The Straits Times, 9 December 1986

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1986 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 188/12/85
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  • 641 1  -  MICHAEL LIM Attack launched on four fronts, including ban on cigarette sales and ads in camps By THE Singapore Armed Forces has declared war on smoking. Declaring that the harmful effects of the habit would weaken the armed forces and jeopardise the defence of Singapore,
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  • 520 1  - Runner who died had taken part in eight marathons GILLIAN POW CHONG By A SINGAPORE marathon participant who collapsed and died of a heart attack on Sunday had previously taken part in eight marathons. A post-mortem yesterday revealed that Mr Tan Bok Lira, 52, had a previous history of at
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  • 243 1  -  LIAK TENG KIAT By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON US Secretary of State George Shultz denied yesterday that he personally solicited Brunei to help the Contra rebel movement in Nicaragua, but admitted authorising a deputy to seek third country funding for it.
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  • 81 1 US envoy recalled for probe Reuter reports: Mr Shultz also told the hearing that the American Ambassador to Lebanon had been involved in the sale of US arms to Iran and he had ordered him back to Washington to explain to investigators. "I am, to put it mildly, shocked to
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  • 144 1 MANAGUA Nicaragua has accused the United States of sending warplanes to bomb several of its border towns. The accusation was made by Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel D'Escoto on Sunday as the Honduran government said its warplanes strafed Nicaraguan troops along the border to
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  • 557 1 Chirac scraps controversial education reform Bill PARIS French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac has announced the withdrawal of a controversial higher education Bill which sparked the nation's worst student turmoil since 1968. Speaking on television after an emergency meeting of most of his rightist Cabinet, Mr Chirac said yesterday that university
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    • 51 1 JERI'SALEM Israeli troops killed a 12-year-old Palestinian and wounded at least six ethers daring the worst wave of anti-Israel unrest in the West Bask la recent years. The child »a* shot la the head when tr*ops fired on .stone-throwing protesters at Balata refugee camp, near Sablus.
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    • 17 1 Fewer smoke in Health Ministry: Page 15 European firms slow to ban smoking in offices: Page 21
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    • 9 1 Ex-US envoy urges Israel to help Contras: Page 6
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    • 24 1 Inside Summary World News 3-7 Asean 8,9 Causeway 10,11 Around Your Place 18 Comment/ Perspective 20,21 Letters 22 TimesDollar 23-26 Racing 27 Sports 28-31
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 320 2 Esso-union wage pact ANOTHER employer and union, Esso and the United Workers of Petroleum Industry, have reached agreement on wage restraint by first paying workers smaller annual increments and then recovering the costs from the year-end bonus or annual wage supplement. Page 12 Youth for charity A GROUP of
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    • 307 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE Government has brought good cheer to the leisure industry with its decision to give tax breaks to deserving new cultural and entertainment projects. This is to be welcomed, (or while there is new-found enthusiasm in the Ministry of Community Development and in the STPB,
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    • 159 2 AUDITORS MAY BE REQUIRED TO REPORT FRAUD SINGAPORE may become the first country in the world to require auditors to report any suspected fraud in a public company to the authorities. The issue is still being debated in countries like the US and Britain. This radical and sweeping proposal
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    • 130 2 Around Asean ...and Across the Causeway Truce in jeopardy WITH THE 60-day ceasefire about to take effect tomorrow at noon, the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) has threatened to withdraw from the truce in a dispute over whether the military has the right to patrol rebel-controlled areas and* disarm the
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    • 279 2 Crackdown on fraud THE BRITISH government is considering using unprecedented powers to clarnp down on fraud and malpractice in financial dealings. Corporate Affairs Minister Michael Howard said that old cases involving alleged misconduct, such as insider trading, could come under scrutiny. About 40 deals could be reopened
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    • 77 2 CASE ON AVOIDING PITFALLS CASE says in reply to a reader who had complained about a photo centre increasing its prices overnight, that consumers should be aware of all terms and specifications before a transaction is made so as to avoid such pitfalls It adds that if the consumer
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    • 276 2 Six-goal thriller MANCHESTER United striker Peter Davenport delivered the final dramatic touch in a six-goal Old Trafford thriller against Tottenham on Sunday that had TV's millions on the edge of their armchairs. Davenport converted an 88th-minute penalty, awarded when substitute Danny Thomas brought down Bryan Robson. It was an
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    • 378 2 Friends by post THE POSTMAN enables shy but articulate teens to make friends, and letters enable shy teenagers to express their feelings to a sympathetic soul. Many pen-pals have met and stayed friends, but for others, distance lends enchantment to a relationship, explain 120 teens who wrote on
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    • 331 2 Product Advertiser Sectkm/Paje ktfnei Olympic Airways Thai Airways I —29 Ad Exhtorbon Shell Eastern Petroleum B»* Standard Chartered Bank Battery ABC Batteries I 4 Camera Canon MHE Consumer (RolieO Car Stftjo (Blaupunkt) /Robert Bosch I Carpet Oriental Carpet Palace Cars Mercedes/Cycle Carriage I —26 Camva! Fengshan Community Centre
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    • 28 2 Xue Hua Yu It's high time to learn Mandarin and speak it with confidence. Take the easy way in classification 151 J Classifieds: Pg 7, Section Two r^Ty
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  • around the WORLD
    • 338 3 Well, it's peanuts when it comes to the crunch KOITKKDVM Anyone runehing salted peanuts .it eoektail hour this week might want to spare a thought for the peanut traders of Rotterdam. The extensive, Rotterdam- based jx-anuts trade haos been aught b\ a sudden glut after earlier hints of a Nhortage.
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    • 611 3 SYDNEY THE British Establishment is still riddled with spies, author and retired MIS counterespionage agent Peter Wright told the Supreme Court yesterday. He also said operations by Asio, Australia's intelligence service, were probably still being influenced by former MIS chief Sir Roger Hollis' involvement
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    • 299 3 TAIPEI A PROMINENT member of the new Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday his party's strong showing in legislative elections could persuade rioters to direct their energy towards peaceful change. In the first oppositioncontested elections in Taiwan, 23 of 44 candidates fielded
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    • 102 3 Bring in more cash, says Beijing BEIJING An official newspaper yesterday called for urgent moves to increase remittances from overseas Chinese, including prizes for people obtaining extra money from relatives. The Shanghai Political Co-operation paper said remittances, a major source of foreign exchange, had fallen last year to about a
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    • 285 3 Indian police kill 9 rioters as Muslims go on rampage NEW DELHI Police shot dead nine rioters and injured nearly 30 in the southern Indian city of Bangalore where Muslims went on the rampage angered by a newspaper article they believed insulted Islam, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
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    • 244 3 BEIJING Some Chinese wives have reversed the traditional marriage role, keeping their husbands on a tight financial and social rein and even making some of them do the cooking and cleaning, says the Beijing Review. In these henpecked families, the wife holds the purse-strings and
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    • 80 3 Beijing scientists in Vietnam HANOI Chinese scien tists are taking part in an international conference in Vietnam for the first time since the Sino-Vietnamese border conflict of 1979, reliable sources said here yesterday. The Chinese delegation has been taking part in a conference on the geology of Indochina which opened
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    • 252 4 CANBERRA Australia yesterday ratified a treaty declaring the South Pacific a nuclear-free zone only hours after France flouted its provisions by exploding its seventh nuclear device in the region this year. Australia became the eighth country to ratify the treaty and its signature would bring
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    • 318 4 Britain may use big stick against insider traders LONDON THE British government is considering using unprecedented powers to clamp down on fraud and malpractice in financial dealings. Corporate Affairs Minister Michael Howard told a television interviewer on Sunday that old cases involving alleged misconduct, such as insider trading, could come
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    • 72 4 LITTLE Anna from Hamburg is happy to sit next to her cuddly friend Chester. It probably doesn't matter to her, but Chester, a hand-made Steiff teddy bear, is the most expensive teddy bear Ui the world. The plush animal, which wa> mad* in 1904. was auctioned at
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    • 264 4 New gallery to house all of Turner's works LONDON London's new art gallery to be opened next spring, will fulfil the wish of Britain's great artist. J.M.W. Turner. It's 136 years late, but the new building beside the famous Tate Gallery will do what Turner asked bring together all the
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    • 311 4 CANBERRA THE government will not intervene in media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's takeover bid for Australia's largest newspaper group despite a senior minister's objections, government sources said. The Cabinet agreed when it met yesterday that it had no constitutional power to stop the bid
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    • 50 4 WASHINGTON The death rate from cancer has decreased 2.5 per cent for people less than 55 years old in the United States, despite a slight increase in the num her of cancer cases, accord ing to the annual report oi the National Cancer Insti tute AFP
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    • 64 4 BATH (England) St Mary's Junior School near Bath is staging a Christmas production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with one difference. This one will be called Snow White and the T, Dwarfs. Teachers say it's the only way they can
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    • 265 5 Row over film that puts Israel in a bad light TEL AVIV Trade and Commerce Minister Ariel Sharon has sharply ci\\icised an Israeli film which has been entered for an Oscar award in Hollywood's annual Academy Awards. The film, Avanti Popolo, which is about an encounter between warring Israeli and
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    • 524 5 US looks to artificial intelligence to tackle the problem WASHINGTON IT IS often said that companies are only as good as the people who work for them. If that is the case, then American business has much to worry about. The problem, as many employers
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    • 298 5 S. African activists begin drive to free black children JOHANNESBURG AN ALLIANCE of civil rights movements and activists, many of them whites, opened a campaign last week for the release of black children under detention. On Saturday, white women in Durban floated helium-filled balloons over a prison, with the names
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    • 141 5 A holdup story that takes the cake TACOMA (Washington) A suspected bank robber was nabbed by police when he stopped at a deli for a slice of cheesecake. Police seized a paper sack containing U551,359 (552,976 from his pocket, and a bank employee identified the suspect in the deli as
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    • 35 5 WASHINGTON A group opposed to using animals for medical research said on Sunday it had freed four infant chimpanzees from a Maryland laboratory which conducts experiments into Aids (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Reuter
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    • 522 6 The Iran arms caper WASHINGTON A PUBLIC probe into the Iran arms deal was started by Congress yesterday after it came to light the Reagan administration knew Teheran was behind the bombing of a Marine barracks in Lebanon before it agreed to the
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    • 233 6 WASHINGTON Congressmen from both the Republican and Democratic parties welcomed President Ronald Reagan's admission that mistakes had been made in carrying out his Iran policies, but they urged him to give full details promptly. Democratic Senator Ernest Hollings said the President had made "quite a concession"
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    • 249 6 WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan, a former entertainer, paid tribute on Sunday to six American entertainers for their lifetime achievements in the performing arts. Mr Reagan and his wife Nancy, playing hosts to more than 350 VIPs, saluted the six 1986 recipients of the Kennedy Centre Honours. For
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    • 323 6 British firm denies ban was breached LONDON A British engineering company which shipped submarine-lifting gear to Libya has brushed aside complaints from politicians who are worried about a row similar to the one over President Ronald Reagan's arms sales to Iran. Northern Engineering Industries, based in Newcastle, has denied that
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    • 241 6 Ex- US envoy urges Israel to help Contras TEL AVIV Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick has encouraged Israel to help anti-government guerillas in Nicaragua, saying the ruling Sandinistas are enemies of Israel. Israel Radio quoted Mrs Kirkpatrick as telling the audience at a forum at Tel
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    • 169 6 TOKYO Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone yesterday denied a US report that he had delivered a letter from President Ronald Reagan to the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mr Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Mr Nakasone denied a report in Newsweek that he gave a letter from Mr
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    • 340 7 Democrat from Texas tipped to be Speaker WASHINGTON Jim Wright, who won the job of Opposition leader of the House of Representatives by just one vote will likely be the Democrats' unanimous choice as Speaker of the House, succeeding Thomas "Tip" O'Neill. Mr Wright, 63, a smooth-talking former boxer, will
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    • 140 7 Researchers claim computer can 'bring back Bach' URBAN A Illinois) Researchers at the University of Dlincis have built a computer capable of .Teing programmed to compose music in the style of German composer Johann-Se-bastien Bach, who died in 1750. Creators David Sirkin and Larry Rendell claim their machine can be
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    • 311 7 Old aspirin may be the new wonder drug WASHINGTON Aspirin, the common pain-killer, is emerging as a promising drug with many more uses than previously believed. Researchers speaking at George Washington University Medical Centre say aspirin is increasingly used in new clinical trials to see if it can help treat
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    • 138 7 lOWA CITY A traffic aoHdent victim who had fallen into an icy creek and then brought hack to life two days ago has died. Death was apparently caused by the wau*r that filled his lungs. A spokesman for I ni\ersit> Hospital said the death of
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    • 174 7 FORT WORTH (Texas) An explosion in the heart of the downtown area early on Sunday destroyed a row of specialty shops, blew out scores of windows in a four-block area and frightened guests at a hotel. A natural gas leak in- side a cafe probably caused
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 289 8 k Let us all practise leadership by example' MANILA Philippine Defence Minister Rafael Deto appealed yesterday for unity and discipline in the armed forces after months of internal divisions and threats of a coup d'etat against President Corazon Aquino. He told officers and troops
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    • 588 8  -  ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent MANILA With the 60-day ceasefire about to take effect tomorrow, the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) has threatened to withdraw from the truce in a dispute over whether the military has the right to patrol rebel-controlled areas and disarm
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    • 154 8 JAKARTA The National Election Committee has rejected the candidature of a blind journalist as a government parliamentarian on the grounds that he is unable to read or write the Roman script, The Java Post reported yesterday. The journalist, Otje Soedioto, has been an active and recognised
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    • 272 8 Bleak forecast for Thai agriculture BANGKOK Economists here have predicted a zero growth rate for the nation's economic backbone, agriculture, despite forecasts of a 5.4 per cent general economic growth rate next year, the Nation newspaper reported yesterday. The forecasts were made by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) and
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    • 312 8  -  SUE DOWNIE By in Bangkok BANGKOK With surveys tending to show that short people have a tough time making it up the corporate ladder, scientists are testing a drug that helps short children grow taller. Yet, you won't be able to
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    • 236 9 Lower volume of investments in Indonesia JAKARTA FOREIGN investment in Indonesia is expected to rise in number but fall in value due to a tendency among investors to opt for medium to small scale projects rather than big ventures. Finance Minister Radius Prawiro said yesterday. He told a parliamentary commission
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    • 264 9  -  ALBERT RAMALINGAM By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK The leader of one of Thailand's biggest opposition parties has predicted that General Prem Tinsulanonda will quit as prime minister in mid-1988 triggering off a power vacuum that will end in a political crisis. The prediction was
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    • 297 9  -  ALBERT RAMALINGAM BANGKOK Expert groups here have given their approval to a proposal which calls for the construction of a 60 kmlong channel in Bangkok to cope with seasonal flooding in the Thai capital. Dr Kasemsan Suwannarat, director of the Pol-
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    • 116 9 JAKARTA Finance Minister Radius Prawiro has said the rupiah is not yet suitable for use as a common currency by Asean. Indonesia's share of international as well as regional trade was still very small. He was commenting on a recent proposal by Thai
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    • 125 9 BANGKOK Thailand feels it is "too optimistic and premature" to believe Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach's pledge that Hanoi will withdraw its troops from Cambodia by 1990, a Thai Foreign Ministry official said yesterday. In an interview with the West German magazine Der Spiegel, Mr
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    • 489 9 SIMPLY SCAMPI. December sth -31st, 1986 If you've never tried Scampi, real Scampi, why not make it a festive first this Christmas at Movenpick? Just one bite of this deliriously tender meat and you 7/ he hooked. Try it deep fried with vegetable rice. Or poached uith curry, or grilled
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    • 264 10 TV, radio ban on singers with drug links XUALA LANGAT Songs by artiste^ who are drug addicts have been banned over Radio and Television Malaysia Information Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen announced yesterday. The ban applies to local as well as foreign artistes who are known to be drug addicts, he
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    • 111 10 Kl ALA Ll'MPl'R Malaysia's gross national product (GNP) Is expected to experience a drouth of only 1 per cent nt'M year, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk vihb.iruddin Chik said yesterday. He toid Parliament during question time that growth is Influenced by international economic
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    • 222 10 Police promised to deport me accused PENANG A West German charged with drug trafficking told the High Court yesterday that police officers had promised on two occasions that he would be deported if he signed a statement. Wine-dealer Frank Foerster said he was given the assurance before he had made
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    • 301 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Supreme Court has held that whether the present Yang Di-Pertuan Agong was eligible for election as King is a matter for the Conference of Rulers to decide. The court said the "deciding authority" on such an issue under the
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    • 332 10 KUALA KLAWANG (Negri Sembilan) Foreign Minister Datuk Rais Yatim has described as "insincere" some British businessmen who say they are reluctant to invest in Malaysia because of the country's quota system for intake of workers. He said the reason was not acceptable, as other
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    • 335 11 KUALA LUMPUR Water rates in Malaysia are likely to be increased soon because of higher production costs and the proposed privatisation of water supply projects. Works Minister Datuk S. Samy Vellu, in dropping a hint on this yesterday, said the current rates were considered
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    • 134 11 PORT DICKSON The armed forces will take in 20,000 recruits to ease a shortage of personnel and train 4,000 annually from next year. Army Chief Gen Datuk Seri Mohamed Hashim Ali disclosed this yesterday and urged more Chinese and Indians to seek a career
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    • 233 11 KUALA LUMPUR The Agriculture Ministry has sent a crop protection team to the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia's vegetable basin, to monitor the level of pesticides in vegetables grown there. Deputy Agriculture Minister Datuk Alex Lee told newsmen yesterday that the Pesticides Board was testing a new type
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    • 131 11 KUALA LUMPUR Parliament yesterday approved the Company Amendment Bill 1986. The Bill aims at checking the activities of irresponsible company directors and protecting the interests of shareholders, particularly minority shareholders. Under the amendments, it is mandatory for a company director to seek approval
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    • 527 12  - Esso, union compromise on wages IVAN LIM Salaries up but bonus cut in pact By ANOTHER employer and the union have reached agreement on wage restraint by first paying workers smaller annual increments and then recovering the costs from the year-end bonus or annual wage supplement. The latest to use
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    • 129 12 THRKK more teenagers uere yesterda> charged with the murder of Mr Vian Ng hoon Meng, 19, in \ng Mo Kio. The three are kalidas s o dopal Sundram, 19, -ind two souths aged It and 15. the>, and f i\ e others charged last week,
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    • 266 12 Brunei plans to computerise inspection system too BRUNEI is planning to computerise its compulsory vehicle inspection. Its Minister for Communications, Pehin Da to Haji Abdul Aziz, was impressed by the fully-computerised system in Singapore yesterday. "We have compulsory inspection for all vehicles, but ours
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    • 225 12 Query on divestment of govt- owned firms TEN questions for oral answers and five new Bills will be introduced at today's sitting of Parliament. There will also be four questions for written answers and three Bills for a second reading. Among the questions is one on the divestment of Government-owned
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    • Briefly
      • 68 12 A MAN who stole his fathers gold necklace and watch was sentenced to three months' jail yesterday. Paranjothy Krishnasamy, 25, who has two previous convictions for theft, admitted committing the offence at his father's flat in Block 100, Commonwealth Crescent. Paranjothy, who lived with his father, Mr
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      • 73 12 EMERITI'S PROFESSOR David Solomons, the Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor, will speak on "The Accountancy Profession and Public Expectations A Widening Gap", at the Shan-gri-La Hotel on Saturday at 2.30 pm. The talk is only for accountants who graduated from the National University of Singapore or
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      • 68 12 THE PROBLEM of the unmarried mother will be discussed at a forum in the Bukit Merah branch library on Saturday at 3 pm. The panelists include Mrs Barbara Mah, a volunteer with the Singapore Planned Parenthood Association (SPPA); Miss Joanna Tan, an SPPA counsellor; Dr Y. C
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      • 47 12 A MAN was caught using another man's passport by Customs officers at Woodlands Checkpoint, a court heard yesterday. Ong Teng Khoon. 22. a Malaysian, was fined $1,500 after he pleaded guilty to using a restricted passport belonging to Mr Gan Chee Keong on Friday.
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      • 52 12 THE ISBS Master Plan documents, the most recent update available, are now on sale at the second storey of the National Development Building in Maxwell Road. The plan can be purchased in bound sets of 87 sheets at $435 a set or at $5 for each
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      • 57 12 A THIRD man was yesterday charged with murdering a Thai man at Stagmont Ring road in Woodlands shortly before midnight on Nov 6. No plea was taken from Jamnong Tabtimthong, 24, a Thai labourer, who is accused of murdering Mr Tanom Punsala, 42. He is remanded until
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      • 24 12 THE SINGAPORE Bus Service will extend the validity of its 60,000 senior citizen's concession passes until the end of next year.
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    • 873 13  -  CATHERINE C. ONG Brunei bank fraud case Reports by BRUNEI government officials, upset by press reports linking the rift betjveen the Sultan of Brunei and Tan Sri khoo Teck Puat with the takeover of the National Bank of Brunei, maintained the bank's
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    • 300 13 'Khoos will make good donation stuck in Brunei' TH 3 Khoo Foundation said yesterday it will make good the $700,000 it donated to a government project for the disabled and which is now stuck in the National Bank of Brunei. The money part of a $1 miilkn gift from the
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    • 180 13 JCs to have air-con rooms for staff ALL 13 junior colleges in Singapore will have airconditioned rooms for vice-principals, heads of departments and teachers by next year. A spokesman for the Education Ministry said this is to upgrade present college facilities. Air-condi-tioners have already been installed in staff rooms at
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    • 80 13 Japanese give technical advice FOUR Japanese construction experts are in Singapore for three weeks under the Technical Cooperation Programme between Japan and Singapore's Construction Industry Development Board. Dr Isao Sakamoto, Mr Masaaki Wada. Mr Takatsugu Iwai and Mr Masaharu Hirano will be attached to various statutory boards to give advice
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    • 306 13 A YOITH who, at 14, burnt to death a woman, later became a male prostitute in the Orchard Road area and set on fire the posh bedrooms of two clients after entertaining them. Before burning one of the bedrooms, Sa'at bin Ismail, now 23,
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    • 451 14  -  IRENE NG Doing their bit for charity... By A GROUP of students in outlandish clothes, once branded the Centrepoint Kids, are hanging oui in shopping centres again. But this time it's for a good cause. Now part of Youth Challenge, a volunteer social group, they
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    • 140 14 WIVES of 35 diplomats will tarn salesgirls this weekend to help raise $100,060 for the Children's Charities Association. They will be selling Spanish ceramic dolls, South Korean ginseng tea, Russian caviar, Indonesian batik and lots more. The six stalls they will run are among 34
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    • 243 14 'Star Buy" campaign a success, says Chest ALMOST $250,000 was pledged during the month-long "Star Buy" fund-raising campaign organised by the Community Chest of Singapore in October. The chairman of the Chest's marketing committee, Mr Stephen Khong, said yesterday that the campaign had spurred the Chest and it was considering
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    • 334 15 National Smoking Control Programme Only seven out of 100 staff light up at least once a day survey THE number of smokers in the Health Ministry is far below the national average. Only seven out of 100 light up at least once a day, according
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    • 53 15 THE National Trades Union Congress will hold a Disco Night for members on Dec 20 at the World Trade Centre from 8 pm to 1 am. Mr Goh Chee Wee, an NTUC Assistant SecretaryGeneral, will be guest of honour. Members can call the NTUC Culture Secretariat on
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    • 118 15 TWO tour-operators were yesterday charged with offences relating to exposins; a woman's nude photographs. Urn Chye Seng, 31, Is accused of criminal intimidation of a 28-year-old hairdresser by threatening to expose nude and "sexual" photographs of her. He allegedly committed the offence at Far East
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    • 357 15 MEMBERS of the Singapore Action Group of Elders (Sage) hope to organise an Asean arts week involving senior citizens from other South-east Asian countries. They would also like to bring their talent and goodwJl to elderly people abroad. But Sage does not have
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    • 79 15 A MAN was yesterday sentenced to a minimum of 20 years' jail and 15 strokes of the cane for trafficking in nearly 11.3 kg of opium. Narcotics officers acting on a tip-off caught the Indonesian man, known only as Assrani, 31, near Block 5, Jalan Batu,
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    • 292 16 TWO men caught a teenager soon after a woman lost her handbag to a snatch thief along Clur^l Road. off East Coast Road, on Saturday night. Mr Wee Chin Kok, 37. a contractor, and Mr Mohammed Rafi Munaf. 27, a money changer, went
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    • 602 16  -  ANNE KOH Accumulated surpluses a cause for concern watchdog panel By A REVIEW of self-fi-nancing statutory boards to determine their financial position, long-term commitments and the surplus funds they have accumulated has been completed. Details of the study will be announced at next year's Budget
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    • 316 16 Jeya wants MP office returned to him THE law firm of J. B. Jeyaretnam and Company has written to the Housing Board to contest its removal of the office once occupied by the former MP for Anson at Jalan Bukit Merah. In a letter dated Nov 27, the firm said
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    • 36 16 THE Singapore Leprosy Relief Association Silra Home will hold a Christmas party on Saturday at its premises in Lorong Buang Kok. Mr Ng Kah Ting. MP for Punggol, will be the guest of honour.
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    • 339 16  - Callgirls pass out cards at Orchard Road SUMIKO TAN By CALLGIRLS have been approaching people at Orchard Road's Peranakan Place and blatantly distributing cards advertising their services to potential clients, mostly tourists. No one has been caught yet, but the place's management and police have begun monitoring the situation. "We
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    • 35 16 THE Singapore Shell Employees Union will hold its second anniversary dinner and dance on Friday at 7.30 pm. NTUC president Oscar Oliverio will be the gues'-of-honour at the function e:t Hotel New Otani.
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    • 206 16 A CABARET girl who accompanied a friend to a funeral wake ended up fighting off another man's unwelcome advances, a court heard yesterday. The 33-year-old woman went with a friend, called Ah Heng, to his friend's mother's wake at Lorong Paya Lebar at about 2.15 am
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    • 258 17  - Artists 'should form body to market works' RICHARD LIM By SINGAPORE artists should form a professional body of their own to maintain and improve standards and to study how best to market their works. This call was made by Mr Ch'ng Jit Koon, Minister of State for Community Development, yesterday
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    • 316 17 Move may help co-ordination at grassroots level A MAJOR Malay grassroots body is thinking of setting up a new executive committee to help Malay organisations move in tandem when tackling the problems faced by their community. The committee proposed by Majlis Pusat, the
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    • 481 17 WHEN he worked as a messenger at the former Singapore Harbour Board 40 years ago, Mr Said bin Dalib, did" not have the luxury of lifts and had to rely on his legs. But Mr Said, 60, did not complain then as he was
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    • 460 19  -  JUDY TAN Eight tenants get shop space at special rates By EIGHT shops dealing in the vanishing trades will appear in Marina Square when part of the ultra modern shopping compiex opens for business next week. These trades include seal caiving, batik printing, kite making,
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    • 287 19 A LEADING American multinational will set up a highly-automated plant in Singapore to manufacture disposable needles, syringes and other medical products for export. According to the Economic Development Board, Becton Dickinson will build a 19.C00 square metre facility in Tuas early
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    • 109 19 THE stretch of road connecting College Road and Eng Hoon Street, near the Singapore General Hospital, will be closed permanently from 11 am tomorrow. A Public Works Department statement said the closure is for the construction of a flyover from Chin Swee Road across Outram Road
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    • 52 19 THE youth groups of Joo Chiat and Mountbatten community centres will jointly organise a party for their residents on Dec 27. To be held at the Mountbatten centre, it will feature disco dancing, an aerobics performance and lucky draws. Tickets at $7 each are available at the
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    • 128 19 THE postponed meeting between the Singapore and Johor chambers of commerce and industry may yet be held, but at a future date to be fixed. The meeting between the Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SFCCI) and Johore's Chamber of Commerce
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  • around YOUR PLACE
    • 264 18  - No free Sunday parking in eight wards LIM KWAN KWAN CEPHAH TAN 3v and EIGHT constituencies have decided not to allow free parking at HDB carparks within their boundaries on Sundays and public holidays. Community leaders in these areas cite inadequate parking space as the main reason for their decision.
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    • 644 18  -  LOW MEI MEI Chua Chu Kang A magazine to jog the memory By THE old-timers from the villages in the old Choa Chu Kang area still talk about it today: The way their leaders used to parade thieves from house to house
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    • 201 18 IF RESIDENTS want a bigger say in the running of their estates, they must do their part and not rely on the active minority to deliver the goods. This is the message two pilot town councils and residents' committees in six constituencies in Ang
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    • 295 18  -  HELEN CHIA By JUVENIA Teo, Is only 18 but she already knows how to play the bass guitar and drums. She is Ln one of the youngest combo bands in Singapore with six other children aged from 10 to 13. Said their instructor, 40-year-old Mr
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    • 11 19 Let's concentrate un making life easier for our folk: Pa«e 21
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
    • The Straits Times
      • 303 20 THE Government has brought good cheer to the leisure industry with its decision to give tax breaks to deserving new cultural and entertainment projects. In the last year, the Economic Development Board has widened both its charter and its incentives to encompass a range of services that Singapore
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      • 260 20 THE Singapore Broadcasting Corporation proposes to dub popular locally-produced Mandarin TV dramas into English. It may also do the same for programmes from other places such as Japan and South America. It will soon give free classes to those with the aptitude and offer employment to the best
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    • 1155 20  -  SHAHRAM CHUBIN US should beware of seeing moderates everywhere By 4 Any policy that relaxes pressure, that makes it easier for Iran to win the war, that affects the balance of power in the Gulf, that encourages allies to resort to a cynical
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    • 697 20  -  PATRICK SMITH By writing in the International Herald Tribune It's afraid of creating future competitors HONGKONG Asia's expectations of Japan seem to have risen in recent months as markedly as the value of the yen. One after another, the region's leaders have signalled
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    • 566 20  - The truth but not the whole truth Art Buchwald EVERY time I believe my credulit\ has been stretched to its limit someone stretches it some more. This time it MM m\ confidential source ai the White House who did the stretching. His code name is The Meeseburger. "Do you believe
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    • 822 21  -  SHERRY BUCHANAN By writing in the International Herald Tribune The three-month national campaign to discourage smoking was launched on Dec 1. During and after the campaign, an increasing number of companies and government departments can be expected to restrict smoking in the
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    • What Malaysians are still saying about the Herzog visit
      • 329 21 Let's concentrate on making life easier for our folk Letter by Ismail Abdul Wahab, headlined Let the 'big boys' do the shouting, published in The Star on Dec 8. I AGREE that there could be a Zionist involvement in the manipulation of commodity prices leading to the slump in the
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      • 107 21 Letter by Wonder, headlined Protests against Singapore, published in The Star on Dec 2. THE recent protests against Israeli President Chaim Herzog's visit to Singapore may spawn serious repercussions en both sides of the Causeway. Our government's stand is that Malaysia and Singapore are
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    • 382 21 VI X? f 1 Cash prizes, gift vouchers If\l\ 4 4 from Fuji, gift hampers 5 from Beech-nut contest f° r a^ P rouc l %^m^ j. parents to enter. k tt& for only $5 i 'ON SALE NOW! The Story Of Chicken Big. ONCE UPON ATIME THERE WAS A
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  • FORUM
    • 171 22 At the papal mass MY friends and I were among the 70,000 people who went to the National Stadium to attend the mass conducted by Pope John Paul II and to listen to his sermon and message. We initially sweltered in the hot sun and
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    • 145 22 YOUR article on the papal visit mentioned that one could hardly hear the combined school bands playing the Vatican anthem as they "waded" through the piece. (ST, Nov 21). As a participating member in the band, I am really disappointed with such an
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    • 138 22 I WISH to clarify some impressions which might have been left by your Timescope feature "Laws: Embracing you from womb to tomb" (ST, Dec 1). in particular the section on the Criminal Legal Aid Scheme run by the Law Society. As co-ordinator, my duties include assigning
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    • 148 22 I AM surprised that Telecoms is charging all Key Telephone System subscribers a $100 annual maintenance fee for each station. The fee does not, however, include cost of repairs or replacement parts. One has to procure from one's own supplier for the maintenance or troubleshooting
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    • 244 22 Reply Case, on its part, will not hesitate to expose bad practices WE refer to the letter "Shop increased prices overnight" by Mr Paul Ng (ST, Dec 4). This letter serves to highlight a very common problem faced by consumers who have been cheated or
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    • 175 22 On cashless transactions I READ with interest the letters from "Suka Suka Policy" (ST, Oct 16) and from "Worried" and the Housing Board (ST, Oct 25 and Nov 4, 12 and 26). My conclusion is that a standing order signed by a depositor of
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    • 180 22 SOME time ago, I read with interest a letter from an insurance policy holder who said that two deductions of premiums had been made without his knowledge. Recently, I was -instructed by my insurance company to make cash payment in respect of premiums for
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    • 214 22 Smokers note: Courtesy begets courtesy THE reply "Smoking control programme is no licence for rudeness" from "Retired Old Man" is most contradictory (ST. Dec 3). He dares to plead the innocent party by saying that he was sitting in the coffee shop minding his own business. He conveniently fails to
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    • Replies
      • 187 22 WE refer to the letter "Footpath of broken bricks and mud" by Mr D.W. Distant (ST, Nov 20). The proper footpath linking Cavenagh Bridge with Empress Place and Queen Elizabeth Walk is the one paved with red bricks. It is a two-metre wide footpath
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      • 82 22 'Green arrow' in place WE refer to the letter "Danger on the road" by Mr Ong Pak Shoon (ST. Nov 27). We are pleased to inform the writer that the Public Works Department has installed "green arrow" traffic lights to enable vehicles to turn right from Bukit Batok East Avenue
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • 82 23 LATE profit-taking pared gains on the Singapore stock market yesterday. The Straits Times Industrial Index, which twice came close to 900 points, ended at 891.40, up only 1.41 points for the day. The Business Times Composite Index rose 0.91 points to 786.48 and the DBS Index of
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      • 154 23 M Breweries 700 15 Mt Ptejsure 50c 55 +14»-» Wejmes 505 13 Roth Ms 50c 229+10 MGbss 194 +9 C Properties 412 +8 Kentucky Spore 348 +8 Met jl Boi Spore 394 +6 Cold Store lOp 360 +6 HawP* 299 6 OCBC 920 +5 MBinknt 515 +5
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      • 13 23 UIC 1,911,000 DBS CULS 1,569,000 NOL Wrts 767,000 Sime Darby 670,000
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      • 99 23 Dec 5 Dec 8 D«5 Dec 8 ST Properties 434 16 433 94 BI Comoosite 78S S7 786 48 ST Minings 287 77 287 77 BT indicator *****733 *****571 ST Plantations 1913 19 1888 40 BI 06 OS -30 -29 DBS CPF Indei 315 02 315 61 CADI -6809
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      • 37 23 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1985/86 Htgh ***** (3/11/86) 834.57 (3/11/86) 1985/86 Low 563.34 (28/4/86) 470.92 (28/4/86) All time High 1071 91 (8/2/84) 983.06 (8/2/84) All time Low 74 75 (17/9/64) 470.92 (28/4/86)
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      • 15 23 IHK I S dollar gained 150 ticks to dose at DM 2.0070 in Singapore.
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      • 28 23 DM Y FT S* HK$ I S$ US$ 2 0060 162 50 unq 2.1930 unq £***** 2 0070 162 50 6.6000 2 1910 7 7885 *****
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      • 10 23 In Singapore, gold gained US$3.2O to U*****.00 an ounce.
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      • 60 23 Kurodollar: Lost four ticks to 93.93 a contract. Deutschemark: Lost 34 ticks to 0.4984 a contract. British pound Lost 60 ticks to 1.4200 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained one tick to 0.*****6 a contract. Nikkei: Gained 60 points to ***** a contract. IS Treasury Bond: Lost 192 ticks to
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    • Short stops
      • 84 23 Mitsubishi profits fall TOKYO Reflecting slow exports caused by the strong yen, Mitsubishi Electric Corp suffered a sizeable decline in profits for the half-year ended last Sept 30. The major electronics and electrical appliances manufacturer said consolidated net profit fell 57 per cent from a year earlier to 7.904 billion
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      • 70 23 TOKYO Japans postal savings system will be allowed to invest some of its funds in foreign bonds from next April 1. Half the amount that the system will be allowed to invest freely in oach of the next five fiscal years must be placed in newly-issued Japanese
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      • 55 23 More than 1m buyers PARIS Well over a million private individuals have bought shares in Cie de Saint-Gobain, the first state-owned group to be sold off by the French government. The final outcome of the offering of 19.6 million shares in the glass and building materials maker will be known
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      • 77 23 MELBOURNE The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co of the United States and Australia's Pacific Dunlop Ltd will merge their tyre manufacturing, marketing and retail operations in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea in a 50-50 joint-venture company with assets of As4oo million (***** million). The companies
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      • 64 23 US didn't intervene' NEW YORK US authorities did not intervene in the foreign exchange markets between the start of August and the end of October, but there were dollar- purchases by foreign central banks, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in its quarterly review of foreign exchange operations.
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    • 106 23 KUALA LUMPUR Faber Merlin Malaysia Bhd, the hotel and property group, said that its 3.44 million New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd shares were sold at M56.25 each which was then the prevailing market price. In a statement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Faber Merlin
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    • 84 23 MALAYSIAN property company Bolton Properties will pay M52.25 million in cash to buy five shop-lots from a company belonging to the family of chairman Tan Sri D.itti Um Thiam Leong. In an announcement to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Kxehange yesterday it said the freehold properties located in
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    • 232 23 Khoo's firm has repaid Amex loan AMERICAN Express Bank's £58 million (*****.5 million) loan to Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat's Brunei-registered company, Mandarin Enterprises Sdn Bhd, has already been repaid. This was revealed yesterday by Mr Vahan Eminian, first vice-president and general manager of the bank in Singapore, which had
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    • 563 23  -  JILL HUM By S'pore studying proposal made by accountants' society SINGAPORE may become the first country in the world to require auditors to report any suspected fraud in a public company to the authorities. The issue is still being debated in countries like the
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    • 406 23  - Hybrid bond runs into trouble MA AILIAN By A RELATIVELY new secondary market in a hybrid type of Eurobond, the "perpetual floater", has run into trouble. It was closed down temporarily in London on Wednesday, and by the weekend only the biggest market makers were quoting firm prices. The largely
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    • 196 23 KUALA LUMPUR A High Court judge yesterday agreed to another postponement of a hearing for Promet and its creditor banks but indicated it was the last he would allow. The postponement to Feb 9 granted by Mr Justice Abdul Razak Abu Samah was the third he
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    • 315 23 UNITED Industrial Corporation has moved into shipping with the purchase of a 50 per cent stake in Singapore Soviet Shipping Company Pte Ltd (Sinsov), which belongs to rubber magnate, Mr Ng Quee Lam's flagship company South Union. UIC yesterday announced that its
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    • 528 23  - City Dev 'may have rights or bond issue' CONRAD RAJ By PROPERTY 'giant City Developments may be planning either a rights issue or a bond issue, according to banking sources. They added that a merchant bank, believed to be Morgan Grenfell (Asia), has already been employed to look into the
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    • 3366 24 SECTION ONE iNDUSTRIALS COMMERCIAL Acmo 1 1 498 I 50S) U8) I 50 I 50 (I If I 49 Alcom vO6IB 0 625) (2) 062 II) 063 (3) 0 61': (2) 0 62'. i3> 0 62 (4) 0 61 Amol Steel 50« 1 09S) (29) I
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    • 2018 24 INDUSTRIALS Acma I A|inomoto (2985) Alex, Hlg Alcom (725) (7) 73 (4) 72 5 (3) 72 AISB (595) xd API (488 49 SS) 1 3) 50 (3) 49 (5) 49 5 ASM ;1328 1335) (49) 129 (3) 130(5) 131 (11) 133 (2) 134(16) 132 xd
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    • 2893 24 Al shares quoted have a par value of $1. unless otherwise specified Adjusted for scrip rifhts N lai-eiempted dividend ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted r dolars Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment Scheme 1986 Last Yield Voi Day
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 364 25 1 Mn $1 300 2 <a ixsl easterners orty 3 OCBC Trance 4 ujfabfc it DBS France 5 >u*»ivt tlut rjtei offered by wbvUii OUT UOf's nlei." aho xitio* at UOf ifto niiibte it DRS France CCBC OUtf UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings daily 3 3 4 2
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      • 169 25 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4310—1.4338 7.10—6.90 Canadian dollar 1.5886—1.5899 6.36— G.25 NZ dollar 1 1001 1.1028 9.25—8.97 Sterling pound 3 1185 3.1221 3.24—3.19 US dollar 2.1915-2.1925 4.59—4.55 Local dollars to 100 units
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      • 108 25 THE US dollar closed easier against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it opened at 2.1930/40 and closed at 2.1915/25. It traded within a range of 2.1910 and 2.1940 in quiet trading. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed weaker compared with its opening of
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      • 142 25 THE kilobar market opened at 5527,648 and closed at 5527,646 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened at U*****. 70 '391. 20 and moved steadily up to U*****. 30/ 392.70. It drifted slightly to close for lunch at U*****. 50/392.00, It re-opened at U*****.60 392.10 and rallied to
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      • 27 25 GOLD US$/oz Moo Fri Singapore 391.80-392.30 387.50 388.00 Mon Sat Hongkong 391.00 391.50 389.25—390.00 Fri Thurs New York 388.75 389.25 387.70 388.20 London 388.00—388.50 388.00—388.50
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      • 208 25 Managers' prices for Dec 9 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 88— 0 95 The Savings Fund 0.80 0 86 Spore Prog Fund 0 34—0 38 Spore Sec Fund 0.58—0.63 Spore Invest Fund 0.68—0.73 Spore Equity Fund 0 40—0 44»d Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 1.23—1.31 Mai
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      • Simex futures
        • 116 25 Eurodollar 3-month deposit MARCH Eurodollar opened sharply lower than last Friday's close as the prospect of a discount rate cut diminished with the larger-than-expected increase in the non-farm payroll employment figure. Short-covering, however, saw the March Eurodollar recovering from Chicago's low of 94.01, and it ranged from 94.03 to 94.05.
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        • 50 25 CURRENCY futures ended mixed in light trading. December deutschemark closed 34 ticks lower at 0.4984. (US dollar Deutschemark > Open High Lew Sett Km V«l DecM 0.4985 0 4998 0.4984 0 4984 249 Mm 87 0.4998 0.5015 0.4998 0.5000 360 Job 0.5016 Open lot (Fri): 2185. Act Voi (Frl):
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        • 39 25 DECEMBER pound closed lower at 1.4200. (British Pound) Open High Low Sett Est Vol DecM 1.4205 1.4205 1.4200 ***** 40 Mar 87 1.4025 1.4050 1.4025 1.4050 11 Jm 1.3865 Open lot (Frit: 1321. Act VM (Frl): Eight.
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        • 42 25 DECEMBER yen ended one tick higher at 0.*****6. (Japanese Yen) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Dec M 0.*****3 0.*****4 0.*****3 0.*****6 63 Mar 87 0.*****4 0.*****4 0.*****4 0.*****4 U Ju 0.*****2 Open Int (Fri): HU. Act Vol (Fri): m.
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        • 62 25 NIKKEI futures opened higher on expectation of a year-end rally. The December contract ended higher at ***** (Nikkei Stock Average Index) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot *****.72 *****.96 *****.72 *****.68 Dec M ***** ***** ***** ***** 116 Um ***** 115 Mm 81 ***** *****8
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        • 68 25 FOLLOWING the sharp sell-off in CBOT last Friday, March US T-bond opened 58 ticks lower at 99.03. However, short-covering activity saw the March T-bond touching 99.16 before easing to close at 99.04. (US Treasury Bond i Open High Low Sett Est Vol DecM 100.10 100.10 100.10 100.10
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        • 29 25 Reports from BA Future* (USS per troy ounce) Open High Low Sett Est V«l Dec W 391.20 Feb 87 394.60 Open Int (Fri): Tw«. Act Yol (Fri): NU.
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      • 16 25 Rubber Ctosnj prices cents/Wto Singapore January 177 00 up 0.25 cent Malaysia January 215.00 unchanged
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      • 15 25 Tn Ctoanf prices KL Tin 16.30 down 74 cents Turnover 40 down 45 tonnes
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      • 25 25 Ctmn{ pncei Copp*f £/tonrw Fri Spot 945 00— 9455C (933 00—934 00) 3 months 958.00—959.00 (957 00—957 50) Market tone Steadier Sates 26.100 tonnes
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      • 29 25 Dsm| pntf S.i»». IK 'lre? Mm Fii Sinfapw* 5 37-5 4? 5 34-5 39 M New Yort 5 35— 540 5 34— 5 39 Source Credit Suase Sport
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      • 25 25 Ctounj pnet> Aluminiurr- i tome Fri Spot 789.00—790.00 (779 50—780 00) 3 months 799.50-800 00 (793 50-794 00) Market tone Steadier Sates 24.600 tonnes
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      • 82 25 Crude ms i»n palm oi Dec 695 (south and central) 685 (north) Refined palm oi USS tonnes RBD palm oil Feb 297.50 (sellers) RBD Stearin Dec 250 (setters) ■iOlm Dec 300 (setters) Crude stearin Neutralised Unq palm oil Market tone Has* Sales 438 Ctoanj pnces on the KLC£
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      • 69 25 i i i i -i i i i NST Index Monday 1.323.00 (1.323.96) ~~g Hongkong Hang Seng ~:0i Monday 2.431.29 (2,400.72) I Australian Al-Ordinaries Monday 1.427.90 (1.420.30) Nikkei Stock Average Monday 18.710.68 (18.604.91) Financial Times Industrials I 1 Friday 1.268.50 (1.265.90) Dow Jones Average ?0 Friday 1,925.06 (1,939.68) iLL
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      • 702 25 LATE profit- taking severely cut earlier good gains on the Singapore stock market yesterday. The Straits Times Industrial Index, which was up by more than six points in early trading and came close to the 900 level at 896.93, ended the day on]y 1.41
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      • 341 25 Dec 8 HKJ Charge Asioc InH Hotels I 68 unch Bonk Of Eos! Asm 21 10 +0 1 Cofhay Pacific Air 565 unch Cheung Kong 36 50 1 Chma Light 20 80 +0.2 Cross Hort> Tunnel 10 30 +0 3 F E Consortium 0 54 +0.01 G I Cement
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      • 371 25 Mitsub Elec 483 2 Mitsub Estate 2470 10 Mitsub Heavy 472 -3 Mitsubishi 1 080 unch Mitsui Co 593 -I Mitsui Shipbldg 154 -3 Mitsui Smelting 335 +23 Mitsukoshi 1260 -10 Mitsumi 1250 -20 Murota Mfg 2500 -10 Nee 2120 unch Nikko Sec 1570 unch Nip Light Metal 247
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      • 347 25 Dec 8 Cents Change (Auit) A C I 405 unch A N I 310 i5 Abeifoyle 1090 unch Age 315 -15 Amcor 390 unch Ampol Exp 330 unch Ampol Pet 270 unch Anz 580 -4 Anodne Aust 343 1 Ashton 240 unch B H P 858 unch Beach Petroleum
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    • 568 26 First AGM in 11 years almost put off by walkout KUALA LUMPUR After 11 years without an annual general meeting, Bank Kerjasama Rakyat nearly had to abandon its AGM on Sunday. Only a count of votes, taken after a walkout by some members,
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    • Article, Illustration
      285 25 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Vessel Berth An Dep Vessel Berth kn Dec KeppeJ Wharves Edo Maru P2D 09/12 11/12 Pantai Puspita J2/3 09/12 10/12 Inmawa P2A 09/12 09/12 Pulau Kalimantan 13 09/12 10/12 Lin Petalmg 3 K19 aside 09/12 'sahela P5A 09/1? 09/12 Subur J7 09/12 10/12
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    • 642 25 Receipt of Export FCL container* and LCL cargo LCL Receiving Receivinf, Ship (Voyage) kn Cargo Time Block Waardrecht (946) 11/12 (0700) F7 *****630 1630-1730 Pl/Sl E Gentle (011RW) 10/12 (0300) F5A 1100 1200 *****300 L2/N2 E Gleamy (010RE) 11/12 (1500) F5A 0900- 1000 *****100 L3/N3 Kota Bahagia (8603)
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    • 213 26 KUALA LUMPUR The price of tin plunged on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market yesterday after hitting a nine-month high last Friday. Having gained 69 sen last week and broken through the Msl7 a kg barrier to close at M517.04 on Friday, the price dropped
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      349 26 QHOVV do I go about drafting a simple will to include a HDB home, savings and shares? As some of the assets may be jointly owned by husband and wife, do the husband and wife have to make separate wills? A TO DRAW up a will, you just have
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  • RACING
    • 384 27  -  LUCKY LEO By WORKAHOLICS shock defeat in the Sultan's Gold Vase on Saturday calls into question the programming of the sprint classics. The four big sprints are crammed into six months and Workaholic's flop indicates that it is too much to expect a horse to
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    • 258 27 Hongkong race cheating charges HONGKONG VI STRALJAN trainer Roy Edwards and jookey David Brosnan both pleaded guilty yesterday to four charges of cheating. Kd wards, M, and Brosnan. 3*2, appeared in the High Court on charges of obtaining advantage by wilfully influencing the outcome of five
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    • 124 27 Hollywood Cup: Pharostan unplaced HOLLYWOOD PARK New Zealand-bred Pharostan, sent to race in the United States after winning the Aslol,ooo (about *****,000) Sandown Cup in Melbourne last month, finished unplaced in the US$5OO,OOO (about Ssl.2 million^ Hollywood Turf Cup here on Sunday. The winner was outsider Alphabatim, ridden by Willie
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    • 217 27  -  ALBERT SIM At the 400m Pictures at the 400m by At the finish ldjlkfdlfdldf ldlfd dmfdlfd df;fk.fd df';dfkdf df;lfdkdf df'dfk;df df;ldfkldf Class 3 Div 4 1,400m 1. Spinosum 2. Little Master 3. Meteorite V 4. Dust Devil II Dist: Hd, nk, 1 Time
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    • 1086 27 WEIGHTS and ratings for this weekend's races at Bukit Timah: SATURDAY Class 2 Div 2 1,200m (Ratings: 111-102) Very Vain 57 111 Mesti Boleh 56.5 110 Penthouse At Eight II 56.5 110 Rhythm N' Blues 56.5 110 Whimsicality 56.5 110 Kushinagar 56 109 Jamboree 56 109 Coronation
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 459 28 181 Deaths 131 Deaths MDM LEONG SWI NEO AGE: 92 pa***d away peacefully on 3 December 1988 leaving behind her Son: Daughter-in-law: Chia Cheong Fook Mary Yeoh Daughter Mdm Elizabeth Chia Grandcona: Grand Daughters-in-law: Hul Chien, James Jackie Ming Chlen Wen Chien Jennifer Yung Chlen Charles Teo Grand Daughter Grand
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    • 440 28 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam A TRIBUTE TO DR. HO GUAN LIM To his many friends and colleagues the death of Dr. Ho Guan Lim Is a tragic loss. Those of us who were privileged to know him from prewar days and all those years he served in the
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    • 60 28 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements THE FAMILY OF THE LATE CPL. TAN KAM TOH sincerely thank doctors and staff of ICU, Ward 42 TTSH, MINDEF, CGS, Commander of Maintenance, CO and staff of OSB, 5 SUB, SAF Band, TPT., Fr. Chia and prayer groups of Holy Crosa, all relatives A friends
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      176 28 MRS. ANG CHANG KEE nee MOM. OUEK EAI KEO Ag<» 103 pa»»»d away peacefully on 8/12/86 at 5.08 am leaving behind beloved: Son*: Ang Hiok Chor Ang Hlok Ghee Ang Hiok Seng Ang Cheng Hua Daughters -in-lfiw Huan Soo Nol Lim Slew Huay Tan Wan Eng Tan Yam
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      47 28 S. KOVALPILLAI Age: 59 passed away peacefully on 8 Dec. '86. Body lying at Blk 118 #07-657, Yithun Ave. 7. Tel: *****38. Cortege will leave on Tuesday, 9 Dec. '86 at 2pm for Mt. Vernon Crematorium. From: MDM. LIM GHEE NEO and MR. S. MASILAMAY
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    • 92 28 The Family Of The Late MR. JOACHIM WEE SIN ANN wish to express their sincere thanks and gratitude to Rev. Father Albert Renckens. prayer groups, relatives, colleague* and friend* lor their kind attendance, prayers, condolences and wreath* during their recent bereavement. THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MRS. KWAN
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    • 182 28 The Family Of The Late MRS. SUPPAMAL KRISHNA KAVANDAR Wishes to announce with deep sorrow her sudden demise on 28.11.88. She leaves behind: Daughters: Nagamal Panjali Sons-in-law: Late Gopal Naidu Chellappan respected Mr. Govindasamy and family. Grandsons: Sreenevasan/Caterine Balakrishnan/Tamilmanl Chandraseanan/Vanltha Anbalagan/Vehmala Ravindran Sukumaran Grand daughters: Paruvathl/Balachandran Indra Devl/Rajan
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    • 30 28 With deepest sympathy to the family of the l«t« MR. TAY YONG HUAT on his sudden demise. From: Board of Governors and Staff of KUO CHUAN PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL.
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      67 28 ANGELA YEO LEE KIN Called Home on 9 December 1985 "Time has not dimmed the memory of the happy years we shared together not yesterday, today or tomorrow but always in my heart." Dearly missed and fondly remembered by husband JOSEPH SEAH. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MR.
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 338 28 Davenport denies Spurs glory ON THE EUROPEAN SOCCER SCENE ENGLISH Late penalty earns United a point MANCHESTER Manchester United striker Peter Davenport delivered the final dramatic touch in a six-goal Old Trafford thriller against Tottenham here on Sunday that had TV's millions on the edge of their armchairs. Davenport converted
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    • 241 28 Aguas hits double to stretch Benfica run PORTUGUESE LISBON Benfica stretched their undefeated run to 13 games on Sunday, beating Belenenses 2-0 to stay two points clear at the top of the Portuguese First Division. Striker Rui Aguas scored both goals a close-range shot from a Carlos Manuel cross in
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    • 255 28 SPANISH MADRID The longawaited clash between Madrid rivals Atletico and Real ended in a 1-1 draw on Sunday and reduced Barcelona's lead in the Spanish League to three points. Champions Real were just glad to hang on for a draw in the face of a
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    • 333 28 BELGIAN Molenbeek 1 Lokeren 2, Kortrijk 0 Racing Jet 2, Seraing 1 Mechelen 2, Berchem 0 Waregem 4, Ghent 1 Antwerp 1, Beveren 1 FC Liege 0, Anderlecht 2 Cercle Bruges 0, Charleroi 2 Beerschot 1, Club Bruges 1 Standard 0. CZECH Bohemians Prague 1 Sigma Olomouc 0,
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    • 264 28 It's Kiev again only just SOVIET MOSCOW Dynamo Kiev, one of the strongest club sides in Europe, retained their Soviet First Division title on Sunday when they defeated an inexperienced Dynamo Moscow 2-1. In a nail-biting finale to the Soviet season, Vasily Rats and Igor Belanov scored first-half goals which
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    • 249 28 Marco's absence not missed DUTCH AMSTERDAM The loss through injury of top-scoring striker Marco van Basten proved no handicap to Ajax Amsterdam, who recaptured top spot in the Dutch First Division with a 3-0 win at Groningen on Sunday. Champions PSV Eindhoven slipped to second place, on 31 points, against
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    • 302 28 LEEDS director Maxwell Holmes promised to impose a life ban on any supporters found guilty of causing the fire at West Bromwich Albion last Saturday. The English Football Association will investigate the incident, which happened after Leeds had lost 3-0 in a stormy game marred by three sendings-off.
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    • 146 29 RANCHO MIRAGE (California) Unseasonably cold, rainyweather interrupted play several times in the final of the U*****,000 ($547,000) Women's Challenge here on Sunday, but Martina Navratilova once again proved too strong for one-time nemesis Chris Evert -Lloyd. Martina, the world s top woman tennis player, scored
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    • 462 29 Lendl and Becker line up for Masters final showdown NEW YORK Ivan Lendl. of Czechoslovakia, and West Germany's Boris Becker will square off early this morning (Singapore time) in a battle of the world's top two tennis players for the US$5OO,OOO ($l.l million) Masters title.
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    • 166 29 Kenyon only outsider SQUASH KARACHI England's Phil Kenyon beat giantkiller Maqsood Ahmed 9-6, 9-0, 9-2 to become the only foreigner to reach the semi-finals of the U5536,000 ($78,800) Pakistan Masters squash tournament here on Sunday. Kenyon took 38 minutes to overcome the Pakistani who had earlier upset sec-ond-seed Ross Thorne,
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    • 295 29 Susan's record chase falls short of pace SWIMMING ORLANDO Susan Johnson swam the second fastest American time ever in the 200 metres breaststroke and Janet Evans won her third event of the meet on Sunday in the final night of the 1986 US Open swimming championships. Susan, a 17-year old
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    • 147 29 Daniela's near perfect GYMNASTICS STUTTGART Daniela Silvinas, of Rumania, took four out of a possible five gold medals at an international gymnastics competition which ended here on Sunday. The 15-year-old Rumanian won the asymmetrical bars, the beam and the floor exercises in Sunday's individual events after taking the gold medal
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    • 63 29 SALVADOR (Brazil) Panama's Hilario Zapata retained his World Boxing Association flyweight title on Sunday night, scoring a unanimous decision over Brazilian Claudemir Carvalho Dias. It was the sixth defence by Zapata, who had won 34 of his previous 39 fights. Zapata, who was floored in the third
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    • 385 29 AMERICAN FOOTBALL The New York Giants beat Washington Redskins 24-14 in a National League game in New York on Sunday. Other results: Kansas City 37 Denver 10, Cincinnati 31 New England 7, San Francisco 24 NY Jets 10, Chicago 48 Tampa Bay 14. Indianapolis 28 Atlanta 23,
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    • 193 30 McNulty's in the money at Sun City SUN CITY (South Africa) South African Mark McNulty stormed in with a 68 to win the Sun City golf tournament by three strokes from American Lanny Wadkins on Sunday. Added to his US$3OO,OOO ($657,000) winner's cheque was a further US$5O,OOO for posting the
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    • 434 30  - Murugiah: No way I'll go pro TAY CHENG KHOON He favours club and country instead By 4 I've had a good season as an amateur but I'm not convinced that I would enjoy as much success as a pro. And until I do, I'm happy to remain as I am.
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    • 405 30  -  TAY CHENG KHOON GERALD LOONG continued his near-domination of Tanah Merah Country Club's competitions when he swiped the December medal with 36 points on Sunday. Apart from a handkil of monthly medals, the Singapore Golf Association's secretary had also captured both the club stroke
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    • 291 30  -  PETER WATSON SNOOKER RPM Classic performances give pair a crack at the big time By Splendid runs in the recent RPM Classic have helped two players break into the top 16 seeds in Singapore snooker. Ang Chiok Hong's breakthrough into the final he lost to
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    • 206 30 TABLE TENNIS LYON (France) Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner was made to struggle before he could overcome Andrej Grubba, of Poland, to take the French Open table tennis title here en Sunday. Waldner, who had defeated Chinese ace Hao Wang to face Grubba, won 21-16, 20-22, 21-10, 19-21.
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    • 274 30 MOTOR RALLY OLYMPIA (Washington State) Juha Kankkunen, driving a Peugeot 205 Turbo for the last time, pulled back 38sec on fellow Finn Markku Alen, whose Lancia Delta punctured, on the first-timed section of the third and last stage of the Olympus
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    • 30 30 JALAN Kayu beat Punggol B 2-1 to win the Intra-Zone six-a--side hockey tournament at Balestier Road over the weekend. Other result: Boon Lay 2 Chone Boon 1.
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    • 205 30 Major boost for gutsy USA YACHTING Conner upset AMERICA'S CUPJ i FKI£MANT».£ Tom Blackaller's USA beat Dennis Conner's Stars and Stripes by 42sec in a major America's Cup upset here yesterday. USA's victory its second in three races against Stars and Stripes boosted the San Franciscan challenger's chances of reaching
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    • 276 31  -  ALBERT JOHNSON Softball and taekwondo in Sea Games By THE JAKARTA LINE-UP Aquatics (rowing, canoeing and yachting), archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, snooker (including billiards), bowling, boxing, cycling, fencing, football, golf (men and women), gymnastics, hockey, judo, karate, taekwondo, volleyball, weightlifting and bodybuilding and wrestling. SOFTBALL and
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    • 458 31  -  J. RAJENDRAN By. SOCCER kingpins Hwee Seng have pulled out of the Singapore Business Houses Football League. The team who dominated the business houses scene in the last two years withdrew because they felt that there were no further goals for them to achieve
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    • 233 31  -  JOE DORAI By COMPETITIVE soccer matches will come to a standstill on Dec. 21 as 200 qualified referees set aside their whistles to attend a one-day seminar and refresher course. The venue for this all-important lesson in a referee's career is yet to be decided as
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    • 132 31  -  J. RAJENDRAN SIX junior players, among them the son of a former Thomas Cup player, have been recruited into the national badminton squad. Dennis Wong, son of former national player and coach Wong Tew Gee. was recommended to the Singapore Badminton Association by his club,
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    • 227 31 Big test for junior Rashid df;lkfdlfd KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian youngster Rashid Sidek can consider it an achievement if he can defeat Denmark's Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen and stretch China's Yang Yang and Australia's Sze Yu in the Marlboro Grand Prix badminton finals, starting today. Malaysian coach Phua Ah Hua said Rashid would
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    • 309 31 CRICKET MELBOURNE Allrounder Simon O'Donnell issued a reminder to the Australian selectors with a sparkling 77 yesterday as stalwart resistance by the middle-order helped Victoria inch towards a draw against England. At stumps on the third day, Victoria were 2% for six, a lead
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    • 112 31 HONOLULU Ibrahim Hussein took advantage of unusally cool weather to break his own year-old record in winning the Honolulu Marathon on Sunday. The 28-year-old Kenyan took an early lead and was never passed as he finished in 2 hr ll'min 44 sec, 24 seconds better than his 1985
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    • 422 31 Li sprints to Asian record ATHLETICS JAKARTA China's Li Tao became the fastest in Asia with a surprise record-breaking 100- metres run in the Asian Junior track and field championships on Friday. Li Tao, 18, clocked 10.20secs in the final for the only record in the four-day meet. He beat
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    • 174 29 TOP OF THE CLASS! Thai's Royal Executive Class has been voted the Best Business Class in the 1986 Airline of the \fear Awards We admit we had gone to extraordinary lengths for the business traveller. Wider-than-normal seats and legroom. Exquisite linen, fine porcelain, silver cutlery and a choice of menus
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous

  • 500 32 ings of Pope John Paul 11. More than 200,000 legal abortions were performed in 1984 and again in 1985. THE "Latin lover" may be less virile. For example, officials at a sperm bank in the city of Pisa find some 50
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  • 39 32 JOHANNESBURG British historian Philip Bonner of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, was yesterday ordered to leave South Africa by Dec 15. Mr Bonner had also been active as a trade union adviser. AFP
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  • 30 32 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 2.67 points to 1,927.73 in the first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. AP
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  • 535 32  -  CATHERINE C. ONG Efforts to settle sums owed to Brunei bank By AFTER failing to make a personal appeal to the Sultan of Brunei, tycoon Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat has turned to his lawyers to make tentative moves to settle the sums owed
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  • 258 32 BERNE (Switzerland) A Swiss bank has frozen an account used to deposit mon ?y from secret US arms sales to Iran, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said here on Sunday. Spokesman Clemens Birrer said the bank, which he declined to name, took
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  • 136 32 POLICE have arrested the ninth and last suspect wanted in connection with the murder of national servicemen Alan Ng Choon Meng, 19. Police said the suspect, a 14-year-old illegal hawker, gave himself up at the Paya Leb&r police station on Sunday at 10.50
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  • 370 32 KEY WEST (Florida) A man spent 16 hours kicking at sharks and trying to plug the holes in his leaky life jacket after his plane went down in stormy seas near the Bahamas. Wearing only a T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes,
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  • 150 32  - Herzog visit discussed at Umno meeting ISMAIL KASSIM By KUALA LUMPUR The Umno Supreme Council last night discussed the recent visit of Israeli President Chaim Herzog to Singapore but did not decide on any action. Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who is also Prime Minister, refused to reveal
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  • 223 32 Cut in ice water supplies a hot UN issue UNITED NATIONS Thirsty UN speechmakers are up in arms because, in an economy measure, the financially strapped world body has stopped supplying ice water. Delegates spent much of a four-hour meeting on Saturday night disagreeing on how to have the ice-water
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  • 67 32 CHICAGO A 136-kg black bear kept as a pet killed 11-year-old Samuel Nipps as he tried to feed it an ear of corn. He was pronounced dead on Saturday at the home in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, of Danny Boatman, who was keeping the bear chained in
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  • 196 32 Shev to meet senior Pakistani official on Afghan issue MOSCOW Arrangements have been made for Soviet Foreign Minister Edward Shevarnadze to meet a senior Pakistani official today for talks on Afghanistan at the Foreign Ministry here. A Pakistani Embassy spokesman said Foreign Secretary Abdul Sattar, number three in the Pakistani
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    • 29 32 Congress opens public probe after new twist: Page 6 Iran's war concerns shut out all others: Page 20 Let's concentrate on making life easier for our folk: Page 21
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    • 210 32 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Showers over several areas from late morning. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 25 min SUNSET today: 6.58 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.56 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 10 19 C Fine London 9 11 C Showers Amsterdam 08 C Cloudy Los Angeies 12
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  • The Strait Times Section Two
    • 5 1 The Strait Times Section Two
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    • Teens
      • 1242 1 he postman enables shy but articulate teens to make friends, and letters enable others to express their feelings to a sympathetic soul. Many pen pals have met and stayed friends, but for others, distance lends enchantment to a relationship. IRENE PATES compiles 120 teens' letters
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      • 1131 2 When words do come easy ONE Saturday in Dec 1985, he asked me to meet him at C. K. Tang. I agreed. When he appeared, he had curly hair, was quite skinny and not very tall (neither am I). We went shopping from
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      • 261 2  -  IRENE PATES "THERE'S something I've found out about guys that really makes me mad. They never move. "I'm not saying everyone's like that, but the majority are. You see, girls are not supposed to make the first move because if they do, they'll either be branded
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      • 581 6  -  AZMAN SIRAJ By WHEN news circulated that Teater Nadi was going to perform another stage play as part of this year's Drama Festival many drama enthusiasts anticipated a really good performance. This anticipation was reinforced by the title of the play Bahtera (An
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      • 429 8 ?8 TV/ Video/ Hi-Fi AERIALS I*STAli..\-'ONS- TECH MICAL nil the SPECIALISED IN ANTENNA Instal 1 1 tut ,v SPECIALISES IN 4WARO WINNING MONITOR Audio special tkers «04»20 ■AS* HP TERM (TV ikj mafptable Kree PIONEER OPEN RcEL 10 1 2 inch >eE FWA SPECIALISED in video, tern repairs. .*****5 INTENNAE
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      • 674 8 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical FEMALE CLERK e Min qualification GCE A \r\rl e Excellent command of English e Knowledge of Mandarin and the a^iliu to type well are desirable Plea.se apply with full personal particulars, a non-returnable photograph and contact telephone number to The Office Manager The Wing On
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      • 984 9 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial Clerical FEMALE ACCOUNTS^ CLERK LCCI Accounting Ngee Ann Poly diploma Min I to 2 years experience Knowledge of computer aejounts Able to start work immediately Preferably residing in Jurong area Interested please call personally at 40 Gul Drive. 5.2262 Tel: *****77 FEMALE OFFICE ASSISTANT Required by
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      • 774 9 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical RECEPTIONIST JUNIOR SEC reqd No experience necessary SaJarj neg School leavers considered Apply personally at: 3rd floor, unit 5. 470 North Bridge Rd (1 bus-stop before Bras Basah Complex) from lla.m to 7pm URGENTLY REQUIRED A Typist/ General Clerk to start work immediately Interested, please
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      • 550 9 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales Well Established Printing Company requires PRODUCTION cum SALES CO-ORDINATOR Must have working experience in similar position Knowledge of colour separation is essential To cultivate promote good customer relation Those with experience need apply. Please write in with full resume, summary of working
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      • 577 9 BOOKWORM CLUB Singapore's biggest book club (200,000 members) requires: SALES RECEPTIONISTS e Age 16 above e Bilingual in communications (English/ Chinese) e Job training will be provided No experience required Salary $500 $800 (with incentives) e 5-day week (Mon. to Fri.) Interview at: #11-279/ 281 Selegie Complex INDOOR CHINESE FEMALE
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      • 808 9 71 Situations Vacant: Sales STUDENTS/ HOUSEWIVES/ RETIREES Earn $500 per month during spare time selling American Novelties Call: Catherine, *****88 for appointment now! Toy Shop in town area requires: PERMANENT SALES ASSISTANTS Able to start work immediately Willing to work long hours. Preferably staying in/ around town area. Please come
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      • 551 9 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical requires Associate Engineers (Permanent 2nd shift) For Mechanical Section Qualifications/Experience: Diploma holder in Mechanical Engineering with preferably 1 2 years' experience in soldering machine and electro-pneuma-tic equipment Responsibilities: To lead a team of Technicians in the maintenance and upgrading of production equipment
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      • 617 9 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant Production Production Production is Calling all those g looking for a o secure future... v f^fc SST Consumer Products Re Ltd AT&T Consumer Products, a big and stable Amencan company making top quality telephones %J i^ offers you a stable career.
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      • 243 9 72 Situations Vacant: Technical QUALITY CONTROLLERS required in an established maniac turing company. Candidates should possess a Technician diploma in Mechanical Engineering in Singapore or Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Fresh graduates will be considered. Interested please contact Mr Lee C.P or Mr Lim for interview TEL: *****88 REOD. EXPERIENCED AIRCON Technician
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      • 313 9 Leading manu'acturer «< small precision motors has vacancu s for I H^UH_mj^^UL LlCij (Non Shift) (5 Dayt Wee Ei nnj r^* 1 1 r• j 1 'Hour S liftorNon-Shift) Age beio* 30 e Must have completed N S NTC 3 preferred Guaranteed overtime r>ay 'or 12-hour shift Benefits: New higher
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      • 429 10 /4 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous HOTEL PHOENIX invites applicants for (r-ull-1 ime Part- 1 ime i HOUSEKEEPING Chambermaids We provide:— Good starting pay 1 ruining will be provided lor those without experience for lull-time post. Free uniform^ laundry Free duty meaJ Paid Annual /Medical leave Medical Hospitalisation benefits SATA insurance Opportunities
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      • 739 10 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Pre-cast concrete specialist in Jurong Industrial Estate requires STORE-KEEPER (R'E O' level with credit in English 2 years working experience, preferably with e.\; in building construction industry Class 3 driving licence completed N S Interested applicants please call personally at: 11 KWONG MIN RD JURONG INDUSTRIAL
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      • 1011 10 74 Situations Vacant Miscellaneous S'Vf JAPANISI .OUNGI hard Road requires Female Customer Relations Offi-ct-r Basic salary from $500 to $1,000 plus commission Transport provided Interested please all personally to Cuppage l'l.i/.a Koek Road or conUi Ng *****31 HANDYMAN REOO FOR Condominium Able to do basic electrical painting carpentry and minot
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      • 542 11 ?4 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous SKILLED NON-SKILLED MALE Workers Completed N S Able to j work Ist or 2nd shift *****78 TEMPORARY CLINIC ASSISTANT wanted from JCiul ivc sth Jan. in dist 19 Tel *****72. Dr Ang 81 Vehicles For Hire $140 WEEKLY MONTHLY NEGO T IABLE SUNRISE CAR RENTALS *****26/*****39
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      • 922 11 83 vehicle Financing/ Insurance r CALL *****09 for Used Car Loan Mortgage Loan (Non-transferable) ORCHARD CREDIT PTE. LTD. 149. Rochor Rd. #05-12 e u Lu Shou Complex Singapore 0718 SIN thai HIN offers new used car loan at competitive interest rates Easy terms. No advance instalment. Non-transfer arrangeable. Call: 339-5511
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      • 949 11 87 For Sale: Mercedes KONG BENG MOTOR CO. BUY SELL All models of Mercedes (Private Si company) Any model of SZ vehicles *****59 *****76 128 Prinsap St. 02-01 LECO MOTOR PTE. LTD. Vehicles Wanted a 1977 to 1978. Mercedes 250 e 1973 to 1978, Mercedes 280S 1980 to 1982, SZ
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      • 1052 11 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat '82 NEAR LASER 15, sports GT 5-speed. 2-door. aircon radio cassette S/rims Tax 2 '87 Guaranteed sporty $***** *****33 11/80 CORTINA 1.6 OL. PARK Aircon. hifi. rd. tax 4/87. Excellent cond $9,700 *****67 1979 FIAT 131 Super Miration auto. Aircon., hi-fi. $9,300 0.n.0 908 Upp. Thomson
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      • 3512 11 92 For Sale: Mazda 92 For Sale: Mazda 92 For Sale: Mazda 92 For Sale: Mazda 92 For Saie Mazda 92 For Sale: Mazda A new 323 can make you a thousand dollars richer. Check our finance rates and see for yourself. You can actually save a thousand dollars on
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      • 661 11 93 For Sale Honda MID 7S ACCORD full accessories $12,800 neg 7! Chlselhurst Grove Tel: *****45 MID -80 CIVIC 5-dr Aircon., hi-fi lip top cond $13,800 o n.o *****77 No dealers MID '81 HONDA Accord Manual Pte. owner, full accessories. t&> 3/87. perfect cond Call *****66 MID 85 HONDA Jazz,
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      • 907 12 95 For Sale: Suzuki LIKE NEW SQUARE near Suiuki .SOU Super Deluxe Aircon.. radio cassette lax 7 '87 $l.!.9O0 Tel *****56 1984 SUZUKI 800 Super Deluxe 2 private owners, aircon radio cassette tax 1 87. showroom condition Contact *****77 ALMOST '83 SUZUKI 800 1 pte >>\*ner Aircond.. radio cassette T.i\
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      • 1056 12 96 For Sale: Other Makes 1977 JAGUAR XJ I owner Beautiful cond Maintained by .itft Offers to *****85 1983 911SC WITH turbo body, 1 owner Price negotiable View 3 Chu Lin Road 2ND OWNER MIGRATING selling 1973 Jaguar 42 (XJ6) Tip top cond Offers to S K Tan *****55. 71
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      • 620 12 97 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles 82 FEB. DATSUN C2O Van, I own j er, aircon new plate, cassette recorder Tel *****10 *****72 83 DATSUN C2O. Aircon 1 owner, beautiful cond $11,500 18 Maju Ave.. Serangoon Gdn. 84 DEC. MAZDA T3500 diesel 14' metal 6 "84 Nissan Cabstar diesel 10' low
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      • 790 12 99 Vehicles Wanted I Excellent prices for your car 'commercial vehicle Comprehensive services for loans, car insurance road tax. ESS*! 2!ul& Cars of an makes &cc Commercial vehicles (vans, pickups) and company registeredcars Scrap cars or trade-in. Don't Hesitate. We Provide The Best Deal Around! COLT CREDIT PTE LTD and
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      • 909 12 106 Accommodation Available: Houses D.lO Attrid Hill vicinity, doublestorey majestic bungalow with .sparkling inground pool Modern equipped kitchen 5+ 1 rooms $7,500 D.lO Leedon Pk, hilltop charming colonial detached, utmost privacy 4 I 1 rooms $5,000 D.lO Victoria Pk. old style cosy detached, (inground pool), beautiful patio' gdn. 4 1
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      • 732 12 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments ARCADIA LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS FOR RENT Located in District 11 and the vicinity of country clubs. 4 spacious bedrooms with built-in wardrobes and attached balconies. Fully fitted kitchen with microwave oven, dishwasher, central airconditioning, etc. Swimmmg/ wading pools, squash courts, jogging track, children's
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      • 725 12 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments still searching? The hassle stops here See the apartment you and your family have always wantecl be our guest for a few hours at ARDMORE LUXURY D/IDI/ APARTMENTS lAflllV Jones Lang Wootton Club House 9 Ardmore Pa* Singapore 1025 Tel *****11, *****88 D.9 SCOTTS TWR. Next
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      • 1015 12 107 Accommodation Available Apartments 0.9 ELIZABETH HEIGHT? new penthouse, spacious living dining sunken lounge. 5 bdrms attached bathrooms servant's. 5.000 sq.ft s pool, squash, tennis, etc $3,500 Deans Property *****55 D.ll WATTEN ESTATE townhouses maisonette apartments 2/3 bedrooms, partly/ fully furn for rent, s'pool facilities available Tel: *****11 Yvonne Jana
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      • 1043 12 107 Accommodation Available Apartments D TOE? FABLP GDN Thomson Yaohan. f/furn condo tarilities Contact Mr Lee or Peter tel *****77 0.5 BRAND NEW Kdenvale cosy development, with pool. 4 < 1 rm pi turn, see to offer Bernard Valuers *****49 D.9 CENTREPO4NT 2 bdrms Ideally located, beautifully furn fully aircon
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      • 1030 13 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments D9 CAiRNHILL BRAND 3000 mi ft 5 rms P furn $2,700 F furn $3,600 MAE *****96 0.9 CAVENAGH HOUSE. Grd Fir Fully turn S pool Rental $1,200 Tel *****19 D 9 CAVENAGH CT. Bth fir 3 rms j turn Rent $1,500 Phone Alan. *****22 D9 CAVENAGH
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      • 839 13 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms ONE MASTER BDRM I couple only at Jurong East liooil location fa.lt: *****12. ORCHARD TOURIST AREA, $100--$l5O wk. $300 -$450 mth with kitchen etc 7:J***** San. ORCHARD ROAD AREA, aircon., furnished rooms, long short term, also for student. *****72. parkway PARADE. 2 furnished rooms for rental.
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      • 2662 13 113 Fo- Sale: Houses 113 For Sate: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses LONGER LOANS. vl >**—■! (g2@s?^ AT LOWER RATES. LONGER HOUSING LOANS UP TO 30 YEARS LONGER CAR LOANS UP TO 6 YEARS We've s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d our ito 10 years 7oo°o Likewise,
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      • 497 13 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Bedok Road) Last few units DIST.II ORCHID APT. (off Eng Neo Ave) 3+l bedrooms, good facing, renovated, 1500 sq.ft. FREEHOLD No facilities. Maintenance $90. $292,000 neg. DIST.IS BAYSHORE PK (Pearl Tower) Exclusive 3 bdrms. apt. situated on high fir. Built-in 1195 sq.ft. FULL FACILITIES. $268,000
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      • 824 13 D.lO. ROBIN RD, Belville Garden Upper mais. 2.500 sq.ft 3- 1 rms Property Resources *****31 *****75 D.lO TAMAN SERASI. 1.700 sq.ft $280,000 D.15 Hua Xin Court 1.900 sq.ft. 3-1 bdrm F'hold $359,000. Yumin *****86/7 D 1024 ONE TREE Hill apt Near Orchard Rd. Lovely view 1620 sq.ft. 3-1 rms.. 99
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      • 795 13 D.12 BALESTIER RD F hold 3 rm; 1100 to 1800 sq ft $150,000 t< $340,000 Forward Prop *****00 D 12 PENTHOUSE OFF Balestie Rd 2207 sq ft Fhold $350.(KM J.A Hawke-. *****91/3 D.13 ARANG CT. 3 bdrms Club house Covered carpark 145 sq.ft $260,000 Promart *****32 D.15 BAYSHORE PK. 2
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      • 993 14 115 For Sale: HUDC Apartments S4 renovated 17V0 sq ft toll lew Phase 11. high floor. >q ft 3-1 bedr. -in^ Reasonable fers consu!r*reil Exquisite i*****i BEDOK RESERVOIR MAIS. Brad- j iltT Rise tn.iis A: h irrer Court 'A' i>pe sl'3o 000 $2;*.' 000 l. Chen ites *****86 BEDOK RESERVOIR
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      • 1076 14 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 3-RM.: C'wealth Cl. Blk B8 $36,000 Margaret Dr. Blk 68, 54HHH) Ang Mo Kio Blk 476. $45 000 Indus Rd. Blk 77. $60,000 Zion Rd. Blk 8«. $55,000 4 j-V.l: A.M. Kio Blk 108 151. $82,000 Tar.|o..; e&qar L'-lk 7. $1.8,000 ftedok North 517. SJ\..IM)O
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      • 1109 14 116 For Sale: HOS Apartments URGENT SALE CLEMENTI i rm I't blk 414 Ceramic- cabinets ilircond Ciooil Location SI2H.tH)O neg. Tel *****57 *****08 3-RM. ALJUNIED CRESCENT, new generation, terrazzo throughout cabinet. Well kept, full CPF, no cash required *****8.) (Ben) 3-RM. A.M. KIO Blk 154 (near Central). Terrazzo firing., kitchen
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      • 801 14 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments SIMS DR 3-RM. 81k.45 near market, renovated, kitchen ceramic $45K nen hull CPF *****62. ST. GEORGE 3-RM. Blk 2. high fir. Terrazzo, convenient, lull CPF. $40,000 I. US *****70 TANGLIN HALT 2-RM. Blk 45. mid fir. Near market, full CPF. $15,000 LHS *****70 TEBAN GARDEN
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      • 764 14 117 Properties Wanted Wanted HDB APTS Clement!/ West Coast fWIND HOUSING *****53/ *****93 BUYERS WITH READY Cash CPF req. 3/ 4/ 5-rm HDB flats in Cleinenti, Ghim Moh, A.M. Kio, Bedok. Bt. Merah. Marine Parade. Jurong East. Paya Lebar Way any area. Owners, please call Ragis Housing, *****27/ *****96 BUYERS
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      • 994 14 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces I INDUSTRIAL For sale or lease: Flatted Factories Terrace Factories^ Warehouses Showrooms EXCELLENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH IMMEDIATE ABOVE i AVERAGE RETURNS Freehold (statutory land grant) Centrally located Tenanted units available Please call our sales personnel I for more information: TEL- 737 9355 I \\\\tf////
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      • 661 14 119 Warehouses/ 119 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces Storage Spaces Unit area 2'i6 sq m 591 62 sq m :j:j: Ceiling He'ght 5 38 4 b5 metres Elevating platform with 6,800 kg lifting capacity 2 spacious cargo lifts with 5,000 kg capacity each Approved fire fighting system •24 hour security service S5
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      • 468 14 TABLE SPACE AVAIL, in carpeted, aircon office at Katong Reasonable rental Call: *****83 TABLE SPACE ($5O). Registration address ($10) Answering ($10)/ Telex Typing Tel: *****12 UIC BLDG. 1,528 sq It High fir Facing sea Unfurn Partitioned. $3.50 p.s f Tel: *****55 1 OFFICE RM. for rent at Joo Chiat Rd
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      • 583 14 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces SUPREME HOUSE EXHIBITION SPACE 2ND STOREY WEST WING Approx 587 15 sq rr, (6.320 sq ft Wide frontage visible from Penang Road AIRCONDITIONED EXCELLENT SERVICES I AMPLE PARKING LOTS) ENQUIRIES SUPREME HOLDINGS LTD SUPREME HOUSE. 0923 TEL. NO. 336-2466 PARAMOUNT HOTEL t SHOPPING CENTRE UNITS
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      • 601 15 125 Shop Spaces Wanted *AN'£D VACANT NEW ,tH)p rt t.nl nutlft. suitable for hardware UI Y business Preferably in sriopp.ng area around Orcrtard Road or good central business district tall H^ Lee, Ifl *****<J6 126 Restaurant/Lounge Spaces SPACE FOR CHINESE H Approx 16.000 sq ft in Hotel $2 psf negotiable
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      • 339 16 137 Tours 137 Tours Treat yourself to Honq honqs authentu ftr Jfflp and sumptuous provincial cuisine. J^i 6 Days Hong Kong Food Extravaganza M Imperial Banquet Dinner Sung Dynasty Village JH i J&k Ocean Park and a special Roast Pigeon Dinner v I I<V v ''jß^^Ra^^J 4/5 Davs Christmas in
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      • 850 17 146 Foreign Education 146 Foreign Education Diploma in Management Studies I')S~ Enntlment \<>u >/>en I hi H>\\ \KI>->( i>l I K.h Mjiuiidium l>oi l,>pim mi cmrr ottrr. 4 'nil mm V. M mind proyrjinnu tor tin t »llt -»K« Vwjr.ls < rrnhvJli in Mjn.im mi in Miklh- I vcif l>ipl»>iiij
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      • 788 17 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses m INFORMATICS COMPUr. II 1 Sophia Road "0301 02 03 Peace Centre Singapore 0922 BiinlTilfc nriiTl I li <■! w^l x INFORMATICS scored 5 out of 10 *MjP~ O top distinction awards. Our student Ms. Young M.F scored one vJ of the top 3
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      • 343 17 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses 110 CLASSES Commencing in Dec '86/Jan '87 PLEASE ENROL EARLY. AAT BOOKKEEPING (Beginners) BOOKKEEPING (Inter BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL ADMINISTRATION BUSINESS STATISTICS CACA COMMERCIAL LAW COMPUTER PROGRAMMING COST ACCOUNTING DIP. IN ACCOUNTING DIP. IN MARKETING/ PR ECONOMICS ENGLISH CONVERSATION ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS ENGLISH FOR COMMERCE GCE N'
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      • 492 17 150 Commercial/ Technical Courses ~fulltjme~ CLASSES for school leavers ol N' O' A' Levels Commencing on 5 JAN. 87 GCE A7 O Level Private Secretary Certificate Electrical Engineering Diploma in Marketing/ P.R. Shorthand Theory Bookkeeping English lor Commerce Typewriting Basic Programming Deferment from National Service Student Pass for foreigners can
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      • 577 17 151 Language Courses CHINESE THE EASY WAY Have you learned Chinese but lack confidence in s[)f-;iking if It's high time in h-arn Chinese by experienced, patient and responsible current college lecturer. Mandarin Chinese Language Tuition for businessmen, professionals, housewives at your office/ home! Mandarin in 3 months e Tones- speech
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      • 537 17 154 Dancing Instruction DISCOVER YOUR MOST REWARDING PAST TIME a Beginners Social Dancing WVd 7 I-Miprri i .r Sat :s[ m a Kurd now foi Intermediate :.il Dance a. Beginners e Flexible time available for indn SHAWN GLADYS DANCEWORLD Paradiz Centre. (Next to Cathay Cinema) Tel *****17, *****96 Learn ft
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      • 583 18 APPOINTMENTS A fast expanding international company urgently requiiACCOUNTS EDP EXECUTIVE The successful candidate will be responsible for 1 supervision of the accounts and EDP section 2 review and development of accounting and management information systems nely and effective financial and management reports REQUIREMENTS 1-2 years supervisory experience in Accounts, EDP
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      • 161 18 BAILIFFS SALE in The Subordinate Courts of the Republic of Singapore In The Cause Of Writ of Distress No 698 of 1986 Tan Kok Poon Plaintiff Versus Lee Geok Hai Defendant AUCTION SALE OF Stainless steel commercial refrigerator, tables, etc TO BE HELD AT No 384 Geylang Road. Singapore on
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      • 84 18 NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies YVinding-I'p No. 583 of 19X8. In the Matter of The (ompanies Act (Cap. 185) And In the matter of Henley Electrical Engineering Private Limited NOTICE OF WINDING-UP ORDER In the Matter of Henley Electrical Engineering Private Limited. Winding-Up order
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      • 146 18 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME We. Santos Shipmanagement Pte. Ltd. hereby give notice that in consequence of our Purchase a motor tanker Asahi Maru' of Japanese flag. We have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under Section 417 of the Merchant Shipping Act (Chapter 172. 1970
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      • 70 18 CLEMENT INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT SERVICE PTE LTD Notice of Removal With a view to serve our customers better, we will move to the following address with effect from today i.e. (09 December. 1986) 14, Arumugam Road, Off Paya Lebar Road #01-01, Teck Chiang Realty Building Singapore 1440 Telephone Nos will be
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      • 490 18 SUN TAN By Collette PEANUTS By Schuiz W^ TO DO SOMETHING. M FAmi IS LIKE A ff SH T Of fiPfEtL [R N I c^SnT^?F I YOU MUST CA^RY JUDei£,P*SSIH6 To ft, HIGHER I V sl SHOWEP THAT MANY ANYTHING THAT IS MORE (EATINb r^\ [TOUT WITH OUi /-A C£MT£MCc
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      • 652 19 NOTICES IN THK M ITTBB ol THK t OMP INUB ACT (CHAPTER 186) AND INTHh MATTER OP YKO AIRCONDITIOMSt, (PTB) I H> (lncorpomUHl in the Republic of Singapore (In Uquidtitton) Mr-mberV \olunur> Wlnding-np NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the abovenamed company, which Is being wound-up voluntarily, are
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      • 729 20 Watercolours, as fresh as if painted last week, are creating ripples in art circles. Discovered in Paris, they are attributed to Japanese woodblock print master, Hokusai. WATERCOLOURS believed to have been painted by the 19thcentury ukiyoe (woodblock print) master, Katsushika Hokusai, have
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      • 143 20 CHILDREN of South American families living in Singapore will present their folk dances in the gardens of the Alliance Francaise on Thursday at 6 pm. The dance concert marks the opening of an exhibition of drawings to celebrate the 4dth anniversary of the creation of United
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      • Article, Illustration
        831 21 Art by seven Seven young artists take the limelight in Shell's second discovery art exhibition which ends on Thursday. REBECCA CHUA reports. IF YOU'RE an established artist, there are numerous art galleries only too willing to exhibit your works. But if you're a young artist with some potential, where do
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      • 796 21 Thursday is the 50th anniversary of Edward Vll's abdication. Today the interest in the memorabilia left by that act has reached enormous proportions. FRANCIS COOPER reports. HE REIGNED for only 325 days, but when Britain's Edward VIII renounced the throne for
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      • 398 21 WHAT'S ON TALK Saturdays. Extra show at 11 and sale of Chinese ceramics PORCELAIN FROM CARE OF THE DYING IN am on Sundays and public hoi- of the Qing dynasty. Antiques GRANDMOTHER'S PARSINGAPORE. By Dr Anne Ways. On till Feb 12. of the Orient Pte Ltd, lower LOUR. Enamelled porcelain
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      • 1236 22 MM MY VIEW By Catherine Ong BHMfjaaajaMHMMMaJaVMHVHMMMMMHVHaWWMMSHJaVMM^MWABBHHHaVMM Searing portrayal by Oscar-winner Finch |H I jji Tuesdav Premiere won a Best Actress Oscar, on the story of the Hunt "w y ariety Tonight His earnest, no-frills melodic Mr*!! V Network (Ch 5, 10.20 Beale becomes the "mad family. UmeUght (Ch 5,
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