The Straits Times, 11 February 1986

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  • 18 1 NATIONAL ÜBRAKY SINGAPORE The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 196$ 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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    727 1  -  SURESH NAIR Six Singaporeans die, two missing as boat springs leak and sinks By mnd S. KUMAR Tragic tale over phone Back Page The six dead SHt Titllii Ismail, AliSlah, fat her 5*s; p L H»Jak Smd Yiuwf &4. The two missing Hakaafe Aknukd, The eight UuU^ M^hal
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  • 183 1 Four who saved 11 FOUR men m a passing boat were among the first to reach the scene of the tragedy. "We managed to haul 10 women, one man and three dead into our boat," said Mr Hashim Abdul Rahim, one of the two rescuers who dived into the water.
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  • 531 1 Govt tally has Marcos ahead by 100,000 MANILA, Monday THE Philippine National Assembly, controlled by President Ferdinand Marcos, opened a special session today to make the only legally binding vote count m the scandal-tainted presidential election. But, without counting a single ballot, it postponed its
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  • 22 1 DHAKA, Mon. West German President Richard von Weizsaecker arrived from Burma today on a five-day official visit to Bangladesh. Reuter
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  • 315 1  -  LIAK TENG KAIT By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Mon. President Ferdinand Marcos told American television viewers last night he would abide by the results of the presidential poll and dismissed reports that he might declare the election void. "I don't intend to cancel the election,"
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  • 158 1 BEIJING, M«a. The Sla«-J*p*ae«« Frlcadshlp H M p4UI, B*lJlm 's ter«c»t kmw/Uml, ta« lit lacimave mem wmy •f Illttag Ms empty beds by •fterlag medical care-cam-fa«lM*y packF«Ni«Mn f«ella« Mm stralM «f Hfe cm riga ap, f «r betw«e« mm day aad a week, tor a ctmblmeat
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  • 80 1 Seizure order on union assets LONDON, Mon. A British judge has ordered the seizure of the entire assets of a print union, estimated at £17 million (Sssl million), for contempt of court. The High Court said the Sogat 82 union was flouting the law by ordering its members to disrupt
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    • 68 1 BONN, Mon. So\let dissident Anatoly Shcharaaaky wUI be first to cross the Gllenlcke bridge to freedom m tomorrow's East-West exchMige ot prlMoera, according to the West Gernuui Üblold BUd. Thr paper said In a report for tomorrow* edltlon that the exchange would take place an bear
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    • 71 1 I -i"' i^^^M^^^Mr I Inside E CPF cut: The questions and some answers Page 13 Your TV guide Page 27 Amh 7 CMMway t EditorUl 14 Bttkgraui IS Letters 1« TlmesDrtlar 17— It ClMstfleds IMtag Spwto SMI gg PHILIPS THE BCXOF TRICKS. I^l Kneader, Mixer, Grinder, Blender, Peeler, Shredder, Slicer,
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 355 2 No takers for jobs IF YOU want a job as a machine operator or a seamstress or a production operator or something m the sales line, you can get one almost immediately. These jobs are among many nobody seems to want, according to statistics from the Labour Ministry, Singapore
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    • 402 2 Nasa 'knew danger 9 THE COMMISSION investigating the Challenger tragedy has asked to see all records involving the solid rocket boosters amid charges that Nasa knew of possibly "catastrophic" problems with the rockets before the fatal launch. With navy salvage teams scouring the ocean floor for submerged
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    • 193 2 Around Asean...and Across the Caussway Joint anti-Red drive THAILAND and Malaysia have sent at least 800 troops on a joint drive against communist terrorists m their border area, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. The paper quoted Major-General Kitti Rattanachaya, commander of a combined task force, as saying that Malaysian troops
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    • 271 2 Quitting Arsenal? A 4jU ARTET of expensive and experienced soccer stars may soon be on the way out at Arsenal exits which could lead to the Londoners going m for Watford's England winger John Barnes. Shock elimination by struggling Aston Villa m a Milk Cup quarter-final replay at Highbury
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    • 254 2 Reading fortnight A READING FORTNIGHT to promote a life-long love of reading among the young will be organised next month by the National Book Development Council. IRENE PATES interviews parents, librarians and educationists who talk about how reading can be made an enjoyable experience for children. Parents can
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    • 224 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE departure from his country of self-styled "Presfdeat for 111©" of Haiti, Mr leaa Clsade Dataller, marks the cad of one of the world's most brutally repressive regimes. Mr DuvaHer Is likely to have few sympathisers. Following Ms ouster, there seems to he little alternative
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    • 216 2 WHAT THE YEAR OF THE TIGER HOLDS FOR THE ECONOMY WITH THE TIGER beginning to stalk 1966, businessmen are waiting eagerly to see m what way and how quickly the Singapore economy will get back on track with or without the help of one of the most ferocious animals
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    • 112 2 'CHOOSY' EMPLOYERS A RETRENCHED worker notes there have been calls by Government and trade union leaders to workers not to be choosy when looking for jobs. He was drawing $1,900 when retrenched, but is not choosy and is now willing to accept a salary of $600. He responded to
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    • 169 2 Product Advertiser Section/Page Mrfncs British ».rways I 21 Boutique Ginger Lime I 24 Colour Centre Magnificent color lab I 13 Computers Setron/Sony Space color centre Concert Spore Symphony Orchestra I 32 Courses Writing School I 2 Cosmetics Estee Lauder I 21 Oept Store C.K Tang n Emporium I
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  • around the WORLD
    • 180 3 NEW DELHI, Mm. Indian Army soldiers have been told they will have to literally shape op If they wut promotion, a newspaper reported yesterday. Hie Indian Express said the army was facing a new enemy weight -which was undermining soldiers' physical fltaess
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    • 59 3 KARACHI, Mon. Police say they suspect "a foreigner" caused an explosion yesterday that hit the Paki-stan-Libya Holding Co office. Three people were injured m the blast and a man who jumped from the office m panic later died m the hospital. Police said the suspect "was speaking
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    • 100 3 TWO Japanese HMv49wi uf iiis ka>ve set •p BHJmg's first WcwtersHrtyle bakery sk*p la a Bdjtag totel awl Rm Wdna Is delight A fs*t-f««d fan, ke iw all praise for the Mr Ba« was jast Me «C afcsat tjttt easterners wk« have been ftaeklas;
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    • 295 3 Church and politics don't mix Pope POONA,Mon. POPE John Paul n, on the final day of his Indian tour, today told hundreds of student priests m an audience of 15,000 that they should stay out of politics. "The Church's ministers are not called to play leadership roles m the secular
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    • 324 3 US-Seoul war games SEOUL, Monday MASSIVE military exercises that will involve more than 200,000 US and South Korean troops began today amid strong protests by Pyongyang which immediately ordered its security forces to take "a full combat posture." North Korea's Foreign Ministry branded
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    • 103 3 First Aussie women deacons ordained MELBOURNE, Mon. Australia's first women deacons were ordained at an Anglican cathedral here despite a last-minute bomb hoax and threats by protesters to disrupt the historic ceremony. Archbishop David Penman last night ordained the eight women, aged between 25 and 72, breaking 200 years of
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    • 261 3 LONDON, Mon. The 3,000-year-old tomb of King Tutankhamun's treasurer has been discovered at Saqqara, site of Egypt's ancient capital, a British archaeologist said today. The find may be the most important archaeological success since the Boy King's own tomb was opened by Professor
      Reuter  -  261 words
    • 246 3 HANOI, Mon. More than 30 years of communism has made little impact on the hold that soothsayers, stargazers and other mystics nave on the Vietnamese people. Authorities may rail against the persistence of "superstitions" calling ♦hem the "scourge of society", but this Lunar
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    • 149 4 Venezuela to cut oil price to protect its market CARACAS, Mon. Venezuela has decided to protect its share cf the world oil market by cutting the price of its oil. possibly to as low as US$l7 (5535.7) a barrel, government sources said yesterday. A communique issued by the presidency ordered
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    • 250 4 The Challenger tragedy CAPE CANAVERAL, Monday THE commission investigating the Challenger tragedy has asked to see all records involving shuttle solid rocket boosters amid charges the space agency knew of possibly "catastrophic problems with the rockets before the fatal launch. With navy salvage teams scouring
      UPI; AP  -  250 words
    • 139 4 ROCHESTER (New York), Mon. Nurses at Strong Memorial Hospital have to be doubly careful when giving Victor John Foti his medicine. This was because two men with this name are m the hospital, diagnosed by the same doctor for the same surgery. Miss Kae Robertson,
      UPI  -  139 words
    • 155 4 Duvalier's militia to be disbanded PORT-AU-PRINCE, Monday THE new army-dominated government has decided to disband Haiti's 300,000-strong Tontons Macoute militia of ousted President Jean-Claude Duvalier, an informed source disclosed last night. But while soldiers were disarming the highly unpopular Tontons Macoute militiamen yesterday, mobs continued to pursue them and loot
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    • 431 4 NEW YORK, Mon. A NEW craze among American schoolchildren has parents and teachers agonising over what they have done wrong for their youngsters to develop such gruesome tastes. The object of the craze is cards sold with packets of chewing gum. But these
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    • 215 4 RIO DE JANEIRO, Mon. Brazilian health authorities are asking visitors arriving for the Rio carnival to answer questions about their sexual preferences and possible contact with the disease Aids. Official concern appeared to centre on the many American homosexuals who come to Brazil's famous
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    • 24 4 CARACAS, Mon. Eleven people died and 160 were injured m carnival festivities over the weekend m Venezuela, police said last night. AFP
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      • 84 4 INDIA'S TROUBLED state of Punjab appeared set for a showdown between Sikh moderates and hardliners today after Chief Minister Surgit Singh Barnala vowed to press ahead with a meeting to challenge militants who have occupied the Sikhs' holiest shrine, Amritsar's Golden Temple, since Jan 26. The Press Trust
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      • 75 4 SOUTH YEMEN yesterday officially announced the death of ex-President and Marxist ideologue Abdul-Fattah Ismail at the start of a bloody power struggle between factions of the ruling party last month. Aden Radio quoted a statement by the Marxist Yemeni Socialist Party as saying Mr Ismail died of
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      • 57 4 THE BIGGEST ever legal assault on the Sicilian Mafia began yesterday when 474 alleged gangsters went on trial under heavy security m a fortified courtroom m Palermo. Only around 150 of the defendants were m court, the others exercising their legal right to remain absent. About
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      • 74 4 THE CRIMES of Stalin were bitterly denounced on the Moscow stage for the first time, at a recent poetry reading by the Soviet writer and singer Bulat Okujava. The event, at the avant-garde La Taganka Theatre, drew resounding applause from the packed house when Mr Okujava, an official
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      • 41 4 A GENERAL STRIKE m New Delhi halted wholesale trading and closed down major shopping centres and several schools yesterday to protest a recent hike m the prices of essential commodities. Police said no major incidents had been reported. UPI
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      • 32 4 BALLEVS COMET came within 88.5 million km of the Sun on Sunday, its closest encounter m 78 years, spouting huge volumes of steam and dust, scientists m California reported. UPI
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    • 105 6 Haj savings may be put into Islamic superbank JEDDAH, Mon. The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) is considering formation of a "superbank" along Islamic laws aimed particularly at those savings by Muslims for the Haj, the Saudi Gazette has reported. Muslims saving money to make the Haj, or pilgrimage to
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    • 322 6 Mandela to be freed Winnie Black leader's release 'just a question of timing' JOHANNESBURG, Mon. Winnie Mandela has renewed intense speculation that South Africa will free her imprisoned husband, Mr Nelson Mandela, saying his release is just a question of timing for the Pretoria government. Speaking to reporters as she
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    • 103 6 European bid to buy Westland shares fails LONDON, Mon. The European consortium fighting for a stake m Britain's Westland helicopter company (ailed today m its bid to buy 20.2 per cent of the firm's shares. The consortium said m a statement that insufficient shareholders accepted its offer to sell their
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    • 285 6 BLACKPOOL (England), Mon. Former Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine, launching what political observers said was a bid for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Job, has called for a policy of "caring capitalism" to get Britain going again. Striving to be heard over a raucous mixture
      UPI  -  285 words
    • 388 6 Iran claims it has captured oil island TEHERAN, Mon. Iran said its troops crossed the strategic Shaft Al-Arab waterway and captured an island inside Iraq today m Iran's first major Gulf war offensive m nearly a year. The national news agency, Irna, said the island contained important oil installations. "The
      Reuter; UPI  -  388 words
    • 38 6 AMMAN, Mon. Queen Noor, Ameriean-btm wife of Jordanian King Hussein, yesterday gave birth to a girl, their fourth child, the Royal Palace announced. King Hussein and his 35--year-old wife were married m 1978. Reuter
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    • 239 6 "Economic crisis' if Denmark pulls out of EC COPENHAGEN, Mon. The Danish economy would be thrown into crisis if Denmark were to withdraw from the European Community, according to a secret report that Prime Minister Poul Schluter ordered released at the weekend. A referendum is to be held m Denmark
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    • 132 6 KHARTOUM, Mm. The Sudanese government hat decided to relmpose a baa on the Coca-Cola eompaay, which wag allowed back into the coontry by easted President Jaafar Nuneiry In defiance of an Arab League boycott of arms doing bariae— with Israel. A Cabinet
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  • ASEAN
    • 242 7  -  MANILA, Mon. The abuses m the election have, "obvious and serious" implications for America*! policy towards the Philippines, the head of an American observer mission said today. Senator Richard Lugar, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters before: leaving for
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    • 269 7 An 'irreversible blow' for President: Papers BANGKOK, Mod. Newspapers here today expressed fears of growing instability m the Philippines following the acrimony and confusion of the presidential election. The Bangkok Post, believed to frequently reflect government views, said that President Ferdinand Marcos had suffered an "irreversible blow" and "will no
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    • 57 7 BACOLOD, Mon. Mrs Corazon Aquino's broth-er-in-law was among those arrested and briefly detained by police m this central Philippines city yesterday after leading an opposition "victory march", witnesses confirmed today. Police fired into the air to stop the march, and arrested six of the leaders, including Mr
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    • 39 7 NEW YOB&, Mm. Dm !»«■>■§!■ to i '■Hl ertajftdttig MUtory Ike ttHtaM«M«i 1* <••*•* ■■■»mcd PUltpftaea «my trahdag teite mm Mf>aK HS9 ■■Mn9 QVK 4MDI HBV P^' vftrtsc 'Military Bgre9> US 'wapaarifctttty far As--4 MMJMi MhMMI
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    • 328 7 MANILA, Mon. Thousands of voters have pinned their hopes on "people power" and prayers to protect their ballots m the presidential election. In Manila, about 15,000 people yesterday packed a church where opposition challenger Corazon Aquino attended a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Jaime Sin.
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    • 207 7 Marcos man gunned down in his home CAGAYAN DE ORO, Mon. Seven unidentified men equipped with hand-held radios broke into the home of a man who campaigned for President Marcos m the presidential election and shot him, it was reported today. Local Government Deputy Minister Concordio Diel said Jimmy Montano
      AP; UPI  -  207 words
    • 75 7 MANILA, Mon. An armed man fled after being spotted near opposition presidential candidate Corazon Aquino at a church service yesterday, her spokesman said today. Mr Raul Contreras said a couple had spotted a man with a gun tucked m his waistband during a Mass, attended by
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    • 628 7  -  ABBY TAN IRENE NGOO 29 seek church sanctuary after alleging vote manipulation By and MANILA, Mon. A walkout late last night by 29 data processors at the Commission on Elections Comelec paralysed its quick count operations, prompting a top official to charge that it was an
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  • AROUND ASEAN...and Across The Causeway
    • 363 9 Thai and Malaysian troops sent to Betong Salient OAMGnCOK, MonCMy THAILAND and Malaysia have sent at least 800 troops on a joint drive against communist terrorists m their border area, the Bangkok Post reported today. The paper quoted Major-General Kitti Rattanachaya, commander of a
      Reuter; AP  -  363 words
    • 184 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his wife Datin Seri Dr Siti Hasmah yesterday joined Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) leaders m celebrating the Lunar New Year. MCA President Tan Koon Swan and other party leaders were on hand
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    • 229 9 MUAR, Mon. Four people, including a young mother and her two children, were feared drowned when their boat capsized m the Muar River here today. Villagers rescued eight other passengers. Those missing are Madam Norlela Abu Bakar, 27, her two children,
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    • 141 9 Meet us now to discuss wage claims, say unions KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The five National Joint Councils (NJs) and the Congress of Unions of Employees m the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) today asked the government to meet the unions immediately to discuss wage claims. Its secretary, Mr A. Ragunathan,
      NST; Bernama  -  141 words
    • 100 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malaysian government continues to ban direct visits by anyone from Brazil to Malaysia, Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said yesterday. He said the ban was imposed five years ago to prevent visitors from Brazil from bringing m the leaf-blight disease
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    • 115 9 JAKARTA, Mea. A S4-year-«14 au aae tar t^^m t^&a 14 hmm feUemiag aki metaer's Juafk a\. ■n^vvjaa* a> aIVJ ■^■JaVOT rfj* pertoi here teaay. itr KaaM, the —a ct a aerth Smmatnui village ef SOtetat, aheat Sf km treat Meiaa, aae eteei
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    • 257 9 No decision yet on the allocation of seats, says NF JOHOR BARU, Mon. The National Front supreme council has not decided on the allocation of seats for the coalition's component parties m the coming general election, Secretary-General Ghaffar Baba said. But, he said, the matter could be settled a week
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    • 295 9 Local draws tops with RTM viewers KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Television Malaysia's (RTM) current affairs programmes have a limited following. But locally-pro-duced entertainment shows are popular with RTM viewers. This was revealed by a study carried out by Survey Research Malaysia (SRM) last year. Serious programmes telecast by RTM failed to
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    • 589 10  - Charities step up fund-raising efforts and cut their costs STELLA DANKER By CHARITIES have started gearing up for leaner times as fund-raising becomes harder m the recession. They have been cutting costs, for example, by not replacing staff who leave, while stepping up their fund-raising efforts. But m hard times,
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    • 88 10 POLICE are investigating a fire which destroyed two cars parked beside each other m a multi-storey car park m French Road, near Lavender Street, early on Saturday The cars, parked during the night on the first floor of the car park, were found ablaze
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    • 437 10  -  ANNE KOH Most involve shift work and do not pay well •y Another side of the story: Time to tell bo— ot not to be choosy Forum, Page 16 IF YOU want a job as a machine operator or a seamstress or
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    • 818 10 A MANUFACTURER of plastic mouldings offered a monthly salary of $400 to anyone who would work as a machine operator on the third shift. There was a $5-a-day allowance for that graveyard shift. There was also a guaranteed two months' bonus at the end of
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    • 254 10 TWO me* died after their cars crashed late trees la two separate aeeMoßtam the early hours of the I— st New Year on Sunday. Mr Stan Klaag You, 21, of Block TB4, Ctomeatl West Street 2, was travelling aleag Boklt Tlmah Road when Ms
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    • 345 10 A TIGER roamed the billiard room of a hotel on Saturday evening. It accepted a hongbao from the hotel's general manager, and even lounged on the table, cavorting with billiard balls. All this while its three keepers nonchalantly downed beers and Singapore Slings, and
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    • 79 10 A MAN was arrested fur setting off firecrackers at a terrace house m Medway Drive, m Serangoon Garden, last Saturday. Police detained the 31--year-old Jobless man after a tip-off. Bits of paper from burnt firecrackers were found m the compound of his house. The man
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    • 157 10 TELECOMS will sell cartons to customers sending parcels from March 1. Called postpacs, for postal parcel cartons, tQp easy-to-assemble cartons will help postal staff handle parcels more easily. I, It will also standardise the shape and size of parcels being handled by Telecoms. "We were
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    • 112 10 Hotel's offer to late-night revellers A TEMPTING offer of tw» dishes for the price of one awaits late-night revellers at a hotel. Goodwood Park Hotel h.w launched a promotion m its coffee lounge where patrons who order a dish of local favourites will get another of the same price, tree.
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    • 424 11  -  TONG YOKE THO Cosec for service workers By mJmßm wOOK^ U0 SOUS I£CWGM^MIMfIK fTUlfl 4UUM9BOMI ptoa <• help •ervkxi <mrwtas fa— <hwi jHt tovuta lean «c* «f five toMfc flfclllft* The pwpißii, wMcfc la called Care SUlte far Effectlveaeai aai Cfcaagf
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    • 268 11 Feedback sought on problems of taking Malay as Ist language MENDAKI will hold a meeting m August to get feedback on the problems faced by bright secondary Malay pupils taking Malay at the first-language level. Its secretary, Mr Wan Hussin Zoohri, said the council would also like to assess the
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    • 31 11 otowrly NG KOK SONG stepped down as the General Manager of the Board of Commissioners of Currency on Feb 1. He has been replaced by Mr Lav Kirn 800.
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    • 116 11 A FACTORY worker was charged on Saturday with using obscene words while speaking on the telephone with two policewomen. Gan Kuey Chang, 27, a Malaysian, allegedly used such words when speaking to Woman Police Constable Khoo Ngai Lang of the Police Combined
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    • Article, Illustration
      104 13 QUESTION: How will the cut help your business? THE 15-point cut m employers' CPF contributions is virtually a foregone conclusion. But what is not so clear are the implications of such a move. What does it mean to employers and employees? How big a help will it be to
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    • 782 13  -  MARA FERNANDEZ Workers' say By The money m the CPF represents fu- lure expectations tor those members who have yet to tap this sum. They must have had hopes and plans for a certain type of lifestyle when they retire or the type of
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    • 930 13  -  RONNIE LIM Employers' say THE proposed 15 percentage-point CPF cut on the employers' end is not quite the "jackpot" for bosses many think it is. "That's the wrong idea," say the employers interviewed. One motor trader said he would use the savings to "cut losses".
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    • 440 13  -  MATHEW YAP Property men's say By A CPF cut will hit the property market only slightly, said six property analysts. The analysts are four consultants, a developer, and the sales manager of a bis property firm. "Irs supply and demand (of housing) that will
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    • 250 20 Dog stands watch over gas cylinders while master makes delivery GAS dealer Urn Teong San has been losing a lot of cylinders In the five months he has been m the business. Thieves walk away with the gas cylinders from his pick-op when he
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    • 64 20 RELATIVES of these two women are asked to contact the Ministry of Community Development. Madam Mary Wong, 61, and Madam Lai Yoke Lin were picked up by police last month for vagrancy at Joo Chiat Place and Clementi West Street 2 respectively. Their next-of-kin or friends
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    • 155 20 UIC Building, which is enjoying virtually full occupancy, is undergoing a $9 million renovation to give it a fresh mahogany look. Work on the 12-year-old building m Shenton Way began recently and should take about a year to complete, a spokesman for UIC Building
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    • 110 20 Businessman robbed of $25,000 BUSINESSMAN Urn Kok Tong was robbed of cash and valuables, including gold bars, worth more man 925,000 at his shophouse m Yio Chu Kang Road on Saturday. The robbers were armed with an axe, a chopper and a Kniie. They charged into Lim Soon Heng Car
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    • 542 20  -  KONG SOOK CHIN Some m line for as long as four hours Bjf EVEN though they had appointments and showed up early, they still did not get to see their doctors on time at Singapore General Hospital specialist outpatient clinics. Seventeen out
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    • 254 20 PRIVATE commercial schools have joined forces to boost their professional image and improve their standard of teaching. About 20 of theSO such schools met recently to form the proposed Federation of Private Schools. Letters have been sent to the Registrar of Societies and the
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    • 60 20 Airport runway re-opened CHANGI Airport Runway One has been re-opened to aircraft after it was resurfaced at a cost of $9 million by the Resource Development Corporation. The resurfacing work, divided into two phases, was handed over separately to the Changi Airport Authority on Oct 7 and Dec 28. The
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    • 546 20 90% seen to within an hour hospital NINETY per cent of the patients at Singapore General Hospital's specialist clinics were seen within an hour of the appointed time, a hospital spokesman said. Of this 90 per cent, more than 30 per cent were seen within 15 minutes and another 30
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    • 505 12  -  Kampong Glam CC's dance troupe loses training grounds By AUGUSTINE LOW THE lion dance troupe at the Kampong Glam community centre has temporarily stopped training since the car park and vacant plot m front of the CC were fenced off early last month for
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    • 145 12 '3 for $1' man hits the expo trail BAD Ham «r Ml, Mr Chs> CMb's "llree *r pKMM IHMW MM IW teihel— tit WtihUiAtp City «ttaafe i* tww *r taim "IlMvilyteveMy fIMM 4MB I MW6 W HM«i«fe«Urigkt, M lw Alwus Ike lask^sl far Mw aext ezp*, be kit IH VIVMIy
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    • 355 12 Expositions a good way to clear stocks SMALL businesses, hard-hit by retail blues, are looking to trade expositions as a way of boosting sales. Initially, many were not enthusiastic when organisers invited tenders for stalls at trade expositions. But those who took up space m
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    • 539 14 THE departure from his country of self-styled "President for life" of Haiti, Mr Jean Claude Duvalier better known as "Baby Doc" marks the final disintegration of one of the world's most brutally repressive regimes, which stretched over three decades and spanned two generations. By all
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  • 97 14 Suggestion of talks merely a 'shadow play' Calls for talks between the United Malays National Organisation and Parti Islam to solve problems for the good of the ummah (Muslim community) have surfaced again m Malaysia. The prospects of a coming together, however, are said to be
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  • 848 14  -  ISMAIL KASSIM By The paths of the two parties have become too divergent at this juncture to make a political reconciliation possible Even as they wait for each other's invitation (to the talks), they have not refrained from clobbering each other m public over the issues that
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  • 728 14  - Two parties in conflict over what is the Islamic way SHARIFAH ROZITA By writing for the New Straits Times While Pas ac- cuim Umno of sheer symbolism, Umno accuses Pa* of using Islam for its political onds. Each damands "sincsrity" m ona another's Islamic ambitions for discussions to bs started
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  • 574 14 What others say Editorial headlined, Tertiary graduates should repay education subsidy, published m Uanhe Zaobao on Feb WHEN Dr Tony Tan, Minister for Education and Trade and Industry, unveiled impressive education plans recently, he disclosed that the Education Ministry was discussing with the National University of
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    • 577 15 The yarns people spin about Halley's Comet Art Buchwald THE country seems to be divided between those who have seen Halley's Comet and those who say they have. It isn't like 1910 when everyone did see it. This time, if you blinked your eyes you could easily have missed it.
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    • 836 15 Summit may lead to forming of Gallic group PARES The French empire was never as vast as Britain's, but it was big all the same. The sun never set on it either. Since the empires expired, Prance has been more coy than Britain about admitting
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      • 314 16 I REFER to the letter "Giro users have their rights too" from •C.K.W." (ST, Feb 5). If "C.K.W." had written direct to NTUC Income to cancel the payment of the premium through Giro, his instruction would have been implemented
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      • 172 16 WE refer to the letter "We can do without it m Pandan" by Mr Loh Chung Fun. (ST, Jan 20). We believe Mr Loh is referring to the proposed Pandan Road, which is to run from the Pan-Is-land Expressway (PIE) m the north to the
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      • 342 16 WE refer to the report "Singapore police unhelpful, alleges trader". (ST, Jan 11). We wish to inform you that the matter has been looked into. The investigations have revealed that on Jan 7 (v 7.45 pm, a patrol car, with two officers from Jurong police
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      • 217 16 Turned down: Worker willing to accept $600 THE Government and trade union leaders have been telling retrenched workers not to be choosy when looking for new jobs. I am not a choosy worker. Ironically, I recently had the misfortune of coming across
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      • 175 16 CBD gantry police should show flexibility MY sympathies are with "Clean Record". (ST, Jan 29). If it is any consolation, he is not the only victim of a "burning sense of injustice". A couple of months ago, I was driving along Jalan Besar when I suddenly realised I had forgotten
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      • 314 16 IT IS heartening to see that our Government does not leave any stone unturned m its efforts to revive the economy. The spirit of the new policy on government tenders is a step m the right direction. The private companies simply cannot
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      • 279 16 MANY suggestions have been offered on how to deal with the present economic situation. I would like to offer one which I hope will provide a boost to the property market. Properties worth billions of dollars are now waiting for buyers. Their
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      • 191 16 I WOULD like to seek clarification from the authorities regarding a property matter. I have bought a condominium unit from a developer. The sales contract indicates that the unit has a floor area of 87 square metre. However, I have now found out that the unit
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    • 1114 17 THE Year of the Tiger is expected to be explosive, fiery and downright bad. AHTHOKY HOE with the help of Mr C. K. Tseng, who is knowledgeable m the art of reading Chinese zodiac signs associated with the Lunar Calendar, looks at what the Chinese almanac holds
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    • 221 17 Greenback drops to a new low TOKYO, Monday THE US dollar fell to its lowest level m seven years and three months against the Japanese yen under selling pressure during trading here today. The dollar closed at 189.90 yen, down from Friday's closing rate of 190.85 yen and the lowest
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    • 63 17 SEOUL, Mon. Hyundai Motor Co exported 15,000 cars m January, more than three times the 4,500 m the same month last year, the leading South Korean automaker has reported. Hyundai officials said the tally included 9,000 Pony Excels front-wheel-drive subcompacts that Hyundai shipped to the United
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    • 56 17 SEOUL, Mon. Chemicals producer Dv Pont plans to build a titanium dioxide plant m South Korea with a total investment of US$l5O million (S$32G million). An application for approval of the investment at Yochon industrial estate, 336 km south of Seoul, has been sent to
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    • 36 17 NEW YORK, Mon. Japan's Sumitomo group has taken a 15 per cent stake worth US$75 million (Ssl6o million) m a copper mine operated by the US company Phelps Dodge Corp at Morenci, Arizona. AFP
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    • 169 17 LONDON, Mon. Midland Bank plans to sell its troubled Californian subsidiary, Crocker National Bank, to another Californian bank, Wells Fargo, for US$l.OB billion (552.3 billion). Crocker has been plagued with bad debts, which Midland discovered only after the acquisition m October 1981. The debts
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    • Company news The week that was
      • 26 18 Gross Group pre-tai Year to Company dMdend profit/loss ('000) NST 30b (30) MJ55.149 ($53,600) Aug 85 Sri Hartamas 5(5) MJ15.1 11 ($14,685) Aug 85
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      • 26 18 Gross Group pre-tn Year to Conpany dMdtnd profit/toss ('000) CASH 5 (10) MJ3.308 ((5,967) Aug 85 G Securities 5 (6) $2,710 ($3,607) Dec 85
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      • 29 18 Interim Group pre-tax Half-year to Company dMdond profit/toss ('000) Glenealy 5 (5) M$231 ($428) Dec 85 Renong Bhd M$1,278L ($1,037) Dec 85 Robinson $1,677 ($1,380) Dec 85
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      • 653 18 Proposals for a $300 million injection of funds into the stock market put forward by Bankers Trust and American Express, would mean the creation of a seven-year credit of $300 million or its equivalent m US dollars to be structured as a Revolving Underwriting Facility (RUF) with tender
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      • 55 18 pi I I I I I J I I rnanctai lines nousuian Friday 1187.7 (1171.7) j%$ Do* Jones Industrials l?~ Friday 1613.42 (1600.69) Nkkti Stock Average Monday *****.07 (*****.13) r (fifurts hi brtcfctts rtftr to ttwM E in prtvtaM tratfnc day) 1 'l I I I I I I
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      • 225 18 Ftb 7 IBS Ounce Alcoa 44H +ltt A»«d Cham Cp 48S AJktrChatrrmn 4% unch AmTaliTal 21* -H Amox knc 12V unch Amr Corp 50 B«tht«hfn Srt 18H Bo«ng Co 48 +IH Burroudw Cp 69S Catvpikv Co 47H -4-1* ChoM Manhtn 72H +1 Chryitmr Cp 48H +H Cmcorp 47*i
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      • 156 18 TOKYO, Mon. Share prices rose for the eighth consecutive day to close up 13.94 at a record closing high of 13,226.07, surpassing the record close of U***** last Friday, but slightly off the all-time him of 13,231.25 touched at midday today. Turnover was a moderately active MO million shares
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      • 317 18 f* 10 Yw Ctunft Aynomote 1190 -10 Akoi 405 -I Amodo 015 +3 AiohiChani 760 -2 A«ot»GtoM 925 +5 Bonk of Tokyo 698 -I BndoMtonc 534 +9 Conor* 1080 tO Co*o 1720 20 Crtuan 520 +1 Dom« 871 -9 OoHkhi Kongyo 1480 -10 D >*ppon Print 1 340 unch
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    • Overseas markets' weekly round-up
      • 436 18 Mew York But some investors are concerned with computerised trading NEW YORK, Moo. Wall Street ended last week with another record Ugh under its belt, but some traders are disturbed by what they call the growing effect of computerised buying and —IWwg pmgramf. They
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      • 31 18 9HJO -^wUUMUP PIQW if^tSf 9& HBO w»w f^ UOttDflUl UJBJC 49 SppMACH 41 «BB SOW jfQOW ■MMHby IyVMAS fptUHßy JMMIHUJ .AJUMMSI HiH SHMMI Mi FM~ ■^■■■■■■■••■■■^UBaj -ÜBvA^nvApUßHl ■HII^I^ W AFP
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      • 155 18 SYDNEY, Mon. Australian sharemarkets closed barely steady m lacklustre trading today following last week's easier finish after experiencing record highs, a 14.9 point mid-week crash, the country's largest takeover bid and record falls m world oO prices. There was little offshore interest today and most sectors traded m a
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      • 486 18 Nb 7 tan Cfct«t Afiad-lyorw 278 +7 Am. DairiM BTRPLC 410 +10 Babcocks 186 +6 Bardoyt 457 +10 Bwchom 356 -5 OCC 288 unch Bto Crete 536 +3 BOC Group 3l5xd +7 Boot*..,.. 243 +8 Bowotor 295 unch BATS 350 uneh BritanrNO 136 +2 BP 551 +6 BT«tecomPP 186
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      • 3162 18 M shares quoted have a par value of $1, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tai-eiempted dividend. ABN is traded m bts of 10 shares each, with the price quoted m dolars. I*s/* Last TnM IM M Mm* rftfr Low Salt Ckanct p/e ('000) Hfch
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      • 190 18 LONDON, Mm. Stores scaled sew height* last week mi the stock exchange, eac»araged by the asjbMentlsi Tuesday sf better-than-expectod Is— ry maney supply Mi reserve* figures, and a* hepee that the CaaacelUr wIU he able to **ver £1 MlttM wsrth sf tax cuts at the next Budget. The Ftaaaelal
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 378 19 OCBC OUB 1)06 DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings daily 5V 4 5 4 3/ 4 5 Monthly 5 i/ 4 Autosave m Fixed deposit 1 month 4/4 |M 4 4>4(1) 2 months 41 4 3 months 4V« 414 414 4'4(1) 6 months 4'/ 2 4V 2 4'/ 2 4»/
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      • 458 19 BANKS' prime lending gKSkiK rates at t£ close <rf busi- gj ft*" 6 ness on Friday 7. Habbßank 8' 2 Hokkaido Takushoku 7 J Balm PLR Hongkong Shanghai 7V 2 Indian Bank B Algemeneßank 7V 4 Indian Overseas 8'/ 4 American E«press B/, Industrial Commercial 7 AmDam Rterdam
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      • 411 19 R*c«ipt of Export FCL container* and LCL cargo LCL RtccMnf RtctMnf Shj> (Voyaje) Air Cacfo fine Hock Banavon (69/509) 11/2 (1600) Fl *****800/0700-0730 F2/G2 Ned Houtman (524) 11/2 (1700) F7 0800-0900/0700 0800 P2/S2 I Shepetkov (2CE/86) 11/2 (1700) F7 0800-0900 B 4 Pegasus P (416N) 11/2 (2100) Fl
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        173 19 Vessd Berth fcr Dep Keppf) Wharves Hungshan K33 aside 11/2 San Luis K29 aside 11/2 Straits Pride K25W aside 11/2 Frotasantos K18 11/2 12/2 Htone Hwa K19 11/2 13/2 Lupin K16 11/2 12/2 Monteste Kll 11/2 12/2 Pearl of Scandinavia MO 11/2 11/2 Sena K25W 11/2 12/2
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      • 184 19 Asian rates ASMN avrency average low deposit ratts for the J™* I*' 16 jj* j-j r J months 6'/« 6 1/16 OJCOK enoed FeO 7. 6 months 6 1/16 6 12 months 6 SJ«5 J MDPWCES H* U» W U» 1 month 12 15/16 IK 7 days 7 15/16 7*»
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      • 219 19 THE US dollar closed higher against most major currencies aided by stronger than expected US economic data. The greenback stabilised against the Japanese yen after comment made by Bank of Japan Governor Satoshi Sumita that a drastic fall of the dollar is undesirable. However, the continuous rise of the
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      • 22 19 Buy* Sefae Mcktst-Lewest Hfehest-lowest SJ/rn S$/cm Bank of China 23.82-22.92 23.97-23 06 OUB Unav— Unav Unav— Unav UOB 23.83—23.02 23.98—2317
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      • 15 19 GOLD US$/oz Sit Fri Hongkong Closed 338.10—338.60 Fri Than New York 339.30—339.80 336.90—337.40
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      • 176 19 Interbank Over the counter FoF «it" Local dofars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4809 1.4838 6.83—6 64 Canadian dollar 1.5017—1.5045 6.68—6 55 NZ *>Har 1.1331—1.1368 8.92—8 63 Sterling pound 2.9747—2.9783 3.40—3.34 US dollar 2.1340—2.1350 4.73-4.68 Local dotars to 100 wRs
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      • 29 19 Closatc prices S'pwt ML cents cents S/hilo M/hilo Feb 3 162.25 187.50 Feb 4 163.00 188.50 Feb 5 165.50 190.00 Feb 6 162.75 188.00 Feb 7 Closed Closed
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      • 30 19 LlOMHf IUnV0V6f TM prices Tomes Cents (M)/kilo S/kilo M/kilo Feb 3 18.00 36 Feb 4 17.80 3 Feb 5 17.50 S3 Feb 6 17.20 14 Feb 7 17.15 54
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      • 119 19 CONTINUED demand for physicals other than IRSS saw a further run up on the approach to the long Lunar New Year holiday. TSR 10 and 20 appreciated some 12 cents, but 1 RSS was left behind, emphasising its shortcoming as an adequate hedging medium, said Holiday, Cutler, Bath 4
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      • 44 19 IRREGULAR BUT QUIET. Weak sterling and a 1,120,000 oz fall m LME stocks to 45,464,000 oz, the lowest for two years, allowed early gains, but lack of interest and the pound's nervous recovery saw values turn back and close down on the week.
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      • 36 19 IRREGULAR BUT QUIET. Liquidation m line with New York, where downward chart points were breached and producer prices cut, took prices lower at frst, and the subsequent rally was foiled by lack of support. AFP
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      • 52 19 QUIETLY STEADY. Trading volume was at a minimum throughout the week, but steady gains were made, first on the back of sterling's weakness and later, despite the pound's recovery, on physical trade buying m New York and continued bullish fundamental factors. Merchants outside the LME were quoting US$l.lBO-US$l,2OO per
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      • 9 19 THE tin market remained suspended until further notice.
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    • 228 17 r r ?t CPF contributions higher than withdrawals > I Million dollars Amount Amount contributed withdrawn I 1984 Nov 453.9 325.9 I Dec 602.2 281.3 1985 I Jan 638.8 317.1 I Feb 508.7 270.9 j Mar 577.0 263.3 I Apr 411.6 288.8 I May 462.2 252.9 Jun 480.3 213.0 j
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    • 130 17 ANTHONY HOE Mr Jack X Seth has been appointed managing director of Chase Manhattan Capital Markets Ltd. Singapore. Chase Manhattan Capital Markets is a subsidiary of Chase Manhattan Capital Markets (Holdings) Inc. the merchant banking arm of The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. Before joining Chase, Mr Seth was with the
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    • 144 17 NCR Singapore has appointed Mr Jeff P M«ree as managing director. Mr Tm Paay Chfaag has been appointed refining director at Mobil Oil Singapore. He joined Mobil m 1970 as a chemical engineer. Since then, he has held various positions m the manufacturing, planning and supply departments. He has also
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    • 1000 21 Just five minutes a day In preparation for the Reading Fortnight to be organised next month by the National Book Development Council, IRENE PATES talks to parents, librarians and educationists about the joys and woes of learning to read. "WHEN I try to read to my two boys, aged six
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    • 521 21 "A FATHER learnt finger play with the nursery rhyme, Eensie Weensie Spider, so that he could do it with his child," said Mrs Hedwig Anuar. Mrs Anuar, director of the National Library, recalled the enthusiasm of a parent who had attended a reading workshop organised
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  • 822 22  - Auctions hammer hardly strikes a happy note MATHEW YAP •f EVERY month, firms such as Knight Frank Cheong Hock Chye it Baillieu, Cheong Koon Seng Pte Ltd and Victor and Morris Pte Ltd hold auctions as they did hi the heyday of the property market a few years ago. But
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  • 139 22 Selected from Classified Ads I 3 bedrooms Singapura 1750 Freehold 15 $280,000 Owner Mansion (9) 734-6644 1 bedroom Riverwalk 785 99 New $295,000 Agent Galleries (6) 255-4877 2 bedrooms Holland Rd 1,100 Freehold 1 $270,000 Agent < 10 > 469-7979 4 bedrooms Urn Ah Woo 1,800 Freehold 2 $280,000
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    • 804 23  -  CHONG WING HONG By THE beloved tiger's let loose again now that the other 11 animals have had their turn on the Chinese zodiac calendar. Before we find out what the tiger augurs for the year ahead, let's look at hu. Hu, the Chinese name
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    • 119 23 WBO^S afraid of the ing, had tfgert Not four year old Paul Wi tangmi aw elder brothers were, however, aalte eostent to keep their distance even Aongh the Km long fcoaot •••edno danger to thjem or at Shangri-La Hotel; It Is naane front atyrof oam
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    • 849 24  -  HANERY M.S. i A FORMER UN Secretary-General, Dr Waldheim, once said that all prejudice and bias against women should be scrapped. At the opening of a world conference to launch the International Women's Year m 1975 at Mexico City, he declared: "we simply cannot afford not to
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    • 594 24  -  Olek HANIME NG TAHUN 1975 telah diisytiharkan sebagai Tahun Antarabangsa Wanita. Di hari pembukaan Persidangan Sedunia bagi melancarkan Tahun Awtarab^^g** Wanita di Bandar Mexico, Dr Kurt Waldheim, yang ketika itu Setiausaha Agung BangsaBangsa Bersatu berkata: "Kita tidak marapu untiik tfafftfr menggunakan bakat, pengalaman dan kebijaksanaan separuh
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    • 692 25 SUN TAN ByCoitettm PEANUTS By SchuiT INV2;rSL/7^Vl N V2;rSL 7^V I^Ly^ o^fJ/ r J^^> L^ r^T* I t^n 5 T^ E LONELY I vouk kuoi VI im m love it's I I iVe only been m I N V MorH(M<; wast** l T^.yj r^^MC^l /^>^i WORL^WARIFLYING ■BEER.MONSIEUR M TME BE6INNING
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    • 840 26 The McDonald's restaurant m Santa Claus The Movie; the Wheaties which Sylvester Stallone fortified himself with before his big bout m Rocky III; Recces Pieces which E.T. ate all these were actually advertisements worked into the films. The next time you see a film,
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    • 2957 29 John gets two-day suspension, month's whip ban «Y FIRST: *****6 SECOND: *****9 THIRD: *****0 STARTERS: *****2, *****7, *****8, *****0, *****8, *****8, *****8, *****6, *****0. CONSOLATIONS: *****7, *****0, *****1, *****1, *****0, *****6, *****3, *****7, *****4, *****5. Sairi weighs m with hat-trick By OUR RACING TEAM KUALA LUMPUR,
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  • OBITUARIES
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      76 30 THE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CMS GROUP, THE EDUCATION PEOPLE EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST CONDOLENCE TO THEIR CHAIRMAN TEO KENG HOCK AND HIS FAMILY ON THE DEMISE OF HIS MOTHER MRS TEO CHIN HUAT NEE PNG HONG ON FEBRUARY 9TH 1986 AS A MARK OF RESPECT THE OFFICES
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    • 49 30 183 Condolences 183 Condolences THE MANAGEMENT ANO STAFF OF TIONG GAY EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES TO MR. TAN CHE CHONG/ MR TAN TECK LEONG AND TAN TECK KEE ON THE DEMISE OF HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW/ GRANDMOTHER, THE LATE MDM. ONG AH MEI WHO PASSED AWAY ON 9.2 .86.
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      121 30 MR TAN JOON WEE AgotTt pniiJ owoy ptocihjlty on Fob m WNk Ho S wee Eng ovIW. Sin Mln Sin Hee (deceased) Hock Nee, David m Soo Jee. Peter Jock Fun, Gilbert PanghUre m low. Foo Yuen Feng Chan Kum Toh (deceased) Kaw Jit Nam Leow Klat Hot
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      46 30 P. P>iwmnmi Union Bom H f lIM Mad 11-2-1076 Swaat arc lha memories ailantly kaatOf ©♦>• WO IOVOd dOOfty 4>od n#Vw>f fOfQjsH. Always rtwiwbtrtd by wHt Kaa>an. Matr tm,,!. •ww n*wnvwi, owrwi Daughter Q— ttia Prgy at Woodlands Slvan PMO9O O6OOSW MIM ptftonM mvi
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    • 30 30 FAMLV OF THE LATE •MMBON OAVW CALLED NOME TO EC WITH TNE. LOUD ON »-2-o« »Wi to thonk oM for Ikoir proyoro and pwimei during ttw* roeont boroooomowt.
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      90 30 In Loving Memory of BAHNCY KENG BAN EE AJjjryjfjjm^b^d by ..mil, ft MR. V. QOVMDAMMV PfLL AI Dapartad 102.1163 His memory is as dear today. As In the hour he passed away. Always lamawibaiad by wlta and chMdrsn. 4 U\ Lovtnq Msmory ot MOM THERESA KOH CHEOK
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      148 30 In Lovfny {Memory Mr. Y«o Siew Chong Departed 2Z2J5 Hi L-OWtflQ 4av9lWlOfy Of LAHRV FOO SHOU YONQ Doporfd 11AM The many yesterdays we shared bring forth fond memories cherished today and every tomorrow. Ataroyo romoMborod by: Ood: Foo Fong Klat Mmwi: Chong Foo Choo ■roMwr Shou Wah
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 352 30 Liverpool share the points m Anfield thriller LIVERPOOL, Mon. Manchester United withstood a second-half mauling to hold Liverpool to a 1-1 draw yesterday m one of the best First Division games of the English soccer season. With both teams needing a victory to lift them
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    • 211 30 LONDON, Mon. A quartet of expensive and experienced soccer stars may soon be on the way out at Arsenal, exits which could lead to the Londoners going In for Watford's England winger John Barnes. Shock elimination by struggling Aston Villa m a Milk Cup
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    • SPOTLIGHT ON EUROPEAN SOCCER LEAGUES
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        300 30 Roma hot on Juve's heels Boniek schemes winner at Torino ROME. Mon. Polish midfielder Zbigniew Boniek kept Roma m pursuit of Italian League leaden Juventus yesterday, skilfully setting up his team's winning goal at Torino. Witt Juventus held to a goalless draw by Atalanta, the Romans were able to
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      • 118 30 Benfica keep the distance LISBON, Mon. Leaders Benfica responded to the pressure at the top of the Portuguese League with a 2-0 victory against bottom club Covilha yesterday. But Sporting Lisbon stay a point behind after a 4-1 away win at Academica Coimbra, and third-placed FC Porto, the league
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      • 334 30 Real extend run, maintain lead MADRID, Mon. Spanish League leaders Real Madrid continued their 11-week unbeaten run yesterday when they edged out Osasuna, of Pamplona, 2-0, holding their lead over defending champions Barcelona, who beat 10-man Hercules, of Alicante, 3-1 on Saturday. Real fans at Bernabeu Stadium cheered with
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      • 136 30 FC Bruges held by Mechelen BRUSSELS, Mon. FC Bruges did not heed trainer Henk Houwaert's advice and dropped a point m the race for the League title with a 2-2 draw against XV Mechelen. Houwaert knew a home draw would give defending champions Anderlecht the chance to step up
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      • 210 30 Koreans win but fail to impress HONGKONG, Mon. South Korea continued their build-up for the World Cup soccer finals m Mexico with a 2-0 win yesterday over a Hongkong side m the first match of a triangular tournament. The Koreans looked unimpressive m beating the local team made up largely
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      • 149 30 MIAMI, Mon. Uruguay won the Miami International soccer tournament yesterday when they beat the Colombian club side Deportivo Cali 2-0 before 17,000 spectators m the Miami Orange Bowl. The Uruguay goals were scored by Mauricio Silvera (39th minute) and Enrique Baez (49th). In Mar del Plate, World
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    • 212 30 BELGIAN: Club Brugge 2 XV Mechelen 2, Anderlecht 4 Antwerp 1, Waterschei 0 Standard Liege 3, Waregem 3 Lokeren 0, Seraing 2 Kortrijk 0, Ghent 0 FX: Liegeois 0, Charleroi 2 RWD Molenbeek 2, Beerschot 0 Cercle Brugge 1. Uerse 1 Beveren 1. FRENCH: Strasbourg 1 Auzerre 3,
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    • 174 30 Zola hints of spending less time in S A LONDON, Mm. Z«4a Baii, Brftahrt Saath Africa-bar* rmmatr, to Uhety to Ww to mtmmn tram Brittok athletics sffiriahi mmi ber feJlsMsV^BßA^hnWl4a*ak UShJ anatßaa^sr l^asam MfJM* lav MBV ifvll ICnV Ulllv law B*«jtfc Airtea la tto hi tare. Mot^ BOM £f lUdBOSI
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    • 113 30 QUEBETABO (Mexton), Mm. Eut Germany beat Balgart* M 1b yestentey's pre-World Cop soccer fjiiajay t+mmsk the Brst aasJvenary «f the Qneretaro lft» Ujm ervwd at the match did not hide their Hi I I ii ml at the deteaafre approach of both sides aa* thay
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    • 276 30 American athletes get more funds OLYMPICS SALT LAKE CITY (Utah), Mon. The United States Olympics Committee will get more money for amateur athletes with their US$l5 million ($31.95 million) share of US broadcast rights for the 1988 Summer and Winter Olympic Games, the USOC president Robert Helmick said yesterday. As
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    • 171 30 Seoul TV contract held back LAUSANNE (Switzerland), Mon. The signing of National Broadcasting Corporation's television contract for the exclusive broadcasting rights of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games m America has fallen behind schedule again. It was hoped the signing would take place on Wednesday, but the Seoul Olympic Organising Committee
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    • 634 30 ATHLETICS Thomas Schoenlebe, of East Germany, set a world indoor best for the men's 400 m when he clocked 45.41 sec at an international meet at Vienna on Sunday. The previous mark of 45.56 was set by Britain's Todd Bennett m Athens last March. BADMINTON Ib Frederiksen,
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    • Name's sake
      • 365 31  -  JOE DORAI V. SUNDRAM MOORTHY, Singapore's top scorer, will be out to achieve two objectives when Singapore meet Brunei on Saturday m their Malaysia Cup-tie at the National Stadium at 8 pm to redeem himself for the missed penalty on Feb 2 and put his name
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      • 292 31  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI By STACEY MURUTHI has been entrusted with putting Singapore on the right footing m the two one-day matches against Negri Sembilan m the Malaysian Cricket Association League inter-state m Seremban on Feb 22 and 23. The 33-year-old off-spinner, who led the team
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    • 258 31 ON THE GOLF SCENE SAN DIEGO, Mon. American Bob Tway needed only a par three on the second extra hole to defeat Bernhard Langer, of West Germany, yesterday to win the U*****,000 (1968,500) Andy WilliamsSan Diego Open tournament. Tway and Langer tied at 12-under-par
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    • 262 31 MELBOURNE, Mon. Australia's Ossie Moore yesterday snatched a one-shot victory m the Victorian Open after his second fighting finish m two days. Moore birdied the 16th and 17th holes for a final par round of 72 to close with an eight-under-par total of 280. Flaal
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    • 223 31 KANDY, Mon. Derek Pringle and Stephen Rhodes steered England B to a draw m the third four-day game with Sri Lanka yesterday. Rhodes was unbeaten on 40 and Pringle hit an undefeated 38 to lift the touring party to 221 for five when bad light ended
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    • 164 31 No cashing in on Hadlee WELLINGTON, Mon. New Zealand star Richard Hadlee today rejected a call by teammates to sell a luxury car he won together with the title of International Cricketer of the Year and pool the proceeds. The New Zealand squad vmed 7-5 against allowing the fast bowler
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    • 226 31 ST JOHN'S (Antigua), Mon. England appeared close to victory following the third day of their fourday match against the Leeward Islands after a strong first-innings showing and snapping up three quick wickets when the Islanders went into bat for the second time. England replied to the
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    • 264 31 Birthday double for Nystrom TENNIS TORONTO, Mon. Joakim Nystrom celebrated his 23rd birthday 24 hours earlier by winning the singles and doubles titles at the US$l5O,OOO ($319,500) North American indoor tournament here yesterday. The top-seeded Swede refused to be intimidated by the power of his 2.03 m Czech opponent, Milan
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    • 193 31 MEMPHIS, Mon. American Brad Gilbert beat defending champion Stefan Edberg, of Sweden, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) to win the U5|315,000 ($670,950) United States indoor national championships here yesterday. "It was a great week for me," said the eight-seeded Gilbert. "It started off well when I got named to
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    • 181 31 SYDNEY, Mon. Mark Woodforde, a Rod Layer iook-a-like, was yesterday named m a six-man Australian Davis Cup squad to meet New Zealand m Auckland next month. Woodforde, 20, reached the third round of the Australian Open m Melbourne m December and then won the New Zealand Open
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    • 346 31 Johnson first to win three times BOXING INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana), Mon. Brawling lefthander Marvin Johnson, of the United States, became the first man to win the lightheavyweight championship three times when he stopped Leslie Stewart, of Trinidad, m the seventh round to win the World Boxing Association title here yesterday. Italian
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    • 177 31 RENO (Nevada), Mon. Former three-time world champion Alexis Arguello, of Nicaragua, moved his comeback a step further with a technical knockout of former World Boxing Council super-lightweight champion American BUly Costello at one minute and 42 seconds of the fourth round here yesterday. Arguello, who lost the
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    • 172 31 JAKARTA, Mon. The Soviet Union won three gold medals m Saturday's finals to win the President's Cup international boxing tournament for the first time since 1961. Hosts Indonesia, led by their stylish featherweight Adrianus Taroreh, who took honours for best boxer, were runners-up with two golds. The
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    • 287 31 Misbun wants to play in doubles BADMINTON KUALA LUMPUB, Mea. play ktgger rate for tab r i«hj hi their for tke Tl»mu Cm ky pkiylag hi the iirtW Mhiea, Malaysia's utlspalid Ne. 1 stagJes flayer, feels ttottom ■■t a asefal eeatrtba* tftaaktthe diaMes, Mi thai kelp his eeaatry salve their
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    • 185 31  -  JANICE SEAH SWIMMING THE Singapore Amateur Swimming Association will hold another night of trials on Thursday for the Japan Junior Olympics from March 29 to April 1 for the events that were not covered during the age-group meet last week. Hie events include the 50 metres
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    • 106 31 SQUASH DUBLIN, Mon. World No. 2 Ross Norman staged a superb fightback to beat fellow New Zealander Stuart Davenport 5-9, 0-9, 10-«, 9-4, 9-2 for the Irish Open title here yesterday. Two games down and level at 8-3 m the third, Norman was within two points of defeat,
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    • 96 31 BASKETBALL DALLAS, Mon. Isiah Thomas scored 30 points and dealt 10 assists to lead the National Basketball Association East All-Stars to a 139-132 over the Stars of the West here yesterday. The victory was the East's 24th m 36 All-Stai- games and gave them their sixth win
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    • 49 31 SOCCER Malaysia Cap: Trengganu v Negri Sembilan (Stadium Sultan Ismail, 8 30 pm). SWIMMING CSC single age-group (CSC, 7 pm). DARTS BDA Div. 1: Tridents v SRC Blue (Station Lounge); Suistrand v Prairie Express C (Changi Floral Mile); Europa Shanghai v Alex Sports (Europa Tavern). All at 8 pm.
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  • 543 32  -  MATILDA GABRIEL S. KUMAR Holiday horror By and WHEN the telephone rang yesterday at 1 pm, Mr Majid Madon expected greetings from his wife who had left on Saturday with a tour group for Pulau LangTo his horror, she related the tragedy of two hours earlier
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  • 484 32 THREE Singapore gardens have joined the ranks of world-class horticultural beauties. They are the Mandai Orchid Garden and the Japanese and Chinese gardens in Jurong. The House Garden Book of Beautiful Gardens Round the World, published in London, includes the three among about 60
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  • 192 32 22 hurt in ammonia attack on United LIVERPOOL, Mon. Twenty-two people were hurt when yoa£hs sprayed ammonia at Manchester United players and fans arriving for a First Division soccer match here yesterday, police said. Those hurt suffered eye injuries but only one, a 12-year-old boy who rubbed his eyes too
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  • 262 32 SYDNEY, Mon. Lindy Chamberlain, freed from serving a life sentence for allegedly murdering her baby girl, was reunited with her family today after a cloak-and-dagger flight across Australia. Clutching flowers and covering her face, Mrs Chamberlain eluded hundreds of reporters as she secretly changed
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  • 213 32  -  S. KUMAR Bigger homes likely to replace them Bf TAMAN Jurong, one of Singapore's oldest housing estates, will make way for newer and better homes. Part of the estate, first built to house workers servicing the various industries m the Jurong industrial area,
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  • 173 32 Woman gets second plastic heart TUCSON (Arizona), Mon. An Arizona woman who underwent four heart operations m a week has become the first person to receive two artificial heart implants. Mrs Bernadette Chayrez, 40, was listed m critical but stable condition after yesterday's lengthy operation m which a transplanted human
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  • 26 32 NEW YORK. Mon. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 2.29 points to 1,615.71 an hour after opening on the New York AP
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    • 136 32 Weather UP TO lpm: Showers over a few areas from around midday. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 32 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.21 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow. 7.17 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 12/23 C Fine Maaila 18/29 C Cloudy Amsterdam *C t MdbMne 12/21 C Cloudy Itaaglf* 21/32
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