The Straits Times, 8 February 1987

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Total Pages: 52
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    11 1 The Sunday Times No: 2644 55 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 109/12/86
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    Town councils: Govt 'on the right track'
    597 1  -  AHMAD OSMAN Proposals on powers before Parliament soon By THE Government is pressing ahead with its plan to set up more town councils to allow Singaporeans to manage their public housing estates as it is convinced that it is on the right track.
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  • Article
    Burnt BMW case: Two transvestites held
    394 1  -  SUMIKO TAN By POLICe have arrested two young transvestit^s believed to be involved m robbing a businessman found unconscious m his car. a BMW, which had caught fire. The $6,610 m valuables belonging to the businessman, Mr S. Pang, which were reported missing, have
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    Ban Hock: Not me
    77 1 BELEAGUERED banker Khoo Ban Hock (above) claims his father, tycoon Khoo Teck Puat, and bank auditors controlled the National Bank of Brunei (NBB) even after naming him its chairman m 1975. Ban Hock, who faces cheating charges m connection with the NBB $1 billion bank fraud
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    Lock icon Ceasefire ends as Reds kill five in ambush
    349 1 MANILA COMMUNIST rebels m the northern Philippines have ambushed a military convoy and declared yesterday that they were ending the ceasefire. The insurgents turned down a government offer to extend the 60-day ceasefire, which expires at noon today, while many military units
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    Lock icon Right-to-die man dies
    100 1 GRAND JUNCTION (Colorado) A paralysed man who won court permission to refuse food and water died on Friday the 16th day of his fast. "I do not want to suffer any more," Hector Rodas, 34, repeatedly told family and friends. He was paralysed because of drug abuse.
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    Suharto flies home after one-day visit
    378 1  -  PAUL JACOB By INDONESIAN President Suharto left for home yesterday after a 24-hour working visit, which Singapore Foreign Minister S. Dhanabalan later summed up as a "successful" trip. The Indonesian leader and Mrs Suharto, who arrived on Friday morning via the Causeway, were seen
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      9 1 Girl, 15, stabbed 8 times after quarrel Pg 12
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      72 1 If Mill t W" J Ml ''r^k Mlßßiatfl A SHOPPING CENTRE Welcome to Singapore's most elegant shopping environment. 61 sophisticated stores, one celebrated restaurant McSvenpick, all under one spectacular roof, at Scotts Shopping Centre. It also offers the chance to enri Scotts Workshop and, m Picnic Food Court, a wonderful
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      AT A GLANCE
      633 2 REAGAN WANTS MORE POWER: united State* I': vsident Ronald Reagan is looking for powers which will enable him to make deals and change tariffs m international trade, setting up a fight with the US Congress, which is seeking to limit his authority. The search for this expansion
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      SPORTS
      199 2 SINGAPORE HOCKEY'S REDEEMER:Har bhajan Sin^h Loomba, our recently re-appointed national coach, has decided that September's Sea Games m Jakarta is to be a do-oi -die mission when it comes to redeeming Singapore's standing m the sport of hockey. His demands on the team appear simple enough: Stick together, or
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      Perfect vision may be in sight with new laser machine
      1012 2 The Health Ministry is worried about the widespread and growing problem of poor eyesight. It has recently begun an annual eye testing programme for all primary and secondary school pupils to detect vision problems. It also conducts preventive programmes aimed
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      Where everyday living spills onto pavements
      254 2 HANOI An acute shortage of space is forcing Hanoi's three million inhabitants to use the pavements as their kitchen, bathroom and sometimes even bedroom. Rather than queue up endlessly for water at public taps, most of the city's dwellers have dug holes m the
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      NUH ready for first RK surgery
      422 2 THE National University Hospital's Ophthalmology Department is ready to do its first radial keratotomy operation to correct shortsightedness. The operation, m which a surgeon cats spokes m the cornea, is expected to take place sometime this year. The procedure was pioneered by the Japanese,
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      Lock icon A taste of jungle life for SAF reservists and their families
      521 3  - A taste of jungle life for SAF reservists and their families MICHAEL LIM By On-the-spot food test WANT to know whether a berry or root plucked fresh from the jangle is safe to eat? Sergeant Anwar Aziz recommends this food test. Take a good sniff. Anything that smells pungent, yon
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      Lock icon A dash of dye to inject colour
      448 3  -  STELLA DANKER By FISH fanciers are tickled pink with the neon-streaked glass fish until the bright dye or paint that has been injected into its body wears off and the fish reverts to its colourless transparent self. While the purple, red, green, blue
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      189 2 UP TO 1 pm. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm SUNSET today: 7 21 pm: Sunrise tomorrow: 7.17 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER Adelaide 20 31 C Rain London 8 12 C Cloudy Amsterdam 47 C Cloudy l,os Angeles 827 C Clear \th--ns 6 11C Cloudy
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon 500 arrested in widespread riots in South Korea
      487 4 500 arrested in widespread riots in South Korea Thousands fight running battles with police SEOUL South Korea was rocked by widespread antigovernment protests yesterday, with thousands of dissidents involved m running battles with riot police under a cloud of teargas m the heart of the capital. Police said more than
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      Lock icon Two charged with child abuse 'linked to Satanic cult'
      299 4 TALLAHASSEE (Florida) Police say they suspect six ragged children found m a city park here were held by members of a Satanic cult involving child abuse. Two smartly-dressed men taken into custody on Wednesday along with the filthy, in-sect-bitten children have
      Reuter; UPI; AP  -  299 words
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      Lock icon Media battle ends with Herald group in Murdoch stable
      209 4 Media battle ends with Herald group in Murdoch stable MELBOURNE After a twomonth struggle, media magnate Rupert Murdoch has gained control of Australia's largest media group, the Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (HWT), bringing to an end the biggest corporate battle m Australia's history. The HWT board announced yesterday that
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      Lock icon Behave or no ads, Jaye warns newspapers
      193 4 Behave or no ads, Jaye warns newspapers COLOMBO Sri Lankan President Junius Jayewardene has threatened to withhold Government advertisements from newspapers that unfairly criticised it. But he accepted that there can be no democracy without the freedom of the press and said that the press could continue to express freely.
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      Lock icon Soviets free 42 dissidents, says Sakharov spokesman
      428 4 Soviets free 42 dissidents, says Sakharov spokesman MOSCOW Forty-two Soviet dissidents have been released from labour camps, prisons or exile, a spokesman for dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov said yesterday. The spokesman told reporters the dissidents had been freed under a Feb 2 decree by the presidium of the Supreme Soviet
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      Lock icon Riot leader sent to labour camp
      70 4 MOSCOW A man who led rioters; m the anti-Russian demonstrations that shook the Kazakhstan capita] m December has been sentenced to 10 years m a labour camp, a regional ni'us paper said. Kazakhstanskaya Pravda also said that the man was an alcoholic who had
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      Lock icon Indian team starts work on restoring Angkor Wat
      530 4 NEW DELHI Armed with chemical cleaners, preservatives and experience, a team of Indian archaeologists has begun restoring Angkor Wat, the vast and ancient capital of Cambodia. "Our approach is that the restored monuments should be complete m all respects the landscaping, the
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      Lock icon Condemned killer hangs himself in cell
      121 4 CARSON CITY (Nevada) A condemned killer committed suicide a day after the Nevada Supreme Court stayed his execution against his wishes, officials said on Friday. Dennis Nogue, 26, was found hanged m his locked single cell during a routine check on Thursday night, said
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      Lock icon Reagan seeks more powers on trade
      456 5 WASHINGTON PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan will seek expanded powers to make deals and change tariffs m international trade, setnng up a fight with the L'S Congress seeking to limit his authority, administration offiv'Lils said. The trade package wili be .-submitted to Congress between Feb 19
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      Lock icon Another print union calls off strike
      181 5 Another print union calls off strike LONDON' A second print union called off its strike against publisher Rupert Murdoch on Friday. The National Graphical Association's decision came just 24 hours after the leadership council of the larger, 206,000--member Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (Sogat) voted to end its strike.
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      Lock icon Job figures help to push up US dollar
      164 5 Job figures help to push up US dollar NEW YORK The dollar powered to a sharply higher close on Friday due to surprisingly good US employment data and comments by an administration official suggesting Washington was happy with the currency's present value. The dollar ended the week on Friday at
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        Lock icon Most stocks close lower
        61 5 NEW YORK Most Wall Street stocks closed lower on Friday as profit-taking reduced some of the momentum behind the Dow Jones Index's leap over the 2,200 barrier on Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 14.62 points to close at 2,186.87. Gains outnumbered falls as volume
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      Lock icon Birthday surprise for the Chief
      123 5 PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan getting a little help irom Mrs Reagan m blowing oat candies on his birthday cake. Mr Reagan's staff pat on a surprise party m the Old Executive Office Building, Washington, for his 76th birthday on Friday, after telling him he was going
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      Lock icon Autopsy ordered to see if Liberace had Aids
      356 5 'Test indicated pianist exposed to virus' LOS ANGELES An autopsy has been ordered to determine if Liberace had acquired immune deficiency syndrome (Aids) after a coroner finding that the flamboyant pianist died of a contagious disease. Riverside County Coroner Ray Cairillo said
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      Lock icon Sonny Bono to run for mayor in Palm Springs
      87 5 PALM SPRINGS (California) Sonny Bono, a 1960s chart topper with his partner- Cher, has gone into politics and is a miliil ite to become mayor of Palm Springs next year. Mr Bono, divorced from Cher, is now a businessman and runs
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      Lock icon Church envoy 'to be released soon'
      287 5 LONDON HOSTAGE negotiator Terry Waite, who disappeared m Lebanon on Jan 21, should be released "m the coming week", a Lebanese magazine with close links to Iran and Shi'ite extremists reported on Friday. The Foreign Office said the report by Ash-Shiraa was more reliable
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      Lock icon More Western nations pushing for early retirement
      278 5 More Western nations pushing for early retirement WASHINGTON In most major industrialised countries, the trend is towards early retirement, according to a recent survey. In much of Western Europe, retirement ages are declining. France now allows foil pensions at age 61 instead of 65, and the Swiss plan to vote
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      Lock icon Police to return secret films seized from BBC
      193 5 LONDON Police have been ordered to return material seized from British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) offices m Glasgow during a raid aimed at establishing the source of a report concerning a new spy satellite. Two of the government's Scottish legal officers, Solid tor-General
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      Lock icon Freed US journalist denies spy charges
      344 5 Release is best birthday present, says Seib ZI'KICH American reporter deraid Seib, freed tr«»m captivity m Iran, hugged hiwife m a joyful hirthdav celebration on Prida\ and denied Iranian charges that he spied while there on a govern-ment-sponsored press tour. "I am thrilled and
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      Lock icon Workers sue arms dealer
      112 5 MALAGA (Spain) Twen-ty-eight workers have filed suit against Saudi Arabian arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi for back pay, trade union sources said. The 28 employees at Mr Khashoggi's estate outside the resort town of Marbella said they were owed 4.2 million pesetas (about 5569,000) for December and
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      87 4 NICHOLAS BETHELL THE GREAT the extraordinary true story of the West's plan to overthrow the communist regime of Albania and thereby destabilise the whole Soviet Empire The plan failed tragically No wonder, since one of the chief masterminds behind it was none other than Kirn Philby. then a senior member
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      139 4 2 nights and 3 days at the Mandarin Singapore for 5g205.00 netti Mandarin Executive Package charge at The Library and Kasbah Deluxe room m the Main Building ?N ch^P second person Complimentary fruit basket shar n the ro m Late check-out Chinese tea service m room upon can be arnm^
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      126 5 Yesterday our NZ dollar interest rates jumped. ffyk o X I J I Our rates vaiy from day to day. and m fact dm because we're owned by the Government of New Zeala often able to give you a better rate for your fixed depo minimum NZ$5O,OOO. Yesterday our rates
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      11 in Aquino's Cabinet ready to resign to contest May polls
      291 6 MANILA At least 11 of President Corazon Aquino's 27 Cabinet Ministers are ready to resign and run m May's congressional elections, political sources said yesterday. But President Aquino is not perturbed about reshuffling her Cabinet a second time, the
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      Lock icon Govt and peasant leaders working on land reform plan
      339 6 Govt and peasant leaders working on land reform plan MANILA The Philippine government and leftist peasant leaders announced on Friday that they were working on an immediate land reform programme covering the subdivision of idle, abandoned, foreclosed and seized farms. The seized farmlands belong to ousted President Ferdinand Marcos, his
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      Worker and factory owner held over fire that killed 19
      231 6  - Worker and factory owner held over fire that killed 19 ALBERT RAM ALINGAM BANGKOK The owner and a worker of a factory that caught fire have been arrested on charges of carelessly causing the blaze which killed 19 people and injured six others, police said yesterday. Chief Inspector Police Lieu-tenant-Colonel
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      Lock icon Thailand rejects repatriation move
      454 6  -  ALBERT RAMALINGAM Cambodia's move on refugees 'a propaganda ploy' By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Thailand has rejected a proposal by the Viet-namese-backed Heng Samrin regime to repatriate Cambodian refugees along the ThaiCambodian border back to their homeland. Foreign Ministry spokesman Saroj Chavanviraj described the proposal, announced by
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      Thai parks in ecological danger: Report
      436 6  - Thai parks in ecological danger: Report I ALBERT RAMAUMJAM. BANGKOK After a sevenmonth study, a report has called for a moratorium on the development of tourist amenities m all of Thailand's national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. The report says that more than five million visitors went to the parks and
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      Lock icon Indonesia leads in modern Islamic thinking'
      238 6 Indonesia leads in modern Islamic thinking' JAKARTA Indonesia's Muslim scholars say they are modernising and liberalising their religion m order to create models for the larger Islamic world. Some of the most modern Islamic thinking was being done m Indonesia, said Mr Abdurrahman Wahid, the chairman of Nahdlatnl llama, a
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      Banker's lawyer applies for bail in High Court
      332 6  - Banker's lawyer applies for bail in High Court CATHERINE C. ONG BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Counsel for Khoo Ban Hock applied to the Brunei High Court yesterday for bail, bypassing the Magistrate's Court where the $1 billion bank fraud case has been heard so far. The bail application will be heard
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      Ban Hock: I had nothing to do with bank loans
      730 6  - Ban Hock: I had nothing to do with bank loans CATHERINE C. ONG By m Bandar Sen Begawan BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Banker Khoo Ban Hock, disclaiming responsibility yesterday for all the loans and accounts of the ill-fated National Bank of Brunei, said its operations were under the control of his
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      Lock icon Jakarta offers reward for picture of Java tiger
      101 6 JAKARTA Indonesia is offering a 500.000 rupiah (about Ss6so) prize to anyone who can take a picture of the rare Java tiger, the Antara news agency reported yesterday. Director-General of Forest Protection Rubini Atmawidjaya was quoted as saying this was the only
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      197 6 m*4 Henri Bt ford: The Man Behind the Legend He pioneered the modem W^^^^ assembly line. He put the world on wheels He built the biggest automobile company m the world. Yet. flaws m his character nearly cost him his company. And his tragic failure as a father threatened to
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • Umno Supreme Council meeting
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        68 7 KUALA LUMPUR The Umno Supreme Council yesterday expelled 13 party members for working against National Front candidates and collaborating with the opposition m last August's general election. Prime Minister and Umno President Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said those involved had stood as independent candidates or
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        Lock icon Umno council gives go-ahead for dialogue with PAS
        290 7 Umno council gives go-ahead for dialogue with PAS KUALA LUMPUR The Urnno Supreme Council yesterday agreed to the party having a muzakarah (discussion) with Parti Lslam and decided that Umno should take the initiative m making arrangements for this. The council also endorsed the "ormation of Sabah Umno and opened
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      Lock icon Party zeroes in on next phase of Malay development
      322 7 Party zeroes in on next phase of Malay development KOTA BARU More than 40 years after its inception, the United Malays National Organisation is poised to enter the second phase of its struggle to develop the Malay community and make it spiritually and mentally strong, Selangor Mentri Besar Muhammad bin
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      Lock icon Tunku pleads for unity as he turns 84
      129 7 Tunku pleads for unity as he turns 84 KUALA LUMPUR Former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman has reminded Umno members to stay united m the face of the coming party elections. The Tunku, who turns 84 today, said yesterday that Umno must maintain its image at all times and should
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      Lock icon Cabinet orders report on story
      250 7 JOHOR BARU The Cabinet has directed the Information Ministry to submit a full report on a Bernama news story which Umno Johor leaders claim is "fabricated and politically motivated". The Cabinet issued the directive after the matter was raised at it's meeting last Thursday by
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      Lock icon $12m paid to laid-off workers in Sabah
      116 7 $12m paid to laid-off workers in Sabah KOTA KINABALU About $12 million has been paid out to more than 3,000 retrenched workers m Sabah over the past two years, according to the Labour Department here. Its director, Mr Lee Thien Su, said a total of 3,372 retrenchment cases were referred
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      Lock icon Leaders to attend morals courses
      226 7 PASIR MAS (Kelantan) The Malaysian government will organise a series of courses stressing on moral development for national leaders and civil servants as part of efforts to check mismanagement and corruption. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayub said yesterday that the first such
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      Lock icon Govt denies claim that one state has laws to cane non-Muslims
      368 7 Govt denies claim that one state has laws to cane non-Muslims JOHOR BARU Pulai Umno division chief Datuk Mohamed Rahmai has claimed that at least one state has provisions m its syariah laws to impose caning on non-Mus lims caught for khalwai (close proximity; and consuming liquor with Muslims. He
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      Lock icon Scheme to help home-buyers
      301 7 KOTA KINABALU The state government has come up with an easy payment scheme to help people who cannot otherwise afford to meet the down payment for the cost of a house. The general manager of the Sabah Housing and Town Development Authority, Mr Verus Aman Sham,
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      Malaysians spent millions across the Thai border
      200 7 Malaysians spent millions across the Thai border TELUK INT AN (Kelantan^ About 300,000 Malaysians visit the Thai border town of Golok via Rantaa Panjang m Kelantan annually, spending iiiL^on': of ringgit there. Disclose ihis v?sterday, Deputy Home Aiiai'^s Minister Datuk Megat Jun.d i>lc£V Ayob said only abou> 200,000 Malaysians who
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      181 7 Are your New Zealand Dollar deposits earning interest as high as These were our deposit and exchange rates during iast week:OATE 1 MONTH 2 MONTHS 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS Feb2'B7 22.50% pa 22.50% pa 23 00% pa 22.00% pa 3 23.25 24.00 23.75 22.75 4 23.75 24.75 23.50 22.75 5
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  • HOME NEWS
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      First garden show will be recorded on film
      201 9 First garden show will be recorded on film SINGAPORE'S first international garden show, to be held In Marina South m two years' time, will be recorded on film. Video and film makers are being invited to bid for the making of the documentary from the planning to the close of
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      Burmese delegation arrives today
      187 9 Burmese delegation arrives today A SIX-MEMBER Burmese delegation led by U Khin Maung Maung, the country's Deputy Minister of No. 1 Industry, is scheduled to arrive this morning for a week-long visit. The others m the delegation are U Maung Maung Myint. director m the Burmese Minisrry of Energy; U
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      Association plans to get the disabled into govt panels
      603 9 THE main concern of a new-ly-formed watchdog group for disabled people is to get the disabled about, into buildings and into jobs. The Disabled Peoples Association wants disabled people to be represented on government committees so that they can point to
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      Lock icon Look who's driving Harry around
      444 9  -  TAN LIAN CHOO Spore mission ex-chauffeur gets the YIP treatment By AFTER driving Singapore YIPs m New York 18 years, Harry Smith is being shown around Singapore by some of the very persons he chauffeured around the Big Apple. "It's just the opposite now," mused
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      Safe walk soon for Rosie
      326 9  -  STELLA DANKER PWD begins repairs on pavement along path used by blind operator By THE Public Works Department has started to repair a broken footpath that had caused a blind telephone operator to fall twice and trip many times. As work to smooth out a
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      Clarification by press club president
      149 9 Clarification by press club president MR T. S. Khoo, president of the Singapore Press Club, was quoted m last week's Sunday Times' report on the club's Lunar New Year dinner as having said that it was the first time m many years that a Cabinet minister had attended a press
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      On crime prevention
      55 9 TWO police officers will give a talk each on crime prevention to trade union officials and members at a gathering later this month. The event, organised by the NTUC Welfare and Community Services Secretariat, will be held on Feb 26 from 2 to 5 pm at Trade
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      SIA may fly to exotic Kathmandu and Port Moresby
      422 9 SIA may fly to exotic Kathmandu and Port Moresby SIA will have a new destination Darwin from the financial year 1987 88. This was announced by its managing director, Dr Cheong Choong Kong, at a recent 25th SIA Group Business Meeting. And according to the budget operating plan, Dr Cheong
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      Mother Teresa's nuns eye bigger home for the sick and poor
      376 9  - Mother Teresa's nuns eye bigger home for the sick and poor HEDWIG ALFRED By NUNS m Mother Teresa's order are planning to move from their Irving Road home to larger premises so that they can care for more elderly and chronically sick people. The Missionaries of Charity are looking at
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      Lock icon Charmed by First Lady's warmth
      313 10  -  STELLA DANKER Story: THFSE senior citizens were a little cold m the air-condi-tioned room but the warmth that emanated from the First Lady as she went round to eaoh table brought a glow to their faces. Mrs Wee Kirn Wee was the special guest at
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    • Briefly
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        Life sales up 21%
        85 10 INSURANCE co-operative NTUC Income chalked up $729 million m life assurance sales last year, a 21 per cent jump over the figure for 1985. According to the latest issue of its newsletter March of Income, the sales were also 10 per cent higher than the $660
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        Opium charge against 3
        116 10 THREE men were charged m court yesterday with trafficking m 20 kilograms of opium near the junction of Circuit Link and Paya Lebar Road m the early hours of Friday morning. Teo Yee Fu, 57, a Malaysian, Tan Moi Kiang, 49, and Ng Soon Chew, 50,
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        New fire station opened
        101 10 opened THE new Woodlands Fire Station was officially opened yesterday morning. The Singapore Fire Service's Director, Mr Lim Beng Lock, received a plaque commemorating its opening from Mr Tan Tock Eng, head of the Public Works Department's Airport Architectural Branch. The station is the first to
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        Jail term reduced
        89 10 A technician who, on separate occasions, smashed the headlamps of two vehicles when he could not find a parking space after midnight, had his three-month jail term reduced to one month on Friday. Lawyer Alfred Tan told the Chief Justice, Mr Wee Chong Jin, that Cheong Seng
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        Tip leads to arrest
        113 10 POLICE have arrested a man who last month attacked a policeman with a knife m Chinatown. The 36-year-old unemployed man, wanted m connection with drug offences, was caught m a police ambush at Upper Cross Street on Friday night at about 7. Deputy Superintendent Low Hui
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        Labourer jailed
        122 10 A MAN was jailed for 4 2 years for offences that included using a forged driving licence and failing to turn up for urine tests. Roslan bin Rahmat, 28, a labourer, was also banned from driving all vehicles for three years. He had pleaded guilty to eight charges
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      'Space-age medicine' to be discussed at 5-day meeting
      336 10 SPACE-AGE machines that can take better and better pictures of the interior of the human body to help doctors diagnose diseases will be discussed during a five-day meeting that begins today for more than 100 specialists from various countries. The meeting Advanced
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      Credit system for pros who study and stay ahead
      673 10  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By IKMaf Each and every professional association or institute should develop its own training programme to assist its members to keep up-to-date with new knowledge, new skills, and new techniques m their fields. Dr Yeo (above). SINGAPORE took the
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      'Beware raw deal from private education consultancy firms'
      564 10  -  MICHAEL LIM By A BRITISH university has sounded a warning about unqualified private education consultancy firms that claim they can help Singaporean students to find places m universities abroad. An official of the University of London said last week that most of
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      Small claims cases before tribunals doubled last year
      170 10 THE Small Claims Tribunals had a busy year, handling twice as many cases last year as it did m 1985. The tribunals, just two years old last Sunday, had 7,684 claims lodged with it, 3,896 cases more than m 1985. However, 16
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      SAF exercises
      91 10 SAF exercises THE SAF will be conducting military exercises m Lim Chu Kang. Tuas. Marsiling. Mandai. Wing Loong. Loyang and Sembawang from tomorrow to Sunday between 8 am and midnight. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used and the public is advised not to be alarmed. The air force will be
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      Fake-corpse case: Charge withdrawn
      200 11 THE Public Prosecutor has withdrawn the criminal charge against a director and two employees of Overseas Emporium m connection with the display of two fake 2,100-year-old corpses m an exhibition at People's Park last year. Inspector K. Rasiah told a district court yesterday that he had
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      Unorthodox dance troupe plans to perform here
      286 11 ON T E of Australia's most provocative contemporary dance troupes is planning to perform m Singapore as it tours the region. It will be the first time that the Sydney Dance Company, which has already captured the hearts of New Yorkers during two
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      Two more days to enter picture contest
      103 11 Two more days to enter picture contest ONLY two days are left to enter the Picture of the Year contest. Entries are doe by noon on Tuesday. Each must be submitted on an entry form published on Page H of The Sunday Times of Jan 25. Details about the contest
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      Gathering for youth service awards
      59 11 Gathering for youth service awards The National Youth Service Awards panel and its advisory committee members will hold their annual gathering on Feb 27 at 6.30 pm at Amara Hotel. Two previous team winners the Singapore Kemuning Society and the Volunteer Action and Development Centre (formerly known as the Community
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      Australasian debate may be held in Singapore next year
      372 11  - Australasian debate may be held in Singapore next year CHAN KIN SANG By SINGAPORE may be m for a debating treat next year. The 1988 Australasian inter-varsity debate championships may be held here. If it does, it will be the first time the debate, an annual event which usually attracts
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      Tham's breach of trust hearing fixed for two months
      269 11 Tham's breach of trust hearing fixed for two months THE trial of former Pan-Elec-tric director Peter Tham on 10 charges of abetting criminal breach of trust and criminal breach of trust involving nearly $100 million has been fixed for hearing from July 1 to Aug 21. The dates were set
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      Diabetic fails to get jail term reduced
      263 11 Diabetic fails to get jail term reduced A 33-year-old diabetic who helped his friend carry out a robbery on the friend's moth-er-in-law, failed m his appeal on Monday to have his 2V&year jail term reduced. Mr Justice L.P. Thean, who dismissed Ibrahim Peermohamed Assenar Mohamed Yusoff's appeal, said that the
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      Lock icon MRT tunnel out of line after heavy rain
      256 11  -  RAY DHALIWAL By A SECTION of the Mass Rapid Transit tunnel m Tiong Bahru was edged out of line after persistent rain last month. The 120-metre stretch of tunnel lies m an open trench which has not been filled back yet which
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      Diesel may go up by a cent per litre
      314 11  -  RONNIE LIM By MOTORISTS have been spared a petrol pump price increase for the moment, thanks partly to the fall m the value of the US dollar. But those who use diesel may have to pay about a cent more per
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      Lock icon Sembawang marks a double joy
      348 12  -  HEDWIG ALFRED By I AAS .i JoubU' celebration The day Sembawang constituents decided to hold their Lunar New Year party coincided with their MP's birthday. So, besides pineapple tarts. Mandarin oranges and love letters at the Sembawang Community Centre yesterday. there was also a three-tiei
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      4-D man caught — for the third time
      142 12 4-D man caught for the third time A MAN with two similar previous convictions yesterday admitted running an illegal lottery. Tan Choon Kwan, 55, was jailed for three months and fined $20,000. Tan, a father of six, was fined $2,500 m 1974 and jailed for three months m 1975. The
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      Charlie's shot of a male bowler scores a 'strike'
      204 12 Charlie's shot of a male bowler scores a 'strike' IT TURNED out to be a lucky strike for Mr Charlie Lee, 33, (above) when he "shot" a male bowler m action during the Pesta Sukan competition last year. For the picture out of 12,500 others bowled the judges over and
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      Teenager stabbed after tiff with boyfriend
      520 12  -  SURESH NAIR Boy found seriously injured at bottom of block of flats By A QUARREL between two teenagers ended with the girl being stabbed eight times with a knife and the boy found seriously injured at the bottom of a block of flats m
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      Anglers all for ban on use of nets in Singapore River
      451 12  -  CHAN KIN SANG By FISHING enthusiasts are m favour of a ban on the use of nets m the Singapore River as well as m other recreational fishing spots like Bedok Pier. This, they say, will help to stop
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      Swedish doctor fined for having cannabis seeds
      133 12 Swedish doctor fined for having cannabis seeds A SWEDISH doctor on a Far East tour was fined $600 on Friday for having 0.57 grams of cannabis seeds. The seeds were found m Sven Assar Isberg's toiletries bag when he was checked by Customs officers at the Woodlands checkpoint last Sunday
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      NZ will stay active in 5-power defence pact
      293 12 NEW Zealand will remain an active member of the Five Power Defence Agreement after its force here is redeployed home by the end of 1989. This pledge was made by its High Commissioner here, Mr T. J. Hannah, at the New Zealand
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    • Article
      Smuggling by sea easing off, says Customs
      233 12 Smuggling by sea easing off, says Customs SMUGGLING by sea is at an ebb. Customs boats generally find cnly petty smugglers trying to sneak m things like cigarettes and liquor. "There is no more the large scale smuggling of the Fifties and early Sixties," Mr David Lim Tiang Chu. director
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      Traveller's cheques case: Three claim trial
      222 12 Traveller's cheques case: Three claim trial THREE foreigners facing charges of trying to dispose of stolen traveller's cheques worth USS>2 million (554.3 million) have claimed trial. The passports of Canadian Raoul Maurice Berthaumieu. 42. believed to be a banker and Filipinos Achilles R. San Jose, a businessman, and Son ia
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    • The Sunday Times VIEW
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        And now, the world TV news
        287 13 THE pundits of the information revolution said it would happen, and sure enough it has perhaps even earlier than they expected. Last Monday, 20 million television viewers m 14 European countries had their first taste of a unique programme: News with a distinctly international
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      • Article
        25 YEARS AGO
        168 13 What The Sunday Times reported on Feb 11, 1962 POLICE have launched a blitz against pirate taxi operators m an ali-out bid to keep them off the road. Using decoys, traffic police have booked 32 operators since the campaign was mounted last Wednesday. Thirty of those arrested
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      Entrepreneur extraordinaire
      1271 13 Master retailer SIR TERENCE CONRAN preaches the gospel of good design Sir Terence at Habitat m Singapore, opened m Apr! 1985 4 Just after World War 11, anything that was created by a trained designer could only be afforded by the rich. It was a cynical assumption that
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
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      Beyond lah and man
      916 14  -  Tan Sai Siong 4 At last! A phrase widely used and understood by most people here, whatever their background, has found sufficient acceptability to appear so- 10, ungarnished by any elaboration. MY HEART leapt up with pleasant surprise at two little words that stood out m
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      Seeing stars after an annual pilgrimage
      688 14 THE Lunar New Year's Day causes strange behaviour among Singaporeans of Chinese descent. Scientists at SUN, the Singapore University (Notional), have a notion thai this behaviour is lunar, if not lunatic. Moonlight on the eve causes Singaporean Chinese to suddenly form themselves into two
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    • Article
      Re-honing US cutting edge
      989 14  -  Kwan Weng Kin For too long, the Americans have looked at their trade deficit problem through rose-tinted glasses, believing that the faults lay outside their economy. However, a change m thinking appeared to have finally set m, and about time too. IT BECAME clear several years
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    • LETTERS
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        Look at polygamy in the right perspective
        535 14 POLYGAMY, specifically polygyny, the practice of haying more than one wife at a time, has been practised by the best of men, including prophets Abraham, David and Muhammad who were spiritual luminaries. But they themselves recognised that monogamy was the norm while polygyny
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        Consider the other side of marriage bliss
        279 14 I CAN'T help but feel uneasy after reading the headlines, "30 wed through O-levels' Cupid" (Sunday Times Dec 28). For the Social Development Section of the People's Association to marry off 30 men and women "within 13 months since it was set up"
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      45 14 J^J^mm^^m^mm m mirrors the FOKUS: Muis: The action plan and the reason behind it n. f I^D^SdSuQ^SEQQ!&SiB i?y^^^|Ri business ISiS- jJ&T read Berita Min Q9U? BSS3EB&SSEBBSm^pI I vin 9 Goddess at the age '^wsh B£S££S3Gbßm of five i^^"2^*^*22SHi3l£lßl^ifi^^^M ISU SEMASA: The danger of cultural alienation
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      OUT OF EXILE
      3073 15 OUT OF EXILE For seven years, Dr Andrei Sakharov, the Nobel Prize-winning Soviet scientist, had been confined to internal exile m Gorky. Then, just before Christmas, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev telephoned him to say that he was free at last without conditions. Dr Sakharov speaks to NICHOLAS BETHELL m Moscow
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  • Racing
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      Sher Ching 'sure thing'
      363 16  -  MARKSMAN By our man on the track He looks a picture and is m devastating form THERE is no "certainty" m racing, but if ever a horse can be regarded as closest to a "sure thing," it is Sher Chins m Race 2 at Bukit Timah
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      351 16 RACE RACING ED MARKSMAN TONTO LUCKY LEO MISTER X 7 Daring Graphon 4 Oona 4 Oona 2 Msxalon 4 Oona 1 4 Oona 8 Singapore Flag 7 Daring Graphon 5 Western Dancer 5 Western Dancer 1 Take-Off 5 Western Dancer 1 Take-Off 9 Two Steps 9
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      TODAY'S BUKIT TIMAH CARD
      4721 16 ■MHmnpi 2.00 CLASS 2 DIV 3 1,200 m \9j I^ (Ratings: 106-95) Sl*rtMMP*BMi (Stakes: $22,500) 1 .'***** Take-Otf 57 (IN) Chens-Teh 5 nzg pc +2 (1200 m). Won easier than hd margin suggested when hie beat Iftohi with 55 C 3-4 Ipoh 1200 m Dec 6
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      Mastermind set for fourth win
      233 16  -  TONTO By MASTERMIND 111, the mount of visiting English rider Jim Bleasdale, who took Race 1 on Key Factor yesterday, is the top gun m Race 5 at Bukit Timah today. The six-year-old has to contend with only eight Class 3 Div 2 rivals. Apart
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      Battle royal to the line
      2471 17  -  OUR RACING TEAM Forsyth gets verdict by a neck, then survives objection By FIRST *****3 SECOND *****9 THIRD *****7 STARTERS *****7 *****1 *****6 *****5 *****5 *****6 *****5 *****3 *****4 *****2 *****5 *****3 *****3 CONSOLATIONS *****1 *****0 *****7 *****7 *****1 *****9 *****3 *****6 *****7 *****3 FORSYTH,
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      Lock icon First-up success for Just One Look
      25 17 A deadheat? No. Roily Poly (No. 4) beat Gelidium by a head m Race 6. Pictures by ALBERT SIM
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    • Article
      At Talaq scores again
      419 17  -  JACK ELLIOTT Now he'll tackle two big ones By MELBOURNE At Talaq. winner of the Melbourne Cup (3.200 m) last November, came out from a spell to win the A550,000 i about Ss7o.ooo> C.F. Orr Stakes over 1,400 m at Sandown racecourse here yesterday. At Talaq
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      Dawn helps Cup winner back to race riding
      119 17 Dawn helps Cup winner back to race riding MELBOURNE Sydney jockey Peter Cook, two-time winner of the Melbourne Cup, is being coached by former Australian swimming star Dawn Fraser m his bid to return to race riding. Cook is recovering from a spinal fusion operation that has kept him from
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      370 17 181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MR. ANG KOK GHEE, ALTON called to the Lord on 6.2.87 Dearly missed by. Brothers-in-law Sisters-in-iaw Foo See Meng, Michael Chua Teik Leak. Helena Foo See Thim Chung Yoke Kheng, Maggie Foo See Liang Foo Suat Ngoh. Jill Nieces and Nephew. MR TOH SENG
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      181 Deaths
      183 17 CHUA AH SONG AGE: 74 DEPARTED 7TH FEB '87 Leaving behind: Wife: Tng Son Jeong Sons: Chua Siam Ning Chua Siak Neng Chua Siak Su Daughters-in-law: Tan Kirn Gek Tang Lin Yeow Daughters: Chua Jee Mea Chua MOl Siok Son-in-law: Lim Soo Hwee Grandsons: Chua Chee Hee Chua
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      183 Condolences 183 Condolences
      35 17 183 Condolences 183 Condolences fThe Management Staff of DEANS PROPERTY PTE. LTD. extend their deepest sympathies condolences to the family of I MR. GARY PANG KWOK WHYE who passed away peacefully on 6th February 1987.
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      181 Deaths
      25 17 PAUL DANA RAJOO Age 66 /ears Called to be wit~i the Lord or 7.2.87 Saturday For funeral arrangements Tel: *****13 (Pager No *****58)
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      184 In Memoriam
      202 17 In loving memory of BALAKRiSHNAN NAIR Departed ?Ist Feb 1986 I Sadly missed tondl» remembert--by wile children and lovec ones First year prayers will be held at Sri Si\;in Temple. Serangoon Road on 10th Feb 1987 at 7 p.m Please treat this as a personal invitation Tel
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      88 17 Omiaries IN SWEET REMEMBRANCE of (name) who departed two years ago Thai unselfish life, it has not died. Dearly missed by i name) Photo HHPW^TWTWfWPSH In iweet memory of (name) (name) Departed June 80. 1981 Departed March 15. 1380 Gone from our lives one so Mother, time takes away the
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  • SPORT
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      Silver streak in Mr Loombardi
      870 18  -  JANICE SEAH National coach advocates family formula for Singapore hockey to thrive m Sea Games Said and Dene 4 All I want is a team that will give me 100 per cent and more. We're going for the silver m the Jakarta Sea Games at
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      Fandi's blood, sweat and tears relived
      616 18  -  ROB HUGHES Talk of Soccer Wednesday boss hails new find Jonsson \kt ARMING. The following may bring back nightmares for Fandi Ahmad. It is the story of a young footballer transplanted into alien culture and climate, struggling to acquire fitness without which he cannot
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      Heaven help the Brits... and their purse-strings
      850 18  - Heaven help the Brits... and their purse-strings ALAN HUBBARD ALWAYS ON SUNDAY With Lineker on song, a Diego overture could hit wrong chord T ELL us the bad news, retorted Iain Mur- ray, Kookaburra's skipper, as they loudhailed him from a tender with the warning that he might have a
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    • SOCCER WORLDWIDE
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        Maradona chase denied
        420 18 LONDON Tottenham manager David Pleat on Friday denied his English First Division club were m a chase to sign Argentine World Cup captain Diego Maradona. The denial followed his comments m a British newspaper interview on Wednesday that Tottenham might try to sign Maradona if "a clever
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        Magyar bid to restore their image
        232 18 Magyar bid to restore their image NICOSIA Hungary's new manager-coach Jozef Verebes launches his bid to restore the country's ailing soccer fortunes with a new-look team for today's European Championship Group Five qualifying match against Cyprus. Hungary face their first game unaer Verebes after losing their first two qualifying fixtures
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      Cup ban will hurt both sides
      709 19 IN Timesport yesterday, we reproduced a New Straits Times article which hit out at the Football Association of Malaysia for imposing a temporary ban on soccer ties with their Singapore counterparts. While Singapore's Malaysia Cup participation hangs m the balance until a FAM meeting
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      A question of merit, in play and argument
      766 19  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Tee to Green LAST Wednesday must surely enter the annals as a day of paradox for professional golf m Singapore. While The Straits Times carried a plea by the Singapore Professional Golfers' Association for financial support for their wellthought
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bogey-free round puts Langer in joint-lead
      340 19 ON FOREIGN FAIRWAYS HONOLULU Bemhar.i Langer left his driver m the bag on the way to an eight-under-par 64 that lifted him into a tie with Fred Couples for the lead after the second round of the US$6OO,OOO Hawaiian Open golf tournament on Friday.
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      Cash hopes can be dashed warning
      444 19  -  HAKIKAT RAI ATHLETICS... By THE cash-for-dash scheme offered to Haron Mundir, Helen Low, Sakaram Gawade, P. Parameswaran, Francis Nathan and Ranjit Kaur will be reviewed if they stumble during ihe season's opening race, the All-Comers meet, at the National Stadium next Sunday. In a
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      Lock icon Astrid swims to world's best
      126 19 BONN East Germany's Astrid Strauss sliced nearly two seconds off the world best time for the women's 800 metres freestyle at the Bonn international swimming festival on Friday. Double Olympic and world champion Michael Gross also helped to power West Germany to a world best
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      Lock icon Thorne upset
      130 19 STOCKHOLM Thirdseeded Ross Thome, of Australia, was beaten 5-9, 9-6, fr9, 2-9 m a dramatic first round of the Swedish Open squash tournament by IX- year-old Briton Dannie Weddings on Friday. Other results: Men's Ist rd: F. Jonsson (Swe) bt K. Smith (Aust) 9-6, 5-9, 9-1, 10-X; v.
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      Lock icon SPORT IN SHORT
      281 19 Nipped m ttl6 Blldd?: World cross-country champion Zola Budd may never run competitively again because of leg and hip injuries. Interviewed m Johannesburg before leaving for London on Friday, Zola said she had been treated for a hamstring problem and a hip misalignment. An unidentified member of
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    • ON THE TENNIS SCENE
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        Lock icon Mac sizzles, Connors fizzles
        269 19 Mac sizzles, Connors fizzles PHILADELPHIA John McEnroe, playing m his first tournament since his defeat by Australia's Pat Cash m the first round at Wembley last November, surged into the semi-finals of the U*****,000 ($1 million) United States Indoor tennis championships here on Friday. He scored a fluent straight-set victory
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        Close call for Chee Sing
        55 19 SECOND-SEEDED Chen Chee Sing narrowly defeated Marco Angelini 9-8 (7-4) m the qualifying round of the United World College's tennis tournament at Dover Road yesterday. Others to qualify for the quarter-finals were Fredrik Ho, Wong Chee Leong, Shamson Zainal, Martyn van Brockhoysen, Lesiie Lim, Weber
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        Lock icon Unforgettable win for unfancied Jones
        247 19 Unforgettable win for unfancied Jones LYON Unseeded Americans Kelly Jones and Todd Nelson joined the top two seeds Yannick Noah and Joakim Nystrom m the semi-finals of the inaugural Lyon Grand Prix tennis tournament here on Friday. Jones ousted fourthseeded Guy Forget, of France, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 m the quarter-finals,
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
    • BOXING
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        Lock icon Left hurt so Breland wins it with right
        203 20 Left hurt so Breland wins it with right ATLANTIC CITY After five rounds. Mark Breland's left hand was hurting. But he didn't tell his corner and. two rounds later, the 1984 Olympic gold medallist was the World Boxing Association welterweight champion with a knockout victory over Harold Volbrecht, of South
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      • Article
        Big-hitting Soviet wins welter gold
        159 20  - Big-hitting Soviet wins welter gold JAKARTA Soviet welter-weight Karavaev Sergey lived up to his big-hitting reputation when he knocked out Indonesia's Sonny Arwan m the first minute of their President's Cup final bout last night The Indonesian had not even lasted as long as Singapore's Ng Ton*; Chye, who fell
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      Yang Yang makes the difference
      496 20  -  J. RAJENDRAN KQNICA CUP COUNTDOWN By THE Konica Cup Asian Badminton Invitation championships, which begin next Monday, may be devoid of many of the world's top players. But the organisers can still be proud that, m China's Yang Yang, they have the player most likely
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      Give glory a sporting chance
      163 20 WILL sporting glory this month go to badminton, tennis, squash or cricket? It's up to you, so keep a close watch on the events ahead. Lav Wing Cheok and Hamid Khan are among the local badminton stars who face a tall order against the mighty
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    • YACHTING
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        Lock icon Poetic justice for San Diego's Milton
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        631 4  -  JULIE TAN TV REVIEW By vIIYKN the longest time-slot ever allotted for a local varift> show. SBC's 4 -hour Lunar New Year Special seemed a ivrtain winner. It was intended to be a whopper of a show, with full support from all of SBC's
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        729 7  -  LIM SEK POP REVIEW By CLOSE KNOl GH FOR LOVE Andy Williams (Atoo) SOME of the best love songs come from the movies, and premier balladeer Andy Williams visits the cinema for a spread of some of the finest screen love songs. Though rhe idea's
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        701 7 The Singapore recording scene may be off to a hopping good start m the Year of the Rabbit. More record companies are looking out for new talent on homeground. reports YEO KIM SENG. SINGAPORE pop looks like it's m for a crackling good
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        367 7  -  JULIE TAN LOOK EAST By IF THK entertainment media is sometimes accused of sensationalism and rumour-mongering. it must also be said that some newsmakers go to great lengths to shield the truth. Hongkong martial-arts instructor and director Lav Kar Leung tied the knot secretly
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        247 12 AFTER eating all those delicious new year tidbits, you must be feeling rather fat like I do. The goodies that I had tiuring my new year visits were too good to resist. Resisting them seemed all the more difficult because they came my way only once a year.
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        427 12 BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ (1805) NAPOLEON Bonaparte, an Italian-speaking Corsican boy who went to France m 1778, became the Emperor of France m 1804. He also made history as one of the great military heroes. Today, his remains lie m a tomb near the War Museum m Paris
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        Handy wiper with no holds barred
        269 12 Handy wiper with no holds barred THE other day, my mother got a really neat gift. It was a pretty holder, made of cloth, for the fridge door handle. It had a little loop at the top which hung on the handle. The skirt-like holder spreads over the handle to
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      Highway to adventure
      2836 1 Two intrepid Singaporeans struck out last September on the sky-high Karakoram Highway. Their mission: to cross from Pakistan into China via the just-opened Khunjerab Pass into pristine land Xinjiang. As soon as civilisation retreated, they were hurtled into a terrain where danger was Ihe only constant at
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        287 1 Mind and Body Food Money Travel i i i i■ SINGAPORE SKYLINE fWT^HgM Sale of First Day Covers and Presentation Packs First day covers and presentation packs will be on sale at all post offices, the customer service area at the Mails and Parcels Centre (Telecoms Chai Chee Complex) and
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        Teenage girl finds all eyes riveted on her
        666 2 KMBARKASSKD GIRL writes: Whenever I am m public, I always get stared at. Being sensitive and more on the quiet side, I feel myself blushing and becoming extremely embarrassed. Sometimes, I get the crazy idea that a button on my blouse is
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        Dress right for your job
        1098 2 LEE GEOK 801 takes a closer look at the link between clothes and the road to the boardroom. 6 One computer services multinational goes as far as spelling out guidelines on business attire Q for its staff. 4 One woman bank vice-president m an American
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        Polished appearance is more than just clothes
        474 2 THERE is a touch of severity and of the classic m executive dressing. But there is no reason to be too dull or too basic, says Mrs Jannah Levinge, Principal of John Robert Powers Personal Development Systems, a grooming school. "While basic browns,
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          Renault boasts a winning streak
          516 2  -  WINSTON LEE By Excellent Good Average i Poor tt A Renault R2l RX~ Styling Performance Economy Transmission Handling Brakes Acceleration Ride Comfort Noise Finish Equipment Refinement Score 2 83 THE past three years have been traumatic for Regie Renault, the state-owned French car conglomerate. With
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        209 2 CORUM SWISS [-g °'i'!J j m Whf^z^A Key to Perfect TimeThe Corum Collection In any industry, there is always an elite brand name. A brand name so committed o quality that it becomes a legend among the cognoscenti. In the Swiss watch industry, that brand name is Corum. The Corum
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        43 2 pQSSOS,... Save Money We can teach your junior staff to type m 12 hours. Her ability to type can help with the extra work during rush periods. Enrol her for the Sight Sound typing course at ATT. Call *****22 #07-01 Tanglin Shopping Centre
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        Where to begin your mini Silk Route trail
        243 3 DASS and Imran roughed it out. If you wish to follow their trail, pick a date between May 1 and Oct 31 when the ancient Khunjerab Pass is open to foreigners. Fly first to Karachi in Pakistan. Then catch a domestic flight
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        337 3 Your way to success through SOA home study courses The fact that you are reading this message means that you are already aware of the advantages of a successful career. You want the satisfaction, happiness and financial security that success brings. Here's where The School of Accountancy Business Studies can
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        189 3 noyotei orchid inn A Touch of Romance /CTk if\_ F Se«eocoe you V. 'omanhc vjrpnse fcxcte he- senses 1 "y**"^ f V y^f\ wtr Oie'Bocxssoecioi 4 -course j-'^ Ci^T r^^V canatetgh'ainnertariwor. A J T^ I r o rri o r *c Pescooou I o. Jr The<^ count the stors (rom
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        Stewing in the battle of the boneless ducks
        1222 4 MARGARET CHAN reports on the competition between two stalls that serve stewed duck at South Buona Vista Road but plumps for a Geylang version EAT OUT OH. IT'S competitive m Singapore. You only have to launch a successful venture and someone else
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        A brave attempt at creating Peranakan dian xin
        570 4  -  STELLA DANKER By TAKE your regular shao mai (siew mai), stick a hollowed chilli stub filled with sambal belachan on top and you have a Peranakan dian xin which you will not mistake for any other. It is the sort of dian
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        Almost a picnic on a busy weekend
        395 4  -  LEE GEOK BOI By MANY of us work on Saturdays, so it makes sense to shop for the following week's dishes m the afternoon. Getting that essential job out of the way means more free time on Sunday. As we suggested at the
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        SATURDAY DINNER
        212 4 1 chicken about 1 2 kg, chopped Mix the pounded onions and garlic into pieces with the curry powder and some 10 small onions, pounded water to form a thick paste. 4 cloves garlic, pounded Heat oi] m a and fry the 5 Tbs curry powder ices umU
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        274 4 On St. Wentineis Day Show Her^bu Care That's easy to do at the Crown Prince Hotel. Just take your pick of our Valentine's Day highlights. fIV (afe de Prince's Buffet Dinner tt£ Forty delicious specialities ranging from Seafood m Pernod wine sauce, and Braised tender pork ribs to Beef Korma.
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    • YOUR MONEY
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        Sign-posts often warn of ups and downs in business cycles
        1533 5  -  RONALD TAN Investments By I POINTS TO REMEMBER More overtime work generally points to a business pick-up. Consumer demand is an important determinant of an economy's performance. Investment m plant and equipment by companies is a good sign. Build-up of
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        Give me the stock-market thrills and spills anytime
        814 5  -  PENNY QIAN By IT SEEMS incredible to those of us, who make it a point every morning to turn first to the stock market pages of the newspapers, that there are grown, intelligent and educated people who haven't a clue about the
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        640 5 mm B I +-/3 fTVI >^l B^ /^MSomething new, something special. P^ft P^) /^^V different... P'ft v/ .^^i r^Q At the Tiffany Coffee House /vj Q^ CL/ A candlelight Western set dinner for $100++ Vi*/ V^/ X >\\ per couple(indusive of complimentaries). jft\ I At the Sho-Un Japanese Restaurant V_J
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        75 5 S-*^sw- Szechuan <f China Palace Chinese New\ear Prosperity Banquet J L •Fa Cai Yu Sheng Mini "Fo Tiao Qiang' > Roasted Suckling Pig Steamed Live Seabass Boiled Live Prawns Vegetarian Delight J$F Fried "Ec Mian vj\ Four Flavour Dumplings rt New Year Dessert -stq Only $328 for j± 1 0
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        Lock icon The note that started it all
        459 6  -  JUDY TAN A four-page focus on how to show your fondness for that someone special on Feb 14 By 4 The story of St Valentine, a priest and physician who lived m the third century, is a bloody one. He was imprisoned, beaten, stoned,
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        A day card sellers love too
        564 6  -  JUDY TAN ALL mankind loves a lover, Emerson said. And none more so during this period than, perhaps, the sellers of Valentine cards. More and more cards each year are winging their way on their heart-tugging missions, according to the card distributors. And not
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        Some dating pitfalls to avoid
        594 7  -  JUDY TAN By Remember NOT to ask your prospective date: "Are you free Saturday evening?" Let the lady know what you have m mind and give her the option to A agree or disagree. H IT S EASY to slip up on that Very Important
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        'A good opportunity to make my move'
        710 7 A DINNER for two on Valentine's Day appears to be a must for most young people. "Valentine's a day just for lovers", said 18-year-ofd student Miss A Loh. echoing the thoughts of several teenagers interviewed. Miss Loh plans to spend the evening with
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        Cupid's busy bow
        164 7 DANCE the night away that's what the government match-making agencies has m store for singles on Feb 14. At least three dance parties are being organised and the agencies hope these will attract about 800 people. For graduates, the party will be at the ballroom of the
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        The red rose is still the thing
        359 8  -  JUDY TAN By S IT'S A red rose or nothing. And Singaporean men "go mad" for that token of love on Feb 14, florists say. even though prices, depending on the day's supplies, are often more than double. To ensure you get your
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        Mu sic for the romantic at heart
        202 8  - Mu sic for the romantic at heart JUDY TAN H SERENADE one the whole yes songs of love. Lovers Roman en-volume set ol which came on th eenth Available discs and oasj>e!i< light, instruments al for a quiet eve! There is a good lar pieces and tr vourites Careles )E
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        Sweet wh ims and chocolate fancies
        675 8 Sweet wh ims and chocolate fancies By DANNY TAN MENTION Valentine's Day and you're talking sweet. The variety of chocolates and cakes that change hands on this day reads like a consumer's guide to the galaxy of confectionery. Whether they are made of chocolate or flour, they are usually heart-shaped
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        The stuff that love is made of
        433 9  - The stuff that love is made of JUDY TAN By LOVE is m the air. And come February each year, many of us will be persuaded to part with more of our hard-earned cash on ephemeral tokens of love. If you too feel the urge to let your loved one
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        497 6 DAY AT THE ORCHARD* For a tug© at the I heartstrings, not the! purse strings. Romance returns to Blooms m the grand /r tradition with a candle-light dinner for two, roses and champagne, the serenade of Jf strolling minstrels and dancing the night away. Jr To all this, add Blooms"
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        165 6 .wa i^fc j /torn tde 3iea^ *'W@*°iJs ji^3k^fc- '^H ifc. For your Valentine, a gift from the heart. -'-^(^'^i^B^^Byfe ,-;jM Exclusive from Parfums Yves Saint l^aurent. a heanS| r||a^^^^^^^ißJi'- shaped stone \Mth a satin bow. delicately perfumed jfl !IITB #S But #HMMte VtVt PiIULuL _^^f an Is ye aucne ne
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        366 7 s&r MING COURT HOTEL y&f^ SINGAPORE saTnT valentine s day It's that nine of the yeai when cupid's arrow is m the IHrji' ail again. Koi thisoceasion, we have lined up an RSl®k exciting programme that will definitel) rekindle your Valentine's Continental buffet lunch Savour the finest of English, Spanish,
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        379 7 A Little Romance On St Valentine 's Day 14FER 1987 dHP iffllL. ~^mlh Cmi^S 1 B^Eflßv* St Valentine s Day, a day to rekindle the romance. At the Tai-Pan Ramada Hotel, we've just the package for the affair at only $84.50+ per person* (mm 2 persons per package). The St
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        456 8 %JT B* bVB *BP B bY B BP /T S I BBn flB ■\pricot Fxtract Moisturizing Base Coat 13ml $6.60 M ?m] r <?jy/£ mWmMlm!hs!& ff___s? Hard As Nails Color 13ml $5.20 i ||||i y^^^ *B3JB Bm___ZE»slw liMWißM|^^^^MWßß«B_B_B_B_B_il _B i get a CutideXmoverVo^th 0' :S L_^ mc^j'rizinc iß!)sf'BWffifflß NOH-IIP At
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        96 8 STARWEST**** productions presents r Ohente m OSc QiM nt in y-vlii' LOVETHEME.an expressive and creative way to celebrate St Valentine's Day r HYATT REGENCY SINGAPORE MAGNOLIA ROOM LEVEL 3 14 FEBRUARY 1987 CANDLELIGHT DINNER DANCE SBB nett 'couple (by reservations onlyi DANCE-THE-NTTE-AWAY $49 net!/ couple (limited nos only) FOR ENQUtR'F^
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        73 9 Smhv her >dut i iiothotair. Sp< til Ikt with our tempting Japanese special. At Shima, your love will know she's your number one. Because our Japanese chefs have sumptous Valentine Special m store teppanyaki, shabushabu and yakiniku. And, there's a surprise gift for any Valentine Special ordered. Plus, there's a
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        40 9 If you want him to have the perfect present, THIS WOULD BE IT Im """""■'•V,'" jv l y.% fm^^m. actual size I MHflHflfl the pocket battery shaver BRflun WEST GERMANY XRankOConncrs 98 Pasir Panjang Road Singapore 051 1. Telephone *****44
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        304 9 ThisValenti a girl *s. v^, Fil; m and cut out Present it when you next purchase Aimona Roca at any Le Chocoiatief Boutique and exchange tor a pretty pink nbbor j is Almond This Valentine's Day, say it from the heart and make it pink with Almond Roca. The delicious
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    • Computers and Communications
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        Talk and seminar for Chinese computer buffs
        318 10 FEBRUARY will be a tre.it for Chinese computer buffs A talk and a seminar on Chinese computing will be heki at the National University of Singapore. In the first. Dr Lua Kirn Ten^. a lecturer m the NUS Department of information Systems and
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        Our role in the PC market
        1822 10 Businessmen and office workers m the Central Business District can look forward to another Telecoms outlet to serve them. See Page 15 L We have almost no w PC software industry. Nobody wants to specialise m an area which they do not believe can
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        All hail! The thane of PCs
        752 11  -  RICHARD NG By COMPUTER users will find their insatiable appetites for more power, memory and speed fulfilled m a new personal computer that has been hailed as an industrial breakthrough. Compaq Computer Corporation of Houston has developed the Compaq Deskpro 386, which, it claims,
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        I'm a systems designer, if you don't mind
        382 11  -  RICHARD SARSON By TO BE just a computer programmer or systems analyst is not enough m the design-conscious 80s. It sounds both more creative and trendy to be a systems designer, which goes rather better with the Gucci shoes, Armani suits and
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        A box that can record, dial and even wake you up
        294 11 IF YOU use the telephone extensively m your job, you will certainly appreciate this new device a box about half the size of a desk. Called the Voice Box System i VMS), it makes sure the persistent caller gets
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        Most are serious users
        381 12  -  RICHARD NG By SPACE ships streaking across a screen; huge, ugly monsters battered by boulders; Pacman charting new lands; and laughing, screaming children interminably handling joy sticks that's the image we have of the Singaporean home computer market. But for every child we encounter playing a
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        Super minis with mainframe power
        231 12  -  RICHARD NG THE line between minicomputers and huge mainframes are being farther blurred with an American computer company's introduction of a new range of super mini-computers thai has the power of mainframes. Data General recently launched the last of the M\ family of computers called
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        4,000 colours, music, animation and more
        200 12 WITH a palette of 4,096 colours, stereo sound and a music and voice synthesizer, the Amiga computer is certainly no ordinary machine. The Amiga, developed by Commodore, gives the home or professional user more applications for multi-task-ing. Users can do database work on one
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        University-industry link in Britain's IT institute
        705 13 Information technology has become a buzzword since the Economic Committee identified it as a sunrise industry that would help put Singapore's economy back on its feet. In December, Brigadier General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong, the Minister for Trade and Industry and the Second Minister
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        Saving time on trade transactions
        712 14 The On-Line system is proving to be a boon for traders dealing with the Trade Development Board. AN EFFICIENT service, less queueing and not having to travel to and from the Trade Development Board's import and export offices that's what some businessmen are enjoying today.
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        Gearing up for the information age
        744 15 Gearing up for the information age 4 It (the building) has been planned to cater for equipment growth for 10 years, and even a 17-storey block can be erected beside it to m accommodate future growth. B RISING above Singapore city's skyline is an aluminium coloured 34^storey building that will
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        182 10 We top IBM beautiful^ THOMSON O X i H^H iwssaa Hi I M w > /TT^iSV JC?^'— t"^L^C3C!rv git *y *^L1 *ww«. mum f B %m«| f |H^ *wHh\ D IBM's Personal omputer is the standard o! no is 1 nomson? I homson is a seven billion dollar the industry,
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        506 12 Microcomputer images finally reach the big screen. 1. Plus the unit into your PC. 2. Place it on your overhead projector. 3. Besin your real-time presentation. New KODAK DATASHOW System Just think of all the applications. Call our dealers for details. im§ J^-W tL'fim Th€ DATASHOW System is used with
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        62 12 When nothing but the best, will do. Very High Resolution Professional colour display monitors for CAD/CAM, Image Processing, Mapping M ftb^^ Graphic Artwork A thfe*. other r C v m w*w sophisticated y^^f!^^l*H Cj r f* r% oft CDCTSISI BfIRGO- \> cvs IfIDUSTRieS V For sales and demonstration, please call
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        636 13 New CAF PC TUrbo Range The Promise of High-Speed M^j> Performance m the Year jteJ of the Rabbit. The new CAF PC Turbo range combines greater *!P1 versatility and compatibility with superlative "'?szs^^ssP'* speed m a compact system that won't burn ll^^^^B^^wS a hole m your wallet. Choose from 3
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        658 14 CTS MODEMS Enhance Computer Usage CTS modems, using the latest signal processor techniques, are equipped with highly advanced auto-equalizers which enhance their data transmission capabilities even over the worst telephone line conditions. Combined with a standard microprocessor interlace, the CTS modem has intelligent capabilities of being programmed to meet various
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        378 14 K% /JH^BBViHHPDHHnBi Tour personal star Star NL-10. The personal printer more^ and more people are turning to. Easy-to-use features touch-sensitive front panel -select print pitch itar (3 choices), typeface and pitch mode with a touch. 1 mmr f== You can even set left J§ J pis right margins, make top|3|
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        Streets ahead in merrymaking
        1758 16 The Americas New Orleans: The days and weeks before Ash Wednesday, which marks for many Christians a penitential period running until Easter, are a time for steel bands and sambas, for gorging and drinking beer m heroic quantities, for masked balls and elaborately costumed processions. In
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        508 16 11 glorious holidays to be won! <j The Brilliant on Us Q^jj2^ Thai International and the Through most of 1987, we will be running the "Brilliant Thailand on Us" quiz. ToilriSm Authority Of Thailand are nee ever y month, you will find an entry form m your Sunday Times, 1
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