The Straits Times, 18 February 1985

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1985 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 95 1/85
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    • 47 1 MAN GETS PLASTIC HEART LOUISVILLE (Kentacky), San. Mr Murray Haydon became the world's third recipient of an artificial bean today. The heart was beating and working fine, a spokesman said. Mr Haydon, 58, remained connected to the heart-long bypass machine, which was still Dumping his blood. AP
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  • 252 1 DID we hear somebody say that the bad times have set upon as? The crowds that are jam-packing Chinatown shops and the Thomson Road florists for their Lunar New Year shopping have pat paid to all this talk of gloom and doom m the
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  • 525 1 Non-unionised workers warned of price they may have to pay WORKERS who refuse to join unions when the going is good may find themselves m trouble if their companies hit hard times, the NTUC chief, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, has warned. They may find themselves thrown
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  • 211 1 Housewife loses $12,700 to snatch thief A HOUSEWIFE who went to buy potted plants for the Lunar New Year lost about $12,700 to a snatch thief. Madam G.E. Lim, 44, was about to get into her car parked at Joan Road, off Thomson Road, at about 11.30 p.m. on Thursday
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  • 28 1 NEW DELHI. Sun A tractor-trailer plunged into a canal m Karnataka state, south India, killing 21 people aboard, the Press Trust of India reported today UPI
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  • 228 1 Dhana in Qatar for visit DOHA, Sun. Singapore's Foreign Minister S. Dhanabalan arrived here yesterday from the United Arab Emirates for a two-day visit to Qatar for discussions on bilateral relations, officials here said. During his four-day stay m the UAE, Mr Dhanabalan delivered a message from Prime Minister Lee
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  • 52 1 BEIJING, Sun. A tomb containing two wooden coffins, dating from the warring states period (475 221 8.C.), has been discovered m Jiangxi province, southern China, the official news agency Xinhua reported today. The tomb has yielded a bronze sword and other weapons that belonged tn a military
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  • 75 1 KUANTAN, Sun. Late goals by D.Tokijan and Hashim Hosnl rescued Malaysia Cup soccer league leaders Singapore from the Jaws of defeat at the Darulmakmor Stadium here tonight. Until the pair struck m the 71st and 74th minutes respectively, the visitors were trailing Pahang 1-1
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  • 173 1 Aussie scientist out of Papan mission PERTH, Sun. An Australian radiation scientist has been stopped from joining a United Nations mission to inspect a controversial radiation dumpsite m Malaysia. Physicist Dr Bruce Hartley of the Western Australia State X-ray Laboratories m Perth, has been told by Foreign Minister Bill Hayden
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  • 50 1 CANBERRA, Sun. Foreign Minister Bill Hayden today announced the appointment of former senior government backt>encher Bill Morrison as ambassador to Indonesia. Mr Morrison is cue to take up his position m f:iL" i r'T 'i m I i 1 1 > A 1 1 1 1
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  • 446 1 Viet offensive a total failure, says China BEIJING, Sun. China indirectly declined Prince Norodom Sihanouk's plea to attack Vietnam when it said today that Vietnam's offensive against nationalist guerillas m Cambodia was a complete failure despite the capture of their bases On the sixth anniversary
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 478 2 Drugs a problem still THE number of hard-core drug addicts is increasing and young people are finding new paths that lead to addiction and death, President Devan Nair said last night. "Although reduced and contained, our drug abuse problem is by no means eradicated," he said at the annual
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    • 314 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: TWO issues arise from the Clive Ponting case. How closely should government and the civil service work together? Can there be effective government without a reasonable amount of confidentiality m the way it conducts its business? A situation where civil servants are not privy to
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    • 97 2 JAPAN'S SPACE BID JUST five years ago, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration scoffed at the idea that Japan could emerge as a serious competitor m the aerospace industry. But Japan is now beginning to probe outer space as it diversifies its industries to meet the challenges
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    • 164 2 WHAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES THE only thing automated teller machines (ATMs) of various banks have m common is that they all allow you to make cash withdrawals. ATMs vary m almost every other aspect. While most allow you to make deposits, not all accept
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    • 302 2 Her winning urge SAYING that she wanted this victory more than anything, Martina Navratilova proved it on the court on Saturday as she beat Chris Evert Lloyd m straight sets m the women's singles final of the inaugural US$l.B million Lipton International Players Tennis Championships m Delray Beach. Florida.
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    • 389 2 Facts on drowning MORE people have been drowning each year since 1978. Drowning incidents have risen four-fold from 22 m 1978 to 88 m 1983. The places where people have drowned include the sea, monsoon drains, canals, rivers, water wells and swimming pools. Even at home, very young
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    • 653 2 Clash with Kanaks POLICE m New Caledonia yesterday fired volleys of concussion grenades and teargas at demonstrating Kanak tribesmen near Thio, a stronghold of Kanaks who want independence for the French South Pacific territory. Seven Melanesia ns were injured m the incident. The violence started after police
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    • 189 2 Economic urgency THAILAND'S economy could be m big trouble unless public spending is checked immediately. The Far Eastern Economic Review reported m its latest edition that large deficits accumulated by government companies were only recently discovered by the country's fiscal planners while examining official spending
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    • 161 2 Rare distinction IT IS a rare privilege for a writer to be acclaimed by both Taiwan and China. Madam Zhao Shuxia was made famous by a 500,000-wqrd novel entitled Our Song, about two young Taiwanese m West Germany. The book's nationalistic theme interested the mainland authorities so much
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  • around the WORLD
    • 501 3 Australian, 38, fulfils his wish to view Halley's Comet PERTH, Sunday THE biggest telescope m the southern hemisphere swept the cosmos north of the equator recently and made a dying man's dream come true. Jim Symonds and his wife Annette laughed and cried alternately
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    • 81 3 KIUNGA (Papua New Guinea), Son. Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Hayden leaves the Papua New Guinea-Irian Jaya border area today following the cancellation of a refugee camp visit. There has been Intelligence reports that members of the Irian Jaya Independence movement, known as the
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    • 204 3 THIO (New Caledonia), Sun. Police fired volleys of concussion grenades and teargas at demonstrating Kanak tribesmen near here today, leaving seven Melanesians injured. The violence started after police blocked a con- voy of settlers who were foing to a mass picnic at hio, a stronghold of
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    • 93 3 WELLINGTON, Sun. Four people, including an 83-year-old woman, died when several areas of New Zealand's North Island were devastated by heavy rains and floods. Emma Babarich, 64, her son Lance, 22, and daughter Leilani, 15, were killed when their house m Te Aroha was
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    • 361 4 *He led moves to deceive Parliament over Belgrano' LONDON, Sunday ONE of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ministers was accused by a top civil servant today of a sustained campaign to deceive Parliament over the 1982 sinking of an Argentine warship m the Falklands War. Mr Clive
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    • 247 4  - Boy, six, spent three nights in flat with dead mother TERESA OOI By London Reporter LONDON, Sun. A six-year-old boy spent three nights trapped m a tiny flat with his dead mother. Little Adrian Rayson tried m vain to wake up 28-year-old divorcee, Mrs Kathy Rayson. He was so distraught
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    • 133 4 WARSAW, Sunday SOLIDARITY leader Lech Walesa has repeated a call to Poles to take part m a national protest against food price increases, despite a threat of arrest by the communist authorities. He was summoned by a public prosecutor m Gdansk yesterday and told
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    • 48 4 SCHWANDORF (West Germany), Sun. At least 20,000 people rallied m freezing weather yesterday to protest against government plans to build a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant near Scbwandorf 115 km east of Nuremberg, police said. The demonstration was organised by the West German anti-nuclear Greens Party. AP
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    • 135 4 WASHINGTON, Sun. United States officials believe that ailing Soviet leader, Mr Konstantin Chernenko, has a life expectancy of about six months. Although officials believe that Mr Chernenko is m no imminent danger of death, the Reagan administration is also assuming, based
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    • 104 4 LONDON, Son. Britain's first frozen embryo baby and only the second In the world Is dne to be born next month, The Mail on Sunday said today. In this technique, a woman's eggs are fertilised m a test tube and the embryos pat In
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    • 165 4 LONDON, Sunday AN ADMINISTRATIVE employee at Britain's biggest prison, Wormwood Scrubs, has been admitted to hospital m the second possible case of Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) found there last week, official sources said yesterday. The man has been placed m isolation
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    • 88 5 'Ethiopia selling food to Britain' LONDON, San. Famine-stricken Ethiopia Is selling food to Britain, a British newspaper said today. I p to five tonnes of frtsli fruit and vegetables are air-freighted each week Into London from Addis Ababa, according to the News of the World. Conservative MP Geoffrey Dickens was
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    • 28 5 RIO DE JANEIRO. Sun. Brazils fun capital of Rio De Janeiro launched its annual four-day carnival by dancing tiU dawn yesterday m a mass reiebration. Reuter
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    • 544 5 Population pressure causing climatic changes WASHINGTON, Sunday POPULATION-IN-DUCED climatic changes and long-term soil erosion may perpetuate for years the African famine responsible for up to a million deaths m Ethiopia alone m 1984, a research group said yesterday. The World Watch Institute, m its annual.
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    • 241 5 Nicaragua accused of selling drugs SANTA BARBARA (California), Sunday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan accused Nicaragua's Sandinist government yesterday of exporting drugs to the United States and linking up with guerillas from Iran, Libya, the Italian Red Brigades and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). In a strongly-worded radio address designed to mobilise
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    • 152 5 NEW YORK, Sun. The Reagan Administration is guilty of "one of the most sustained attacks on civil rights m modern times," the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) said m its annual report issued yesterday. The 400,000-member organisation said that President Ronald Reagan
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    • 121 5 NEW YORK, Sun. Carmine "the Snake" Persico, reputed head of the Colombo crime family, and another man were yesterday ordered held without bail pending a formal bail hearing on Thursday. Persico and Dominic Montemarano, who face charges of racketeering, extortion, theft and bribing federal officials.
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    • 94 5 NEW DELHI, San. The United States will establish a base on the moon by the year 2000, manned by 30 to 50 people, one of the first moon-walking American astronauts said. Colonel James Irwin, on a visit to India, said
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    • 194 6 The Indian spy scandal NEW DELHI, Sun INDIAN police have arrested a 17th suspect m the country's spy scandal, the Press Trust of India iPTI) reported today. It said an unnamed retired government official was yesterday remanded m custody until Friday. The other suspects" remands expire on
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    • 25 6 WASHINGTON, Sun. Police and federal agents seized US$5 million (SSIO.B million) worth of heroin and charged two Nigerian men with distributing drugs. UPI
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    • 91 6 Kabul claims China gave missiles to guerillas ISLAMABAD, Sun. Afghanistan yesterday accused China of sup- plying Afghan guerillas with long-range misj slles that recently kill- ed several people m Kabul. The charge was made by an Afghan Foreign Ministry official at a press conference, Kabul Radio reported. He also accused
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    • 326 6 The Bhopal gas poisoning catastrophe NEW DELHI, Sunday THE Indian government yesterday blamed a series of lapses by the United States multinational corporation, Union Carbide, at its pesticide plant m Bhopal for triggering off the worst industrial catastrophe recorded m world history. A study by
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    • World briefs
      • 76 6 THi; I'NITED STATES has suspended payment of more than US$l94 million (Ss4l9 million) m economic aid to Sudan, one of Washington's closest allies m Africa, because of the "self-inflicted" economic and political crisis shaking the country, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The newspaper said the US decision
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      • 96 6 AN ISRAELI tank gunner (above) with both arms raised m the "V" sign acknowledges waves from a column of armoured personnel carriers displaying the Israeli flag as the Israeli army reported the completion of the first phase of their withdrawal from southern Lebanon yesterday. Israei Radio reported
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      • 100 6 THRKK MINE officials were sentenced m Taipeh on Saturday to jail terms ranging from five to six months for a mine disaster m June last year m which 74 people were killed, court officials said. Su Shen, 64, owner of the Hai Shan mine, was sentenced to
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      • 58 6 FOl R BLACK political prisoners serving life sentences for treason m South Africa have been freed under a conditional amnesty offer by President Pieter Botha and 14 more are to be freed soon, officials said m Johannesburg. Government officials confirmed that four unidentified prisoners had been freed
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      • 70 6 BRITAIN'S DECISION to change the nationality status of Hongkong British citizens after 1997 has raised fears among some people m Hongkong that the new British passport may not be recognised by other countries. The British government said that about 2.5 million people m Hongkong are holding passports
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      • 148 6 KARACHI, Sun. Pakistani opposition politicians, deprived of coverage m the national press by President Zia Ul-Haq's government have begun to circulate video and sound cassettes calling for a boycott of general elections this month, opposition sources said. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP), the largest
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    • 247 6 SEOUL, Sun. South Korean President Chun DooHwan is under pressure from his Democratic Justice Party (DJP) to revoke a ban on political activity by dissident Kirn Dae- Jung and 13 others. party sources said today. The sources said the party was urging President
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    • 141 6 New Zealand may accept more refugees AUCKLAND, Sun. The New Zealand government will consider accepting more refugees from Cambodia and the Middle East by widening the eligibility for settlement. Immigration Minister Kerry Burke said today. Returning from a visit to refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border. Mr Burke said at
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    • 58 6 HARARE. Sun. New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange will make a five-nation tour of eastern and southern Africa m early April, informed sources said here today. They said Mr I>ange would travel* to Zambia. Zimbabwe. Botswana, Kenya and Tanzania. It will be the first tour of
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    • 261 5 The Tea Garden Thursday list February 8? I2pm.-2pm. During his World Tour to celebrate Disneyland's 30th birthday, Mickey Mouse is passing through Singapore and staying at the Pavilion Inter-Continental. Mickey and his Disneyland Ambassador just can't wait to meet lots of new friends at the Tea Garden on 21st February.
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    • 51 6 Closed 3 days this New^ear All Poh Heng outlets will be closed on February 20th, 21st and 22nd. In celebration of the Lunar New Year. Gong Xi Fa Cai. Poh Heng Head Office: North Canal Road Braru hes at Peoples Park, 100 Chiat Hou^ane loa Payoh, Boon Lay Katong and
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  • AROUND ASEAN...and Across The Causeway
    • 267 7 MANILA, Sun. Philippine Foreign Minister Arturo Tolentino has said President Ferdinand Marcos" practice of issuing decrees could be illegal, the Malaya newspaper said today Mr Tolentino said on Friday that Mr Marcos' law-making powers were as incumbent President Prime Minister which he assumed after
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    • 301 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Several multi-million dollar joint ventures between Malaysian and European interests were clinched during Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam's discussions with European businessmen at the European Management Foundation symposium m Davos, Switzerland, early this month. Datuk Musa told a press
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    • 333 7 MANILA, Sun. Firemen today pulled out two more bodies from the upper floors of the Regent of Manila Hotel destroyed by fire last week, raising the death toll to 30 as the blaze was finally put out late last night. The charred remains of
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    • 406 7 Report tells of massive public sector deficits THAILAND'S economy could be m big trouble unless public spending is checked immediately The Far Eastern Economic Review reported m its latest edition that large deficits accumulated by the public sector throughout the years were only recently discovered
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    • 187 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Banks were today urged to blacklist businessmen who issue bounced cheques as a deterrence against this practice which was getting more common. Member of Parliament for Kuala Lumpur Mr Lee Lam Thye called on Bank Negara to direct the Association of
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    • 266 7 14 expelled MCA men likely to be reinstated today KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The 14 Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) leaders, whose expulsion 11 months ago sparked the party crisis, are expected to have their membership officially reinstated tomorrow, sources said yesterday. The sources added that the announcement would be made m
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    • 356 9 Youth speared in the head with chair dies Tragic end to house-warming party AN APPRENTICE carpenter, who was taken to hospital with part of an Iron chair leg stuck In his head, died yesterday. Lee Wee Ming, 17, was speared m the head with the chair leg when a gang
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    • 178 9 THE Ministry of Home Affairs is considering setting up a public relations department. It is understood this is why police public relations officer Yap Yeow Woon has been transferred to the ministry. Until his transfer last Wednesday Assistant Superintendent of Police Yap was
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    • 186 9 THE Singapore Bus Service's colourful doubledeckers are taking a new message around the city: "Total defence There's a part for everyone." The "Sarsi bus" on Service 198 took the new line to the streets last week, while the "F N Orange" bus
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    • 56 9 Taxis say it with stickers NTUC COMFORT is promoting better understanding and closer relationship between taxi drivers and their passengers with cartoon stickers. The stickers, distributed to all members, feature animated cartoons which carry messages explaining road safety, courtesy and tips for a. more comfortable taxi ride. More stickers on
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    • 56 9 CHILDREN from poor families m Radin Mas constituency can now receive educational aid from an education and welfare committee. The committee was set up by the Radin Mas citizens' consultative committee to provide regular and permanent assistance, like giving free or inexpensive tuition and textbooks,
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    • 168 9 A TELECOMS technician died after his motorcycle hit the back of a lorry m Upper Ayer Rajah Road at w am on Friday. He was Mr Zainal Abiden Mazabri, 24, of Pasir Panjang Road. In another Friday accident. Madam Heng Kirn Eng, 39, of Hillview
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    • 486 9 Young people also taking to new forms of addiction 4 SANA has played a vitally-important and active role m Singapore's efforts to contain problems associated with narcotics abuse. Its voluntary aftercare officers have done much to befriend the less fortunate members of our society.
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    • 228 9 THREE men have been asked to appear m court over the recent "handicap race" m Purvis Street between a potbellied man and another man hopping on one leg. Police, who have been investigating the race, have alleged the three caused "obstruction m a public way".
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    • 397 10  -  DELICE GAN Childcare scheme for family involvement to be extended By CRECHES are for young children, but at six childcare centres the parents are learning a thing or two. A scheme, started last year by NTUC Child Care Services, has led to parents getting involved m
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    • 622 10 Jeya calls for a panel to oversee HDB policies MR J. B. Jeyaretanam, the MP for Anson, wants the Government to set up a parliamentary committee to take another look at the rules and regulations of the Housing Board. The leader of the Workers' Party told a press conference yesterday
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    • 113 10 Police seek relatives of two dead POLICE have appealed for nelp m tracing the relatives of a Chinese woman found dead near a block of Laguna Park flats last Tuesday, and those of an Indian man who died m hospital last Thursday after being found m Ghim Moh Road. Call
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    • 373 10 Toa Payoh centre is a second home for many EVERY morning except weekends Barry Hew's parents take him to the NTUC To a Payoh childcare centre, a 10-minute walk from home. Barry, four, spends about 10 hours there with 119 other children and people paid to take care of them.
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    • 126 10 Child research body launched here AN ORGANISATION to fund research m child health was launched m Singapore on Saturday. Children's Research International (Singapore) is the first overseas subsidary of Children's Research International which is based m Britain. The British organisation has awarded fellowships for post-graduate courses at British universities to
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    • 222 10 SUF member wants public apology THE defeated Singapore United Front candidate for Nee Soon, Mr Quek Teow Chuan, is calling for a press conference so that his party chairman, Mr Tan Chee Kien, can publicly apologise for the "uncalled for" statements made against him. Mr Quek told reporters on Saturday
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    • 110 10 FIVE Malaysian housewives were jailed for a day and fined by a court on Friday for shoplifting m the Oriental Emporium m Woodlands on Feb 15. Tee Sok. 37; Loh Mcc Yeng. 25; Chin Kirn Lan. 32; and Tee Soo Mm. 30 were fined $1,000
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    • 147 11 ABOUT 100 early schoolleavers were at the Education Ministry on Saturday to register for the (JCE N level examination this year. This brings the number of non-school candidates who want to take the examination to more than 500. The time and
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    • 296 11  -  RICHARD NG By A SINGAPORE company claims it can provide cheaper and more attractive film entertainment for hotels than the fourth channel proposed by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, weeks after a similar claim was made by Australian Ken Stratton.
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    • 184 11 Two NTUC officers get more grassroots exposure TWO young officers from the National Trades Union Congress have been given additional jobs to broaden their experience at the grassroots level. Mr Peter Fong Weng Sun, the secretary for i skills development, has I been appointed the new executive secretary of the
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    • 92 11 THE Minister for National Development has appointed Mr Liv Thai Ker as Deputy Chairman and Mr Lim Chee Onn as a member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority for three years. The appointment takes effect on Feb 15 Mr Hsuan Owyang, Mr
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    • 301 11 Eight held, weapons seized after police attacked A DETECTIVE fired a warning shot when an armed gang attacked a police party on Saturday night. Sources said yesterday eight men, suspected to be members of a secret society which had been terrorising people m the Hill
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    • 266 22 DONT be surprised if yea see this picture one day on a postcard, greeting card, calendar or poster. The picture, of Scotts Road and Orchard Road junction, won first prize In the "Celebration of Christmas and New Year" photography contest. Amateur photographer and
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    • 434 22  -  KONG SOOK CHIN Friends open their hearts to bring a little happiness By FOR entertainer Madam Momo Latiff. the words "there's a song m my heart" probably ring true. But, it seems there is still plenty of room for a generous portion of charity,
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    • 270 22 Improve education environment, Muslims urged MUSLIM parents have been urged to provide the right environment for the education of their children. Making this point on Saturday, a Malay MP said Muslims must not lose faith m the importance of providing a better environment for their children to improve their education.
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    • 174 22 Four lose $57,000 in cash and valuables to thieves THIEVES got away with cash and valuables worth $57,747 m separate incidents on Thursday and Friday. Salesman T. P. Woon, 35, told police he lost $16,500 m cash and valuables after a thief sneaked into his llth-floor flat m Jalan Jintan,
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    • 70 22 TWO youths were charged on Thursday with extorting $10 from another youth last July 31 at Willow Avenue Secondary School. Loh Chee Kwang. 17, and Mok Khai Kay, 16. claimed trial. Loh faces another charge, accusing him of hurting the same youth on July 20 at the National
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    • 175 22 Roads to close for Chingay Parade A SECTION of Orchard Road and other nearby streets will be closed on Sunday for this year's Chingay Parade Motorists are advised to avoid the following roads which will be closed from 7 am to 12.30 pm: Bideford Road. Buyong Road. Cavenagh Road Cairnhill
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    • 52 22 SEVERAL taxi-drivers took time off on Saturday to visit the residents of St Vincent's Home at Waterloo Centre to wish them a happy Lunar New Year Members of the Singapore Taxi-Drivers' Association go; out of their cabs to presen' hongbao and cakes to the 17 elderly
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    • 33 22 THE lsiana grounds will be opened to the public on Thurs day from b am to 6.30 pm for Lunar New Year The public is reminded to keep the plto clean
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    • 43 22 A JUMBLE sale will be held at Block 46 m Marine Paradr- on Marrh 24. Those with clothes and other items to givp j can contact RC members of Blocks 43 44 45, 46 and 47 and 27. 28 and 29
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    • 327 10 L,yr_ I Accummulate Good Fortune with Mm Jiang Prosperity Dishes February 20 and 22- March 3i Wish tor good fortune when you partake oi Lunar New Year prosperity dishes at the Mm Jiang Sichuan Restaurant. Under the auspices ot Good Fortune, a speciality of dried oysters, black moss and black
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    • 224 10 pr 1 Grab these Offers! /jk. 2DaysOnly! |r <A5O Wft L" J Ip Long Cabbage IOOg 22< lv iHBP^ R mfor—zdM Chinese Leek 100a 50C M 4 tlt^^iMJK^ Sharksfins 100g $3.30 Mtrmda Orange/Lime 355 ml (24 cans> Tl^ Crab Meat 10 9 51.05 Limited to 2 cartons per customer HENNESSY
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  • OUR CHANGING WORLD
    • 236 13 For the blind A WORD processor for f he blind has boen de wloped m Britain. The system, costing abOUl SH.OOO. consists of a Braille typewriter. microcomputer, disk drive, loudspeaker, printer and monitor. It is equipped with a facility which enables it
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    • 102 13 Sounds they can sense For the deal' AN ELECTRONIC de- Ice for the deaf and those who are hard of hearing is on the market It can convert various types of sound, for example, speech, music and environmental noise, into tactile sensations on the skin. Device worn on the wrist
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    • 562 13 A FEW years ago, scientists developed drugs specially designed to kill specific targets, such as cancer cells. The idea, which is still experimental, is moving into a second phase of development. Our Changing World finds out more. DRUGS are getting special targets and a mission to
      The Economist  -  562 words
    • 194 13 AN AMERICAN research team claims to have discovered a natural substance that promotes the rapid growth of new blood vessels. The growth promoter may help treat heart disease or stroke, or even cancer. The team of four researchers, of Best on University, injected a
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    • Bits and bytes
      • 57 13 UNDETECTED ROOF leaks can prove expensive they can cause damage to the building as well as property within it. A device has been developed which gives off an alarm when activated by rain water. It consists of a tape, dormant battery components and a micro-mini
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      • 92 13 A SPEECH-RECOGNITION system is to be set up m Northern Ireland to tighten security. It will help pclice find out quickly if a car is allowed to be where it is. It works this way: A personal computer stores information on all cars authorised to park m
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      • 66 13 KIDNEY STONES can now be shattered while you lie immersed m a bathtub. After extensive tests, the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved the lithotripter a machine thai sends shock waves through water to smash the kidney stones of the patient. The device
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      • 79 13 A NEW drug which aids m blood flow has received the US Food and Drug Administration's approval. Pentoxifylline promises to give relief to sufferers of intermittent claudication. who get painful leg cramps when they walk. The condition results from hardening of the leg arteries and decreased
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    • 139 13 Lunar New \fear Celebrations with the Meisan Difference I Isher m the Year of the Ox with a Good Fortune teast or fresh, delicate Raw Fish or "Vi'Shenij"; tossed with special ingredients, m true C Chinese tradition. Complement it with other prosperity dishes Superior Shark's Fin with Brown Sauce, Sliced
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    • 178 13 The ideal gift this Lunar New Year. Everyone's talking about it. Nobody wants to miss it. The Silk Road series Singapore's uniq je chance to see what for many of us is our heritage coming alive. What better hong bao than the magnificent three volume Silk Road memento a special
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  • 450 14 The Straits Times says Secrets should remain secret THE implications, of the Clive Ponting case will surely cast a long shadow over today's British Parliamentary debate on the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano during the 1982 Falklands war. It is not often that the trusted protoge of a
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  • 1682 14  -  ANATOLE KALETSKY US may become the world's biggest debtor unless there is a massive trade surplus By 4 Debt feeds on itself. Interest payments to foreigners have to be financed, either through further borrowing or by generating trade a surpluses. 7 4 If the
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  • Around the region
    • 252 14 Excerpts from editorials m newspapers m the region THE developed countries seem to have lost both interest and will to work seriously within the international forums they founded. The preference today is for the powerful to show their power and for the industrialised countries to seek
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    • 281 14 NO DOUBT, New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange's unwavering stance will win points with the voters at home, and has given the newly-elected Labour Party Prime Minister an international stature that he otherwise couldn't have hoped to obtain. But coupled with similar anti-nuclear sentiment m Australia
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    • 476 15 Health Ministry on complaints against certain private doctors 4 Patients are advised to find out the rates of charges before they agree to any treatment or surgery. If there is an increasing trend towards unnecessary investigation, hospitalisation, treatment and operation as suggested by "Practitioner",
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    • 208 15 Six years and the water is still rusty I R.^FER to the report "No more dirty water m Choiv Boon soon". (ST. Feb 11). I would like to point out that Changkat residents face the same problems as those m Chong Boon. Ever since we moved m six years ago,
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    • 170 15 Long wait for five-room flat IT IS comforting to note that the Housing Board is doing everything m its power to shorten the waiting period for flats. I am, however, corcerned that it may not be really taking care of "old" applicants, i.e. those who nave been waiting for their
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    • 214 15 Big, fat rats were running all over On Bugis Street I WOULD like to add to what "Anti-Aids" said m his letter "Why Bugis Street should go". (ST. Feb 12). I agree that Bugis Street ought to go. We went there recently for dinner for the "last time! and. as
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    • 464 15 $400,000 condo but buyer can't move in I SHARE the plight of "G.L. Garden who wrote the letter "Unfair demand Developer seeks payment although facilities are not ready". (ST, Feb 5). I, too, have a unit m the same development. When I raised the matter of having to paying six
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    • 149 15 Unwanted telexes intrude into our lives I WOULD like to protest against the sending of broadcast tnemos by telex by companies extolling their products or services and denigrating others. My machine recently delivered to me a series of telexes (three-ply) about 0.75 m m length, concerning Lunar New Year gift
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  • BACKGROUND
    • 1332 16  -  PETER HAZELHURST Nasda plans a new rocket designed, built and launched by Japanese By Tokyo Correspondent ALMOST three decades ago, a Japanese passenger attempted to check into an airline counter at Rome airport with his pockets and luggage bulging with the parts of a stripped-down motorcycle.
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    • 923 16 TAIPEH IN THE struggle to win support from the millions of Chinese living abroad who might contribute money or expertise, Taiwan and China have one obvious battleground the Chinese-language newspapers spread around the world. The murder of ChineseAmerican writer Henry Liv m California
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    • 735 17 I aaiaaanh- ila^a taamit >. n DAM ai^itiir AtMfattk&A CMOOftlttt LaMMMAAOftft ftn^riaaf faatmraa 1b iaaJa*r lail StS&lsff I Citibank Citibank $2,000 a day Yes for $200 Yes You are 24 hours Cheques English 1) Transfer of funds from savings 1 When card is reported
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    • 380 17  -  MARA FERNANDEZ By THE only thing automated teller machines of various banks have m common is that they ail allow you to make withdrawals. ATMs vary m almost every other aspect, including the sums that they allow cardholders to withdraw. While most allow you
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    • 373 17 KIALA Ll'MPl'R, Sun. Genting Bhd's participation In the Western Australia casino and resort project has been given the green light by Its shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday. Company officials said that with this, Gentings now has to wait for the relevant
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    • 435 17  -  ANGELINE TAN By TIMES may be hard for retailers generally, but Isetan is bravely studying expansion plans for the next five years. Even though Isetan (S) Ltd may still be smarting from the painful 79 per cent slash m group operating profits to about $2
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    • 66 17 OCBC in Osaka tomorrow OSAKA will welcome a third Singapore bank tomorrow. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation will join DBS Bank and Overseas Union Bank m opening a second branch m Japan. All the Big Four Singapore banks have branches m Tokyo. It should not be long before United Overseas Bank opens
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    • 23 17 KUOK FOUNDATION has sold 189,000 Perlis Plantations shares for M 5783,276. It now owns 10.88 per cent equity m the company.
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    • Happenings
      • 123 17 "ONE good move deserves another" must have been what Banque Nationale de Paris thought when it sent out this card (right) to tell customers and business contacts it was moving. The shift to Tung Centre at Collyer Quay today is to bigger premises the
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      • 328 17 41 find that when I increase prices, people buy. Ng Teng Fong. president of Far East Organization to the Asi.tn Wall Street Journal after he increased property prices here by 10 per cent. MR HSIEH Fl HUA has been appointed Managing Director of Morgan Grenfell (Asia). He will take
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      • 34 18 Gross Group pre-tax Year to Company dividend profit loss (000) Ayer Molek Rubber M 5473 ($187) Aug 84 Goodwood Park 40 (30) $33,827 ($52,648) Sept 84 HMsia 30(30) $5,406 ($6,149) SeDt 84
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      • 25 18 Gross Group pre-tai Year to Company dividend profit loss (000) >.— <;4.<v Dec 84 S P Textile 6TE (6TE^ M 52.375 (S1.918) Sept 84
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      • 30 18 Interim Group pre-tax Half-year to Company dividend profit loss ('000) Malayan Banking M55i, 249 ($46,572) Dec 84 Robinson $1,380 v51.483L) Dec 84 Rothmans Malaysia M5?8.282 ($20,397) Dec 84
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      • 206 18 Dut3 Consolidated Bhd "as disposed of its entire holding ot 1.8 million shares m Sigma Metal Co Ltd tor $3.6 million. Far East-Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd has clinched a contract to repair and upgrade four iack-up barges tor a Brazilian shipbuilder General Corporation has signed an :e p t
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    • 249 18 frt 15 '."SJ Change Mad Chem Cp 38 =>» MfrOMbMR 8^ unch Am Tel 4 T<M 21* unch I taw Inc 18^ 1 Amr Corp 39W <-l Bemiehem St( 19^ -V. Boeing Co 65^» -S Bcifroughs Cp 6O'» It CaterpJlor Co 32 l Chfvsler Cp 32V^ CitKorp 44
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    • 150 18 SYDNEY, Sun. Australian share markets closed the week sharply firmer encourgaged by record highs set In New York on Wednesday and boosted by a high level of offshore investment stemming from the weak Australian dollar against its US counterpart. Local mining issues and selected industrial stocks were the winners
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    • 589 18 Feb IS Pence Change MINING INDUSTRIALS Barlow Rond 485 -3 AHied-Lyon* 174 -1 Chorter Cons 205 unch Ass. Dairies 150 -inch Cons Gold 521 +10 BTRPLC 644 -10 Rus Plant 8H unch Bobcocks 147 +1 ZCI 17'/i unch Barclays 612 -7 Beechoms 358 -7 US$ BICC 248 -2 aac
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    • 321 18 Feto 16 Yen Change Mitsub Chem Mitsubishi 516 -2 A|inomoto 1090 unch Mitsub Elec 397 -2 465 +1 Mitsub Estote 555 +5 Amado 1190 10 Mitsub Heavy 247 unch Asohi Chem 675 +5 Mitsui 326 unch Asah. Gloss 880 -I Mitsui Snip 160 +2 Bonk of Tokyo 649 +5
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    • 3384 18 Al shares quoted have a par value of II unless otherwise specified •Adjusted for scnp rights N Tai-exempted dividend ABM n traded m lots of 10 shares each, with the price Quoted m dollars 1984/85 Last Yield Net Vol Week High Low Company Sale Change P/E
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    • Overseas markets' weekly round-up
      • 450 18 New York NEW YORK, Sun. The stock' market's rousing start on 1985 holds out the promise of a thriving economy m the months ahead. It may offer little consolation to farmers and other people grappling with special financial problems. But most analysts say the
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      • 107 18 LONDON, Sun. Sterling's decline and fluctuations on Wall Street were the dominant influences on the London Stock Exchange last week. Renewed optimism later m the week failed to reverse a fall of 21 points on Tuesday caused by pressure on sterling and a poor showing on Wall Street. The
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      • 99 18 HONGKONG, Sun. The stock market ended the week with a three-year high that also ua> 5H.e5 points over last week's finish, due mainh to a gargantuan Singaporean takeover bid for local conglomerate, Wheelock Marden. The Hang Seng Index closed at 14*5.93 points, the highest since its finish at 1416
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      • 93 18 TOKYO, Sun. Share prices In Tokyo ha\* soared m the past two weeks, going against earlier forecasts and traditional February tendencies, as investors' enthusiasm ran wild. In the past two trading weeks, which included two extra holidays, the Nikkei Dow Jones Aver age gained 258.73 to reach Friday's all-time
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 292 19 LAST Wednesday the dollar was taken up to record highs against most major currencies. Against the Deutschemark and the Swiss franc, it recorded the highest rate m more than a decade. Consequently. Deutschemark and Japanese yen futures were bi ought down to new contract lows. March Deutschemark
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        30 19 Closing prices Spore KL cents cents S/kilo M kilo Feb 11 ***** 195.75 Feb 12 171.50 ***** Feb 13 169.75 ***** Feb 14 ***** 189.00 Feb 15 168.00 *****
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        31 19 Closing Turnover prices Tonnes Cents (M)/kilo Feb 11 29 15 191 Feb 12 29 15 132 Feb 13 29.15 149 Feb 14 29 15 108 Feb 15 29 15 112
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      • 137 19 FOB m bales, Malaysian cents/Wo RAS MRELB High Low Ciosmg High Low Closing buyers buyers Feb 14 Feb 14 Int 1 R.S.S Prompt 178 00 164 00 164 00N Int. 1 R.S.S FOB 173 25 168 50 169.00 196 00 189 50 189 00 Int RS S March Int.
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      • 163 19 AFTER starting out on a steadier note, easier conditions returned to the market, with an overall loss of about two cents. Turnover was fair. Good covering interest for physicals, particularly 5 CV and TSR 10 and 20, February shipment, made for the initial steadiness; subsequently, freer offers of March
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      • 49 19 FIRMER. Standard tin rose to a record level for three months' delivery, due to a fall m London Metal Exchange stocks (down 785 tonnes, at 22,095 tonnes), early background support from the tin council's buffer stock manager, and weaker sterling. But "cash" metal failed to follow suit. AFP
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      • 22 19 GOLD USS/oz Sat Fri Hongkong 305 00—305 50 304 70 305 10 Fri Thus Ne* York Unav 303.10— 303 60
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      • 22 19 Buying Selling Hghest— Lowest Highest— Lowest SJ/gm SJ/gm Bank of China 22.06-21.79 22.20—21.93 OUB 22.13—21.85 22.28 22.00 UOB 22.12—21.84 22.27—21.99
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      • 39 19 STEADIER. Prices progressed to their best level since early December. The trend was aided by the 280,000-ounce drop to 52,754,000 ounces m London Metal Exchange stocks, Sterling's weakness and gold's resilience m the face of the dollar. AFP
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      • 34 19 FIRMER. Values rose to their best level for five years, after a 3,600-tonne drop m LME stocks to 112,800 tonnes. Reports of Japanese buying contributed to these gains, later reduced by profit-taking. AFP
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      • 263 19 PRODUCE prices were buoyed last week by light buying. In the pepper market, prices rose slightly as sellers took advantage of the reduced supplies to raise prices. White pepper was up by about $5 per 100 kg while black pepper increased by $15. The buying came main- ly
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      • 730 19 Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyaje) Arr Carjo Time Block LarsMS(Bso4) 18/2(2330) 51 0900 1100 0900 1100 Al Bl ZKaohsiung i9Ei 19/2(0700) TA3 0700 0900 1800 1900 14 lenlink (07 85) 19 2 (0700) FSB *****900 1700 1900 B 8 N*«
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      • 55 19 IRREGULARLYFIRMER. Prices were boosted to their best level for one year as International Primary Aluminium Institute estimates showed the first decline m a year m Western world stocks m December. LME stocks dropped 4,650 tonnes to 135,900 tonnes. Merchants outside the LME quoted U551,155 1,175 per tonne against US$l,l4O
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      • 180 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.6687—1.6733 6.02 5.86 Canadian dollar 1.6748 1.6784 6.00—5.90 NZ dollar 1.0194 1.0223 9.93—9.60 Sterling pound 2.4605 2.4672 4.09—4.01 US dollar 2.2430-2.2470 4.46-4 41 Local dollars to 100 units
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      • 518 19 The PLR is the lowest lending rate which a bank is prepared to lend in Singapore dollars to its clients on an overdraft or demand basis. BANKS' prime lending rates at the close of business on Friday 15. Bank PLR Algemene Bank 9 < American Express
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      • 202 19 Asian rates ASIAN currency average Yen deposit rates for the L week ended Feb 15: 3 months 6 7/1& 6 7/16 6 months 6 7/16 6 7/16 BID PRICES 12 months 6 7/16 6 7/16 uss stefil Hich Low ™P\ C 1 month 14 716 14 316 days 8 9/16
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      • 140 19 THE dollar continued its smooth ascent against most major currencies on overwhelming bullish sentiment fuelled by firmer shortterm interest rates, prospects for strong economic growth and broad-based demand. The US currency, however, closed lower m anti-climactic end to its apparently inexorable climb. Against the Deutschemark, the dollar opened for
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      • 38 19 Feb 16 Feb 9 US dollar 2.2450 2.2595 Sterling 2.4639 2.5200 HK dollar 28.79 28 95 M'sian dollar 87.76 88.59 D'mark 68.53 69.67 Yen 0.8672 0.8672 Aust dollar 1.6710 1.7477 NZ dollar 1.0209 1.0413 Source OCBC
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      • 28 19 DEPOSIT RATES p.a. Savings account Autosave 5 > Fixed deposit 1 1 month 5 4 3 months 5' 6 months 5 :1 4 9 months 6 4 12 months
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      • 53 19 LOAN RATES2 p.a. Prime rate 3 8 '4 Personal Renovation (Flat rates) 1 1 i years 6 i I 4 years 7 (discounted) Housing Up to 10 years 9 1 i II to 25 years <"■'» Hire purchase Cars 1 year 5 i 2 years 5 '4 3 years 6
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      • 52 19 BUSINESS LOANS p.a. Commercial properties 1 15 years 10'* Small Industries Finance Scheme (SIFS) Factory loans 9 Machinery loans 9 Working capital loans 9 Construction Equipment Finance Scheme (CEFS) 10 '< MAS rediscount rates lor export bills 6 '4 Source DBS Bank 1 Mn $1,000 2 Main rates 3 For
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        217 19 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Alkindi 45 aside 18 2 Baron Star 3 4 aside 18/2 friendship 25/6 aside 18 2 Titan 46 aside 18 2 Auby 20W 18/2 19/2 Jenson 22 18/2 18 2 Una 101 15/6 18/2 187 Silver Star 20E 18/2 19/2 Stolt
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    • 443 20 British- American buys insurance firm Acquisition will add general business to its portfolio KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. In searching for a general insurance company to complement its existing life insurance business, British-American M Insurance Bhd (Bami), has acquired the entire issued and paid-up capital of Traders and Merchant Insurance Sdn Bhd
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    • 268 20 Know your company FAR EAST-LEVING-STONSHIPBI ILDING LTD, the cashrich member of Keppel Shipyard, Singapore's oldest Shiprepairing and shipbuiding company, started the year right with a project to build a $120 million jack-up rig. There is no order yet for this rig, a loint venture with two international
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    • 255 20  - After-tax profits fall 9pc Sterling Selesnick Ming Court STOCKWORTH by and FOR the second year running, Ming Court Hotel reported a drop m profits a result which is not surprising considering the current trough m the hotel industry. But the hotel is confident that with the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board
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    • 201 20 Bandar Raya gets M$40 m loan for apartment buyers KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Bandar Raya Developments Bhd. a member of the Multi-Purpose group of companies, yesterday clinched a Ms4o--million loan to finance the purchasers of its 16--storey Bangsar Puteri apartments project here. The end-finance facility was provided by Malaysia Borneo Finance
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    • From the companies desk
      • 86 20 TWO more Singapore companies eyeing the China market have set-up shop m Hongkong. Hwa Hong Manufacturing Co Ltd has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary company, Hwa Hong Edible Oil (Hongkong), with a paid-up capital of HK$2 (550.58) and authorised capital of HK$2 million. The subsidiary will be involved m
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      • 23 20 QAF LTD has transferred the business and assets of its food trading division to its wholly-owned subsidiary. Ben Foods (S) Pte Ltd.
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      • 15 20 THE company name of Toshiba (Malaysia) Bhd has been changed to Toshbar Corporation Berhad
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    • 269 21 The Year of the Ox is right around the corner. And prophets of doom are predicting tough times for 1985. 'Impossibly tough" many say. "Companies will be going to the wall". 'Profits will be down". "Nobody will be making a buck". Not necessarily so! As a company, we believe predictions
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    • 859 23 Stipe's report PENANG, Sun. Apprentice Luke Danis was today suspended three race days for his handling of Kwai Fei m Race 4 yesterday. The Stipendiary Steward's report on today's races: RACE I: Teiji (Connortom was kicked at the start and withdrawn on veterinary advice. Snow
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 343 23 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MADAM PEE KWEE NEO Aged 95 passed away peacefully on 17 Feb 1985 leaving behind Sons: Son Yam Hin Son Yam Kiat Daughters: Son Cheng Hiong Soh Cheng Choo Soh Cheng Tay Soh Bee Hoon Soh Cheng Hoon Daughter-in-law: Tan Ah Pang (Deceased) Son-in-law: Ow Cheo
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    • 190 23 The family of the late MR RONALD MOK AH SAM departed 13/02/85 wish to express their heartfelt appreciation to the Singapore Embassy, Manila, Singapore Airlines Office, Manila. Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Singapore. Business associates, friends and relatives for their kind assistance attendance and condolence during their recent bereavement.
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    • 199 23 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The Family of the Late LATE NUNE COLLARS express their gratitude and appreciation I Frs. P Abrial. P. Bouttaz, P. Kan. J Chao. P. Munier, E. Vaz, A. Va.?., Principals and staff of C.H1.,1 Primary (Toa Payoh) and Kellork, Telecoms (B.T.S. Depth FAS Orient (QC Dept).
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      33 23 MR ROBERT FOO JEE LIANG DEPARTED 18/2/83 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain Phil 1:21 Dearly missed wife:- '.ily. sons: Andrew George daughter: Gloria.
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      22 23 In Loving Memory Of LOK LI YIN Departed 18.2.83 Love's greaU I k.: Rememl.'Ull' 1 Helen 4 Alfred Cheong
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      61 23 Douglas A G Rodngues Departed 18/2/80 Gone from <>ur liv» but m mir in.tri- forevei neai Loving children Cynthie Osbornc LOK Li YIN DEPARTED 18/2/83 Onl) 'h<- memorj of bygone days And a sigh for a face vi A ((instant feeling thai God alone Knows best what
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 413 24 41 wasn't playing as well as I wanted to but I had this feeling I wanted to win. I felt it last night. I felt it again the minute I woke up this morning. And I felt it when I walked on a the court.
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    • Article, Illustration
      305 24 Everton 3 Telford Telford's outstanding FA Cup run came to an end at Goodison Park on Saturday but only after they had more than held their own for over an hour against the holders and current First Division leaders. The minor League side, only the fourth team from
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    • 482 24 Aberdeen and Dundee United changing Scottish soccer scene GLASGOW, Sun SCOTTISH soccer used to consist of Glasgow giants Rangers and Celtic and 36 little known outposts. In the 20 seasons from 1960-1979, the two Glasgow clubs, known as the "Old Firm", dominated the Scottish scene
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    • 1207 24 ENGLISH FA CUP Fifth round Everton 3 Telford 0 York 1 Liverpool 1 (replay on Wednesday). Blackburn 0 Manchester United 2 (played on Friday). DIVISION ONE Chelsea 1 Newcastle 0 PWDLFiFI Everton 25 16 4 5 57 29 52 Tottenham 25 14 5 51 27 48 Man Utd
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    • 246 24 MIDFIELDER Uwe Rahn earned Borussia Moenchengladbach a place m the West German Cup semi-finals with a decisive goal m their 2-1 away win over Second Division Union Solingen on Saturday. Rahn, who scored on his international debut m a World Cuptie with Sweden this season, hit the winner
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    • 304 24 PARIS, Sun. France rediscovered much of their old flair here yesterday when they beat Scotland 11-3 m the Five Nations' Rugby Union Championship to avenge their defeat at Murrayfield last March. The winning margin did not fully reflect France's superiority. Their backs thrilled the fans and
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    • 128 24 CALGARY (Canada), Sun. Calgary's Lanny McDonald celebrated his 32nd birthday with two goals and two assists to lead the Flames to an 8-4 National Hockey League victory over the Winnipeg Jets here yesterday. Results: NHL Buffalo Sabr^ 4 Montreal Canadiens 3, Calgary Flames 8 Winnipeg Jets 4. Detroit
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    • 355 24 PLANNED spending on the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics has passed the CsBoo million ($1.35 billion) mark. In 1983, the plan railed for spending of C 5439 million. DUTCHMAN Aad Wiinands won the 162 km third-stage of the Mediterranean cycling tour m Marseilles, France, m 4hr
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    • 216 24 Marita and Ulf set world bests SENFTENBERG (East Germany), Sun. East Germans Marita Koch and Ulf Timmermann warmed up for the European indoor championships m Athens by breaking world indoor records here yesterday. Timmermann shattered American George Woods' 11 -year-old mark by 13cm with a put of 22.15 m. Marita
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    • 130 24 Milestone for Walker AUCKLAND, Sun. New Zealander John Walker today became the first athlete to run 100 sub-four-minute miles when he clocked 3min 54.575 ec to win unchallenged before a partisan home crowd. The 33-year-old former world mile recordholder, the first man to break the 3:50 barrier for the distance
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    • 289 24 RENO (Nevada), Sun. Livingstone Bramble stemmed a iate rally by Ray '"Boom Boom Maricini to ietain his World Boxing Association lightweight crown on a close, but unanimous, points decision here last night. Mancini, WBA lightweight champion from 1982 until he was dethroned by Bramble last June,
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    • 607 25  -  JOE DORAI BRUNEI 1 PERAK 3, FT 5 PERLIS 2, PAHANG 1 SINGAPORE 2 Hashim and David rescue Young Lions By HOW THEY STAND KUANTAN, Sun. Singapore, inspired by midfielder Hashim Hosnl, recovered from the jaws of defeat with a scintillating performance to beat Pahang
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    • MCA CRICKET
      • 139 25 IPOH. Sun. Perak gathered the full four points when they beat Penang by 15 runs In their second MCA League 50-oyer cricket match at the Kilat Club ground here today. Perak beat Penang by four runs m the first match yesterday. Perak, batting first, reached their
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      • 203 25  -  J. RAJENDRAN By RAIN failed to stop Singapore from getting off to a resounding start m the Malaysian Cricket Association inter-state tournament at Balestier Road yesterday. Singapore won by eight wickets after bowling Negri Sembilan out for just 53 runs m the one-day match, which
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      • 89 25 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Selangor beat Johor by 28 runs m a MCA League 50-over match here today. The hosts batted first and were 95 all out m 42 overs, while Johor were dismissed after 34 overs. With the first day's play drawn due to rain, Selangor
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      • 139 25 NEGEI SEMBBLAN Slvaneethan c Crapper b Murfett 16 Rajaram run out 0 Soutbworth c Crapper b Murfett 0 Kfimrlr-***"" c Dass b Murfett 0 Navaratnam st Crapper b Rajalingam 10 KlraUnathan run out 2 Shah lbw Rajalingam 14 Kirn Poh c Kumar b Chandershager 0 Abrmham not out 0
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    • FOREIGN CRICKET
      • 212 25 MELBOURNE, Sun AN unbeaten fourth-wick-et partnership of 157 between Robbie Kerr and Dean Jones steered Australia to a convincing seven-wicket victory over England m the opening World Championship of Cricket one-day game here tonight. Australia, set 215 to win m the first match to
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      • 95 25 AUCKLAND, Sun. The fourth and final one-day cricket match between New Zealand and Pakistan was abandoned because of rain after the visitors were all out for 189. The rain deprived New Zealand, who won the series 30, of a final opportunity for batting practice before Tuesday's important
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      • 129 25 ENGLAND Fowler c and b McDermott Down ton c MrCurdy b McDermoti 27 Gower c Alderman b McCurdy Lamb c Kerr b Lawson Gattlng o Alderman b ODonnell 34 Cowdrey lbw MrDermott 0 Marks b Lawson Edmonds b I^awson 20 Ellison not out Ague* not out Extras 20 Total
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    • 133 25  -  JOE DORAI MAN OF THE MATCH DAVID LEE, Singapore's most outstanding performer against Pahang last night, not only played his rolt? well but also took on the task of urging his team-mates into making a great fightback. Trailing by a goal through no mistake of his after
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    • 245 25 Saidin hits hat-trick for FT KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. If Federal Territory's hat-trick hero, Saidin Osman, was the centre of attraction m their 5-2 win over Perlis m this Malaysia Cup soccer match at Merdeka Stadium here tonight, team-mate Hassan Sani was his willing costar. Saidin stole the hearth of the
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    • 47 25 KAKI BUKIT defeated Telok Blangah 3-1 m a National Football League Division Two match at Queenstown yesterday. Other results Dlv. 2 Changi 1 Jubilee 0. Mountbai ten 1 Pioneer Arsenal 5 Dtv. 3: SCC Padang 0 Hai Sing Park 1, Orchard Bow] 0 Ponggol2.
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    • 55 25 TOKYO, Sun. Japan, who meet Singapore m a pre-World Cup soccer match m the Republic on Saturday, held Switzerland's FC Zurich to a goalless draw m a warm-up match herr- today In Hongkong China and Hongkong drew 0-0 m their pro World Cup match today, while hosts Macau
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    • 331 25 Salleh shines again after a bleak year MOHD SALLEH, Warren's Premier League representative who drew a blank m last year's medal competitions, was m fiery form when he captured the Overall Best Gross medal at Folkestone Road on Saturday. The 14-handicapper outclassed a strong field to return a four-over-par 66,
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    • 327 25  -  TAY CHENG KHOON ON LOCAL FAIRWAYS SINGAPORE sports fans, quite used to being taken for rides by so-called professionals, at last got their moneys worth when the Asian Ladies Golf Circuit staged their show at the Jurong Country Club last week. Most visiting professionals be
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    • 292 25 ON FOREIGN FAIRWAYS MELBOURNE, Sun. West German Bernhard Langer, after two years as the bridesmaid, finally donned the elusive champion's golden jacket as winner of the Australian Masters golf title at the par-73 Huntingdale course here today. Langer's 11-under par four-round total of 281
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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    • 35 25 RESULTS DRAW No: 14/85 5 OUT OF 49 12, 17, 21 41,48 ADD. No 47 NOTICE THERE WILL BE NO TOTO DRAW THIS THURSDAY BUSINESS WILL RESUME ON 22 2 85 FOR SUNDAYS DRAW 15/85
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    • 127 25 T^ff^^^n^nW we have superb Filipino music- W MtmBD^BM/tWkk f makers and entertainers Ivan's i^B^nP^Wf^^W^k 1 en an<^ an<^ tne ta l ente d V f«aF 4f^* Veronica plus our very own everf» m^m tflm'' X^| popular resident group Venus '^fllV^B an c vivacious singers Lin Shu IVAN'S TEN BAND Superb
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 112 25 TODAY'S EVENTS BADMINTON Inter-con tourney: Queens town v Bukit Batok, Ayer Rajah v Serangoon, Bukit Merah v Henderson, Alexandra v Kaki Bukit (Toa Payoh Sports Complex). Telok Blangah v Leng Kee, Chong Boon v River Valley, Boon Teck v Braddell Heights, Jalan Besar v Jurong (Delta Sports Complex). All at
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  • 316 26 PARIS, Sunday THE problem-plagued United Nations agency. Unesco, met until dawn today but declined to meet a key demand by Western nations and Japan that it drastically cut its 1986-87 budget. After lengthy wrangling and strong objections from Director(Jeneral Amadou Mahtar
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  • 83 26 Soviet proposal dropped In another development, the 51-member board dropped a Soviet proposal to make American employees the first casualties when the agency cuts its staff. Western delegates said they objected m principle because it would discriminate on grounds of nationality against the 143 American staff of Unesco. The Soviet
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  • 47 26 TUNIS. Sun. Tunisia will pass legislation to execute rapists who use weapons or whose victims are under the age of 10 years, Justice Minister Ridha Ben Ali said yesterday. At present, ccnvicted rapists can be given hard labour for up to 20 years. Reuter
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    481 26  -  SALMA KHALIK Month-long activities for nearly every month By JUNE promises to be an exciting month for both Singaporeans and tourists. That's when the country will be dressed up for the already popular Dragon Boat Festival and Hari Raya Puasa. And activities will be held every weekend to
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  • 370 26 BEIRUT, Sun. A caller claiming to represent the Islamic Holy War organisation said yesterday that it had sentenced one of four American hostages being held by the group to die. The statement, made by an anonymous caller who telephoned a Western news agency
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  • 305 26  -  PETER HAZELHURST By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Sun. In sharp contrast to New Zealand's unyielding stand on nuclear ships, the Japanese government has decided to turn a blind eye to official policy and allow American vessels, even those that may have nuclear capability,
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  • 47 26 What it should have been IN A Sunday Times report yesterday on the new professional theatre group, Theatre Works Pte Ltd, the wrong contact telephone number was given. Those interested m acting with the group should call Linda on 222 8209. We are sorry for the error.
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  • 363 26 picture. BIRKENHEAD (Britain), Sun. An anti-apar-theid protester threw himself m front of the South African-born track star Zola Budd yesterday and forced her out of a major race. The 18-year-old runner, granted British citizenship last year, was about to take the lead m
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    • 280 26 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Daily 1\ TODAY'S ISSUE The market for unsecured personal loans is highly lucrative. But only a few banks have tapped this market which can be as big as $13 billion, reports ALVIN TAY. How the Goodwood group is putting the lull m the hotel industry to
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 133 26 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.20 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.16 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 11 23 C Fine I Manila 20 33C Fair Amsterdam -10/OC Cloudy Melbourne 13 19C Cloudy Bangkok 25 33 C Fair Moscow
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  • SECTION TWO
    • 2 1 SECTION TWO
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    • 1039 1 We ran an article recently about Outram Secondary School's efforts to educate its students on water safety and life-saving techniques. Today, we talk to a forensic pathologist and vice-chairman of the Home Safety Council, and to the Singapore Life-saving Society, about how people can drown even
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    • 301 2 The new way to visit Malacca And Dumai, Sumatra Now you can travel m style and comfort on the first, tost, luxury passenger service from Singapore. The service will be operated by Jahre Shah Shipping of Malacca and the ship will be the lasarina, a brand new highspeed catamaran. You
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    • OUTLOOK
      • 696 2 Still waters run deep (From Page One) SOME deaths by drowning could have been prevented if the victims, their parents or friends had followed some rules of safety. Tips for picnickers Know your beach and the sea TALK to lifeguards or local people m bars
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      • 308 2  -  REBECCA CHUA By THIS is a special year for Girl Guides around the globe. To mark the 75th anniversary of World Guiding, there will be a year-long compendium of events, beginning with Thinking Day on Friday. Coincidentally, the date marks the birthdays of Lord and
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      • 553 3  -  Christine Khor •X- edited by Clothes: BOBBY CHNG at Isetan Hair DAVID GAN of Passion Photography: NGHAI CHEE WAH Co-ordinator: JOHN de SOUZA THFKE used to be a time when only wellheeled men could afford to get decked out m up-to-date looks from
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      • 883 4  -  MARIA TAN Two unusual destinations for Lunar New Year shoppers are the Pasir Panjang market and the Thomson Road flower gardens where the display of seasonal plants (including cacti and fairy roses) is educational and open to the public By IF YOU'VE left
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      • 821 4  -  EVELYN WONG By WE DEPEND on labels to organise and categorise an overwhelming volume of facts, to help us make sense of the world. Many women, not only m Singapore, are critical of labels which stereotype the character and position of women m society. The concern
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    • LEISURE
      • 1101 14  -  RICHARD LIM Our writer takes a look at the annual Hongkong Arts Festival and its operational set-up. The festival ended last Saturday. By THE Hongkong Arts Festival drew to a formal close last Saturday when the curtains went down on the seventh sell-out performance of
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      • 470 14  -  VERNON SCOTT By m Hollywood IF MARY CROSBY gives the performance of her life m the new mini-series, Hollywood Wives, it's because she is perfectly cast. Bing Crosby's only daughter plays the offspring of a film star m the three-part ABC-TV version of Jackie Collins best-selling
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      • 916 15  -  CATHERINE TAN On Ch 12 over the next six months By ON TELEVISION, all good stories are told m parts. You watch bits of history, best-selling and classic novels, myths and legends come to life week after week on the small screen before you get the
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      • 756 15  -  WILLIAM E. SCHMIDT Atlanta may (at last) get its Tara, home of Scarlett O'Hara m the novel and film, Gone with the Wind -By FOR tourists and convention-goers who travel to Atlanta, the booming capital of the American South, the myth remains:
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    • 582 5 C.A.T.S. 1 737H66 1 "THE BEST!" Wess Associates has been advertising almost daily m the Straits Times Classified for the past twelve years. Miss Molly Lim of the company explains, "The classified is the best advertising medium around and CATS provides such good service. The girls there are very helpful,
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    • 348 5 14 Antiques/ Arts/Crafts 14 Antiques/ Arts/Crafts An artistic if IGhpoct WDfnC M3&^%*»'ft£_L Suggested by: Funan Gallery Ming Furmtur. Kensoon Astatic ft«e*nti v E« ca «at«d Cwwvtes from China t Contemporary Aft Franch Modarn Paintings Tien Gallery ci*mm Brush Painting* 'A __tAt_tx__vian lU~* V— im— EKhiMtiM) from Fab. IB to 18
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    • 407 5 ABSOLUTELY HIGHEST PRICES offered for your gold, diamond, jewellery, watches and pawnshop tickets. Telephone: *****9, *****9. Address: =03-02, Third floor. People's Park Centre, Singapore. BEST PRICES OFFERED for Pawnshop Tickets. Gold, Silver, Diamond. Watch, etc. Call: Miss Lim. Jalan Besar, Sim Lim Tower. rO3-14, tel: *****68 /*****69. WE BUY GOLD
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    • 731 5 25 Sal*: Other 25 Sale: Other Products Products 2 units 2HP Sanyo Airconditioners and 1 set Tokina Video C/C TV Camera P TO BE HELD ON m TUESDAY, 19TH FEBRUARY 1985 AT 11.00 A.M. AT NO. 6 CECIL STREET #02-04 H PEOPLE'S INSURANCE BUILDING VIEWING: By appointment with the Auctioneers
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    • 573 5 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: SatSdaV 830 am \°o i:88?m\»»«n 1"""°" ISOOO pc f ,M, Si-7 Food/Ent.rt.inm.n, (2 -5) deadline tor the Sunday Times i Semi-display: S2O 00 per col cm Personal Services Merchandise! 1 39) Public Holiday 9.00 am to I.oopm (Mm S6O 00 Straus T;mes! Business to Business
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    • 289 5 49 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery/Removal A BUDGET PRICE professional/ household/ office removal, delivery disposal services. Specialised m pianos, organs, safes. We are contractors for government departments and statutory boards Careful, pleasant uniformed workers provided. Tel: *****73/ *****91 Shalom Transport Services. HOUSE REMOVAL/ TRANSPORTATION services. Office removal specialised m pianos, organs delivery
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    • 180 5 HB mmmam i S?niß^BlSaßjwayB|B|rafffl I ffijjr^''BMj WHAT A SMASH! 'mH|yg|mWf|g||^^ Two thousand badminton rackets are among the many varied items for sale today. Select what you need and snap By them up at bargain prices 54 Book-keeping/ 55 Commercial 57 Business Secretarial/ Vessels Opportunities Answering/ i Translation Services EXPERIENCED ACCOUNTS
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    • 130 5 REQUIRED TO PURC'.ASI 1 unit about 1.000 DWT cargo ship. LST Age within 10 yen's Write with lull particulars to MAXWELL ROAD PO BOX 879. SPORE 9017 56 Industrial Equipment/ Supplies 2 UNITS TUBE making machine v. moulds, brand YH model HP 1 unit of Mixing mill maChine ML2/3. Contact
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    • 118 5 Hueat processing factory^ backup by western experience and know-how looking for interested Investors for further expansion plan Tile factory is lully equipped md still m operation Capital required HOOjOOO U) tmoaoo Interested parties pleas« write to THE ADVERTISER ST. BOX A***** 390 Kirn Seng Road S pore 0923 HIGH EARNINGS
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    • 521 6 57 Business 57 Business Opportunities Opportunities Ac are supply" 4 '-\nr.vood and Rasamala Wood *ith all si2es as to your requirement Interested parties, please contact B MR EDDY SAMPOSO P T Jati Indah Permai 1 3. Ciroyom Street :.i 'ndonesia Wf TEL *****2. *****5 INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN FIRM >p Commission Earnings
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    • 621 6 65 Situations Wanted FILIPINO MAId7bABYSITTER 5650 FEE INCLUSIVE Doc umen t a 1 1 on Sec u r 1 1 y Bond/PA Insurance/Medical Examination Replacement Guaranteed Salary $250 per month GARAMONT AGENCIES •SOB-11 Orchard Plaza Call *****66/ *****67 Employment Agency Licence No. C-0706-01. We provide Home Service EXPERIENCED FILIPINO MAIOS
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    • 375 6 H *J I Make History l|||| WR| r^m The University of Hong Kong in--ot2i 1 1 afl vites qualified applicants to take ij h Fffli U P ne P° B on a Lecturer m I HUB History. He will be expected to B; flj m teach broad Asian courses and
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    • 393 6 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical NATIONAL EMPLOYERS FEDERATION Invites applications from Singapore citizens for: 1) JUNIOR SECRETARY (IC'K O' level with good credit m English. LCCI Private Secretarial certificate an advantage Must have fast and accurate shorthand/ typlnp speeds. 2) RESEARCH CLERK/ TYPIST To assist m compiling, tabulating and typing
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    • 436 6 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical [A multi national j company m Jurong j has a vacancy for a j CHINESE 1 FEMALE 1 GENERAL I CLERK I (Sales Dept.) Qualifications: GCE "O 1 Level Ability to type Knowledge of computer/word processor is an added advantage. We Offer: 5-day working week
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    • 751 6 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical MALE AUTHORISER Wanted by our client, an American company. GCE O' Level. Preferably with knowledge oi telex. Able to work shifts. Mm SBOO p.m. with allowance. Call personally: LOWELL MANAGEMENT PARTNERS 11, Collyer Quay 10-07. The Arcade Singapore 0104 Tel: *****01/ 2. WALK-IN INTERVIEW CLERK/TYPIST
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    • 562 6 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales Join The Most Experienced Team ii I Trainee Marketing Executives jK. (Female) m wti for our Data Supplies Division. Mb This rewarding and responsible post is for t| jfl candidates who possess the following quali- r* fication and quality: Jj A GCE
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    • 541 6 72 Situations Vacant: Technical An International Company m Brunei has vacancies for the following: A. SHIPWRIGHTS (WOODWORK) Applicants must: 1. have served a recognised shipwright ipprenticeship 2. primarily he experienced specialise 11 woodwork construction and repair of wooden hulied patrol craft. 3 have good general experience m woodwork and associated
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    • 425 6 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical Leading sales organisation m Jurong requires SALES ENGINEER (Salary up to $22,000 pa) ITC/ NTC Welding certificate Minimum 2 years' experience m MIG/ TIG welding. Successful technical sales experience m the welding industry. Possess good human relations and communication skills. Possess own
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    • 288 6 We. leading MRT A Contractors are looking for a dynamic^fc person to fill the A position of •r Quantity LSurveyor Qualifications j Expenence A Degree m Quantity W Survey (Preferably w NUS graduates W •Experience m W a construction i W building compa' W more than 7—lo ga_ /ears W
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    • 527 7 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Production Production Production Our Company, the leading manufacturer of 54 Winchester Disc Drives, A^ HI s expanding our Kallang factory and plans to set up a new factory at Bedok. J^Bji ■■PI M
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    • 357 7 (Jurong Complex) requires: Security Assistant Male Physically fit Able to speak and write simple English We offer attractive salary, medical, recreation and many other benefits. WALK-IN and see us today at: (Domestic Appliances Factory) 259 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim Singapore 2262 SBS Feeder Bus 255 from Jurong Interchange. Due to expansion,
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    • 264 7 rsssn requires urgently Be physically strong There are opportunities to be trained as skilled workmen for successful candidates with proven liability and good performance. Interested applicants are invited to call personally at or write to: The Personnel Dept. Keppel Shipyard Ltd 325 Telok Blangah Road Singapore 0409 The Board of
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    • 359 7 GALERIES" LAFAYETTE Department Store has immediate vacancies for: 1) FULL-TIME SALES ASSISTANTS Confirmation gross salary of $440 p.m. Sales commission provided. 2) CASHIERS Minimum GCE 'O' Level. Training will be provided. 3) GENERAL CLERKS Minimum GCE O 1 Level. Musi be able to type at least 35 w.p.m. 4) ACCOUNTS
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    • 351 7 fejUNationaf jESSH Electronic [S^9( omponcnls Urgently Requires SRN or relevant nursing qualification Some working experience m OPD or private clinic preferred The job will be on a 5-day work week, no shift and include providing health and medical care to employees, general counceHing, welfare and personnel services. Please submit full
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    • 604 7 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous I OH nationaT ESSI UNIVERSITY Ky SINGAPORE Applications are invited lor appointment to the post of i LABORATORY ATTENDANT/ OFFICE ATTENDANT QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE Passed Primary Six m a Government or Government-Aided School Must be over 16 years of age SALARY SCALE $380 x 15 485 (Gross
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    • 655 7 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Local Hotel urgently requires TELEPHONE OPERATOR/ RECEPTIONIST RESTAURANT CASHIER OFFICE ASSISTANT COFFEEHOUSE WAITERS/ WAITRESSES Please apply personally during olfice hours al: DUKE HOTEL PTE LTD 42/ 46 Meyer Rd, Spore 1543. (Opposite Katong Park) FEMALE CLINIC ASSISTANT wanted m dist.4. Experience not necessary. English and dialects
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    • 543 7 MB^^— a W^m^BM l— s^sWsWg" 1 (DB3 Today fSI 27 I Ifl I I 111 Mercedes Benz Cars In This Section 82 Accessories/ 82 Accessories/ Maintenance Maintenance S&^ISJil. Scannjng Light-Up 10- Band Graphic Equalizer Amplifier Z2OOl Z2002 ia i^^H Sea LED Indicator SelecMi T?^ LEDBuilt-ln 10-Bands soieAgcm BecJok Centre Electrical
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    • 627 7 Pg Eight 87 For Sale: Mercedes OWNER CHANGING CAR. Must sell End "71 Mercedes 200. pte. new paint, expensive s< rims lyres, powered stereo aircond. fax April '85 All reasonable offers considered Tel: *****53 MERCEDES 280S AIRCON, new pain i radio, cassette, excellent condition, selling cheap Phone *****91. Loan available,
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    • 460 7 89 For Sale Datsun/Nissan COMPANY REGISTRATION AUG Bi Nissan Laurel 24 fully automatic. 1 owner. Genuine mileage 50.700 km Tax 7/85 Original white Guaranteed accident tretMint condition Tel *****55 1980 DATSUN 100A Saloon new model. 1 owner. PARK, aircon, radio cassette, tax 8 85. $133)0 18 Maju Avenue. Serangoon Gdn
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    • 368 8 82 Accessories/ Maintenance THE WETTER THE ROADJHE MORE TYRE YOU'D BETTER HAVE RIDING m on it. A picture tells a thousand words At 100 KMH, under aqua-planing conditions. Goodyear NCT puts more tread on the road than any y v I^^^^^H competitor Proof positive that NCT stands for /JOT a
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    • 535 8 82 Accessories/ Maintenance 90 For Sale: Toyota 77 TOYOTA COROLLA 1200. Sports runs, cassette, PARF Down payment $2,000. loan ST.IHMI *****14 1981 TOYOTA TERCEL, 13. 1 private owner, aircon. cassette, road tax Dec. '85. Tel: *****74. 1983 TOYOTA COROLLA I)X. 1 pte i"Arir-r full accessories, loan arrangeabte *****02 •71. TOYOTA
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    • 535 8 82 Accessories/ Maintenance 92 For Sale: Mazda EXPAT LEAVING AUG 82 Mazda 929 H top Coupe. With sunroof. Genuine mileage done 27.000 km Power steering' window Aircon. radio cassette Accident free Showroom condition. Tel: *****55. 1978 OCT MAZDA 323 1.3 auto, full accessories. PARF eligible, new paintwork, recently overhauled, owner
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    • 516 8 82 Accessories/ Maintenance 93 For Sale: Honda 1979 HONDA CIVIC, 5 doors. PARF eligible, aircond. radio, high power cassette, accident free. $11,800 negotiable. Tel: *****27. 1980 HONDA PRELUDE auto 1602 c.c. Tax Dec. Full accessories. $19,500 0.n.0. 53 Toh Tuck Walk. Tel: *****38. 2 OWNER HONDA Accord 1980. radio/ cassette,
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    • 752 8 94 For Sale: Other Makes 84 PONY STELLAR 1.6 5-. speed. Aircon. sports inns, cassette, PARF. 522.1100. loan Sl7 000 *****ei4 :i 1982 SUBARU 600, aircon, radio cassette, I owner Tip top condition. 47U3882 Kan. •65 JAGUAR MX. n Accident rree. No tune wasters please. Tel' *****70 •81 PORSCHE 924
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    • 454 8 95 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles TOYOTA^ Overall market leader ogam m Singapo'*- m 19&4 TOUGH ON THE JOB LIGHT ON THE POCKET. The Toyota Stout is now selling at $12,500 (on-the-road price without insurance). With this special offer price ($2,000 off usual price) and a HDB car park fee XXI
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    • 143 8 95 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles 1) LUXURIOUS SEMI-DETACHED Bungalow. 3 1 hdrms. Split Labour. Living/ dining fully furnished. Large garden, facing morning sun. At Opera Estate. At monthly rental $1,600. Price negotiable. 2) Wilkie Road. 2 1 room. 3) Storal Rm rental $280 p.m. Contact *****45. DIST.IO NAMLY ESTATE. Quiet
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    • 421 8 95 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles MAJESTIC AND LUXURIOUS bun galow m prime location Beautiful interior Spacious garden Quiet surroundings With swimming pool. 5 bedrooms. 1 study separate servant's amenities Kenwood *****16. DIST.IO TANGLIN HILL/ Dalvej Road Stevens Rd' Gallop Rd 11.000 to 15.000 sq ft. Pool. 4/ brms. $7,000 above.
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    • 377 8 95 For Sale: Commercial Vehicle* 107 Accommodation Available. Apartments c^brimore OPEN HOUSE Long or short lease Luxury apartments to let with exclusive Country Club membership Just oft Orchard Road and Scotts Road 3-bedrooms iarge iounge. ample parking Furnished or unfurnished Renta 1 from 53.600 per month including service i charge
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    • 629 8 107 Accommodation Available Apartments TO LET At the junction o' Scotts/ Orchard Road, next to Hyatt Hotel Immediate Occupatior Long or Short Lease 4.000 sq ft Hotel Style Lobby Swimming Pool Tennis Court and many other facilities. Ample indoor Car parking lots 24-hour Security System 101 ORGANIZATION CENTRE LTD #06
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    • 722 9 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments IPecKHayCourt^®^ I Luxurious Apartments I Surrounded by many international hotels and prestigious residential estates. Peck Hay Court is located m a tranquil and |t. lush, green environment. Many finer points make Peck Hay Court !|j| the most outstanding apartments m Peck Hay/Orchard Road. \M Cio<;p to
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    • 185 9 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments SURREY COURT/ SURREY Rd. Dist. 1130. off Newton Rd. living dining, split-level, marble. 3 bdrms. with servant's room 3 aircons f/furn Contact: *****60 DIST. 4 FAIRWAYS CON IK), overlooking golf course, 3 bdrms, I furn. s/pool. $1,800. DYP *****23 DIST.I INTERNATIONAL PLAZA high floor, facing sea.
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    • 675 9 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments TELOK KURAU, DIST.IS, unfurnished, 2 bedrooms, bathrooms attached, servant's amenities. Rental SI. OOO p.m. Contact *****63 DIST.9 CAVENAGH HSE. renovated, furn. 3-bdrm apt. Security. s pool. Rental $2200. Contact Chia *****74 *****60 DIST.9 GRANGEFORD 2 bedrooms, furnished, central airconditioned. full recreational facilities. $3,000. Kenwood *****16. DIST.9
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    • 683 9 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments For sale and rental Ort/ta/rf ße//fo Luxurious, exclusive condominium apartments m Orchard Road area^ Four bedrooms, large living jfe and dinning ureas Wmr .V, c Fully equipped, modern Jjiw* c Swimming pool, squash -3flaW courts and playground g "'V Reasonable selling price 5 iiflES and rental
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    • 527 9 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments 113 For Sale: Houses Urgent Sale! CHANCERY LANE Modem 2-storey bungalow with 4 bedrooms, 1 guest bedroom, a large modern kitchen, split-level living/dining room and servant's room. Finishes consist of marble slabs to entrance lobby and dining area, wall to wall carpet to living room and
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    • 651 9 113 For Sale: Houses Elegance Comfort Luxury SUNRISE VIUA Q2222bU2L2iulbU ü b\e storey Split-level I seletar road 1 Semi-Detached/TeiTace Houses V~| fi± Situated m Thomson/Yio Chu Kang 55 \\J fe§f= area near Yio Chu Kang and Ang Mo J--* N Sej£ Kio MRT stations. An ideal location < begonia rd
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    • 175 9 113 For Sale: Houses PANDAN VALLEY BAUHINIA Te Penthse -08-703. Dist.2o. 4.50' sq.ft. Rooftop gdn. 4 bdrms. servant's. 4 bathrms. New furni ture. Parquet/ ceramic flooring Aircon. Good scenery. 5750.00 C Rental $4,500. *****74/ *****12 TAMAN SERASI (BOTANICAL Gdn mans. Blk.10) 4-rm apt.. I.Bo' sq.ft. Freehold. Renovated $420,000. *****32. No
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    • 189 9 113 For Sale: Houses 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments —s^-s— i. 2-ROOM HDB CIRCUIT Road 81k.44. $14,000. 5-room Dover 0 Close East Blk 14. directly facing sea, SI 10.000. Marine Drive Blk 77. high floor, hall marble, rooms ceramic/ terrazzo. cabinets, aircon, see to appreciate. 1132,000 0.n.0. Tel: 5:*****2/ *****98.
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    • 648 9 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 2-RM BEO CRES Blk 38. nicely renovated, see to appreciate. $18,000 3-rm Tanglin Halt Blk 34. $23,000 Holland Rd Blk 11 12 13/ 17/ 19, Depot Rd Blk 107. $32,000 Tel: *****2 *****8 PANDAN GDN S-RM poll it High floor, furnished $110,000 Tel *****29 3-RMS
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    • 443 9 120 For Sale: Office Spaces FU LU SHOU COMPLEX (Rochor Road) Offi' lie rent !i»r I Immediate occupation Area 893 sq.ft (for rent only) 1.862 sq.ft. (for sale only) Please call *****22 j ASSOCIATION BLDG (DIST. 14 1 solely lor association church societies usage 1.082 sq n sq.ft Norman Tan
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    • 474 10 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces r DBS LAND] Prime Industrial Properties for Sale/Lease Immediate occupation Terrace Factories At Hillview Terrace. Double storey with mezzanine floor Area per unit: 527 to 608m 2 Suitable for light industries 999 years lease Warehouses At West Coast/Clementi Road Floor areas: 177.1 262 269
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    • 1231 10 121 For Rent: 123 For Sale: Office Spaces Shop Spac Wt •Location Tuas Avenue 13 Si Competitive Prices/Rentals «Area 150 to 580 Sq Metres M 'M Term 30-year lease or is 3-year tenancy 124 For Rent: 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces ff RETAIL SHOP SPACE 1 ORCHARD ROAD
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    • 476 10 124 For Rent: 124 For Rent: 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces Shop Spaces Prime shop i om^ All trades will space of #«B do well here various floor #Al||# WT.V 1 Book early areasfor l^VJ^^fettfWw^ limited units lease or sale are available Located at busy Orchard Road, along
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    • 856 10 137 Tour* 137 Tour* Kirn Travel Service Pte. lid HcA/tflH 'MOA b«>cr Ho»fl -01-326 Th« P»MJ Sinflapore 0719 T«i *****42 7 un« MMM/'uM TaWSMTJ A J4BSli?t > iKT/lMtMt/hHOk/IH kv Jb6i/»»«5 Sur^/Mor BHK/m/r«t/l"n«i :735/SISS/X9IJ > ■>,''■ riMM/nM| hp Pltat l«ct >- titVUH > Ha^/SMfkMi M.- tm-iM > IKK/m/NKE OR NK&/«KM/ZkM( SIM
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    • 186 10 ■ILiLr.Uki.ij UrT, jy I i i Fa CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL Genting/K Lumpur 2Days3Nighu $115.8139 Dep 19.20.21 22 '2 9pn: Cameror. Highland* 2Days3Nighle CllsjtUß.Dep: 19.20.21^2 .2 Cameron GentingK Lumpo Tour 3D W 5169 Dep 19.20,21.22-2 Bpm Tanjong Jara Beach Package I 3Days4Nights $2i9 Dep 20/2 Bpm 21) IN $169 Dep:
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    • 703 11 137 Tours -t37 Tours rj^^ MALAYSIA* INLXMSIA'THAILAND SAB AH 4D/3H fEMAMG >* Fo» ust $692 the price ot m C,V from $300 (Daily) economy jirticket to Kota Kinabaki, For the same price as an economy »ou aho it\ return airticket to Penang. you also get: kjhts deime .in ommodation a\
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    • 290 11 137 Tours 138 Where To Stay BANGKOK BRAND NEW hotel, centrally located, 700 rms. only $35 *****10. 146 Foreign THE GREAT LAKES COLLEGE OF TORONTO. CANADA An established and reputable college offering Ontario Grades 11, 12 and 13 (Pre-U). Students who have completed Secondary 2, 3. 4. Pre-U I, 2
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    • 716 11 146 Foreign 146 Foreign _T ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS B BETWEEN 15-19 YEARS OF AGE M Pacific f| 9 Educational p 3 And B Cultural J Exchange I (a non-profit student exchange program) is offering One Year FREE ffl m HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS M COLLEGE LEVEL PROGRAMS g Si if you
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    • 803 11 149 Secretarial/ 149 Secretarial/ Typing Typing Bppß Secretarial Courses WM M WITH STAMFORD mM TRAINING YOU CAN SWAP H YOUR TYPIST'S CHAIR ■t*] FOR A SECRETARY'S CHAIR. BJ i— .IB The following course facilities provide top EL—^S 'liQ n^ secretarial training: hL,\^B Typewriters: electronic, electric and mianual |ll Hands-on training
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    • 225 11 149 Secretarial/ Typing ENGLISH Taught by professionally trained, experienced, graduate lecturers. Report Writing And Business Correspondence Commencing 23 Feb 1985 Saturdays 4.30 7.30 p.m. English GCE 'O' Level Commencing 2 March 1985 Saturdays 4.30 6.30 p m Writing English Effectively Commencing 7 March 1985 Spoken English Commencing 25 March 1985
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    • 233 11 151 Language LEARN A LANGUAGE AT ATT SPOKEN JAPANESE 5.45-7.15 pm Tue Fri 7.30-9.00 pm Mon Wed 1 j I INDONESIAN I 5.45-7.15 pm Tue Thu 7.30-9.00 pm Mon Fri CLASSES BEGIN ON I 4 MARCH 1 985 (Registration closes on 25 Feb 85) Enquire at ATT language Centre 7th
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 509 12 NOTICES I Important announcement from I VBAT g I Singapore Tobacco Company (Pte) Ltd I I The following is the price m Singapore of I I Western Filters: I I Recommended price to consumers I I 20's Kingsize soft cup: $1.90 I I SIA GROUP I I SCHOLARSHIPS I I
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    • 417 12 PH NATIONAL WE UNIVERSITY H*¥ OF SINGAPORE TENDER NOTICE 1) Tender No: EO/T/15/85 2) Tender No: EO/T/16/85 3) Tender No: EO/T/17/85 4) Tender No: EO/T/18/85 5) Tender No: EO/T/19/85 j Tenders are invited for the Daily Cleaning of the following areas at Kent Ridge Campus including all linkages, brickpaths connecting
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    • 1002 12 y. mi X^^CX X /0^ Ift' xO^ x X X \/^S X X A grear^x:°^> deal more at \^v Thomson Road N The new Borneo Motors Showroom W at Upper Thomson Road is now open. jJ W And here are the people to give you M a great deal more
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    • 668 12 THK B\NKKI I'M \< I (CHMIKK IM TAKE NOTICE THAT (a) Receiving and Adjudication Orders were made against the following debtors on the Bth day of February 1985 IN BANKRUPTCY NOS 1516/83 Central Musical Co of 111 North Bridge Road =07-26 Peninsula Plaza Singapore 0617 Partnerv Lim Chien of Block
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    • 96 13 NOTICES SHDBI LAND FOR STORAGE OF CONSTRUCTION EQUPMENT/ I MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR LETTING Applications are invited from the public for the letting of land at Xilin Industrial Estate for the storage of construction equipment/materials j£ on monthly Temporary Occupation Licence. The area of the land is approximately 4,000 sq m.
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    • 284 13 BATU LINTANG RUBBER COMPANY BERHAD (Incorporated m Malaysia) NOTICE OF MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the sixty-first ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the company will be held at the registered office. Ladang Pinji. Lahat. Perak. Malaysia. on Tuesday, 12th March. 1985 at 12.00 noon for the following purposes: 1. To
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    • 715 13 NOTICES SRI SIVAN TEMPLE Meyappa Chettiar Road Potong Pasir Avenue 2 Singapore 1335 DRAW HELD ON 10.2 1985 I'nze No l'n/< No Pn/t Nu 1 *****63 41 *****15 81 *****99 2 *****75 42 *****49 82 *****9.") 3 *****61 43 *****84 4 *****52 44 *****88 84 *****15 5 *****51 45 *****4:*
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    • 342 13 THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ACT (CHAPTER 218) THE MEDICAL COUNCIL (ELECTION OF MEMBERS) REGULATIONS. 1953 To Ail registered medics practitioners m Singapore As there will be one vocancy m the elected membership of the Medical Council of Singapore, I have the honour to invite you to submit your nomination, duly endorsed,
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 513 13 COMICS g° GARFIELD By Jim Davis PEANUTS By Schulz rt nQ' v> A /WMATV/f 7s-^Zi rf77\\ IF YOU POH'T HELP ME UJMEKE'S^f Kl6Ht]| TvOUR ATTORNEY UJILIV FtuAT iJOn't ftniM^H BEETLE BAILEY B^ Morr Walker THE BORN LOSER ByArtßansom &EBTLE, ASIP WMEM ARE YOU lASKEpL^P f^^\ WMEM ARE -VH^q /^T^v c3OiKl&
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    • 581 14 _^^^^V^H mr^^^ I w^^mm^mmm\ *w bK f Xj9 1 Bb SI m m EG 1 SS ctS mm^^^Xlf 111 If I I I BJH I IWCjJM I Ut»A I JClliXii/ wy* 000^ 111 ft 111 U II I 118 l& iS /> I //11 1 1 m mm I II
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    • 166 15 Wk m I I Jm^- *4 I|a 1 I •1 1 1 1 t B W A t V I ""ll tf| HHHHHHB i 9 I I fl B mtKtmmKm ML M m m% IL VM I V' B jW^ > f \WSSmfk W [-0 iKeeping competitive m todays marl^ts
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 359 15 What's on FAMILY PLANNING FOR NBWLTWBDS In Mll a > by Mrs S Arulanandam from The National LMvCfSttj of Singapore s Department of Social Sleiiii'ine and Public riealtn Main lecture theatre I first floor 1 outram Hill 730 pm free FILMSHOWS AT THK MARITIME Ml SKI M Groups of 10
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    • 272 16 B" 1 I B 9 v: jf i;> j iiy i: 2^^k> ■si V; I "^k^^' *^se^#'' ksi hbm^ i^h^h&^P^^ HH^fl^BflfvQkßi^Pß I i"%*t* SM k-. SI <; V iJ-^^gi^^r-^r BB I I B HIMB B^^h ■T^^lKb bViII^II v 1 3 I 1 4 3 wP^t. wff*2k\ m The Casi f
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    • 1554 16 \QUR VIEWING AND LISTENING GUIDE 'OL Man leaves his mark -J«q r see 5 r^om—_\ iSJeVs newsmagazine 2 30 PM SBC Text L Ye Sample 845 NeWS En g |isn 5.58 AM National Anthem port 1.35 Your Lunchdat has a report from Aus- Pages 9.15 Master of the Game (Part
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    • 942 1  -  GOH BENG CHOO Though writer Zhao Shuxia has settled m Switzerland for 27 years, she still feels she does not belong there. On a recent visit to Singapore, she spoke to our reporter about the problem of identity, which is also the main concern m
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      • 103 1 PnK.^^meansw^ageffide^to^asatean, Productivity at work comes from a positive Of course, job satisfaction is not the only the competitive world market. And making attitude. It starts with individual initiative. reward of working productively. Through quality Singapore more prosperous will result m a And through co-operation and teamwork it leads workmanship and
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    • BILINGUAL
      • 265 2 »E+ii s 1 a Disishf ke Xuexiao yfrnddnghui Lesson 40 School Sports Day Keweii Lesson Alf, jia your! Jia your! All, come on! Come on! Ekk nfe! <& ife fff ff BF! W5! Ta pao de ha'o kuai ya! Wow! He runs fast. Ta sh*i women xuexiao de youxiu 3S
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      • 256 2 L^rtAWtt THIS programme Is compiled by Reditfusion and broadcast daily m Teochew, Hokkien and Cantonese over both Rediffusion and SBC's Radio Three on Mon Sun at 11.05 a.m. The English notes are provided by us. IK ffj #f Lesson 282 Lunar New Year VOCABULARY: 1) f t
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      • 389 2  -  WONG MUNG LAN If you, like many people, think that the black hair-like vegetable on your Lunar New Year menu is a seaweed, read on By YOU have probably eaten it before the delicacy Chinese call facai which means "hair vegetable". The name came about through simple
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      • 562 2 M -DIAL-FOR-MANDARIN^| IP) IB I *****77 JJ APPOINTMENTS/ NOTICES HHOTM CTAiITC DCRHQQI W— Telefax No: *****59 Rates: Box Service: MI aiANia nOOUOO I [es Service Straits Times: 5525.00 psc. cm. Collected: 555.00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMEAD Tel: *****11 ext 2724-7 2669 Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. Posted: Sslo.oo
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      • 330 2 ARC-MICROPROCESSOR APPLICATIONS CENTRE offers challenging careers m the FRONTIERS OF JJP APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY The Centre provides contract R D and consultancy services to industry m the field of industrial automation and microprocessor-based product development. Over the last three years the Centre has devebped capability to create high performance systems and
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      • 269 2 Leading Hotel has openings for the following positions:--(1) GUEST RELATIONS OFFICER (Female) The ideal candidate will be responsible tor the Bar Outlets of the hotel She should I possess a minimum of 2 years experience I m a similar position Ability to communi- I cate effectively at all levels Matured
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      • 412 3 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ CATHAY: NOW SHOWING! 3 GOLDEN SULTAN: LAST 2 DAYS Q 4th Fl OOR SUI T^N R.A7A JAI AN SUI TAN ft (2954 I 76 1 5 SHOWS 1 I am. I 30, 4 00, 630 9 I bpm Q OOKMC^ N INO Mil H t. ONC i SSION i
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      • 427 3 H Celebrate Lunar New Year M m the biggest way possible. 1 j At S. E. Asia's largest theatre restaurant, our troupe of 10 Chinese culinary I experts, headed by Chef Tang, has cooked up a fabulous feast for the season. ,'^C The special 10-course menu for lunch and dinner
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