The Straits Times, 12 February 1986

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, I*Bs 50 CENTS M.C. <P) No. 188/12/85
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  • 722 1  -  AHMAD OSMAN PM talks of need for timely information and accurate forecasts By Somewhere up the tree there is a branch for us. Mr Lee on the need for Singapore to find its own niche as it faces very tierce competition from its Asian neighbours
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  • 409 1 'They don't flinch from tough actions' MR LEE Kuan Yew ended his speech yesterday on an upbeat note by expressing his confidence in the younger leaders in Government. He said that in keeping with his role as the Cabinet's "goalkeeper", he had left most of the major decisions to the
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  • 56 1 We'll give you an Aspro. It V doesn't cure the headache, but you don't feet the pain. Mr S. Rajaratnam, Senior Minister (Prime Minister's Office), on the Government's efforts to alleviate the economic problems facing Singapore. He was speaking to his Kampong Glam constituents at a Lunar New Year gathering
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  • 449 1 MANILA, Tues. President Ferdinand Marcos today offered his election rival Corazon Aquino a job as a top adviser after the United States signalled it wanted a strong Philippine government with the two presidential candidates working together. Mr Marcos, at a hurriedly called press conference,
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  • 281 1  -  LIAK TENG KIAT By Washmgton Correspondent WASHINGTON, Tues. The Reagan administration yesterday expressed concern about reports of violence and fraud in the Philippine election. It urged the Marcos and Aquino camps to work together, once results were in, to "form a viable
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  • Latest
    • 33 1 MANILA, Taes. The Philippine National Assembly was adjourned today shortly after it began opening boxes to begin the official count of Friday's presidential election, because there was no quorum. AFP
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  • 59 1 FOUR component stocks of the Straits Times Industrial Index will be replaced from today. Pan-Electric Industries Ltd, Dunlop Malaysian Industries Bhd, Rothmans Industries Ltd and Sembawang Shipyard Ltd have been replaced by Lum Chang Holdings Ltd, Hume Industries (M) Bhd, Cerebos Pacific Ltd and
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  • 399 1 The Langkawi boat tragedy THE bodies of seven Singaporeans who died in the Langkawi sea tragedy on Monday were flown back yesterday afternoon and buried at Chua Chu Kang cemetery. They were victims of the worst tragedy in more than a decade at the
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 351 2 Economic tool-kit SINGAPOREANS are the mechanics and the recommendations of the Economic Committee, which will be out soon, are the tools they need to repair the economy. The Parliamentary Secretary (Finance, and Home Affairs), Dr Lee Boon Yang, yesterday said the recommendations of the Economic Committee will consist of
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    • 223 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE reasonable, human and mature approach to adapt by bath workers and employers In a MUmMm Is to avoid mutual reertrai■attens about ehooslueas and instead, to build up mutual eeeperattea and trust. The Government, la this couuoctian, eaa aasfot by encouraging the Labour Ministry to
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    • 350 2 Soviet access limited US SUPERCOMPUTERS will soon be off-limits to Soviet bloc scholars at the insistence of the Pentagon and intelligence agencies who fear Soviet military specialists posing as scholars, the New York Times said on Monday. Officials of several US universities and the National Science Foundation,
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    • 195 2 Around Asean...and Acroes the Caussway Viet pullout chances REGENT progress towards easing the AmericanVietnamese dispute over US servicemen missing in Indochina has improved prospects for an eventual Hanoi pullout from Cambodia, Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said on Monday. He said the Cambodian issue dominated a talk he had with
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    • 321 2 Tough test for Bonn PERHAPS the most ominous news for all the rivals of the second most-successful country in World Cup history is that West Germany is again looking and talking like losers. But although the Germans may live dangerously on the field, they leave nothing to chance when
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    • 198 2 GOVERNMENT STIMULATORY MOVES AWAITED ANXIOUSLY THE YEAR of the Tiger begins with Singapore businessmen and investors looking inwards. The business community is awaiting anxiously the stimulatory measures that the Government is expected to start announcing this week. After years of looking to the US as the engine of our
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    • 94 2 PROPERTY GLUT LESSONS MANY reports have attributed the cause of the recession in the building industry to the glut in the property market. The basic problem is how to stimulate the industry without adding to the glut. A reader says we can learn a lesson from countries such as
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    • 178 2 Buyers' Guide Product Advertiser Section/Page Km*. Finn Air 17 KIM I 18 Pan Am I—4 Qantas I 13 SIA 1-14 Bank. Sumitomo I 15 Bind. Kimly I 1 Books Champ Publishing I 8 STP I 18 Cameras MHf Consumer I 36 Cars Cycle ft Carriage I 17 Courses Federal Publication
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    • 463 2 Candid teen views A HANDSOME boy has to have "big eyes that reflect kindness and warmth, a well-formed nose that does not sniff into other people's affairs, a well-contoured mouth that readily displays its 32 white contents and opens only when necessary, long legs which walk in the
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  • around the WORLD
    • 286 3 Another Sikh leader slain by militants NEW DELHI, Tues. Sikh extremists killed a moderate Sikh leader as rival factions moved towards almost certain confrontation over control of their holiest shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Gunmen shot dead Mr Da lip Singh, a senior member of Punjab's ruling Akali Dal
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    • 402 3 Transport, industry and business in city brought to a halt NEW DELHI, TuMday MASS protests against unpopular price increases for essential commodities spread to Calcutta and surrounding areas today, paralysing transport, industry and commerce in India's largest city. The opposition party-led demonstrations, a
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    • 278 3 SYDNEY, Tuee. THE United States today accused New Zealand of expecting Washington to turn its global defence policy on its head by accepting Wellington's ban on visits by American nuclear lJ__rPaul Wolfowitz, Assistant Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific, also told
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    • 149 3 SYDNEY, Tues. Rock legend Bob Dylan kicked off his third Australian tour in 20 years yesterday by telling reporters he was here "for the money." He is scheduled to do 12 concerts in Australia with rocker Tom Petty after a four-concert tour of New
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    • 167 3 S. Korea bans tests on foetus SEOUL, Tues. South Korean President Chun DooHwan today ordered measures to be adopted to prevent the use of ultrasonic tests in detecting the sex of unborn children. Such tests are often used by women who want abortions. After hearing a policy report by the
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    • 94 3 SYDNEY, Tues. Prime ■fcaister Bob Hawke has a special fiveCabinet commitstudy growing departicularly by pfcugrs, for lower fuel [Officials today said the [government would lose AH 'billion (SH.4B billion) a year if the committee recommended that consumers keceive the full benefit of pe recent fall
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    • 301 3 Petition signers face jail Seoul SEOUL. Tues. The South Korean government today warned that people who sign petitions demanding constitutional reform face jail along with the organisers of the signature-collection campaigns. A government spokesman said petition-signers could be punished because gatherings where tne signings take place were illegal. The main
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    • 183 3 Hanoi denies Le Duan is dead AFP HANOI, Tues. Vietnam today denied persistent rumours here that the country's ageing leader Le Duan had died in Moscow. "It is all pure fabrication Comrade Le Duan is still in good health," an official source told reporters. Western diplomats here met with the
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    • 340 4 Pentagon fears infiltration by bogus scholars US SUPERCOMPUTERS will soon be off limits to Soviet bloc scholars at the insistence of the Pentagon and intelligence agencies who fear Soviet military specialists posing as scholars, the New York Times said yesterday. Officials of several
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    • 206 4 White House hint of Nasa shake-up WASHINGTON, Tues. The White House has hinted at a shake-up at the highest levels of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency as the space agency struggles to recover from the tragic explosion of the shuttle Challenger. White House spokesman Larry Speakes yesterday said Nasa
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    • 114 4 Walesa in court to answer charges GDANSK, Tues. A Polish prosecutor told the trial here of Solidarity leader Lech Walesa today that slander charges against him could be dropped if he made a statement which would satisfy electoral officials who brought the complaint. Western reporters said Walesa immediately told the
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    • 75 4 LIMA, Tues. More than 350 people were arrested in Lima overnight as troops enforced the first day of a curfew aimed at curbing attacks by leftist guerillas in the Peruvian capital. Security was tight during the 1 am to 5 am curfew. Troops on patrol were
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    • 40 4 TWOMunha daaeera ia Bto 4e fatten m* ve ta a prccs-Uakrt's heat tetecMssrfay night's MfhlUhi sf Ik i pre-Leatea Canrival. The merry-making wUI stop today, Ash Wf.tor._toy, which Is the start «f the 4t-iay ffctaie. AP
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    • 36 4 LONDON, Tues. A lorry driver was killed and several other drivers were injured when about 200 vehicles crashed in freezing fog in three motorway accidents in north England today, emergency services said. Reuter
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    • 205 4 'Scrap planes more than 15 years old' GENEVA, TuMday CIVIL aircraft older than 15 years should be scrapped, the International Metalworkers' Federation said yesterday. It also called on airline companies to stop reducing the work force needed to check, service and maintain aircraft to cut costs. Recent reports about cracks
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    • 354 4 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Tues. Haiti's new leader, Lieutenant-Gen-eral Henri Namphy, has vowed to hold elections, but sources close to the new government say it could be three years before they take place. Gen Namphy, who took over after President Jean-Claude Duvalier fled last Friday, told reporters
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    • 159 4 LOS ANGELES, Tues. Pop singer Kenny Rogers said he will have a small cyst removed from his vocal chords today in what he called a routine operation that will force him to postpone 16 concert dates. Rogers, 47, said in a statement that he
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    • 28 4 KHARTOUM. Tues. Ar. Ethiopian anti-government group claimed yesterday its guerillas stormed the main prison in Tigre province in northern Ethiopia and freed 1,800 political prisoners. AP
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    • 386 5 US Sixth Fleet for exercises in Tripoli flight zone' WASHINGTON. Tues. United States Sixth Fleet warships and aircraft will resume manoeuvres north of Libya today in a continuing war of nerves with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Pentagon announced yesterday that the fleet, including F-14 and
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    • 217 5 LAGOS, Tues. The resumption of fuU diplomatic ties between Britain and Nigeria, disclosed yesterday by President Ibrahim Babangida, ends a 17--month rift which began with a bizarre kidnapping bid in London in July 1984. The move comes at a critical time in the economic fortunes
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    • Briefly
      • 78 5 A MAN CHARGED with tapping into an underground California-Utah petroleum pipeline and stealing more than 40 million litres of crude oil pleaded guilty in Los Angeles on Monday to conspiracy and theft charges. Konrad Prager, 35, who pleaded guilty before US District Judge Wallace Tashima, faces
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      • 72 5 AFGHAN GUERILLAS shot down six military aircraft and killed up to 90 communist troops in attacks on posts around the town of Herat, Western diplomats said in TfWnH.frwd yesterday. They quoted reports received from Afghanistan as saying five planes were shot down and several Afghan and Soviet
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      • 83 5 CHINA HAS released figures showing runaway industrial growth had been cut from an unhealthy 18 per cent last year to less than per cent last month. The figures showed that government efforts over the past year to control excessive growth, which Chinese economists have warned is causing
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      • 63 5 A SEOUL COURT said yesterday it would drop adultery charges against an opposition MP at the request of the accuser. Government prosecutors last month demanded 18 months' imprisonment for opposition New Korea Democratic Party MP Kim Bong-Uk, 56, and his alleged mistress, a 40--year-old housewife. The woman's husband
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      • 73 5 THE SOUTH AFRICAN government said yesterday it would scrap laws enforcing racially segregated bars, liquor stores and restaurants but owners would still be allowed to refuse customers for any reason they choose. A Liquor Amendment Bill introduced in Parliament will remove colour as the legal basis
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    • 136 5 Ancient boat found in Sea of Galilee KIBBUTZ GINNOSAR (Israel). Tues. The mudfilled wreckage of a fishing boat which an archaeologist thinks pre-dates Christ has been discovered in the Sea of Galilee. Claire Epstein, an archaeologist from Kibbutz Ginnosar in northern Israel, said yesterday officials from the Israeli Department of
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    • 212 5 N'DJAMENA (Chad), Tues. The government of Chad has announced that Libyan forces attacked its army troops at Kouba Olanga, in the centre of the country, breaking a recent lull in hostilities in the 20-year-old Chad war. A communique released last night by
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 320 6 'Or I'll denounce Marcos as a liar' MANILA, Tues. Cardinal Jaime Sin said today he had privately warned President Ferdinand Marcos mat he would denounce him as a liar if he did not stop attacking Namfrel, a private watchdog group that reported massive fraud in
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    • 249 6 MANILA, Tues. Masked gunmen shot dead a top opposition leader in central Philippines today while thousands of supporters of presidential challenger Mrs Corazon Aquino maintained vigil over vote-counting at the National Assembly here. Mr Evelio Javier, the opposition leader in the tense central province of Antique,
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    • 283 6 WASHINGTON, Tues. Recent progress towards easing the AmericanVietnamese dispute ever United States servicemen missing in Indochina has Improved prospects for an eventual Hanoi pullout from Cambodia, Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kasnmaatmadja said here yesterday. He told reporters that Vietnam's occupation of Cambodia dominated a 45-minnte
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    • 300 6 JAKARTA, Tuesday AN INCREASING number of Indonesian industries has defaulted on loans because of falling demand for products, the Jakarta Post said today, quoting Bank of Indonesia Governor Arifin Siregar. Mr Siregar told a parliamentary hearing yesterday that the bad loans had been made largely
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 233 7 CPM camp found near Thai border PENANG, Tues. Malaysian-Thai security forces today found a terrorist camp of the outlawed Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) during a joint border operation. Maj-Gen Datuk Jaafar Onn, Commander of the Combined Task Force, said the camp, which had 10 sheds and could accommodate about
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    • 148 7 JOHOR BARU, Tues. A co-driver and four passengers of an express bus were seriously injured in a highway robbery at Simpang Renggam, near here, on Lunar New Year's Eve. Seven robbers, armed with a gun and parangs, escaped with about MH3.000 in cadi and valuables.
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    • 26 7 KOTA BAKU, Tues. Malayan Railway's revenue from passenger and goods services in Kelantan last year fell by about MJI.6 million to M59.9 million. NST
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    • 420 7 Rulers' Conference likely to decide on implementation KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Other states may adopt the recent religious ruling issued by the Kedah Religious Council that Ibrahim Libya and his followers who died in the Baling incident are not martyrs. The move Is expected to
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    • 121 7 Pre -dawn blaze desirovs tactorv KU ALA LUMPUR, Tnes. A nil down Ore destroyed a ateatfes factory -FeE age. The horn 1 ling flrc^aloo storey office balldlng picture. equipment, records and prevent the blase from •Breading. They took aWat afcont an hear to pat off toe Are. A dheetor of
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    • 81 7 Dr it first PW to speak it press dinner KUALA LUMPUR, Tueo. Dn*nkBort Dr Maha. Prime Nhkkr Inf lied to Nattoaal Preoo Club of yBkWPW-H^p M_P» JMMH^ *M wm expoctod to a*wawWa aWm wnner on ■__________■____> in -m___________. _____ni ■■m 10 as Tt__mo smi ■V^--- __________k tbo elan rommlttoe, __________a
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    • 145 7 MALACCA. Tues. The government is drafting a strategy to lower the production cost of Malaysia's primary commodities such as rubber and palm oil, Land and Regional Development Minuter Datuk Adlb Adam said here toThe strategy was aimed at ensuring competitiveness of the commodities
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    • 51 7 KUCHING, Tues. Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud yesterday announced a multi-million-dol-lar estate development plan to be launched this year. He laid three or four foreign companies would invest about MSIOO million in the joint-venture project along the Bintulu-Miri road. He declined to disclose details.
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    • 187 7 16 centres to screen blood for Aids KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysia is to set up 16 centres to screen donated blood for signs of Aids, Deputy Health Minister Datuk K. Pathmanaban has announced. The centres are expected to be operational in six months and will cost about U*****,000 (*****.080 to
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    • 106 7 Five from S'pore hurt in crash KLUANG, Tues. Five Singaporeans, including a four-year-old girl, and a Malaysian were injured when two cars were involved in a head-on collision near the Safari Park in Sim pang Renggam this afternoon. The Singaporeans Mr Abu Hassan Fajar, 60, believed to be the driver
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  • HOME
    • 259 8 Recession fails to dampen New Year spirit Picture* by SIMON KER and YAP YEW RANG RECESSION does not seem to have dampened the Lunar New Year spirit as hundreds of thousands of people visited their relatives, friends, and the many places of interest over the
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    • 644 8  -  SALMA KHALIK 'A different world when our economy recovers' By IN THREE to four years, when Singapore recovers from the bad times, it will be a different world. Mr S. Rajaratnam, Senior Minister, Prime Minister's Office, said the economy would be different
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    • 262 8 Both 'mechanic' and 'tools' needed to repair economy: MP SINGAPOREANS are the mechanics and the recommendations of the Economic Committee, which will be out soon, are the tools they need to repair the economy. The Parliamentary Secretary (Finance, and Home Affairs), Dr Lee Boon Yang, yesterday likened Singapore's economic problems
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    • 783 9 PM's speech at the Tanjong Pagar Lunar New Year get-together SINGAPORE firms need to give up the old ways of doing business, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. The Government was cutting wage costs to help them upgrade and have a
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    • 333 9 SINGAPORE cannot be like Hongkong, Taiwan or South Korea in its growth. While it needs to keep up with them, Singapore also needs to find its own niche, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said. He urged Singaporeans to appreciate the differences between
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    • 563 9 Economics an inexact science THE Prime Minister cited the prices of oil. gold and the value of the US dollar to SINGAPOREANS are tightening their purse-strings this Lunar New Year, to the sorrow of businessmen. Mr Lee said: illustrate his point that economics is not an exact science. If you
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    • 774 10 The Langkawi boat tragedy A DIRECTOR of the Tourist Development Corporation (TDC) of Malaysia yesterday visited the bereaved families of the Pulau Langkawi tragedy victims to offer his condolences. Mr Idros Mohamad and another official of the TDC office at Ocean Building first visited
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    • 255 10 Reports by SURESH NAIR in Langkawi, and CHUA CHIN CHYE and YEO KIM SENG in Singapore. 'Basic safety measures disregarded' PULAU LANGKAWI, Tues. Police here in-, tend to take action against the two boatmen and the owner of the ill-fated vessel which capsized in
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    • 32 10 THERE would have boon no fl deaths if there were lifebuoys on the boat. The passengers would have been rescued by passing fishing boats. Kedah-Perlis Chief Police Officer Datuk Abdul Aziz Hussain
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    • 620 10 A 13-YEAR-OLD Singapore schoolgirl said that her place at the bow of a sinking boat saved her from being drowned. Norazlin Abdul Rahman, who was among 14 people rescued from the ill-fated boat, said in Langkawi yesterday that she was frightened when she
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    • 245 10 A DISTRAUGHT mother grieved that she had switched places on the fateful Langkawi trip with her daughter. Miss Siti Zabidah Ismail, 29, was one of the seven who drowned in the mishap. Madam Rugayah Rohani, 59, said: "Why didn't I go instead of my
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    • 290 10 HOLIDAY-MAKERS bound for Langkawi have bees advised against selecting ultra-cheap package tsars essdseted by fly-by-night operators on the HaA The advice came from Kedah-Perlis Chief PoUce Officer Datuk Abdul Aziz Hussain la the wake sf the Laagkawl tragedy. It east the 88 Singaporeans, who
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    • 582 11  -  MICHAEL LIM By THERE is a shop on j Beach Road which is j stocked with equipment to help you fight a war or survive for a few days in the jungle. Water purification tablets, compasses, snake-bite kits, waterproof matches, paratroopers' boots,
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    • 376 11  -  TAXI-DRIVERS may be allowed to play their favourite taped music in their cabs. The Ministry of Communications and Information is considering a request from taxi companies to allow this. "Listening to music of their choice can kill some of the boredom for the
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    • 457 11  -  TOMG YOKE THO Cosec for service workers Yesterday we looked at the importance off communications m the Skills Development Fund's training plan for service workers. Today, we examine the advantages of working more smartly. By 4 Training schemes like these make the iota
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    • 184 11 Canada's Trade Minister here for talks CANADA'S Minister for International Trade, Mr James Kelleher, arrived yesterday on an official visit and will call on Dr Tony Tan, the Minister for Trade and Industry, this morning. Singapore is the first stop on Mr Kelleher 's tour of the region. He will
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    • 57 11 THE Singapore Labour Foundation Complex postal agency will open on Monday and provide postal services for the twin office-tower blocks of the complex at Thomson Road, and others in the area. It will operate from 8 am until 5 pm from Monday to Saturday and will
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    • 96 11 A 15-YEAR-OLD youth was charged yesterday with the murder of a student at a Japanese fast-food restaurant in Liang Court on Feb 7. The youth, whose name is being withheld as he is under 16, allegedly caused Ong Lee Ken's death at the Miyabi Restaurant
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    • 54 11 A RENOWNED Chinese painter, Mr Huang Zhou, will give a talk and painting demonstration on Feb 20 at 7.30 pm at News Centre, 82 Genting Lane. Admission is free. An exhibition of Mr Huang's paintings will be held at the National Museum Art Gallery from Feb
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    • 249 11 POLICE may soon use lasers to detect fingerprint-- at seeaes of crime. The Criminal Investigation Department, which handles major crimes, Is keen to hay a fingerprint machine using the laser. The technique Is widely ased hy enforcement agencies In other countries. Ssarces
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  • The Stairts Times says
    • 536 12 EMPLOYERS complaining about choosy job-seekers are obviously not unaware that economic forces are ultimately the most effective persuasion in a relatively open labour market such as ours. The problem therefore has a simple if drastic solution. Choosiness would inevitably disappear if the recession continues apace and
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    • 1674 12  -  BERNARD LEVIN The truth about Fleet Street that Britons were never told By For many years now, newspapers hava bssn produced in conditions which combined a protection racket with a lunatic asylum The ineptitude, cowardice and folly of newspaper managements hava been often
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    • 1333 13  -  GERALD F. SEIB By writing for the Asian Wall Street Journal Pipelines lead way out of Hormuz bottleneck RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) Remember all those nightmares about the Persian Gulf? Just a few years ago, world leaders seriously worried that global war might
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    • 431 13 Vietnam may not need to keep troops in Cambodia 4 By 1990 there could be 800,000 Vietnamese or people linked to Vietnam by marriage in Cambodia. With euch a colony in a country of fewer than 7 million, Vietnam may feel that ite 180,000 occupation troope could safely be m
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    • 300 14 AS AN international songwriter, I present my views on the protection of copyrights of local and foreign creative works in Singapore. Local talent have the potential to capitalise on international trade with the United States, China and the world at large which provide
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    • 138 14 IN LINE with government policy to minimise cash transactions, banks have introduced facilities such as ATM cards, current accounts and telephone transfer of funds. Lately, the banks have come up with the Network for Electronic Transfers (Nets) system in some supermarkets, department stores
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    • 908 14 IT IS heartening to note that the Government is finally proposing tax cuts as a means of reviving the ailing economy. As an architect, I would like to comment on the implication of a property tax reduction on the building industry. A reduction
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    • 401 14 Let us fix grilles to cover window ledges I RECENTLY took possession of an HUDC flat on the 22nd floor of a block in Jurong East Street 13. One of the features of these flats is that the window ledges outside the three bedrooms protrude about 60 cm outside the
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    • 399 14 TELECOMS announced recently that the Colombo Court post office at City Hall would move to Funan Centre and would be open from 8.00 am until 5.00 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays it would be open from 8.00 am until 8.00 pm. I
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    • 216 14 I FEEL obliged to respond to the letter, "Why is boot care so important?" by *'A Blacked-out Parent" (ST, Feb 5). As a Secondary 4 corporal in the National Police Cadet Corp (NPCC) of a girls' school, I realise the importance and necessity of boot
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • 261 15  -  Some events and signals that will influence our economy this year compiled by ANTHONY HOE THE Year of the Tiger begins with Singapore businessmen and investors looking inwards. The business community ie awaiting anxiously the stimulatory measures that the Government ie expected to start announcing this week. After
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      • 101 15 Setback in move on Westland LONDON, Tues. A consortium of five European companies has suffered a big setback in its effort to buy a minority shareholding in Westland PLC, the near-bankrupt maker of helicopters at the centre of a political uproar here. The European consortium announced yesterday that its offer
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      • 73 15 NEW YORK, Tues. Occidental Petroleum Corp yesterday reported that its fourth-quarter earnings plunged 71.4 per cent from the same 1964 period, when the company had a large gain from the sale of geothermal operations. Net profit fell to US$52 7 million (5J112.5 million) from U*****.2 million a
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      • 95 15 JAKARTA, Tues. Indonesia will not devalue its currency to boost rupiah earnings from its dwin- dling oil export income. Bank Indonesia's Governor, Mr Arifin Siregar, has said. He said some adjustments would be necessary to the 1986-87 proposed state budget, which was baaed on an average
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      • 71 15 LONDON, Tues. Coats Patons, the Scottish-based manufacturer of threads and clothing which last week agreed to a takeover bid from Dawson International, yesterday changed its mind and agreed to a rival £734 million (552.18 billion) offer from Vantona Viyella. The bid, if it goes through, will create
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      • 91 15 BANGKOK, Tues. Thai tin trading through Thailand Smelting and Refining Co (Thaisarco) was active last week, amounting to 839 tonnes of metal compared with the Kuala Lumpur tin market's total for the week of 174 tonnes, industry sources said. They said Thaisarco, a unit of
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    • 240 15 LONDON, Tues. A successful solution to the three-month-old tin crisis is now 90 per cent certain, according to the spokesman for the International Tin Council (ITC) creditor brokers, Mr Ralph Kestenbaum. There was no question that there was a clear light at
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      91 15 Malaysia* General Elect!— The Malaysian government's term expires in April next year but observers expect the elections to be held in late April this year, after the Pacific Area Travel Association conference, or in August. The ruling National Front is expected to win again and the question now is
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      532 15 fflJßgaparci The slowdown in economies and retrenchment exercises continue to worry observers. A NEGATIVE FACTOR fllßgspsHi Budget Finance Minister Richard Hu has already said his Budget will be stimulatory. A PLUS FACTOR. Besßsmle Committee's Reeemmeadatteas rhe recommendations and their implementation, eagerly awaited, ire expected to cut operating costs, strengthEm
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      51 15 There will be reduced use of charts this year in favour of fundamental considerations, but observers generally expect prices to fluctuate around existing levels for the first half of the year, before improving in the second half with The Straits Times Industrial Index possibly reaching 700 points. A PLUS
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    • 680 15 HONGKONG, Tues. Banks in Hongkong are facing another year of tough competition following last year's turbulence, which saw the government take over a major local bank. Bankers and securities analysts say they expect moderate profit growth for the bigger banks this year
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    • 145 15 LONDON, Taes. The US dsllar hit new seven-year lew against the Japanese yen and 4r»ed htMm fee psyriMUgteally tmpertaat tws Swta. frwei terrier far the first time sfaee I*Bl en Eaiwpeaa markets Uliadtag was medetate as the Tskys, magkiag and fflngapere markets were eleeed fer
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    • 602 15  -  Ramesh Chandiramani By of Business Times THE widely-followed Straits Times Industrial Index has been revamped to keep it relevant and maintain its general acceptability as a major barometer of the local stock market. Four component stocks of the ST Index Pan-Electric Industries Ltd, Dunlop Malaysian
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    • 720 16 Stock markets round-up THE New York stock market hit its third record high in a row on Monday, with half of the day's gains coming in the final 30 minutes of the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed nearly 13 points to 1,626.38.
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    • 68 16 _l I I I I I J I I L- HSJ Wei Tuesday closed (1,072.20) "J Hongkong Hang Seng ~!0 Tuesday closed (1,734.04) Jj£Austraian ALOnfturies 1_ Tuesday 1,064.5 (1,068.9) T~ Nkkd Stock Average Tuesday closed (13,226.07) Financial Times Industrials Monday 1,195.3 (1,187.7) Dow Jones Average #/l$ Monday 1,626.38 (1,613.42)
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    • 490 16 NEW YORK, TvMday MORE than a century ago, Charles Henry Dow decided that he needed a way to show readers of his afternoon newsletter how the stock market was performing. So he took .11 stocks, nine representing railroads, added their prices
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    • 219 16 Ftb 10 USJ Chance Go °°>« of Tir 33* Gulf Re* II Alcoa 44 Hewlett Pock Alked Cheer Cp 48% +*4 Irtl Bu*. Moch 157*4 +IV4 AKti-Cholmei* .4*4 V. Intl Harvester 9V_ Am Tel A Tel 2m unch Intl Tel Tel 40(4 Amax Inc 12% John Jhw. 51*
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    • 320 16 f* II Cents ChMfe IC I 215 unch (Awt) Le^jhton 80 +2 r- ma- Lend Leo*e 660 unch 3?6 +11 Mogeton Pet Au*t 190S ZsL 315 unch Moyne Nvckle** 372 unch APM 325 -3 Metoh Explor Aberloyte 850 unch N L 37 unch _M a 255 unch M>deo*t 24S
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    • 454 16 Feb 10 Pence Change 4MHNG MDUSTRMLS Bartow Rond £rft££ 28 2 C^Tg^ 0 479 XI BTrS-C^ 413 +1 Sp"* 925 ?2 »0 Bobcock* 187 +1 za Barcloy* 459 +2 US$ Bwchom 350 -6 AAC BICC 288 unch a™w__j__ tk -»■■_> Blue Crete 546 +10 _ti\ BOC Group 3lsxd unch
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    • 26 16 GOLD US$/oz Tim Mon Singapore closed closed Hongkong closed closed Mon Fri New York 337.80— 338 30 339.30—339 80 London 339.80—340.30 339 80 340.30
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    • 168 16 GM chief says firm may buy back shares CHICAGO, Tarn. Geaeral Meters Carp, wkeee ■aderperferariag the store* »f rivals Feri Meter Ca aad Chijsto Ccrp la Wall Street tra*lag, Is MMMerlig a store reaarekass pra■cipitMß t—ilng. far the marketplace", Chair* maa Eager Smith (atove)mM. Tto OM CMet Executive said to
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    • 368 16 OCBG OUB UOB DBS KTOSTIATES Savings: daily 5Vi 5 4 3 /4 5 Monthly 5V 4 Autosave 41^ Fixed deposit 1 month IM 4»/« 4 4V 4 (1) 2 months 4Vi(l) 3 months 4M 4M IM 4Vi (1) 6 months 4 l 2 4>/ 2 4Vt 4 l
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    • 534 16 Container schedules Hocoipl of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo LCI Receiving Receiving SMp (Voyage) An Cargo Time Hock Kiti Bhum (N56) 12/2 (2000) Fl 1100 1200 N2 Urn Humanity (016LA) 12/2 (2300) Fl 1000 1100/1400 1500 12 Dhaulagin (531) 13/2 (0700) F8 1600 -1700/2000 2100 U3 L A|itha (10C)
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    • 701 16 Battle of bulls and bears over stock in high-tech company WASHINGTON, Tuaaday THE annals of Wall Street are replete with classic battles between the bulls and the bears. But rarely has such a trading frenzy erupted in such a small stock as Copytele Inc, one of the hottest stocks of
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    • 188 16 Interbank Over the counter Fwiifn Local Mars to Foreipi 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 dollar 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 defers to 100
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    • 364 16 IJEW YORK, Tues. L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg pwbin one of the last major private partnerpips on Wall Street and a leading underwriter for emerging high-technology companies plans to go public. In an initial offering that has been expected since last summer, when it rejected
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    • 57 16 {FARMLAND j J INVESTiMENT j J Western Australia 50% share ($500,000) available in wheat and sheep property in reliable rainfall area in North Midlands area of W. A. I Owners will lease back 50% share at commercial rates. M W Write to: I FARMLAND INVESTMENT I Box 202 Geraldton. Western
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    • 53 16 Sleeping Beauty and other stories Many of the best stories ever written for children are lovingly retold in this beautiful book. I T Contents I*" > jj<\ __m 'The Princess wrth j, S j «he Golden Hair Available at all n— a^tl n limes No 2 Jurong Port Road Singapore
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    • 741 17 That's a touching quote from one of about 80 young readers who wrote in when we asked teenagers to talk about looks, friendship and home-life. "IT'S nice to know that teeny-boppers like myself will have a part in the newspapers. Never mind if it's only half
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    • 487 17 If parents are more open-minded WHAT is your idea of a happy horns lite? What can young people do to bring this about? How would you like your parents to behave towards you? This letter wins $40. I AM a Secondary Four student and a happy home, to me, is
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    • 295 17 Making heads and hearts turn 18 PHYSICAL appearawes important in bstpbig young person oat ____IM_> ____M________> memweg Willi OOlSr poSp-Wr How would you osffno a banoaomo bay or a prosms letter wins $40. I used to spend 20 minutes debating what to wear, 10 minutes getting every strand on my
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    • 36 17 M 1 \m m\jaa\\^^^W? r LW^fk aa%\ aWY M-m\\\\\ >|3 A' 1 »______&^^__p __B___________Si. _S____t> ______T j?j__i ______r __p^2 '_________i I bI m '^lUlm ___M___m i ____B fM M" B IB B 1 I.J I sMMMMMMM»^^WgiMKatiMa!SMHBSB3__^
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    • 59 17 j_ ...................J' What riles you and falling in love 18 Two more topics for our teen readers V _____r^ Jack Lang boosts the arts 21 France's Culture Minister popular with his people New Year prints 19 A reminder of a spiritual heritage Teen* Edited by Christine Khor Bilingual Edited by
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  • Teens
    • 391 18 If parents are more open-minded- (from Page 17 THINK of a happy home and this image comes to my mind: Parents who don't nag at their children, and siblings who are not at each other's throats. This seems like a nice idea, but needs an inexhaustible supply
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    • 999 18 WHAT do you took for to a friend? Why do you Kko your bast friend? What MB Ma or bar quaKtieo that you sppraiisls most? This letter wins $40: TO A starving man, the person who brings along some food would be an excellent
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    • 563 18 Miring hearts and hearts turn (from Page 17) GETTING along with someone is an art and you need to work at it. Every girt who knows how to smile and brightens up everyone's life by being cheerful, is pretty. There is no one specific gauge for
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    • 255 18 WE HOPE readers, aged 12 to 19 (give or take a few years either way), and the young at heart, will continue to write in with their ideas for the next Teens Page in a fortnight's time. The first topic below was suggested by a
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  • Bilingual
    • 655 19 IN SINGAPORE, many Chinese families decorate their homes for the Lunar New Year by hanging paintings on the walls. This is an old custom that goes back a long time. In China and Taiwan, those who cannot not afford paintings buy special simple
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    • 677 19 THE Lunar New Year is rich in time-honoured customs and traditions. Among the most popular of these is the worship of various deities who are honoured for their legendary deeds and powers. Three who enjoy particular favour among the people are the
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    • 603 19 Dragon Tales IN A banquet celebrating the founding of the Han Dynasty, 202 BC, the new emperor Liu Bang attributed his success first of all to Xiao He. All those who had fought for Liu were surprised for they had hardly noticed Xiao's
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    • 1210 20  -  NABBH ABDUL RAHMAN Wedding customs and traditions Part 3 This article, which is the last of a three-part series, ehciisses the various rites on the eve of the wadding day and on the wedding day itself. It also gives m insight into the preparations
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    • 506 20 SABUHTAAIS MENJELANG hari perkahwinan, ibu bapa si pria dan bakal isterinya sibuk membuat persiapan bagi hari perlangsungan itu. Senarai-senarai para tamu akan disiapkan, kad undangan perlu ditempah dan anggaran belanjawan perlu dibuat. Nasihat akan diminta daripada rakan-rakan dan sanak-saudara yang sudah pernah mengadakan "kerja kahwin" mengenai
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  • Arts & Leisure
    • 842 21 French Culture Minister Jack Lang has boosted Paris as the capital of fashion, food and the arts. MARILYN AUGUST reports. FRENCH Culture Minister Jack Lang may be out of a job soon if President Francois Mitterrand's Socialists lose out in the March 16 parliamentary elections.
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    • 470 21 SO YOU think American television is strange? Could be right. But don't make up your mind until you hear what's hot on the tube in Japan. Americans sit through idiotic sitcoms, lose sleep over bad made-for-TV movies, and worst of all, watch Roller Derby which, at times,
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    • 819 21 By DAVID LEWIS A CONCERTED campaign to get the British public to go to the movies again is proving a great success in London, reversing a long trend of declining audiences. Until last year, it seemed that video recorders would kill cinema-going in Britain, despite a
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 547 21 What's on— AT THE SINGAPORE colourful lights and fancy EARLY SINGAPORE 1829 present a new perception of mission- $2 (adults^ $1 w ah t c HANDICRAFT CENTRE festival finery such as Chi- It*. A pictorial exhibition industrial design. The exhib- (children) SiacTc" 1 BAZAAR of vendors who nese interns, buntings
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    • 1070 21 1 Radio One 1 ANOTHER MORNING ANOTHER SHOW (6 am to 10 am) is hosted by Anita Harichandra. FM Service 90.5 Rife in YHF Band I 5.51 Ml National Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News in Brief €.05 Another Morning. Another Show 7.00 News and Weather Report 7.10 Morning
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 251 22 Bl fljfl' ■.!■;■< «;w"BI"B1":k:m B NOW SHOWING: Jade-OrlentakPrßSldeiit m ■Woodlands: LAST DAY Savoy: TomorrowM (JADE 2935 580) 11.00am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 4 9.00 (ORIENTAL *****23) 11am. lio, 4.00, 7.00, 9^5 B PRESIDENT-WOODLANDS: I^s, 4.00, 645; 9.15 B When aas the last time you mamam 1 movie mi hero you thought
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 1392 22 m MY VIEW iB Catherine Ona Jj i^ Ik Igjg^I^g^L ■■>, MM Bing in musical comedy H^BflH K lafC L MTif > A P P^"f e The En 12^pm) comes very upset. W m M ■f i^^ Bm2hJ» ".4 T^lV r m Ber Blog By the end of the Napoleon-
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 110 23 You can acknowledge applicants to your recruitment advertisements in The Straits Times AppoHitments-ilcknowl^ycincnt Column. Cut administrative costs. You can acknowledge all responses to your successful recruitment advertisements with the placement of a notice. It shows you care and will enhance your company's image. Suggested Ad. Sizes: 3cm x 2col $150*
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    • 599 23 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. IM AND IN THE MATTER OF M. ELDEEN (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (la Valaatary L_-.Bldat.aa) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP \t an Extraordinary 3eneral Meeting of the nembers of M. ELDEEN SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD er luly convened and held at iv Flnlayson Green
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    • 571 23 la The M__i.-r af The CampaaJm Aet, Cap. IM Aad la The Matter Of VANTAGE ADS PTE. LTD NUTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLI'NTARV WINDING-UP (Paraaaat ta Seettaa IM) At an Extraordinary Gen -al Meeting of the Compay held at Block 1 *01 »/510 Rochor Centre, Sir.ipore 0718 on
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    • 892 23 SUN TAN ByCollette PEANUTS By Schulr ~~~Z r^n /hism nooh spcnoTS rboN'rYouEveiF) 2^1 fZ* cajJ^Sn I 11 iv i^»i 1 J33i I THEOAYWOAKi^ V. FffL^UiLTy?/ fc--r r*J [tV-St'? ?X?'l VOUR NOSE 15 WARM NAVE YOU UEARP OF TME V I THINK YOU IT 5 EITHER THE FLU J/ ►TSJ W»^YouSL£eP
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    • 660 24 APPOINTMENTS 1 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^—^_^^^^^^^^^^^_^_W_^_^ j We are an international electronic company with fl considerable history in Singapore. We take pride in I our association with Singapore's dynamic growth H and this is evident in our state-of-art technology and I people-centred management practices. Currently I we have immediate vacancies for: H I
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    • 694 24 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IBM Singapore a leader in the field of information systems, word processing and related products is expanding to support its existing and rapidly growing list of customers. We invite qualified and ambitious men and women who want to be tomorrow's leaders in this high technology industry to apply
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    • 76 24 RuthßendeH Her Hypnotic •ww Desiseiier LtheJ KILLING rnourr Nothing ever happened at Manningtree Grove. And yet it was here that Peter Yearman first sold his soul to the devil. Here that his sister first thought of the doll and the uses to which magic might be put. And here, in
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    • 659 24 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Salt No MM 1 at UK Betweea SOCIETE GENERALE Plaintiffs Aad 1 YIP CHEONG CHAK Z LOW KOON WAH J JOHNNY TAN TAY YEN Defeadaata FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT To: LOW KOON WAH and JOHNNY TAN TAY YEN lately of No 8
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    • 211 25 ON THE TRACK with TONTO KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Shade Of Purple, with four wins off the reel, galloped flawlessly in a workout here this morning. The four-year-old was raring to go but was kept well In check by Graham Cook when clocking 42 sec over
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    • 244 25 At the 400m •Wlmtmrn tto mm by At the finish JONATHAN CHOO Class 3 Div 8 1,200m 1. Purple Rain 2. Christmas Drop 3. Versatility 4. You Are Special Dist: 3'/ 2 l, 4 Time 1:12.4 -4_______________________B__B Class 3 Div 4 1,200m
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    • 1530 25 $94 payout by Fact Finder is the day's highest By OUR RACING TEAM RIDERS Francesca Brown and Nelson Ng had a good day at the season's first amateur race meeting at Bukit Timah yesterday each scored a double. Mrs Brown landed Fact Finder (late Balik Pulau),
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    • 1372 25 KUALA LUMPUR, Tue». Weights, barrier draw and. ratings for this weekend's races here: SATURDAY Claaa 1 Div 2 2,000m (Rating* 154-117) 1 Paititi Gold 57 154 18 Katong Ocean IV 57 154 8 Chariot Supreme (EA 2) 56.5 153 9 Foxiloxi 56 150 4 Joyful Affair in
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    • 106 25 CLASS 1 DIV 1 2,000m 12 BIG CHIEF 58 11 POLK GLEN 57 3 BENMORVEN 55.5 8 ON THE DOUBLE 53 10 KEEP GOING V 51.5 9 KINTA VALLEY ■51 14 TROPICAL WAY 50.5 4 BRER WOLF 50.5 13 MAGARI D 50.5 2 DEPOSIT D5O 16
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    • 62 25 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The following horses who won in Class 3 on Sunday and Monday have been promoted to Class 2: Ameritec (107), Dreamer (107), Profound (106), King Paru (106), Era Of Triumph (105), Silence Is Golden n (104). Purple Rain (101), Flush With Funds
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    • 1313 25 Stiptfa report THREE amateur riders were suspended at the amateur meeting at Bukit Timah yesterday. Gaven Yong (Flying Scotsman) got two race days for careless riding in Race 2. In the same race, P. Pereira (Bacchus) was suspended for three race days and official track
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    • 650 27 70 Situetions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Food Processing Plant in Jurong require* lor immediate employment ol a FEMALE GENERAL CLERK o OCE "O' level with good command of English, fluent In Mandarin Typing It general office duties experiences essential age 30 years It below Call 2MIISS Mia* Angela lor interview appointment
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    • 695 27 74 Situetions Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miecellaneoue Miecellaneoue ITW 1 HGM Singapore GM SINGAPORE, a fast expanding multinational manufacturing company, invites suitably qualified male candidates for the position of SECURITY GUARD Applicants should be male, below 45 years old and prepared to work three rotating shifts. Preference will be given
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    • 459 27 81 Vehicles For Hire 22K_*****855x ■EWTOWN OFFICE)] f/«*****71 ■ssj^jurong) the martian" is USING MSB ,15? i_____________Zj^[A 053) MWCITY CAR RENTALS Wk TOURS PTE LTD jf^T Hotel Miramar P Havelock Rd (*****) V, *****85/*****45 New cars for short/ long term/with Mi ii i Permits. SPECIAL PACKAGE RENT 7 DAYS. PAY S
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    • 796 28 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartmente j The mini United Notions! wvl jg l'2_V_T) r rea.lv at horn with the _y^ f_f<^#N(nfv^v a immunity ,»t Ardmore (V# /*Z/r^ Ci^Jtmi-*. ar^ t- )°y inendlu country f^*^j-^w*\mlP/^S'mm club amenities, fmT\£_J sWi^ml ,L *\(wl management and P_\^P[\\f?)^M *tL\j\ Whv ot l
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    • 416 28 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments HILTON TWR. Renovated, (urn 1.440 sq.ft $1,450 Ocean Pk Condo, 2.100 sq ft $1,800. Int'l Plaza. central alrcond. $1,400 Moulmein Rise with gdn, $950 Yoong It Co *****77. PANDAN VALLEY 3 and 4-bed-roomed apartments from $1,800 upwards Full recreational facilities. Call Jones Lang Wootton at *****88
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    • 356 28 110 Accommodation Wantad: Apartments JAPANESE FAMILY OR single wants Leedon Hgts, Himiko Ridgewood, Allsworth or any Holland Rd. area or nearby Japanese school. Owners pise contact Linda Tan *****05/ *****01. HAWAII TOWER REQUIRED Immediately. Budget for fully furn between $2,200 $2,500 depending on furnishings. Owners pis contact: JC Properties 336-3839
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    • 728 28 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 4_4 /——W fl /^_Wk^± Wk\aa\\\ wSmmWmmX I /^B___________________________iTi > fi-T il___.^__*T?TT*Ti^T'^T*^-----------------------L fl SUNRISC VmAj I J^_v\___\Wn% f WrTfc Spf^n >I Z <r\ v __________________n 7\>ipiifvVA. visV_______\ \v^ ■__t^^^**_Z___i'<'"^_____l Situated in Thomson/ IT\ Yio Chu Kang area. m, yiochummgrqad
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    • 292 28 114 For Sato: Private 114 For Sato: Private Apartments Apartments Attractive "*t Housing Loans Up to 90% valuation 100% valuation with CPF 25-year repayment period a Competitive interest rates Overseas Unkm Trust Ltd. Head Office: 146 Robinson Road, 101-00, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****97 (6 lines) Branches Katong Tal: *****90 *****96
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    • 192 28 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces WAREHOUSE AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL 22 Martin Road 7000 sq.ft. single-storey building with very high roof occupying a land area of 13.000 sq.ft. A unit by Itself, trucks can be driven In. H— contact tel: *****55 Mr Richard Too/ Mr Smart MONO HOE INTL (PTE) LTD OUTSIDE
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    • 471 28 121 For Rent: Office Spaces J s, MARINA WisE p sm\H)\ WAY PRIME OFFICE SPACE AND FURNISHED APARTMENTS FOR LEASE Rent Negotiable Ring *****611 ORCHARD ROAD Cathay Bldg From 1000sf Forum Galleria 1 500-6000 sf International Bldg 650-960 sf Orchard Towers From 430 sf Shew Centre From 555 sf Wisma
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    • 528 28 121 For Root: Office Spaces LIAN HUAT BUILDING. 10-..u,,r> newly built 390 to 1.000 sq ft and Union Building. Ist floor Rental $2 50 pi f Apply: *****13/ *****84 PLEASANT OFFICE UNITS of various sizes, suitable for all needs at New Industrial Rd Janet. *****33 RAFFLES CITY TOWER. Office space
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    • 1282 29 114 For Sale: Privete 114 For Sele: Privete 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments Apartmente —i 37-storey First-class Seaview Apartments W LANDMARK TOWER _fV Stands on a hill overlooking the sea ideal j -jM for a relaxing and happy lifestyle. Panoramic 3 *M C «jj^ s view of city picturesque
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    • 497 29 135 Air Travel 135 Air Travel The choice is yours! HONG KONG/GUANGZHOU/GUILIN TOUR BD/7N TOUR $1,560/- HONG KONG/MACAU TOUR 4D/3N TOUR $1,150/- I SD/4N TOUR $1.210/--l 6D/5N TOUR $1,260/- AIRFARE -I- HOTEL PACKAGES: I SD/4N from $975/- 6D/5N from $1035/--call 235 8080 55 M.O.P. TRAVEL AGENCY PTE LTD < I
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    • 448 29 148 Secretarial/ Typing Courses TELEX COURSE: Individual coaching complete whole course $50. Tel: *****12/ *****02. 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses I Prepare yourself for an exciting and interesting career in the business world as a receptionist cum telephonist Stamford now offers a special 14-week intensive course that includes in the syllabus:
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    • 639 29 136 Cruises 136 Cruises 136 Cruises .36 Cruises I Luxury RrarfChises !^M§^ I 'The IVarl ol Siaiuiinavia aTmTop Value. Kxciting Beauty Salon. Spat ions Vrfmw 1 k I is back with Harpers Cruise Pro^ranunes. Lounge and Bar Areas. 6 Days: Mar 17— 22 'Holidays, the No. 1 Cruise Wide Range
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    • 564 29 151 Language Courses JtC^K A be Sachiko UAIA Language Arts School CONVERSATIONAL JAPANESE BEGINNERS: 13/2 10.30am- 12.30pm Thurs INTERMEDIATE PART M: 20/2 6.00pm-7.30pm Thurs i JAPANESE LANGUAGE (Writing, Oral, Grammar) BEGINNERS: 15/2 11. 00am -100pm Sat I 18/2 7.30pm -9.00pm Tue JAPANESE INTENSIVE COURSE (13/2) 4 mths. 100 hrs Tue/
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 437 30 TheSynMoffHii^ly specially prepared by our chefs. So> up a grand Lunar New Year celebration by tossing and feasting on our traditional 7u Sheng' (Raw Fish Salad) to look to greater M luck and prosperity. This special new year 1 delight wil be served daily until 23rd February 1986. h. rwjni
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    • 193 30 fl ______ii__________________________________________________________i' "'^'.'^^^^^fl _E___________l s I I ~^^^H __h T *"i__L\ i f 'iTJ_l Traditional Cantonese Dishes Supervised by HOOI KOK WAI Our Specialities kjp Roast Chicken As *Fried Deer Meat ♦Chilli Crab R SPECIAL 1 I RAW FISH I f 1 DRAGON PHOENIX RESTAURANT fc Block 26, Outram Park
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    • 423 30 The Management Staff of N Dragon City Sichuan Restaurant Pte. Ltd. wish one and all GONG XI FA CAI "YU SHENG" K A New Year means new beginnings, new resolutions and wisn es. To make your Year of the Tiger truly auspicious, our K^-^B Yu Shan S 's being specially
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 1282 31  -  DOUG GARDNER Uruguay likeliest of group's four potential winners By 4 The modem German player is always asking for the bell, bet once tie gets it ha does not biltty of taking e riak and using it. 44e pea* ••_>____* i_______.i_i._ili aas mai iwpoviHDiivty
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    • 260 31 FRANKFURT, Tues. World champions Italy have been rated as the equals of soccer lightweights Albania and Turkey for the purpose of the 1988 European Championship draw which takes place here on Friday. The 32 nations taking part in the qualifying stages will be drawn
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    • 274 31 4FREMANTLE, Tues. Australia 111 exploited I fresh Indian Ocean breezes and a choppy sea to win the third race of i the 12-metre yachting J World Championship yesI terday. j The new yacht from j 1983 America's Cup win[ner Alan Bond's syndicate covered the 25-nau-tical mile
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    • 244 31 LONDON, Tues. The Light Blues of Cambridge, featuring three experienced overseas oarsmen and a woman cox, are tipped to win the university boat race against Oxford on March 29 and end 10 years of domination by their great rivals. Every year since 1975, Cambridge followers
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    • 70 31 SYDNEY, Tecs. Australia's artisan! eeeeer eeaeh, Prank Arak, has been reappointed far aaethw fear years. Arab said he was happy te be re-engaged bat that he weald have te eat dewn en seme af his training programmes beeaaae at a eesteatfcag plan by the Australia*
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    • 169 33 a i NEW YORK, Tues. American athletics officials are changing the world pole vault record even faster than the stars who have raised the mark seven times during the current indoor season. Officials of The Athletics Congress have finally put the latest record height, set by American
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    • 162 33 Union, cleared in a thenrecord vault only hours earlier in Moscow. Olson set his mark at a US Olympic Invitational meet in East Rutherford, New Jersey. An hour after the meeting ended, officials incorrectly raised his mark to 5.94 m after
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    • 312 33 NEW YORK, Tues. The long-awaited showdown between pole vau lters Billy Olson and Sergei Bubka will take place two weeks earlier than expected. Bubka, whose world indoor record was eclipsed by Olson last Saturday, will compete at Friday's Millrose Games at Madison Square
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    • 132 33 Mary Joe off to winning pro debut ■OCA BATON (Fieri**), Taea. Faarteea-year-aM Mary 4«e P— aaaaa, et Mm Halted States, made her prsfeaeleasl debat a Ida, 44, 94, 9-1 yesterday la ate Orat reaad it Ike UflflJ adlUaa ($Mn) totw—tlwwil Players ehamMary became the third It year eM af reeeart
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    • 301 33 ON THE FOREIGN FAIRWAYS SARASOTA (Florida), Tues. Defending champion Patty Sheehan carded a one-under-par 71 yesterday to win the rain-delayed US$2OO,OOO ($426,000) Ladies' Professional Golf Association Sarasota Classic by three strokes over Juli Inks ter and Pat Bradley. It was the fourth time that Patty had successfully
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    • 670 33 Becker made to sweat in first round by qualifier ON THE TENNIS SCENE ALL THE FIRST-ROUND RESULTS BOCA RATON (Florida), Tues. West German teenager Boris Becker overcame a stiff challenge last night to score his first-round win in the US$l.B million (s3.Bm) International Players championships. Becker, the 18-year-old Wimbledon champion
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    • 152 33 Soviet success In brief ICE HOCKEY The Soviet Union beat Sweden 7-4 (period scores 2-2, 2-1, 3-1) in a friendly international at Karlskoga, Sweden, on Monday. On Sunday, the Soviets won the first match in the three-match series 2-1. Meanwhile, in Kushiro (Hokkaido), a selection team from the Soviet Union
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    • 271 33 ON THE BOXING SCENE LONDON, Tues. Danilo Cabrera, who hopes to take the World Boxing Association featherweight title from Barry McGuigan in Dublin on Saturday, flew into Britain yesterday with his handlers promising a quick knockout victory for the challenger. Hector Rivera, who manages the fighter from
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    • OBITURIES
      • 600 33 181 Deaths 181 DeathS 181 Dssths I "The Lord is my shepherd..." I I Psslm23 I Our Beloved Father DOUGLAS STEPHEN OVERREE passed away peacefully on Sunday 9 February 1986 leaving behind his: Wife: Irene Overree His Sons: Daughtars-ln-Law John Lionel Overree Linda Douglas Stephen Overree Jr. Janet Peter Alexander
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      • 346 33 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MR. CHUA BOCK KWEE I AGED 67 I passed away peacefully on 10/2/86 at 12.1s I a.m. at Mount Elizabeth Hospital leaving 1 behind beloved: 1 Wives: I Lee Bene Whay (Deceased) Low /Lot. Ah Ngee (Deceased) I Lai Soo Lee fl Chun Yoke Yin fl
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        31 33 MUM QOPAL K AUK W/O S. TILOK SINGH DC PAR TED: 11 FEB 19*6 AQC: St yaara For further details contact MB GURNAM SINGH TEL: M***** ■..■_..l______.______M_H__H.___M.______P aaSmaVaf BB____l___MB____B__BM_______________M^
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      • 45 33 MR. V. KRISHNAN KUTTY PMMd away poacotuMy oo »-a-ai.j The family wi»had to aiproaa thod how lloW Mtanka to a* r •un»»« ar* trtand. tot Mtatr kind attandanco* condotoncoa and aaaiatanca dwnnf thair roconl boraawomonl. Inaortod b» wito, aon and lova^ onoa. ■MBiimaßia^M
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      • 123 31 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The Family of the Late ARTHUR SIM KUANG YONG Departed 9.2.86 Aged 31 wish to express their thanks to all relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences and donations during their recent D#ceaveniani. TEL: *****35 TNE FAMILY OF THE LATE Josephine Tay He* Kheng
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      • 148 31 183 Condolences 183 Condolences 183 Condolences The Staff Management Of TECK HUAT COMPANY (PTE) LTD TEO CHIN HUAT COMPANY (PTE) LTD HUAT KENG (PTE) LTD TEO CHIN HUAT SDN BHD extend their deepest condolences to their Chairman TEO CHIN HUAT HIS FAMILY ON THE DEMISE OF HIS WIFE PNG HONG
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      • 36 31 In Loving Memory Of JOHN CHUA BOK SIANG Departed: 12th Feb. 85 You left so suddenly. But In our hearts you will always stay. Dearly rsmambarad by wit*, son* *nd d*uqht*r»
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    • 370 34 TAY CHENG KHOON on squash SINGAPORE'S Peter Hill made a psychological breakthrough on the professional circuit when he captured his first title in Kent over the weekend. Although the Maidstone Open is a far-cry from the British Open and is not even recognised by the International
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    • 240 34 SINGAPORE'S proposal to increase the number of matches in the women's team event of the East Asia championships to five has not found support from the other participating nations. So this year's championships, at either the West Coast Recreation Centre or Kallang from March 23-30,
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    • 666 34  -  PETER SIOW Little Gary makes short work of his bigger marathon rivals PROFILE.by PICTURES.by MARATHONER Gary Goh, who will leave with younger brother Gam Seng and S. Ramasamy for a training stint in Japan later this week, took up running for the most implausible of
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    • 252 34 LOCAL marathon champion Goh Gam Seng kept a steady pace to win the 5,000 metres race in the Bedok Runners-MR 25 friendly run at Bedok Stadium yesterday. The 22-year-old ace was with the pace until midway through, after which he widened steps to
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    • 288 34 lOC want only the best for soccer, ice hockey LAUSANNE. Tues. The International Olympic Committee yesterday put the onus on the international soccer and ice hockey federations to produce their best players for Olympic tournaments. "We don't want to end up with egg on our faces. If they fail to
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    • 798 34 Swim star takes world-class plunge into reckoning Sometime* I wondoc why I'm doing this. I get tha fooling I don't nood it any moro but tbon that pniii. I still fool fairly good in tho pool. I don't know what I'll do when I
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    • 118 35 TRENGGANU 3 NEGRI BEMBILAN 0 KUALA TRENGGANU, Tues. Trengganu mastered Negri Sen.bilan 3-0 in a Malaysia Cup soccer encounter at Stadium Ismail Nasiruddin Shah here tonight. All the goals were scored in the first half. The game was only six minutes old when former Malaysian international Zulkifli
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    • 375 35  -  JOE DORAI Hussein warns players not to take things easy By COACH Hussein Aljunied began his preparation for Saturday's Malaysia Cup tie against Brunei at the National Stadium with a warning to his players don't underestimate the opposition. He issued the warning at Jalan Besar
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    • 372 35  -  GODFREY ROBERT By THERE was a period two seasons ago when everytime Liverpool scored in the English First Division League, the goal-poacher had to be lan Rush. For Manchester United, the 1985-86 English season began with a bang because of the impeccable finish of
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    • 231 35  - Taiwan replace Thailand in the Dunhill Cup TAY CHENG KHOON GOLF By TAIWAN have replaced Thailand in the Pacific zone qualifying round of the Dunhill Nations' Cup Championship at the Bukit course from April 2-4. When the International Advisory Committee decided that Taiwan should pre-qualify (they were given an automatic
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    • ON THE CRICKET SCENE
      • 188 35 ST JOHN'S (Antigua), Tues. The Leeward Islands' standby bowler, Richie Richardson, spoiled England's high hopes of a first win on their tour of the West Indies yesterday by taking five wickets for 40 runs. England seemed set for victory when they were left to score 116 second-in-nings runs
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      • 94 35 Two new caps in WI team KINGSTON, Tues. The West Indian selectors yesterday announced a 13--man squad for the First Test match against England starting here on Feb The selectors included two new caps in the side who will also play a oneday international against England on Feb 18. They
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      • 185 35 COLOMBO, Tues. Sri Lanka, with the help of an unbeaten 111 by Roshan Mahanama, beat the England B touring team by eight runs in the fourth one-day match today. They lead 3-1 in the fivematch series. Scares: Sri Lanka 185-8 in 44 overs (R. Mahanama 111 no., K.
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    • 317 35  -  J. RAJENDRAN MARTIAL ARTS SINGAPORE will host one of the biggest exhibitions seen in this part of the world when a five-day international demonstration kicks off at Gay World Stadium on March 19. China and Japan, two of the world's foremost martial arts nations,
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    • 50 35 4 Mukhlis will never make it to the top if he continues to allow complacency to creep in when he has the upper hand. Even the legendary Muhammad Ali could not afford to a) get careless for a split sec- ond. Mukhlis <rigkt)...M the receiving end
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    • 252 35  -  PETER SIOW WINDSURFING By FOUR intrepid boardsailors will attempt to realise a four-year-old dream and windsurf from the East Coast Sailing Centre to Desaru this Saturday. Godfrey Yeo, Raymond Lim, Ramie Salleh and Ang Wee Teck will make the journey across
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    • 583 35  -  LIM KEE CHAN By WHEN your cornerman tells you that you are ahead on points, your job is to keep piling them up and avoid getting careless until the final bell if you want to be a champion. I was
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    • 61 35 Chinese badminton roach Huang Zhlyaan lays the groundwork far Singapore's Thamas Cap shuttle mission ta Bangkok next week with this service. And if the Republic fall to raffle a few feathers la Bangkok, It won't be far waat of a shnttle vision It Is estimated that Huang ases
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    • 292 35  -  J. RAJENDRAN By SINGAPORE'S Thomas Cup badminton team will be at a disadvantageous position during the week-long qualifying round tournament in Bangkok, starting on Monday. Team manager Chng Chee Yong attributed this to the tight fixtures, which require the Republic's eight-man team to face
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    • 131 35 KUWAIT. Tues. The Feder ation of International Footba'l Association (Fifa) have suspended Kuwait's membership and given them 15 days in which to hold elections for a new board for the Kuwait Football Association. A KFA spokesman said last night the world football governing body announced their
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 35 35 SOCCER Malaysia Cap: Armed Forces v Penang (Lumut Stadium, 8.15 pm). Pahang v Johor (Stadium Darul makmur, 8.30 pm). DARTS SDA Dlv. 1: Johnnie Walker Black Label v Scorpions A (Millies Coffee House. 8 pm)
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  • 306 36  - Swedish newsmen to take first-hand look at Singapore DELICE GAN By STOCKHOLM, Tues. Swedish multinational companies have organised a 14-day trip for journalists here to Singapore, Malaysia and India early next month in an attempt to help shape public opinion against protectionism. This is the first time that Swedish employers
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  • 28 36 FREETOWN. Tues. Forty-four people have died in the northern Sierra Leone region o( Kambia following a suspected cholera outbreak, a senior doctor said here yesterday. Reuter
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  • 189 36 Iraqi oil port taken, says Iran BAHRAIN, Tues. Iran today claimed its forces have captured the Iraqi oil port of Faw at the head of the Gulf, but Iraq immediately denied it as the warring sides issued a welter of conflicting reports. Iraq said the Iranian forces that crossed the
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  • 295 36 Picture by THE strains of the Hwa Chong Junior College Chinese Orchestra struck the right chord with the crowd at the Istana yesterday. As the band played Happy Reunion, the final number in its first session, the crowd that had gathered under the portico shouted
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  • 427 36 Dissident freed in East- West spy swap BERLIN, Tues. Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky walked to freedom this morning after nearly eight years' imprisonment, and was immediately whisked away on the first stage of his journey to a new life in Israel. The 38-year-old Jewish human rights activist was the main
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  • 56 36 LONDON, Tues. The House of Commons last night approved a British government document calling for the construction of a proposed Channel tunnel between Britain and France. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President Francois Mitterrand are to meet tomorrow at Canterbury Cathedral to sign a treaty to
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  • 31 36 NEW YORK, Tues. The Dow Jones Average of 30 industrials fell 1.72 points to 1,624.66 in the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. AP
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  • 295 36 TOKYO, Tues. Fire today raced through a half-century-old seaside hotel in a popular hot springs resort south-west of Tokyo, trapping sleeping guests in an inferno and killing 24 people. The blaze, the third worst hotel fire in Japanese history, reduced the three-storey,
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  • 153 36 LONDON, Tues. Author Graham Greene has been awarded Britain's exclusive Order of Merit (OM) by Queen Elizabeth, Buckingham Palace announced today. The order, the monarch's personal gift, carries no title. But it is viewed as a distinction for eminent men and women, with the numbers
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