The Straits Times, 9 February 1987

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1987 50 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 108/12/86
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  • 979 1  -  VALERIE LEE Dr Tony Tan describes 'excellence for all' recommendations by principals as a breakthrough DrTan to meet parents, teachers and MPs on report By Having taken a look at some ac- knowledged good schools, the approach has been to identify the strong points m them
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  • 88 1 THE principals' report will be on sale from this week at 10 bookshops. They are the Times bookshops at Lucky Plaza, (entrepolnt, Specialists Centre, Goldhlll Square, the DBS Building at Shenton Way, 148 Kensington Park Road, and at the West Transit Hall at Chang
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  • 464 1 Chok Tong plans gatherings for clans and professionals FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong intends to hold annual gatherings for professionals and clan associations as a means of establishing an informal line of communication with government leaders and officials. Mr Goh now has regular and on-going
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  • 482 1  - Manila and Reds trade charges of bad faith GEOFFREY MURRAY ABBY TAN By and m Manila MANILA The Philippine government and communist rebels yesterday traded angry charges of bad faith as a 60--day ceasefire expired with little hope that a fresh outbreak of fighting couid be averted. But even as
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  • 239 1 Rebels missed the chance, says Dhana SINGAPORE Foreign Minister S. Dhanabalan has said that the Philippine communists have missed an opportunity for peaceful settlement with the Aquino government. He was also not surprised that they were going back to arms and not renewing the ceasefire agreement "The communists must have
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  • IN SUMMARY
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      366 2 Light-up cost a life THREE YEARS AGO, a lorry driver who tried to light up while at the wheel knocked down a pedestrian who died hours later. Mr Arnagari Pillai, now 29, was last year banned from driving for five years and fined $5,000 for the negligent act. "I
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    • 273 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: MANY SINGAPOREANS must have welcomed the Prime Minister's call last week to bring back the colour and gaiety so that the young can look back on today with fond memories. The question it prompts is: Are today's children enjoying themselves? The answer has much to
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    • 243 2 Soviets plan changes THE SOVIET UNION has published a draft law outlining sweeping changes to the economy. This includes reducing state control of businesses, introduction of a profit motive and giving workers a chance to elect managers. The essence of the law is to improve efficiency of
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    • 246 2 United m trouble WHEN ALEX FERGUSON took over as manager of Manchester United m November last year he predicted: "We can still win the League championship." By the middle of last week Ferguson was reduced to muttering: "Well, I think we can finish m the top half dozen m
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    • 391 2 Beating bad breath IF THERE is one thing worse than having bad breath, it is thinking you have bad breath. Imaginary halitosis can become an obsession. Yet the breath of those who complain most of having halitosis usually smells sweet, while those who really do have unpleasant breath
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    • 190 2 ST INDEX POISED TO HIT ITS PREVIOUS PEAK IT WAS three years yesterday thai the Straits Times Industrial Index hit its peak Then from the all-time high of 1,071.91 on Feb 8. 1984, the index was almost halved 26 months latei as the market collapsed m the wake of
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    • 165 2 Rumours dismissed A DEPUTY Prime Minister m Thailand's ruling coalition, Mr Bhichai Rattakul, has dismissed spec ulation of a change m government Playing down the widely-rumoured rift within the party. Mr Bhi chai stresses that the opposition is too looseh bound to be able to
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    • 88 2 FACTS MISSING IN REPORT WORLD VISION Int'l Singapore says the Feb 3 article "Famine aid used against the hungry people of Ethiopia" is full of generalisations about the overall aid situation there, and that there are several areas where it does not tell the story It points out that
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  • around the WORLD
    • 264 3 Errors in Viet health policy show up HANOI Vietnam's health standards are falling dramatically, as a result of serious errors m health policy, public health experts have said. In addition to problems of living standards and hygiene, "many serious mis- -••> na been made and negative phenomena" nave been seen
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    • 121 3 WHAT do Japanese enjoy? For 54-year-old teacher Yoshiharu Takahashi, the answer would be hot springs and sake (Japanese wine) things distinctively Japanese. That is why he has, well, brought his bathtub into the open. He has built his personal hot
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    • 317 3 SOUTH Korean police yesterday questioned 740 people arrested during nationwide demonstrations on Saturday, but dissidents were freed from house arrest and 120,000 police taken off alert. A police spokesman said 79y people had been held ifter about 10.000 i>eople m several cities
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    • 206 3 PENSACOLA (Florida) Mr Paul Entrekin says he will alert nearby military bases when his vintage jet fighter is m the air, because he does not want navy or air force pilots getting nervous when they see his MiG-15, complete with the Red
      AP  -  206 words
    • 272 3 rOKYO North Korean Red Cross officials say two Japanese crewmen held m North Korea since 1983 have lost a chance to return home after Japan's release of 11 North Koreans seeking asylum, the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported yesterday. The agency,
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    • 203 3 Little hope for 15 missing in plane crash PORT MORESBY Hope has been abandoned for 15 people missing since Friday when an inter-island plane crashed at sea m bad weather off the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain, the Air Sea Rescue Centre said yesterday. An official said there
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    • 352 3 BEIJING China said yesterday it would not take its campaign against pro-Western ideas into rural areas, amid conflicting signals on how far the country would go with the struggle which led last month to the removal of Communist Party
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    • 216 3 NEW DELHI India and Pakistan have begun withdrawing troops from sensitive frontier areas to defuse border tensions, Indian defence officials said yesterday. The two neighbours agreed last week to pull out all units from the most sensitive border areas within 15 days, after
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    • 500 3 One off the great principles on which our country is founded the principle that the state and religion shall be separate is once again on test m Punjab today. The outcome depends on the decisions off a handful off men. It is
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    • 350 3 60 killed in Lanka as rebels hit villages COLOMBO MORE than 60 people have been killed m Sri Lanka during the past week as Tamil guerillas fleeing from advancing government troops retaliated by raiding villages, officials said yesterday. A government statement said the worst incident occurred on Saturday when rebels
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    • 40 3 LONDON Commonwealth heads of government will meet m Vancouver from Oct 13 to 17. tht Secretariat of the 49-nation organisation said on Friday. The last such Commonwealth summit was m Nassau m 1985 Reuter
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    • 245 4 MOSCOW Two Soviet cosmonauts guided their Soyuz space capsule to a successful docking with the orbiting Mir space station yesterday, bringing the Soviet Union one step closer to its goal of a permanently manned outpost m space. The mid-space link-up. considered one of
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    • 207 4 NEW YORK As the Soviet Union prepares to en-:.t;-i, r e its Mir space station, American efforts to develop a similar station face an uncertain future. The uncertainty results from rising COSI estimates, strained negotiations with international partners and a persistent scepticism about the utility of
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    • 38 4 TOKYO The Bank of Tokyo has elcsen its office m Johannesburg. A bank oKicial said it closed m December and that the decision war. taken m the light of various developments concerning South Afri:a. Reuter
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    • 457 4 Draft law embodies goals set by Gorbachev MOSCOW The Soviet Union published on Saturday a draft law outlining sweeping changes m the structure of the economy. These include easing the rigid central state control of businesses, introduction of a profit motive and giving workers a
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    • 339 4 LONDON Four hundred years ago yesterday the executioner's axe fell on the neck of Mary Queen of Scots, ending the life of one of the most romantic figures m British history. The dramatic life and death of Mary Stuart, Queen of
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    • 133 4 WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan, kicking off a week-long focus on welfare reform, said on Saturday the nations assistance programme have turned millions of Americans into virtual wards of the state. Mr Reagan, m his weekly radio address, said he has invited the
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    • 117 4 NEW YORK The State Public Health Council has passed a regulation restricting smoking m public places. Health inspectors will impose fines of up to US$l,OOO (552,150) on those who do not comply. Off-limits to smokers would be common-use areas of all workplaces offices,
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    • 273 4 Matthew sits and scoots to a top award Winning ideas of America's young inventors WASHINGTON Matthew Peters, 13, a se enth-grader from Nashua, New Hampshire. *rin* atop his S.I.T Skoot his award-winning invention thai s ideal for coasting on ice and pavement. A rider sitting between the single pole with
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    • 263 5 Kasparov takes on new challenge in speed chess LONDON IT'S fast-paced. It's glamorous. It's "speed chess" a six-part, video-taped challenge match between world chess champion Garry Kasparov and British Grandmaster Nigel Short at more than five times normal speed. The two contenders. dressed m natty dinner jackets, played chess before
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    • 215 5 Israelis to get gas masks in case of attack TEL AVIV The army is to distribute gas masks to civilians after reports that Syria is armed with chemical warheads, Israel television reported on Saturday. "The engineering corps is preparing for the possible distribution of gas masks and defensive equipment to
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    • 148 5 Israeli navy captures 50 Palestinian guerillas TEL AVIV Israel's top naval commander has said that 50 Palestinian guerillas were captured when a Honduran merchant boat with an Egyptian crewwas intercepted off the Lebanese coast. It was the largest group of guerillas claimed captured by Israel m recent years m naval
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    • 315 5 Third World debts cause diversification from traditional business LONDON Burned by the Third World debt crisis, banks are quietly diversifying away from banking. Banking, that is, as most people understand it, m the traditional sense of taking your money and making loans with it.
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    • 222 5 CARDIFF (Wales) Researchers say they want to find out why a whisper can be as distracting as a shout. The University of Wales' Institute of Science and Technology has been awarded a £31,M1 (about* SslM,66t) government grant for a two-and-a-half year
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 293 6 MANILA The draft Constitution, written and voted under extraordinary times, has been proclaimed as ratified by the Commission of Election (Co melee). Comelec Chairman Ramon Felipe Jr announced the ratification on Saturday after a four-day canvassing of the plebiscite results 76.29 per cent voted "yes"
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    • 483 6  -  GEOFFREY MURRAY By m Manila MANILA President Corazon Aquino today begins reaching out to her soldiers to try and meet simmering grievances that m the past year have led to several coup plots and strong opposition to the country's new Constitution. Twenty young officers
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    • 103 6 MANILA Government and Muslim rebel representatives begin talks today on self-rule for the troubled southern Philippines as the price for ending a 15-year separatist revolt that has killed more than St,IM people. The largest Muslim group, the Moro National Liberation Front, and two other major
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    • 223 6 BANGKOK The leader of the strife-torn Democrat Party m Thailand's ruling coalition has ruled out the widely speculated possibility of a change of government due to the disunity within the party and the coalition. Playing down the rift within the party, Bhichai Rattakul also
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    • 226 6 JAKARTA The Indonesia government has stressed that the role of the press is to back national development and not stir up dissent and criticism. Armed Forces Commander Benny Murdani told more than 200 editors and journalists attending a four-day conference on Saturday
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    • 28 6 DHAKA A Bangladesh court has jailed 22 Thai fish ermen for a year for illega fishing m Bangladesh wa terS, press rAruirtc caiH nr Saturday AFP
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    • 291 6 MANILA Land-owners nationwide have offered a total of 300,000 hectares for redistribution, the Minister of Agrarian Reform Heherson Alvarez said yesterday. This comes as a result of the government's effort m pursuing land reform which Mr Alvarez said would also include the 6,000-ha sugarcane plantation
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    • 108 6 SYDNEY Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Moehtar kusumaat madja has proposed a co-ordinated economic triangle linking Japan. South-east Asia and th< South Pacific. He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), m an interview aired here yesterday that Asean members should "get their act together"
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 547 7 41 told him I was a simple man with not much education, money or influence. The Tunku replied that it was such men as I dedicated and simple that he needed m Umno after all the trouble he had with the well-educated and
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    • 188 7 Head of Asean group to visit Singapore Xl ALA Ll'MPl'R The Chairman of the Group of 14 (G-14) on Vsean Economic Co-operation and Development, Datuk Paul Leong Khee Seong, today begins a foar-day visit to Singapore. A statement from the Institute of Strategic and International Studies i ISIS Malaysia said
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    • 83 7 600 for Tamil meeting KUALA LUMPUR Aboui 2CO international and 400 local scholars are expected to take part m the Sixch International Tamil Conference m May, organising chairman Datuk S. Samy Vellu said. The Works Minister said the conference, aimed at promoting international understanding, would pay special emphasis on research
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    • 309 7 KUALA LUMPUR Members of the United Sabah National Organisation have accepted the decision of the Umno Supreme Council that they abide by the national party Constitution relating to membership m Umno Sabah. The vice-president of the United Malays National Organisation, Mr Ghafar Baba. said
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    • 199 7 KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba said yesterday that Umno's intention to have a muzakarah (discussion) with Parti Islam (PAS) was not aimed at pulling it I.ito Umno or the National Front but at maintaining unity within the Muslim community. It showed that
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    • 333 7 JOHOR BARU Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam is expected to announce m two weeks' time whether he will defend his deputy presidency at the Umno election m April. Johor Umno sources said on Saturday that Datuk Musa is expected to do this
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    • 52 7 SITIAWAN Police seized about 30 toy revolvers that looked like real ones from five shops at Air Tawar near here on Friday. A police spokesman said it was an offence to possess or import such toys. The maximum penalty is six months' jail or $2,000 fine or
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    • 260 7 KUALA LUMPUR The army is prepared to provide 24-hour security if the government opens the EastWest Highway round the clock, army chief Gen Datuk Seri Mohamad Hashim bin Mohamad Ali said. He said the army was prepared to deploy more soldiers and step up patrols
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    • 61 7 Police get report against co-op KUALA LUMPUR Five depositors of Koperasi Pembangunan Ekonomi Pemuda Malaysia Berhad (Komuda) lodged a police report over the alleged misuse of funds. They were accompanied to the Jalan Bandar here police station by a Democratic Action Party member. This is the second police report against
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    • 37 7 KUALA TRFNGGANU More than 60 people from 10 families on Pulau Duyong Kecil, an island m the middle of the Trengganu river, were made homeless when fire destroyed six homes and damaged four others. NST
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    • 202 7 MALACCA The four robbers who fled with $1.5 million from an armoured van m Sungei Petai near Alor Gajah last Friday are believed to have switched cars to escape police detection. A burnt car found at the Christian cemetery ground m Jelutong here
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    • TOWARDS EXCELLENCE IN SCHOOLS
      • 1519 8  -  VALERIE LEE The principals' report to the Education Minister Reports by Relevant to all "In drafting this report, the aim has not been to focus attention on 'independent schools'. Rather, having taken a look at some acknowledged good schools, the approach has been
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      • 561 8 Who's who the 12 principals in the study team Mrs Hwang-Lee Poh See MRS Hwang-Lee, IK. has been m the teaching service for _'l years. She started off teaching m the Hai Sing Girls' School m 1%2 and left to take over the headship of St Nicholas where she has
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      • 751 9 What makes for excellent schools: Dr Tan's interview IT IS the majority of average and above average students, not just those m independent schools, who should benefit from adoption of this concept. As the Education Minister sees it, successful implementation of
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      • 403 9 4 It is up to the board of governors, the old boys, principal and teachers to make a collective decision and come and discuss with the ministry their a proposal. Dr Tony Tan RAFFLES Institution and Anglo-Chinese School may become
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      • 162 9 Chance for public to air views at forums PARENTS, teachers, principals and perhaps even pre-nniversity students will be able to voice their opinions on independent schools at forums to be held by the Government later this month. Education Minister Dr Tony Tan announced that he will seek public reaction m
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      • 426 9 Why single session allows heads to enrich curriculum GOING single session is fundamental if principals of all schools m Singapore are going to be able to reap the benefits of one or two schools going independent. "Without that, it is not possible for the principals to enrich the curriculum. There
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      • 154 9 WHATEVER the independent school system that eventually evolves, there are three sacrosanct areas that the ministry would not want changed, said Education Minister Dr Tony Tan, emphasising a point he has made many times before. They are the present government policies on bilingualism, moral educa- tion
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      • Highlights
        • 140 9 Dr Tan said that he was struck by the respect commanded by the headmasters m the independent schools he visited. He believed that it came from the authority and the wide latitude that principals had m the running of the schools. "It may be that we have
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        • 156 9 In his view the main role of a board of governors is to appoint the principal and, once this is done, to leave the job of running the school to him. "The board of governors cannot interfere m the running of the school. Or it would
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        • 133 9 One group who will benefit most from independent schools are the average pupils, he said. These pupils can be channelled into the right career paths, something the present system does not fully allow. Not every child can become a doctor, engineer or lawyer. "And it is important
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        • 167 9 What Singapore has m line with the independent schools m Britain and the US is that all students are admitted on academic merit, not by ability to pay. And this is one feature which should not be altered, he emphasised. "With regard to having good schools m
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      • 146 9 And if the schools wanted to charge extra fees because of the courses they wanted to add. the ministry would ensure that bright children who could not afford to pay fees would be given financial assistance. BILINGI ALISM: Our schools, whether state or independent, must teach English
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    • 450 10  -  CHUA CHIN CHYE Attempt to light cigarette led to fatal accident By 41 shouldn't have smoked. The accident wouldn't have happened if I had not tried to smoke. I lowered my head; couldn't see A what was m front. Mr Arnagari ;hows how he tried
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    • 531 10 TRAFFIC Police and the Automobile Association of Singapore have given approving nods to a move m Malaysia to ban drivers from smoking or eating while driving on highways but there are no plans to institute a ban.
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    • 316 10  -  ELENA CHONG Flowers from Madras, prayers from 35 priests and thousands of devotees add to the ceremony By ABOUT 1,000 litres of holy water from the Ganges and four other holy rivers m India was poured from the top of one of
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    • 240 10 A BUSINESSMAN ran out of his two-storey shopi house yesterday on hear- ing neighbours shout "fire 1 and found the top floor of his own shop ablaze. But the earlier encounter had made Mr Lee Kok How. 35. more cautious and this prevented the
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    • 185 10 A BUSINESSMAN ran out of his two-storey shophouse yesterday on hearing neighbours shouting "fire" and found the top floor of his own shop ablaze. The corner shophouse at Marshall Road, off East Coast Road, was gutted, making the businessman and his seven-member family homeless. The blaze began
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    • 82 10 A PORTABLE transceiver, used to monitor horse-rac-ing results, was recovered from a rubbish chute by a police raiding party after a man was seen throwing something away from the kitchen of his flat. A court was told on Friday that it was found a floor below
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    • 108 10 Rash act: Man claims trial A MAN on Friday claimed trial to a charge of rashly throwing a chopper out of i I the kitchen window of his seventh-storey flat after i telling the court that it had j slipped out of his hand. Tangarajoo so Moses, j 38, allegedly
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    • 183 10 A JOBLESS man who robbed a friend of $43 at knifepoint was sentenced on Friday to 40 months' jail and 24 strokes of the cane. Harjeet Singh, 20, pleaded guilty to armed robbery. He admitted two other charges which were taken into consideration. One of
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    • 205 10 TO SLOW down the pace of construction of Housing Board flats is not an easier task than that of building enough flats to cope with demand. In fact, it has been much harder, as the board found out last year, the
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    • 204 10 BRUNEI'S Deputy Foreign Minister, Dato Ha ji Zakaria, arrived yesterday for a four-da\ official visit. He is here at the invitation of Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, the Acting Health Minister and Minister of State (Foreign Affairs). Dato Haji Zakaria, uho arrived with officials from the
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    • 569 11  -  AUGUSTINE LOW It costs $42,000 a month to keep our waterways free of rubbish By AT THE crack of dawn each day. nine men climb on board four boats to begin an eighthour cleaning chore. Their job is to scour the Singapore, Kallang, Rochor
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    • 283 11 MORE Singaporean Chinese are giving up reunion dinners and visits to relatives during the Lunar New Year. The two Chinese customs are being eroded by Singapore's modernisation and family ties may be threatened if the trend continues, said Mr Chin Ham
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    • 226 11 FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was on his feet for the better part of yesterday afternoon as a much-sought-af-ter candidate for pictures for the family album. Group after group of guests arriving at a Lunar New Year garden reception party at
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    • 206 11 Town councillors should be elected Dr Toh COUNCILLORS should be elected and not appointed to the town councils which the Government plans to set up m public housing estates, said the MP for Rochore, Dr Toh Chin Chye. yesterday. To be effective, they should preferably live m the same housing
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    • 367 11 FOl'R new faces were among 22 members elected to the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry's 44th council yesterday. Forty-three members had earlier been returned unopposed to the new 65-man council. The four were Mr Leong Mun Sum, managing director of Leung Kai
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    • 196 11 Be committed to party goals, Youth Wing members told BE COMMITTED to party goals and serve the people of Singapore better. That was the call a PAP Youth Wing activist made to his fellow members on Saturday. This means "total involvement" m the goals set by the People's Action Party
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    • 34 11 THE Community Development and Second Foreign Affairs Minister. Mr Wong Kan Seng, will officially open the Asian Women's Welfare Association Family Service Centre at Norris Road on Feb 21 at 4 pm.
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    • 306 11 Wage restraint pays off for electronics companies THREE out of every fGur workers m unionised electronics companies had their wages frozen or cut last year. And this wage restraint is starting to pay off. The economy is recovering, new investments are flowing m and more jobs are being created Mr
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    • 114 11 Couple badly injured in six-vehicle pile-up A COUPLE were seriously injured when their car was hit from behind by a lorry m Paya Lebar Road yesterday, sparking off a chain reaction of collisions involving four vehicles m front. The couple, Mr Wong See Kheng, 33, a systems engineer with IBM
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  • COMMENT/Perspective
    • The Straits Times
      • 588 12 Remember when THE Prime Minister touched on a topic last week that had more to it than met the eye memories of the joys of chiJdhood. Many Singaporeans shared his reminiscences about life m the *****. Even those whose memories go back only to the Fifties and Sixties can recall
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    • 1210 12  -  NEIL GILBERT By writing for The Asian Wall Street Journal 4 The first debatable assumption of conventional measurements of welfare effort is: The more the better countries that spend a high proportion of their GDP on welfare programmes are leaders, and those that
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      • 715 12 Editorial headlined Asean set for summit, published m The Jakarta Post on Jan 28. PRESIDENT Suharto's meeting next week with Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia and Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore is a strong indication that preparations for the third Asean summit,
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      • 526 12 Sports editorial, headlined Of football, hypocrisy and politics, published m The Star on Feb 5. THE Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has raked through the dying embers of an emotive issue to rekindle the controversy surrounding Israeli President Chaim Herzog's visit to Singapore last
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    • 1468 13  -  DAVID LASCELLES Swiss banking: Strong stables or shady havens? By LONDON Swiss banks: Strong stables or havens for taxcheats, insider dealers and corrupt dictators? The discreet institutions which line the streets of Zurich, Geneva and Basle have long enjoyed a rather ambiguous reputation m
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    • 1117 13 Interview with novelist Paul Erdman 4 There are absolutely no gyrations whatsoever m the underlying economy. All the gyrations are happening m the financial superstructure. A That's what is worrisome. Mr Erdman (left) 4: MR KKDMAN, m your new novel, The
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      • 257 14 I WOULD Hkc to express m\ sincere thanks to and appreciation of the help given me by soldiers on two different occasions recently. The first was when I had to stop my car along the Han-Island Expressway after tyre developed I puncture
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      • 95 14 IT happened on a Service 155 bus, and it left me smiling throughout the journey We were somewhere m Toa Payoh, when an elderly woman boarded the bus. She did not know how much to pay. The bus driver was neither impatient nor frustrated. He
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    • 101 14 and an apology WE refer to the letter "Bus driver's dash for duck rice annoys passenger", which complained about a Service 14 driver (ST. Jan 21). We wish to apologise to the writer and other passengers on board the bus for the driver's action. Service 14
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    • 271 14 Heart patient given mutton, eggs I HAVE, over the past one year, been admitted several times to both the Singapore General Hospital and Changi Hospital. I was admitted for heart attack and subsequently for heart failure. I was a Bl class patient m the coronary care ward m Block 44
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    • 1118 14 Famine relief for Ethiopia 4 Forced resettlement has undoubtedly taken place from feeding centres m various areas and was something non-government agencies, including World Vision, could not condone. WE would like to comment on the article "Famine aid used against the hungry
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • Happenings
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        246 15 Feb 9: Administrative managers, accountants and executives can learn how to overcome their daily administrative problems m a course on "Office Management" organised by the National University of Singapore. The 10-session course will be held at the Waterloo Centre, Mondays and Wednesdays from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm".
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      • 288 15 MOBIL Oil Singapore has appointed Mr John Pototsky director of planning and supply. He was previously the area coordinator for Africa, M&R International. Mr Michael Lna. operations manager of New Balance Singapore, has now been appointed to a new position of general manager. Besides taking charge of New Balance's
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    • 347 15 Hong Leong to pay $67m for major stake in Taipei hotel TAIWAN'S Ministry of Economic Affairs has approved the sale of the major stake m Apollo Enterprise Ltd's (Apollo) hotel project m Taipei to Hong Leong Holdings of Singapore. Apollo said the parties concerned were now m the process of
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    • 126 15 Paper Products in talks with bank PAPER Products (M) Bhd, which was put into receivership last Friday, says it is negotiating with Malaysia's Kwong Yik Bank to have the receivers and managers removed. The paper manufacturer and property developer's receivers and managers are Hanafiah Raslan and Mohamed. Trading m Paper
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    • 71 15 LONDON The British Airways share offer was 10 times oversubscribed. There were applications for 7.8 billion snares compared with 720.2 million on offer The number of shares originally earmarked for major financial institutions and overseas investors will be scaled down to give the British public a larger
      Reuter  -  71 words
    • 900 15  -  ANTHONY HOE 3 years ago market was at all-time high of 1,071 points By IT was three years yesterday since the Straits Times Industrial Index hit its peak. From the all-time high of 1,071.91 on Feb 8, 1984, the index was almost
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    • 384 15 Poor prices put Palmco in the red HEAVY provisions for doubtful debts and poor palm oil prices on the world market were mainly to blame for Palmco Holdings Bhd's third bot-tom-line loss since 1981. And. under the present difficult economic conditions, Palmco's board does not foresee any significant improvement m
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    • 223 15 Xl ALA LUMPUR Three Emtex Corporation Bhd directors have resigned from the company just a month after two differing factions m the company closed ranks to fend off an attempt by MBf Holdings Bhd to put its men on the board. The resignations of Mr
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    • 228 15 Cash hungry Tuan Sing to sell land CASH-STK APPKI) property company Tuan Sing Holding plans u> raise $5.15 million h\ selling its land m HraBasah Road to Ml Income, the Insurance arm of the National Trades I nion Congress. Tuan Sing's whollyowned subsidiary, Finsbur\ Pte Ltd, has agreed to sell
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    • Company news The week that was
      • 29 16 Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Aver Molek 20(20) M$291($181) Aug 86 F N 10(19.4) $19.464b(531.376) Sep 86 MTC 34 6(42.3) M545.0?4(560.2b8) Sep 86
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      • 34 16 Gross Group pre-tax Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) G Securities 5^5 > $3.442 52. 7 10) Dec 86 M Cement 10 8TE(30) M523.173(529.311) Nov 86 Van der Horst —(0.5) $7.065L(5446L) Sep 86
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      • 33 16 Interim Group pre-tax Half-year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Berjaya Corpn M53.645 (55,795) Oct 86 Khong Guan $863 (5720) Oct 86 Robinson $2,391 ($1,677) Dec 86 Temerloh —(3.3) M5102L(51.573) Oct 86
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      • 455 16 Citicorp Investment Bank and Singapore International Merchant Bankers Ltd have received approval from the Stock Exchange of Singapore to become a registered mar ket-makers and clearing participants of the second stock market. Sesdaq. THE Stock Exchange of Singapore has approved the acquisition of a 49 per cent stake
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    • Overseas markets' weekly round-up
      • 43 16 Financial Times Industrials "~T~ Friday 1508.90 (1486.20) I Dow Jones Industrials L Friday 2186.87 (2201.49) L L_i Nikkei Stock Average M Saturday ***** 21 (*****83) (Figures brackets refei to those o! the previous trading da/1 I]iiii i i i i r 1
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      • 145 16 SYDNEY Australian stock markets bounced back with across-the-board recoveries last week, especially after Tuesday. With buyers eyeing the quality stocks, the market consolidated upwards as overseas interest returned, and, as the Australian dollar strengthened on Thursday. The All-Ordinaries Index closed on Friday at 1,538.0, 4 1.6 points up from
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      • 239 16 Feb 6 USJ Change Aicoa 43 Afceri S.g 46 -h Amox Inc 16^. Amr C.rp 58H >» Atl 23* -M» Bethlehem Sri 7Vi unch Boemq Co SCMi Burroughs Cp 99» +7 7 Coterpilkir Co 46H -H Chose Manhtn J9\ +H Chryiter Cp 47 1» -24 Citicorp 564 Coos
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      • 338 16 Feb 7 Yen Chanje A,inomoto 20 0 until Ako> 38 1 9 Amodo 875 20 Ajoh. Chem 780 I Awhi Glou it unch Bonk of Tokyo 1330 30 Bndgejton* 671 -7 Conon 944-29 Cowo 1280 -10 C.tuen 443 2 Do*. 1280 -50 Dai-lchi Kanqyo 2620 40 D Nippon Print
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      • 426 16 'Wall Street express continues to roll* NEW YORK Despite an increasing dose of advice among Wall Street consultants that investors take a more cautious approach, the market m New York was decidedly bullish over the past week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.83 points to 2.186.87. Other
        AFP  -  426 words
      • 163 16 LONDON Share prices powered ahead again m London last week, maintaining the upward surge that began five weeks ago when pension funds, insurance companies and other big institutional investors started pouring money into the stock market. The Financial Times Share Price Index closed 67.9 points higher over the week
        AP  -  163 words
      • 139 16 TOKYO Share prices on the Tokyo stock market suffered setbacks last week after a bullish start on Monday when key market barometers hit record highs. The Nikkei Stock Average soared to a record 20,072.09 yen on Monday but fell to 19,668.83 yen by the week's end. The composite index
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      • 529 16 Feb 6 Pence Change INDUSTRIALS Allied-Lyons 352 +7 Ass Dairies BTRPLC 295 *4 Bobcocks 205 '2 +l> 2 Burclavs 558 +23 Beecham 502 -t-4 BICC 321 unch Blue Circle 695 -10 BOC Group 446 5 Boots 284 +7 Bowater 411 -3 BATS 510 +14 Britannia 152'.' unch Brit Gas
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      • 154 16 HONGKONG The Hang Seng Index finished on Friday at a record 2,673.57, up 121.32 points on the week, boosted by a strong post-Lunar New Year baying spree. The Hong Kong index also rose sharpl> by 76.17 points to 1,713.79. Prompting the upsurge were expectations that major Hongkong companies would
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    • 3418 16 Al shares quoted have i par value ol SI unless otherwise specified Adji sted tor scnp/njtits N Tai-ejempted dividend ABN rs traded m lots of 1C shares each, with the pnce quoted m dolars Trustee storks under CPf Approvec Investment Scheme 1986/87 Last Yield Net Vol
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    • 311 17 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppe* Wharves Gazama K34 aside 11/2 GokJen Odyssey K36 a side 9/2 Horizon Star K33 a side 9/2 Southern Cosmos K32 aside 112 Straits Venture K2SW a side 10/2 Tongbaishan K29 aside 9/2 I Trans Fjord KO9 aside 9/2 j Builder 3 K22
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    • 523 17 Receipt of Export FCL containers and LCL cargo LCL Receiving Receiving SJ«p (Voyage) An Cargo Time Block E level (Q3BRE) 11,2(0800) FSA *****100 *****000 B 4 F4 Ace Acord (8) 12/2 (0700) FSA 1730 1930 Nl Mckmney Ms (8704) 10/2(0030) F2 1530 1630/1430 1530 Al/Bl 1330-1430 Fl Jutland*
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 365 17 1 Mr SI (XX) 2 For »«t cujloman ort< 3 OCBC Fninc* 4 iviiabte it DBS 'tunes 1 QujMynt nut '»ttJ ut ottered by subudury OUT UOf i rites abo i.jiiote it JO «w j.jiiNe it 06S Fhtnce OCBC OUB UO6 DBS DEPOSIT RATES Sm*S daily 3 3V<
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      • 562 17 BANKS' prime lending rates at the close of business on Friday, Feb 6 Bank PLR Algemene Bank 6 W American Express AmDam Rterdam Bank 6 V* Arab Bank Ltd 7 1 Arab Banking Corp JV* Asia Commercial 6 1 a A til Banking Group 6 3 4 Ban
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      • 195 17 Asian rates ASIAN currency average h#i low Henncit ra*« for »h* month 4 5/16 4' 16 deposit rates lor me 3mon th S 4 3/16 4>» week ended Feb 6. 6 months 41,16 4 12 months 4 4 BID PRICES "r Hfch Low "1" Low lmonth n 1/16 n yS
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      • 315 17 GOLD closed steady on Friday at the New York Commodity Exchange after a week of erratic range-confined trading. Compared with the previous week's close, it finished marginally lower at U*****.10 an ounce. The metal continued to remain sensitive to the US dollar's development. Selling sentiment was also
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      • 27 17 Buying Selling Highest- Lowes; Highest— Lowest SJ/gm SJ/gm Bank of China 27 78 27.52 27.90—27.64 OUB 27 84— 27.60 27.99 27 75 UOB 27.84-27.54 27.99—27.69
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      • 18 17 GOLD US$/oz Sat Fri Hongkong 403.50—404.00 402.20 402.70 Fri Thurs New York 403.90-404.40 404.70 405 20
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      • 159 17 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4377—1.4412 7.07—6.88 Canadian dollar 1.6086—1.6125 6.29—6.18 NZ dollar 1.1760—1.1804 8.84—8.40 Sterling pound 3.2546—3.2598 3.10—3.05 US dollar 2.1540-2.1560 4.69-4.65 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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      • 31 17 Closing prices RUBBER Spore XL cents cents S/ kilo M/kilo Feb 2 193.00 Closed Feb 3 193.25 229.00 Feb 4 193.00 229.00 Feb 5 195.00 229.50 Feb 6 196.00 230.50
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      • 27 17 Closing Turnover TIN prices Tonnes Cents (M)/kilo Feb 2 Closed Feb 3 17.16 79 Feb 4 17.14 92 Feb 5 17.10 37 Feb 6 17.02 97
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      • 84 17 LONDON Values on the London rubber physical market were slightly steadier last week m line with East Asian advices. But activity remained low m the aftermath of the Lunar New Year break. The Singapore and Kuala Lumpur markets were back m action, and on Tuesday, renewed Soviet interest was
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      • 57 17 LOWER. The price of tin eased from £4,520-£4,540 to £4,460-£4,480 per tonne on the European spot market (basis Rotterdam warehouse). Nine LME brokers issued a writ against individual member-states of the International Tin Council, the body as a whole and the EEC, seeking compensation for losses resulting from the
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      • 45 17 QUIET. Values were steady m line with gold and reflecting a 506,000--ounce decline m LME stocks to 22,776,000 ounces, the lowest level since May 1980. But the thin volume of trade and sterling's relative stability against the dollar exerted Dressure at higher levels. AFP
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      • 30 17 NARROW RANGE. This metal suffered from the 1.125-tonne increase m LME stocks, to 175,475 tonnes. Support was evident at the £900-per-tonne level but no significant gains were reported. AFP
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      • 54 17 IRREGULAR. The market began on a buoyant note, reflecting dollar-based prices aided by a sharp 3,175-tonne decline m LME stocks to 112,075 tonnes. It reached its highest level since last October though best levels were not maintained. Outside the LME, merchants quoted U551,315U551,335 per tonne against U551. 275-U551. 295
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    • Stock market weekly round-up
      • 381 18 960-980 band 'is tough' Singapore THE Straits Times Industrial Index came within 30 points of the 1,000 mark last week before profittaking dominated the Singapore stockmarket. Chartists say the ST 960-980 band is proving to be quite a formidable barrier to overcome. But while analysts say the market could drift
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      • 190 18 Boost from buoyant S'pore stocks Kuala Lumpur THE Kuala Lumpur stock market started the holi-day-shortened week last week with a commendable performance a 28-point gain m the widely-followed New Straits Times Industrial Index on Tuesday. The market had been closed on the Monday for the Federal Territory Day holiday. Over
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      • 95 18 THE following is a list of the five most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore lait week It gives the turnover m thousands of units, closing prices on Wednesday and the high and low tor 1986/87 Company Volume Pnce (S) t*fti (t) Low 'J)
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      • 535 18  -  Lui Khung By STRAITS TIMES INDUSTRIAL INDEX Closing at 965.98 after a hectic week, the ST Index appears to need a breather before any further move up can be expected. The rally during last week brought this key barometer's Relative Strength Index (RSI) from below 66 per
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  • Section Two
    • 486 19 THE legendary Bruce Lee died midway through his last film, The Game of Death, and the producers reportedly had a tough time finding a lookalike to fill m for the rest of the film. A British critic, commenting on this, wondered why it was so
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  • Science Watch
    • 562 20 Is ET trying to phone Earth? Researchers looking for extraterrestrials speculate that they may be operating pulsing radio beacons to attract the attention of civilisations throughout the galaxies. A new computer chip is helping scientists track those signals SCIENTISTS scanning the universe for radio signals from extraterrestrials have 10 million
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    • 306 20 If there is one thing worse than having bad breath, it is thinking you have bad breath. IMAGINARY halitosis, according to a Birmingham consultant who has made a speciality of the maladorous mouth, can become an obsession. It dominates the victim's life and turns
      The Guardian  -  306 words
    • 275 20 SCIENTISTS are investigating two more possible anti-Aids drugs and have begun testing one of them on human beings. The drugs belong to the same family as AZT, or azidothymidine. The US Food and Drug Administration recently recommended that AZT be allowed for prescription use,
      UPI  -  275 words
    • SCIENCE BRIEFS
      • 158 20 KUWAIT is looking to desert "solar ponds" to produce precious fresh water at half the cost of desalination plants. The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research said their project was likely to show results within a year. A 3.5-m-deep solar pond was expected to yield
        Reuter  -  158 words
      • 104 20 DOCTORS studying links between emotion and health are finding new evidence that positive thinking helps ward off sickness and that aggressive people tend to be especially resistant to disease. Recent studies at the National Institutes of Health indicate that positive thoughts help the brain produce
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    • 333 20 New protein glue from animal bones A SIMPLE chemical alteration of gelatin has created one of the strongest protein glues known to man. scientists reported recently m the British science journal. Nature. The newly-discovered glut could be made cheaply m bulk and used m the making Oi airplanes and other
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    • 761 20 □£3 NATIONAL *-f UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Applications are invited for appointment to the following posts 1) LABORATORY TECHNICIAN Faculties of Science and Medicine 2) ASSISTANT LABORATORY TECHNICIAN Faculties of Science and Medicine 3) TEMPORARY STAFF NURSE 4) TEMPORARY COOK (Muslim) University's Hostel Qualifications and Experience Post 1 A recognised Science
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    • 685 20 NOTICES THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 18) IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 4855 OF 1986 RE: WONG MEAN FEE EX PARTE: BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION JUDGMENT CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF A BANK RUPTCY NOTICE ISSUED ON THE 23RD DAY OF DECEMBER 198
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    • 348 21 Let's Learn Mandarin j^%lt^l£ >§- THIS programme is compiled by Rediffusion and broadcast daily In Teochew, Hokkien and Cantonese. The broadcast times over SBC's Radio Four are 9 pm in Teochew and 10.45 pm in Hokkien on Mondays, 9 pm in Cantonese and 9.45 pm in Teochew on Tuesdays, 9.45
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    • 873 21 4 The great historian, Arnold Toynbee, once observed that of all the ancient civilisations, the Chinese civilisation is the only one that has survived so much human and natural havoc. And that it is the Chinese culture alone that has such enor- mous centrifugal force.
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    • 570 21 A NEW-STYLE film movement has risen m China since Chen Kaige, director of Yellow Earth, together with a few other directors, broke away from the usual dramatic stories and turned to tales about people. Tian Zhuangzhuang, a young graduate of the Directing Department
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  • Bilingual . Dwibahasa
    • 815 22  -  ANUAR OTHMAN By 4 In my opinion, Singapore Malay writers do not produce many children's books because they think the job or task has been undertaken by their Malaysian counterparts. They, therefore, concentrate more on writing books for adult reading. A. Samad Said
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    • 617 22  -  Oleh ANUAR OTHMAN Pada pandangan saya, para pete nulis Singapura kurang menghasilkan buku kanak-kanak kerana mereka fikir buku-buku ini sudah banyak dihasilkan oleh penulis Malaysia. Disebabkan itu, mereka menulis buku untuk orang dewasa ft saja. A. Samad Said KEKURANGAN bahan bacaan
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    • 686 22 SINGAPORE-CAMBRIDGE GCE NORMAL LEVEL EXAMINATION REGISTRATION OF PRIVATE CANDIDATES FOR THE 1987 EXAMINATION 1 Registration for the 1987 Singapore-Cambridge GCE Normal Level Examination will oe received from members of the public who are not currently studying m Government or Government-Aided schools, from Monday 2 Feb 1987 to Saturday 14 Feb
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    • 463 22 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Originating Summons No. 45 of 1987. In the Matter of Southern Ocean Shipbuilding Co Pte Ltd And In the Matter of the Companies Act, Chapter 185 NOTICE OF MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by an Order dated 14 January 1987
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    • 904 23 k I V X/ NJ A\\} 7Q7IICC TELEPHONE SERVICE: \f 1 H <S± '-T -^fi^ M I ill Mond») to Fnday L iCorr. a«.adlw t... riei! da») S*turd»r: 8 30arr tc I B^L a^&W I I T* B 2pn 11am deadline toi 1 1* Sunday limes Pubk Ho*da* 9^rr ti
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    • 658 23 2 Eating Out ANTONESE CUISINE v'e cater for weddings. irthdays other happy ccasions mg is available BRAISED SHARK'S SULTAN FISH J69/221-3516 itonment School) Spore 0208 30pm. spm to W 30pm 13 Musical Instruments TUNING REPAIR Services for al makes of pianos/ grand piano: by Japan trained qualified tech nicmn with
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    • 525 23 16 Flowers/Plants 16 Flowers/Plants rIXORAL GIFTS Send Through intErflora jfK^J^A r\ I Wortdwide /Qs^^~Vr\/( 1 *33SS9^} Gift Sending W V PLEASE CONTACT OUR LOCAL AUTHORISED MEMBERS FOR DETAILS: i SINGAPORE: CORONA FLORIST NURSERY PTE LTD TEL *****27 EVERSHINE FLORIST PTE LTD TEL *****12 FAR EAST ORCHID TEL *****54 FLEURIOEE TEL
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    • 484 23 27 Wanted CASH FOR YOUR pawntickets it gold. 760-B Upper Serangoon Rd. 5 m.s. Tel: *****06 (9am. -6pm.) 28 Health Centres/ Massage BEST MASSAGE CENTRE, Queen's Hotel sth Floor Penthouse 24 Mount Elizabeth (Opposite York Hotel) Direct Tel: *****92/ *****88 ext. 124 Rooms with bathrooms attached. Opens dally 10am to
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    • 715 23 29 Beauty Culture 29 Beauty Culture 9FaceLine» 1 MEN'S SALON IJL Jk 1 TREATMENT FOR MEN I M** I WITH PROBLEM SKIN > f J Being an established facial salon, we haveß^t f. l "^B experienced and qualified male therapistsH^ to attend to your skin problems using '«k^t <£■* .awl
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    • 369 23 35 House Cleaning/ Painting HOUSECLEANING/ PAINTING SPECIALISTS c Parquet Flooring Sanding Varnishing c Marble/ Terrazzo Grinding c Painting it Floor Polishing c General House Cleaning c Carpet/ Rug Steaming it Shampooing For more information kindly call BLUESHINE CLEANING SERVICES Tel: *****26/ *****88 Pager *****80 PROFESSIONAL PAINTING ICI 3rm $400; 4-rm.
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    • 707 23 36 House Renovation/ Decor [IUNtQUiEI Speciafiaed n Amplimesh Registered Grifca HDB/Prrvate Houses Grifcw ChsnQpng of oM window* to •fcftng windows Total Ranovatton Provided KIM SOI HUAT RENOVATION CONTRACTOR Special Otter for HDB old flats. Kitchen aluminium sliding window from $400. Kitchen 2 bathrms. ceramic fir. from $1000. Italian Ceramic 3-rm
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    • 790 23 38 TV/ Video/ Hi-Fi Imported CTV $38 Video $55 Tata Dr. Fridge Gas Cooker Washinf Machine DotnTfMfintnt ncfoiitttt. Jnik-in acoptabk L *****14/ *****04 A CALL SHARP ELECTRICAL: Spe cially m servicing of Sharp. Roxy, T.F.K. Siera. Philips. National. Hitachi. JVC. CTV/ VCR. hi-fi *****78/ *****93. ESSON ELECTRONIC SPECIALIST m repairing
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    • 1039 23 55 Commercial 55 Commercial Vessels Vessels CRANE BARGE SALE/ CHARTER Principal Part Mach A Generators Dun 80 x 23 x 5.2 M 1 x 266 KVA 50 Hz 440Y Class ABS 1 x 288 KVA 50 Hz 440 V Barge Built 1972 2 Nos diesel engines Upgraded to crane barge
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    • 687 24 56 Industrial Equipment/ Supplies v MACHINE TOOLS 1 .11 he milling, hacksaw, shaping, drilling, power press marhtlM Contact Spore sole proprietor Lota Hong Leong Trading te! niffllBB NEW CATERPILLAR MARINE transmission Twin disc spec no 338 M, model no MGS2I. serial :u> *****6. CAT part no 3N1603. r.itlO 4 087
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    • 520 24 57 Business Opportunities MANUFACTURER fIEQUIRES AGENTS for holei shampoo, soap, office glue, pels garden products or we manufacture your brand on contract bails Mr William *****33 WELL EQUIPPED MODERN dancing studio for takeover Central location and very spacious Pa.--Urotan to: ST Box A*****. 390 Kirn Seng Road. Spore 0923 87
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    • 901 24 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help 64 Domestic Help Available Available Available Available Available V)~»_^ Widest selection of Honest. Hardworking, Obedient and Reliable Domestic Helpers recruited direct from provinces and j [_\^^^^> trained to work under local conditions. M4?MP\ FILIPINO SRI LANKAN INDONESIAN MALAYSIAN
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    • 368 24 Any domestic problem*? c Let T* M solve them tor you. 5 We provide experienced S maids from S'pofe/Malaysia/ S Philippines/Sri Lanka. 4 'Ctaese Ffcino Sri Lankan Guaranteed replacement $5,000 deposit not required PjrjOWMlissd recruitment Wt ttne rlfM to yew door step. #oMoOdeonKatorgCornptex SRI LANKAN/ FILIPINO/ Indiai Christian/ Muslim Maids
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    • 461 24 68 Situations Vacant: Tutorial GEOGRAPHY/ HISTORY TEACHERS to compile Home study courses m Geography &t History for Spore GCE 'A' Level Exam. Apply to The Advertiser. P.O. Box 1935. Singapore 9038. VACANCY FOR KINDERGARTEN Teacher. Must be basic trained with a pass m English at 'O' level. Please apply: Principal,
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    • 281 24 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical SANKYU (SINGAPORE) PTELTD requires c Preferably with 1 -2 years' similar working experience c Completed N.S. c Able to type c Familiar with Import Export documentation procedures c Preferably possess Class 3 driving licence c Secondary education Benefits: c Medical benefits c Free uniform and
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    • 560 24 70 Situations Vacant: 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Secretarial/ Clerical Clerical WALK-IN INTERVIEW Monday to Friday 9am 12noon; 2pm spm Sales Audit/Cash Control Clerk GCE -0" level Be able to work on 3 rotating shirts at the Changi Airport including Sundays and Public Holidays Cash handling experience is not necessary but
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    • 467 24 A regional reinsurance company operating on 5-day week invites suitable applications tor the posl of: CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY Requirements: c GCE A level, c Proficient m shorthand and typing Fluent m English and knowledge of Chinese. c Knowledge of PC (Wordstar 2000) preferable c Experience m office admin and independent correspondence
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    • 650 24 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical PERMANENT POSITIONS J Female Order Clerks ay Required for a trading com- fi pany m MacPherson Mum* be able lo speak dialects a), handle calls Fresh school* sv leavers preferred Salary*! a> MOU t«. J450 Jui.ior Secreiariet fi>qjired m Jurong Must beJJ able io do
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    • 635 25 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical JUNIOR SECRETARY O' level credit m English Maths Able to type well and handle general office duties Shorthand 4 Wordstar knowledge preferable, or is willing to learn them Pleasant voice Si character Willing to do some telephone marketing Pl«as« write with resume, indicatDg age. sxpecled
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    • 880 25 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Manufacturing company m Bukit Titnah invites applications for the post of ACCOUNTS/ GENERAL CLERK c Minimum 2 years experience. LCCI Bookkeeping Interested applicants please contact Mr Tan at *****47 Multi-national company m Jurong urgently requires a RECEPTIONIST/ TYPIST Female Chinese Singapor-t-.m Able to type and
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    • 834 25 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical KEY PUNCHER REQD. urgently for .i period of 2 wks Preference given to those with t>pmg speed of mm 40 wp m and living at Macpherson Puya I.ebar areas Interested, please call *****(56 LIFE ASSURANCE AGENCY has va< ancles for Female Sales Representatives with good
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    • 491 25 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales Walk-In Interview Monday Friday 9am 12 noon; 2pm spm Salesgirls (Full-time) Vacancies exist at both the Airport and Tanglin Shops. Those with good Japanese knowledge or counter sales track record will command a higher salary. Successful candidates can expect a monthly salary
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    • 540 25 71 Situations Vacant: 71 Situations Vacant: Sales Sales f MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DAVID PAX AGENCIES PTE LTD representing the I American International Assurance Co Ltd requires I individuals to join its sales team for development m towards a career m Business Management Qualifications: Minimum ago: 25 j A Level and
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    • 329 25 SALES OPPORTUNITY Are you missing the opportunity of earning the kind of income you know you want? If so, call to arrange an interview with us now. Amongst the benefits we offer are: I Two overseas trips a year for you and your partner. Tremendous job satisfaction and management opportunity.
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    • 695 25 71 Situations Vacant: Sales V SALES I REPRESENTATIVES (MALE/FEMALE) I Requirements: Young and aggressive Dedicated and prepared to make sales a career ROD and inexperienced personnel are welcome to apply Class 3 driving licence Remunerations: Basic salary attractive commission Free holidays trip for goal achievers Good prospects f or promotion
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    • 743 25 71 Situations Vacant Sales My Taste Fashion requires 1) EXPERIENCED CHINESE SALES SUPERVISORS GCE 'O' level Age 21 30 Able to supervise a group of sales staff Kowledge of fashion-wear and shop display preferred 2) CHINESE FEMALE SALES PROMOTERS Age 18-25 GCE O' level Experience preferred Interested please call 284-7813
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    • 628 25 71 Situations Vacant Sales SPORE LEADING DISCOUNT :.v rrquire.s Salesmen Supervisors Farn more than $1,000 p.m Part-timers alw wel come Call Andrew. *****11. room 831 or walk-in Mandarin Hotel Orchard Road room 831 Interview 9am to 6pm today only WORK AS YOU learn towards an external degree m our Sales
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    • 865 26 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical Technical Have a hand m MRT's success Singapore's most exciting mode of transport of the future is seeking applicants with initiative and diligence to join the organisation. TRAIN OPERATORS Gross Salary Range $458 $770 per month Areas of Responsibility
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    • 698 26 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical The MRT Corporation invites applications for the following positions m the Maintenance Department: Technicians 1) Communications System 2) Environmental Control System/E&M Services 3) Power Supplies 4) Railway Signalling 5) Rolling Stock Gross Salary Range $495 1541 Functions: For Communications System: I To
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    • 561 26 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical WM AUS multinational and world leading manu||i|| facturer of electrical /electronic terminals Wsi and connectors invites applications for the \S m positions of: a. Tool Die Maker P NTC 3in Grinding and Milling or NTC 2in i M II Tool Die Making
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    • 40 26 NDT COMPANY HAS vacancies for Radiographers Ultrasonic Technicians Please apply with resume, experience to: The General Manager. Gam-X Inspection Services Pte.' Ltd., 3A Jin. Mas Puteh. S 0512 MECHANICAL DRAUGHTSMAN REOD. urgently Mm. 3/4 yrs. experience Able to drive *****34.
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    • 506 26 72 Situations Vacant: 72 Situations Vacant: Technical Technical MOULD MAKERS 8 c Minimum 5 years experience Ability to fabricate mould from blue print will m 5 be an advantage f EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE g TECHNICIANS i (Plastics Injection Moulding) B Minimum 3 years experience C 6 Ability to maintained and repair
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    • 438 26 i i Housing developer has immediate vacancies tor: 1) EXPERIENCED SITE FOREMAN 2) EXPERIENCED QUANTITY SURVEYOR p Requirements: c Relevant experience m nan- a dllng high-rise residential f development projects c Bilingual In English/ Chi- t nese v c Must possess class 3 driving j licence (Site Foreman I Interested
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    • 620 26 —^—a—^■^■^^a— i—^a— w—^a»^ 72 Situation* Vacant Technical SPUPWAV COOKt 4ulu National Company m Juong offers exrellent job opporunltle& for MACHINE SETTERS Posse** Mechanical AptiluO* ittractive fringe benefits such s shift allowance, personal acident insurance, medical beneIts and attendance bonus are irovlded Valk m interview on 8/2 Monday no 10/7 Tuesday
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    • 680 27 73 Situations Vacant 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Production Production Production Female OA Operators /^J>\ Age 16 above Minimum Sec. 2 education W'Mi/iW F\ Female Production 7^llB^^ wSs^2Jl\ Operators 4>X^>sC?W VV» No^^ A 9° 16 a^ ove Minimum Pn. 6 education
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    • 151 27 HYMOLD PTELTD SPRAY PAINTERS PART-TIME ASSEMBLERS (7 pm to 1 1 pm) Interview at: No. 1 Fourth Lok Yang Road Singapore 2262 Tel: *****66 Feeder Bus Services 250 from Juiong Interchange and 250A from Taman Jurong and Boon Lay EXPERIENCED FEMALE LINE LEADERS required by •xpanding electronic* firm. Possess leadership
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    • 415 27 I^3 Pacific Biomedical i 2 Pacific Biomedical is a J 1 new Singapore-based Z company beginning the L W manufacture of medical J products. 1 m We currently have several 1 4 openings for: I PRODUCTION 1 I OPERATORS 2 Requirements: 1 i c This work will primarily 4 W
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    • 414 27 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: Production Production Production WORKING iilll o^-^*£>\ hour N^^^^|<y| TlfTiei (Mon to Fri) BS v,gK S "T'-Vitf Fulltime liiMVa^tali Pdrt TTiren c 8.00 am to 5.40 pm !fe7 l V^ I I part time msss&£ttM remote 8.00 am to 12.30 pm OR
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    • 496 27 P National Jectrotttc oroponentH we are a leader m components technology. Due to expansion, we require the following personnel: GCE 'A 1 Level with some j experience m material inventory/purchasing Good analytical ability Can cope with work pressure tTC (Mechanical) or NTC Grade 2 or 3 (Maintenance Fitting) Keen interest
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    • 418 27 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant Production Production j International Company dealing with I aluminium doors windows require* Requirements: Age 16 35 years old Able to do 2 rotating shifts Malaysians are also welcome to apply Benefits: Starting salary Male $400 Female $380 Meal allowance 50 cents per day Free
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    • 1936 28 73 Situations Vacant: 73 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Production Production Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Miscellaneous IVILJ3 la\LJ SINGAPORE T An established electronic company is rapidly expanding and a Norwegian Manufacturing company I chfmi-CON I requires additional staff to fill the following
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    • 409 28 74 Situations Vacant: 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Miscellaneous It. CHINESEMALE I FACTORY OPERATORS K^ECHNICIAN^^^ I fTC m electronics servicing. h 1 1 Experience m trouble-shooting of PCB I assembly boards. Knowledge on TTLI.C. f^^ALESEXECUTIVE I Preferably with car. I Overseas travelling required. fp| With computer Knowledge. PNSSSSSr A loading manufacturing
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    • 261 28 i M l requires Telephone Operators Good spoken English and Mandarin Willing to perform 3 shifts Pleasant disposition Previous experience preferred Waitresses (Chinese Restaurant/ Japanese Restaurant/ Coffee Home) Relevant experience preferred I Pleasant disposition Hostesses Pleasant disposition Previous experience preferred Bartenders Male Female Good working knowledge of beverages Commis Cooks
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    • 650 28 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous A Shipping A trading company require* immediate employment tor 1. DELIVERY DRIVERS CUM STOREHANDS 2. MALE ft FEMALE STOREHANDS 4 LORRY ATTENDANTS c Job Include loading unloading of goods c Working hrs Mon to Fri 8.30a m -5.30 p.m., Sat 8.30a m -4p.m c Must be
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    • 397 28 74 Situations Vacant Miscellaneous HOTEL PHOENIX imitev applicants tor (Full-Time) HOI S| hi I IMM. Chambermaid" We provide: Good starting pay Training vull be provided lor those without experience tor full-time post Free uniforms laundn Free duty meal Paid Annual /Medical leave Medical Hospitalisauon benefits SATA insurance Oppon unities for
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    • 639 29 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous f^i HOTEL ASIA KITCHEN HELPER J rotating snifts completed N S We offer attractive fringe be lie fits and salary Interested applicants, please call personally tor an interview during office hours at THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT 37, SCOTTS ROAD SINGAPORE 0922 TEL: *****88. SUSHI KAISEKI NOGAWA urgently
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    • 677 29 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous Mini-Sup«rmark«t raquira* FEMALE CASHIER Preferably with experience Sec. education Working hrs lpm -9 30pm SALES ASSISTANTS CUM PACKERS School leavers may apply Intarviawt will b« conducive! from 11a. m 3p.m Pl«a«a call personally at: Blk 10. Haig Rd -01-363/ 365 1 GENERAL CLERK GCE O' Level.
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    • 999 29 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous straneThotel" requires WAITERS/ WAITRESSES Male applicants must have completed National Service Wslk-in intsrvisw from 9a.m. to sp.m. at: 25 Bencoolen Street Singapore 0718 IMMEDIATE VACANCY FOR Personal Driver. Malay or Indian Preferably residing near Thomson area. Age: 20 -40 Accommodation provided Hardworking Interested please call at:
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    • 826 29 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous j LOUNGE WAITRESSES. STEWARDESSES. Cm mil salary, commission Apply personally: roof gdn.. 6th fir.. Far East Plaza, spm-Hpm MOTORCYCLE WORKSHOP REQ. Apprentices Pis call personally at Blk 1044 Euno.s Aye.4, =01-137 139. 5.1440, between Bam-spm. OFFICE PEON (MALE or Female) reqd Apply personally at 6 Cecil
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    • 265 29 83 Vehicle Financing/ 83 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance Insurance I WithFOCL Prompt processing of applications •Up to 90% financing Attractive interest rates New car/Used car (up to 1 yr) Used car 12 mths 4.00% 4.50% j 24 mths 4.25% 4.75% 36 mths 4.50% 5.00% 48 mths 4.75% (Instalments pa/able m advance)
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    • 501 29 ■nBnHUBHBBB Lian Huat Hang Finance Blk 45,177. Telok Blangah Dr, Singapore 0410. Te1^*****7/*****70 TAI THONG LEE TRADING PTE LTD Offers low Interest rate on car loan and non-transfer loan. 4 years repayment Immediate Approval. Buying and Selling New and Used Cars. 17 A 18, NANKIN STREET TEL: *****18/ *****65/ *****02
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    • 971 29 87 For Sale: Mercedes 1981 MERCEDES 280 S. SEC look. Recaro seats, blunpunkt Berlin, Zender kit. P7 tyres. $75,000 2844(355 END '79 MERCEDES 250, manual, s/rirns. Full accessories, 2 owners. $31,800 Tel *****55 EXPORTING, BUYING ft selling Mercedes 250. 280, 350. Richard Lee. *****51 1 Pager: *****88. LATE '83 MERCEDES
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    • 810 29 90 For Sale: Toyota 15" it to us. Selling your car? We'll make you an attractive offer. Call BORNEO WFi MOTORS tJ QUALITY USED CARS *****49/ *****11 Open 7 days a week. 8 am-5 pm daily I IT| UP $6480 \W ?Hows4o/ m -'viscosity index Ifl BY API USA 206
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    • 995 29 92 For Sale: Mazda MAZDA 929 LIMITED fully auto. Up top cond $24,500 0.n.0 Tel *****92 MAZDA 92S 4-DOOR. Limited Sedan, fully auto, full accessories, 1 pte. owner Tel *****55 NOV 80 MAZDA 323. 1 back. 5-speed. s/nms Alrcon. radio cassette. $15,600 *****57 Q MID '79 MAZDA 626 5-speed Alrcon.
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    • 770 29 96 For Sale: Other Makes SENG HONG MOTOR TRADING 25. STILL ROAD S PORE M Tel: *****97' *****6 C ide> night, Mr N C Buy A S*H C»»h Payment We buy PARF non-PARF used cars, private or company regn We buy commercial vans/ pickups 5/8 C SUBARU 1600 DL S
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    • 1016 30 99 Vehicles Wanted HIGHEST OFFER FOR ALL USED CARS AT ATTRACTIVE CASH PAYMENT Parf OR non-parf Q registered or private a Commercial vans ii pickup Trade-in considered TAGOfIE ENTERPRISE T»l ,'*****1 *****65 Mr Ng Blk 721 Clamant. Wast St 2 *01-134 Singapora 0512 ATTRACTIVE OFFER FOR all used vehicles. Cash
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    • 946 30 106 Accommodation Available: Houses REDECORATED D/STOREY DETACHED a/tUI inßrouiKl s pool 4-1 bdrms 10 mins drive to American Sch Serene environment $3,200 Landaie *****8# FABER PK D/STOREy Hexonal j shaped bunglw 5 bdrms it 1 ser- vant's S pool Occidental 7.U9600 *****31 I HOLLAND VILLAGE VICINITY beautifully renovated 4-bdrn; j
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    • 767 30 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Available: Apartments Apartments Apartments ~Z-^j3s*' 82 L (irangf Road. Dist. l() \^»J r?3^ Vj^\ T v OvKS^^A^ar Prime Location: I >i^in, ilO Singapore* ■k exclusive neighbourhood. |^J^' l|r>!| Unique architecture: 1 >«--i^rn- t j \>\- l',ml Wy^^^ •■Attrnf^t jjffiS*- Rudolph, an American
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    • 576 30 THE BEAUMONT Studio. 3-bdrm. Apts./ Mais./ ARANG COURT 2-storey detached bunglw. 2-bdrm Mais. P/furn. BALMEG COURT Apts./ Stepped-Hses. at Paslr Panjang. TAI HWAN GDN. 2-storey Callforntan bunglw. PONGGOL, 17TH AYE. 2-storey detached bunglw. CONTACT:— GOODLAND PTE LTD TEL: *****28. ORCHARD BOULEVARD/ PINETREE CLUB vicinity BRAND NEW GRAND 3/4 bdrm. luxury
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    • 809 30 THE PLAZA (Beach Road) Panoramic views of the city with condo facilities. Rent: $600 (partly furnished), $800 (fully furnished). Call Jones Lang Wootton *****88. D.lO UNIT 8 Holland Rd. exclusive mals. with superb countryside view. s+l. Squash, sauna, s/pool. Roofgdn. Approx. 4000 sq.ft. $7,000. *****43 Trevose 24-hrs. D.ll HILLCREST ARCADIA
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    • 1103 30 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments RIDGEWOOD TERRACED APT. D.lO. 3 bdrms. with large living/ dining. Opening onto large terrace. DHE, *****88. SEMI-FURN. 3-BDRM. APT. for rent Behind Lucky Plaza at Kirn Sia Ct., Jin. Jlntan. Contact Iris, tel: *****50 off. hrs. STEVENS RD. BRAND new apt. 26 units. 2/ 3 bdrms.
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    • 957 30 107 Accommodation Available: Apartments FURNISHED APT. AT Chez Bright St. Thomas Walk =10-20 for rent Tel: *****56/ *****25. FURN. APT. WITH alrcon a d15t.2057. Braddell View High fir Tel. *****82. No agts. GRAND TOWER, S/POOL, i bdrms., servant's, f/furn. $1,600 Liberty *****17 GRANGE TOWER AT Grange Rd off Orchard Rd.
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    • 884 30 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sate: Houses ■^^^^^^f£- -t^^^L JJBk^^^kM. WEHAVE^THEKEYTO YOUR NEW HOME Introducing UMBC FINANCE HOME LOAN Scheme A simple and flexible loan plan to help you own your home If you are i moving into a condominium, terrace house or any other
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    • 837 30 I D.15 BRAND NEW d/storey I semi-d Excellent location 4300 3300 sq.ft. 4-1 Balcony, family hall. Expected completion June 1987 $690K Freeway *****80 D.17 JLN. LOYANG Besar. Spanish design townhouse In small project, facing sea 5-1 bdrms 3.200 sq.ft. 999 yrs. $520,000 Deans Property *****55 D.20 CASUARINA ROAC. S/storey terrace
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    • 752 30 2-STOREY TERR IN Serangoon Gdn.. 6 yrs old. 2250 sq.ft., well maintained. $420,000 (0.n.0.). Tel *****06 No agents D.lO CORONATION RD. West d'storey semi-d 4-1 4200 sq.ft $650K Holland *****76 D.IC MT SINAI 2-1/2 storey semi d 4000 sq.ft. 6 bdrms $650,000 Houseworld *****64 -t D 10 NEW BUNGLW. 15.000/
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    • 2218 31 114 For Sale Private 114 For Sale: Private 114 For Sale: Private Apartments Apartments Apartments IflgL Adjoining Manhattan House I San Centre. Chin Swee Road LANDMARK 7DWE/?aws*« W-^^^Vi 37-storey V>' •jfflfeAj Seaview Apartments. A Splendid View of Hills &The Seafront C < Show Flat Open For Viewing zt; Located just
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    • 1099 31 114 For Sale: Private Apartments 58 ST MICHAEL'S lul 12 unit- Ol I brand ne« apis i to 3 Klrms $110,000 onwards r.uh *****88 115 For Sale: HUDC Apartments BRADDELL VIEW MAIS 3 bdrms I study Area: 1.68(5 sq it Midiifld I,'r.iitv 7:t7K7iiti j.i.i. ivriH CHANCERY COURT. UPP. Hlills lii-itl
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    • 1112 31 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 5-rm. a.m. kio siovK Pandan. I Hillview $ll()K Hougang $HUK Bedok Reservoir $135K Bukit j Merah SIS3K. King George's' Spottiswoode $155 K. World Property Mgt *****26/ 7. CLEMENTI AYE. 2. 5-roomed on Ist tlr $132,000. Jurong West sroomed $13t).ooo Upper Bukit Timah. Hillview Avenue 3-roomed
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    • 760 31 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments 4-RM. FARRER RD. blk 3, near markel renovated $75,000 Hainan Parklon *****62/ *****35. 4-RM. SELETAR WEST Farmway 6, walk-up Well maintained. 56H.000 Interested call: *****64 4-RM. TEBAN GDN. Terrazzo/ parquet, kitchen cabinet Facing Reservoir $80k CCS: *****37/ 8. 4-RM. TEBAN. TERRAZZO/ parquet SBOK World Property
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    • 784 31 117 Properties Wanted HDB FLATS URGENTLY reqd for ready clients Alhaj Housing *****53/ *****48 HDB 3/ 4/ 5-room Qualified buyers with ready cash need HDB flats urgently. Tel: *****18 WANTED!! 3/4/5-RM. HDB/ HUDC/ pte apts./ houses All areas. Owners please ring *****14 3/ 4/ 5-RM: A M Kio. Holland. Jurong.
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    • 840 31 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces fcHDB I 7-STOREY FLATTED FACTORY AT COMMONWEALTH LANE/ BUONA VISTA ESTATE TO LET Factory space m the above flatted factory are available for letting. I Application forms are obtainable during office hours from Manager. Estates Lands Division. Housing Development Board at Biock 3. Upper
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    • 796 31 121 For Rent Office Spaces CENTRAL I BUILDING OFFICES I For Lease 787sqft 846 sq ft 1392 sq ft 2227 sq ft Good Maintenance Clean Toilets 24 hr Security Reasonable rents Call 221 2266 r WELLINGTON BUILDING 20 Bidefora Ro»0 Shop Space Available -01-01 860 sq.ft -01-04 440 sq ft
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    • 342 32 121 For Rent 121 For Rent: 121 For Rent: Office Spaces Office Spaces Office Spaces WELL PARTITIONED SMALL pleasant office room .it Peace (.Vntre M5O p m onwards Tel LU***** 1 OFFICE PARTITIONED KM $360. t table space $1-W) fixed without tel line Tel *****30 149-C. SELEGIE RD. Approx 1
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    • 445 32 124 For Rent 124 For Rent: Shop Spaces Shop Spaces I PARKLANE MALL P<^\^^(SELEGIE ROAD) M[ Reasonable rent starting from $380 per month Ample car parking and near MRT station Suitable for all retail trades, show-room. travel agency, school and bookshop CALL I 732-8818 I TO LET I Eating House
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    • 424 32 UNIT #01-190 HONG I.eong lidn Shopping Ctr near Ayer Rajah. Shop space 550 sq.ft. Tel: *****77 Miss Ng. 126 Restaurant/Lounge Spaces DIST.9 RENOVATED GROUNDFLOOR Restaurant space, with road frontage for rental. Kully equipped, ready for operation. 2.000 sq ft. $8,000 p.m. Citiprop *****75 LOUNGE/ RESTAURANT PROPERTY at Association Bldg., Oeylang.
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    • 832 33 147 Academic Courses 147 Academic Courses POSTAL TUITION FOR SINGAPORE liquq CAMBRIDGE G C E A or O' Of N' LEVEL I EXAMS Effective. Economical Tuition Genei.n Pjper English Economics Geoyrjph\ G C E A Management ot Business Principles of Accounting LEVEL Histon, Divinity Art Mathematics SylllC), I Matnematics |AOl
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    • 490 34 NOTICES PERNAS CHARTER MANAGEMENT SDN BERHAD KUALA LUMPUR. Outputs of tin concentrates for the undermentioned companies under the management of Pernas Charier Management Sdn Bhd for the month of January 1987 are as follows Malaysia Mining Corporation Berhad Group of Companies TONNES Malaysia Mmmg Corporation Berhad 384 64 and Subsidiaries
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    • 183 34 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CAP. 18 1971 ED.) IN THE HIGH COURT OF SINGAPORE IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 4SM OF 1986 Re: POH KIM CHOI Ex parte: UNITED CITY MERCHANTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. Creditors In the matter of a Bankruptcy Notice issued on the 2Sth day of December, 1986. To Poh Kirn
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  • 359 35  -  CHRISTINE KHOR You've heard of sing-o-grams and kiss-o-grams for Valentine's Day. Now, a dance group is offering dance-o-grams. By WANT an unforgettable Valentine delivery this weekend? A freelance dance group, Foreigners, will, for $80, undertake to deliver your loved one a Valentine's card and a
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  • 1497 35 TOWARDS A NEW CHINESE CINEMA- Chinese film-makers m China. Hongkong, Taiwan and the United States have recently made films that try to portray the problems and predicament of the Chinese m a truer light. Our writer NG examines five of these films, which he
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    • 601 35 What's On LUNAR NEW YEAR music chard C&E, Orchard Road BOOK DISPLAY of short PHER EXHIBITION. Forty FESTIVITIES National Library Arts Re- 11 am -6 pm. On till Saturday, listed titles for the Booker photographs taken secretly by source Centre, Stamford DANGEROUS MARINE AN- Prize 1986 at the British Coun-
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    • 143 37 BRISBANE Former Singaporean Ifikc van Dort, now a breeder-owner m Australia, was elated last week when his smart sprinting mare, Bruegheiino, beat the highly-touted Rendoo by 1 i lengths m the Flying Handicap at Doomben, Brisbane, despite a slipped saddle Ridden by apprentice Jason
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 45 38 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MRS. HO TENG KEE (nee NG POH) (DEPARTED ON 4TH FEBRUARY 1987) wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to all friends, relatives and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance and contributions during their recent bereavement.
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    • 119 38 181 Deaths 181 Deaths TAN PIA SIANG (CHARLES) AGE: 64 YEARS OLD fts* been caHed to be with the Lord on Bth Feb. 1987 leaving behind; Beiowd wife: Lee Nelly Sons: Daughter-in-law: Tan Aik Wah. Donald Leng Chee Lui. Karen Tan Aik Vun. Danny Tan Aik 800 David' Tan Aik
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    • 56 38 THE FAMM.Y Of THE LATE GCOffGE ELPHEUS MIRJOOT wish to express their heartfelt thanks to Rev. Fr. John Gutteree, R*v. Fr. Louts Loieeeu. Or. Tan Soo Liang, Prayer Group from St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, relatives, friends, co«e agues, for their kind i f. t#n<jdnc9, condoitfnctti donslions
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    • 248 38 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam MOM LIM SOON NEO depatarted sth day of 6th lunar month. 1960. MR YEO CHWEE KIM departed 12th day o( 1s! lunar month 1986. Ist anniversary isi anniversary In loving memory of our dearest fattier and mother whose I words deeds r shall uphold
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      250 38 ANNIE TAN GEOK LIANG Age 69 passed away peacefully on 8.2.87, leaving behind Husband: Joseph Loh Children: Florence Loh Doreen Loh Stephen Loh Evelyn Cheah Noel Cheah Gwendolyn Cheah Sons-in-law: R V Jamleson Michael Tan Daughter-in-law: Jenny Tan Grandchildren: Elaine Ciaynor Melena Lynnette Kevin Christian Adelia Body lying
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      21 38 In Memory of MS LEE MENG YEW Departed 9/2/85 Always remembered by friends, staff and colleagues of DSO/MINOEF
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 807 38 Ferguson beginning to fear failure as fortunes nosedive SPOTLIGHT ON ENGLISH SOCCER Didn't think we could... The goal just before half-time was lucky, because we hardly deserved it. They defended well and we played into their hands m the first-half, especially the goalkeeper's! But it set us
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    • 338 38 Villa 0 QPR 1 (0-Q) AN OWN goal after 62 minutes by Martin Keown made it another disappointing day for Aston Villa and their fan* VUk forced the pace for most of the game but has now taken only eight points from 14 games. 13, 1 W.
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    • 138 38 KUALA LUMPUR Swiss side Lucerne went on the rampage to trounce Graz, of Austria, 6-1 (half-time 4-0) on Saturday for the biggest scoreline so far m the six-team Inter-City tournament here. Meanwhile, Seoul chalked up their first win with a 2-1 success against Penang. In Dhaka, the Bangladesh
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    • 1363 38 DIVISION ONE Aston Villa 0 Queens Park Rangers 1, Chalton 0 Manchester United 0. Chelsea 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0. Everton 3 Coventry 1, Leicester 3 Wimbledon 1, Newcastle 2 Luton 2, Southampton 1 Norwich 2, Watford 1 Nottingham Forest 1, West Ham 0 Oxford 1. Note: Manchester
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    • 507 38 Kendall's men beat Coventry 3-1 to lead Division One League table by a single point LONDON Everton, English champions two seasons ago, moved to the head of the First Division for the first time this season on Saturday. Howard Kendall's side took advantage of Arsenal's
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    • 131 38 Shilton and Wallace fit to play LONDON Englard goalkeeper Peter S'alton and striker Danny Wallace, who missed Southampton's defeat by Norwicn on Satun a\ m tt back and ankle injuries respectively, should be fit for Wednesday's .^eague Cup semi-final fi st-leg clash against Liverpool at the De.l. There was good
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    • NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
      • 254 39  - Pioneer Arsenal lose but win fans' hearts J. RAJENDRAN THEY wore the famous black and white stripes of Italian club Juventus, and bore the name of an equal-ly-illustrious Arsenal, of X n^land. But though the exploits of Singapore's Pioneer Arsenal m the more humble domain of the National Football League
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      • 215 39  -  ALBERT JOHNSON TITLE-CHASING Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Club made amends for their 1-1 draw against Armed Forces last week when they beat bottomplaced Aver Rajah Wanderers 2-0 m a National Football League Division One match at Toa Payoh Stadium yesterday. Underdogs Ayer Rajah must take
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      • 224 39  - Refs will still be given allowance JOE DORAI By srNGAPOREs soccer referees have been released from their offer to officiate at this year's National League games for free. Two month's into the season, the Football Association of Singapore have decided to pay referees and linesmen an allowance of $10 a
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    • 251 39 McEnroe to meet Mayotte in Philadelphia final TENNIS PHILADELPHIA John McEnroe beat Amos Mansdorf. of Israel. 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 to reach the final of the L******.000 ($798,750) Pro Indoor championships. The fourth seeded McEnroe will meet fellow-Ameri-can Tim Mayotte. who cruised to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over a lacklustre Czech
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    • 119 39 I nited States Indoor Championship: Tim Mayotte (US) bt Milan Sjreber (Cze) 6-2, 6-2; John McEnroe (US) bt Amos Unniinrt I Lsr 5-7. 6-2. 6-3. Lyon Grand Prix: JoakIm Nystrom (Swei bt Todd Nelson (US) 7-6, 4-6, 7-6; Yannick Noah (Fra) bt Kelly Jones (US) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1. Wichita
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    • 340 39 JAKARTA Soviet boxers easily outclassed boxers from 15 other nations to retain the team championship m the President's Cup amateur boxing tournament here. In 12 three-round finals, from pinweight through to heavyweight, the Soviet team took six golds, while hosts Indonesia and second-ranked Canada took two
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    • 115 39 Pakistan, India draw 1st Test MADRAS India and Pakistan take their Test confrontation to Calcutta on Wednesday looking for a wicket capable of producing a result after the First Tpst ended m a draw he^e yesterday. Pakistan had managed only 182 for three at stumps afi ter a day's easy
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    • 487 39  -  ALAN HUBBARD Hip injury sidelines barefoot track queen By LONDON Zola Budd, the barefoot South African-born runner, flew into London on Saturday and confirmed that she may be forced to quit athletics because of injury. Zola, 20, told me at her home m Guildford, Surrey,
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    • 260 39 BALI American Marc Nenow bagged a US$5O,OOO ($106,000) purse by slipping past Mexico's Arturo Barrios to win the international 10km road race here yesterday. Nenow demonstrated patience and experience by pacing himself for most of the course before taking the lead at the Bkm
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    • 284 39 CRICKET MELBOURNE A whirlwind 71 by lan Botham yesterday provided England with an effortless six-wicket win m the opener of the World Series Cup final series against Australia. Botham, again used at the head of the order, blasted his runs off just 52 deliveries with
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    • 261 39 10-under card puts Stadler in lead GOLF HONOLULU Craig Stadler stormed into the lead of the US$6OO,OOO Hawaiian Open on Saturday after matching the course record with a spectacular 10-under-par 62. Leading scores (Americans unless stated) 2* Craig Stadler 70, 68, 62. Ml Paul Azinger 70. 66. 65. Vtl Fred
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    • 231 39  -  LEE WAI WUN GOOD response to the first National Youth selection trials at Tenpin Bowl yesterday brought a big smile to national coach Victor Tham. Until Friday, only 15 had registered. But the 25 others who showed up on the spot made yesterdays first of three roll-offs
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      • 70 39 CARL LEWIS took another small step forward on his comeback trail on Saturday night with a victory m the 60-yard dash at the Dallas Indoor Athletics meet. The quadruple Olympic gold medallist, who has seen little action since a knee operation last September, overhauled world re-cord-holder Lee Mcßae
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      • 99 39 FAST-RISING Australian prospect Rodney Martin eliminated New Zealand's world No. 3 Stuart Davenport m the quarter-finals of the Swedish Open Squash championship m Stockholm. Results Men's quarter-flnAis Jahangii Khan (Pak bt Frederik Jonsson (Swe) 9-6. 9-1, 9-fl. Gawain Briars (Brit i bt Jan-Llf Soderb^rg iSwe) 9-3. 9-0,
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      • 96 39 CANADA'S Olympic champion Victor Davies shattered his two-year-oid world short-course record for the 200 m breastitro le at the Arena Festival m Bonn on Saturday 3avies time of 2:8.82 was almost a second inside nis old mark of 2:9.81. East Germany's Kristin Otto. Daniela Hunger Kornelia Gressler and
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      • 84 39 THE Singapore Sports Council are inviting applicants for the annual Sportsboy and Sporisgiri of the Year awards. The awards, valued at $1,000 each, are given m recognition of outstanding sports achievements. They are open to students who are Singapore citizens and were under 18 on Jan 1. Applicants
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      • 61 39 FREDRIK HO won the Duniop Slaz.mger United World College junior boys tennis title at Dover Road yesterday Resolte Beys §emi-fln*b>. FYedrik Ho bt Shamson Zainal 9-4: Weber Oh bt Choo Wei Pin 9-8 Final: Fredrih bt Weber 9-3. Girts semi-finals: Tanya Caplygin bt Leong Shieh Yen 9-5. Jean
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      • 90 39 ALAN BARNES and crew Sebastian Dorr made a clean sweep of all five races to war. the 505 Open yachting championship off Changi yesterday. Despite having teamed up only recently. Barnes and Sebastian clicked well and made no mistakes m the eight to 12 knot winds and
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      • 88 39 VETERAN Pakistan cricketer Younis Ahmed has been recalled after a gap of more than IT years to join the Pakistan side currently. on tour m India A spokesman for the Pakistan Cricket Board of Control said captain lmran Khan and manager Syed Naseer Ahmed had asked
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    • 367 40 We don't know what the full results of the last cut will be, says B-G Lee SINGAPORE'S corporate tax rate is likely to remain at 33 per cent even though it is still higher than that of competitors m Asia, Trade and Industry Minister
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    • 370 40 WASHINGTON A surge m foreign investment m the United States has generated new pressures which have curbed protectionist sentiments among congressmen whose constituents are benefiting increasingly from more than 2.5 million jobs created by foreign capital. If you have three Japanese high-tech firms
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    • 190 40 Lebanon hostages say they face execution BEIRUT Four hostages m Lebanon, three Americans and an Indian, have said they face "execution" unless Israel releases 400 Palestinian guerillas by today. "Feb 9 is the last date to release them. If they don't get released our fate will be execution," said a
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    • 151 40 KOTA KINABALU A police patrol leader went berserk and shot dead three of his constables yesterday on the east coast of Sabah before being gunned down by another officer. Superintendent Mazlan Tyan. chief of Sabah's Criminal Investigation Department, said the three constables
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    • 188 40 IT WAS donble happiness for twins Chen Jianying, 13, (right) and Jianlun who won m the secondary section of this year's Lunar New Year Chinese calligraphy competition yesterday. Jianying pipped her sister to win the first prize of $200. Both are pupils
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    • 308 40  - LDP split over Nakasone's sales tax plan PETER HAZELHURST By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) began to split into two camps over the weekend when large numbers of conservative supporters and MPs indicated that they opposed Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's plan to impose a value-added sales
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    • 31 40 ADDIS ABABA Japan is to give Ethiopia US$7 million (SSIS million) to help the country fight the effects of drought and to support efforts m food self-sufficiency. AFP
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    • 364 40 Beijing, Moscow to resume border talks after 9 years BEIJING CHINESE Vice-Foreign Minister Qian Qichen left here for Moscow yesterday for the first talks on the Sino-Soviet border dispute m nine years. "We are very happy that the talks are starting again after an interruption of nine years," he told
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    • 49 39 SOCCER SBHFL Dlv 2: General Motors v Tien Wah Press (Geylang), Dynasty Hotel v SAI (Tanglin 2). Dlv 3: Texins v Singapore Tobacco (Tanglin 4). Crown Prince Hotel v Malayan Breweries (Farrer Park), Goodwood Group v Digitrec (Farrer Park). All at 5.15pm. SWIMMING SSC double age-group meet (SSC, 7.30pm).
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    • 197 40 Weather UP TO 1 p.m. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 23 mm SUNSET today: 7.21 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.17 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 21 27 C Cloudy London Sl2 C Rain Amsterdam 35C Cloudy Los Angeles 11 30 C Cloudy Athens 5/10 C Clear Madrid
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