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Title Section14 1988-01-01 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1988 50 CENTS MCI (P) 92/12/8714 words
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Article, Illustration1009 1988-01-01 1 Economy achieves broad-based growth and PM says S'poreans can face the new year with confidence Higher-than-usual growth in '87 a 'special' case A shared view of common future A younger generation and the younger leaders are together forging a consensus on the sort of Singapore they want. They are1,009 words
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317 1988-01-01 1 TOKYO The US dollar ended the year with a 1.50-yen plunge to its 11th record low closing in 17 trading days against the yen despite the Japanese central bank's massive efforts to check the decline. The greenback closed at 122AP - 317 words
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Article194 1988-01-01 1 LONDON British magistrates say the court ritual of swearing "by almighty God" to tell the truth should be abolished because fear of divine wrath no longer stops people from bearing false witness. "There was a time when people had a fear of God and thoughtReuter - 194 words
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Article37 1988-01-01 1 THE Istana grounds will be open to the public from 8 am to 6.30 pm today. Visitors should be properly dressed and are not to litter the grounds. Four bands will perform from 2.15 pm.37 words
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29 1988-01-01 1 The Prime Minister wishes all a Happy New Year The Straits Times wishes its readers a Happy New Year THE Shin Mln Dally News will not be published today.29 words
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666 1988-01-01 1 Changes may come after April reassessment EMPLOYERS were yesterday put on notice that they may soon have to pay more not only to the Central Provident Fund and the Skills Development Fund but also for the foreign workers they employ. Trade666 words
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788 1988-01-01 1 THE Prime Minister filed a writ of summons and statement of claims in the High Court here yesterday against the Far Eastern Economic Review, which he is suing for libel. Mr Lee Kuan Yew named as defendants Review editor Derek Da vies; correspondent788 words
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Advertisement23 1988-01-01 1 Inside Summary 2 World News 3-C,B World Focus 9-11 Asean n Causeway 12 Comment/ Perspective 21,21 Letters TlmesDollar 23,25 Racing 27 Sports 2C,29-3123 words
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Advertisement136 1988-01-01 1 \X^*r^ Im, Why conform? You didn't get where you are today by following the crowd. You've made your own decisions and set your own standards. Others may not always agree with you. Or even follow your example. But they do respect you. That's because, you're not just another face in136 words
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Article335 1988-01-01 2 Ringing in changes IN WAYS big and small, changes to some laws and regulations which take effect from today will affect the lives of many Singaporeans as they usher in the new year. From today, for example, owners of Housing Board flats will enjoy slightly lower interest rates in335 words
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Article261 1988-01-01 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: THERE are International economic problems which will affect Singapore's economy in 1988. While Singaporeans most meet these economic challenges, some thought most also go to major political developments that are going to take place at home. The way to the future should not 1 be261 words
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Article100 1988-01-01 2 HOW TO IMPROVE LEGAL POOL A READER, noting that we are frequently reminded by the Prime Minister of the limited pool of lawyers to fill judicial posts, suggests that one way to improve the situation is to tap the expertise and wisdom of legal academicians. Perhaps the Government should100 words
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Article237 1988-01-01 2 Tokyo takes week off TOKYO'S usually packed streets are almost empty. Even Japan, the country that has elevated workaholism to a national virtue, has taken a week off for the New Year celebrations. The nation's main activity until Monday will consist of family celebrations and festivities designed237 words
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Article275 1988-01-01 2 Official banned TECHNICAL delegate Jim Page has been barred from officiating at next month's Winter Olympics after he admitted to having allowed a fellow American to engage in the banned practice of blood doping. The incident took place during last Februarys World Nordic Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, West Germany275 words
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Article236 1988-01-01 2 MARKET STARTS NEW YEAR ON NOTE OF CONFIDENCE HARDLY three months have passed since the October stock market crash, but crystal-ball gazers and market pundits are again exuding confidence and saying it is time to buy the better stocks. This reflects the return of confidence in international stockbroking circles.236 words
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153 1988-01-01 2 Around Asean...and Across the Causeway Thai growth 'good' PRIME MINISTER Prem Tinsulanonda said Thailand would cautiously adjust its economic policies to growing world economic uncertainties this year. He said in a New Year message that an expected 5.6 per cent real growth in his country's gross domestic product (GDP) last153 words
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Article416 1988-01-01 2 Product Advertiser Section/Page Airline SIA I 24 Audio Kenwood/MHE Consumer I 32 Bank POSB 11-18 United Overseas Bank Group I 18 Battery Eveready S'pore I 4 Bedknen Linen 'N' Lace I 32 Cafe Cafe Excelsior/Excelsior Hotel II 4 Carpets Oriental Carpet Palace I 32 Cars Ford/Regent Motors 1 19416 words
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Article398 1988-01-01 2 Look out for Costner DESPITE failing a Hollywood casting director's "handsome test" early in his career, Kevin Costner has still made it big as a leading man and has been nominated the face and body of 1988. The blond, boyish actor with the infectious smile and trim body398 words
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Article, Illustration128 1988-01-01 3 BOMBAY A five-storey building housing eight families in south Bombay collapsed in heaps of concrete and twisted steel on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people. Eleven others were injured. Most of the residents were asleep when the building came down. Police said yesterdayReuter; AP - 128 words
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244 1988-01-01 3 NEW DELHI Indian gunships have sunk five Sri Lankan Tamil rebel boats ferrying arms from Northern province to Eastern province on the island, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said here. The spokesman said the helicopter-gunships, operating from an Indian naval frigate, spotted the LiberationAFP - 244 words
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237 1988-01-01 3 Korean Air to pay $214,000 for each crash victim SEOUL Korean Air said yesterday it had reached an agreement to pay 85 million won (*****,370) in compensation for each of the 115 people aboard its plane that vanished near Burma in November. An airline spokesman said the company also wouldAP - 237 words
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Article61 1988-01-01 3 Drug chief escapes BOGOTA Alleged drug kingpin Jorge Luis Ochoa, long sought by US authorities, escaped from the La Picota prison here on Wednesday night by using a false judicial order, radio reports said. He was serving a 22--month jail sentence. US officials sought his extradition on allegations his cocaineUPI - 61 words
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282 1988-01-01 3 Afghan leader's brother 'joined guerillas' HONGKONG A brother of Afghan leader Dr Najibullah has defected and joined anti-government resistance fighters, Asiaweek magazine reported yesterday. "In his first interview since he fled Kabul, Sidequllah Rahi called his elder brother a charlatan and power-mad, unable to tolerate people with different opinions," AsiaweekUPI; AP - 282 words
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Article115 1988-01-01 3 GENEVA Tokyo still tops the list of the world's costliest cities, followed by Japan's Osaka-Kobe conglomeration and then Teheran, according to a study by Business International, a United States economic analysis firm. At the bottom end of the cost-of-living list is Caracas, the world's cheapestAFP - 115 words
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349 1988-01-01 3 CAIRO Arab leaders in the Gulf have decided to jointly produce weapons with Egypt and have pledged "more than US$l billion" (Ss2 billion) towards the project, the semi-official newspaper Al-Gomhouria said on Wednesday. The state-controlled newspaper said the six members of theUPI - 349 words
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442 1988-01-01 3 TOKYO Japan will do more for others this year, befitting its status as an economic superpower that generates more than 10 per cent of the world's GNP, Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita said in a New Year message. "This year, I want the peopleAP; Reuter - 442 words
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365 1988-01-01 4 WASHINGTON The most exclusive and the least known bookstore in Washington where an "ordinary" sale is US$5OO (SIl.OOO) and where many ring up into the thousands is hidden away in a tiny, windowless room on the 10th floor of an office building.AFP - 365 words
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499 1988-01-01 4 Most return to hometowns to celebrate TOKYO Tokyo's usually packed streets are almost empty. Telephones ring unanswered in Japanese companies that for the other 51 weeks of the year are still active late into the night. Even Japan, the country that has elevatedReuter - 499 words
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230 1988-01-01 4 3 US networks to air Gorbachev's message in full NEW YORK Three of the four major United States television networks will broadcast in full taped New Year messages by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan today. The fourth, CBS, said the tapes could be adequately covered on itsReuter - 230 words
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Article, Illustration205 1988-01-01 4 Runcie backs bishop's ban on gay priests LONDON The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie (right), has backed a bishop's ban on homosexual priests. The Bishop of Ripon, the Reverend David Young, in a recent newsletter, had banned homosexual clergymen from taking up posts in his North Yorkshire diocese. "IReuter - 205 words
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373 1988-01-01 5 PARIS The Frenchbased aircraft maker Airbus Industrie may soon be selling its jetliners at a loss on the world market because the planes were priced in US dollars now much reduced in value. The extent of the damage to Airbus was spelled outUPI; FT - 373 words
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285 1988-01-01 5 BEIJTNG China has denounced the forced withdrawal of two of its diplomats from Washington as a "frame-up" by the United States and threatened retaliation. "The charge made by the United States side is a frame-up against the Chinese diplomats in the US," aUPI; Reuter - 285 words
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182 1988-01-01 5 ALCONA (Iowa) Apparently copying a US Christmas massacre of 16 people, a man with a history of mental problems shot dead six members of his family on Wednesday and then killed himself. Police in this farming community said Robert Dreesman, 40, shot his parents,Reuter - 182 words
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242 1988-01-01 5 Kenya captures rebel priestess from Uganda NAIROBI Kenyan authorities have captured and jailed a voodoo priestess from neighbouring Uganda who sent thousands of her rebel followers into battle armed with sticks and stones and shielded by magic. The capture of Alice Lakwena last Saturday ended a year-long campaign by theAP - 242 words
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Article, Illustration86 1988-01-01 5 THE Shepherds, Brian and Sheila, posing with their newborn son Mathew in Barrow in Furness, England, on Tuesday. Mathew, Britain's I,oooth test-tube baby, was bom on Boxing Day. The birth was announced by two British doctors who pioneered the first test-tube baby in 1978. Professors PatrickReuter - 86 words
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326 1988-01-01 5 Study shows patients suffer needless pain in hospitals NEW YORK Despite studies that showed many physicians were undertreating pain in hospital patients, new research indicates that the undertreatment persists, causing millions of patients needless suffering. A new survey shows that 65 per cent of the hospital patients who were inNYT - 326 words
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159 1988-01-01 6 MOSCOW A man who stole seven African monkeys infected with the deadly Aids virus from the Moscow Research Institute has been sentenced to four years' jail, the provincial daily Leninskoye Znamya reported on Wednesday. Andrei Mayerov, 19, worked at the institute feedingReuter - 159 words
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Article511 1988-01-01 6 Riyadh to seek loans for first time in modern history RIYADH Saudi Arabia will borrow money for its Budget for the first time in modern history, seeking up to US$B billion (Ssl6 billion) in loans for this year's spending plan. The huge revenues ofAP - 511 words
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Article, Illustration44 1988-01-01 6 A Dutch student in Rosmalen, the Netherlands, putting together domino pieces to form a 1.5-million-piece chain needed for an attempt at a new world record in toppling dominoes. Thirty Dutch students would make the attempt tomorrow. Reuter picture.Reuter - 44 words
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429 1988-01-01 6 ONG MING SEING - ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON An amendment passed by the United States Congress could force publisher Rupert Murdoch to sell the New York Post and the Boston Herald. The amendment, written into the US Government Spending Bill, prohibits the Federal429 words
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180 1988-01-01 6 LONDON Never-never Land is ending for a London children's hospital that for half a century has received royalties from the play, Peter Pan. On New Year's Day today, the copyright of the famous play about the boy who will never grow upReuter - 180 words
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Article38 1988-01-01 6 NAIROBI Hindus from all over Africa will gather here today for a three-day conference aimed at consolidating links between the continent's various communities, the Hindu Council of Kenya said in a press statement on Wednesday. AFPAFP - 38 words
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Article39 1988-01-01 6 SEOUL Four South Korean crewmen were killed and seven others were missing after a fishing boat sank in bad weather off the southwest coast on Wednesday. Maritime officials said the boat had earlier reported engine trouble. APAP - 39 words
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Article492 1988-01-01 8 Futurists also see disposable houses and thousand-storey skyscrapers WASHINGTON Thousandstorey skyscrapers, disposable houses, a return of airships and robots doing dangerous police jobs. All could be part of the world's destiny, according to a society of futurists. The World Future Society in Bethesda, Maryland, summarised its492 words
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Article, Illustration83 1988-01-01 8 I You say Christine Peake is set for the big time. Or you could say she is someone to watch out for. Either way, she certainly makes a most interesting picture as she wears a bizarre range of watches all over her. Christine andReuter - 83 words
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175 1988-01-01 8 HK acts to protect travellers if agents go bust HONGKONG The Hongkong government has announced a package of measures to protect travellers from the colony following the collapse of three local travel agents last year. The measures, expected to be operational in six months, included the setting up of aAFP - 175 words
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412 1988-01-01 8 Cosmonauts grew taller during record space flight MOSCOW Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko, who returned to earth on Tuesday after the longest space flight in history, grew by one centimetre during his 10' 2 months aboard the Mir orbiting station, the newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya said on Wednesday. It said Mr Romanenko'sReuter; AFP - 412 words
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210 1988-01-01 8 Army ousts woman PM of South African homeland JOHANNESBURG The army in the South African tribal homeland of Transkei staged a coup on Wednesday while the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the two-month-old government were all out of the territory on Christmas holidays. "We have taken over," General Bantu Holomisa,Reuter - 210 words
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Article166 1988-01-01 8 TOKYO The world's top 11 chemical firms have agreed to jointly develop a substitute for chemicals which destroy the world's ozone layer when released into the atmosphere, a newspaper said yesterday. The 11 firms which currently produce the ozonedestroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are to signAFP - 166 words
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Article, Illustration753 1988-01-01 9 LINDA SIEG - LINDA SIEG Lack of official interest in those not part of social fabric By 6 There's no reason someone who worked 20 or 30 years building Japan should m end up in the street. Liz Kato, a Catholic Mary knoll sister who worksReuter - 753 words
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603 1988-01-01 9 Solomon's mines revive Saudi gold fever BAHRAIN Ancient gold workings deep in the mountains of Saudi Arabia are echoing to the footsteps of geologists intent on making one of the most detailed assessments of the mines since they were discovered 3,000 years ago. Deposits at Mahd AdhDhahab, 275 km north-eastReuter - 603 words
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685 1988-01-01 10 FRANCIS DANIEL - FRANCIS DANIEL Year-long festival of 50,000 events took seven years to organise By SYDNEY Australia launches its biggest national festival today with celebrations lasting a year to mark two centuries of white settlement of the continent. The extravaganza will cost billions of dollars andReuter - 685 words
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Article, Illustration803 1988-01-01 10 Soviets forge ahead while US space programme still grounded WASHINGTON US scientists say an embarrassing new space shuttle launch delay points up a major contrast between the superpower space programmes. America's remains more technologically sophisticated, they say, but the Soviet Union's is less vulnerable to mishaps. Failure of a vitalReuter; File - 803 words
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264 1988-01-01 11 TOKYO Philippine President Corazon Aquino may visit South America and China this year if the tumultuous political climate in the Philippines allows, A presidential aide in Manila said a trip to Argentina was possible around mid-year "if she has time and the circumstancesReuter; AFP - 264 words
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Article191 1988-01-01 11 MANILA A New Year truce between government troops and communist guerillas is now in force after an outbreak of clashes that left at least 19 people dead across the Philippines. The 48-hour truce declared by the Aquino government began at midnight on Wednesday and isAFP; UPI - 191 words
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Article35 1988-01-01 11 JAKARTA Two Australian inmates who broke out of jail on the holiday island of Bali were arrested some two hours later in a discotheque, the official Antara news agency reoorted on Wednesday.— AFPAFP - 35 words
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Article, Illustration485 1988-01-01 11 JAKARTA Indonesia's Armed Forces commander General Benny Murdani says it will take several more years to crush competely a rebellion in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor. But Gen Murdani, who spent Christmas Day with some of the estimated 10,000Reuter; UPI - 485 words
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198 1988-01-01 11 JAKARTA Foreign companies flocked to Indonesia to take advantage of easier investment regulations last year, reversing a three-year downward trend in the amount of foreign investment approved by the government. The chairman of the Investment Co-ordinating Board, Mr Ginanjar Kartasasmita,AFP - 198 words
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Article, Illustration315 1988-01-01 11 TOKYO Philippine President Corazon Aquino hinted in an interview with a Japanese daily that she may allow United States military bases in her country to stay in order to protect regional security and allow her to focus on economic problems. "What is necessary isAFP - 315 words
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104 1988-01-01 11 Bali prison warden jailed for having drug JAKARTA A prison warden in the Indonesian holiday island of Bali was sentenced to eight years in jail after a court found him guilty of possessing 6.5 g of heroin. Antara news agency reported yesterday that j Wayan Sulendra, 31, esj caped aAFP - 104 words
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Article, Illustration264 1988-01-01 11 5.6% growth last year a big improvement, says Prem BANGKOK Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda said Thailand would cautiously adjust its economic policies to growing world economic uncertainties this year. He said in a New Year message that an expected 5.6 per cent real growth inReuter - 264 words
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238 1988-01-01 11 BANGKOK The Thai authorities have asked Laos to replace its Ambassador to Thailand following what Bangkok considers a breach of diplomatic etiquette. A Thai official said the alleged breach occurred when Ambassador Khamphan Simmalavong approached Thai army chief General Chavalit Yungchaiyudh directlyAFP - 238 words
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274 1988-01-01 12 Ghafar expected to be back at work this month KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba, who is resting in London after coronary bypass surgery, is expected to return to work in the middle of January, Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said on Wednesday. Datuk Mohamed said he visited MrBernama - 274 words
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144 1988-01-01 12 High Court strikes off editor's application KOTA KINABALU The High Court has struck off with costs the application by former Sabah Times editor Cheam Toon Lee for an order of certiorari to quash the Chief Minister's directive to the Immigration Department to reject his work-pass application. Mr Justice John ChongNST - 144 words
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381 1988-01-01 12 Professionals still depend on govt: Dr M KUALA LUMPUR The New Economic Policy (NEP) has not succeeded in creating a permanent Malay middle class, said Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. It has only worked in the equity aspect, "the nominal share381 words
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Article, Illustration278 1988-01-01 12 SUBANG Transport Minister Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik yesterday suggested that Malaysia Airlines and Pelangi Air offer attractive domestic air fares affordable to all the people to stimulate domestic travel and tourism as well as the process of national integration. "I hopeBernama; NST - 278 words
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Article, Illustration333 1988-01-01 12 KUALA LUMPUR Acting Umno Youth leader Datuk Seri Najib Razak has urged the movement to strengthen co-operation and team spirit and uphold the dignity and principles of the party in the coming year. He said members must enhance the spirit of co-op-eration inBernama - 333 words
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176 1988-01-01 12 371 extra flights planned for Lunar New Year KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines will schedule 371 extra flights, 130 of them international, during the Lunar New Year holidays from Jan 31 to March 5 to meet heavy demand for seats. An airline spokesman yesterday said the large number of additional flightsBernama - 176 words
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221 1988-01-01 12 KUALA LUMPUR The government has not been able to resolve the problem of the posting of nonChinese educated teachers to administer Chinese primary schools by yesterday, as it had earlier promised. Deputy Education Minister Woon See Chin told the China PressBy a correspondent - 221 words
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168 1988-01-01 12 R. VASANTHI - R. VASANTHI By KUALA LUMPUR A Singapore-based company, Greenseas Shipping Company Pte Ltd. will launch a bi-monthly passenger liner service for the Malay-sia-Singapore-Mad r as sector on Jan 14. Green Seas executive director V. Naharshraj said yesterday that the fully air-conditioned liner168 words
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144 1988-01-01 13 Restaurant owners charged over food poisoning THE owners of Oriental Restaurant Pte Ltd were brought to court yesterday following a complaint that the restaurant in Bedok allegedly caused more than 100 wedding dinner guests to fall ill. Oriental Restaurant faces three charges of not maintaining a hygienic food establishment; one144 words
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Article32 1988-01-01 13 PROVISIONS Suppliers Corporation will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Econ Minimart chain of convenience stores at the Mandarin Ballroom, Mandarin Hotel, at 7 pm on Sunday. in the Central32 words
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Article42 1988-01-01 13 THREE officers from the Ex-Services Association of Singapore were elected to the Veterans Confederation of Asean Countries Secretariat for 1987-89. They are Major (Ret) Derrick J. Coupland, president; Mr Chia Teck Keng, secretary-general; and Mr Michael G. Gray, treasurergeneral.42 words
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Article, Illustration835 1988-01-01 13 BRENDAN PEREIRA - BRENDAN PEREIRA Singaporeans will be affected in ways big and small By IN WAYS big and small, changes to some laws and regulations which take effect from today will affect the lives of many Singaporeans as they usher in the835 words
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352 1988-01-01 13 TERESA CHEONG - S'pore girl sought for lead role in Japanese TV drama TERESA CHEONG By A JAPANESE television broadcasting station is on the lookout for a young Singaporean girl to take the lead role in a drama special. She must be between 13 and 15 years old, with dark complexion, appealing looks,352 words
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Article, Illustration733 1988-01-01 14 BG Lee on the outlook for the new year How sectors fared last year and forecasts for 1988 Growth in value-added by sectors 1986 1987p ***** Manufacturing 8.4% 16.5% 9.5% Commerce -0.5% 10.9% 5.0% Transport and 8.5% 8.7% 5.0% Communications Financial and" 1.8%733 words
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Article70 1988-01-01 14 Showers expected in afternoon THE prevailing north-east monsoon is likely to bring with it isolated afternoon showers on five to seven days during this fortnight. However, during the second week, there may be widespread continuous rain on two days. Last month, rainfall was below average over the whole of Singapore.70 words
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Article, Illustration201 1988-01-01 14 THE Oriental Singers, who broke the Guinness world record for marathon singing by a choir in 1986, joined voices for a good cause at the Kallang Theatre on Wednesday night. The 80-strong choir, under the baton of conductor Ronald Goh, staged a IVi-hour ChristmasWONG KWAI CHOW - 201 words
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345 1988-01-01 14 POLICE have arrested three suspects believed to have been involved in the $500,000 smash-and-grab robbery on Tuesday at a goldsmith's shop in Joo Chiat Complex. Ming Seng Goldsmith in Block 601, Joo Chiat Road, was robbed by three men carrying axes and wearing green345 words
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Article41 1988-01-01 14 SPEEDPOST service to Papua New Guinea will be introduced from today. The charges are $35 for the first half kg and $5 for each additional half kg. Each item must not exceed 20 kg, said a Telecoms statement.41 words
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Article, Illustration785 1988-01-01 15 FIRST Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Goh Chok Tong: "A more fulfilling year for all Singaporeans. And on a personal note, if only I could be a single handicapper." Mr Tan Swie Hian, artist: "I wish to see in '88 a bust of a local785 words
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162 1988-01-01 17 900 for crime prevention convention ABOUT 900 grassroots leaders are expected to take part in the Singapore Police Force's biggest-ever crime prevention conven-tion-cum-exhibition at the World Trade Centre this month. The four-day event, to be held from Jan 14 to 17, is to further enhance po-lice-public co-operation. The other objectives162 words
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Article, Illustration381 1988-01-01 17 THE American music composer for films such as Break Dancing and Roxanne will join thousands of Singaporeans in donating to the Community Chest. Mr Joe Curiale, 32, flew into Singapore two weeks ago for Christmas and to work with Mr Billy Koh381 words
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565 1988-01-01 17 JENNIFER KOH - JENNIFER KOH Six schools report increase in enrolment By MANY Singaporeans who have neither the time nor the inclination to teach their maids to cook are sending them to cooking classes to pick up local or Western culinary skills. Although most of the565 words
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264 1988-01-01 17 Criminal legal aid to cover more offences THE Law Society's criminal legal aid scheme will expand its scope to cover 11 more types of offences from Monday. The new categories are offences under the Arms Offences Act, Arms and Explosives Act, Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act, Enlistment264 words
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113 1988-01-01 17 SINGAPORE citizens and permanent residents bom on or between March 17 and June 15, 1970, must register for national service from Jan 4 till March 10 at the Central Manpower Base in Dempsey Road. Schedules of the registration, conducted according to birth dates, are113 words
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Article48 1988-01-01 17 NEE SOON and Thomson constituencies will implement the free parking scheme at selected carparks from tomorrow, bringing the total number of constituencies involved in the scheme to 71. Free parking hours are from 7 pm to 10.30 pm on Sundays and public holidays.48 words
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Article, Illustration317 1988-01-01 17 WHEN 28-year-old Marilou Gasataya was employed by the Lim family as a maid nearly two years ago, she could not tell broccoli from belachan. But today, this Filipina can dish up chicken curry, Szechuan hot and sour soup, otak otak and kaya with317 words
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402 1988-01-01 17 MONTHLY rents of 196 HUDC flats in Anthony Garden, Cairnhill, will be cut by one third from today, a move which the Housing Board hopes will attract more tenants to the estate. The first to enjoy the rent reduction are the 13 tenants occupying402 words
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Advertisement308 1988-01-01 13 YES. Buy a National refrigerator any model between Nov 21, 1987 and Mj Chinese New Year and you could be picked to get a full refund on the 90H price of your new refrigerator Take a look at our Lucky Draw coupon for 9H full details But that's not all308 words
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Advertisement124 1988-01-01 14 ROBINSONS FURNISHING EVENT Featuring bright new looks for a brand new year cy cy Buy $5000 of furniture and get a luxurious MORAN Reclining Chair worth $1350, absolutely free! I FLEP NIRVANA leather yIL i» 3 I >; s*- >^^ -*-^^^^H^i^^^ til Id c*S\ ll tl 1 1 S j.124 words
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Advertisement365 1988-01-01 15 Look them up among the more than 750 computing terms explained in simple language in A GLOSSARY OF COMPUTING TERMS 4th edition edited by The British Computer Society. P-] When you own a Volvo, voufre never on your own. Published by J *M Cambridge University Press, \f *r UK STP365 words
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Advertisement543 1988-01-01 16 DESIGN PENTAOCEAN'S T-SHIRT AND WIN BIG! Now open to all Singapore citizens a contest commemorating completion of the Jurong Thas Reclamation Project. CONTEST RULES I I E L 0 I p G e I n B t o L Ji T c Lens of T\ESIGN THEME Singapore without restrictions D543 words
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Advertisement289 1988-01-01 17 ALPHA MEDITATION trainmg to function at alpha-theta brain frequencies with controlled awareness to improve your abity to: dksorve acctmlated stress break bad habits overcome fear and phobia develop super memory increase concentration solve problems This 4-Day programme challenges everyone to put aside conventional solutions or explanation for a new dimension289 words
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Advertisement258 1988-01-01 17 C1 QR m* e»^^Hbl a. Local Pork Loin Sukiyaki, 100g 0 I «00 y Hbb^^' Jt C c. USA Beef Shabu Shabu, 100g pU '^W b -Jmt BBBki^^flff d. Aust Sukiyaki. 100g Cpfc.dLU r*"^^^ 5 »4tt l^*^^^ NZSukiyaki, 100g«Pfc. lU Bts' *1 |/f 'VJCUI Aust Grain Fed Chunk Roll Sukiyaki.258 words
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Advertisement207 1988-01-01 18 jgtj&ifcP^ THE DRAW IS BACK IN TOWN t Here's one Lucky Draw in this town you JK ~T~ T ,t^ I W f r at kaSt n6 Calendar m nth A d f should aim for 1 |r b UOB Group 1988 Ist Lucky Draw Hfe; course the more and207 words
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Article, Illustration1472 1988-01-01 19 What some MPs and community officials hope to accomplish in 1988 Undergraduate David Wong, 26, PA Central Youth Council chairman "Membership reached 100,000 in May 1987. That has been a major target of the youth movement for a long time. The feeling of independence that1,472 words
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Article, Illustration607 1988-01-01 19 CHAN KIN SANG - Ex-primary schoolmates plan reunion after 31 years CHAN KIN SANG By BUSINESSMAN Anderson Chee Han 800 has been busy thumbing through the telephone directory recently and calling up strangers. But he is not hunting for business contacts. Mr Chee, 47, is among a group of former pupils of Winstedt Boys'607 words
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Advertisement82 1988-01-01 19 BREAK AWAY WITH FORD .^BB^ DONT MISS THE EXCITING FORD ft* e L 1^ s .<■.-.■:•»■■■■*• W l xi i^^^^BßiP BMMMMMi^^ 4& WT-^MM iW" f J M ;?^^^S :^Bk '^^^w^^H "^'<^ ?^^^^^S^§* >s v «F fJk i f -S» "'""""""^X^^S S dvOWS: c M r ETm N ET > ..|F82 words
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Article601 1988-01-01 20 THE year is new but some old problems remain and may even get worse. Starting with a bread and butter issue, the international marketplace which Singapore is highly dependent on could get more difficult to penetrate as countries erect barriers to free trade in various guises. This601 words
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Article, Illustration1315 1988-01-01 20 YANG RAZALI KASSIM - YANG RAZALI KASSIM Immediately after the Asean Summit in Manila last month, nearly 40 journalists were taken by the United States Embassy on a tour of two key American military bases in the Philippines. Our correspondent, who was in that team, files his repels.1,315 words
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782 1988-01-01 20 VIETNAM'S Cam Ranh Bay is to the Soviets what Clark and Subic in the Philippines are to the Americans. Both the Soviets and the Americans got their respective military facilities through defence pacts with their allies. The Soviet Union first gained access to782 words
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Article, Illustration853 1988-01-01 21 PETER HAZELHURST - PETER HAZELHURST Predictions of Aids and cancer cures, artificial eyes and ears By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Japanese scientists predict that within 15 years they will be able to control cancer, provide the blind and deaf with artificial eyes and ears, and develop a robot which853 words
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1106 1988-01-01 21 LIN XUELING - LIN XUELING By m Copenhagen Gloomy year ahead But the EC political declarations are only a faint glimmer in what looks like a rather gloomy 1988 for the 12 member states. The failure to reach agreement on the Budget and the1,106 words
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434 1988-01-01 22 YOUR article "Rights issues: Do underwriters have right to change terms?" (ST, Dec 11), among other claims, quotes merchant bankers as saying that it takes three to four months to clear their application for rights issues. The truth is that434 words
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423 1988-01-01 22 Let law teachers practise, and practising lawyers teach FORMAL legal education in Singapore started 30 years ago in 1957. However, up to today, we are still frequently reminded by the Prime Minister of the limited pool of lawyers to fill judicial posts. The Chief423 words
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342 1988-01-01 22 Signalise Amber Road junction at certain times I THINK the authorities should seriously give immediate attention to the potentially hazardous traffic situation along Amber Road and Amber Gardens. Only drivers with a lot of courage and pedestrians with agility can hope to cross the road, especially during the peak periods.342 words
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204 1988-01-01 22 WE refer to the letter "Card theft: Tell bank first, then report to the police" by "Victim" (ST, Nov 16). Our investigation shows that at the time the writer arrived at the police station to lodge a report, the station officers were busy processing204 words
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Letter90 1988-01-01 22 ON Dec 21, while visiting a relative at the Singapore General Hospital, I saw a woman assisting a very young girl, presumably her grand-daughter, up the drinking fountain so that she could urinate in it. It's bad enough seeing children being lifted onto sinks in washrooms by90 words
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Advertisement478 1988-01-01 22 WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR *Jf Jr x x x x f mKm 'ivX-X-X-' mn. |f ;i;:S:;S:£: YIP CHOK KAI "hinese Calligraphy Specialist) fl|| 20 Maxwell Road, #01-11 Maxwell House, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****22, *****71 111 S§ SAMSUNG SAMSUNG HAS IT ALL QUALITYAND STYLE AT AFPORDABI_E PRICES olour 'elevision478 words
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Article, Illustration1017 1988-01-01 23 LIM ENG HAI - LIM ENG HAI By I HARDLY three months have passed since the October stock market crash, but crystal-ball gazers and market pundits are again exuding confidence and saying it is time to buy the better stocks. The views of stock analysts1,017 words
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Article99 1988-01-01 23 LONDON US oil giant Atlantic Richfield (Arco) has raised to 21.1 per cent its holding in Britoil, the British independent oil firm which is the target of a fierce takeover battle. British Petroleum, Britain's biggest company, has made a hostile full takeover bid for Britoil whichAFP; AP - 99 words
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Article88 1988-01-01 23 BEIJING The city government of Shanghai, which has been given the right by Beijing to raise money directly on the international market, has set up a company for this purpose. The Xinhua news agency said the Shanghai Jiushi Company, with a registered capital of 500 millionReuter - 88 words
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Article73 1988-01-01 23 WELLINGTON Auckland sharebroker Buttle and Co has asked Bank of New Zealand to appoint a receiver to oversee its affairs. Buttle and Co was declared a defaulter and barred from trading on the New Zealand Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Directors said they believed the appointment of aReuter - 73 words
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Article60 1988-01-01 23 STUTTGART West German electronics group Robert Bosch is to take over the telecommunications branch of the French Schneider group. Bosch will buy immediately a 35 per cent stake in Jeumont-Schneider Telecommunications, which specialises in the manufacturing of private telephone equipment. The West German group said it wouldAFP - 60 words
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Article69 1988-01-01 23 PERTH Embattled tycoon Robert Holmes a Court's Bell Group will close its Perthbased weekly newspaper, The Western Mail, after tomorrow's edition. The paper's colour magazine and other features will be incorporated in the daily West Australian, also owned by Bell Group. Despite a large circulation, TheReuter - 69 words
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Article, Illustration324 1988-01-01 23 ONE of Singapore's most prominent entrepreneurs, Mr Soon Peng Yam, is stepping down today as Chairman of the the diversified Sim Lim group of companies he founded about a half century ago. He will be replaced by his fourth son, Mr Soon Choo324 words
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272 1988-01-01 23 CTTY Developments has rejected suggestions that it had its eyes on Malayan Credit as a potential takeover subject. The property company has told the Stock Exchange of Singapore that "we are not considering any takeover bid proposal" for Credit. City's denial means272 words
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199 1988-01-01 23 LONDON The London Stock Exchange is investigating allegations that some London market-mak-ers artificially marked up share prices on Christmas Eve to win personal bets on the closing level of a major share index. The market-makers are alleged to have placed wagers with a LondonAP - 199 words
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380 1988-01-01 23 NEW YORK A report financed by the New York Stock Exchange concludes that trading in stock index futures has contributed to excessive speculation in the market and should be curbed. The report recommended increasing the amount of cash an investor must putNYT - 380 words
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Article, Illustration958 1988-01-01 23 TRUDY LIM - TRUDY LIM By THE long-awaited second securities market was born early last year, slowly got to its feet, took its first tumble, and as the year ended was slowly picking itself up again. The October crash has dispersed the958 words
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Article402 1988-01-01 25 1 Ml $1,000. 2 For bttt cMtoman only, 3 OCBC Finance. 4 ivilibte it DBS Ounce 5. QiuKyini that rattt art otttrtd by subsklary OUT. UOFt ratat.** iSoivalabia al UOF. ado avalaMt at DBS Faianca. OCBC OUB UOB DBS DEPOSIT RATES Savings: daily 3 l 3 A IVt402 words
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Article162 1988-01-01 25 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of to S$1Q foreign currency Australian dollar 1.4432—1.4450 7.05—6.86 Canadian dollar 1.5359-1.5384 6.57-6.46 NZ dollar 1.3163-1.3200 7.74-7.50 Sterling pound 3.7401-3.7460 2.70-2.66 US dollar 1.9990-2.0000 5.03-4.99 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling162 words
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Article114 1988-01-01 25 THE US dollar closed mixed against most major currencies at 11 am yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, it opened at 1.9970/80 and closed at 1.9990/00. It traded within a range of 1.9970 and 2.0000 in thin trading. Against the deutschemark, the greenback closed lower compared with its opening of114 words
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Article124 1988-01-01 25 THE kilobar market traded between <?_^l anH <J_3l 9fMl S»Ji,J3U ana _*U,_UU yesterday. In the Far East market, gold opened in the morning at U*****.25/ 484 25 and wastraded I? to TO_SISO/«SO on a weaker dollar It closed for lunch at this level. In the afternoon, it reopened higher124 words
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Article21 1988-01-01 25 GOLD US$/oz Thurs Wed Singapore 485.50-486.50 487.00-487.50 Hongkong 485.25-486.25 486.75-487.25 Wed Tues New York 482.50—483.00 486.00—486.50 London 484.25-484.75 486.00—486.5021 words
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Article274 1988-01-01 25 Managers' prices for January 2 4 4 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 89 0.95 The Savings Fund 0.77 0 82 Spore Prog Fund 0 35 0 39 S'pore Sec Fund 0 59—0 63 S'pore invest Fund 0 63 0 68 S'pore Equity Fund 0 42 0.46xd Asia274 words
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Article71 1988-01-01 25 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (100 imphed interest rate l Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mat 88 92.57 92.57 92.49 92.53A 1280 June 92.30 92.30 92.22 92.27A 405 Sept 91.98 91.98 91.90A 91.91B 310 Dec 91.63 91.63 91.57A 91.61A 62 Mm 89 91.34 91.34 91.34 91.36A 52 June 91.09 91.09 91.0971 words
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Article24 1988-01-01 25 (US dollar Deutschemark Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mar 0.6340 0.6375 0.6340 0.6360A 32 Open Int (Wed): 327. Act Vol (Wed): 38.24 words
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Article21 1988-01-01 25 (British Pound) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mnr 88 1.8800A Open Int (Wed): 39. Act Vol (Wed): Nil.21 words
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Article25 1988-01-01 25 (Japanese Yen) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mnr 88 0.*****0 0.*****4 0.*****8 0.*****0B80 Jane Open Int (Wed): 919. Act Vol (Wed): 89.25 words
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Article33 1988-01-01 25 (Nikkei Stock Average Index) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot Mm 88 ***** ***** ***** *****S 21 Jim *****S Sept *****S Open Int (Wed): 5245. Act Vol (Wed): 49.33 words
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Article20 1988-01-01 25 (USS per troy ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Feb 88 Open Int (Wed): NU. Act Vol (Wed):NU.20 words
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Article229 1988-01-01 25 Dec 30 USJ Chanje Gen Motors 61M, -M Goodyear Tire 60v« unch A l coo 47 .ft Gulf Res II*. Allied Sig 28 l +M Hewlett Pack 58* flM Amax Inc 19% Intl Busi Mach 117 +1 Ami Corp 35* M, I" Corp 44* -H A K 27^229 words
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744 1988-01-01 25 THE last trading day of the year on the Kuala Lumpur market was an anti-climax as share prices retreated on light selling yesterday to close easier. Brokers said the much expected run-up of share prices in the halfday year-end trading session744 words
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Article17 1988-01-01 25 Tin Closing prices MJ/kHo KL Tin 17.05 up three cents Turnover 83 tonnes up two tonnes17 words
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Article11 1988-01-01 25 Rubber Closing prices cents/kilo Singapore January Clr.ed Malaysia January Closed11 words
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Article25 1988-01-01 25 Ctainf prices Copper tonne Wed Spot 1688 00—1690.00 (*****0 1720.00) 3 months 1465.00 1466 00 (1464 00 1466.00) Market tone Firm Sales: 13,900 tonnes25 words
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Article24 1988-01-01 25 Clown pm" Silver USS/troy <» Thurs Wed Singapore Unav 6 -6 71 Wed Tuej New York Unav 6 71 6/6 Source Credit Suisse. Spore24 words
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Article25 1988-01-01 25 Ctoanf prices Aluminium £/tonne Wed Spot 1078.00 1082 00 (1066.00—1067.00) 3 months 1014.00 1015 00 (997.00— 998 00) Market tone: Firmer Sales: 10.400 tonnes25 words
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Article69 1988-01-01 25 I 1 I I I I J I 1 NST Index Thursday 1,306.16 (1,308.65) Hongkong Hang Seng Thursday 2,302.75 (2,291.98) §+L Australian All-Ordinaries j£ Thursday 1,320.00 (1,299.30) Nikkei Stock Average Thursday Closed (21,564.00) Financial Times Industrials Wednesday 1,408.00 (1,382.30) Dow Jones Average Jjjnj? Wednesday 1,950.10 (1,926.89) (Figures in brackets69 words
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Article492 1988-01-01 25 Dec 30 Pence Cnanfe MDUSTRIALS Asdo-MFI 171 +7 AHiod-Lyora 355 +13 BTR PLC 273 +2 Sobcocks Border* 165 +12 Boochom 445 +12 BICC 348 +3 Blue Ode 432 +10 BOC Group 395 +8 i Boon 238 -1 Bowotor 353 +4 BATS 451 +13 BA.rwoys 152 +2 Britonnia 118 +8492 words
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336 1988-01-01 26 High-ranking official barred from Games CALGARY (Alberta) A high-rank- i ing American official due to supervise at next month's Winter Olym- pics has been barred from the Games after being linked to a blood doping incident last year. < Jim Page, appointed technical dele- gate in charge of the Games'Reuter - 336 words
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Article, Illustration311 1988-01-01 26 WINTER SPORT OBERSTDORF (West Germany) Czech Pavel Ploc set a hill record on Wednesday to end flying Finn Matti Nykaenen's victory run in the Oberstdorf 90-metre World Cup j ski jumping event. Nykaenen had won all four of the events he had started in previouslyReuter - 311 words
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Article368 1988-01-01 26 MOTOR SPORT PARIS The Paris-Dakar motor rally, which takes cars, trucks and motorcycles along a 13,000km trek through the blistering heat i of the Sahara Desert, began on Wednesday in the mud of northern France. Some 600 vehicles took part in a prologue to theReuter - 368 words
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Article308 1988-01-01 26 Late surge: A tremendous surge in the final period earned France a 9-5 (3-1, 1-3, 5-1) win over i Canadian visitors Ottawa University in Wednesday's friendly ice hockey international in Megeve. Moriarty out of trial: Richard Moriarty, Wales' captain during the inaugural rugby union World Cup earlierAFP - 308 words
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Article186 1988-01-01 29 PARIS Paris Saint Germain are hopeful that their bid to lure Dutch soccer legend Johan Cruyff to France as their new coach will meet with success, club president Francis Borelli said on Wednesday. In an interview with the French sports daily Le Sport, Mr Borelli saidReuter - 186 words
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Article41 1988-01-01 29 (EngHsfa Dtv One) Liverpool v Coventry Luton v Chelsea Manchester United v Charlton Norwich v West Ham Forest v Newcastle Portsmouth v Arsenal Queens Park Rangers v Southampton Sheffield Wednesday v Everton Tottenham v Watford Wimbledon v Derby County.41 words
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Article281 1988-01-01 29 A TOP English official has been enlisted by the United States in their bid to land the 1994 World Cup. Mr Ted Croker, secretary of the Football Association has, with the blessing of the International Football Federation (Fifa), agreed to act as an adviser toReuter; AFP - 281 words
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Article64 1988-01-01 29 WASHINGTON John McEnroe on Wednesday said he wouldn't play in the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis event of the year, because of problems stemming from a back injury. McEnroe said he would skip the Open, which begins on Jan 11, after aggravating aAP - 64 words
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Article, Illustration197 1988-01-01 29 BRISBANE Pascale Paradis, of France, blasted through to her first quarter-final in three years at the A5225,000 ($321,750) Ariadne Classic tennis tournament at the Milton Grass Courts here on Wednesday. The 21-year-old became the first player to make the last eight with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1AFP - 197 words
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Article174 1988-01-01 29 PERTH Alan Bond, who won the America's Cup for Australia in 1983, will not challenge for yachting's premier prize this year. Bond's America's Cup syndicate said yesterday work on their planned 90-foot-waterline super-maxi, Waltzing Matilda, would cease immediately. Mr John Longley, general manager of the BondReuter - 174 words
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331 1988-01-01 29 WELLINGTON Inclement weather forced yesterday's US$l5O,OOO ($300,000) New Zealand Open tennis championships indoors and Holland's Menno Oosting immediately took advantage. Oosting, ranked No. 1% in the world, upset thirdseeded Australian John Frawley 6-3, (8-6) to send the tournament's third seeded player in the pastReuter - 331 words
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Article, Illustration398 1988-01-01 29 Third link-up with manager Venables LONDON ENGLAND soccer cen-tre-back Terry Fenwick was transferred from Queens Park Rangers to Tottenham Hotspur for £550,000 ($2.04 million) on Wednesday. The 28-year-old defender, who joined Spurs on a six-year contract, links up with manager Terry Venables for the third timeAFP - 398 words
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Article, Illustration438 1988-01-01 30 LEE WAI WUN - McCook and Alice poised to win title LEE WAI WUN Pair have won all six races By SINGAPORE catamaran sailors Scott McCook and crew Alice Lim took yet another step towards the Hobie 18 title when they won the sixth race of the South-east Asian Hobie yachting championships at Changi438 words
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Article, Illustration156 1988-01-01 30 Jansher ends Jahangir's reign SQUASH LONDON Jansher Khan ended Jahangir Khan's six-year reign as the world's leading squash player when he took over at the top of the latest rankings issued by the International Squash Players' Association on Wednesday. Jahangir, five times world champion, was deposed by fellow-Pakistani Jansher forReuter - 156 words
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Article103 1988-01-01 30 No result likely in Third Test CALCUTTA India forged ahead of the West Indies' first innings total on the fifth and final day of the Third Test here yesterday, but the match appeared certain to end in a draw. At lunch, the West Indies were 42 for no loss afterReuter; AFP - 103 words
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Article185 1988-01-01 30 MELBUUKNfcJ AUStraJ*? 11 wicket-keeper Greg £*<?" "id he acted in good faitn wnen claiming his controversial catch off New Zealand's Andrew Jones, But Dyer said he realised later, when watching tplpvicinn rpnlav that unate. Dyer broke his silence on Wednesday about the catchReuter - 185 words
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172 1988-01-01 30 ATHLETICS LONDON Double Olympic champion Sebastian I Coe is to try to persuade the British Amateur Athletic Board to change their selection policy for this year's Olympic Games. The 1500 metres gold Athletic Association Championships in August. "l'm baffled to understand how the decision wasAFP; Reuter - 172 words
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Article, Illustration226 1988-01-01 31 Golfer Cotton heads Queen's honours list LONDON Golfer Henry Cotton, who died three days before Christmas, heads the list of sportsmen and women named yesterday in Queen Elizabeth El's New Year honours' list. The 80-year-old pioneer of modern golf, who was buried on Saturday alongside his late wife, Toots, inAP - 226 words
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Article242 1988-01-01 31 JOE DORAI - FAS move to stop direct invites JOE DORAI 3y SINGAPORE have made a strong move to restrict Asean countries from inviting "unqualified" clubs to represent the Republic in soccer tournaments. This follows the humiliating defeats of the Singapore Civil Seivice's team at the Bangkok Queen's Cap tournament and Tampines Rovers242 words
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244 1988-01-01 31 Cool it call for Johor's famous five JOHOR BARU Cool it. That is the advice Johor FA deputy president Datuk Sulaiman Mohamed Noor has given to those criticising the five Johor Malaysia Cup players who have signed to play for clubs in Singapore's semiprofessional league. The Malaysia Cup team managerNST - 244 words
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Article, Illustration584 1988-01-01 31 J. RAJENDRAN - Going to a ball without 'godfathers' J. RAJENDRAN By, WITH THE limelight directed at the Premier League clubs, teams in the lower reaches of the National Football League might be inclined to think of themselves as Cinderellas. Unlike most Premier League sides, the Division One and Two teams are largely584 words
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Advertisement689 1988-01-01 26 fTM SANTA TOURS E3 ANNIVERSARY w Santa Tours Double Celebration U Into Year of the Dragon 'Travel Agency of the Year N^n^t^orea^^^ Top Agent Award Oi •tflwm ruT MpVlt Aw9l*fl I Conferred two prestigious awards for excellent performance; which we were by Singapore Airlines. UUIUUUnU iYXCriI t*naL%* business p h689 words
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Article, Illustration698 1988-01-01 27 The big fellow puts in an appearance for the first time ON THE TRACK with PEDIGREE PENANG Nostradamus, entered solely for the $150,000 Governor's Gold Cup (Race 5 on Sunday), appeared on the track here for the first time yesterday morning after arriving from his Ipoh base698 words
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Article65 1988-01-01 27 Cordero hurt in race fall LOS ANGELES Jockey Angel Cordero was sent to hospital after he was thrown from his mount in a four-horse race at Santa Anita on Wednesday. Cordero, 45, second on the all-time list with more than US$l2l million (5J240,000) in stakemoney earned, was dislodged after ForkintheroadUPI - 65 words
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Article889 1988-01-01 27 PfPPHj 2.30 RESTRICTED TERMS J^JUJ2y3Ui DIV A 1,200m (3 A 4 year olds) )<St*kA«- *11 nnm (St&kes: *11,OOO) 1 776 FleribUlty 57 W 4 F-Lim 4 nzg same John 2 *085 Forty Carat D57 Number 40-Chua 4 nzg 3 968 Hustle Bustle 57'Golden" Link-Yeoh 4 nzg same889 words
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Article, Illustration496 1988-01-01 27 PEDIGREE - PEDIGREE By I PENANG The 1987 season comes to a close this weekend and K.L. Oo looks set to win the title of champion local rider for the first time. Oo has done remarkably well considering that he "lost" the first three months496 words
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178 1988-01-01 27 Medal Of Fame and Keep Going are out PENANG Keep Going V and Medal Of Fame have been withdrawn from the Governor's Gold Cup (Race 5) on Sunday on veterinary grounds. Kushinagar and Kinta Valley 11, the first two emergency acceptors, have now got berths in the 16-horse line-up. Alacaro178 words
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Obituary, Illustration162 1988-01-01 30 321 Deaths 321 Deaths 321 Deaths HEE CHIN KAN AGE: 52 YEARS called to be with the Lord on 30th Dec. 1987 leaving behind his beloved: WIFE: IVY LIAN CHING BEE SONS: DAUGHTER: Hee Wan Po Hee Li Ming Hee Huan Wei BROTHERS: SISTERS-IN-LAW: Hee Chin Pang Foo See Mui162 words
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Obituary, Illustration22 1988-01-01 30 In Loving Memory Of w* -w MR. GOH SEOW MENG Departed January 1, 1985 Always remembered by wife, children^randchiWrer^ovjdo22 words
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Obituary, Illustration200 1988-01-01 30 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements g The family of the late MR. LEE YEOW LIM Departed 27th Dec. '87 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Dr. Aline K. Wong, MP for Changkat, community leaders from Changkat Constituency, PAP Community Foundation Changkat Branch, The People's Association, The Clans Association,200 words
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Obituary, Illustration76 1988-01-01 30 DAVID KHOO TENG AIK Born: 3rd April 1954 Called Home: Ist Jan. 1986 Arid I will dwell In the house ol the Lord for evpr. Psalm 23:e Always remembered by loved ones T IN LOVING MEMORY Or MR. GOH KIM SIONG DEPARTED ON 01 JAN. 1983 18th76 words
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Obituary, Illustration92 1988-01-01 30 With deepest sympathies and condolence* to Roger Seet, Beloved Brother Of The Late DAVID SEET Departed 25/12/87 (Banykok) From: Law Swee Chiang Wee Toon Han Tan Wah Fang Toon Ah Chai Lim Guan Hua Tan Keng Khim Lim Boon Lay Lim Min Siong Suhardi Susanto Tan Shing Nam92 words
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Obituary, Illustration123 1988-01-01 30 TAN QUEE CHENG (Wife of late Lim Hock Swe«) Age: 83 Passed away peacefully on 31st December, 1987 leaving behind beloved: Sons: Teck Ann (deceased) Teck Kim Teck Poh Teck Ee Daughters Guek Chin Mary Sons-in-law Ton Slew Chuan Foo Koh Wah Daughters-in-law Karen Wong Gladys Randall Eight123 words
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Obituary, Illustration149 1988-01-01 30 323 Condolences 323 Condolences fOur Deepest Sympathies condolences to the family of Our Managing Director MR HEE CHIN KAN who was called to be with the Lord on 30th Dec. 1987 i From The Management Staff BESPLAN MAINTENANCE ENGINEERS PTE LTD BESTRADE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD BESHOLD PTE LTD Our Deepest149 words
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Obituary, Illustration79 1988-01-01 30 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam In ever loving memory of Mr. Teo Bak Seng Departed Ist January 1984 Dearly missed and always remembered by beloved wife Joyce Teo, children, grand children and loved ones. fin Loving Memory of C.R PAUL CHRISTINE PAUL Departed 31.5.76 Departed 1.1.83 Our thoughts are79 words
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Obituary, Illustration52 1988-01-01 30 325 Requiems 325 Requiems rl4th Years Anniversary In loving memory of Late M.S. VEERAN Departed on 1-1-1974 A prayer will be held at Sri Sivan Temple at 397, |i Serangoon Road, on Friday 1-1-1988 between 11.00 am to 2.00 pm. From MDM. VALI d/o MUTHUSAMY Lunch will be served. All52 words
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Advertisement78 1988-01-01 30 LIVIIMvJI Lr\IMV2IwAV%3tI This series of two books Nature Calls and People Talk was born from the popular Sunday Times language column in 1982 1983. Many 11 of the confusing and often illogical #oilabl£ e idioms which native speakers take for unnkShOp S granted are presented and explained rtOOd with clarity78 words
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Advertisement27 1988-01-01 30 r RESULTS DRAW No: 207/87 5 OUT OF 49 I 34,47 ADD. No I MONDAY'S DRAW I WILL BE HELD AT I ALBERT COMPLEX AFTER 5.30 P.M.27 words
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Advertisement591 1988-01-01 31 ||ii iii Wishing You A Happy and Prosperous New Year ua si if Jrritna V\l>' oiHurtrurui ,'iL PRIMA GROUP OF COMPANIES TIMESPORT WILL FOCUS ON ALL EIGHT PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMS TOMORROW ■>. HMk it j^^riii^liMMSHP^H^M^B vBrJHSk ■j^P i lIBn ill jsp i I 3HH I SHm^^ih! 9he b HHi HHhH591 words
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Miscellaneous19 1988-01-01 31 SOCCER Friendly: SRC v Gilbraltar Crescent (Padang, spm). YACHTING Sooth-east Asian Hoble c'ships: Mini Marathon (Changi Sailing Club, 1.30pm).19 words
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Article, Illustration366 1988-01-01 32 ROME Italy's Prime Minister Giovanni Goria is seeking to drum up more trade during his seven-day visit to South-East Asia and India, an area of huge economic potential that Italian officials say they have neglected in recent years. Mr Goria leaves tomorrow onReuter; AFP - 366 words
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Article82 1988-01-01 32 SYDNEY Travellers will j pay twice for using Austra- j lian airports starting today once when they arrive and again when they leave, Immigration Minister Mick i Young said on Wednesday. Passengers already pay As2o (5528.80) in departure tax when leaving the coun- I try, butAFP - 82 words
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Article, Illustration336 1988-01-01 32 C. SHANTHENI - C. SHANTHENI Japanese sets off on solo trip to prove Silk Route was by sea By MARINE explorer Yoshiyuki Yamamoto set sail from Singapore yesterday on a 10,000-km voyage to prove that the ancient Silk Route might well have been a sea route. Mr Yamamoto's solo336 words
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Article32 1988-01-01 32 BRASILIA Brazil paid US$l.l billion (552.2 billion) in back interest on its US$7O billion commercial bank debt on Wednesday, the first since it suspended payments in February. ReuterReuter - 32 words
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Article, Illustration443 1988-01-01 32 BRENDAN PEREIRA - BRENDAN PEREIRA 38 shophouses to be restored to original condition By FOURTEEN private sector entrepreneurs have won bids to start business in the row of 38 pre-war Tanjong Pagar shophouses and are all set to bring back the hum of life to theUrban Redevelopment Authority - 443 words
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147 1988-01-01 32 ALAN HUBBARD - ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON London's police chief has recommended a Singapore-style permits system to ease peak-hour traffic congestion in the capital. Mr Peter Imbert, the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, has warned Londoners that they may have to face some restrictions on147 words
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462 1988-01-01 32 Israel hit by letter-bombs as Peres defends tough riot-handling JERUSALEM Israel defended its get-tough policy with demonstrators in the occupied territories on Wednesday as police moved to contain a rash of letter-bomb attacks. "Expulsion is one of the means at our disposal to defuse a situation," said Foreign Minister ShimonAP; Reuter; UPI - 462 words
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Article65 1988-01-01 32 LONDON Gordon Wilson, whose daughter Marie, a nurse, was killed in the Poppy Day massacre at Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, was on Wednesday named Man of the Year by listeners to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. Mr Wilson, 60, obtained more votes than SovietAFP - 65 words
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Article25 1988-01-01 32 HARARE Overweight stewardesses with Air Zimbabwe have been given six months to slim down or risk being grounded, the Herald reported. APAP - 25 words
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169 1988-01-01 32 NEW DELHI Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, holidaying on a remote Arabian Sea island, jumped into a lagoon to save a stranded whale, prompting his bodyguards and local residents to splash in after him, the Press Trust of India said. The news agency, in aUPI; AFP - 169 words
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143 1988-01-01 32 ONG MING SEING - ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Pressure on highway authorities to relieve the traffic crush in major urban centres has been growing, forcing some states in America to experiment with new, and sometimes innovative, ways to unclog jams. Virginia, responding143 words
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153 1988-01-01 32 A DRUG which might provide some hope for Aids patients has arrived in Singapore. Marketed under the brand name, Retrovir, it is an anti-viral drug being used in the United States and United Kingdom to help prolong the lives of153 words
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288 1988-01-01 32 S. Koreans most optimistic about new year, poll shows LONDON South Koreans are more optimistic about what the new year holds than any other nationality, while Peruvians are among the most pessimistic, according to a newspaper survey published yesterday. The opinion poll, carried out in 37 countries by the independentReuter - 288 words
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Article57 1988-01-01 32 What it should have been A STRAITS Times report yesterday on patrol dogs being used to guard private homes described Mr Spencer Lim as the man- j ager of Pioneer Investiga- tion and Security Management. Mr Lim has informed us that he is the Project Manager of Tom-Reck Investigation and57 words
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Article28 1988-01-01 32 WASHINGTON The US government has banned future sales of three-wheeled all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), which have been blamed for more than 900 deaths in five years. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Miscellaneous209 1988-01-01 32 Weather Fair and windy. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 24 min SUNSET today: 7.10 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.07 am. GLOBAi WEATHER i Adelaide 25/36 C Rain Los Angeles 7 11 C Clear j Amsterdam 9/12 C Cloudy Madrid 112 C Cloudy I Athens 617 C Clear209 words
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Section Two
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Article, Illustration1235 1988-01-01 1 TOUCHABLE KEVIN COSTNER You have seen him in The Untouchables. But wait till you see him in his next movie, No Way Out (coming to Shaw cinemas, but no confirmed dates yet). Kevin Costner is sexy. BART MILLS reports! EARLY in his career, Kevin Costner was subjected to the kindIPS - 1,235 words
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Article, Illustration928 1988-01-01 2 The pop life Chris Ho THERE may not be truly radical new sounds awaiting pop/rock fans in the new year, but there are certainly some sure bets that look set to rave on in '88. Hip-hop that scratchscratch, drum-crash, big-bam-boom beat issued928 words
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Article, Illustration1397 1988-01-01 3 Lyne's new success after 9½ Weeks Fatal Attraction, which Brian De Palma called "a post-feminist Aids thriller", proved to be an American obsession last year. Its British director, Adrian Lyne, says he is mystified by the result, reports MIKE BYGRAVE for the Guardian. The movie will be released here in1,397 words
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Advertisement51 1988-01-01 3 KANG KOK WAH FURNITURE at New World Amusement Park i»r m I lit *V Jjß BtetLSpring Mattresses fl£ *T?TL^ 6 at Offer Prices LfltfC CVtWt (J Kang Kok Wah Furniture New World Amusement Park Twilight Hall Singapore 0820 1 Business Hrs: Mon Sat 11am 9 pm. Sun P Holidays 2pm51 words
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Advertisement367 1988-01-01 3 It happens to ail of us. We find ourselves listeners, how to stimulate their genuine unable to speak up when we really need interest, whether speaking to one person to. We remain in the ranks of the "silent or to a crowd. majority" the people who are never do these367 words
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Advertisement439 1988-01-01 3 CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OPENING OF HOUSE SPECIALITIES /"V^ Penang Laksa Mee Yoke Nasi Lemak f J Tiger Prawn Curry Beef Rendang K Mutton Curry Chicken Curry Sambal Prawns Assam Fish Head^--^^. K^-J Special Shell Curry Puff f~^ and many other delicious dishes. IPEPPER iVIPKEi 331, Upper Paya Lebar Road, Singapore439 words
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Advertisement608 1988-01-01 4 C ATHAYORGANISATIOJKAT^AYORGANI^ I S j MME3SE2mHBMZM PRESIDENT/CLEMENTI/MAJESTIC/ZENITH: 10.30AM i CENTRAL/BEDOK/REGAL/BROADWAY/JURONG < KRETA AYER PEOPLE'S: 11.00AM TONITE MIDNITE > CATHAY/GOLDEN SULTAN/ODEON-KATONG i CENTRAL/BROADWAY: 11.45PM ORCHARD/ 5 CLEMENTI/REGAL: 12.00AM MAJESTIC/ BEDOK/KRETA AYER PEOPLE'S/ZENITH: 12.15AM o S PLUS TOMORROW MIDNITE GOLDEN SULTAN/ODEON-KATONG/BROADWAY/ CENTRAL/PRINCE/SAVOY: 11.45PM REGAL/ 5 O WOODLANDS: 12.00AM MAJESTIC/BEDOK/ > KRETA AYER608 words
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Advertisement438 1988-01-01 4 3 4 1^B&^ if «U H DOMTMISSTHEFIMAL H U TOMICSHT! y SUPERSTAR IMPERSONATION CONTEST Q see the talented contestants 1 I M PV sing, dance and act. I BH Witness their superb performances and be a part of the excitement. LJ Pick the winner and stand to win I L^438 words
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Advertisement579 1988-01-01 4 ha wgr/jX JADE: HURRY! HURRY! LAST DAYS! (*****81) 5 SHOWS 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 SCREAMINGLY FUNNY! j I DELIGHTFUL FAMILY I ENTERTAINMENT! v .UWVbiiAt.A«L»<EM«u««wt j B II t^HB\IJB a JOHNUTHGOW I? -^jjJBI B^^ CAPITOL CHANGI: 14th BIG Day! H CAP (*****59) 11, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.15 No Free List579 words
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Advertisement529 1988-01-01 5 MANY LIVES ARE TOUCHED.SO CAN YOURS... 1 L FiT^i^ L H mioaAl C Dili IV f Qt v Jr* iiZrtirrW/' Tfriyili Er^^€f mct^Kvt Ud9^Sߧ P--'"'^^^^"^JllHr Jv :^(K* 'mc Bl^MßtaiMrißHH hSBI HHb ir* alt *if IK' Mmm* iM '~W*-^ *^S IBB ■< r wlhm^^ aK ■HPBMHMNr 9JHMr ■HHBK "*BBI 4HHHHHMPU. .mPVHHHbI529 words
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Advertisement169 1988-01-01 5 C? ML EH I Ihre purchase can be arranged. 2<IUL% I NO DEPOSIT. tB From now till 28th February, _^mi mnmi even- purchase of $50() entitles you I tC_lx"H^AI IOINjj tnfiiv and P All sofii sets conic with I O-stNitcr Jtul J .irnK'hatfN. y £A r dressiny table and 1169 words
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Advertisement1281 1988-01-01 6 RIG RARGAIHS AT ALL k^mtim^^ J RRAHGHES! PRIGES RERBGER mßmmh* Vxj^r 111 ill I tKDADTMKiITCI W /?W?R In Hit UtrHnllfltHlQ! I V A Bi*fc^^~"^ *~J \*s J I I "3ic Pncß 'y 1 |S «^T "v""*" iilß'^> 1 jj" -fli r^^ iiiii.ii, ~**W^^^ v^ ksic^'., *ff"* i^ ||i i r^fe1,281 words
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Article118 1988-01-01 7 n /f or mt^ 5S eij ?n pi *Mm%J iS SZ S! fi 'J Hi 1 1 nmuv^to -&41 /££%«<•# ii,", «'A HA>• < ft H <'f T^ffiH A» Medley Z ifn<"*Hr [I O;j£» N- M to H ßß ffl ißi ft 4^&n ft H^^ifePSSJitt fi ts] ffi &to *T118 words
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Article, Illustration577 1988-01-01 7 $51 cash: CHIANG SOO LAN (I.C, No: *****21/B) $20 cash each: KWAN WOON SHEONG (I.C. No: *****93/E) CHAN POI WAH (I.C. No: *****50/Z) NG BOH CHOON (I.C. No: *****09/G) TEO PEE KAN (I.C. No: *****78/B) HO SIEW MENG (I.C. No: *****28/E) ANG SOON HIAN577 words
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Article, Illustration625 1988-01-01 7 KOH SIEW TIN was among those who packed a hall in the World Trade Centre to capacity last Saturday, listening spellbound to Cantonese pop songs by Hongkong superstar Alan Tam. I Sight Sound HONGKONG pop superstar Alan Tam has proven that heDAVID TAN - 625 words
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Article, Illustration475 1988-01-01 7 GUAN LIBING - GUAN LIBING By WHEN Hongkong's Tai Chi band performs, it surprises the audience with its size. The group has seven members, while other Hongkong pop groups such as Tat Ming Pair and Raiders have only two to three members. Said band leader475 words
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Article, Illustration438 1988-01-01 7 I Film SDSL Roundup o A BETTER TOMORROW U £m*& n > Midnight tomorrow at Cathay cinemas. IN PART I, shown in Singapore in August 1986, protagonist Song Zihao was jailed for his involvement in a syndicate printing fake currency notes. This sequel opens438 words
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Article, Illustration478 1988-01-01 8 The Indian Cultural Groups working from the various community centres plan to coordinate their activities to achieve better results. SRI SUMATHI witnessed the year-end cultural programme of the Pek Kio CC (ICG) and spoke to the chairman of the People's Association Indian Cultural Groups Coordinating Council.478 words
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382 1988-01-01 8 S. GOPALAN - S. GOPALAN By \*A 6T6STU 2^6ff(o6U(T &@6SUJ/T6bT TIRUKtSJIRAL *g< ggsSß& CCJ^ la anything "difficult" if (one) »fe£SeSSp acts with (the right) instruments at the appropriate time? FOR achieving success in any enterprise, three kinds of consideration are essential, says Tiruvalluvar. These382 words
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Article82 1988-01-01 8 WINNERS $50 Cash Prize: M. KUMUTHA $15 each: MEYYAMMAI SATHAPPAN (NRIC No. *****82/D) CHELLAPPAN SIVAGAMI (NRIC No. *****96/J) MUTHIAH SAMUEL (NRIC No. *****47/E) P. BARATHI (NRIC No. *****18/J) M. SENTHILNATHAN (NRIC No. *****484/B) apifliurr6oT aSI6&>L-a6Tr: CORRECT ANSWERS: 2. QCU 6WTUJT 4. afijiiirr (Lp6JjflaiiT 5.82 words
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Advertisement968 1988-01-01 9 134 For Sale: Datsun/ Nissan I/-80 DATSUN BLUEBIRD Full ac■essories Good cond Tax Jan 88 $16,200 Tel: *****01 82 STANZA 1.6 SGL, power steering, full accessories, tax i/88. See to appreciate 344-1260 82 120Y GL. Lady owner, alrcon.. ■adlo cassette, good cond. $18,000 rel: *****69. 83 NISSAN PULSAR I.ODX Air■on968 words
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Advertisement883 1988-01-01 10 137 For Sale: Mazda '83 NEAR 323 GT Red New tax 2-door. Sunroof Hifi. 14 I rims Side skirt. Remote control central lock alarm, power windows Very beautiful sporty car View: Blk 462 carpark, A.M. Kio Ave.lo. AUG. 1983 MAZDA 626 OLX 5 doors. Aircon. Hifi. Power window/ lock. Original883 words
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Advertisement898 1988-01-01 10 141 For Sale: Other Makes SIN LIAN HENG VEH. CO. 14 UPPER ALJUNIED ROAD LOT 35 ALJUNIED USED CAR CENTRE SINGAPORE 1336 TEL: *****31/ *****31 1986 Suzuki SA 310 OL S drs 1984 Nissan Stanza 1.6 SOL with power steering Mitsubishi Oalant 1.6 QLX with power steering Daihatsu Charade Turbo898 words
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Advertisement933 1988-01-01 10 144 Vehicles Wanted URGENTLY REQUIRED ANY makes/ models Including commercial vehicles The extra that you want could be at this no: 253-8877 Victor Koh. Singapore Used Car Pte Ltd ATTRACTIVE OFFER. CASH payi merit for all used cars, scrap cars. 747-9324/ 445-4718. 225 Geylang Rd (opposite Lor. 6). EXPATRIATE URGENTLY933 words
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Advertisement1555 1988-01-01 10 171 Property Financing 171 Property Financing 171 Property Financing I i i The one way to own that precious home without digging for gold. If you have to dig into all your life- And to make your dream come time savings to buy your dream home. true as soon as1,555 words
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Advertisement1198 1988-01-01 10 179 For Sale: Houses 179 For Sale: Houses NO. 323, RIVER VALLEY ROAD MORNINGSIDE' Freehold Lot 524 of town subdivision 21 70.833 sq. ft. 6580.7 sq.m Subject to existing rent-controlled monthly tenancy OFFERS are invited for the purchase of the above property at a price exceeding $145 p.s.f. Please make1,198 words
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Advertisement480 1988-01-01 10 241 Tours 241 Tours MALAYSIA/ INDONESIA ISLANDS BEST VALUE BEACH/ HILL TOUR Sun.Sand.Sea 2D BATAM ISLAND FROM $88/$99 RIAU ISLAND TG PINANG $160 3D PANGKOR ISLAND FROM $189 With best hotel accommodations best beaches ALAND EXPRESS (TA 289) 190 Middle Rd. #02-16 Fortune Ctr. Tel: *****03, *****62 5D Hatyai Songkla480 words
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Advertisement500 1988-01-01 10 264 Computer Courses DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER Studies. Lotus 1-2-3, dßase 111 ($145). Basic ($95), ITC *****79. 265 Secretarial/ Typing Courses ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITING AVAILABLE for all stages from 9 a.m. 10 p.m. daily. Call Lek Meng Professional Training Centre *****64/ *****43/ *****87 or Clifford Educational Training Centre *****90 for details. SECRETARIAL,500 words
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Advertisement489 1988-01-01 11 J SUCCESS I I IN 1 fV A. W\ T SYr"^""^ Send me free brochures on the following courses OloOfA I^MrtMMBMiMII^^BfIBMMBBBB '^^^iißSffffirPwßWMrMmSlß^^naHßwffWnWMßHr^^^^ Oil I and materials I IiBuSG 'CTCP^^^^^ I (please tick relevant tx>xes) I 01 cr HBK H l "'H| r ~BB^ 1 EX P ireS> broken a 17489 words
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Advertisement699 1988-01-01 11 I Tender Notice I Tenders are invited for SUPPLIES I a) Tender No. PT/1/88(Z) Printing and I h Supply of: Item 1 Maritime Radio Communica- I tions Brochure. Item 2 Telex Communication Procedure. t Item 3 Telecoms Telex Leaflet. I Item 4 Telecoms IDD Leaflet. Item 5 Travelnet Service Leaflet.699 words
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Miscellaneous326 1988-01-01 11 SUN TAN PEANUTS c Bte TJST^^w ?£SSs) (SJ^^te l teSSS! I/welupovouhaveX I 1/,.^.^,^.^ 1 1 I I «£?*>» T v Wl PATCH ATON^e 7 V^^^-, jr Vs_A_jL~-_> ANV PLAN6 FOR vV'oK/a'i lt '/< w '/<V KEEP CMIRPIN6 I s /}rti^^ V!|Y J^i7V f oft£H£< Q |fi l V VTmE NEW326 words
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Advertisement371 1988-01-01 12 -y but AlWA's new generation headphone v stereos are causing a hot sensation. """^OIIiUL. Yet Again AIWA leads in high-tech personal sound system with the introduction of its New Generation Headphone Stereos. I With unsurpassed advanced features and superb sound reproduction. AlWA's range of New Generation Headphone \v Stereos is371 words
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Advertisement79 1988-01-01 13 "iimiif^SC^i ''^''JHftgffl^ffi^vi^^'^Mfimrßii^*^ f a liH^B^ißßßffli^i^B^i^B^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^BM^Bßßß^ißßiHl^Bi^Oißßßßiii^i^BPß f f ■i I r Ml^mM M r i^^Bi^B^'' li^BPPSPtBI BR^^i^i^^ i^t^^flflßß B iBBBBBBw AVkl HEpSIWI •> life Mr I jl^HHp^^SSSjßßk'Bßtti^i^i^i^P^^i BmH||ii^ L]^^^^^BH|B^^^^' :i flff H^L^L^i^Bßb-' k t .J^BiBBbHI *^K' Bfe. IB^E^^^iaißfe^k^ a-^ n J& ft'' B v '"'^K^Bl 1 *^^L^B^BSiiß^BfeiißlWfck So, "oior K° dacolor79 words
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Advertisement1152 1988-01-01 14 APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES TEL 730-5724/5/6/8 5669(DiD). 737-001 1 TELEFAX 732-2759 TELEX RS ***** TIMEADB RATES The Straits Times- $26 85 per col.cm The Sunday Times -$2B 15 per col.cm BOX SERVICE: $5.00 (Collected) $10.00 (Posted) I The Coca-Cola Export Corporation is a successful multi-national organisation in consumer goods marketing. Its prime role1,152 words
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Advertisement312 1988-01-01 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 5i AND INTRACO REALTY PTE LTD At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on Wednesday, 23rd December 1987, the following resolutions were passed SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP RESOLVED:That Intraco Realty Pte Ltd be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section 290(l)(b) of312 words
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Advertisement752 1988-01-01 14 NOTICES m MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT TENDER NOTICE DRAINAGE DEPARTMENT (I) Construction of Pedestrian Bridge Across Sungei Whompoe Ref: TEN(ENV)OB/88/1 Restricted to CIDB Registered Contractors in Civil Engineering all classes ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT (II) Cleansing of Pedestrian Walkways in Various Parts of Singapore for the period 1.4.88 to 31.3.89 Ref:752 words
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Advertisement669 1988-01-01 14 PUBLIC UTILITIES I V-y BOHRD r TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from eligible CIDB/CSD Registered Contractors for the following: 1 Supply of ignitors for 70W HPSV lanterns Registered Contractors in Supply of Electrical Materials and Products all classes 2 Supply of CW lubricating water pump spares to Senoko Power Station669 words
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Advertisement757 1988-01-01 14 THK COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 5» WKINAN CONSTRICTION PTE. LTD. (In Voluntary liquidation) AT AN EXTRAORDINAKY GENERAL MEETING of the Company held at No. 151 Chin Swee Road #13-15 Manhattan House. Singapore 0316 on 28 Dej cember 1987 the following Special Resolutions were passed:- (a) That WEINAN CONSTRUCTION PTE. LTD. be757 words
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Advertisement540 1988-01-01 15 NOTICES NOTICE OF REMOVAL *v SIN LEONG SIENG HARDWARE MACHINERY PTE. LTD. Dealers in Hardware, Ship Plates, Steel Plates, Angle Bars. Wire Rope, Other Shipbuilding Construction Materials etc. Please be informed that with effect from Ist January 1988 our company will be at:5, Sungei Kadut Avenue, Singapore 2572 Tel: 368-8888,540 words
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Advertisement764 1988-01-01 15 is pleased to announce the appointment of BAPTISTA MARKETING PTE LTD as the sole agent for ays/e&L/iid&t, and Parfums Lagerfeld for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Elizabeth Arden also welcomes this opportunity to express sincere gratitude to Moutrie Pte Ltd for their kind support in the past and wish them every764 words
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Article, Illustration1209 1988-01-01 16 PAT D' ROSE - PAT D'ROSE BY I NANCY WILSON'S one-night performance at Club 392 last Sunday packed in a houseful of what seemed to be true believers who applauded spontaneously her inimitable interpretations of songs and tremendous vocal range, and responded well to her warm easy rapport.1,209 words
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Advertisement432 1988-01-01 16 OnJmfrwv %rijJLifdf Qffrinmvtu From the Coleman's come traditional Indonesian favourites like Pipes Ikan Panggang Gculo Gado, Samhal Udafig, Sayor Lodeh, etc. To titillate your taste buds further, we have a tempting range of kuehs and sweet desserts. So, hurry over to Coleman's now 1 Every Saturday of US 8 <^432 words
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Advertisement120 1988-01-01 16 Renovating your home? Come to East Coast Home Furnimart All items going at COSt PCIC6! BEDROOM SETS Children tedroom set iJLJ* pip*,' >T ji'fl 1^ toon $«0 M $850 I Imam immmmmm 4w«» h~— —_»>*- I I f All without mattress y i s^ JtSS^ jaw IZa I I T^T120 words
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Article, Illustration471 1988-01-01 17 CATHERINE ONG - CATHERINE ONG By THE members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band had a friend who, at 91, died as he was playing When The Saints Go Marchin' In. The band members hope that, like him, they too can play their beloved music until471 words
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Article, Illustration1073 1988-01-01 17 TWENTY years and a dozen albums into her career, Joni Mitchell has decided she doesn't like her voice. There are plenty who might agree with her Mitchell's piercing soprano and semi-oper-atic yodel has drawn as many sneering detractors as fans since her1,073 words
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Article, Illustration761 1988-01-01 17 JAMES FTTZSIMMONS eats candy bars for lunch because they are cheaper than a sandwich, thinks twice about parting with US$l (about Ss2) for a subway ride and has rid his vocabulary of the word "taxi." Fitzsimmons, a 22-year-old production intern at761 words
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Miscellaneous68 1988-01-01 17 What's On= EXHIBITIONS BATIK PAINTINGS. By six Indonesian artists, including Abdul Kholio, Harry Agong, Araman Sani, M.C. Noer, Hilman and Ali Imran. Tai Pan Ramada Hotel lobby. All day. Demonstrations by Ali Imran. 12.30 pm and 7 pm. On till Jan 31. EXHIBITION OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE HOME OF CONFUCIUS.68 words
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Miscellaneous85 1988-01-01 17 Kim Moey Huay Kuan Building. 72 Keng Lee Road. 10 am 8 pm. On till Jan 12. Highlights include: Displays of a replica of Confucius' shrine in the main hall of the sage's home in Qufu, and artifacts such as paintings, ceremonial gowns and musical instruments and a pictorial four85 words
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Miscellaneous66 1988-01-01 17 re-creation of a turn-of-the-century Straits Chinese residence. Admission: $2.20. Tickets available from Keday Kopi, Peranakan Place, Orchard Road. SCIENCE CENTRE OMNI THEATRE PLANETARIUM SHOWS: OASIS IN SPACE AND TIME CONCERTO. Tuesdays Fridays at 10 and 11 am, noon and 2 pm. Saturday and public holidays: 9, 10 and 11am. Admission:66 words
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Miscellaneous97 1988-01-01 17 Tuesdays Fridays at 3 and 4 pm, and at hourly intervals from 6- 9pm. Saturdays and public holidays at noon, and at hourly intervals from 2 4 pm and 6 9 pm. Admission: $4 for children below 12 and *3 for adults. The usual charges to the Science Centre of97 words
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Miscellaneous78 1988-01-01 17 3.30 pm. Admission: $1.50 for children and $3.50 for adults. THE SINGAPORE RIVER EXPERIENCE A HALF-HOUR RIDE in a bumboat through Singapore's past and future. From Parliament House landing steps, upstream to Ord Bridge, turn around to Boat Quay, Marina Bay, Clifford Pier, Merlion Park and back to the landing78 words
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Miscellaneous66 1988-01-01 17 THE BIRD PARK BIRD SHOW. Highlights include talking parrots and an eagle swooping over the audience. Citizen Amphitheatre. Jurong Bird Park. 10.30 am and 3.30 pm. Admission: $1.50 for children and $3.50 for adults. VAN KLEEF AQUARIUM MORE THAN 50 NEW SPECIES of imported, rare aquarium fish on display. 1066 words
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Miscellaneous1071 1988-01-01 17 EnE______i I Radio One FM Stereo 90.5 mHz in VHF Band II 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 Hello '88 8.00 News, followed by Radio Patrol 8.10 Hello '88 (cont'd) 9.00 News1,071 words
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Miscellaneous1770 1988-01-01 18 ■■MY VIEW by JUDITH TP"ii__m— _i iiium )~~W mmm m m Wmmmm\ ~________r Fire, ice and a polar race for a lost capsule p: F h Y 9 M v 7<;\» y T ollday Night Movie Ernest Borgnine and Patrick the relationship between ce- ers, The Crystals and Fabi- his1,770 words
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