co. The retail group has reported a 21 per cent drop m pretax profits to $2.99 million ($3.78 million previously) for the six months ended Dec 31. This was m spite of a
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    • 327 19 SYDNEY, Fri. The Myer Emporium yesterday launched a cash-and-paper bid for Grace Brothers Holdings which it valued at A53.65 a share (556.64), or As2l3 million for the company. The bid follows the purchase last month of an almost 20 per cent stake m
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    • 390 19 PARIS, Fri. A group of 17 of Europe's leading businessmen are teaming up m a most unusual combination. Their aim is to develop jointly ways to create a solid common industrial base m Western Europe which would enable them to compete against
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    • 298 19 Banks asked to approve $2b loan package for Uruguay MONTEVIDEO, Fri. Uruguay's 75 creditor banks have been asked to approve a US$95O million (Ss2 billion) rescheduling and new loan package m time to allow the International Monetary Fund to endorse the country's economic programme before the end of the month.
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    • 413 22 SELANGOR Properties will now be able to venture into direct lending activities as it has obtained exemption from the provisions of the Moneylenders Ordinance. Selprop's chairman, Datuk T. K. Wen, m his latest annual review, said the board intends to fully exploit the potential
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    • 372 22 NEWLY-listed Petaling Garden's results hay c surprisingly, a lot more lustre than was expected m view of the general downturn m the Malaysian property market last year. Its group pretax profits of M 530.7 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1982, represents a
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    • 198 22 KLUANG Rubber Company (Malaya) Bhd's pretax profits for the six months ended Dec 31, 1982, have declined by about a fifth to M 5220,333 as a result of a depressed market. This setback was due largely to lower average selling prices for rubber, which
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    • 400 22 NEW YORK, Fri. Volkswagen has taken a major step back from the United States market by agreeing to sell an unfinished assembly plant m Michigan to Chrysler Corp. It also announced m West Germany that it would not pay a dividend for 1982,
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    • 123 22 Rasa Sayang declares one-for-two bonus issue NEW stock-market entrant Rasa Sayang Beach Hotels (Penang) Bhd has declared a one -for- two bonus issue. The issue will increase its paid-up capital to M 597.5 million from Msfis million by capitalising M 532.5 million from the share premium account as at Dec
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    • 330 22 Brazil jubilant over record trade surplus RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. Brazil's economic authorities were jubilant following the disclosure that the country's external trade turned m a record US$5l4 million (Ssl.oB billion) surplus m March. The March figure is, at last, m line with the monthly surplus needed to achieve the
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    • 81 22 Dramatic rise in French forex reserves PARIS, Fri. France's net level of foreign currency reserves is being rebuilt in dramatic fashion. In the week immediately following last month's devaluation of the franc within the European Monetary system, the Bank of France's foreign exchange reserves were rebuilt by more than US$5
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    • 172 19 8 Jj|| jjp. v i^^ T/X^'^^^j^^^^Kb^X( .'.'.-.-.".'j. y .'.■:-:;:-2a-JHHJ WUtN^^^^^^^^'' -\is&i£&SKKl fIHB -v Lounge suite also available with 3 seater couch. You don't have to climb mountains to enjoy our Snowy River Collection, The Snowy River Collection I of lounge and dining furniture is designed and made m Australia IiUBM
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    • 359 21 NOTICES gBI3DEISnEiaDBI3DBianEISDBI3DSISg 1 AUCTION 1 g OF 1 1 FINE ORIENTAL 1 I PORCELAIN I J~ Including A Fine Wu-Cai Dragon and Phoenix bowl rm A Rare Peach-Bloomed Chrysanthemum Vase J A Fine Yellow Glaze Dish With Shallow Rounded SJ *3 Side and Lipped Rim l£3 ca m To Be
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    • 867 22 1 ttu^ pj OVERSEAS UNION BANK LTD The Directors of Overseas Union Bank Limited are pleased to announce: j AUDITED NET PROFIT AFTER TAXATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED jTZ 31 DECEMBER 1982 I 1982 1981 Increase (SS'OOO) (SS'OOO) (SS'OOO) The Bank 47,502 44,358 3,144 7.1 j The Group 59,251 52,899
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    • 349 22 I TO BE AUCTIONED "Unique Offering" "Exclusive River Frontage" OUTSTANDING HOTEL REDEVELOPMENT SITE "PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA" Sandringham Hotel and Adjoining Land (88 Great Eastern Highway, Belmont.) (Situated between Perth City and Airport) AUCTION DATE— Wednesday 20th April, 1983 at 3.00pm On Site. L:j COMPRISING 5.28 acres (2.14 ha) Land Area.
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    • 458 24 7371 166J H^^^__!^^^__y__~ "l rSfc^^B BBBPWM H^ __f_p_. __L I— J L"i" Jf-TiTPininTn JT]TllTi.l.ll.lLll »___r fn Hw. a MBMMMW M M _________i______________Mri r hnwirTitti! j 1 >*io /5» i) <7^fw I WHERE NICE PEOPLE I 7TH APRIL ZOTHArmi^^ am SpEC|AL STEAK CARPET BAG STEAK SPECIAL PRICE EAT-IN ONLY Roast Duck
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    • 89 24 13 Musical Equipment HIMSENG SON Tuning/repairing. Complete repairs and restoration, specialising m the adjusting and regulating of the tone and touch of fine pianos (upright or grand). 4 Jalan Geneng( 1953). Tel: *****9. BRITISH/ CHINA PIANO, new /secondhand, many brands, special promotion. Price: $900 onwards. Rental, tuning, delivering available. *****62.
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    • 278 24 i I COASTER GRILL y SZECHUAN CUISINE AND 4& LIVE SEAFOOD <^ *lV 7 RICE S^^T r- CHEF RECOMMENDATIONS 1 Braised "Tong-Fen" Pomegranate crispy and prawns m claypot chicken Fried chicken with Shredded spring onion prawn sauce steamed with prawns Chilli pomfret on Braised scallops m hotplate bird's nest. _J
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    • 140 24 BABA CATERER CATERS Singaporean style food for weddings, I. parties, functions and other happy occasions. Contact 1 *****53. 1 BUFFET PARTIES AT poolside, very reasonable prices. Call The Ship Restaurant (Premier Hotel Tel: 235-6352/ 235-51 1 1 Doreen. RELIABLE CATERER WITH a per- sonal touch. For reception, buffet, barbeque, etc.
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    • 649 24 14 Antiques/Art Crafts BLACKWOOD, NAMWOOD, ROSEWOOD and Teakwood Furnitures. Marble Tables, showcase, Roll-tops, sideboards and others. Keck Marketing Antique House. 308, Changi Road, 5 1/2 miles, Spore 1441. Daily 9am to 6.30pm. *****42-3, *****65. WILLIAM'S MIDDLE KINGDOM. This rare classic book now available at Antiques of the Orient, Lower Basement,
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    • 912 24 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES: CLASSIFICATION GROUP Monday Friday 9.00 am 5.30 pm I Ordinary Isl 00 per word (Mm 1 5.00) 9 5 (io°a l m Tl f "(oo cX m day) $18 06 per col cm A Entertainment Food guide Saturday M2^™m for Sunday Times) Semi-Display (Mm. $54.00 Straits Times)
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    • 793 24 24 Garage Sale AIRCONS, FRIDGE, FURNITURE, books, plants, U.S. made hi-fi speakers, rock bottom prices. View at: 6, Fir Tree Hill off Bukit Chermin, Telok Blangah, Friday 5 8p.m./ Saturday 10a.m. 5p.m. SOLID TEAK DRINKS Trolley $150, antique set of one large and two small chaise longues and matching coffee
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    • 1176 24 28 Health Centres/ 28 Health Centres/ Massage Massage RELAX REFRESH 1 YOURSELF AT GREAT EASTERN gßk HEALTH CENTRE 1 xv- 111 i\ Great Eastern Hotel J 1 %&jrA M f 401 Macpherson Road i i Spore 1336. < mm J TEL: *****44 ——i 30 Hairdressing BEAUTIBOB 349/ 350 Shaw Centre
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    • 564 24 ■bbbbb 49 Packing/Storage/ Delivery HOUSE REMOVAL TRANSPORTATION service. Days Nights service, workers ptovided. Charges reasonable. Please call: *****4. HOUSE REMOVAL/TRANSPORTATION workers provided. Reasonable charge. Good service. Call *****10. TELEPHONE *****55, FIROZ Lorries, vans and pickups with careful and punctual drivers for any kind of job. PROFESSIONAL PACKERS OFFICE and house
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    • 961 25 53 Computer 53 Computer Products/Services Products/Services MICROLINE 80 Dot matrix printer FOR ONLY $700 CASH CARRY 3 months warranty, limited stocks onlyl TOMJACK CO 4, RANGOON ROAD SINGAPORE 0821 TEL: *****56 r WORD PROCESSOR/ COMPUTER FOR ONLY $7,200 PCBBOIB CPU and keyboard 184K PCBBSIB 14" monochrome monitor c PCBO3IB dual
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    • 324 25 66 Situations Vacant a) Professional Executive GTM Coignet J.V. Urgently requires SENIOR DRAFTSMAN GCE 'O' level Technical certificate Minimum 2 to 3 years experience, preferably m Civil drawings Able to work under minimum supervision BATCHING PLANT FOREMAN Minimum 1 year experience, preferably m the Batching plant, production of 30m3/h Able
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    • 606 25 66 Situations Vacant a) Professional Executive FAIRFIELD INDUSTRIES INC. a U.S. based Geophysical and Exploration Company have an Immediate vacancy In their Singapore office for an ACCOUNTANT Candidates should have a recognised accounting qualification, good communicating skills and a minimum of three years experience In financial and management accounting. Must
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    • 521 25 66 Situations Vacant b) EDP TRAINEE PROGRAMMER/ OPERATOR required. Minimum GCE 'A' level or relevant cert.' Male/female. Interested applicants, please write (giving contact telephone number) to: MAXWELL ROAD P.O. BOX 352 SINGAPORE 9007. THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF SINGAPORE invites applications for the post of: COMPUTER OPERATOR c Minimum GCE 'O'
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    • 672 25 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial d) Secretarial Clerical Clerical Our Client, a newly established Unit Trust Man-\ agement Company invites applications for the following positions: BOOK-KEEPER (ES/ *****) ACCOUNTS CLERK (ES/ *****) Requirements: c QCE 'O' level with LCCI Intermediate bookkeeping certificate, c Able to keep full
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    • 506 25 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial d) Secretarial Clerical Clerical T RECEPTIONIST/GENERAL CLERK required by established trading company Main duties: c To operate telephone switchboard Send telexes c Filing Pre-requisites: Applicants must: c Obtained GCE 'O' level c Have a pleasant personality and voice c Have a good
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    • 187 25 Q Well established manufacturer of batteries invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions: 1) HOUSEKEEPING SUPERVISOR Preferably secondary education Able to speak English, Chinese dialects and Malay A few years experience m industrial cleaning supervision The person should be middle-aged female with a pleasant personality 2) ACCOUNTS
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    • 463 25 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial U Clerical POSB invites applications for the posts of: BANK TELLER Requirements: Singapore citizen age between 17 and 25 years Singapore Cambridge GCE 'O' level Certificate with credits In at least 3 subjects, 2 of which must be m English and Mathematics. Male candidates must
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    • 476 26 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical HflUlpCfT Haw Par Properties (S) Pte Ltd, Property Division of the Haw Par Group, seeks the following appointments: Administrative Assistant Requirements: c Minimum GCE '0' level certificate with good credit m English c Private Secretarial Certificate c Shorthand and typing speeds of 100 wpm
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    • 546 26 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical Pierre Jewelry Pte Ltd requires (1) ACCOUNTS OFFICER GCE 'O' level with credit In English c Preference will be given to LCC Higher AccountIng Certificate holder or Diploma m Accounting/ Commerce c Able to keep full set of books up to balance sheet and
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    • 594 26 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical A Major Trading House m the city district invites applications for the position of: CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY to assist the Sales Director of one of its associate company. The potential candidate should have good shorthand and typing speed with excellent command of the English Language.
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    • 612 26 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical Public Accounting Firm m- 1 I vites Singaporeans with I sound knowledge of ac- I counting to grow with j them as h AUDIT ASSISTANTS Benefits for the above appoint- c ment includes: 5-day working week c paid study and examination leave c reimbursement
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    • 576 26 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical ■xpanding American subsidiary m lurong requires a CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY (To Director) Hinimum requirements: i GCF O' level and LCCI Secretarial Certificate i Good command of writtenand spoken English > Shorthand/typing speeds of 90/45 w.p.m. respectively Mature and pleasant personality, able to work independently 2
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    • 672 26 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical An established property development company invites applications to fill the position of: JUNIOR SECRETARY Candidates should possess the following qualifications and experience: Minimum GCE 'O' level with distinction or credit m English Diploma or Certificate m Secretarial Course At least 2 years' working experience
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    • 621 26 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical We are inviting a dynamic, Singaporean with initiative to join our established Computer Firm for the position of: SECRETARY Good command of English. c Proficient m typing essential, c Shorthand an advantage. Preferably to have knowledge m handling bank documentations, clerical work and telex.
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    • 637 26 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical The Singapore Branch of a leading U.K. Electrical Manufacturer has an immediate vacancy for a CLERICAL ASSISTANT Candidates should possess an 'O' level Certificate as well as an Intermediate Bookkeeping Certificate. Ability to type would be an advantage. Please write confidentially with curriculum vitae.
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    • 662 26 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical METROPOLITAN SECRETARIES PTE LTD requires: SECRETARY c GCE 'A' or O' level, c Good typing and shorthand, c LCC Pte Sec certificate preferred. Age about 20 to 23, with pleasant personality and willing to learn. Interested please telephone Miss Ho, *****33 Required: 1 JUNIOR
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    • 828 26 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical Established Designing Printing Company requires FEMALE GENERAL CLERKS FEMALE PASTE-UP ARTISTS Must have at least one year working experience. Write to: Blk. 5073, Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2, Aye. 5 #02-1628, Spore 2056. Established Assembly Company requires FEMALE GENERAL CLERKS c Able to
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    • 786 27 66 Situations Vacant d) Secretarial Clerical A PROPERTY FIRM requires male Property Assistants urgently. Salary $600. Write to: Blk 7, Tanjong Pagar Plaza, sO2-106, Singapore 0208. indicating telephone number. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY URGENTLY requires female bookkeeper. Able to type and keep full set of books. Please write with contact telephone to:
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    • 622 27 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant c) Sales c) Sales c) Sales V Tetterode-Singapore a subsidiary of the Buhrmann Tetterode Group We are a young and aggressive Company involved m the supply and servicing of sophisticated equipment and supplies for the Graphic Arts Industry and invite suitably
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    • 268 27 FEMALE SALES REPRESENTATIVE Minimum GCE 'O' level with credit m English. Previous sales experience. Pleasant personality. The successful candidate is required to canvass for advertisers and contact professionals m the building industry. Attractive salary and fringe benefits will be offered to the right candidate. Those interested, please apply giving full
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    • 352 27 MEDICAL REPRESENTATIVE The Job: To promote sales of a wide range of well established Pharmaceutical products to Doctors and related trade In Singapore. The Pereon: The applicants should have Medical Sales experience and be drawing not less than $800 salary per month. The Reward: Salary Is negotiable commensuratlng with experience
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    • 610 27 66 Situations Vacant c) Sales Well established international diesel company invites applicants for the post of TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE/ PURCHASER Requisites: c Male Singapore citizen. Must have completed full-time N.S. c Experience not necessary although advantageous. Training will be provided. c Have some education at Singapore Polytechnic or Ngee Ann
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    • 605 27 66 Situations Vacant c) Sales FURNITURE SHOWROOM SALES RECEPTIONIST c Conversant m English and Mandarin, c Pleasant personality. SALES REPRESENTATIVE Possess own vehicle. Conversant m English. Salary negotiable and training provided. Interested please call for intervlew:AOMIN MANAGER TEL: *****93 We require SHOWROOM SALESGIRLS for our Furniture Retail Outlet at Goldhill
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    • 712 27 66 Situations Vacant c) Sales SALESGIRLS Wanted c Sales experience required. Attractive salary, commission and incentive. Interested tel: *****54. FEMALE SALES ASSISTANT required by Established Company for the home appliances department. Salary will commensurate with experience. Attractive Incentives and other fringe benefits. Apply personally at: 10-14 Parklane Shopping Mall, Selegie
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    • 626 27 66 Situations Vacant S) Technical A last expanding local construction company has immediate vacancy tor: TECHNICAL SALES EXECUTIVE/ TECHNICAL ASSISTANT Age 21 to 26 years old c Holders of Building/ Civil Engineering Diploma c Preferably with class 3 driving licence (company transport provided c Diligent, hardworking and can work independently
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    • 709 28 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant Technical Technical Technical i JB ForTVue VB JBS Career Involvement, «H| Jm Accept Our M m Challenge I 1 Walk-in interview on I ■Saturd^ 9th April '831 I 9.30 am to 2.30pm I Must have NTC 2/ITC/Diploma m Electronic or Communication
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    • 836 28 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant Technical i) Technical We are a multi-national organisation engaged m the marketing of sophisticated electronic equipment and systems. Increasing sales m our Business Systems Division have now made it necessary to fill the additional vacancies of: TECHNICIANS The Job: To provide maintenance, s<;rvic<; support
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    • 458 28 66 Situations Vacant Technical Construction Company requires: CIVIL ENGINEER Candidates should possess c A degree m civil engineering from a recognlsedUnlverslty and be a registered professional engineer. c He should have at least 3 years' working experience c Commencing salary above $3,000. Interested please send m personal particulars, qualifications, experience,
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    • 580 28 66 Situations Vacant S) Technical Newly established Precision Stamping and Tool Die Making Company have immediately vacancy for:--1) PRECISION MACHINIST (MILLER) NTC-2 m Metal Milling. 5 years working experience able to lead a team of junior Millers. 2) PRECISION MACHINISTS (GRINDER) NTC-2 m Metal Grinding m precision micro parts 5
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    • 557 28 i 66 Situations Vacant Technical Multi-storey Commercial Complex urgently requires: 1) AIRCOND CHILLER OPERATORS 2) ELECTRICIANS 3) MECHANICS 4) CLEANERS 5) SECURITY GUARDS Requirements: At least few years experience. Prepared to work shift duties. Age below 50. Interested, please apply personally with particulars to: 101, UPPER CROSS STREET #07-09, PEOPLE'S
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    • 25 28 66 Situations Vacant g) Production JBj-'ffij HKjKh! fIEKwE-Mnß "B I 9VTBHHJBH raft; i •JHf --JB- aß| SH3H Jjg7 a jTfr^lkS3l KantV^B KG3B nS^F"r^^Pffli MR Ejj
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    • 419 28 t 66 Situations Vacant g) Production [SINGAPORE J NATIONAL PRINTERS (PTE) LTD We are one of the largest and well-established printing companies m this region and m line with our development programme, we would like to invite applications for the following positions: PRODUCTION PLANNERS GCE "O" Level and preferably with
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    • 437 29 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant g) Production g) Production g) Production Walk-in interview on I Saturday and Sunday I between 8.30 am I In 1981, our sales grew by 10% In 1982, sales increased by 6% This year, we plan to increase by 10% But orders
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    • 356 29 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant g) Production g) Production g) Production fIHMB| AH girls 14 years and above EH9 This weekend couid Krai mark the beginning National o f your new career Panasonic taf aL Technics With US. We offer: F©HflBl© Good starting salary AnAvotAre A
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    • 383 29 SINGAPORE MORTON CHEMICAL SINGAPORE PTE LTD We are looking for: PRODUCTION OPERATORS MALE (Starting salary up to $500) Qualifications: Minimum Secondary II In English or equivalent. c Completed or exempted full-time National Ser- vice. a c Permanent Ist, 2nd and 3rd shifts. Please apply personally. We are F conducting interview*
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    • 388 29 Foseco PRODUCTION PLANT OPERATORS Primary education. Read and write simple English. Preferably completed N.S. Good starting salary. Production incentives. Transport or transport allowance. 5-day week and no shift. Recreational facilities. 'lease call personally at: FOSECO SINGAPORE PTE LTD 33 Gul Lane Jurong )r teiephone Richard Lim at: Tel: *****11 from
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    • 382 29 66 Situations Vacant h) Domestic WANTED BABY-SITTER ON Sundays/ holidays for 6 hours at baby's home (Thomson). Ring: *****05. PART-TIME AMAH WANTED with no objections to dog. Please call: *****47. 66 Situations Vacant i) Miscellaneous A fast expanding company m Jurong urgently requires: Training Officer (Male or Female) Prospective candidates
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    • 672 29 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous i) Miscellaneous Sanden international (Singapore) Pte Ltd is seeking the right persons for posts m their J auto-airconditioning Compressor Plant MALE LINE LEADER (Compressor Assembly) i Applicants should possess G.C.E. 'O' level At least 2 to 3 years' experience as Line Leader
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    • 551 29 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous Jpening Soon French Restauant and Entertainment Complex m >rchard Road requires:I. PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER < GCE 'A' level. > Minimum 3 years experience m the touristic line. PERSONAL AIDE TO MANAGING DIRECTOR > GCE 'A' level. i Must have a ear for music and an
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    • 747 30 68 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous I) Miscellaneous Shakey's, makers of the World's greatest Pizza is opening another unit at Cavenagh/ Halifax Road (SABS Terminal). Join us and be part of a growing team that Is fun to work with!! We need Part-time/ Full-time staff: KITCHEN CREW (16
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    • 392 30 66 Situations Vacant i) Miscellaneous A LIEBERMANN OVERSEAS TRADING PTE. LTD. requires for its Garment Division MALE OR FEMALE MERCHANDISER/ INSPECTOR REQUIREMENTS c G.C.E. 'O' level c minimum 3 years experience I c ability to work independently I good command of English I Please apply with full deI tails, expected
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    • 610 30 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous A US Electrical/Electronic Trading Company requires STOREKEEPER Qualifications:- Secondary education m English Above 30 years old c Must be physically fit and robust Hardworking and able to work under pressure c Must have relevant working experience Interested applicants, please apply m own handwriting with personal
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    • 577 30 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous Pharmaceutical Factory m Jurong has vacancy for: VAN DRIVER/ DELIVERY ASSISTANT Applicants for Van Driver should have good knowledge of Singapore roads. No delivery experience Is required for Delivery Assistant. Interested persons, please call personally at:SUNWARD CHEMICAL INDUSTRIAL CO PTE LTD 11, Wan Lee Road
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    • 674 30 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous FULLTIME/PART-TIME EXPERIENCED INTERIOR DESIGNER Wanted by an aggressive newly established designing firm to handle various projects. Interested applicants please apply m own handwriting submitting full resume, contact number and enclosing a nonreturnable passport size photograph to: THE ADVERTISER MAXWELL ROAD P.O. BOX 3103 SINGAPORE 9051
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    • 761 30 66 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous APPRENTICE-CAR WASHER required by Mobil self-serve Station at: 2991 Jalan Buklt Merah. Interested applicants please call: *****74 for interview. BIRD COMPANY IN Jurong requires Bird Keepers. Must have knowledge and interest m birds. Please call *****49 B.ooam to 12.00pm for interview. CAR WASHER PUMP Attendant
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    • 611 30 70 Pleasure Boats: Sale/Wanted/Hire 30' CUTTER KETCH, timber, 13 h.p. Diesel, 8 sails, fully equipped for safe, comfortable cruising. $48,000. Tel: *****8. 45' FISHING/PLEASURE boat. Wooden hull, diesel engine, hydraulic gear box. Best offer secures. *****9. MAXI 77, good condition, Swedish built. Fully equipped. $31,500. Call *****0 (home) *****78 (office)
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    • 845 30 76 Vehicles For Sale a) Alfa/Peugeot 1977, PEUGEOT 604 Automatic. 1 1 owner. PARF Value $29,000. Sell- t Ing $32,000. Guaranteed show- t room condition. Tel *****6. JULY 1976 ALFASUD 1200 cc. New 1 paint, tyres, PARF eligible. Sell- i ing $8,500. *****92 Jimmy. I I NOV. 1975, PEUGEOT 304.
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    • 723 30 76 Vehicles For Sale d) Fiat 1975, FIAT 124 Sports. Well mainlined. $8,500. Aircond, radio, :assette. 41, Mount Sinai Avenue, i/iew after 2 p.m. 1979 FIAT 131 TC, PARF, sports •ims, excellent condition, owner eavlng. Ist offer above $15,500 secures. Tel: *****22. 1980 FIAT 132 GLS 1600. 1 compaiy owner,
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    • 790 31 q a f\ A 76 Vehicles For Sale 76 Vehicles For Sale 76 Vehicles For Sale 76 Vehicles For Sale l>tyjUCK^-J OOOCoo ~> Mitsubishi i) Mitsubishi I) Mitsubishi I) Mitsubishi HONDA CIVIC 1200, 1977, private owner, low mileage, aircon, 5513,500. Tel: *****46. 1978 HONDA CIVIC 3-door, PARF eligible, excellent condition,
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    • 783 31 1980 MERCEDES 200 PARF, aircon/radio/central locking. Excellent condition. Tel: *****97 (after 1.00 p.m.). 1981 MODEL MERCEDES 280 S. Fully automatic, low mileage, Immaculate condition. *****91/ *****55, Jerry Low. LATE 1979 MERCEDES 200. Automatic gear. One private owner, alrcond., cassette. Tel: *****03. 1 COMPANY OWNER Mercedes 200 '78 model. Mint condition.
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    • 441 31 Mitsubishi Tredia 1400 now with Blaupunkt London radio/cassette +speakers Tredia 1 400 GL $25,522 Nett ARF JL Tredia 1 400 GLX $27,1 22 Nett ARF W¥/ Tredia 1 600 Std. $28,525 Nett ARF J Tredia 1 600 Ex (Manual) $30,475 Nett ARF jj |^H jL Tredia 1600 Ex (Automatic) $23,675
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    • 354 31 76 Vehicles For Sale j) Toyota EXPAT LEAVING 1978 Toyota Carina 1588 c.c. airconditioned, $15,000 0.n.0. Call: Kinoshita, *****2. JUNE 1982 TOYOTA Celica 2.0 XT. Automatic gear, one private owner, aircond., cassette, sports rims. Tel: *****35. LATE 1975 TOYOTA Corolla 1200. Aircond, tax 7/83, cassette.passed Vicom. $10,400. PARF. *****67 Tony.
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    • 227 31 76 Vehicles For Sale k) Subaru 1980 SUBARU 1600 GLF, 5-speed. 1 owner. Original paintwork. Accident free. Very powerful alrcond, radio, cassette. Asking $18,600 0.n.0. Tel: *****33 Ext 350. MAY 1982 SUBARU 600. Radio, high power cassette, excellent condition, $12,700. Contact *****15, Alex after 1.00 p.m. SUBARU NG KEONG Car
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    • 269 31 76 Vehicles For Sale 1) Others /^.SINGAPORE I USED CAR IPTEI LTD Gl-G2, Novena Ville, 275 Thomson Road, Singapore 1130 Telephone: *****77 1981 Lotus Eclat 2+2 Auto Mit. Canter FEIOI BRY Toyota Starlet Deluxe 1980 Toyota Corona 1600 Toyota Corolla DX 1979 Mit. Lancer 1400 GL Auto Colt. Sigma 1600
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    • 451 31 76 Vehicles For Sale I) Others 1978 MINI CLUBMAN PARF eligible, excellent condition, new road tax, new insurance, aircond, view to appreciate. Tel: *****6 after Ham. 1979 PORSCHE 911 SC. Distinctive number plate, immaculate condition, Turbo rims, P7's agent maintained from new. View by appointment. Call: Long, *****55. CO. 1974,
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    • 674 31 76 Vehicles For Sale 76 Vehicles For Sale 76 Vehicles For Sale I) Others I) Others I) Others It's incredible Pony 1200 now from Ct OH "IQ*% nettARF *P dmKJj I W<sJ (with aitcon) ll'XiMi'n^J P^ Pony 7200 GL^^^*2 7200 GL Visit our showrooms now for this incredible offer. HH|
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    • 524 31 76 Vehicles For Sale I, n) Motor Cycles/ Scooters HONDA CB 500 c.c. and Yamaha > DT 125 c.c. Scrambler. Call Jo- seph, *****40. 136-H, Everitt Road, Spore 1542. i YAMAHA RD2SO (Daytona), LCI2S, RXK, CVBO. Suzuki G5425, GS4OO, 2 GSX2SO, GNBO. Kawasaki GTO, KE125. 127, Bencoolen Street. YAMAHA XS4OO
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    • 405 31 78 Scrap Vehicles WANTED SCRAP 985 $5,350, 2000 $13,300, 2300 $27,000. *****57/ *****40. 1074 Serangoon Road. Night *****61). OR SALE SCRAP cars 1000/1600/ !300 c.c. including transfer. Mr. Beng *****57 (Night *****61 !000 C.C. SCRAP car for sale. \vallable immediately. Tel: *****81. !800 C.C. SCRAP car for sale. 29,000. Tel:
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    • 1037 32 85 Housing Loans 85 Housing Loans look to us. We offer you up to 70% loan on appraised value competitive interest rates up to 15 year term the backing of the bank, the World banks on B A LEASING (S) PTE LTD iTI A Bank America Company 1 Goldhill Plaza,
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    • 709 32 86 Accommodation Vacant a) Houses DOUBLE-STOREY TERRACE AT 22-C, Toh Tuck Road, 4 bedrooms, fully furnished, Immediate occupation. $2,000 p.m. Tel: *****07. DOUBLE-STOREY SEMI-DETACH-ED At Jalan Llmau Manis (dlst 1646) for rental. Furnished. Asking $1,700 pm. *****17 no agents please. FOR $1,700 ONLY bungalow, quiet surroundings, nice garden, 2 bedrooms,
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    • 791 32 86 Accommodation Vacant b) Apartments Lion Tower opposite Goldhlll Square, easy access to Orchard. 3 bedrooms, servant's, furnished, $2,600. Dlst. 20, Fab«r Garden Condominium, 4 bedrooms, servant's, maisonette/ apartments, brand new, $2,700. Diet. 9, Cairnhill Plaza/ Elizabeth Tower maisonette, 3/ 4 bedrooms, servant's, $5,000. CITY REAL ESTATE *****91 (5 Lines)
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    • 629 32 86 Accommodation Vacant c> Rooms DIST. 0511 HIGH FLOOR room to let for single lady only. Interested phone *****22. FURNIBHED ROOM, ORCHARD Road area, for about 3 months. Singles preferred. Tel: *****77. FURNISHED AND UNFURNISHED rooms m Ang Mo Kio to sublet. Call: *****16 after Ip.m. HOUSE TO SHARE with
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    • 773 32 89 Properties For Sale a) Houses DIST. 11 WATTEN ESTATE 3-storey link bungalow. Renovated. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, big kitchen, split-level, marble/ carpeted flooring. 4,300 sq.ft. Price: $870,000. Call: VILLA INVESTMENTS *****40 Attar Office Hours, Tel: *****42 DIST 10 DUCHESS ROAD 2-storey semi-detached, 4,200 sq ft, 4 plus 1 bedrooms,
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    • 686 32 89 Properties For Sale a) Houses OIST. 16, EXTENSIVELY RENOVATED corner link house, approx. 4,700 sq.ft. 4 bedrooms/ servant's, split-level and fully furnished. $850,000 0.n.0. Tel: *****35. DIST. 19 SERANGOON GARDEN Estate 4-bedroomed fully renovated terrace. Master bedroom fully furnished. No agents. Price: $400,000. Tel. *****67. DIST. 11 LINDEN DRIVE
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    • 834 32 89 Properties For Sale 89 Properties For Sale b) Private Apartments b) Private Apartments I ornxxEwaL ARARIMENTS H Jr^^^imwim 9 Aflfca&ptftftit A wSSkkmW M m I At the junction of Claymore Hill and Orchardßoad^-^ I outside Central Business District (CBO) adjacent to I [Holiday Inn, Tropicana, Far East Plaza and
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    • 640 32 DIST. 1441 CHENG HONG Mansion. High floor, 4 rooms, 2 halls. 2,450 sq.ft. $450,000. Tel: *****21/ *****03. DIST. 9 ELEGANT APARTMENTS. 4 bedrooms. 4 bathrooms, 4,200 sq.ft. Price $I.BM (high floor). Mid floor $1.3 M. Tel: *****58. GRANGE HEIGHTS 3 BEDROOMS and 1 servant's room with swimming pool and tennis
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    • 679 33 89 Properties For Sale c) HDB/HUDC Apartments 3 ROOMED FLAT point block, Bendenieer Road, facing southeast, $75,000 0.n.0. Tel: *****61 d) Other Real Estate FOR SALE 11,030 sq.ft. vacant land at Ylo Chu Kang Rd near Thomson Grove. Near PIE/ MRT. TEL: *****1 Father George VarglwM PREMIER LAND FOR Sale.
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    • 706 33 91 Factory Spaces 91 Factory Spaces Vacant/Wanted Vacant/Wanted FOR SALE FREEHOLD INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY 18 Mandai Estate, Singapore 2572 J Site Area: 2289 m J (24.638 sq ft) M Building- Ground Floor: 963 m J (10.365 sq fi) Ik First Floor 963 m 2 (10.365 sq ft) KnJflh Frank Cheong Hock
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    • 415 33 94 Shop Spaces b) Rental SHOP FOR RENT m City area. Good location for local and tourist business. Interested parties, please contact *****14 11am to 6pm. FAR EAST PLAZA 2nd floor, good location, near glass lift, with water supply. $3,200. Carehome: *****53 (9a.m.-7p.m.) LUCKY PLAZA LADIES' Fashion shop unit available.
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    • 475 33 102 Tours 102 Tours 102 Tours Dream Holiday CAMPERVAN HOLIDAYS FROM With a campervan, you Wr ==3== Jg can be m for a holiday of a lifetime! Just forift get about hotel reservations or train schedules. !1 You've all the freedom m the world to explore _Z Er=m HP quaint
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  • 745 34  -  ALAN HUBBARD By THEY fear once Uncle Sam takes over the World Cup, they'd ne- ver get their ball back. Alan IT IS nearly 17 years since England won the World Cup and the memory of 1966 and all that has clearly prompted
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  • 125 34 LONDON, Fri. Kevin Keegan, who vowed never to play for England again alter being snubbed by national team manager Bobby Robson after last year's World Cop finals In Spain, has turned down what seems to be a chance is resume his international soccer career.
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  • 268 34 Sports shorts ST GEORGE'S (Grenada), Fri. West Indies outclassed India by seven wickets m the third one-day cricket international here yesterday to win the series 2-1. Scores: India 166 (D. Vengsarkar 54, Y. Sharma 25, L. Gomes 4-38), West Indies 167-3 (G. Greenidge 64, V. Richards 28, F. Bacchus 26
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 51 34 144 In Memoriam 144 In Memoriam PHUA CHENG JIM DEPARTED 4TH APRIL 1983 They who think that you are gone, Because no more your face they see, Are wrong for m our hearts you live; AnjJ fl|wayB wj|| n memory From the staff of B Equatron Pte Ltd (Service Dept)
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    • 121 34 The family of the late Mf „bVm, hajr heartfelt araH ude "o all jn^r rBl«tiv B« irTends neiahbours g^^£s£s£££ OrB, nurses staff of Primary Care Services, Principal Staff of Monk's Hill Pr. School, Chief of Arty, Officers Men of HQ SA/HO Div Arty, Reverends Ong Lee of Faj,h
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      184 34 HHHrHHHHHbSHbI m Loving Memory Of TU??!!T,.nr»Tiu bcZTtTt MR RICHARD LIM BENG TAT Departed 9/4/82 His portrait m its silver frame, The ravages of time may dim. Swaemh6<;)ld bright mem°rieS °f hlm Always remembered by mum, sister brothers, brother-in-law "«P"« W- n^^n^^mma^^^^m^^ ■S^B^BJai^Blß^BHßi BH In Loving Memory Of
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  • 389 34 Old boy Toshack faces a gloomy return LONDON, Fri. Swansea soccer manager John Toshack, who went back to Liverpool m triumph last season, returns m a doom-laden mood m the English League programme tomorrow. With Swansea floundering and Liverpool as irresistible as ever, Toshack might understandably
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  • 349 34  -  HAKIKAT RAI Singapore dish it out to the Belgians By KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Singapore women's hockey team, deciding to give Belgium a taste of their own medicine with some hard and robust tackles, caused quite a stir when they held their much-fancied opponents to a 1-1
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  • 103 35 I TRIED my <fc best, and stopped only when I couldn't go anymore. It's not that I played badly and lost...but It's terrible seeing him picking up my shots. I felt that my game today would have beaten anyone else m
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  • 491 35 TAY CHENG KHOON reports from Papua New Guinea PORT MORESBY, Friday SINGAPORE'S Zainal Abidin won the East Asia individual squash title for the fourth consecutive year when he defeated compatriot Stewart Ballard 5-9, 9-4, 9-4, 9-2 m the final here today. The organisers, who had hoped
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  • 231 35 When fitness ran foul in the fight PORT MORESBY, Fri. Surprisingly, the loser of the East Asia individual squash final was happier than the winner. While Zainal was disappointed with his below-average form, Stewart was pleased that he had given of his best. "That's all I promised myself," said the
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  • 120 35 DERBY, Fri. Pakistan's world No. 2 squash player, Hiddy Janan, cruised into the last 16 of the British Open championships yesterday with a 9-2, 10-8, 9-3 win over Australian Greg Pollard. Results Men's second round: R. Norman (NZ) bt Ross Thome (Aust) 10-8, 9-4, 9--7; H. Jahan (Pak)
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  • 242 35 BANGKOK, Fri. Six South Koreans fought their iway into the finals of the ninth King's Cup amateur boxing championships, here yesterday to boost their hopes of wresting the Soviet Union's team title. Hemi-fiiMl results Light-fly-weight: Kirn Kwang Sun (SK) bt Sourzheuko (Soy), referee stopped fight
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  • 332 35 AUGUSTA (Georgia), Fri. Ray Floyd, Gil Morgan and Jack Renner take a slender one-stroke lead into today's second round of the Masters golf tournament, with the field closely bunched after heavy rain took the menace out of the normally fearsome Augusta National Course. "The course
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  • 108 35 67 Jack Rentier, Ray Floyd, Gil Morgan. 68 Charles Coody, James Hallet (am), Arnold Palmer, J.C. Snead, Seve Ballesteros (Spa). 69 Craig Stadler, Brace LJetzke. 70 Keith Fergus, Danny Edwards, Tom Watson, Nick Faldo, Tom Kite, Calvin Peete, Fuzzy Zoeller, Isao Aoki (<Jpn), Bob Shearer, Scott Simpson, Payne
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  • 240 35 LISBON, Fri. Sweden's Mats Wilander, winner jof last week's Monte Carlo Open, dropped a set before gaining a quarter-final berth m the Portuguese Open tennis tournament yesterday. After winning a cliff-hanger of a tie-break m thp first set against Brazilian Cassio Motta, the young Swede lost the
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  • Racing
    • 187 36  - Tweedie the jockey to follow THE RACING EDITOR Promotion shouldn't stop this youngster By ALWIN TWEEDIE (above), champion jockey m 1981 and last year's runner-up, who has just wrested the lead with 15 winners so far this season, can consolidate his position with a treble today. Tweedie should land his
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    • 254 36  -  EPSOM JEEP By RECORD HARVEST is unmistakably a three-year-old of bright promise and a promotion for a first-up second should not trouble him m Race 6 for Class 2 Div 3 horses at Kuala Lumpur today. An American-bred colt by Full Out, Record Harvest put up a
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    • 262 36  -  TONTO By JOHN'S GIFT, a four-year-old New Zealand gelding by Moss Trooper, can be backed with confidence in Race 5. He scored his third win last season when he easily accounted for a Class 2 Div 3 field over the Kuala Lumpur 1,600 m
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    • 3776 36 mUBUKMM 2.30 CLASS 4 DIV B 1,200 m (Restricted terms mmtißSßSXamm 2 and 3-year-olds) (Stakes: $13,000) 1 5 Great Choice 57 FH Chu-Mak 3 nzg Finished fairly well for sth of 14 to Allez Allez n 1200 m good last week; by Never Til Dawn, same
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    • 228 36  - Start day with Putera Sandhurst PEDIGREE By our man on the track KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Back Patera Sandhurst as an extra good thing m the opening ace for restricted terms horses over 1,200 m. This two-year-old raced only once and that run caught a lot of attention. Fifth into the
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    • 318 36 RACE EPSOM JEEP RACING ED PEDIGREE TONTO WENG SOOK 6 Guy 10 Putera Sandhurst 10 Putera Sandhurst 10 Putera Sandhurst 10 Putera Sandhurst 1 10 Putera Sandhurst 8 War Weapons 6 Guy 13 Skippy 6 Guy 1 Great Choice 6 Guy 2 Singapore Boy 11 Jubilation
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    • 364 37  -  PEDIGREE ON THE TRACK with KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Chummy's Special, the horse with the highest rating but who will be running on level terms with the rest of the Sultan of Selangor Gold Cup candidates on Sunday, showed up on the track for the first
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    • 153 37 his last two starts, did a round of slow work on the sand before switching to the grass for a 600 m workout m 41.4. Tommy Jack did a similar workout m 45. Last-start winner Intercontinental (Lam) went well m 43.2. Ten Hags (Chee) did
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    • 71 37 TUESDAY (good going): Record Harvest (Tweedie) 38.8, Hup Seng 39.6, Fantan 38.2, Classe Dor 39, Isomeric (apprentice Rahmat) 37.8, Towkay (York) 38.8, Gao Hsing (Chee) 38.6. WEDNESDAY (good going): Petir (Rahmat) 38.2, Tanah Mas II (W. Liew), Persian Sapphire (Kwong) 41.8. THURSDAY (good going): Rebel Rouser (Cheam) 38.2,
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    • 155 37 Total No of placings rides Ist 2nd 3rd Placings for last II rides 1 Tweedie 86 15 13 II 0 2 10 14 4 2 0 1 2 Lucas 67 14 3 4 ********** 3 Donnelly 127 13 II 12 ********** 4 Rahmat 69 13 7 II **********
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    • 341 37  - Barton to ride favourite Grittar NEIL OUGHTON By LIVERPOOL, Fri. Jockey Paul Barton will take the mount on favourite Grittar tomorrow and prepare to ride the greatest race of his l(£year career m the Grand National steeplechase. He was told only on Monday that he would partner last year's winner
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    • 1397 37 DAfP 1 2.00 CLASS 4 DIV C 1,200 m xv/vv^ x (Restricted Terms) (Stakes: $13,000) Dulfaqar 57 Sean-Ahmad 3 nzg *Rahmat 3 9 Lockvale 57 FH Chu-Mak 3 nzg *M Rahman 4 3 3**7 Singapore River 57 Gold-Yeoh 3ag MC Llew 10 4 988 Classic Ltaes 57 Foreigner-G
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    • 91 37 1st 2nd 3rd Bougoore 19 9 12 West 16 10 8 Allan 15 9 12 Teh 14 17 10 Samsuri 13 12 6 Jaafar 13 4 2 Lee 12 11 7 Ng 11 8 6 G van Breukeien 10 7 5 Buang 8 16 10 E van Breukeien
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    • 406 37 APPOINTMENT X^ZjZ^ m I The Consumer Financial Services Group f WIEBKANI of American Express International Inc. BE^OBRESS c mjmm is looking tor a pi m^^b^h^^ m§ 4IV AI^FR i iTJLriiILrmvFJL/Jlm. L Systems and Operations Support-» The Manager will be responsible for the installation of the new Burroughs ***** System. This
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    • 345 37 NOTICES pUCTioTsALf" otvoiuobie properties 6 clct%^"Jo2-ot People's Insurance Building On Wednesday 13th April 1983 At 230 pm dno. ia urn Ah p.n (R^ t d h Vacant Posses. Lot n 2Bio Mukim xxii Land Area 480 6 sq.m. Ad t oining vacant land \°£nV s^ Soi'citort^M/s Rajah Tann mortgagee's sale
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  • Article, Illustration
    74 38 Picture by 41 FIND it weird myself, that I should end up m bowling. I've always been a private kind of person and prefer to spend time alone. But I guess my love for the game was more than my dislike of crowds and now I'm per- m
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  • 576 38  -  Janice Seah ES IT IS very strange that Adelene Wee is involved m a sport like bowling. Stranger still that she should excel m it for Adelene is not one for crowds and noise, and what better place to get both than at a bowling centre?
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  • 541 38  - Manila mission strikes the perfect prize Leonard King E THE challenge began m February last year. The sacrifice and training followed. Last November, they travelled to Manila, battled and won. Yesterday, they gained the recognition they deserve. The Singapore National Olympic Council voted them Team of the Year. Yes, the
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    • 427 38 NOTICES PERNAS CHARTER MANAGEMENT SDN. BERHAD KUALA LUMPUR Outputs of tin concentrates for the undermentioned companies under the management of Pernas Charter Management Sdn. Berhad and its associates for the month of March 1983 are as follows:Malaysia Mining Corporation Berhad Group of Companies TONNES Malaysia Mining Corporation Berhad And Subsidiaries
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    • 637 38 ff PETALING GARDEN BERHAD (Incorporated in Malaysia) 1 ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER, 1982 The Board of Directors of Petaling Garden Berhad has pleasure in announcing the audited results of the Company and the Group for the year ended 31 st December, 1 982 as
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  • 362 39  -  Peter Siow a BOWLING almost pulled off a coup m the Singapore National Olympic Council sports awards yesterday. Adelene Wee and the national team landed the 1982 Sportswoman and Team of the Year honours respectively and Ronnie Ng the Meritorious award. But bowling coach Madoka Amano missed the
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  • 741 39  -  Wilfed Yeo m SPORTSMAN Ang Peng Siong (Swimming) SPORTSWOMAN Adelene Wee (Bowling) TEAM Leon Lim, K. T. Ong, A. K. Yong, Ronnie Ng, Francis Rodricks, Peter Lew (Bowling) MERITORIOUS Zainal Abidin (Squash); Ronnie Ng (Bowling) Parents glow over Peng Siong's Sportsman accolade ANG PENG
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  • 253 39  -  JOE DORAI By TAMPINES Rovers striker V. Sundram Moorthy staged a one-act play for referee Henry Proctor last night but still could not stop Tiong Bahru from taking the Oscar with a 4-0 win m a National Football League Division One match at the Jalan
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  • 255 39 TAIPEI, Fri. Singapore's Lim Kian Tiong returned a seven-over-par 79 today but still made it into the third round of the US$lOO,OOO ($209,000) Taiwan Open golf championship here. Kian Tiong, with a twoday total of 153, was one of the 78 to make the cut
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  • 55 39 DEFENDING champions Raffles Institution laboured to a 12-10 (three tries to a goal and a try) win over the Chinese High School m a national schools' under-17 Police Cup rugby match at Grange Road yesterday. Other results: Whitley 10 Ang Mo Kio 8, SAS 34 Teck Whye 0,
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  • 30 39 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Fri. Brunei shocked holders Selangor 1-0 m a Malaysia Cup soccer match here today. Other results: Kedah 4 Perak 0, Sabah 3 Trenerganu 1. NST
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 97 39 HOCKEY Inter-Continental Cup (Kuala Lumpur): Japan v Ireland, Austria v South Korea, Nigeria v Zimbabwe (7.30 a.m.), Malaysia v Spain (4.30 p.m SHA quadrangular: (Farrer Park, 3.45 p.m.). NETBALL National Schools A Division (Farrer Park, 8.30 a.m.). SOCCER NFL Division One: Police v Armed Forces (Toa Payoh, 5 p.m.), Changi
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  • 508 40  -  EVANGELINE GAMBOA Ang Mo Kio South m top spot a good show for third year running By ANG Mo Kio South has emerged as the cleanest Housing Board estate zone this year. This is the third year running that Ang Mo Kio South comprising mostly one-room flats
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  • 229 40 Now Moscow expels British envoy and newsman MOSCOW, Friday THE Soviet Union today announced the expulsion of a British diplomat and a journalist, a week after London ordered out three Soviet officials. A British Embassy spokesman said an assistant air attache, SquadronLeader David Williams, and Financial Times correspondent Anthony Robinson
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  • 52 40 WASHINGTON, Fri. Firsttime claims for unemployment benefits m the United States rose m the week ended March 26 after two cons<?eutive weeks of decline, the Labour Department reported on Thursday. The seasonally adjusted total of new applicants was 498,000, an increase of 1-innn over.the previous
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  • 83 40 TOKYO, .Fri. Japan has started investigations into allegations by a former Soviet KGB agent that he had a large spy ring m Japan which included politicians and journalists, government officials said today. Stanislav Levchenko, a Soviet journalist and professed KGB agent who defected to
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  • 178 40 30 days jail for stealing $16 mil SUDBURY (Ontario), Friday A MAN who committed what may have been Canada's largest single theft has been sentenced to only 30 days m Jail. His crime? He stole a Canadian Pacific Rail train worth US$7.B million (5516.3 million). George James, a 32--year-old unemployed
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  • 275 40 When the right hand takes the place of the left BOSTON, Fri. IN A first-ever in surgery, eight doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transferred a man's right hand, which he was unable to use because of arm damage, to replace his badlymangled left hand. The 19-hour operation was done
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  • 25 40 RABAT, Fri. The Moroccan-Algerian border was partly reopened from yesterday to nationals of both countries for the first time m seven years. Reuter
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  • 565 40  - Rockefeller: How Spore shows the way to success CONRAD RAJ By Then warning of dark clouds over world's economic resurgence SINGAPORE has demonstrated conclusively that leadership, motivation, innovation and hard work are far more important to economic success than space and natural resources, American banker-diplomat David Rockefeller said yesterday. "Your
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  • 38 40 TOKYO, Fri. North Korea, citing the continued presence of US troops m South Korea, rejected a renewed call by Seoul to start preparatory negotiations for eventual reunification, according to dispatches monitored m Tokyo today. AP
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  • 32 40 BEIRUT, Fri. Lebanese authorities have arrested a suspect m the September 1981 killing of French ambasador Louis Delamare, police officials said. They identified the suspect as Abdel Karim Atoue. AFP
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    • 353 40 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Daily IN TODAYS ISSUE Overseas Union Enterprise, owner and operator of Mandarin Hotel, is to raise another $100 million from the stock market through a rights issue. CHAN 01 CHEE reports. The backlash of speculation against the Singapore dollar hit the interbank market yesterday. Car rental
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    • 128 40 UP TO 1 p.m. Hazy. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 33 max., 25 mm. SUNSET today: 7.10 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.02 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 15/21 C Rain Manila 21/35 C Fair Amsterdam JC t Melbourne 6/21 C Fine Bangkok 27/36 C Cloudy Moscow 2/13 C Cloudy Beijing
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      • 308 4 THE SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CHILDREN'S ART AND HANDICRAFT EXHIBITION Ang Mo Kio Central, between the Oriental Emporium and NTUC Welcome supermarket; tomorrow, 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Previewed by MAY HO THE pick of the efforts of mentally retarded children 800 of whom are enrolled
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          • 211 4 \-> cup tarragon or white wine vinegar 2 tbsp finely minced shallots 1 tsp dried tarragon 2 large egg yolks 3 4 cup hot clarified unsalted butter Vi—1 tsp fresh lemon juice Salt Freshly ground white pepper 3 tbsp cold water HERE are two recipes to prepare two
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          • 146 4 2 large egg yolks. 2 tbsp cold water Pinch of salt 3A cup hot clarified, unsalted butter V2—1 tsp fresh lemon juice Freshly ground white pepper Combine egg yolks, water and salt m a heavy non-corrosive 30-cm pot. Whisk vigorously from side to side for about 40
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          • 119 4 (goes particularly well with Chinese omelettes) 2 large Chinese black mushrooms 50 g bamboo shoots 1 tbsp vegetable oil 2 tbsp green peas 5 tbsp stock 1 tbsp light soya sauce 1 tbsp sherry or wine Pinch of monosodium glutamate 1 i tbsp cornflour Soak the mushrooms, then
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          • 251 4 (goes well with lobster, crab and large prawns) 2 eggs 3 tsp fermented, salted black beans 1 clove garlic 2 slices root ginger 1 tbsp light soya sauce 1 tsp sugar 1 tbsp sherry or wine 6 tbsp stock I 1 2 tsp vegetable oil 3 tbsp minced
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          • 89 4 Luohan or vegetarian sauce (Can be used m any vegetarian stir-fried dishes and is especially good with fried bean curd) I 1 2 cups stock (water used to soak dried mushrooms) 2 3 tbsp oyster sauce 1 tbsp wine 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp seasame oil 1 tsp dark soya
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      • 950 4  -  TAN LEE LENG KOREAN food technologist and cookery book author, Mrs Wan Jun Ryun, has been demonstrating Korean home cooking a cross between Chinese and Japanese cuisine in several community centres since Thursday. Sponsored by the United States Soybean Association, she is one of the most popular
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      • 82 4 I Kiw trVi I \d» I f^^^M flB *4 iyiljr^ r I V i y a Here s your big chance to win [~iiS»H IST tffcjkjk <fc L>^*^*'^ T***""* I^^ 1 rnirfnlTC "tun cithcd c-jPRIZE wU^l/Hl oOU 1 I x TnJrL' HJ. it ifc-Pf *r \HjP"^" .'.Rf on the road'
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      • 180 5 \Wp^1st 10th April '83 P^ 12 noon to 10 pm SEAVIEW HOTEL (next to YAOHAN KATONG) Coral Ballroom, Amber Close Singapore 1543. Tel: *****22 ext 217 l/io I 2 LjAY%>! Hundreds and *^H MhmtS n hundreds of %7 B irresistible home k 20 math decorating I 'W I JL»A ffcl^
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      • 327 6 The first name in Malaysian banking ?&nBnfW9^' *™w8bmj|« jHaWJBp'^^ >$$•: ■>.■■■■. 'i ■:-;■•>■ '^$ra__l_Bl___[ ___J^^_Ro^^^r!l^MJi_BS_3_j__P^'' w^..<sKy3B— KSB BwSWB^^*-*^ >"'..'■' >^feJ_fe"^^^Stf;M^Hg -^^^_BB V_R "^^BP _K <_ft «^___v_3ra__^_£ Mt B i "_f ;v_^ 1 B 1 Ml— Today Malayan United Bank is proud to H| H years of banking traditions and announce
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    • 420 7  -  MARJORJE HUNTER By RONALD Reagan is a man of many other names: The Gipper, Dutch, The Great Communicator, The Oldest and Wisest, The Defender. The President is not alone. This is a city m which nicknames for politicians abound, some of them
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      • 174 7 i Jim" mh ELECTRONIC j^ J kH| CONTROLLED 11 The only one m I the market today. I Unlike conventional Ufa water neaters tne P r me yflL By heaters are electronic I controlled. The heating »^> APm e ement eats on 'y c mr^ amount of water that lw
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      • 942 8 BEING a naturally indolent sort of person, I was appalled by Secrets of life Extension. I find it tiring getting through a single day. John A. Mann wants me to get through 200 years or more. His zealous imagination knows no bounds: "When
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      • 1006 8  -  SILVERFISH KINE By A. R. Lloyd Hamlyn. 1982 255 pp. $9.30 Reviewed by IN THE style of Richard Adams and his rabbits in Watership Down, Lloyd has ennobled the much-maligned weasel with heroic qualities in Klne. And in the supporting roles are a
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      • 466 8 Spring (Lime Holiday package '^^^^§i__F s _•„-<! FIESTA ORIENT TlYYlft me C -»/«/^l1l ,/X Philippines/Hong Kong/Thailand Vl/T I II Asia Ex 0110 g£ -3 Spnyg j merlC a *»«_t*t t____H nfffr **_i*~ •^*cv*i s f***'**_^B |B_^___a_fl_fl __B^^^^^_B__I mWmi'^\f **.nT i-v i~\ r~ ft rt O O l '*F L j/lKJ^
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      • 655 9  -  MICHAEL SMITHIES THE KINGDOM OF THE YELLOW ROBE By Ernest Young K.L Oxford University Press, 1982. $18.50 Reviewed by THIS is another "Oxford m Asia" paperback reprint, originally published m 1898 with the subtitle Being Sketches of the Domestic and Religious Rites and Ceremonies of the
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      • 407 9  -  GE YUE-ZAN CHINATOWN, AN ALBUM OF A SINGAPORE COMMUNITY Times Books International and Archives and Oral History Department Limp: $12. Hardcase: $15 Reviewed by EVERYONE of us has his/her own mental image of Chinatown. To some it is a dirty, overcrowded slum. To others
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      • 540 9  -  NATHANAEL DM WILL I EVER BE GOOD ENOUGH By Judith Conaway Raintree, 1975. Hardcover $10.50 Reviewed by WHEN my eyes first lighted on this series, I felt the titles would fill a gap m my children's little library. True, they didn't seem to spell as
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      • 88 9 g NOW g You Can Make It S^S Direct To |^5 .^PORT MORESBY^ HONOLULU g Every Saturday at 9.30 p.m.|^\j|| SOnly on AIR NIUGINI j^^ SFor reservation and ticketing, come to: Orchard C E gjji wF^ 220 Orchard Road, Singapore 0923. W?^ Tel: *****58 or \*mSP S Singapore Airlines, General
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    • 739 10  - Dear Comrade Editor... VICTORIA GRAHAM Gong Yiyuan can be considered as the Chinese equivalent of Ann Landers. S Her family affairs column in a newspaper is read by more than a million people each week. reports. Marriage is life's biggest event m China and women expect to be loyal to
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      • 612 10 S.E. Asia's I k A W^\°^J I Technology fair of International I Mfll Isfp I Hydraulics/ Pneumatics, Machine Tools I JLM ll^m Sndustr 'a' Robots Exhibition mBB^MKHm 11 111 and Automation j MATEX-ASIA '83 AUTOMAT-ASIA '83 j I 20-23 JULY 1983 I SINGAPORE WORLD TRADE CENTRE I TWO TRADE SHOWS
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      • 28 11 <Gl%^J% KSHfc^^^ |pppiw -^fißfesiL jM^if^^^PPt liiJ 1 you could be the lucky winner of coupon on admission. And since admission is free, what have you got to lose
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      • 369 12 cap'tol "last 4 days" 3 (*****59) 5 Shows at 11am, 1.45, 4, 6.30 9.15 Seductive MORGAN FAIRCHILD of TV's Flamingo Road, more sensual than ever larger than life on the BIG screen. Morgan V^ MBBk&B«J*m II Jr jf I FAIRCHILD \^K^H Jhß| iHp^ />!v SARRAZIN \^H R Wr W v
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      • 87 12 I/the alliance francaise i de singapour regret to ani nounce the cancellation of voli taire's play, "la princesse de i babylone", on tuesday, 12 and wednesday 13, april at the cultural theatre. ticket-holders are requested to bring m their tickets for refund at counter 7 of the alliance francaise, no.
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      • 352 13 In commemoration of Brahms' 1 50 th Birthday Singapore Symphony Orchestra presents an all Brahms' programme with Salvatore Accardo Truly an evening to cherish for violin music enthusiasts. April 29 30, 1983 Victoria Concert Hall 8. 1 5 pm Salvatore Accardo is hailed as a top class performer with "a
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      • 308 13 5 HOUR EXPRESS SERVICE AT NO EXTRA CHARGE Send m your roll of 35mm film before 1 pm and collect after 6 pm only at Magnificent Color Lab. 01-23 People's Park Centre. 3R-250 We offer quality photofinishing using Kodak color paper and Kodak chemicals v^C Magnificent Color Laboratory 01-23 People's
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      • 439 13 ■P Guarantee 1 HK. H ,v. -s., iW|^BW| f '^^r "-1% aH9 mk JmmtMmm HI mmi T*Tl l*l*l Tl^"ll TV^ 4j?lldllg JL UJL 111 L U.L W doesn't cost what it's worth. Yet. We have been selling the Shang solid hard- cabinets, screens and revolving table-tops. All wood furniture from
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      • 924 14 APPOINTMENTS r Coopers &Lybr3nd Associates provides a comprehensive range of management consultancy services aimed at helping clients increase the effectiveness and profitability of their organisation. These services include Corporate Development, Organisation Planning, Financial Control and Management Information Systems, Investment Planning and Appraisal, Electronic Data Processing, Executive Selection, Marketing and Economic
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      • 732 14 AUSTRALIA THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE invites applications from both men and women for the following position: CHAIR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE (A3722) TENURABLE) The appointment is available from 1 January 1984 within the Department of Computer Science and arises from the impending retirement of Professor F Hirst. The main research interests
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      • 569 14 I BILLS OFFICER I Around $30,000 to $35,000 per annum t Location: Singapore H (Ref.3135) ja Oui client, an established Offshore opportunity to be involved m loan 23 Pi Bank is expanding its range of banking administration. Ejj Sp9 services to include letters of credit and Applicants must have two
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      • 401 14 WARTSILA P(smiK SINGAPORE (Pte) Ltd We are a joint venture between Keppel Shipyard and Oy Wartsila Ab of Finland. We are engaged m manufacturing diesel engines. We invite applications for the following positions: (A) ELECTRICIAN Responsible for electrical SJI^~ fittings and installation for 2>* diesel engines and test pit. p>*
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      • 595 15 APPOINTMENTS We are a property development and investment company with substantial interests m Singapore and Malaysia and invite applications from suitably qualified persons for the posts of: A. ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER (PROPERTY SALES LEASING). B. SALES EXECUTIVE (HOTEL SALES) Applicants should possess the following pre-requisites: Post A Post B Age:
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      • 1058 15 t AT Growing out of clients' need to develop better ways to manage and control their f tr\I business, Peat Marwick's range of management consulting services is ever changing A/ 1/^1/ and now mc,udes computer software development, acquisition advisory services, j\4/\l\VV iC planning for future growth, automated office systems and
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      • 276 15 4s> Kuwait Asia Bank E.G. an Offshore Bank invites applications for the position(s) of: SENIOR DEALER/DEALER to join their growing Foreign Exchange and Money Market Operations. Qualifications: Minimum 3 years dealing experience At least a GCE 'A' level Age not above 35 years old Interested candidates are invited to call
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      • 263 15 I The SGV Group SGV-Goh Tan Pte Ltd Professional/Executive Recruitment Services Our client, an established foreign bank with a branch in Singapore, is looking for qualified candidates to fill the position of: OPERATIONS 1 OFFICER 1 Around SS30.000 p.a. The successful candidate will take charge of the day-to-day running of
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      • 735 16 APPOINTMENTS §f Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons to fill the appointment of:I SALES MANAGER I The successful candidate will team up with the Sales Director to provide all aspects of sales promotion, including liaison with travel agencies, airline companies and potential customers m I commercial houses and industrial
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      • 507 16 Rank Xerox requires a REGIONAL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST This is a new position m our Special Business Division and is based m our regional office m Singapore. The Regional Systems Specialist will provide technical and software support to our customers and dealers for our micro-computer products and will be the focal
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      • 959 16 dim wßk. W^ PHILIPS Opening up new frontiers m electronic technology and career advancement. We are a large multi-national organisation m the forefront of electronic technology. We have m Singapore significant manufacturing as well as marketing activities covering a diversified range of products from consumer electronics and appliances to sophisticated
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      • 1155 17 SOMEONE WHO CAN SET STANDARDS^ JN BEAUTY CARE. Clinique is looking for a well-groomed^^ j mature woman (preferably over 28) to be the CLINIQUE TRAINER. She must have a warm and outgoing personality and be able to communicate ideas and information well. In addition, she must have genuine interest in
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      • 602 18 APPOINTMENTS Rank Xerox requires a I REGIONAL COPY SERVICE/ I OFFICE SUPPLIES MANAGER H We are looking for a Dynamic, achievement-oriented person of a high calibre to manage our copy service/office supplies business m Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, and to develop the potenital. The person will be based at
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      • 633 18 F* PHILIPS are a large and established multi-national company and we manufacture and export electronic and electrical ▼T equipment to more than 1 20 countries throughout the world. We are expanding our Development Department m Singapore and we seek to employ candidates of high calibre for the following positions. DEVELOPMENT
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      • 478 18 M@bil ApprerticeshipTraining I m Refinery Operations Mobil Oil Singapore Pte Ltd, m conjunction with the Vocational and Industrial Training Board, invites applications for Apprenticeship Training m Refinery Operations. This will prepare apprentices for challenging careers m the petroleum refining industry. Applicants must be prepared to undergo a two year intensive
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      • 723 19 APPOINTMENTS WKF Union Bank of Switzerland^^H We are a branch of a large international Swiss bank, I inviting fresh GCE 'A 1 level school leavers to apply for I H the position of: I SETTLEMENTS CLERK I I The suitable person: Possesses GCE 'A' level (Arts, Science or commercial Stream)
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      • 610 19 I PERSONNEL JMMMMMIM—^| o?=^ ORGANIZATION l~ J |I^y DEVELOPMENT (PTE) LTD. I I An international, well established company m the courier fIU I business invites applications for the position of I OPERATIONS I I MANAGER I Reporting directly to the Chief Executive of the company. Job Specifications: He will have
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      • 698 19 We are a major Australian mining and mineral processing company that has traditionally marketed our lead and silver m Europe through our subsidiary m the U.K. We have now established a Singapore-registered company and our initial activity will be to create a strong marketing capability to develop the Asian market
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      • 629 19 UNION CARBIDE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. a member of the UNION CARBIDE SINGAPORE GROUP OF COMPANIES has vacancies for the following positions m its plant located at Gul Way, Jurong: QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER The incumbent is responsible to the Quality Assurance Manager for administering analytical and testing services on all materials
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      • 453 20 APPOINTMENTS Jardine Marketing Services Due to rapid expansion of business, we are inviting applicants for the following positions: n Sales. Representative 3 POSITIONS Representative 2 POSITIONS Applicants must have sales experience and a valid Class 3 driving licence. The successful candidates can expect attractive remuneration and challenging jobs. Please write
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      • 607 20 maaaaaaaaamaanaananannaaam manaaaaaaaannnnnnm wmtmKmmmmmam^Kmmmmmmmmmmmm^mm^m^ammmm^^aat^aawmamm^mammm^ammm^^^^mmmmmmmmmm (wMm K tti)04t PHARMAPACK PTE. LTD. A progressive American company m Jurong invites applications for the following vacancies: I (1) Sales and Marketing Assistant ($13,000 $20,000 p.a.) The successful candidate should be in the age group of 23 to 30 years and possess GCE 'A' Level Certificate,
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    • Page 20 Miscellaneous
      • 189 20 GARFIELD ByJimDmvls Sri JUST BEAR IN MINR I f ANP EVEN THOUGH f Wj I !T's ALWAYS >^^ GARFIELP, EVEN I WE'RE GOING TO r^Z^ Krw I NICE TO GET I m-U A THOUGH WE'RE j V HAVE FUN... J bSQ) <rF7 9 HOME STAR WARS By Archie Goodwin &At
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      • 578 21 APPOINTMENTS A member of a well established group of companies engaged m financial services, invites applications for the' post of: CREDIT MANAGER Minimum 3 years' experience m credit administration preferably m a banking environment. Be able to work independently and deal with people at all levels. Should possess tact, integrity
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      • 478 21 Jj pTfll Plh 1 1 1 ■■■up :jy _£jK_y mgm iiL]__kiili_______&4 ■■■r^m fsWT|pTjfyfff|fsf?f] H $r_. w 1 w_ j Due to rapid growth and expansion, Apple Computer has for the following new positions: TEST ENGINEER The successful candidate should possess a Degree m Electrical/Electronics Engineering with at least 2 years
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      • 471 21 j- i\ ',-t a^w:*iil«*S«s*?.«,«*! j -.ir JW^fitllt'illfWffilMlil^^ PEANUTS BySchulz /THIS GUV CAN'-A ME 5W1N65 LIKE I O)^^*-^=H I/ 5 ?,a R <'^t'aw' JT> t MiT IT. 1 7 MY<6RANPMOTMER! 7 X^. pj V EXPKESSION... y' NORBERT By George Fett I THERE WAS A FULL ITPIONTCO I CAN T UNOERSTAND T
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      • 869 22  - LEISURE 1 Love works a small miracle IRENE PATES so our writer discovered when at five, she spoke her first word. ROSIE was a girl. It was her hair and the sailor suit that made her look like a boy. Her knees were knobbly, and she had broad flat feet,
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      • 620 22 PAULINE WALKER reports on the Sumatran Dance Workshop which was held recently. KNEELING, Indonesian Deddy Luthan touched his fingertips reverently to the floor and then to his head "asking permission of the earth" (as he explained later) before he began to dance. About 40 Singaporean dancers watched
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      • 464 22 APPOINTMENTS lllll'Blllllflfff :v;;;r:=r SSr-SK rSSSSS?S CbH philips 1 VV»«7»7vj "t t We are a large multi-national organisation, manufacturing and V*'*'.\* *f f ICTTT^ exporting electrical and electronic products and equipment to m WX\ more tnan 2® countries throughout the world. I r jffij&aggffi EaJ "'>YlTrfiT» We are looking for a
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      • 295 22 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 185) AND IN THE MATTER OF INTERTREND WOVEN LABELS (SPORE) PTE. LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Subsection (1) (b) of Section 254 of
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      • 107 22 1 s y^i _fl_H:^_fi|__t i-_^BS. i___ naWM Jam I Distinctive designs for gracious outdoor and indoor living II The Enderslea Collection, artistry and design sculptured in strong l\ functional aluminium. Each item is designed for comfort and m m\ practical use as well as stylish good looks. Lightweight yet sturdy,
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    • 584 23  - Whodunit without screams RICHARD LIM STILL OF THE NIGHT Now showing at Lido Reviewed by THE psychiatrist could have been a baseball player, but years ago when he had to make the decision, he followed his head and went into medical school. Now, with his wife having left him, the
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    • 327 23  -  LEONG WENG KAM By 4 Late last year, assailants armed with an axe attacked Frankie, who was rescued just m time with only minor face injuries. After this attack, it was reported that Frankie hired bodyguards to protect him wherever he went. s POPULAR
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      • 759 23 Delights to dish up WHAT'S COOKING? HHHBHHH Tomorrow, 5.55 p.m. HlEwfl Previewed by KANNAN WKVffi CHANDRAN fiflWß GET your kualis, while the Follow That pressure cookers, Apron Game requires uanppnans and fiirt tne viewer s attention Cooking you may ask. latter game will only be Well, it's SBC's very revealed
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      • 60 24 i§r ijf yi i i 1 j'' j l ill H Simply Beautiful y^^See us at Homemakers Fair A Booth No: 133 $2 admission ticket redeemable for the m, purchase of 1 exclusive Haller umbrella X^ priced at $10 VfVMM l^». **h.b* Dust Dirt Resistant tl3lt"Gl Dye Fast Colours sr*m
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      • 191 24 rttsflJ^" Singapore's Largest Furniture Showroom MOl\\* FLOOftAßEA:2o,ooe*q.«.«Zo<»ssj.ini EUROPEAN, JAPANESE LOCAL FURNITURE al«WEk^3i^ PIUS $50,000 Contest! Free tours to Taiwan A^Sky^\%^t^Bar Philippines, Bangkok. Indonesia, Genting Highlands and other prizes. Si!^C^ >^^ For all newlyweds who purchase more than $2,000 at our centre we offer $400 gift vouchers t&Jyo*^^ flH^HKAV'jjmmi dF for
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      • 2112 24 J^mWKmmmmWmmm^mmWSimmmrmmWMWm\UMMSml('r :.7WwWmWmWmmWtmW&:^ M I!WSM m mW~' 'ffl ii fflttlinrfTWlMTrllll"'TC Vtagp" Wk 1.00 PM Opening followed by Sesame Street: Children's English language. It teaches through incidents m 5.58 am National Anthem foi- Love Festival and ceiebraAm I AWfama^ ft educational programme the lives Of four teenagers m London. lowed by Opening
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