The Straits Times, 4 February 1987

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  • 576 1 After landslide win, President is expected to demand sworn allegiance MANILA President Corazon Aquino plans to demand sworn allegiance from the military on the strength of a landslide victory for her new Philippines Constitution, top government sources said yesterday. The sources, who asked not
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  • 155 1 SIA man's death: Gas cooker caused fire BEIJiNG A fire at the Longbao Hotel m Shanghai on Jan 21 was caused by a jas cooker m the room of a Singaporean who die.l m it, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday. Xinhua said fire fighters answering the alarm
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  • 442 1  -  YEO KIM SENG By A COOKING gas cylinder m a Peck Seah Street coffeeshop blew up yesterday morning injuring two men who were m the kitchen at the time. The men, stall owner Abu Backar s/o M. Mohd Ebrahim, 55, and his assistant
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  • 268 1  - Bangkok chief turns cleaner for a day ALBERT RAMALINGAM By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Bangkok's colourful Governor Chamlong Srimuang disguised himself as a street sweeper last weekend to check whether his cleanliness campaign was working. In a letter to newspapers here, the governor said he chose to start work at Sam
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  • 119 1 Suharto begins two-nation visit tomorrow PRESIDENT Suharto of Indonesia is due m Johor Bam and Singapore m the next two days for talks with the Singapore and Malaysian prime ministers. The President, to be accompanied by Mrs Suharto and a team of ministers and officials, will be m Johor tomorrow
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  • 198 1 Thriller writer Alistair Maclean dies MUNICH Alistair Maclean, the Scottish-born writer of The Guns of Navarone and dozens of other best-selling novels, many of which were made into films, died m hospital. He was 64. Mr Maclean's family m Geneva said the author died on Monday as the result of
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  • 80 1 "HELLO Uncle (or Aunty), I'm going to school," or "I just woke up"'. End of telephone call. Other children call to tell a story while others want to know what to do when a goldfish dies or when they imagine there are monsters at home. These
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  • 524 1  -  HSUNG BEE HWA It will make precision parts and be Asian support base By SONY, one of the top names m quality audio and video equipment, is to set up a $35 million centre here to make precision parts and provide technological support for
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 386 2 2nd missing cabby A CABBY has disappeared, leaving behind a blood-stained bearing scraper and a pair of handcuffs between the front seats of his taxi. The lights and engine were still on when police found the taxi abandoned near Orchard Turn. Mr Chua Meng Kah is the second cabby
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    • 452 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE apparently overwhelming vote in favour of the Philippines' new Constitution, will go a long way to help consolidate the position of President Corazon Aquino and her government. However, there are some priorities that she most attend to urgently, if she is to take full
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    • 233 2 Gatt is the key THE WORLD will enjoy comparative economic stability this year if it can stave off protectionism and correct the Third World's precarious debt situation, an independent British economic forecasting service said. The Economist Intelligence Unit World Outlook 1987 also says the world economy badly
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    • 290 2 Triangular cancelled PLANS TO have a triangular soccer competition involving England's Nottingham Forest, Scotland's Glasgow Celtic and Brazil's Palmeiras at the National Stadium m May have been cancelled. Westay Promotions, the Perth-based sports promotion consortium which planned to organise the tournament, announced this yesterday, saying charges proposed by the
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    • 310 2 3 golden 'oldies' THE 44th ANNUAL Golden Globe Awards was telecast live last Saturday from the Beverly Hilton Hotel to 12 cities m the western United States, and taped for later syndication elsewhere. Three grande dames of the silver screen Loretta Young, Olivia de Havilland and Angela Lansbury
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    • 183 2 LEE MING TEE RAISING STAKE IN SUNSHINE ALLIED AUSTRALIA-BASED businessman Lee Ming Tee is raising his stake m publicly-listed chocolate manufacturer Sunshine Allied from 24.9 per cent to 50.65 per cent and will make a general offer for the remaining shares. His Hongkong company, Juncrown Ltd. yestei day announced
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    • 228 2 Around Asean .and Across the Causeway Changes m Thai army THE THAJ ARMY is undergoing major changes to cut costs, streamline operations and reduce dupli cation. Its Commander-in-Chief, General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, says there will be fewer conscripts and some infantry divisions will be mechanised He has promised other major changes
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    • 84 2 PROTECTION FOR MODELS? A MAN WHOSE wife used to work for a top modelling agency but who resigned due to '•extremely tardy remuneration methods'" wants to know whai sort of protection is given to people m the modei ling profession against unscrupulous employers He adds that from her experiences
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    • 170 2 Product Advertiser Section/Page torcon Sanyo Banks Bank ot New Zealand Hongkong Shanghai Bank I Overseas Union Bank I 15 Cameras Tithes Corporation Campatfr Ministry ol Health I 9 Carpets Oriental Carpet Palace I -22 Cosmetics Estee Lauder Courses Federal Publications Home Studies Division I —21 NPB S pore
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  • around the WORLD
    • 493 3 Stable growth for China, say economists 'One country, two systems' policy to remain BEIJING CHINESE economists have forecast stable growth this year and a Western diplomat said he saw no economic impact yet from last month's political upheaval. The Xinhua news agency yesterday quoted unnamed Beijing economists as saying that
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    • 65 3 THE Western world's Buddhist Lama, tuo-v ear-old Osel Hita, at a pho-tograph-taking session m Madrid's Buddhist Centre on Monday. The Dalai Lama decided last year that Osel is the reincarnation of the Lama Yeshe, a well-known Buddhist teacher m the West and who died m Los Angeles
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    • 219 3 Border talks fail to make progress NEW DELHI Indian and Pakistani delegations continued talks for a fourth day yesterday on reducing border tensions, but one report said little progress was being made. Meanwhile, the Press Trust of India reported from the border state of Kashmir that Pakistani ranks were moving
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    • 257 3 SYDNEY A bitter row has erupted among leaders of an influential veterans' organisation over a plan to build a retirement village for Japanese m Australia. Returned Services League (RSL) president Sir William Keys hit out at his colleague. Bruce Ruxton, who had criticised the
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    • 252 3 Australian dock workers strike over loss of jobs SYDNEY Dock workers m three major Australian ports went on a one-day strike yesterday, saying shipping companies had failed to consult them about planned changes that would cost at least 56 stevedores their jobs. The workers refused to load or unload all
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    • 121 3 Vietnam plans a party purge BANGKOK Vietnam's ruling Communist Party plans to purge a minority that violates its roles and saps its strength, the party daily Nhan Dan has reported. Marking the 57th anniversary of the founding of Ho Chi Minn's Indochinese Communist Party, the paper reported yesterday that some
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    • 156 3 Joint call for better ties with China MOSCOW Mongolia and the Soviet Union called for better relations with China yesterday m a joint statement issued at the conclusion of a five-day official visit by Mongolian Foreign Minister Mangalyn Dugersuren. The visit follows an announcement by Moscow that about 11,000 Soviet
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    • 23 3 HONGKONG Hongkong's anti-graft body detained more than 50 people yesterday m connection with alleged air cargo thefts, press reports said. AFP
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    • 384 3 Soviets turn down talks offer by Sihanouk BEIJING The Soviet Ambassador m Beijing yesterday turned down resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk's offer of direct talks on Cambodia. The Soviet Embassy said the prince should address his proposals instead to the Vietnamese-backed Heng Samrin regime m Phnom Penh. "Our position is
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    • 401 4 LONDON The world will enjoy comparative economic stability this year if it can stave off protectionism and remedy a precarious situation over Third World debt, an independent British economic forecasting service said. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) World Outlook 1987 also says the world
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    • 309 4 Surrogate mother should give up baby, says lawyer HACKENSACK (New Jersey) The court-appoint-ed lawyer representing the baby at the centre of a surrogate mother custody battle has said the 10-month-old girl should go to her biological father. Citing the findings of three doctors, including a psychiatrist, Lorraine Abraham said that
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    • 199 4 LONDON The first pan-European television news programme was broadcast on Monday night, offering international news m English to a potential audience of 21 million cable TV subscribers In 14 countries. Jubilant executives of Independent Television News raised champagne toasts to the half-hour programme,
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    • 255 4 MILAN Napoleon's troops threw stones at it, over-zealous restorers crudely repainted it and World War H Allied bombers left it surrounded by rubble. Now the much-abused Leonardo da Vinci fresco, The Last Supper, will be indefinitely closed to the public. Italian cultural officials say
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    • 191 4 Protesters destroy radioactive milk for shipment COLOGNE (West Germany) Anti-nuclear protesters broke into parked railroad freight cars loaded with radioactive powdered milk, spread it on the ground and doused it with oil, police said on Monday. The radioactive milk was intended for shipment to Egypt by a private company. West
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    • 32 4 LAS VEGAS Singer Peggy Lee, 66, has been admitted to hospital after falling and injuring her hip during a weekend performance at Caesar's Palace here, a resort official said. UPI
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    • 165 4 BAGHDAD Iraq sent warplanes to make retaliatory raids on Iranian cities on Tuesday, one hour after a missile smashed into Baghdad. It was the eighth sur-face-to-surface missile to hit Baghdad this year and an Iraqi military spokesman said an undisclosed number of civilians
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    • 112 4 LONDON As many as seven million Britons about one m eight of the population are unable to read, write or do simple mathematics, according to research based on the lives of every child born m one week m 1958. The research was carried
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    • 185 4 HAVANA Fidel Castro, who gave up smoking m 1985 to boost a health campaign, says he still dreams of smoking the big cigars that became part of his image. Dr Castro told a gathering last week that he sometimes dreamed about
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    • 317 4 NEW YORK Fertility experts and health officials m the United States fear that women undergoing artificial insemination may risk contracting acquired immune deficiency syndrome (Aids) through infected donated sperm. Some experts estimate that up to 50,000 women undergo artificial insemination m the US each year.
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    • 400 5 WASHINGTON William Casey's tep.ure as Director of the Central intelligence Agency was marked by major Budget increases, improved morale and renewed support for anti-com-munist insurgents worldwide. But it was also marred by sharp congressional criticism, and the spy agency, hit by the Iran arms
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    • 180 5 Reagan offers private notes for arms probe WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan says he will give excerpts from his private notes to Investigators probing the secret sale of US arms to Iran. White House spokesman Martin Fltzwater said on Monday that "should it be determined the material is needed, the President
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    • 220 5 Madonna, Stallone named most over-rated stars NEW YORK Sylvester Stallone and Madonna are Hollywood's most over-rat-ed actor and actress, and Terms of Endearment is the biggest tear-jerker movie ever made, according to a People magazine survey. Madonna's husband, actor Scan Perm. and actresses Meryl Streep, Joan Collins, Brooke Shields and
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    • 305 5 Club leader 'bragged of perfect crime' SANTA MONICA (California) The leader of the Billionaire Boys Club, a group of rich young men determined to make a lot of money, bragged tha' he had committed the perfect crime m killing a conman. a court heard yesterday. Deputy District Attorney Fred Wapner
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    • 234 5 WASHINGTON America's new spymaster, Robert Gates, rose through the ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency through deskwork rather than cloak-and-dagger exploits. Mr Gates, 43, named by the White House on Monday to replace the ailing William Casey as CIA director, was never a secret
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    • 96 5 Skier hits $5 million jackpot RENO (Nevada) A skier kept off the slopes with a pulled back muscle passed the time pulling arms on slot machines and hit US$5 million (5510.65 million). Terry Williams of Los Gatos, California, invested only US$47 at Harrahs Reno before hitting the record jackpot on
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 307 6 BANGKOK Thailand's politically powerful army will take fewer conscripts and mechanise some infantry divisions this year to cut costs while boosting its fighting ability, its Com-mander-in-Chief said. General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh told defence leaders on Monday the army would also streamline operations to reduce duplication and
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    • 249 6 JAKARTA Indonesia may offer new incentives to boost its sagging oil exploration industry, the head of the state oil company Pertamina, Mr Abdul Rachman Ramly, told Parliament yesterday. Indonesia is South-east Asia's largest oil producer but foreign contractors have cut exploration drastically since
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    • 703 6  -  Yang Razali Kassim Private talks with PM after Causeway welcome on Friday By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA When President Suharto visits Malaysia and Singapore m the next two days, the delegation accompanying him will be small and simple. There will be a number of
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    • 381 6  - Aquino now faces demands for urgent reforms GEOFFREY MURRAY ABBY TAN By and m Manila MANILA President Corazon Aquino, buoyed by overwhelming national approval of her draft Constitution, yesterday faced demands from various groups to rapidly turn her victory into meaningful social and economic reforms. An unofficial count of about
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    • 123 6 BANGKOK About 50 stewardesses employed by Thai Airways Company demonstrated m front of Government House here on Monday to protest against a new compulsory retirement scheme. The state-owned domestic airline has introduced a new regulation making retirement compulsory for female flight attendants at the age of
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 191 7 kl ALA Ll'MPl'R Two schoolboys were badly Injured by exploding firecrackers last week. CheeSoon Chin, 11, lost three fingers when a firecracker blew up In his right hand last Friday In PeUling Java. In faiplng, S. Songer, 17, lost his
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    • 211 7 Chinese not neglected, says Ghafar SEREMBAN Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba yesterday rejected the Democratic Action Party's claim that the Chinese community was being neglected because the government had accorded the new villages and traditional kampungs equal status. He said the move would benefit the residents of new villages, most
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    • 155 7 Talks aimed at Muslim unity: PAS ALOR STAR Parti Islam has agreed to hold a discussion with Umno for the sake of Muslim unity, according to PAS deputy president Haji Fadzil Noor. He said on Monday that the decision was' made at the party's ceniral committee meeting n Kuala Lurr
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    • 183 7 I posed topless for art's sake, says Carpio PENANG Hongkong singer Teresa Carpio, who appeared topless m the Christmas issue of the Hongkong Playboy magazine, said she had posed for its aesthetic value, not for the money. Here for a two-night show at the Rasa Sayang Hotel, Miss Carpio said
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    • 46 7 MIRI Police are still searching for the two men involved m the stabbing of three policemen at a nightclub here on Chinese NewYear on Thursday. The three policemen were stabbed when they tried to arrest two suspected extor'ionists m the nightclub. Bernama
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    • 437 7 Agency interfered m party matters: Shahrir KUALA LUMPUR Welfare Services Minister Datuk Shahrir Samad has called for an investigation into Bernama the national news agency for allegedly "interfering" m party matters. He said yesterday that he had completed a report which he would soon
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    • 76 7 KUALA LUMPUR All Umno branches m the Rantau Panjang division m Kelantan have unanimously nominated Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad as Umno President and Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba as Deputy President. The nominations were made at their meetings on Monday, Senator Haji Hussein Ahmad,
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    • 274 7 Umno wants disciplined members KUALA LUMPUR Umno will oil its machinery to produce members of calibre who truly understand their role according to the party's original aims, its information chief, Senator Haji Hussein Ahmad, said yesterday. He said special courses were being organised for new Umno members to ensure that
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    • 293 7 PETALING JAVA A man spiked some cigarettes with fatal doses of insecticide m an attempt to extort about M 5600,000 from three cigarette manufacturing companies. But police seized the cigarettes before they could be sold. This was revealed on Monday by the police, who
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    • 102 7 JOHOR BARC Police have smashed a major syndicate distributing fake foreign currencies following the arrest of six people here on Monday. Forged currency notes with a face value of U5536,000 and 12 million rupiah were also seized. The six, including a woman, were picked
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    • 268 7 Malay businessmen 'barely surviving in slowdown' PENANG The current business slowdown is putting the survival of bumiputra entrepreneurs and traders here on the line and many are hardly able to put their heads above water. Others are surviving on marginal profit and the situation will worsen if the government does
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    • 115 7 KUALA LUMPUR Housing and Local Government Minister Ng Cheng Kiat has filed a defamatory suit m the High Court here against the headmaster of a private Chinese school over articles m the Sin Chew Jit Poh and Nanyang Siang Pau. Mr Ng. the former
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  • HOME
    • 466 8  - Surprising 3.2 m tourists hit town SALMA KHALIK By SINGAPORE received 3.2 million visitors last year a pleasant surprise for the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. The number meant a 5.3 per cent rise m visitors, almost twice the 3 per cent increase it had expected and above the average worldwide
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    • 549 8  -  RONNIE LIM Maj-Gen Choo stresses need to be innovative By MORE thinking officers who are innovative rather than those who are kia su that's what the Singapore Armed Forces would like its top commanders or key appointment holders to be, the Chief of
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    • 313 8  -  GRACE CHNG Engineers set up company to develop special software By THE slump m the construction industry helpedtwo engineers turn a hobby they enjoyed over the past 10 years into a business. It spurred Mr David Swee, 35, and Mr Daniel Sim, 32,
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    • 331 8  -  SUMIKO TAN By A CABBY has disappeared, leaving behind a blood-stained bearing scraper and a pair of handcuffs inside his taxi. Mr Chua Meng Kah, 58, left home m his black-and-yellow taxi at 2 pm on Friday. He was to have returned home to
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    • 233 8  -  GRACE CHNG A MADE-IN-SINGA-PORE computer program will soon be available m the United States through a mail-order scheme. Called Rubicon, it was developed by computer scientists at the Institute of Information Technology here. The institute has joined hands with a Singapore company, Digital
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    • 158 8 Religious teacher jailed for cheating A WOMAN promised her friends generous returns if they invested m her business m batik and telekunp the attire donned by Muslim women during prayer). But she had neither a business nor a registered company here. Bee Bee Hashia d o Noor Mohamed, 4°. a
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    • 209 9 THERE are enough public flats to accommodate Housing Board tenants who have to move from rented homes because of the board's relocation programme. National Development Minister S Dhanabalan said [yesterday 1 here are sufficient home-ownership flats and vacant rental flats to rehouse the
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    • 160 9 More than 200 government officials, experts on labour laws and industrial relations, unionists and employer representatives from 27 countries are attending the Fourth Asian Regional Congress of Labour Law and Social Security which opened at Shangri-La Hotel yesterday. The four-day
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    • 161 9 Different laws in way of extradition treaties, says Barker REFLECTING upon the differences m the laws of Asian countries. Law Minister E. W. Barker told an international labour seminar yesterday that this was Oi.e reason why Singapore does not have extradition treaties with many countries. ■"Different countries m Asia have
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    • 628 9 CONTRASTS m Thai, Japanese. Ir.dian and Singaporean styles of industrial relations were quirk to emerge at the first session of the labour law seminar. The free-flowing discussion had participants trading views with panel speakers on the day's topic: The legal basis of union and
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    • 211 9 Three die in road accidents in two days THREE people died and several were injured m road accidents on Monday and yesterday. Madam Ong Ah Choon, 45, an employee of the Shin Mm Daily News, died after she was hit by a van near the junction of MacPherson and Howard
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    • 318 9 SINGAPOREANS have the chance to hear the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra one of Scandinavia's oldest orchestras and described by music critics as one of Europe's finest because of an idea for an exchange programme five years ago Their appearance at the Victoria Concert Hall tonight and
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    • 790 9  -  NANCY LOH Bruises implied instrument not applied properly, inquiry told By A BABY boy died of a fractured skuli two days after he was delivered with the aid of forceps, a coroner's inquiry heard yesterday. The inquiry was also told that the bruises
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    • 195 9  -  Mr Barker Twenty-five years ago there was a labour strike m Singapore almost every fortnight. Our labour laws were not adequate and relations between employer and employee was one of confrontation. I remember the days when our streets and backlanes had rubbish
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    • 358 10 How we became lovers: Accused Murder of waitress trial A DIMSUM cook from Hongkong, accused of murdering a Singaporean waitress, told the High Court yesterday how they became lovers and later got married m Japan. The couple had planned to stay there but the woman found Japan too cold and
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    • 205 10 A WOMAN agreed to have sex with a man but was instead physically assaulted, robbed and lefi ...k a d hy the man, who ran c*' with her clothes. Choo Bee (boon, 2S, who has a criminal record dating back to 1973, met the 26-year-old
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    • 99 10 Trio who stole doors walked into ambush DETECTIVES lying m wait caught three men who arrived m a lorry to unload stolen aluminium doors, a magistrate's court heard on Monday. Two of them, Govindaraju Peter, 29, and Vijayaselvam so Sinna Solayappan, 17, were each fined *1,500, while the third man,
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    • 67 10 Awards for retired teachers THE MINISTRY of Education will present valedictory letters to officers who had retired m 1986. The Parliamentary Secretary (Education), Mr Tang Guan Seng, will give away the awards tomorrow and on Feb 12 at the Regional Language Centre Auditorium m Orange Grove Road. Both presentations will
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    • 424 10 Bid by 3,500 to roll out the longest line ever ABOUT 3.500 youths on roller-skates will form a continuous chain and try to waltz into the Guinness Book of Records next Thursday night. This bid to set the record for the world's longest unbroken line
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    • 229 10 Third SCCCI business programme POPULAR response to its programme to help small and medium-sized local companies develop business plans has encouraged the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry to organise one more. This third programme organised by the SCCCI will be on Feb 21 and 22. It is supported
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    • 78 10 THE results of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry's 44th council election will be announced on Sunday. Members of the public and the SCCCI can witness the counting of votes for 65 elected council members at 10 am m the chamber's
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    • 323 10  -  WONG AI KWEI Chief execs flock to listen to top entrepreneur By SIR Terence Conran. The name alone was enough to draw more than 230 chief executives and senior managers to breakfast at the Shangri-la Hotel yesterday. He heads the £1.5 billion (554.87 billion) Storehouse
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    • 88 10 Man charged with having gun during $1.3 m heist A MALAYSIAN man was charged yesterday with having a revolver during a robbery at Chong Brothers Jewellery m Commonwealth Lane last Monday when $1.3 million worth of gold was taken. No plea was taken from Lee Hui Sze. 24. who allegedly
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    • 248 10 MR CHEN Kung has forgotten how much money he has spent over the last 15 years to encourage his friends to give up smoking. Whenever a friend looked like he might give up smoking, Mr Chen would dangle the attraction of a dinner
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    • 378 10 Smoker hopes to slowly chew his way out of habit MR K. VIJAYA KUMAR took the day off from work yesterday to learn how to chew some gum. It was no ordinary gum for, if chewed too fast, one might get hiccups, nausea, throat irritation or even feel light-headed. But
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    • 306 11 THREE Singaporean photographers along with more than 40 from around the world have been invited to Thailand at the end of this month to capture the country on film. Two have accepted the invitation by Times Editions, a book-publishing ompany, to be part
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      • 51 11 A PART-TIME bartender, Yeo Su Keong, 19, was charged yesterday with murdering an army sergeant on Sunday morning at the Europa Grand Restaurant and Lounge. No plea was taken from Yeo, who allegedly caused 25-year-old Hrzinder Singh's death at the lounge on the seventh storey of Orchard
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      • 45 11 THE NGEE ANN Polytechnic will hold its annual open house on Friday and Saturday. On display during the two days will be students' projects, including an egg-sorting machine which won a Merit Award at the Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors' Competition recently.
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      • 89 11 MECHANIC Chua Kirn Thin, 32, whose right leg was fractured m a motor accident m 1982, yesterday settled his suit against a contractor for $14,000 when the case came up for mention m the High Court. Mr Chua was riding his motorcycle near the junction of Changi
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      • 68 11 THE FLYOVERS at Bukit Timah Road Farrer Road and Dunearn Road Adam Road will be closed between midnight and fi am from tomorrow to Saturday to facilitate roadwork. During the closure, traffic heading for the city will be diverted to the slip road off Dunearn Road while
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      • 103 11 A MECHANIC < arried drugs m his suitcase past Customs officers at Delhi airport and boarded a plane bound for Singapore. Manjit Singh, 31, an Indian national, was stopped by a Customs officer when he arrived at Changi Airport on June 4 last year. A check of
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    • 301 11  - Malay groups to stage cultural show GEOFFREY PEREIRA Committee plans to involve 200 performers m $10,000 extravaganza By MALAY cultural groups are coming together for the first time to stage a grand show lasting three hours. A 25-member committee formed from various Malay cultural groups at community centres is already
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    • 430 11 Muis director cites three 'musts' for young Muslims EDUCATION, professional skills and Islamic values are essential if young Muslims are to compete as equals with other Singaporeans, according to the executive director of the Muslim Religious Council (Muis). "If the Muslim community itself does not move towards the level of
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    • 137 11 A POLICE constable, under suspension, was on Monday given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal on a corruption charge brought against him l'/j years ago. This meant that while (Joh Cheng Chuan, 42, and his alleged accomplice, Lim Chee Leng, 47, who was also
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    • 95 11 Weather fair over next few days EXPECT mostly fair weather for the next few days. This should be followed by isolated and scattered showers mainly m the afternoon and early evening on four to six days, the Meteorological Service said. January was substantially wetter than the same month m previous
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    • 71 11 IF YOU are a football fan and want to help develop the sport here, you can do so by using your feet. The Football Association of Singapore and the People's Association Staff Club are organising a 4-km walkathon on April 19 to raise $40,000 for this purpose.
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    • 474 11  -  IRENE NG By WHEN 10 Hongkong schoolgirls flew into Singapore on Sunday, they were immediately swept off their feet by a whirl of activities, but not by the opposite sex. For the Outstanding Students awards they won are open only to girls. "It'll be much
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    • 428 8 fl Yu Shen^ P Feast on Prosperity! The seventh day ot the ,^|j/ small sen ing at S'C Make Lunar New Year is dedicated to !#IC >'' >ur teast complete with nine Man. The gastronomic l IIILJ other special Lunar New Year highpoint of Mankind's Day is IEU*fJ?PM?I dishes including
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    • 214 9 SHAN G R 1 L A INTE R N A I lON A I PENANG f% A rirst class note! at an arrorclaDle price. 1 he Shangri-La Inn Penang brings to the heart of Georgetown a standard of service never before seen m Penan^. Its 426 guestrooms and 16 suites
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    • 284 10 Cuisine at its most y unique Goodwood Park Hotel* January 30 February 12 Subtle tasting, perfectly blended, clear nightly banquet m private rooms tor rabies soups, thick sauces, rood steamed just right to of ten. seal m the juices, soft textures and the clever A sampling of the specialties to
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    • 384 10 ■Bill One of the most important factors contributing to the productivity and success of an organisatio is the people who work m the organisation. Whether as a manager, supervisor, worker or an i idividual training is needed to upgrade their skills and knowledge NPB can provide this training and up-grading.
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    • 301 11 With Hongkongßank's Home LoanPay only the interest for the first 5 years. and stamp duties. I Mortgage decreasing term insurance avaiiaoie casn now. policy to safeguard repayment m the Like servicing only the interest on event of death. your loan for the first 5 years. Personal Service Most banks only
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  • TlieStniitsTiinos
    • 622 12 THE apparently overwhelming vote m favour of the Philippines' new Constitution will go a long way to help consolidate the position of President Corazon Aquino and her government. It will remove all lingering doubts about the legitimacy of her presidency. No longer can Marcos loyalists argue that
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    • 1726 12  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE By As Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew pointed out on Sunday, Hongkong greeted the Gregorian New Year with some gusto. Amidst the celebrations, and as 1997 approaches, what has been the mood of the people m the British colony lately? The
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    • 561 12  - Yell if you want to write about the White House Art Buchwald THE young man came into the office to apply for a job as White House correspondent for the Daily Quagmire. The veteran bureau chief said: "Tell me about yourself." "Well, sir, I was a reporter for the Harvard
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    • 1100 13  -  MARTIN WALKER By -10 UNDERSTAND why Mikhail Gorbachev has found it necessary to launch a bracing democratic breeze into the stolid ranks of the Communist Party we can do worse than consider the strange case of the food shortages m Kazakhstan. The riots m Kazakhstan
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    • 965 13  -  ALIX FREEDMAN By writing for The Asian Wall Street Journal PHILADELPHIA Whenever Jicob Doft gets bored m class, the 17-year-old high-school senior ducks out to call a risk arbitrageur on Wall Street. He uses the arbitrageur, who happens to be his
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    • 342 13 WITH the greatest possible respect (as th«lawyers say when the> wish to express contempt) I beg to differ from the China experts who reckon the resignation of Hu Yaobang as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party represents a personal setback for strongman Deng Xiaoping and the process
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    • 236 13 f Congratulations I Best Wishes to I I CENTURY PARK SHERATON HOTEL I I at 16 Nassim Hill I I on the re-opening of newly renovated I I rooms on level 13. I Main Contractor: Designer/Consultant: I ML NGAI CHIN CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD [TTB DAVENPORT CAMPBELL I I NGAI CHIN
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  • FORUM
    • 300 14 Stick to menu to avoid being cheated I WOl LD like to relate to the public an unpleasant Incident of daylight robbery. Last week, I went with a friend to a popular restaurant (or dinner. We ordered two items from the menu which were reasonably priced. However, my friend wanted
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    • 130 14 Price of police photos too high I ACT for a client who needed to obtain copies of photographs taken by the police relating to a traffic accident. These were prints of photographs that the police had already taken m the course of their investigations, not photographs taken specially for my
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    • 243 14 MY WIFE used to work for a top modelling agency but resigned due to extremely tardy payment of remuneration, often up to half a year from the completion of a job. Upon resignation, they still owed her $480. When she called them on
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    • 294 14 Hats off to cops on highway hunt for wallet Bouquets WE WISH to take this opportunity to praise the three officers from Central Police Station who assisted us when we were m distress. It happened on J&n 19 after 3am when my husband fell sick and I "had to rush
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    • 221 14 I VIEW with grave concern your report of a case m which a diplomat's wife was alleged to have bitten her Filipina maid on the arm (ST, Jan 26). On reporting to the police the maid was apparently told that they were
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    • 141 14 Replies PLEASE refer to the letter "Big difference m valuation" from "I Lose" (ST, Jan 23). The writer bought a maisonette with a floor area of 236 sq m. His bank's mortgage valuation reported that "comparable properties have been transacted m the range of
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    • 233 14 i Dear Readers j THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add
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    • 114 14 THIS is the time of year for filling m income tax assessment forms. It is disheartening to note that the Inland Revenue Department appears to have no plans to increase the $3,000 personal relief for working persons below 55. This despite recent years of
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    • 263 14 Operation less of an ordeal, thanks to staff RECENTLY, on my doctor's recommendation, I went to Singapore Generai Hospital's plastic surgery department to have a job badly done by a private surgeon re-done. When I checked m at the ward I was greeted and directed by a very friendly staff
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
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    • 88 15 THE Singapore stock market closed higher yesterday despite widespread profit taking m the afternoon. The Straits Times Industrial Index rose 5.06 points only slightly less than the morning's gain "to 972.83. The Business Times Composite Index rose 3.94 points to 863.72 and the DBS Index of CPF stocks
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    • Chief price changes
      • 72 15 Dutch Bit, 605 -MO Trjnsiwco 314 33 --*■< 232 18 MU 154+17 06S 1035 +15 Ce-fbo? 50c 535 15 *ft> 1 U« 50c 256 +13 MCjWts 230 +13 luonj E^trj 50c 38? -12 UOt 308 12 GC tile 1J30 +'.0 OCBC 975 10 Metro Hdp 735 10 itntrtfi 710
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      • 76 15 SPH 780 -10 Spore land 595 -10 KL Keponf 250 -7 FELS 436 -6 OUSecuitws 175 -S IC8 438 -4 Hainson M ui 418 -4 Ot* 358 -4 Semo Sl^iyifd 292 -4 Crtv O«» SOc 276 -4 Neck Stnf 147 -4 Hepptt Corpn 282 —3 UO6 442 -2 Strut?
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      • 13 15 MMC 3,112,000 Haw Par 2,076,000 Sime Darby 1,549,000 P Products 1,310,000
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      • 98 15 Feb 2 Feb 3 Feb 2 Feb 3 ST Properties 462 15 463 80 BT Composite 859 78 863 72 ST Minings 284 13 284 61 BT Indicator *****305 *****904 ST Plantations 1917 09 1922 33 BT OB OS +19 *98 DBS CPF Index 329 90 330 86 CAB
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      • 41 15 INDICES Highs Lows Straits Times Business Times Industrial Composite 1986 87 High ***** (3 2/87) 863 72 (3/2/87) 1986-87 Low 563.34 (.28/4/86) 470.92 (28 4 86) All-time High *****1 (8/2/84) ***** (8.284) All time Low 74 75(17/9/64) 470 92 (28/4 86)
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      • 12 15 THE IS dollar lost 275 ticks to DM 1.7910 m Singapore.
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      • 24 15 DM V FF S$ HK$ US$ USS 1 8050 152 30 unq 2.1330 unq 1.5230 1 7910 152.15 ***** 2.1335 7.7728 1.5280
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      • 10 15 In Singapore, gold lost US$l.4O to U*****.40 an ounce.
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      • 60 15 Eurodollar: Lost one tick to 93.72 a contract. Dentschemark: Gained 91 ticks to 0.5599 a contract. British Pound: Gained 100 ticks :o 1.5190 a contract. Japanese yen: Gained 40 ticks to 0.*****8 a contract. Nikkei: Lost 10 points to ***** a contract. IS Treasury bond: Lost six ticks to
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    • Short stops
      • 97 15 LONDON Lloyds Merchant Bank and Barclays Bank PLC said separately that they signed trade financing agreements with Vneshtorgbank, the Soviet foreign trade bank, to support exports of British goods to the Soviet Union. The agreements follow a pact between the Soviet Union and Britain for a
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      • 59 15 CHICAGO The Chicago Board of Trade has submitted a proposal to trade m corporate bond index futures to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the exchange said. The cash-settled contract is based on an index of 100 long-term, high grade corporate bonds, which include new and seasoned bonds
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      • 67 15 LAS VEGAS Nissan Motor Co Ltd's US subsidiary said it is offering cash and other incentives to US dealers to boost sales during the winter. Senior vice-president of the US subsidiary, Mr C.P. King, said Nissan is offering incentives ranging from US$3OO (*****) to US$6OO on
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      • 97 15 HONGKONG Austra-lia-based Oilmet Resources and local firm Yu Hing Holdings Ltd have announced jointly that Oilmet will make an offer for the entire capital of Yu Hing. Oilrret's offer will be for 80 HK cents (22 Singapore cents) more than Yu Hing's net tangible assets per
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      • 40 15 LONDON Hill Samuel Group PLC said that Fai Insurances Ltd has increased its holding m Hill Samuel to 14 per cent from 12.8 per cent. Hill Samuel has stated that Fai's involvement m the company was unwelcome.
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    • 436 15  -  S. KUMAR He will also make a general offer for remaining shares By AUSTRALIA-BASED businessman Lee Ming Tee is raising his stake m publicly-listed chocolate manufacturer Sunshine Allied from 24.9 per cent to 50.65 per cent and will make a general offer for
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    • 633 15  -  CONRAD RAJ By THE Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) is boasting a full house after being m operation barely two-and-a-half years. All 450 available seats have been fully subscribed and seats are now being bid at a premium, an exchange source
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    • 28 15 MR TAN Yam Pin has been appointed to the board of Malayan Breweries Ltd. He has been Malayan Breweries' Group General Manager since April 1984.
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    • 332 15  -  ANTHONY HOE By IF THE rush for application forms is any indication, the demand for Singapore National Printers Ltd's (SNP) public share offer should be overwhelming. The 100,000 forms put out when the offer opened on Jan 21 were snapped up within two days
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    • 41 15 CHUAN Hup Holdings Ltd will take up a placement of 3.9 million shares m its Australian associated company, Chuan Hup Australia Ltd. Chuan Hup Australia is placing 17.8 million new shares at A52.10 per share to raise capital.
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    • 273 15  - Sale of building will clear San Holdings' debts DOREEN SOH By SAN Holdings Bhd's proposed sale of its office building, San Centre, to clear its debts will result m the company losing its only regular source of income and leave it with no other major revenue generating asset or business.
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    • 383 15  - GSI group profit doubles to $2.5 m CONRAD RAJ B> GROUP operating profits at General Securities Investments Ltd last year more than doubled to $2.51 million, even though gross revenue rose only 20 per cent to $3.94 million The results of the DBS Bank-affiliated investment trust were no doubt helped
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    • 110 15 SAN FRANCISCO Bank America Corp. which has lost more than US$B5O million (SSI.B billion) m the last two years, has agreed tc sell its discount brokerage subsidiary to a group led by the subsidiary's chairman for about US$23O million. The sale of Charles Schwab
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    • 3934 16 READERS should be aware of the bmttatiom of this information. Not every transaction nor every price dealt m at the stock exchange is covered m "business done' Further because al dealings at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend m
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    • 2682 16 INDUSTRIALS Aicom i Aimomoto A'ex Hldg( > Alcom ■768M2X76) AISS 628) 142) 61 (15) 60 5 (J) I 63 1 3) 62 API >598> 16OS) iB> 55 (22) 56 (5) 5 .8) 56 5 iB> 57 (3) 58 (5) 59 (4) 60 ASM 1788 1795)
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    • 2872 16 Al shares quoted have a par value c* SI unless otherwise specified Adjusted for scnp rijhts N Tax-eiempted dividend ABN 15 traded m lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted m dolars Trustee stocks under CPf Approved Investment Scheme 1986/87 Last Yield Vo) Day
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 351 17 1 tto $1000 2 For Mst customers ort» 3 OCBC Fronce 4 iviiaNe at DBS Fiunce 5 Quj«Tri that rates ire offered b» subudutt OUT UOf s rates abo nrfjtxe jt UOF >fu jvajjbte it 065 France OCBC OUB UOB DBS DfPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 3 3 1
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      • 168 17 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4159—1.4187 7.21—7.01 Canadian dollar 1 5997 1.6016 6.31—6.22 NZ dollar 1.1619-1.1646 8.78—8.51 Sterling pound 3.2543 3.2580 3.10—3.06 US dollar 2.1340—2.1350 4.72—4.68 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • Stock markets round-up
      • 703 17 SHARE prices remained firm on the Singapore stock market yesterday although widespread profit-taking m the afternoon trimmed some early gains. Quality Singapore stocks still attracted buying attention, but there was a noticeable shift m focus to better Malaysian counters. The Straits Times Industrial Index
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      • 336 17 Feb 3 HK$ Ctunte Hk Gas 22 40 +03 Jordme Sec 28 00 +05 Smo Land 300 +02 Hk Hotels 4175 +0 25 Ka Wah Bonk 2 775 -0 025 Stelux 260 +0 025 Assoc Intl Hotete 198 +005 HK Land 750 +005 KMB 12 50 +0 1 Sunshine
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      • 355 17 Feb 3 fen Charge Mitsub Elec 460 -7 Anoomoto 2030 +20 M.tsub Estate 2670 70 Ako, 409 +39' Mitsub Heavy 516 -4 Amada 857 +23 M,tsub.sh. 1120 10 Asob. Chem 798 +28 Mltsul Cv 608 2 Asah. Giois 1370 voch Mlt ul Sh.pbldg 185 -2 Bonk Ot Tokyo 1400
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      • 333 17 Feb 3 Cents Change Hartogen Energy 315 +5 (AusU Herald 1500 unch Hooker 320 +5 A C I 385 +3 I C I 325+5 ANI 312+12 Ind Equity 516 +14 Abertoyle 1020 +20 Int Health 76 unch Age 355 unch Leighton 95 unch Amcor 435 +15 '.end Lease 1010
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      • 55 17 NST Index Tuesday 1,448.99 (Closed) ~0 Hongkong Hang Seng -?*t? Tuesday 2,606.38 (2,585.22) Australian All-Ordinaries Tuesday 1,502.50 (1,486.70) Nikkei Stock Average —I- Tuesday 19,956.33 (20,072.09) Financial Times Industrials Monday 1,463.90 (1,441.00) Dow Jones Average ?0 Monday 2,179.42 (2,158.04) (Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading day)
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      • 261 17 f e b 2 US$ Chan|e Gen Motors 77 7 +2 S Goodyear Tire 48 N Alcoa 40 +M Gulf Res I3 1 W Allied Sig 47. unch Hewlett Pack 51 1 4 m Amox Inc Us -N Intl Busi Mach 132 m +3^; Amr Corp 56 L
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      • 524 17 Feb 2 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 035 ~4 Ass Dairies BTRPLC 280 -2 Babcocks 204 4. Barclays 535 -2 Beechom 500 -23 BICC 322 6 Blue Circle 692 +9 BOC Group 433 +17 Boots 26° 3 Bowater 382 BATS 509 9 Britannia 157 '2 -I Brit Gas 68 B
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    • 107 17 THE US dollar closed mixed against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed firmer m quiet trading. It fluctuated within a range of 2.1305 and 2.1350. Against the deutschemark, the greenback opened at 1.8055 65 and closed at 1.7980 90. Trading was thin,
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    • 156 17 THE kilobar market traded between 5527,538 and 5527,790 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened at U*****.90 2.40 and overseas selling pushed it down to the low of U*****.40 1.90 m early trading. It closed for lunch at U*****.00 2.50 and reopened m the afternoon at U*****.80 3.30.
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    • 23 17 GOLD US$/oz Tues Mon Singapore 403.20—403.70 405.25 405.75 Hongkong 403.40—403.90 404.90-405.40 Mon Fri New York 400.80-401.30 404.60-4C5.10 London 407.00-407.50 403.50 404.00
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    • 229 17 Managers 1 prices for Feb 4 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 96—1.03 The Savings Fund 0 87—0 93 Spore Prog Fund 0 38—0 42 Spore Sec. Fund 0.64—0 69 S pore Invest Fund 0 72—0 78 Spore Equity Fund 0 46—0 50 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest
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    • Sirnex futures
      • 94 17 Eurodollar 3-month deposit CONCERNED by the weaker dollar and the higher level of Fed funds, March Eurodollar opened three ticks lower at 93.70. Trading was, however, confined to a narrow range of 93.69 to 93.73. The March contract finalh closed one tick lower at 93.72. (100 implied interest ratei Open
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      • 55 17 CURRENCY futures started on a firmer note as selling of the dollar resumed. March deutschemark closed 91 ticks higher at 0.5599. (US dollar Deuts< hemark I Open Int (Mon): 919. Act Vol (Mon): 1272. Open Hifch law Sett Est Vol Mar 8~ 0.5564 0.5611 0.5564 0.5599 1814 Jun 0.5613
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      • 36 17 MARCH pound ended higher at 1.5190 < British Pound 1 Open Int (Mon): 30^. Act Vol (Mon): 76. Open Hiph Ijiv. Sett Est Vol Mar 87 1.5185 1.***** 1.5180A 1.5190 Six Jun 1.5025 S^pt 1.4875
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      • 39 17 MARCH yen closed 40 ticks higher at 0.*****8 1 Japanese Yen 1 Open Int (Mon): 931. Act Vol (Mon): 3'ii. Open High Low Sett Km Vol Mar 87 0.*****4 0.*****8 0.*****6 0.*****8 258 Jun 0.*****4 Sept 0.*****8
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      • 74 17 MARCH Nikkei closed two points lower at 2020 C after touching a high of ***** as profit-taking set m after steep increases over the past few days. iSikkei Stock Average Index' Open int (Mon): 1741. Act Vol (Mon): 227. Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot
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      • 63 17 MARCH US T-bond opened at 99.12. Trading was very quiet ahead of US Treasury auctions. The March T-bond traded narrowly from 99.09 to 99.12 before closing six ticks lower at 99.11. (L'S Treasun Bond) Open Int (Mon): 1055. Act Vol (Mon): 342. I Open High Ixm Sett
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      • 27 17 (VSS per troy ounce Open Int (Mon): NU. Act Voi (Mon): Ml. Reports from 64 Futures Open Hi eh law Sett Est Vol Feb 81 403.00
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    • 121 17 From Page 16 Landmorks (60B) (53) 59 (4) 56 (32) 59 5 (32) 61 (15) 62 '14; 61 5 '25) 60.5 (77) 60 Malakoff (316X1) 314(4)316 Malaysian Pit <I21S) (1 1) 120 (1) 1 19 (16) 120 (4) 121 (10) 122 Mentokob New Serendah <2225) (1) 220
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    • 8 17 Rubber Closing prices cents/kilo 229 00 .inged
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    • 8 17 Closing prices Copper tonne Mon 'eadv •onnes
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    • 11 17 Closnf prices Silver USS troy oz lues Mon Mon Fn
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    • 9 17 Closing poces Aluminium tonne Moo 307 50 tonnes
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    • 19 17 Tin Closing prices MS kilo XL Tin 17 16 down seven cents Turnover 79 tonnes down 17 tonnes
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    • 74 17 Crude MS tonne palm oil Feb 91C (south! Mitral) Mar 905 'south! Refined palm oil US$ tonnes RBO palm on fet Ma? Apt 38? 5 RBD St< feb 36G (sellers; Mar Ap' 352 50 sellers) RBD CMein sellers) Ma> 305 eiiers^ Apr 397 50 (sellers! Neutralised Unc Closing
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      243 17 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Vessei Berth Arr Dep Vessel Keppel Wharves Korean Crown Yesterday Once More Pi A aside 4 2 Huilin K29 aside 5 2 ALtai Maru P4A 4 2 5 2 Sinhan Kl9 aside 7 2 Apollo Peak P4A 4 2 4 2 Manna Nedlloyd
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    • 322 17 Delivery of FCL import containers Ship (Voyage) Boies Available B Kemunmg < 106S lew Ms .8704) Mar,,- 18B) Thai Pailm (94N.i 526 1 :0 D 0: er 1 037 AN) Ned Baltimore COD 03 COG IS )W t I I 1 LCL Containers UnpecKed At The Containers Freight
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    • 549 18  -  LOONG SWEE YIN Survey shows marginal growth m spending last year By THE advertising industry, hit by clients' lower spending m 1984 and 1985, may take a turn for the better this year. Already, the industry has registered a 0.2 per cent marginal growth m
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    • 194 18 THE Mass Rapid Transit system is expected to initially generate an annual advertising revenue of $7 million when its trains start running later this year. The money will come from advertisements at its first 20 stations scheduled to operate by next year and
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    • 342 18 Teck Hock gets another two weeks CREDITOR banks of coffee trader Teck Hock yesterday gave the company another two weeks to continue negotiating with prospective buyers. This could be the last respite the company neejs. because it is now thought to be close to striking a deal with one of
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    • 189 18 DBS Bank has unveiled an electronic account service for corporate customers and a new safe deposit box centre that operates beyond normal banking hours. The electronic service. 1 Autolink offers up-to-the-minute information on bank balances, credits and other account information through a personal computer
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    • 488 18  - Growth of Japanese economy expected to slow down to 1.8% PETER HAZELHURST By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Japan's economic growth rate will decline to a low of 1.8 per cent during the next fiscal year amidst rising unemployment and inflation, according to the latest projections of a leading Japanese research institution.
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    • 308 18 London commodity trader opens office in Singapore KAINES (UK) Ltd, one of the largest physical commodity traders m the world, yesterday officially opened its office m Singapore. The company is a subsidiary of financial and commodity trading conglomerate British Commonwealth Holdings, which also owns Exco, the largest money broker m
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    • 450 18 New management structure in place at Morgan Grenfell LONDON Merchant bank Morgan Grenfell yesterday installed a new management structure as it began the task of repairing the damage caused by the Guinness affair. Top authority m the group is to be vested m a new executive committee consisting of directors
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 358 15 I a**? j^ 7"' Sr D I m& '""*'>* ■%> m. —*—o& >*/" <■* v WITH JUST $500. YOU CAN HAVE A SHARE IN ALL THESE STOCKS THROUGH UNION SINGAPORE FUND Union Singapore Fund (USF) is a Unit In 1986, the value of USF units all the detai's and paper
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    • 371 18 /|JA OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING \ij£y CORPORATION LIMITED CORPORATE BANKING OFFICERS As part of our plan to expand and strengthen our team of marketing officers m Corporate and Investment Banking we are looking for highly motivated and experienced candidates to fill several positions Successful candidates should possess a good University Degree and
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  • RACING
    • 279 19  -  MARKSMAN 17 winners last year, but he gets three-month licence By JOCKEY Masruhen Masjuay, who had his best-ever season m 1986 with 17 winners, has received a shock he has been granted only a three-month temporary riding licence by the Malayan Racing Association for the new
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    • 154 19  -  ROGER YUE By Racing Editor ADMIRERS of that brilliant Australian jockey. Larry Olsen. who was forced out of the saddle four years ago because of rising weight, will be pleased to learn that he has made a comeback to race riding. He has brought
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    • 109 19 THE Malayan Racing Association has granted former jockey Terry Tan Kok Ann (above) a full trainer's licence for the 1987 season. Tan was B grade trainer to Major A. M. Heddle for the past two years and before that, was assistant to trainer
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    • 129 19 WEST Australian jockey Max Roney is the new face among four riders who have been granted visiting permits for the Bukit Timah meeting starting on Saturday. Roney, 22, who can ride at 52 kg, has won 235 races and is sponsored by trainer Luke Kang, who
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    • 232 19 •At the 400 m Fietana 4ltai "y a l3ll 1 sim •At the finish sdfgfdg gffdsgd gfgsdf gff IBWfjBB-lj nman gdsfgd gsdfgs Class 4 Div 5 1,200 m 1. Hitam Manis m 2. As You Like It 3. Darren's Delight 4. Crown
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    • 221 19 KUALA LUMPUR The following horses did well and it would pay to follow them: Regal Tan 111 ran a place for the first time. He came together with another runner and was slowly away but he closed ranks m the run-in for third to Don't Trust George
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    • 645 19 Solid workout by Smiler ON THE TRACK with MARKSMAN LAST-START winner Smiler, with visiting Perth rider Max Roney up, did a solid workout yesterday morning. After a round of pace work with stablemate Roily Polly, the Luke Kangtrained pair matched strides m a trial over
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 378 19 NG CHONG KEW Age: 56 was called home to be with The Lord on 3/2/87 leaving behind: Beloved husband: Soh Sin Hoe Sons: Daughters-in-law: Soh Chee Seng Cheong Pek Ngo Soh Chee Hiang Soh Chee Hua How Mun Too Soh Chee Mon Soh Chee Teck Daughter:
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      114 19 SEAH CHENG MOK AGE: 85 passed away peacefully on 2nd Feb. 1987, leaving behind: Beloved Wit*: Quek Gek Hiang Sons: Kai Guan Seng Kwong Daughiert-in-iaw Wong Khoon Hoe Ng Poh Cheng Daughters: Quee Eng Quee Luan Quee Pheng Sons-in-law: Low Kwang Heng (Deceased) Tan Teck Khoon and 3 grandsons. 7
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      40 19 LIM CHONG PUAN Departed: 4.2.77 We often think of bygone days When we were all together The family chain is broken now. But memories live forever Inserted by wife. sons, daugh ter-m law daughter, son-in-law and Grandsons
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      232 19 In Lo»mc Memory o 1 TAN POH NOI Departed 4.2 1973 Peaceful be your rest, dear mother. It is sweet to breathe your name. As m life we loved you dearly. So m death we do the same Always remtmbtfM by daughter? •oni and loved on« In
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      65 19 PATH DA-Bf-OG GULJAR SINGH s/o CHANOA SINGH KAPURE AGE 71 Departed on 27.1.1967 Leaving behind sons daugnle r s i n 1 a w daughters sons-in-law, grandchildren and Path-da bhoc prayers will be held at Khalsc Dharmak Sabha at Niven Road on 5«h Feb Thursday at 3p m
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    • 114 20 The Family Of The Late MRS NG YEW KEE nee CHEW KEOK TEE DEPARTED 30.1.87 AGE 82 SONS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW Nf Cheng Ho Lee Hui Luan Ng Cheng Sun Soon Lee Lee N«; Cheng Chua DAUGHTERS SON-IN-LAW N. 5 Hak Ec Tung Tuck Wan N i.l k
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      65 20 FONG YOKE EE JOSEPHINE AGED 29 YRS peacefully m the Lord tm 12.150 T. Leaving behind Brothers Cheng Cheung Sisters-in-law Sylviu Monn Nephews Jonathan Neil Sastta Beverly Services at 8 00pm 4.4 8" and i 87 at 45 Saraca Road 1 2880 1 Cortege wll lea«e at 10am
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      44 20 HARNAM SINGH VILL: BUTARI AGED: 92 Passed away peacefully on 3.2.87. leaving behind Sons Mahmder Gurcharan Sinqh Daughters Gurdeep. Mahmder Dahp Kaur Daughter Son-in-law. 19 Grand Children Great Grand Children lo mourn his lots m Australia. Singapore U.K. Funeral arrangement contact 241-1805
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    • 82 19 SEOW TIANG QUEE aged 78 passed away peacefully on Tuesday 3rd Feb '87 leaving behind Sons: Scow Hood Beng Mohd Scow bin Abdullah Daughters-in-law: ,X o, c Maria Wan Leh Daughter: Scow Guat Cheng Son-in-law: Thomas Kheng Grandsons: Edgar Scow Rudim Mohd Scow Bernard Kheng lan Kheng Cortege will leave
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    • 388 20  -  JOE DORAI SSC levies would rule out profit, says promoter By PLANS to have a triangular soccer competition involving England's Nottingham Forest, Scotland's Glasgow Celtic and Brazil's Palmeiras at the National Stadium m May have been cancelled. Westay Promotions, the Perth-based sports promotion consortium who
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    • 494 20 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE SINGAPORE'S top striker V. Sundramoorthy returned to competitive soccer last night after a onematch suspension to steer his club Tampines Rovers to a well-earned 2-1 triumph over Police m the National Football League Division One match at Jalan Besar Stadium. Talented
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    • 358 20  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI SINGAPORE BUSINESS HOUSES FOOTBALL LEAGUE By LIFE is bleak m the cheerless world of Singapore Bus Service coach Majid Ariff. Yesterday, at the Jalan Besar Stadium, the former Singapore great was practically pleading for a miskick, a lucky bounce or any other
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    • 438 20 TENNIS PHILADELPHIA American Mcl Purcell swept aside South African Christo Steyn 6-3, 6-1 m the first round of the U*****,000 ($798,700) men's United States professional indoor championships here on Monday. Other results (Americans, unless stated): Danie Visser (SA) bt Andre Agassi 6-2, 6-2;
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    • 127 20 Winter injury risk .STOCKHOLM Sweden's .soccer team doctor said on Monday players m Britain risked serious injury by braving the winter weather wearing only shorts and light cotton strips. Lasse Peterson said wearing so little during the British winter was madness and inevitably led to increased muscle, joint and cartilage
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    • 498 20 The battle's on for the title of best striker LONDON Gary Lineker's hattrick was followed 18 hours later by a brace of Diego Maradona goals as Barcelona heroes past and present continued to battle for the title of "Best Striker m the World" over the weekend. The
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    • 250 20 rOTTENHAIIn Tottenham hit the Hammers for a five at home m Cup quarter -finals I WEST HAM LONDON Clive Allen stretched his season's goaltally to an amazing 33 with a hat-trick m the last 10 minutes as Tottenham overwhelmed West Ham 5-0 to earn a Littlewoods
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    • 126 20 Veteran jumps to death RIO DE JANEIRO Veteran soccer star Carlos Jose Castiiho died on Monday after throwing himself from his luxury apartment m a Rio suburb, according to reports. He was 59--years-old. Castiiho threw himself from the sixth floor of his apartment, the Jornal do Brasil radio said. The
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    • 146 20 BIRMINGHAM Aston Villa striker Andy Gray admitted on Monday that he was lucky to be alive. The former Scotland forward thought he had broken his neck when he fell awkwardly after only six minutes of a friendly between his side and Sheffield United last week. The
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    • 654 20 On transfer list: England Under-21 winger Franz Can- has been placed on the transfer list by Championship-chasing Nottingham Forest. Forest manager Brian Clough has lost patience with the skilful forward for delaying m agreeing to a new £400 ($1.296) -a -week contract. "We asked him three days ago
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    • 354 21  -  J. RAJENDRAN 4 We will just have to scratch their names or find suitable replacements. There is no time left to hold another a draw. Referee Eddie Ang, about the possibility of further withdrawals By AUSTRALIAN Sze Yu became the latest
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    • 16 21 Draw is final, says ref OUT (from left): Sze Yu, Park Joo Bong and Sumiko Kitada
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    • 202 21 FT told to pull out of Asian inter-club KUALA LUMPUR The Football Association of Malaysia have instructed Federal Territory to withdraw from the Seventh Asian Inter-club soccer tournament this year m view of Singapore's expected participation m the championship. The Sultan of Pahang. who is FAM president, said the association
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    • 98 21 A 'first' for Fatho FOR the first time, a bodytniilder has been nominat.■'t fi-i the Sportsman of the Ye.ir award. The Singapore Amateur Bodyouilders' Federation have nominated the Republic's top bodybuilder Fatho cmein Ali for the prestigious annual V* UtJ The SA.'ißF's n^hr to nominate an athlete came after the
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    • 345 21  -  HAKIKAT RAI MEN WITH A MISSION Sea Games goal for new national coach By LOOMBA: TAKING UP THE CUDGEL AGAIN THE fate of Singapore hockey has been thrust into the hands of Harbhajan Singh Loomba, who was appointed national coach yesterday. Though he is not
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    • 332 21 Ovett opts out of Dallas GP DALLAS Briton Steve Ovett has withdrawn from Saturday's indoor Grand Prix meeting here. The 19X0 Olympic 800 m champion finished last m the mile at last Friday's Milirose Games m New York and later complained of suffering from a cold. BASKKTBAI.I.
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    • 242 21 Men's singles Group 1: Yang Yang (C), Eddy Kurniawan (Ind), H. Eto (J), qualifier. Grp 2: Misbun Sidek (M), Li Mao (Chi), Hamid Khan (S), qualifier. Grp 3: Foo Kok Keong (M), T. Inoue (J), two qualifiers. Grp 4: Sompol Kukasemkij (T), Joko Suprianto (Ind), Lav Wing
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    • 294 21  - Soviet knocks out Tong Chye LIM KEE CHAN PRESIDENT'S CUP BOXING JAKARTA Singapore's final medal hope m the President's Cup boxing tournament melted when welter-weight Ng Tong Chye was knocked out by Raravaev Sergey, of the Soviet Union, m the first round of their quarter-final fight here last night. Light
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    • 331 21  - SPGA step up the schedule TAY CHENG KHOON Monthly tourneys herald big-money finale By ALVIN: DRIVING THE DOLLARS FURTHER THE Singapore Professional Golfers' Association have drawn up a busy schedule for their members and are now seeking funds to see it through. On the card are monthly 36-hole mini-tournaments building
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    • 406 21 England shock West Indies DEVONPORT Fine captaincy by Mike Gatting and deadly bowling by lan Botham and John Emburey forged a shock England win over the West Indies m the World Series Cup yesterday. After three straight losses and little hope of making the final, the good sense
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    • 336 21 One more win for Conner to reclaim the Cup FREMANTLE The light shines bright at the end of Dennis Conner's long tunnel. One more victory for his baby-blue boat and he will bring home the America's Cup he lost m 1983. Conner's Stars and Stripes from the San Diego Yacht
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    • 125 21 FREMANTLE Police m two states yesterday were investigating a death threat to Dennis Conner, skipper of the San Diego yacht Stars and Stripes. A police spokesman said an anonymous caller had made the threat to a Melbourne television station earlier m the day. The caller had
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    • 256 21 FREMANTLE Win or lose the America's Cup, Dennis Conner's Stars and Stripes will keep secret the mysteries that made it the world's fastest" 12-me-tre yacht. Officials of the San Diego syndicate made it clear that they would not follow the footsteps of 1983 victor, Australia n,
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    • 106 21 DEFENDING champions Police, who won last month's Cathay Pacific Singapore Rugby Union knockout tournament, will have a chance to prove that their triumph was no fluke m the Blacks 10-a-side at Farrer Park on Feb 14 and 15. Police, led by former international scrum-half Ong Poh Hua,
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    • 28 21 EUNOS Constituency Sports Club will hold a swimming carnival for residents on Feb 22 at the Bedok Swimming Complex. Coupons are available at RCs and CCs.
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    • 49 20 Buy Sell Through the Straits Times Classified More obituary announcements on Pg. 19 I Am W^^. AW '4 THE CARNAGE MERCHANTS is internationally bestselling author Jonathan Black's latest gripping saga of life-and lustin the topmost branches of the lethal corporate jungle. Available at all good bookshops S FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 64 21 TODAY'S EVENTS SOCCER NFL Dlv One: Armed Forces v Tiong Bahru (.Tin Besar, 7.45pm). Jarong Cup: Chartered Industries of Singapore v Incom Singapore (Jurong Stadium. 5.15pm) SBHFL Dlv Three: Del Mar SC v RDC (Tanglin 2), Holiday Inn Park View v Carrier (Tanglin 4), Standard Chartered Bank v Hong Leong
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  • 407 22 Volcker warns that flow of foreign capital may slow down WASHINGTON United States Central Bank chief Paul Volcker has warned that the value of the US dollar has fallen to a point where further declines could be dangerous and trigger inflationary pressures. In testimony before
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  • 189 22 WASHINGTON The key L'S iada of leading economic indicators rose a strong 2.1 per cent m December, the biggest increase m nearly four years, 'he government saiii yesterday. The rise m the index should help to bolster the Reagan administration forecasts that the
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  • 185 22 White House official Buchanan quits WASHINGTON White House Communications Director Patrick Buchanan, who has been an outspoken defender of President Ronald Reagan since the Iran-contra scandal broke, has submitted his resignation, the White House said Tuesday. Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Mr Buchanan would leave his post on March 1 in
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  • 549 22 A FORMER casual labourer and part-time temple medium was sentenced to death by the High Court yesterday for the murder of a housewife three years ago. "You inflicted severe injuries to her m a manner which can only be described as cruel," said Mr
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  • 91 22 What it should have been A REPORT yesterday headlined "Fraser Neave's 'other' investments show strong gains" said that Lion Corporation of New Zealand was a significant contributor to the increase m the value of F&N's investments and that F&N has a 9 per cent stake m Lion Corporation and 11
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  • 39 22 BOSTON Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov is working to determine the circumstances surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and trying to suggest ways to improve his country's nuclear plants, his stepson. Mr Alexei Somyonov, said on Monday AP
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  • 273 22 Hostages moved, says Islamic group BEIRUT A militant Islamic group said yesterday it had moved four hostages, including three American professors, out of Beirut to foil what it said was an expected US attack. A statement by Islamic Jihad (Holy War) for the Liberation of Palestine repeated an earlier threat
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  • 235 22 Hammer attack: Woman fined $2,000 A CLERK who was allegedly molested by her colleague, got her own back by hitting the man's wife and eight-year-old daughter on their heads with a hammer. As a result of the attack, Madam DollyTan, a housewife, suffered a swelling at the back of her
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  • 202 22 SEREMBAN There was no escape for fugitive Yong Siew Hong (above), when police using tracker dogs hunted him down near a reservoir on Monday. Yong and his accomplice Lee Hock Hoon, who had been on the run for more than 60 hours, were sleeping
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  • 333 22 Parliament set for stormy debate over raids on BBC LONDON The British government faced a stormy debate yesterday on whether police raids on the British Broadcasting Corporation were justified after a television programme had been made on government plans to launch a satellite codenamed Zircon to spy on the Soviet
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  • 68 22 Brezhnev's son-in-law arrested MOSCOW Yury Churbanov, son-in-law of the late president Leonid Brezhnev, has been arrested on charges of corruption and bribe-taking. Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasimov told a news' briefing m answer to questions: "Yes, he has been arrested. An investigation is under way. He is accused of corruption
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  • 27 22 NEW YORK The DowJones average of 30 industrials rose 7.59 points to 2.187.01 an hour after trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. AP
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    • 9 1 The StraitsTimes THE STRAITS TIMES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1987
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    • 424 1 'Uncle, please help Tinkle Friend is a hotline for children who need help and guidance. Last year, it received 9,165 calls. IRENE PATES listens m. "THIS is Tinkle Friend. Can I help you?" a kind voice will greet you should you dial 25(M)107. Tinkle Friend is the Singapore Children's Society
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    • 69 1 MOST calls to the Tinkle Friend Project of the Singapore Children's Society do not have to be followed up. Of the 21 regular callers to the SCS, the following were some of the children who were given fol-low-up help. As all callers
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    • 237 1 MAY YOON is 12. Her parents work hard running a food stall, and they do not come home till late at night. There is no one for her to come home to after school. She warms up her lunch, which her mother cooks the night before. Sometimes she
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    • 111 1 YONG KWANG, m primary school, is 14 and cheerful. He is the pet m his family, which tends to be over-protective of him. He cannot express himself well but. like an} other child, he needs someone to talk to, especially as he feels he has few friends. He
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    • 107 1 01 LIAN. 12, has a cheerful and outgoing eight-year-old sister. She cannot accept the fact that her mother has to go out to work. Her father tells her "No nonsense today" before he and his wife go out to work. Her friends laugh at her when she tells
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    • 74 1 AN 11 -YEAR-OLD boy. Peter, called Tinkle Friend from I public telephone last year because his mother was m tears. His father is dead and his mother could not pay the household bills. As he gave details. SCS social workers followed up on his case gave his mother
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      • 949 2 4 Since working on the hotline, I have become not childish but childlike. I've certainly become a more approachable father and husband who listens. Once I had a very sad call from a child whose relative had died. I missed my lunch that afternoon. I
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      • 956 2 'Uncle, please help Continued from Page One recalled Mr Soh, simply called and made some computer game sounds like "Piinng, beeep." All he wanted the volunteer to do was make a few sounds on the phone by pressing a few of the number buttons, and
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      • 529 3 By CHONG WING HONG THE Oriental Artiste and Art Troupe, a local dance company, will make its debut at the Victoria Theatre over the weekend six years after its formation. The programme, An Evening of Oriental Dances, will be a showcase of Eastern
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      • 898 4  -  ANUAR OTHMAN By 4 It is important that the Chinese learn Tamil besides Malay and for the Malays to learn Chinese and Tamil. The same goes for the Indians. In this way, a multi-racial society would be able to communicate better with one another. There
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      • 705 4  -  Oleh ANUAR OTHMAN 4Rakyat Malaysia keturunan Cina se-baik-baiknya mempelajari Bahasa Tamil di samping Bahasa Melayu dan Cina. Orang Melayu sebaik-baiknya mengetahui Bahasa Cina dan Tamil selain daripada bahasa ibunda mereka. Demikian juga orang-orang India perlu mempelajari bahasa kaum lain selain daripada bahasa
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      • 785 7 40 Private Investigation/ Security Agencies Prtv«l« iri¥««tnjalion ofT#c PRIVATE DETEGTJVfr D> i tear" ot e» police jrti^e'S OUR SPECIALITIES Oivoice.Mdlnmonial.uddefCovef 1 ooerd>ions su'vwiiancas acquires on potential jinsnts or relatives i partners vTiildren or start j -no»«m«cMs Confidential j eoods xritn pftotograpns j For prompt reewWa, cewawH WESTMINSTER (24-hra) *****33 Peopte
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      • 687 7 51 Printing/ Copying Services NAME CARDS LETTERHEADS. InI brochures. Print direct from factory at a lower rate Grand Press Blk 1016. Geylang I East Aye 3, =04-171 *****73 ■WHILE YOU WAIT" Insl.mt Printing at Fast Cheetahs »02-99 Infl. Plaza, Tel: *****09, *****38 52 Office Furniture/ Furnishing GOOD QUALITY USED Furniture
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      • 646 7 57 Business 57 Business Opportunities Opportunities to CREATE NEW ■Local Souvenirs and Handicrafts I Successful chain of retail outlets I seeks artists and craftsmen to produce NEW and CREATIVE local souvenirs and handicrafts for I existing outlets and export markets. Companies and individuals are I invited to present their creation
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      • 484 7 > 58 Other Business Products/ Services AVAILABLE AT A reasonable price > a Casio Electronic cash register 4 a counter food warmer with water tank at base. Tel: *****33 (9am-spm)/ *****98 (Bpm-llpm). EARTHWORK CONTRACTOR DEALING m Earth cutting/ fillIng 4 hiring of lorries. Tel: *****27 Pager *****23. 1 EXPRESS TOWING
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      • 936 7 64 Domestic Help M Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help Available Available Available Available I' iSiaS. Widest selection of Honest. Hardworking, Obedient and Reliable Domestic Helpers recruited direct from provinces and trained to work under local conditions 'r vW, FILIPINO SRI LANKAN INDONESIAN MALAYSIAN UV"3W $550-00 $650-00 $1600-00
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      • 381 7 (C-0915-01) FILIPINOS SRI LANKANS INDONESIAN MUSLIMS CHINESE Available Specialist m Indonesians) Immediate wide selection Gteed home services sill Local/M'sia/Phl/Java Call *****08, *****06 United Power Agencies 135 Middle Rd., #02-07 Byiands Building, Spore 0716 YOU HAVE FOUND us Experienced English speaking maids from India avail. Marshal Agency. *****30/ *****35. (C-0622-01). 65
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      • 557 7 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive Established mechanical engi neering firm m Jurong invite suitably qualified parties t apply for the following posts: (A)PROJECTS MANAGER Supported by a small team o engineers and supervisors, sue cessful candidate will assum full responsibilities for th effective control and executioi of projects undertaken by
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      • 623 7 66 Situations Vacant Professional/ Executive VISUALISE* AND/OR FA A Start immediately Preferably I—2 yrs experience Good pay promotiom prospects Call: *****65 for interview 9 am 5 p.m FREELANCE WRITERS urgently reqd for good children's stories Paying 10 cts. a word Mm 2000 words Editor. Blk 8 Selegie H"se =01-07. S-0718
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      • 504 7 70 Situations Vacant Secretarial/ Clerical SINGAPORE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING PTE LTD We invite appbcanon> I The* t^rj- U! !> -ti noned at Aver Rajah or Paya Lebar They must be willing to work shirts Previous experience m similar position will rx advantageous Gross commencing salary around $70C GCE 'O' Level holders
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      • 516 8 70 Situations Vacant 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical I J V» I[| I j- f I "ay CLERKS We invite you to apph if you have the prerequisites: Merchandising Clerk Analytical mind Flair tor statistical work Some merchandising experience Able to operate computer terminals, telex and E-mail machine
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      • 168 8 PRESTRESSING requires CLERK/ I TYPIST I Mm GCE O Level Typing speed: 40 wpm interested applicants. please submit full resume stating qualifications and experience, expected salary and telephone number to: The Personnel Department 4. Second Chin Bee Rd Singapore 2261 FEMALE PRIVATE^ SECRETARY Experience m tourism industry (wholesales or tour
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      • 561 8 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Olivetti We have an immediate vacancy for 1 1 BjpKp^si^l^^rßcTJ3B I GCE O level and able ro communicate fluently m Enghsn. Manaann simple Malay ADihTy to type at 30 wpm Pleasant personality j Minimum one year s working experience on NEC PABX Switcnpoara Possess excellent
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      • 632 8 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Wall Mtablithad investment company haa an immadiaU vacancy for: SENIOR SECRETARY to Managing Diractor The suitable candidate should have at least 5 years' experience with Senior Management, good Shorthand/ typewriting skills and can work under minimum supervision A good knowledge of WP/ PC (IBM) would
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      • 622 8 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical 1) CHINESE MALE ASST. MANAGER 2) CHINEBE FEMALE SECRETARY TO G.M. required by 75 year* old established company m Import/ export of Chinee* good*. Both applicants must be bl-Un-gual m English/ Chinese. Able to write Chinese correspondence education: GCE 'A' level or better and must
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      • 625 8 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical SECRETARY Pleasant personality. c Good command of English. Knowledge of book-keeping. Knowledge of shipping documents preferred. c Abilty to type and operate telex fax machines. At least 2 years' working experience. Please send full resume stating expected salary with contact number and non-returnable photograph to:
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      • 858 8 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical FEMALE GENERAL CLERK c Able to type at 45 wpm c GCE 'O7 A' level with good English Mandarin Able to start work Immediately. Please apply personally with complete resume A non-returnable photo, to: 81k.6001 Bedok Reservoir Rd. #03-2298 Bedok Ind. Pk.C Singapore 1647 Immediate
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      • 1025 8 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical WEST COAST JR. Secretaries Unemployed? Why not work I right away for up to $900 m j Jurong. Many multinational j companies m Jurong is looking for Jr. Sec. who is able to type at 40 w.p.m. and able to handle j shorthand at 80
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      • 749 8 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical URGENTLY REQD SECRETARY cum Book-keeper Experience m accounts, telexes, documentation, general clerical work. Please call *****22 3. WANTED FOR TEMP assignments Secretaries lmmed Typists, Accounts Clerks. General Clerks, Tel. Switchboard Operators. Please call *****85 1 FEMALE GENERAL Clerk reg for Construction firm. For interview call
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      • 568 8 71 Situations Vacant Sales A reputable company^ dealing with high qushty SKIN-CARE A HEALTH PRODUCTS invites appli cations for the followmgs 1) Two EXPERIENCED OUTDOOR SALES REPRESENTATIVES Age 20-35 Male or Female Be bi-lingual m English Mandarin Salary $550 $850 2) One EXPERIENCED OUTDOOR EXECUTIVE Age 25-40 Male or Female
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      • 704 9 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales f JTHJ METRO We have immediate vacancies for: A) FEMALE SALES REPRESENTATIVES c Singapore citizen, at least 20 years of age. c QCI o level with pass In English Mathematics. c Fluent spoken English with ability to speak Mandarin a Pleasant disposition
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      • 447 9 International technology transfer corporation requlrea Sales Management Executives tor the following positions: A. RiGIOHAL SALES MANAGER tor MgVi portot trance coetlnga d" vieior* Experience with marine and Industrial coating products B. RCGIOMAL SALES MANAGER for alternative energy products division Experience In sales and marketing of residential appliances Requirements: c Mm
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      • 740 9 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Due to our rapid expansion, we, 45-y«ar old local trading and mtm lecturing company dealing with O* power system and industrial bat teries invite applicants to fill m Is the post of SALES a MARKETING ENGINEER: Requirements: Diploma holders m Electri cal/ Electronics Engineerlm a Completed
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      • 682 9 71 Situations Vacant: Sales a A leeding supplier of standard i- plastic mould beeee, mould compoC nents and moulding systems is I- looking to Ml the following vacan>r cies: SALES REPRESENTATIVE An ideal candidate would be one who has been a mouldmaker/ designer or one who has previ- ous experience
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      • 868 9 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Immediate vacancy for CHINESE FEMALE SHOP ASSISTANT with some experience. Call *****88. Sato* Opportunity Are you missing the opportunltj of earning the kind of income you know you want? If so, call Tel: *****43/ *****61 tc arrange tor an Interview today m tomorrow Stickers Printing Company
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      • 762 9 71 Situations Vacant: Sales REAL ESTATE CO. Regs young hardworking sales execs. Allowance attractive commission. Pleasant working environment. Own transport it experience preferred. Call *****31. REQD: 4 MALE AND female Sales Reps and also 4 Sales Receptionists Salary $500 $850 Age between n 35. Malaysians are also welcome. Working hours:
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      • 498 9 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical NMB H§ SINGAPORE LIMITED Due to our expansion, we are looking for suitable candidates to fill the following vacancies. 1) JIG GRINDING 2) JIG BORING 3) FORM GRINDING 4) C.N.C WIRE-CUT 5) C.N.C TURNING 6) INTERNAL GRINDING 7) MILLING REQUIREMENTS: rfffE NTC
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      • 63 9 An •i>9' n **ri n 9 f*9«ir»«. MACHINISTS Mm. 2 years' experience CNC machine centre ar surface grinding machines NTC Grade 2. Able to work on 2 rotatlr shifts. Able to read blueprints Wmm com* personally to 8LK.4012, ANO MO KIO IND PARK 1, #01-03 SINGAPORE 2056 TEL: *****88/ *****34
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      • 449 9 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant Technical Technical t^ t j L^tn the process of expansion we have N _>^*^ vacarx y t;y -yf^I>^a^^REQUIREMENTS J*^^^^« ITC m Electronic *Tl£C/ |l(4»^^^^ Engineering or NTC KJ^ C\\^^^^ m Electrontcs Servicing V"^^f^^^ Completed Nationol Service Preferably some expenence m radio assembly REMUNERATION We
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      • 457 9 PENTEX CIRCUITS PTE LTD. invites applications for s I the position of I a GCF Xy level 1 echmcal stream i Completed NS Preferabh with I 1 year's relevant I experience Prepared to perform I shift work Attractive remunera- I tion and fringe bent- I tits will be offered to
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      • 701 10 72 Situationa Vacant: 72 Situationa Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical Technical Technical Technical Laaaal^j^a^^^Malß^a^a^^^L^^^^Tal aaaaß 1 Bedok, Hougong, Ang Mo Klo, "ha Bayoh ond K7U many more. (W» an «ln»OH*cl rwor Chongj) hi NTC 3 m Mamtencnce Fitting or j HAbb4bbbbbbWbbbib*Bbl .i l
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      • 506 10 CONTAINERS PRINTERS PTE LTD. An astabUahad metal container manufacturing company invites applications for the position of: ELECTRICIAN c Possess suitable valid paper qualifications or m lieu c Minimum 5 years' experience Preferably have some knowledge of electronics and be able to trouble-shoot electrical problems c Completed N.S This is a
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      • 658 10 ELECTRONIC WIRE HARNESS SUPERVISOR required by Mectrooic firm. Should have e> perlence In pn ductlon line. Must be avallab for Immediate employment. Sa ary depending on experience. inifimifXj, ptvMeW che Miss Chan *****66 1) FOREMAN c Minimum 2 years' relevai experience c Land surveying ability 2) MECHANIC c Minimum 5
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      • 466 10 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production 3le r PENTEX CIRCUITS PTE LTD. c Male applicants must possess at least GCE 'O' level and have completed |p§ National Service We Provide: Attractive starting salary Shift allowance i- Free transport pis Alternate Saturdays off et Sports recreation activities, etc. nr
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      • 56 10 CNC LATHE OPERATORS required Immediately. Interested call personally at: 81k.9, Pandan Loop. #01-136, S-0512. Tel: *****73. FULL/ PART-TIME FEMALE Production Workers reqd. Apply: Blk 14, Houi?ang Aye. 7, #01-561 Bus Service: 329, 327, 323, 322. 25, 136. REQD. LATHE MACHINE Operator with mln. 5 years' working experience In machine shop
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      • 773 10 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Production Production 1 ma^^^m^^^mmmmmm^mm^^^mmK^^ SSSSm^SStmI^^^SSS^SSSSS mSSI^SSSI^SSSmSSmSSmZ^SmSSB i Great Benefits Competitive sai.m r Full transport subsidy 3ni snlfls allowance igM^M^ffnTßj^^^^^^^^ Attendance allowance T^^W^^fflßlMfe E m P'°Vee savings mi I 7^/*^i^| i-^^SJ ■^SaflßjiHß B^^^s s a > w(
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      • 340 10 f 1 CONTAINERS PRINTERS PTE LTD. I An aatabiiahad matal contain*? manufacturing company mvtta* appDcatKmi.Singaporaani and Malaysian tot ma poaition* of: 1) METAL PRINTERS 2-3 years working experience m paper or metai printing a Completed or exempted from N.S a Starling salary m the region of $700 or more depending
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      • 612 10 73 Situations Vacant Production rOue tc company eipanew a**^ internal promotion* we have vacancies fo< the lollowtng two potltmnt PRODUCTION MACHINIST c NTC 3 Certificate m machining a Completed N.S No experience required STOREMAN c Secondary education m English sir. Completed N.S Kxpenence m a technical store preferred Duties will
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      • 810 11 M Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous All those looking x^ for a secure future, walk m... > f^ Ji LBATbT f^ —^r Consumer Products Pte Ltd AT&T Consumer Products, a big and stable American company making top quality telephones jkJ offers you a stable
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      • 567 11 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous lISONY. SONY PRECISION ENGINEERING CENTER (S) PTE LTD A STRONG LEADING FAST EXPANDING JAPANESE MANUFACTURING COMPANY HAS VACANCIES FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS A) PERSONNEL/ GENERAL AFFAIRS MANAGER AGE: 30 to 45 years okj EXPERIENCE Knowledge m manufacturing industry would be preferred, should
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      • 456 11 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous f SITUIIS PI3J3SS 1 REQUIRES PART-TIME INTERVIEWERS to carry out house-to-house interviews Requirements: Singapore Citizen Above 18 years of age ,j Completed GCE 'O' Level Ability to speak English, Mandarin and Chinese dialects Applicants are invited to call Tel: *****38 TODAY between
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      • 182 11 I SANYO Sanyo AlrcondMoner* Manufacturing (S) Pta. Ltd. A new subsidiary of an International air conditioners manufacturing company invites applications for the following positlons:--(A) PRODUCTION OPERATORS (Mala/ Female) Singaporean preferably Age 16 years and above 3-day week No shift work Free transportation Other fringe benefits (B) GENERAL CLERKS (Female) Secondary
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      • 499 11 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous BREAD CAKE We are specialists m the production of breeds cakes, we have immediate vacancies for the following positions: ASSISTANT CHIEF BAKER (Cakes A Pastries) c At least 4 years' proven experience m the production of cakes pastries. c Self-starter who has initiative drive and is
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      • 617 11 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous THE PAVILION INTEH-CONTINFATAL SINGAPORE We are a deluxe hotel, part of one of the largest international chain of first class hotels with 109 hotels m 49 countries. We are currently looking tor: WAITERS/ WAITRESSES Gross salary: $640/$660 BARTENDERS Gross salary: $675/$7OO LOUNGE HOSTESSES Gross salary: $640/$660
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      • 520 11 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous ILCSISTEMS (FAR EAST) I PTE LTD j A rapidly expanding software house invites immediate application for the post of KEY-PUNCH OPERATOR GCE O Level Relevant working experience preferred Below 25 years of age Interested applicants please write m with full resume, contact no end a passport
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      • 594 12 74 Situavions Vacant: Miscellaneous Company m Tuai r^uirus 1) CNC MACHIN.3TS c Complete N c NTL 3 c Experienced m CNC lurnini and milling an advantage 2) Q.C INSPECTOR c With experience m meta machining. c Able to read blue print. 3) SKILLED WORKERS Electro plating c Relevant experience ..suns
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      • 679 12 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous COCKPIT MOTEL requires EXPERIENCED 1) SOUF CHEF 2) COOKS for coffee house Call personally at: Personnnel Dept. 13<h floor. Cockpit Hotel 115 Penang Road. S 0973 DESPATCH CLERK (For Service A Sales Depl.) c Must possess own motorbiki c Salary $500 r othe allowances c Must
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      • 974 12 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Well established radio/ camera shop requires: DRIVERS CUM DELIVERY ASSISTANTS c Class 3 driving licence. c Abilltv to speak local dialects Applicants please call personally Irom 4.2.87 to 8 287 between 1.30pm. A 4pm. for an interview at: 81 SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD SINGAPORE 0105 or call
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      • 933 12 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL HAS the following positions 1) Operating Theatre Orderly. 2) Porter Interested applicants, please call personally at: 4 Napier Road. 5 102?> for appointment. GUARDS REQUIRED SALARY $500 to $71)0 Able to write simple English. Interested come personally with 4 photos to: Llan Huat Building:
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      • 795 12 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous SERVICE CREW Helpers reqd by fast- food. Prefer Malay, staying m Marine Parade. *****33 13 Upp. Dickson Rd. SERVICING CO. REQ. Young General Worker for gardening/ grass cutting Job at Paslr Panlang Call: *****89 after 9.30 am SHAMPOO GIRLS REQD. immediately. Call *****86 or personally *01-26
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      • 742 12 83 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance 0 HITACHI HITACHI LEASING (SINGAPORE) PTELTD offers new and used car loans at competitive interest rates. Mortgage loans also available (non-transferable) COf without obligation Tel; *****33 (10 lines) or *****98 (Direct) LynnOng Singapore Finance ha* a car loan that* just right for you. Fast approval easy
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      • 837 12 86 For Sale: BMW '80 BMW 520. Aircon. stereo, power steering, tax 6/'B7 2nd pte owner Showrm cond *****57 '82 BMW 320. Tax new, aircon. s/rims, good condition. $39,500 Tel: *****49 '84 BMW 735iA Auto. Pte. owners Aircon.. radio cassette, s/rims, showroom cond *****55. 9/76 BMW 3.0 L. Tax Aug.
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      • 831 12 88 For Sale: Ford/Fiat •81 FIAT 131TC, with low. profile tyres, stereo, aircon power windows, new exhaust $12,700 No dealers Te! *****18 •83 LASER 1.3 Notchback Full accessories. Alloy wheels, well maintained Taxed 607 $18,500 0.n.0. Tel: *****29 SPORTY '74 FIAT 124 Sports, showroom condition. See tv believe. $6,000 ono
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      • 941 12 90 For Sale: Toyota JUNE 84 TOYOTA I Aircon radio cassette, s-rlms. central locking power windows $28.2u0 48.8914 LATE '85 TOYOTA Corolla GL 5-dr Hatchback 1 owner Superb cond Central locking. power windows Tel *****55 1982 NEAR TOYOTA Corolla I.3DX squar* lamps, aircon radiu cassette Tax 4/'B7 Guaranteed bea lUful
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      • 967 12 91 For Sate: Mit*ub«*Hi MID '80 MITSUBISHI BBorta rims. n»-^ tax G(»>: MSMMMNI *****88 Nf ap -a; Mitsubishi Ga'ant I6oi Saloon S speed 2 pte owner.' radio cassetu i^.500 *****40 NOV 'BI MITSUBISHI UMMM Complete with accessories. $12,200 ono Tel *****06 Q-PtATF "81 new rru-de! Ualant .S-sp*-t-'1 Big bumper, full
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      • 945 13 93 For Sale. Honda SSB PLATE 83 Honda Prelude J 1r 5-speed, power ■rtndow, sun-roof, aircon s rims, hi-fi, tax 7 '87. parf. beautiful cond $33,900 746* C*; 10/83 HONOA Accord XX manual 2 pit* DWnan Nr» ri! tax High power radio cassette S run-. Ciood cond. uu> 40t> Batortfi
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      • 856 13 96 For Sale: Other Makes k Computerised Used Car Information Centre 7 1 Sellers m We have tang list of buyers. I 7 pte. car or commercial vehi- rlf^ Mfa ill sell for you at Z yvur pru f fa.-t with no L Buyers: 7We have many sellers listed. J
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      • 836 13 97 For Sale: 97 For Sale: 97 For Sale: 97 p or sale: 97 For Sale: 97 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles j Commercial Vehicles Commercial Vehicles Commercial Vehicles Commercial Vehicles Commercial Vehicles /r^O** jT^ -f=^ 1 Nothing beats the newly released Daihatsu Low Decks I for Quick and easy delivery
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      • 693 13 99 Vehicles Wanted ATTRACTIVE OFFER FOR all used vehicles. Cash payment. Non--1 PARF. PARF. new regn., commercial vans/ pick-ups. Call Mr. Tan *****65/ *****91 Office: 208 Upper Paya Lebar 1 ALFA ROMEO SPRINT Green Cloverleat. '83' '84 model wanted No dealers pis. Tel: *****34. Aziz. 1 A LADY TEACHER very
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      • 691 13 106 Accommodation Available: Houses SOEL PROPERTIES PTE. LTD. offers Specially Selected Listings D.lO Belmont Rd./ Bing Tong Pk. Sprawling s/storey bungalows on 20,000 sq.ft. matured land. 4 1 bdrms., cosy patio, lnground pool. $7,000. D.lO Cluny Pk. Old styled d/storey detached, 4+ 1 bdrms.. situated amongst lush greenery. $6,000. D.ll
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      • 646 13 106 Accommodation Available: Houses D.15, NEWLY RENOVATED, 2 bdrm.. s/storey. cosy terr Immediate occupation. Call *****05. D.20 2-STOREY CORNER terrace 3*l bdrms. Partially furn. $950 p.m. Associates: *****66/ *****09 D.28 JALAN LEKUB 2-storey semi-d 3 bdrms. furn. $800 neg System Properties, *****33. D.28, 4+l BDRMS. d/storey detached bunglw. 10.000 sq.ft.
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      • 602 13 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments e'est merveißeux the French love it, and so do the Japanese, the Germans and the Americans It's a cosmopolitan crowd at Ardmore Park someone called it a mini United Nations With the amenities of a country club. excellent security and just off
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      • 570 13 VILLA CHANCERY. -Beautiful townhouaea'. 3 bdrms. Small development. Pool $3,200. i YONG AN PK. (New). 4 bdrms Full facilities. $3,700 only NASSIM LODGE/ MAN. 4 bdrms Greeneries Facilities $5,800 up ROBIN GDN. (New) 2 3 bdrms Best layout. Facilities $1,800 ARCADIA GDN./ PIN TJOE/ 6 ARC MORE/ BEVERLY. $4,000 up
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      • 1025 13 107 Accommodation Available Apartments DIST. S HONG LEONG do 3 bdrms. 1300 sq ft $1,400 neg t F furn with full facilities Call < owner 733.597' 8 DIST 9 BEVERtY MAI 3 bedrooms 1 maisonnettes with pool Partly i furnished. $2,200 Call *****58 (Agent) DIST.9 GRANGEFORD SPLIT- I LEVEL living
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      • 826 13 107 Accommodation Available Apartments CASABELLA CONDO >Si Aw- i 3 1 study pool E\e .ated view $2500 HVPC *****4fi 3 10 CHATSWORTH COUP^ 1200 sq ft 5-1 bdrrm poo! 52.800 VHF *****69 3.10 FARRER COURT 1600 sq ft 1 bdrms aircon f/furn ten lis cl $800 Vlllanelle 3.10 FERNHILL GROVE
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      • 666 14 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Available: Apartments Apartments Apartments At the junction of Scotts/ Orchard Road, next to Hyatt Hotel. I •'4 00Csqf! Hotel Mini golf course Independent entrance SB ttyte lobby Reception lounge Closed circuit TV fin I Large swimming pool Free self-service launderette cum intercom
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      • 575 14 106 Accommodation Available: Rooms YISHUN 1 FURN. room to let $200. Cooking allowed Also: Ylshun 4-rm. flat p/furn $400. *****81. 2 FURNISHED ROOMS to let Preferably single or couple No cooking Sembawang Call: *****24. ROOM TO LET along Clementl and Dover Road Tel *****58. ROOM TO LET at Woodlands Please
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      • 592 14 113 For Sale: Houses SWANSEA HOMES Hotw DlB Pastr Rls d/storey bungalow 9300 sq.ft. 5 rooms $615 000 Dl 3 Jalan Chengkek d/storey corner terrace 4300 sq.ft. 4 rooms $495 000 L> 19 Serangoon Garden s/storey semi-detached 4700 sq.ft. 4 rooms $415 000 nl3 Jalan Mastull d- storey corner terrace
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      • 787 14 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 p or sale: Houses I /fudu Mmt-m I Lf( »*tMr PH... uSjg^l^—^ a I The Ideal Home In Every Sense Own A Cosy Hill-top Home With A Commanding View Of The Picturesque Reservoir Nearby >JA^ m ~^> iiCiL et^^] Situated on
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      • 176 14 I D.15 D/STOREY CORNER ter Tanjong Katong vicinity, 23> sq.ft. Freehold. $400,000 ne T. Jude *****00/ *****19. D.15 KATONG OFF Marshall Lan s/storey terrace. 2300 sq.l F'hold. 2 bdrms. 1 hall. Ita marble fir. $250,000. *****12 agt D.15 TELOK KURAU. Brand ne d/storey bungalow. 4+l bdrm split-level, marble. 6200 sq.l
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      • 408 14 D.20 PEMIMPW PLACE beautiful ""1 corner terr. 3+l+l, renovated. F'hold. Offer above $475,000 secures. ERA *****57. D.20 2-STOREY CORNER terrace. Land area: 3,000 sq.ft.. 3+ 1 bdrms. Renovated. $470,000 0.n.0. Associates: *****66/ *****09. D.26 TEACHER'S EST. 2-storey corner terr. 2800/ 2400 built-in. 13+1 Bdrms. Just renovated. $380,000 neg. Greenacres *****88.
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      • 1369 14 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sal*: Houses JTHOUSING LOAnT 3| I Interest rates: 6%% (La. upwards] [1= ij-j (under the special preferential scheme) Iz zM Speedy processing m£ Realistic valuation zJH Financing up to 90% of valuation Hz zH Loan term of up to 25 years Iz zS tSR
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      • 1272 14 114 For Sale Private 114 For Sal*: Private Apartments Apartment* \JP Good locality V Ample car parks Swimming pool Sauna H 24 hr security No restrictions to Foreigner I 2, 3 4-bedroom split level penthouses available Immediate Occupation *f \m SHp Mm aQ"^^w3w3iuEStBi^SiEß9H FiyiiM PARK yt Yew£iang Road (off Pasir
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      • 1003 15 114 For Sale: Private Apartment* O 12 BOON TECK I\-*er Approx 1.700 sq ft High fir 3 bdrms S34OK neg Tel *****56 (agt.) O 12 LOR. LIMAU Adlkup apt. 4th tlr 3 bdrms 1.100 sq ft. F hold $200,000 Accent Prop *****05 D 15 SAVSHORE PK. well renovated '2-bdr::ied apt
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      • 1006 15 116 For Sale: H 38 Apartments 5-ROOM Ang Mo Kio 3lk 714 $130,000 Bedo* North Blk 563 $135,000 Chei Chee B k SJ $127,000 Eunoa Blk 15 $120,000 Marine Pared* Blk H $128,000 Spottttwoode Park Blk 106 $145,000 Bl Merah Central Blk 117 $154,000 •-ROOM Ang Mo Kio Blk 209
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      • 513 19 APPOINTMENTS ([s uiss l a h§ Executive Chef J j The applicants should have at least 2 years experience m same capacity possess good leadership to lead a crew of 10 kitchen staff prepare daily menus and specials in-charge of food promotions and cost control Salary is negotiable The dub
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      • 1533 20 NOTICES HI BANKKI PTCY ACT (CAP. IX \ST ED.) IN Hit: HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE IN BWkRI PTC\ NO. 3MI OF 19X6 Re: kW VN YEE (m.».) Xx parte: CITIBANK FINANCE LIMITED Creditors In the matter of a Bankruptcy Petition riled on the 29th day of December. 198 C. To:
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      • 376 20 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Swee Yew Siong of No. 19 Toh Tuck Rd #03-08 Green Lodge Singapore 2159, have applied for a Second Class Public House licence m respect of premises at M/s Foundation Foodland at 512 Thomson Rd #05-01 SLF Complex, Singapore 1129, and that
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      • 538 21 THREE grande dames of the silver screen took top television acting awards. 'Ahile the brutally realistic Vietnam War film. Platoon. won the major motion picture awards during this year's Golden Globes ceremonies. Loretta Young, m her first role m 23 years, won the award for the best
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