The Straits Times, 4 February 1986

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1986 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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  • 641 1  -  ANNE KOH New policy on govt tenders: State-owned companies to 'give way' By COMPANIES in the private sector will get a better chance of getting government jobs because of a change in the public tender policy, which will now give preference to private firms. Government-owned
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  • 434 1  - Mystery woman who kept strays found VALERIE LEE House of horrors By Picture by POLICE have found the mystery woman who kept more than 40 dogs and cats in a house at 117 Branksome Road where about a dozen animals were found dead on Saturday. She is Mrs Helena van
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    • 47 1 PARIS, Mon. Prance expelled four Soviet diplomats over the weekend, the Foreign Ministry said today. Official sources linked the expulsions to the arrest of a former French air force mechanic It days ago on charges that he wan flnvia* far the Soviets. Reuter
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  • 472 1 Soviet dissident likely to be freed WASHINGTON, Mon. American and Soviet negotiators have reached agreement on a prisoner exchange that will include the release of Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky to the West, US government officials said. They were confirming a report published today by the
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  • 147 1 NEW YORK, Mon. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his opponent Corason Aquino will appear live on Wednesday on the ABCTV programme "Nighnine", the network announced yesterday. An ABC spokesman said moderator Ted Koppel will pose questions via satellite from New York
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  • 442 1  -  PAUL WEE Key figure in Koon Swan case charged By TAN KOK LIANG, the central figure in the case against Malaysian politician-businessman Tan Koon Swan, was arrested and then released on bail yesterday. The bail of $50,000 was put up by his
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  • 77 1 POLICE have decided, after consultations with the Attorney-General's Chambers, to prosecute three men in connection with a fracas during a friendly hockey international match last year. The Sept 21 match, between Singapore and Oman, was at the Fairer Park Athletics Centre. Two Omanis, including
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 382 2 Trapped for 10 days TWO SINGAPOREANS spent 10 days "in the mountains" in Ataq, about 375 km north-east of Aden, after fighting broke out on Jan 13 between rebel and government troops in South Yemen. Businessmen Anthony Tan and Lee Kim Chye later managed to join a group of
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    • 201 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE medium and long-term objective of plans to spend an extra $3 billion on schools awl tertiary Institutions Is clearly to achieve excellence In education. Additional courses, more facilities and bigger enrolments, however, will mean mainly a quantitative change and not became a qualitative one
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    • 185 2 BIG FOUR BANKS RUSH TO OPEN STOCKBROKING UNITS SINGAPORE'S Big Four banks are rushing to get their stockbroking divisions off the ground by early next month. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation has set March 1 as its target date to launch its stockbroking unit, OCBC Securities Pte Ltd. "But at the
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    • 102 2 TEMPS FOR THE SEASON FOUR young girls who responded to an advertisement for temporary salespersons were told to report for four hours of training. They were then dismissed. They thought about forgetting the bad experience but then noticed that the same shop was advertising again for salespersons. It was
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    • 326 2 Insolvent US farmers ABOUT 27,iW United States farmers appear to be heading for bankruptcy, the General Accounting Office has said in a study for Congress into the finances of the Farmers Home Administration. Debts owed by US farmers total US$2l3 billion (about ***** billion) which is equivalent
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    • 139 2 State firms in trouble THE DEVELOPMENT of many state-owned companies is hindered by financial, management, bureaucratic and technical problems which are causing them to suffer operational deficits, the government has disclosed. The Jakarta Post reported that Mr Mar'ie Mohammad, Director for State Enterprises, said that
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    • 266 2 Ajax' scoring spree REIGNING champions Ajax Amsterdam went on another goal-scoring spree in the Dutch League, running up a sparkling 8-2 win over visitors AZ '67 Alkmaar. This is the second time this season Ajax has scored eight goals in a match. Their last victims were FC Twente Enschede,
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    • 307 2 Bucking the trend A RECESSION means a slump in trade. But just as there are businesses that suffer during economic booms, there are products that do well during recessions. Which products are these? And why do they buck the trend when others suffer a fall in demand? MAY
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  • around the WORLD
    • 284 3 QUOTE Our cooking can be compared with that of France like opium, once tast- ed, it it irre- sistible. Pu Mantang, a Sichuan trade official. CHENGDU (South-west China), Mon. China today served notice of a new campaign to attract the palates of
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    • 155 3 DHAKA, Mon. Bangladesh was brought to a virtual standstill for six hours today by a bizarre national strike called initially by the opposition and then joined by the government for entirely different reasons. All shops and offices in the country were shut and rail, road and air
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    • 194 3 AFTER the stormy fury wreckage Is all that's left at this caravan park at BabLna, north Queensland, in Australia after Cyclone Winifred whipped through It on Sunday with winds of up to 2M kmh. The cyclone was reported to he the wont to hit the Queensland
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    • 511 3 Call for peace as 90 guerillas die in weekend clashes COLOMBO, Mon. The government has appealed for help from Buddhist monks to solve Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict as at least 90 Tamil guerillas were reported killed in fierce weekend clashes with security forces. At
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    • 351 3 CALCUTTA, Mon. Pope John Paul II left behind the anger of Hindu militants today and gained the cheers of nearly 500,000 people in eastern India. He also visited Mother Teresa, the nun whom Indians consider a living saint. After two days of incidents and
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    • 54 3 CANBERRA, Mon. The Australian Labour Party today expelled its most controversial member, Mr Bill Hartley, the Australian correspondent for the Iraqi news agency. Mr Hartley, a leading member of the party's socialist left faction in Victoria, has been a champion in Australia for the Palestine Liberation Organisation and
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    • 210 3 Takeshita tipped as strong runner for PM post TOKYO, Mon. Japan's Finance Minister Noboru Takeshita is being tipped as the strongest challenger in the struggle to succeed Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone later this year. Mr Nakasone's second term as President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ends on Oct
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    • 298 4 WASHINGTON, Monday ABOUT 27,000 United States farmers appear to be heading for bankruptcy, the General Accounting Office (GAO) has said here in a study for Congress into the finances of the Farmers Home Administration (FHA). The FHA i3 a federal organisation which provides
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    • 234 4 SAN JOSE (Costa Rica), Mon. Mr Oscar Arias, who promised to keep his country out of Central America's wars, easily swept aside a more conservative challenger to win the presidency. In returns late yesterday from 22 per cent of Costa Rica's 6,751 polling booths,
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    • 64 4 VADUZ. Liechtenstein, Mon. Voters yesterday elected a woman to the legislature of this tiny monarchy in the first parliamentary balloting since women won the right to vote two years ago. Emma EigenmannSchaedler of the Progressive Citizens' Party was the only one of 10 women
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    • 207 4 Space ticket -holder has second thoughts WASHINGTON, Mon. Lynn Krinsky put a U555,200 (5511,024 down payment on a ticket to space, thinking it would be great "to look out the win- dow and gawk at the earth." Now she's not so sure. "I'm thinking about not doing it," the 36-year-old
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    • 372 4 Engineers say blast not due to design flaw Space shuttle Challenger tragedy pictare. HOUSTON, Mon. The Challenger booster rocket that apparently triggered the shuttle disaster was so solidly built that engineers considered such a failure impossible, officials said yesterday. Officials also said the booster that developed the blowtorch-like leak might
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    • 307 4 WASHINGTON, Monday CONGRESS may have to cut between US$6O billion and US$9O billion (about Ssl26 billion and $189 billion) from 1987 military spending under a new bud-get-balancing law, slashing into President Ronald Reagan's historic defence build-up, the Chairman of the House
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    • 163 4 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Mas. Gunfire echoed through the deserted streets of tke Haitian capital every few minute* last night and doeUrs and opposition Mwees reported that at least If people had died In a week of anti-govern-ment violence. Beleaguered President Jean-Claude Duvaller, wk« has
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    • 219 4 World campaigner for peace dies STOCKHOLM, Mon. Alya Myrdal, the world's first Disarmament Minister and joint winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize, died last night after a long illness, one day after her 84th birthday. She had been in hospital for two years. With her husband. Gunnar. she was one
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      • 90 4 A SSCOND group yesterday claimed responsibility for kidnapping a South Korean diplomat in Beirut and said it would kill him unless his government met unspecified demands. The "Fighting Revolutionary Cells", a previously unknown group, made its threat in a statement delivered to an international news agency in Beirut.
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      • 63 4 MBALE, A major town in north-eastern Uganda, was taken over by the National Resistance Array (NRA) of Uganda's new President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday afternoon after fleeing ex-government troops had wrought terror, death and destruction upon it. An estimated JO civilians were killed by soldiers who looted
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      • 88 4 A MAJOR archaeological find comprising thousands of stone figures and horses believed to date from the Han dynasty 2,000 years ago has been discovered in China's eastern Jiangsu pnrance, The South China Morning Post reported in Hongkong on Sunday. The newspaper published photographs of some figures found
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      • 69 4 SHOPS WERE closed yesterday throughout Arab East Jemsalem in protest against the United States' veto of a UN Security Council resolution condemning "provocative acts" by Israelis near the city's Al Aqsa mosque. The Arab-sponsored UN resolution condemned recent visits by right-wing Israeli parliamentarians to the site revered by
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      • 59 4 JAPANESE PRIME Minister Yasuhirc Nakasone said yesterday that he could not accept an invitation by Mikhail Gorbachev to visit Moscow until after the Soviet leader came to Tokyo. Mr Nakasone told a parliamentary committee in Tokyo that four Japanese premiers have been to Moscow but no Soviet leader
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    • 228 5 LONDON, Mon. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher may be asked to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating her government's handling of the Westland affair, the panel's deputy chairman said yesterday. The House of Commons defence select committee is angered at the government's
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    • 150 5 PALERMO, Mon. Social unrest in this Sicilian capital, which has nearly 78,000 jobless, has taken the unlikely form of public support for the Mafia the first in living memory as its influence is equated with work. Several hundred unemployed who protested outside the City Hall here carried
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    • 65 5 A TIME-BOGGUNG time indeed. This anlqoe clvck monnment nc*r the St Lazare SUtton is Paris la a tourist attraction but one that often baffles them too. For with the many crooked clocks around, it can take some time before you get to the right time. Clock-watchers, however,
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    • 417 5 LONDON, Monday Record number resign to accept better-paid civilian jobs A WAVE of premature retirements by highly-trained fighter pilots has alarmed British military chiefs and left the Royal Air Force (RAF) seriously overstretched. According to Defence Ministry figures, 209 aircrew left the RAF last year,
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    • 245 5 LONDON, Mon. AUSTRALIAN-BORN press magnate Rupert Murdoch said yesterday he would never again print any of his titles in Fleet Street, traditional home of Britain's national newspapers. In a television interview, Mr Murdoch also said he would not reinstate the 6,000 printers he
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    • 207 5 JOHANNESBURG, Mon. South African newspapers yesterday published large advertisements in which President P.W. Botha pledged to share power with the Black majority. Meanwhile, police said they shot dead three Blacks in racial violence which has continued despite Mr Botha's new conciliatory tone. The latest
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    • 135 5 SYDNEY, Mon. The state government of New Bs«th Wales has banned Seith African high school stadeats on exchange programmes from enrolling la state schools, government officials said today. The irrhdia will affect Teachers, stadeats and priadpals have bee* pattlag lacreaslßft preasare on the
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  • ASEAN
    • 610 6  -  ABBY TAN IRENE NGOO The race for Malacanang Palace Reports by and Challenger's promises include lower taxes and end to monopolies MANILA, Mon. Corazon Aquino today pledged wide-ranging political and economic measures within 100 days of assuming the presidency in order to redeem the
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      98 6 A "HOT SPOT (or both Presidents as this leftist demonstrator sprays petrol to burn the .»ff gies of President Ferdinand Marco* nd US President Ronald Reagan on Si-nday near the Presidential Palace in Manila. The demonstrators, numbering about f.MI add belonging to the leftwing Bayan Movement, urged a boy- cott
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    • 322 6 MANILA, Mon. The ruling KBL Party today hit out at an American "observer" mission, saying it had better stay at home if it continues to make biased statements about the election. KBL spokesman Gualberto Lumauig said the 19-member United States team,
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    • 205 6 President forms teams to draw up reforms MANILA, Mon. President Ferdinand Marcos says he has formed several high-level study teams "which are now looking Into problems and opportunities the nation faces In the next six to 19 yean and beyond". The President said yesterday the teams had been asked to
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    • 106 6 Thailand cancels trip by TV crew BANGKOK, Mon. The Thai government has blocked a local television station from sending a crew to Manila to report on the Philippine elections, the station said today. A four-man crew from Channel 9, a governmentowned station, was scheduled to go to Manila last Friday
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    • 384 6 Separate vote tallies may lead to confusion MANILA, Mon. There will be two separate "quick counts" of the presidential election results, which raises the prospect of conflicting figures and endless disputes between the government and opposition. This emerged last night after the collapse of talks between the government election supervisory
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 196 7 BANGKOK, Monday LAOTIAN troops intruded into a north-eastern Thai province and filed rockets ai a village, killing five villagers and wounding five others, a senior Thai official said yesterday. The border incident came amid reports that the Thai government was moving to improve relations
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    • 166 7 'Special delivery' for Bangkok drivers who litter BANGKOK, Mon. MoUrtete who torn rakMak Into the streets •f Bangkok no w risk encountering a boo me ran n etf eet flndimg tke refue ivturmNl to their d«*rateps by special delivery. Tke Nation newspaper Mumuced tke launching at tke weekend of a
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    • 36 7 BANGKOK, Mon. Thai vendors will soon have to pay a fee to operate on pavements. City Police said. The Bangkok Post repoted that the fee would be the same as that charged in markets.
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    • 121 7 JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia's crude oil exports fell by almost a quarter during the first nine months of last year, an official report said today. The report by the Directorate General of Oil and Gas said that exports fell by 24.1 per cent compared with the previous year,
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    • 168 7 picture. JAKARTA, Mon. An outspoken Indonesian poet has been detained only two months after a government ban on his works was lifted, the Legal Aid Council said today. Willibordus Rendra, 50, was picked up at his home on Saturday by militury security after he gave a
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    • 155 7 Move to set up Asean tourism centre JAKARTA, Mon. Asean member countries have agreed to set up a tourism information centre soon to help boost tourism in the region. The venue of the centre has yet to be decided, a spokesman of the Indonesian Tourist Development Board said today. He
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    • 358 7 State firms struggle to make profits JAKARTA, Mon. Problems highlighted at Jakarta seminar THE development of many state-owned companies is hindered by financial, management, bureaucratic and technical problems which are causing them to suffer operation deficits, the government has disclosed. The Jakarta Post reported that Mr Mar'ie Mohammad, Director for
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 150 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A new Chinese-based party the Malaysian I'nJty Movement (MUM) has been registered here. Its registration last week comes about eight months after the Idea of forming a new party was initiated by a group of professionals led by lawyer Arthur
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    • 706 8 Pas rejects council's 'no martyr' ruling on Ibrahim KUALA LUMPUR, Monday LEADERS of Parti Islam (Pas) today refused to accept the ruling by the Kedah Religious Affairs Council that Ibrahim Libya and his 13 followers, who died in the Kampung Memali incident, are not martyrs. They said such a ruling
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    • 68 8 SEREMBAN, Mon. The Consumers' Association of Negri Sembilan (CANS) yesterday called on the government to delete all references to particulars of race in all official forms as an important step towards the achievement of national integration. CANS President Pok Sang Yong said that the government, in its
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    • 265 8 KOTA BARU, Mon. The High Court here has allowed the withdrawal of a writ of habeas corpus which was filed by a carpenter last month against the Kelantan Religious Affairs Council (Maik) without cause. Mr Justice Haji Abdul Malek Haji Ahmad, who heard
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    • 437 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday CLEAR signals have emerged, indicating that a heart-to-heart talk between the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) and the Islamic Party (Pas) on efforts to strengthen the Muslim community is on the cards. Pas leaders have unanimously agreed that a discussion should be
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    • 250 8 Retrenched workers urged to become farmers JOHOR BARU, Mon. The Johor government has drawn up a new strategy to reduce unemployment in the state by encouraging retrenched workers to turn to agricultural activities. State Agriculture and Fisheries Committee Chairman Haji Mohamed Salleh Kasmin told
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    • 109 8 PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, smiling broadly and accompanied by a host of Cabinet Ministers took the campaign against drugs to the streets of Koala Lumpur yesterday morning. They were Joined by about 3,200 other people who, like them, were
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  • HOME
    • 487 9  -  MICHAEL LIM Escape from South Yemen Stories by TWO Singaporeans spent 10 days in the mountains in Ataq, about 375 km north-east of Aden, after fighting broke out on Jan 13 between rebel and government troops in South Yemen. Prevented by government
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    • 354 9 THE British royal yacht, Britannia, sailed into quiet waters at Sembawang Wharves on Sunday the sights and sounds of the recent fighting in South Yemen still fresh in the minds of its crew and captain. They did not get much chance to unwind and see Singapore,
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    • 385 9 More opportunities for private sector in projects PRIVATE sector companies can look forward to about $50 million worth of computer projects from the Government. Tenders are expected to be called this year and next year, with contracts for software alone totalling $20 million,
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    • 81 9 Two fined for having crackers A MAN and a woman were yesterday fined $Mt and $l,Mt respectively for having firecrackers. Chan Llan Hoo, 28, pleaded guilty to having four packets of firecrackers on Saturday at the Woodlands checkpoint. The court heard that he bought the firecrackers la Penang aid intended
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    • 325 9 FOR the first time in 10 years. Singapore's exports dropped last year. The figure of $50.17 billion was 2.3 per cent less than the $51.34 billion recorded in 1964, according to preliminary figures from the Department of Statistics. Singapore's exports to
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    • 229 9 Addict blind in one eye after attack A DRUG adddict. viciously attacked while being treated at a centre, is now permanently blind in one eye. Mr Lee Min Leong, 30, on his return to the centre from hospital about two weeks after the attack, appealed for a discharge on medical
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    • 232 10 Tan Kok Liang: A profile Tan Koon Swan affair TAN KOK LIANG, the central figure in the Tan Koon Swan case who was arrested and freed on bail yesterday, is a devout Roman Catholic. So is his wife, Margaret Tan. They have two children. The Tans are active parishioners at
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    • 157 10 Sympathy messages for Koon Swan KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysian business-man-politician Tan Koon Swan, facing trial in Singapore over alleged unlawful dealings, was taking it easy at home here today as he received sympathy messages and wellwishers. A spokesman for the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), said Mr Tan, the party's 45-year-old
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    • 50 10 FIRE damaged a vacant pre-war shophouse near the junction of Angus Street and Boat Quay early on Sunday. No one was injured in the fire which was spotted shortly at 7 am. Two fire-engines put out the blaze in 30 minutes. The site is scheduled for redevelopment.
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    • 409 10 Management of HUDC estates THE first HUDC management councils will be set up in Phase One and Two estates within the next few months, ending a 19-month process of turning the estates over to the flatowners to manage. The Housing Board is now issuing
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    • 97 10 A REPUBLIC of Singapore Air Force pilot, Lieutenant Lee Thiam Wah, ejected safely from his aircraft before it crashed in the Philippines yesterday morning. The incident occurred shortly after Lt Lee, 22, took off on a routine training flight from Clark Air Base at about 10
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    • 233 10 SOME of the fish and cuttlefish balls you eat may contain more than you bargained for. A survey by the Consumers' Association of Singapore found that two brands of cuttlefish balls and deep-fried fish balls sold in a supermarket contained benzoic acid, a preservative banned
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    • 285 10 Fate of 9 canine survivors in hands of SPCA House of horrors THESE six puppies and three other dogs are the only survivors of the more than 40 dogs and cats found in 117 Branksome Road. They still bear the marks of the recent happenings clinging to one another and
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    • 262 10 AN ELDERLY woman was found dead, partially covered with old newspapers, beside a restaurant in Chinatown yesterday. The body of Madam Yap Onn, 75, wearing a blue blouse and black slacks, was found near the Sun Kum Leng Air-Conditioned Restaurant in Banda Street at 8.20 am.
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    • 338 11  -  RONNIE LIM By AT LEAST three oil refineries here have made inroads into the Japanese petrol market which had been closed to all overseas exports until recently. First off the mark was Shell which shipped 19,000 tonnes of unleaded petrol on Jan 5. It
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    • 505 11 FOUR of the younger People's Action Party leaders have been holding a series of meetings two or three times a month with party activists to explain government policies and obtain feedback. They are: Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong, Minister of State (Defence
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    • 242 11 A HOUSEWIFE went on trial hi the High Court yesterday far the alleged murder of a 82--year-old Housing Board sweeper three years See Sew Beng, 31, Is accused of strangling Madam Yap Son Keow with wire and then stabblng her la Madam Yap
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    • 24 11 THE Young Women's Christian Association will hold its annual flag day on March 1 to raise funds for the services it provides.
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    • 332 12  - Unions fear gratuities twill be affected IVAN LIM Proposed CPF cut By SOME unionists have voiced concern that the proposed reduction in employers' Central Provident Fund contributions will affect the payment of retirement gratuities to their members. This is because in the companies concerned, the 25 per cent CPF payment
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    • 384 12 15-point cut unfair to workers: Barisan THE Barisan Sosialis said yesterday that a 15 percentage point cut in employers' Central Provident Fund contribution would be a "sweetener" for bosses but "bitter gall" for workers. Party chairman Dr Lee Slew Cnoh said in a statement that such a reduction would be
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    • 634 12  - Test drives home a sober truth RAV DHALIWAL Drinking and driving don't mix By Reporter Chua Chin Chye, who drinks occasionally and only two cans of beer at the most was asked to drink on the job. More precisely, he gulped down six cans and then drove round the Ang
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    • 313 12 I THOUGHT I grazed a pylon or two. But I was told a different story later. They said my car went up the kerb twice, knocked down two pylons in the crank-shaped course and another one at the Sshaped course, and two more at
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    • 270 12 THE Small Claims Court became a year old on Saturday and it can already boast of doing a man-sized job sorting the claims, complaints, grouses and dissatisfaction of consumers and companies alike. Officially set up to give consumers a venue for quick
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    • 115 12 FOUR men were yesterday charged with grievously hurting another man on Sept 8 last year by fracturing his left big toe. They are Jayaram s/o Rengasamy, 53, the chairman of the Singapore Tamils' Movement at the time of the alleged offence, Nadaraja s o
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    • 559 13  -  SUMIKO TAN Talks on to have members transferred By MEMBERS of The Green House, a selfstyled exclusive club for women now closed, may continue to enjoy some of the facilities they once had. Mrs Kheng I. ing Khan. 30, one of the club's two
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    • 401 13 The ballot boxes trial A POLICE constable told a court yesterday that he saw a sticker being stuck on each of two ballot boxes which were alleged to have been tampered with. PC Mohd Arfan bin Ambran, 24, was asked during cross-examination by
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    • 133 13 S. Korean team here for first bilateral talks A SOUTH Korean delegation, led by Mr Kwon Byong-Hyon, DirectorGeneral of Asian Affairs, will hold talks with senior officers of the Foreign Affairs Ministry here today. It is understood that the group, which arrived on Sunday, will discuss economic and political issues
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    • 40 13 A FIRE, believed to be started by an arsonist, damaged a lift at the World Trade Centre (WTC) yestersday. The fire was discovered at about 9.30 pm and was put out 30 minutes later. No one was injured.
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    • 183 13 Pre-dawn store break-in: 4 suspects held POLICE yesterday cordoned off a department store In Beach Road and carried oat a pre-dawn search, nslng police dogs, after a break-in at the store. The two-hour search by about M officers from the Beach Road station, the Police Task Force and the Police
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    • 424 13  -  NANCY LOH By A BOY collapsed and died minutes after a playmate placed a mysterious sea creature on his arm. In the coroner's court yesterday, the sister of six-year-old Lee Woh Yuan recounted the incident. Shiueh Ni, 10. said her family had
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    • 303 15 Petroleum and LPG are now controlled articles FETROLKIM ami liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are now regarded as controlled articles under the Control of Essential Supplies Act 1973 Before yesterday, these items were under the Restriction on the Supply. Distribution and Use of Petroleum ind Electricity Act, 1973. This temporary act,
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    • 435 15  -  SALMA KHALIK Trial run at Centrepoint and Scotts By WHERE to shop? What to do this weekend? How to get to the bird park? The answers are at your fingertips with Teleguide, an international network of push-button information terminals. By August, there will be 90 terminals
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    • 307 15  -  KONG SOOK CHIN By THE makers of a brand of birth control device, which was withdrawn from the United States market, will continue tc sell it outside the US, including Singapore. Yesterday, a spokesman of the representative office of
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  • around YOUR PLACE
    • 234 14  -  Teck Ghee THE coming "new look" series of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra community concerts will begin at Teck Ghee community centre on March 9. For the first time, young residents with musical talent can play with the SSO professionals. They will be selected
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    • 641 14  -  Kreta Ayer LOW MEI MEI By MR WAN Seng, once an alley calligrapher, has been counting his blessings since he set up shop in Chinatown Complex last September. So is cobbler Moi Kai Chun, 49, whose shop next door now stands out
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    • 189 14  - Long swim by 70 members to raise funds for club Toa Payoh ABOUT 70 members of the People's Association Youth Swimming Club (PAYSC) will take a plunge to raise $10,000 for the club's activities. They will swim a total distance of 10,000 metres within 30 minutes in the club's first
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    • 61 14  - 10th year joy for Braddell Primary Potong Pasir BRADDELL Primary School will be celebrating its 10th anniverary on March 3. There will be a concert and a prize-giving ceremony in the morning. A dinner will be held in the school grounds at 8 pm. Mr Goh Kim Leong. Permanent Secretary
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    • 397 14  -  Bo Wen IN BO Wen, no loiterer or would-be mischiefmaker escapes the attention of the residents in six blocks 221 to 226. More than 80 per cent of the blocks' residents are already keeping watch for each other. This means a longer
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    • 207 14  -  Cheng San CRIME has dropped in the Cheng San constituency since a neighbourhood police post was set up there recently. This was disclosed at the opening of the Cheng San NPP in Block 580, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, on Sunday by the Acting
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    • 169 14  -  Tampines TAMPINES community leaders have declared war on the nuisance of urinating In lifts. They are organising a poster design competition for their constituents. All posters must carry the message: "Do not urinate In the lift." Tax assistant Foo Ah Tuang, n, the chairman of
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    • 328 14 Celebrate Lunar New Year in the biggest way possible. Al Sl I Asia's largest theatre restaurant, our troupe of 10 Chinese culinar\ experts, headed b\ hef lang, has cooked up a fabulous feast tor the season A I ht- special 10-course menu for lunch and dinner starts off ith traditional
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  • 535 16 Pick up the phone for a taste of good music Art Buchwald THERE was a time when, if you wanted to hear good music, you put or a p?cord or attended a concert. Now all you have to do is pick up the telephone and dial an institution. As soon
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  • 1467 16  - Singapore devaluation a double-edged sword VIKRAM KHANNA Pros and cons of cheaper dollar not fully explored OPINION By 4 A priori, it might in fact be argued that as a costcutting measure, devaluation is more practical and ef- fective than wage re- straint. In September last year, the Monetary Authority
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  • What others say
    • 679 16 Editorial headlined, The mission of clan associations in modern times, published in Lianhe Zaobao on Jan 28. THE formation of the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations demonstrates that clan associations have realised the importance and urgency of the task of self-re-newal. It also enables clan
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    • 329 16 Editorial headlined. Work together for economic improvement, published in Berita Harian on Jan 30. THE formation of the Kemas Action Committee, which will draw up plans to upgrade the economic level of the Malay Muslim community here, is good news. In fact, for
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  • BACKGROUND
    • 1627 17  -  JOHN BERTHELSEN Prospects for the tin business, which collapsed last October, continue to be bleak. The price of tin tumbled to MslB a kg when trading resumed on the Kuala Lumpur market yesterday, a far cry from the last traded price of M529.50
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    • 808 17  -  MICHAEL WINERIP By PATCHOGUE (New York) One day last week, Mr Tony Blanda was sitting in his den, explaining that after watching videotapes of 6,000 ice hockey fights, he rarely gets emotional about them any more. For three years, Mr Blanda, 23, has taped
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  • FORUM
    • 250 18 Press laws will not seal off Singapore Minis.ry replies to journal I REFER to a neport in The Straits Times of Jan 25 on a comment in The Asian Wall Street Journal of Jan 22 on the proposed changes to Singapore's press laws. Could you p blish in your paper
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    • 432 18 THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters mutt include your signature, full name, address, and horn* and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish.
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    • 277 18 WE would like to draw the attention of school-leavers to our recent experience at the hands of an employer out to exploit labour. Early last month, my friends and I responded to an advertisement for temporary salespersons in a garment shop in Ang
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    • 161 18 I RECENTLY had my car repossessed by a finance company. It was repossessed in the early hours of the morning without my knowledge. The door was forced open and the engine started by connecting the ignition wires. I had a few valuable and
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    • 287 18 I MUST say I cannot share the views expressed by Ms Zaibun Siraj regarding the Miss Singapore Miss Universe Beauty Pageant. (ST, Jan 22). I find such shows very entertaining. They are not just a parade of female bodies. It is interesting to
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    • 197 18 Replies I REFER to the letter "Watch the noise" by Mr Foong Swee Fong. (ST, Dec 31). Our school's military band held a residential camp (or its members from Dec 17 to Dec 21. The band played the National Anthem at the flag-raising ceremony, which
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    • 180 18 Public toilets are now much cleaner I REFER to the letter "Our toilets are in a sorry state" by "Concerned W". (ST, Jan 9). I agree with the writer that more could be done to keep our public toilets clean. The managements of premises with public toilets should ensure that
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    • 130 18 I REFER to the letter "Smaller books, lighter bags" by Ms Katherine Lim. (ST, Jan 18). The Ministry of Education has already tried to lighten the school bags of our primary school students by publishing textbooks, workbooks and readers in parts. Workbooks for the
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • Article, Illustration
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    • 73 19 SIA and the Big Four banks led the Singapore stock market higher yesterday. The Straits Times Industrial Index, which was 3.81 points higher by lunch, rose 6.83 points to 614.15. The Business Times Composite Index rose 6.98 points to 526.01. Rises led falls 79 to 39.
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    • Chief price changes
      • 59 19 SI A 555 +20 Batclntanf 525 +20 lUt Von 221 +14 DBS 414+17 Spore land 217 +12 OCBC 705 ♦10 f IN 600 4 10 UOB 330+10 Gcirt— ji 434 +1 Can Store 750 +1 Sen I- 170 +1 luisnt Enf 705 C Haw Par IK Sea View 152
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      • 62 19 Jacki M 110 -790 Sri Hirlanus IU -22 MCredrl II -11 MBf Hdcs 179 -7 Ml 119 -t K MM 15-5 MBf Corp 140 -4 H leong M 114 -4 VanD-H-tt 49' i -3". CASH 112 -3 Ml Pleasure K -3 Bedford M -3 Prima 44C -2 Malakoft 22C
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      • 12 19 SI A 1,963,000 Promet 327,000 Sime Darby 324,000 MUI 247,000
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      • 88 19 lan 31 Feb 3 Bl Composite 519 03 526 01 BI InoVator *****45 *****54 BT 06 OS -106 38 CADI 6757 6726 06V *****5 *****4 ST Industry 607 32 614 15 ST finance 2185 12 2193 73 ST Hotels 636 33 637 80 lan 31 Feb 3 ST Properties
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      • 37 19 INDICES High Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1985.86 High 852 65 (7/3 '85) 757.79 (8/3/85) 1985/86 low ***** (23 1 86) ***** (23/1/86) All t.me High *****1(8/2/84) 983.06(8/2/84) All time low 74 75(17/9/64) 509 11(23/1/86)
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      • 14 19 THE US dollar gained two ticks to close at DM 2.3790 in Singapore.
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      • 29 19 f. DM Y FF SI HS UBs ***** 2 3765 190 40 unq 2 1280 unq 1388b 2 3790 190 85 7 2910 2 1335 7 8045
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      • 12 19 In Singapore, gold lost US$6.lO to close at U*****.40 an ounce.
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      • 33 19 Eurodollar: Gained three ticks to 92.10 a contract. Deutochemark: Lost five ticks to 0.4220 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 53 ticks to 0.*****7 a contract. Gold: Gained US$6.7O to U*****.60 an ounce.
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    • Short stops
      • 71 19 TOKYO. Mon. Four British banks have informed the Finance Ministry here of their plans to start securities businesses in Japan, a press report said yesterday. The influential economic daily Nihon Keizai, citing international monetary sources here, said major Swiss and West German banks were expected
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      • 74 19 OSAKA. Mon Matsush ita Electric Industrial Co of Japan said last week it would expand overseas production of stereo components as part of its effort to reduce Japan's trade friction with other countries The company said it would start producing stereo tuners in France next year at a
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      • 78 19 TOKYO. Mon Japan's C. Itoh and Co Ltd has signed to take 19 per rent of a joint petrochemical venture in Shanghai, with 51 per cent taken by Shanghai Petrochemical Complex and 30 per cent by China Merchant Industries Ltd, said a spokesman (or C. Itoh. Capitalised at
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      • 62 19 NEW DELHI. Mon. An 8 per cent price increase for petroleum products took effect here on Saturday, almost immediately after it was announced by the government. Gasoline in the capital now costs about 7.54 rupees (SJI.J4) per litre, as against seven rupees on Friday Prices for
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      • 88 19 NEW ORLEANS. Mon. Yugo of America said yesterday it would import a new "sporty" version of its Yugoslavian-built small car in June and offer it as a companion to its basic model, whose U553,990 <558,498) base price makes it the chea|K»st new car offered in the
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    • 508 19  -  CONRAD RAJ By SINGAPORE'S Big Four banks are rushing to get their stockbroking divisions off the ground by early next month. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation has set March 1 as its target date to launch its stockbroking unit. OCBC Securities Pte Ltd. "But
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    • 333 19 Reference price for tin is set at M$18 KL Tin Market's reopening KUALA LUMPUR, Monday THE world now has a reference price for tin MslB following today's reopening of the Kuala Lumpur market after a three-month gap due to the international tin crisis. But local miners have agreed amongst themselves
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    • 583 19  -  N. BALAKRISHNAN Privatisation move By THE Singapore Government is likely to start its privatisation exercise by divesting its shares in the smaller companies it owns and by reducing government shares in companies that are already listed, some analysts and merchant bankers said. They
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    • 286 19 INDIVIDUAIJS and corporations continued to borrow less from banks and finance houses in November. The latest statistical bulletin from the Monetary Authority of Singapore showed that bank lending fell by $25 million in November while that at finance houses was $26 million lower. Lower
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    • 412 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. There is an urgent need for reform of the Malaysian capital market in view of the major flaws exposed by the Pan-Electric Industries debacle, according to former Bank Negara Governor Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Tana. Tan Sri Abdul Aziz, whose sudden
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    • 410 19 CONDITIONS for the $300--million lifeboat recently proposed by two foreign banks to bail out financial-ly-strapped stockbrokers are said to be too onerous to be acceptable. Although no decision has yet been made, broking sources said that as they stand now, they are not practical
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    • 2791 20 READERS should be aware of the imitations of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt in at the stock exchange is covered in "business done". Further, because al deainjs at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend in
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    • 2384 20 ■fXJSTRMLS A Choc (1 856) Xd Abb (058'iB) 0) 061 (26) 060 01) 0.59' 2 Akom (0 525) (7) 0 52 Amd(3 70S) Antoh (4) 252 (4) 254 (6) 2 55 (6) 2 53 (4) 2 51 (4) 2 4 2 0) 241 (DO) 238
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    • 2721 20 M shares quoted have a par value of SI. unless otherwise specified 'Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Taieiempted dividend ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted in ddars 1985/86 Last Yield Vol Day rffh Low Company Salt Change (000) rich Low
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 361 21 1- *> SIMM 2 For bett culotnts mh 3 OCBC France 4 only jtabbfc jt 08$ Fiunct UOf i rain *o j.»U* it UW i«*i*Me it 08$ Fiunc* DEPOSIT RHUS Savings daily 5' 4 5 4 3 4 5 Monthly 5 Fixed deposit 1 month 4'« IU 4
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      • 200 21 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local (Mars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.5059- -1.5087 6.72—6.53 Canadian dollar 1.4915—1.4933 6.77—6.65 NZ dollar 1 1342 1 1379 8 98—6.57 Sterling pound 2 9713 2 9748 3.39-3.33 US dollar 2 1300 2.1310 4.73-4.68
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      • 109 21 THE US dollar closed mixed against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it opened at 2.1280/20 and closed at 2.1305/15. It traded within a range of 2.1270 and 2.1305 in quiet trading. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed unchanged compared with its opening of
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      • 129 21 THE kilobar market Ckttinf price traded between 5523,636 iwt and 5524,015 yesterday. Rr-itrraß- 7m<vm In the Far East mar- ""s** ftiyen-Solon ket, god opened in the GOLD sj morning at ****< 23.655—***** US$34B.f4D, 9.10. It traded 4 r" sgm 119—129 to the day s high of 0 8 238—249
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      • 36 21 GOLD USVoz Mon Fri Singapore 347.20— 347 70 353 50—354 00 Hongkong 347 25-347 75 348 30— 348 80 Fri Thurs New York 354 75 355 25 354 75-355.25 London 349 50—350 00 *****-*****
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    • Stock markets round-up
      • 65 21 i i i i i i i i i i NST Index Monday 1.069.07 (1,093.89) ~br? Hongkong Hang Sent -t0 Monday 1,702.38 (1,695.78) Australian AH-Ordinaries Monday 1.072.9 (1,075.1) Nhkei Stock Average Monday 13,086.47 (13.043.61) Financial Times Industrials Friday 1,161.0 (1.156.4) Dow Jones Average |7sg Friday 1.570.99 (1,552.18) (Figures in
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      • 638 21 INTEREST in local quality stocks, led by SIA and the Big Four banks, spilled on to the the Singapore stock market yesterday. Investors were encouraged by Finance Minister Richard Hu's remarks that his coming budget would boost the economy. They also welcomed the formation
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      • 304 21 Feb 3 HKJ Change Assoc Intl Hotel Bonk Of Eost Asio 24 50 unch Cheung Kong 19 80 +0 1 Chwso Light 1 5 70 -0 1 Cross Horb Tunnel 10 00 unch F E Consortium 0 50 -0 02 For Eost Exch Mm 0 050 unch G I
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      • 323 21 eb 3 Cents Change (Aust) INDUSTIIALS C I 315 3 «i N I 318 I P M 332 unch M>erfoyle 850 30 kgc 255 10 Mionce Oil Mked m.ii 325 unch >,mp.il Exp 205 2 Ampol Pet 247 3 Km 460 4 Ashton 131 +1 5 H P 726
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      • 356 21 Feb 3 Von Change Ainomoto 1190 -20 Akoi 415 +4 Amoda 803 -1 Asahi Chem 763 -2 Asohi Glass 900 unch Bank Tk 690 +9 Bndgestone 516 unch Canon 1100 -10 CosK> Computer 1780 +10 Citizen 510 unch D Nip Print 1300 unch D Nippon Screen Doie. 891 -13
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      • 241 21 Managers' price* for Fab 4 Sirtf apore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 88—0 93 Ih« Savings Fund 0 78—0 83 S port Prog Fund 0 36-0 38 Spore Sec Fund 0 57--061 S pore In.est Fund 0 48—0 SI Spore tquitv Fund 0 40—0 43 Asia Unit Trust
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    • Simex futures
      • 78 21 Eurodollar 3-month deposit MARCH Eurodollar opened higher at 92.12 from Friday's close but unchanged from IMM's close. LIFFE opening saw slightly firmer prices in quet trading. (100 inip'ied interest rate) Opea Hlf-t Law Sett Est Val Mar 92.12 92.14 92.09 92 10 880 Jan 92.00 92.02 92.00 92.02 30 Sept
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        61 21 CURRENCY futures opened higher than Friday's close but eased lower as the US dollar firmed to 2.3845 deutschemarks in the spot market. March deutschemark closed five ticks lower at 0.4220. Jan 15 (US dollar Deutschemark Open High Lew Sett Est Vol Mar 0.4229 0 4230 0.4211 0.4220 609 •"■a
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      • 48 21 MARCH Japanese yen closed 53 ticks higher at 0.*****7. It traded actively within a range of 0.*****2 and 0.*****7. (Japanese Yen) Open High Lew Sett Est Vol Mar 0.*****2 0 *****7 0.*****2 0.*****7 1896 •fan 0.*****3 Sept 0.*****2 Open let (Fri): 1334. Act Vol (Fri): IM7.
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        45 21 GOLD futures had a dull trading day with the February contract closing lower at U*****.60 an ounce. (In USS per troy ounce) Open High Lew Sett Est Vol Fee 347.60 M*r 349.50 Apr 350.90A 351.70 50 Ope_ bit (Fri): IM. Act Vol (Fri): IM.
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    • 581 21 Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo Delivery of FCL import containers LCL Receiving Receiving Cargo Time Block F5 *****330 B2 Fl 0900 1000 Gl Fl 0800 0900 *****500 KI F7 1000-1100 *****500 P4 0830-0930/1500 1600 S4 F5 1600 1700 2100 2200 U4 Fl *****600-1900 2000 N3
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    • 325 21 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Altair K27 aside 4/2 Friendship K2O aside 4/2 Inabukwa K2O aside 4/2 Makmur K24E 4/2 11/2 Baiymshan K2O 4/2 11/2 Bu-lder 3 K23 4/2 5/2 Bunga Gelang K27 4/2 7/2 Frasm Kl7 4/2 7/2 Glory Selatan 8 Kl5 4/2 4/2 Kapitan
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    • 22 21 Rubber Closing prices cents Kilo Singapore February 162 25 up 1 25 cents Malaysia February 187 50 up 0 50 cents
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    • 10 21 Tin Closing prices M$ kilo I Tin 18 00
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    • 27 21 dosing prices Copp*r tonne Fri Spot 1012 00—1013 00 (1014 00—1014 50) 3 months 1040 50—1041 00 (1044 50-1045 00) Market tone Steady Sales 13.450 tonnes
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    • 27 21 Clown prett Silvsr USS/tror M Man Fri Singapore 603 608 609 614 Fri Pot Him York 6 02-6 07 6 08—613 Soviet Credit Suisse. S pore
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    • 26 21 Ctain( prices Aluminium £/tome Fri Spot 788 00-789 00 (794 00-795 00) 3 months *****—819 00 (824 50-825 00) Market tone Easier Sales 9.750 tonnes
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    • 96 21 Crude MS/ tome palm oi Feb 600 (north) 595 isouth& central) Mar 620 (north* central) 610 (south) Refined palm oi USX tonnes RBD palm Feb/ Mar ?90 (sellers) Apr 305 (sellers) RBO Otein Feb 300 (sellers Mar 307 50 (sellers) Apr 310 (sellers) RBD Stearin Feb Mar 270
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    • 125 22 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Association of Merchant Banks said yesterday whether the extra Ms64o million to be released into the banking system would find its way to the borrowers would depend largely on the financial institutions themselves. Its chairman, Datuk Azman Hashim, while welcoming
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    • 353 22 AT A time of razoredged competition for contracts, Keppel Shipyard has won itself $26 million worth of work for the Mass Rapid Transit system. This is a sub-contract awarded by British firm Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co, which won the signalling systems contract for the entire
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    • 156 22 SINGAPORE-BASED Khong Guan Flour Milling Ltd has turned in improved results for the six months to Oct 31. 1985. Group pre-tax profit was $414,000. compared with a $70 million loss for the same period in 1984. But turnover fell by 8.78 per cent to
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    • 651 22  -  MARA FERNANDEZ Face in the news By FOURTEEN years ago, Angelic Advertising had billings of a paltry $100,000 and a staff of three. Today, it boasts of billings in the millions and following a tie-up early this year with a top
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    • 296 22 ALTHOUGH Bank of America doubts that Singapore will overtake Hongkong as a gateway to China, it nevertheless acknowledges that Singapore is a key-point in its world network for the China market by opening a China Desk here yesterday. Mr John Chu, who
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    • 155 22 HONGKONG, Mon. Chinese state agency China International Trust and Investment Corp (Citic) has begun detailed discussions on a proposed takeover of Ka Wah Bank Ltd, Ka Wah financial adviser East Asia Warburg Ltd said. An East Asia spokesman said the talks were
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    • 304 22  -  DOREEN SOH By QSOME years ago, I used a relative's name to buy some shares at $4. The shares are worth $5 each now and my relative wants to own half of the shares at the old price. I feel that this is unfair as I risked my Money
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      • 79 22 KAMPONG Lanjut Tin Dredging Bhd has bought a 5.2 per cent stake in Kuahi Kampar Tin Fields Bhd. It bought 182.000 ordinary Msl 50 shares in Kuala Kampar Tin Fields from Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Bhd for MJ782.600 or Ms4 30 per share. Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Bhd
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      • 75 22 SHANGRI-LA Hotel (HK) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shangri-La Hotel Ltd, is buying the whole of Baughen Investments Ltd for a nominal sum of HKSI.OOO (5J272 80). The Singapore-listed company bought a 20 per cent stake in Baughen in 1981 to represent its interest in a Hongkong
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      • 70 22 PERMODALAN Nasional Bhd. which has earlier re duced its interest in Harrisons Malaysian Plantations Bhd from a 51.46 per cent-held subsidiary to a 36.17 per cent associate, has further reduced its stake to 20.85 per cent. It has sold another 64 million ordinary shares in HMP for almost M5254
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      • 48 22 ASSOCIATED Management Services (Pte) Ltd has raised its stake \n Malaya Tin Printing Co Ltd by 1.319.560 shares These, together with the 3.812.000 MTP shares it held after MTP's recent takeover of Van der Horst Ltd. bring Associated Management's stake in MTP to 18 2 per cent.
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    • 10 19 o Tin bast sends shock waves throogh Ipoh: P 17
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    • 122 19 TUDOR: BUILDING. Cut from a solid block of stainless steel each yTudor Oyster case is then shaped, polished and E5 *^^^w€ld, blot or screw, the case retains V^jT^JjßSf the toughness and strength of the \^2y^^ block o( steel from which it J The winding crown of the water-proof, selfwinding Tudor
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    • 123 21 I -r jj Wk m B I 9 B I jJ&^ I ?>■ Mm**, m li 9V*?- mMl^^r^ I I William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless Polish immigrant two men born on the same day on opposite sides of
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    • 17 22 SEND your financial queries to Moneyw:se, The Straits Times, Timet House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923.
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    • 3779 23 TELEPHONE SERVICE: RATES CLASSIFICATION GUIDE: rV"<#) —I sttSdiV 8 30am!S200?mM^ Ordinary: S5 00 per l.ne (M,n $15 00) Food/Ent#rt inm nt (2 _5) 4» p»V f t\L MS^^% KS^^k ilf 3 jlf ,J "^g-^V g\ /—"^W -f^^ deadime for the Sunday T,mes i S«mi-di«pl«y: $20 00 per col cm P«r»on«l
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    • 569 23 37 Airconditioners/ Refrigerators Ability in helping any ol your problems AIRCON./ FRIDGE SERVICES 24 hrs. Islandwide Service can solve all problems of servicing repairing- raspraying Ol all retnger workshop/ your place Guaranteed 2nd hand (ridga available, aingla door $100 $200, twin door $200 $350. Free delivery 3 months guar antaad.
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    • 738 23 38 TV/ Video/ Hi-Fi E.T. TV/ VIDEO I alised in repairing all kind'- ol video recorder ft in *****77 day. 4591 1K8 night. NATURAL SPECIUISE IN repair ing c'TV. video, hi-fi, antennae Installation Fxpirss service guaranteed Tel *****90/ *****01 SEE FWA SPECIALIZES in Video. Colour TV. Hl-fl system repair! antennae
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 844 24 51 Printing/ Copyinj 57 Business 57 Business 64 Domestic Help b4 Domestic Help 70 situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Services Opportunities Opportunities Available Available Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Sales Sales s=============== s======= i Clerical Clerical Clerical EXPRESS PRINTING SERVICES call 3374'Jt0 In
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    • 580 24 SINGAPORE NEWS PUBLICATIONS LTD Used Canteen Equipment for sale l One unit stainless steel Bain Marie counter with 6 full size containers tray slides 2. One unit stainless steel serving counter cutlery stand 3. One unit stainless steel refrigerated display rase for fruits 4 One unit 6-door refrigerator For viewing
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    • 499 24 64 Domestic Help Available Reliability is our business Wide choice of maids from I j Philippines with hark up service j by our Filipina counsellor Full documentation insurance 3d! medical S5 000 bond S replacement guaranteed c 1 0 00 am 900 pm daily Specially hand picked trained Phi Thai
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    • 639 24 FILIPINO 5220 THAI 1220 SRI LAMUN SIM INDONESIAN S2OO OFF DAYS COMPENSATED Wr stMed i'.iiei 1 onentate our ve'y own guts Good anitude hardworking nones' obedien' Complete placement lee includes Mm $5 000 Secur>t> Bond $***** f'A Pe'to--naice Bcic Vsd fee Medicai E«am rjrocess complete documents on Replacement guarartee 2
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    • 491 24 SANYO SANYO BUSINESS SYSTEMS (S) PTE LTD requires GENERAL CLERK/TYPIST Requirements: Female GCE 'O 1 level or equivalent Able to type accurately and are willing to learn Interested applicants please call Debbie at *****66 to arrange for an immediate interview. I 135 Middle Road I #0303 Bylands Building ;I Singapore
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    • 634 24 1 COMMERCE A INDUSTRY I invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the post of: (A)SECRETARY (RESEARCH) (B)SECRETARY (FOUNDATIONS) Qualifications: POST (A): University graduate with Economics as a major subject Minimum 2to 3 years of relevant experience Knowledge of Chinese is an advantage POST (B): a University graduate a Effectively
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    • 643 24 WORD PROCESSOR OPERATOR e Philips Type P5020 system At least P3 English at (> level Written applications to include tha following: present salary expected salary contact telephone number to: Newman Corporate Services PteLtd 7SOOA Beach Road #13-320 The Plaza Singapore 0719 STRIKER'S BOWL PTE. LTD. invites applicants tor the following
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    • 733 24 COMPUTER FIRM REQ. a Junior a Accounts Clerk GCE O' level I LCCI Intermediate Bookkeeping. typing. Ito 2 years experience Interested pise call 5335U12 EMPLOYMENT AGENCY REOUIRES I Female General Clerk Interest- I ed please call personally at I »04-07. Fortune Centre. Middle Road or tel *****87 I FEMALE GENERAL
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    • 1461 24 r™~" i j Multinational Company offers i "CAREER IN SALES" Only diligent, highly motivated persons need apply No previous sales experience required as training will be provided For further details, applicants are invited to a personally interview at i I Cockpit Hotel I Room 308, 115 Penang Road. I Time:
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    • 573 25 72 Situations Vacant- 72 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant- Technical Technical Production Production Production 7A Slt "«*»<>n« Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: 81 Vehicles For Hire s^^=^=^=^=^= Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous aBBBBBiBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBBIBBBBBBBV SBBMMBBB«JBaaBBBBBBBBBMpaBBBiaaBBBBB e»B»B»»Bßaaa»Bßaaaß»aMaßßaßßßaaaß^^^M^^^^^^^^^» DATA GENERAL CORPORATION, a Fortune
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    • 278 25 TECHNICAL ASBT. REOO. to uork In Jurong. GCE 'A' Level from Technical stream or ITC In Mechanical Engineering. 'O' Level candidates with good technical background may also apply. For Interview, tel: *****00. MECHANICAL DRAUGHTSMAN REOUIRED In Jurong Write giving phone no. to. S.T Box A*****. 390 Kim Seng Road. S'pore
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    • 555 25 ::::::::::5aiia«d?HDicil:ii:::::::::: —I— Mx/ can earn between ZZZZZZZZZ _l Toa' Payoh Pfant -L- Aftg Mo Kle PhAt' I I 1 hour j-mmiing permanent night 12-hour rotating shift Bi :v shift Work 15 days d month m|; :> Productivity bonus Free transport from Ang Mo Kio K;• :9 Minimum Pri 6 education
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    • 332 25 SMITH VALVE SINGAPORE PTE LTD We have immediate vacancies for: A) MACHINISTS (2 Rotating Shifts) NTC 3 Metal Machining Minimum 1 yr of work experience in lathe or milling machine type of work Completed N.S.F. or exempted Those without NTC but has 3 yrs of lathe experience will be considered
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    • 560 25 An established organisation I with more than 500 employees, many of I whom are resident in its premises, invites I applications for several posts of SECURITY GUARD THE JOB To ensure the security and safety of properties and people in the organisation. To perform general guard duties. THE REQUIREMENTS Age
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    • 603 25 OCTOPUSSY DELUXE LOUNGE invites applications for tha poats of: A) WAITRESSES B) PRO (basic salary $1,500 C) CASHIERS Fringe benefits and very good remunerations offered. Transport provided. Please apply personally In the afternoon. Must bring along a paasport photo reference to: 81-09/13 GLASS HOTEL SHOPPING CENTRE. 317 OUTRAM ROAD SINGAPORE
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    • 797 25 PRINTING CO URGENTLY requires (1) Printer Preferably with experience in operating Ryobi 480 KA-NP Willing to work long hours on urgent jobs Salary $.">5O $800 depending on experience (2) Chinese Dellveryman Possess Class 3 licence Understand simple English Salary $450 -$5OO Call personally at 2 Leng Kee Road =02-05 Thye
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    • 777 25 MINIMUM 10-DAY SPECIAL OFFER. 1300 1400 cc. $45/day 1600 cc $50/day 1300 1400 cc. J4OO/week 1600 cc $450 week TEL: *****02 TELEPHONE US TOOAY for 20% discount on dally rental 1000 c c $33. 1300 C c $42. 1600 c.o $60, 2000 ex $70 and many other models Self driven
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 947 26 86 For Sale: BMW a: BMW 52OiA. I pte owner Bp rts rims r.tclio HMMtM Tax immaculate emu! $41,500 I'O loan arranxeahle *****1K 80 BMW S2OIA. pte owners, air COn., radio i;issetle s runs ex ••'lent cond $24.H011 746.50H7 BS BMW 52OiA I pte owner Car in tbowraaai com! c
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    • 834 26 88 For Sal*: Ford/Fiat 82 LASER 13 M itchburk private owner, full accessories, tip top condition Tel *****35 85 FORD LASEII I I sport. 3-dr 1 owner, s run. hlfl. immaculate .oiui $26,000 4/***** 89 For Sat*: Datsun/Nissan HIGH LOAN LOW INTEREST Authorised Dealer: DELTA MOTOR Bukit Timah Showroom Tel:
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    • 929 26 89 For Sal*: Datsun/Nissan '84 NISSAN PULSAR I pte owner, alrcon radio cassette, new tax *****55 '85 MODEL. NISSAN March 10 GL 5-speed Aircon radio, cassette Highest offer secures *****31. '85 NISSAN MARCH. Original condition, 1 owner, new tax. nice no plate $21,300 Tel *****86 O, 81 DATSUN 120Y Alrcon
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    • 905 26 91 For Sal*: Mitsubishi ALMOST -61 SUPERSHIFT 1400G1.X Coupe Alrcon, s/rims. radio cussette. Showroom cond. $11,800 Laon $9,000 *****40 BRAND NEW HIGH performance Mitsubishi Colt 1600 Turbo available at reasonable price. Call: *****26/ *****77 MID 81 MITSUBISHI Lancer 1600GSR. 2 owners. Up top cond. 2-dlglt no Kull accessories. New tax
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    • 900 26 92 For Sal*: Mazda •02, MAZDA 323 (1500) 5-speeU 4 drs.. alrcon., radio, cassette Tip top. 1 owner $16,5000n0 *****69^ •02. MAZDA I.S OL Good cond Alrcon cassette 1 owner. Original paint Contact *****89 '03 APR., MAZDA 626 GLX. Power steering. 1 owner Good cond $19,800 0.n.0. Contact *****72 •03,
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    • 840 26 93 For Sale: Honda •4 ACCORD EX. 1 pte owner Alrcon, radio/ cassette, low mileage Like new $29,800 Tel: *****09 84 HONOA ACCORO, fully auto.. 1 owner, expensive hi-fi, power steering, new tax, $29,900 *****56 84 HONOA ACCORO EX. Immaculate cond $31,500 0.n.0 Contact Tay/ Ling, tel *****77/8/9 94 For
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    • 758 26 94 For Sato: Daihatsu 94 For Sale: Daihatsu 94 For Sale: Daihatsu 94 For Sale: Daihatsu SWEET MUSIC TO YOUR EARS 4 s 0 0 ■5? .^^^^^^^^^^J^JjSSl^j^^r^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^BßO^OMOMa^^Jfe^jg^Bj f^M LaaaV J fe^^^l saaaaaaaaaaW o^o^om^Kaaaaa^^S^H 1 mSSI^^^BSBBSSSSSSSSSSSS^cs sp z^rfSSssSSESSii2mi For your driving and listening pleasure, I $27»° 23 'wrn~' ~ir~ we are
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    • 649 26 97 For Sal*: Commercial Vehicles LATE 79 TOYOTA Llte£.ce. good condition. Price negotiable. Tel: i *****96 MAY 78 DATSUN pickup 1500 c.c. Petrol. Alrcon. new Insurance. $3,000 0.n.0. Tel: *****93. MR> 00 SUZUKI Jeep 800 c.c. Alrcon, radio, cassette. Beautiful cond. $5,600. Tel *****91 NISSAN URVAN. 12/04 (Petrol) Alrcon rust-proofed,
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    • 481 26 98 Sale/Wanted: Motor Cycles/Scooters NEW. 2NDHAND RDI2SLC YPVS RD3SOLC RXK PX2OOE PXISOI etc. Trade-In or lnstalmen avail 81k.203 Bedok Centra (facing Bedok bus interchange) HAPPY NEW VEARI Recycle give: better value for all Motorcycles Scramblers, Scooters. Selllni problems, please call: *****34. FC PLATE GSX 750 Selling $2,801 neg. Pis. contact
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    • 578 26 99 Vehicles Wanted WANTED QUALITY USED cars 5 Premium price will be paid for your car. Drive-In for on-the- > spot valuation/ transaction. Call: Mr Koh. *****77. A BUSINESSMAN WANTS to buy 5 1000 1600/ 2000 c.c. used cars. Any model. Cash. *****45. 1 BEST PRICES OFFERED for any scrap,
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 5205 27 106 Accommodation 106 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 108 Accommodation 113 For Sale: Houses Available: Houses Available: Houses Available: Available: Available: Available: Available: Available: Available: Rooms Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments D.S, FABER HILLS fond.. 3 levels mais. Fully aircon./ veil
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    • 783 27 $270 PER MONTH. Kurn room (Serangoon Gdn Terr I. quietfull privacy Tel *****64 2-RM. 1 HALL to rent. $300 A room $150 Pis come to Blk 32. Tanglin Halt Rd =06-204. (0314) FURN. ROOM TO let 'n Changi Garden Interested tel *****8" 109 Accommodation Wanted: Houses EXPATRIATE REQUIRES BIG housrpreferably
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    • 590 27 DIST 18. BEDOK RISE, 2-storey. beautiful seml-d 4.500 sq ft 4 bdrms Split-level F'hold $480,000 Patron. *****15/ 8 iST 2159. EHG KONG Terrace 3 bedrooms. 2 halls, car porch, renovated Freehold $160,000 neg Tel *****16 DIST 5 FABER HILL, d storey corner seml-d 4-1 bdrms./ bathrms att'd 5.000 sq.ft F'hold.
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    • 1381 28 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private n 4 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces sss^^^^^^ssss;^^ Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments Apartments SUNRISE VIUA Yio Chu Kang
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    • 1292 28 Upgrade to a private residential home at City Mansions, iwj'Tfkwf^OMj when prices are now in your favour. im j- Low-rise apartments and double-storey v.'^T vW*| ''J^W*i«v7Ms ,W townhouses in an elite residential area <^jo 1-" i^/ Strolling distance to Orchard Road jf^^K^^ \>S PAtERSON^-^^ Luxurious finishings including double-glazed f fa
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    • 725 28 D.9 DEVONSHIRE CT. 3-bdrmed apt./ attached. 1500 sq.ft F'hold $245,000. Houseworld *****64/5 D.9 GRANGE HGTS. Beautifully renovated. 3+l rms. 1.900 sq.ft. Freehold $368,000 TMP *****00 D.9 HILLTOP APT. Freehold 2500 sq.ft. 3 bedrooms, servant's. $400,000 0.n.0 L.T. Realty *****63 D.9 SINGAPURA MANSION. 3 bdrms. with aircon. F/furn. 1750 sq.ft. F'hold
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    • 771 28 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments i-RM. BT MERAH. high llr Jlk 140. $158,000. 5-rm. Clementi 31k 413. well renovated. $140,000 l-rm. Rochor Ctr, renovated. 172.000 DTPS 224-2228/ 223-0530 i-RM. TELOK BLAMGAH Dr Blk 53. ip top renovation. Uood facing. 31k. 49. terrazzo throughout. 1129.000 Depot Rd 81k. 113. ceamic parquet.
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    • 561 28 BENDEMEER ROAD Semi-detached Factor> n Floor area: 350 sq m U Site Area: 536.6 sq m n Title: 99 yeais fiom 1.4.65 n Realistically priced for prime location with major road frontage Tel: *****33 116 For Sale: HOB Apartments I 2-RM. C WEALTH CLOSE Blk 82 $16,000; Tainan Ho Swee
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    • 563 28 I |>^ Comptox AREA- 7MO «l <<> "1 cargoes. 1 passenger lift Clean and well maintained Competitive rentals UNON TEXTILE CO. (PTE) LTD 37 Jalan Pemimpin, #01 01 Singapore 2057 TEL: *****33 TS JTC TERRACE Factory 1 1/i--storey for rent/ sale at $5,800 ono. or sale at (510,000 ono. 6,000
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    • 636 29 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces "> /flM\ JURONG EAST WAREHOUSE CONTAINER YARD COMPLEX LOCATION Strategically located at Clem. Jurong East near PIE Exit 28 and easily ossible from city and port gateways RENTAL Newly revised rate TERM Short or long term lease A. SINGLE STOREY WAREHOUSE Available
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    • 55 29 111 For Rent: Office Spaces RIGHT PRICE RIGHT LOCATION OUTSIDE CBD OFFICE SPACE From 883 sq ft Details *****09/ *****66 2 TABLES AVAIL, with telex, tel facilities; Middle Rd Independent unit with own toilet at $l ps f Shenton vicinity 230 sq ft 450. 600 VFR *****K) OFFICE ROOMS AND
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    • 522 29 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: Office Spaces Office Spaces Sophisticated Offices Corporate Homes In A Prestigious Down-town Location Within the Shenton Way area Excellent sea views Modern, double-glazed cur-tain-glass walls Computerised high-speed lifts Indi-vidually-controlled airconditioning Versatile office plans and quality fittings Prestigious tenants list 113 carpark lots Areas: 6200
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    • 782 29 121 For Rant: Office Spaces HIQM STREET CENTRE, facing sea Furn, 980 sq.ft at $2 20 Inclusive maintenance *****00 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING. ORCHARD Rd outside CBD 650 823 ii 960 sq.ft. Tel: *****55. INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. OFFICE space avail for rent Interested contact: *****01 OFFICE SPACE AT Far East Shopping Centre. 363
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    • 602 29 124 For Rent: 124 For Rant: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces f FAR EAST PLAZA II H The prominent prime Shops H H with ample Opportunities for setting H H up new businesses H Located at Singapore s most thriving and busiest Orchard Road Scotts Road junction Between Goodwood Park Hotel
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    • 475 29 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces BEST LOCATION KIOSKS FOR RENTAL Bukit Timah Plaza Katong Paople' Park Hougang St. 21 Kiosks located at the above complex for rent at low price. SuHaMa for all kinda of retail trada Inlaraatad plaaaa call: *****42 SHOP SPACE 23S TO 322 sq ft for rent.
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    • 288 29 135 Air Travel 135 Air Travel riONGKONG?^ I P GUANGZHOU/ 8D 7N $1 560 fl 3 JBUIUMTOUR 1 I TOUR I |*3 HONG KONG/ 40/3N M.1 50/ MACAU TOUR 5D 4N $1,210/--6D 5N $1.260 AIRFARE HOTEL PACKAGES: SD/4N from $975/- i 6D/5N from $1035/CALL 235 8080 M.D.P. TRAVEL AGENCY PTE
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    • 216 29 137 Tours GT/PEN /CAMERON 6 DAYS S2-j9 5 DAYS SIBS 4 DAYS $175 4D 5N $175*? 7D WEST MALAYSIA $299 Dep MONDAYS DAILY TOURS 3D GENTING $109 3D GENTING (Air) $259 2D GENTING <„ 3D GT/CAM $109 2D CAMERON 59 3D PENANG $129*; 3D PENANG (Air) $330 2D KUANTAN 99
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    • 1048 30 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tours rVUNISTAYS ust onc l ie wonderful things about a you can spend on pure FW >M holiday in London is that J fun and entertainment. rf* Of\ everyone speaks English! 'B^^^ lif You could even $*JJS s a Singaporean, v iOv introduce
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    • 507 30 137 Tours 137 Tours 137 Tourt 137 Tours 146 Foreign Education 146 Foreign Education ULurtar New Yean I Tours 1 hd Special Pricem I 11 DAYS ALL NEW ZEALAND W I $2460 I A DEP. DATE: 2S/2 W 5/6/7 DAYS PERTH 1 W FROM $11 25 M y DEP. DATES:
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    • 643 30 I ••^•J^eT^sT^e^ T*\ I I WBN&™ I x J I FOR HOTEL \j£\ I AIRFARE PACKAGES |><JEr^JJ| I ALSO MACAU A k* A 3& CHIHA EXTENSIONS t£^3 GEKWEE ASSOCIATES PTE LTD 268 Orchard Rd. #11-01 Yen San Bldg (*****) CALL: *****22 138 Where To Stay MALAYSIA EAST COAST, Golok stay
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    • 499 30 148 Computer Courses PROGRAMMING: Using IBM 4 Apple Start 5/2 (am) 1 17/2 (night) I A 2 imh comprehensive I cours« comprising elementaI ry and advanced concepts I and practice for beginners (4 I hrs lectures p/wk and unltd I practical) Morn/ Even./ Sat I $120 for whole court* Morn
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    • 589 30 jLfAAlXajj. Kr^^^aM Hf#T IttCl M MAY OR SEPTEMBER, 1986 ADMISSION Founded in 1936, COLUMBIA COLLEGE offers mternational students a wide range of academic programmes in preparation for admission to universities in Canada and the U.S.A. IST AND 2ND YEAR UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME in Arts, Science, Commerce, Computer Science. SENIOR SECONDARY PROGRAMME
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    • 332 30 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses EVENING WEEKEND CLASSES Commencing in February e The Association for Business Executives (UK) I.A.M. (UK) e The Institute of Business Administration (Australia) e LCCI (UK) e Institute of Marketing (UK) For details, please call: The Progress Training Centre #02-21/22, Odean Katong Shopping Complex Tel: ******4 INTERMEDIATE
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 109 31 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The family of the late ALOYSIOUS WONG KUNE MUN wishes to thank all friends, colleagues and relatives for their assistance and condolences during our recent bereavement. KOH TECK SIN DEPARTED:- 29-1-86 Th« family ol the late Mr. Koh feck Sin wish to express their heartfelt thanks
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    • 80 31 The family of the lat* MRS WILLIE KOH (nee SIM HONG NGO) with to eipress their sincere thank* and gratitude to all pa* tor*, relatives and friend* for their prayers. kind assistance, condolences attendance. donations and wreath* during their recent bf i»tm«nl. The Family of the Late MR.
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  • RACING
    • 393 31 By THE RACING EDITOR He'll be only expat riding at KL on first two days WITH Mark Sestich out of action for the first two days of the Kuala Lumpur meeting after running foul of the stewards for careless riding at Bukit Timah last Sunday,
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    • 157 31 THE scorching run over the Bukit Timah 1,400m (short course) by five-year-old gelding King's Manor last Saturday was also a record but it went unnoticed by the vast majority of those at the racecourse. Unaccountably, it was not announced over the public address system by the
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    • 206 31 At the 400m •Pictures by j and At the finish ALBERT SIM JONATHAN CHOO Class 5 Div 8 1,400m 1. Marshall 2. Capricorn Run 3. Wealthy Steed 4. Wang Banyak Dist: 3, lift, 6'^ Time 1:23.9 Class 5 Div 7 1,400m 1.
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    • 1685 31 MONDAY Claoa 1 Div 1 1,600— i (Ratings 171-155) 8 Andermatt 57 171 16 On The Double 55 5 168 13 Beldale Prospect 55 167 6 Feu Vert 54 5 166 1 Intercontinental 53 163 2 Benmorven 53 163 9 Tropical Way (EA 2) 52.5 162 14
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    • 193 31 LONDON, Mon. MILL REEF, winner of the 1171 English Derby and one of the greatest horses to race in Britain, is dead. He was pat down yesterday on veterinary advice because of a serious heart condition. A heart murmur was diagnosed last July
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    • 96 31 Nostalgia's Star in surprise victory LOS ANGELES, Mon. NOSTALGIAS STAR, starting at 5-1 and ridden by Fernando Toro, scored a surprise win in the U*****,250 (about SSI 1 million) Charles H. Strub Stakes for four-year-olds on a soft Santa Anita track yesterday. The colt won the 2,000m rare by 3
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 638 31 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses GET A RECOGNISED COMPUTER M QUALIFICATION AT INFORMATICS I NCC Diplofna in Computer Studies (Commencing: 5.2.86) I Practical course to prepare students for a computing career fH I Hands-on training on both mini and micro computers Moderated by NCC of UK
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    • 260 31 170 Lost MALE ALSATIAN "JACKIE" lost Sat. In Holland Hd. area. Caution' Dog unreliable with strangers, if found pis call *****25 SADLY MISSED. 1 brown Boxer. 1 black Mongrel lost along Upper Thomson Road on 2/2. Finder pis tel. 4525M8, after off. hrs. BROWN KEVPURSE bible left on car bonni-t
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    • 304 32 181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths Mdm Heng Huan Noy Aged 73 Passed away peacefully on 2.2.1986 leaving behind Sons: Daughters-in-law: Yeo Yong Siang Ho Keah Hwee, Doris Yeo Yong Huat Tan Slew Hua, Jenny Yeo Yong Heng, Jeffrey Wong Yin Peng, Jennifer Daughters: Sons-in-law: Yeo Gek Tiang Ng Song
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    • 22 32 In Ever loving Memory ol GREGORY LEE YONG HOO Departed 4th Feb IM4 And Always Rimimb«t«d by loved On—
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    • 38 32 183 Condolences 183 Condolences The School Advisory Committee, Staff Pupils of PIKG Yl SECONDARY SCHOOL express their sympathy and condolences to The Principal, Mrs. Ng Gek Tiang on the demise of her beloved mother MDM. HENG HUAN NOY
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    • 127 32 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam In Loving Memory Of LIM CHONG PUAN Departed: 4.2.77 We often think of bygone days. When we were all together The family chain Is broken now. But memories live forever, inserted by wife, sons, daughter-in-law, daughter, aon-in-lawandorandaona^^ MR A.E. MOORTHY Departed. 4/2/78 10 years
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    • 216 32 In lovirtQ m#>mof y of MR FRANK TAN GEOK KAI Departed on F«b 4, 1985 Broken Is the family circle. Our dear one has passed away. Passed from earth and earthly darkness Into bright and perfect day; But we all must cease to languish Over the grave
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 305 32 SPOTLIGHT ON THE EUROPEAN SOCCER SCENE DUTCH Defending champions storm to 8-2 victory over Alkmaar THE HAGUE, Mon. Reigning champions Ajax Amsterdam went on another goal-scoring spree in the Dutch League yesterday, running up a sparkling 8-2 win over visitors AZ '67 Alkmaar. But PSV Eindhoven, despite
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    • 254 32 Late Manuel strike keeps Benfica ahead PORTUGUESE LISBON, Mon. Benfica kept their one-point lead in the Portuguese championship yesterday by beating Setubal 1-0, thanks to a brilliant late goal by midfielder Carlos Manuel. Lisbon rivals Sporting maintained their challenge by overwhelming Braga 4-0. Porto beat Aves 2-0 to stay two
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    • 205 32 SPANISH MADRID, Mon. An own goal decided the battle of the Spanish capital's giants yesterday, Atletico defender Miguel Ruiz heading Real Madrid to a 1-0 win. The result gave Real a four-point lead at the top of the Spanish League. To make Real's day even
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    • 377 32 Canada dry: Two second-half goals saw Uruguay to a 3-1 win over fellow-World Cup finalists Canada in the opening match of a six-team tournament in Miami, Florida, on Sunday. Half-time score was 1-1. Egyptian rout: Egypt, preparing for the African Nations Championships, which they host next month, recovered
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    • 430 32 ENGLISH TOP FIVE LONDON, Mon. Manchester United failed to recapture the English League leadership yesterday when they were beaten 2-1 at West Ham Overtaken by champions Everton, who played on Saturday, the star-studded United side squandered a 1-0 half-time lead at Upton Park and
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    • 138 32 BELGIAN BRUSSELS, Mm. FT Bnges surrendered a tint-half lead to draw l-l with mid-table Beveren yesterday aid allowed AtirmUmg champions Anderleeht to etoae the gap to three palate at the top of the Belgian First Division steadings. Iflteraatteaal Mare de Grljae headed the vialtors Into
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    • 151 32 FRENCH PARIS, Mon. Paris St Germain, whose recordbreaking 26-match unbeaten run was ended at Lille in their last game 12 days ago, slumped to a second successive French League defeat when they were beaten 1-0 in the snow at Nancy yesterday. But despite showing signs
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    • 448 32 BELGIAN: Cercle Bruges 4 Lierse 1, Molenbeek 1 Beerschot 1, FC Liege 3 Charleroi 1, Kortrijk 4 Ghent 0. Standard 1 Waregem 1, Antwerp 2 Waterschei 0, Mechelen 1 Anderlecht 3, Beveren 1 Club Bruges 1. DUTCH: Sparta Rotterdam 3 Excelsior Rotterdam 1, Ajax Amsterdam 8 AZ'67 Alkmaar
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    • 219 32 GERMAN BONN, Mon. Werder Bremen broke a long jinx when they beat northern rivals Hamburg 1-0 yesterday to stay firmly at the top of the West German League. A crowd of 55,000 saw the deadlock broken after 56 minutes when the blond head of veteran Manfred
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    • 361 33  - Lela takes a leap to stardom JANICE SEAH ON THE TENNIS SCENE By 13-year-old is in ITF rankings list LELA ZAINAL, Singapore's most promising junior, has taken her first real step in proving her potential. The 13-year-old student advanced to the semi-final of the Ershad International junior tournament in Bangladesh
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    • 341 33 Mayotte suffers rib muscle tear PHILADELPHIA, Mon. Top-seed-ed Czech Ivan Lendl scored the easiest of his 53 career singles victories yesterday at the U*****,000 ($795,000) United States Pro indoor championships when he received a walkover from American Tim Mayotte. Lendl, the world's top player, was awarded
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    • 547 33 ON THE GOLF SCENE PEBBLE BEACH, Mon. Fuzzy Zoeller widened his lead to five strokes over fellow-American Payne Stewart with a two-under-par 70 in the third round of the rain-delayed US$600,000 ($1.2 million) Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament. ZoeUer took an 11-under 205 into
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    • 91 33 White ousts Davis in semi-finals SNOOKER LONDON, Mon. Steve Davis, the world's Up snooker player, was crashed for the second time In three weeks by fellow-Rngllghman Jimmy White In the Benson and Hedge* Masters semi-finals here yesterday. White followed op the 5-2 hammering of his compatriot en route to the
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    • 468 33 Gova's cup after final sprint ATHLETICS Italian Alberto Cova, the world and Olympic 10,000m champion, won the European Champion Clubs' Cross Country cup in Aldeia Das Acoteias, Portugal. Cova sprinted home in 29min 01.7sec for the 10km course, edging out compatriot Francesco Panetta. In the skm women's
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    • 263 33 Steffi loses cool and match KEY BISCAYNE (Florida), Mon. Top-seeded American Chris Evert Lloyd beat second seed West German Steffi Graf 6-3, 6-1 to win a U*****,000 ($530,000) women's tournament here yesterday. After losing the 36-min-ute first set, Steffi came back strongly, breaking Chris in the first game of the
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    • 246 33 England B crash to second straight defeat ON THE CRICKET SCENE COLOMBO, Mon. A young Sri Lankan team sent the more experienced England B side crashing to their second one-day defeat in two days yesterday In a display of unbridled enthusiasm, which more than compensated for their lack of experience,
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    • 198 33 Windward Islands put in a spin KINGSTON (St Vincent), Mon. England claimed a 19-run first-innings lead after Phil Edmonds and Peter Willey contrived to spin out the Windward Islands for 168 on the second day of the opening four-day match at Arnos Vale Playing Field here yesterday. Left-arm spinner Edmonds
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    • 89 33 ADELAIDE. Mon. South Australia's Wayne Phillips was ruled unfit to play in the first World Series Cup final against India after doctors examined his injured finger. He was replaced as wicketkeeper for Wednesday's daynight clash against India by West Australian Tim Zoehrer. His condition will be reassessed
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    • 305 34  -  JOE DORAI JERRY SEH MALAYSIA CUP 1986 Striker stays as spot-kick specialist Story by Picture by f«tr« SINGAPORE striker V. Sundram Moorthy will remain the team's first-choice penalty-kick specialist, despite having failed to convert a crucial opportunity on Sunday when Pahang beat
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    • 195 34  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By HOTEL MERIDIEN marched to their second straight win when they mastered the wet pitch to beat an equally determined Gecon 3-1 in a Singapore Business Houses Football League Division Two match at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Meridien gave a vastlyimproved performance compared to
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    • 220 34 TONY TAN and Clare Wee overcame the odds to win the Enterprise event at last week's Labuan yachtI ing championships (rej ports Lee Wai Wan). It was the first time j Clare crewed for Southeast Asia Games goldmedallist Tony. Despite their light- weight disadvantage,
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    • 491 35  - The night when the better team lost JOE DORAI MALAYSIA CUP 1986 By TRADITIONALLY, a stormy post-mor-tem and harder workouts would be the aftermath of a defeat. But coach Hussein Aljunied preferred to break away from the norm. Instead, he gave the players the night off their first since Singapore
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    • 81 35 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Fandi Ahmad hit a hat-trick in Federal Territory's 7-1 trouncing of Perak in a Malaysia Cup soccer match at the Merdeka Stadium last night. Fandi's goals came in the 46th, 59th and 71st minutes. FT's Lim Teong Kim opened the floodgates with a
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    • 162 35 Waldner, Olga top the 12 SODERTALJE (Sweden), Mon. Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner, with 10 wins and a walkover against ailing Pole Andrzej Grubba, won the men's title at the European Top-12 table tennis competition on Sunday, ahead of Briton Desmond Douglas. Fliura Bulatova, of the Soviet Union, won the women's title.
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    • 31 35 SINGAPORE Hfxk«y Associa lion will hold in Unier-21 competition for the E. W. Barker Trophy Entries close on Friday For details a>l\ K. Rajaram at *****28 during office hours
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    • 259 35  -  JANICE SEAH OFF-SEASON or not, Alvin Lim broke a meet record and qualified for the Japan Junior Olympics from March 29-April 1 at the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's age-group meet at Amber Road Us; night. The 15- year-old Anglo-Chinese School student clocked lmin
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    • 169 35 HONOLULU, Mon. New York Giants quarterback F'hil Simms threw for tiree second-half touchdowns, the last with 2min 47sec remaining, to rally the National Football Conference to a 28-24 Pro Bowl victory over the American Conference yesterday. Simms, making his first .ippearance in the National Football League's
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    • 303 35 Soccer superstar enjoys Singapore hospitality A MEETING with President Wee Kim Wee Is among the many memories Bobby Charlton will take back to Manchester when he leaves Singapore tomorrow night. The former England and Manchester United star was Invited to meet the President and the Regent of
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    • 85 35 DAYTON A BEACH (Florida), Mon. Britain's world endurance champion, Derek Bell, combined with Americans Al Holbert and Al Unser Jr in a Porsche 962 to win the Daytona Beach 24 hours sports car race here yesterday. Result* (Americans unless stated): 1 Al Holbert Al Unser Jr
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    • 212 35 Freestyle double for Caron PARIS, Mon. Stephan Caron, of France, completed a freestyle double at a 20-nation short-course swimming championships which ended yesterday. Caron, who won the 200 metres on Friday, captured the 100 m by two seconds with the time of 49.07. tumults Mro'i IMm free: 1 Stephan Caron
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    • 29 35 BEIJING. Mon. China will host the second Hongkong-to-Beijing motor rally from Sept 14-19. the official Xinhua news agency reported today, quoting the China Motor Sports Association AP
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 71 32 ANDREW 8. OASA OVINIS Born 16-3-38 Departed 4-2-13 Our thoughts are always with you. Our hearts are sore with painThis world would be like heaven If you were here again. From: Mother, wile, children, brothera •ialer. aiaters-in-law. nephew* a nieces. IN LOVING MEMORY of Mdm Tan Poh Noi departed 4-2-73
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    • 336 34 I United Overseas Bank I I Group I I to Mr. \feo \bng Siang I I Mdm. Heng Huan Noy I j CONGRATULAnONS I Goodyear Orient Company Private Limited on the opening of the new natural rubber research and quality assurance I Your suppliers salute your quest for perfection and
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    • 48 35 ADVERTISEMENT _l Sun Tan drops in to Trader Vic's I I f] MUSTBEBRbAMIN^^PRAIA;N(2)CKTAiLS,>B|B p rr"^ -^r/ r SUPPOSE the^Bß I BARBECUED CH/CK^M,TtoPI^AL SALADS--^ OdjSUaJS V NFXT COURSEwiII^ •fi Every Wednesday MI^SSBEh TRADER VK'S sth Level, Hotel New Otani. 177A River Valley Road. Ujy^faH^pHß^^^^ Telephone 337-2249 Ample Parking j
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 76 35 DARTS SDA Dlv 1: Prairie Express C v SRC Blue; Tridents v Europa Shanghai Station I^ounge. 8 pm. SOCCER Malaysia Cup: Malacca v Trengganu (Kubu Stadium. 4.30); Sarawak v Selangor (Kuching Stadium Negri. 8) SBHFL Dlv 1A: SI A Group v Press Sports Club (5.15), Hwee Seng v Hongkongßank (7
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  • 569 36  -  NG WENG HOONG Four-year-old locked in while parents were at work By A POIR-YKAKOLD boy who was left alone at home died when a fire broke out in his flat In Jalan Bukit Me rah yesterday. Mohd Ismail Ibrahim, whom neighbours described as
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  • 346 36  - Tokyo offers crisis aid to small firms as yen soars Peter Hazalhurst By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Mon. As a new surge in the value of Japan's currency threatened to bankrupt hundreds of small companies, the Labour Ministry today offered to provide emergency funds to firms which have lost their overseas
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  • 400 36 Opec begins talks to fix cartel's market share VIENNA, Mon. Opec ministers opened talks here today which industry analysts said were unlikely to halt the slide in world oil prices and might in fact accelerate it. Five Opec ministers, headed by Mr Arturo Hernandez Grisanti of Venezuela, began private discussions
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  • 348 36  - 10-cent cut in petrol prices likely RONNIE LIM By MOTORISTS can expect cheaper petrol with cuts of as much as 10 cents a litre within a month. This follows a significant price reduction in petrol posted prices by the Shell Bukom refinery on Saturday. The move will put pressure on
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  • 160 36 Omanis can't marry foreigners BAHRAIN, Mon. Oman has forbidden its nationals to marry foreigners, saying those who breach the new law risk losing their citizenship. The official Oman News Agency said the law, which came into effect yesterday, exempted unmarried old people and the handicapped, and citizens of Oman's partners
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  • 31 36 NEW YORK, Mon. The Dow Jones Average of 30 industrials rose 1.14 points to 1.572.14 in the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. AP
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    • 231 36 Sta y trt the know. Retrenchments Two major banks are cutting back staff Winding-up suit The New Year sees a hamper dealer fighting on two fronts Bl Top quality for I top people Tell your vendor you need Business Times, or ring Betty Ton on *****09 si. Monica if (S'SS
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 154 36 Weather UP TO 1 pm: Showers in a few areas in the early morning and over several areas in the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 30 max., 23 min. SUNSET today: 7.21 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.17 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 11 22 C Fine Manila 21 34
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  • Section Two
    • 2 1 Section Two
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    • Home & Family
      • 1488 1 In a recession, what are the products that do well? As MAY HO reports, they include consumer items on both ends of the spectrum, such as cheaper clothes and cosmetics on the one hand, and the finest food, on the other. IN TIMES of
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      • 26 1 I b^^b^b^T"" m b^bW c \3 i^^^l b^b^^> b^^ i^^^^^^^^^^^^B Attractive tea set in Ching dynasty style. I Exquisitely decorated flower vase. K9 K^K^fl^^v^j Bh^J E^^A^^^^^^A^W^fl
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      • 72 1 This Lunar New Year 3 Thoughts on not returning home The gifted child,? Special programmes abroad The graceful hand of Laurence 4 First-ever Italic writing course Man for all seasons 9 That's Michael, son of Kirk Luck on your plate 5 What New Year dishes represent Shopping, Parenting ft Hobbies
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    • Property
      • 677 2  -  ILENE ALESHIRE By THE Parisian development aims for an elegant image with its white-pillared entryway and fixtures imported from France. Waterfall Gardens touts its cascading pools and collection of more than 120 plant species. Springleaf Garden's developers point to the open layout, per-spex-enclosed entryways and details such
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      • 87 2 THE Kew Cottages development in Bedok has received its Temporary Occupation Licence. The development consists of six semi-detached bungalows and 20 terrace houses. Only the semi-detached units are available for sale at $510,000 or $535,000. The smaller units are on plots of 303.9 sq m; the larger, 353.3
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      • 14 2 Front view of a semi-detached bungalow in the Kew project
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      • 565 2 Zeiss frames .o make sure m^ this doesn't Wki% happen New& improved for enhanced wearing comfort Zeiss metal anUoptyl frames are buitttofit your We've made sure that all parts of the frame face securely Without feeling like a clamp on which come into contact with your face are your face,
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      • 213 2 Hnmp Hyi.li t TuBHR 1 IVIIUP Ifllll m UHHD Selected from Classified Ads 3-bedrooms Sophia 1 yr Partly Swimming pool, $1,300 Agent Court furnished sauna, squash 296-9673/4 1-bedroom Claymore Iyr Fully No $1,400 Agent 3-bedrooms Cuscaden Iyr Fully No $1 500 Owner Rd furnished 533-2463 4+l bedrooms San Ming Iyr
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    • Parenting
      • 601 3  - I miss being home LEONG CHAN TEIK Personally Speaking By a penangite "AH! WELL, the boy's not coming back this time, again." I can hear my father sigh when he reads my letter. To be home for the festive season and the reunion dinner is, of course, a tradition. But
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      • 411 3 A gifted child is more likely to have an outstanding talent in one area than all-round excellence. In Western Australia, two levels of programmes have been planned for such children. IF YOUR young child reads encyclopaedias instead of Noddy, plays Beethoven, and carries on
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      • 236 3 THE drop In the cloth diaper business has bottomed out so to speak. Pampered babies are once again feeling the soft caresM of cloth against their bans, Instead of a porosity of paper. Baby diaper delivery services report a marked Increase In
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    • Page 3 Advertisements
      • 395 3 No way can you fit a 4-room aircon system into one of these Holes... m I f I You might have thought that all :^zT***jamjKKr I -»-j*|^p^^^ o your HDB f^t was good for was a single room aircon. Think again. And this time, think SpaceSaver, Daikin ■■^■■■BM^^^^^^^^BBBBBlll J[ Econair
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    • Hobbies
      • 592 4 A retired civil servant who learnt the art of Italic writing in London three decades ago is now conducting the first such course here. MAGDALENE LUM reports. A THING of beauty is a joy forever, so penned English poet John Keats. He could be referring
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      • 331 4 Don't lose your marbles they're collectibles 4 Hold a marble in your hand and it returns your warmth. Rotate it close to your eyes and see a private changing world. Mr Heller, gallery director. "WHEN I showed people the marbles I kept in my jewellery box, they laughed," said Ms
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      • 154 4 Note: The Italic writing course is likely to be repeated later in the year. For inquiries, call the Extramural Department on *****76 or *****55. Bring the spirit of Lunar New Year to your friends and loved ones with a gift from cracincracincincin m[ Cyindi w cincracincracincja S^ LATEST DESIGN AIR-FLOWN
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      • 860 5 Before you raise your chopsticks to help yourself to the sumptuous Lunar New Year feast, find out more about the names of the dishes which carry significant meanings. TAN BAN HUAT gives some examples. LUNAR New Year dishes must not only taste good they must sound
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      • 195 5 COMPUTER experts will soon decide what criteria to use in selecting the best Chinese character computer systems, at the end «f a five-day meeting In Belong recently. There has been a proliferation of research Into computer systems using Chinese characters more than 41 systems
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      • 191 5 A NEW Chinese characterprocessing computer software system has been invented to convert simplified characters used in China to the traditional versions used in Taiwan, Hongkong and other countries. The system, which was invented by the National Beijing Lib-ary, makes conversion tetween the standard characters (simplified characters) used
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      • 386 5 TAN BAN HUAT meets a brush artist who's growing more confident from stroke to stroke after a month's stint with a Chinese master painter in Shanghai. MR LEE KIM GUAN brushed aside his nervousness during a demonstration at a shopping centre last Saturday. Bold Chinese characters
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      • 802 6  -  AZIZFAKIR By CAN we regard an actor as being successful just after taking part successfully in a stage performance? Who then can be called a successful actor? In fact something more basic what should we look for in an actor?. An
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      • 828 6  -  Oleh SUWANDI MARCHUKE APAKAH benar kita mahu menjadi seorang pelakon yang berjaya? Adakah benar setelah mengadakan satu persembahan orang dapat menggelar kita sebagal seorang pelakon? Siapa sebenarnya pelakon itu? Apa yang harus ada pada diri aeaeorang pelakon? Itulah BOftlan noniiin yang
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      • 630 6 APPOINTMENTS/ NOTICES mmmmm. qtamK RQ^nflßl bUKHM Telefax No: *****59 Ratra: Box Service: bbbbbbbbbbbb] diHdio nouuoo i bbbbbbbbbbbb] g^j^ Te j *****H Straits Times: 5525.00 psc. cm. Collected: 555.00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. KS :SOHM TIMKAI) ext 5724/5/6/8 5669 Sunday Times; Ss2s 62 psc cm. Posted: SJIO.OO APPOINTMENTS FLIGHT ATTENDANTS As United
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      • 750 7 APPOINTMENTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD'S APPLIED TECHNOLOGY GROUP (ATG) offers modular courses in INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS ■HEZHiESHHI FEE BUiill* 'HI facilities An Overview of Robot $100 w 21/2/86 Technology Programing Germir Singapore Institute (GSI/ and Programming 8t Operations $100 10-14/3/86 Ar r Acn. DD i t Introduction to Robotm $100* 14 18/4/86
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      • 665 7 CAREER OPPORTUNITY IBM World Trade Corporation (Brunei) a leader in the field of information systems, word processing and related products is expanding to support our existing and rapidly growing list of customers. We invite qualified and ambitious men and women who want to be tomorrow's leaders in this high technology
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      • 1026 7 NOTICES i H SRI HAPTAMAS CORPORATION BERHAD L ONCO»PC*AIfD >N MAIAVSiAj H H NOTICE OF MEETING WM H NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the I Company will be held at Regent VI. 2nd Floor, The Regent of Kuala I HI Lumpur, Jalan Sultan Ismail
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      • 471 7 IN THK lIH.Ii (OI RT OK THK REPI BUC OF SINGAPORE (•mpanire Winding I p N*. ICol ISBC In the Matter the ('•mpaaJm Art, Chapter 185 Aml in U* Matter H \i. <tkl» PRIVATE i.l mi i i ADVKRTLSEMENI OF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a petition for the
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      • 852 8 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE I SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED I INVITES TENDERS FOR:- I "The supply deliver?, installation, testing and I commissioning of 32.S gigabytes of IBM 3380 I or equivalent direct access storage devices." I Fender application forms are obtainable from I the security counter. SIA Computer Centre, I 722 Upper
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      • 197 8 NOTICES ySPK-SENTOSA CORPORATION BERHAoSk I NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING II NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company I will be held on Thursday, 20th February 1986 at 10.00 a.m. at the Raya Room, H Mezzanine Floor, Equatorial Hotel, Jalan Sultan Ismail, ***** Kuala Lumpur
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