The Straits Times, 27 January 1986

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1986 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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  • 400 1  - Bold and swift action policy endorsed AHMAD OSMAN Chok Tong briefs party activists on economy By PEOPLE'S Action Party members yesterday endorsed the Government's policy of taking bold measures to overcome the recession lyThey also accepted the need to cut the rate of employers' contributions to the Central Provident Fund.
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  • 561 1  -  N. BALAKRISHNAN Boon Yang heads high-level team to foster business enterprise By 4 The Business Enterprise Committee will concentrate on rules and regulations which affect business practices. Non-business rules and regulations will be the subject of a separate m study. 7 The Finance Ministry's
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  • 231 1 KOTA KINABALU, Sun. The ruling party m Sabah, plagued by defections and a legal challenge to its right to govern, suffered another setback yesterday when it lost two of four by-elec-tions m the state. The State Election Commission said today that the
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  • 32 1 WASHINGTON, Sun. The Soviet Communist Party newspaper, Pravda, appeared on news-stands across the United States yesterday but scholars predicted the publication would have little impact on the American public. UPI
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  • 55 1 HAIFA (Israel), Sun. A bomb exploded today m the Israeli port city of Haifa but caused no casualties, police said. The blast occurred near an outdoor market, where scores of Arab labourers, many from the occupied West Bank, gather m search of work. Police said they detained
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  • 199 1  -  VALERIE LEE Story: "SACRIFICE at every step" is the literal meaning of the word kavadl and for wheelchair-bound Raja Singh, Thaipusam, the annual Hindu festival of penance, most have had added significance. The 24-year-old devotee not only made a sacrifice bat also saw it m
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  • 313 1 Thatcher names new minister LONDON, Sun. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has appointed Mr Paul Channon as her new Trade Secretary as she seeks to rescue her government from the worst crisis of confidence m six years of power. Opposition politicians targeted her yesterday for a torrent of accusations after
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  • 616 1  - MCA turns resignation offer by Koon Swan ISMAIL KASSIM Plea to cease demos and boycott calls accepted By KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. An emergency Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Central Committee meeting today unanimously rejected Tan Koon Swan's offer to resign as party President, but accepted his plea to cease all forms
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    • 72 1 TEHERAN, Sun. Iran has decided to ran «il production at half Us earlier level until further notice, Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi said today. "Iran Will only meet its long-term agreements," Mr Mousavi told the national news agency IRNA. Iran was producing 2.-2-10-2 5 million barrels a
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 352 2 Extinguishers outlet FIRE EXTINGUISHERS will be sold at petrol service stations from next month under an arrangement between the Singapore Fire Service and several oil companies operating here. The move is designed to encourage the public to equip their homes with this fire-fighting tool and to enhance their awareness
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    • 276 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE development of science In the Third World was discussed when Professor Abdns Salam, Nobel Laureate In Physics, came here as a Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor. There has been too much concern over the transfer of technology, and too little over the transfer of
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    • 200 2 BUSINESSMEN AND BANKERS LAUD TAX-CUT SUGGESTION BUSINESSMEN and bankers generally welcomed the Fiscal and Financial Policy Sub-Committee's recommendation to cut corporate tax immediately and its calls for more tax guidelines. The committee had suggested two options. One was to cut corporate tax immediately from 40 per cent to 30
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    • 90 2 WHY THREE-YEAR RULE STAYS THE Housing Board explains why it has found it necessary to retain its three-year rule on the renovation of certain parts of its flats despite requests to do away with it. It points out that flat-owners, essentially, have a free nand to do up their
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    • 349 2 Graft charges rock NY NEW YORK MAYOR Edward Koch has often boasted of his administration's honesty during his eight-year reign over the United States' largest city, but last week he was forced to concede that something was rotten m the Big Apple. Mr Koch's government has been
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    • 172 2 Around No anti-Marcos move A NEW CONSENSUS among Reagan administration officials has ruled out attempts to remove Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos by covert means or public attacks. But the officials favoured actions meant to distance the United States from his government, such as sending a presidential envoy to Manila again
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    • 306 2 Bryan m disgrace MANCHESTER UNITED'S Bryan Robson has played exactly 90 minutes of first-team soccer since Oct 16, a l /2-hour mixture of pain and disgrace for the England captain. The pain accompanied by the nations sympathy followed his 12-minute outing against Sheffield Wednesday on Nov 9 when he
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    • 323 2 Clinic for sick pets CAESARIANS, sterilisation procedures, emergency operations and euthanasias at an instant's notice are common m the course of a day at the Animal Infirmary at Kampung Java Road, where a total of 2,398 surgeries were performed m 1985. Probably the biggest clinic for pets m
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  • around the WORLD
    • 354 3 I'll use military means to end conflict, says Jaye COLOMBO, Sunday PRESIDENT Junius Jayewardene said today he would seek a military solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. At least 19 people were reported killed m fighting between troops and Tamil separatists m the past 48 hours. Mr Jayewardene said m
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    • 379 3 BEIJING, Sun. CHINA'S "one couple, one child" family planning policy is producing not only spoilt brats but fat brats, the official Xinhua news agency reported today. Chinese doctors are voicing concern over the growing number of overweight youngsters, many of whom are pampered by
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    • 170 3 Beijing sets '60,000 rooms' target TOKYO, Sun CHINA must build 200 more hotels by 1990 to ease the country's chronic hotel shortage and accommodate the rising numbers of foreign visitors, a top tourism official was quoted as saying yesterday. China Tourism Bureau Vice-Director Wang Yueyi told a national tourism conference
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    • 134 3 WHILE Pope John Paul II was asking Roman Catholics to pray for his 10-day trip to India, which begins next Friday, anti-Pontiff slogans like those above are appearing m Madras m protest against the papal visit. Speaking to 10,000 people yesterday at St Peter's Square m
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    • 61 3 A PROTESTER m the poach of a mock kangaroo and another holding a Care for the Mid flag demonstrating outside Australia House m London. The couple were protesting against the Australian government calling 2.6 million kangaroos. The demonstration on Friday was organised by Care for the Wild,
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    • 380 3 BEIJING, Sun. A Soviet proposal for talks between non-communist Cambodian resistance leaders and the Vietnamese-supported Cambodian government is a conspiracy to destroy the resistance, China's official Xinhua news agency said today. A Xinhua commentary denounced the proposal for Prince Norodom Sihanouk and
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    • 220 3 VIENTIANE, Sun. Vietnam and Laos have signed a new border treaty officially aimed at resolving certain "minor issues" that went unsettled In a previous agreement signed by the two allies m 1*77. Laotian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Soubanh Srithlrath said the treaty, which
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    • 495 3 Govt commission fails to settle territorial dispute NEW DELHI, Sun. The army was placed on alert and all train services m north-west India cancelled yesterday after Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's peace accord for Punjab suffered an 11th hour setback. The Press Trust of
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    • 325 3 NEW DELHI, Sun. President Zail Singh and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi watched India's traditional Republic Day parade of soldiers, missiles, tanks and folk dancers through New Delhi today amid unprecedented security. The muzzles of heavy artillery pieces, which traditionally turn to salute the
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    • 194 3 BOMBAY, San. Bombay, the country's commercial centre and the gateway to India daring the British Raj, has changed its name to Mumbai. The move dabs the vibrant west coast city of 8.5 million people by its name m Marathi, the language
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    • 466 4 Scandal hits mayor's honesty boast NEW YORK, Sun. Mayor Edward Koch has often boasted of his administration's honesty during his eight-year reign over the United States' largest city, but last week he was forced to concede that something was rotten m the Big
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    • 307 4 Soviet weapons 'can destroy space-based missiles WASHINGTON, Sun. A space-based missile defence will be fatally vulnerable to attacks by Soviet anti-satellite weapons, a report by the Union of Concerned Scientists released yesterday concluded. The report said that regardless of the protective measures taken to shield Star Wars weapons, cheap space
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    • 46 4 picture. Ms Cecilia Peck, daughter of American actor Gregory Peck, holding high the torch of high fashion for French designer Gay Laroche (left) on Friday during a preview of Mr Laroche's haute couture collection for this year's spring and summer season. AP
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    • 143 4 Wanted: Names for nine new-found moons PASADENA, Sun. Voyager 2's spectacular trip through the planetary system of Uranus has left project scientists with a pleasant problem what to name nine newly-discovered moons and dozens of their surface features. The five previously-dis-covered satellites of Uranus were named after characters m two
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    • 99 4 Senior KGB man 'aiding the West' NEW YORK, Sun. A former high-ranking Soviet intelligence official has been providing the United States with important information since he defected to the West last year, the New York Times said today. The newspaper quoted congressional sources as saying the defector, a senior officer
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    • 309 4 Uranus trip provides spectacular close-ups PASADENA (California), Sun. The Voyager 2 spacecraft's first close-up photographs of two of the larger moons of Uranus have astounded scientists with clear views of river-like canyons, jagged craters and other features they never expected to see. After announcing earlier that Voyager's cameras had detected
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    • 281 4 Pact paves way for United to begin Japan flights WASHINGTON, Sun. The United States and Japan have announced agreement to transfer Pan American World Airways' landing rights m Tokyo to United Airlines, paving the way for United to begin service to Japan on Feb 11. The US State Department, announcing
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      • 75 4 AUTHORITIES IN South Yemen have forbidden more evacuations of foreigners by sea, telling the 1,050 remaining mostly Indian construction workers employed by the government that they must leave by air, British officials In Djibouti said yesterday. The officials said a planned evacuation of the group, still caught
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      • 93 4 MR ALEXANDER Vlasov, 54, an industrial management specialist who had been party chief m the Rostov region for just over a year, has been named the new Soviet Interior Minister, Soviet state television has reported. Mr Vlasov, a full member of the Communist Party's Central Committee, replaces
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      • 74 4 AT LEAST 12 bombs exploded at Dhaka University m Bangladesh over the weekend m a resurgence of campus violence, university staff said yesterday. No-one was hurt m the blasts. One bomb was thrown at 500 students protesting against the violence but failed to go off. The
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      • 90 4 EGYPTIAN INTERIOR Minister Ahmed Roshd: has denied reports from Khartoum that Ir.terpol had become involved m efforts to extradite former Sudanese President Gaafar Numeiry from Egypt for trial, and indicated that Cairo will not send him back. The Sudanese News Agency reported that the Interpol office m
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      • 95 4 CHINA HAS slapped a 12-year jail term on a man, described as a Taiwan spy, who set up a martial arts troupe as his cover, a pro-Bei-jing newspaper reported m Hongkong yesterday. The man, identified as Ye Minji, was recruited and trained by agents of the
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    • 96 5 SANTIAGO, San. An explosion rocked Chile's largest bomb factory, killing m many m 28 people and Injuring 11 ethers, police said. Industrial Cardoen, the country' 9 biggest private arms manufacturer, said In a statement last night that four people had been killed
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    • 249 5 NAIROBI, Sunday UGANDAN rebels have captured Kampala after two days of fierce fighting against government forces, Radio Tanzania reported early today. The radio, monitored by the British Broadcasting Corporation, said there were reports that Mr Yoweri Museveni, leader of the rebel National Resistance Army
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    • 311 5 LONDON, Sun. PRESS tycoon Rupert Murdoch today appeared to have defeated British print unions by publishing his two Sunday newspapers at a modern London plant m spite of a strike by 6,000 workers. The Sunday Times and the mass-circulation News of
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    • 291 5 Recovery after slow start for Soviet economy last year MOSCOW, Sun. The Soviet Union's economy grew by 3.1 per cent m 1985, slightly below target but up on 1984's rate, according to official figures published today. Economic experts at Western embassies said the figures for national income, the closest equivalent
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    • 143 5 Portuguese vote in their third polls in four months LISBON, Sun. The Portuguese vote today m their third election m less than four months, this time to choose a President. Pre-campaign polls taken two weeks ago indicated the race pitting a sole conservative candidate against three leftist contenders would produce
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    • 224 5 Egypt and Jordan to hold summit talks CAIRO, Sun. An Egyp-tian-Jordanian summit will be held m Cairo next month to discuss ways of pushing for a settlement of the Palestinian problem, officials said. "It is expected that Jordan's King Hussein will visit Cairo m February," President Hosni Mubarak's political adviser,
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    • 304 5 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun. An Amazon Indian witchdoctor said yesterday that he had cured a renowned ecologist suffering from deadly frog poison by smoking hallucinogenic cigars and bathing the man with a jungle potion. The patient, hummingbird expert Augusto Ruschi, 70, said the treatment
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    • 237 5 I W^fifr B^ii SB I W I^Ljpr 'W It m Taking Singapore ahead into the realms a local network of 20 branches. And around of rapid transport, the MRT will bring a new age the world with more than 2000 branches m of convenience and efficiency to our nation. over
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 277 6 New consensus among officials report NEW YORK, Sunday A NEW consensus among Reagan administration officials ruled out attempts to remove Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos by covert means or public attacks, the New York Times reported today. But the officials favoured actions
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    • 272 6 I'll tell you what he Old Former anti- Japanese fighter Ray Hunt said the Philippine President had no armed followers in Pangasinan during World War II. Mr Hunt, 66, who led a band of 3,400 Filipinos in countless raids against the Japanese invaders from
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    • 251 6 Riot in PNG over crash death PORT MORESBY, Sun POLICE used teargas when rioters armed with tribal weapons went on a rampage m a Papua New Guinea highland area, authorities here said today. The riot took place at the Mount Hagen highland area when more than 3,000 villagers, many daubed
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    • 310 6 Mastermind has fled to Iran, says defendant The Jakarta bombings JAKARTA, Sun. One of the defendants charged with involvement m a series of bombings m central and east Java m late 1984 and early 1985, has named m court the mastermind of the attacks. But the court was also told
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    • 114 6  - Call to help Brunei technology institute HAN LING By Brunei Reporter BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sun. A Brunei minister has called on government departments and firms to help the new Brunei Institute of gyThe Education and Health Minister, Pehin Dato Haji Abdul Aziz, also said technical and vocational training should be
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    • 200 6 BANGKOK, Sun. Three Thai soldiers were killed and a similar number wounded m a clash with intruding Vietnamese troops near the Cambodian border, Thai military officials said today. The fighting happened on Friday m the Thai border district of Nam Yun m
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    • 64 6 THIS Vietnamese paramedic crossed into Ban Kok Sabaeng, Aranyaprathet, and surrendered to Thai authorities last Wednesday. Private Ho Yong, who was unarmed, requested resettlement, saying he was tired of fighting m Cambodia. The soldier, the 10th Vietnamese to defect to Thailand this month, was attached
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    • 120 6 JAKARTA, San. An Indonesian policeman decided on a tasteless punishment fit for a tasteless crime when he forced 11 high school students who had scrawled obscenities on a bos to lick the graffiti off, the Pelita newspaper reported here yesterday. The policeman
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 460 7 He wants post-mortem to find out voting pattern KOTA KINABALU, Sunday SABAH Chief Minister Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan today ordered a post-mortem after his ruling Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) lost two of four contested seats m the by-elections for the State Assembly. Datuk
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    • 149 7 4-D ring crippled with arrest of eight KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Police have crippled a major illegal four-digit syndicate operating m the city with the arrest of eight men, including its mastermind, m a raid on a bungalow m Taman Mutiara here yesterday. Sources said police also seized betting slips, racing
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    • 130 7 Picket threat by govt workers ALOR STAR, Sun. Cuepacs has threatened to launch another nationwide picket if the government delays settlement on the wage claims for public sector employees. Its President, Mr Ahmad Nor, said here today the government had been given a Jan 31 deadline to settle the wage
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    • 53 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) detained 183 government employees on graft charges last year, the national news agency, Bernama, reported today. The report said that the figure for last year was fewer than m 1984 when 222 arrests took place and 184
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    • 47 7 HONGKONG, Sun. Two Malaysians were among three people killed m a gas explosion at an apartment block here today, police said. Three other people were injured m the explosion on the 31st floor of a building m the colony's Sha Tin district. UPI
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    • 38 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Fire incidents throughout the country m the past three years have caused losses estimated at Mss2l million and 81 deaths, the Fire Services Deparment Director -General Rariaruddin Mat Isa said to- day. Bernama
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    • 251 7 It's preaching Iran-style revolution, says Rais PENANG, Sun. The opposition Parti Islam (PAS) was teaching Iranian-style revolution among young Muslim children through its network of Islamic kindergartens m the rural areas, Information Minister Datuk Rais Yatim said here yesterday. He said such kindergartens were
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    • 188 7 We know who started those rumours Sanusi KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Umno has identified the sources of the rumours now widely circulating and aimed at discrediting m? party's leadership, particularly on its President and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. "We are aware of individuals or groups from within and
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    • 61 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Two Indonesian workers fell to their deaths m separate incidents here yesterday, police said. In the first mishap, Mattaha Mustar, 27, died after he slipped and fell while painting a builc'ing here In the other incident, Mattawi Karno, 16, plunged to his
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    • 119 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A law against indiscriminate use of the halal sign on food products is being drafted by the government, the Direc-tor-General of the Islamic Centre, Dr Abdul Hamid Othman, said yesterday. He said a committee has been appointed to draft the
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    • 211 7 Kedah to tighten security for Mahathir visit ALOR STAR, Sun. The Kedah state government will tighten security during Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's two-day visit here starting on Thursday. Police will set up roadblocks along all roads leading to Alor Star and from the airport to Darulaman Stadium,
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  • HOME
    • 672 9 The Thaipusam ritual: One family's experience What's it like to be a kavadi carrier? Reporter VALERIE LEE accompanied the Naidu family for three days to find out. 4 People don't know how hot it can get, but from my more than 20 years of carrying
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    • 127 9 PRESIDENT Wee Kirn Wee receiving a tray of flowers and fruit from a temple priest last night at the Sri Thandayiithapanl Temple In Tank Road. The presentation came shortly after President and Mrs Wee were blessed during Thaiposam celebrations at the temple. Earlier, the President
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    • 226 9 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS will be sold at petrol service stations from next month under an arrangement between the Singapore Fire Service and severai oil companies operating here. The move is designed to encourage the public to equip their homes with this fire-fighting tool and to enhance
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    • 56 9 FIRE damaged a woodworking factory m Sungei Kadut yesterday afternoc n and destroyed a large quantity of timber. Three fiie engines took about an hour to bring the blaze under control at the Heap Lee Heng Contractor Woodworking Company. The cause of the fire is still
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    • 221 9 Children's 'learn to care' club has big plans A CHILDREN'S learn-to-care club is taking off m a big way. Shanty Club, a freemembership group, has 7,642 members. And there are big plans for the year ahead, including a radio show and a gramophone record. The club has received $60,000 from
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    • 398 10  -  DAVID TOH Police against racing on public roads, says Sports Council By THE Singapore Sports Council is prepared to support a Grand Prix if any organisation is willing to build a permanent racing circuit here. But it pointed out that the Traffic
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    • 141 10 Six to vie for honours at London food show FIVE Singapore trainee cooks and their instructor have left for London to compete for honours at Hotelympia, a week-long international hotel and catering exhibition starting on Wednesday. The Singapore Hotel Association Training and Educational Centre team will be the first to
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    • 422 10  -  MATHEW YAP JUDY TAN By I and MORE than 200 shophouses and a century-old mosque m the North Bridge Road area will soon make way for urban redevelopment. More than 38,000 square metres of land bounded by North Bridge Road, Tan
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    • 173 10 Year of the Tiger gold bullion coins on sale TO commemorate the Year of the Tiger, the Singapore Mint will issue a new set of gold bullion coins. Each set of four coins will come m a free presentation box of gold and red brocade. For the first time, a
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    • 44 10 THE National University of Singapore's D-partment of Extramural Studies will hold a 10-session course on Stained Glass Traditional and Tiffany Style at No. 21, Dalvey Estate, on Mondays from 6.45 pm to 9.15 pm, starting on Feb 17. For details, phone *****55
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    • 346 10  - No blushing faces at discussion on teenage sex AUDREY PERERA By THIS time there were no slips of paper being quietly passed to the front. No longer need the speaker read out each question from the slips and answer it. The 70-odd students who attended the talk on teenage sexuality
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    • 184 10 THE Singapore Tennis Centre is taking a whack at something new video production. Its Director, Mr lin Sung Tao, said the video venture was begun about a year ago as part of an expansion programme. The centre has obtained a licence from the Board of
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    • 315 11 Two hotels to house artistes for free Westin group also offers meals at concession rates sixcai'oitK FESTIVAL OF ARTS M 11)80 Jfll —^g RAFFLES pty will become Festival City m June. The two Westin hotels there, the Plaza and the Stamford, will house the Secretariat and all the visiting artistes
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    • 404 11  - Walking tour to discover colonial Singapore PHILIP CHEAH By IN COLONIAL Singapore, clan associations abounded and bumboat owners had a riverside shrine to look after their rivergoing business. Today, that era can be relived m a new walking tour of Singapore being recommended by Tai-Pan Ramada Hotel itself sited m
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    • 377 11  -  SALMA KHALIK By THE Pacific Asia Travel Association formerly the Pacific Area Travel Association (Pata) has chosen Singapore as the site of one of its three divisional offices. The Singapore office will be headed by a Pata vice-president. Mr Joseph
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    • 59 11 TWO people were arrested for allegedly shoplifting from a department store m Coleman Street on Saturday. An Iranian woman, 31, was detained by house detectives after she left the store about 6 pm with household goods valued at $150. Ten minutes later, a 22--year-old construction worker was
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    • 138 11 Orchestra seeks pupils with special qualities YOUNG, tall and musically-minded, or those with good teeth and longs. The Singapore Youth Orchestra is on the lookout for musically-in-clined children In Secondary 1 and lower classes with these special qualities. The orchestra particularly needs musicians on the oboe, French horn, trombone and
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    • 175 11 Foreigner jailed for cheating with dud cheques A FOREIGNER opened two bank accounts here and one m Australia before going on a buying binge. On all the occasions when he presented the cheques, Mohammed Hafeaz Choudhry, 34, a Pakistani, was fully aware that he had insufficient funds m his accounts,
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    • 109 11 Kin of two dead men sought RELATIVES are asked to claim the bodies of two men who died recently. Mr Chua Seng Lee, 47, was found dead m his flat at Block 360, Clementi Avenue 2, on Jan 22. His relatives are asked to contact the Queenstown police station on
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    • 40 11 A PRIVATE old folks home, Our Lady of Lourdes Nursing Home for the Aged, will open next month. It is located at 125, Tanah Merah Kechil Road. Those interested m its services can caU *****83.
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    • 294 11 Clean environment gives flats higher value Dhana HOUSING Board residents who keep their environment spick and span will enjoy higher value for their properties. Mr S. Dhanabalan, Minister for Community Development and Foreign Affairs made this point yesterday at the inauguration ceremony of the Kallang St George's East Residents' Committee.
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    • 182 12 Collection centres in CBD to close from Feb 1 MOTORISTS wishing to pay their road taxes at the five multi-revenue colI lection centres m the Central Business District have until the end of the month to do so. This is because they I will be closed from Feb 1. The
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    • 152 12 TALK about nocturnal kites. Ringed by lights, this one appeared to be an extraterrestrial craft. It is only one of the kites which lit up the dark skies over Marina South on Saturday night. It was the first time that night kite-flying had been
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    • 414 12  -  AUGUSTINE LOW Ministry sends circular to major advertisers By NG WEE ANN, 15, has been taught only simplified Chinese characters m school. The unsimplified characters that he occasionally comes across m publications and newspapers are almost Greek to him. According to the Ministry of
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    • 117 12 A THREE-YEAR-OLD toddler was found drowned In a plg's-waste dump near his boose In Cheng Ltan Parmway 4 on Saturday. Tan Ming Gui's body was taken out from the dump by a relative at about 3.31 pm after a two-hour search. "We saw a wet
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    • 137 12 A WALK-A-JOG at the Bedok Athletic Stadium yesterday raised about $30,000 for the building of a new community centre m Fengshan. But this amount was still short of the initial target of $50,000. The MP for Fengshan, Dr Arthur Beng, told community leaders and residents
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    • 131 12 A SALES assistant reported that she lost her handbag containing about $30,000 worth of jewellery and cash which she left with her mother at the family's shop m Far East Plaza, Scotts Road, on Saturday at 1.30 pm. Madam Kamini Nair, 28, told police she
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    • 269 12  -  JUNE TAN By THE recession has led to j fewer companies opening I their doors to students for I vacation training. With barely two to three months to go before I the holidays, tertiary institutions have yet to find enough vacation openings for
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    • 473 13  -  HEDWIG ALFRED Move aimed at reducing large influx to popular varsities By IT WILL now be harder for Singaporeans to enrol m popular Australian universities. A limit has been set on the number of Asian students a university there can take m. A quota
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    • Article, Illustration
      148 13 SAF exercise THE Singapore Armed Forces will be conducting military exercises m Lim Chu Kang, Tuas, Marsiling, Mandai, Wing Loong, Loyang and Sembawang from today until Sunday. Blanks and thunderfiashes will be used and the public is advised not to be alarmed. Bedok jetty and Car Park A will also
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    • 64 13 Thai minister to call on Dr Tay THAILAND'S Minister of Education, Mr Chuan Leekpai, will arrive m Singapore today. He will visit the Ministry of Education and pay a courtesy call on the Minister of State (Education), Dr Tay Eng Soon. Mr Leekpai will also visit the Singapore Science Centre
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    • 306 13  -  MICHAEL LIM Story: THESE National Cadet Corps Sea officers clustering round a Jit-cali-bre Browning machinegun on board a missile gun boat have good reasons to smile. Just before setting off on a tour of the Pulau Bran? Naval Base on Saturday, they
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    • 288 13 Shutdown rumours draw crowds to store PERSISTENT rumours that Galeries Lafayette is going to close down has helped to pull m the crowds whenever the French store holds a sale. The same is true for the latest one its Lunar New Year sale. An advertisement m The Straits Times on
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    • 112 13 $15,000 for info on gems grab A $15,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the recovery of jewellery worth $180,000 stolen from a goldsmith at the Bedok Shopping Complex m October and the arrest and conviction of the robbers. The offer was made m The Straits Times last
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    • 299 13 RESIDENTS of Clementi Avenue 1 have resorted to putting up posters to warn women against entering lifts alone. Lift robbers struck at Housing Board lifts three times m five days earlier this month. In all three cases, the robbers, who worked
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    • 82 13 THREE government ministries have expressed an Interest m the recently-released findings of a survey of youth who frequent shopping centres. Youth Challenge, which conducted the survey In December, Is planning to call a meeting with the ministries J to discuss possible follow a
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  • 552 14 The Straits Times says Scientific research needs a boost PROFESSOR Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate m Physics, while over here as the seventh Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor, and on tour m Malaysia, made several observations which are worthy of comment. First, he warned against the emphasis given to the transfer
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  • 1186 14  -  SALMA KHALIK Asian Aerospace '86: Exhibitors generally pleased By Aviation Correspondent THE show is over. Months of planning and millions of dollars had gone into staging Asian Aerospace '86 held here more than a week ago. Was all that time and money spent by
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  • 616 14 Put yourself in Dr M's shoes Editorial headlined, Cynicism aside, published m the New Straits Times on Jan 24. THE nation stayed at home on the night of Jan 22. Malaysians from all walks of life were eager to hear on television what the Prime Minister (Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir
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  • 570 14  - Long, expensive trudge for that flight of fancy KHOO HOW SAN Asian Aerospace '86: Perspective from ground level By YOU didn't know where Calshot Road was? Oh, but now you do. You found out on Jan 18, I see. It faces Changi Airport's West Perimeter Road. And pray tell, what
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    • 294 14 C6th Offshore South East Asia Conference Exhibition World Trade Centre Singapore 28-31 January 1986 A Perfect Match Not two but three Kbu, us and The HP Vfectra PC. X At the Computer Centre, we don't jjff^ JBUfMft just sell computers, we sell M^ solutions. We're here to meet your Bn^k.
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  • BACKGROUND
    • 1157 15  -  VIGOR FUNG Rumours circulate that he is dead or has been ousted By writing for the Asian Wall Street Journal HONGKONG: China's octogenarian leader is never left undisturbed by the foreign press when he takes his well-deserved winter vacation m the warm climes
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    • 694 15  - Wonder woman Thatcher starts winding down DONALD HIGGS By London Reporter After a meal at a major func- tion, m the hot atmosphere under the bright lights of the world's television cameras, close Thatch-er-watchers can sometimes detect that Mrs Thatcher is fighting sleep. LONDON: At the age of 60, Prime
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  • FORUM
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      • 306 16 Special treat from traffic policeman PRIOR to Jan 18, 1 rarely had any dealings with traffic policemen. My impression of them was that they were heartless law enforcers, ever ready to pounce at the slightest traffic violation. I was certainly proven wrong that evening. I was driving along East Coast
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    • 338 16 Owners do essentially have free hand to do up flats PLEASE refer to the letters from "Proud Home-owner" and Mr Tan Chin Hock (ST, Jan 9) on the Housing Board's three-year rule on the replacement of windows and tiles m flats. They suggested that, m order
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    • 252 16 Water off Pasir Panjang polluted I REFER to your story about the clean-up of the Singapore River, and the return of aquatic life. (ST, Jan 15). Without belittling the success of the Singapore River clean-up per se, I hope the Ministry of the Environment will m future consider the wider
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    • Reply
      • 52 16 PLEASE refer to the letter "Chinatown and its durian jam" by "Concerned". (ST, Dec 24). The setting up of durian stalls on the five-foot way and roadside at Smith Street is unauthorised. Enforcement action is being taken against the offenders. CHUA KOK SWEE Senior PRO Ministry of
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    • 200 16 Temple fund needs more money I AM a devoted Hindu and have vowed to give financial support to the Temple Building Fund. Since the response to calls for voluntary donations has been less than enthusiastic, I would like to take this opportunity to request all Hindus to contribute a minimum
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    • On property tax
      • 313 16 I READ with interest your reader's letter (ST, Dec 31) on the manner m which the Property Tax Division has been handling claims for tax refunds, and its reply "Tax refunds slight delays unavoidable". (ST, Jan 15). In my dealings with the division, I
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      • 262 16 I REFER to the Inland Revenue Department's reply (ST, Jan 15) to my letter (ST, Dec 31) regarding refunds from the Property Tax Division. I did not complain of a delay. Under present market conditions a delay m processing claims for a refund is understood
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    • 294 16 I WAS one of the thousands who visited the Asian Aerospace Exhibition at Changi Airport recently. Unfortunately, either the organisers, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore or perhaps the Singapore Bus Service, got the logistics wrong. Calshot Road was one of the two access roads
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • Happenings
      • 92 17 Number of Period accounts' Balance* 1 November 1984 2.66 mil $6.7 bil December 2.67 mil $7.3 bil January 1985 2.69 mil $7.4 bii February 2.71 mil $7.6 bii March 2.73 mil $7.7 bil April 2.75 mil $7.8 bil May 2.77
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      • 409 17 Jan 27: A one-day seminar on "Commonsense Direct Marketing" will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel. The speaker, Mr Drayton Bird, vice-chairman and executive creative director at direct marketing agency Ogilvy Mather Direct, London, will discuss the factors affecting the success of direct marketing. Organised by the Direct
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      • 326 17 IF YOU simply try to take care of the debt and do nothing else, you're going to be m real trouble. 7 Joseph P. Flannery, chief executive of US-based Uniroyal. ADVERTISING agency McCann-Erickson Singapore has now appointed Mr Colin Choo as account director. He was previously with advertising agencies
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    • 256 17  -  JUDY TAN By OLD business ties are roving to be a boon for im Lim Investments Ltd. So far, about 30 per cent of the 22,000 sq m of shop space m their new Sim Lim Square development has been
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    • 167 17 BEIJING, Sun. Authorities m the Shenzhen special economic zone have prohibited all foreign car imports this year, the Guangming Daily said here today. The number of imported cars m Shenzhen, which lies just across the border from Hongkong, is nearly double that normally
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    • 711 17 HONGKONG, Sun CALL it the refugee mentality. For many m the region, gold is the last boat out. Having suffered political and racial persecution, they believe that gold is the only sure thing around. And for dedicated hoarders, few things can beat the
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    • 930 17  -  DOREEN SOH Businessmen and bankers hail sub-committee report By BUSINESSMEN and bankers generally welcomed the Fiscal and Financial Policy SubCommittee's recommendation to cut corporate tax immediately and its calls for more tax guidelines. The committee had suggested two options. One was to cut corporate
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    • 157 17 THE Swedish government has appointed a sub-committee here to increase the export of service sector projects to Singapore. The sub-committee will be made up of four Swedish businessmen and will be chaired by the Swedish ambassador to Singapore, Mr Arnold Willen. The sub-committee
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    • 205 17 Jurong meat processing plant up for auction HELLABY ft Lee, a $smillion meat processing filant m Jnrong, is elosng down after more than three years of losses. Its general manager, Mr Eric Choon, said the company's facilities would be auctioned off tomorrow. "We will try to sell the plant as
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    • 35 17 TAIPEI, Sun. The National Investment Trust Co Ltd plans to raise US$4O million (about SsBs million) of offshore funds for investment m the Taiwan stock exchange, a compa- Ny official said. Reuter
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    • Company news The week that was
      • 33 18 Gross Group pre-tax Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Chin Teck 7 (6) M$8,853 ($6,406) Aug 85 Petaling Tin 60 (60) M$731 ($2,913) Oct 85 Weames 15(15) $6,351 ($10,700) Sep 85
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      • 29 18 interim Group pre-tax Half-year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Ayer Hitam Rub M$41,277 ($236,999) Sep 85 FACB —(10) M$l,976 ($11,084) Sep 85 GulaPerak M$5,914L ($4.268L) Sep 85
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      • 522 18 The Big Four banks will be admitted as fuli trading members of the Stock Exchange of Singapore following the change of SES rules. A Second lifeboat credit line of $300 million, to be provided by a consortium of foreign banks., has been put forth and supported by the
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    • Overseas markets' weekly round-up
      • 395 18 New York Stocks skid after oil price plunge Wall Street now more sensitive to bearish factors NEW YORK, Sun. Rapidly receding oil prices greased a threeday skid m stocks this past week, showing how WaD Street has become more apt to immediately see the bearish side of developments, some observers
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      • 181 18 LONDON, Sun. Share prices edged higher on the London stock market this week, bat investors remained nervous over the threat of another hike m interest rates and over the crisis m Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government. The Financial Times Share Price Index of 31 industrials closed 7.5 points higher
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      • 173 18 HONGKONG, Sun. Hongkong stocks plunged In mid-week following the arrest of Malaysian tycoon Tan Koon Swan In Singapore m connection with the Pan-Electric Industries collapse. The Hang Seng Index lost a whopping 38.25 points on Wednesday, Dealers attributed the slump to unease among investors aware that a local bank,
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      • 86 18 SYDNEY, Sun. Australian share market's reached record highs m the middle of the week's trading before negative news from overseas and profit taking pulled the market down. At the close of the week's trading, the All-Or-dinaries Index had lost 14 points from the previous week's finish to 1052.9 after
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      • 573 18 Jan 24 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS I Allied-Lyons 263 +7 Ass Dairies BTRPLC 393 +10 Bobcocks i68 +4 j Barclays 434 2 Beecham 366 +8 i BICC 263 +3 I Blue Circle 538 -3 BOC Group 283 unch I Boots 234 10 Bowoter 266 +8 I BATS 338 -2 Britanio
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      • 44 18 Financial fines Industrials Friday 1126.2 (1120.4) -ft?!? Dow tones Industrials W^ Friday 1529.93 (1511.24) I Nkkei Stock Average I ~T: i Saturday *****.37 (*****.20) j (Fifures m brackets refer to those of the previous trading day) liriii i i i i i I
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      • 257 18 Lan 24 USJ Chanje Alcoo 39% +1% Allied Chem Cp 46% AHis-Cnolmers 3% unch Am Tel Tel 22*4 +W Amox Inc 14% +W. Amr Corp 47% +3* Bethlehem Stl 17*4 unch Boeing Co 47*4 Burroughs Cp <Wi +1% CoterpiMar Co 44* +1 M. Chase Manhtn 72 1 Chrysler
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      • 147 18 TOKYO, Sun. Share prices suffered a considerable loss m lacklustre trading without any incentive news on the Tokyo stock market this week. The Nikkei Stock Average took a 105.50 yen setback, finishing at 12,904.20 yen on Friday. Trading remained thin as many institutional investors continued sitting on the sidelines
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      • 338 18 Jan 25 Yen Crunje I Ajinomoto 1190 +20 i Akai 405 +20 Amodo 795 5 1 Asohi Chem 762 +2 Asahi Gloss 910 +4 Bank of Tokyo 705 +5 I Bridgestone 512 -3 Canon 1110 -30 Cosio 1840 unch i Citizen 495 -7 j Doiei 860 +9 DoHchi Kongyo
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    • 3455 18 All shares quoted have a pat value of SI. unless otherwise specified. Adjusted lor scrip -ights. N Tax-e»empted dividend. ABN is traded m lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted m dollars 1985/86 Last Yield Net Vol Week High Low Company Sale Change P/E
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 360 19 1- Ml $1,000. 2 for beit customers only 3 OCBC Fiance 4 only aviiaWe at DBS France UOF't rates.** abo a»»labte at UOF. abo avaiabte at DBS Finance OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily $V< 5 4 3 4 5 Monthly 5 '4 Autosave 4'/ 2
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      • 510 19 BANKS' prime lending rates at the close of business on Friday 24. The PLR is the lowest lending rate which a bank is prepared to lend m Siigapore ddars to its cfents on an overdraft or demand basis. Bank m Algemene Bank 7% American Express 8V2 Am Dam
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      • 159 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dolars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to S$10 foreign currency Australian dollar 1.5073—1.5137 6.71—6.53 Canadian dollar 1.5094—1.5126 6.68—6.57 NZ dollar 1.1058—1.1105 9.22—8.92 Sterling pound 2.9551—2.9657 3.41—3.36 US dollar 2.1245-2.1275 4.73-4.68 Local dolars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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      • 198 19 Asian rates ASIAN currency average deposit rates for the week ended 24 Jan. BO PRICES m tffh Low 7 days 8 3/16 8 1/16 1 month 8>/e 8 1/16 2 months 8 3/16 8 1/16 3 months 8 3/16 8 1/16 6 months 8 3/16 8 1/16 9 months 8
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      • 261 19 CURRENCY futures traded nonchalantly through most of last week until Friday's statement by Japanese officials which depressed the dollar and sent deutschemark and yen futures soaring. March yen jumped 165 ticks within a day to settle on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange at U550.*****1. March deotschemark surged 93
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      • 30 19 Ctoitf prices RUBBER Spore XL cents cents S/kilo M/kilo Jan 20 158.25 184.00 Jan 21 157.50 183.50 Jan 22 157.00 183.00 Jan 23 157.50 183.00 Jan 24 157.75 183.00
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      • 25 19 Cknint Turnover TM prices Tonnes Cents (M)/kilo S/kilo M/kilo Jan 20 susp Jan 21 susp Jan 22 susp Jan 23 susp Jan 24 susp
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      • 77 19 A GOOD RECOVERY, sparked by all-round buying interest, was welcomed generally as a rescue from the market's post New Year lows and inactivity, said Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co m its weekly rubber report. The return of demand for TSR 20 and latex grades, renewed Soviet interest for latex, Japanese
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      • 36 19 FIRMER. After an early downturn despite a 1,420,000 oz fall m London Metal Exchange (LME) stock to 48,834,000 oz the lowest m 18 months sterling prices made steady gains on the weaker British currency. AFP.
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      • 84 19 STEADY AFTER FIRMER. Values showed initial strength on weaker sterling. Constructive chart trends, along with speculative activity and a 1.450- tonne fall m LlviE stocks to 183,625 tonnes the lowest for five months took threemonths metal to its highest since September last year. Gains were temporarily eroded by liquidation
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      • 23 19 Buying Seine Kfhest-Lowest Highest-Lowest Ss/pn SJ/pn Bank of China 24.36-24.21 23.96-23.81 OUB 24.11 —21.05 24.26 —24.14 UOB 24.21 —23.81 24.36 —23.96
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      • 9 19 THE tin market remained suspended until further notice.
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      • 17 19 GOLD US$/oz Sat Fri Hongkong 357.00—357.75 355.00 356.00 Fri Thurs New York 357.40—357.90 350.90 351.40
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      • 45 19 VOLATILE. As the prime mover among LME metals m recent weeks, aluminium saw heavy profit-taking early on despite the pound's easier trend. But currency factors and a 5,150-tonne fall m LME stocks to 216,775 tonnes eventually prevailed, bringing prices back to higher levels. AFP
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    • 620 19 LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyafe) Ait Cargo fine Block McKinney MS (8602) 28/1 (0800) F5 *****530/1330-1430 Al/Bl *****330 Fl A New Jersey (7) 28/1 (2300) F8 *****130/*****230 Nl/Pl *****330 SI Mai Sandved (7) 28/1 (1800) F5 0900-1000 R2 Ratu Konsort (913) 27/1 (2000) F8 1100-1200 W2 Anson (*****N)
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    • 44 19 BEIJING, Sun. The North China port of Qinhuangdao will become the world's largest coal-exporting harbour by 1992 when a railway to the coal-producing city of Datong m Shaanxi province is run by electricity, the China daily said. Reuter.
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    • Article, Illustration
      237 19 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Johneverett K21 aside 27/1 Kota Abadi K31 aside 27/1 Sena K24E aside 27/1 Vinh Tra K21 aside 27/1 Anchan K18 27/1 29/1 Inabukwa K29 27/1 27/1 Sri Phen Sinn K19 27/1 29/1 Trans F|ord K09 27/1 27/1 Professor Rylke K17 27/1
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    • Five stocks to watch
      • Article, Illustration
        83 21 Bullish (upward tendency) despite the recent drop m The Straits Times index to a threeyear new low. Closing at $2 on Friday, Cerebos will be testing the upward resistance level (A-B on chart) next week. An upward breach of this line will confirm the uptrend and the price is
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      • Article, Illustration
        69 21 The support line (E-B dotted line) was broken last week and is no longer valid. A new support line (E-B) has been formed. Still trending upwards, the outlook is good. The trend channel (C-D, E-B) is moving upwards. A hold on buying orders should be given till the uptrend
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      • Article, Illustration
        73 21 MUM's weakness last week confirmed itself by breaking downwards through a fairly strong support line (C-B dotted line). Although it has recovered six cents on Friday to close at 97 cents, this is still below the original support line (C-B dotted line). The next support line m force is
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      • Article, Illustration
        72 21 "Solid as a rock" seems to be maintaining its downward trend like a falling rock. At present, all technical indicators show nothing but a continued downtrend. Watch the volume figures for this corner. The last two weeks have seen a dropping price traded with gradually increasing volume. Price rises
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      • Article, Illustration
        135 21 The price has been fluctuating within a broad horizontal price band with (A-B) as the upward resistance level and (C-D) as the downward support level. This channel started during the first week of last month and has within it four complete, gradually broadening waves. This is significant because we
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    • 474 21  -  ANTHONY HOE $1 b m flotations due to Unified Stock Exchange By A FLOOD of new issues which could amount to about HK$4 billion (SII.OB billion) is expected m Hongkong after the four Hongkong stock exchanges are converted into a Unified Stock Exchange
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    • From the companies desk
      • 41 21 SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services Pte Limited (SATS), a whollyowned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA), has raised its issued share capital from $90 million to $100 million by issuing 9.9 million shares to SIA at par value on Dec 30, 1985.
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      • 43 21 SINGAPORE Aviation and General Insurance Pte Ltd (SAGI), a whol-ly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA), has increased its share capital to seven million shares from six million shares by issuing one million shares to SIA at par value on Dec 23, 1985.
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      • 83 21 TONGKAH Holdings Berhad has informed the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange that after discussions with the Capital Issues Committee of Malaysia, it has decided not to go ahead with the rights and bonus issues that it had announced on Oct 18, 1985. The rights and bonus issues were proposed for
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      • 42 21 MOUNT Pleasure Holdings Berhad has announced that the financial year-end of the company and its subsidiaries will be changed from Dec 31 to Jan 31. The financial year ended Dec 31, 1985, will now be changed to Jan 31, 1986.
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      • 21 21 MR VINCENT Tan Yee Sin has resigned from the board of TDM Berhad as director from Jan 23, 1986.
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      • 24 21 Int Trust Finance INTERNATIONAL Trust and Finance has appointed Mr Charles Quek Wee Hong as an additional director of the company from Jan 17.
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      • 30 21 MOHD Tahir bin Haji Abdul Rahim has resigned as the Managing Director of SPK-Sentosa Corporation Berhad from Jan 1. He will, however, remain as a director of the company.
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      • 35 21 NORSECHEM (M) Berhad has changed its name to Chemical Industries (Malaysia) Holdings Berhad as a result of a decision by the board of directors. The change has been approved by the Registrar of Companies.
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    • 123 21 THE Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) has appointed Mr Kazutsugu Nakagawa, General Manager of the Bank of Tokyo m Singapore, to its board. A statement from Simex said that this is "m recognition of the increasing im- portance of the Japanese financial institutions to the
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    • 424 21 Wearnes invests $56 m in new fields to diversify WEARNE Brothers Ltd (Wearnes), which has seen a slowdown m its automotive and heavy equipment divisions m the past year, has invested $56 million m new fields such as agrotechnology and electronics. The company's latest annual report shows that it spent
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 58 22 183 Condolences 183 Condolences Our Deepest Condolence* and Sympathies to our Director* Mr. Kua Hai Ching (Jimmy) Mdm. Kua Stew Chow (Jenny) on the demise of their mother Mr. Ong Chee Lip on the demit* of hi* mother-in-law MADAM KOH AH BEE on 24th January, 1986 Froftii The Management 4
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    • 25 22 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam CHRIST HAS VICTORY OVER THERE Inserted by family members of the late Mdm. Lim Chong Yee, departed on 27/1/85.
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      231 22 Mr*. Voon Yan Seong n—. Cheong Kit Han callad horn* to ba with tha Lord on 26/01/M laaving iMhind Husband Voon Yan Seong Brothers: Cheong Chak Pong Cheong Chat Man Cheong Chak Sung Cheong Chak Kwong Cheong Chak Khtong Cheong Chak Leong Sir-in-law: Wong Kim Peng Edith Leo
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      79 22 MR. JOSEPH ANTHONY DIED ON 26/1/86 at 0200 HRS Sadly misaad by wife Madam 8avariammal Anthony, Son*. Daughters, Son-in-law, Daughter-in-law and Grandchildren Cortege leave* Home at 1.00 pm on 27/1/86. Address: Block 209, Boon Lay Place #11-285 S'pore 2264. Tel: No. *****85 MR. M.P. RAMAKRISHNAN AGE: 77 Passed
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    • 55 22 The Family of the late EDDIE LIM ENG BEE wishes to express their sincere appreciation and deepest gratitude to all relatives, friends, colleagues, doctors, nurses in attendance, SGH staff of Ward 57, pastor and members of Bethany Presbyterian Church (Paya Lebar), for their kind assistance, condolences, donations, scrolls
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      60 22 IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOSEPH PHUA BOON HUAT DEPARTED: 27TH JANUARY 1977 Time Changes Many Things But Not The Memory This Day Brings. Always remembered by Wife. Sons, Daughter, Son-in-law, Daugh-Jer-in-law and Grandchildren WANG HSIEN TING Departed 77.1.68 Gone from our lives one so dear, But in
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      57 22 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MRS. LILY DAVID AUROL Called to perpetual rest and peace with the Lord on 27.1.1978. "We have loved In life, let us not forget her in death" St. Ambrose. Holy Mast will be offered in the Church of St. Francis Xavier, Serangoon Garden
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      69 22 Athma Shanti Pooja Madam Sunanda Ayyathan w/o Mr P. Achulhan Departed on 13.1.86 Tha family of tha laia Sunanda Ayyathan wish to express their thanks to all relative* and friend* for their kind attendance, tance and condolence during their recent bereavement. The Athma Shanti prayer* will be held
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  • RACING
    • 173 22 FIRST: *****2 SECOND: *****6 THIRD: *****3 STARTERS: *****0, *****5, *****8, *****0, *****2, *****3, *****0, *****3, *****7. CONSOLATIONS: *****3, *****5, *****7, *****9, *****7, *****0, *****3, *****3, *****8, *****5. JOCKEY Rodney Allan has been suspended for three days over his ride on Al Rosso, who was
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    • 262 22 By OUR RACING TEAM HOW TO BEAD THE RACE RESULTS: From left: Saddle doth Dumber, name of horse, weight carried, approximate win and place dividends at BoJdt Tlman, Jockey, barrier, position of horse at the BMm, 4Mm and finishing post. AUSTRALIAN Mark Sestich served notice
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    • 2532 22 CLASS 5 DIV t l,mm Trainer: Ivan Allan. Won by: Vi, 2, 3(1:12). Tote: Spore $18, $10, $5, $13. XL $27, $11, $5, $20. Forecast (8 ft 2): Spore ($5) $33, XL ($2) $11, Ipoh ($2) $26, Penang ($2) $20. Tierce (8,2 ft 7 only): Spore
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    • 269 22 Seven hurt as upended horse skids into race crowd HALLANDALE (Florida), Sunday A RACEHORSE threw his jockey, crashed through the outside rail, knocked down a chain link fence and slid into the crowd at Gulfstream racecourse, injuring seven people. None of the injuries were considered serious except a compound leg
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  • TIMESPORT
    • DOWN MEXICO WAY
      • 154 23 LONDON, Sun. England's squad for the friendly m Egypt on Wednesday was decimated by yesterday's drawn Football Association Cup fourth-round matches. England manager Bobby Robson was left searching for seven replacements because West Ham, Ipswich, Tottenham, Watford and Aston Villa have replays next week,
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      • 121 23 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun. Brazil's home-based World Cup players will be withdrawn from club commitments and go into concentrated training following the squad's selection on Feb 14, manager Tele Santana said. After a three-hour meeting with Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) officials on Friday, Santana said he planned
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      • 109 23 SOFIA, Sun. Two Bulgarian players, banned last year following a brawl m the Bulgarian Cup final, have been reinstated by their soccer federation and recalled to the national squad, the official BTA News Agency reported on Friday. Goalkeeper Borislav Mikhailov, formerly with the now-disbanded Interior Ministry team
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    • 173 23 KUWAIT, Sun. Officials from the International Football Federation met yesterday to decide whether to lift a ban on Kuwait participating m international competition. The ban enforced this month is the latest m a series of setbacks since Kuwait reached the 1982 World Cup finals, and follows
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    • 414 23 United captain to sit out Liverpool league match after Roker Park sending-off LONDON, Sun. Manchester United's Bryan Robson has played exactly 90 minutes of first-team soccer since Oct 16, a one-and-a-half hour mixture of pain and disgrace for the England captain. The pain accompanied by the nations sympathy
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    • 464 23 Arsenal 5 Rotherham 1 (24): A penalty m the first minute by lan Allinson sparked off a goal-feast for Arsenal. Stewart Robson added a second before half-time, and Charlie Nicholas and Graham Rix scored before Tommy Tynan replied for Rotherham. But Allinson completed the rout
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    • 190 23 LONDON, Sun. Chelsea have slapped an incredible £5 million ($14.8 million) tag on their England striker, Kerry Dixon, m a bid to put off leaders Manchester United. United, worried that they will lose Welsh international Mark Hughes to Spanish side Barcelona for £2 million m the summer,
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    • 40 23 LONDON, Sun. Replay dates of English Football Association Cup fourth-round matches: Tuesday: Bury v Reading, Ipswich v West Ham, Mill wall v Aston Villa, Watford v Manchester City. Wednesday: Manchester United v Sunderland, Tottenham v Notts County. Reuter
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    • 985 23 ENGLISH FA CUP tovthrwud Arsenal 5 Rotherham 1, Aston Villa 1 MiUwall 1, Fverton 3 Blackburn 1, Hull 2 Brighton 3, Luton 4 Bristol Rovers 0, Manchester City 1 Watford 1, Notts County 1 Tottenham 1, Peterborough 1 Carlisle 0, Reading 1 Bury 1, Sheffield United 0 Derby
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    • 106 23 GLASGOW, Sun. Celtic and Dundee United, last year's Scottish Cup finalists, appear to have been handed a comfortable passage into the quarter-finals of this season's competition. Holders Celtic will be at home to Queen's Park m the fourth round on Feb 15, while United also have
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    • 557 24 TAY CHENG KHOON reports on the Asian Squash Championships I hope today's performance was more convincing. After all, Hayat it no novice. Remember, he has been on the professional scene for the past four or five m years. Zaman on Hayat (above) Young Hayat takes evening tuition
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    • 158 24 JONAH Barrington m a new role as a Kallang comedian? At times, it jeemed that way as the former six-time world squash champion spiced his two-day clinic at Kallang yesterday with lots of good humour and wisecracks. But the message rang loud and clear get your basics
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    • 448 24 Republic's dream may be lost in Indian crossing TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A ray of hope, albeit a tiny one, has kept the Singapore camp m a buoyant mood as they anxiously await the start of the Asian team championship tomorrow. No one will deny that the Pakistanis,
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    • 306 24 Listless Peter makes it simple for Jansher KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. After failing to scale Everest yesterday, Peter Hill was m no frame of mind to attempt any further "climb", conceding the third spot m the Asian individual squash championship to Jansher Khan 9-3, 9-4, 9-0 this evening. Peter, who had
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    • 92 24 THE Straits Times, inspired by an unbeaten 64 by David Gabriel, beat the National University of Singapore Faculty of Architecture by one wicket m a friendly cricket match at Tanglin yesterday. Soores: NUSFA 147 (B. Field 70) ST 149-9 (D. Gabriel 64 no., V. Khanna 27. A. Damon
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    • 223 24 TABLE TENNIS BRIGHTON, Sun. Zoran Kalinic, of Yugoslavia, won the men's singles title when he beat Andrei Mazunov, of the Soviet Union, 21-18, 24-22, 15-21, 21-17 m the final of the English Open championship here yesterday. Semi-final results Men's singles: Z. Kalinic (Vug) bt Y. Miyazaki
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    • 125 24 BOXING LONDON, Sun. The European Boxing Union may have to step m and referee a clash between two British managers who want their fighters to meet Ugandan Ayub Kalule, the European middleweight champion. In one corner stands Irishman Barney Eastwood, manager of British title-holder
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    • 303 24 ON THE TENNIS SCENE WICHITA (Kansas), Sun. Unseeded American Sandy White won the first major title of her career yesterday with a 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2 victory over compatriot Betsy Nagelsen m the U5575,000 ($159,000) Kansas women's tournament. Sandy was so pleased with her
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    • 186 24 Borg urges McEnroe to continue NEUSS (West Germany), Sun. Former world No. 1 Bjorn Borg, of Sweden, said that tennis needs his former arch-rival, John McEnroe. The American, who failed to win a single Grand Slam title last year and made a shock firstround exit to compatriot Brad Gilbert m
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    • 159 24 NEW YORK, Sun. The Masters' tournament will change to a round-robin format this year, guaranteeing at least three matches for each player, according to the Men's International Professsional Tennis Council. The Masters, played from Sept 3-8 at Madison Square Garden, will be an eight-player round-robin
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    • 70 24 PHILADELPHIA, Sun. Czech Ivan Lendl has taken a wild-card entry into the US$375,0* ($795,000) United States Professional Indoor Championship beginning here tomorrow. Lendl, the top-ranked player in the world, originally had not planned to play next week. Bat many tennis insiders believe that tournament officials asked
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    • 361 24 BASKETBALL Seattle beat New Jersey 106-99 m an American National Basketball Association game on Saturday. Other results: Denver 127 LA Lakers 115, Utah 130 LA Clippers 90, Portland 129 Sacramento 125. Washington 111 Atlanta 103, Milwaukee 104 NY Knicks 88, Indiana 124 Golden State 101, Dallas 123
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    • 424 24 JAPAN OPEN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS SemJ-fln»I results Men's singles: Yang Yang (Chi) bt Icuk Sugiarto (Indon) 15-11, 9-15, 156; Ib Frederiksen (Den) bt Prakash Padukone (Ind) 15-8, 10-15. 15-11. Doubles: Razif and Jalani Sidek (Mai) bt Christian Hadinata and Sutanto Hadibowo (Indon) 10-15 15-9, 15-1; Bobby
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    • 190 24 SWIMMING AMERSFOORT (Holland), Sun. Anne Marie Verstappen, of Holland, took advantage of a rare weakness m the East German squad to snap up a gold medal at the Amersfoort international meeting here yesterday. The double bronze medallist at the Los Angeles Olympics won the 200
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    • MALAYSIA CUP '86
      • 169 25  -  Jerry Seh -By Singapore v Selangor ties add to the appetite CUP soccer matches between arch-rivals Singapore and Selangor have always been tight and tense although the scoreline sometimes have been deceiving. Fanned by the hunger for victory, the tackling usually raises the oohs
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      • 785 25 Kudos to superb Singapore JOE DORAI reviews the Selangor-Singapore match THEY prayed for rain. It came by the bucketful for two hours before fizzling out to a drizzle. They hoped that skipper R. Arumugam would recover from a hamstring injury. It was fulfilled. They sought the support of their fans.
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    • LAST NIGHT'S MALAYSIA CUP SOCCER ACTION
      • 110 25 PENANG 1 MALACCA 1 PENANG, Sun. Penang and Malacca, two former League Cup champions who are struggling to check their slide this season, found they had much more m common by sharing points last night. This draw at City Stadium also served to maintain Penang's good
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      • 62 25 SARAWAK 4 PERAK 2 KUCHING, Sun. Sarawak teased and taunted Perak into submission with attacking soccer. They led after seven minutes through Subian Putit but M. Jeganathan equalised for Perak four minutes later. Pengiran Baga (15th and 23rd minutes) and Subian Putit (63rd) then put Sarawak m command,
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      • 95 25 PAHANG 2 KEDAH 0 KUANTAN, Sun. Pahang, who were beaten 2-0 by Kedah last season m the Malaysia Cup, got their sweet revenge when they crushed the visitors by the same score at the Darulmakmur Stadium here last night. Pahang went ahead after six minutes
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      • 59 25 BRUNEI 0 SABAH 1 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sun. Brunei suffered their fifth consecutive defeat this season when they lost 0-1 to Sabah at the Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium here tonight. Sabah 's James Wong, a second-half substitute, set up the goal. He sent the ball to Abdullah Awang Adi
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    • ON THE FOREIGN AND LOCAL FAIRWAYS
      • 408 25 PHOENIX, Sun. Hal Suttton increased his lead over fellow-American Howard Twitty yesterday after three rounds of the US$5OO,OOO ($1.06 m) Phoenix Open golf tournament as he shot a three-un-der-par 68 for a three-day total of 17-un-der-par 196. Twitty managed a 70 for a 13-under-par
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      • 214 25  -  LIM KEE CHAN By SELETAR took over the lead m the Singapore Golf Association Premier League championship with the day's lowest score of 318 for a total of 636 at Keppel Course yesterday. They lead by seven strokes from defending champions Singapore Island Country Club,
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    • 250 25 Aussies call the shots CRICKET ADELAIDE, Sun. Australia beat India by 36 runs m a World Series Cup oneday international match at the Adelaide Oval here today. Australia set the Indians a healthy target after scoring 262-8 off 50 overs and then dismissed the world champions for 226 m 45.3
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    • 282 25  -  LEE WAI WUN PETER STUYVESANT CLASSIC By NATIONAL bowling champion Peter Lew triumphs again. The five-time World Cup representative displayed better match temperament than seven other competitors at Jackie's Orchard yesterday to win the inaugural Peter Stuyvesant Travel Classic yesterday. With the help of homeground
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    • 195 25 TONY TAN and Khor Chek Leong claimed the Lark title when they sailed home to a first and second m the final races of the Singapore Yachting Association championships on Saturday, (reports Lee Wai Wan). Tony, m his "old faithful" reputed to be the
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    • 112 25 Teo praises Malaysians FOOTBALL Association of Singapore chairman Teo Chong Tee yesterday praised the Malaysian police and soccer officials for the tight security at the Se-langor-Singapore Malaysia Cap match at the Merdeka Stadium last Saturday. Teo said: "We're grateful to all those concerned for providing security to our team. Although
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    • 127 25 ALBUQUERQUE (New Mexico), Sun. American Billy Olson broke his own eight-day-old world indoor record for the pole vault with a jump of 3.89 metres at the New Mexico international athletics meeting last night. Olson, whose old record was 5.88 m, cleared the bar on his
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    • 27 25 RESULTS DRAW No: 8/86 5 OUT OF 49 1 13, 2, 28, I 6,34 ADD. No TUNE IN TO SBC TEXT CHANNEL 5 PG 188 FOR RESULTS
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    • 119 25 Orchard Point Grand lunar fair '86 Jan 25 Feb 7 (11 am 9 prri) Springtime at Orchard Point o^^ It's the time of the war t spruce up your home t l^ the Lunar New Year Aglfek Jtßt, And Orchard Point is the one-stop shopping centre this festive season *tffaa
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 28 25 SOCCER SBHFI. Dlv 2: OCBC v Maybank (Geylang). Dlv 3: River View Hotel v Standard Chartered Bank (Tanglin 4), RDC v Texins (Farrer Park). All at 5.15 pm.
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  • 574 26  -  ANNE KOH These are the five words that a retrenched job applicant dreads By THERE are more than one million words m a good-sized English dictionary. But there are five which retrenched worker Wee Choon Lim simply hates. And the words are: "We regret to
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  • 497 26  -  SUMIKO TAN Laid-off worker now his own boss By FOR Eric Low, retrenchment was a blessing m disguise it gave him the chance to be his own boss and make a good living doing a job he likes. When Mr Low, 32, was retrenched from his
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  • 435 26 I expect war with US any minute now, says Gaddafi BAHRAIN, Sun. The United States and Libya escalated their war of nerves this weekend, with the US Navy exercising off the Libyan coast and Colonel Muammar Gaddafi warning that fighting could break out. "We expect fighting any minute as long
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  • 196 26 Dispute over dog's $220,000 home SILVER SPRINGS (Maryland), Sun. There's a dogfight brewing over whether a nine-year-old white spitz named Master Teddy can live out his life m a US$lO5,OOO (*****,500) home, as stipulated m the will of his mistress. Miss Celeste Crawford, who was 77 when she died m
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  • 269 26 MUSCAT, Sun THE Gulf oil state of Oman, facing falling revenues because of a worldwide crash m oil prices, has announced a 10.16 per cent devaluation of its rial against the US dollar. The rate was adjusted to 0.3845 to the
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  • 55 26 TAIPEI, Sun. Two workers are missing after an explosion and blaze that injured 15 others aboard a scrapped oil tanker m southern Taiwan, police said today. They told reporters four workers were m critical condition m hospital after the incident yesterday m a shipbreaking yard m
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 124 26 Weather UP TO 1 pm: Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 31 max., 23 mm. SUNSET today: 7.19 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 15/28 C Fine j Manila 19/29 C Sunny Amsterdam *C t Melbourne 13/19 C Fine Bangkok 23/32 C Fair Moscow -1/1 C CToudy Belong
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    • Science
      • 1566 1 It was a hectic year for this 'hospital' last year 2,398 surgical, 1,092 euthanasia and 30,108 outpatient cases. NANCY KOH spends a day at the Animal Infirmary m Kampung Java Road and files this report. SPRAWLED out on the operating table, Suzy lies quietly on her
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      • 577 2  - 1978 a bad year for pets NANCY KOH THE Animal Infirmary, set up way back m the *****, is now more a clinic for pets. With more animals being added to the restricted and endangered species list and the set-up of rural vet stations for livestock and poultry, gone are
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      • 467 3 Are very small babies worth saving? Will they develop problems later? An American project has brought new hope to parents MEDICAL technology is saving very small babies without creating a growing pool of physically or mentally damaged children, according to a nationwide project conducted by the
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      • 576 3 Splice a gene at home 41 don't conceive of any possible way it could be misused unless that person is demented. In that case, the person could also get into a university lab and do just as m much damage. CONSID _R the secret of life as a gift next
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      • 56 1 ,aL r/m Very small babies 3 Are they worth saving Cellular radio is Calling for help Red and white on Saturday 19 A few changes m store New steps for an old art 4 Choreographer shares his views Science Watch Edited by Grace Chng Arts Leisure Edited by Richard Lim
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      • 872 4 What direction should Chinese dance m Malaysia and Singapore take A leading Malaysian choreographer who was here for a dance camp last week tells KOH SIEW TIN what he thinks and what's happening on the Malaysian dance scene. CHINESE dance is not just story-telling;
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      • 265 4 I^S^-3^ THIS programme is compiled by Rediffusion and broadcast daily in Teochew, Hokkien and Cantonese over both Rediffnsion and SBC'S Radio Three on Mon Son at 11.05 a.m. The English notes are provided by us. ttftSHlltt Lesson 331 Singapore Fling (name of a booklet) VOCABULARY: v 1)
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      • 776 4  - Beijing doctor's herb treatment for sterility WANG PINGXING By IT ALL began back m Beijing m 1974, when Liv Minghan tried to find a solution for his problem. At 32, Mr Liv was unhappy. He and his wife were still childless after five years of marriage. And the reason was
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      • 683 5  -  AZMAN SIRAJ By MASSUTRA or The Council for Traditional Sports and Handicrafts was formed on Aug 12, 1984. It is deeply involved with a project to set up a Malay village or Perkampungan Melayu m the Geylang Serai area. The project has been scheduled to be
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      • 289 5 N3.1T16 I A HHrPCfi TaI r%r\ NRIC No Age Sex INSTRUCTIONS: On every line below there is a word whose letters have been jumbled up, rearrange the letters to form m the boxes provided on the right, including the one with the circle. Then pick the
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      • 621 5 Oleh AZMAN SIRAJ MASSUTRA atau Majlis Senireka dan Sukan Tradisional dibentuk pada 12 Ogos 1984. 'Perkampungan Melayu' pula, dijangka didirikan V>ada penghujung tahun 1967. Ini bererti sudah hampir dua tahun usia penubuhan Massutra dan hanya tinggal lebih kurang satu setengah tahun lagi sebelum berdirinya 'Perkampungan Melayu'
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      • 133 5 FORTHIS FESTIVE PERIOD. IHERESNOBI Every time you fill up withSuperShell orShellExtra, you're giving your engine the benefit of our special additive ASD, for a cleaner engine, better fuel economy U and power packed performance. >THy All this, plus many irresistable festive bargains for your whole I I l^il v lj|B
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      • 1240 6 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: rr t— i A >—^ r-n M °"ft y v T Frida j JSSn \°o 2 oogm H ism Ordinary: $5 00 per line (Mm. $15.00) Food/Em rt .i nm#n (2 _5) M, :*a Im *V-^ f\ /TT\ mf^~Z\ C J r J /S^W i\
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      • 258 6 19 Home Appliances/ Lightings Imported CTV $38 Video $55 Twin Or. Fridfe Gas Cooker Wishing lucnM I Domqurment nttotubk Jndt-m I tcctptOk. k^TEL^s2oai^^ NEW TOSHIBA WALL fans, celling fans, exhaust fans, fluorescent tubes, Neo balls. *****77, Polly. 20 Pets/Pet Care American Pit BuN Voted as the All American Dog 1985.
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      • 814 6 25 Sale: Other Products ALL TO GOI 2' by 4' desk $50, 10 key telephones $1,650, 2 h.p. aircon., photocopier, storage cum display cabinet, industrial cleaning equipment, etc. Tel: *****84/ *****14. CANE FURNITURE SALE. Direct from factory. 20 Jin. Leban, (6V«m.s. off Upp. Thomson Rd.) from 10.30a.m.-Bp.m. *****87. Repalr/Stalnlng/Replace cushions
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      • 779 6 28 Health Centres/ 28 Health Centres/ Massage Massage W Feeling tired W &i ortensed~up? m A real good massage will not only I improve blood circulation, feel new again. 1 Extremely cosy m M|i located at I I JHP Basement lof f I The Boulevard Hotel, Orchard Boulevard. \^N||f I
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      • 452 6 C^\ sf^\C2Fl? "HOLD IT! Don't move off till you've seen what we have." beckons an advertisement at classification 81. h j\ iff j 1 svSsbßbb^Emmhli-SE SSSSSi' 33 Babysitting/ Child Care Centre HOUSEWIFE WISH TO babysit at own home at Tamplnes Street 44. Call Mdm Farldah, *****38. 34 Gardening/ Landscaping SPECIALIST"IN"7REETgrass
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      • 539 6 36 House Renovation/ Decor SPECIALIST IN REPAIRING roof leakage, gutter, awning, celling, brick wall, fencing, floor tiling/ polishing, window grilles/ ampllmesh, painting, plumbing, chick blinds, partitions, electrical, Nyatoh solid wooden doors and all kinds of renovation work. Reasonable price. Tel: *****67/ *****78. WILLIE ALUMINIUM A Iron work specialised In fabrication
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      • 880 7 38 TV/ Video/ HI Fi ANTENNAE INSTALLATION FOR Individual centralised system. We provide professional service it high quality V/UHF aerials from Germany/ Japan at reasonable prices. *****11 (6 lines). TURNTABLE, CASSETTE DECK, amplifier, tuner, speakers, mini system to clear at a knock-out price. Everstrong International Trading Co #02-57, People's Park
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      • 809 7 51 Printing/ Copying Services NAME CARDS, LETTERHEADS, Invoices, brochures. Print direct from factory at a lower rate. Grand Press. Bile 1016, Qeylang East Aye. 3, #04-171. *****73. EXPRESS PRINTING SERVICES call *****65 Interalfa Instant Printing Pte. Ltd. Middle Rd. Ouan Hua Bldg. #01-09. 52 Office Furniture/ Furnishing OLVMPIA STARTYPE ELECTRONIC
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      • 600 7 57 Business Opportunities Wanted to borrow $1.25 million for unique motel. Villas m best part of Brisbane Australia. Everything approved. Will be run by owners. Reasonable rates required. With percentage of capital gains m approximately 5 yrs. Owners putting up approximately $300,000. Projected value completed $2.5 million. Reply to: W.R.
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      • 577 7 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help Available Available FILIPINO 5220 THAI $220 SRI LANKAN SHO INDONESIAN $200 OFF DAYS COMPENSATED We select trained orientate our very own girls Good attitude hardworking honest, obedient Complete placement fee includes: Airfa/e S5OOO Security Bond $***** PA Performance Bond Visa Fee Medical Exam process
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      • 452 7 Screened Trained Filipino Maids. Only: $400/SaJary.l2np.rii. TEL: *****27 Open DtMr. 9a.m. 9p.m. PLACE YOUR REQUIREMENTS for foreign maids with reliable and dependable recruiting agent Licence C-0768-Ol Please call *****88/ *****88. 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive QUALITY CONTROLLER The company: manufacturer of pharmaceutical, cosmetics and toiletries, households requisites. Located m Jurong.
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      • 625 7 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Perm. Secretary req'd for legal firm m Shenton Way. Suitable candidate must possess OCE 'A' level with credit In OP. To take shorthand (80 w.p.m.), typing, with more than 3 yrs. of working experience. Candidate with legal experience preferred. Age between 25-35 yrs. Salary $800
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      • 695 7 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical APPLICANTS REPLYING to Box numbers of vacancies are requested not to enclose original copies of testimonials or reference with their applications. No responsibility can be accepted for their loss. Applicants are also advised to write to Box Numbers correctly and check them before posting. FEMALE
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      • 600 7 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Associate of International British Company which is a leader m the field of audio visual external studies m computers and supplier of training programmes to the British government, seeks the services of young men and women to be trained for a sales career m the field
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      • 1199 7 71 Situations Vacant: Salas TRAINEE SALES MANAGERS Great expectation* await the ca-reer-minded of either sex with or without O' levels, including school leavers A ROD personnel, provided he/she works tuli-time, is diligent A desirous of attaining management status m the shortest possible time. BENEFITS: Includes basic salary, high commission, training
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      • 689 8 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Well established Pharmaceutical Company has vacancies for MEDICAL A VETERINARY SALES REPRESENTATIVES c Preferably with experience. Possess own transport. Please call for interview: *****00/1. We market our range of maintenance products practically to every industry and our expansion programme, requires 2 FEMALE SALES REPRESENTATIVES With/ without
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      • 301 8 71 Situations Vacant: Sales INDOOR/ OUTDOOR SALES Personnel (full/ part-time). No qualifications reqd. but preferably experienced m sales speak English. Pis. come personally for an interview at: Blk 3, Everton Pk #01-77. *****66, Steven Ong. WANTED 9 FEMALE Sales Executives keen m real estate with cars. Write to: P.O. Box
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      • 339 8 72 Situations Vacant: Technical A well established Japanese 0 seeks applicants from well-i n for the positions of Surveyors £> The candidate should have 0 minimum of 3— 5 years' H experience as a similar position i> Interested applicants are reque B salary expected and a recent p The Ma
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      • 187 8 72 Situations Vacant: Technical > Construction Company X experienced personnel X Asst Surveyors The candidate should have A minimum ot 1— 2 years' M experience as a similar position sted to send their resume a hoto to n nager w 9(K). Singapore 9108 X llltlUllillllllllilllUjlllK 7n I Beecham Ij Ij
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      • 236 8 72 Situations Vacant: Technical V* OFFSHORE MIDDLE EAST require following personnel to work m Abu Dhabi A) ACID BOAT SUPERVISORS (2 Positions) With 5— 9 years offshore experience. Able to handle acid and diesel oil pumping as well as Fracturing and Nitrogen Services. B) ACID BOAT OPERATORS (3 Positions) With
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      • 515 8 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Production Production FEMALE PRODUCTION Hfilgrm. 111 M OPERATORS (temporary) ?fß'***SfX) 1 9S eNo experience required Minimum Primary 6 education =^?M"^i**^i^Wrv^^^^=: M Hfl Ist shift: 700am -3.30pm '\Myyi' t—^_.^l— if« Gross Salary: \~l 1 1 p^9^^% jjffl
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      • 448 8 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous IKI 111 I 1 Ml \v)\ I ''II HHI YHI m BLACK DECKER J c GCE l O' level or NTC 3in Electrical Fitting Ie Knowledge of electronics advantageous I c Some set-up experience preferred H/ Benefits: c Attractive shift allowance j
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      • 210 8 MPM requires urgently A) MACHINE KEEPERS c Able to speak Mandarin c Age between 21 -26 c Experience not essential c Completed N.S. Working Ptece (Ayer Rajah} c NTC 3in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Electronics Trade c Able to work immediately and on 3 rotating shifts Working Piece (Jurong) c NTC 3in
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      • 330 8 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous i i < ■AJfflaUkiaSMlilß c NTC 3 m Precision Machining Knowledge of metrology and optical projector c 1 year QC inspection m precision manufacturing *sn^a^Bls3^R^Bßii£* NTC 3 m Precision Machining c Knowledge of machine set-up and blue prints i c Production of parts within standard time
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      • 708 8 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Canon require* DESPATCH RIDER i Mm. Sec. 2 education i Posses: Class 2& 3 driving licence and own a motorcycle, i Completed N.S. Age 20 24. Interested applicants, please call ■t: Personnel Department CANON SINGAPORE PTE LTD 95 South Bridge Road #13-01/15 South Bridge Centre Singapore
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      • 447 9 81 Vehicles For Hire This Week's Offer $288QNyr UNLIMITED MILEAGE Ma;da323 I 3/ Nissan Sunny I 3 Toyota Corolla OX/ Mitsubishi Lancer #*KEN*IR m 29 SUPERCARS \£S? Te1:*****81 ORIENT CAR LEASING PTE LTD Festive Special For every rental per Jay, you will receive a $5 Christian Dior voucher, redeemable at
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      • 471 9 81 Vehicles For Hire VAN, PICKUP, LIGHT truck for short/ long term rental. Rea sonable rate Spartan Express, *****00. 7 r .i0359, 77H0472 SHENSON: VANS, PICKUPS, lorries fo- rental. Call: *****04. 360 Charife' Road TAXI AVAILABLE FOR Hire (night shift). Interested pis contact *****28 -82/ '83 SUtINY $39 M'sian rental
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      • 856 9 86 For Sale: BMW •84, BMW 728 i. Fully auto. Nice no. 1 pte. owner. Tax 6/86. $78,600 Tel: *****54. 87 For Sale: Mercedes END '81 MERCEDES 280S View after 2pm at 625, Aljunied Ind. Complex, #07-04A Aljunied Rd (opposite Canosa Convent). LATE 75, MERCEDES 230 Manual Good cond. Aircon.,
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      • 867 9 90 For Sale: Toyota LATE 1984 TOYOTA Corona GL 1 6 1 pte. owner, low mileage, power steering/ window, central locking, hi-fi, tax new, accident free, excellent cond. *****88 END '81 TOYOTA Corolla 1.3 DX. Ist pte. owner. Aircond., radio cassette. Tax 3/86. Immaculate cond. Tel: *****05. 1982 TOYOTA CARINA
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      • 813 9 93 For Sale: Honda •81 HONDA ACCORD auto Pte. owner Power steering/ windows, s/rims. Good cond. *****55. '82 HONDA QUNITET 5-dr Sunroof, 1.6. Pte. owner, alrcond., radio cassete. $15,300. *****29. 94 For Sale: Daihatsu MID-78 DAIHATSU CHARADE 1000 c.c. 4-speed, 2 owners, orig. aircon. paint, rd. tax, tip top cond.,
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      • 689 9 98 Sale/Wanted: Motor Cycles/Scooters CASH PAYMENT BUYING your motorcycles, Scramblers, scooters at better price. Please call *****34 Re-cycle welcome. FC YAMAHA RXKI3S $490. Suzuki ARI2S/ LCI2S/ RXZI3S/ LC3SO $880. Carry on instalments. Call *****17. 13 Gopeng St. (0207) BEAUTIFUL BAJAJ SCOOTER 1982, original blue. $490 1980 Honda C7O Cub. $190.
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      • 1591 9 99 Vehicles Wanted 99 Vehicles Wanted Mercedes model 1417/32K or equivalent Must be able to register for 28,000 kg MLW m Singapore Truck must be reasonably new and m good operating condition For enquiries please contact Mr Moh at *****44 V (during office hours) WANTED URGENTLY: 1963/ 84 I MM
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      • 704 9 106 Accommodation Available: Houses i D 15/20 SINGLE/ DOUBLE/STOREY Terrace Unfurnished $650 Uniwest *****15/ *****47 D 2775 JLN. LEGUNDI s/storey semi-d. bungalow 3 1 bdrms. p/furn. $800 neg. Tel *****25. D.5, FABER GDN.. beautiful, d/storev semi-d 5 bdrms F/furn. $1,500 Patron. *****15/ 8. D.5 FABER PARK detached bungalow with pool.
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      • 493 9 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments APARTMENTS FOR LEASE Below $1 ,000 p.m. Cashew Park (Upper Bukit Timah) Guillemard Road Gloria Mansion (Pasir Panjang) The Plaza (Beach Rd) $1,100 to $2,000 p.m. Sommervilie Park Serene Centre (Farrer Rd) Cashew Park (Upper Bukit Timah) Chuan Park (Lorong Chuan) Calrose Gdn (Thomson Rd) Mt.
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      • 465 10 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments mmmmmmmmm^ mmmmmmmm^ mmm^ i O Plaza Hotel Annexe O 7 restaurants <fb I 1 lx'driK>nisO Free parking O Fully furnished air-conditioned Q Full domestic housekeeping services O Free recreation club memberships^ <O In-house hank and department store Mzuk 'O* Panoramic seaview O
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      • 842 10 DIST.9, GRANGE HEIGHTS, fully furnished maisonette, 23rd. fir., near Mandarin Hotel. 3 bdrms. with bathrms. attached, study, spacious split-level living, dining area. 3,400 sq.ft. Pool, tennis court, carpark 24 hr. security. Rent $4,000 lncl. maintenance. Tel: *****91 (off. hrs.). HILLCOURT PENTH'SE IN 1) .9 near Orchard Rd. avail, for rent
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      • 869 10 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments THOMSON RD. APT. $450 Thomson Rd. d/.storey terrace $550. Balestier Plaza Apt. unfurn. $900. Farrer Rd., Farrer Court apt. all furn. $1,000. Tel: *****35. 21 BALMORAL ROAD, off Orchard Rd Apt. with 3 bdrms., 2 baths, servant's rm. Aircon. F/furn 24-hr security. Rental inclusive neg. BEP
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      • 831 10 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D.14 P/FURN. 3 bdrms with covered carpark. $650 p m Contact tel: *****69. 015 ST. PATRICK'S View 3 bdrms. F/furn. 1,200 sq.ft Aircon. S/pool. $1,400 TMP *****00. D.2 INT'L PLAZA 2-bdrm high fir. apt Sea view, pool, squash, lease/ sale. Price neg. *****73/4. D.20 BRAODELL VIEW
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      • 788 10 109 Accommodation Wanted: Houses ATTN BUNGALOW OWNERS) We've a list of newly arrived prospective tenants looking for good homes with 4/5 bdrms., nice patio, kitchen, bathrms etc. m d 10, 11, 21. Owners, pis. call: David Ho of DHE, *****5. NEWLY ARRIVED EXPAT, urgently looking for detached bunglw m d.5,9,10,11,21.
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      • 851 10 113 For Sale: Houses f D15T.1026 NEW LUXURIOUS DOUBLE-STOREY BUNGALOW FOR SALE Area: 17,045 sq.ft. Built-in about 6,000 over sq.ft. Freehold. 9 bdrms., 6 bathrms., dressing rm., s/pool. with changing rm., sauna, bar counter, kitchen with built-in cabinet, fountain garden etc. for immediate occupation. Interested pleat* call: D.19 JLN. LIMBOK
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      • 868 10 113 For Sale: Houses THOMSON HILL 2 1/2-storey terr 2300 sq.ft 4^l, marble/ parquet. Li Hwan d/storey terr. 1700 sq.ft. 3+l. $385,000 upwards. 296-6666. THOMSON WALK 2-1/2-STOREY semi-d. 3300 sq.ft. 4 I 1 rms. Renovated. Marble/ parquet. $520,000 Holland *****79. WAREHAM RD. D.15 new d/storey bungalows 5+ 1 bdrms. 6000/
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      • 843 10 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments Apartments M O/iT Don't miss this rare Z^iW^ V njP 1 £ti opportunity to invest m a prime \~yJ\ I location with immediate returns. \^tHMiflwnt m r^ ce j? nging from m iow m mymL WITHIN
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      • 613 10 D.28 MIMOSA PK. 4 bdrrns. F'hold. 1752 sq.ft. Facilities. Serene environment. $290,000. Agt. *****70 D.5. FABER HILLS walk-up apt 3 1 bdrms 1,700 sq.ft. Roof garden. $288,000. *****80/ *****82. D.5, HONG LEONG Condo./ Shopping Ctr. walk-up apts. 3 bdrms. $220,000/ $210,000. *****80/ *****82. D.5, PASIR PANJANG, walk-up flat. 3 bdrms.
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      • 595 10 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 5-ROOMED Ang Mo Kio 81k. 171 $150,000 Hlllview Blk. 14 $127,000 Clementi Blk. 338, 355 $130,000 to $140,000 Marine Cres Blk. 43 $130,000 Pandan Gdns. Blk. 401 $109,000 4-ROOMED Ang Mo Kio Blk. 547 $79,000 Bedok South Blk. 7 $65,000 Boon Tiong Rd. Blk. 12
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      • 596 11 116 For Sale: HOB Apartments 5-RM. HOUGANG AYE.3, Blk 16. ceramic throughout. $105,000. Telok Blangah Dr. 81k. 53, tip top renovation Clementi 81k. 355. terrazzo throughout Tel *****88 CLEMENTI CENTRAL 3-RM. Blk 430 (kitchen ceramic), cabinets $49,000' 81k. 341, ceramic, cabinets $54,000 neg. *****62. FARRER ROAD, 5-RM. (Point). Blk 1
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      • 610 11 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments MARINE 4 ROOM Near market Well kept. All marble, cabinets. $75,000 (CPF $66,000). *****00 MEI LING ST. 4-rm Near market Terrazzo, cabinets. $65,000 neg. All CPF. *****00. STANDARD 3-RM. TOA Payoh, renovated CPF $23,000 Asking $26,000 o .n o Tel *****26. TELOK BLANGAH CRES. 5-rm.
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      • 766 11 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces PRIME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ilMlflldl lndus trial I UlllUN Building I JALAN PEMIMPIN 2 cargoes and 1 passenger lift. Tight Security system. Clean and well maintained. |i Competitive rentals Sj UNION TEXTILE CO. (PTE) LTD. I 37 Jalan Pemimpin, #01-01, Singapore 20b/. TEL: *****33
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      • 1103 11 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces I RUBY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX (Genting Lane/Tannery Road) Warehouse/ Factory cum Office for Lease Competitive rate. Small ares tailored to your needs. Available for short/long lease. ©Please call Mrs Bessie Wong *****40 121 For Rent: r MODERN GROUND Office Spaces FLOOR WAREHOUSE Available
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      • 844 11 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: Office Spaces Office Spaces Office Spaces Goldhill is Convenience. Hr— J^ v r ~_f •Outside CBD. otttce space and Vr^^ Shops, restaurants and more, all shop space m \\-^ir > -«w?r>~^_ J _^B -x_.- vGoidhillSquare \r^S^_B Wlthm the Same bulldln 9available
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      • 346 11 MAXWELL HOUSE #11-23, 272 sq.ft. Ming Arcade Shop, 20.25 sq m. Contact: Miss Lim, *****03. MIDDLE ROAD SELF-CONTAINED office for rent 1300 to 4,000 sq.ft Column free. Tel: i *****87 NEW INDUSTRIAL RD office units. 300 to 2,000 sq.ft at attractive rental Janet, *****33. OFFICE AVAILABLE FOR facial salon or
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      • 352 11 121 For Rent: Office Spaces WELL PARTITIONED SMALL office rooms Peace Centre Rental $450 p .m onwards *****42 1 UNIT. 186 sq ft The Plaza. I Beach Rd $700 0.n.0 mcl. service charge Tel: *****22. Miss Ang 122 Office Spaces Wanted OFF. SPACE AT The Plaza. Jin Sultan Ctr or
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      • 271 12 124 For Rent: 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces I dJßediate Occupation) o EFE «B%ir ALPAVMENTS BE ARRANGED. 11 Mrc \A/onQ at: O«*O GOLDEN LANDMARK From 1 62 to 1 1 ".5 sq ft LUCKY PLAZA From 241 to Mi" 1 sq ft. FAR EAST PLAZA From M to
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      • 338 12 With 2 main road frontages on the Ist floor of EMINENT PLAZA Area of 15,000 sq. ft. (can be subdivided into smaller lots) Long or short-term tenancy is welcomed At the junction of Jin Besar and Lavendar St. Convenient car parking SUPREME HOUSE GROUND FLOOR SHOP FACING PENANG ROAD 1492
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      • 590 12 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces TANGLIN SHOPPING CENTRE PRIME SHOPS FOR LEASE 183/ 344/ 377/ 1067 sq.ft. Established Shopping Complex with select clientele. Good business potential. Reasonable terms and attractive concessions. Tel: *****66 *****66 AIRCONOITIONED SHOP UNITS at Change Alley Aerial Plaza overhead bridge, Collyer Quay. Contact owners: Clifford Holdings
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      • 472 12 135 Air Travel 135 Air Travel r$&S to all Budget- Wise <yagP A Travellers! Also available other destinations HONGKONG TOKYO U.S.A/ CANADA AUSTRALIA 5 can 235 8080 I 137 Tours 137 Tours ris{S?sr I CONG XI FA C AI rriit Celebrate Chinese New Year with Penangs most popular fg; |Ky
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      • 518 12 137 Tour* 137 Tours 137 Tours /PERTH 980/ SYDNEY 0m *****5 BRISBANE from S> WOO/ /MELBOURNE-**/ I from SSISOO /BRISBANE/ M W fromSf n*%J*o prices nelude j •Return economy PERTH/ /airfare /•Accomodation CVnAICV VS«PSb« with private facilities Ori^lWC T from S$ fVIA// on twin-sharing basis ZZ V (6 days). mjgCl
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      • 154 12 CHINESE NEW YEAR DELUXE TOURS FEB 5.6.7,8,9.10 5 Days Philippines Fiesta $728 4 Days Medan/ LakeToba $499 4 Days Dunia Fantasi $526 5 Days Philippines $699 4 Days Haadyai Sangkhla $499 5 Days Bangkok/Pattaya $735 7 Days Bangkok/ Pattaya/Chiangmai $855 8 Days Bangkok/ Pattaya/Chiangmai/ (Chiangrai) $1100 6 Days Hongkong/ Macau
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      • 700 12 137 Tours 137 Tours Garden Delights Guangzhou Stopover Package *****.00 \^L( I wo nights accommodations Round trips hotel transfer by limousine Welcome drink -^^HhBS^BSE^^L Free tennis coun tor I hour or squash coun tor 45 nuns ■^E^^U&u^MJfl^L Complimentary dail\ newspaper m^M The iimkii I V *<A and Ist class facilities
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      • 575 13 146 Foreign Education ENGINEERING IN USA CIVIL ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION Recognised by Institute of Engineers. Singapore. For more information call M Vina Student Counsellor CAREER EDUCATION CONSULTANTS PTE LTD 47 Scons Road »0M 1 Goldbell Towers Singapore 0922 Tel *****93/5 SOUTHERN ONTARIO COLLEGE HAMILTON. CANADA invites applications for
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      • 611 13 147 Academic Courses EXPERIENCED AND RELIABLE tutors avail to teach all levels/ districts Reasonable price Please contact *****55/ *****02. EXPERIENCED TUTORS WILLING to teach all subjs./ levels. Group/ individual basis Call: Reliance Education Ctr.. *****61 A/E MATHS., SCIENCE. Retired teacher. 29 years experience. *****25 morning/ night (Goh). A GROUP OF
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      • 799 13 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses *-4-Ll IP ■TTilT^L^T^T^ai^^^^T^^^i^^^^^^^^r^^m^aWjTTpMT^liJM^r^l^Kal^^^^^a^aß^aß^^ffißl At TMC, we offer you the best m Computer Education. II 1. CONTINUOUS EDUCATION: COURSES OFFERED: A typical student can enter the school 1. NCC DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER with no computing experience and STUDIES progress through the City
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      • 139 13 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses ELECTRONICS SERVICING YONG SIONG ELECTRONICS (PTE) SCHOOL offers Basic Electronics (Beg.), Transistor Radio, B/W CTV, Video Taperecorder Servicing and Microprocessor Courses. Please call at: Blk 334, Kreta Ayer Road #03-05, Spore 0208. Tel: *****97. A FREE TALK Conducted on IMPORT/EXPORT BY TOP PROFESSIONALS ON 27/1/86 at
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      • 90 13 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses Full/ Part-Time, Sat. Sun. Classes are available DC/ AC ELECTRONICS BASIC ELECTRONICS TRANSISTOR IC B/W, COLOUR TV VIDEO TAPE RECORDER DIGITAL LOGIC MICRO PROCESSOR BASIC PROGRAMMING ELECTRICAL NTC 3 SCIENCE ELECTRONICS (PTE.) SCHOOL Blk. 34, Upper Cross Street, #04-136. Singapore 0105 Tel: *****23/ *****09 Professional Courses
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      • 202 13 149 Secretarial/ 149 Secretarial/ 149 Secretarial/ Typing Courses Typing Courses Typing Courses Advanced Mk aa 0 88 ■W* /%Jr a 1 9 I ((if/? fechmqoes M m I I (a member of The Times Organisation) The Trusted Name In Training Private Secretary's Certificate Course A survey shows that majority of
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      • 233 13 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses LCCI DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING/ MARKETING/ PR c English for Commerce c English O' Level Book-keeping (Elem./Inter.) Computer Programming Shorthand 40 to 60 w.p.m. Typewriting YISHUN COMMERCIAL SCHOOL Blk. 102. #03-125 Yiahun Aye 5 (Above Yithun Area Office) Tel: *****28 'O' 'A' Level Art Children Art JSk
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      • 393 13 152 Music Courses LADY PIANOFORTE TEACHER with 10 yrs experience have a few vacancies m Orchard Rd studio. 100% passes for 1985 ABRSM Exam Call Mrs Koh *****10 7pm to 9p.m. PIANO LESSONS FOR all grades by responsible teacher at pupil's/ teacher's place *****50 153 Driving Instruction LAMBERTS DRIVING SCHOOL
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      • 388 13 158 Tailoring Instruction FASHION ART DRESSMAKING INSTITUTE Block 25. Oulram Park #01-441, Singapore 0316 Tel: *****93, *****12 Instructors were trained m Hong Kong. Paris Japan COURSES OFFERED 1) Fashion Design 2) Dressmaking 3) Advanced Pattern Drafting 4) Draping 5) Industrial Garment 6) Art ft Craft Flower Arrangement, Flower Making, Sequin,
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      • 976 14 p UNIVERSITI I I BRUNEI DARUSSALAM JJL Calon-calon yang layak adalah dipelawa untuk memohon P jawatan I PENSYARAH I I PENSYARAH KANAN I PROFESOR MADYA I M dalambidang-bidangberikut: 1 DISIPLIN BIDANG i FALSAFAH (LOGIK/PEMIKIRAN KRITIS) f GEOGRAFI (FIZIKAL/MANUSIA/TEKNIK DAN 1 PENDIDIKAN (PSIKOLOGI PENDIDIKAN/ S f BIMBINGAN DAN KAUNSELING/ I TEKNOLOGI
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      • 234 14 We are the subsidiary of a large Japanese group of Companies with diversified businesses m Ophthalmic products presently looking for a dynamic individual seeking a challenging and exciting career to fill the position of:MARKETING EXECUTIVE Responsible for sales to all the subsidiaries and distributors internationally. Requirements I c Graduates or
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      • 1057 15 NOTICES I RELOCATION NOTICE I I Perkin-Elnier Far East Private Limited I We're pleased to advise that we're now located at: 250 North Bridge Road I Raffles City Tower Singapore 06 1 7 Republic of Singapore Tlx: RS-***** PECOFE I Fax: 339-8884 81 m^ m^ \tiwOAPORI/ POLICE FORCED TENDER NOTICE
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      • 682 15 f TDM Berhad 1 (Incorporated m Malaysia) CHANGE OF SHARE REGISTRARS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that effective January 30, 1986, Trace Management Services Sdn Bhd will be the Company s Share Registrars The new Registered Office and the office of the Registrars is situated at: Trace Management Services Sdn. Bhd.
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      • 658 16 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF ROMAN (S) PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to Section 308(2) of the Companies Act, Cap. 185, the Final Meeting of Members of the abovenamed Company will be held
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      • 709 16 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 688 of 1885 In the Matter of the Companies Act (Chapter 185) And In the Matter of NASIB TINGGI TRADING PTE LTD ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a petition for the winding up of
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    • Science Watch
      • 616 18 CELLULAR radio, the successful new method of mobile telephone originally hailed as the answer to the capacity problems of traditional mobile systems, is running into similar difficulties of its own. In the United States, some operators have found that their systems are filling up
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      • 288 18 DECORATING enthusiasts may be able to design their own wallpaper using a computer screen at their local do-it-yourself stores, if an idea backed by Prelude Technology, a venture capital company m Cambridge, England, can take off. The idea includes a variant on ink-jet
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      • 259 18 ASTRONOMERS have discovered what they say is a rare sample of material which existed within a massive star before it exploded about 10,000 years ago, said a recent report m Science Times. The remnants of almost pure oxygen may provide new clues to
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        324 18 LIKE cable cars, railways are nothing unusual m mountainous areas. But m Serfaus, an Austrian winter sports resort, an underground hovertrain has been built, the first of its kind m Europe. Serfaus, with a population of 927, has 400,000 beds for rent during the winter season. The decision
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      • 657 19 The yearly All Japan Red and White Song Festival is here again. The two-hour show will be telecast on Saturday (Ch 8, 8.30 pm). LEONG WENG KAM previews. A SPECIAL Singapore edition of last year's All Japan Red and White Song Festival will be shown
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      • 855 19 JOHN de SOUZA talks to architect James Westwater Ferric, whose Singapore seascapes are on show at the Lone Pine Gallery. You have to get the picture m your mind before you even start to paint, rather like the Chinese artists. And you just
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      • 351 19  -  KANNAH CHANDRAN By THE cats have got the cream. Their most recent release, Suara Kekasih, has sold a staggering 80,000 copies, making the Alleycats one of the best-selling groups m Malaysia. Their release before that, Kerana, sold m the region of 70,000. Catchy These
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      • 296 19 What's On mi m TALK this page). FAMILY PLANNING TALK BAEE STONE MUSEUM. FOR NEWLY-WEDS. Lee- On display are a unique colture hall, Department of So- lection of rare stones cial Medicine and Public grouped into 11 sections. AdHealth, Institute of Health, mission: $2 (adults) and $1 Outram Hill. 7.30
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      • 1034 19 I Radio One Professor Featherbrain and his assistant, Bulldog, will introduce the chicken m THE BEASTLY BRIGADE (10.05 am and 4.30 pm), a series which teaches children about animal behaviour and characteristics. 90.5 mHz h VHF Band II 5.58 AM National Anthem followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News m Brief
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