The Straits Times, 3 February 1987

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1987 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 108/12/86
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  • 507 1  - Early tally gives Aquino big 'yes 5 GEOFFREY MURRAY ABBY TAN Record voter turnout; voting trend points to about 80% m favour of new charter By and m Manila picture. MANILA President Corazon Aquino appeared to have successfully revived her "people power" as Filipinos m record numbers voted yesterday on
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  • 420 1 Weak commodity prices and trade curbs cited KUALA LUMPUR The Fifth Malaysia Plan (1986-1990), launched only last March, is being reviewed by the government to take into account significant changes m the economic environment, both at home and abroad. Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba has
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  • 118 1 Those who dare SELLING technology to the United States is like bringing coal to Newcastle. Yet this is precisely what a Singapore firm has done sold its expertise to a firm m America. The local firm has perfected the technique of making plastic bifocal lenses which does away
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  • 267 1 Tinseltown celebrates with a big party HOLLYWOOD Hollywood threw a bash for its 100 th birthday with a shower of champagne, a 1.5-metre-high birthday cake and the unveil ng of a plexiglass time capsule that celebrities filled with filmland memorabilia. A special star honouring the late Natalie
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  • 170 1 9 killed in attacks on polling centres DAVAO Nine people were killed yesterday m attacks by communist guerillas on polling centres and other targets on the southern island of Mindanao, the military said here. The New People's Army (NPA) launched the raids m a bid to disrupt the plebiscite for
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  • 55 1 BEIJING US Secretary of State George Shultz is expected to visit China for talks with the country's top leaders m early March, an informed American source said here yetserday. Mr Shultz would be the most senior US official to visit China since President Ronald Reagan came
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  • 51 1 SYDNEY Five people were killed and three injured when a Cessna aircraft crashed on landing at a copper mine m North Queensland yesterday, aviation officials said. The plane, owned by Coldair, was on a flight from Cairns to the mine with eight people on board.
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  • 382 1 Most bonuses paid last year same as in 1985, survey shows MOST employers gave their workers the same bonuses last year as m recessionary 1985. according to an I-4TUC poll of 829 private companies. For them, wage costs were held last year by freezing or reducing annual increments instead of
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  • 142 1 INVESTORS on the Singapore stock market greeted the first trading day m the Lunar New Year with enthusiasm, and the renewed buying interest pushed The Straits Times Industrial Index to a 30-month high. The ST Index closed 18.75 points up at 967.77 its highest
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    • 43 1 'Most peaceful and democratic' election for many years More reports on Page 5 Inside TV Guide on Page 36 Summary 2 World News 3,4 Asean 5 Causeway e Around Your Place 11 Comment/ Perspective 12,13 Letters 14 TimesDollar 15-18 Racing 37 Sports 38,39
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 345 2 Latex spill on road MORE THAN 15,000 kg of latex spilled on Jalan Anak Bukit after a collision between two tankers yesterday morning. The latex flowed out from the rear valve of the first vehicle after it was hit by the second which was behind it. Page 7 KL
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    • 273 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE revised home economics programme means that Secondary 1 and 2 girls are no longer taught technical subjects. While the ministry has good reasons for its curriculum changes, it needs not only to explain, but also to remind, parents of all such policy changes. Many
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    • 81 2 FOREIGN FILM crews, it seems, have different ideas when projecting Singapore to their viewers. To the Australians and New Zealanders, Singapore is synonymous with Chinatown and Kampong Glam. To the Japanese, it is a green city, epitomised by both the Chinese and the Botanic gardens. But whatever the
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    • 192 2 Oxford going broke OXFORD UNIVERSITY is in financial trouble and plans to seek funds later this year through donations from alumni, corporations and other sources. Oxford has been financed almost entirely by the British government recently, but that source is drying up. "And if we don't find
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    • 287 2 Blissett's day WATFORD'S Luther Blissett celebrated his 29th birthday with a taste of the good and the bad. The former England striker scored the only goal of the match in the 17th minute to put Chelsea out of the FA Cup in the fourth round. But less than 25
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    • 427 2 Teens fight crises ABOUT 150 young people wrote about the greatest problems they faced last year and what they learnt from coping with crises. Adolescence, they revealed, is a period of anxiety about school work and exams. About 38 per cent of teen writers had difficulty in this
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    • 175 2 OIL SERVICES GROUP TO SEEK RE-LISTING OIL ENGINEERING services group Van der Horst. which plunged deeper into the red for the financial year ending September 1986. is going ahead with its plan to seek a re-listing of its shares. The company's shares have been suspended from trading since August
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    • 219 2 Around Asean. .and Across the Causeway Jakarta's rebuttal INDONESIA HAS said it will not sacrifice national interests in its effort to attract foreign investments This was stressed as a rebuttal to the remark by Japan that Japanese businessmen find Indonesia an unattractive investment target because of restric tions, lack of
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    • 85 2 INSURANCE GROUP REPLIES THE GENERAL Insurance Association of Singapore says in reply to criticism of its Rate Freeze Agreement that it was conceived to "imbue desirable social attributes, to ensure long-term price stability for consumers and to uphold .ong-term solvency of insurers". It submits that the agreement seeks to
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    • 246 2 I Product Advertiser Section Page Horse lovers race to classification 57 for something promising. J Classifieds: Pg 24 r^T/ (•urines Royal Brunei Airlines Anrwuncemen' National (Hagemeyer) 4 Audw Philips Singapore Bank NZI Merchant Bank 18 B-d(_ng Linen Lace 40 Carpets Qureshi s Carpets 40 Cereal Protimex Dumex Division
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  • around the WORLD
    • 188 3 NEW DELHI Gopal Godse, who conspired 40 years ago to assassinate Indian independence lead- Mahatma Gandhi, has defended the decision to kill him but acknowledged his greatness. Godse's elder brother Nathuram and another conspirator. Narayan Apte, were sentenced to death after the
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    • 81 3 A swat a day to keep the flies away SYDNEY A teenage pop magazine has declared war on Australia's nastiest inhabitants flies. The Melbourne-based Pop Thriller, m its latest edition, called on its readers to kill at least one million flies this summer. It is offering a "Celebrity Certificate of
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    • 468 3 Little hope of direct talks, says Sihanouk BEIJING PRINCE Norodom Sihanouk said yesterday China and the Khmer Rouge have rejected proposed direct talks between him and Heng Samrin, leader of Cambodia's Vietnam-backed regime. Prince Sihanouk told a news conference here that he welcomed the idea for what would be the
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    • 246 3 WASHINGTON William Casey has resigned as director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the White House said on Monday. President Ronald Reagan will nominate Mr Casey's deputy Robert Gates to take over the spy agency, it said. Mr Casey, who has been m hospital since
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    • 214 3 Indian, Pakistani troops clash at border NEW DELHI Indian and Pakistani troops have exchanged fire along the control line m Jammu and Kashmir, newspapers reported yesterday as peace talks between the two neighbours went into their third day. Indian troops inflicted an unspecified number of casualties as the two sides
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    • 36 3 ISLAMABAD lastrumenls dating back to the Stone Age, two million years ago, have been found around Rewat, about 40 km from Islamabad, a team of Pakistani and British archaeologists said on Sunday. Bernama
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    • 307 3  - Nakasone's sales tax plan under attack in House PETER HAZELHURST By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone admitted m Parliament yesterday that he plans to impose a controversial sales tax on most goods and services next year. But he denied allegations that additional earnings will be used to transform
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    • 106 3 HONGKONG More than 10,000 holiday-makers were stranded m China yesterday after border transport clogged up with families returning to the British territory after the Lunar New Year festival. The Hongkong residents were stranded at Shenzhen, about 48 km from Hongkong, last night despite efforts
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    • 480 4 4 The amount we need is so staggering it would be off-putting to mention it. We want unrestricted gifts... We need to raise salaries... there is always the prob- m lem of the brain drain. Mr Henry Drucker, Oxford's director of development. NEW
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    • 290 4 WELLINGTON The L'nited States said yesterday New Zealand would have to go back to the end of the queue of buyers of military equipment because of Wellington's ban on visits by nuclear ships. But New Zealand, which pays for its arms and
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    • 30 4 SCOTTSDALE (Arizona) A watercolour by Marc Chagall, valued at up to US$5OO,OOO (about Ssl million) was stolen from an art gallery here. Dolire said r>n Sunday. AFP
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    • 293 4 NEW YORK Despite vigorous opposition from US Civil Rights groups and some state governments, insurance companies, fearing an avalanche of Aids-related claims, are increasingly asserting that they have a right to require applicants for coverage to take the Aids virus test. Several states have
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    • 242 4 picture DUBLIN Police have blamed a fend within an Irish Republican Army breakaway group for triggering off the killing of its former leader's wife, shot by two gunmen m front of her screaming children as she prepared their bath. The killing on
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    • 198 4 WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary James Baker has issued a fresh appeal for Japan to follow the West German lead and cut its interest rate to relieve the pressure on the US dollar. Japan "should be taking the same kind of measure" as the Bundesbank,
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    • 179 4 WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan has approved construction of the world's biggest atom smasher for research into nuclear energy and the nature of matter, US Energy Secretary John Herrington said. Mr Herrington described the proposed particle accelerator, known as the Superconducting Super Collider or SSC,
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    • 163 4 MOSCOW Miss Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman m space who is closely identified with the Kremlin's Brezhnev era, has been removed as head of a committee which promotes the role of women m Soviet society. Foreign analysts said the removal of Miss Tereshkova
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    • 338 4 Request for Reagan's private notes 'unfair' WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan makes notes on what he does during the day, but releasing such records to Iran arms scandal investigators could "infringe on the privacy of the President'", a White House spokesman said. The Washington Post reported on Sunday that White House
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    • 229 4 US wants Teheran to free detained newsman WASHINGTON The US State Department has demanded the release of a Wall Street Journal reporter detained m Iran on charges of spying for Israel. A department spokesman said on Sunday that Gerald Seib, the Middle East Bureau chief for the Journal, should be
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    • 53 4 BERLIN Thick smog blanketed West Berlin on Sunday, forcing officials to ban the use of most private vehicles m the city. Exceptions to the travel restrictions were granted to buses, taxis and ambulances as well as police and Fire Department vehicles. Cars with catalytic converters were
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 482 5  -  GEOFFREY MURRAY ABBY TAN By and m Manila MANILA Millions of Filipinos voted yesterday m a constitutional plebiscite officially described as the "most peaceful and democratic election m the country for many years". The first electoral exercise under the 11-month-old government of President
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    • 128 5  -  HONOLULU DEPOSED Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos has claimed that fraud had taken place before the polls opened m his home country for a crucial ratification vote on a proposed Constitution. "There is already massive wrong being committed by the Corazon Aquino government," he said on Sunday.
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    • 200 5 MANILA Philippine Armed Forces chief General Fidel Ramos indirectly criticised President Corazon Aquino yesterday for "very unfair" voting restrictions on soldiers serving outside their electoral districts. Thousands of troops could not take part m yesterday's constitutional plebiscite due to a Commission on
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    • 135 5 50 held in protest against transport fare rises JAKARTA Security forces yesterday arrested at least 50 people, mostly students, for an illegal demonstration against public transport fare rises. About 300 people gathered m Jakarta to protest against 25 per cent increases m bus and railway fares that took effect on
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    • 179 5 WASHINGTON Former Philippine Defence Minister Juan Ponce Enrile said on Sunday that he would stand by the results of the referendum held yesterday to decide on a new Constitution. Asked m an NBC television interview whether he would form a political party and oppose
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    • 300 5 'Least attractive investment' remark upsets Jakarta JAKARTA Jakarta yesterday rebutted Japan's suggestion that Indonesia is now one of the least attractive of South-east Asian countries to invest m. Indonesia said it would not sacrifice national interests m attracting foreign capital. The official Antara news agency quoted Investment Co-ordinating Board (BKPM)
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    • 94 5 BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Prem TLnsulanonda wili make a two-week tour of Egypt and four European countries next month, state-run Radio Thailand said yesterday. General Prem, to be accompanied by Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila and a big trade delegation from the Thai private
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    • 228 5 Duke of Kent in Indonesia for new trade drive JAKARTA The Duke of Kent flew to Indonesia on Sunday at the start of a new British traae drive m South-east Asia. Since British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visited Jakarta ir: April 1985. London has pinpointed Indonesia as a priority area
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 301 6 Stink bombs set off at Umno meeting MALACCA Several stink bombs were set off at an Umno meeting and police had to intervene after some members got into a heated argument over voting rights. The Bukit Beruang Umno branch annual meeting on Saturday here had to be postponed after the
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    • 225 6 Malacca jail breakout SEREMBAN Another two of the seven prisoners who escaped last Friday from a Malacca police station were recaptured here yesterday. Police fired three warning shots before the two fugitives, Lee Hock Hoon, 20, and Yong Chew Hong, 24, were rearrested
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    • 59 6 SANDAKAN The Sabah Forestry Department is going all out to track down financiers behind illegal logging operations m the state. Director of Forestry Miller Munang said yesterday the department was interested m nabbing certain financiers who were believed to have been pumping money to certain officers of local
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    • 502 6 Bernama chief probes 'support Musa' report 'Fabricated story' charge KUALA LUMPUR The editor-in-chief of Malaysia's national news agency Bernama, Mr Rejal Arbee, is looking into a Cabinet minister's allegation that the agency has fabricated a report to discredit former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam. "We are checking the sources
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    • 155 6 KUALA LUMPUR More than 200 families were made homeless yesterday when fire swept through a squatter settlement on the city outskirts. Police Supt Hizan Babian said "t took more than 60 firemen one-and-a-half hours to bring the early morning blaze, which destroyed about
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    • 180 6 Man. 82, hit as detective fires at suspect MALACCA An 82-year-old man was wounded by a stray bullet when a detective opened fire on a suspected secret society member who charged at him with a samurai sword here on Sunday night. The suspect, m his 20s, was shot m the
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    • 175 6 KUALA LUMTUR The Malaysian Chinese Association' reiterat<xi yesterday that its former presid.-nt and MP for Gopeng Tan Koon Sv<an had not resigned from his parliamentary seat. MCA President Da uk Dr Ling Liong Sik said Tan. who is m prison m Singapore and
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    • 249 6 PENANG Any decision to implement the sy uriah (Islamic) law m the country should be passed by Parliament and not by a State Religious Affairs Council, an Imno branch meeting here was told on Sunday. The head of the Taman Tun Sardon
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    • 108 6 Group to discuss break from PAS KUALA LUMPUR Central committee members of Parti Islam-sponsored Chinese Consultative Council (CCC) will meet this week to decide whether to get out from under PAS' wing and form a political party. Although this move had been proposed before last August's general election, the meeting
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    • 236 6 KL's drug war cuts number of new addicts KOTA BARU The number of new drug addicts m Malaysia is on the decrease, according to the State Security Committee. In a paper on drug abuse presented at a seminar here on Saturday, it said the number of registered new drug addicts
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  • HOME
    • 444 7 Man denies affair with waitress Witness tells murder trial they were close friends not lovers A COOK denied at a murder trial yesterday that he had an affair with a seafood stall waitress, who is alleged to have been stabbed to death by a man she married m Japan. Mr
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    • 179 7 THREE men were yesterday fined a total of $4,900 for separate fireworks offences over the Lunar NewYear. In the first case, the court was told that on Saturday. Volunteer Special Constabulary Inspector Victor Ho Lin Tong noticed a young boy playing with a rocket
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    • 40 7 THE Lunar New Year celebrations continue with a dance and musical performance for senior citizens at the Lee Kuo Chuan Home for the Aged on Friday at 2.30 pm part of Ton Tuck Secondary School's social work programme.
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    • 241 7  - Police seek help from Malaysia SURESH NAIR The $1.3 m gold robbery By MALAYSIAN police have been given detailed descriptions of the five men who robbed a Commonwealth Lane jewellery workshop of $1.3 million m gold last week. Singapore police provided the descriptions and asked for the help of their
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    • 228 7  -  JACKIE HO Accident causes hour-long traffic jam Pictures by MORE than 15,000 kg of latex was spilled on Jalan Anak Bukit after a collision between two tankers yesterday morning. The latex flowed out from the rear valve of the first vehicle after it
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    • 38 7 THOSE who want career planning tips should attend a forum at the Queenstown branch library on Thurday organised by the Association of Women for Action and Research. It starts at 6.30 pm and admission is free.
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    • 545 7 ALMOST 90 per cent of the major construction companies m Singapore expect 1987 to be an even worse year for the industry than 1986, according to a survey carried out by the Construction Industry Development Board Considering that the volume of construction contracts
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    • 182 8 Foreman dies in fire on board tanker CLEANING foreman died of se\ere burns whei< fire broke out on board a Bahamas-regis-tered vessel, Patagonia, berthed at the Jurong Shipyard, on Sunday moraing. Mr Oh Yong Soon, 48, suffered 180 per cent burns and died m the S.'.o t»m accident, said a
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    • 195 8 A COMMITTEE appointed by the Muslim Religious Council (Muis) to review the Administration of Muslim Law Act (Amla) is expected to begin submitting proposed amendments by the middle of this year. One of the amendments would provide for Muis to undertake full management of
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    • 725 8 Goals developed after talks with Muslim groups THE Muslim Religious Council (Muis) has restructured its standing committees to accommodate a three-year strategy unveiled yesterday. The goals are to improve Islamic education m Singapore, streamline missionary (dak wan) activities, take over complete management
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    • 300 8 Chok Tong meets ex-PAP MPs for 2 hours MR GOH Chok Tong said yesterday he will make time to "discuss issues of national importance with former PAP Members of Parliamen' The First Deputy Prime Minister's announcement followed what he described as a good and frank meeting with a group of
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    • 216 8 A MAN with a prison record replaced the photo on another man's identity card with his own, forged a woman's driving licence and stole several vehicles. His assumed identity came m handy when he had to surrender the documents while on the
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    • 442 9  -  RONNIE LIM By INDONESIAN national oil company officials were here recently to brief Singapore officials on the progress of their natural gas pipeline project and to assess Singapore's interest m buying gas from them. The gas, which will be piped from offshore fields
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    • 279 9 THE body of a Singapore Airlines worker who died m a fire m Shanghai was buried m Choa Chu Kang cemetery last week. The family of Mr Victor \'g Scow Heang, 30, had hoped to have a joyous Lunar New Year family reunion dinner.
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    • 531 9 Ten years of technical development in hair replacement. I his year marks the 10th Anniversary of Svenson Hair Center m Singapore And for the last ten years, the Svensoo Hair entet has been the foremost authorir\ on hair replacement m Singapore. housands of Singapore men and women have come to
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    • 483 9 Through them the STPB saves huge sums of money FOREIGN film crews, it seems, have different ideas when projecting Singapore to theii viewers. To the Australians and New Zealanders, Singapore is synonymous with Chinatown and Kainpong Glam. To the Japanese, it is
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    • 182 9 More time to bid for festival transport system THOSE who want to set up and operate a transport system m the Singapore International Garden Festival site have two more weeks to pat m their bids. The Parks and Recreation Department has extended the closing date for bids to Feb 16,
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    • 268 9  -  CATHERINE C. ONG By USA TODAY, America's most widely-read newspaper, is stepping up its marketing efforts m Asia with Singapore as its printing and distribution base. Mr David Mazzarella. president of Gannett International, a division of Gannett Co Inc, said yesterday that printing
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    • 159 9 Deported Sri Lankans sent home THE 20 Sri Lankan Tamils who were deported to Singapore from Bucharest after being held there for six days, have been sent back to Colombo. An official from Tarom, the Rumanian airline, said they left Singapore on a Pakistan International Airlines flight on Thursday morning.
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    • 67 9 MR John Button. Australia's Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce, will be m Singapore tomorrow for a twoday visit. During his stay. Mr Button will call on BrigadierGeneral (Res) Lee Hsien Loong, Minister for Trade and Industry and Second Minister for Defence (Services He will also
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    • 329 10 Safety guard for blade cutter THE final push to Mr Seek Wing Chee"s inventive drive came when he looked m frustration at the shattered windscreen of his car. A grass cutter working nearby with a rotary blade without a protective shield had
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    • 145 10  -  GRACE CHNG TONG YOKE THO The Singapore experience Reports by and SIX million dollars invested m ideas. This is a measure of the faith the Economic Development Board has put into Singapore companies tinkering with ideas and product innovations since 1979. Some of the 71 EDB-backed projects have
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    • 508 10 DR SAMMY Sumargo is, as the saying goes, as pleased as Punch. And he has good reason to be m high spirits. What his firm has achieved is a rare feat. Grinning broadly, he announced he had "very, very recently" signed a contract which
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    • THE INNOVATORS
      • 203 10 Old man who gave Walkman to the world WALKMAN, the portable stereophonic sound system that started as a fad and grew into a headphone culture, nearly "died" on the shelves of a Sony research laboratory. Only the vision of an old man who saw the concept of a Walkman m
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      • 201 10 How 3M came up with a sticky solution A FLASH of an idea struck chemist Arthur Fry when he was directing a church choir one day m 1974. Mr Fry had marked his choir book with little slips of paper to make it easier for him to locate the songs.
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      • 326 10 IT IS plastic, cheap, colourful and chic. And it keeps good time. Little wonder why it has taken the world by storm. This is the phenomenal Swatch Switzerland's innovative and trendy wrtstwatoh hailed as the rescuer of its ailing watch industry which had,
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      • 144 10 LIKE most small-built men, Mr Arthur- Jones yearned for more muscles on his frame. So he went to a gym and exercised with weights. But he found his muscle growth was not even. Other bodybuilders could not tell him the reason for this uneven growth.
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    • 313 10 From air-conditioners to noodle-making THE following are some examples of local companies which have either introduced innovative processes and products or improved the way they work. Acma Electrical Industries: The company has developed a series of energy efficient air-conditioners. This was done by improving the
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    • 202 10 RADAC Pie Ltd's achievement has been to create a modem that is one up on many others m the market. Its modem not only does the usual function of allowing computers to talk to each other. It also locates faults m the communication
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    • 204 10 ITS failure to obtain licensed knowhow to make a corrosion resistant pipe spurred Hong Leong Industries Manufacturing into developing and making its own. The company had wanted to buy Japanese technology to make these pipes after the Public Utilities Board decided
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  • around YOUR PLACE
    • 910 11  -  HELEN CHIA By NOT many men can boast of having an aircraft Ofl their own. Mr S. H. Jailanee, 43, has 10 of them, plus three choppers. But he is not m the same league as super-rich John Paul Getty and John D. Rockefeller.
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    • 622 11  -  CEPHAH TAN 1 Here I /A there By fgfi^R' INFO Patchwork course: Organised by the Women Sub-Committee of Kampong Übi CC. Every Tuesday from 8 pm to 10 pm. Course fee: $24 for three months. For more details, contact centre staff from 3 pm
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    • 82 11 VOLUNTEERS are needed to help run free tuition classes at Mountbatten Community Centre. Those who can help to teach Primary 3 and 6 children are to call 344-7387 or 344-5768 between 3.30 pm and 9.30 pm before Feb 28. The centre also needs volunteers to plan holiday
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    • 588 11  -  CEPHAH TAN By LUCKY draws are a common sales strategy used by big retail outlets, shopping centres and supermarket chains to boost sales. Now, the neighbourhood shops selling joss papers, flowers, shoes, video tapes, as well as coffeeshops, groceries and dry markets
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    • 348 11 Old flats to be phased out for bigger ones Tiong Bahru/Henderson OLD flats m Tiong Bahru and Henderson will soon be phased out to make way for bigger and better flats. The first to go under a new five-year resettlement programme are three blocks of one- and tworoom rental flats
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
    • The Straits Times
      • 360 12 ALL Secondary 1 and 2 girl students now have to take the revised home economics programme, first announced m 1984 and implemented m stages from 1985. As a result, they will not be taught technical subjects. One irate parent, representing perhaps some other equally confused but less
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      • 185 12 SINGAPORE is again being barred from taking part m soccer competitions m Malaysia. The recent provisional ban by the Football Association of Malaysia also forbids Malaysian soccer teams from playing m any competition involving Singapore. The ban is to be regretted as both sides will undoubtedly lose out
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    • 2609 12  -  Dr RONY BRAUMAN In 1985, the famine m Ethiopia evoked an overwhelming response from countries around the world, especially those m the West. Band Aid, Live Aid, Bob Geldorf these have become household words. But was the world duped? A French
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    • 1039 13  -  LIZ GILL Women prove to be as cruel as men By LONDON These days, the finger that pulls the trigger or sets th.> detonator is almost as iikely to be female as male. From Leila Khalid through the Price sisters and I'lnke
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    • 11 13 LEFT: Ulrike Meinhof RIGHT: Leila Khalid
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    • 1012 13  - S'pore could do with more courts T.F. HWANG By SINGAPORE now has nine courts, including the Court of Appeal (the highest judicial appellate tribunal here) at the Supreme Court building m St Andrew's Road. It also has 32 other courts located together at the Subordinate Courts' Complex (as the building
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    • 25 12 FOUR MINUTE SELL HOW TO MAKE A DYNAMIC FIRST IMPRESSION IN I THE VITAL MOMENTS THAT CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOU I— MNET ELSEA-— I
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    • 370 13 If you're strong, male, Singaporean, aged 18 and above, an internal panel of officials. could be like Sylvester Stallone m the blockbuster This weekly contest starts on Feb 28, and on every I Off idol EjltTV FoFlll Z^ Over The Top". Accept the ABC challenge 1 You could be Saturday,
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  • FORUM
    • 1027 14 To imbue desirable social attributes, to ensure long-term price stability for consumers and to uphold long-term solvency of insurers, says panel WE refer to the article "Property men hit at 'cartel' plan by insurers" and the editorial "A cartel we don't need"
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    • 242 14 I REFER to the letter "Traffic flow smooth again" by Mr R. Brett (ST, Jan 14) and the Ministry of National Development reply "Cairnhill Circle lights useful" (ST, Jan 26). I agree with Mr Brett that traffic along Clemen- ceau Avenue has
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    • 157 14 I WOULD like to offer my sympathies to all pet owners who have had their pets stolen. I myself have, m the space of two months, lost both my dear-ly-loved white Persian cats m a respectable area of Sembawang. My two children have been saddened
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    • 307 14 I HAVE always thought highly of the efficiency of our postal system, including the efficiency and courtesy of the staff at the post offices. However, an experience at a post office on Jan 21 at around 1.25 pm left me shocked and
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    • 85 14 Bouquets I AM the principal of the Seventh-Day Adventist School. I would like to express gratitude to Mr Ng Ching At, driver of SH 2600 M. who came to my school m quite heavy rain without an umbrella to return a wallet left m his taxi
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      • 226 14 WE refer to the letter "Hirer queries thumb print requirement" by "I Don't Like To Be Thumbprinted" (ST, Jan 12). The Parks and Recreation Department's investigations have revealed that the operator of one of the commercial bicycle stations at the East Coast
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    • 416 14 In L 912, on our opening day, we had nine orchestras, sumptuous food and drink for the Who's Who of Manila.' In 1987, to celebrate our 75th birthday, we are holding a year-long party and have something for just about everyone. Our Diamond Jubilee is double occupancy of any first-served
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • Chief price changes
        • 72 15 Spore Und 605 +35 NST s*o 30 DBS 1020 +25 +'-tws 520+22 Melio Hkl.s 725 +20 M Bjndmj 610 +20 Rod-runs M_j 610 +20 P_-wi»Hsoc 193 Perfe PUnt 426 111 Nil Iron 446 16 •IN 985+15 S«tw D*b» 50c 261 +15 *_b s L.« 50c 243 +15 ICB 442
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        • 12 15 Sime Darby 2,270,000 Keppel Wrts 1,770,000 DBS 1,027,000 UMW 1,022,000
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        • 99 15 Ian 28 Feb 2 Bl Composite 840 48 859 78 BT Indicator *****514 *****305 BT OB OS 120 19 CAOI 6827 6718 OBV *****7 -*****2 ST industrials ***** 967 77 ST Finance *****3 *****2 ST Hoteis 579 67 583 41 Ian 28 Feb 2 ST Properties 451 68 462
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        • 50 15 Neur Serendih 165 —7 MJIA 225 -5 Sen* Srtprjrd 296 -3 Cit« De» 50. 280-3 S pore Bus 356 -2 G $.ci_rti-s 170 -2 Roth kids 50c 224 -1 Chm tec* 179 -1 IC Ent 81 1 Georje Kent 50c 74 -1 "-com 62 -1 S land Loan 97
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      • 12 15 THE IS dollar gained 330 ticks to DM 1.8185 m Singapore.
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      • 25 15 DM V FT S$ HK$ IS$ US$ 1 8315 1)3.62 unq 2.1370 unq £***** j ***** 113 05 ***** ***** 7 7625 *****
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      • 10 15 In Singapore, gold lost U553.95 to U*****.80 an ounce.
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      • 45 15 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1986 87 High 967 77 (2/2/87) 859 78 (2 2/87) 1986-87 Low 563 34 (28 .4 86) 470.92 (28 4 86) All time High 1071.91 (8/2/84) 983 06 (8/2/84) All-time Low 74 73 (17/9/64) 470.92 (28/4/86)
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      • 60 15 Eurodollar: Lost 12 ticks to 93.73 a contract. Deutsehemark: Lost 99 ticks to 0.5508 a contract. British Pound: Lost 255 ticks to 1.5090 a contract. Japanese yen: Lost 89 ticks to 0.*****8 a contract. Nikkei: Gained 330 points to ***** a contract US Treasury bond: Lost two ticks to
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      • Short stops
        • 100 15 PARIS Overwhelming demand for Cie Financiere de Paribas. the state-owned banking 4! imp iftV; fur salo la^t month, has forced the French government to scale down its allocation of shares to small investors. Finance Minister Edouard Balladur said. The public offering of 14.7 million shares
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        • 56 15 NAGOYA A total of 97 Japanese textile firms went bankrupt last month, two less than a year earlier, a private credit research agency said yesterday. By business categories, retailers led the list with 32 bankruptcies, followed by haberdasher; and knitted goods dealers with 20, and ready-madt and
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        • 85 15 TOKYO A top Bank of Japan official said m an interview with a local newspaper that a hait m the yen's rise following better than expected US trade data will not change the central bank's plan to cut its official discount rate. Mr Akira Kanno, a
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        • 62 15 Easing of restrictions TOKYO Japan's Finance Ministry, m a move designed to promote internationalisation of the yen, is considering easing restrictions on the issue of Euroyen notes by Japanese corporations and non-residents and of commercial paper by non-res-idents. The shortest Euroyen note maturity is likely to be cut m April
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        • 71 15 KUWAIT The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has reported a 74 per cent drop m its profits for the fiscal year ending June 30. It attributed the decline to the plunge m oil prices last year and severe competition m world markets. The KPC's annual report
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        • 54 15 London subsidiary BEIJING China's national Chemicals Import and Export Corp has opened an oil trading centre m London, its 17th overseas branch, the official Xinhua news agency said. The agency said the London subsidiary. Sinochem Ltd, will also trade m chemicals, fertilisers. natural rubber and rubber products, plastics, dyes, paints
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    • 624 15  -  ANTHONY HOE Bullish market rises 18.75 points to 967.77 By THE Straits Times Industrial Index jumped to a 30-month high on fairly high volume on the Singapore stock exchange yesterday, and again some brokers have started talking of it breaching the psychological 1,000 level
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    • 463 15  - Fraser Neave's other' investments show strong gains CONRAD RAJ By SOFT drinks manufacturer Fraser Neave's earnings would have been boosted by $76 million, or three times the $28.7 million pre-tax profit it reported for the six months to Sept 31, 1986, if the gains from its "other" investments were included.
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    • 286 15 Developer to make $147 m rights issue MARINA Centre Holdings (MCH), the developer of Marina Square, is raising $147 million through a rights issue of 6 per cent convertible unsecured loan stocks (CULS) due m 1999. The proceeds will be used for general operating purposes, its General Manager Chua Peng
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    • 275 15 TWO British retail chains yesterday showed their confidence m Singapore when they signed a lease for two stores at the newly completed Marina Square shopping mall. Habitat Designs and its subsidiary Mothereare, which have combined worldwide sales of £480 million (551.58 billion), will lease
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    • 174 15 FAI Insurances Limited, the Australian insurance group that is listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, has announced increased pretax profits for the sixmonth period ended Dec 31, 1986. At A587.17 million (SSI22 million), they compared with A571.(1 million for the second half of 1985.
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    • 493 15  -  S. KUMAR By OIL engineering services group Van der Horst (VDH), which plunged deeper into the red m its last financial year, is going ahead with its plan to seek a re-listing of its shares. The company's shares have been suspended from
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    • 65 15 SINGAPORE International Merchant Bankers (SIMBL) has become a registered market -makei and clearing member of the Stock Exchange of Singapore Dealing and Automated Quotation Sesdaq market The bank yesterday said it intends to be active as a sponsoring manager and market-maker m Sesdaq. which is expected to
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    • 3395 16 READERS should be aware of the kmttatiom of this information Not every transaction nor every price dealt m at the stock exchange is covered m "business done Further because all dealings at a particular price are tumped together, the table does not show the trend m
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    • 2883 16 M shares quoted have a par value of $1 unless otherwise specified Ad|usted for scnp'rittits N Taj eiempted dividend ABN is traded m lots ot 10 shares each, with the f-nce Quoted m riolacs Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment Scheme 1986/87 Last Yield Vol Day
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 350 17 OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 3 3 4 2 V_ 3 Monthly 3V_ Autosave 3 ■> Fued deposit month 2 3 4 2% 2 3 4 2 3 4 (1) 2 months 2 3 /4 1 j months 2U 2 3 4 2% 2*4(1) 6
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      • 165 17 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to SSlforeign currency Australian dollar 1.4124—1.4152 7.19—7.00 Canadian dollar 1.6006 1.6026 6.32-6.21 NZ dollar 1.1579 1.1606 8.80-8.52 Sterling pound 3.2398—3.2434 3.12—3.07 US dollar 2.1385-2.1395 4.70—4.66 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian
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    • Stock markets round-up
      • 551 17 SHARE prices m Hongkong closed sharply higher m fairly active trading yesterday on renewed buying interest after last week's Lunar New Year holiday. There was fresh capital inflow from US institutions, which were actively buying property stocks, particularly Cheung Kong. News last week that
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      • 326 17 Feb 2 HK$ Change Assoc Intl Hotels I 93 -0 05 Bonk Of Eost Asia 23 30 unch Cathay Pacific Air susp Cheung Kong 40 00 I China Light 19 80 +0 3 Cross Harb Tunnel 1 1 00 unch F E Consortium 0 67 +0 02 b I
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      • 360 17 Feb 2 Yen Change A|inomoto 2010 +20 Ako. 370-10 Amodo 834 +29 Asohi Chem 770 -6 Asoh. Glass 1370 10 Bonk Of Tokyo 1430 -10 Bndgestone 699 unch Canon 946 -1 Casio Computer 1300 -30 Citizen 457 2 0 Nip Print 1830 +20 D Nippon Screen Dai-lchi Kangyo Bank
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      • 342 17 eb 2 Cents Change (Aust) C I 382 +2 N I 300 -14 \berfoyle 1000 -100 Vgc 355 unch Kmcor 420 -15 Vrnpoi Exp 355 -5 \mpol Pet 275 unch Viz 548 +6 \nadne Aust 345 unch Vshton 272 -6 i H P 914 +4 leach Petroleum 60S lell
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    • 86 17 THE US dollar closed softer against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed at 2.1385/95 m thin trading. It fluctuated within a range of 2.1380 and 2.1400. Against the deutschemark, the greenback opened at 1.8320/30 and closed at 1.8230/40. Trading was fairly thin,
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    • 154 17 THE kilobar market traded between 5527,666 and 5527,979 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened m the morning at U*****.70 4.20 and touched U*****.00 4.50 before falling to the low of U*****.60 3.10 m nervous conditions. It closed for lunch at U*****.30 3.80 and reopened m the afternoon
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    • 26 17 GOLD US$/oz Mon Fri Singapore 405.25—405.75 Closed Mon Sat Hongkong 404.90 405.40 Closed Fri Thurs New York 404.60—405.10 412.10—412.60 London 403.50 404.00 409.80 410.20
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    • 218 17 Managers' prices for Feb 3 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0.96—1 03 The Savings Fund 0.87—0 93 S pore Prog Fund 0.38—0.42 Spore Sec Fund 0 64—0 69 S'oore Invest Fund 0.72— 0 78 Spore Equity Fund 0 46 0 50 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 1
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    • 299 17 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppel Wharves Eastern Fuji K27 aside 03/2 General Kazim Orbay Kl6 aside 03/2 Glory Selantan 3 Kl5 aside 04 2 Hugheverett K2l aside 03/2 Pa An K35 aside 05 '2 Potsdam K2B aside 04. '2 Qmghecheng K29 aside 03/2 Rajah Brooke K2SW aside
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    • 683 17 LCL Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time Block E Globe (014 RE) 04/2 (1830) FSA 0900-1000/1000-1100 F3/G3 G W Bridge (04) 06/2 (0400) FSA 1730-1930 L 2 Ms Claudine (8706) 03/2 (1900) F2 1000-1100 A2 Prasetia (110) 03/2 (2000) FSA 1100-1200 14 Kuo Lung (701) 03/2 (2100)
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    • Simex futures
      • 123 17 Eurodollar 3-month deposit FOLLOWING the narrower than expected US trade deficit and the Federal Reserve's passive reaction to the firm Fed fund rate, March Eurodollar opened sharply lower than Friday's close at 93.70. However, the oversold marker saw prices edging higher on short-covering throughout the session. The March contract finally
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      • 74 17 CURRENCY futures opened lower bu: traded higher m active trading on news that the G-5 will not meet this weekend. After opening one tick off the low at 0.5472, March deutschemark firmed to 0.5532 before closing 99 ticks lower at 0.5508. (US dollar Deutschemark Open High Low Sett Est
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      • 45 17 MARCH pound firmed to close 255 ticks lower at the day's high of 1.5090. i British Pound i Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 81 1.5075 1.5090 1.5050 1.5090 76 Jun 1.4920 Sept 1.4750 Open Int (Wed): 3tl. Act Vol (Wed): 93.
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      • 44 17 MARCH yen traded to 0.*****5 before easing to close 89 ticks lower at 0.*****8. Japanese Yen I Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 81 0.*****5 0.*****5 0.*****1 0.*****8 308 -on 0.*****4 Sept 0.*****0 Open Int (Wed): 892. Act Vol (Wed): 239.
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      • 54 17 MARCH Nikkei closed on a firm note at .0210. 330 points higher. tXikkei Stock Average Index, Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot *****.48 *****.10 *****.48 *****.0S Feb 81 ***** Mar ***** ***** ***** ***** 225 Jun ***** ***** ***** ***** Two Open Lit (Wed): 11*4.
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      • 62 17 March US T-bond opened at the day's high of 99.24 but slipped to the low of 99.14. March bond finally closed two ticks lower at 99.17 m quiet trading. tUS Treasury Bond I Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 81 99.24 99 24 99.14 99.17 304
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      • 26 17 tUSS per trov ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Feb 87 405.50 Open Int (Wed): NU. Act Vol (Wed): Nil. Reports from BA Futures
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    • 13 17 Rubber Closing prices cents 'kilo Singapore January 193.00 unchanged Malaysia January Closed
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    • 10 17 Tin Closing prices MS kilo XL Tin Closed Turnover
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    • 29 17 Clos»if price* Copper tonne Fri Spot 876.50 877 00 (*****-872 50) 3 months 897 00— 898 00 (894 00-894 50) Market tone Barely Steady Sales 6.700 tc nes
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    • 28 17 Ctouni price: Soy, i USJ troy 02 Mot- Fn Singapore S SO— s 55 Closed Fn Thurs New Torn 5 48—5 53 un_* Source Credit Suisse Spore
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    • 29 17 1 Closjni] price*. Aluminium toon* Fri Spot *****-782.00 (783 00-784 00) 3 months 791 00— 791 50 (791 50— 792.00) Market tone Barely steady Sales 2.15 C tonnes
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    • 145 17 EANGKOK A European commodity trading company agreed to buy 250.000 tonnes of 100 per cent, second grade Thai rice for March May shipment. Commerce Minister Montn Pongpank'h said. The minister said the European firm, which he declined to name, had pledged to
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    • 491 18  -  WONG AI KWEI It surpasses previous year's gain despite recession By RETAIL co-operative NTUC Fair Price will turn m a record profit again this year, despite the recession. From the results of only the first eight months of its current financial year ending
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    • 214 18 ADB lent $4b to member nations last year MANILA The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said its 1986 lending totalled US$2 billion (554.26 billion), a 4.9 per cent increase over the 1985 level. Loans from ordinary capital resources expanded by 8 per cent while lending from the Asian Development Fund, the
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    • 68 18 COLD Storage Singapore (1983) Pte Ltd has bought the remaining 58.3 per cent stake m Ito Ham P. I.E. (Pte) Ltd, making the company a wholly-owned subsidiary, and renamed it Gourmet Foods Pte Ltd. The 58.3 per cent stake was bought from Primary Industries Enterprise and Itoham
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    • 663 18 Bank Negara action could mean movement of M$1b KUALA LUMPUR BANK Negara's reduction of the so-called first line of liquid assets that commercial banks have to maintain from 10 per cent to 8 per cent of total eligible liabilities (deposits of customers minus net deposits with other banks) could result
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    • 37 18 DR EKKEHARD Greinacher has resigned as a director of Datuk Keramat Holdings Bhd and its wholly-owned subsidiary. Datuk Keramat Smelting *Sdn Bhd Dr Heinz Reinermann has also ceased to be an alternate to Dr Greinacher.
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    • 216 18 BEIJING China will issue three billion yuan m domestic bonds this year to raise funds for the power industry, the official People \s Daily quoted Minister of Water Resources and Electric Power Qian Zhengying as saying. This is the first bond issue m
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    • 225 17 NST Index Monday Closed (Closed) 7? Hongkong Hang Seng ~r^ Monday 2.585.22 (Closed t Australian All-Ordinaries Monday 1.486.70 (1.496.40) Nikkei Stock Average Monday 20.072.09 (20,023.55)1 Financial Times Industrials i Friday 1.441.00 (1,427.00) Dow Jones Average Friday 2.158.04 (2.160.01) (Figures m brackets refer to those i of the previous trading day)
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    • 1072 18 Py v| By DOREEN SOH QI TOOK a three-year car less 2-1 repayments loan of $10,000 at 7 per 836.U 8.066.6? cent interest a year. *****3 lam thinking of settling less rebate T2B 28 the loan m full on the 24th payment and I WOUld like to Total redemption know
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  • Teens
    • 375 19  -  IRENE PATES The year of the fire tiger m the 12-year Chinese lunar cycle or 1986 of the Gregorian calendar was a time for sorting out problems, growing up and coming to terms with self, explain 150 teens. More letters on Page 20. Compiled
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    • This week's winning letters
      • 238 19 FOR me, last year's (and the year before last's) biggest problem was my strained relationship with my mother. She is nice but old-fashioned. She tries to be a good wife and mother and cares for me. But she often forgets that her idea of what's
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      • 227 19 LAST year, 1 had a painful time growing up. My most difficult problem was communication within my family. My father nagged and did not give me a chance to pour out my feelings. When I talked back, he would beat me and drive me
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      • 192 20 MY PARENTS separated when I was two. When friends ask me about my family, I try to evade their questions by changing the topic. I put on a mask when my classmates talk about their parents. Mum shows concern for me only when I visit her during
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      • 268 20 I WAS depressed because I was m a competitive class. Competition is supposed to be good, but the girls went to a lot of trouble to beat their rivals. They made sarcastic remarks and tried to get tips from other classes about tests, which they
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      • 251 20 I THOUGHT I was quite smart to have done well m my GCE O level examinations. But m junior college, my failures exceeded the passes m my report card. My schedule as a student councillor was hectic. Besides, m my class, failing tests was such
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      • 199 20 1986 WAS a restless year for me. There were ups and downs, mostly downs. I think my most difficult problem is my shyness and withdrawn personality although, m school, I appear energetic, bright and bubbly. I can't make conversation like "My goodness! The weather is
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      • 121 20 ONCE a motorcyclist skidded. The first thing he did when he got up and found he was unhurt was to comb his hair. Why do guys carry a comb m their pocket? Some carry brushes. Do girls bring combs with them wherever
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      • 166 20 MY BIGCEST problem last year was holding on to my self-es-teem amidst the company of my good-looking girlfriends. My school clique comprises eight girls, including myself. Four of them are 'outstanding", what teens call "on-the-ball" or "jude". Flanked by them, people forget I exist.
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      • 320 20 I WAS a school athlete. In the first year of junior college, my fellow athletes and I trained and improved under our very capable coach. We were very happy. Last year, my second year, our coach had to further his studies m the
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      • 376 20 PERHAPS many teens will not consider my experience a crisis. Perhaps others had more difficult problems. But my experience led me to examine and face myself. It was during one of those hot sticky afternoons. I still feel my parents could have found a better
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      • 253 20 MY ONE and only bro:her, James (not his real name), was a tough 17-year-old. He was humble m spite of his intelligence and diligence, and grew up surrounded by praise and encouragement from his teachers and friends. He has had excellent academic results since
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      • 329 20 WHEN I entered a kindergarten at six, my parents engaged a tutor to teach me to read and count. From then on, throughout my primary and secondary school days, tutors were always around to help me m my school work, even m subjects like social studies
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      • 177 20 THE most difficult moment of my life came after the announcement of my O level results. I did not make it to a junior college or to a Pre-U centre. I felt so disheartened and discouraged. As I came from a school with
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    • 287 19 Writing is fun 21 Kids express how they feel Was Starry Starry Nignt the work of a mad man? 35 A new show says no Springsteen pays tribute to Roy Orbison 35 Hall of Fame night set record right Soft-bone stunts 23 Stars of Guangzhou acrobats Teens and Kids Things
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    • 403 20 Celebrate Chinese New Year at the, heart of Chinatown. can savour the /f- <^g£\^r^fj\ delicious genuine Japanese yr set-lunches specially preparer 9 '-7 C\ fVv^ 1 by our Japanese chef £*> X Itoh A complete meal with j^^]iB^K varieties of your choice to satisfy ~^g._ J -L _IL-jy" your palate
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    • 1333 21 DO you enjoy writing stories? Writing is like talking on paper. Last year, a number of children aged 9 to 11 took part m workshops called Fun With Story- writing which were conducted by children's writer Jessie Wee at various branches of the National Library. Each
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    • 897 21 APPOINTMENTS/NOTICESI ■H STANTS RSSOR«I SBSS Telefax No; *****59 I Rates: Box Service: 2155s of 1 986 j Sales Service: Tel *****11 Straits Times: S$25.tXJ i.sr. cm. Collected: 555.00 BETWEEN j I l elev Service: s.T. A. N.T.S. RS ***** TIMEAI) ext 5724/5/6/8 5669 Sunday Times: 5525.62 psc. cm. Posted: SSIO.OO
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    • 621 22 NOTICES THE MRT CORPORATION PREQUALIFICATION NOTICE MARKETING CONSULTANCY LEASE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IN MRT STATIONS The Mass Rapid Transit Corporation. Singapore invites established local real estate consultants to prequalify tor the provision of consultancy service, marketing and lease of commercial space m MRT stations and properties The contract will cover
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    • 604 22 SUN TAN ByCollette PEANUTS By Schulz 5/^,'^6 UP TH€ Sqil\ f&AT SUN TAN IS > |^O(Iw/^r^L/iM£^/| f ?S3 I I A ~H~~~ I I <o^Cs> MiW.IW I Wjirv 7T 1 1 MAY 69 HAdb HOKt^y NEVtUDtTcfi&CQJj \\JA^ HOWevtß--J^Z! 'fZ^y^T' if\ t-• A^aßPjH fih lvM\W\ l \J& THE BOHN LOSER By
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    • 945 23 Thousands of people spent their Lunar New Year holiday at the World Trade Centre watching acrobats from Guangzhou perform. Their performance ends on Wednesday. TAN SAN HUAT speaks to the stars of the troupe, including two gold medalists at an international acrobatic contest m Paris.
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    • 528 23 "MAYBE," said an American businessman, "the next investment m China should be a dating service for expatriates." Sitting behind his office desk, another Western businessman lamented: "I work seven days a week because there is nothing else to do. At night, I
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    • 929 24 SKIWANA is fortunate to have been chosen to participate m a special scheme recently planned by the Ministry of Community Development for the use of Victoria Theatre free of charge. As a test case, therefore, and as a curtain raiser for its 1987 cultural
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    • 653 24  -  Oleh AZMAN SIRAJ SRIWANA, yang baru-baru mi terpilih untuk menyertai skim istimewa untuk menggunakan Panggong Victoria dengan percuma. akan membuka tirai persembahan tahun 198? dengan mementaskan sebuah drama berjudul Bintang-Bin-tang. Drama sepanjang dua jam m: akan dipentaskan pada 19 dan 20 Februari mi. la merupakan
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    • 149 24 Teka Kata Siri AZ Bahamian 1 Word Quiz AZ Part 1 INSTRUCTIONS: [n the columns and lines below you can see three letters, "UNG". By Iding three letters before them, you will be able to form a word on line. Use the clues given to form the words required. PANDUAN:
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    • 2246 24 (iJlmkvT¥l 12 Computer Products/ Services PC-SIG SOFTWARES Why risk breaking the copyright law when there are thousands of programs from PC-SIG m USA for your IBM-PC or compatible that you can use? They cost about the same as copied softwares. For more information, send a self-addressed envelope to: MAGNETIC DEVICES
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    • 508 24 27 Wanted f ABSOLUTELY HIGHEST PRICES OFFERED F0» YOUR 5333ir" *****12 "03-02. THIRD FLOOR PfcOPl.fS PARK CENTBf SINGAPORE 0105 < EMINENT Coidsmith Jewel ers HK3HESI p R!CFS OFFERED 'OR YCJUP PAWN TICKETS GOLD, PLATINUM WATCHES, JADE JEWELLERY DIAMONDS "02-12 Emwsnl Plaza CASH FOR YOUR pawntickets gold 760-B Upper Serangoon Rd
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    • 1753 25 > r-i fOfllOO TELEPHONE SERVICE: -fcli m■■ a I Mon to hi iOpn spm deadline for next day) Sat: 8 30am to 2pm %9 B^ m %Mm I lUlv 1 1 am deadline lot Ihe Sunday Imir •,>• Public Holiday 9am to Ipm Hfe i /T^X RS S-tt/nn ASS COUNTER
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    • 719 25 40 Private Investigation/ Security Agencies Able «nd prolmiond f Private investigation offer... 1 PRIVATE DETECTIVES 1 1 We are licensed and managed i 2 by a team of ex-police otficers a OUR SPECIALITIES s Divorce.Matnmonial, undercover "operations surveillances enquires I on potential clients or relatives. partners, children or staff i
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    • 699 25 52 Office Furniture/ Furnishing OFFICE FURNITURE, FILING cabinets, etc. for sale. Company dosing down. Tel. *****44 USED OFFICE TABLES for sale at cheap price Call *****63. 54 Book-keeping/ Secretarial/ Answering/ Translation Services COMPUTERISE YOUR ACCOUNTS at only $900. You save 75°' b of your accounting time and provide instant information
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    • 696 25 57 Business Opportunities ARE YOU PLANNING FOR A NEW BUSINESS VENTURE We can design special and eye-catching company logo or signboard We also provide advertising design/ services application of licences. You can be assured of our sincere services. Yl ZHI JIA ARTS STUDIO Pager: *****65 WANTED LOTS OF Cushion covers
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    • 507 26 67 Situations Vacant: EDP A consulting turn requires SYSTEMS ANALYST/ PROGRAMMERS c At least 2 years prii^r'imming experience c Preferably with some prior experience m analysis .md design The firm provides attractive benefits jnd salary scheme with excellent growth opportunities Please write m. giving full resume with ««p«rience current and
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    • 632 26 69 Situations Vacant: Dom»stic PART TIME LOCAL MAID wanted 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical AmGPon Kf A wholly American w'< owned manufacturing uj iJ' Company located m M Tuas. Jurong has ;l immediate vacancy for fli the post of Requirements: Minimum G C E.O' 1r .evel j ji c Able
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    • 558 26 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical MM An ln\ cstment Corporation m Shenton jM \Va\ has immediate vacancies tor the i m post of v Clerk/Typists Requirements Minimum 3 GCE 'O' level credits including English Maths. Should preferably be able to type at 35 vvpm. Candidates
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    • 485 26 TOBUTSU SINGAPORE (M&F) PTE LTD A well established Japanese Company dealing In the distribution of fasteners, carbides and diamond cutting tool* requires Immediately: Singapore citizen with GCE O Level Age between 24 to 30 years old Ability to type fast and accurate Pleasant personality Knowledge of telex machine an advantage
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    • 720 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical GOOD NEWS FROM BUSINESS GIRL Our Clients have immediate vacancies for: 1) JR. GENERAL SECRETARIES (3 positions) c Minimum 'A' or 'O' Levels and PSC with minimum 3 years working experience. Good working environment and room for advancement. Selected candidates must be able to handle
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    • 679 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical 1) JUNIOR SECRETARY c Shorthand 90 w.p.m. c Typing 50 w.p.m. c GCE O' Level with PSC preferred. Pleasant personality. c Experience an advantage but not essential. 2) SHIPPING CLERK c Minimum 'O' Level. Minimum 2 years' experience m related field. c Able to interact
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    • 654 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD. requires ACCOUNTS CLERKS c LCCI Intermediate Bookkeeping c 3 'O' Levels with credits m English Maths CLERK/ TYPISTS c 3 'O' Levels with credits m English Maths c Typing speed of 30 w.p.m. MALE COMPUTER OPERATOR c 1 year's experience c
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    • 636 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical A rapidly growing shipping company invites applications lor: DOCUMENTATION CLERKS c Mln. 2 years experience In shipping documentation c Able to type accurately Please contact Miss Ang, *****06 ext. 271 to arrange for an interview or write In with full rssume and a contact telephone
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    • 628 26 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical S M MOTORS PTE LTD. urgently requires a STENOGRAPHER GCE O level c Peferably with experience m an automotive industry c Able to type well take shorthand c Ability tc get along well at all levels Interested applicants please call personally on 3rd 4th Feb
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    • 880 26 70 Situations Vacant Secretarial/ Clerical M«nul»< iu»in t < o<r,panv re<ji;<'*» FEMALE CLERKS Able to type do general dutks Interested please call *****01 [Of interview appointment or cail at Blk 11 5A Commonwealth Drive z 06-01 Singapor* 0314 OFFICE SECRETARIES CO. has permanent vacancies for: SENIOR A/CS CLERK $850 SALES
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    • 711 27 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical GENERAL CLERK REQD AithlMo i vrs experience Interested pis submit full resume with tel no. or walk m for an interview .it Ultimate Engrg Co Blk 1004 IV.i Pajroh North -04-16 JTC Halted r'ty S 1231 Tel *****00 RECEPTIONISTS. TYPISTS 4 part-time Book-keeper (6 p.m.
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    • 734 27 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical GENERAL FEMALE CLERK reqd Well versed m handling Import Export shipping documents. Apply full detail;., tel no to Maxwell Kd P O Box 1735. S 9034 INTL. FREIGHT FORWARDERS urgently requires Female Experienced Operation Clerk Interested call Blk 3024, Übl Aye 2 SU3-93. Spore 1440
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    • 631 27 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sates Sales CLINIQUE A great opportunity to work for a famous line of cosmetics... Clinique is looking for capable ladies interested m an exciting and rewarding career, working m the fast paced environment of Singapore's leading department stores, to join us as Beauty Consultants
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    • 307 27 IKEA Is offering you the following vacancies SALES ASSISTANTS Above 20 years old c Bilingual In English and Mandarin c Working Hours: 10a.m. to 10p.m. (4 working days and 3 rest days In each week) Benefits: c Medical and dental reimbursement c Transport allowance, uniforms and profit sharing Interested applicants
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    • 722 27 71 Situations Vacant: Sales SEIYU is expanding. We are looking for hardworking, aggressive A dynamic individuals with good background A wide business contacts to form the nucleus of our dynamic sales force. Candidates with grit, determination to succeed interested to earn Sslo,ooo minimum per month will be given top priority
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    • 809 27 71 Situations Vacant: Sales OPPORTUNITY. The Person:- Ambitious c Aggressive. c Success oriented, c Strive on hard work. The scope Unlimited possiblities. The Job Selling financial security services. Call Paul Wong TEL: *****34 14, ROBINSON ROAD FAR EAST FINANCE BUILDING #10-01 PROFESSIONAL SALES CAREER Opportunities for Men A Women Full
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    • 880 27 71 Situations Vacant: Sales WELL ESTABLISHED FURNITURE Co. requires Sales cum Admin Clerk. Should be able to commence work immediately Preferably age 30 and above. Some knowledge of book-keeping operation of Computer Salary above $750. Interested applicants pis. write to: S.T Box A*****. 390 Kirn Seng Road. Spore 0923 COUNTER
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    • 327 27 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical m SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD g NTC 2/3 m Metal Machining with EEE minimum 2 years' related experience Secondary' education =E 3-4 years' experience m optics fabrication Age 16 35 years Minimum Primary education 5 -day work week 12 days annual leave Free
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    • 25 27 Aircon Company requires c Aircon Senior Technician c Aircon Maintenance Foreman Aircon Mechanics c Aircon Draughtsman or Draughtswoman Interested applicants please contact *****36 tor interview
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    • 647 27 72 Situations Vacant Technical A Leading Die Casting me m Jurong require* TOOL DIE MAKERS a Minimum 2/ 3 years experience a NTC 2/ 3in Tool Making I a Able to repair/ build Tools Independently TRAINEE TOOL DIE FITTERS I NTC 3in Metal Machining or Mechanical Fitting Completed N.S Able
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    • 348 28 72 Situations Vacant: Technical SINGA requires MOULD MAKERS c NTC 2in metal machining u> 4 vrar> experience m the making of moulds Completed N S SHIFT SUPERVISOR O level Experience on troubleshooting of injection blowing machines c Must be wilting to rotate on shifts c Completed N S ASSISTANT STORE-KEEPERS
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    • 639 28 72 Situations Vacant: Technical 1) SPACE PLANNER Musi possess a diploma m interior design architecture or have minimum 2 years' experience In related field c Ability to work with architects, designers, quantity surveyors and facilities managers, for commercial .u\<l industrial projects 2) PROJECT ASSISTANTS c -O' Level or VITB qualifications.
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    • 690 28 72 Situations Vacant: Technical TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE i to 2 years' experience tn selling industrial products to (uttoi les .iini hotels Possess (.'lass itrmnK lirein c Fringe Benefits Company van and transport allowance will be provided. Attractive sales commission. Interested applicants, please write m with photo and full resume to
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    • 753 28 73 Situations Vacant: #"J bituations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant Production Production Production Production Production Production Technical /Production/ Afftyi-i.TA 01-11 WHm!!iMMmm\ l Assistants Operators/ f^nITACHIj imt^Jtm^ iWP IwTwrwTOßßtef (Male} (Male) 1 W^Km rr Mt Mi)*lu I tUmml D r ,o s /walk-in
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    • 535 28 We want you to come, work and stay. Thafs right, Degussa Electronics, the German company producing high quality PCB and bonding wires, is interested m employing dedicated people and well give you the best because we want you to stay. Female i QC Inspectors Si GCE 'N' level or Secondary
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    • 252 28 5-day *ork*eck BI ,ST program Medico/Dental SWft aUovvance ronment #R ccrc*uonal<ac-a-tics club *&*&~0* W(( ELECTRONICS has vacancies for Confirmation increment $25 full attendance allowance I $10 meal allowance Free bus service 100% transport subsidy Annual increment Fully aircond working environment Walk-in with IC for an interview at The Personnel Uepartmem
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    • 376 28 73 Situations Vacant Production rm plastic bag-making factors m Juronr requires 1 Lxtrusion Supervisor GO O' level Must have few year--experience m a manufacturing concern Possess good leadership quality 2 Assistant Production Supervisor GCh 'O 1 level At least 1 year's experience m a manufacturing concern Completed NS Possess good
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    • 559 29 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production AeastreccTN EASTRECO (PTE) LTD, a Nestle research and development Company m food processing has got the opportunities for you. FYou need to possess minimum Secondary^ education Preference will be given if you have experience m processing operations. Successful candidates can be assured
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    • 613 29 73 Situations Vacant: Production TOKYO mGEON We urgently require: FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS (•am up to $420 p.m.) Age 16-30 c Minimum primary education. c Experience not necessary. We offer: 5-day work week Bus transport reimbursement Friendly and aircondltloned work environment. Free uniforms Medical beneflt-s Annual increment Recreational facilities. i Interested,
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    • 630 29 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous The Westin Stamford Plaza iwfLEScrry Sngapore The Westin Stamford Westin Plaza invite you to apply for the followms positions ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Minimum GCE 'A' Level At least 1 year sales experience Class 3 driving licence and car will be an advantage TECHNICIAN
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    • 877 29 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous J^MiniScrlbel 9 A leading U.S. manufacturer of computer M peripherals urgently requires I SECURITY GUARDS I (Male/Female) M f-'\ Minimum Secondary 2 education |l S Ex-army/police personnel or years' secunty jj: S experience I Must be physically fit fm •f^ below 45
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    • 510 29 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous MISTER MIMT (An internationally well known shoes repair key service Col Join us now as a Training provide; No qualifications needed Completed N S Opportunity fo r overseas training Good starting salary from $410 pm Earn around $600 to SBOO after few months Apply now (walk-in-interview)
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    • 637 29 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous The Singapore subsidiary Of a Regional Group engage m the distribution ol motor vehicles invitee applications tor the following positions: SALES DEPT (Commercial Vehicles ft Cars) Sale.s Manager Asst Sales Manager Sales Clerk Sales Representatives PARTS DEPT Parts Manager Storekeepr Store Clerk Store Helpers SERVICES DEPT
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    • 636 29 74 Situations Vacant Miscellaneous Japanese Lounge requireh 1) CUSTOMER RELATIONS OFFICERS (Female) 2) WAITRESSES c Pleasant personality c Spoken Japanese language preferred c Some relevant working experience but beginners may apply c Working hours 7 30pm to lam Call personally today, between 4.30pm 6.30pm at: I Koefc Roeo 03-06 06
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    • 304 30 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous HOSTESSES required With without exp« r ience Pleasant personality. interested parties please tel *****00 after 8 00 p.m. international Freight Forwarders require OESPATCH RIDER Hoquirements c Completed N.S c Has own motorcycle and possess class 2 licence Able to read and write simple English Interested, please
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    • 297 30 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Required Urgently 1) CASHIER (NIGHT) c Must have expennce c Able to work long hours. I uttarj BARMAID c Able to work long hours Interested call Patsy at: TEL: *****00 Required SEAMSTRESS c Pleasant working environment c Good remuneration Interested parties, pis. call: Tel: *****55 Required
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    • 478 30 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous STORE DELIVERY CLERK c With Class 2 3 driving licence. c Possess own motorcycle. Age below 32 years. Apply personally: NO. 7 KAMPONG EUNOS (Opposite Kampong Eunos Community Centre) Mr Tan, between 10a.m. 4p.m. TOP TEN ENTERTAINMENT PTE LTD requires WAITRESSES BARMAIDS c Age 18 to
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    • 495 30 74 Situations vacant: Miscellaneous Well established electronic company requires ASSISTANT STOREKEEPER MALE c Mln. education GCE O' level c Completed National Service, c Preferably with some experience. Walk-in interview today from 3 p.m. SHANKARS EMPORIUM (PTE) LTD. 73 High Street KIM SENG BOWL has vacancies for: (1) Trainee Mechanics. (2)
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    • 928 30 74 situations Vacant: Miscellaneous SUPERCUTS HAIRSTYLING A Fashion Centre requires 1 Hairstylists (at least 1 1/2 years working experience), 2) Receptionist/ Cashiers. Interested please call: 235-2828/ 733-3232, contact Ivy. CLINIC NURSE WANTED. Experience an advantage. Please apply to: =01-31, Bras Basah Complex Spore 0718, m own handwriting with details, experience,
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    • 815 30 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous CLINIC AT TAMPINES New Town regs Full-time/ Part-time Nurses. Dialects Mandarin necessary. Tel *****82. DELIVERY DRIVERS REQD. by est'd firm at Balestier area. Attractive pay incentives. Pis. ring *****95 for interview. DELIVERY CLERK REQD. Some knowledge of simple English Preferance given to those living m Ang
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    • 633 30 81 Vehicles For Hire BTW CAR RENTALS often: Diesel Daihatsu 10ft./ 14ft. trucks (steel/ wooden). Class 3 driving licence 3 tons pay load Side railing and canvas. Aircond. radio cassette. Also available Nissan Cabstar/ Mazda E3OOO/ Toyota Dyna. Call at: 1, Jin. Remaja, #04-08 Hillview House (S-2366) Tab *****91/ *****20
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    • 802 30 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance Insurance Thinking of buying a car? will get you on the road fast. New Cars A Repayment over from 4|).a. 12 to 48 months Used Cars A"]/* Repayment over from *T p.a. 1 2 to 36 months Plus waiving ot A A membership
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    • 744 30 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat '83 LASER 1.3 Notchback Soort steering wheels/ hi-fi New rd. tax Tip top cond. Original piint $19,500 neg Call *****38 79 FIAT 132 GLS 1600. new p.-ant good condition. PARF $8 SOC Tel *****32 79 FORD ESCORT 1.3 Sports PARF eligible Aircon. hifi 'ix 5 '87.
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    • 910 30 90 For Sale Toyota 86 BtIGE TOYOTA valves 1 owner F^autlful cond Low mileage $215,700 neg Tel *****30 pg *****.' 1. Jimmy Ho JAN 83 CELICA 2 OXT. low mileage, well maintained View 1 Jalar. Seni off University ltd NOV 78 TOYOTA Tercel 1.3 1 pte owner, tax Oct '87
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    • 958 31 92 For Sale: Mazda POWERFUL JULY 86 Ml, XX 1 r>i with digital dash-board Sunroof, power -.leering wma^v^ central looking, electrical Mile mirror Tax ne* 1 owner I'Ue *****76 $39,800 Mr N« NEAR 81 MAZDA J.i D-dOor 1 pte wner Aircon. hi-fi, orig paint. tl£9M 1 otM $10,000 Tel NOV
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    • 820 31 93 For Sale: Honda 85 civic 3-door Manual fitowners Aircond radio cassette New lax Good cond *****55 9MTHS HONDA Civic 13 5-speed 1 owner $34,000 ono Tel: taons 1 9/82 HONDA EX. Good condition Original, manual with power steering, $25,600. *****71 Q 81 HONDA Accord. 4 drs aircon cassette. *****36
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    • 942 31 96 For Sale: Other Makes 15 SINGAPORE USED CAR PTE LTD 275 THOMSON RD, #01-01/ 02 NOVENA VILLE (opposite novena church) w SINGAPORE 1130 TEL: 253-8877 QUALITY USED CARS V 198S Mitsubishi Galant 1600 f> GLS' P Toyota Corolla 1.3 'DX. 1( 5-speed 1984 Mitsubishi Lancer 1301) GL' Mazda 626
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    • 841 31 97 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles »79, 3 OWNERS Bedford KMll )-ton wooden body lorry Selllg as is where is cond. For ispection. tel. *****77 Tay. )83 ISUZU PICK-UP (diesel) with ircon cassette, new tyres, alu--*****1:111 canopy Ist owner Sell1K $7.5(XJ Call *****90' *****60 }84 NISSAN CK2O 10-ton lorry ith 6
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    • 849 31 99 Vehicles Wanted WANTED 10 UNITS IUH4 above. Nissan pickup, petrol or diesfl Tel I6«jBtjl7 WANT A GOOD price for your car? Cash payment. Call pager 70******. Mr Chla 100 Scrap Vehicles ABOVE 3000 C.C. scrap paper wanted. Attractive cash payment Offer: *****66 Violet. ALEX: *****50/ *****65. Best prices offered
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    • 733 31 106 Accommodation Available: Houses HST.S FABER PK. I) storey de- ached. Kf.ooo sq.ft. inground pool 4 bdrms.. servant's Cenral aircon. P/furn $3,500. Mtlprop 296.5075 >10 EXCLUSIVE NEIGHBOUR(OOD. Beautiful renovated Itorey butialw h'ully aircon. 3)drms., stueiy Nice K<ln H/furn. ;3:«K) ne« (ireenacres *****88. >.19 HOW SUN Drive, 2-storey emi-d. spacious and
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    • 1437 31 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments I TAN CHONG TOWER I AFFORDABLE CITY APARTMENTS Conveniently located next to Tai Pan Ramada Hotel Studio, One Two bedroom ■^^>^ 4^ apartments with modern fittings < v^ and furniture ,#«i^ *-^JH|. In-house building management. maintenance services and 24-hour **~^l security Rental
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    • 929 31 107 Accommodation Available Apartments TAMAN SERASI BLK D 1 3.87 t urama Tower available immediately Both with 2 bedrooms plus servant's and fully furnished Pis call *****22 *03-O2 HIBISCUS BLK t lementl Park Condo. 4 rms 3 baths Available immediately Partly furn $1,200 p.m. Ring Piperdi *****33 (Off.)/ *****63 (res
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    • 921 31 107 Accommodation Available Apartments Dl 5 CULf ORD GARDfN I 3 rms F furn Excellent condition $900 Freeway *****80 D 15 EAST COAST Rd airy furn flat, near bus-stops, schools shops $650 pm Tel *****15 D.15 FLAMINGO VALLEY mais New 3- 1 2.000 sq ft Furn Full facilities $1,500 Team)
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    • 844 32 108 Accommodation Available: Rooms A ROOM TO ;742i*S0 OIST 1025 SHARE FLAT tor singles expat students Short-term possible Call *****69 DIST 11 NEW F/FURN. aircon room Pool sauna security S4OO Tel ***** M Pager M ***** DIST9 CLEMENCEAU AYE Furn rooms to let Interested please contact Mr Seah at *****41
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    • 891 32 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses J_ X ML. v k i^t* T i ""jB Fo be held at Mandarin Court B 4th Floor Mandarin Hotel on Tuesday. I Oth February 1987 at 2.30 p.m. 1) LAND AT 9 LORONG MYDIN Area: 513.8 sa. m. Title: Freehold •2)
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    • 767 32 D.19 LOR. CHUAN vicinity, beautiful 2-storey bungalow. 4 years. ■1 1 bdrms. 4 attached F'hold. 8700 sq ft $750K Agt *****70. D.19 UPP. SERANGOON, beautiful s storey bungalow, renovated. 4.000 2.000 sq.ft. 3- 1 servant's. F'hold. $450,000 DYP: *****23 D.20 CLOVER PK. well maintained d storey terr. (bathroom att'd) Facing
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    • 689 32 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments Apartments ,i,HSL Adjoining Manhattan House/ 3 .-■*V*Hl ORCHARO ROAD o o n fwj!ii?ttd:i San Centre, Chin Swee Road W 1 LANDMARK TOWERnm*m I^^ Seaview Apartments. A Splendid View of Hiils &The Seafront j i- j -X^
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    • 323 32 D.9 LEONIE TWR. Blk.B mais. 4 I 1 bdrms. 3000 sq.ft. F'hold. $565,000. D.9 FUTURA. Newly renovated. 4 1 bdrms. Foreigner eligible. F'hold. $595,000. D.lO CHARMING GDN. King's Rd Brand new low-rise mais. 2400 sq.ft. Foreigner eligible. $190 psf. D.9 LUCKY TWR. PENTHOUSE. 4 1 bdrms. 6000 sq.ft. F'hold. Foreigner
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    • 688 32 D.9, SINGAPURA MANS., 3 bdrm apt. m small development. Extensively renovated. 1.750 sq ft. Low maintenance. F'hold $330,000 neg. Citiprop. *****75. D.9 THE GALLERIA Mais., Cairnhill Rd.. 2400 sq.ft., 3* 1 rm., mid fir., renovated, well maintained pool, f'hold, Bernard Valuers *****49. EAST COAST RD. Jin. Saudara Ku corner walk-up
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    • 932 32 114 For Sale: Private Apartments D.lO PATERSON TWR. nuns High fir 4 1 rms 2.800 sq ft F'hold $480,000 o no. Fairley *****77 D.lO RIDGEWOOD APT. facing pool. 3 bdrms. full facilities $345,000. System. *****33. D.lO SOMMERVILLE LOWER maisonette (New phase) facing pool 2300 sq.ft Lindtrac *****79 D.lO SOMMERVILLE PK.
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    • 1038 32 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments ALPHA INV 469-4900/ 468-9988 5 ROOMS $000 A.M. Kio 101 111 259 305 710 110 163 Bedok 19 66 68 97 98 99 407 506 605 613 715 112-146 Depot Rd. 114 150 Dover Rd. 26 39 130 145 Farrer Rd. 1 118 Holland 21
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    • 812 32 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments BEDOK SOUTM 4-RM h.k razzo throughout, sale $82,000 neg Tel *****21 *****22 BEDOK SOUTH 4-RM. mid fir ing south Breezy Good cond Full CPF Donacresl *****09 BUYERS. ARE YOU looking for HDB apts? We have 3/ 4/ 5-rm m various area Tel *****05 (9/2) BUYERS.
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 359 34 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements THE FAMILY OF THE LATE SSG. PETER GOH KIM LOONG > wishes to express their heartfelt appreciation to: The Minister of Defence; CGS-MINDEF: COs, Officers. SNCOs. NCOs Men of 2nd Guards of JTB. WO Sergeant Mess of Ist Guards. Div. Comdr., 3rd Div: Bde Comdr 7SIB;
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      115 34 In Ever loving Memory O' SIM SIANG JIN Departed 03/02/69 Eighteen years have passed. But the memories of your love dedication for your family Will never be forgotten. Rest m peace dearest husband /father Forever remembered by Wife: Tan Eng Hong Children/ grandchildren Soo Eng. Chon Choo
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    • 900 34 156 Cookery Instruction 160 Other Courses/ i— j Instruction OUEENSTOWN WOMEN'S ASSN. Domestic Science Classes I^~ starting: Chinese cooking, cake making. Nonya cooking kueh ■■F3T t V^ 7 Vj F# T AT >i Hongkong timsum, Agar-agar. 18P 7 4* ?17, ,ifl \f,7. T\h A Vegetarian, Nonya kueh. Sze BBtf«ln^i ,*J,
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    • 80 34 The Family Of The Late MR AW SOON CHEONG Age 58 Departed 26 Jan 1987 express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their condolences, attendance, kind assistance and donations during their recent bereavement THE FAMILY OF the Late Mrs Seetoh Slew nee Thatn Choy Fong express
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  • Arts & Leisure
    • 911 35 Van Gogh, m his last months, wasn't a raving artist who painted his own madness. A show of his later works now on m New York tries to present that period before he shot himself as a highly focused and prolific one. 6 Whatever the
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    • 94 35 ROBIN WILLIAMS will star m Touchstone Pictures' Good Morning, Vietnam, a comedydrama under the direction of Barry Levinson. The comedian will play an airman, who doubles as a military disc jockey, whose irreverent sense of humour earns him the admiration of servicemen and
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    • 749 35  -  JOHN SWENSON Rock singers like Bruce Springsteen and John Fogerty don't usually attend glittery social events, but they showed up for the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction dinner. Together with the other big names of the moment, they paid
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    • 103 35 MR T, the large, inarticulate bunch of muscles who rose to fame m the now-defunct TV series, The A-Team, will star m a new action adventure series titled T 'n' T. Mr T plays a crusading street lawyer and public defender
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
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    • 1046 35 I Radio One FM Service 90.5 mHz m VHF Band II 5.58 AM National Anthem followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News m Snet 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 Another Morning. Another
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    • 1551 36 ■■My View by KANNAN Limelight returns with Julia Variety Tonight Power, Julia Hsu and Mis- FTI uesday Premiere BH»»'MKF***PBy—ij Limelight (Ch 5, 8 tens. l fNever Silent Mfc* pm) The series should be lauded <V h 5 .l i 31 pm) n■. B" lIT r tc ottomntc m r»TV»T«rttinCT A
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  • RACING
    • 299 37  -  TONTO Cup victor lame but Dragon not unduly worried By KL'ALA LUMPUR Trainer Douglas Dragon, ihough a little concerned about his star performer. Ace Jet, returning lame m the off-fore after taking the Tunku Gold Cup last Sunday, is not losing any sleep over it.
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    • 119 37 LOS ANGELES The world's most famous jockey. Willie Shoemaker, with 8.630 winners, is to undergo knee surgery which will sideline him for several weeks. The operation will cost Shoemaker. 55. the ride on Ferdinand, whom he partnered to victory m the Kentucky Derby, m the
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    • 157 37 Thwaites eyes classics KUALA LUMPUR Last Saturday, Malcolm "Hiwaites, who began training at Ipoh last year, showed he has two potential champion stayers m Istanbul and Nostradamus. The pair won their respective races over 2,000 m m Class 1 and it may not be long before either of them gives
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    • 201 37 At the 4OOm At the finish EEEtUt \SSSaast~ isf^iwaci- -tiZflflaS- isMdsM- .■"•ylwHaKS- fS_S» Pictures at the 400 m by ALBERT SIM Restricted Terms 1,200 m 1. Shoot Up High II 2. Win-Em-All II 3. Bujang Senang 4. Jonnicgo Dist: m, 6, 3
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    • 306 37  -  TONTO 11 -winner visiting rider goes home on Thursday By Ace Jet is a good horse. He had no speed so I kept him relaxed, planning to creep on the leaders. At the 800 m, I thought to myself, we've got a good chance of
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    • 956 37 WEIGHTS and ratings for this weekend's races at Bukit Timah: SATURDAY Class 2 Div 11,400 m 1,400 m (Ratings: 115-107) Shadowfax IV 57 115 Just One Look 57 115 Concerto 57 115 Pentagram 56 113 Fred The Red 56 113 Southern Galaxy 54.5 110 Rhythm N Blues
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    • 137 37 Piggott's Triple Crown bid LOUISVILLE English trainer Lester Piggott has entered Genghis, one of his best gallopers last year, for the American Triple Crown Genghis is among the 338 three-year-olds nominated for the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. A special effort to attract European-based horses this
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 84 38 SOCCER SHORTS DENMARK just made it into the semi-finals of the Sixth Jawaharlal Nehru Gold Cup international tournament with a 1-1 draw with hosts India on Sunday. Defending champions, the Soviet Union, qualified for the semi-finals on Saturday by defeating Nigeria 3-0. EUROPEAN Cap quar-ter-finalists Broendby, of Denmark, beat hosts
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    • 151 38 181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MDM KOH HWEE KENG Age 75 (Wife of the late Chia Jui Seah) passed away peacefully on 2nd February, 1987, leaving behind: Sons: Daughters-in-law Chta Wow Hern Tai Joon Lan Chia Yeow Boon, William Khoo Sun Kheng. Rosie Chia Yeow Heng, Kuhard Klizabeth Chiang
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    • 32 38 185 Requiem 185 Requiem Bhog Ceremony S. SUKHMINDAR SINGH s/o S. Late Mehar Singh Dadahoor Age 31 Path Da Bhog will be held on 3/2/87 at Khalsa Dharmak Sahba from 3.00--5.00 p.m.
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      329 38 GOH KAH LOH Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 2nd Feb 87 at 240 a.m. Leaving behind: Beloved wife: Mok Kirn Choo Sons (.'■oh I'heng Phenß Gall Kay Thong Daughters-in-law: I"an Choti Wah i'hui Kah Choo. Lily Grandchildren: liinny Uoh Kwee Keng Shen Goh Kwee Hwa Uoh Kor
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      43 38 In Loving Memory Of THERESA MICHAELS Departed 3.2.84 We have loved her m our life, let us not forget her. Always remembered by all loved ones. There will be a Mass conducted at The Holy Cross Church today at 6.30pm.
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 351 38 ON THE FOREIGN SOCCER SCENE Argentine takes goal tally to eight ROME Diego Maradona, with the World Cup behind him and the Italian League title m prospect, put m a bid on Sunday for the added honour of Italy's top scorer with two goals m
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    • 246 38 Blissett ends Chelsea's Cup chances ENGLISH FA CUP LONDON Former England striker Luther Blissett celebrated his 29th birthday on Sunday by putting Chelsea out of the FA Cup and then ended up m hospital. The injury-prone Blissett ruined the visitors' already dismal season with a controversial 17th-minute winner, the only
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    • 123 38 CRICKET PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa) Master batsman Graeme Pollock marked his farewell appearance m major cricket with a splendid 144 for South Africa against the Rebel Australians on Sunday. Pollock, who retires at the end of the season, delighted a 12,000 crowd at St. George's ground with an
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    • 214 38 Nunes nets twice for Benfica PORTUGUESE LEAGUE LISBON Benfica won 2-0 at Farense on Sunday to stay two points ahead of Porto and Guimaraes, the only other serious challengers m the race for the First Division title. Midfielder Adelino Nunes settled the match with two opportunist goals m the first
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    • 210 38 SPANISH LEAGUE MADRID The supporting cast of the Spanish First Division, given a chance m the limelight on Sunday following Barcelona's 3-2 win over Real Madrid, failed to shine. England striker Gary Lineker dominated Saturday's "Battle of the Stars" with a hat-trick for Barcelona to take
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    • 382 38 ARGENTINE: Rosario Central 3 Estudiantes de la Plata 2, Union Santa Fe 0 Independiente 0, San Lorenzo 0 Deportivo Espanol 0, Platense 0 Boca Juniors 2, Velez Sarsfield 3 Ferro Carril Oeste 1, Racing Club 3 Deportivo Italiano 0, Talleres 4 Racing de Cordoba 1, Gimnasia V Esgrima
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    • 230 38 ATHLETICS ATHENS Sweden's Patrick Sjoberg set an indoor high jump world record of 2.41 metres on the second day of an international athletics meet on Sunday. The previous record of 2.40 m was set only 17 days ago m Aachen, West Germany, by
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    • 206 38 BELGIAN LEAGUE BRUSSELS There was little change at the top of the table after the three leading clubs all drew 1-1 on Sunday. Leaders Anderlecht, held at Kortrijk, stayed ahead after 18 games with 30 points. Second-last Kortrijk sprung a surprise by opening the
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    • 82 38 MAR DEL PLATA Jorge Barruchaga, who scored Argentina's winning goal against West Germany m last summer's World Cap final, is almost certain to join Diego Maradona at Italian League leaders Napoli. There has been much speculation m recent months that Burrnchaga was being lined-op for
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    • 431 38 Milwaukee bucked: San Antonio defeated Milwaukee 120-116 m the American National Basketball Association on Sunday. Other results: Golden State 150 New Jersey 147, Houston 106 Atlanta 104, Detroit 94 Chicago 92, Portland 133 Dallas 117. Utah Jazz 121 Sacramento 113. SwiSS Wiz: The Swiss pair of Urs
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    • 412 38  - The heat is on to beat retreat TAY CHENG KHOON The Singapore junior teams poor performance dur ing the re<ent Asian junior Mjua.sh rhai lpionshipo has raised a response from the Singapore Squash Rackets Association. How can the\ check the slide that may one da> rob the Republic or their
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    • 216 38 ANTWERP Top-seed and defending champion Ross Norman hi! peak form when it mattered most, defeating fellow New Zealander Smart Davenport 9-8, 9-0. 9-3 m the final of the US$3B,OOO ($80.000.. Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday. World champion Norman's victory consolidated his claim for a special dia-mond-studded
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    • 126 38 Ikeda makes his mark SWIMMING PARIS Japan's Asian Games champion Kazuya Ikeda established a national short-course record m the 200 metres backstroke at an international swimming meeting here on Sunday. Ikeda clocked 2min 2.3osec to finish over a second clear of Switzerland's Patrick Ferland. The Japanese continued to break East-European
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    • 408 39 Kookaburra fades as Stars snatches commanding lead FREMANTLE Dennis Conner, skipper of the US challenger Stars and Stripes, is poised to take the America's Cup back to the United States after establishing a 3-0 lead over the Australian defender Kookaburra m yesterday. Conner only needs one more
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    • 109 39 FREMANTLE There was a bomb scare aboard Australian defender Kookaburra 111 daring yesterday's race, Task Force '81 syndicate chairman Kevin Parry said. Parry said he had sent a chase boat alongside the Australian yacht during the final windward leg to ask the crew if
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    • 271 39 Everton draw Wimbledon in the fifth round j LONDON Evert on, bidding to reach a record fourth successive English Football Association Cup final, were handed a tough match at Wimbledon m the fifth-round draw yesterday. The Merseyside team fought their way into the last 16 with a 1-0 victory at
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    • 308 39 Farrer Park recover in time to win KARRER Park United cane back from the dead to score an upset 2-1 win over Changi Constituency m their National Football League Division One match at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Unto six minutes before the end. United were nailing 0-1 to a
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    • 184 39  - Singapore seek answer to Por Yen poser JOE DORAI By THE derision by the Football Association of Malaysia to suspend ties with Singapore teams have placed the annual Por Yen Cup triangular competition m jeopardy. The tournament, scheduled to be held here m May, involves Hongkong Chinese. Malaysian Chinese and
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    • 241 39 LONDON THE Oxford University boat nee line-up was returning to near full strength yesterday after a mutiny that threatened to scuttle the team's chances m the 132 nd Rowing Challenge against Cambridge began to crumble. An American-led firstteam revolt over the dropping of a
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    • 221 39 Johnny comes lately to win PEBBLE BEACH (California) American Johnny Miller came from five strokes off the pace to win the US$6OO,OOO ($1.26 million) Pebble Beach national pro-am golf tournament on Sunday. Miller shot a final-round 66 to win by a stroke from compatriot Payne Stewart with a 278 total.
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    • 334 39  -  J. RAJENDRAN By THE Australian team RSL Dragons, blessed with a touch of Maori magic, are all set to light up this year's Singapore Cricket Club Sevens at the Padang from Feb 28-Mar 1 the 40th anniversary of what has become Asia's biggest club sevens. Dragons,
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    • 207 39  -  LEE WAI WUN By BOARDSAILOR Ramie Salleh has been selected to represent Singapore m the first Commonwealth Regatta m Bombay from March 2-13. The 23-year-old earned the trip after topping the Republic's sailors m last week's Sprite Singapore Open championships. Ramie was placed seventh
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    • 297 39 STUTTGART Wimbledon champion Boris Becker said on Sunday that the search to find a new coach to replace Guenther Bosch, who split up with him last month, was proving far from easy Becker, here to receive an award as "European Sportsman of the Year 1986".
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    • 280 39  -  JANICE SEAH By SINGAPORE will host an invitational Asian junior tournament from Feb 23March 1 to replace the Asian Junior Championships originally scheduled for that period. The Singapore Lawn Tennis Association were advised to postpone the Asian Championships by the Singapore National Olympic Council
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    • HOCKEY
      • 279 39 THE Singapore Women's Hockey Association are negotiating for the services of an Australian coach to assist m the squad's preparation for September's South-east Asia Games m Jakarta. He is Frank Murray, coach of the West Australian team and an International Hockey Fed-eration-approved trainer. Murray
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      • 298 39 THE Punggol-Khalsa senior knockout semi-final replay has taken a new twist. Punggol, who did not turn up for the match on Jan 24 and had the game forfeited, have alleged that the Farrer Park pitch was unavailable on the day of the replay.
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    • 110 39  -  JANICE SEAH CHANG BYUNG SIX, South Korea's Federation Cup coach, who was due last month to train Singapore's Davis Cup squad, has yet to show up. "I'm still waiting for news from him.'' said Dr Desmond Oon, president of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association.
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    • 323 39  -  LIM KEE CHAN PRESIDENT'S CUP BOXING...By JAKARTA Although Singapore's light-flyweight hope Peter Loke failed m his bid to bring home at least a bronze when he was eliminated m the quarter-fi-nals of the President's Cup boxing tournament last night, he showed he was able
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    • 137 38 CHINA AND THE I ASEAN STATES: THE ETHNIC CHINESE DIMENSION Leo Survadinata This book focuses on China's foreign relations with Southeast Asia with special reference to the ethnic and political dimensions It deals with the reactions of Southeast Asian governments, especially those of ASEAN, to China's foreign policy in general,
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    • 52 38 SOCCER NFL Div I: Police v Tampines Rover* (Jalan Besar. 7 45pm) SBHFL D»v 1: BN de Paris v Hotel Meridien Queenstown Hitachi Consumer v Hyatt Hotel <Toa Payohi. SI A v SBS (Jalan Besar). Royal Holiday Inn v BBC Brown lioven Bedok i all at 515 Mobij Hongkongßank (Toa
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  • 622 40  -  SURESH NAIR ARTHUR LEE Trees pruned or removed following double-decker mishap Report: Pictures: THE Singapore Bus Service and Parks and Recreation Department are seeing what more can be done to protect commuters following a recent acci ient where a tree toie a hole m
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  • 28 40 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials rose 5.21 points to 2,163.25 an hour after trading on the New York Stock Kxchange yesterday. AP
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  • 284 40 Duvalier 'stole $256 m from state coffers' MIAMI Former Haitian president JeanClaude Duvalier, his family and friends pilfered at least US$l2O million (*****.8 million) from the nations treasury by siphoning funds from virtually every state agency, according to a published report. Sixteen volumes containing the results of a four-nation inquiry
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  • 61 40 What it should have been WE REPORTED yesterday that Mr Sangaran Selvarajah is the proprietor of Walton Department Store m Orchard Towers which lost $120,000 worth of goods to thieves during the Lunar New Year holidays. This information, provided by the police, is incorrect. Mr Sangaran Selvarajah discovered the burglary.
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  • 142 40 TWO more charges of helping m the disposal of three stolen cheques meant for Mother Teresa of the Missionaries of Charity were brought against two Bangladeshi businessmen yesterday. No pleas were taken from Dcramul Hague, 41, and Ahmed Shansi, 32, who allegedly conspired with
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  • 328 40 Church envoy Waite 'under arrest', say militia leaders DAMASCUS Lebanese militia leaders Nabih Berri and Walid Jumblatt said yesterday that they believed Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite had been "arrested," not kidnapped. Their comments came amid reports that intensive negotiations involving Syria, Iran and Lebanese militia leaders are under way
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  • 102 40 '68 Iranian pupils killed in air raids' TEHERAN Sixty-eight schoolgirls were killed m Iraqi air raids on two schools m the west Iranian city of Mianeh on Sunday, Teheran Radio said yesterday. The girls were attending classes m two schools, one elementary and the other secondary, when the attack took
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  • 327 40 New threat to kill hostages; Israel rejects ultimatum BEIRUT The pro-Ira-nian Islamic Jihad group, which claims to be holding two Americans and three Frenchmen hostage m Lebanon, threatened yesterday to kill them if the United States launched an attack against Lebanon or elsewhere m the Middle East. "Any military attempt
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    • 211 40 Weather iiiiiinii.niiwuiiiiii i iin hi imm UP TO 1 p.m. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 23 mm SUNSET today: 7.20 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.17 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 18/34 C Hazy London 2, 6 C Rain Amsterdam -10, 4 C Clear Los Angeles 8/20 C
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