The Straits Times, 10 February 1986

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    16 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 MONDAY, FEBRUARY It, 1966 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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    Marcos: I thought of declaring polls void
    356 1  -  IRENE NGOO By MANILA, Sun. President Marcos said last night he had seriously considered declaring the Just-completed presidential election void and either staying on as President until 1987 or holding a new election. Responding to a reporter's question as to what he would
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    Lock icon Voters guard the votes
    576 1 Voters guard the votes Philippine election special: Marcos and Cory claim they are m the lead The latest count MANILA, Bub. Latest UMfffclal results m the Philippine presMeatUl eJectton: THESE Filipinos link arms outside a hall containing ballot boxes m Manila (above). On some of their teeshirts is the name
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    Many Muslims in the dark about Mendaki
    378 1  -  AHMAD OSMAN By "APA macam, enjoy-lah you (So you mut have enjoyed yourself "Enjoy tv enjoy you feel so relax, so sedap (good), so green, so senyap (quiet), so nyaman (peaceful)..." Mr Suratman Markasan recounted this conversation between two of his former Malay
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      Lock icon WALK-OUT BY POLL GIRLS
      72 1 MANILA, Bu. Ahvat IS y*aag wtmei today walked «at a g»vernIPWW ttMrtPP 86P6 f#f ft la Prtiay'i PhlUpptae presideatUl election, myteg they were being captoy«i to cfceat, wit--B*me «f the wtnei, whs were wtfih| fof the gsverameat's C«mmistee) m f— ftw *per»tors, were la tear* m
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    A chance to stand out
    129 1 OK? READY? Click! Bat this girl trying to give a new tee* to an opera actress doesn't understand what all the fan to about. No wonder, she seems a little Indifferent. Most have posed at the prompting of Mends and relatives. Other children and adults
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    'Medium cheated two people of $330,000'
    295 1 POLICE are looking into reports that a temple medium cheated two people of about $330,000. The reports against the medium are among five cases of alleged cheating involving a total of $343,000 that have been brought to the police m just over a fortnight.
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      15 1 c Results being manipulated, says US team: Page 2 After the election, what?: Page 4
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    • Philippine election special 1
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        Lock icon esults being manipulated, says US team
        375 2 We don't have much to ob- serve when there are no figures, no results, no quick count, and, worse still, no Namfrel m five provinces. US Senator Richard Lugar MANILA, Sun. The Marcos government broke pledget under which official United Slates observers agreed to
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        Serious malpractices, Lsays international observer team
        180 2  - Serious malpractices, Lsays international observer team IRENE NGOO Hy MANILA. Sun. The 44--member international obMrven team has reported serious malpr.u tiros and anomalies m last Friday's election which ihev said might have an impact on the fin.-il result. The abuses, they told a nrws conference, ranged from vote-buying, intimidation, unlocked
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        Lock icon US Marines 'ready to rescue Americans'
        107 2 TOKYO, Sun. The US military has cancelled Marine Corps excercises off Japan and placed the forces on stand-by to rescue American officials and civilians m case of widespread election-linked violence m the Philippines, a Japanese newspaper reported. Japan Defence Agency official Yulchl Tazaua said
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        Lock icon A light — and the long arm of the law
        73 2 A light and the long arm of the law A CIGARETTE seller, with opposition stickers on his cigarette vending box and a Nlnoy Aquino hat, offers a welcome light to a Metrocom riot squad officer armed with an M-1S rifle, Just when he needs it. The armed police moved m
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        Lock icon Violence in southern city as Reds end truce
        324 2 DAVAO, Sun. Communist rebels abruptly ended a truce here as opposition supporters m the volatile southern Philippine city accused President Ferdinand Marcos of massive election fraud. Rebels resumed their usual forays through the streets to attack military and civilian targets, breaking a
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        Lock icon Cheating could lead to bloodshed, warns Sin
        217 2 MANILA. Sun. The Philippines' Roman Catholic primate, Cardinal Jaime Sin, warned today that a fraudulent victory m the presidential poll could spark bloodshed and urged officials to count the votes honestly. "Surely none of us as Christians want to win a victory by
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        Lock icon Nuns guard ballot boxes with their bodies
        352 2 MANILA, Sun. Thousands of bishops, priests and nuns kept a vigil during ballot counting m the Philippine presidential election m response to the rousing call by the Catholic hierarchy to march for "the forces of virtue". Many foreign correspondents covering the polls nationwide
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        Lock icon It may take weeks to learn final count
        405 2 MANILA, Sun. The confusing and controversial vote count underway m the Philippines is simply the first step m a long, complex process that will decide the nations next President. Under normal conditions, the tabu- lation by the government Commission on Elections (Comelec)
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        Crowds at churches to greet Cory, Doy
        103 2  - Crowds at churches to greet Cory, Doy IRENE NGOO MANILA. Sun Thousands of Filipinos thronged two churches today when opposition candidates Corazon "Cory" Aquino and her running mate Salvador "Doy Laurel, went there for a celebration Mass. The crowds gave the two a tumultuous welcome. The pair attended Mass at
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        Lock icon Published pictures show Marcos' mother not dead
        192 3 MANILA, Sun. Pro-government newspapers today published front-page pictures of the 92-year-old mother of President Ferdinand Marcos to dispel rumours that she had died. They showed her with her daughter and others reading one of yesterday's Philippine newspapers and its account of Friday's presidential
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        Lock icon Tension mounts as confusion reigns over outcome
        372 3 Tension mounts as confusion reigns over outcome MANILA, Sun. Tension mounted here today as Filipinos struggled to sort out an array of contradictory results, claims and charges that gave little sign of who would be their next President. While two rival groups conducted an agonisingly slow "quick count", television stations
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        Lock icon 'Shots fired to stop 15,000 in victory march'
        151 3 BACOLOD, San. The police chief tore fired *hote m the air and Jailed six people to stop an estimated 15,Mt-gt-ong "victory inarch" today for opposition presidential candidate Corazon Aquino, witnesses said. It was the first reported arrest of opposition members since Friday's
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        Lock icon Foreign newsmen accused of meddling
        432 3 MANILA, Sun. Foreign journalists, widely perceived as favouring the opposition, have been attacked by supporters of President Ferdinand Marcos as ignorant meddlers, tools of American policy and "white monkeys". This criticism has intensified following foreign media stories and television footage concerning allegations of widespread fraud
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        Lock icon Jeers force official off the air
        238 3 Jeers force official off the air MANILA, Sun. Boos and Jeers forced a senior Philippine poll official to end a televised press conference today when he said his own reports showed President Marcos was ahead m the election results. Mr Jaime Opinion, a Marcos-appointed election commissioner, refused to continue m
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        Lock icon After the election, what?
        625 4 Some of the likely scenarios MANILA, Sun. This capital is abuzz today with scenarios of what awaits the Philippines after the presidential elections. Every coffee shop and household has a crystal ball gazer seeking to divine the immediate future. The crystal ball gazing or scenario-making spreads
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        Lock icon Marcos has weakened
        438 4 and a US observer's view MANILA.Sun.— President Marcos' grip on the Philippines has been weakened and his political power will be eroded even if he is returned to office, the chief US election observer believes. Senator Richard Lugar, who heads a 20--strong delegation sent from Washington to
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        Lock icon Country with a rich history
        311 4 MANILA, Sun. The Philippines has been described as a counlry that lived for 300 years m a Spanish convent and for 50 years m Hollywood. THE LAND: Located m the Pacific Basin, the Philippines comprises 7.107 islands. About 1,000 of the islands are populated, tho
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        Lock icon Clean-up brigade gets to work
        93 4 THE streets of Metro Manila were quiet yesterday. Gone were the marching supporters of Mrs Cory Aquino and Mr Ferdinand Marcos. In their place was another brigade, Metro Manila's clean-up force. Like this worker, they were armed with brashes, buckets of water, scrappers and other
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  • AROUND ASEAN...and Across The Causeway
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      Lock icon Sihanouk puts son in top post
      515 5 Sihanouk puts son in top post Move follows killings by Khmer Rouge allies BANGKOK, Sunday PRINCE Norodom Sihanouk has shaken up the leadership of his Cambodian guerillas amid reports that more of the anti-Vietnamese fighters have been killed inside Cambodia by his Khmer Rouge allies, informed sources said yesterday. Prince
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      Lock icon Drive to make Jakarta timber hq
      298 5 Drive to make Jakarta timber hq JAKARTA. Sun. Indonesia has launched an all-out drive to get votes which would make Jakarta the site (or the headquarters of the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO), diplomats here said. The campaign to bring the ITTO nerve-centre to the Indonesian capital is headed by
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      Saudi prince to visit KL
      36 5 RIYADH, Sun. A member of Saudi Arabia's royal family. Prince Saud Abdullah Al-Faisal Al-Saud, will make a three-day unofficial visit to Malaysia from Wednesday, the Malaysian embassy here said today. Bernama
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      Lock icon Tunku celebrates 83rd birthday
      116 5 PENANG, Sat. Farmer Malaysian Prime Minister Tonka Abdul Rahman celebrated his ttrd birthday In a cheerful m«od yesterday, receiving greetings from hundred* of visitors at his residence here. Ab«at 4N guests, In eluding several dlgnatarles and old friends, brought gifts, birthday cakes and even garlands far
      NST; Bernama  -  116 words
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      Lock icon RMAF may stick with F5 fighter
      249 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is likely to retain the Northrop F5 fighter aircraft for the country's air defence for several more years. Sources said yesterday the RMAF might have its request to get new replacements for the F5 rejected
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      Lock icon Japan offers less help
      62 5 JAKARTA, Sun. Japan's project aid implementation m Indonesia has become slower since the early *****, Mr Hiromiki Itoh, chief representative of Japan's Overseas Economic Co-operation Fund (OECF), told the Ja karla Post yesterday. He cited reasons such as the difficulties m providing local ruppiah counter funds
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      Brunei gangster caught after farewell fling
      152 5  -  HAN LING By Brunei Correspondent BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sun. A gangster wanted by Brunei police m connection with a $50,000 robbery had a farewell fling before he was arrested and jailed for 12 years. Sawmill Anak Ringgip, 27, threw a party for his friends
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      Lock icon 'Phantom voters not in electoral register'
      316 5 'Phantom voters not in electoral register' KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. There are no "phantom" voters m electoral registration lists prepared by the Election Commission, according to Berita SPR, the commission's official publication. In an editorial m its October/December issue, it said some errors could have occurred because of the multi-stage process
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      Lock icon Rail probe
      32 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malayan Railway is investigating reports that a local university student was forced off one of its trains last Thursday for allegedly using a forged concession ticket. NST
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  • around the WORLD
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      Lock icon China greets the New Year with a big bang
      376 6 China greets the New Year with a big bang BEIJING, Sunday CHINA sounded like a battle zone last night as the country welcomed the Year of the Tiger amid the boom of fireworks. China's Communist Party leaders spread out around the country to provide an up-beat start to the new
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      Lock icon Labour holds 4 Australian states
      164 6 Labour holds 4 Australian states SYDNEY, Sun. The ruling Labour Party retained power m Western Australia and the Liberal Party held on to Tasmania at polls m two of the country's six states yesterday. Western Australian Premier Brian Burke won a bigger majority. Liberal Premier Robin Gray easily won a
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      Lock icon One-year-olds in cram schools
      506 6 Japanese mums joining the education rat race TOKYO, Sunday GROWING pressures for top flight education are spurring Japanese mothers to send their children to English classes at the age of one. Even age one is considered a little late. Babies attend infant cramming schools to start
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      Lock icon Delhi cancels TV film on Rajiv's India
      278 6 Delhi cancels TV film on Rajiv's India WASHINGTON, Sun. The scheduled showing on Indian television of an American documentary film favourably portraying Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, but critical of his late mother, Indira Gandhi, was abruptly cancelled yesterday. Miss Barbara Newman, the documentary's producer, said m a telephone call
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      Lock icon Soviet view
      35 6 MOSCOW, Sun. The Soviet Union issued a strong condemnation yesterday of planned US-South Korean military manoeuvre?, saying they posed a direct threai to communist North Korea and also concerned Soviet security interests. Reuter
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      Lock icon Indian video tours now becoming 'YD tours'
      219 6 NEW DELHI, San. Couriers sent by racketeers to the Far East to bring back video cassette recorders are returning with more than VCR units, doctors say many are also carrying the venereal disease herpes. Dr Abdul Hameed Rlzvl, a skin and venereal disease
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      Lock icon Canada train crash: Death toll may be 40
      399 7 HINTON (Alberta), Sun. A anadlftn transcontinental passenger train carrying about 125 people crashed head-on Into a freight train yesterday, igniting ball of Ore, ripping co*cnes apart and killing J» u> 1* people. "We have been reliably informed that there have been between
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      Lock icon Israel ready to defend its air lanes
      345 7 Israel ready to defend its air lanes TEL AVIV, Sunday DEFENCE Minister Yitzhak Rabin said yesterday Israel was fully prepared to defend its air lanes from Libyan attack and hinted that Israel's interception of a Libyan civilian jet was linked to efforts to bring home four Israeli soldiers. In the
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      Lock icon 'Mid-ocean plan to blow up Rainbow Warrior'
      190 7 LONDON, Sun. France planned to blow up the Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior, m the middle of the Pacific Ocean m an attack that probably would have killed or drowned all its 15 crew members, the Sunday Times reported today. The plan was abandoned
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      Lock icon Gorbachev 'to drop Star Wars demand'
      406 7 Medium-range N-missiles WASHINGTON, Sun. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is dropping the condition that the United States abandon its Star Wars missile defence development for an agreement on medium-range nuclear missiles, Senator Edward Kennedy said here yesterday. The Soviets had been insisting that the US
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      Lock icon Haiti political prisoners freed
      207 7 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sun. Haiti's new government has formed a Cabinet and released all political prisoners after 31 people were killed and 3M wounded In one of the country's worst violence. Despite a 16-hour carfew, the first night after the departure of President Jean-Claude DuvaUer was bloodier than
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      73 7 ri^CA^aM Lwm From Memphis. USA: Fingerprint is the latest addition to the Motown Record label. Don't miss the live performance of their soon to be released album. Also, have a date with A Different Class and till 15th February' Hang Loose with Kaye HamidTOP TEN ENTERTAINMENT PTE LTD 400 Orchard
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      641 7 JP School off Computing the Training Division of L REGIONAL APPLIED COMPUTING CENTRE Course Announcement Certificate m Computer Studies Applications are invited for admission to the one-year full-time course conducted jointly with the British Council English Language Training Centre and leading to the following examinations and awards: (1) GCE Ordinary
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      Donations may be raised to $1
      512 8  -  AHMAD OSMAN First Mendaki public forum By This Malay mixture is not so bagus-lah... THE monthly donation from Muslims may have to be raised from 50 cents to $1 m two or three years to support the activities of Mendaki The Muslim community is
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      Sales that take 3 years to close
      960 8 Selling arms involves much patience and knowledge of client countries Thousands of Singaporeans visited the recent Asian Aerospace show at Changi and were thrilled by the latest technology shown by more than 400 companies. But behind the scenes is a group of salesmen
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      New unit to boost Islamic education
      170 8 New unit to boost Islamic education THE Muslim Religious Council has accepted, m principle, the idea of setting up a new unit to help promote education on Islam. The proposal was made by Mendaki, Mr Sidek Saniff, Parliamentary Secretary (Trade and Industry) said. Mr Sidek is head of Mendaki 's
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      HDB help sought over parking row
      342 8 RESIDENTS of Gillman Heights are asking the HDB to help resolve the differences over car parking at their estate. A pro-tern committee from the HUDC estate is proposing that their parking lots be allotted to them on a "block basis" instead of the present
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      Plan to turn old SJI into new arts centre
      598 9  - Plan to turn old S JI into new arts centre PHILIP CHEAH An art gallery is part of director's dream By 6 At the moment, we are terribly short of rooms and If we get the building, It should take care of onr needs for the next A 2t years.
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      Homes market 'will pick up in two years'
      180 9 AN international property firm is predicting that the residential property market will be on the road to recovery within two years. Recent government incentives, the continuing decline m interest rates on housing loans, and the postponement of several large housing developments are
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      Move to woo visitors from Taiwan
      178 9 Move to woo visitors from Taiwan REPRESENTATIVES of Singapore's tourism industry plan to visit Taiwan twice more this year to encourage more Taiwanese tourists to come here. The lint visit will be m Jane and the second at the end of the year. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board and the
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      SS Rotterdam to call here
      47 9 THE flagship of the Holland American line, SS Rotterdam, on her 28th cruise round the world, will call at Singapore on Feb 24. The 87-day world cruise began m New York on Jan 7. About 700 passengers are on board the cruise.
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      No quick recovery for economy, says chamber president
      390 9 PEOPLE cannot expect Singapore's economy to revive immediately after the announcement of the Government's anti-recession measures. This is because Singapore's economy is closely linked to that of the world, the President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr Tan
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    The Straits Times says The essence hasn't changed
    544 10 MUCH as one does not want to sound overly pious about the need to keep old traditions alive and so on, there are occasions when one cannot but look back to decades past with some nostalgia. The Lunar New Year is one
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    'Ghostwriters' come out of the shadows
    1257 10  -  ALVIN P. SANOFF By writing for US News World Report WRITERS WITH THE WRITE' STUFF Two blockbusters of the literary world Car-maker Lee lacocca worked with William Novak to write an autobiography which has been a best seller for an astounding 64 weeks with
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  • Regional comment
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      Public sector must provide the lead
      465 10 Excerpts of an editorial headlined, "Let's roll up our sleeves, published m the New Straits Times on Feb 4, 1986. THERE are many roads to industrialisation. But for each country the options are limited by its resources. This m essence is the message of
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      Government duty and literary bans
      300 10 Excerpts of an editorial headlined "Freedom of expression" published m The Indonesian Observer on Jan 31, 1986. THE Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs relayed President Suharto's assurance that m this country, nobody is getting jailed for differing m opinion with the government but only
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  • FORUM
    • Letter
      Employers who make use of grads
      287 11 Employers who make use of grads AFTER reading the letter "Watch out for shops which exploit labour" by the four school-leavers (ST. Feb 4), I feel compelled to warn anxious job-seeking graduates about the possibility of being exploited by certain employers, albeit in a different manner. In what is currently
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    • Letter
      Be flexible on rule
      230 11 I AM writing about a friend who is doing a landscaping project m Yishun. He was recently penalised by the Housing Board because some of his workers were found not to be wearing safety helmets. My friend feels that the HDB, or other authorities in similar
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    • Letter
      Repossession malpractices
      175 11 AFTER reading the letter "Finance company took car early one morning" by Frustrated" (ST, Feb 2), I feel I must draw attention to some malpractices which happen during the repossession of cars bought on hire-purchase. My car was repossessed early on the morning of Jan 1 by an
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    • Replies
      • Letter
        Shop's name and address please
        76 11 WE REFER to the letter from four young women entitled "Watch out for shops which exploit labour". (ST, Feb 4). Could any of the writers of the said letter please telephone Miss Wee Kwee Phang. our Senior Labour Inspector, Labour Standards Section, on *****93 and
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        Water off Pasir Panjang clean
        161 11 I REFER to the letter "Water off Pasir Panjang polluted" by "Old Pasir Panjang Boy". (ST, Jan 27). The relocation of lighters to Pasir Panjang in 1983 was part of the government's efforts to clean up the Singapore River. At the new site, the Port
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        Interchange to be ready in 1987
        61 11 PLEASE refer to the letter "Interchange will be good for passenger safety" by "Surprised" (ST, Jan 30), who inquired about a permanent bus interchange m Tampines. The writer may be pleased to know that a permanent bus interchange is being constructed m the town
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        Give us details of flat leaks
        82 11 PLEASE refer to the letters "Two years and still the water seeps m" by "Last Straw" and "Same problem m Eunos Crescent" by "Sufferer", both of whom commented on the leakage problems m their flats. (ST, Feb 3). We would appreciate it if the
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      245 14 PLYMOUTH coach Martin Harvey has been appointed assistant to Northern Ireland manager Billy Bingham for the World Cup m Mexico The 44-year old former Sun derland defender, who came to Third Division Plymouth as No 2 to Bobby Moncur m 1981, served with Bingham during Northern Ireland's campaign
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      220 14 BONN, Sun. Leaders Werder Bremen stayed a tantalising four points clear of the opposition m the West German League yesterday when the top three clubs all registered their third win m three matches since resuming after the New Year break. Defending champions Bayem Munich did as
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      400 15  -  JOE DORAI Place m squad for Sunday's game By SINGAPORE'S rt serve soccer- striker Tay Peng Kee received one of the best hong Ivio he can ever wish lor yesterday a place m the starting line-up for a Malaysia Cup-tie after being sidelined m the
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        119 15 MELBOURNE, Sun. Vaughan Somers clung grimly to his lead m the Victorian Open despite a spectacular finish to yesterday's third round by one of his closest pursuers, fellow- Australian Ossie Moore. Somers fired an even-par 72 to remain 10-under on 206 after earlier rounds of
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      220 15 ON THE TENNIS SCENE MEMPHIS (Tennessee), Sun. American Brad Gilbert will meet second-seed-ed Swede Stefan Edberg, the defending champion, m the final of a U*****,000 ($670,950) indoor tournament today. The eighth-seeded Gilbert, who upset No. 1 seed Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 m i he quarter-finals
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      805 15 AW©«Ome OiSOn: Billy Olson cleared 594 metres on Saturday night to set a world indoor pole vault mark at the United States Olympic invitational athletics meeting m FaM Kuth'iford. New Jersey. Olson's effort bettered the record of 5 92 m, set only hours earlier m Moscow by Sergei
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      64 15 SKIPPER David Kraals spa. klinj; 4* proved inadequate as l'i.-^ Sportl Oub crashed to a 21 run MM I SCA School boys m friendly cricket match at Tanglin yesterday S«-«rrs: Sc A 182-8 (I.iatjuat i I'.ittn 12. Ravi Chandran M, David Gabriel t-27> psc lfii 8 M Kraal 4K,
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      548 15  - Six book berths in second round MAHMOOD GAZNAVI AFTER one month of competition, only six teams have I assured themselves of a j place in the second round of the Singapore Business Houses Football League competition. Singapore Aircraft Industries, Diethelm Scanstyle. Del Mar, General Motors, Hitachi Elevator and Texins move
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