The Straits Times, 4 February 1984

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1984 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 62/1/84
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  • 561 1 NTUC chief gives his views on declining union membership LABOUR chief Ong Teng Cheong yesterday gave his views on a problem that has been cropping up during his union walkabouts declining union membership. And m those views there were messages for both the union
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    • 50 1 LONDON, Frl. The IS dollar fell sharply for the secoad consecutive day today, settling below 2.75 marks after losing more than four pfennigs m New York yesterday. Early European tradIng saw it slip to 2.735* marks as dealers continued to focus on the mark. Reuter
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  • 523 1  - Landslip mansion: Fate in balance GILLIAN POW CHONG All YUSOFF Story: Pictures: A wet start to the New Year: Page 16 Two families are told to move out THE fate of a late millionaire's three-storey mansion, perched atop high ground m Parbury Avenue, off Upper East Coast Road, is m
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  • 115 1 MANILA, Fri. Prostitutes working among itinerant golddiggers m the southern Philippines are insisting on payment m gold dust or nuggets and refusing paper money, Manila newspapers reported today "Because the peso is threatened with another devaluation, the women have issued strict terms of payment:
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  • 258 1  -  M. G. G. PILLAI By K. L. Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Raja Muda, Tun Raja Asian Shah, 55, was today proclaimed Sultan or Perak moments before his cousin, Sultan Idrls Shah, was buried m the royal mausoleum at Baklt Chandan,
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  • 183 1 Mochtar to visit Moscow for talks in April JAKARTA, Fri. FOREIGN Minister Mochlar Kusumaatmadia announced today that he would make an official visit to Moscow m early April during which observers expected him to discuss the Cambodian issue. He was initially scheduled to visit the Soviet capital last August, but
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    • 154 1 ÜBftAJtY SINGAPORE How much does the SSO Irene Hoe says farewell to 7-Days Satay sources old and new Butidings that speak with a foreign accent v3Bs*j i i What an American film crew wants of Singapore Pages 1 and 6 Tests on food additives to safeguard health Outlook. Page 2
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 657 2 Driving home a point AFTER sitting m 18 taxis during the first two days of this Lunar New Year, our reporter BRIAN MILLER concludes that taxi drivers here aren't a bad lot. Some might have appeared crafty, some were grumpy, many a-time some waiting was necessary, but the majority
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    • 292 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THERE is very little doubt that President Ronald Reagan's latest efforts to curb what he calls "the ugly spectre" of international terrorism are mainly sparred by the security challenge that awaits the United States m running a trouble-free Olympic Games this year. Mindful of the
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    • 211 2 WHY GOLD SEEMS TO BE ITS OWN LURE IN YEAR OF RAT AT Lunar New Year time, thoughts turn 10 gold bars, jewellery and coins. And this year, more than m recent years, the "cheap' prices of around $369 a troy oz is gold's own attraction. Sales of gold
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    • 323 2 Blow to Liverpool ENGLISH First Division soccer champions Liverpool are worried Graeme Souness, their inspirational captain and midfield powerhouse, will not play again for at least two weeks. With the Championship well into its second phase, Sou ness' absence could prove crucial as Liverpool try to hold on to
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    • 631 2 Brez 'fades' away SOVIET leader Leonid Brezhnev, who died m November 1982, seems to be on his way to becoming a "non-person" m the Soviet Union. All quotes from his speeches between 1947 and 1981 have been dropped m the newly issued seventh edition of the 78^-page
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    • 185 2 Profit-makers ONLY one out of every five companies m Malaysia with a gross annual revenue of $5 million or more, was controlled by foreign interests m 1981, according to just-released figures for that year, the Malaysian Business Times reported on Thursday. However, the paper said, foreign-controlled companies
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    • 369 2 'Extras' m food MOST of the food we eat today contain additives m one form or another. Additives are used to preserve food, to add nutrition, and to improve the appearance and texture of food. In the United States, additives have to go through a battery of tests
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      315 3 Soviet historians reduce his place m history MOSCOW, Fri. Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, who died m November 1982, seems to be on his way to becoming a "non-per-son" m the Soviet Union. All quotes from his speeches between 1947 and 1981 have been dropped m the newlyissued seventh
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    • 279 3 Oslo-Moscow relations plunge to a new low Norway expels five Russian diplomats and Soviet Union threatens retaliation OSLO. Fri. Relations between Norway and the Soviet Union plunged to a new low yesterday with an announcement that the Norwegians had cancelled a parliamentary visit to Moscow because of a spying scandal.
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    • 131 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. At least 135 Soviet diplomats and other citizens were expelled from world capitals last year, most after being accused of spying, according to a State Department report. The total was almost triple the number ordered home m 1982. The trend, which one
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    • 163 3 Kiessling reinstated m his post BONN, Fri. Opposition Social Democrats have demanded a parliamentary debate on Chancellor Helmut Kohl's decision to retain his Defence Minister despite his wrongful dismissal of a top German Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) general. Mr Kohl
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    • 135 3 MOSCOW, Fri Russian women, lured by the fancy packaging of imported French cosmetics, had a hair-raising experience when they misinterpreted the instructions and put hair removing cream on their heads, a Soviet magazine said today. The cautionary tale against the mistakes of
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    • 135 3 LONDON, Frl. The "Golden Loo" prize a mahogany lavatory seat with a brass plaque was awarded here yesterday to two 53-year-old lavatory attendants whose public lavatory was voted by newspaper readers as a three-star attraction. Mr Les Harding and Mr Reg Bedwell
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    • 72 3 LONDON, Frl. The British halfpenny, Introduced 7t4 years ago, is to be laid to rest a victim of inflation. The 17 mm diameter copper coin now costs more to mint than its face value and the Royal Mint will stop making the halfpenny from the end of
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    • 111 3 Britain seeks to mend ties with Argentina LONDON, Fri. Britain is actively trying to restore normal relations with Argentina disrupted by the 1982 Falklands fighting, and has been conducting secret negotiations with Buenos Aires over the past two months. The surprise revela^on by the Foreign Office yesterday came only hours
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    • 155 3 BUDAPEST, Fri. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrived m the Hungarian capital today on her first official tour of a Warsaw Pact country, declaring her main aim was to try to preserve peace. She told reporters on arrival: "We have only 16 years
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    • 94 3 LONDON, Fri. British civil servants are to hold a day of nation-wide protests against a government ban on union membership at Britain's secret intelligence centre. The civil service unions announced they would hold the protest on Feb 28 but said electronic eavesdroppers at
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    • 38 3 SPAIN. Fn A Spanish civi] guaro chasing armec ban* robbers m a small towr. here loday was shot dead by a fellow officer who mistook him for one of the pang, loca; government officials said. Reuter
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    • 33 3 MOSCOW. Fri A sketch ir the library of a Soviet univer sity has been identified at !h< work of the Italian Renausance painter Michelangelo the official news agency Jamreported today. Reuter
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    • 317 4 More aid for the region sought WASHINGTON, Fri. US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger has said that the Pentagon plans to keep a permanent force of about 700 or 800 US soldiers m Honduras after the present series of military exercises ends there. It was
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    • 98 4 A CAR fit for a president was the order, and the Cadillac car company designed and built one specially for President Ronald Reagan. This presidential limousine was delivered to the Secret Service on Tuesday with these special features, among others: It is about
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    • 444 4 Economic aide pushes for a bigger reduction than the $213 b planned WASHINGTON, Fri REMARKS by two of President Ronald Reagan's key economic advisers have reflected differences within the White House about reducing the US budget deficit. Yesterday, budget director David Stockman sought to
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    • 87 4 Speaker O'Neill endorses Mondale WASHINGTON, Fri. Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas O'Neill Jr. the nations highest -ranking elected Democrat yesterday broke personal precedent and endorsed fol met Vice-President Walter Mondale for the LMM Democratic presidential nomination Endorsing a candidate before the Democratic national convention, to be held m
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    • 123 4 Talks on network to fight terrorism- LONDON, Fri. Britain, the United States and other Western allies have held talks on creating an international anti-terrorism network. "A meeting of officials did take place m Washington," a Foreign Office spokesman said on Wednesday. He said the meeting was called by the Central
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    • 150 4 Pilot urinated on passenger REDWOOD CITY (California), Fri. An offduty Pan Am pilot who urinated on a passenger during a flight across the United States has agreed to pay the woman U5533,75* <5571,887). The pilot, Ronald Lee Busboom, was riding aboard a National Airlines flight from San Francisco to Miami
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    • 70 4 WASHINGTON, Fri. The Senate yesterday approved the appointment of William Howard Tah, 38. as Deputy Defence Secretary. He is the great grandson of the US President of the same name. Mr Taft replaces Mr Paul Thayer Mr Thayer I resigned recently after being implicated m stock
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      • 57 4 BRITAIN UNVEILED plans on Thursday to set up its first six freeports, an idea already widely m use m the United States. Asia and Western Europe. The three airports and thre*- seaports would be run by separate companies. The airports are at Birmingham. Prestuick, and Belfast. The seaports
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      • 58 4 SOVIET DEPUTY Premier Ivan Arkhipm will likely visit China this spring, m what would be the highest contact between the two Communist powers since I^eonid Brezhnev's death 15 months ago, Soviet and Western diplomatic sources m Beijing said yesierday. Mr Arkhipov would be the highest-ranking Kremlin official
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      • 45 4 FRANCE AND the Soviet Union yesterday signed a six-year economic agreement to boost French steel, chemical, sugar and industrial exports to the Soviets. The new accord, to run from 1985 to 1990, aimed to trim France's trade deficit witib the Soviet Union. UPI
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      • 55 4 A SOLITTCON to the financial problems of the European Economic Community seemed no nearer yesterday, after an inconclusive Franco-German summit. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President Francois Mine: rand agreed after four hours of informal talks, m Edenkoben, West Germany, to meet again m
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      • 64 4 THE POLISH government on Thursday denounced Mr Lech Walesa, founder of the banned Solidarity union, as a corrupt and lazy publicity seeker m an open letter published nationwide. The government, m its sharpest and most detailed personal attack against Mr Walesa. accused him of repeatedly breaking the law
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      • 74 4 EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Hosnl Ifubaral offered his country as a bridge between biacK Africa and the continent's Arab nations and as a mediator for settling disputes and injustices. Mr Mubarak spoke on Thursday at an official banquet m his honour m the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, where
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    • 230 7 Shi'ites and Lebanese clash again BEIRUT, Fri. Heavy fighting between the Lebanese army and Shi'ite Muslim militiamen iagcd m Beirut's southern suburbs last night after the city's most violent day m months. The fighting came a day after Druze leader Walid Jumblatt accused the government of preparing a new offensive
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    • 98 7 Taking concrete anti-terrorist measures ISRAELI workmen pot op concrete blocks m front of the Prime Minister's office m Jerusalem to thwart would-be "suicidebombers" like those who bombed American, French and Israeli military headquarters In Lebanon. The blocks, used m other parts of Israel and m Lebanon, are Jost one of
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    • 232 7 BAGHDAD, Fri. Iraq said yesterday it would launch air and missile attacks on selected targets m seven Iranian towns after Feb 6 and warned civilians to move away. State-run Baghdad Radio quoted a military spokesman as naming the towns as Dezful, Shush,
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    • 124 7 CAIRO, Fri. Egypt has banned all films produced or distributed by Columbia Pictures because of its objections to the film, Sadat a Columbia film series about the life of Egypt's assassinated leader that appeared on American television. Mr Abdel Hamid Radwan,
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    • 54 7 MAPUTO, Fri. Cyclone Domoina ended yesterday, after reportedly killing some 114 people m three countries and knocking out Maputo's water supply for at least a week. The South African Broadcasting Corporation said without attribution that 80 people had died m Mozambique, 24 m Swaziland and 10
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    • 218 7 WASHINGTON, Fri. PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan has vowed not to "pay any attention" to a resolution backed by opposition Democrats m congress that calls on him to promptly withdraw US Marines from Lebanon. Earlier, his chief spokesman charged that the Democrats' effort amounted to "playing
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    • 57 7 41 FIND it extremely frustrating to have to brief successive groups of US congressmen and senators who basically have no idea about the ABCs of all this region m detail. 7 Jordan's Crown Prince Hassan lamenting to a group of American journalists and researchers the waning expertise
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    • 35 7 BEIRUT, Fri. A total of 213 people were killed m violence and 39 explosions were registered m Lebanon during the first month of 1984, police and political party sources said. Reuter
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    • 119 7 What did the Prince say? WASHINGTON, Frl. The White House voiced scepticism today about a report that Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Ibo Abdnlarfs had called for the withdrawal of American troops from Lebanon. The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted the Prlaee as saying that the 1,60t US Marines shoals
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    • 172 7 N'DJAMENA, Friday GOVERNMENT troops have wiped out a heavtlyarmed column of 600 Libyan-backed rebel troops m new fighting m north-eastern Chad, the military command said yesterday. Several hundred rebels were killed or wounded and 234 taken prisoner on Monday m fierce fighting
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    • 226 9 Fears of fresh Sikh violence NEU DELHI, Prl. Dnerted streets and dOCCd shops and markets greeted Indian Prime Minister Indira Clandhi today as she began a visit amid tight security to the troubled northeastern state of Assam, the Press Trust of
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    • 136 9 Chinese and Dutch agree to better ties THE HAGUE, Fri. China and the Netherlands have agreed to upgrade their diplomatic ties to ambassadorial level, ending a three-year chill m relations caused by the 1980 Dutch sale of submarines to Taiwan. At the same time, the Dutch government officially indicated it
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    • 314 9 We are not simply a European outpost, says Hawke In other words... 4 IT IS no good Just being chummy so we can say, "How do yon do?" and go on as before. We most enmesh Australia into this (Asia-Pacific) dynamic growing A economy. s
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    • 86 9 TOKYO. Fri. Yasu and Bob have agreed to set up a hotline linking their offices. Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone said yesterday that Japan and Australia had agreed to set up a communication linkup between their executive offices, patterned after the WashingtonMoscow hotline. At a banquet hosted
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    • 116 9 PLAYING with snow has always been looked upon as being a distinctively British pastime. The Image of children playing with snow, making snowmen and throwing snowballs Is what immediately springs to mind. The Japanese, as is their wont, don't believe m doing things the
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    • The region
      • 50 9 JAKARTA, Fri. Indonesia is to start a new cattle breeding programme next month using test-tube technology, the official Antara news agency said. It said fertilised eggs would be imported and implanted m Indonesian cows to increase the probability of successful birth and improve genetic purity. Reuter
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      • 82 9 BANGKOK, Fri. An angry police sergeant seized an M-16 rifle, barged into his commander's office near Thailand's frontier with Laos and shot dead the commander and two other officers, The sergeant, of the border patrol police, was believed to have been upset because he was under
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      • 107 9 CANBERRA, Fri. The UN will send a team to Laos to investigate government claims of a food shortage and requests for emergency international aid, Australian officials said yesterday. A Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said Australia received a request m December from Laos for 20,000
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      • 80 9 JAKARTA, Fri. An Indonesian film depicting President Suharto's rise to power after an abortive communist coup m 1965 will be released to the public soon, a spokesman said today. Mr Suharto ordered the film to be made and had already seen it. The spokesman said Mr Suharto
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    • 143 9  - Law to curb teenagers' access to immoral places Peter Hazelhurst By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Fri. Japanese police are drawing up new laws to prevent minors from patronising pornographic shows, gambling dens, Turkish bath houses and so-called love hotels. A spokesman for the National Police Agency said Parliament will be requested
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    • 34 9 TOKYO, Fri. Japanese panda lovers have donated more than U*****,000 (*****.000) towards a US$l million emergency fund to save hundreds of starving pandas m China, the Worldwide Wildlife Fund said vesierday. UPI
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    • 1331 11 Cabbies are not all that bad, really... BRIAN MILLER took 18 taxi rides m the last two days. This is his verdict: Then there was V this other chap a beady-eyed and skinny character driving one of those SBS taxis... He kept looking into his rear-view mirror, as if trying
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    • 261 11 Nuclear fusion plant 'possible in 50 years' AN ECONOMICAL nuclear fusion plant can be built m about 50 years' time, said German nuclear physicist. Or Ingo Hofmann The plant can be built either m the United States, Japan. th*> Soviet f.'nion or the European Community, aLI of whom are heavily
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    • 28 11 A VACANT hu; at Taojoog Pagar Road caught fire yesterday afternoon. Firemen ti>ok about 15 minutes to put out the blaze. No one was injured
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    • 89 11 MEMBERS of the Washington Ballet Troupe were all smiles and m high spirits when they touched down at the Changi Airport yesterday. And there to welcome them was Singaporeborn choreographer, Goh Choo San. Choo San, who is the assistant artistic director with the troupe,
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    • 172 11 Sogeteu officials THE Community Chest of Singapore received $15,000 from the American Women's Association on Tuesday, the fir^i from the association which supports a numbei of charitable organisations. Most of the funds for these donations were raised during the association's annual bazaar last December. Christmas ornament-s
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    • 265 12 No suitable candidate for the $70,000-a-year post fHE Mendaki Foundation hM sneiveti us plan to appoint a dbvctOT to adminLsttM- Hi activities at least for the moment Instead, another exeattive porittn WiD bt^ creattti to any ml this task This decision was
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    • 228 12 Owner hopes the Lunar New Year birth will bring luck A PET flsh which Mr Lee Chin Lai, 29, a steersman, bought about two months ago, gave birth to Siamese twins on New Year's Eve. "At exactly 12 a.m., the last baby flsh, the pair that was
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    • 784 12  - Tourists have fewer grouses EVANGELINE GAMBOA By Property show to attract I Hongkong I investors J Trend of fewer complaints continues THERE were fewer complaints by tourists to the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board last year, continuing the trend of the previous two years. Written complaints by tourists to the board
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    • 77 12 A MAGISTRATE yesterday called for a psychiatric report on a man who admitted stealing two shirts worth $77 from Metro Far East department store m Seotts Road on Wednesday morning In asking for a lenient sentence, Abdul Rasheed Shahui Hameed. 19, who has four previous convictions tor
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    • 78 12 SINGAPORE will be promoted as a tourist destination during the 15th International Federation of Women's Travel Conventions m London m mid-Febru-ary. A Singapore delegation will promote the Republic by hosting a Singapore" HospitalitySuite and doing a presentation on Singapore. The delegation, led by the
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    • 53 12 MOHAMED Ridzuan bin Osman. 19, who was yesterday charged with robbing Shalihir bin Abdullah of $150 at knife-point along Eunos Road on Jan 29, was ordered to be remanded at the CID Magistrate R Radhakrishnan oi that he be remanded until Feb 10 when his rase will
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    • 89 12 MOBIL LPG gas cylinders now have a security seal to prevent tampering. A statement from Mobil said the seals, Introduced last month, were to ensure that customers are not buying decanted cooking gas. The seals, made of a high-density poly ethyl- ene material, are fitted on
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    • 117 12 A MAGISTRATE yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of a man who failed to turn up m court to answer a charge of stealing $3,302 worth of abalone from a supermarket store-room on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Soh Ai Wah. 33, is alleged
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    • 102 12 MR LOCK Kai Hong, a lecturer of Ngee Ann Polytechnic, has been picked as the first trainee to go to Japan under the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Retraining Support Scheme. The main aim of the scheme is to send one or two trainees to
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    • 106 15 TOE first ¥lff I lull HUB Of the RlM fllima parlia- delegation for ■•..uiorLs Aith Asean and the .-Wan Inter -Parliamentary Organisation. Mr Derek Prag. will arrive here today with some members of the delegation The chairman of the delegation. Dt CSuatCf Rinsche, is
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    • 448 15  - S'pore ship freed after $75,000 settlement IVAN LIM By A SINGAPOREREGISTERED ship, Christiane, was freed recently after 2'■ months of "captivity" m Sweden following a U5535,000 (5575,000) face-saving settlement. Its owner. Peter Cremer (S) Pte Ltd, paid the sum as compensation, including short-manning allowance to six discharged Yugoslav officers on
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    • 34 15 A GERMAN national, Stefan Einsle. was charged m court yesterday with unlawfully having i.44 gm of cannabis seeds <.\ Woodlands checkpoint on Wednesday morning His case will be mentioned again on Feb 17.
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    • 319 15 Put assets with trustees NTUC tells affiliates Trade Unions, Miss Lim Soh Hia, recently to clarify the matter. Until now, union officials have been allowed to handle both current and fixed-deposit accounts. Mr Choo pointed out m his circular that a union might find it more convenient to appoint two
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    • 258 15 MORE than 200 workmen are working round-the-clock to convert a Port of Singapore Authority warehouse into an .'xhini Ooa hall m time far the South-east Asia offshore exhibition to be heki from Fled i\ to M The mad rush Ls a result of the
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    • 177 15 ALL set for the Salute To Singapore project. This group, all superstars In the photographic world, Is part of a group of 35 foreign photojouraallsts who will fan oat to all parts of the island from tomorrow to capture Singapore as It is. They have
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    • 511 16  -  BHARATHI MOHAN AZIZ HUSSIN Story by Pictures by Rain brings traffic to a standstill and wreaks havoc m homes HEAVY rains on Thursday, the first day of the Lunar New Year, caused flooding m parts of the island, forcing traffic to a standstill
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    • 245 16 Outlook for world economy 'still not too optimistic' PROSPECTS for the world economy are still not too optimistic, Mr Tan Keong Choon, president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said on Thursday. He noted that although the economy m the United States had shown signs of recovering,
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    • 180 16 Genuine ware from Malacca for Peranakan play THE Arts Festival organisers will go to Malacca to look for authentic traditional Peranakan ware costumes, preps and even a mistress of ceremony for a play cum wedding pageant. To ensure the accuracy of every detail, they have engaged several people who are
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    • 31 16 TOH TUCK Secondary School will give a band performance at the Woodlands Home for ihe Aged a! Loronp Wood- lands Kechil on Feb 15 at 2.30 I p.m.
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    • 224 16 WHO owns software programs the person who writes them or his employer? Singapore'scomputer industry will be grappling with the legalities of this topic at a seminar on Trends m Computer Law to be held from Feb 27 to 29 at the Mandarin Hotel. Other issues
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    • 464 12 Come on up for $MfA Lunar New Year Savings! Api John Little plain collar Cotton knit dresses m assorted Cotton knit Oriental Little Bo Peep maxi dresses T-shirts $7.90 prints and colours N.^ $7.90 look dresses Now $19.90 Usually $29 .90 Now $17 John Little collar T-shirts Cotton knit dresses
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    • 1127 14 The earlier your child begins to read, 9|flHßH|H||Hp A nc^ 7 l a y^ n 8' the foundations for a love the brighter his future becomes. 1 > of reading from the ages one to five, you'll be And though we don't expect him to M x giving your child
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    • 493 15 The Warehouse Building With Overall Modernised Facilities And Spoclom Area. /restoiction\ Strategically Sited At The Junction of MacPherson Road/Airport Road Unique Concept Of Structure Easy Communication Sufficient Labour Supply Gordon Warehouse Building is located at Paya Lebar Ir You can reach Jurong, Changi Airport, PSA and the J quickly, through
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    • 135 16 9 s S Hjl^^^^i^^tf '"v v k^!- v^» t -N^.\\\v n .I:.'-';--' '.v.,* -■<•: V K A v Stalling 27 February, our exclusive BIG TOP the biggest, most advanced 747 of all takes off every day of the week from Singapore to Sydney. 6 times weekly to Melbourne, and once
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  • THIS WEEK
    • 151 17 Reagan to run for second term PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan announced this week that he would seek re-elec-tion. He is the oldest person ever to be President of the United States of America. His 73rd birthday is today. If re-elect-ed, he will be 77 m his last year of office. There
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    • 66 17 Americans to have manned space station in 10 years PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan said he hoped to have a manned space station m 10 years. The initial research is expected to cost $320 million. The Russians already have a station m space but it is not manned. Benefits could include medicines,
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    • 67 17 TWO brothers did not speak or see each other for 25 yearr- after a fight. But they died of a heart attack within two hours of each oiher. Families of both brothers attended the funeral of the older brother, Clarence Atton. 61, m Boston. Massachusetts.
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    • 125 17 Aquino's brother leads Makati march THOUSANDS of antigovernment demonstrators marched into Manila this week. They were followers of opposition senator Benigno Aquino, who was shot m August last year. They were protesting against a national referendum on constitutional amendments. The march was led by Mr Butz Aquino, brother of the
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    • 105 17 First communist country to host Winter Olympics THE 14th Winter Olympics will be held m Sarajevo, Yugoslavia beginning Feb 7. It is the first time that the Winter Olympics will be held m a communist country. When archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Hapsburg empire, was shot here nearly 70
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    • 148 17 Singapore celebrates 25 years THIS year, Singapore celebrates the 25th year since internal self-government. It was m 1959 that Mr Yusof bin Ishak was made the first Yang di-Pertuan Negara. Mr Ong Teng Cheong, Minister without Portfolio, will head a 32-man national celebration committee. The celebrations will take place over
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    • 170 17 Pocket money and what our students do with it SECONDARY one to three students get an average of $35 a month for pocket money. Secondary four and pre-university students get $58 a month. Boys tended to get more money than girls. A total of 156 students from secondary and pre-university
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    • 119 17 IT will cost more to learn to drive soon Now learners pay $10 an hour on weekdays and $11 on Saturdays. Sundays and public holidays. The Singapore Dri\ing Instructors' Association decided to rate the charges to $12 an hour after the Lunai New Year. A
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      109 17 IN Norwich, England, 500 pupils did not go to school. They heard a radio announcement that the school was cut off by snow. A schoolboy had rung the radio station and claimed he was the headmaster. The real headmaster was very angry. But he said, "There is very
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    • 198 17 Much fewer litterbugs fined THERE is so much natural gas m Malaysia, they going to use it as fuel for motor vehicles. The national oil company, Petronas, is converting 20 motor vehicles so they can use either petrol or compressed natural gas (CNG).
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    • 111 17 WEE Mon Cheng, 70, was found guilty of not paying his income tax. He was fined a total of $4,000 and had to pay another Slh.ooo m penalties Wee was given a meritorious medal during the 197 b National Day awards. He was also ambassador of Japan from
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    • 108 17 Museum wants more digs THE National Maseam would like to do more archaeologlc&i excavation*. They want Us dig into the eastern bank of the Singapore river, the north-east-ern side of Singapore facing the Johor River and some of the offshore islands like Sentosa. This is after Dr John Miksic found
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 161 17 APPOINTMENTS requires I Assistant Electronics I I Requirements/Duties: Diploma IT C in Electronics Engineering I Minimum 2 /ears' experience m the I electronics field I To assist new models pre-production I I To trouble-shoot and rectify produc- I tion problems I Requirements/Duties: I Minimum GCE 'O' level I Typing speed
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    • 219 17 chemist A challenging job opportunity is available m a progressive and established international manufacturing company to head the works laboratory m the Quality Control Department. The successful candidate should be m the age group of 24 28 years and possess a Degree m Chemistry. The appointee should have a minimum
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    • 311 17 (SHDB invites applications from Singapore Citizens/ Permanent Residents of Singapore and citizens of ASEAN countries for appointment as: ACCOUNTANT Qualifications A good Honours Degree/ Professional qualifications m Accountancy recognised by the Singapore Society of Accountants. Duties To assist m the preparation of cost information for income determination, asset valuation, planning
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    • 375 17 International Federation of Phonogram LI mJI and Videogram Producers mWI I DEPUTY DIRECTOR I Lawyer IFPI is an international association looking after the interests and rights of over 600 member record and video companies worldwide. Established m 1933, the Federation has consultative status with I UNESCO and WIPO. IFPI has
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    • 210 17 What makes Japan one step ahead 7 |M^«lJrMr| j..M;». f r>i \fj\ \n industry after industry, Japan has overtaken the West A key <acto r m this extraordina r y success has beer, management Provocative and important, this book shows how we can learn from Japan's example and, si a
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  • The Straits Times says
    • 442 18 THERE is very little doubt that President Ronald Reagan's latest efforts to curb what he calls "the ugly spectre" of international terrorism are mainly spurred by the security challenge that awaits the United States m running a trouble-free Olympic Games this year. Mindful of the damage that
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    • 1593 18  -  PETER BARNARD President Reagan's budget proposal By US Editor Mr Reagan will not change direc- tion on tax now and his message to Congress is that members who propose a tax hike m election year had better be sure they can sell it to
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    • 449 18  -  LIM SAY BOON By Melbouine Reporter This and that CLICHES about the new global village often gloss over the real pain of growing up a foreigner m a world still largely dominated by crude nationalism. Watching the fashionable crowd milling outside Melbourne's fashionable
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    • 541 18 T.F.Hwang takes you down memory lane The coming of Spring heralds good fortune. A Chinese saying. This saying is one of many m increasingly popular use as a LlIB&l New Yea; greeting. Springtime Ls synonymous with the Lunar New Year. Farmers m ancient China looked to the arrival of each
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    • 82 18 f We Can Take You Where You Want To Go At The Best Available Price Ring *****55 *****22 Invitations toB D Summer 84 Collection of Colours with every $20 and above, purchase ofß+D fashion items and accessories. And a fashionable free gift at the Show. Invitations are available at B
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  • FORUM
    • 441 19 Spending must be justified Workers' Party replies to letter on defence ALLOW me to reply to the letter "Spore must be prepared to face the ■0 ra t by 'Sobering I'tihnaiA Citizen" (ST, Jan B), who Ls concerned at the Workers' Party's announced intention of m iking the purchase of
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    • 864 19 Use of hovercraft, aircon buses has its bad points Ministry on proposals to improve public transport Proposal 1: Use alrcondi tinned buses on some of the regular SBS services. Advantages: Commuters enjoy a more comfortable ride. More people may take the buses and leave their cars at home thus relieving
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    • 359 19 I VESTED Emerald Hill Road recently to discover that the buildings designated as the Peranakan earner had been demolished, with the exception r.f the two walls lacing Orchard Road and Emerald Hiil Road This is apparently a cum mendable artempt to retain the building's exterior
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    • 172 19 Bus crew did not use first-aid box I WAS one of the passengers m a Trarts Island Bus Service number 178 bus who were thrown off our seats on Jan 15 at 12.35 p.m. The driver had jammed on the brakes to avoid a vehicle which was trying to overtake
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    • 76 19 Bring us Italian soccer FOR nearly a decade (or more) we have been watching football matches from Britain. At times they have been entertaining and exciting. I think the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation should telecast more matches from the Italian football scene. Many world class players don Italian club colours, including
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    • 55 19 WE recently watched a videotape of "Top of the Pops" and found it more enjoyable than "Solid Gold". We were able to see groups like Duran Duran, Culture Club, the Thomson Twins, and many more. Could the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation broadcast "Top of the Pops"? 19
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    • 322 19 Keep your eyes open m this Birdwatchers* I long bao Hunt W^*^^^ Ilk. It's good luck to the sharp-sighted. Come to the Jurong Watches await the entries witn the mo ;t number Bird Park during the Lunar New Year holidays and of correct answers It's a contest young and c
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  • acrossthe CAUSEWAY
    • 360 20 But they have a big share of profits, survey shows KUALA LUMPUR, Friday ONLY one out of every five companies m Malaysia, with a gross annual revenue of $5 million or more, were controlled bj foreign interests m 1981, according to just-released figures
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    • 149 20 SIMPANG PERTANG (Jelebn), Fri. A herd of about II wild elephants has been on the rampage m some land scheme areas, oil palm estates and small holdings near here, destroying several acres of crops over the past two week. Several acres of young oil palm trees
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    • 382 20 New Sultan rose fast in the judiciary KUALA LUMPUR, Friday From Lord President to a ruler the Raja Muda, Tun Raia Azlan Shah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah, 55, made history when he became the 34th Sultan of Perak. The Sultan is married to Ton Puan Bainum Ali and
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    • 313 20 KUALA KANGSAR, Fri. The younger brother of the late Sultan of Perak, Raja Datuk Seri Ahmad Siffudin ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Shah Kaddasallah, is likely to be considered as the new Raja Muda of the state. Raja Datuk Seri Ahmad Siffudin
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 483 20 BBffltch them m Action ;> EM ■Rmorto their Music §|yp W| r f- fiS *S\^EET f Mvj: k^CHARIT\ r 9 ijPJJBJB *SHANG R|| ucp I ILIx WORLDS the magazine that understands Singapore Women as no other can v Join m our t^^ VI ETa QnooiQl fWionii Opculdl ITICIIU /-r^^^W Braised
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 449 21 One Man Theatre Child Growing Up' by Professor David Kemp Tuesday 14 Feb and Wednesday 15 Feb Trade Centre V Auditorium -i entral Booking Office j (Victoria fheatre), p fangs Superstore a\\<A ■4 of\ Cold Storage Centrepoint. _S \> Presented b\ the y^^. Ministn ol Culture under the Pla> Production
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    • 102 21 Packed with facts and statistics, this comprehensive and compact reference book provides basic information on a wide range of topics of interest to young readers. $7.50 each Tlfl Times 111 lIU' Distributors I [{SQonQxifAcai Ugj HI BMWTHM )P)K7^ 3 4 /00&9 30 p m IS] Jfyi^|Z3Zßs7Z) TEPPANYAKI I NOW SHOWING
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    • 247 22 nw m i m km t MM. A 818 SB fl Ba fl .^^l ..iilHHr #^^7-^-jY cs everything that's on JJp" 552?45s 2?45 /^olfTJo^ft??. NOW $49 Pf 1 QfllP miiQt tfnl T&hTr9 U.P. $23.45 $35.00 NOW $14 U.P. $155.00 $185.00 if fl c must> SO! Why UP $39.00 $53.00 NOW
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • 1495 23  -  DOREEN SOH By Here are a number of ways to invest m this precious metal Your money AT LUNAR Ne« Year time. thoughts turn to gold bars, jewel.fr> and coins Ami this year, more than m recent years, the "Cheap" prices Ofl around S3&l
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    • 562 23  -  S.kumar Stock market weekly round-up. E Singapore Top five stocks THE FOLLOWING is a list cf the 5 most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this week. It gives the turnover m thousands of units, closing prices yesterday and the high
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    • 218 23 Kuala Lumpur THE attention at the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange this week was focused on a few selected stocks. Many of these were index stocks and hence the New Straits Times industrial Index rose up 14.67 points. On the I week it closed
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    • 246 23 'Transfer of shares only solution' Goodyear SHUMCHUN authorities said on Monday the only acceptable way they see of handling the Goodyear group's investment m the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is to "transfer" its shares to a third party. A senior Shumchun official said the other party could be a new
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    • 339 23 Malaysian Tobacco Company Know your company PI FFIM. cigarettes may be ba<l for your health but the tobacco business has been one at sfearft growth for MALAYSIAN TOBACCO CO. (MTC). With the backing of brand names like Benson Fledges, Kent I)e Luxe, Luek> Strike, Fall Mali and Kool, the company
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 94 23 A huge piece o f Australia is for sale. Deing pad freehold and part leasehold Cambailm Farm and Livermga Station. Ml estem Australia s North West, cover 264.961 HA (654.71 8 acres) or 1 .023 square milt?s it nas 1 30 km frontage to the mighty Fitzroy River, is a
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    • 174 23 SUPER JACKPOT FOR TOMORROW'S DRAW 10/84 $105,000 Qj<*fc| TO BE HELD OVER REDIFFUSION AFTER 4.30 P.M. CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL DRAWS Draw Nos. 10-18/84 Til ||1 sth Feb. -4th Mar 1984 v~- -^if v% i \^fi^ (L it -m. ~V* ft d %ft m.. i m leE.. B**^A,Asl« 4 ft-
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 607 24 APPOINTMENTS PiM I i j I I v U \J iiy Lbi \^J \~J AN ESTABLISHED MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CONSULTANCY COMPANY. INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING VACANCES: I SENIOR QUANTITY SURVEYOR I REQUIREMENTS: ARICS, BSC m building or quantity surveying or equivalent ast 5 years experience m consultant quantity surveying firm Ability
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    • 605 24 NOTICES I Tenders are invited for:— I I SUPPLIES I a) Tender No. PT/15/84(X)— Supply of I 23,000 coils of Nylon Draw Rope. Ib) Tender No. PT/16/84(W)— Supply of 2,500 I lengths of Special Teak Casing. Size: I j 102mm(W)x76mm<H)x3m(L). j I c) Tender No. PT/17/84(Z)— Supply of an I
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 262 24 GARFIELD B ,^^w, i |Be A GOOP 00V ANP FETCH I Pip you OH JU C T AM W THE MAIL, GARFI6LP J HURT HIM LACERATION 6, 1 I -p=r rirVvr^ N BAP?y/ ABRA£iON6 ANC/ C^T^C^ i >r-^<^ v internal iNjoßiee. CAPITAL J f MIXJtV^ l 2^ <JTAA PAV?6 I
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 559 25 APPOINTMENTS ATS COMPUTERCENTRE PTE LTD Seeking DEALERS AND DISTRIBUTORS from Singapore. Malaysia and Indonesia to market the following American computers and peripherals: Compass Computer The ultimate 16 bit truly portable professional computer for decision makers The computer that needs no prior computer ►.nowledge Running on CCOS MS-DOS Operating System PIXEL
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    • 656 25 NOTICES SHERIFF'S SALE MOTOR SHIP OR VESSEL JINWA (Admiralty m Rem No 799 o* 1983 PARTICULARS OF VESSEL Name ot Vessel JINWA" Port ot Registry Panama Type Tonker of all steel welded construction with 5 forward port starboard cargo oil tanks Year Built 1968 m Japan Dimensions I_ength 67 4
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 420 25 COMICS g^ PEANUTS BySchuiz -O.;"h.n^ -m-\T ..50 YOUP BETTER =^v ALL I COULP\ s| SNOU)BALLAT/W£WMENI THINK OF SOMETHING H\\ V^ TMINK 0F... y' r\ A -Vht JJV^ ELSE TO PO WITH IT! I BACK HERE ANPPESTWJVHdU p m x^s^ W /^O^KING TUT 1 vt I] S» I ri V M
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 673 26 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES: CLASSIFICATION GROUP AY f^_ Mon d y Frid y S-rtSjE^ Qr d,nor y 1 1 1 00 per word 5 00, CLASSIFJCATION GROUP y*^ fi* 9wav A^m f^^\ m^^^J l^^^^V I^^^^^. Saturday 900 am -3.00 pm S l 9 00 per col ci A Entertainment Food guide
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    • 405 26 3 Eating Out 3 Eating Out ■HHHEHe9H9B9 W [om»um Seafood V B^n^^l^^T^^^^sTsiTSTS^^S^^^S^s^Br^ hL'jhUTijiiiim S Experience the atmosphere of an English PUB at low prices! Our set lunches are at $5.40 and our large drafts are at 53. 60 (Happy Hours 3pm to 7pm) We serve PUB FOOD like BANGERS BACON
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    • 211 26 30 Hairdressing HAIRWAYS MASTERCLASS SALON Workshop resumes business as usual from Feb. 7th; Models required for our Advanced Students, Linda Morgan (UK) m attendance. Phone *****47 36 House Renovation/Repair/Decor FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES please call: *****08. *****45. Plumbing, sanitary chokes, sewerage and all general contract works. 38 TV/Video/ Sound Systems AERIALS
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    • 498 26 28 Health Centres/ 28 Health Centres/ Massage Massage RELAX REFRESH y^y»C>2flL. sth fir v. Wrjl^^J TEL: *****44 53 Computer 66 Situations Vacant Products/Services FOR SALE: RADIO shack TRSBO Mod. 111, 48K, dual disk, Epson printer, vlslcal-c, profile 111, games, books $4,500.00. Tel: 469--3995 after 5 pm. 60 Business Opportunities The
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    • 320 26 c) Secretarial/Clerical A leading American manufacturer of Winchester disk drives has vacancies for: f Bayroll^ Clerk J Requirements: eMinimum GCE 'O' Level eLCC Higher Accounting c Typing skill eMinimum 1 year experience m computerised payroll Job: c Preparation of monthly payroll listing c Maintain and update employees' salary records eAssist
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    • 471 26 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant c) Secretarial/Clerical c) Secretarlal/Clerlcai NEWSROOM ASSISTANTS RESPONSIBILITIES: To assist reporters and sub-editors m preparation of news items for publication; To input or retrieve data, using Video Display Terminals linked to our computers, for processing by sub-editors; To transcribe from tapes. REQUIREMENTS: Minimum 3 GCE
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    • 370 26 THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF SINGAPORE invites application* for CLERICAL STAFF At least 2 years' working experience. Ability to type. Experience m operation of computer an advantage but not essential as training will be provided. Those with experience m accounting work preferred. We offer attractive salary and fringe benefits and a
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    • 1609 26 66 Situations Vacant c) Secretarial/Clerical jM junior accounts clebk Kasf-iMsWftfl Wf above 21 year- old male n fiTu U> iW* i^B WaWß^ male Preferablj thos< si IK3P I 'V4r4H| v| further bookkeeping or account- I PflTlj ancy courses and with some working experience Tel The Manager. *****81 from 9a.m. for
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    • 424 26 WANT A CHANGE of scene' 1 Live m an executive maisonette flat at no cost An advertiser Is looking for anyone interested m exchanging a 5-roomed apartment with his current residence En■P quire at classification 49d MM MM 66 Situations Vacant 66 Situations Vacant I g) Technical g) Technical pB
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    • 433 27 66 Situations Vacant g) Technical th[a^ n i 3^aH B^ A leading American manufacturer of Winchester disk drives has vacancy for: TEST TECHNICIAN" Requirements: •MMRHMI !TC v Eiectronics Engineering) '.Veil-versed m electronic components and circuits Abie |Q 'cad schematics and operate Oscilloscope Vimmum 1 year experience m electronics •vputer environment
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    • 721 27 66 Situations Vacant l) Miscellaneous An Established Aviation Company situated m Ssletar Airbasa requires the following: STORE ASSISTANT i K'fc 'O' level. Knowledge of computer advant.wr Experience In store procedures preferrc .1 STOREHANO HANGAR HELPER Plea.se submit applications with I full det-ail.s together with contact truphone number to: Administration Manager
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    • 546 27 I times suturing car mart I »^^_^j JUNE 1976 MAZDA 1000 Saloon 1 owner, tax S '84. Alrconrt. pru-f $".300 Contact *****54 1978 MAZDA 323 I 0. good condition, $10,200 0.n.0 Tel: *****48. h) Mercedes '82 280S MANUAL, one company owner, beautiful condition, 3 months warranty bj agent Leslie Koh,
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    • 534 27 MTEST DRIVE.. ""W THE EXCITING NEW CORONA 1.6 PARF $26 800 ARF $34,900 j||gj§=j k^a%m%». SPACIOUS. POWERFUL 1 X ECONOMICAL WT NEW COROLLA 1.3 Bfr DX PARF $21,7 70 ARF $28 650 GLPARF $24,110 ARF $31,790 <d^M WIT' VEHITO COMPANY 'IHSs Bk (Sales. Service Parts) \IHmB A Showroom: Sri^WWaßw 261
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    • 322 27 88 Short-term Accommodation: Local/Foreign FULLY FURNISHED SEMI-DETACH-ED House Upper Bukit Tlmah. Vacant only 1 month. Including use of car. 553,000. Tel: *****60. ROOM NEAR CITY for 2 months. Preferably working couple and ladles. Access to all facilities. Call *****97 (and Sunday) 89 Properties For Sale a) Houses Wishing all our
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    • 439 27 86 Accommodations 86 Accommodations 86 Accommodations Vacant Vacant Vacant b) Apartments b) Apartments b) Apartments I luxurious a f^r I I fiPfiRTMENTS Jy /-^l I At the junction of Scotts 4 I Orchard Roads. Next to Hyatt Hotel i 9 hotel style I I Fully Furnished Orchard Road 14.0005q ft
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    • 379 27 110 Computer COMPUTER PROGRAMMING COURSE BABIC (Beginners) (Specially programmed for students and others) FEE: $100/- for the whole course (Special concession for students only you will be required to Identify yourself as a student INTENSIVE COURSE 1)M/W/F 8.30-11.30 am 20/02 2)M/W/F 2.00- 5.00pm 27/02 3)M/W/F 5.00- B.oopm 27/02 4)T/Th/Sa 8.30-
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    • 254 27 I .^tiaflL^aW TOAVatt IMHftff 100 Air Travel WORLD CHARTERS ORGANISATION for the most economical reliable airfares to London Europe USA Perth Melbourne Sydney Jakarta Bali Manila Bangkok Hongkong Tokyo Please call: 63 Robinson Road. =06-04, Afro Asia Building .Singapore 0106. Tel: *****32 -*****41-*****80 TA- 197 LAFLEUR TRAVEL SERVICES specialised superbudget
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    • 755 27 102 Tours 102 Tours (^NAMHOI '^B^- TRAVEL SERVICE (S) PTE LTD Head office Peorl's Centre Grd. Floor 100 EuTong Sen St. *CM4, #01-16, «01-18 Spore 0105. Tel: *****33(7 lines). People's Pork Complex, Grd. Floor, 1 Pork Rood. #01-19, Singapore 0105. Tel: *****1/*****2/*****3/*****6 *****8/*****63. tau J| Business Hours: 9.00a m to
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      269 28 PAUL LEE SEX HOW Aged 58 wss called to eternal rest with the Lord on 1.2.1964 Leaving Behind: Mother SENQ SOCK CHENG WIFE: AGATHA TAN JOO KEOW SONS: Henry Lee Teck Hee John Lee Teck Quay DAUGHTERS: Veronica Lee Teck Kirn Annie Lee Sleh Khim We shall miss
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      257 28 LEE CHONQ K AM AGED 70 PASBCD AWAY PEACEFULLY ON FEB 3rd, 1964 LEAVING BEHIND: WIFE: PUNO KIM LIN SONS: LEE TIONG FOOK. GERALD LEE TIONG SENG LEE TIONG CHEONG DAUGHTERS: LEE YOKE VINO, MAUREEN LEE YOK LENO LEE YOKE KEANQ, KATHERINE BOW W LAW: JACOB YEO GRANDSON:
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    • 41 28 143 Acknowledgements 143 Acknowledgements In Loving Memory of MR. LIM CHIN YOK departed on 15th Feb 1983 (3rd day of the Ist lunar month m the year of the pig) Always remembered by wives, sons, daughters-in-law, daughters, son-in-law, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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      44 28 WOl Ratnavelu »/o Nachimondor Age 52 Departed 2nd Fab 1984 We would like to extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to tha family of tha late WOl Ratnavelu s/o Nachimondor. From:- Tha Chief Signal Officer, Officers and Servicemen of the BAF Headquarters.
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    • 276 28 Tha Family of the late Madam Paklamary Departed 31.1.84 with to axpraes thair haartfalt gratitude and tttanka to daughter., daugMar-Hvlaw, grandchlldran, graat grandchildren, relatives and frianda far thair cendotancaa, attandaneaa, denaUona and kind asaiatanca during thair recent beA High Maaa will be aung at the Church of tha
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 393 29 SARAJEVO, Fri. L"n seasonally mild wjeather here does not worry organisers of next weeks Winter Olympics. As the city basked m sa|fc;hint> and the ternt^frature reached LO degrees centigrade yesterd£y. only giant posters of Sarajevo under snow last year reminded people ttjat the season
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      • 135 29 ATHENS, Fri. The Greek government will not helj^in any way with the lighting of the flame for the Los Angeles Olympic Games unless the organisers drop plans to have it sponsored. The International Olympic Committee have ipproved sponsorship of 'he 1 mpic torch relay tor
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      • 119 29 SARAJEVO, Fri. Swedish Winter Olympic team leaders wert seeking the return yesterday of 2,H# rounds of rifle ammunition Impounded by Games' security officials. The ammunition, Intended for ose by Sweden's biathlon team at the Winter Games, opening here next Wednesday, was confiscated when
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      • 131 29 SARAJEVO, Fri. The dispute between the United States and Canadian teams over Olympic hockey eligibility broadened yesterday to include Finland and, perhaps, other nations. Wiili Daume, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's eligibility committee, said he would question at an lOC meeting the status of
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    • 272 29 Sarajevo snippets UNITKD STATES President Ronald Reagan has granted Norwegianborr. Audun Endestad American citizenship to enable the cross country skier to compete for his new country m next week's Winter Olympics. Endestad. 3L, married to an American and resident m the L'S since 1981,
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    • 127 29 (OR UNA D'AMPEZZO, Fri. Heimut Hoeflehner m the fastest throughout the 3.000-metre long rnrse of the men's World Cup downhill race here yesterday to score his second Cup victory. He m a berth m the Austrian line-up for the I ilj-mpi's ,tt Sandevo next week Hoeflehner. 24, was
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    • 205 29 W«»I.VKKH.\MPTON. Pfi. Horid I<W metre*, champion Marlies Gohr, ut Ka.»t Germany, »a.s beaten In a M metre* tnd«>or riwf lasl nißht by a British <irl told h> d»«'tors not to run again. Mariies wa^i second In ijasee, behind Javne (krtHtiao, who clwked T^ m her inUrnatlonal
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    • 731 30  -  MARTIN PALMER Francis set to join long list of Italian soccer 'casualties' Kick-off By LONDON. Fri. Ever since the maximum was abolished m 1961. Britain's export market for footballers has remained little more than a steady trickle of star names who have sought to widen
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      545 30 Despair and delight at Liverpool L THIS is a big blow. I don't know yet what we'll do. Joe Fagan (left) Injuries to stars Souness, Dalglish brings gloom to Anfield LONDON, Fri. Graeme Souness, Liverpool's inspirational captain and midfield powerhouse, will not play again for at least two
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    • 389 30 Rush-ing into soccer's Hall of Fame... LIVERPOOL, Fri. Anfield hero lan Rush, the English League's most unlikely target man, must surely secure a niche m football's Hall Of Fame this season. The unassuming Welshman, whose 30 goals so far this season have kept mighty Liverpool at the top of the
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    • 105 30 Fire of Forest's Clough LONDON, Fri. Controversial Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough, who just had his contract renewed for two more years, has slammed eight of the dob's nine directors for staying away from last week's Division One game at Southampton. Forest won 1-0, lifting themselves to third place m
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    • 521 30 Big guns Tottenham crash out to high-flying Canaries LONDON, Fri. English First Division aristocrats Tottenham Hotspur joined the long list of mighty Football Association Cup casualties when they fell victims to Norwich at Carrow Road on Wednesday. Norwich's Dutch teenager Dennis van Wyk grabbed the first goal after
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    • 118 30 AMSTERDAM, Fri. Feyenoord Rotterdam, inspired by the majestic skills of 36-year-old Johan Cruyff, drew 2-2 away to Ajax Amsterdam m the top Dutch Cap third-round clash here on Wednesday. Feyenoord, seeking to enhance their claim to have taken over from League champions Ajax as the
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    • 539 31 Dennis is the menace again The world of cricket PERTH, Fri. Former Australian Test fast bowler Dennis Lillee yesterday was fined AJI.OOO (51,950) and suspended from all games for a month for breaches of theplayers' code. The penalties imposed by the Australian Cricket Board's cricket committee coordinator. Bob Merriman, will
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    • 119 31 NE\* ZELAND Ist iniw J. Wright c Taylor h Cowans 25 B. Mfpir Randall b Plgoti 1 0. H*warth b Cowans 9 M. Cr»we Tavare b Botham 19 1. Crowe !bw Cowans 47 J. Coo*y I BatfMßß b 41 R. Hadiw c Taylor b Willis 99 I. SmlUi not
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    • 225 31 Hadlee hauls NZ out of rut CHRISTCHURCH. Fri. A brilliant 99 by allrounder Richard Hadlee and an England wicket m the last over of the day hauled New Zealand out of trouble on the first day of the Second cricket Test. A strong middle-order performance carried the home side to
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      1062 31  -  BRIAN MILLER Sweat 'n sour course to LA as Peng Siong feels the heat m Houston Py PENG SIONG is still not confident of his ability to go over 100 m. Nowadays he swims too defensively. He needs to be more offensive. Physically, the boy is ready to
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    • 100 31 BUNBLIcY (Western \antralia), Prt. Richie Richardstn returned to the West Indies team with a breesy 81 to act ap his side's win over a Western AoirtralLuj Country XI In their one-day cricket match here yesterday. Richardson, 21, who sat oat the last three World Series Cap
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    • 204 31 INDIA beat Pakistan >4 to win the men's Pentangular Table Tennis Championships m Indore. PRAKASH Padukone will lead India m the Asian Zone Thomas Cup badminton matches m New Delhi from Feb 22-26. DEFENDlNGchampions David Barnes and Hamish Willcox of New Zealand retained their title m the 470
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    • 262 31 The world of tennis TORONTO, Fri IVAN LENDL, swinging his racket wildly and chastising himself for every lost point, devastated American Gene Mayer 6-2, 6-1 to clinch a semi-final berth m the eight-man round-robin U*****,000 ($525,000) Challenge tennis tournament. Frenchman Yannick Noah and American Jimmy
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    • 200 31 LONDON, Fri. South Korea's tennis players will become their country's first sportsmen to visit China when the two nations meet m a Davis Cup tie next month. International Tennis Federation president Philippe Chatrier said he was proud that the two countries' first sports encounter m China
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    • 336 31 LONDON, Fri ENGLAND will assess their much vaunted championship potential m their opening game of the Five Nations Rugby Union tournament against Scotland at Murrayfield tomorrow. At the same time, Wales and Ireland will both be struggling at Landsdowne Road, Dublin, to avoid defeat m a
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    • 215 31 LONDON, Fri. American heavyweight boxer Oscar Holman came all the way from Miami bat failed to go ahead with his scheduled It-round fight against Britain's Noel Quarless at Blooms bury Crest Hotel. The British Boxing Beard of Control had withdrawn all officials from the contest, marking
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    • 303 31  -  JOE DORAI I SOCCER EXTRA By Champion clubs of six nations will vie for Asean trophy m December ASIA'S latest soccer tournament the Asean Cup is born. Champion clubs of the Association of South-eas 1 Asian Nations will vie for the trophy m Jakarta
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    • 156 31 KUALA LUMPUR, Fn. Swansea City, of Wales, beat Seoul 1-0 hall-time 0-0) to win the $40,000 first prize ir, the Inter -Cities soccer tournament Seoul, vho lost 3-2 to Swansea on Jan 28 m the preliminary round, collected $25,000. Swansea's lan Wa.sh won $1,000 as th<?
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    • 22 31 KOTA BARU, FVi Kelan tan thrtshed Sarawak 5-0 m a Malavsii Cup soccer tie here tonight, ilalftime score was 20. NST
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    • 363 31 Keegan's mission incomplete NEWCASTLE captain and foi-mer England skipper Kevin Keegan has dismissed reports, linking him with a move to Portsmouth, another Second Division club, at the end of the season. Keegan, who insisted on being given a free transfer when he signed his contract for the season, said: "I
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    • 342 31 PEBBLE BEACH (California), Fri. Canadian Jim Nelford shot a five-under-par 67 yesterday to §am a tie with Americans »ob Murphy and Thomas Ray for the first-round lead m the US$4OO,OOO Bing Crosby National pro-amateur tournament. Nelford and Murphy played the Spyglass Hill
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    • 76 30 A paradise for shoppers and 1 1 1 t 1 111 nightbiras.vJn!y a naff hour away from Songkliks white beaches. 1 here and back f Mondays or Saturdays. *5?" > —^H EPI \BPw apart from various cultural fascinations. 'i_Z^&*^^^^^ i l( -i-40 «^hrfk. _^f, Ililllil Ili.l V 3 30 For
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    • 278 31 THE RUN-AWAY' BESTSELLER GAZELLE 2000 D-Rmgs for speed lacing. with tricot foam wrap for comfort i ter to prevent pronation an< CRS hard-wearing outsole designed Resilient Literon midsoie for for traction and shock absorption shock absorption. I^J jC Here's a fast-selling, fast-moving pair of running shoes by Sonetti. Gazelle 2
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  • 237 32 Pictures by Spreading good cheer m the open THE sky cleared and the sun peeped out of the clouds yesterday, the second day of the Lunar New Year. And the sunshine put that wonderful feeling of good cheer Into* the festive season.
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  • 152 32 RHOST YLLEN Wales Fri. Despite five years service as a local government rodent operative, Nigel the cat Is losing his L 5 (SJIS) a-month meal allowance. As an ecor >my measure, the Wrpxham and Maelor Borough Coun- has told Nigel's fellow
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  • 397 32 Belgium's 'don't launch offensive' secret plea to Vietnam JAKARTA, Fri. Vietnam has responded positively to a secret plea from Belgium to refrain from launching an offensive during the current dry season m Cambodia. This was disclosed by Belgian Foreign Minister Leo Tindemans yesterday at
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  • 222 32 Don't make it your last squash game GLASGOW, Friday SCOTTISH doctors have a warning for squash players and others undertaking vigorous exercise: Check with your doctor, especially if you suffer chest pain or other possible signs of heart disease. If you don't take this precaution and you do have heart
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  • 47 32 ISLAMABAD, Fri. The Pakistani authorities are searching for an Afghan army colonel who has gone missing after defecting to Pakistan. Official sources confirmed a report m The Muslim that the officer, identified only as Col Aslam, disappeared from his house a week ago. Reuter
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  • 30 32 NEW YORK, Fri. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 4.82 to 1,218.70 m the first half hour of trading m the New York Stock Exchange. AP
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  • 160 32 BANGKOK, Friday ABOUT 100 top army officers today called on Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda to pledge their support for his government amid rumours here that the military might join opposition parties to topple liim. The army gesture followed an anti-govern-ment meeting organised last Saturday by
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  • 313 32  - Why many HDB residents can't enjoy Ch 12 MAGDALENE LUM By CHANNEL 12, the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's most prestigious effort, has arrived bat not many Singaporeans can watch the qaal!»y programmes the channel Is televising. Their TV sets cannot receive the channel and some of them will have to wait
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  • 51 32 LONDON, Fri. A train driver and a guard were killed today when their freight train ran into the back of a second freight train near Wigan. British Rail was investigating why two trains were travelling on the same line m the same direction, it said.
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  • 34 32 NAIROBI, Fri. Mohamed Aloo, aged 100, married a 14-year-old girl m a ceremony m north-eastern Kenya this week, the Kenya news agency reported today. The best man was aged 86. Reuter
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  • 310 32 SEOUL, Fri Glitter and humour m Beijing HUNDREDS of thousands of South Koreans yesterday defied a government ban on observing Lunar New Year, staying home from work to celebrate with their families. The government made Jan 1-3 the legal new year
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    • 132 32 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Occasional slight showers. TEMP. (C) op to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.20 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.17 a.m. Adelaide 15/35 C Cloudy Manila 18 31 C Fair Amsterdam +C t Melbourne 13 27 C Fine Bangkok 24 33C Fine Moscow -9
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      • 840 2  -  SUSAN ANDERSON By m Los Angeles LIKE many things m Los Angeles, California, cuisine gets a face-lift ever} few years. And the latest wnimle is a blend French and Oriental cuisines which, tor lack of .m existing term, might be called "Franeasian pronounced "frongkasian". Mcl
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      • 735 2  -  NATALIN LING Reviewed by DUKE RESTAURANT 7th floor, Duke Hotel 42/46 Meyer Road IT DOESN'T seem such a long time ago when the "in" thing for the jet set and the nouveau riche to do was to dine and dance the night away at
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    • LEISURE
      • 826 6  - Chris: I love the night life KANNAN CHANDRAN By Chris Vadham, once front-man for the now-de-funct local group, Western Union Band, has a lucrative singing career m Hongkong. Is he ready to come back? THE inexorable draw of Hongkong's night life keeps Chris Vadham going. It's the well from which
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      • 1110 6 From Page One Tiger Balm Gardens and the 18 Hellgates. Witnessed every torture imaginable poor souls being disembowelled, boiled m a cauldron and crushed under wheels. "We can't use any of these. Too gruesome," said someone. "No, no," contradicted another, "they'll be a show-opener!"
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      • 845 7  -  REHMAN RASHID By of The New Straits Times ONCE, during a Lunar New Year when we were very young, my parents took my brothers and me to see a lion dance. I can still remember the excitement of it. That great grotesque head; that gaping
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      • 632 7  -  JOHN DE SOUZA Previewed by HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CHORUS Victoria Concert Hall Today only, 8 p.m. BELIEVE me, they're good. Really good, because I've heard them on tape, and their singing all a capelJa is spot on. From 16th Century stuff to modern muskcomposed
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      • 360 7  - Life on Mars is 'revealed' KANNAN CHANDRAN Previewed by THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES Monday. Ch 5, 9.20 p.m. THINKING of migrating to Mars m the distant future? Have a sneak previev. of life on the red planet as seen through the eyes of science fiction author, Ray Bradbury. The Martian Chronicles
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    • Page 6 Advertisements
      • 523 6 APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES jHUBUH Mcx Service: \ddress: Rates: CtVSttT S.T.A.N.T.S Appointments Notice Section Straits Times: 5523.75 psc. cm. 5 I ANTb S1 nMp:AD TIM ES PUBLISHING BHD Sunday Times: 5524.40 psc. cm. RSSOBBI ato Service Times House Box -nn IMimXlWm Tel: *****11 oxt 2724 .v 2W 390, Kirn Seng. Road n fi
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      • 578 6 iIILJ MX ELECTRIC LIUf (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD A leading British manufacturer of electrical installation materials m Singapore invites suitably qualified candidates for the position of The selected candidate will be responsible for the secretarial and administrative activities of the Director General Manager's office. She shall be a matured lady who
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    • Page 6 Miscellaneous
      • 414 6 What's on HELSINKI UNIVERSITY the highlights are brass Heng Restaurant m Smith listic Federation. Ang Mo CHORUS A 90-member models of a Minangkabau Street. Kio Town. Aye 5. chorus from Finland. house, a bullock cart and TnMnßßntt THF GOOD EARTH Victoria Concert Hall, 8 an incense burner. Na- Jvraunnim Starring
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    • Page 7 Advertisements
      • 361 7 D rmk miiwiHiiiw^ B?^? I^^ PPntppQ nnon Hd^A^D IiOIHI uu UUGII jj H to bring express colour photo D 1 H service closer to you -at only 25 cents HHnH^Bj^HBHHH|BB Because of the popular demand by photographers another eight PhotoKis centres have opened m Singapore to give you high quality
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    • Page 8 Advertisements
      • 311 8 APPOINTMENTS PERKIN ELMER We are the Far East Regional Headquarters for the Data Systems Group of Perkin-Elmef Corporation, a Billion Dollar Fortune 500 Company and a leading supplier of 32-bit superminicomputers. We market the most complete range of second generation superminis m the industry the P-E 3200 Series Megaminis. Our
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      • 226 8 CltMlCAlil^RK (Incorporated jn New York) seeks outstanding individuals for the position of SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER The successful candidate will join its regional business development team. Responsibilities include identification of banking prospects, preparation and structuring suitable financial packages as well as servicing existing customers. A fair amount of travel outside
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      • 253 8 THE PAVILION INTERCONTINENTAL SINGAPORE I BANQUET MANAGER If you are one of the best m the banquet business m town and you are confident you could contribute positively to the growth of our banquet sales, you are the one we would like to meet. We do not offer a job,
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      • 287 8 GENERAL ELECTRIC (U.S.A.) Consumer Electronics Pte Ltd A fast paced growing US organisation is seeking for: ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEERS (a) Audio Products (b) Telephone Communication Position (a) This is an excellent opportunity for a quan fled candidate possessing a Degree m Electronic or computer Engineering with at least 2 years'
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    • Page 8 Miscellaneous
      • 1581 8 VIEWING AND LISTENING GUIDE >Q> jbrjgjji Tragedy at o p f h k e rm* WL JtVtk^^i •_L o%* _L 4-4 <% 12.55 PM Opening and Programme Highlights followed by 6.25 Bugs Bunny (Cartoon) I*X ai vl 1 TCS HaOCT aaV Sesame Street: The number 10 and the letters W
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