The Straits Times, 5 September 1987

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  • 14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1987 50 CENTS MCI (P) 108/12/86
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  • 116 1 Fed raises discount rate to 6 WASHINGTON The US Federal Reserve raised its key discount rate yesterday to 6 per cent from 5.5 per cent effective immediately. The move should help bolster the value of the weak dollar and push up interest rates throughout the US economy. It is the
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  • 608 1 200 held as govt cracks down on shipyard, car plant strikers SEOUL The government yesterday abandoned its hands-off policy and cracked down hard on militant labour, with riot police storming a shipyard and a car plant to dislodge striking workers. About 200 people, including union leaders,
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  • 398 1  -  SUMIKO TAN By VIDEO tape pirates were yesterday dealt a crippling blow with the uncovering of an illegal duplicating centre and the seizure of more than 3,200 suspected pirated tapes. The tapes most of them of popular Chinese serials were taken from
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  • 94 1 Market buoyed by selective buying THE Singapore stock market yesterday recovered some lost ground. The market barometer, the Straits Times Industrial Index, which lost 38.27 points on Thursday, regained 25.04 points to close at 1413.08. Dealers said some investors came in just before noon to nibble at selected stocks which
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  • 145 1 TAIPEI A tourist bus veered off a hillside road and plunged into a valley near Taipei yesterday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 22 others. Police said the bodies of 21 victims have been recovered from the bottom of the valley about
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  • 106 1 TOKYO Japan's Economic Planning Agency plans to publish a comic version of the economic White Paper because of the growing popularity of comics as a way of learning about serious subjects, an agency spokesman said yesterday. The White Paper, a statement of the nation's economic
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  • 95 1 3ook Fair 'I felt terrible! An open fracture and bleeding could have been dealt with easily if only we could have reached her in time,' said Dr Lim (Meng Kin, Chief Medical Officer of the Singapore Armed Forces.) He was not alone in voicing this thought. All
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  • 344 1 KUWAIT The Gulf war touched Kuwait yesterday as an unidentified missile hit its southern coast just as attention focused on United Nations efforts to defuse the conflict. A Kuwaiti Defence Ministry statement said a long-range missile struck south of Kuwait City but caused no damage
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  • 466 1 W. German teenager convicted on all 3 charges MOSCOW A Soviet court convicted West German teenager Mathias Rust yesterday on all charges stemming from his startling flight to Red Square and sentenced him to four years in a labour camp. In a half-hour
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    • 47 1 PARIS France expelled four Libyans to Tripoli yesterday evening, having expelled a Lebanese national to Belrut a few hours earlier, airport sources said here. All five men were arrested by police shortly before in Paris or in the Paris region, reliable sources said. AFP
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 383 2 Graduation souvenirs NATIONAL University of Singapore graduates this year have an array of mementoes rings, video tapes and plaques awaiting them in the foyer of the Kallang Theatre where graduation ceremonies are being held. The most expensive of the mementoes are the graduate rings, introduced this year, with the
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    • 284 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THE accord MMMMi by South Korea's ruling aad opposition parlies sa a new draft MMMMMMM Is aa Important breakthrsagh la the MMMMMM af demseratf e rale, lie correal wave ef strikes aad the MMMMMM ai civil Barest have raised seme dsabt as to whether the
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    • 104 2 PROBE CHURCH CALL REPORTS of a mass cult murder-suicide in South Korea have prompted a reader, whose sister is a member of one of the charismatic churches here, to call on the authorities to look into the activities of such churches. The sister, who is a factory production operator,
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    • 221 2 Radical reforms CHINESE leaders have revealed details of their plans for a radical new phase of economic reforms to be introduced in the next decade which includes major changes to agricultural and entrepreneurial policy that will further challenge communist doctrine. Reformers in the government want an entrepreneurial
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    • 261 2 FCC TELLS WHY IT DIDN'T GIVE MORE INFO ON VALUER FIRST Capital Corporation directors told the Singapore stock exchange yesterday that it never occured to them it was necessary to disclose that Richard Ellis (Pte) Ltd, described as the independent valuers of The Promenade building, were also the marketing
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    • 124 2 Reds warn military COMMUNIST guerillas warned they will attack military targets in Manila as part of a new offensive to exploit the rift in the Philippine army, newspaper reports said yesterday. The Manila Chronicle quoted a spokesman of the underground New People's Army here as saying that
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    • 288 2 Struggle for Claesen SINCE his transfer to England last year, Belgian Nico Claesen has encountered great difficulty in making the starting line-up at Tottenham Hotspur. Brazilian striker Mirandinha began his career with Newcastle last week and great things are expected of him. But like Claesen, Mirandinha may soon discover
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    • 401 2 First book FIRST LOVES, the first book of prizewinning short-story writer, Philip Jeyaretnam, is being launched at the Festival of Books and Book Fair 1987 this weekend at the World Trade Centre. While studying law in Cambridge, Philip won the first prize in the 1965 National Short Story
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    • 392 3 Foreigners held for liaison with Chinese Diplomats say action is part of anti-Aids drive BEIJING Shanghai police have detained four Americans and at least five Japanese and imposed fines in two cases for having Chinese in their hotel rooms, Western diplomats said yesterday. The Americans two tourists and two longerterm
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    • 174 3 TAIPEI Taiwan has asked Australia to step up its inspection of beef exports after discovering 0.16 part per million (ppm) of DDT residue in meat here, the Bureau of Commodity Inspection and Quarantine said yesterday. Mr Huang Yan-chao, the bureau's director-general, said
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    • 159 3 LOS ANGELES Tom Seller k. star of the television series Magnum P.1., has married British dancer Jillie Mack, his press agent said. The agent said the couple was married at Lake Tahoe on Aug 7, but the wedding was revealed only on Thursday.
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    • 41 3 PARIS A 48-year-old driver from Bouzonville, eastern France, drove for 27 accident-free years without the compulsory insurance cover. Picked up in a routine check at Metz, he was fined 1.000 francs (Ss3so) on the spot. AFP
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    • 329 3  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The United States will acquire up to 4,000 Tomahawk cruise missiles for its navy over the next six years, says the Pentagon. Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims told reporters on Thursday that the
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    • 256 3 COLOMBO Tamil rebels staged a demonstration in Sri Lanka's Eastern province yesterday in an apparent attempt to win the support of the Muslim community, residents said. On Thursday, Muslim residents attacked Tamil shops at Mutur in the province after suspected Tamil rebels
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    • 301 3 'So glad just to see the sunrise' Pilot who fell out of plane NEW YORK The pilot who fell out of a door 1,500 metres up and hung on outside the plane until it landed, thanked his co-pi-lot for a fine touchdown and joked with emergency crews at Portland, Maine.
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    • 463 4 Plans include major changes in grain and industrial policy BEIJING Chinese leaders have revealed details of plans for a radical new phase of economic reform to be started in the next decade, including major changes to agriculture and enterprise policy that will further challenge
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    • 341 4 Many menaced by sharks in Pacific 'Red Triangle' SAN FRANCISCO From San Francisco's beaches, the Pacific Ocean appears innocuous, rich with bird and fish life. But these are some of the most threatening waters known to man. The waters are within what some have come to call the "Red Triangle",
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    • 131 4 LOS ANGELES Scorching summer heat and steady winds fanned fires across several western American states on Thursday, chasing thousands from their homes and destroying hundreds of thousands of hectares forests. Mr Jack Wilson, director of a joint fire control centre in Boise, Idaho,
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    • 266 4 Benefactor raps varsity and Kodak NEW YORK Financier William Simon, whose donations led the University of Rochester to name its graduate business school after him, has sharply criticised the university and Eastman Kodak for the school's recent decision to rescind its admission of an employee of Fuji Film. After Kodak
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    • 192 4 Action taken in support of sacked colleagues SYDNEY Australia's richest coal region is idle after 12,000 miners went on strike yesterday, union officials said. Miners in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales voted to strike for at least 10 days in support of 300
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    • 72 4 HK publishes first law in Chinese HONGKONG Hongkong, due to revert to China in 1997, published its first law in Chinese yesterday. Officials said the Metrication Ordinance was published in English and Chinese, the first bilingual law in the British colony's 145-year history. Chinese became an official language in Hongkong
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    • 64 4 LONDON Gun collector Michael Ryan, who ran amok in Hungerford. southern England, on Aug 19, killing 16 people and then himself, was remembered at his funeral on Thursday as "a lost soul who caused the loss of so many loved ones Ryan was cremated during
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    • 342 4 TOKYO Sony Corp. inventors of the popular Walkman and Discman, will sell the world's first portable digital audio tape (DAT) recorder in Japan this December, a company spokesman said yesterday. Unlike its miniature counterparts, however, the new DAT product is not likely to be
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    • 198 6 NEW YORK Plans to lay to rest a wandering load of garbage has met yet another setback when a judge blocked the burial of ash from the burnt refuse. Justice Stanley Harwood signed a temporary restraining order on Thursday, barring ash from the Brooklyn
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    • 286 6 Japan tightens curbs on high-tech exports to Reds TOKYO Japan yesterday tightened controls on exports of technology to communist countries to help prevent a recurrence of the recent Toshiba scandal. Parliament has approved a Bill which raises prison sentences for export violations from three to five years and gives the
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    • 188 6 WARSAW At least 12 people were killed and more than 120 injured in train and tram crashes in Warsaw on Thursday. The official media said six people, including children, died and more than 70 were hurt in Warsaw's worst tram
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    • 292 6  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON US Marine veterans who served in Vietnam have died of lung cancer and certain lymph cancers at a significantly higher rate than their colleagues who did not fight in the war. This was disclosed here
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    • 188 6 China's youths told not to volunteer for border service BEIJING The Chinese Defence Ministry has urged local officials to dissuade young people from going south to volunteer for service on the Vietnamese border, the official Chinese press said. In the first six months this year, army units on the border
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    • 140 6 NEW DELHI Indian mining experts have begun injecting a methaneeating bacteria into collieries following reports that the germ can prevent explosions, the United News of India has reported. Experts from the gov-ernment-run Central Mining Research Institute drilled 100-metre holes into coal seams and
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    • 154 6 Parents and teachers blamed for child suicides in China BEIJING Pushy parents and bad teachers are driving children in China to suicide, a newspaper reported. An inquest into six deaths in one county within eight months blamed parents for demanding too much of their children and teachers for insensitivity. The
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    • 42 6 NEW DELHI At least 80 people were injured in Himachal Pradesh state in northern India on Thursday during a riot sparked off by reports that a woman had been sterilised against her will, the Press Trust of India reported. AFP
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    • 153 6 NEW YORK One of Vincent van Gogh's works, Irises, will be offered for sale here later this year and could fetch more than US$4O million (SsB4 million), says Sotheby's auction house. Van Gogh's Sunflowers fetched U5539.9 million earlier this year when it was
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    • 177 8 Probe counsel to interview Reagan The Iran-Contra affair WASHINGTON The independent counsel probing the Iran-Contra affair has confirmed reports that he intends to interview President Ronald Reagan. Mr Lawrence Walsh said through a spokesman on Thursday that he has yet to decide whether it would be conducted in person or
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    • 184 8 JERUSALEM A judge trying accused Israeli traitor Mordechai Vanunu and alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk has had a heart attack. Judge Zvi Tai, who sits on the three-judge panels hearing the two cases, was reported in stable condition following treatment at Shaare Zedek
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    • 258 8 CAPETOWN South Africa is preparing to repatriate foreign workers carrying the Aids virus, says Health Minister Willie van Niekerk. Mr Van Niekerk, who said last year that he planned to send home foreign black miners exposed to the disease, told Parliament he
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    • 450 8 10 hurt in workers' protests against scrapping of fighter JERUSALEM Israeli leaders have appealed to aircraft workers to halt their violence after 10 people were injured and nine others arrested in the latest clashes with police over the government's scrapping of the
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    • 95 8 BEIJING China's Bronze Age civilisation wai so developed over 3,000 years ago that, according to a recent discovery, people even went to the dentist. Dr Zhan Longdan, an expert on ancient dental problems, said a skull dating back to the Shang dynasty (16 to 11
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    • 163 8 SEOUL The husband of a cult leader who was found dead with 31 of her followers in a factory loft on Saturday has been charged with several crimes not connected with the deaths. South Korean police said. Lee Ki-Jong, 54, a
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    • 35 8 LONDON Striking cemetery workers in Liverpool have caused a backlog of 65 bodies waiting (or burial. The workers have been on strike for two weeks in a dispute over pay and regrading. AP
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 610 10 Lourdes cures still puzzle doctors But patients continue to head for grotto One hypothesis is that ths brain plays a role in the cures by activating hormones and all doctors know that patients with a will to survive have more chances than those who do not went to live. Prof
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    • 628 10 NEW YORK Although Iran and Iraq attacked about four ships a day last week in the Persian Gulf, relatively few tankers were badly damaged. Experts say the reason is that neither side can afford frequent use of the expensive ammunition needed to
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    • 543 12 Handy PCs still expensive but they're likely to become mass market products TOKYO Portable "lap-top" computers which can be used on planes or in hotel rooms may eventually become mass market products, stock analysts say. They are being used increasingly by businessmen, journalists and even
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    • 835 12 10th anniversary of Voyager brings rare joy to US space programme PASADENA (California) Laughter and music, wine and beer, a simple smorgasbord and balloons went towards making a rare celebration by members of the embattled US space programme. The occasion was the 10th anniversary of the launching of a small
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    • 395 13 PHUKET An amateur Thai scuba diver descend ed into the waters off Phuket to search for the body of her brother, a copilot of the Thai Airways Boeing 737 which crashed into the .'ea here last Monday, hut found the body had
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    • 132 13  -  ALBERT RAMALINGAM BANGKOK Thailand's three bisiest provincial airports at Chiangmai, Haadyai and Phuket will be installed with radar systems ro improve their safety. Currently, the three airports rely on radio communications to control air traffic. The other 17 provincial airports lad also been asked
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    • 235 13  - Jakarta dismisses talks of trouble at assembly YANG RAZALI KASSIM By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Indonesian security authorities have assured Parliament that the five-yearly meeting of the People's Consultative Assembly in March next year would not be marred by trouble. The Chief of Internal Intelligence, General Yoga Sugama, told a parliamentary
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    • 154 13 Thailand gets a Budget for growth BANGKOK The Thai parliament yesterday approved a growth-oriented Budget after a two-day debate. Parliament officials said the Lower House, in which the coalition government of Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda holds a twothirds majority, voted 176--53 for the 243.5 billion baht (5119.4 billion) budget for
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    • 321 13  -  Albert Ramalingam By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to resolve their fishery dispute, including the right of passage for Thai boats through Malaysian territorial waters, which had strained relations between the two countries The Minister in the Prime Minister's Office,
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    • 326 13 'Sparrow units' will step up attacks on military targets MANILA Communist guerillas warned they will attack military targets in Manila as part of a new offensive to exploit the rift in the Philippine army, newspaper reports said yesterday. The Manila Chronicle
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    • 166 13 MANILA President Corazon Aquino said yesterday that democracy had taken one step forward and two steps backward since she took power in the Philippines, but vowed to continue fighting for her ideals. Speaking during a visit to Camp Aquinaldo, the military headquarters
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    • 316 14 Bar seeking to freeze errant lawyers' assets KUALA LUMPUR The Bar Council is studying the need to amend the Legal Profession Act, 1976 to freeze the assets of lawyers who act dishonestly when handling their clients' funds. The amendment envisaged is for the council to apply to the courts to
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    • 184 14 KUALA LUMPUR The Home Ministry will appeal against a High Court decision quashing its decision not to allow Aliran, a reform movement, to publish a magazine, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayub said yesterday. "We know that what we had done was according
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    • 291 14 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police have identified a car allegedly used in arson attacks on five Pahang mosques and may make arrests soon, Deputy Home Affairs Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob said yesterday. He said witnesses saw the car, with four people
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    • 742 14 TAIPING (Perak) A Malaysian Muslim preacher who has been banned from entering Singapore has attacked the Government's action against him and three other foreign Islamic preachers. Haji Mat Saman Khuti told an Islamic weekly the ban showed that Prime Minister Lee Kuan
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    • 177 14 KOTA TINGGI The State Security Council is investigating whether fights involving students of different races in schools were racially motivated or the result of indiscipline. Mentri Besar Haji Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin, who is the council chairman, said the State Education Department had been directed to
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    • 224 14 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Trades Union Congress will call a nationwide strike if the government goes ahead with its move to amend the Employment Act and the Trades Union Act. MTUC president Zainal Rampak said the MTUC regarded the matter as serious and that
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    • 265 15  -  TEO HAN WUE International Conference on Confucian Studies By m Qufu. China WHY is it China has lagged behind in modernisation while Japan has pushed ahead rapidly in the past century? Dr R. M. Seoh. senior research fellow of the
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    • 357 15 SBC says 78 of S'poreans watched N-Day parade on TV QUOTE j Tha paradaa not only provkla opportunity for our participant! to axproat thoir joy and ahow pride in our country, but thay alaohalp bring tha antira population m togathar. Dr Yeo (left). A RECENT telephone survey by Singapore Broadcasting
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    • 246 15 Aquarium fish business thriving in S'pore THE aquarium fish business is thriving, Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister ot State for National Development and Home Affairs said yesterday. He said that the value of aquarium fish and plant exports had increased significantly, from $18.2 million in 1976 to $51.7 million last
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    • 28 15 THE East Coast swimming lagoon will close (or maintenance on Monday. But the Wet and Wild Sports Pte Ltd at the site will remain open.
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    • 591 15 Dependence on foreign workers difficult 'to unwind' TRADE and Industry Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday urged Singapore retailers to work together to find ways to cut staffing levels in their stores. Sneaking at the opening of Metro's new store at
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    • 166 15 Concreting made easier WHEN making reinforced concrete, how does one make the steel reinforcing bars sit tightly in place, without sinking? Hie Housing Board has been examining the problem and has come up with a plastic four-legged spacer (see picture) a device which keeps the reinforcing rods about 2.5 cm
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    • 253 15 SEVENTY-TWO HUDC flats were taken up last month, compared with the average monthly take-up rate of 15 units. "If the new rate can be sustained, we expect all HUDC flats now available to be taken up by December 1988," a Housing Board spokesman
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    • 415 16  -  AUDREY PERERA Private sector fertility clinics By THE Health Ministry yesterday released guidelines to ensure that fertility clinics that can now be set up in private hospitals and by gynaecologists and obstetricians come under strict government scrutiny. Essentially, the 56- point list shows a
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    • 262 16 ONE of the star attractions at an exhibition that opens at Marina Square today will not be on show. It is the rare "wa-wa" fish, bred in China, which died on its journey from Hongkong. The "wa-wa" fish was to be an
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    • 107 16 Tremors at school traced to pile-driver STUDENTS and staff of Swiss Cottage Secondary School felt tremors within the school at 11 am on Thursday, believed to have been caused by machines used in the Bukit Timah Flood Alleviation Scheme. The school principal said the tremors have been traced to a
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    • National University of Singapore Convocation 1987
      • 389 16 THEY proudly stood shoulder to shoulder with their feUow graduands, adding the feminine touch to the most male-dominated ceremony in this year's National University of Singapore convocations. Of the 1,062 graduates at yesterday's morning and afternoon sessions for the engineering faculty, only 142 were
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      • 121 16 THE 545 graduating engineers from the National University of Singapore were asked to question their job suitability at their convocation yesterday. Mr Chua Soo Tian, director of the Economic Development Board's Small Enterprise Bureau, said: "You would do well to have an impartial assessment
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      • 412 16 On sale: Plaques, rings, videotapes NATIONAL University of Singapore graduates will have only themselves to blame if they don't have mementoes decades from now to remind them of this year's event. The NUS Co-operative Bookstore set up a little bazaar of souvenirs including rings,
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    • 477 17 Sir Ninian: Australia sees its future linked to S-E Asia THE Governor-General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen, and his wife arrived yesterday for a four-day official visit as guests of the President and Mrs Wee Kim Wee. They were met on arrival at Changi Airport
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    • 215 17 Top goldsmith robber gets six years, 24 lashes THE key man behind last year's spate of goldsmith robberies was sentenced to six years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane yesterday. Kawal Krishna Kumar Singh s/o Bhabhuti Singh, 23. will be disqualified from holding all classes of driving licence for
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    • 373 17  -  AHMAD OSMAN By Support by other parties raises hopes of success this time A TRADE union is planning to ask more than 40 banks to extend the retirement age for employees from 55 to 60. The proposal by the Singapore Bank Employees
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    • 147 17 IT IS challenging and well-paid work for the experts, but the world of the professional tea-taster remains a rarified one. Today's Executive Lifestyle in Business Times pokes into the secretive and closely guarded rituals of the tea trade and interviews the
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    • 384 18 Two out of five are National Library members: Dr Tay SINGAPORE is on its way to becoming a nation of readers and the people can follow the example of the Japanese, who are voracious readers. Dr Tay Eng Soon, Minister of State (Education), said
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    • 228 18 SCHOOLS are going all out to promote reading among students by organising fun activities such as roleplaying, class discussions, film shows and incentive schemes. And these initiatives have paid off. As Mr Andrew Watts, assistant director of the Education Ministry's Languages and Library Development
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      • 167 18 goes undercover to unmask the life of a hostess THEY are called "guest relations hostesses", and their recruitment advertisements can be highly tempting. "Earn $2,000 to $3,000 monthly... quarterly, yearly and monthly bonuses... free transport... fringe and medical benefits..." runs a typical advertisement. Are Singaporean girls lured by these lucrative
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      • 160 18 Improved Clementi Road now ready THE stretch of Clementi Road from Ayer Rajah Road which has been improved and extended all the way to West Coast Highway will be opened to traffic from 10 am today. This stretch of the road lining Kent Ridge campus has been aligned and widened
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    • 336 18  -  ANNE KOH By IF TOP-LEVEL Japanese executives appear at the negotiating table, it is a sign that a deal may soon be clinched, Singaporean chief executives were told. The tip came from Dr Robert March, chairman of the Tokyo-based
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    • 103 18 Two held for suspected car break-ins POLICE have arrested two men suspected of breaking into at least four cars recently. A 22-year-old unemployed man and a labourer, 23, were arrested at a car park in Parkway Parade last Saturday at 7.20 pm. The men were spotted behaving suspiciously by two
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    • 243 20  -  CHERIAN GEORGE By AFTER four years of (altering growth, SBCText is now zapping its way across thousands more screens, re-energised by the recent bullish stock market. Sales of Teletext-fitted television sets have increased dramatically this year, dealers report. Sony, for example, is said to
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    • 208 20 ROYALTY will grace the annual dinner of the Law Society of Singapore for the first time when the red carpet is rolled out tonight for the Sultan of Perak. Sultan Azlan Shah, 59, had first accepted the invitation to be guest of
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    • 593 20  -  BERTHA HENSON Too much being flashed around, says women's group By THE Advertising Standards Authority of Singapore is considering a proposal by the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) to forbid the display of too much flesh in advertisements. But this is the
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    • 256 20 Seminar looks at support for the aged SOCIAL scientists are beginning to realise that the community and not the family or the government is becoming the main source of support for the aged. They say that this picture is already emerging in Asia where governments are tackling the problems of
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    • 316 20  -  LAWRENCE LOW By THE Housing Board has boarded up the windows of the ground floor units in at least five unoccupied blocks in Woodlands to prevent vandals from smashing them. The glass window panels in these walk-up flats in Street 13 have been
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    • Briefly
      • 94 20 TWO companies and a poultry worker were fined a total of $1,600 on Thursday for polluting the ground with waste. All three pleaded guilty. Koon Seng Construction Pte Ltd got into trouble for releasing petrol waste from a generator at a building site in Jurong last year.
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      • 45 20 A MAN was yesterday charged with mischief by throwing a stone against the window of a TransIsland Bus Services bus at a depot in Kranji Road on July 25. Koh was allowed bail until the next mention of his case on Oct 2.
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      • 112 20 TWO men were charged on Thursday with posing as police officers and molesting a teenage girl and a woman, after wrongfully confining them. No plea was taken from Muthu Nedunchezhiyan, 32, and Pannir Chelvam s/o Sinniah, 27, both unemployed. Police prosecutor Insp K. Rasiah asked that
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      • 82 20 A MAN was sentenced yesterday to a day's jail and fined $20,000 the minimum sentence for helping to carry on a 4-digit lottery at a flat on Thursday. Chong Ngin Yok, 47, pleaded guilty to the offence at Block 86, Bedok North Avenue 4. Officers from the
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    • 768 19 NOTICES SHELL CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIPS OCTOBER 1988 Shell Companies in Singapore and Shell International Petroleum Company, London, in collaboration with the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, invite applications for three prestigious fullcost scholarships for graduate study in any subject other than medicine and veterinary medicine tenable at the University of Cambridge. The scholarship
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    • 811 19 IQAF LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHTS ISSUE OF 75,373,879 NEW SHARES OF 550.40 EACH AT 550.60 PER NEW SHARE ON THE BASIS OF 2 NEW SHARES FOR EVERY 3 STOCK UNITS HELD BY STOCKHOLDERS ("RIGHTS ISSUE") 1. Approval In Principle From The Stock Exchange of
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    • 616 19 IN THE HIGH (111 Kl OP THE REPI BUC OP SINGAPORE Originating Summons No. 311 of 1187 la tfce Matter ef a Deed ol Assignment dated W.4.85 and Mortgage In escrow Between PAR EAST FINANCE ORGANIZATION LIMITED I'lalntlff And LOO CHEONG HAI Defendant NOTICE To: Loo Cheong Hal Blk 1036
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  • COMMENT/Perspective
    • The Straits Times
      • 616 22 THE accord reached by South Korea's ruling and opposition parties on a new draft constitution is an important breakthrough in the restoration of democratic rule. The current wave of strikes and the resurgence of civil unrest have raised some doubt as to whether the Korean people
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    • 179 22 "Do we consult and ask them first whether they object?" Home Affairs Minister Prof S. Jayaku mar, stressing that Singaporeans and theii elected government, and not foreigners, were the best judges of what was good for the country's national security and well-being. "It is like having
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    • 1485 22  -  ABBY TAN Last week's coup attempt in the Philippines showed that there is a leadership problem in the country, says the main article here. It is not just the leadership in the armed forces but also in Malacanang Palace. The second feature analyses, in detail,
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    • 822 22  -  JAMES CLAD By Far Eastern Economic Review TO THE Philippine public, the latest military revolt against President Corazon Aquino's government lacked focus, apart from the damnation of "too much politics" in government and a demand for changes to the military hierarchy. But to
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    • 566 22 T. F. Hwang takes you down Memory Lane THE NEW. THE OLD LAUNCHED today is The Straits Times Overseas Weekly. This new weekly airmail edition of the newspaper comes in lightweight paper and convenient tabloid size. The demand for it is there with more and more Singaporeans these days going
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    • 1026 23 Offer that has the jet set in a spin CHECK out this baby. A new European model. Loaded. Saves gas. Lotsa trunk space. Costs just US$30 million (S$63 million) up to 25 per cent less than those domestic models. We've got low, low
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    • 1213 23  -  TAN SAI SIONG Look Back In Wonder A personal view of the week's news By Do charity and help ease shop-girl shortage THIS past week must have been a nervewracking time even for seasoned participants in the stock market. The second largest ever
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  • FORUM
    • 447 24 Parenting: A definite change over shared roles I REFER to your editorial of Aug 19 regarding Dr Khoo Kim Choo's proposal that paternity leave be granted for men. It is indeed strange that your editorial disagreed with the proposal without giving due consideration to the feasibility and advantages of such
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    • 98 24 j Dear Readers j THE Straits Time* welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and homo and office talaphona numbers, if any. They should preferably ba typed, double-spaced, on onm aide of tha papar. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. But we
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    • 213 24 Must an extra 50 cents be paid for child? On taxis ON Aug 18, my husband, son and I boarded a taxi for Hougang Avenue 10. Our fare for the trip was $1.80. My husband handed $2 to the driver and I waited for the change. When he didn't give
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    • 56 24 ON Sept 1, at 4.20 pm, my cousin and I were crossing the street when an NTUC taxi drove past although the traffic light was red. It nearly knocked us down. The driver was smoking at that time. It happened at Bedok South Avenue 2 (near
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    • 69 24 ON Aug 20, at about 6.15 pm, I took an NTUC taxi home and inadvertently left my briefcase in the cab. Later that evening, one of the security guards handed me my briefcase and explained that the taxi driver had returned it. I do not know the number
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    • 363 24 Worried about charismatic church member THE Aug 30 report on the mass cult murder-suicide in South Korea has prompted me to write and share my views and experiences with all Singaporeans. I was angry and disturbed when I read subsequently that the South Korean charismatic cult leader had claimed that
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    • 149 24 Doctor refused to make house calls WE recently tried to ask the general practitioner in our neighbourhood to make two urgent house calls but were refused although we are only a three- minute walk away. The first verbal request was made when someone fainted, \fter numerous attempts to revive her
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    • 253 24 THE Boys' Brigade organised a National Day Thanksgiving Carnival on Aug 22 for our less fortunate citizens. It was a heartwarming, bold, imaginative and a refreshing change from what we have become used to witnessing during our yearly national day celebrations. It was
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • In the markets
      • Chief Price Changes
        • 68 25 DBS I*2o ♦JO B***** Nil Von 800+2*) CefebmSOc 715 +25 Pmna 700 +25 Knra 20c 540 +25 SM 1060+70 OCBC 1030 +20 Hearnrs 655 +20 techno* 645 +70 KB 640+20 Hi. 630+20 Kl 610 +70 CoM Store lOp 520 +70 Sane Dattv 50c 338+18 Com PUrt 50c 370+11 Rl
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        • 13 25 Ind Oxygen 's!£'2K Ton Chong 'f^'SS ConsPlont I>Bo '2S2 AMDB 1,118,000
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        • 73 25 Federal Flour 510 50 S* Coconuti 191 35 Metro Mdfs 1250 20 dottvnam M'tia 1050 20 Ontirtalttdfi 300 li rased Cenwnt 210 15 Prtanfi Bhd 50c 107 15 GeMCe-a 308 12 Shel MS 10 Rotwison 550 10 OUBCU.S 140 10 HKTnC«p5Oc 125 10 MQass 2C7 9 Mtae Cowt 490
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        • 100 25 Sept 3 Sept 4 .BT Composite 1229 22 12*9 25 N OB OS 33« 313 .i.i 6065 6020 lOday M Av| 5781 5817 MV +*****24 +*****97 ST Industrials 1388 04 1413 08 ST Finance 2879 94 790? 73 51 Hotels 791 91 792 82 ST Properties ***** 674 64
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        • 43 25 INDICES Highs Lows Straits fines Business Times Industrial Composite 1987 High 1505 40 (26/8/87) 1327 69 (U/8 87) 1986 87 Low 563 34 (28/4/86) 470 92 (28/4/86) All time H«h 1505 40(26/8/87) 1327 69(11/8/87) All time Low 74 75 (17/S/64) 470 92 (28/4,86)
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        • 24 25 DM V PF 8$ HkJ U« US* ***** ***** unq 2 0980 unq £***** ***** ***** ***** 2 0950 7 8005 *****
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        • 25 25 Closing Change Vol (000) nmtck Enpi 20c 227 -11 943 Seigapore National PrMtrs 2 48 -6 199 tibs 147 161.5 Napco 168 -7 255
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        • 13 25 THE US dollar lost 75 ticks to close at DM1.7945 in Singapore.
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        • 10 25 In Singapore, gold gained US$O.5O to U*****.30 an ounce.
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        • 60 25 Eurodollar: Lost six ticks to 92.60 a contract. Dentechemark: Gained 21 ticks to 0.5574 a contract. British Pound: Gained 60 ticks to 1.6540 a contract. Mmmmm yen: Lost five ticks to 0.*****4 a contract. Nikkei: Gained 150 points to ***** a contract. US Treasury bond: Lost nine ticks to
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      • Short Stops
        • 90 25 PERTH Bond Corp Holdings Ltd has offered US$3B (Ss76) a share for the outstanding shares of US brewer G. Heileman Brewing Co in a bid worth US$l.2 billion. Bond Corp said in a statement that the offer by ffs Amber Acquisition Corp unit would expire at
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        • 99 25 TOKYO The Tokyo Commodity Exchange for Industry (Tocom) and the Kobe Rubber Exchange have applied to cut rubber futures basic margin requirement from the current 70,000 yen (SSI ,029) for each five-tonne contract to about 50,000 yen, a Tocom official has said. The daily limit would change if
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        • 79 25 TOKYO The Osaka Stock Exchange has begun to investigate possible insider trading of Tateho Chemical Industries Co Ltd shares, an exchange official has said. Tateho was not traded on Thursday on news that the company had lost 20 billion yen (***** million) on government bond and bond
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        • 73 25 LONDON The London-based International Stock Exchange has announced new rules for listing Eurobonds that will make it cheaper and easier for issuers but will provide investors with less information. There are about 1,200 such securities issued by about 600 entities traded on the exchange. Among other things,
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        • 96 25 LONDON Barclays Bank PLC has said it will launch on Sept 14 a new interbank treasury product designed to eliminate settlement risk on the principal amount in advance-dated forward exchange rate swap transactions. The exchange rate agreement constitutes a contract whereby financial institutions wiil be able, free
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    • 666 25  -  CONRAD RAJ Firm replies to SES on valuation of The Promenade By DIRECTORS ot First Capital Corporation (FCC) told the stock exchange yesterday that it never occurred to themr it was necessary to disclose that Richard Ellis (Pte) Ltd. described
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    • 311 25 Three on shortlist for Chinatown project THREE of the parties who tendered for the partlycompleted Chinatown Centrepoint project have been shortlisted but they are expected to be asked to submit another bid. A source said the Urban Redevelopment Authority's board will meet on Monday to finalise conditions for the re-tendering
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    • 206 25 Daim says rumours driving away foreign investors KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said yesterday that rumours and seminars highlighting the "differences" in Malaysia were driving away foreign investors. He said these were among the factors which contributed to the widespread fall in prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock
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    • 491 25  -  LIM ENG HAI By THE Singapore stock market ended a roller coaster week on a positive note yesterday, as some confidence returned after bargain hunters arrested the market's decline just before noon. The Straits Times Industrial Index, which lost 38.27 points on
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    • 332 25  -  K. F. TANG By LOW tin prices continued to plague tin mining groups. Of the three Tronoh Mines Malaysia Bhd. Berjuntai Tin Dredging Bhd and Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging (M) Bhd which announced their results yesterday, only one showed a better
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    • 217 25 KUALA LUMPUR The government will not issue any new stockbroking licences to banks except for those issued to the three leading local banks recently. Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said yesterday. Speaking to reporters after opening Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd's MS 15 million Pusatputra
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    • 386 25  - ICB interim profit growth smallest of listed banks here DOREEN SOH By INDUSTRIAL and Commercial Bank, the last of Singapore's listed banks to report its interim figures, shuffled in with only a 10.8 per cent rise in group net profit to $3.61 million. The performance puts ICB the target of
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    • 346 25  -  TRUDY LIM By CONSTRUCTION group Lum Chang Holdings Ltd is buying Vosper Pte Ltd's Tanjung Rhu shipyard for more than $15 million and will redevelop it as a residential estate. The purchase agreement was reached yesterday afternoon between Vosper liquidators
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    • 54 25 HONGKONG New World Development Co Ltd said it had privately placed 30 million shares at HK$l4 GO each, for a total of HKJ43O million (*****.1 million), with overseas institutions. The shares comprise 20 million new shares and 10 million existing shares sold by major shareholder, the Chow
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    • 5412 26 READERS should be aware of the limitations of this information. Not every transaction, nor every price dealt in at the stock exchange, is covered in "business done". Further, because aH dealings at a particular price are lumped together, the table does not show the trend in
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    • 3636 26 INDUSTRIALS Acma I A|inomoto(346S)o' 342 Ale« Hldal Alcorn (738 775) AISB 1 198 I20S) (10) lIS (I) I 16 (6) I 17 (8) 1 18 (4D I 19 06) 121 <53) 120 API (655) (7) 57 I 58 S (6) 60 (2) 62 OO) 63
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    • 3107 26 M shares quoted have i par value of SI. unless otherwise specified Margin stocks are shown in bold print. Adjusted lor scrip/rights N Tai-eiempted dividend ABN is traded in lots of 10 shares each, with the price quoted in dolars Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • 332 27 1- m» SI.«M 1 f bwt ■_<— arty i OCBC FbMKt. 4 limit* al DBS *«unc* S QuaHrrn But rain art o«t.td by i^rtaii OUT UOF't rattt manmmmt tt UOf mm nmmmt ti MS Franca OCBC OUB (JOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings daily 3 3 24 3 Monthly
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      • 183 27 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dotars to Foreign currency currency one unH of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1.5108 1.5126 6.71—6.53 Canadian dollar 1.5940 1.5960 6.33 6.23 HI dollar 1.3001—1.3028 7.82—7.57 Sterling pound 3.4600 3.4637 2.90 2.86 US dollar 2.0970—2.0980 4.79—4.75 Local dolars to 100 tnis
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      • 119 27 THE US dollar closed mixed against most major currencies at 3 pm yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it closed lower at 2.0970/80 in moderate trading. It traded within a range of 2.0960 and 2.0965. It opened initially at 2.0980/90. Against the deutschemark, the greenback opened at 1.7900/05 and closed
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      • 159 27 THE kilobar market traded between 5131.270 and 5531,420 yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened at U*****.50/ 4.00. It eased to U*****.00 50 In quiet trading and tried U*****.40 90 again before closing at U*****.00/ 50 for lunch. It reopened lower on Swiss selling at U*****.50/ 3.00 and
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      • 28 27 GOLD USS/oz Fri Thurs Singapore 463.40—***** 462.00—462 50 Hongkong 463.20 463.70 462.70 463.20 Thure BJtd New York 463.50— 464 00 465.40— 465 90 London 463.50—464.00 463.50-*****
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      • 289 27 WmAttAQAtm pfiC#S fOf MMMMMMM 5 4 7 Singapore IMt Trust The Commerce 1 22-1 29 The Sa.inp Fund 108— 1 IS Spore Proc Fund 0 51— 0 55 S pore Sec Fund 0 83—0 89*0 Spore Invest Fund 0 91—0 97 Spore fquil» fund 0 61-0 66 Asia
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      • Simex futures
        • 122 27 Eurodollar 3-month deposit DECEMBER Eurodollar opened eight ticks lower at 91.86 from overnight losses following rumours of a G-5 plan to lower the US dollar's target range. However, short-covering activity from the oversold market ahead of the long weekend and release of US unemployment figures saw prices firming to the
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        • 85 27 CURRENCY futures opened near the day's high before drifting lower during the day on Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa's denial of a G-5 plan and news that Kuwait was hit by a missile. September deutschemark ranged from 0.5583 to 0.5552 after opening at 0.5581 and closed 21 ticks higher
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        • 37 27 SEPTEMBER pound closed 60 points higher at 1.6540. (Britiah Pound) Open High Low Sett Eat Val Sept 81 1.6535 1.6540 1.6535 1.6540 101 De* 1.6435 MarBB 1.6350 OpcM lat (Than): IN. Aet Val (Than): Nil.
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        • 54 27 SEPTEMBER yen ended five ticks lower at 0.*****4 after trading from the opening's high of 0.*****6 to 0.*****1. (Japanese Yen) Opea High Lew Sett Est Val Sept 87 0 *****6 0 *****6 0.*****1 0.*****4 544 Dee *****50 0.*****0 0.*****8 0.*****8 33 Mar 88 0.*****6 Opea lat (Then): fit.
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        • 60 27 SEPTEMBER Nikkei closed 150 points higher at ***** on bargain hurting from yesterday's losses after ranging between ***** and *****. (Nikkei Stock Avenge Index) Opea High Lbw Sett Est Vel Spot *****.31 *****. M *****.12 *****.03 BeplB7 ***** ***** ***** ***** 2394 Dec ***** ***** *****
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        • 43 27 SEPTEMBER US T-bonds ended the session nine ticks lower at 85.06 in listless trading. (US Treasury .lond) Open High Lo Sett Est Vt»l Sept 87 85 08 Dee 84.10 Mar 88 83.13 Open lot (Tfcara): TI. Act Vol (Thus): NU.
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        • 28 27 (USt per troy ounce) Open High Lbw Sett Est faJ Dwtn V71.10 Feb 88 477.20 Open Lit (Than): Foot. Act Vol (Than): Nil. Reports froni BA Futures
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      • 18 27 Rubber Closinf prices cents/Uo Singapore October 216 00 up 0 50 cents Malaysia October 264 00 unchanged
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      • 17 27 Tit Closinf prices m/am KL Tin 1681 down (our cents Turnover 118 tonnes dwon 32 tonnes
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      • 25 27 Ctowf prces Aluminium tonne Mn Spot *****—***** (951 00-953 00) 3 months 942 00— 943 00 (930 00—930.50) Market tone Steady Sales 10.200 tonnes
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      • 23 27 Cknrn prices Copper £/nmm Mm Spot *****0-*****0 (*****0-*****0) 3 months 1008 50-1009 00 (1028 00-1028 50) Market tone Easy Sales 14.800 tonnes
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      • 100 27 aatm mmu September 727 50 (north and south) October 725 (south) Rsfwied pakn oi USJ/tormes RBD palm jit September 320 (settes) October 317 50 (seiers; Nov Dec 312 SO (seders) RBO Stearin September 310 (seders) RBO Oein September 337 50 (sellers' October 335 (seders) Nov/Dec 327 50 (seders)
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      • 606 27 SOME last-minute covering and bargain-hunting helped prop up share prices at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Most counters recovered some lost ground after going through four successive sessions of bearish trading. However, the market finished mixed despite the buying support
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      • 374 27 W» 4 HKS Chance Assoc Inti Hotels 3 375 +0 2 Bonk Ot Eost Asia 32 00 +05 Capital Corp 4 075 -0 125 Cothoy Pocrfic Air 830 +0 2 Cheung Kong 13 10 -0 2 Chwxi Light 27 00 +0 3 City Resources 4 675 -0 125 Cross
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      • 364 27 Ten Chance Afoomoto 3500 ♦80 Akoi 530 +25 Amodo 1060 unch Asohi Chem 1 220 20 Asohi Gloss 2260 100 Bonk Ot Tokyo 1600 20 Bndgestone 1210 +10 Conon 1050 +30 Costo Computer 1270 +40 Citiren 547 3 0 N*> Pnnt 2080 +20 D Nippon Screen 982 2 DoHchi
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      • 513 27 Sept 3 fence Chance INDUSTRIALS Asdo Mfl 199 +2 AAed-Lyons 420 +5 BTRPLC 344 +9 Bobcocks Borcloy* 565 +2 Beechom 533 +2 BCC 402 +19 BtueC.cle 485 +8 BOC Group 538 +2 Boots 307 -I Bowoter 540 +6 BATS 662 +10 B Airway* 188 -2 Britannia lB7'/j BntGos 171
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      • 341 27 Sept 4 Cerrh Chanfe (tat) A C I 440 +10 ANI 245 unch Aberfoyle Age 328 +8 Amcor 590 -30 Ampol f.p 580 10 Ampol Pet 400 unch Am 536+6 Ariodne Aust 295 +3 Ashton 350 15 8H P 1015 -5 Beoch Petroleum 65 unch Be* Group 1020 20
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      • 67 27 jj I I I I I .1 I I L- NST Index Friday 2,090.91 (2,089.29) Hongkong Hang Seng ~>M Friday 3,654.48 (3,653.95) Australan Al-Ordnaries Friday 2,194.90 (2,203.70) Nkkei Stock Average Friday 25.744.03 (25.649.88) Financial Times Industrials Thursday 1,774.50 (1.763.20) Dow Jones Average g£ Thursday 2,599.49 (2,602.04) iii: (Figures in
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      • 227 27 So* 3 IBS Ounce Alcoa 55*4 +44 Abed Sig 43* -H Amox Inc 2544 +44 Amr Corp 57 -H Aft 3314 H Bethlehem SH 17V4 -44 Booing Co 51 +44 Cotorpiar Co 60*4 -H Chase Manhtn 39*4 -H Chry*lor Cp 44 H Citicorp 6014 -IH Cons Not Gas
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    • 357 28 LONDON Elders IXL, the Australian brewing, finance, agribusiness and investment group, is planning two major flotations to raise about £1.75 billion (556.05 billion) in total on the London stock market. Mr John Elliott, Elder's Chairman, said the UK flotations were part of
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    • 300 28 KUALA LUMPUR Pan Malaysia Rubber Industries will remain a member of the Malayan United Industries group, despite the fact that "Sugar king" Robert Kuok is now its single largest shareholder. However, the Kuok group may be represented on the board, PMRI director Khong Kim
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    • 181 28 LONDON Ladbroke Group PLC has bought Hilton International Co for £645 million (552.23 billion) in a deal to be partly financed by a rights issue, the UK property and leisure group said in a statement. The purchase of Hilton from Allegis Corp of the US
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    • 142 28 Maxwell's media group profit leaps to $244m LONDON Media tycoon Robert Maxwell's British Printing and Communication Corp PLC has more than doubled first half profits, and it expects turnover this year to reach £1 billion (553.46 billion) for the first time. BPCC said a leap in first-half pre-tax profits to
      Reuter  -  142 words
    • 398 28 CHICAGO The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Merc), already the world leader in foreign currency and stock index futures trading, could triple its business through its new 24-hour trading link with Reuters Holdings PLC, officials said. The venture will enable Merc members and clearing
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    • 99 28 HONGKONG Allied Properties (HK) Ltd is planning a one-f or-10 bonus issue followed immediately by one- for- two share split. The company earlier reported attributable profit of HK$lBl.4 million (5548.6 million) for the 15 months ended June 30, against HK$l4 million for the
      Reuter  -  99 words
    • 44 28 HONGKONG Allied Overseas Investment Ltd is planning a one-for-one rights issue, with detachable warrants to subscribe for new shares in the company, at HK52.35 each. The subscription Drice for the warrant is HK$3 until Dec 31. 1990. Reuter
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    • 93 28 TOKYO Ricoh Co Ltd said yesterday it expects its parent company's profit to hit at least 25 billion yen ($370 million) for the coming year to March, up 35 per cent from 18.55 billion yen in the previous year and compared with an earlier
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    • 60 28 HONGKONG Chevalier (HK) Ltd is planning a one-for-two rights issue at HKSI.2O (32.2 Singapore cents) each to raise HKSIBS million (5549.7 million) to finance property development. Each rights share will be issued with a detachable warrant exercisable into one new Chevalier share at
      Reuter  -  60 words
    • 461 28 KUALA LUMPUR It will be quite some time before the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange proposal to split the marketable lots of certain companies from 1,000 shares to 500 or even 100 shares becomes a reality. Many of the 20 companies approached by
      MBT  -  461 words
    • 178 28 Shearson to increase investment in Japan NEW YORK Shearson Lehman Brothers Holdings Ine is to increase the capital of its Tokyo-based subsidiary, Shearson Lehman Brothers Asia Ine, from USS 15 million (SS3O million) to more than USSIOO million. The parent company said on Wednesday that the increased capital would "support
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    • 254 28 LONDON Lloyd's of London has declared a record profit of £300 million (Ssl 04 billion) for 1984, up 68 per cent on the previous year, in spite of the heavy losses in the US which plagued insurers in the mid-1980s. The profit which
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    • Companies Desk
      • 66 28 DUFF Bhd said the Foreign Investment Committee has approved its proposed acquisition of five million shares in property developer MCB Holdings Bhd at M52.60 each for a consideration of Msl3 million. Duff said the proposed acquisition needs shareholder approval at an extraordinary general meeting and also the Capital Issues
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      • 71 28 KINTA Kellas Investments PLC expects better performance this year due to signs of economic recovery. Chairman Raja Datuk Nong Chik Raja Ishak said in his latest annual report "the performance of the group will largely be dependent upon the economy of the country". For the year to March
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      • 54 28 SUNGEI Besi Mines Malaysia Bhd, which recorded a net loss of M51. 95 million for the year ended March 31, expects its performance to improve this year due to anticipated higher production. Chairman Ibrahim Menudin said its production of tin concentrate rose 19 per cent to 549.86 tonnes
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      • 44 28 TANJONG Tin Dredging PLC reported a lower pre-tax loss of £47,600 (about *****.000) for last year from £670,536 previously. Group turnover, from sales of tin concentrate, dropped to £23,223 from £374.24. The result incorporates those of Tanjong Tin Dredging (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.
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      • 35 28 AMBASSADOR Impex Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ambassador Holdings Ltd, has raised its paid-up capital from $2 to $250,000 by issuing 249,996 new shares of SI each at par to its parent.
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  • RACING
    • 341 30 Da Cruz gets his chance in Phoenix Stakes DUBLIN Globe-trotting French mare Triptych wiD be reunited with Hongkong champion jockey Tony Da Cruz when she takes on a classy international field m the Phoenix Champion Stakes tomorrow. Da Cruz, who rode Triptych in her big races earlier in the season,
      Reuter  -  341 words
    • 295 30  -  TONTO By our man on the track IPOH Simple Simon 111 was well supported at all his four previous starts but the best he could do was finish fourth twice. With the benefit of those runs under his belt, the four-year-old Australian
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    • 359 30 RACE RACING ED TOHTO PEDIGREE MISTER X MARKSMAN 2 Exquiaita 2 Exquisite 9 I Love Daddy 2 Exquiaita 9 I Lova Daddy 1 9 I Love Daddy 10 Nobody's Fool 8 Ricks Cate 10 Nobody's Fool 2 Exquisite 6 Advance 8 Rick's Cate 7 Nothing Am
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    • 4538 30 AAAAAAAA A 2°° class 4 div 6 1,200m A I I'] IB (Ratings: 70-63) ■MMMMfIi (Stakes: $13,000) 1 7070" Dasklag Cemmaade 57 (74) Hock-J Breukelen 7 irg d3 +2 (1200m). Sivan suspended for three days after gelding finished last of 11 to How Now with 55 C4-3
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      89 30 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 1: Purity RACE 2: Amazing Journey. Santo Bravo. RACE 3: Genius 11. Walk Far. Rangoli RACE 5: Signal II RACE 4: Castle Command 11. Diplomatic Joy, Hard To Be Humble. Julian Minstrel. Nuclear Number, Schemer. Pokotoli.
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    • 340 31 Son of Great Wall clocks 38.6 sec on a tight rein ON THE TRACK with TONTO IPOH Last-start runaway winner Atlantis dazzled in his workout here yesterday morning. With K.C. Ow Yang up, Atlantis was raring to go but was kept on a tight hold when
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    • 78 31 TUESDAY (firm going) Red Chief 34 7. Go National 37 4. Fearless Judoka 39. Tidings 42.6, Hidden Secret n 41.7. Pillow Talk 36, Apple Of My Eye 35.2, Sling 42 6, Riversands 111 36.3. WEDNESDAY (firm): Monte Crystal (late Steel Challenger) 40.5. Call Me Bleu 37.8, Robber
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    • 203 31 Rides Ist 2nd 3rd Placlngs for last 19 rides 1 Domlngaet 187 *****3 ********** 2 Cooksley *****24 19 ********** 300 190 23 19 24 ********** 4Ng 134 29 14 8 ********** i Danls 193 29 12 29 ********** 6 Aster 193 18 2422 ********** 1 Lam 107 17
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    • 91 31 Ist 2nd 3rd Kok 43 27 18 Yeea 34 30 33 ThwAltes 30 22 22 Read 29 19 15 Teh 26 43 43 K (Hong 24 25 27 Rang 24 12 22 J Breakelea 23 22 17 Dragon 21 24 25 Lota 20 18 26 Lee 19 20
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    • 74 31 ANOTHER 22 horses have been deleted, according to the Malayan Racing Association. They are: CLASS 1: Beat The CTock, Commandant. CLASS 2: Lion City II (deceased), Eager Beaver, Tooborac, House Eleven (late Wilkimson), Key Factor, Chinatown IV. CLASS S: Symphony, Era Of Triumph. CLASS
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    • 93 31 Ist 2nd 3rd Agasam 13 7 7 Rich A Glamorous 11 5 11 Anric 10 21 17 Olympia 10 6 5 Ctaong Keng Leong 9 10 10 Ombla 8 5 6 AJK 8 4 3 TAJ 7 3 0 Goodman 6 8 8 Bine Csp 5 3 1
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    • 1393 31 f7f*lfl 200 CLASS 4 DIV 4 1,600m bUutaUl (Ratings: 71-59) (Stakes. $13,000) 1 *07*4* Km- haate (late Lelca Back) 51 (11) Jac-aranda-J Breukelen 6 nzg dl +.5 (1600m) Junaidi 2 ****** Birdie UJ <C8) Birdie-B Ng 4ag dl 5 (1600m) Daals S 33*377 Daytaaa U MJ (M) Tan
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 684 33 THE MARTIN PALMER COLUMN Ability does not always guarantee stability TODAY'S FIRST DIVISION TIES Charlton v QPR, Chelsea v Forest, Coventry v Man United, Derby v Portsmouth, Everton v Tottenham, Newcastle v Wimbledon, Oxford v Luton, Southampton v Sheffield W, Watford v Norwich, West Ham
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    • 611 33 Atkinson returns: Ron Atkinson, the flamboyant manager sacked by England's Manchester United last season, is to take over his old team West Bromwich Albion, bottom of the Second Division. Atkinson, who has signed a one-year contract, replaces Ron Saunders who was dismissed by West Brom on Wednesday. For
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    • 271 33 PREVIEW OF LEAGUE ACTION IN ENGLAND Rush absence not felt so far LONDON lan Rush may have packed his bags and gone to Italy but Liverpool have already convinced their opponents in the English soccer League that they can become champions again even without the
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    • 298 33 PREVIEW OF LEAGUE ACTION IN SPAIN AND WEST GERMANY BARCELONA Barcelona look to jump ahead to the top of the Spanish First Division this weekend when they host Seville, a side demoralised by the sacking of their Scottish coach Jock Wallace. Wallace's sudden
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    • 352 33 Singapore beaten: The Singapore women's team drew 3-3 with Malaysia and lost 3-0 to Thailand in the Selangor International Open softball championship in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. other remits Philippines bt Taiwan 5-1 and Malaysia 10-0, Japan bt Thailand 21-0. Mem: Malaysia bt Selangor 9-2; Philippines bt Thailand
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    • 498 34 •V I W Saturday W I Person 6My paraonal dream ia a world record of 2.12m. But I think that tha gold in tha world championships will have to come with a m record of, per- haps, 2.10m. Stefka, before the World Championships
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    • 140 34 Johnson for 200m: World 100 metres record holder Ben Johnson will move up to the 200m event for the first time this season at the Grand Prix athletics finals in Brussels next week, the organisers announced on Thursday. The 100m was not a Grand Prix event this year
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    • 679 34  -  ALAN HUBBARD STORIES bv 4 Tha colour of tho skin plays no part In athletics tha most important thing ia m performance. Schoenlebe, who broke the "black domination'' of the 400m after nearly 20 years. ROME Money or medals? Greed or glory? The dilemma
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    • 305 34 Absorbing lesson for See Huey ROME Chan See Huey did her best not to look like a little girl lost in Rome but, in the end, she had to admit that she now knows what it must have been like for those slaves in ancient times. Being thrown to the
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    • 335 34 Thompson sure to lose 10-year grip on decathlon ROME Thunder rattled across the Olympic Stadium, lightning flashes lit the hills of Rome and, for the second evening in succession, Daley Thompson was failing to weather the storm. Sports Superman was on the brink of losing his 10--year supremacy in the
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    • 928 34 Mea's llfcn hardies flaal: 1 Greg Foster (US) 13.215ec 2 John Ridgeon (Brit) 13.29 S Co lm Jackson (Brit) 13.38 4 Jack Pierce (US) 13.41 I Igor Kazanov (SU) 13.48 Carlos Sala (Spn) 13.55 7 Mark McKoy (Can) 13.71. •mm naal: 1 Calvin Smith (US) 20.16 2
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    • 430 35 A MAtTER OF CONFIDENCE NEW YORK Peter Lundgren, the 22--year-old Swede who dumped Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, of Australia, out of the United States Open in the first round on Wednesday says his recent emergence as a giant killer is a matter of confiderce.
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    • 243 35 MONZA (Italy) World championship leader Nelson Piquet, of Brazil, may give a long-awaited Formula One racing debut to Williams' active suspension system in tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix. The Honda-powered British team will be seeking their sixth successive win. Only McLaren, w'ho reeled off eight
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    • 76 35 Best of the old and new 4 The difference between me a month ago and now is that now I always think I have a chance to win. As soon as you have confidence, it doesn't matter who m you play. Lundgren (left) 4 I'm still the better player. I'm
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    • 238 35 (Americans, unless stated) Men's mAMm Jim Pugh bt Gary Muller (SA) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4; Amos Mansdorf (tar) bt Marcel Freeman 2-6. 6-3. 6-2, 6-2; Boris Becker (WG) bt Jonathan Canter 6-4. 6-2. 74; Guy Forget (Fra) bt Tarik Benhabtles (Fra) 74, 44, 64, 64. 6-4 Ivan Lendl
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    • 437 35 A MATTER OF FACT NEW YORK Martina Navratilova disagrees with her current computer ranking. She says she is still the best woman tennis player in the world. Steffi Graf, of West Germany, who has lost Just once in 57 matches this year following
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    • 148 35 NEW YORK Four of the world's top tennis players will compete for a first prize of as much as U*****,000 ($1.6 million) in a unique million-dol-lar round-robin exhibition in November, tournament organisers announced on Wednesday. The inaugural event, at Palm Beach, Florida, from
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    • 440 35 FOREIGN GOLF CRANS MONTANA (Switzerland) Britain's Bill Longmuir, beaten in a play-off here five years ago, and American John Slaughter shared the lead with first-round 66s in the Swiss Open golf championship on Thursday. Their seven-under-par scores left them a stroke ahead of Ireland's Eamonn Darcy
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    • 213 35 EUROPEAN CUP WOMEN'S HOCKEY LONDON Holland began the defence of their European Cup women's hockey title by beating France 5-0 as the 12-na-tion tournament got underway on Thursday. Lisanne Lejeune grabbed a hat-trick to lead the world and Olympic champions to their easy victory. Also scoring
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    • 829 36 Harvest will not be so good this time SEA GAMES COUNTDOWN GODFREY ROBERT, who will lead the Tlmesport team (comprising reporters HAKIKAT Ml. J. RAJENDRAN. LEE WAI WUN and photographers JERRY SEH and ALBERT SIM) when they leave with the Singapore contingent tomorrow, concludes ovr cointdown to the South-east Asia
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    • 350 37 PREVIEW: PENANG M AR ATHON ...By ALBERT JOHNSON BRITISH international woman runner Leslie Watson, who won the Malaysian Airline System Marathon in Penang in 1984, has pledged to win the title again tomorrow. Leslie, a psychotherapist, finished third in the recent 67-kilometre Mountain
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    • 332 37 RUGBY.By J. RAJENDRAN SEASONED campaigner Song Koon Poh heads a 46-strong national squad announced yesterday by the Singapore Rugby Union for the new season. The selection of the 32-year-old prop, whose international career spans more than a decade, underlines coach Morgan Thomas' policy that
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    • 569 37  -  LEE WAI WUN SINGAPORE INT. WATER SKI C'SHIPS...By Young Australian takes huge lead TALL, charming Mark Beretta roared to a mammoth lead on the opening day of the Singapore International Water Ski Championships at the Kallang River yesterday. The 21-year-old Australian was the focus of
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    • 317 37  -  LEE WAI WUN SINGAPORE'S Kallang River can match the best as a venue for a world-class water skiing tournament. So says Jim Palmer, a member of the British Water Ski Federation, and other foreign officials here for the Singapore International Championships. Jim feels that Singapore
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    • 249 37 PUNLOP IND. GRADED SQUASH C'SHIPS...By SHAHIRON SAHARI ZAINAL ABIDIN, the top seed, will meet second seed Anthony Chua in the A Grade final of the Dunlop Individual Graded Championships at the West Coast Recreation Centre tonight, but their paths there could not have been more contrasting.
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    • 436 37 REVIEW: SINGAPORE v ARMED FORCES...By JOE DORAI Young lions can take pride in q-final berth PRIDE and achievement were written on the face of coach Seak Poh Leong when Singapore beat Malaysian Armed Forces 3-0 on Thursday to finish third in the Malaysia Cup soccer competition.
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    • 256 37 CRICKET LONDON Pace pair Kevin Saxelby and New Zealander Richard Hadlee bowled English County Cricket Championship leaders Nottinghamshire to the brink of victory on a spiteful Trent Bridge pitch on Thursday. Saxelby took 6-49 as Sussex collapsed to 80 all out in their second innings.
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    • 132 37 Lions draw Malaysia for Games JAKARTA Football teams from Indonesia, Thailand and Brunei will be grouped in one pool, and Singapore, Burma and Malaysia in the another for the 14th South-east Asia Games which begin next week, the Games organising committee announced. The draw was made on the basis that
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    • 146 37  -  JOE DORAI HONGKONG, with two impressive successes in European Under-18 soccer competitions recently, are expected to do well in this year's three-nation Japan Airlines Cup competition at the Bedok Athletic Centre today at 6 pm. Hongkong will kick off the competition with a match against Singapore,
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    • 26 37 GATX Terminal beat Rockwell International 30 in a Jurong League soccer match at Jurong yesterday. Part AitlMrlty LeagM resalt: TPT Ops 3 Med 0.
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 485 36 MDM KONG GUAT SIAN AGE 61 YEARS paammd away peacefully on 3rd September 1987. Leaving behind beloved: SONS DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW Wong Wan Chee (China) Liang Bee Tin (China) Wong Oon Klat. Jeffrey Yap Peck Oeok, Sally Wong Wan Sing, Sebastian DAUGHTERS: Wong Soh In Wong Sok Hwa.
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    • 58 36 JULIET TAN GUEK HOW AGE: 24 YEARS DEPARTED: 31ST AUGUST 1987 Always dearly remembered by: family, friend*, and loved one* Ashes resting at Singapore Casket from the 4th 6th September. Mass will be held at Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Tanjong Katong
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    • 29 36 The Family Of The Late MDM GOH SIEW LIN wishes to thank all relatives and friends for their condolences, wreaths and assistance rendered during their recent bereavement
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      125 36 JENNIFER LING SOK HONG Gone te be with the Lord On Sept 5. 1982 Only the memory's left, Of the happiness we knew. But the love that kindled memory's touch will feed my whole life through. With Memories. rodmey mm Departed on sth September 1966 In life
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      99 36 In Loving Memory Of: ALPHONSUS LEE KAY JIN departed sth Sept. 1985 Always remembered by: Family A loved onaa. M LOVING MEMORY OF ANTHONY KHOO TENQ ENQ Departed sth Sept. 1073 He lives forever In the lives ot those he touched. Fondly remembered by wife Swee Neo,
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    • 81 36 With Deepest Sympathies and Condolences to our MANAGING DIRECTOR MR. KENNY QUEK PECK CHENG on the demise of his beloved mother MDM. LIM THAY NEO AGE: 82 YEARS FROM THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF B.E.S. GROUP OF COMPANIES B.E.S. (PTE) LIMITED BESCO BUILDING SUPPLIES
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    • 60 36 JULIET TAN GUEK HOW SAC, Class of 79 Thanks for the way you've touched our lives. In loving remembrance: May May Kee Ngo Evelyn Eng Eng Francesca Linda Chang Ann Alk Boon Ghee Nee Yee May Kwee Sim Kim Pheck Wei Yee Alison Agnes
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      58 36 LEE CHENG LIAN (MAMA) Departed: 5/9/S5 Her life was a long sweet story That ended as It had begun With love, faith and charity For all and malice tor none. We miss your gentle humour and your smile but most of all, we miss you. Loved always by:
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    • 129 36 DR. R. JEVASINGAM of Queen Ellsabttll Hospital. Kota Klnabelu, passed away suddenly on 4th September, 1987 leaving behind parents. Mr Mrs I Rat naslngam. retired tearhers. brother Selvaslngam and sister Vlmala. Orandson of Mrs P Selvadural. Sentul. nephew of Mr A Vljeyarone, Singapore. Mrs. A Majlmuthu K 1.. Mr Mrs
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    • 77 37 TODAY'S EVENTS BADMINTON Tanah Merah Opea InviUUon Uurnamenl flaal (Tanah Merah CC, 7pm). RUGBY NZBC/WU Div 2: JB Anchorman v Tankardsi Johor Baru), Police Juniors v Blacks (P. Academy), Hill k Delamain v Bucks Vandals (Dunearn Tech) all at 4pm. SOCCER Japaa Alrllaeo International Yoath friendly. Singapore A v Japan
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  • 99 38 Johor police warn of Marxist elements KOTA TTNGCI Johor police have warned the people of Johor to be vigilant against Marxist elements in view of the recent arrest of people involved in a Marxist conspiracy in Singapore. Deputy Chief Police Officer Assistant Commissioner Abu Bakar Jabar said Marxists or communist
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  • 118 38 Among those arrested some of whom have been released were professionals, social workers and a former Malaysian journalist. Mr Abu Bakar, who was speaking on Thursday at the launch of a campaign to explain government policies and security matters, advised people to co-operate with the authorities by
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  • 33 38 BEIJING Beijing authorities rounded up 17,000 speculators and illegal traders in a two-week crackdown on profiteering and price-fixing for which state firms are largely responsible, the official press said yesterday. Reuter
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  • 26 38 WASHINGTON US Senator William Proxmire, citing Nato allies as an example, said on Thursday the US military should use women in combat roles. Reuter
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  • 440 38  -  PETER HAZELHURST Survey shows majority believe a woman's place is in the home By Tokyo Correspondent Husbands second to children Of the Japanese women interviewed in the survey: More than 72 por cent Mid they believe their family it mora important than a career.
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  • 490 38  -  SURESH NAIR But total crime rate is up slightly By FEWER serious offences were committed in the six months till June compared with last year's first half, despite a slight rise in the total number of offences reported. Latest police crime
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  • 289 38 Burundi head deposed while away NAIROBI President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza of the tiny central African state ot Burundi has been overthrown while at a meeting of French-speak-ing leaders in Canada. A military faction led by Major Pierre Buyoya seized power on Thursday and announced on national radio that Mr Bagaza had
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  • 502 38  - Frozen-egg pioneer specialist to return to Singapore HEOWIG ALFRED By THE Singapore doctor who scored a world medical first with a frozen-egg pregnancy in Australia is returning home. Dr Christopher Chen, who left Singapore nine years ago because of a lack of opportunities in his field, is coming back to
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  • 276 38 One of 10 most wanted men nabbed ONE of Singapore's 10 most wanted criminal suspects, believed to be a gunman behind at least five robberies, was arrested when police raided a flat in Bedok on Thursday. The suspect and an accomplice are nicknamed the "Laurel and Hardy robbers" after the
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  • 116 38 WASHINGTON The US fertility rate fell to a record low last year while life expectancy hit a record high, the government reported. Average life expectancy in 1986 reached 74.9 years, said the Centre for Health Statistics, an arm of the Department
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  • 60 38 PERTH A 24-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to a total of 48 years' jail for sexually assaulting and murdering English nurse Susan Frost. Darren Osborne, from Queensland, pleaded guilty to murder, five counts of sexual assault and two of deprivation of liberty. He killed Ms Frost
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  • 28 38 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 7.49 points to 2,592.0 an hour after trading on the New York Stock Exchange vesterdav. AP
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  • 153 38 Parents against a mainly- Asian school Education race row in Britain LONDON An education race row erupted in Britain after parents occupied a school in Dewsbury, northern England, against a decision by the local education authority to transfer their 26 children to a neighbouring school where about 500 of the
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    • 195 38 Weather Showers are expected over a few areas in the mominf. TEMP. (C) 19 to 6 am tomorrow: 33 max., 25 mm SUNSET today: 7.07 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.59 am. GLOBAL MATHER Adelaide 4/16 C Goudy London 13 19 C Goudy AmaWdam 14/23 C Cloudy Us Angeles 19 26 C
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  • The Straits Times Section Two
    • 5 1 The Straits Times Section Two
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    • 577 1 FIRST LOVES By Philip Jeyaretnam Times Books International, 1987 199 pages, $6.50 Reviewed by CHRISTINE KHOR THIS collection of stories linked by the common theme of first love combines poise and maturity with the freshness of youthful observation. A serious work spiced with humour
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    • 948 1 CHRISTINE KHOR talks to prizewinning short-story writer Philip Jeyaretnam on his first book, First Loves. The book will be launched at the Festival of Books and Book Fair 1987 today at the World Trade Centre. "WRITING is like physical exercise," says Philip Jeyaretnam, a sensitive and selfassured
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    • Books
      • 861 2 On this page and the next, we highlight some of the goodies to be launched at the 19th Festival of Books and Book Fair 1987 at the World Trade Centre, on from today till next Sunday. In this review, MAY HO finds the answer
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      • 677 2 The poet's pursuit: Capturing dreams Reading and Writing ALLEN GINSBERG, an enduring voice of the Beat generation, discusses the poetry-lyric connection. This is reproduced from the US News World Report. MENTAL shorthand, using dissimilar images to compose a kind of lightning flash in the mind, is a basic method of
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      • 1128 3 S'ShoutT he urged them. *Call out! Tamgok mAa onmg tmkT *ey then eheuted. Oihi ot them called out: *Bfr, wu m hear a voicar 7 i i .I It is still haunting the cries of the victims, the anguish of their kith and kin and
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      • 378 3  -  MAY HO TRYING out each recipe was the most enjoyable part about putting Our Favourite Recipes together, said Mr Goh Eck Kheng of Landmark Books. "Each meeting with the committee members would end in a lunch cooked by the women. Some recipes ended up
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      • 334 2 ISln This is no ordinary warehouse sale. We're offering the distinguished De Dietrich kitchen appliances that have given home kitchens throughout the world a touch of class, and made cooking a pleasure for more than 300 years. Now more housewives can have distinction in their kitchens and enjoy really great
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      • 230 4 THE waterways have always been the lifeline of our society and, through the years, have helped transform a sleepy fishing village into a dynamic city-na-tion. Water has often inspired the creative instincts in people. We are inviting contributions by our readers on the various aspects of
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        1332 4  -  OVIDIA YU By 26 NUS graduate student WE were watching sword-fighting videos in Nick's room. The Master was injured; a faithful disciple put his hands on the Master's back and the camera vibrated to show that transfer of "inner strength" was taking place. The Master rose, refreshed and
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      • 562 5  -  ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM By LEATHER is a highly versatile material that ages beautifully, giving a seasoned look that is uniquely its own. A suede leather belt, for example, is certainly one fashion accessory that you will want to use again and again. You can make one
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      • 218 5  -  CHAN KIN SANG <HTt^2^ Handy DON'T discard an object just because there's rust on the metal parts. Instead remedy the situation by using a Rustin's Rust Remover. But before applying the rust remover, wipe the surface free from grease and remove loose rust with
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    • Supplement
      • Book Fair '87
        • 701 6 A librarian talks to JUDY TAN on how you can start your own home library. See Page 7 Dates Sept 5 to Sept 13 Time: 1 1 am to 9pm daily MmaAamM^AM\mjaa llvw HEAD FOR the fair. It's for free, and it's healthy
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        • 389 6 Tales Of The Supernatural, by Wong Hon Loong, Heinemann, 1987, 37 pages, $3.80 This is a fairly light book that would appeal to children and teenagers who want to know more about all that they have been scared of. There are four short stories about things that go
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        • 633 7 ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM looks at some of the books that will be promoted at Book Fair 87 Straits Chinese Beadwork And Embroidery A Collector's Quids By Ho Wing Meng Times, 1987, 176 pages. $65.00 You have seen it on feet, on cleavages and you might even have sat
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        • 518 7  -  JUDY TAN By THE thing that catches your eye when you walk into a library is the way the books stand smartly, like soldiers on a parade square. But besides a neat and orderly arrangement more thought needs to be given on what goes on the shelves.
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        • 334 7 One elephant began to shine, and the other animals came to join him. Surely you know who Sharity is. But have you met Mister Mane, Mick Monkey, Lanky Giraffe, Lavender Lamb, and Mrs Fluff? They are all from Sharityland and they are just some
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        • 217 8 DESCRIBED as a "radically new type of dictionary which offers far more than just the meanings of words", the average reader looking up a word will find the Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary a breeze. It is written in readable everyday English, and the reader is
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        • 740 8 CATCH them young and they will have less problems with the printed word in later life. Teaching a child to read doesn't have to be a formal affair. Miss Maureen Khoo, a lecturer at the Institute of Education, who is also a specialist in reading, said we
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        • 451 8 GIVEN the limited time that each of us have, and the proliferation of print, how do we decide what to read? Here are some views. Mr Chla Kok Leong, 43, senior partner ai aa architecture Arm: "You have to sort out your priorities. I
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      • 100 6 NOW STARRING AT BOOKFAIR '87 WORLD TRADE CENTRE *A WwWf^^ -JxL Am r^^ef^l r^^^*&*y Mami t Tt Ar^mA Sm .Ai "a Jk fi ._#^^.—mmr. mmM r^\ With Guest Appearances By W (Times Standi Ho Wing Meng Sunday 6 Sept. 3.30 4.30 pm Joan Hon Philip Jeyaretnam Saturday 12 Sept. 3.30
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      • 224 7 Givefour Child This Advantage In School AMA A A A WBAi Children aa- naturally curious they have lots I of questions. The time to answer their questions fl^ fl I ls them. But •j'lßl Kli fl,K^ W^*A A^ Children 1^ I m \aA w Mm^lA AM ilek Am r^ U
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      • 697 7 La Boutique Francophone D What is it? A Distributor as well as a Retailer of French books who also provide mail-to-order service. D What can you find? French books, cassettes, records, magazines and periodicals. We can supply any French books which are available from the various publishers. Dictionaries Language training
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      • 144 8 ■owocm Ajmm pMfrf CM VI tTOaiM I i lamaMA*Atm m tSmJt -^P Secrets of the Hand Joachim Bennett Ssls 00 Honour and Other Stories Goh Sin Tub Ss6 50 Tales of Chinatown (Chinese Edition) Sit Yin Fong S*B.oo Meet the authors at our Stalls No 112-117. Hall 4, World Trade
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      • 794 10 23 Musical Instruments BRITISH PIANO 1700. China $1,100 Petrof $1,600 Korean new piano Maearl $2,400 Hyundai $3,350 Also China. Japan, W. Germany Hand made pianos. Welcome to 329 Joo Chiat Rd *****35 Crtstoforl Music Pte. Ltd EXCELLENT 2NOHAND PIANO* for sale. Also pianos for rent. $40 $60 Renner Piano Co
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      • 965 11 39 TV/ Video/ Hi-fi 1 PAIR JAMO Digital 200 speakers 1 unit OMS-5 compact discplayer IM mth old Pis call *****17 after lOa.m ANTENNAE INSTALLATION SERV. b repair of ctv., video b fridge Miss Lee *****88/ *****46 BUY A SELL video, ctv., split/ rm aircon., fridge, cooker, washer, dryer, pick-up
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      • 838 11 42 Plumbing/ Elactrical ALL CHOKING/ PLUMBING/ handyman Jobs? Power failures/ Pipe Leakage/ Urgent repairs/ Install water heaters? We offer fair charges b 24-hr friendly service. For Immed. attention from our reliable servicemen, why not call *****03/ *****10 now! ELECTRICAL/ PLUMBING SPECIALIST. Reasonable charges for electrical failure, repair pipe leaking Auto
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      • 715 11 45 Health Centree/ 45 Health Centres/ *AAAma go Maaaaga GREAT Faci,i,ie mc,ud FIPTmil Shiatsu/Massage/Facial/ tAo I till Suana /Steambath /Hot ICAI Tli!j A Cold Poo,s PCMTDE Cflk^*' 7 Wam to 12am f 4th Flr G r eat Eastern Hotel JfA I 401 MacPherson Road 49 Beauty Culture 49 Beauty Culture
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      • 505 11 56 Sale: Other Products SSSBSSB______^SBSB TO CLEAR! 6' x9' Beautiful Belgium Carpets ■mSBSS Reco jJnfct K.^'^ 1 1 mr raß I BD -IJ 1839 ROLAND S •01-02. KEWALRAM HOUSE NO. a JALAN KILANG TIMOR a* MummauTtmum. ,el wpt to mmmaa ram No— *****93 SINGAPORE 0315 *****22 Retractable Clothes Hanger. r^StMf
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      • 981 11 72 Packing/ Storage/ Delivery/ Removal $30 onwards (Cheap rates) House, office removal, pianos, organs, delivery and all kinds of transportation services. Experienced workers provided. Open 7 days a week. Tai: *****00 FROM SSO ONWARDS for removal, transportation service, office removal, specialised In pianos, organs delivery and disposal service. Experienced, reliable
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      • 639 11 79 Business Oppoftunitiee AGENTS WANTED in recruitment of overseas student to Australian Business b Computer Colleges. Oood commission. Easy task Ming *****80, Room 703 or *****70, Mr Chan, lor an interview Be Your Own Boss Corn 81,000 p.m. or more Work your own houra, lull or part-time Join one <*
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      • 605 11 92 Domestic Help 92 Domestic Help Availabta Available JB^ Proven Highest Successful Rate AjJ^thru' Local S'pore Repreaenlaiive in Philippine!.^!* R Phil S.Laaka LWJ 5 JLI *»5 000B«^ArT»«fe«kl» Free Hone Service! Provt4c<l H Uri IVnoaaJiietf All la Sertire Fee Over 100 Mo4ataa thru Vidao rm M Fan Dona^aiattae W4-1 8 Orchard
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      • 631 12 92 Domestic Help Available SPECIAL mmammY^ PACKAGE *Z\\^^ FOR FILIPINO VSiil^ S Si'Mnad r otn P'ovincM H A ij IM j'k *g v.. at vo A.i T.ck.t e ».i« a w NaaM •<<■».».> Filipino Thsi Indonsus Sri Lanfca Local Psn Tims Tel *****98, *****68 mupinosSilaßßHßi indonesian maids a i-',>^..ent Oamrmam
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      • 708 12 94 Positions Vacant: Professional/ Executive HIIIIpEZ^IIIIIII A Civil Engineering company I invites applications lor the I post ot: M The successful candidate will be responsible for the general affairs and personnel function of the company Duties will include recruitment employee relations, welfare, safety, security and formulation ot personnel policies Applicants
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      • 564 12 94 Positions Vacant Professional/ Executive 55 tai invito* application* from auitably qualMod por*onnoi for tho po*t of: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER Tho mmmmM candidal* muil: o Possess aBA or BBA degree Be resourceful and proficient in English e Possess good Interpersonal and communication skills o Have some administrative experience e Be a
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      • 634 12 96 Positions Vacant: Tutorial ORAD. TUTORS FROM Science St Mechanical Depts. to teach 'A' b >' level Physics, Chemistry b Maths Tel: *****34/ *****26 RETIREE REQUIRED TO teach elementary b Intermediate English In a pte. company Must be proficient. Page *****61 after 6pm A UNIVERSITY GRADUATE needs for 'A' level
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      • 675 12 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical PERSONNELCLERK WM Chris, our personnel clerk, (for the last 5 years) has decided on a bigger challenge in HP. lIMt We'll certainly miss her in our department. She's so nice friendly to all (operators, executives,
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      • 151 12 mmmm^mmm^^^^mmmm m m HHmHMHmi^eaM i Trans-Link Express Pte Ltd Documentation Assistant The Job: The successful candidate will assist the Documentation Executive in import > export documentation work, liaison with clients and shipping lines Requirements: Working experience of at least 1 year in similar position is preferred Knowledge of import' export
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      • 484 12 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical I Secretarial/ Clerical rivEREADYI requires CLERiVTYHST e GCE 'O' level e Accuracy and good typing speed e Able to work independently DOCUMENTATION CLERK e GCE O' level e Experience in inward shipping documentation procedures ACCOUNTS CLERK e GCE O' level with LCCI
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      • 552 12 98 Positions Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Introco, a laoding troding and distribution company S in Singapore ho* vac on cios for the following positions: MMmmmMaM •At least 3 GCE O levels with credit in English 'LCCI Shorthand Cert.f, cat* (100 wpm) or equ> valent Typing speed oi 35 wpm Knowledge of
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      • 2518 13 98 Poaitiona Vacant. 98 Poaitiona Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant. 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Positions Vacant: 98 Poaitions Vacant: Secreterial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical Secretarial/ Clerical
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      • 539 13 BBC BROWN BOVEAI We require •LCC Bookkeeping 1 year relevant experience Interested applicants, please call *****77 ext. 42 from Mon-Fri (office hours) OR write in confidence, stating personal particulars, qualifications caiary expected and contact tel no to The Personnel Dept 2 Ayer Rajah Crescent Singapore 0513 WM I PRESTRESSING requires
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      • 637 13 We invite suitably quali- 1~ 1 tied candidates for the I j post of: I (Temporary) GCE '0' Level Pleasant voice with good telephone manners a 1 8 years and above No experience is required as training will be provided Ability to type will be an advantage Call personally or
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      • 689 14 \r=^TTrr;Z^^ammmmmmm BW "J IWE ._>, 3AIUK U A T tYIt M B t K 5, IVO/ 98 Pooitiona Vacant 98 Poeitions Vacant: 98 Pooitiona Vacant: 98 Pooitiono Vacant: 98 Poaitions Vacant: 98 Poaitiona Vacant 98 Poaitiona Vacant go Poaitiona v^-.nt =r= Sacratarial/ Clarical Sacratarial/ CiTical Sacratarial/ Clarical Sacratarial/ Clarical Sacratarial/
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      • 685 14 A wsll sstabliahsd Property Osvsl oper in Raffles Place is looking tor an ACCOUNT B CLERK Requirements: s OCE O' I-evel and LCCI Accounting Certificate a Mln. 3 years accounting/ bookkeeping experience a Knowledge of Lotus ls advantageous but not necessary intsrsstsd persons pleeee apply In own handwriting with resume,
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      • 650 14 PERANAKAN PLACE urgently requires CONFIDENTIAL OECRETARY Possess PSC certificate or 5 years relevant experience Oood communication skills Able to work Independently Shorthand 90 w.p.m, typing 55-00 w.p.m. Salerv will commensurate with experience. Intoroetod csndidatss. plsass csll *****71 or writs In with full rssums to TnO Aomin HiOfIOQOC Pof onofcon Ploco
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      • 669 14 Expanding company requires FEMALE OENERAL CUM ACCOUNTS CLERK s OCE t)' NIC graduate s Miis' have knowledge of accounts e Able to type at 35 w.p.m. s Fresh school leavers preferred Salary $500-0000 per month. To apply, please send full resume, expected salary, contact tel. and recent photo (n.r.) to:
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      • 593 14 WeM eataMMied spars mmtta 00mpeny requiree: ACCOUNTS CLERK s Minimum OCE 'O' level, e Able to handle full aet ot accounts, e Possess LCCI Intermediate Accounting with knowledge of computer accounting e Salary commensurates with experience. Interested sppllcsnts plsass caM personalty er srrtts In lac St, Home Roed Stngapaiß Tel.
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      • 1908 14 JUNIOR SECRETARY REOUIRED by intsrnstionsi French Co requtrea: established International co. at FORWARDING ASSISTANT Orchard Towers for Immediate a 'O' level. employment. 'O/ A' level with s able to type. PSC. 1 yr's secretarial experla well versed with import/ ex- ence. Walk-In interview at #00--port, customs declaration. 03 Orchard Twrs.
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      • 838 14 mMMmmmmMMMMMAMMMMm with oparstkNts in me Asia PacMe region Invtta applicants for the poet of SALES EXECUTIVE Industrial Water Treatment Applicants should meet the following requirements e Minimum O.C.E. A' Level with good credlU In chemistry. Mathematics and Physics. Preferred Diploma or Degree In Chemistry. Chemical or Mechanical Engineering from a
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      • 560 14 OBIVS MALAYAN BREWERIES (STORE) PTE LTD invites applications tor the i position of The Job: The incumbent wM.aAer a period of training, be in charge ol a given district He wiN be responsible tor the sales development and activities ot the distributors in tne district allocated to him WS^ulf SI
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      • 760 15 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions Vacant: 99 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant: 100 Positions Vacant Sat>> Sal Sales Tachnical Tachnical Tachnical Tachnical Tachnical Technical Technical [XI An established international Company and a world leader in
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      • 643 15 \Y\ NUSANT ARA SUPPORT SERVICES PTE LTO 7 Tubs Avsnus 2 Singapors 2263 We are a aervice company OGAHfIQ tMMmMJf With ttSl9tt t MMf viee and repair mt heavy equipment machinery (Caterpillar products). We invite auitably qualified candidate* lo loin us aa a SALES ADMIN. ASST. Pie IBSRBBM EBEBRB atlona:
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      • 808 15 PETER LAI JEWELLERY PTE LTD require* EXPERIENCED SALES EXECUTIVES Conversant tn English, Mandarin and Japanese. e Pleasant personality. Attractive salary Interested, pleeee call personally altar 10* m et #13-03. Lucky Plasa. Reel Estate BjBSSf requires SALES EXECUTIVES Minimum OCE o' Level. Oood communication skills Possess own vehicle. Attractive commission transport
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      • 720 15 Bass^^^^^^^^UU^^ M m P C Dynamics Technology Pte Ltd I Our company, holding Pioneer Status, is an affiliate of a highly successful US company Owing to increase in demand, we are looking for qualified and I competent people to .om our team PROCESS TECHNICIAN I Job Description. Mm The technician
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      • 499 15 Applied mUmnmUet is the world's leading Independent manufacturer of high technology computer magnetic heads for the disk drive Industry. We are seeking suitable personnel to fill the position of TECHNICIAN Prm-raquiaHaa: ITC/ NTC 3 Certificate In Maintenance FltUng 2 years' experience In maintenance of plant and water treatment equipment HOW
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      • 676 15 ®ECOGE 1 i TECHNICAL ASSISTANT I IJ you hove the following requirements j Diploma or ITC in Electronic and EJectricaJ Engineering with at least J I 1 to 2 years' experience in any or all of the following equipment i) Electroglas Prober 1034X and 2001X. I ii) Disco and Microautomation
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      • 865 16 100 Poaitiona Vacant: 100 Poaitiona Vacant: 100 Pooitiona Vacant: Tachnical Tachnical Technical TODAY, SEPTtMSf R 5. wl^la £1200 i I»AKTO4Wi lsO^U B month m NTC 3 in Maintenance Fitting or a NTC 2/3 in Maintenance Fitting/ NTC 2 in Precision Mechanics I ITC or other relevant quali- Experience in Precision
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      • 558 16 100 Poaitiona Vacant: 100 Poaitiona Vacant: Technical Technical A Leading American manufacturer of E Winchester Disk Drives has vacancies for: S ib train debug operators and be responsible for 9= the efficient running of the debug section. EE lb coordinate and implement new software and S Izz new test processes
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      • 527 16 100 Poaitiona Vacant: 100 Poaitiona Vacant: Technical Tachnical TRAINEE ELECTRONICS I TECHNICIANS I Join us for a secure Technical (Electronic) B career. We provide training leading to I professional technical skills (both in-house fl and VITB). Requirements: I Male, age below 26 I a Singapore citizens fl a Completed National
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      • 441 16 100 Poaitiona Vacant: 100 Poaitiona Vacant: Technical Tachnical urgently requries Moulding Machine Technicians (ROTATING IST AND 2ND SHIFT) Pre-requiiites: ITC or NTC 2 in Mechanical Engineering preferably with 1 2 years' relevant working experience. Some experience in testing, setting up and trouble-shooting of moulds and/or maintenance of moulding machines p
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      • 567 16 100 Poaitiona Vacant: Tachnical j We are the leading car- ton manufacturer m the I industry. In line with our expansion plans, we are looking for: Flexo Printing Chargehand/ Machine Operator j The Job. To train and supervise the flexo printing team Plan work schedules and to ensure good quality
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      • 724 17 100 Poeitions Vacant: 100 Poeitions Vacant: Technical Technical FLITE INDUSTRIES INVESTMENTS T PTE LTO A r Our company Involves ln the production of aircraft T components and precision machined parts. Our I i machine workshop has vacancies for the following A positions: M MACHINIST AND CNC MACHINISTS I a) Acquire
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      • 690 17 100 Poaitions Vacant: 100 Poaitiona Vacant: 1C Technical Tachnical mmWSt?^3f3mmm n ammnm m^mm^m Zmmmim^S*^^^^ <At MMmmAmmmAmAMAMMtf WMMmtrnW— MmmmAAtmAMjmWm mmMjarmm mIM/Jam a/M AmmAtiM%M*mjM*Aa'. AmmAffmmTMMMMmMnMMMKMammaMmMmmmm^' v i mamamMmama^^ M^^mM^^M} *9^** M Ifl M ■1 1 i i i a*** M 1 I I We are looking for mMMM candidatoe for the foMowing
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      • 1124 17 )1 Poaitions Vacant: 101 Poaitiona Vacant: 101 Poaitiona Vacant: 101 Poaitions Vacant: 101 Positions Vscsnt: 101 Positions Vecsnt Production Production Production Production Production Production TfireolfiwTWg^ N workers or ■■Bh^Hb •S-sssi*--imp II opt HI PPM .i3«.n«* Mnus wo ii tfot .^U«**« ,wWO LABOUR Mlnkter Lee Yoc* en Aydsjipo, representing MMM^A^^^ m\.Mmm\m\mmmmm\
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      • 397 17 urgantty roqutros Age 16 -30 years old a Confirmation increment after 3 months a Aircon working place High pay tor those with soldering experience a 5 days week 8 OOam 5.30 pm No Scope Work Gross Salary Overtime above SS63O 00 WALK-IN INTERVIEW Mon-ffl 8.30 to 5 00 pm at:
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      • 633 18 102 Positions Vacant. 104 other Positions 104 Othar Positions 104 Othar Poaitiona 104 Othar Poaitions 104 Othar Poaitiona 104 Othar Poaitiona 104 Othar Poaitiona 104 Othar Poaitiona 104 Othor Positions Hotel/ Roataurant/ Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Loungo I ■SSi^a— «m— aS^SSiBSSSS SHHS=S-b=s=ssß» =Sl___________=^==^==^= aak^aaßß^B^^ S____smb^bm»—
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      • 1002 18 iiiiiilllll I I I I I I I I I n 1 ai wAtzit" j^hizizzz: "I SINGAPORE PTE LTD J~^ ~V y T^J I has \-y K^r,6.QC Inspectors-*' N d J mimmlmam j£l Production \1 tmmmmmmmmmm-i I Operators I I JS^TST KZ amhwamm. S F^C I<W l-i:&a r 3 y
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      • 430 18 A For our Mitsubishi product assembly plants, we require ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS (BufcH Timun Fly. only) NTC/ ITC In Electronics Bhould have some supenrlso ry experience ACCOUNTS CLERK (umcoWoq r*f. otwy) Female ace 19-28 years OCE 'A' or 'O' level with Accounting Certificate Preferably residing in District* 21-28 PURCHASING CLERK (MBreMng
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      • 657 18 ®PICO I A We are one of the largest International S A Exhibition Construction Specialists in Asia B and we invite applicants to fill the following A A positions: A I CARPENTERS I I Preferably graduates from VITB, Wood- H making and Furniture Production, though A A not necessary. H
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      • 505 18 W Due to rapid expansion, I we require the following I I posts immediately:- I GCE O' Level With 2 years' experience in similar capacity Ability to type 35 wpm Knowledge of common PC software I With basic photo- I I graphic experience I I Experience in similar I I
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      • 599 19 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions Vacant Vacant EXPERIENCED BUTCHERS TRAINEE BUTCHERS COLD STORAGE SUPERMARKETS, a name which is synonymous to both quality and freshness, now have opportunities for experienced/trainee butchers to share in their growing success and expansion. The successful applicants will be trained in the latest techniques of
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      • 661 19 104 Other Poeitions Vacant -Lij 1 t l mmM liiil i i r i Invites applicants for the post of CASHIERS/ COUPON SALES ASSISTANTS Minimum secondary qualification Age 18-25 ■enems. Free uniform provided Meals allowance Transportation for night shift Medical benefit Interested applicants are invited to walk-ln interviews on Wednesday,
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      • 947 19 104 Other Positions Vacant B B _____________________n______^ai^i^^^HHM I MOO UK NAVY I SINGAPORE i requires a: SKILLED LABOURER for general duties Applicants must be aged be- tween 21 A 45 1 Applications to: l S.M.ST O. Loch Bag mmrhca No. 2 tmtnbamanQ Poet ornca MmaJm MM by istn Sept. IW7
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      • 871 19 104 Othßr Positions Vacant MALE/ FEMALE D.J. required Male mixing/ talker Call after am. *****03 MOTOR MECHANIC REQUIRED. Salary $600-8800. Interested call M Lavender St. Si 233 *****20. SECURITY OUAROS/ SUPERVISOR! needed. Csll personally: #06-20, Central Bldg. Oam. -6pm. WANTED INDIAN FEMALE Video Asst. Call personally. SOl-72A Chai Chee Ave.,
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      • 1063 19 132 For Ssls: IS MERCEDES SM Manual l pte owner used for 7 yrs. Aircond., cassette, s/rlms. Mileage 83,000 kms Orlg. white. Accident free. Showroom 854.000. View: M Upp Thomson Rd., 8 kms (BP Kiosk). i FTE. OWNER mid 11 Mercedes Bens 5008EL, beautiful white, SBO plate full accessories, maintained
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      • 1057 19 134 For Ssls: Datsun/ Nissan VERY 0000 CONO. Regularly serviced 5000 km. Intervals. Nissan Stanza, with orlg. power windows, central locking, s/rlms./ new tyres. Newly Installed 4- speak ers hlfl system A tax till 12/'B7 Highest offer secures. View: 12 Leedon Hts. #01--06. 11a.m. -sp.m. *****88 Ext. 2620. SUNDAY CAR
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      • 1025 19 135 For Ssls: Toyota SELUNO CHEAP: TS ToyoU Corona MKH. Pte. owner. Aircond.. showroom cond. Tel: 474-0333 I PTE OWNER 12 Corolla 1.3 OL, 5-speed, 4-dr, full accessories, Al cond. $22,200 0.n.0. Bam *****46. MM TOYOTA TERCEL I.3DX sspeed. Radio cassette, s/rlms. $*****. Contact *****55 10M TOYOTA COROLLA 1 SOL.
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      • 1050 19 137 For Sala: Mazda 13 MAZDA 323 1 5 Nolrhbark Manual. 1 pte. owner. Aircond cassette Mileage 60.000 kms. Accident free Showroom cond. View: 98 Upp Thomson Rd., 8 kms (BP Kiosk). IMS JULY MAZDA 323 1 50T Very well malnUlned. 2 pte. owners. Asking $26,000 0.n.0. Contact *****16 Peter.
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      • 779 19 138 For Sals: Honda IBM HONDA CIVIC Notchback 1 owner, beautiful cond. Interested call Oary Ng *****33 70 HONDA ACCORO, alrcon.. hlfl. rd. Ux new, asking $14,500. *****14. M HONOA ACCORO, 4 dr auto, alrcon., radio cassette, beauUful condlUon. Tel: *****35. 'II ACCORD IX, fully auto. PARF, alrcon hi fl,
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      • 1169 20 122 T„../ 8.,,.,... 122 T„../ 8.„.,». iaT M /8.,,^. 122 Ty,../ 8.,,.,^ 122 Ty,../ 8........ 122 Ty,../ B.H.nw 122 Ty,../ 8.,.^ 122 Ty™/ 8.,..ri.. 122 T,,../ 8.,,.,... I 122 Ty,../ 8.H.,,.. Vss/m I L^ 1 11 _fc^ I _^^L^^^^^^M I 1 1 V^l I I Wmmm m Kici-tJ 128 Vehicle
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      • 649 20 142 For Solo: Commercial VohiciOß AUBOST SO SUBARU 800 5-door Delivery Van. Tax 12/'B7, Insurance 4/'BB Radio cassette very beauUful condlUon. $4,000. Tel: *****87. 'S3 NEAR. MAZDA T-3000 wtth IW-ton Hlab crane. New tax, passed ROV, 1 owner, orlg. paint. 4C***** N0.2 Bee San Ave. DEC. *S8 DATSUN pick-up 1300
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      • 543 20 140 For Salo: 140 For Salo: 140 For Salo: Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki chic m m .mmr Suzuki s new generation *Xx mmw? Swifts are the epitome of B^ ''N? Japanese engineering. jj mmw^ elegance, and performance. AJ' Swift. In response and ride. »Sf So easy to drive and such
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      • 320 20 143 Solo/ Wonlod: Motorcyclos/ Scooters EN4OO. QPZ4OO, 1100, 750. 550 Nlnja 400. 600. Katana 1100.! GTSSO YPVS3SO, 125. Custom 750. 1 500. XJ7SO. LC3SO. 125. ON 125. RXZ/ K 62 Queen St *****89 PF TZB 128. RXZ. RXK. OS 125. i GTO. Call: *****77 (Sat/Sun.)! Bile 5022 Ang Mo Klo
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      • 170 20 144 VohiciOß Wantad Weofter «h£b accept: WyjllfiM Excellent prices for vourcar of any model cc. commercial vehicles (vans. pick-ups) and company registered cars, scrap cars or trade-in COLT CREDIT PTE LTD and FIVE SPEED JS& 21/23-0. Gay World Park Geylang Road, Spore 1438 WANTED! Vny make of good secondhand i
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      • 626 20 144 VohiciOß Wsntod CASH PAYMENT HIGHEST OFFER all PARF and non-PARF vehicles all pick-ups and commercial vans 1 all private and Q registered Mercedes, BMW. Volvo and Audi vehicles also Nissan Cabstar, dlesel lorry and any dlesel van required Contact MR. LIM WU LIAN TRADING CO. j Tai: 2******/ 2******/
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      • 808 20 172 Accommodation Availabio: Houses SOEL PROPERTIES PTE. LTD D.lO Cluny Park $12,000 D.ll Ash Orove $11,500 a 0.11 Camden Park 810,000 D.lO Leedon Park $9,000 0.11 Chancery Lane $7,000 0.10 Astrld Hill $8300 D.ll Swiss Club Rd. $5,800 D.lO Nasslm Rd. $6,500 mmwm a CORNWALL QAROENS DUtrtct 10 Double-storey colonial
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      • 932 21 173 Accommodation 173 Accommodation Available: Availabio: Apartmonta Apartmonta wunderbar the Germans love it, and so do the Americans, the French and the Scandinavians It's a cosmopolitan crowd at Ardmore Park someone called it a mini United Nations With the amenities of a country club. excellent security and just oft Orchard
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      • 384 21 173 Accommodation Availabio: Apartmonta HDB 5-RM. MAISONETTE partially furnished ln Blshan. $650 neg. Tel: *****20. No agents. HOUSES/ HDB/ APTS. avail. In various areas Tel: HSY, *****00/ *****87 till 10pm. dally. INT-L PLAZA 1/2/3 bdrms with facilities. Panoramic view. $900--$1,400 Heng Fatt Prop. *****88 JFRVOIS COURT. JERVOIB Close 4-rm. walk-up.
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      • 743 21 174 Accommodation Available: Rooms 3 ROOMS IN cosy house. Thomson vicinity, access to amenities. Alrcon/ without Furn/ unfurn Private entrance *****58 D 9 NICELY FURN. room In a quiet and cosy apt with privacy and swimming pool Tel: *****09 O.S WILKIE ROAD, f/furn. room for rent. Carpark. Nice environment Tel
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      • 598 21 179 For Solo: Houses 179 For Solo: Houses 179 For Solo: Houses 'YOUR HOME AND W T ShiM ment in a salubrious neighbourhood, f Mm AAr^jWtimmM ls a tlomeowner 8 dream come true. —a Minutes from the Changi Airport B ImP^H East Coast Park, the PIE and the V proposed
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      • 668 21 0.21 SEMI-D. 2-STOREY No. 22 Lor. Plsang Batu. off Chun Tin Rd. opp. Beauty World Plasa. F'hold 3,300 sq.ft elevated land, conveniently located, peaceful surrounding. BS3OK Open House today 3-6 p.m ERA 73Z866/ Pg. 400M38 Allan. OPBN HOUSE ON Sunday 8/8/87 between 2p.m sp.m Dist 15. NoJS, Dunbar Walk, beauUfuUy
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      • 645 21 D.lB TAI mtamV Tai Keng/ Ll Hwan 2-storey terr. ISSB sq.ft. each 8415K 8440K. *****47/ *****29 Julie Housing. D.lB, TAI HWA* spacious, bright 2V* storey terr 2000/ MS saft 3 1 valuation 84SSK 4ST2BA (Agt). D.IS 3-STONSY TOWNMOUOfI Built-in MSB aqft. 2 m old. I bdrms. (bath attached). F/hold. 8480K
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      • 441 21 179 For Solo: Houses 179 For Sals: Houses Throw out uninvited guests m m* Call MMMMMM control M fumigation oxport on V-^ *****26 •m^AWM rA\ PI T Ma^MMiA*^^^^^^^^M\\ MW^^^Mt MW WMaw Jacks fci Pest Control 1 The Protector ot jfl Hearth and Property. fl V DJS S/STONKY 8888 P. Land
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      • 502 21 IM For Solo: Private Apartments SKsS AJA TERESA VH.LEI Extensively ammaa by professional. Latest phase. Fixtures worth S6OK to remain. 4+l rms. 2,100 sq.ft Quiet living cond. Morning sun. Most view unit! Places *****88 OMM HOUSEI 2P.M. to sp.m. today! D.12, brand new 3-bdrm. walk-up apt at junction of St
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      • 1521 21 186 For Sale: 186 For Sale: Private Apartments Private Apartments T KHEAM HOCK GARDEN District 11 New Condo. 38 Kheam Hock Road, a Spanish design. TOL October 1987. Freehold, a Show flat available. a Viewing hours: 10a.m. to 6p.m. DJ PEPPYS HB.L terr apt. brand new with pool, condo facilities
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      • 1496 22 166 For Sale: 186 For Sole: 166 For Sale: 186 For Sale: Private Apartments Private Apartments Private Apartments Private Apartments AW SL Mandarin Gardens W It's a whole new way of living! PM f mmAMWam \^r^^^amw^> B '^f*^a\JM mm* mA ■^Mmw I 1 j WaMA Amaiy W 11 r f\.
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      • 546 24 APPOINTMENTS/NCynCES TEL: 730-5724/5/6/8 5669(D»D). 737-00 1 1 TELEFAX: 732-2759 TELEX: RS ***** TIMEAD RATES: The Straits TJmes- $26.85 per col.cm. The Sunday TJmes— s2B 15perCOlcm BOX SERVICE: $5.00 (Collected) $10.00 (Posted) APPOINTMENTS Regional Marketing _1_ T A w\Jwlm\ MjCW/WW^^yA^ Our client is a multinational A fi corporation involved in the
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      • 1015 25 APPCHNTMEmS f Staff Nurses Midwives Location: Saudi Arabia Attractive tax-free salary and benefit package (Ref. 3885) Our client is an internationally known qualification and eighteen months' U.K. based healthcare consultant with experience in this area, contracts to manage prestigious hospitals Successful candidates will be offered a in Saudi Arabia. The
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      • 369 25 An established multinational consultancy firm with growing business operations in the I South Asia region invites dynamic and high-calibre individuals to join their aggressive, growth-oriented executive team as f 1 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT I EXECUTIVES I The Person I Applicants should be graduates, preferably I with at least two years of
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      • 851 26 APPONTMENTS S Director, Administration I and Finance I (Salary negotiable Ssllo,ooo pa car) I Our client, a large well established local organisation requires an experienced and innovative professional to head its Finance and Administration Division. Reporting to the Chief Executivj, the successful candidate will be responsible for initiating policies, guidelines
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      • 624 26 rZmmmmaVmima. We are established multi-national organisation which excels in innovative electronic technology. Today, we have significant facilities in Singapore manufacturing and marketing advanced products and systems. Excellence is our trademark long achieved by an exceptional team of dedicated people. And now, we are inviting people with similar aspirations to continue
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      • 530 27 I An established company manufacturing and I I marketing fast moving consumer products K J> fl requures: B m a I Production I Executive The incumbent will be responsible for all m 2 aspects of production management and inven- eJJ I tory control. He is also required to supervise mm
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      • 507 27 Intel... I the leader and the innovator in the microelectronics industry is recruiting qualified and resourceful individuals to join its Singapore operations which is involved in the manufacturing of the most advanced single-board computer of its kind. Opportunities are available for: PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS Applicants must be highly-motivated individuals with effective
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      • 507 27 IffiiraillllNCflillllllll I:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Nippon Cargo Airlines invites applications for the post of AIRCARGO SUPERVISOR The successful candidate will: e be responsible for sales e oversee booking and space control supervise cargo handling operations maintain the current high level of customer service Applicants must: a have relevant aircargo experience, either in a
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      • 833 28 APPOINTMENTS AMt MW m^ m^t m mm^ m^ m^ m W multi-national company with subsidiaries and associates in Singapore and overseas. As a result of expansion, we have opportunities created for highly motivated and achievement oriented people who desire to build a career with a forward working organisation. TEST ENGINEER
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      • 629 28 Marketing Manager 1 Northern Telecom, the world's largest supplier of I fully digital telecommunications systems, has an H immediate vacancy for the position of fl Marketing Manager. H Applicants should possess a university degree in fl Electrical Engineering or Business Management or fl its equivalent with at least five years'
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      • 764 28 The MRT Corporation invites applications for the I following positions in the PROJECT DIVISION SENIOR TECHNICAL OFFICER/ TECHNICAL OFFICER 1) BuUty Services Mechanical 2) Butfnf Services Electrical Gross Salary Range: For Senior Technical Officer: SI 9I I $3289 p.m. j For Technical Officer: 5967 $2361 p.m. j Function: j As
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      • 712 29 APPO^TMENTS p CORPORATION 1 PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT GROUP A multi-national American company I is the market leader in the FAR EAST REGION in the design, manufacturing, I sales and services of wellhead and I Christmas trees for the exploration I and production of oil and gas. We I have openings for
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      • 627 29 We are an established multi-national organisation which excels in innovative electronic technology. Today, we have significant facilities in Singapore manufacturing and marketing advanced products and systems. Excellence is our trademark, long achieved by an c optional team of dedicated people. And now, we are inviting people with similar aspirations to
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      • 723 29 The first name indiscdrhes. <B> Seagate MaM mm Scotts Valley. &1M mW^^^M mmmm %M. mm\£ mmw rA HP^ A *WA *^^AfA mmm *A mT.-Am+Zlm W \mmmmm\^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^mm\^^L~ mmMmW&jW Singapore. V%^Ammmm\\\ M_ A WZA A Project Systems Manager Manager MIS Application Development I Candidates must have at least 10- 15 years' experience
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      • 910 30 APPOINTMENTS rfci. JAPAN -SINGAPORE I aJGO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE I (A UNIT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD) I mA GCE 4 0' Level holders are invited to apply for the EDB bursary award tenable at the Japan Singapore Technical Institute (JSTI) for the 2-year full time H Industrial Technician Certificate courses
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      • 1009 30 I QUOOiD 1 AGMng Professional Network y DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION is one of the worlds A t A largest manufacturers of networked computer systems and asso- V y A /a dated peripheral equipment and the leader in systems integration V y y with its network communications and software products. A
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      • 642 30 1 HB^HfI^HIHHHHH^^H We are an established multi-national organisation which excels in innovative electronic technology. Today, we have significant facilities in Singapore manufacturing and marketing advanced products and systems. Excellence is our trademark, long achieved by an exceptional team of dedicated people. And now, we are inviting people with similar aspirations
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      • 804 31 AHFmiM 1 MfclM 1 5 molex HB^BB^BBBB I We are aUS multinational and world leading manufacturer of electrical/electronic terminals and connectors To meet our growing business and expansion needs, we invite applications for the positions of Molding Production Supervisor Diploma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering Minimum of 2 years' experience
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      • 1296 31 The boldest challenge ever in computer history. We were Sperry. We were Burroughs. We are now UNISYS. 1-year old but with a combined wealth of well over 100 years of expertise in information technology. In 1986, UNISYS dramatically changed the computer industry's competitive structure overnight. And we'll continue to do
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      • 820 32 APff^OINTMENTS if ill STAFF NURSE Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sendirian Berhad invites suitably qualified applicants for the above position in its medical department in Seria, Negara Brunei Darussalam. We are looking for a mature and motivated candidates to take responsibility for carrying out general nursing and midwifery duties in a
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      • 660 32 —^^Hl^Bl^B— Technical Challenges I are more than just electronics. In the field of advanced medical products manufacturing, you'll be amazed by the speed at which technology is evolving. And Becton Dickinson is there. At the forefront. Sterile disposable medical products using fully automated production machinery and incorporating state-of-the-art manufacturing technology.
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      • 587 32 fl Establishec trading company invites V suitably qualified applicants for the post of Pre-requlsltes Minimum qualifications GCE 'A' levels and Diploma in Personnel Management. e Must have at least 2-3 years of relevant expenence with a trading/ manufacturing company at a supervisory level. Effectively bi-lingual in English and Mandarin. Must
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      • 387 33 APPOINTMENTS EF^K£ffilW Our Marine Department has a vacancy for a Marine Port Captain. The Department operates a fleet of oil tankers and provides a wide range of marine support to the parent company's activities in the region. The Job The Marine Port Captain will provide: Professional marine expertise in SBM
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      • 1330 33 m\\\\mmW^m\\\mT We're Way Ahead Of The Rest. I ■^■■■■JH I Established in 986, North Atlantic Industries (Singapore) is a relatively new Company. Here we manufaaure the advanced 1 20 MB Streaming i^^^^^^^^^l^^^^^^^^^^^^H other computer the our Atlantic M^L^L^L^Lw^L^L^L^L^Lw^L^K^L^L^L^LX ,nc headquartered in New York state; right in the heart Ssluffl!^^^PußSl park
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      • 667 34 APPOINTMENTS www MMM Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems IS) Pte Ltd, a newly b» established company, is looking for suitable candidates tor the Ift^ following positions IJ ACCOUNTANT I Ht Possess relevant qualification in the accounting discipline m Have at least 5 years' experience in a similar capacity in a manul^^B
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      • 705 34 A leader in international healthcare, our Company manufactures medical devices. We are looking for dynamic and self motivated personnel to join our management team as: Superintendents This position reports to the Manufacturing Manager. Applicants should possess tertiary qualification in Engineering and have several years of experience at management level. The
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      • 597 34 Ba progressive and well established local trading company is looking for experienced H^B* Daih cash flow and tund management liaison with the bankers and executives of banking H^B Preparation of daily banking position fl* Rcsponsihk for Accounts Control and aging I analysis fl Overseeing the small team of Accounting staff
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      • 661 34 mmT^^mm^ktW* American Optical AMERICAN OPTICAL SINGAPORE invites applications for PRODUCTION MANAGER THE COMPANY American Optical is a well established and leading manufacturer of Vision Care and Safety products worldwide and a company committed to the improvement of Vision Care and Safety standards in Singapore. The Singapore Operation is responsible for
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      • 541 35 APPCHNTMENTS "QUALITY IS THE HEART^^i OF OUR BUSINESS" WALK-IN INTERVIEW Date sth September 1987 Time 9.00 an to 4.00 pa Venue 2 2 Ang Mo Kio Industrial I'ark II We are an established semi-conductor manufacturing and sales company. Eor our expansion programme, we seek suitable candidates for the following position
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      • 431 35 invites applications from suitably qualified persons to fill the following vacancies. (1 Airworthiness Engineer (Aeronautical) (2) Mechanical Engineer (3) Civil Engineer (4) Electrical Engineer (5) Electronics Engineer Candidates should possess a good fl Honours Degree in the relevant field of engineering. The positions offer excellent opportunities for career fl advancement.
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      • 709 35 ENGINEERING OPPORTUNITIES Novatel Communications Ltd., a Canadian company, is a world leader in the design, development and automated production of state-of-the-art cellular technology. We currently have opportunities available in our Manufacturing Operations for engineers with experience in Advanced Manufacturing techniques and processes. If you can accept the challenge of a
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      • 399 35 t>me work with a winner! Come work with Control Data, the dynamic American manufacturer of Winchester Disk Drives and the world's leading independent supplier. We're looking for great people to fill the following positions in Tuas: Cost Financial Accountants Requirements. Accountancy degree or equivalent professional qualifications At least 2 years
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      • 832 36 APPCHNTMENTS I II uuineFOHms I I WIREFORMS EXPANSION I I PROGRAM I Wlretorms PteLtd, set-up over 10 years ago with a I I I proven track record of growth and expansion, urgently 1 1 1 require various personnel to work in a challenging I 1 1 entrepreneurial environment I 1
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      • 682 36 invites applications from Singapore Citizens/ Permanent Residents of Singapore for the following appointments (A) ARCHITECTS Qualifications: A good Honours degree in Architecture from a recognised university or equivalent Responsibilities: Reponsibie for the design and implementation of building projects such as publiic housing, commercial complex and other related facilities, evaluating progress
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      • 896 36 I THE CENTRE FOR I COMPUTER STUDIES H Additional COMPUTER SUPPORT STAFF are required to H support the continuing development of THE CENTRE FOR B H COMPUTER STUDIES, which was established in 1982 as WM an autonomous academic centre at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. CCS has extensive state-of-the-art computer facilities including
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      • 772 36 iedl MANUFACTURING °Wl 1 SINGAPORE PTE LTD We are o progressive US mufti -national corporation (amongst the top Fortune 500 companies) specialising in tt\m assembly and testing of PCBs for the computer and telecommunication Industrie* We have also embarked on the production of integrated circuits o% part of our product
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      • 426 37 APPCHNTMENTS NIXDORF COMPUTER Nixdorf Computer Research Development Centre Singapore We are a young subsidiary of Nixdorf Computer AG. West Germany's premier computer company with worldwide operations in more than 45 countries. Our scope of activities range from high-tech software development to realization of powerful applications data processing solutions for world
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      • 161 37 Emma Harte was the heroine of Barbara fl Taylor Bradford's multi million copy fl A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE I Now she is 80 years old and ready to H hand over the reins of the vast H business empire she has created. H To her favourite grandchild. Paula JS .iclTO
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      • 939 39 60H BENG CHOO previews a festival of women's films, starting on Sept 15. THE RANGE of films being shown in the Women's International Film Festival is as wide as the contemporary woman's interests. Besides staples on the topics of marriage and ageing, highlights include
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      • 607 39  -  PHILIP COOREY previews the three-week Chaplin Festival on television. The first part begins at 8.30 tonight on Channel 12. CHARLIE CHAPLIN once said: "All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. And he was right. In
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      • 496 39 JOHN tfa SOUZA reviews Masters Of The Universe, now showing at Cathay and eight other cinemas. THE one good thing about Masters Of The Universe is that the film doesn't take itself seriously. But then, nobody can. As with Superman IV: The Quest For
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      • 916 39 What's nn. DRAMA Ft STIVAL at the same times. CHARITY FOOD AND Princess. Presented by the CHINESE EXQUISITE Trade Centre, Hall 2. 11 am TRIPLE BILL of Mandarin th* Ln h FUNFAIR Chinese Theatre Circle. SEALS. Presented by the Sin- 9 pm. Ends tomorrow, plays that explc -e the human
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      • 904 39 r— l Radio One FM Stereo 90.5 mHz in VHF Band I 5.58 AM National Anthem, followed by Opening Announcement 6.00 News In Brief 6.05 On Air 7.00 News And Weather Report 7.10 Morning Digest 7.20 On Air (cont'd) 8.00 News 8.10 On Air (cont'd) 9.00 News In Brief 9.05
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      • 1745 40 [^j a i 1 1 i^TK* [i 1 [if L~ ■■MY VIEW by CATHERINE ONG and KOH SIEW TINM^iaMMMMii^iMM^MMMii^M^Mi^MiMMMWMMMMWM— a^awi 1 111 r^y»i!siiir7Jk^H MShJSS^S: Rich man, poor girl and a hard life sassjsjaf^^ rFor the Young-, Ar v '*^l P AiiM I ITJL 5, UM pm) To achieve his aim,
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