The Straits Times, 26 February 1984

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  • 14 1 The Sunday Times No. 2490 FEBRUARY 26, 1984 45 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 63/1/84
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  • 198 1 Beirut guns fall silent BEIRUT, Sat. A ceasefire went into effect m Lebanon today after a night of intense fighting, and opposition sources said Syria and the Lebanese government had agreed on a new initiative to find a peace agreement. They said a special Lebanese envoy flew to Amman last
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  • 66 1 NEW DELHI. Sat. Soviet Defence Minister Marshal Dimitri Ustinov will arrive here on March 6 for a sixday official visit to India, an official announcement said here today. Mr Ustinov was originally to undertake an Indian tour on Feb 6. but had to postpone it m
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    714 1  -  RONNIE WAI 'Captains' of the local business community pledge their support for total defence By THEY suffered and lived through war almost 40 years ago, but they have not forgotten. Those years were trying times for everyone. That was why these men, many of them running successful
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  • 784 1  -  LEE KIM CHEW PAP introduces its first lot of new faces for the general election By THE People's Action Party yesterday named its first four new candidates well ahead of the general election an unprecedented move which gives the party more time to test the mettle
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    40 1 See Page 6. MR RAJARATNAM, born 1915 and still going strong, acknowledges the lusty cheers as he arrives at the Crawford community centre to attend his 70th birthday (according to the lunar calendar) dinner organised by the people.
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  • 103 1 CHICAGO, Sat. Mohammad All today celebrated the 28th anniversary of his capturing the world heavyweight title with a fractured big toe. The fancy footwork that helped make him three-time heavyweight boxing champ did little for All. He broke his right big toe while stepping out
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  • Worldwide
    • 361 2 Air raids on cities as Gulf war hots up Fresh moves by Baghdad to achieve ceasefire BAHRAIN. Sat. Iraq and Iran reported escalating air raids on each other's cities today and heavy fighting on their southern battlefronts as Baghdad made fresh diplomatic moves to achieve a ceasefire m the 41-month-old
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    • 127 2 1 00 killed in Brazilian shantytown fire SAO PAULO (Brazil), Sat. Fire ripped through a shantyiown today, leaving at least 1M people dead and 151 others critically Injured, police said. The fire started when an oil pipeline exploded, demolishing the slam town of rickety wooden shacks built between a highway
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    • 265 2 HONGKONG, Sat. Civic leaders are demanding the right to debate publicly any proposals for the territory's future, prior to any final agreement being reached between Britain and China. The call comes from the "unofficial" members of Hongkong's Legislative Council (Legco). Legco comprises
      FT; AFP; AP  -  265 words
    • 105 2 SALT LAKE CITY (Utah), Sat. A University of Utah surgeon plans to implant tiny electronic artificial ears m 20 patients within a year. Dr James Parkin, acting chairman of the uni- versity's surgery department, has selected the first candidate for the implant, which will
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    • 119 2 'Good news for woman after 14 misses BALTIMORE, Sat. A Kuwaiti woman who had 14 miscarriages gave birth to her fist child here after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital treated her 71 times daring pregnancy for a rare blood disease. The two-kg glil, seven weeks premature, was delivered by Csessresn
      Reuter  -  119 words
    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 83 2 AT LEAST four people were killed m renewed violence m Punjab yesterday as federal police started an operation m New Delhi to flush out Sikh militant, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. PTI said m a despatch from Amritsar that the dead were victims
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      • 53 2 A 27-YEAR-OLD Kashmiri man was charged m court yesterday with the kidnapping of Indian diplomat Ravindra Mhaire who was found dead three days after his disappearance from Birmingham on Feb 3. Birmingham City magistrates ordered the defendant, Abdul Raja, held m custody pend ing another court appearance
        UPI  -  53 words
      • 69 2 AN ESTIMATED 250,000 French winter holidaymakers headed home this weekend on roads freed from a blockade by truck drivers, but the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy remained barred to heavy vehicle traffic. Traffic was still difficult as thousands of truck drivers dispersed after backing down m a
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      • 66 2 JAPAN HAS agreed to supply equipment for nuclear power stations m China on condition that Japanese officials can inspect the projects to ensure the equipment is not used for military purposes, newspapers reported m Tokyo yesterday. The Asahi Shimbun and the Ninon Keizai Shimbun said the two
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      • 52 2 THE UNITED STATES Air Force announced m Washington on Friday it had selected the McDonnell Douglas F-15 fighter over General Dynamics F-16 as its new dual-role fighterbomber. The new planes, which are scheduled to come off the assembly line m 1986, will replace the aging F-11l
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      • 58 2 S. Korea team for China SOUTH KOREAN tennis players journeyed to China yesterday. This is the first time Beijing has allowed such a visit since war divided the Korean peninsula. The eight-member delegation will play the Chinese on March 2-4 m the Davis Cup eastern zone elimination round, to be
        AP  -  58 words
    • 348 3 Different views on the Viet threat Thais more concerned because of proximity' JAKARTA, Sat. FOREIGN Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said yesterday there was a "difference of perception" between Indonesia and Thailand regarding the Vietnamese threat to security m the region. He said Thai Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila had agreed that the
      Reuter  -  348 words
    • 135 3 SEOUL, Sat. South Korea today lifted a ban onpolitical activity from 202 politicians and dissidents but left it m force on nearly 100 others. Those still affected by the eight-year ban, imposed m 1980, include leading dissidents Mr Kirn Dae Jung, a former presidential
      Reuter  -  135 words
    • 74 3 TOKYO. Sat. The Japanese Defence Agency may acquire air tankers under its next procurement programme covering fiscal 1986-90, agency sources said yesterday. At present, Japan has no aircraft to fuel other planes m mid-air. The acquisition is necessary because of the recent build-up m Soviet air
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    • AROUND THE REGION
      • 86 3 ZAMBOANGA (Philippines), Sat. Five people were killed and three injured today when rival forces loyal to the mayor and vicemayor of a southern Philippines town fought for control of the town hall, military officials reported. They said about 300 armed supporters of Vice-Mayor
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      • 144 3 MANILA, Sat. President Ferdinand Marcos is willing to drop murder charges against two foreign priests and seven others, one of the priests said today. Australian Priest Brian Gore said Mr Marcos had made the offer through visiting Australian Foreign Minister Bill Hayden. Gore, being held
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      • 66 3 JAKARTA, Sat. A US military transport aircraft which fell on Numfoor Island, Irian Jay a, during World War n has been home to an Irianese family since 1965. The Rembewas family separated the wreck of the US-made Douglas C-47 into three parts the back for the
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      • 74 3 Call for closer ties JAKARTA, Sat. West German President Karl Carstens today called for closer cooperation with Indonesia as he arrived here for a four-day state visit. President Suharto and an array of Indonesian ministers gave him a red carpet welcome at the airport. In a short speech later at
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    • 299 3 Wu: Khmer unity will make Viets talk BANGKOK, Saturday commander Benny Murdani. Guerillas take town Meanwhile Khmer Rouge guerillas said today they had briefly occupied Thmar Puok, a former provincial capital close to the Thai border. A Khmer Rouge broadcast monitored m Bangkok said 12 Vietnamese were killed and many
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    • 75 3 A LOT of work went into making this model of a temple as faithful to the original as possible. There was an additional difficulty it must not only look good but taste good. This model of Shinshoji Temple was displayed on Friday at a confectionery fair
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    • 102 3 NEW YORK, Sat. The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved Brunei's admission to the United Nations. The approval by the 15-nation council yesterday means that Brunei will become the 159 th UN member when the General Assembly convenes next month or m April. "We
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    • 53 3 LONDON, Sat. New York, Stockholm and Tokyo are the three most expensive major cities used by businessmen and tourists. A British survey, conducted for the British Tourist Authority by a firm of economic consultants m November, put London m ninth place after Toronto, Sydney, Zurich, Copenhagen
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    • 258 3 WASHINGTON, Sat. Two Filipinos, an army major ana man v-'ho described himself as an intelligence agent, were quoted ysterday as saying that senior military intelligence and security officials m the Philippines helped plan the assassination of opposition leader Mr Benigno Aquino. Mr
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    • 33 3 CARACAS, Sat. Venzuela said yesterday it was deval uating its currency by 43 per cent against the US dollar for some transactions m an austerity package to shore up the economy Reuter
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    • 379 4 Ustinov backs new leader and condemns US policies MOSCOW. Sat. Mr Konstantin Chernenko's selection as Communist Party chief had the "unanimous approval" of the armed forces, and the new Soviet leader is giving "great attention" to strengthening the nations defences, the Defence Minister, Field
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    • 189 4 MADRID, Sat. The Spanish Basque country was paralysed yesterday by a general strike m protest over the terrorist murder on Thursday of Senator Enrique Casas. Mr Casas was one of the Socialist Party's top candidates for the region's Parliament. The strike, coinciding with the
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    • 165 4 1 5 pc in US living below poverty line WASHINGTON, Sat. The number of US citizens living below the officially-defined poverty line rose by almost a third 32 per cent between 1979 and 1982, according to a US Census Bureau report released here yesterday. The figures, based solely on cash
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    • 197 4 FALL RIVER (Massachusetts), Sat. A 22-year-old mother of two calmly told a packed court how she was dragged "kicking and screaming*' to a pool table, held down and repeatedly raped m a bar filled with laughing, cheering men. "I was begging for help.
      Reuter  -  197 words
    • 246 4 LONDON, Saturday A GROUP of major industrial countries led by the United States yesterday won the first skirmish in an international argument about whether highly radioactive waste could one day be buried beneath the ocean floor. The group, all nuclear
      Reuter  -  246 words
    • 155 4 US needs rocket to launch spy satellites Pentagon WASHINGTON, Sat. The Pentagon has told Congress that it wants to go ahead with developing an expendable rocket to boost some of its spy satellites into orbit, saying it cannot depend entirely on the space shuttle for defence needs. Air Force Under-secre-tary
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    • 236 4 Soviet leaders criticise economic institute LONDON, Sat. The central committee of the Soviet Communist Party has issued a scathing attack on the countrjrs leading economic research institute and called on Soviet economists to take a more down to earth approach to solving concrete economic problems. Criticism of the work of
      FT; AP; Reuter  -  236 words
    • 137 4 PARIS, Saturday MISS Christina Onassis, the three-times married daughter of the late GreeTc shipping tycoon, has become engaged to Mr Thierry Roussel, 33--year-old heir of, the pharmaceutical multinational Roussel-uclaf. The couple announced their plans on Thursday at a private dinner party thrown for 30 intimate friends
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    • 725 4 IT WAS one of those weeks that President Francois Mitterrand of France will want to forget. Besieged by angry truck drivers whose demands grew more strident daily and by coal miners who went on strike m protest at pit closures, he suffered total humiliation
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    • 110 4 LONDON, Sat. A London theatre's plans to stage a play In which an actress playing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher does a striptease were attacked yesterday by a Conservative lawmaker. Legislator David Amess said the play, A Mad World My Masters, by Mr Barry
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      95 4 operating along the Angola-Namibia frontier an accord that appeared increasingly at risk as the weekend approached. Even so, both deals would have seemed almost inconceivable ships, backed by the British, hovering to the south m the Gulf of Oman, ready to protect Western oil supplies should Iran
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    • 286 4  -  LIAK TENG KIAT By US Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sat. US industries have improved their fuel efficiency by more than two-thirds since 1980, according to a report released recently by the government. The study by the United States Energy Department on fuel usage between 1960 and 1982
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    • 43 4 BRUSSELS. Sat. peiple died m a cinema fire here last night and seven were injured, one critically, officials annGinced early today. The fire started m a restaurant kitchen adjacent to Le G'.pitole, a movie house divided into four theatres. AFP
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    • 197 4 -I/ACT—^ I DIPLOMA IN j COMPUTER STUDIES j BCS PART I 1 General Paper I General Paper II I/ACT is the very first School i to each BCS examinations jj fusing the Interactive Methodology. J s y Courses are packaged m study U S hours to allow for our unique
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 292 5 $1.5 b more to go into education, says Musa On-going need to upgrade BATU PAHAT. Sat. The government will inject another $1.57 billion for education expansion programmes under the mid-term review of the Fourth Malaysia Plan (,FMP), bringing the total allocation to $4.56 billion. The original allocation was $2,989 billion.
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    • 176 5 MALACCA, Sat. MCA Central Working Committee member Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik is insisting that the party headquarters produce the full membership list to resolve the "phantom members" issue. He told reporters, after attending a function of a branch of
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    • 85 5 KOTA BARU, Sat. Six Thai nationals were jailed for seven years each by the Sessions Court here today for culpable homicide not amounting to murder by causing the death of a rubber tapper. Yusof Mustafa, 22, Fauzi Ibtahim, 19, Tolak Che Man, 33 Hashim
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    • 283 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The problem of floods and inadequate water supply m Johor will be overcome only when a project undertaken by Singapore and Malaysia to exploit the Johor River becomes a reality, Datuk Musa Hi tarn said today. The Deputy Prime
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    • 223 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Malaysia will not hold talks with the Philippines on the latter's claim on Sabah, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today. "We are not negotiating. That is their claim. I have made no statement," he said
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    • 57 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The smuggling of cigarettes from a neighbouring country has become so rampant that the Customs Special Squad has now been given the task of tackling this problem. A packet of Kretek cigarettes, which is bought for less than $1 m Indonesia, costs between $3.50
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    • 34 5 JOHOR BARU, Sat. Instrument landing equipment costing $1.5 million has been installed at the runway of the Sultan Ismail Airport at Seiai, 32 kms from here, airport manager Zubir Abdullah said yesterday. Bernama
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    • 344 5 Umno to seek Usno's expulsion from NF KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The United Malays National Organisation (Umno) will recommend that the National Front (NF) supreme council meeting on April 15 m Labuan expel the United Sabah National Organisation (Usno). The party decided on the recommendation calling for the expulsion of Usno
      NST; Bernama  -  344 words
    • 89 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A housewife was seriously injured after being hit by a runaway rear wheel of a bos m Jalan Sungal Besi here on Thursday night. The wheel came off when the bos driver Jammed on the brakes. MaH»m Furiri&h Ismail. 35. a
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  • 937 6  - Spring chicken turns autumn rooster PHILIP LEE CHAM ENG CHENG By and 4 All things considered I have been lucky m most things m my choice of parents, my choice of wife, my choice of country, my choice of political colleagues, and, finally, my choice of Kampong Glam as the
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  • 317 6 Difficult to replace all foreigners, says Teh THE government has publicly admitted that it is unlikely to achieve its target of an allSingaporean workforce m the construction industry by 1992. There are too many foreign construction workers to replace nearly two-thirds of the
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  • 132 6 Ministry to set up day care centre THE Ministry of National Development has taken the lead m providing day care centres for children of its staff at the National Development building m Maxwell Road. The centre will be set up m the ministry's clubhouse m June so that parents can
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    • 534 6 In celebration of their 85th Anniversary, Cycle Carriage presents an exciting, fun-filled motoring event, organised by the Singapore Motor Sports Club. Use your wits Use your skill Win or lose, we [HH 3 All drivers and navigators must attend a briefing session 1 iHH MORE THAN $10,000 WORTH 3^ r
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    • 315 8 Poly lecturer's advice on preventing landslips PEOPLE living m houses on top of a steep slope could drive wooden stakes into the slope as a preventive measure against landslips. The poles would hold the soil together and prevent it from slipping, said Singapore
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    • 138 8 $425,000 cheating case: 3 acquitted THREE businessmen were acquitted on Friday of a charge of cheating an Indonesian trader of $425,000 m a fixed "fan tan" game on Dec 2 last year. Police prosecutor Inspector Mark Lvi told the court that he was withdrawing the charge against Chng Kok Kiong,
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    • 54 8 A CARPENTER was fined $1,500 yesterday (or insulting the modesty of women. Tshe Wan Kong. 31, admitted committing the offence at Garden View Park off Conway Grove m Serangoon Garden on Friday. He had two other similar charges taken into consideration. A police ambush party caught Tshe
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    • 140 8 POLICE have advised motorists to be extra careful when driving along deserted roads after two men were robbed at Cnangl Coastal Road early on Friday morning. Bank workers Mr X C Choc, 21, and Mr Laslem, SI, were travelling m Mr Choc's car
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    • 57 8 Coffee spill: Driver fined $150 A CONTAINER driver whose vehicle overturned at a road junction m heavy rain, spilling hundreds of coffee tins on the road, was fined $150 for inconsiderate driving. Abdul Rahman bin Yacob, 25, was making a right turn into Jalan Bukit Merah on Feb 14 when
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    • 156 8 TIONG Bahru constituency needs 33 officers to counsel drug addicts under supervision, but it has managed only to get three so far. The need for these volunteer after-care officers will be greater when another 83 addicts, now under treatment, pass into the ranks of those
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    • 416 8  -  MICHAEL CHIANG Story: OUR local kissing stars Huang Peiru and Chen Shuchen will be doing it again. The couple, who play Tian Lan and Yuan He in The Awakening, will kiss again in episode nine, to be shown on Monday, March 5.
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  • 335 11  - Friends in high places help talent scout AHMAD OSMAN Run-up to the general election Stories by L I have been cheered by the understanding and support of the hundreds of decent young men and women whom I have invited for discussion sessions over the last four years. Not all may
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    • 257 11 MR MAH BOW TAN, 35 Deputy chairman, Singapore Monitor HE PLAYED a key role m improving the operations of the Singapore Bus Service. He was a member of the government team of officers seconded to SBS In 1924 to revamp the bos company. A
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    • 248 11 MR ABDULLAH TARMUGI, 39 Associate news editor, The Straits Times HE IS an active member of Mendaki, the Council for the Education of Muslim Children, and serves on its research and development committee. He is also on the panel of advisers of the
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    • 209 11 DR WANG KAI YUEN, 36 Senior teaching associate, Institute of Systems Science, NUS HE WORKED as a senior systems analyst m the Stanford Research Institute m America for three years before assuming his present post. He is the only one among the four new men who
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    • 196 11 MR LAI WENG CHEONG, 44 NTUC Secretary for Administration A CIVIL servant who Is now on secondment to the NTUC, he Is also executive secretary of the Metal Industries Workers' Union. Mr Lai held several posts In the civil service before his secondment. He was the
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    • 208 11 TWO motorcyclists died and another two were seriously injured m separate accidents last week. Mr Lee Cheng Pong. 59, was travelling along Keppel Road at about 8.30 a.m. on Thursday when his machine and a lorry coming from the opposite direction collided. The lorry was
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    • 88 11 Stamps for sale A SET of four postage stamps featuring coastal birds found m Singapore will be on sale from March 15. The stamps, m denominations of 10 cents, 35 cents, 50 cents and 75 cents, will be sold at all post offices, the Customer Service Area at the Telecoms
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    • 313 11 THE Singapore Scout Association is raising funds to further develop the facilities at its eight-hec-tare campsite at Sarimbun m Lim Chu Kang. Its 12,000 members are to embark on four projects Letters of Appeal, Walk for Funds, Donation Draw and Job Week
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  • 188 11 Not yet, s ay Jeya and chiam MR J.B. Jeyaretnam and Mr Chiam See Tong have said they will not be announcing their party candidates early for the next general election. They would introduce their teams shortly before the election Mr Jeyaretnam. the secretary-general of the Workers' Party, said he
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    • 291 11 The PAP's checklist of suitability Mr Goh Chok Tong said the new candidates must be: k/l Successful m their I I careers \%J\ Graduates or hold tertiary I l qualifications K/j Analytical, able to see the I—l1 I big picture FH Realistic w| Imaginative In/ I Natural leaders (7/1 Respect
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  • 316 12 Murderer's last gift his eyes THREE men convicted of murder m the Mount Vernon killings m 1979 were hanged at dawn on Friday at Changi Prison. But one of them left a gift of sight he donated his eyes. Prison authorities have declined to comment but It is understood that
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  • 301 12 5,000 NPCC members to learn civil defence ABOUT 5,000 members of the National Police Cadet Corps will be trained m civil defence this year, said the corps' chairman, Associate Professor Lawrence Chia. Those who successfully complete the training course will stand to win the Civil Defence Proficiency Badge and Certificate.
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  • 46 12 THE eighth bask physical fitness course will begin at Cairnhill community centre on March 17. The course, jointly organised by the People's Association and the Defence Ministry, will be held on Wednesdays between 6.30 and 8 p.m. and Saturdays between 3.30 and 6 p.m.
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  • 487 12 Owners uphappy over acquisition of land They may appeal against government decision OWNERS of Capitol Theatre, Shaws Building, Stamford House and Eu Court are unhappy over the government's decision to take over their properties. The acquisition, which includes properties along Hill Street, was announced m a government gazette on Thursday.
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  • 382 12 Two face cheating charges TWO men were yesterday charged with cheating a finance company into giving them discounts totalling $1,951.55 under two hire-purchase agreements. Leong Hin Mun, 47, and Lim Thiam Chye, 45, are accused of cheating Mr Yeo Choon Meng, general manager
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  • 150 12 34 Filipinas turned away at airport THIRTY-four Fllipinas seeking employment here have been refused entry into the country following the implementation of a new immigration ruling on Dec 7. The ruling makes it easier for FUipinas with Jobs to get m. But it rules against those who arrive without prospective
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  • 195 12 THE MP for Jalan Besar, Mr Chan Chee Seng, has urged associations to help prevent Western decadent ethos from influencing young people here. He was worried that the trend of young people sporting punk rock hairstyle mignt spread to Singapore. It was said
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    • 444 15 SINGAPORE women pursuing careers can either educate themselves and ride the crest m the new technological wave or remain m low-paying unskilled jobs. The choice is theirs. But while new technology may make some work done by women obsolete, it will also create new job
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    • 399 15 Good worker Better mum Eight women say career does not mar role as mothers BEING a career woman does not make a woman any less of a mother to her children. In fact, a woman can be a better mother if she is also a good worker. This was the
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    • 279 15 IT IS far more dangerous to "make eyes" at a dog than at a pretty dame! For while a woman may let you off with a dirty look, that stare at a dog may just unleash an attack on you. A local dog trainer,
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    • 404 15 Many single girls still think it's the men who should propose, leap year or not WOMEN will get that once-in-a-while chance to leap Into marriage next Wednesday. Remember? 1984 Is a leap year and Western custom has It that girls can use the extra day
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    • 251 15 TECHNOLOGY may have "liberated" the woman but she should not forget that she is also a mother and home-maker, the NTUC secretary-general, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, said yesterday. Speaking to about 200 women who were all raring to talk about how they can prepare
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    • 252 15 AT LEAST 1M telephone subscribers have been blacklisted by both Telecoms and the police for being involved m clandestine bookmaking activities. The "blacklist" was compiled following weekend raids by the police on homes, shops and offices m the past year. These subscribers were caught
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  • 258 16 THE Housing Board Is going to smarten up the bathroom and toilet of its flats. The present maze of pipes will be streamlined, If tests now being carried out at two places prove successful. The number will be halved, from as many as seven pipes
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  • 446 16  -  CONRAD RAJ Five banks plan for cashless society By CASH registers will stop ringing. Wallets will thin. People may even forget what a dollar note looks like. The cashless society is set to embrace Singapore by the end of this year. Five
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  • 127 16 CLAN associations should set up youth sections to attract young people. Minister of State Trade and Industry) I)r Wong Kwei Cheong, i \so suggested that hofioaj camps and educat.onal activities be o ganised for them. Members should bring their children to the
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  • 270 16 Quick steps taken to free stuck foot THE police and fire brigade rushed to the rescue of a a 12-year-old boy at the Parkway Parade shopping centre yesterday but it was all over by the time they arrived. A store manager had helped Poh Eng Thiam to free his foot
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  • 113 16 RENOVATIONS on the old Kallang Theatre In Stadium Walk will cost $11 million. The government awarded the renovations contract to a local construction company, Teo Teck Hnat Pte Ltd, one of nine tenderers for the project. Teo Teck Huat offered the lowest quote, according
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    • 314 16 W^^M II I Go Air New Zealand and see half the world m one country Let Air New Zealand take you _^^^griHH9HBHHHH^ or s^^ n^ B"°^ an<^ skiing can be to the holiday destination of a lifetime SU^-- arranged. And you can watch world- Xew Zealand. 4ll|i ■TJ IHHi famous
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  • 463 17 THANKS to an automatic mahjong table, players can now sit back while the table does all the dirty work sorting out the tiles and setting them up neatly m front of each player. Our Tokyo reporter, KOICHI ISHIYAMA, tells us more. THIS is the mahjong table that's removing
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    • 76 17 ILLUSTRATING COMPUTERS (WITHOUT MUCH JARGON) by Colin Day and Donald Alcock Using a minimum of jargon, this book illustrates how computers work, from scratch. It will help you to understand what computers are like, how they function and what they are used for. Now available at A .(r^^^^fca// good bookshops
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    • 386 17 A look ot statistics that shape the country Eartiorc m tko earners m mc $100,000 league THERE are at least 4,000 persons earning more than $100,000 a year up from just 1,000 m 1975. But their money doesn't go as far as it once did. It would take $240,000 today
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  • 227 18 Women who want more options MR I.EE KUAN YEW ended his Chinese New Year speech at the Istana with a question that some Singaporeans probably think hardly worth asking. Not because it was out of point but because the answer seemed so obviously No. Need women go all out m
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  • 1758 18  - Hard- Hearted or hard- headed? ANN LESLIE By writing tor the Daily Mail of London, What an HDB architect said We try not to be smug. But m many ways, starting late as we did, we've been able to avoid other people's mistakes. Mr Loh swee Seng (iH What a
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  • 68 18 THE HDB told The Sunday Times that it doesn't expel a family because one member is a criminal. It will consider evicting the family only when the flat has been used for a purpose other than living m like as a house of vice, gambling den, for drug trafficking,
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 347 18 The Mazda 323 has been acknowledged as one of the best cars on our roads today. H^^^^^^^^^^^^^B Driving it is a sheer experience m motoring [W^YWTSfb bHB^ pleasure So it was difficult to find ways to /mf I *B# W^" make it even better. Every area that could be I
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  • 182 19 YOU'D expect the older generation the grandparents to have more problems adjusting to a foreign maid m their house, ibut even the employer couple and their children have a thing or two to learn. Once everybody gets over the culture shock, you'd nope
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  • 487 19 LITTLE Ng Yen Ling may only be 3 2 but she can already speak three languages. In fact, she jumbles Mandarin, English and Bahasa Indonesia quite coherently m a single sentence. "I'm amazed she doesn't get confused herself," laughed her mother, promotions manager D
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  • 499 19 THEIR powdered milk, which was barely touched before, now disappears very fast. Detergents and soap are also quickly used up, and the water bill has soared since the maid arrived. There's little rice left over after a meal because the maid makes sure she cooks
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  • 419 19 THE best thing about having a livein maid for the Wongs of Clementi is the luxury of coming home to a clean, well-kept house at the end of a tiring day. "She is a great help even if we don't communicate properly," said Mrs C N
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  • 481 19 MACAW Vowheres a funny thing. "UNCLE Mac," my nephew Alex said, looking up from his copy of Science Digest, "tell me again why you used to get excited as a boy whenever Lunar New Year came around." "Well, there was that ever splendid Lunar New Year's
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    • 431 19 nebo co S CS H^^B IB^BBi Bk ■^h^ Saga* S^G^ft. '>& *G*^ I p and step into the glamorous world of Beauty Queens The prestigious Miss Singapore Universe Beauty Pageant will be held on Saturday, May 5, 1984 at Mandarin Ballroom, f Mandarin Hotel. Winning the coveted Miss Singapore title
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  • 1105 21 Eight warring factions jaw in Lebanon L Lebanon's registered Democrats will do their bit come Tuesday, when the New Hampshire primary election chooses, probably, the Mondales to carry its banner against the Reagans. Like so many pieces off news, the outcome will matter less than m might seem apparent. 7
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    • 436 21 attic salt C Food f r h °«9 h V by Rosemary Chen J MUSTARD is a condiment which gets its g^^^^^^^^^y^^^^^^^^^^^^^™ name from "mus" or new wine, AAlllNfi lIMAM Uahl»A traditionally used for mixing with mustard ixcuuinu v/uuii nuusc seed. W 111 Tne Duke of Burgundy, visiting the ■C
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    • 717 22 14 Antiques/Art Crafts KECK MARKETING ANTIOUE J House, 308 Changi Road. 5 1/2 miles, Spore 1441 Tel: *****43/ *****65 Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm. Sunday 10.30 am to 4.30 pm CLEARANCE SALE: porcelain Si furniture, etc. at Ancestlque Pte Ltd 290-G. Joo Chlat Road (*****62) Ancestlque II Pte Ltd,
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    • 775 22 20 Pata FEMALE DALMATIAN PUPPY (SKC registered) reasonable to good home with spacious compound. 35, Walxner Drive. GERMAN SHEPHERD FEMALE with papers. Big- boned, 4 years old Proven. Gentle with children. *****08. IMPORTED ACCOUSTIC DOME Cage for Merbok Kong available at $120 each only. Interested please call Jack tel: *****62.
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    • 697 22 25 Sale: Other Products CANE FURNITURE *-*3iJMBSS r We are offering direct factory sal* of a complete range ol latest dasigns such aa the above A more, tram planters to bedroom aeta Visit us at our factory on Set Sun between Sam A 6pm at IS-A. JALAN TERUSAN (OFF JURONG
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    • 540 22 66 Situations Vacant c) Secretarial/Clerical Well established freight forwarding company requires: 1) ACCOUNTS CLERKS c Must be able to type and keep a full set of accounts. 2) GENERAL CLERKS c Must be able to operate a telex machine. 3) SHIPPING DOCUMENTATION CLERKS c Must be well versed m CRIE/
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    • 258 22 66 Situations Vacant g) Technical An established Engine* ing Company m Juror has immediate vacanck for: MACHINISTS (TURNER) Salary will commensura with experience 2-3 years' experience Pleasecall: *****19 For an interview at: SUN METAL WORKS PTE LTD 36 Joo Koon Road Singapore 2262 Feeder Bus No. 252 froi Jurong Interchange.
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    • 637 22 K. BESIDES PROVIDING SHELTER. the umbrella has been u.s-c as a deterrent or sell defence especially by women Now an adver- tiser has come up with an art of self defence using only the urna 1 If you're keen on this Hb unique martial art. make your flrst move v'u
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    • 578 22 74 Vehicle Financing HOSIN ENTERPRISE, USED car hire purchase. 7.5% Immediate approval Phone *****74/ *****04 (Mon to Sat LM MOTOR CREDIT offers- the best terms for hire pu'chase New used vehicles are scceptable Tel *****81 76 VehicNW For Sa« a) Alia/Peugeot 1980 PEUGEOT SO4, one company owner, registered Oct. whiu-
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 899 23 76 Vehicles For Sale i c) Datsun/ Nissan WO-77 IOOA Fll Aircon. cassette, sports rims, new tyres, original paint PARF, tel *****64 (Chinese Malay speaking MOV *2 NISSAN SUNNY 1 3 GL. one laity owner aircon. sports rim> radio CMB*MM Contact BJBJBM REGISTERED 19*3 DATSUN Bluebird. Ist owner, sports rtms,
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    • 875 23 76 Vehicles For Sale c) Ford D€C "Tt FORD C >r( in.-i slallonwagen 1 6, I private owner, aircond, go, xl condition. $8,900 Tel 44T_>6«6 EXPATRIATE SHCWROOM 1979 ■wort, 1300 Sport.s. alrcon, hl-fl, tax 1 year 1 o*ner $11,600 *****05 LATE 1978 FORO Cortina 1300 L, PARF, alrcon, cassette, radio,
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    • 869 23 76 Vehicles For Sal* g) Mazda ALMOST '82 MAZDA 323 1.3 4door. radio it cassette, atrcond, 1 owner, iju.nl condition $21,700 ono *****15 AUGUST I*7* MAZDA 628. alrcon, high power radio cassette, new tax. tyres. Excellent condition. $14,800 ono Tel: *****1. AUG. 1979 MAZDA 323. 1000. Alrcon. radio, cassette, 1
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    • 871 23 76 Vehicles For Sale Mitsubishi LATE I*Bl. MITSUBISHI Sapporo 1600 Coupe. Sport rims with full accessories. Maintained by agent. Excellent condition. Seeing Is believing. Contact Richard Kang, *****5. AUGUST 1990 MITSUBISHI Lancer 1400 GL, new alrcon/roadtax, radio/cassette, tuff-koted and well maintained. $17,000. Tek: *****80 Tony. END 1990 MITSUBISHI Sigma, new
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    • 1393 23 76 Vehicles For Sato 76 Vehicles For Sato J) Toyota j) Toyota Test drive the all new Toyota Corona Car of tomorrow. Here today. m WT-^ BORNEO MOTORS QUEEN STREET TEL *****33 ALJUNIED ROAD TEL *****32 BUKIT TIMAH ROAD TEL *****55 6 7 8 9 EAST COAST ROAD TEL *****
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    • 827 23 76 Vehicles For Sate k) Others LATE '82 JAGUAR Daimler 4.2 auto, first class condition, $104,000. Interested call *****37. NEW HYUNDAI STELLAR I.6SL. Best offer for trade-in car. Tel: *****12/3. REGISTERED 1982 SAAB Turbo 900 Coupe, 2 owners, $56,500 0.n.0. Tip top condition. Tel: *****23. SUBARU NG KEONG Car Traders
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    • 687 23 76 Vehicles For Sale m) Motor Cycles/ Scooters GSI2S, KATANA, JULY 1982 Good condition. $1400 0.n.0 Call Michael *****57 anytime of the week HONDA GL 100 M 1980. Road tax new. Selling $800 0.n.0 Tel: *****97, Roger Teo HONDA CB7SOF, 14 months old. 14,000kms as new $5,300 negotiable. Phone *****4
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    • 749 23 86 Accommodation 66 Accommodation Vacant Vacant b) Apartments b) Apartments \cArdmore 1 OPEN HOUSE I Long or short lease Luxurious apartments to let with exclusive Country Club membership Just off Orchard Road and Scotts Road 3-bedrooms; large lounge; ample parking Furnished or unfurnished Rental from $4,525 per month including service
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    • 575 23 86 Accommodation Vacant c) Rooms DIST. 2057, ALONG BRADOEU. Road, furnished room, no cooking for $500 Suitable for couples single ladies Tel *****38 EXECUTIVE INVITED TO share spacious well furnished house with other singles Near Katong $550 p.m Joe *****38 FOOD LODGING AVAILABLE tor foreign students at Paya Lebar Crescent
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    • 1459 24 86 Accommodation 86 Accommodation 86 Accommodation Vacant Vacant Vacant b) Apartments b) Apartments b) Apartments i Ffiß EfiST PLfiZfi nmh si 1 I LUXURIOUS fiPfiRTMEMTS I I At the junction of Scotts/Orchard Roads. Next to Hyatt Hotel. I I Creates a new era m cosy modern living. HulnkMMh»«raiiu?-.in*!il I B
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    • 859 24 89 Propftiw For Sate 89 Propwtiet For Sate 89 Properties For Sale b) Private Apartments b) Private Apartments b) Private Apartments I .your 'Home Sweet Home I I where values are rising I H Opposite Mandarin Hotel of Orchard Road I H SILVER TOWER comprises luxurious apart ments| and penthouses
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    • 468 24 89 Properties For Sate d) HDB Apartments MEI LING STREET 3-room. Near school, market, sports complex, shopping centre. $48,000 negotiable. Phone: *****95. TOA PAYOH NORTH, 4 rooms, hall broken marble, room parquet. Kitchen cabinets, $85,000 0.n.0. *****93 Jaf frey. 3-ROOMEO HDB IMPROVED flat at Upper Boon Keng Road. Blk 16,
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    • 372 24 94 Shop Spaces b) Rental FAR EAST SHOPPING Centre, 3rd floor, rental $1,200 0.n.0. Tel: *****54 (morning). LUCKY PLAZA SHOP space suitable for clinic and boutique $2,500 per month. Tel: *****04. TRAVELQUC* 100 Air Travel LAFLEUR TRAVEL BERVICES specialised superbudget alr- fares worldwide dally departures available Call *****72 TA 267.
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    • 856 24 102 Tours 102 Tours 102 Tours 'EUROPE 1984 Cheaper Better Than Ever Before! L 16 days DINERS EUROPE only $3499 IT Italy France Switzerland Liechtenstein Austria Germany 1 Holland Belgium England 2 |L Dep: Apr. 1,1 9, 29, May 13,27,31, June 3, Aug6, 21 days DINERS EUROPE, mcl Greece only
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      113 25 MR BOEY CHIONG SOON AGE: 74 passed away peacefully on Saturday 25th Feb. 1964, i9flvinQ EKihind: SISTER BROTHER-IN-LAW Boey Lye Siong Boey Lai Heng (deceased) Choo Poh Chor NEPHEWS NIECES-IN-LAW Boey Kok Thim, Geoffrey Irene Yeow Lin Slew Boey Kok Wan, William Irene Ng Kwai Yeng Choo Kum
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      58 25 MR. NOEL LAWRENCE SELVARAJOO AGE: 36 PMMd away suddenly on 25 February m a road accident m MELBOURNE. ».98ving DoniitO! *W« Rohanee Selvarajoo (Melbourne Children: Rhelka Natasha lan Dinesh 'arentt: Mr Mrs A.L. Selvarajoo Mother* Sisler-in-law Stephen Marlanus Yvette Selvarajoo (ohn Benedict Sisters Brothers-in-law viary Eugene (Melbourne) CD.
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      46 25 Our deepest sympathies and condolences to the bereaved family of the late MR. WOO TCHI POUNG From: YEW HUAT BUILDING CONTRACTOR SME ELECTRICAL CO. PTE LTD CONNEL ENTERPRISE FUJI WOODWORKING CO. MR. TAN SEE TEONG MR. TAN HOCK CHUAN nnM- ivUn rf t PAU
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      42 25 Our With Deepest Sympathies and Condolences to The Family of the Late MAJOR WONG WENG KOU Departed on 23/2/84 Always remembered by: OFFICERS OF THE WARDROOM REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE NAVY "In Memoriam" is for the loved ones whom you remember
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    • 89 25 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE JENNIFER ANG POH HOON Departed 22 Feb. 1984 Aged 10 years sincerely thank Rev. FR Louis Fossion a Rev. FR Paul Goh, The Charismatic Member* of Holy Spirit Church Our Lady Of Lourde* Church, Relatives a Friends for their prayers, wreaths, donations visits
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      45 25 In Ever Loving Memory of MARY KANG THIAM NOI Departed: 26J2.83 'Jesus and Maxy have welcome you Into their home where eternal joys and happiness are yours forever.' 'Mummy, mama, you may be gone but mamoria* of you will be charim#q foroV#r.'
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      179 25 WAS CALLED HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON 24.2*4 LEAVING BE HMD WIFE: Chua Sock Keng SONS: Kong Eng Wah, Kong Eng Choon, Kong Eng Hwee, Kong Eng Slong, Kong Eng Chuan. DAUGHTERS: Kong Peck Hoon, Kong Peck Yen DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: Mary Low Sow Toh SON-IN-LAW: Soh Chong
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      140 25 mmi MOM. X ANAGASABAI PANJEE MARY Paaaad away paacalulry on 25-2-84 at 1.45 a.m. leaving behind loving Hurt) lid, Sons, Daughters, Sons-in-lew, Daughters-in-law, Grandchildren, Great grandchildren and pate. Cremation look place on 25-2-84 at 4pjn. The family of the late Mdm Kenagaaabat Paniee Mary wish to thank relative*,
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    • 1158 25 Tours 102 Tours INew Qt Innovative Attractions THE START TO sM^ljjs& A LIFETIME wf^m! OF HAPPINESS W/^W Oxley 9th 1 0th '^^•isr Mass Wedding x &Lv Honeymoon Tours Date of Ceremony: 20th May 1 984 16th September 1984 Departure Date: 21 st May 1 984 1 7th September 1 984
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    • 145 25 SUNDAY TIMES «*oo d (run-on style) RATES $58 50 !or 3cm 1 1 coi. FOR PERSONAL ijmmm** $73.20 tor 3cm x I co! OBITUARIES ADS "J-splay style) /l^l hi In nl IS *w*4Bti rf 6^llhlllhwhl9 i o^^^ aaaaal ■Ba^^^^nße^^a^ißßi HaTaW tHU' '■BBaHBBBBBBvB ■Mil I ?KV I IW\ al B THE
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  • 1448 26 Hardship no hurdle as Liverpudlians reach into the depths of their pockets for a 'magical history tour' 4 Everton full-back John Bailey's (above) childhood dreams were spent on the Liverpool Kop, shouting on Emlyn Hughes and the Reds. And Everton's midfielder Kevin Sheedy (left) actually changed
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 497 26 H SINGAPORE AMATEUR In the Second Division, Bolestier ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION United ploy Jurong Town at St Wilfred, RACE-WALKING LEAGUE: while Chang. United meet Sembawang The third in the series at Bedok move to Thomson Road today. Walkers leave the Police Third Division matches are between Academy grounds ai 5.30 pm.
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  • Article, Illustration
    347 27 Down and up... India are ill-equipped Grounded but not floored... French ace Yannick Noah falls after making a return m the Davis Cup match against India's Ramesh Krishan on Friday. But the fall did not send Noah crashing as he went flat out to win 6-2, 7-5, 6-2. AP India
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  • 187 27 West Germany v Argentina STUTTGART, Sat. West German teenager Michael Westphal came close to scoring a shock win over the world's eighth-ranked player, Jose-Luis Clerc, of Argentina, m a firstround World Group tie yesterday. Westphal, 19 last week, battled for more than three-and-a-half
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  • The tie-shakers!
    • 150 27 NORRKOEPING (Sweden), Sat. Swedish No. 1 Mats Wilander made light work of beating Ricardo Ycaza after Andres Gomez had given Ecuador a 1-0 lead over last year's beaten finalists m a World Group clash here yesterday. Wilander beat Ycaza 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 m the second match to
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    • 162 27 TELFORD. Sat. John Lloyd kept Britain's hopes alive with* a battling 6-4, :*-6. 6-2. 6-3 win over Italy's Carrado Barazzutti io level their World Group first-round tie at 1-1. Lloyd, under pressure after watching hLs team-mate Colin Dowdeswell crash 1-6, 6-2, 9-7. 6-2 to Gianni Ocleppo m
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  • 140 27 Australia v Yugoslavia PERTH, Sat. Mark Edmondson and Paul McNamee beat Slobodan Zivojinovtc and Marko Ostoja 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 to give Australia a winning 34 lead over Yugoslavia m their World Group clash here today. Yesterday, McNamee wore down Zlvojinovic 9-7, 4-C, 9-1, 11-8 and John Fltgerald beat
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  • 140 27 Rumania v United States BUCHAREST. Sat. The United States cook a commanding 2-0 lead over Rumania after Win bledon champion John McEnroe beat Die Nastase 6-2, 6-4. 6--2 m the second singles matclf of their World Group first-round tie here yesterday. The match between the fiery
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  • 275 27 Paraguay powerplay Former semi-finalists New Zealand bow out New Zealand v Paraguay CHRISTCHURCH, Sat. Paraguay completed an upset 3--0 rout of New Zealand with a four-set doubles win today m their World Group first-round tie. The New Zealand pair of Chris Lewis and Russell Simpson, who took New Zealand to
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  • ON THE CRICKET SCENE
    • 193 27 AUCKLAND, Sat. A record 160-run partnership and a brilliant unbeaten century gave New Zealand a convincing victory over England m their final one-day cricket international here today. Captain Geoff Howarth (72) and Man of the Match Martin Crowe (105 not out) rattled out the
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    • 200 27 GEORGETOWN, Sat. Opening bat Steve Smith and Allan Border both made centuries as the Australians went on another run-spree on the first day of their four-day cricket matcn against Guyana here yesterday. Scares: Australia 42^6 (Steve Smith 105, Greg Ritchie 64, Allan Border 113. David Hookes 61, Dean
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    • 131 27 ENGLAND Gower lbw Chatfield 35 Smith b Hadlee 5 Lamb not out 97 Randall b Boock 11 Botham c Wright b Coney 18 Gattlng c Smith b Chatfield 4 Marks b Chatfield 3 Taylor run out 8 Faster run out 1 Cowans run out 0 Willis not out 7
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    • 320 27 DEFENDING champions (asaarina Cougars, of Darwin, suffered a shock Yl-% defeat by Sri Lanka's dymkajia la a (iroap A Leagae match daring the Singapore Cricket Club seven-a-side nigby tournament at the Padaag yesterday. Other results Group A: aMoarlna C«agara t$ AustraUaa Fwvrs North 4, («agars
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  • 485 28  -  Norman Lim reports from Hongkong JAPAN'S Shigern Uchlda may return home HK$25,Ni (SM») richer if no one equals his hole-ln-one achieved yesterday before the competition ends this evening. The 46-year-old Nagoya pro used a four-iron for his ace ob the 175-metre eighth hole at
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  • 375 28 1W Bill Brask (US) 66, 64. 68. SM Rudy Lavares (RP) 71. 68. 67; Mark James (Brit) 68, 66, 72. tn Art Russell (US) 68, 70. 69; Michael McLean (Brit) 68, 68, 71. 2H Shigeru Uchida (Jpn) 72, 71. 66; Kurt Cox (US)67T 73, 69. Brian
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    609 28 The leading lady and the living legend of the Olympics The running nun on a wing and a prayer for marathon mission THE FINAL TRIBUTE He's a man the world has forgotten m a country the world has forgotten. These Games could be the last best chance to
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    221 28 World ehnmnion Inches LA vv unu t-iIUIT ILJIUi I lUbl lCb L./-V .1 1 1 1 1 marathon route and schedule Los angeles, Sat. Rob de Castella of Australia, the world marathon champion, has f^ mT^ii hini^^!f Los Angeles Olympics marathon course as being "very dangerous". The 27-year-old,
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  • Winners with a difference
    • 69 28 NEW YORK, Sat. Carl Lewis won his 33rd consecutive long Jump tonight when he leaped .50m at the US indoor track and field championships. Lewis, 22, a triple gold medallist at the world championships m Helsinki, won the event on his fifth and final jump. Lewis's winning
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    • 56 28 HAMILTON (New Zealand), Sat. World record-holder Dave Moorcroft of Britain beat the British Olympic qualifying time for the s,Htm, covering the distance In ISmln. S4.toec. Competing by Invitation at the Waikato Centre Championships and running most of the race clear of the field, Moorcroft finished one
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    • 63 28 WEST BERLIN, Sat. West German Carlo Thraenhardt bettered the world indoor best performance for the men's high jump when he cleared 2.37 m at an athletics meeting here yesterday. Thraenhardt, who recorded the jump on his second attempt, improved on the previous best, set by Igor Paklin
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  • 560 28 Requests for Zatopek to be torch bearer CHICAGO, Sat. Emil Zatopek ran farther, faster than any man before him, winning the gold m the three long-distance events m one Olympics a triumph of endurance and speed unmatched m Games annals. Before Zatopek's 1952 performance m
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  • 1413 29  -  Alan Hubbard On the 20th anniversary of Ali's coronation, boxing's great mystery stays unresolved 'Was Sonny bumped off by the Mafia because he knew too much?' TWENTY years ago this very weekend the world rubbed its hands m gleeful anticipation of a classic come-uppance.
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    109 29 BOSTON, Sat. The Massachusetts Boxing Commission said yesterday retired welterweight hexing champion Sugar Bay Leonard could return to the ring on May 11 after an operation on both eyes. "If Mr Leonard wishes to fight, he can do so/ Dr Edward Ryan of Boston's Eye and Ear Hospital
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  • 411 29  - Sway Sugar no more, says Angelo LIM KEE CHAN By SUGAR RAY LEONARD is going to do what he wants to do and no one is going to sway him, says Angelo Dundee, trainer of the former world welter and junior-mid-dleweight boxing champion. "That's just the kind of kid he
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  • 96 29 JAGTAR SINGH stormed to a fast finish, clocking 10m in 38sec, m the Fraser and Neave Road Relay League at Mount Vernon yesterday. The 22-year-old Sikh, running the anchor leg for Swift Athletes Association, ripped through the 3.2-kilometre route for the second fastest time ever over the course
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  • Racing
    • 587 30  -  EPSOM JEEP By TALKING TURKEY (Race 4) and Meteorite IV (Race 8), two up-and-coming youngsters, can maintain their unbeaten records m their respective races at Penang today. A brilliantly speedy sort, Talking Turkey made a spectacular debut at Ipoh m January when he fairly routed a Class
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    • 183 30  -  TONTO By GUY, still a maiden after 11 starts, has been running fair races of late and deserves a winning break m Race 2 for Class 5 Div 3 horses over 1,200 m. In October, the four-year-old Australian gelding put m good work
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    • 227 30  - Meteorite heading for top-class company LUCKY LEO By Our man or the track PENANG, Sat. Up-and-coming sprinter Meteorite FV is heading for top class and can ho backed with confidence m the Class 2 Div I sprint over 1,200 m m Race 8. The Ivan Allan-trained four-year-old defied a promotion
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  • 663 31 STIPE'S REPORT PENANG. Sat. Jockeys Malcolm Johnston (Conqueror HI) and E.S. Looi (Forest Eagle) were reprimanded by the stewards for failing to keep their mounts straight ie Race 6 here today. The Stipendiary Steward's report on today's races: RACE 1: Hallelujah (Lucas), Three Nines (GwiliianrO and
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  • too Sunday Times
    • 317 32 Are you 25? This could be your Big Walk big day IT'S settled. The New Nation Big Walk will be staged on July 8, m celebration of Singapore's 25 years of self-rule. The Big Walk the biggest race-walking event m the Republic will be organised by
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    • 453 32 Rush is top of the Kop LONDON. Sat. Lan Rush, the deadliest hitman m soccer, notched up his 32nd "kill" of the season against Queen's Park Rangers at Airfield today to keep Liverpool firmly at the top of the English First Division. The Welsh striker shot a magnificent eighthminute opener,
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    • 479 32  -  Peter Siow Indonesia board the XL shuttle express o HONGKONG, Sat. Indonesia kept their date with destiny when they crushed New Zealand 5-0 to win the Asian Zone Thomas Cup Qualifying Round tournament at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium tonight. The aristocrats of badminton carried so much
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    • 304 32  -  J. RAJENDRAN By Samsir grabs glory goal and then gets the sack GEYLANG International caused what could turn out to be the upset of the season m the National Football League when they beat Division One leaders Armed Forces 1-0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. And they
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    • 232 32  -  JOE DORAI By CHARLIE SCOTT stretched his lead m the Division One topscorers list with his seventh yesterday, netting for Fairer Park Dynamos m a 1-1 draw with champions Tiong Bahru at Queenstown. Scott, whose nearest challenger m the list is Tiong Bahru's Andrew Baum with
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    • 117 32 KANGAR, Sat. Perlis scored a shock 2-1 victory over champions Pahang m a Malaysia Cup soccer match at the Dato Sheikh Ahmad Stadium here today. Perlis led 1-0 at half-time with a goal from Ibrahim Saad. They went 2-0 up on resumption through Hussein Jaafar. Yunos Alif
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    • 220 32  -  HAKIKAT RAI By LEADING twice and with the end so near, Jubilee could not believe their fate as Changi Constituency came back from the brink of defeat for a 2-2 draw m the First Division soccer League at Toa Payoh yesterday. Surprisingly though, it was
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    • 370 32  - It's grip roaring JANICE SEAH By RONALD Reagan, a known aGcl&n&do, would have given his right arm to be at the Gay World Stadium last night, where Singapore's handy-men got round a table to settle their differences. But instead of diplomatic discussions, they resorted to dockside decisionmaking, as the it
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      • 506 1 AS SOON as you sit, a welcome glass of very iced water and a warm towel greet you. Some coffee bars have Japanese newspapers and magazines while you wait. Then comes a perusal of the coffee list. Bell Cafe s is almost literary, Suzuki is
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      • 80 2 HOW does your man shape up as a husband? Is he a workaholic, a home maker or a grumbler? Is he generous, faithful or jealous? Here is a guide, by JILL FRANKHAM of Duo news agency, to married men. If you are a wife,
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      • 562 4 A group of non-Mandarin speakers make it a point to watch SBC's new Mandarin drmma series, The Awakening, on Mondays and Fridays. LIM KAY TONG tells why. QUESTION: What do an expatriate Cultural Medallion winner, a British English Literature teacher, a Dutch hotel
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      • 462 4  -  Michael Chiang TV REVIEW By THE AWAKENING (Mondays and Fridays, t.3t pm, Channel 8) is an unfortunate victim of oversell. Thanks to an extensive publicity blitz, expectations for this local drama production were raised higher than usual. Ironically, it led to the show
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      • 603 4  - Opera for everyone, the Japanese unmasked LIM KAY TONG CHANNEL 12 Review by IT WAS a week of trying to break myths on Channel 12 this week. Stephen Oliver, who composed the haunting score of A Midsummer Night's Dream last week, managed to dispel the belief that opera is reserved
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      • 446 4  - Bubbly cheer for Drunken Boxer TEO LIAN MUAY Look East By LOST: 250,000 viewers of Hongkong TVB sthtion's ace programme, Enjoy Yourself Tonight, to rival station ATV's latest gongfu drama. According to an official survey commissioned by both stations, the serial, The Drunken Boxer, netted an average of 770,000 viewers
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      • 1172 5 Highlights on radio TIME SLIP Ploy Of The Week, Today, BBC World Service, 8.30 am and 8 pm The new machine is supposed to make exact copies of three-dimensional otjects, such as tables, chairs or potted plants, so Paul and his workmate decide to test it on the office cat.
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    • Cinema Music
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      • 505 7  -  Van Halen MCMLXXXIV (WEA) IN this record, 1984, Van Halen don't break new ground. Instead, they took what they had already done and gave it more direction like a guided missile. Though the power and energy are ever-present, 1984 is, m its own way, different
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    • Travel Bug
      • 728 8 The other famous Taj Mahal PETER HILLMORE explores an 80-year-old Indian legend m this magazine series on outstanding hotels where the staff are deferential, the service impeccable, and the rooms full of character 4 From the start it became the centre of life m the city. The poor still wander
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      • 496 8 ACCORDING to Chinese myth, the proper consumption of snake soup can help ward off maladies ranging from delirium to devil possession. Correctly prepared, it's said, a bowl of the soup strengthens the ankles, cures malaria and prevents all sorts of disease that come
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      • 184 8 THE easiest way to get to most snake restaurants m Hongkong is by taxi. Cabs are readily available and ET^tS? 6 ride COStS ab °Ut US$l (about Ss2). Of the dozens of Cantonese restaurants which will serve snake soup until the beginning of April, two of
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