The Straits Times, 26 January 1987

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, JANUARY 26, I*B7 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 108/12/86
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  • 636 1 Strategic error for Tokyo to increase investments in US, Europe B-G Lee INCREASING Japanese investments in the United States and Europe, rather than in Asia, may prove to be a strategic error for Japan in the long run, according to Trade and Industry Minister
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  • 340 1  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE By SCORES of people nocked to computer shops over the weekend on a last-minute buying spree in anticipation of a new copyright law for Singapore. The Bill goes for its third, and final, reading in Parliament today. When it becomes
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  • 192 1 FOUR more bodies have been found, bringing to five the death toll from the Republic of Singapore Air Force helicopter crash in Brunei. A search is on for Captain Lakbir Singh, who is still missing. Two others, who were injured, are now in hospital
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  • 335 1 MANILA Government human rights investigators have delivered the latest in a series of political jolts to President Corazon Aquino by resigning yesterday in protest at last week's killing of 15 demonstrators. A member of the Presidential Committee on Human Rights (PCHR) said the seven
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  • 231 1  -  ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON Seven nurses at a hospital's psychiatric unit have resigned in protest over a 17-year-old boy being prescribed a striptease on the National Health Service to help with a sex problem. The nurses claimed the treatment was immoral, and have received
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  • 97 1 Only 28, but already hit by 3 heart attacks SBS bas driver Saatopaai Velusamy (abave) to aaly 28 years aid, fees mmt drtok or smeke and 888l to ||B regularly kat ke kas already suffered tkree heart attacks. He Is amsag the rfBBBJ BBBBBBT ef yeoag Singapereaos in tkeir 20s
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  • 221 1 Impact of Confucius in US CULTURE, in this respect, is at the heart of Asia's soaring growth. And the success of many Asian-Ameri-cans is a direct manifestation of that same powerful Asian process of cultural transformation and continuity The most pervasive ancient tradition that still infuses the societies of China,
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  • 132 1 Reagan to spell out new trade package WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan is seeking to blunt pressure in Congress for protectionist trade legislation with a new package of "competitiveness" measures. The proposals, to be highlighted by Mr Reagan in his State of the Union address tomorrow, offer a mixture of measures
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  • 470 1 Team MPs idea: More debate needed Proposal must be thoroughly discussed, says Chok Tong FIRST Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, has reiterated his stand that the proposal to change the way people elect their MPs must be thoroughly discussed and debated by the public. "I don't think it
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    • 50 1 BKIJ.M. A powerful earthquake rocked China's western Xinjiang province near the Soviet border on Saturday, damaging more than 4W buildings and forcing the evacuation of 259 families, officials said yesterday. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The quake measured 6.4 on the open-ended Richter scale. UPI
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    • 13 1 The Japanese dilemma: Page 3 Japan shaken by spectre of joblessness: Page 15
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 498 2 1 m reasons for joy AT T CONSUMER Products Pte Ltd in Singapore has good reason to celebrate its first anniversary with two prancing lions instead of just the one it had last year at its opening. The Singapore plant surpassed its own ambitious target of a million telephones
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    • 169 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: FEW would disagree that tke value ef tke US dollar needs to ke ke lewer an average against tke yea aad tke deutschemark in 1187 than it was la lIM. However, a free fall ef tke dollar at breakneck speed kas dancers that ene will
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    • 267 2 Marchers defy KKK DEFYING RACE hatred and hooded Ku Klux Kian members, about 20,000 people staged the biggest civil rights rally in the American South in more than a decade, marching through an all-white county in Georgia. Police arrested at least 60 whites who tried to disrupt
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    • 317 2 Explosive game NORMAN WHITESIDE lived up to his reputation as Manchester United's answer to Rambo on Saturday when a fierce early tackle lit the fuse for an explosive game which brought Arsenal's 22-match unbeaten run to an unhappy end. The fouls came thick and fast as 51,000 United fans
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    • 431 2 Young heart patients DOCTORS HERE are concerned over heart attacks which appear to be occurring in younger people. Heart patients in their 30s, considered rare a decade ago, are not so now. But though the real reason for this increase could not be pin-pointed, doctors feel that a
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    • 194 2 GEORGE KENT SHAREHOLDERS 'UNHAPPY' WITH FIRM'S MOVE SHAREHOLDERS of George Kent (Malaysia) Bhd, "disappointed" over the company's decision to buy a stake in building materials manufacturer C I Holdings, have alleged that the purchase is "a wastage of corporate funds", said the Malaysian Investors' Association (MIA). Taking up the
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    • 201 2 Around Asean... and Across the Causeway Hint on defence aid THAILAND'S Army Commander-in-Chief, General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, has hinted that the Thai and Chinese armies are to exchange military training. He also said Thailand is now ready to accept Chinese defence aid as long as there are no strings attached, newspapers
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    • 91 2 'RELEVANT NEW TOPICS' THE MINISTRY of Education replies to a woman who recently expressed disappointment that her daughter has to do home economics instead of technical studies at Secondary 1 and 2. It says the revised home economics programme includes new topics which are highly relevant for family living.
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    • 321 2 ftpfrct Adv either iection. Pjfe Ba* Post Office Saving. Bank I l Bk.de Dahon Bicycle I 19 Calculator Casio Computer I 20 Camera Konica MHE Consumer I 24 Campaitn Ministry of Health I 13 Car T— es Goodyear S pore I 23 Car Nissan Ian Chong Sons I 9
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    • 629 3 Resentment mounts as Japanese companies invest more abroad 4 The Japanese have forgotten one of their own proverbs the nail that sticks up gets pounded down. Now, no matter what Japan does, it gets m belted. 7 Mr Henry Sampson, a spokesman for the
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    • 350 3 TAIPEI STUDENT protests in China have caused jitters in Taiwan, where the govern ment faces a growing campus revolt against military and political controls over education, political analysts said. They said the government was alarmed by uncomfortable similarities between a movement for academic
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    • 176 3 Air assault on Iranian cities goes on Iraq BAHRAIN Iraq kept up its air assault nn Iranian cities and claimed yesterday its forces were in full control nf the battle ground east of the southern city of Basra, while Iran said it downed six warplanes. Iran said its forces had
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    • 185 3 BEIJING China has announced the arrest of a university student for allegedly passing intelligence material to a Beijing-based American journalist who has delayed his return from holiday In Hongkong at the last moment. The official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday Lin Jle, a student In the port
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    • 255 3 Pakistan trying to ease tension, says Zia ISLAMABAD Pakistan said yesterday that it had taken steps to defuse the tension along its border with India and warned that a new Indo-Pakistani war would spell disaster for all of southern Asia. President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, speaking before his departure for the
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    • 287 3 KUWAIT An explosion hit central Kuwait on Sal urday as Islamic foreign ministers debated terror ism. the Iran Iraq war anrl other key issues to >;o .a--fore an Islamic Summit opening here today The official Kuwaiti news agency Kuna said no one
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    • 137 4 SANTIAGO Military authorities in Valparaiso, Chile, have burned 14,846 copies of a book by Colombian Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marques, a representative of his publishing house said on Saturday. The book, The Adventure of Miguel Llttin while in landestinity In Chile, is based on
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    • 383 4 Civil rights rally in all-white county CUMMING (Georgia) Defying race hatred and hooded Ku Klux Kian members, about 20,000 people staged the biggest civil rights rally in the American South in more than a decade, marching through an all-white county in Georgia. Police arrested at
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    • 419 4 Protest on anniversary of move to Wapping LONDON MOUNTED riot police and thousands of demonstrators clashed outside the printworks of press tycoon Rupert Murdoch on Saturday night. Eighty-four people were hurt. The baton-wielding police charged to disperse the 12,000 demonstrators outside the Wapping
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    • 143 4 MEMPHIS (Tennessee) Entertainer Johnny Cash and retired General William Westmoreland, leader of American forces in Vietnam, have announced plans for a series of patriotic rallies and musical concerts in 10 cities. "It's good to be able to wave the flag again." Cash said on Saturday.
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    • 115 4 Fugitive general arrested in US SAN FRANCISCO A former general who is Argentina's most warned military fugitive has been arrested in California. Carlos Guille.-mo Suarez Mason is wanted on charges of false irrprisonment and for alleged >y inflicting torture on prisoners while he was an Argentine government official, said a
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    • 300 5 Sakharov and US stepson reunited in Moscow MOSCOW Shouting each other's names and hugging and kissing Russian-style. Nobel Peace prize winner Andrei Sakhatov and his stepson Alexei Semyonov met for the first time in eight years nn Saturday night in an emotional airport reunion It was Mt Semyonov s first
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    • 349 5 Newspaper searched London police act after magazine publishes spy satellite details LONDON BRITISH police have searched the London offices of h left-wing magazine which divulged a secret plan to put a satellite above the Soviet Union to spy on Russian, European and Middle Eastern communications. The government, meanwhile, said it
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    • 148 5 'Nazi war criminal Mengele alive' TEL AVIV Israel has received information in the past few days suggesting that Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele is alive and living in Paraguay, state television has reported. It said two separate sources provided the information which was passed to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. The
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    • 32 5 WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan on Saturday declared American Samoa a major disaster area in the wake of extensive property damage caused by hurricane Tusi. which struck on Jan 17. AP
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    • 52 5 THIS frozen-faced dog seems to be enjoying the St cm of snow that accumulated In Lancaster, Pennsylvania. But forecasts of up to 25 cm of snow were unsettling people elsewhere In the United States. Office workers ln Virginia, Maryland and Columbia were allowed to return home early.
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    • 346 5 US and EC to continue talks to settle farm trade dispute WASHINGTON United States and European Community negotiators have failed to settle their farm trade row, but will continue attempts to avert an escalation which could come this week. "The two sides have moved closer together and after necessary consultations
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    • 209 5 French medical team abducted in Somalia PARIS Armed men who said they want publirity have kidnapped a 10- member French medical aid team at a refugee eamp in northern Somalia. The director of the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) organisation, Mr Francis Chardon, said on Saturday the kidnappers told witnesses they
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    • 121 5 LONDON The governing Conservative Party held an eight-point lead over the Labour Party in an opinion poll published yesterday. A Harris poll in The Observer newspaper showed the Conservatives with 44 per cent support, Labour with 36 per cent and the Liberal-Social Democratic alliance
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    • 322 6 'Reds trying to get Muslim r rebels for joint fight' OOTABATO (Philippines) Communist insurgents are making overtures to Muslim rebels to fight in a common front against the Philippine government, a local leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Hid on Saturday. Centr.il Mindanao regional chairman Haji Muslimin Sema,
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    • 78 6 PHILIPPINE President torazon Aquino is a pic-, ture of joy as she shakes hands with schoolchildren in Tacloban City, central Philippines. As she moved about meeting the young wellwishers, one could detect her feelings when they sang Happy Birthday to Mrs Aquino, who turned 54 yesterday.
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    • 325 6  - Thailand ready to accept defence aid from China ALBERT RAMALINGAM By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Thailand's Army Commander-in-Chief, General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, has hinted that the Thai and Chinese armies are to exchange military training. He also said Thailand is now ready to accept Chinese defence aid as long as there are
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    • 106 6 BANGKOK Walt Disney Studios have chosen Bangkok as the setting for a romedy about an American radio announcer caught up in the Vietnam War, producer Mark •Johnson said here yesterday. Mr Johnson said that Walt Disney Studios has earmarked US$ll million (5521.2 million)
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    • 116 6  -  ALBERT RAM AUNG AM PATTAYA Thai authorities have scuttled a plan to levy a toll on all vehicles entering central Bangkok, sources said yesterday. The plan, similar in concept to Singapore's Area Licensing Scheme, was not only meant to reduce traffic congestion,
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    • 170 6 JAKARTA The United States government has given an Indonesian-built airplane an airworthiness certificate, clearing the way for it to be sold in the US, the American embassy announced yesterday. The agreement allows the Guam-based Air Guahan Company to take immediate delivery of two 18-passenger,
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    • 200 6 MANILA A Philippine official has denied reports that a Japanese businessman has been turned over to him by kidnappers after two months in captivity. Mr Jose Laurel, governor of Batangas province, said in a telephone interview from the central city of Tacloban late on Saturday
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    • 167 7 PENANG The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the Home Affairs Ministry to revoke its decision to lift the ban on firecrackers. CAP president S. M. Mohd Idrls warned on Saturday that firecrackers, banned in 1978 under the Explosives Act, were a potential
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    • 366 7 KL warns of new laws to control pay rise KUALA LUMPUR Laws to control pay rise may be introduced if there is an unsatisfactory response to the government's call for a voluntary wage freeze. Labour Minister Datuk Lee Kim Sai said on Saturday. The government might take this step if
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    • 342 7 First 20 being paid to depositors KUALA LUMPUR The co-operative arm of the Malaysian Chinese Association will refund all its depositors dol-lar-for-dollar, MCA President Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik an-, nounced yesterday. Koperatif Serbaguna Malaysia Berhad (KSM) began paying a 20 per cent Lunar
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    • 267 7 KUALA LUMPUR A crippled former construction worker is suing the Malaysian government on behalf of himself and more than half a million other people who have lost money in deposit-taking co-op-eratives, his lawyer said yesterday. Mr Cheah Kim Chai said Mr Tiew Kim Sang was also suing
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    • 238 7 Whipping case Muslim leaves prison 'Like a caning by a kind school head' KOTA BAKU Labourer Shamsuddin Mohamad, 21, the first Muslim in the country to be sentenced to whipping for drinking alcohol under the newly-en-forced Syariah law in Kelantan, was released from the Pengkalan Chepa prison on Saturday. He
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    • 46 7 PENANG Former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman yesterday thanked the Australian government for honouring him with Australia's highest award Companion of the Order of Australia. He said the Malaysian High Commission in Canberra had informed him that the Queen had a__rovod tho rrmfprm«»iit Bernama
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    • 40 7 KUALA LUMPUR Vandalism is rampant along the Penang Bridge, highway authority director-general Datuk Mustapha Ahmad said on Saturday. Sign posts and plants have been stolen and telephone booths damaged. Losses are estimator! at Mt9o ftftfl h_ said. NST
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    • 118 7 KUALA LUMPUR The admission of any member or branch into Umno must be made in accordance with the party's Constitution, Umno Vice-President Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. He was commenting on press reports saying Usno would review its decision to merge with
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      221 8 10,000 fish and prawn fry add life to river NEARLY 10,000 fish and prawn fry were released into the Singapore River yesterday the first step in a programme to bring back aquatic life to the waterway. The release of 8,000 sea bass, 1,000 red tilapia fry and
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    • 200 8 BOTH the meek and the wild will be on show at the Singapore Zoo during the Lunar New Year holiday. Visitors to the Mandai zoo will be able to sec peaceable New Zealand white rabbits, which will usher in the Year of the
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    • 280 8  - Shake, rattle and roll it's pom-pom time IRENE NG By CCs closed for New Year ALL community centres will be closed from 4.30 pm on Wednesday for the Lunar New Year. They wiU re-open on Saturday. SHAKE them here, rattle them there, roll them bare and wave them in the
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    • 477 8  - AT T sets new goal of 3m phones AGHES WEE It passed lm target ahead of schedule last year By AT&T Consumer Products Pte Ltd in Singapore has good reason to celebrate its first anniversary with two prancing lions instead of just the one it had last year |at its
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    • 314 8 AT T Consumer Products in Singapore is getting all set to get its new research and development centre, the consumer division's first in Asia, off the ground. Since last August, Mr David Vogelpohl, director of the Singapore R&D outfit, and
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    • 512 9 main issue is resolved TWO last-minute snags have held back a new collective agreement between Singapore Airlines management and its executive staff union. Ironically, the hitches arose after the two parties, SIA and the Air Transport Executive Staff Union (Aesu). had reached
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    • 234 9 Fare didn't pay up after taking cabby for a ride A TAXI driver drove two passengers to a police station when they could not give their exact destination after directing him to three places. Cabby Tan Chin Yam, 53, was further exasperated when Rahmat bin Arshad, jobless, and his friend
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    • 79 9 THE public can submit bids for car registration numbers 0001 to 6000 in the SBD series from today. The minimum bid is $1,000. The new number plates, which are not transferable, must be used for the registration of new cars. Company-regis-tered cars
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    • 99 9 Additional bonuses for hotel staff MARCO Polo Hotel handed out additional bonuses last week to its 630 employees, who had no pay increments last year. The 550 bargainable workers got $100 to $350 each, depending on their length of service. The 80 executive staff received payments ranging from 60 per
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    • 158 9 AN APPRENTICE technician aad his girlfriend were robbed at cash and valuables worth $1,111 by four men at a Nlcoll Highway underpass early yesterday morning. Mr Um Leong Chit, 23, was slashed with a sharp object on the right side at his abdomen
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    • 371 9  -  IRENE HOE Figures on a bench have been delighting passers-by for 3 months By SINCE late October they have sat in front of the National Museum, patted, pawed and constantly photographed by passers-by. Their temporary place in the museum grounds was chosen
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    • 153 10 YOUTH groups caa provide a useful social service by looking after the needs ef latchkey children who are left alone at home by their working parents, said the Parliamentary Secretary (Foreign Affairs), Mr Yattmaa Yusot. They caa provide companionship aad guidance to the
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    • 309 10 Minister paints 'lonely' prospect for the childless MARRIED couples who are childless and those who remain single were told yesterday by the Minister for Community Development, Mr Wong Kan Seng, that they faced the prospect of living solitary and lonely lives when they grow old.
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    • 346 10 Two schemed to divert $1m into own account TWO Indonesians devised a scheme to divert into an account which they opened here the payment of Ssl million in fees from a firm in Canada to a Singaporebased oil exploration company, a court heard on Friday. But the plan was foiled
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    • 306 10 ONE wants "a quiet year", another calls for "radical reforms". A gourmet in the group hopes to see Singapore established in the world food map while a craftsman looks forward to a year "good for the average man, the businessman in
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    • 105 10 VOLUNTEERS of the fund-raising show Heartstrings were yesterday feted to a tea reception and presented with certificates. It was the Community Chest of Singapore's way of saying thanks to about 200 of the more than 600 volunteers involved in the making of the show. The reception at
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    • 485 11 Rebate for Comfort cabbies Discount on interest payments amounts to $lm COMFORT taxi driverhave a timely hong bao for the Lunar New Year the 5,236 drivers who paid instalments for their taxis last year will get, on average, a discount of $185 on their interest payments. The l l 4
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    • 423 11 SDC MONTHS after a trading company bought three lots of land totalling 9,746.3 sq metres off Geylang Road for $3.5 million, the property was acquired by the Government. The Collector of Land Revenue compensated Teng Fun Holdings Pte Ltd with
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    • 174 11 Police hotline POLICE want to contact the relatives of two men who died in hospital last week. A middle-aged man, who gave his name as Lim Pong Seng, died in Tan Tock Seng Hospital at 3.25 pm on Friday, four hours after he was
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    • 89 11 Dead man a hit-and-run victim? A MAN. believed to be a hit-and-run accident victim, was found dead at the Jurong bus interchange in Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim on Saturday morring. Mr Sukhminbar Singh, 31, of Block 134, Bukit Batok West Avenue 6, was found at about 5.25 am with head and
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    • 75 11 A MAN and a woman were yesterday jointly charged with Importing about fl\e grams of heroin into Singapore while they were on a train in Woodlands. Subramaniam a /I Marimuthu, 19, and Letchumi d/o hanaisan, 21, were alleged to have two packets of drugs on the
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    • 203 11 Chok Tong keeps date with grand dame of Marine Parade A PLEASED Madam Neo Hui Can, said to be the grand old lady of Marine Parade, receives a Lunar New Year gift from First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Madam Neo, 85, is reputed to be one of the
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    • 156 12 Thief told boy who saw him: Go to bed! A THIEF stole $18,700 in cash and valuables from a businessman's house in Mac Pherson Road while the man's son watched, terrified. Yang Han Jie, 11, saw the intruder outside his room at about 9 on Friday morning. He watched petrified
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    • 265 12 'Approach bus drivers and cinema managers' IF YOU are bothered by someone smoking in a bus or cinema, the best way to stop the smoker is to approach a person in authority for help. According to the Singapore Bus Service, Trans Island Bus Services
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    • 149 12 Campaign to drive home hazards of smoking continues THE blitz on smoking continues with a series of events to educate people on the effects of the habit and to help smokers quit. Among these activities: A 24-HOUR public exhibition at the Changi Hospital in Halton Road on the hazards of
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    • 274 12 IT WILL be "a meeting of the two lions" in Lyon, France, on Wednesday, when Singapore officials, led by Ambassador David Marshall, try to get more French investors to have a stake in the Lion City. About 200 French corporate decision-makers and
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    • 143 12 A DELIVERY clerk who lost $1,500 at a drinks lounge vented his anger on a public telephone and had to pay a $600 fine for the act of mischief on Friday. The court was told that Tan Tiong Ting, 27, went
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      104 12 SAF exercises THE Singapore Armed Forces will be conducting military exercises in Lim Chu Kang, Marsiling, Mandai, Wing Loong ano Loyang today and tomorrow from 8 am to midnight and on Wednesday from am to noon. Blanks and thunderHashes will be used The public is advised not to be alarmed.
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    • 85 12 SINGAPORE Bus Service Aircon 3 will begin from Neil Road and travel to Jurong East Interchange from Feb 1. At present, the service begins at Bedok Interchange and loops at New Bridge Road. The new route will cover areas in Redhill. Queenstown. Commonwealth and Boon
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    • 108 12 A STOREKEEPER pat invoices handed to him by salesmen into his drawer and the accompanying money into his pocket. Tan Yan Leng, 38, then with I niweld Holdings Pte Ltd, an industrial-related welding products firm, misappropriated $10,879. n. A court heard that the offence was
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    • 261 13  -  NGIAM TONG HAI By THE Government has slashed licence fees for pet, aquarium fish and poultry shops and hatcheries. Licence fees for aquarium fish shops have been cut from $300 to $20 a year. Fees for animal, bird and poultry shops
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    • 16 13 MAIL service to Uruguay, which was suspended last month, will resume with immediate effect.
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    • 485 13  -  CHAN KIN SANG Changes often involve those at the highest levels By AT LEAST 15 major organisations here created logos for themselves last year, or changed existing ones to suit changing circumstances. This year, the Consumers Association of Singa- pore, Singapore Press
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    • 317 13 THE man ia the street mav be able te UeaUfy aa organisation from its lege bat dent expect bun to knew what It stands fer. A street pell ef 2t people conducted by The Straits Times feaad that nearly all correctly named seven ef the
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    • 296 13 A good design is one that's 'simple, striking' A GOOD LOGO has to be simple, yet striking and speak volumes. Mr William Lee, creative director of Central Design, said recently: "A logo is international. It has to be understood at one look, like No Entry signs. You see it and
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    • 94 13 TWO new post offices will open today to serve residents in Serangoon and Yishun. The Serangoon North Post Office is at Block 153, Serangoon North Avenue 1, sOl-532 534. The Yishun North Post Office is at Block 293, Yishun Street 22, #01-233/235. Both post offices
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    • 724 10 Happy New Year S <_____ ___i_k _r^V _^i W from m_mmmw X*V Xfa j_ "A v _____»_l k' m J\____ _,v*fW X ■■I llfaliv _M^ W^+i mk sAm A S mi*rs&L A W\V^ A udly Presented by COOdWOOd Park Hotel at the World Trade Centre Auditorium r*W s __m 27th
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    • 652 14 THE relentless slide of the US dollar in the world's money markets, particularly against the Japanese yen and the West German deutschemark, is a classic example of the markets' frequent tendency to drive currencies in the right direction, but at the wrong pace. The fact
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      7 14 generation. Other things must wait."
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    • 2668 14  -  ROBERT OXNAM Whatever their different backgrounds, most Americans of Asian ethnic origin share a common set of values revolving around family, education, discipline end herd work. These values have contributed to their success as a "super minority" in the United States.
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    • 549 15 Regional comment Editorial, headlined Proving we are one country, one people, published in The Bangkok Post on Jan 21. SOMETHING will happen today that was unthinkable a decade or two ago. Proving their ability to forgive and forget, the Army and former
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    • 468 15 Editorial, headlined Tempest in a tennis shoe, published in The Jakarta Post on Jan 17. IF THERE is one thing which helps keep this city from getting boring, lt mast ke the tact that there seems to be no ami to the subjects that
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    • 1062 15  -  SUSAN CHIRA BJ HOKKAIDO ISLAND Hideaki Nara, 38--years-old and out of work, sat in the unemployment office of the northern industrial city of Muroran on this island and stared at a card describing a job at a textile factory. The job would require him
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  • FORUM
    • 228 16 I WRITE in support of the letter on the need for better co-ordinaTion between the traffic police and the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation by your reader Dr P'ng Chin Guan (ST. Jan 15). I recall that a year ago. SBC announced that, because of heavy rain,
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    • 140 16 I FULLY support the Government's call to Singaporeans to look after their elderly parents. I was, therefore, puzzled when I received a reply from the Income Tax Division recently stating that I could not claim tax reliefs for supporting my parents because they are not staying with
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    • Bouquets
      • 467 16 THIS is an unhappy tale with a happy ending brought about by the honesty of one of your taxi drivers and the cooperation of a number of Singaporeans, including one of your staff. On a recent visit to Singapore, I
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      • 182 16 WE recently visited our son in Singapore and were very impressed by your city state. In particular the friendliness, pride, concern and trustworthiness of your people make Singapore a special enclave in the world and commend it to every traveller. As an example,
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      • 283 16 Cabby spoke up for late student I WOULD like to nominate a taxi driver for his generosity and courtesy. I am a Japanese student temporarily in Singapore with my family. I study at the International School. At 7.30 am on Jan 16, I took the taxi from Peace Centre to
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      • 126 16 WE refer to the letter "Traffic flow smooth again" by Mr R. Brett (ST, Jan 14). We would like to clarify that the traffic lights at the junction of Cairnhill Circle and Clemenceau Avenue went out of order because one of the posts was damaged as
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      • 126 16 WE refer to the letter "Racks block the way at interchange" from "Jurong Commuter" (ST, Jan 2). We are pleased to note that the writer finds the Jurong Interchange improved after its extension. The passenger concourse area is now double its original size and there are
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    • 463 16 Why girls take home economics in Sec 1 and 2 Ministry of Education reply WE refer to the letter by Madam ■Lim Chee Eng expressing disaprpointment that her daughter has to do home economics instead of technical studies at Secondary 1 .and 2 (ST, Jan 16). The revised home economics
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      4 17  -  LIM ENG HAI
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    • 493 17 4 CAN you produce entrepreneurs from a school? Entrepreneurship is as spirit. s Mr Daron Liew, Chairman of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, on the proposal to set up a Singapore School of Enterprise. OVERSEAS Union Bank has promoted Mr Winston Tang Tse Soong from Manager to
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    • 420 17 KUALA LUMPUR GRAND United Holdings' (GUH) proposed sale of its entire shareholding in wholly-owned Malayan Weaving Mills (MWM) and two pieces of land will result in extraordinary gains of M53.85 million for the group. In a circular to shareholders
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    • 585 17  -  DOREEN SOH Bid to buy C.I. Holdings 'waste of corporate funds' By THE deal (to buy a stake in C.I. Hold- ings) will neither enhance George Kent's assets or earnings nor benefit A the other shareholders of Cl. Holdings. Malaysian Investors' Association President
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    • 297 17 'Interest rates may collapse' warning by bank manager KUALA LUMPUR FINANCIAL interest rates will collapse if there is no new demand for loans, the General Manager of Bank Buruh, Dr R. Thillainathan, said yesterday. He said that private sector loan demands are already tapering off and most borrowings are expected
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    • 76 17 Firm's new pact with vendor PROPERTY-BASED Mount Pleasure Holdings Bhd has renegotiated with the vendor of S.V. Lee Trading Sdn Bhd (SVL) to take over the latter's issued and paid-up capital of 612,000 shares of Msl at par at a revised price of M5850.000. The company has told the Stock
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    • 103 17 TAIPEI The Taiwan stockmarket index rose 8.03 points on Saturday to hit an all-time high of 1,150.25 points, ahead of the long Lunar New Year holiday. The previous high was recorded just a day earlier, on Friday, when the index hit 1,142.22. Brokers said
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    • 299 17 Another round of Emtex board changes expected KUALA LUMPUR Emtex Corp is expected to announce shortly board changes in yet another twist to the long struggle by several parties to wrest control of the asset-rich and lowly-geared company. Emtex's present owner, the Mepro group, is understood to have reached an
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    • 157 17 LONDON Morgan Grenfell Group PLC said that Mr Charles Rawlinson had been appointed group Vice-Chairman and Messrs David Keys and John Perry have been named to Its board. Mr Rawlinson will be retiring as Chairman of the group's merchant banking arm Morgan Grenfell
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    • 314 17 LONDON City of London scandals have called into serious question prospects for British merchants banks, two leading British bank analysts have said. In a critical analysis of the merchant banking sector, Messrs Keith Brown and Ken Murray of Greenwell Montagu Securities said
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    • Company news The week that was
      • 17 18 Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Wearnes 16 .7(15) $8,350(51.444) Sep 86
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      • 18 18 Interim Group pre tax Half-year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Beriuntai -(12) MJ1.839L ($5,962) Oct 86
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      • 441 18 A TOTAL of 19 stockbroking firms and merchant banks have registered as Sesdaq market makers. Deak Morgan Ltd, a publicly listed Aus tralian financial services group, is planning to acquire an interest in stockbroking firm K. H. Lim Associates Pte. J. Balas Co has fully repaid its bank
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    • 46 18 Financial Times Industrials Friday 1425 90 (1404.10) Dow Jones Industrials jr Friday 2101.52 (2145.67) F Nikkei Stock Average Saturday *****.48 (*****.61) Jf_if r 1 (Figures in brackets reler to those of the previous tradmt day) L-Pi i i i i i i i i iM
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    • 225 18 I*n 23 USJ Ounce Akoo 39** Albed Sig i' -I* Arrvox kx 14 -lfc Any Corp 59"« An 26*? Bethlehem Stl 7*4 unch Boeing Co 51** Burroughs Cp CoterpOor Co 41 H -I "4 Chose Monhtn 40 Chrysler Cp 46 IV, Citicorp 59<* Cons Not Gas 36** -H
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    • 330 18 I*n 24 Yen Chanfe A|inomoto 1980 +30 Akoi 380 1 Amodo 850 -17 AtohiChem 785 -10 Asoh. Gloss 1350 -10 Bonk of Tokyo 1290 -30 Bndoettone 705 -5 Conon 945 -5 Cos* 1280 unch Cituen 451 unch Dow. 1340 10 Doi Ichi Kongyo 2510 20 0 Nippon Print 1850
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    • 153 18 SYDNEY Keen interest in media stocks and speculation of increased takeover activity pushed the Australian share market higher last week. The markets closed firmer on three days last week, boosted by improved balance of trade data on Tuesday, a sharply higher gold price and firmer oil prices. However, brokers
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    • Overseas markets' weekly round-up
      • 110 18 HONGKONG The market fluctuated wildly last week, ir— tratlng hew vulnerable tt to to politic*! de velepmeata to China, market analysts said. On Monday, the Bang Seng index nosedived 82 points, Its biggest one day toes to 18 months. Tuesday saw the Hang Seng shed another 83 points to
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      • 93 18 LONDON Early uncertainty prompted by news of the failure of Giles and Overbury, one of the City's oldest stockbrokers, quickly evaporated on the London Stock Exchange last week. Wall Street's record-breaking performance and the widely-expected cut in West German interest rates encouraged gains in multinational stocks, although bullishness in
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      • 599 18 Profit -taking offsets early sharp gains New York NEW YORK The stock market proved itself ready, willing and more than able to revive its new year rally, but by the end of the week, found itself thrashing about in a volatile decline that had some analysts pointing to a longawaited
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      • 174 18 TOKYO Share prices soared to record highs on the Tokyo stack market last week in terms of the Nikkei Stock Average in erratic trading as the yen rose steeply against the US dollar. The average hit record highs for four sessions in a row from the previous Friday to
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    • 484 18 23 ftnct Char** Alked-Lyon* 342 -I A** Dairies BTRPLC Bobcocks 198' t +2'4 Barclays 536 +3 Beecham 464 +4 BKX 312 +2 Blue Crete 687 +7 BOC Group 403 +11 Boots 257 +9 Bowoter 392 +3 BATS 493 unch Britann.a 153^ +1 Brit Got B Telecom Brown (J) 27
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    • 3376 18 M shires quoted have a par value ot $1, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tu exempted dividend ABN is traded in tots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted in dolors. Trustee stocks under CPf Approved Investment Scheme. 19*717 Last YloW Ftet Vol
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      • 242 19 1 Mn SI 000 7 lalmi. -t'-wwrs only 3 OCBC Franc* 4 avifebte it DBS Fmance S Quaitynf tru, rites art oftertu i wbudury OUT OOP i rates ab* i«<„Mc at UOf ahe al PBS Finance OCBC OUB (JOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings daily 3 3 4 2
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        247 19 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Arebian Express Kl5 aside 27/1 Inibukwa Kl9 aside 26/1 Mudanshan K32 aside 29/1 Nha Trang 1 K2l aside 26/1 Mi KlO aside 26/1 Riau K2O aside 27/1 Sondershausen R2B aside 26/1 Straits Venture K24E aside 26/1 Waheng K33 26,1 29/1 Arrow
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      • 555 19 BANKS' prime lending rates at the close of business on Friday, Jan 23. Bank PLR Algemene Bank 6 4 American Express 7 Am'Dam R terdam Bank 6'i Arab Bank Ltd 7 1 Arab Banking Corp 7' 4 As.a Commercial 6' i A N7 Banking Group 6 I Ban
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      • 210 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to SS10 foreign currency Australian dollar 1 4166 1 4194 7.20—7.00 Canadian dollar 1.5746 1 5760 642—631 NZ dollar 1.1502—1 1529 886-857 Sterling pound 3.2463—3.2500 3.09-3 04 US dollar 2.1400-2 1410 4.70-4.65 Local dolars
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      • 160 19 Asian rates ASIAN currency average Low deposit rates for the J St. \l \l Jl. "week ended Jan 23. 6 months 4 4 12 months 4 4 BID PRICES USS Sterin. rtgh LOW rkfh low 7 days 6' 6 1 16 1 month 11 u 1 month 6'» 6 1
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      • 36 19 Closing prices RUBBER Spore KL cents cents S/kilo W kilo Jan 19 ***** 229.00 Jan 20 192 00 229 00 Jan 21 192 25 228 00 Jan 22 ***** 227.00 Jan 23 191 00 227.00
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      • 38 19 LOWER. A sharp 5.600--tonne increase in London Metal Exchange stocks to 121.400 tonnes pushed values down to their lowest since last September. Merchants outside the LME quoted U551. 235-1.255 a tonne against U551,250--1,270 the previous week. AFP
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      • 323 19 GOLD surrendered earlier gains to settle near the week's low on technical selling and general liquidation. As compared to the previous Friday's close, the precious metal gave up US$ll.4O to finish at (spot) U*****.90 an ounce. Heavy selling outweighed limited buying interest after gold failed to sustain
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      • 20 19 GOLD USS/oz Sat Fri Hongkong 405 80—406 80 406.30—406 80 Fri Thurs New York 404.60— 405 10 408.25—408.75
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      • 103 19 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian rubber market closed the week easier on continuing lack of fresh incentives with Int RSS One closing at 227.00 sen per kg, down two sen from the previous Friday. The market opened the week easier and remained at 229.00 sen for two days but declined
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      • 41 19 QUIET. The 48.000-oz decline in London Metal Exchange stocks to 23.022,000 oz, their lowest level since May 1980, lent initial support as did gold's firmer tone. But very thin trading conditions and sterling's strength resultpd in cnhsp. quent losses. AFP
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      • 48 19 LOWER. The 625-tonne drop in London Metal Exchange stocks to 175.675 tonnes failed to lend support in the face of sterling's initial strength against the dollar. Support at lower levels favoured a partial recovery but values were not able to regain the previous week's elosine' levels. AFP
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      • 31 19 Closing Turnover TIN prices Tonnes Cents (M) kilo Jan 19 17 24 115 Jan 20 17.30 92 Jan 21 17 30 90 Jan 22 17.22 92 Jan 23 17.20 140
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      • 53 19 LOWER. The price of tin fell on the European spot market (basis Rotterdam warehouse) from L4.550--4,580 to _4.470-4.500 a tonne despite news that the sev-en-nation Association of Tin-Producing Countries had agreed to limit collective exports to 96.000 tonnes for 12 months from March, some 14,000 tonnes lower than expected
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      • 28 19 Buyint $e*n. Highest -Lowest Highest -Lowest SS/pn $$/em Bank ot China 28 85-27 92 28 97-28 04 OUB 28 88-28 00 29 03-28.15 UOB 2891-28.01 2906-2810
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      • 671 19 Receipt of Export FCL container* and LCL cargo LCL Receiving. Receiving m (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time Block Laust Ms <8702» 26/1(2330) F2 1430 *****330 1430 AI Bl 1230 1330 Fl B Perma. (516) 28 1(0900) F7 1530 1630 1630 1730 P2/S2 Or freedom (12) 29/1(0700) FSA *****830,*****930 Nl
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    • Stock market weekly round-up...
      • 220 20 Kuala Lumpur PROFIT-TAKERS domi mnai trading in the Kuala Lumpur sunk market mat \v..'.'k vAith share prices closing easier across the board on three out of Hat d i\s Ihe week started on an optimistic note with inter est focused on plantation Minks, following the pre\ 1
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      • 526 20  -  Lui Khang By ST INDUSTRIAL INDEX Closing at 939.58 points at the end of Friday's trading, the STI shed 19.33 points last week. Since the STI achieved the high of 957.97, a short-term downtrend has developed. It has retraced 18.39 points so far. My retracement objective is
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      • 412 20 Singapore THE Singapore market drifted downwards last week as institutional buyers who led a buying spree three weeks ago pulled back and left small investors without a focus. Profit-takers prevailed on the market while nervous sellers appeared on every development that suggested something
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      • 99 20 THE following is a list of the five most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week It gives the turnover in thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and the high and low tor 1986 87 Company Volume Price rk t h Low
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      • 55 20 THE directors of Kuala Lumpur Keponq Bhd have recommended a final dividend of 5 per cent payable on April 13 for the year ended Sept 30. 1986. However, the 43.9 million shares issued to bumiputra investors under a special issue on Nov 17 last year will not
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      • 187 20 Sime Darby SIME Darby reigned again in the Singapore stock market last week on consistently good volume without ever being the busiest counter on any day. While the limelight shifted from counter to counter daring the week with Sea lion, Amalgamated Steel, Sri Hartamas, I MW and
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    • 54 20 STOCKWORTH 1 by Sterling and Selesntck r _*"^""*^Tl ____"*1 ff*^^ Jlj > \l I [>■ a_\ im? l s f I F 1 _______tmm^*^^' 111 >™w" **V il _<r*_i _B_E£*-^- i _E___^r -w- \m_\ mr*__^_~ __^*}|_iW,____S_l _OJ___T^B_. jl 0 1^ ni__'_r*v t _Kß\_d_^ jd^^^-Pl-flUfc'r^ /_s#_■> L^rr.-i^ JKfeM* v__3~giimi ftp ffm^iffr
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  • RACING
    • 356 21 He foilows Gopal's footsteps when taking top sprint on Purple Rain By OUR RACING TEAM KUALA LUMPUR New apprentice T. Asogan had a rousing investiture into the world of racing with a first-up win astride Purple Rain in the Class 1 Div 1 sprint over 1,200m (Race 5)
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    • 51 21 NO-ONE picked the combination ef Purple Rain, Ballrush, Deer Hunter Mid Triton in the correct order er in any order In the quartet betting race at Bukit Timah yesterday. Se a $-4,152 Jackpot, representing the total quartet pool, will he added to the next quartet betting race an
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    • 321 21 PERTH STAR filly Jungle Dawn is set to tilt at the Asl million (about Ssl. 4 million) Australasian over 1,600m at Ascot racecourse here today. Said champion West Australian jockey Rod Kemp: "If I had my choice of rides. I'd be on Jungle Dawn Kemp will
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    • 164 21 Two get benefit of doubt KUALA LUMPUR Jockeys Larry Francis and H.S. Chan were yesterday given the benefit of a doubt at the adjourned inquiries into the running and handling of Noble Scholar and Violet Haze respectively. Both ran in Race 9 last Saturday. After taking evidence from Francis and
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    • 90 21 LONDON Jump jockey Richard Linley, who suffered severe injuries in a car accident which killed his wife 14 months ago, returned to action last Saturday with a winner. Linley, winner of the 1983 Champion Hurdle on Caye Brief for top Saudi Arabian owner. Sheikh Ali Abu Khamsin, rode
      Reuter  -  90 words
  • OBITUARIES
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      388 21 NG SENG YONG AGE: 75 patted away peacefully on 29 JAN 1987 Leaving behind WIVES-.Kim I .nan Eng (deceased) Tan Chwee Lan SONS N* Kok Heng NK Kok Wai Ng Kok Ann DAUGHTERS Nk Kim Neo. Nancy Ng Poh Neo. Ruby Ng Ah Mu. iv Ng Choo Neo.
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      247 21 MDM SOH CHYE NEO AGE 82 Pttted away peacefully on 25th Jan 87 Leaving behind Son*: Chew Chwee Leng Chew Chwee Poh Daughter*: Chew Keok Khim Chew Chwee Lye Daughtert-ln-Law Tan Bean Ee Tan Bee Lian tder'd) Lim Soot Yin Sona-ln-Laer: Tan Beng Wah (deed) Tan Hock Kah
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      98 21 r In Loving Memory of MDM. LETCHMI w/o MR. P.K. APPU Departed 26/1/86 In life loved and honoured. In death remembered. Inserted by loved ones. mmmmmmmmmmmmma a> FIRST ANNIVERSARY m In ever loving memory of MR. JOSEPH ANTHONY Departed 26 Jan. 1906 Your presence is ever near
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    • 68 21 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MR LOW TECK QUEE AGE 65 patted away peacefully on 25th January 1987, leaving behind beloved: WIFE: Chew Jo.. Keow SON S: DAUGHTER-IN-LAW Mark Low Luck Khiu Juliana l.ee Mui Hone Eugene Low Kuah Khia DAUGHTER: Carol Low Wan Leng GRAND-DAUGHTER: Diana Liu I.ijuan Cortege leaves
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    • 234 21 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements MR. MUTHUKRISHNAN NAIDU (RAILWAY PENSIONER) AGE: 82 YRS Departed: 23-1 87 Beloved wile SAVITHP.I SONS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW M Janarthanan (Customs t:.xi -i.se Kalavalhi Dept) M Gopalakrishnan (Spore Sarojim Police Force) M Navaneethaknshnan (Customs Kala Kxeise Dept) M Balakrishnan (Currency Board Devaki M Rathakrishnan (PSA Susila Police Force)
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      52 21 With Deepest Sympathies and condolences to the family of tho late MAJ DILDAR SINGH DHOT From Officer and men of FDS PLA Wilh Deepest Sympathies X Condolences to the family of the late NEO CHWEE KOK JOHN PAUL I- mm Management Committee. SubCommittees, members and start ol Singapore
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      133 21 In Loving Memory Of: MR KHOO SOO CHYE Departed 26.1.86 You tolled all those years for us I And then you had to go You were the one Your loved ones will never forget Sadly missed A always remembered by wife, sons, daughters-in-law A grandchil1 dron. EDNA
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 1341 22 Coventry 1 West Ham 3. User |)00l 2 Newcastle 0. Luton 1 I^eicester it Manchester I'nited 2 Arsenal 0. Norwich 2 Chelsea 2. Oxford 1 Watford 3. Queens Park Rangeis 2 Southampton 1, Sheffield 1 Chai Hon 1. Tottenham 3 Aston Villa 0, Wimbledon 0 Manchester City
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    • 466 22 ENGLISH SOCCER Gunners' 22 -match run ends with a furious bang 4 The referee lost control in the first 20 minutes and that's when all the damage was done. But we have got to grow up and learn from that. We played better when we
      Reuter; AFP  -  466 words
    • 194 22 e Liverpool 2 Newcastle Third-placed Liverpool moved to within four points of Arsenal when Paul Walsh's first goal in three months and an lan Rush goal sunk Newcastle. Champions Liverpool struggled against a tight Newcastle defence until the 53rd minute when Walsh drifted into space to head
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    • 28 22 Div. One: 28 CUve Allen (Tottenham); t* lan Rash (Liverpool); 23 Tony Cot tee (West Ham); 21 John A Idridge (Oxford); 17 Colin Clarke (Southampton). AFP
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    • 315 22 EUROPEAN CLUB ACTION COLOGNE Bayern Munich, European Champions three times in succession in the mid-seventies, were handed the chance for vengeance on Saturday night. The draw here for the quarter-finals of the three European club competitions pitted them against Anderlecht a repeat of last year's clash
      AFP; Reuter  -  315 words
    • 256 22 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP BERGAMO (Italy) Alessandro Altobelli shrugged off his recent indifferent form by scoring twice in Italy's 5-0 win over Malta in a European Championship Group Two qualifier on Saturday. Altobelli, who missed two penalties when Italy won 2-0 in Malta last month,
      Reuter  -  256 words
    • 372 22 FORMER West German manager Jupp Derwall has taken over as consultant to Turkeys national team, the Anatolian Agency reported in Istanbul on Saturday. Derwall. manager of Turkish First Division club Galatasaray Istanbul, said he would work with his Galatasaray assistant Mustafa Denizli in running the team but warned
      Reuter; Bernama; AFP  -  372 words
    • 248 23  - Lawmen rule in final scuffle J. RAJENDRAN REFEREE Leong Keng Sin was a hot subject for discussion on the sidelines tor some not-so-hot decisions in yesterday's Cathay Pacific Singapore Rugby Union knockout final between Singapore Cricket Club and Police. Police, making their first appearance in the final at the Padang,
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    • 40 23 PHILIP Ching and Jimmy Kam qualified for the Ebonite high roller bowling tournament final when they finished first and second respectively in the third roll-off at the Jurong Bowl yesterday. Philip scored 233 pintails and Jimmy 210.
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    • 33 23 S.T. NG clinched the Plaza Bowler's Club Roll in the Rabbit tournament with 2,335 pintails yesterday. Jansen Chan (2,321) and Tan Juan Huan (2,313) were second and third respectively.
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    • 371 23 SPORT IN SHORT JOHANNESBURG South African Fulton Allem finished with a twostroke victory from compatriot Hugh Baiocchi in a US$6O,OOO ($128,400) International golf tournament here on Saturday. Leading final scores (South African, unless stated): MS Fulton Allem 65. 67, 68, 68. 271 Hugh Baiocchi 65, 69,
      AFP; Reuter; AP  -  371 words
    • 498 23 Double to stylish Swede in furious five-setter MELBOURNE SWEDEN'S Stefan Edberg retained his Australian Open crown yesterday when he subdued Aussie powerhouse Pat Cash in one of the most thrilling finals in Kooyong's 60-year history. Edberg fought off a magnificent comeback by the tenacious
      UPI; Reuter  -  498 words
    • 430 23 TAY CHENG KHOON at the Asian Junior Squash Championships KARACHI A hit in the right eye knocked some sense into Ernest Tan and enabled Singapore to beat Hongkong 2-1 for third place the boys team championship here yesterday. While Pakistan scored an easy 3-0 win
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    • 160 23 Girls keep title with a 3-0 win KARACHI Pakistan's men may have terrorised international squash for the past couple of decades, but their women folk remain decidedly unintimidating. This Singapore found out when they thrashed their hostesses 3-0 to retain the girls team title yesterday. The Pakistan decision to field
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    • 396 23 Fits and starts but the bits are starting to fit MELBOURNE Hana Mandlikova, who Saturday won her second Australian Open title, is the enigma of the women's tennis world. Last year, the Czechoslovakian failed to win any singles tournaments. But, with 1987 less than
      AFP  -  396 words
    • 221 23 BADMINTON OSAKA Chinese Thomas Cup player Xiong Guobao won his first badminton Grand Prix title when he upset former All-England champion Zhao Jianhua in the Japan Open men's singles final yesterday. Guobao, ranked third in China behind Yang Yang and Jianhua, took advantage
      Reuter  -  221 words
    • 286 23 FARRER PARK United pulled themselves out of the gloom to score an easy 6-1 victory against Kaki Bukit for their first win in the National Football League Division One at Toa Payoh Stadium yesterday. Farrer Park, who lost their three previous outings, took a
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    • 441 23  -  ALAN HUBBARD By LONDON A few months ago, in a fit of printed pique, Ivan Lendl described Boris Becker as obnoxious aad arrogant. At the time, aa adoring world r_fnaed to believe that the German wunderkind was either of these things. la view of
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    • 128 23 Windies end Aussie Cup hopes ADELAIDE The West Indies ended Australia's hopes of making the World Series Cup cricket finals here yesterday. Sent in, the West Indies recovered to make five for 237. Australia were always behind the required run rate and were nine for 221 when time ran out.
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 45 23 SOCCER SBHFI. Div Two: CIAS v Tien Wah Press (Tanglin 2), Shangri-La Hotel v Travenol Lab (Geylang). Div Three: DBS Bank v S'pore Technological Corpn (Tanglin 4), S'pore Tobacco v Tangs SC (Farrer Pk), Crown Prince Hotel v Hitachi Elevator (Farrer Pk) all at 5.15pm.
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  • 329 24 Malaysian man held over poisoning of milk for extortion KUALA LUMPUR Police have detained a man on suspicion of poisoning several packets of milk with insecticide in a bid to extort from a beverage company. They seized several packets of milk, syringes and a can of insecticide. The items were
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  • 30 24 COLOMBO Nine separatist guerillas were killed in clashes with government forces on Saturday in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, the government said yesterday. Reuter West German general election
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  • 265 24 Opinion polls point to second term for Kohl BONN West Germans voted yesterday in their 11th general election since the republic was established in 1949 and opinion polls forecast that Chancellor Helmut Kohl's centre-right coalition will win a second four-year term. At least B.> per cent of the 45 million
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  • 24 24 WARSAW A passenger train crashed into a bus at an unguarded railroad crossing in north-eastern Poland on Saturday, killing four people. AP
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  • 606 24  -  K. F. TANG By A WOMAN motorist now drives with a hammer by her side while another driver, a man, plans to learn taekwon-do. Both are victims of road bullies who assault, chase and even ram other motorists after such incidences as
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  • 145 24 A QURAN computer, the first In Singapore, became tke centre ef attraction at the opening ceremony of Al-Falah Mmmmt in Bldef ord Road, off Orchard Road, yesterday. It also caaght the eye of the Environment Minister aad minister la charge of Muslim
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  • 471 24  -  SALIM OSMAN By ENVIRONMENT Minister and Minister in charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, has expressed the hope that the opening of the Al-Falah Mosque would bring a change to the lifestyles of Muslim youths who he said idled away their time
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  • 166 24 Mistress bit me, Filipina maid alleges A FILIPINO maid has alleged that she wss bitten on her right arm hy the wife of her employer, s diplomat, when aa argument broke out between the women. The maid is now temporarily staying with the Geylang Catholic Centre, a crisis centre for
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  • 38 24 BUDAPEST Thirteen students admitted to the law and political science schools of Budapest University have been expelled because their parents bribed officials to get en-trance-exam details, the Communist Party daily Ni'|is/ab;i(k:n' I on mat. urday AP
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  • 275 24 Gunmen pose as police to kidnap four BEIRUT Gunmen disguised as police seized four foreign academics, at least three of them Americans, at a Beirut University in Lebanon's first mass kidnapping. Security guards saw gunmen in blue and grey uniforms drive a van boldly onto Beirut University College (BUC) campus
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    • 209 24 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Cloudy with intermittent slight to moderate rain. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 28 max., 23 min SUNSET today: 7.19 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.16 am. GLOBAL MATHER Adelaide 20 29 C Hazy London 3/7 C Cloudy Amsterdam 14 C Cloudy Los Angeles 917 C
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  • The Straits Times Section TWO
    • 5 1 The Straits Times Section TWO
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    • 843 1 It used to be that older folk succumbed to heart attacks, Singapore's No. 1 killer. But now, doctors are concerned that more and more young people, in their 20s and 30s, are being affected too. Last week, the Health Ministry announced plans for a
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    • 396 1 NO MORE eggs. This Is tke new year resolution sf bos driver Santspanl Velusamy, 28, whs Is still recuperating (rem recent heart surgery. Being a male aad aa Indian, he falls la the high-risk grsup. Neither ef h_ parents have had any heart trouble, ss he
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    • 254 1 A STUDY by researchers at the University of New South Wales' School of Medicine and the Department of Cardiology at St Vincent's Hospital has shown that 20 per cent of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery risk blockages of the grafts
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      • 423 2  - Homing in on pigeons and how they fly home Asahi Smart birds, these pigeons. They were probably the first trans-Atlantic postmen, but scientists still can't explain their remarkable homing ability. RACING pigeons, also known as homing or messenger pigeons, were used last year to shuttle photographers' film from the Statue
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      • 30 2 Meanwhile, plastic needles implanted around electric power lines have proved effective in thwarting pigeons from landing or from bombing passing pedestrians with droppings on Tokyo's Ginza Street.
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      • 207 2 COMPOSIL, a new dental filling material invented by a group of Malaysian scientists which has taken the dentistry world by storm, is now poised for the highly lucrative export market which is estimated at Ms4€t billion (about Ss3Bs billion). Developed hy
        Bernama  -  207 words
      • 208 2 THE Brussels-based firm, Plant Genetic Systems NV (PGS), has announced a new genetic engineering method for making plants resistant to herbicides, a development it says will revolutionise the agricultural world. The new system involves changing the genetic make-up of plants to render them impervious to
        Reuter  -  208 words
      • 145 2 SHOCK waves generated by an explosion have been used to transform diamond powder into industrial-quality diamonds comprised of thousands of tiny crystals, a scientist said. The diamonds made at the Centre for Explosives Technology Research at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology are 85
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      • 716 2 Even computers can be programmed to feel pain, as you may have read in a Straits Times report on Friday. While people argue over whether pain control is an issue of mind over matter, scientists are developing new drugs and new approaches to
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      • Science Briefs
        • 176 2 NEW evidence suggests the reason women are twice as likely as men to suffer serious depression is not so much the work of hormones as it is in contrasting ways the sexes focus on sad moods. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema of Stanford University said results of her study show
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        • 138 2 PEOPLE who suffer from sudden, very painful "thunderclap" headaches should be checked for the possibility of a brain aneurysm, a neurologist says. Dr Neil Raskin, Professor of Neurology at the University of California at San Francisco, said most doctors take thunderclap headaches as a serious warning of
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        • 124 2 RESEARCHERS have developed a new vaccine for equine diseases that could save the lives of thousands of horses and millions of dollars in vet bills each year. The vaccine, called endobactoid, helps control colic, laminitis and other serious diseases that strike horses, according to the researchers at
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        • 120 2 MOST young children wet the bed at night, and the reason is probably more biological than psychological, an eight-year study of more than 1,000 New Zealand children has concluded. "Factors such as family social background, adverse life events, changes in parents in the family and changes of residence
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        • 107 2 WEATHER researchers have found some of the world's largest raindrops over the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. Cloud physicist Kenneth Beard of the University of Illinois, who reported his findings in the journal. Geophysical Research Letters, said the drops were as big as 8 mm in diameter three
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        • 101 2 DESTRUCTIVE earthquakes will hit parts of China and seas off Taiwan in the next few years, according to scientists quoted by the official New China News Agency. The scientists from the State Seismological Bureau also said 32 earthquakes measuring five points on the Richter scale ha_ hi* the
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        • 70 2 RESEARCHERS at the University of North Carolina have ident fied the faulty genetic material that may be responsible for haemophilia, or bleeder's disease. The scientists located and analysed defective portions of the gene that causes blood to clot in healthy people. Biology professor Darrel Stafford said in
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        • 95 2 SPACE agency engineers have come up with a new high-tech computer control system to milk unused power out of standard jet fighter engines, dramatically improving performance and fuel economy. The experimental system, being tested with an F-15 fighter at Edwards Air Force Base, California, uses a
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      • 898 4 KOH SIEW TIN gives a guide to Lunar New Year attractions on Channel 8. VARIETY'S in the offering in the line-up of television programmes on Channel 8 for the coming Lunar New Year holiday season. The five movies to be telecast include comedies
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      • 394 4  -  ZHANG PING I *1 [AS MANY as 510 new kinds of [herbs have been found in Sirchuan province during a nationwide survey of herbal medical resources in China. The survey has now entered a period of indoor data analysis after three years
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      • 1215 5  -  NORAINI SHARIFF By THE wayang kulit is a complex and difficult art to master, but one person who would be a good teacher of it is Nik Abdul Rahman bin Haji Nik Dir. Eighty-year-old Nik Abdul Rahman, called simply Pak Nik Man (or
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      • 643 5 WAYANG kulit adalah suatu canang seni yang sangat sukar dan rumit untuk dipelajari dan diketahui secara mendalam bagi membolehkan seseorang menjadi ahli di bidang itu. Tetapi, Nik Abdul Rahman Bin Haji Nik Dir bukan saja menjadi ahli dalam kesenian itu tetapi
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      • 1255 6 THE STRAITS TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1987 TELEPHONE SERVICE: Monday lo Friday: 9am to b 30pm f bpm deadline tor neit day) Sab-day: 8 30am to ?pm 1 1 lam deadline tor The Sunday limes i r_lc Hoiday 9am to lpm COUNTER SERVICE: TMES ORCHARD ttNTK. #0? 105 lUCXY fXhlh
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      • 706 7 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help Available Available Available Available yy'y^ Widest selection ot Honest. Hardworking. Obedient and Reliable Domestic Helpers recruited direct from •4> r provinces and trained to work under local conditions fjL FILIPINO SRI LANKAN INDONESIAN MALAYSIAN ;{fr?W $550-00 $650-00 $1600-00
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      • 428 7 f omi? lo us tor honest ithtbit hd'dwo'kinf! and turned OOMtSTIC HUP RABVSIITIRS Mm Fiiipmoa ln_on»».„n* iMeJM) $200 iln, i mtdical chtHk up insuiancr bond ■BM RepUcrment guarantetd tor l yraf All a"angtmi>nls done by us m m m oatrcr agent for mmwsm (C-0915-01) FILIPINOS SRILANKANS INDONESIAN MUSLIMS CHINESE Available
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      • 420 7 70 Situationa Vacant: 4) Sacratarial/ Clarical Canon 1) CLERK CUM SECRETARY (Personnel) Handles all clerical duties of the dept. which Include computerised payroll, maintaining St updating records files, statistics, general correspondence St management secretarial support e Mln GCE O' level with credits In English St Maths e At least 3-
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      • 513 7 70 Situationa Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical requires ACCOUNTS CLERK OCE O 1 Level. Certificate in Business Studies Accounting, or LCCI Book-keeping At least 1 year's experience In Accounts Receivable section. Applicants ere to write enclosing particulars and recent photo to: The Admin. Manager Applications tor Accounts Clerk THE HOUR GLASS PTE
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      • 735 7 70 Situationa Vacant: 70 Situationa Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Ctorteßl Clerical r An established Japanese compeny in Jurong urgently 1 requires:- ASSISTANT MANAGER/ ADMINISTRATOR (Personnel A Administration) INDONESIA The Job:--e Based at construction site for a contract period of about 1 1/2 years, e Responsible for personnel management and admin, functions,
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      • 1394 7 p 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical I SHIPPING (PTE) LTO Applications are invited for TELEPHONIST CUM RECEPTIONIST GCE "O* level Bilingual in English/ Mandarin e Min. 2 years' experience preferably in shipping/ shipyard Plosos apply with a non-returnable photograph 1 contact number to: THE ADMIN.
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      • 1299 7 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales RENOWN FASHION GARMENTS (S) PTE LTD International leading fashion organisation invites applicants to work in departmental stores. FEMALE SALES ASSISTANTS e Age 20 to 30 e GCE O" level Bilingual in English and Mandarin e Minimum 2 years' experience e Friendly and
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      • 760 8 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical The MRT Corporation invites applications for the post of: TECHNICIANS (1) Cornmunications System (2) Environmental Control System (ECS )/EiM Services (EMS) (3) Rotting Stock Workshop Gross Salary Range. $495 $1541 per month Functions: For Communications System: To be responsible for the supervision,
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      • 864 8 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical r/ Walk-ln Interview^ 26th 27th January '87 2nd 6th February '87 B.ooam 5.30pm Minimum NTC 2 in Precision Machining 3 5 years' relevant experience in precision machine shop or lathe machine environment Minimum NTC 2 in Precision Machining 3 5 years' relevant
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      • 321 8 72 Situations Vacant: Technical SE<S^_=: PREMIER MILK (S) PTE LTD in Jurong requirea Full certificate in NTC 3 Air-Condition ing Refrigeration 2 years' relevant expenence Interested applicants are to come for Walk-In Interviews, Monday, Tuesday (9am 12 noon, 2pm 4pm) and Wednesday (9am 12noon) with your l/C to see. MrJLTan
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      • 851 8 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacnt Production Production Production Production ■—■WALK-IN INTERVIEW*---* -BDQQB-.SS Age 16 to 35 Completed National Service Secondary education Physically fit Able to speak and write English Secondary education Able to speak and write English Fringe Benefits The Employee Relations Department
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      • 407 8 73 Situations Vacant: Production i A merr„r ol Arr'eli Group AMTEK ENGINEERING PTE LTD Peouted lor Quality arxi Precision requires STORE ASSISTANT (Male lit 4 2nd Shift! Mm GCE 0' level Physically fit Completed NS QC INSPECTOR (Female- Ist Shittl Mm Sec 4 education Exp preferred but not necessary Permanent
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      • 492 9 73 Situations Vacant: Production OHITACHI| h HITACHI CABLE Sl urgently requires D Pa Age above 18 years E j 19 Secondary 2 and above H Completed N S B I |g Prepared to work on 3 C B3 rotating shifts K H Attractive gross salary S Yd o* $550 pm
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      • 700 9 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous A I T H JL P_* i_k___T_ a J lhe )ncntal, Singapore, .i ur.uui luxe B H hotel scheduled to ojx.'n on 26 February H H 1987 invites suitably qualified candidates lA H to apply tor the following posts: H I Chief
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      • 503 9 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous 1 BREAD CAKE 1 We are the specialists in the production of breeds a cakes, we have immediate vacancies for: ASSISTANT CHIEF BAKER (Cakes A Pastries) a At least 4 years' proven experience in the production of cakes St pastries a Self-starter who has Initiative drive
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      • 719 9 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous I rsQuirss personnel tot ths I I following positions: I I Knowledge of Western food a f I I willing to work in a small kitchen II II Confirmed salary around I |$1 550 II I Knowledge of Western food. [1 II supervisory skill a stock
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      • 840 9 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous URGENTLY REQD. FEMALE (1) Store Clerk (2) Store Asst (3) Production Gperators Preferably with experience and able to start work immediately Interested pls (all at 4012 A M Klo Ind Pk I. -05-12. ***** URGENTLY REOUIRED FOODS Store Hand cum Store Clerk Age 25 35 with
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      • 1307 9 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance Insurance FAST MONEY WithFOCL ignC^ Prompt processing of applications Up to 90% financing Attractive interest rates New car/Used car (uptolyr) Used car 12 mths 4.00% 4.50% 24 mths 4.25% 4.75% 36 mths 4.50% 5.00% 48 mths 4.75% (Instalments payable m advance! Call 533-3737
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      • 913 9 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat Q FIAT 131CL. Miration 1979 Tax 4 87 Airc.wi. hlfl, super COnd See to believe ftftJEO Loan $3,000 Pager MBO— I 453-1137 1981 FORO LASER I 1 S-speed Aircon. radio, cassette rentral lock, power windows Asking $15,500 Contact *****55 '84 FORD ESCORT XK3I with sun-root 1
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      • 1092 9 90 For Sale: Toyota 1963 TOYOTA COROLLA StaUonwacon Aircon eaeeetle 1 private owner Beautiful condlUon Tel *****95 3/83 TOYOTA COROLLA 1300 01. 5-sperd I pte owners excellent cond $19,800 on o Trade-in loan arrangeable ***** IH 84 TOYOTA CORONA 1 I (11. BNtO hifi. aircon tax 487 power ster-rniK window
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      • 1090 10 92 For Sate: Mazda OCT 84 MAZDA 82 9 1 manual 1 owner, ihownri read ."hun.- MMM o. '80. mazda m mman 1 aamm Nee. paint .nr on radi Isetlc MIM 0 n 1,1 M44MB 10/84 SBA PLATE Ml I 1 4 .lr ftipwd 2 private ovnen rax I Bl
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      • 887 10 96 For Sale: Other Makes FINESSE HOLDINGS PTE LTD Ple cars: '86 M.i/d.i «i_:i Notchback KX Hoiirla A. ..id KX Kord TeMar '85 Audi UHKT) 1 BailtO '64 Audi lOSCO U Audi lOtK'll 2 2 auto BMW „20lA BMW 7281 A Kord Telstar TXS Ghia auto Mazda 929 hardtop '83
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      • 912 10 98 Sale/Wanted: Motor Cycles/Scooters FD HONDA HXI3S/ MBX 129 Yamaha uxk 1.1125 ARI2; 1 $700 With HP trade-in Cal *****18 Hlk 3005 Übl Ave 3 =01 -5( 2ND-HANO M/CYCLES FOR 8818 RXK RX1251.C. RXI2SCDI KXIUO. GPIOO. Raider. PISOX etc 1043. -01 144 Kunos Ave 3 WANTEDI! HIGH PRICE for any
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      • 706 10 106 Accommodation Available: Houses DEAR EXPATRIATES FINDING a > house' apartment is as easy as I ABC with Perfect Housing to help you Whether you want a cosy apartment, a bungalow with pool, a terrace or palace from $1,000 to $10,000 just dial Pefert Housing *****64/ *****52 You'll be so
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      • 1974 10 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Available: Apartmanta Apartment* Apartments M^^^MMMMMMMM_B__^M^HHMMHHMIMMMMMMMMMMMM^MMMMMM_IK_ I ,____s<&^ V B_7Gran^eßoatl^)isriO >^j£_a^ < 1 f t Prime Location: District 10. Singapore > -4$ _l_#^^ y exclusive tie ijjhbour hood t—H^* mm_aw*^ I H ir _ii *> Unique architecture: I lesigned b> Paul tl **H§4BM
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      • 1786 10 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses W fPy i_ Freehold w V H V Land .«.i_oo' fl I W S _.f*t 'ffi i_ £__K^<__™r Si I H J S _Cs__iW_ q "^^^^^^a_-*m c^* Z^^B_»B_P_iM_e*d_ *k m t Wk. Hrl HB «BB m^^m a _r^
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      • 1847 11 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sala: Private Apartments Apartments „j Yew S.anq Road (off Pasir Panjang Road) >fc *w tft' s Mt ir *___r______ H Jk _P*_A H M VS V^^H -TV* -mmm^maa^^^^^^^ ____^____Bl^Bfc^^^^^__________^^^ LAND 3 1 Bedroom Apartments. Approx. 187-204 aq.m. ___J____TL Immediate Occupation Newford Pte Ltd \as—.
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      • 840 11 117 Properties Wanted A mmm tou can 'Hy en n icOnf vour HOB URGENTLY WANTED ALL AREAS long list ot qualified bu»e^ Upddted HO6 rulings o Saii^s transaction Semite o Prpiessional »et personalised service WESTIN PROPERTY SERVICES CASH BUYERS WANTED: Bedok. Ciementi. Ohim Moh. A.M Kio. T Payoh. Holland. Marine
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      • 961 11 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spacas paii r~*~i LOOKING 1 FOR INVESTMENTS WITH IMMEDIATE RETURNS! 1 HENDERSON 1 INDUSTRIAL PARK 1 FOR SALE/LEASE 1 enanted units are also available for sale. E Flatted Factories Terrace Factories Warehouses Showrooms Please call our sales personnel for more information: I TEL:737 9355 f
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      • 2324 11 121 For Rant: 121 For Rant: 121 For Rant: Offica Spaces Office Spaces Office Spaces I I A you are specially blessed I _\x_\ IB* _^___^_l\ ul,h B 00 climate, favourable 1 J'bl (^p'AiwL to tne Pcp't In shun. F MmakSmmmmmr "teng shui" on youi side. So saw Wt mLMk
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      • 532 12 137 Tours 137 Tours 146 Foreign Education 146 Foreign Education /o_a-BB__HHp__Hßß_Hß_B_fl_a_B*a_M__^ /__H I Kim Travel Service (P»e) Ltd ■___T___l_l Study at Murdoch tVi*~_l Ra "O' 326 't> Pat. H_P~^_~^-IB s^» t K»c7i9 ?*****?/4/i ?s8 83 B\ University. Apply now Medan lake Tobi L dd.^ »439 Sun Vor T A 309
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      • 323 12 146 Foreign Education (j STUDENTS BOUND J FOR U.S.A. What problems do Singaporean students enCOUntet at US Universities? WiU you he able to cope with culture shock in the U.S.? Ted Presley. Director. International Division at Abilene Christian University (Box 819, Abilene. Texas ***** U.S.A.). will address these and related
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      • 442 12 147 Academic Couraes "_ZZ!______!!_!__!____"^ e F B¥__^l^^_l_A^-_i_il I GCE'A'/'O' o LEVEL Morning Atternoon Evening sessions lor Science Arts Commerce Streams Full-time Part-time Classes S commencing on e FEBRUARY 2nd 87 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN T Sec 4 S3O lor the Ist mth g_ Pre-U: $40 lor the Ist mlh fl Determent
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      • 407 12 147 Academic Courses XPERIENCEO GRADUATES OFER tuition for all levels disricts. Reasonable fees *****91. HI./ "HV 'O' levels Eng Maths., tc at teacher's home/ student's. •M Session Tel: *****13 lUALIFIED EXPERIENCED TUORS offer tuition. All subjects/ reas Tel: *****03. day/ night ELI ABLE AND EXPERIENCED Tuors avail for all levels
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      • 1769 12 148 Computer Couraes 148 Computer Coursea 148 Computer Couraaa 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses 148 Computer Courses k_C_t7__ RS iiTi^i i3^T «r_i3M CT3 l~Trrr*)__-i flail W fl7-i_-_l fl.l 1 k i I _P^_-I _PW^_T fl k JI Rl _m_\ flHond»-o" *a»»ioi 't" """I B^s B_B_L__-_^_-_i l_L___-L__i_. _^_!_^____i a_L -Yapp
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      • 256 12 155 Modelling/ Deportment Instruction MANNEQUIN MAKES MOOELS Join the Professional Courses with Singapore's most established Agency to become a Top Photographic B Fashion Model Commencements on 7th Feb. Sat i IBth Feb Wed For inquiries, call: MANNEQUIN STUDIO TEL: 338-0122 LOOK AT YOUR... Hair Everyone else does' Our Personal Grooming'
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      • 644 13 APPOINTMI_NTS/ NOTICES STANTS RSSOBBI Te,efax No: *****59 Rates: Box Service: mmmimmmmmmm Sales Service: Straits Times: 5525.00 psc. cm. Collected: 555.00 Telex Service: S.T.A.N.T.S. RS ***** TIMEAD Tel *****11 ext 5724/5/6/8 5669 Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. Posted: Sslo.oo i W^^_ J APPOINTMENTS b~M_R__B__M-_H__H-H-_M-_B__M__MM_M_^M_B-_M-_^__^ Cm AT&T 1 Microelectronics Pte Ltd jjj
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      • 591 13 t II "EM HimOIML 1 I 15$ IMNERSITY I vT tf SMGAPORE I SCHOOLOjF I RESEARCH ASSISTANT I Applications are invited for appointment as I Raaaarch Assistant in the School oi MonoQomont. Candidates should possess an Honours degree or equivalent in either Accountancy, Business Administration or Computer Science and have
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      • 747 13 H I Singapore Airport Terminal Services invites applications from Singapore Citizens for: APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING IN FOOD PREPARATION The applicants we are looking for must be interested in establishing their career in catering and should have the potential for further development and advancement. Applicants must: be below 25 years of age;
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      • 599 13 We are an established food processing company listed on the H local Stock Exchanges. Owing to current expansion programmes in H POULTRY related and IVTRGRATIOK activities, we now have career opportunities for the following positions:- H __BDMILL OPRRATIOHS MAMAORR I POULTRY PROCESSING OPRRATIOHS MAMAORR I FARM MAMAORR The successful candidates
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      • 1062 14 APPOINTMENTS Requirements for above posts: m At least GCE "O" Level e Minimum 2 years relevant experience Fluency in English Knowledge of spoken Japanese is advantageous Your future with TOKYU Besides the basic requirements outlined above, we're also looking for leadership qualities, drive and loyalty. We offer a first-class working
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      • 748 14 NOTICES _F ll WARNING NOTICE 1 FELDENE H Notice is hereby given that piroxicam is protected by the following patent: fl Singapore Potent No. 169/1973 registering fl B I.K. Patent No. 1 .257. 180 B B The above patent is in force and is registered in the name of PFIZER
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      • 300 14 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that. I Heng Lee Ngoh of No 114 Kim Tian Rd -02-358. Singapore (0316). have applied for a First Class Public House (Ext) licence in respect of premises at m/s Liza's Lounge Nite Club Pte Ltd at Podium Blk Goldhill Plaza =01-01 Singapore (1130). and
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      • 776 15 NOTICES IN THE SUBORDINATE COURTS OP THE REPI BUI OF SINGAPORE M.C. Salt Sa. > ***** at 1888 Betweea BANK OP AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Plalattffa Aad LOW TEOW HEOH DWeadaat NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: Low Teow Heoh Block 728, #03-5046 Bedok Reservoir Road Singapore 1647 TAKE NOTICE
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      • 660 15 IN THE HIGH COURT OP THE REPUBLIC OP SINGAPORE Salt Na. 5J13 of ISM Betweea ABDUL KARIM BIN ABDUL SAMAD (tradlag aa NATIONAL TIMBER ft TRADING COMPANY) Plaintiff Aad I. PONG HOE BENG I. PONG CHEE MIN (batk saed aa exeeatora at tke Estate af FONG CHEE PIN, deeeaaed) 3.
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      • 126 15 NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Suda Choo Nee Wongworavtt of No. 36 Carmen Terrace Singapore (1545), have applied for a First Class Beer House licence ln respect of premises at M/s. Chit-Chatters at 321 Orchard Rd, Orchard Shpg Centre #02-01/#O2- 16 Singapore (0923). and that this application
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      • 191 15 A' LEVELS? AAT? oont wait For Your spm Results Book your April courses NOW! mr Levels— is month course In London Your best route into a UK university or Polytechnic. aat— 15 tnonth course in London if you are an accountant at heart then join our 15 month Association of
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    • Page 15 Miscellaneous
      • 245 15 H*2n________i SUN TAN ByCmitmttm SP^^^Li, iVe RtsoLvevm nou mm You've mm^\ 0 \ve. D_aD_oH W_v TO Do SOMETHING I DCCIDED To 4\(V£ jw^ NoTTo FECI- ¥7>k\ AAouTSMOKimiN I ,t up CoMPut-njc/?/ _rS \6uil7YA6ouTit! J THE BOON LOSER By Art Smmmmm &l (^coOTiGueeropl -3^ 31 TTmamy 7^ 39fc*^_^OF TWAT PILTHV JSfeu*
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      • 540 15 PEANUTS By Schulz Ml, I WAS THINKING REMEMBER MOW VDU IT'S THE SORT OF THIN. I \VO VOU MinpYuWN I ABOUT VOU LAST NI6HT U SEP TO TELL ME I tug MKi p Of LOOK BACK IF I SIT ARE WAS TOO OLP FOR YOU? ON ANP LAU6H ABOUT, POWN?
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    • Page 16 Advertisements
      • 669 16 Jl BY POPULAR DEMAND! Q 2 CATHAY: TODAY TOMORROW ONLY! g X (*****00) 5 SHOWS 1100. 1 JO. 4.00. 630 t 91 f#M X X GRIPPING HUGELY ENJOYABLE FILM ,< II UB— i MQHK In' Jf f-W—Mr ***H_i _B_**l__ Mßß i l\ ORCHARD: HURRY! LAST 2 DAYS! (737MM) 4 SHOWS:
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      • 920 16 _M ___ll HH r^* 9 P*_i__^!3 __B IH W^CSmmmmWJltSmmf^-^^ I e m **m i^ji i GONG XIFA CAI Exat-figActhitiesAndTiaditioiialCh^ At The Tai-Pan Ramada Hotel. Liu Hsiang LOU Lunch: 12 noon 2 30 pm Cafe Fontainebleau open 24 hours. I Sichuan Restaurant D,nner 63 Pm 103 pm In the cosy ambience
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      • 424 16 Bam.mm mmm m-MTm a i SPECIAL PRE LUNAR NEW YEAR ENGAGEMENT a NOW at LIDO-CHANGI-SAVOY j| ALL THEATRES CASH BOOKINGS -NO FREE LIST iL D .°< *****14 > 5 SHOWS: 11am. 1.45. 4.00. 6.45 A 9.15 R CHANGI (*****59) 5 SHOWS: 11am, 1.15. 3.30, 7.00. 9.15 H J SAVOY (*****40)
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    • Arts & Leisure
      • 702 17 Russia gears up for the 150th anniversary of her revered poet RUSSIA is deep in preparation for the 150th anniversary of the death of Aleksandr Pushkin, a poet so revered he remains an inspiration to both communist ruler and dissident opponent, and a ladies' man
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      • 139 17 THE number of movie-goers in Japan last year rose 3.6 per cent over a year earlier to 160,760,000, the Japan Cinema Producers' Association said last week. It also said that movie-ticket sales registered a 2.5 per cent increase with the public showing a
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      • 799 17 Sylvester Stallone turns 40 this month. Others, like Dolly Parton, Farrah Fawcett and Liza Minelli, are hitting 'four-oh* this year. And rock stars like Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Rod Stewart are already in their 40s. So how do they all feel? JOANNE WILLS finds
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    • Page 17 Advertisements
      • 77 17 If you are holding an event you want our readers to know about, fill in the coupon and send it to. What's On, Section 2, The Straits Times. 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. Your coupon should reach us three days before the event. Name of event: Staged/presented by: Venue:
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    • Page 17 Miscellaneous
      • 119 17 What's On LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES CHINATOWN LIGHT-UP *87. Organised by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. More than 24,000 lights, 500 Chinese lanterns and hundreds of other festive decorations will adorn Sago Street, Trengganu Street, Smith Street, Temple Street, Pagoda Street, New Bridge Road, as well as parts of Eu
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      • 121 17 vilion Inter-Continental Hotel. 5.30 am. $180 per person. For reservation and more information, call 733-8888 (ext 2127). CIRCUS DAVEVS GREAT BRITISH CIRCUS. At the junction of Ciementi Road and Commonwealth Avenue West. Tickets at $6, $10, $15, $18 and $25 available at Centrepoint, Bukit Timah Plaza, Parkway Parade, Hotel Equatorial
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      • 108 17 music. National Library Arts Resource Centre, Stamford Road. 9 am 9 pm daily, except Sundays. Free. AT THE ZOO ANIMAL SHOWS. Four shows daily. Orang utan and snake shows: 10.30 am and 2.30 pm. Elephant and sea lion shows: 11.30 am and 3.30 pm. Free, but admission to the zoo
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      • 131 17 pm. Ends Feb 7. BERT VAN GULIK. An exhibition of oil paintings. Lobby and Art Affair Gallery, Pavilion Inter-continental Hotel. 1--7 pm. On tiU Feb 28. YEAR OF THE RABBIT STONES EXHIBITION. On display are eight unique stones depicting themes associated with the Lunar New Year. Rare Stone Museum, Sentosa.
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      • 222 17 Shan Peck Gallery, Orchard C prisoner of war at Selarang &E, Orchard Road. 11 am 6 Barracks in 1942 P AR 0 T FOR^SECONDARY ___T_V____ W^ ONE. Exhibition of art work otel Me "<-ien Changi. Bam and published materials. Cur- P m riculum Development Institute EXHIBITION OF VINTAGE of Singapore,
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      • 936 17 r-j Radio One FM Stereo 90.5 mHz in VHF Band II 5.58 AM National Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News in Brief 6.05 Another Morning. Another Show 7.00 News and Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 Another Morning. Another Show (cont'd) 7.30 Morning Financial News 7.40 Radio Patrol 7.45
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      • 1035 18 m t < |M2A2J_l__aM_l _uJto_k_l_H B_B _e_a__ Mi_i_B BU I leJjsJe W____ _Ua_a_a_l DAILY (INCL SUN): M-g_-W__-___a 9.30AM 9.30PM (QQSt P-T-fS) I ZZ^sS? a eaaja u §♦8.90 sanyo sve l^ ELECTROIMICS SUPE»MAnKET INTERNATIONAL sfißf 710 Bectt- Stwv* banary _U_\ -_l---fc- 1 »~M-~"«-_.0 U*-J V ■•>%■ Wl F I Mini Cotaye
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      • 273 18 NEW T_£>INOLOGY _B*^X CASIQ _£_W+ j_|^S_^Y J_l fl *"""~_r _r Ma m m Ikw St_^_L m aUJ-aw a^mmra^- Ml IB w A^*' m a kmm Wi S_W a o/_^ i _______________MA_V A __L_^'x*__ ___W ma AB-200 _^_\\\\\\\\\^^_\\W__________**m^___* m I M Chrome "fli t Amj^*^ Pfl __§r m 14 oo WmmM*^^
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      • 2089 18 ■h__^ W^nmmmmmmmmmmmmm^ \m^m^ CATHERINE ONGe_____i_____BM_M _i__K* v a c u P v f Italian encounters of the coffeeshop kind Uotnhar dabut J T\ ance Experience olid Gold (Ch 5, 11.15 "W^ amity Hour (Ch 8, 7 pm) now caught the attention of bly want to come along on F^ _Z___l^______________i
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