The Straits Times, 20 October 1986

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  • 461 1  -  MANO SABNANI Story: of Business Times KYOTO This Is one of thf happiest pictures taken daring the Prime Minister's week-long visit to Japan. And it came about through a happy set of coincidences. Mr and Mrs Lee koan Yew and the rest
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  • 622 1  -  H. L. LIM PM on how differences between the two countries affect us By m Kyoto KYOTO Mr Lee Kuan Yew described it as the mirror image that the Americans and the Japanese give each other. He provided the imagery when elaborating on his statement last
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  • 423 1 KUALA LUMPUR Hopes for an early surrender by armed prisoners holding two hostages at the city jail faded last night after two of the six rebels refused to give up. Datuk Ibrahim Mohamad, director-general of prisons, said the six prisoners who took a doctor
    AFP; Bernama; NST; UPI  -  423 words
  • 68 1 THE PAP's strategic plan includes recruiting 20,000 new members from all walks of life during the next two years, a new party manifesto, raising the party's profile, delegating more authority to district and branch committees, and giving members more pride m belonging to the
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  • 155 1 MOSCOW Five American diplomats have been ordered to leave the Soviet Union for "activities Incompatible with their official status", a Foreign Ministry statement announced last night. Washington's immediate reaction was to hint that it would retaliate, with White House chief of staff Donald Regan saying
    AFP; AP; Reuter  -  155 words
  • 411 1  -  YEO KIM SENG By POLICE have smashed an illegal race results announcing network with the detention of three members of a family and the seizure of two broadcast stations yesterday. The seizure was made at about 3 30 pm when more than 10 detectives simultaneously
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  • Article, Illustration
    175 1 Modified walkie-talkie sets at the Bayshore Park flat receive horse racing results from unknown sources. This station, believed to be manned by a j husband-and-wife team, then transmits the nj formation to the International Plaza station. The transmission is done through a transceivI er at the Bayshore
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  • 113 1 UN boycott by Vietnam and Laos HANOI Vietnam and Laos said yesterday they would not take part m the United Nations debate on Cambodia this week and have injected m advance an accompanying resolution to be put to the UN General Assembly by Asean. Discussion of the Cambodian issue based
    AFP  -  113 words
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 403 2 Victims of greed LAST YEAR, the police received at least five reports of people cheated m gambling. But they know these statistics do not tell the real situation. Many cases go unreported. Most of the victims were themselves involved m an illegal activity. Spurred by greed and goaded by
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    • 280 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE departure of B,IM Soviet troops from Afghanistan is little more than a media event. For it is only a small fraction of the total number of Soviet troops m that country. Besides, it Is quite possible that they will be replaced by other troops.
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    • 284 2 Europe's fears THE LEADERS of Britain, France and West Germany fear proposals made at the Iceland summit for sweeping reductions m nuclear arsenals could hurt the security of Western Europe and are urging a full debate within the alliance, the Sunday Times reported. It quoted Horst Teltschik,
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    • 281 2 Pleat's plans TOTTENHAM last won the English First Division championship m 1961, when it also won the Football Association Cup. Since then, Spurs supporters have waited patiently for a genuine revival. Several trophies have been won the Uefa Cup m 1984 was the last but none with the flourish
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    • 441 2 Feast of local drama IF PLAYS ARE reflections of a society, then we will see more of ourselves at this year's Drama Festival to be staged from this Thursday to Nov 30. More than half the local productions (m the four languages) m this year's Drama Festival is
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    • 213 2 POOR RESPONSE TO SES' NEW DISCLOSURE MOVE A RECENT proposal by the Stock Exchange of Singapore to raise corporate disclosure standards has met with a poor response from listed companies and banks. SES chief executive Lim Choo Peng said the proposal called for publicly-listed companies to provide quarterly accounts
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    • 206 2 Around Asean and Across the Causeway Rajiv on Cambodia INDIAN Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, guarded by a 2,000-man security forct yesterday me' Thai leaders and agreed thai Vietnam should withdraw its troops from Cambodia. Mr Gandhi held talk;with Prime Minister Prem TinsUanonda and had an audience with King Bhumibol Adulyadej
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    • 83 2 'SDS SCREENS APPLICANTS' THE PEOPLE'S Association, m reply to a readei who had called on the Soci.il Development Section to ensure tiiat those who apply to join its ictlvittM are eligible to do so, gives the assurance that the SDS has always taken stringent measures to ensure that particulars
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  • around the WORLD
    • 210 3 GUANGZHOU Queen Elizabeth ended the first trip to China by a British monarch m a blaze of lights and a colourful farewell at this southern city by hundreds of flag-waving youths Chinese dragons danced and British Marines "beat the retreat" as she set sail aboard
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    • 440 3 GENEVA Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani yesterday threatened to block an Opec accord to renew controls on oil output to raise prices if the cartel fails to give his Gulf ally Kuwait a higher production quota. Sheikh Yamani
      Reuter  -  440 words
    • 41 3 PARIS The largest batch of foreigners ever expelled from France 101 illegal immigrants from Mali were flown back to their West African homeland on Saturday. Police said most of the expelled Malians were involved m drug dealing. Reuter
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    • 293 3 BEIJING China has disclosed a I Ss9 billion iSSIf .S billion) trade deficit so far this year and a senior official said Industries were not adapting fast enough to the changing demands of domestic consumers. The deficit, announced by State Statistics Bureau
      Reuter  -  293 words
    • 145 3 ABU DHABI A group of Pakistani scouts cycling to the holy city of Mecca believe they are the first to make the pilgrimage on bicycles. The scouts, aged between 13 and 19, appeared m high spirits as they described their trip while relaxing
      Reuter  -  145 words
    • 226 3 KABUL Soviet and Afghan government forces sealed off access to main streets m central Kabul yesterday as a Soviet anti-aircraft regiment paraded through the capital after a ceremony marking the withdrawal of 8,000 Soviet troops from Afghanistan. With communist forces deploying armoured
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    • 349 3 BANGKOK HANOI has renewed its offer to hold peace talks with China only two days after accusing Beijing of launching a heavy attack on northern Vietnam. "We are ready to resume negotiations with China at any place, at any time and at any
      Reuter  -  349 words
    • 230 3 BEIJING China and Bulgaria have signed four agreements on trade, education, science and vocational training co-opera-tion m what is seen as part of a process of rapprochement between China and Eastern Europe. The agreements, signed on Saturday m the presence of visiting Bulgarian First Deputy
      Reuter; AP; AFP  -  230 words
    • 239 4 'Remember Hungary revolt' call BUDAPEST MORE than 120 dissidents from Hungary, Czechoslox akia, East Germany and Poland have called for a commemoration of the Hungarian uprising of 30 years ago, and pledged to continue fighting for democracy. In a joint appeal, they hailed the "revolution"' that broke out m Budapest
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    • 189 4 WASHINGTON Legislation that would allow \meriean pharmaceutical companies to expor" drugs not yet approved for use m the United States was passed by th.» Senate on Saturday and sent to the White House. One of the Bill's sponsors, Senator Orrin Hatch, said
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    • 74 4 IT'S the Statue of Liberty m New York, bat it does not give anyone the licence to do what 25--year-old Australian Nicholas Feteris did last Thursday. He is seen parachuting 186 metres from the landmark's torch. Feteris landed safely on Ellis Island and was arrested for
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    • 38 4 DHAKA A total of 118 Indian fishermen and 11 fishing boats seized m August for fishing illegally m Bangladesh territorial waters were released on Saturday. The government ordered the case against the crewmen dropped. UPI
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    • 188 4 Work of art carried off as junk SAN JOSE When the old Fairmont Hotel was cleared to make way for new construction a year ago, workmen accidentally carted away a six-metre red, white, blue and black sculpture entitled Great Planes Study No. 7. The US$5,OOO (S$10,850) David Botini sculpture had
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    • 381 4 LONDON THE leaders of Britain, France and West Germany fear proposals made at the Iceland summit for sweeping reductions m nuclear arsenals could hurt the security of Western Europe and are urging a full debate within the alliance, the Sunday Times reported. It
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    • 329 4 WASHINGTON THE US Central Intelligence Agency, apparently hedging its bets, funnelled US$5O,OOO to the rebel army of Dr Fidel Castro m the late 1950s just a few years before the agency invaded Cuba and tried to overthrow him, a new Castro
      UPI  -  329 words
    • 141 4 Freed: Last Bay of Pigs raider MIAMI The last invader held m a Cuban prison for his role m the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion m 1961 was freed on Saturday and flown here for a tumultuous reunion with his family and friends and former prisoners. "I'd love to do
      Reuter  -  141 words
    • 202 4 WASHINGTON Tributes were paid here on Saturday to House of Representatives Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, 73, whose retirement was officially announced on Friday. His decision had been known for several months but Mr O'Neill, Speaker for the past nine years, received a standing ovation from
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    • 121 4 MIAMI Dozens of wooden crates with Russian and Spanish writing on the outside and filled with rifles and live mortar shells were washed ashore on several beaches on Jupiter Island, Florida, on Saturday. Police and navy officials speculate that the weapons i came
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    • World briefs
      • 63 4 SECURITY FORCES m Darjeelir.g have been ordered to shoot rioters on signt after renewed clashes between Gurkha separatists and communists m the north-eastern Indian hill district, New Delhi reports said yesterday. Para-military troop reinforcements were sent m and police patrols increased on Satur day as violence flared
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      • 51 4 HARD LIQUOR sales m the Soviet Union dropped 38 per cent m the first nine months of this year. The Central Statistical Board said on that consumers spent 8.5 billion roubles (Ss2s.h billion) less on booze between January and September than durine the samp nenod last year.
        UPI  -  51 words
      • 49 4 CHINA HAS suspended plans to phase out a special currency used by foreigners, the China Daily reported m Beijing. It quoted Bank of China Chairman Wtm§ Deyan as saying that the foreign exchange certificates would be kept for the time being to help China's economic development Reuter
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      • 72 4 IRISH PRIME MINISTER Garret FitzGer aid, speaking at the annual congress of his ruling Fine Gael party m Dublin, called for a united front to head off the first bid m 64 years by politicians linked to the outlawed Irish Republican Army to stand m Irish parliamentary
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      • 54 4 INDIA'S MAIN Hindu opposition party yesterday accused Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's government of failure on all fronts and said its policies "gravely imperilled" the country's unity and national security In a 23-page "charge-sheet" of accusations. the Bharatia Janata Party said the government's "first and worst failure has
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    • 76 6 OLYMPIC gold medal winner Carl Lewis has gone on to another record, bat not the kind you pick op oo the track Lewis, now a nightclub performer., has just released a single m Japan and last week made his debut with a group called the
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    • 192 6 JOHANNESBURG A spokesman for the Shell Co m South Africa, a subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Shell Group, has denied that the oil giant has any intention of leaving South Africa. He was reacting to a report m the Daily Telegraph of London
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    • 370 6 Terrorist suspect to be quizzed over killing of Palme LONDON A SWEDE suspected of belonging to the Abu Nidal terrorist group has been deported to Stockholm, where he is being questioned by police investigating the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, the Sunday Telegraph reported. He was one of
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    • 230 6 THE VATICAN Pope John Paul n is forming an alliance of religions from his own Roman Catholics to African snakeworshippers to work and pray for peace. More than 140 religious leaders will gather on Oct 27 m the hilltop town of Assisi m Italy
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    • 379 6 BEIRUT THE mainstream Shi'ite Muslim militia, Amal, has said a captured Israeli airman should be exchanged for Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel as its militiamen and Israeli gunboats exchanged fire m Tyre. Amal leader Nabih Berri said m Damascus on Saturday:
      Reuter  -  379 words
    • 235 6 Attack on tanker 'cold blooded murder' SHARJAH (United Arab Emirates) An Iranian gunboat followed a Panamanian tanker for six hours, then suddenly unleashed a rocket attack on the commercial vessel that killed at least five people, marine salvage officials said on Saturday. Details of the raid on the 19,925-tonne Five
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    • 178 6 MOSCOW The Soviet authorities have ordered nationwide energy-saving measures m the face of a serious electricity shortage this winter, the Nedelya reported. It said this was necessary because of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station m April and a drought that had
      UPI  -  178 words
    • 100 6 MADRID A Soviet physician who treated victims of the Chernobyl nuclearreactor accident has warn ed that a global nuclear war would result m "10.000 Chernobyls' and the deaths of two billion people. Speaking at a symposium on Saturday of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Physicians
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 443 7  -  Yang Razali Kassim By Jakarta Correspondent Portuguese to boycott meeting JAKARTA Portugal will boycott the AseanEC ministerial meeting here because of a dispute with Indonesia over East Timor, an EC spokesman confirmed yesterday. Lisbon, which Joined the EC earlier this year along with Spain,
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    • 220 7 Let Cambodia decide own future Rajiv BANGKOK Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, guarded by a 2,000--man security force, yesterday met Thai leaders and agreed that Vietnam should withdraw its troops from Cambodia. He held talks with Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda and had an audience with King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the
      UPI; AP; Reuter  -  220 words
    • 197 7 ZAMBOANGA Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile has accused President Corazon Aquino of reviving the Muslim rebellion m the southern Philippines. He said Mrs Aquino resurrected the 14-year-old Muslim separatist uprising by meeting Moro National Liberation Front chief Nur Misuari, and granting him safe conduct across Mindanao
      AFP; UPI  -  197 words
    • 263 7 MANILA Government and communist rebel negotiators, seeking a solution to a 17-year insurgency, have resumed peace talks after a six-week break. The session on Saturday was the first between na-tional-level negotiators since the arrest on Sept 29 of communist leader Rodolfo Salas. The two
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    • 111 7 JAKARTA Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister Legu Vagi arrived m Indonesia yesterday for talks on the influx of Indonesian refugees into his country. Indonesian Interior Minister Supardjo Rustam is scheduled to accompany Mr Vagi from Jakarta to Bandung for the three-day Joint Border Committee
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 299 8 KUALA LUMPUR PRIME Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said that opposition parties were needed m Malaysia to enable the government to "read its reflections". The Sunday Star quoted Dr Mahathir as saying: "If we have every party that wins m the general election
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    • 242 8 Change of attitude will help progress, says Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR Asians need to change their attitude and be more receptive to achieve progress, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said last night. Although many basic technologies and discoveries had originated m Asia, these were not efficiently exploited, he said
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    • 209 8 Si I ALA LUMPUR The mandatory minimum one-year Jail sentence for violating the Official Secrets Act is to remain under the proposed amendments to the Act, the Sunday Star reported yesterday. The Bill is to be tabled In Parliament soon. The Sunday Star
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    • 106 8 TERRE HAUTE (Indiana) Indiana State University is studying the possibility of establishing a campus m Malaysia. University president Richard Landini told the schools board of trustees on Friday the feasibility study had started. He said such a programme would likely be supported by the
      UPI  -  106 words
    • 188 8 KUALA LUMPUR Umno Deputy President Datuk Musa Hitam has been dropped as the party's disciplinary committee chairman. The Sunday Star said he was replaced by Umno Vice-President Abdul Ghafar Baba from yesterday. Umno President Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced Mr Ghafar's appointment and a
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    • 246 8 Tough fight, but MCA needs to lift morale, says party chief IPOH MALAYSIAN Chinese Association members should strive to lift the party's morale and restructure its political strategies, the Perak MCA chief Mr Chan Kit Chee said. A Sunday Star newspaper report quoted him as saying the party's political struggle
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    • 352 8 KUALA LUMPUR The inability of Tan Koon Swan, MP for Gopeng and former Malaysian Chinese Association president, to take his oath of office m 'Parliament has put the party m a spot. Party sources said Tan, who is serving a two-year jail sentence m Singapore
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    • 128 8 KUALA LUMPUR The question of reviving tbe Chinese Language Societv at Universiti Malaya night be resolved beforr the end of this year, Labour Minister '^cc Kirn Sai said The possibility of it being revived was good, and he had had ta.ks on this with
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    • 59 8 SUNGAI BESI Fifteen women attended the firM Royal Malaysian Air Forw open interview (or women pilots at the Royal Military College here yesterday Seven of them passed th« interview and will have v undergo further tests before the final selection is made on Thursday. Assistant Chiof
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  • HOME
    • 454 9  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE Businessmen swindled at fan tan have only themselves to blame, say police By The cheating game RECENTLY, Mr See Thiam Hock went to a hotel room to discuss a business deal. What happened instead was an expensive lesson for Mr See
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    • 188 9 COLONEL Mancharan Singh GUI, Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCGS), has retired from the Singapore Armed Forces. Col GUI, 52, was a physios graduate of the University of Malaya. He Vgan his military career m early 19(1 when be Joined the then Singapore Military Forces
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    • 209 9 Suspect in fatal stabbing surrenders A SUSPECT, wanted by police after a used-car dealer *as fatally stabbed tn An? Mo Kio on Saturday, gave htaadl up yesterday The 33-year-old suspect, accompanied by his lawyer. waLked into the Criminal Investigations Department m Robinson Road at 4 40 pm. The suspect, a
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    • 127 9 A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy who fell from a bus on Friday is critically ill. The boy, identified only as Kok Kong, could remember neither the sernce number of the bus nor he place where he fell •vhile alighting. A police spokesman yesterday said investigations
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    • 277 9 Mindef puts the personal touch in its letters MIND your language means much more than being grammatical to Mindef's letter writers these days. Reservists and others will have noticed that there is less of an "army" tone formal, militarylike, bureaucratic m the letters sent out by the Defence Ministry and
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    • 198 9 High-tech venture to help firms upgrade NANYANG Technological Institute has joined hands with an American hightech company to set up an industrial research and development centre to assist local industries which need upgrading. The centre is the Grumman lnternational-NTI CAD/CAM Centre, or Gintic. It is a joint partnership between NTI
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    • 531 10  - MRT phone and TV network geared for emergencies RAV DHALIWAL By [F A pass-enger falls ill on a Mass Rapid Transit trim, chances are that an ambulance vill be on the way or waiting for him when he gets to the next station. All someDne n the train has to
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    • 193 10 SINGAPORE students are getting fat because they do not play enojgh games and sport, Act ng Community Development Minister Wong Kan Seng said on Saturday. And because schools and parents are more concerned about academic pursuits, physical education and sport 'normally do not enjoy the attention
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    • 1202 10  -  H. L. LIM The Prime Minister's visit to Japan 'Japan IS working out its economic role but be prepared to wait' By m Kyoto 4 That's how they have saved their money. Every dollar, every yen that they have savod has
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    • 244 10  -  H. L. LIM KYOTO The dinner was held two months earlier than expected. But as eaa be see* In the pictore, neither the guest of kMtv nor his Japanese hosts were complaining. Instead they looked decidedly pleased. The guest of honour was Mr
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    • 201 11 Customs seize 1,340 cartons of cigarettes OFFICERS from the Customs Investigations Division seized \M~ cartons of smuggled cigarette-3 from a flat In Moulmeln Road on Saturday and detained two men suspected to behind a smaggling syndicate. Customs officers became suspicions when check* had shown there were cigarettes on sale without
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    • 53 11 A JAPANESE woman lost jewellery valued at $17,400 when thieves broke into her home on Thursday. Madam Sumiko Kaneda. 36. told police she left her Duneam Close home at 11.30 am and returned at 2.50 pm to find the back door forced open, a bedroom ransacked and
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    • 544 11  -  TONG YOKE THO By SMALL retail firms with a yen for earning more from Japanese tourists are enrolling their staff to learn now to say "arigato" and more. The demand for Japanese language training from the small and medium retailers is "unusual", observed Mr Wang
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    • 728 11  -  IRENE HOE By SOME amateur theatre groups say it will be difficult for them to meet the strict conditions to qualify for rent-free theatre time under a new scheme soon to be launched by the Ministry of Community Development. The scheme offers the
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    • 416 11 Trade team off to Latin America A TRADE mission to Latin America leaves today to explore and develop market opportunities. The mission, organised by the Trade Development Board (TDB), is headed by Mr Ridzwan Dzafir, Singapore's roving Ambassador to Panama, Chile, Brazil and Argentina. It will be away for three
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    • 479 12  -  LOW MEI MEI Couples too tired after watching shows, forum told By TELEVISION is one of the causes of the decline m Singapore's birth rate, participants at a forum heard yesterday. Married couples were "spending more time together m front of the gog-gle-box",
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    • 158 12 Residents want more child-care centres near home survey MOST residents m Telok Blangah do not leave their children m child-care centres but would like more such centres to be built near their homes so that they can make use of them, a survey by grassroots leaders there shows. The random
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    • 108 12 TWO MPs yesterday gave the Speak Mandarin Campaign a boost Mr Phua Bah Lee, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Defence) and MP for Tampines. was guest of honour at a Mandarin oratorical contest held at the People's Park Complex. Mr Sidek bin Saniff. Parliamentary Secretary
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    • 243 12 A MURAL artist from China brake a leg while here for her art show. As a remit, Beljbig associate art professor Qo&n Zheng Roan. 54, will have to stay for another month m Singapore. She slipped and fell at a Mock
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    • 423 13  -  MICHAEL LIM By THOSE magnificent men m their flying machines will be swooping into Singapore m March. Some, replete with flying helmets, scarfs and goggles, will be winging m from the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, among others, for the start
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    • 208 13 THE Singapore Polytechnic is claiming it is the first tertiary institution m Singapore, if not Asean, to produce an Interactive Video (LAV) programme. The LAV programme is divided into a series of mini-lectures which are delivered to students using video. At the end of each
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    • 75 13 Police hotline THE person whose keychain wallet was stolen on board a bus on Oct 6 is asked to contact the police hotline. The wallet, containing $55 and some papers, was recovered from two women who were detained by a member of the public on the
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    • 645 13  -  IRENE NGOO BY A general election must be fought every day. Every day, we must work to retain the support of our friends, convert the neutrals, and check and destroy the influence of those who are m incorrigibly anti-us. Mr Goh Chok Jong
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    • 269 13 THE People's Action Party will have its own awards for members who have given outstanding and dedicated service. These awards will rank with national awards given to other grassroots leaders. "Awards will not be handed out like candy," said the party's Assistant Secretary-General and First Deputy
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    • 539 9 THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN Mohd Ismail lost 1 1 .5 kg m 6 weeks, you can do it too! Mohd Ismail, like thousands before him, decided he had enough of the "spare tyre" jokes and the private smiles of shop assistants when he mentioned his waist size. So he did
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  • 631 14 The Straits Times MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1986 Too small, too cosmetic MORE than 100 foreign journalists were invited to witness the withdrawal of 8,000 Soviet troops from Afghanistan, which is to be completed at the end of this month. The formal ceremony and fanfare which accompanied that event were only
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    • 1323 14  -  BELINDA AQUINO Philippine President holding her own m the face of strong challenges from her Defence Minister Viewpoint By Cory's 'style' 4 She is basically a low-key leader and does not yet have the lightning speed with which more experienced politicians handle national problems. But
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    • 792 14 Regional comment Editorial headlined Foolish Fallacies of Travel Tax published m The Sunday Star on Oct 5. ONCE again it has been suggested that Malaysia impose a travel tax. It is a tiresome bit of nonsense that has been turning up with
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    • 531 14 Sinar Harapan's absence being really felt Editorial headlined Suddenly last Thursday published m The Jakarta Post on Oct 13. THE most popular afternoon daily, Sinar Harapan, was banned by the authorities last Thursday, making it the first press publication to disappear under the new style of press licensing, the SIUPP.
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    • 1209 15  -  DONALD HIGGS It's inadequate for big fraud cases British committee report By London Correspondent 4 But the government has decided that the jury will stay, at least for the present, and is not convinced that any good would come of an- m other body replacing it.
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    • 1105 15  - Kasparov darling of the Western world DOMINIC LAWSON Chess genius plans next move with care By wr ting for Financial Times 4 Kasparov is the first chess champion to recognise the power of public relations. He has hired a British manager, Andrew Page, who has ably turned him into a
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    • 292 16 SDS does screen those who join Membership cards to be issued early next year PLEASE refer to the letter "SDS must ensure they are eligible" by "H.C.F." (ST, Oct 7). We appreciate the writer's concern about the processing of applications for membership of the Social Development Section. (SDS). We are
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    • 346 16 AFTER reading the letter "Water dripping into maisonette" by "No More Patience" (ST, Oct 10), I realise that we have the same problem water dripping down the corner wall and staircase beam of the maisonette whenever it rains. I wonder whether the two cases
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    • 277 16 CAN one possibly be charged full tax, i.e. 23 per cent of the annual value, on a property as an own-er-occupier? Yes, it seems, as I recently found out to my dismay. The sales and purchase agreement which I signed with the developers
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      • 242 16 WE refer to the letter "Males who don't go to varsity after NS" from "Would Have Been NonGraduate." (ST, Oct 16). National service is not the reason behind the lower proportion of males admitted to the National University of Singapore. According
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      • 117 16 RECENTLY, there was a power failure along Upper Paya Lebar Road and as a result many shops were unable to carry on their business. The Public Utilities Board's maintenance men arrived very promptly and, after investigating, informed the shop owners that an underground cable
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      • 124 16 HOW many department stores m Singapore offer extended service? Only a handful, and I would like to mention one. A telephone inquiry of a certain product with a department store was answered by a polite salesgirl who disclosed that it was out of stock. She added,
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      5 17  -  LIM ENG HAI By
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    • 450 17 4 If you have the vision, the world will provide you with the A opportunities. Mr Teh Cheang Wan, Minister tor National Development, at the annual dinner of the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore. MR DAVID Paolon has been elected VicePresident of Westin Hotels and Resorts and Mr
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    • 150 17 Oet 2* to 23 Securex '86, an international exhibition on security and safety equipment, systems and services, will be held at Raffles City. Organised by Seatro Management Services. Oct tZ International Toastmasters Day will be celebrated by a joint meeting of four Singapore toastmasters clubs at the Hyatt
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      • 94 17 NEW YORK Chief executives of major US companies are increasingly pessimestic about US economic trends, according to a survey of 1,000 company heads released by the Conference Board yesterday. The •confidence index" I base 100 m 1985). created by the US Employers' Research Institute to
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      • 58 17 JAKARTA The Hong-kong-based Regent International hotels has signed an agreement with an Indonesian partner to build a US$65 million (SJI4I million) hotel m Jakarta. Mr Soegeng Saryadi. Chairman of the Indonesian PT Permadani Khatulistiwa N'usantara, said construction of a 400-room Regent of Jakarta will begin early
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      • 76 17 LONDON The trend towards lower worid tin output and stock levels, along with stable con- sumption, should help prices recover gradually to MJ24 a kg by 1990, Malaysian Chamber of Mines spokesman Lim Keng Kay said. Mr Lim gave the figure almost 70 per cent above
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      • 70 17 LONDON Imperial Chemical Industries (IC1) is trying to recruit Japanese scientists m Britain, the United States and Europe to work m a new technical centre it is establishing m Japan. It is establishing at £30 million (SJ93 million) a technical centre at Tsukuba, near Tokyo, and
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      • 70 17 BRASILIA Brazil will be replaced by Colombia as the biggest coffee exporter m the world as its exports are expected to fall by 540 million kg. Mr Carlos Calmon, President of the Coffee Trade Centre, said Brazil could only export 600 million kg of coffee this year
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    • 537 17  - Bank charges start to hit those with small accounts A DOLLAR a cheque that's what you have to pay at Standard Chartered Bank if your average monthly current account balance falls below $1,000. The surcharge, introduced by Standard Chartered at the start of the month, applies to account holders who
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    • 692 17  - Concern about new liability for investment advice CATHERINE C. ONG By A NEW law to protect the small investor from losses incurred as a result of wrongful advice from investment advisors raised concern at a securities forum on Saturday. Sections 50 and 51 of the Securities Industry Act 1986 attracted
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    • 483 17  -  CATHERINE C. ONG By More frequent financial reporting proposed by Stock Exchange A RECENT proposal by the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) to raise corporate disclosure standards has met a poor response from listed companies and banks. SES chief executive Mr Lim Choo Peng said
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    • 324 17 KUALA LUMPUR THE United Malayan Banking Corporation board of directors will undergo some changes soon following the latest ownership structure as a result of the acquisition of a controlling stake by Pernas. The individuals concerned are understood to have been informed. Sources
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    • 269 17  - Bank America slashes third quarter loss to US$23m SAN FRANCISCO BANkAMERH A Corp the United States' second largest bank now coping with a management shake-up, huge losses and a takeover bid has reported a US$23 million (Ssst million) loss for the third quarter of the year. The net loss for
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    • Company news The week that was
      • 61 18 Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Bukit Katil 20(20) M 51 .009 ($1,445) Apr 86 Khong Guan 7.5 (5) $862 ($236) Apr 86 Robinson 6 (3) $7,146 ($1,602) Jun 86 Rothmas M'sia 20(15) M 544 ,241 ($38,541) Jun 86 Sim Lim 3 (7) $3L ($1,087)
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      • 18 18 Gross Group pre-tax Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Cerebos 23.3 (20) $36,805 ($35,044) Jul 86
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      • 48 18 Interim Group pre-tax Half-year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) George Kent 5 (7) Msi,4B3 ($2,377) Jul 86 H Tai-Pan 53.312 L (I1.040L) Sep 86 Jacks Int 51.998 L ($2.709 L) Jul 86 Johan Hldgs M 51,438 ($4,314) Jul 86 M'sia Fmills $1,732 L ($2,422) Jun 86
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    • 11 18 H Tai-Pan: Proposed rights issue of one-for-two at 50.50.
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    • 487 18 A second tier stock market to be officially called SESOAQ the Stock Exchange of Singapore Dealing and Automated Quotation System, for young companies seeking funds for expansion, is ready to consider applications next month. Savings n the Central Provident Fund will not be released for investments m the
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    • 226 18 Oct 17 'JSJ Chanfe Gen Motors 66*. -H Goodyeor Tire 41V* +3^ Alcoa JbV> -<» GuH Re* 13* unch Alked S^ 40* unch Hewlett Pock 37H -Vt Amo» Inc 13* unch Intl Busi Moch 121/* Amr Cocp 59 m In Corp 52 unch An 24 -M Jhsn Jhns
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    • 139 18 SYDNEY Strong domestic and offshore demand for quality industrial and resource stocks propelled key market indices to a series of new records on the Australian share market last week, brokers said. A steady strengthening of the Australian dollar, institutions searching for blue chip stocks, a shortage of quality scrip
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    • 343 18 Nikkei average suffers hefty fall TOKYO Share prices suffered a hefty 948.89-yen loss last week with the Nikkei Stock Average dipping below the 17,000-yen level for the first time m four months. The 225-blue chip average a 430.01-yen gainer the week before failed to post a single advance during
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    • 288 18 NEW YORK If the expectations of many Wall Street analysts are correct, the next set of US government statistics on the US economic growth will show some pickup from a very sluggish pace. But few observers expect the figures to settle nagging doubts among investors about the outlook
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    • 3352 18 M shares quoted have a par value o< Si unless otherwise specified Adjusted tor scnp rijhts N Tai eiempted divided ABM is traded m tots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted m dollars Trustee stocks under CPf Approved Investment Scheme 1956 Last Yield Net
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    • 226 18 HONGKONG Fresh selling emerged last week as speculators took profits m the wake of the market's recent steep gains, dragging the Hang Seng Index down by 44.63 points to 2,234.89. The Hongkong index, which had climbed steeply m the past two weeks, finished at 1,468.71, down 25.J2 points from
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    • 186 18 LONDON Shares closed firmer on balance last week while gilts fell sharply following a one-point rise m British interest rates to 11 per cent. The Financial Times Industrial Share Index closed up 16.1 points on the week, at 1,281.5. The volume of transactions rose from 118,020 to 149,851. Sentiment
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    • 526 18 Oct 17 Pence Chaise INDUSTRIALS AHied-Lyons 305 unch Ass Domes BTRPLC 29Oxd -3 Botxrocks 179 +1 Barclays 459 -5 Beechom 423 +10 BCC 258 +3 Bkj« Circle 601 +20 BOC Group 326 +5 Boots 236 +1 Bowater 336 +3 BATS 443 unch Britannia 139 unch BP 666 -2 B
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 359 19 OCBC OUB LtOe DBS DEPOSIT RATB Savings daily 3V4 IVi 3 3 Monthly 3% Autosave 31/2 Fixed deposit 1 month 2% 3 3 3(1) 2 months 3(1) 3 months 3 3 3 3(1) 6 months 3 3'/« VA 3(1) 9 months 3 3'/j 3>4 3»4 (1) 12 months
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      • 497 19 BANKS' prime lending rates at the close of business on Friday, Oct 17. Bank PLR Aigemene Bank American Express Am' Dam R'terdam Bank Arab Bank Ltd 8 Arab Banking Corp 7 Vi Asia Commercial 6% A N7 Banking Group 7' 4 Ban Hin i e» Bank Banca Commerciale
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      • 194 19 Asian rates ASIAN currency average W low deposit rates for the \ZfL ft/ie Tts/ie week ended Oct 17. 6 months 4 15/16 4% 12 months 4% 4 13/16 BID PRICES jgj Sterfeif "P 1 LOW lmonth n /2 10 3/ 8 dayS ?.r,« c H(5 3 months 11/* 103/4 lmonto
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      • 166 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dolars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to SSIO foreign currency Australian dolla' 1.3831—1.3859 7.35—7.14 Canadian dollar 1.5649—1.5668 6.46—6.35 NZ dollar 1.0810 1.0837 9.46 9.13 Sterling pound 3.1063 3.1099 3.25—3.20 US dollar 2.1730—2.1740 4.63—4.59 Local dolars to 100 units of foreign
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      • 30 19 Closing prices RUBBER Spore XL cents cenU S/kilo M/kilo October 13 192.00 233.50 October 14 189.00 233.00 October 15 187.50 232.00 October 16 187.50 232.00 October 17 187.25 232.00
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      • 23 19 dosing Turnover TM prices Tonnes Cents (M)/kilo October 1314.11 84 October 1414.11 74 October 1514.12 63 October 1614.15 84 October 1714.25 88
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      • 342 19 GOLD lost more of its glitter as prices receded further last week. Spot gold closed at U*****.50 m New York last Friday, a drop of USSI2.OO over the previous week's close. The metal remains pressured by Opec's inability to reach an agreement on production quotas. The marathon
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      • 109 19 UNCERTAIN and quiet conditions continued to predominate over the past fortnight as 1 RSS fluctuated within an eight-cent (S) range to close the period about unchanged on balance. 1 RSS initially dipped to 184 cents on easier Japanese advices, with lower metal and oil prices also affecting sentiment. It
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      • 38 19 STEADIER. The price of tin on the European spot market (basis Rotterdam warehouse) firmed from 3,850-3.880 to 3,850-3,910 pounds per tonne. It reflected improved demand on recent indications of lower world production nwui falling stock levels. AFP
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      • 31 19 QUIET. Trading activity was at a very low ebb on a lack of fresh supportive factors, with London Metal Exchange (LME) stocks unchanged on the week at 25,216.000 oz. AFP
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      • 30 19 NARROW range. Vaiues were confined to a very narrow range by currency uncertainties, and by the 4,275-tonne rise m LME stocks to 165,925 tonnes the highest since February. AFP
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      • 56 19 QUIETLY steady. Values fluctuated m a narrow range, restrained by a 1.075-tonne rise m LME stocks, to 122,925 tonnes, and by news that the striking workforce at Noranda's New Madrid (Montana) smelter had approved a new labour contract. Merchants outside the LME quoted U551. 275-1,295 per tonne against U551.
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    • 719 19 Delivery of FCL import containers Ship (Voyage) Boxes Available Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo LCL Receiving Receiving Sty (Voyage) An Cargo Time Block Ned Oe,.ma (366) 21/10(1700) F7 1530-1630- IS3O-1730 P2/S2 i Going (015RW 20/10 (2100) FSA 1100-1200, 1200- 1300 L2/N2 E Gmde *015 RE)
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    • 220 19 Berth Arr Dep Vessel Berth Arr Dep PIB 20/10 22/10 Seiahteta Jl2 20/10 21/10 P4A 20/10 21/10 Union Jl 20/10 20/10 P2A 20/10 20/10 PSA 20/10 21/10 Ibma PSB 20/10 22/10 P2B 20/10 20/10 Bma Bahagia M2A aside 20/10 Johan M4B aside 20/10 Subang Jaya MIB aside
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    • 213 20  -  Lui Khang By ST INDUSTRIAL INDEX Only minor resistance was encountered last week near the 835 level. Having broken 900 and closing at 9T2.2 on Friday, the index Ls sitting on what used to be its resistance line, (A-B). That is now the new support line and
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    • 67 20 XL KEPONG Experiencing a reverse "head-and-shoulder" (H&S) formation, this stock is already fairly advanced m its move. Breaking out at the neckline which was $1.85, XL Kepong's reverse H S objective is $2.60. Closing at $2.13 on Friday, it is not too late to take a
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    • 260 20  -  TRUDY LIM There are many kinds and they vary m quality and price By SMALL investors who want to invest m something that can be easily traded may find gold coins particularly suitable. The coins are available m small denominations and their price
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    • 102 20 Canadian Gold Maple Leaf: 24 carat gold. Weight: 1/10, 1/4, 1/2, 1 ounce. Fineness: 9999 Country: Royal Canadian Mint, Canada. Thickness: 1/10oz: 1.22 mm, 1/4oz: 1.70 mm, 1/20z:2.23mm, loz:2.Bmm Diameter: 1/10oz:16mm, 1/4oz:2omm, 1/2oz:2smm, loz:3omm. Singapore Bullion Weight: 1/10, 1/4, 1/2, loz Fineness: 999 Country: Board of
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    • 384 20 gold coins, which are also of 9999 fineness, m half and one-ounce denominations. The sovereigns, called QE n coins, and the Cesar coins are both available at N.M. Rothschild and Sons. UOB and the Bank of China both said that the one-ounce gold coins were the most saleable.
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    • 706 20 TOKYO SECURITIES firms m Japan, Australia, Hongkong and Singapore see no sudden impact from Britain's deregulation of gilt and sharemarkets next Monday the "Big Bang". But brokers polled m the major markets of the Far East agree that if the London
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    • 340 20 Talks on new rubber price pact collapse GENEVA ELEVEN days of talks on a new international rubber price pact have collapsed with producers and consumers unable to agree on two key issues. The chairman of negotiations for a new International Rubber Agreement (lnra), Mr Manaspas Xuto of Thailand, said the
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    • 217 20  - Multipurpose Bersatu 'to reap M$98m' ANTHONY HOE B> THE properly company m whi<t' Muiti-Purpose Hold ings Bhd is selling its entire 51 per cent stake to 38 per c»*nt-field associated company Magnum Corpo ration Bhd is expected to make a pre-tax profit o> MsSfc million on the firsi phar* of
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    • 30 20 THE Maiaysian Foreign lr. vestment Committee has ap proved Palmco Holdings Bhd s purchase of 26.08 mii i lion snares m Berjaya Cor poration (Malaysia) Bhd
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        297 22 LONDON Tottenham last won the English First Division championship m 1961, wien the\ also won the Football Association Cup. Since thei. Spurs supporters have waited patiently for a genuine revival. Severai tropiies have been won the Uefa Cup m .984 was the last but none with the flotrish
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      • 104 22 Chariton 2 (Stuart SJrd, -Sttii) Leicester I. Chelsea 2 (Hazard 77th, Bamstead 79th) Man City 1 (Varadl 7th). Liverpool 4 (Rash 3tth, 88th, Dalglish 34th, Molby sJrd pea.) Orionl I. Man ltd 1 (Stapleton nh) La ton I. Newcastle 1 (Stewart 64th) Arsenal 2 (Anderson ttth, William*
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      • 14 22 11 Clive Allen (Tottenham). II Clarke (Southampton), Webb (Forest). 9 Rash (Liverpool).
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      • 227 22 ing and physiques. Nothing would have delighted Pleat more than to see his team of gifted players, attempting an almost bygone style of silky, flowing play, outwit the direct Wednesday methods. To help create a skilled but durable team, Pleat has signed
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        220 22 ELI AS Oknnor Teye, chairman of the Ghana Football Association, and two other officials have been arrested following investigations leading to the disqualification of the national Under-20 team, the Black Satellites, from the World Youth tournament. Ghana were disqualified for using over-age players m the second-round match against
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      • 1350 22 DIVISION ONE Charlton 2 Leicester 0, Chelsea 2 Manchester City 1, Liverpool 4 Oxford 0, Manchester United 1 Luton 0, Newcastle 1 Arsenal 2, Norwich 1 West Ham 1, Nottingham Forest 1 Queen's Park Rangers 0, Southampton 0 Everton 2, Tottenham 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1, Watford 4
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      • 376 22 Leaders Bayern held by lowly Blau-Weiss GERMAN LEAGUE BONN League leaders Bayern Munich had to muster all their skills to stave off their first defeat of the season when bottom-of-the-table Blau-Weiss Berlin held them to a 1-1 draw on Saturday But challengers Hamburg SV failed to narrow Bayern's two-point lead
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      • 212 22 SPANISH LEAGUE MADRID Real Madrid returned to winning ways on Saturday with a 3-0 win at home to Real Mallorca even though their minds were clearly on Wednesday's European Cup clash with Juventus. Real grabbed all their goals m the second half after a brilliant display
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      321 23 Treble gives him jump on Sestich By OUR RACING TEAM PENANG K.C. Ng put himself m the driver's seat for the jockeys' championship when he slammed home a treble, including the $30,000 Committee Cup astride Tequila Sunrise, here yesterday. Ng, who drew level with suspended Mark Sestich
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    • 63 23 THE all-outsider finish m Race 2 at Penang yesterday left tierce punters at Bukit Timah cold. No-one picked Castle Command n, Flying Horse and No Compromise II to fill the first three places so the pool of $14,962 was carried over to the following race. Discover won
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    • 30 23 FIRST: *****5 SECOND: *****6 THIRD: *****6 STARTERS: *****2, *****9, *****3, *****6, *****7, *****5, *****8, *****8, *****5, *****3. CONSOLATIONS: *****3, *****2, *****5, *****4, *****7, *****6, *****0, *****5, *****4, *****4.
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    • 2300 23 RACE 1 ■>-■-- ->*" E. Chan out three days STIPE'S REPORT: Peel House jumped awkwardly and was slowly away. The gelding was further inconvenienced by Mossillion. who rolled m. Peel House is required to pass one starting stall test. In the Final 300 m, Checktoh
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    • 305 23 NEWMARKET (England) TOP Hongkong jockey Tony Da Cruz signed a 1987 retainer with French trainer Patrick Biancone on Friday night then sealed the agreement with a memorable win astride Triptych m the Champion Stakes on Saturday. Triptych, so often the bridesmaid, finally became the
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    • 103 23 Stolen Cup anguish DUBLIN The Cheltenham Gold Cup, glittering prize of the British steeplechase season, has been stolen. Police said the 25 cm solid gold trophy, worth US$9,OOO (about S$19,000), disappeared from the Drumakill, County Waterford, home of Mrs Charmaine Hill, owner of the ill-fated Dawn Run who won the
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 368 23 181 Deaths 181 Deaths CHOW WENG KEE AGE: 80 passed away peacefully on 17 Oct. 1986 leaving behind beloved: Son*: Daughteis-in-lew Tien Sun Wong Yoke Lan Tien Chong Molly Nan Daughter*: Sons-in-law Helen Moh Heng Charles Moller Vlvlenne Linda Moh Hoong Victor Wee Diana Moh Ying Grandson*: Great grandson: Chee
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    • 37 23 The family of the late Mr. Wong Ah Cheng who departed on 15th October 1986 wi»h to thank all their relatives ti tends and colleagues tor their condolence* wreaths and attendance during (heir recent bereavement
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      71 23 In Loving Memory of our Betovec MR NARAYANASAMY PASUPATHY Departed 20 10 8t They who think that you are gone. Because no more your face they see, Are wrong for m our hearts you live; And always will, m memory. Always remembered by wit* torn daughters-in-law. daughter*
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      173 23 In Loving Memory of MR NARAYANASAMY PASUPATHY Departed 20Hi Oct IMS God took him home, it m His will, But m our hearts we love him still, His memory Is as dear today As m the hour he passed awa.) We often sit and think of him'
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    • 122 23 TAN JOO BEE passed away peacefully on 17 Oct. 86 leaving behind his beloved wife, 3 sons, 3 daughters, 1 daugh-ter-in-law and 4 grandchildren to mourn his loss. Body lying at Singapore Casket Co., Parlour 402. Night service will be held on 20 Oct. 86 at Bp.m. Cortege will leave
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    • 107 23 BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD AWONANOT SHE HAD POWER. SHE NEEDED LOVE. SHE WANTED REVENGE. In 1905 a young kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hall. Emma Harte is sixteen, single and pregnant. By 1968 she is one of the richest women m the world, ruler of a business empire stretching from Yorkshire to
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 461 24 SEOUL AND BEYOND LAUSANNE THE Olympic authorities will approve a new code of rules next year aimed at curbing promotional spending by Games candidates, it was announced on Friday. The 13 cities who applied for the 1992 Summer and Winter Games awarded to Barcelona
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    • 201 24 IOC boss in talks with N. Korea LAUSANNE Olympic chief Juan Antonio Samaranch had 31 minutes of private talks with North Korean delegates m his hotel room on Saturday as part of a drive to solve problems looming over the 1988 Seoul Games. A spokesman for the North Korean delegation
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    • 393 24  -  JOE DORAI Republic to face Selangor m charity match By SINGAPORE'S national soccer squad for next season's assignments, which will include the South-east Asian Games, will have their first match on Nov 29 at the Merdeka Stadium m Kuala Lumpur This will be
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    • 227 24  -  ALBERT JOHNSON THE Asian Football Confederation will make a bid to host the World Cup Championships m Asia m 1998 or 2002. Peter Velappan, the AFC general secretary, made the comment m an editorial published m the latest AFC News. Velappan said the AFC
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    • ON THE BOWLING SCENE
      • 143 24 COPENHAGEN Singapore's Rahmat Ahmad crashed out of the 22nd Bowling World Cup when he finished 13th to miss the semi-final cut by five rungs. Lying m seventh position after the first eightgame quarter-final block, Rahmat managed only a 189 average m the second round
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      • 153 24  -  LEE WAI WLJN j IT WAS a most unorthodox style bowling with one finger m the thumb-hole. Yet, William Chew was a smashing success at Striker's Bowl yesterday when he won the third weekly final of the 9-Pin Tap tournament. The 34-year-old businessman, who won
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    • 319 24 Teufel's error proves costly for Mets NEW YORK The Boston Red Sox scored on a ground ball through the legs of second baseman Tim Teufel to beat the New York Mets 1-0 on Saturday m the opening game of the best-of-seven World Series The Mets, who hit a meagre .189
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    • 468 25 Runaway victory for Norman ON FOREIGN AND LOCAL FAIRWAYS SYDNEY Australia's Greg Norman ran away with the US$BO,OOO ($173,600) New South Wales Open golf championship here yesterday for his fifth tournament victory' m a row. He was so far m front that he had trouble maintaining his concentration, shooting a
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    • 430 25  -  LIM KEE CHAN J.K. SEN won the Singapore Island Country Club Strokeplay championship when he posted a finalround 79 at the Bukit Course yesterday. Sen, who shot a 79 m the opening round at the New Course, followed up with a
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    • ON THE CRICKET SCENE
      • 255 25  - Johor win by one wicket MAHMOOD GAZNAVI JOHOR Cultural and Sports Gub, taking advantage of sloppy fielding by the opposition, scored a narrow one-wicket win over Singapore Chinese Recreation Club m a Division One match at Balestier Road yesterday SCRC started their innings disastrously when J. Naresh and Lim Seong
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      • 112 25 BUNDABERG England paceman Graham Dilley received a rude welcome to the Australian tour when he was no-balled 16 times m 11 overs m the clash with Queensland Country yesterday. Dilley found it hard to settle into a rhythm and must be causing some concern m the
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      • 222 25 BOMBAY The Third and final Test between Australia and India ended m a draw on the final day here yesterday, with the tourists 216 for two m their second innings. Dean Jones was unbeaten on 73 and captain Allan Border not out 66 after the
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      • 174 25 AALBORG (Denmark) Morten Frost oozed confidence as he moved into the men's final of the Danish Open badminton championships on Saturday by beating Hongkong-born Australian Sze Yu 15-6, 15-9. The England-based Dane, attempting to lift the title for the seventh year running, meets compatriot Michael
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      • 176 25 FREMANTLE Kookaburra m yesterday continued the early dominance of Perth millionaire Kevin Parry's Taskforce '87 syndicate m America's Cup defender selection series. The gold yacht led Alan Bond's newest boat, Australia IV, by almost a minute at the second mark m light nine-knot shifting winds
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    • 321 25 VOLLEYBALL Singapore lost both the men's and women's opening matches m the Third Asian Junior Championships m Bangkok on Saturday. The Singapore men then lost their second match 15-1. 15-0, 15-5 to defending champions South Korea. &n»iu Mro's Ur*op A: North Korea bt Thailand B 15-3. 15-3.
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    • 481 25 But England go down bravely WILLESDEN (England) Australia won hockey's World Cup for the first time when they beat England 2-1 m a tense and exciting final before 11,000 spectators here yesterday. But the favourites, whose high-scoring victories m the preliminary matches included a 6-0 trouncing of
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    • 325 25 Brilliant Becker overcomes top seed Lendl SYDNEY Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, of West Germany, dropped the first set but came back to overpower Ivan Lendl, of Czechoslovakia, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, 64 m the final of the Australian indoor tennis championships yesterday. The 18-year-old West German blunted the top seed
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    • 420 25 LEE WAI WUN...on the Carlsberg Singapore Women's Open Tennis Championships 4 1 m aiming to break into the top 50 m one to two years, but it will be real hard work. Michelle (left) SHE's sweet 17 with a smile to melt any heart. But on
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    • 90 25 SIA athletes to run in world meet NINE athletes from Singapore Airlines leave for Atlanta, Georgia, today to take i pan m the Fifth World Airi line road race from Wednesi day to Sunday they will take part m the i men's and women's skm and j 10km events, to
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    • 37 25 LONDON Coventry moved into the top eight of the En I glish First Division table with a single goal home win over Wimbledon yesterday with a Dave Bennett goal m the 58th i minute. AFP
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    • 171 25 Hockey lesson for NUS in junior final KHALSA. unbeaten m the Division One League, added another feather to their cap by clinching the junior knockout hockey title with a 2-1 win over National University of Singapore m yesterday's final at Tanglin. The undergrads took the lead m the second minute
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 39 25 BASKETBALL Interconstltnency toarnament (Gay World, Toa Payoh, 7.30pm). SOCCER Jnrong League Div 3: Spore Refining Co v Thomas de la Rue (Clementi, 5.15pm). SQUASH Avis travel industry c'shlps: Team event (ECRC, 6.30pm). TENNIS Carlsberg Singapore Women's Open: (Kallang, 3pm).
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  • 537 26  -  JUDY TAN Owners of centre of three shophouse blocks want to go it alone By THE Boat Quay project may becone three separate developments instead of a single large project as originally planned. This is because the owners of the centre of three
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  • 271 26  -  Peter Hazelhurst By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Rewards for higher rates of productivity should no longer mean higher wages In Japan, bat should be distributed to workers m the form of shorter hoars and job security. This advice comes from (he Japan Productivity Centre,
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  • 477 26 CEBU Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, declaring he spoke for the entire armed forces, said yesterday a demand for his resignation by President Corazon Aquino would dissolve what he called her coalition government. A day after hinting he would
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  • 169 26 It's just not cricket, says paper of Aussies NEW DELHI The visiting Australian cricket team is a "brat pack", notorious for violent, uncouth behaviour, batthrowing and obscene gestures, an Indian newspaper reported yesterday. The Sunday Mail of New Delhi, m a frontpage article, said: "The violent and uncouth behaviour of
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  • 450 26  - Nostalgia for reservists in three -tier visit MICHAEL LIM Report: NOSTALGIA ruled when three generations of Singaporeans were invited to visit the SAF's training grounds m Jurong and Sungei Gedong together for the very first time yesterday. The occasion was the Singapore Armed Forces Reservists' Association's first Family Day for
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  • 289 26  -  Yang Razali Kassim By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Asean is to stress to the European Community (EC) the importance of maintaining economic, diplomatic and political pressures on Vietnam until Hanoi withdraws its troops from Cambodia and works out a
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  • 102 26 WASHINGTON The US House of Representatives has approved legislation to impose a tariff on all imports, except those from some developing countries and the Caribbean, as a way to help control the growth of deficits. The measure imposes an import fee of 0.22 per
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 145 26 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Showers over several areas m the morning. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm SUNSET today: 6.52 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.47 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 915 C Cloudy Melbourne 9/16 C Cloudy Bangkok 25 33 C Sunny Moscow 1/12 C Clear
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  • The Straits Times Section Two
    • 12 1 THE STRAITS TIMES, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1986 The Straits Times Section Two
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    • 1449 1 If plays are reflections of a society, then we will see more of ourselves m this year's Drama Festival to be staged from this Thursday to Nov 30. There will be 11 Singaporean plays m the festival proper. CAROLINE NGUI reports. On Page
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      • 81 1 Wfe're now open afclOl Beach Rd. Our Far Eastern Bank Branch at Golden Mile Tower has moved to 101 Beach Road, #01-01 Kimetal Building, Singapore 0718 (Tel: 339 8191/2). With a total of 63 branches, we are Singapore's bigg banking group. At our new premises we will provide a comprehensive
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    • Science Watch
      • 723 2 PILOTS are being joined on the flight deck by more and more computers, and they do not like it. They worry that to control an aeroplane by electronic rather than mechanical devices removes the "feel" on which they rely for their quick and instinctive responses. Are they Luddites
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      • Science Briefs
        • 327 2 THE doctors scribbling on the 68-year-old woman's prescription called for what the pharmacist thought was diabinese, a drug for diabetes. He filled the prescription accordingly. Instead of the anti-heartburn drug the doctor had prescribed, the woman hospitalised for a broken leg received doses of
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        • 112 2 ABOUT 180 times each year m central Japan, a wild bird sticks its beak into the opening between a power-line transformer terminal and a power cable. The bird is electrocuted and the surrounding area is blacked out by the resulting power failure.
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        • 177 2 KOLIDAYMAKERS struggling through the wind and rain will have wished for a cheap, allweather jacket which keeps them dry but lets sweat escape. Expensive "breathable" fabrics have been available for some years, but soon a new ma terial known as Gore-tex will bring these luxury
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      • 826 4 GOH BEN 6 CHOO tells us what's on the Chinese programme of the Drama Festival '86, which, for the first time, will feature a foreign professional company. Drama Festival '86 THEATRE-goers can expect an exciting time from the Chinese programme of Drama Festival
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      • 233 4  -  TAN BAN HUAT 41 hope this piece of art will breathe some artistic life into the campus of the scienceoriented poly- ft technic. Chua Mia Tee (right) MURAL, mural on the wall, this is probably the biggest of them all! Well, at least m Singapore. Measuring
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      • 289 4 THIS programme is compiled by Redlffo- X vision and broadcast dai- ly m Teochew, Hokkien Let S L 631*11 and Cantonese. Tbe Mandarin broadcast times over manoarifl SBC's Radio Four are 9 pm m Teochew and 11.45 pm m Hokkien on Mondays, 9 pm In Cantonese and 9.45 pm m
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      • 366 4  -  TAN BAN HUAT By NEEDLES come m handy when you need a facelift, provided they are handled by qualified acupuncturists. Acupuncture specialist Ong Ping Sian imparts this skill to fellow physicians by conducting courses at the Singapore Acupuncture Association m Geylang. A science graduate of the former
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    • Bilingual Dwibahasa
      • 714 5  -  ANUAR OTHMAN By WITHOUT it, a local Muslim wedding would not be regarded as grand. Perhaps it is because of its spicy ingredients mixed with meat, raisins and almonds which make it special. Its tantaLising aroma will tease your taste bud. But whatever the
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      • 635 7 50 Office Equipment/ Supplies SPECIAL OFFER Brand new safes $188. office copier $1399. 2nd hand tables and chairs at very low price. Also new office furniture 81k. 1003. -01-61. Aljunied Ave.s. Tel: *****44/ *****23. RICOH COPIER IN good condition. Selling at $600 neg. Tel: *****36. 51 Printing/ Copying Services A
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      • 1285 10 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous MERIDIEN Le Meridien Singapour invites applications for the position of ASSISTANT MANAGER (FRONT OFFICE) aged 25 years and above 3— 5 years" relevant experience m similar capacity pleasant disposition Please address your resume together with supporting documents and
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      • 2872 10 74 Situations Vacant: 81 Vehicles For Hire 83 Vehicle Financing/ 87 For Sale: Mercedes Miscellaneous Insurance 9/79 MERCEDES 250. Fully auto TIEN MAHLITHO Printline.. Fte BTW CAR RENTALS GWEE MOTOR CREDIT finance VZSfZSr&mFmSm Ltd. req I Binding Machine Op- offers for new and used cars. No 62 central locking Tax
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      • 412 11 99 Vehicles Wanted Excellent prices for your car commercial vehicle Comprehensive services for loans, car insurance ro.-. Cars of all makes cc Commercial vehicles (vans, pickups) and company registered cars Scrap cars or trade-in Don t Hesitate We Provide The Best Deal Around! COLT CREDIT PTE LTD and FIVE SPEED
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      • 848 11 111 Accommodation Wanted: Rooms ROOM WANTED PRFFEHAB, I disi 9 or Kalong area Kindly call *****84 112 Short-Term Accommodation: Local/ Foreign -fyHOTEL ASIA P*f 37 Scotts Rd (*****) Special Short Long Term ROOM RATE Short lerm (15 to 29 Days! SS4O 00 Netl Per Day Lwi£ lerm (30 days above).
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      • 1027 11 113 For Sale Houses Cl 3 BRADDELL HGT \Kinity brand new detached bu 6.200 sq H4-1 servants $850,000 o no 732-9432 (agt i Lilian D.13 DAISY AYE./ Braddeil Hd U stony Terr 1900 1800 built-in 4 bdrm" $370,000 ono Freehold Challenger *****K Dl 5 BRAND NEW storey bunglw 6000 3200
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      • 2810 12 113 For Sale Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses LONGER LOANS. Vr L (pB&?** a LOWER RATES, L ONGER HOUSING LOANS UP TO 30 YEARS LONGER CAR LOANS UP TO 6 YEARS Wfe ye S-t-r-e-t-C-h-e-d Our Ito 10 years
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      • 913 12 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments ALPHA INV. 469-4900/468-9988 5 ROOMS $'000 A.M.Kio 132,431.439.459.622, 648 115-139 Bedok N. 90,91,98,120.415,505 115-140 Bedok S. 66,67 115-118 Bedok Res. 605.711.715 130-149 Clementi 336,337,414.604 130-139 Chai Chee 33.34,51.52.53 114-135 Depot Rd. 113.114 128-129 Eunos C'res. 13,15 122-135 Holland 20.21 from 123 M.Parade 3.44,77.79 125-165 Spottiswoode
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      • 986 12 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 5-RM. BLK. $'000 Clementi 336,337.357,717 125-136 Holland 21.23 125-127 A.M.Kio 459.171.545.458 128-133 Ghim Moh 7 125 Bedok 711.505 133/140 4RM. BLK. A.M.Kio 534.432,561,606 75-78 Clementi 707.708 90 3RM. BLK. Clementi 320.311.706 54-56 Telok Blangah 43.47 49 TRIPLE ACE *****13/5 5-RM. T.Payoh 217 $120 K. 5-RM.
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      • 737 12 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments BEDOK S./ EUNOS C rt-s 81k. 66/ 15. Ceramic, terrazzo $118.00/ $116,000 *****35/ 7 BEDOK 4/5-RM. 4 rm. 422. 507. 119. 79. 81, 62. 622 5 rm 505. 605 612, 613. 710, 711. 714, 715. *****69 BEDOK 4-RM. 8LK.79, 81. 119. 129. 422. 623. 624.
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      • 622 12 118 Factory Spaces DFTACMED/ TERRACE/ FACTORY CUM WAREHOUSE FOR RENT (Macpfterton Pay* Letoar) (4 unit!) 1 Land area 10.000 sq f t Built-in 7,400 sq.ft 2) Land area 7,800 sq.ft Built-in: 5.500 sq ft 3) Land area 32.000 sq ft Built-in 21.000 sq ft 4 Land area: 23.000 sq.ft Built-in
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      • 1297 15 1 LCCI PRIVATE SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE I 1987 EXAMINATIONS Specially designed REVISION CLASSES incorporating AUDIO TYPEWRITING usina transcriber and electronic typewriter. II 3 m EXAMINATIONS ON A RRST-COMt FIRST-SERVED BASIS! II /ffIKJ SYSTEMATIC SECRETARIAL TRAINING CENTRf lii\ c O7-05 Orchard Shopping Centre TEL *****85 *****3 0/*****41 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses FREE
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      • 2209 16 APPOINTMENTS/ NOTICES^ -^^iii^T^ JIUIHIIU STANTS RSSOBBI HH \SSE£S^ m*X SSSS Times: SCS.OO psc. cm. Co'neSlb.OO Tenders are .nvted for the fdlowmg IYle\ Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMKAL) I cx t 5724-/5/6/8 5669 Sunday Times: 5525. 62 psc. cm. Posted: Sslo. oo 9 958 pieces squash racket frames Viewing date: 24/1
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      • 752 16 IN THE HIGH COURT OK THK REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Compante& Hindi nc lp No. 445 of 198 C In the Matter of the («mpanie» Act, (Chapter 185) And In the Matter of HSIN TUNG ENGINEERING PRIVATE LIMITED ADVERTISEMENT OF PETTnON Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the Winding
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      • 727 17 APPOINTMENTS GOVERNMENT OF NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants to fill the following vocoocies m the ROYAL BRUNEI ARMED FORCES DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, Negara Brunei Darussalam. 1. EDUCATION Of FICER CODE NUMBER: 059 13-1 11) SALARY SCALE: B 2 EB 3 $2,270 $4,240 per month.
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      • 1149 17 GOVERNMENT OF NEGARA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Applications are invited from sui- ficer of Hea|th of the District tably qualified applicants to fill the b) Responsible for organising Nafollowing vacancies m the Go- tiona Hea tn Week and Qtner vernment Services, Negara Brunei campaigns related to Health Darussalam. Education and world Health.
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    • 1298 19 The Drama Festival lunchtime theatre, to be held at the Shell Theatrette from today to Nov 29 (12.30 to 1.15 pm), will feature the winning plays of the recent Short Play Competition. CAROLINE NGUI talks to the authors on their plays. Playwrights and their plays
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    • 756 19 The programme English Section M Afraid to live (also known as Not Afraid To Remember) Theatre Works Drama Centre Thursday to Sunday, 8 pm Saturday, 2.31 pm THIS is the first local production by Theatre Works, specially written by Kirn Ramakrishnan, It is
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      • 531 19 What's On TALK and $2 for children under 12. podium block, Shell Tower. TROPICAL SINGAPORE by Sheila Whyte. Presented by Meridien, Changi. Bam 7 pm. A shuttle service is avail- 12.30 1.15 pm. Free, on a ARTIFICIAL FLOWER EXHI- Art Action. Pavilion Inter-Con-UK able from most major hotels first-come-first-served basis.
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      • 1643 20 ■h MY VIEW By Kinnan Chandran wmmwmwmwmmmmmm^mwmmmmmwm^m^mwmmmmwmmmmmmm^mmmmmmmm Dying cinema, US deficit and woman power Hollywood Close* I p (Ch 5, Jtk fettLV Iw^sl ma audierces dwindled. I.lame it Bf 11 jj*TjJ m i^P^l In the T nited States, the high f^^*- Hj M I pSJjj K^ price of a.i admission
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