The Straits Times, 6 February 1989

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, IMS 50 CENTS MCI (P) 44/12/88
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    Hold fast to family ties — PM
    719 1 Hold fast to family ties PM 'Let common sense and judgment decide what traditions we keep' I We should not decide the birth of our children by animal years. Have your babies any year, including the Snake Year. Mr Lee, right PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew has urged Chinese Singaporeans
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    Lock icon Officers freed
    32 1 SEOUL South Korean authorities, apparently bowing to opposition demands, have freed five army officers detained for publicly calling on the country's military to stay clear of politics, officials said. Reuter
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    Lock icon Algerian vote
    25 1 ALGIERS Algeria will hold a second referendum on constitutional reforms on Feb 23, the office of President Chadli Bendjedid announced on Saturday. AFP
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    Starting today: An in-depth look at foreign workers
    93 1 SINGAPORE'S foreign workers too many or not enough? That is the question plaguing Government policymakers, employers, retail businessmen, families with maids and others amid a drive to curb the Republic's dependence on labour from abroad. The Straits Times made an in-depth investigation
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    Lock icon What price this festive fare?
    99 1 POMELOS surround shoppers stocking up goodies to usher m the Year of the Snake. The Chinese associate the pomelo, which looks and tastes like grapefruit, with continued prosperity. Hence the large number of stalls selling the fruit m Chinatown yesterday, Lunar New Year's Eve. With
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    Lock icon Shev makes final bid for Afghan peace before pullout is completed
    593 1 Afghan refugees flee to Pakistan: Page 4 Police cane women protesters: Page 4 Summit date 'not negotiated yet': Page 24 ISLAMABAD The Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr Eduard Shevardnadze, was m the Pakistani capital yesterday, making a last-ditch attempt to
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    Lock icon Mahathir discharged from hospital in good spirits
    360 1 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who underwent heart surgery on Jan 24, was discharged from the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital yesterday. "Doctors will examine him again m about six weeks and the Prime Minister should return to his normal
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    Lock icon Bandaranaike narrowly escapes grenade attack at rally
    380 1 COLOMBO Former premier Mrs Sirima Bandaranaike escaped injury yesterday when gunmen exploded grenades at the launch of her parliamentary election campaign m eastern Sri Lanka, wounding dozens of people, officials said. Party officials said it was an apparent attempt to assassinate Mrs Bandar
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      22 1 Inside j Summary 2 World News 3-6 Asean 7 Causeway 8 Comment/ Perspective 14,15 Letters 16 TlmesDollar 11-20 Racing 21 Sports 22,23
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  • IN SUMMARY
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      Home
      326 2 Dragon year boom THE DRAGON Year just gone by has left behind a bounty of babies. Over 47,800 babies were bom m Singapore m the first 11 months of 1988, up 20.8 per cent over the corresponding period of the previous year. At this rate, even the official estimate
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      Comment
      206 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: CHINESE Singaporeans have to ask themselves what they want to be In the future as they face an Increasing language erosion and loss of values. These problems have no ready-made suitable answers because of the peculiar geopolitics and history of Singapore. We also have no
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      Forum
      100 2 ON MAIDS AND WORKING MUMS A READER comments on Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan's speech m Parliament recently about maids and working mothers. To the suggestion that mothers stop work after the birth of the child and resume when the child is older, for instance, the reader says it
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      Around the world
      244 2 Refuge m Pakistan DESPITE the imminent pullout of all Soviet troops from Afghanistan, thousands of refugees are still flooding into Pakistan to escape heavy fighting and retaliatory air attacks by the Kabul regime. The presence of millions of mines, the devastation caused by 10 years of civil
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      Timesport
      180 2 Jones sent off again ENGLISH Football Association Cup-holders Wimbledon's attempts to clean up their image lay m tatters on Saturday as midfielder Vinny Jones, known widely as "Psycho", was sent off again for violent conduct. Referee Michael Peck dismissed Jones for allegedly butting Everton captain Kevin Ratcliffe during the
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      Section Two
      602 2 A new beginning TO THE Chinese mind, the concept of things new is almost as significant as the concept of the year itself. For new is the unlimited possibility of another beginning. New is when "all things on earth return to Spring". When sagging spirits are revived, old
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      Timesdollar
      184 2 NTUC INCOME RAKES IN $127 m IN PREMIUMS PREMIUM income for insurance co-operative NTUC Income shot up to $127.9 million last year. This is the first time that premiums for Income exceeded the $100 million mark. Premiums for 1987 was $92.6 million. Life insurance, which makes up the bulk
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      Around Asean...and Across the Causeway
      183 2 Around Asean.. .and Across the Causeway That ban on rattan INDONESIA says it banned rattan exports to save jungles and create jobs and will keep the ban m place despite the objections of European furniture manufacturers. Indonesia's jungles are home to 85 per cent of the world's rattan and the
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      Buyers' Guide
      272 2 Product Advertiser Section/Paie Bank Citibank I 12 Beauty Centre Wong Tattoo Beauty Centre I 24 Beer Malayan Breweries Tiger I 13 Bird Park Jurong Bird Park II 18 Book Rosicrucian Order I 2 Cameras Hagemeyer /Olympus I 1 Shriro I 6 Campaigns Ministry 01 Communications I 4 Ministry
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  • around the WORLD
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      Lock icon Rebuff for Labor Party in state polls
      514 3 10 swing against it m early counting m Western Australia PERTH The ruling Labor government received a major rebuff m Western Australian state elections on Saturday, the Electoral Commission said on early counting yesterday. There was an overall swing of more than 10
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      Lock icon Israeli troops kill two youths and wound 28
      327 3 JERUSALEM Israeli Defence Minister Yitzhak Rabin's peace overtures to Palestinians suffered a setback when troops shot dead two Arab youths and wounded 28 people m one of the most serious clashes m the occupied Gaza Strip m weeks. Hospital officials said two
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      Lock icon Polls pledge by new Paraguayan regime
      327 3 Polls pledge by new Paraguayan regime ASUNCION Paraguay's new regime has promised elections within three months but opposition leaders have said all signs pointed towards continued rule by the Colorado Party of ousted dictator Alfredo Stroessner. The announcement on presidential elections came on Saturday from Juan Esteche Fanego, the former
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      Lock icon Plans for Madonna to sing in China
      164 3 BEIJING Madonna, rock music's "material girl*, may become the first American pop star to sing for audiences m communist China, an official newspaper reported yesterday. The China Youth News, a Beijing daily, reported that negotiations are under way between mainland Chinese promoters and
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      Lock icon Dragon Year baby boom in Hongkong
      309 3 Dragon Year baby boom in Hongkong HONGKONG Despite its outward appearance of bustling commercialism, traditional Chinese values still appear to have a strong hold on this British colony, if last year's record baby boom is anything to go by. The Year of the Dragon, which ends today, saw a reversal
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      Lock icon $1.9m bond for boy, 12, charged with rape
      146 3 $1.9 m bond for boy, 12, charged with rape DENVER A 12-year-old boy accused of raping a woman m her townhouse has been ordered held on a US$l million (Ssl.9 million) bond. Judge Robert Crew said he set the high bond because of other cases pending against the youth, whose
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      Lock icon Police cane Afghan women pickets
      190 4 Police cane Afghan women pickets QUETTA Pakistani police on Saturday caned and slapped Afghan women exiles who were demonstrating against the arrest of their leader. Ms Farida Ahmadi, leader of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, was arrested on Friday m the Baluchistan provincial capital of Quetta on
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      Lock icon Afghan refugees pour into Pakistan
      563 4 NAWA PASS (Afghanistan) Despite the imminent pullout of all Soviet troops from Afghanistan, thousands of refugees are still flocking into Pakistan to escape heavy fighting and retaliatory air attacks by the Kabul regime. The presence of millions of mines, the devastation caused by 10 years
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      Lock icon Rajiv's party racked by open revolt
      431 4 Rajiv's party racked by open revolt NEW DELHI Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, already under attack from the opposition over corruption charges, is now facing what observers see as an unprecedented open rebellion by large sections of his Congress (I) party. Dozens of party legislators m half-a-dozen states have ganged up
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      British health plan gets thumbs down
      245 4  -  ALAN HUBBARD By HUBBARD, Europe Editor LONDON The British government's plans for "commercialising" the National Health Service are not what the doctor ordered, according to a national opinion poll here. Despite a £1 million (553.5 million) publicity campaign, the public has given the thumbs
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      Lock icon Red arrested
      34 4 LIMA The founder and top leader of the leftist Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), Rolando Polay Campos, was arrested at a hotel m the city of Huancayo, 200 km east of AFP
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      Lock icon 'JR' hopes to meet Gorbachev
      219 4 LOS ANGELES Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meets the ultimate capitalist, J. R. Ewing? If Larry Hagman has his way, the meeting will become a reality m March when Dallas is tentatively scheduled to go on location m the Soviet Union and Europe. Mr Hagman, as
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      Lock icon Bookbinder says he is rightful Japanese emperor
      536 4 Bookbinder says he is rightful Japanese emperor TOKYO If history had turned out differently, 64-year-old bookbinder Takanobu Kumazawa might have been the emperor of Japan. He is not pressing too hard his family's 600-year-old claim to the Chrysanthemum Throne for fear of police harassment and rightist violence. These days he
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      Lock icon Bed year for newsmen
      120 4 WASHINGTON Last year was a tough one for journalists, particularly those who tried to report what was going on m Afghanistan, Colombia. Mexico or India, a news report said. According to a statistical survey put together by Freedom House, a New York-based human rights monitoring group,
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      Lock icon 20 m died during Stalin's era, says Soviet paper
      456 5 Historian's estimate disclosed for first time to readers nationwide MOSCOW A Soviet weekly newspaper has published the most detailed accounting of Stalin's victims yet presented to a mass audience here, indicating that about 20 million died m labour camps, forced collectivisation,
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      Lock icon Pretoria's white anti-apartheid groups to form unified party
      483 5 Pretoria's white anti-apartheid groups to form unified party CAPE TOWN South Africa's three principal white anti-apartheid parties have agreed to end their fragmentation and form a unified multi-racial political party to challenge the governing National Party. The decision was made on Saturday after months of negotiations and amid growing speculation
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      Lock icon 200 Soviet Muslims hold illegal rally
      259 5 200 Soviet Muslims hold illegal rally MOSCOW Some 200 Muslims demanding state intervention m the affairs of a religious authority confronted police and disrupted traffic at an illegal raUy m the Central Asian city of Tashkent, Tass said on Saturday. The official news agency said the Muslims from throughout Central
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      Lock icon Early birds eye Miss USA title
      52 5 ARRIVING early m Alabama for the Miss USA Pageant are Ms Gretchen Poihemus (left) from Fort Worth, Texas, and Ms Christina Faost from Westlake Village, California. The pair will vie with other contestants to be the new Miss USA, who will be crowned on
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      Lock icon Jury awards $2.9 m to family of JAL crash victims
      194 5 WASHTNGTON A jury has awarded US$l.5 million (5J2.9 million) to an Italian family that lost two members when a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 slammed into a mountain m Japan m 1985, killing 520 people. The civil lawsuit against the
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        74 6 A daughter's grief THE body of Mr Jose Sebastian Fuentes, a local businessman, lies on the ground as his daughter looks on tearfully. His death on Wednesday m San Salvador was another instance of the violence that continues to be common here m an interminable civil war, one
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        Lock icon US: Overawed by a princess
        41 6 BRITAIN'S Princess Diana captures a child's attention during a visit to the Henry Street Settlement, a day care centre and shelter for the homeless on the lower West Side of New York last Wednesday. AFP picture.
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        Lock icon AFGHANISTAN
        223 6 D Going home A SOVIET soldier secures camouflage netting on his armoured personnel carrier as his convoy prepares to leave Kabul last Tuesday for their return to the Soviet Union. The soldiers would go home by land with their heavy equipment after massive bombardments opened the road north to
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  • AROUND ASEAN
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      Lock icon Indonesia tells why it banned rattan exports
      575 7 JAKARTA Indonesia says it banned rattan exports to save the jungles and create jobs, and will keep the ban m place despite the objections of European furniture manufacturers. Indonesia's jungles are home to 85 per cent of the world's rattan and the country
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      Lock icon Former Thai PM to visit Vietnam for talks
      170 7 Former Thai PM to visit Vietnam for talks HANOI Former Thai prime minister Kriangsak Chomanan and former foreign minister Wong Ponikorn are to visit Vietnam m mid-February, according to a Vietnamese official. The two men will be part of a delegation from the Thai Parliament's foreign relations commission invited to
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      Lock icon Ducking from stray bomb shells
      106 7 A GROUP of Thai school children from Klong Nam Sai, m the eastern province of Prachinburi, rush for cover at a fortified bunker as stray artillery shells, believed to have been fired by Cambodian troops on the border, landed on Thai territory. Late last month,
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      Thais crack down on traders of stolen art
      369 7 Thais crack down on traders of stolen art BANGKOK The Thai authorities have begun a campaign to recover all illegally acquired art treasures, the Bangkok Post reported at the weekend. The newspaper said a special task force, headed by the deputy police chief, Gen Sawaeng Thirasawat, would conduct searches at
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      Lock icon US to shut down radar system in Philippines
      152 7 US to shut down radar system in Philippines MANILA The US Air Force is closing down a radar system m the Philippines, one of about two dozen tracking systems it uses around the world to detect foreign satellites, a spokesman for Clark Air Base said yesterday. The 17th Surveillance Squadron
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      Lock icon Pledge of support
      39 7 MANILA Indonesia has pledged to support development of the Philippines' fledgling aircraft industry m response to a call by Philippine President Corazon Aquino for technology sharing among members of Asean, the Philippine News Agency reported. AFP
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      Lock icon Three Burmese students held in Thai town
      220 7 BANGKOK Thai police have arrested three Burmese students who were attempting to make their way to Bangkok from the Burmese-Thai border. A police spokesman m Tak province, some 430 km north-west of here, said yesterday the students were arrested as they were heading
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon British see Malaysia as investor's haven
      492 8 But high wages deter labour-intensive industries KUALA LUMPUR British investors have given Malaysia the "thumbs up" as an investment centre because of its attractive incentives and excellent living conditions. The chairman of the British Malaysian Industry and Trade Association (BMTTA). Mr Henry Barlow, said
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      Lock icon US firm accused of harassing union workers
      341 8 PETALING JAVA A newly-formed in-house union has alleged that the management of an American multi-national company here has been intimidating workers against joining the union. The Employees Union of RCA claimed the management, m its "union-avoid-ance programmes", has been harassing its workers to
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      Lock icon A warm welcome home for Mahathir
      67 8 DATUK Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad gets a kiss and hug from one of his sisters as he arrives at Sri Perdana, his home m Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. The Malaysian Prime Minister was dis- charged from Kuala Lumpur General Hospital where he underwent heart surgery
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      Malaysian singer in NZ band to cut Malay album
      268 8 Malaysian singer in NZ band to cut Malay album KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian singer Wan Aishah Wan Ariffin has defied the convention which dictates that singers struggle to become national stars first and then go on to make a name overseas. Ms Wan Aishah is taking the reverse route. Having made
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      Lock icon 'Stop coaxing Razaleigh to rejoin Umno'
      300 8 KUALA SELANGOR Mentri Besar Datuk Muhammad Muhammad Taib has said that former Minister of Trade and Industry Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and other Umno dissidents should no longer be persuaded to join New Umno. He said the time for persuasion was long past. "If they
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      Lock icon 'Use New Year to boost racial unity'
      198 8 KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba has extended Lunar New Year greetings and good wishes to Malaysians of Chinese descent. "I hope they will celebrate the New Year with great joy for the country is now experiencing peace and economic recovery," he
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      Lock icon All set for 9-hour 'big bang'
      177 8 JOHOR BARU About MJ40.000 (S$28,000) worth of firecrackers, strung together m a chain measuring about 5,000 metres, will be set off here on Yuan Xiao, the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb 20. The firecrackers will go off at
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  • HOME
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      Dragon Year leaves bounty of babies
      447 9  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL Number of births last year likely to be a 20-year high By THE Dragon Year just gone by has left behind a bounty of babies. Over 47,800 babies were born m Singapore m the first 11 months of 1988, up 20.8 per
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      When learning the Ropes helps Esso staff pull together
      591 9  -  Saraswathi Sundram By ESSO employees who have gone through the "Ropes" say they now have better teamwork, dare to suggest alternatives to a problem, have a greater threshold for stress and are brimming with confidence to take risks. Ropes is the
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      Ex-drug detainee fined for bid to bribe warden
      203 9 Ex-drug detainee fined for bid to bribe warden AN UNEMPLOYED man, who offered money to a drug centre officer to get him some Chinese tobacco, has been fined $2,500 for corruption. Abdul Karim bin H. Ghaus, 39. a drug detainee at the time of the offence, had wanted the tobacco
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      Plumber dies as pick-up smashes into tree
      329 9 A PLUMBER died instantly after his pick-up hit a tree along Grange Road on Friday night. It was learned that plumber Chan Hoong Kit, 32, was travelling towards Tanglin Road at 11.05 pm when he lost control of his vehicle at a bend.
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    • SPECIAL REPORT
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        BOON OR BANE?
        1765 10 The managing director of a construction firm wanted to hire another 20 Thai workers recently but was only given approval to take five more. "It's not enough," he fumed. "I can't find Singaporeans willing to work on job sites, so what can I do? I have to
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        Over-reliance on foreign workers is bad in long run
        372 10 Over-reliance on foreign workers is bad in long run The Government's stand SINGAPORE cannot indefinitely import more foreign workers to sustain economic growth. This policy was reiterated by the Government last November when it announced new measures to control the influx of foreign workers. "The social costs of having a
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        Rise in crime rates and social woes laid at their door
        328 10 Rise in crime rates and social woes laid at their door Foreign workers the social cost WHILE employers and some retailers speak well of foreign workers, others blame them for a rise m crime rates and for creating other social problems. Official figures on crimes associated with foreign workers are
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      Festive bustle
      347 11  -  MATHEW PEREIRA Ushering in the Year of the Snake Shoppers rush to complete their purchases By THE usual bustle and excitement that precede every Lunar New Year was evident everywhere yesterday be it at Chinatown or m the heart of the city, m Raffles Boulevard. Crowds thronged every
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    • Article
      Jufrie to retain SDP post while overseas
      183 11 Jufrie to retain SDP post while overseas OPPOSITION politician i Mohamed Jufrie Mahmood will stay on as the vice-chairman of the SinI gapore Democratic Party j even though he is planning to go abroad m September for further studies. Mr Jufrie submitted his resignation to the party's Central Executive Committee
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      Bulk of laid-off Mini Scribe staff have found jobs
      358 11  -  GOH ENG YEOW By THE 1,000 workers laid off m December by American disk-drive maker Mini Scribe Peripherals because of worldwide over-capacity have had no problems finding jobs elsewhere, according to a company official. Most of those retrenched from the company's
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      Thumbs-up for film on beavers
      247 11 THE "thumbs-up" given by an audience at a special premiere of a film last Thursday may well decide whether it would eventually be screened here. The venue: Singapore Science Centre Omni-Theatre. The film: Beavers, an educational tale about the lives of two amphibious rodents. Invited
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      Last- minute buys
      183 11 Oranges going for a song Flowers find their place in hearts of many Fishing for buyers m the markets All fuelled up and revving to go THESE oranges m Chinatown, which were being sold at about a $1 each earlier, cost only II cents each soon after
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      Shopping hub in Sembawang
      604 12  -  K. F. TANG Shops there popular with tourists and residents By TOURISTS are Hocking to Sembawang's Transit Road and turning it into a mini-Orchard Road. The area, with more than a dozen shops, is a favourite spot for New Zealanders and Australians who were previously m
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      Muslim schools 'can help produce teachers'
      128 12 Muslim schools 'can help produce teachers' MUSLIM religious schools (madrasahs) should play an active role m ensuring that there will be no shortage of Islamic religious teachers m future, Mr Sidek Saniff the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education), said yesterday. He hoped they would continue to produce good students who would
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      Revamp a boost for Rediffusion
      107 12 Revamp a boost for Rediffusion REDLFFUSION'S listeners can expect better and faster service now that all its departments are centralised at Rediffusion House its head office m Jalan Selanting, off Upper Bukit Timah Road. There will be better in-ter-department communications, greater productivity and thus more prompt service, general manager Wong
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      SIA sees good potential in Langkawi despite slow start to service
      376 12  -  GERRY DE SILVA By SINGAPORE Airlines' most recent destination, Langkawi, has yet to attract many passengers but it has no plans to drop it from its network. An SLA spokesman said that for a service which started only recently,
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    • Article
      Tourist guides to charge more for their services
      339 12 REGISTERED tour guides have raised their fees for this year by an average of 25 per cent over last year. The guidelines for their fees, announced by the Registered Tourist Guides Association of Singapore (RTGAS), are based on an increase across the
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    • NEWSFRONT
      • Article
        Snakes galore at the Chinese Garden
        126 13  -  FREDERICK Q UEK A S-S-S-S-S-SUPER time awaits visitors to the Chinese Garden during the festive period from yesterday to Sunday. Hundreds of snakes from different provinces of China will be on display to herald the Year of the Snake. The snakes, both poisonous and
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        Two thefts in four days
        152 13  -  DAVID MILLER BURGLARS struck twice within four days at the Lucky Plaza m Orchard Road and escaped with a total of $175,000 m cash and valuables. The rear-door of a trading store was tampered with m the first break-in on Jan 26 while m the
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        Last year's beef?
        181 13  -  MATHEW PEREIRA AN UNDERGRADUATE opened a box of barbecued beef and found it mouldy and spotted with white fungus. The box also contained a 1988 pocket-sized calendar. Miss Audrey Teo, who called The Straits Times to complain, said she opened the box of grilled meat yesterday but
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      • Article
        Shin Min moves house
        98 13 THE Chinese-language evening newspaper, Shin Mm Daily News, has moved from its MacPherson Road premises to News Centre m Genting Lane. Editor N.W. Goh said the relocation, on Saturday, was necessary because of the rapid expansion of the paper m the past few years. News Centre
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    • Article
      Warning of court action fails to deter MRT cheats
      357 13  -  RAY DHALIWAL By THE number of passengers abusing Mass Rapid Transit concession tickets is on the rise despite warnings of court action by the railway operator. In all, Singapore MRT is taking court action against 413 passengers who were caught abusing
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    • Article
      Suspected hit-man arrested in Johor
      209 13  -  DAVID MILLER By ONE of the two suspected hit-men believed to have murdered a man-nish-looking woman and then dumped her body m a cemetery has been arrested. The 27-year-old insurance agent was picked up at his home m Johor by the Malaysian authorities and escorted
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
    • Article
      Japanese politics devoid of ethics, say critics
      1330 14  -  Peter Hazelhurst Corruption m high places leaves politicians unmoved By Tokyo Correspondent How far has this political pollution spread? We feel we are looking into a bottomless pit and we are worried the public's trust in government will spread. Pre-war history shows that
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      Sakharov challenges Moscow's progress in human rights
      770 14  -  JEFF TRIMBLE By Ui> news World Keport MOSCOW Not everyone applauded when 35 nations agreed m Vienna last month on sweeping new East-West standards for security, human rights and economic co-operation. As diplomats toasted each other after 27 months of haggling, the decision
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      Corruption in high places
      82 14 Mr Hlromasa Ezoe... Recruit Cosmos' founder m search of network of influential people. Mr Kiichi Miyazawa... former Finance Minister admitted belatedly to buying shares. Mr Mutsuki Kato... former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries implicated m scandal. Mr Takashi Hasegawa... new Justice Minister m 'clean Cabinet'
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      Lock icon Underlying tensions surface in US ties with W. Germany
      1323 15  -  DAVID GOODH ART By Financial Times THE bitter rift between Bonn and Washington over the role of West German companies m supplying the suspected Libyan chemicals plant has now been officially repaired. But by drawing attention to the divide between the
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      Digging into traditions behind Chinese culture
      822 15  -  LIN YU-SHENG Viewpoint By MOST Chinese Singaporeans celebrate the Lunar New Year today but I wonder how many understand fully its true place and significance m Chinese culture. For a better appreciation, one might find it useful to first come to grips with the
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    • The Straits Times
      • Article
        A problem to think about
        629 14 THIS is the first day of a new Chinese year. The Chinese calendar is more than just a record of time. It is also a chronicle of a people's way of life. For Chinese Singaporeans, marching to the rhythm of the Chinese calendar is no
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  • FORUM
    • On SDU activities and marriage
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        Leave us alone to find our life partner
        409 16 I REFER to the letters on the singles problem (ST. Jan 25). I have long endured the many fallacies that surround this issue and I feel it is time to express the views of a lot of under grads. On the first
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        Relative bullied at Manchester airport
        145 16 A YOUNG relative of mine recently flew to Britain for a short Christmas holiday, arriving at Manchester airport. There he was subjected to delay, harassment and bullying before finally being "released" 2 hours after all his fellow passengers. By this time both he and the
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        Disposable crockery and hawkers: Prices not set by ministry
        368 16 Disposable crockery and hawkers: Prices not set by ministry I REFER to the letter from the Consumers Association of Singapore (ST, Jan 24). The Ministry of the Environment does not control the prices of food sold by hawkers m food centres. Prices are determined by market forces and several factors
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      Working mothers do need maids
      803 16 I REFER to the subject of maids versus working mums and hope to make some positive comments suggestions. Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan has stressed that there was no contradiction between the increase m the foreign maids levy and the Government's policy to encourage more
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      Request for new forms in exchange for old rejected
      202 16 IN late December last year, we bought two stacks of Outward Declaration Forms from the Trade Development Board not knowing the board was going to use new forms from January this year. When we submitted our company's Outward Declaration for exports
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    • Letter
      Uniformed personnel to retire at 60 also?
      73 16 Uniformed personnel to retire at 60 also? I UNDERSTAND there are plans to raise the retirement age to 60. If so. I am wondering if the Government also plans io raise the retirement age for most uniformed personnel whose retirement age is 45. Because, at this ago. such people are
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      Rich hawkers who don't pay tax dues
      154 16 I AM amazed by the ability of the Inland Revenue Department to weed out tax-dodgers who are professionals. Quite a number of cases were published recently. I have yet to read of a single case of a hawker who has been charged with
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  • TIMESDOLLAR
    • Happenings
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        People on the move
        335 17 ASIAN Business Press Pte Ltd has appointed Mr Gerald Dick Managing Editor of the Asia-Pa cific Aerospace, which will be published monthly starting from June. American Express International Inc has promoted Mr Ong Ttong Eng to Division Director, Employee/Labour Relations, Asia /Pacific/ Australia. Mr Llew Meow
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      • Article
        Untitled
        35 17 4 Product development was like elephant intercourse. Much hooting and throwing of dirt, and then nothing would happen for a year. 7 Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive John Young on his programme to speed up product development.
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          Lock icon 'G-7 will keep $ within target range'
          102 17 'G-7 will keep within target range' WASHINGTON The US and its allies m the Group of Seven (G-7) will definitely continue to intervene to prevent the dollar from rising beyond the top of its target range, a Bush administration official said. Although the official declined to confirm the widespread assumption
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          Lock icon Plan to buy shuttle service gets nod
          96 17 WASHINGTON The US Transport Department has given final approval for New York real estate developer Donald Trump to buy the US east coast shuttle operations of Eastern Airlines, a unit of Texas Air Corp. It said it found Mr Trump financially and otherwise
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        • Article
          Lock icon Peugeot denies 'tie-up' with Fiat
          90 17 PARIS French car maker Peugeot said rumours it was talking with Italian producer Fiat about a possible exchange of shares were without foundation. A Peugeot spokesman said the rumours, which first surfaced m the New York and London stock exchanges on Wednesday, had ap- peared
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        • Article
          Lock icon No change in Japan's money policy
          70 17 WASHINGTON Bank of Japan Governor Satoshi Sumita said he sees no need to change Japan's monetary policy now. He told a press conference that close attention should be paid to Japan's price situation and ex- change rates. But Mr Sumita said the Japanese central
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        • Article
          Lock icon Tokyo ends Saturday stock trading
          40 17 TOKYO The Tokyo Stock Exchange was closed last Saturday and will no longer trade on alternate Saturdays. This is m line with the government's decision to close its offices on Saturdays to reduce hours. AFP
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        • Article
          Lock icon No bail-out with tax money
          42 17 WASHINGTON The US, after reviewing options to bolster its Third-World debt strategy, still opposes the use of public funds to bail out commercial banks which have lent money to developing countries, a senior Treasury official said. Reuter
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    • Article
      NTUC Income premiums breach $100 in mark
      399 17 INCOME Total collected last year up 38% to $127 m PREMIUM income for insurance co-operative NTUC Income shot up to $127.9 million last year. This is the first time that premiums for Income has exceeded the JIOO-million mark. Premiums for 1987 was $92.6
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      Cold Storage set to reap $1.7 in from sale of shares
      247 17 Cold Storage set to reap $1.7 in from sale of shares COLD STORAGE Holdings Ltd will make a profit of $1.77 million at the group level from its sale of a block of shares m newlylisted Centrepoint Properties to retailer Robinson and Co. The food-based group said that at the
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      Lock icon HK analysts concern about soaring home prices
      1025 17 Is the booming residential property market m Hongkong a sign of the sector's health? Or is it analogous to a swan, gliding smoothly on the waters, but paddling like crazy underneath. Here are some of the views of analysts m the British colony
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      Market rally sees more willing to trade on 'unlucky' day
      582 17  -  SHARON LAU By MOST members of the stockbroking community appear ready this year for trading on the third day of the Chinese Lunar Year. Last year, a torrent of outrage was hurled at the Stock Exchange of Singapore by irate
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      How stocks performed in Singapore
      4851 18 AN shares quoted have a par value ol SI, unless otherwise specified Adjusted for scrip rights N Tai-eiempted dividend P F ratios reflect the last annual consolidated results P E ratios and gross yields of foreign shares are adjusted for currency differences c Trustee stocks
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        Lock icon New York
        644 18 Flourishing prices put paid to inflation fears NEW YORK A series of recent price increases suggests that one group of economy- watchers is worrying less, not more, about inflation. The prices m question are those of common stocks, up close to 15 per cent on average during the
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        Lock icon London
        241 18 LAST week again saw prices rising on the London stock market, but the rate of increase had slowed compared with the week before. Bullish sentiment and stock shortages took equities to new post-crash highs after they had smashed through the 2,000 barrier the previous Friday. The Financial Time-Stock Exchange
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      • Article
        Lock icon Sydney
        147 18 CLIMBING interest rates, an inflation blowout and a strong local dollar combined to puncture bullish sentiment and turn stocks down on the national Australian market last week. The main market indicator, the AllOrdinaries Index, shed 30.5 points m the course of the holiday-shortened week. As a result it was
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      • Article
        Lock icon Tokyo
        268 18 A MIXED market tone last week did not stop the key market barometer the Nikkei Stock Average closing out on Friday at yet another record high of 31,685.78. The 225-stock average, which had posted a hefty 508.69 gain the week before, chalked up a minor 6.71 advance on the
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        Lock icon Hongkong
        167 18 LOCAL share prices rose a handsome 5 per cent during the week to greet the Year of the Snake on a high note. The Hang Seng Index surged 149.01 points to a new post-October 1987 high of 3.105.%.. Investors flocked to the trading floor to cash m on the
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      • Company news The week that was
        • Article
          Final results
          36 19 Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) N S T 18 (17) M$25,241 ($11,920) Aug 88 S P H 25 (25) $88,933 ($91,167) Aug 88 Wearnes 16 (17) $14,980 ($9,610) Sept 88
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          Preliminary results
          41 19 Gross Group pre-tax Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) G Securities 17.5b (3) $1,615 ($670) Dec 88 M T P $1,873L ($4,358L) Sept 88 Sel Properties 2 (1) M$7,191 ($6,925) Oct 88 Van der Horst $639 ($4,377L) Sept 88
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          Interim results
          44 19 Interim Group pre-tax Half-year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Austral Amal 20 (10) M$2,309 ($2,631) Dec 88 Bukit Katil 10 (10) M$792 ($552) Oct 88 Khong Guan $294 ($444) Oct 88 Larut Tin M$827L($843L) Sept 88 Robinson 3 $4,320 ($3,535) Dec 88
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          New Issues
          39 19 Berjaya Corp: Proposed rights issue of 1 fori at $1 par per share. SP Textie: Proposed bonus issue of l-for-3 and rights issue of 3 fori at $1 par per share Wiunson: Proposed bonus issue of l-for-3.
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          Corporate News
          585 19 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchanfe has amended the disclosure rule, requiring listed companies to announce their preliminary results within three months of the close of their financial half-year and full-year The Big Four local banks are to clinch a $400 million financing deal for Metro and Ngee Ann
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      INDICES
      40 19 Financial Times Industrials Friday 1,689.00 (1,667.80) Dow Jones Industrials Friday 2.331.25 (2,333 75) 1 NfcVkei Stock Average Saturday Closed (31,685.78) r- 5 (Fifures m brackets refer to those ill ol the previous tradant- day) ISIIIII I 1 1 I
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      New York
      221 19 F 3 USJ Ounce Akoo 63* uoch A*«d Sifl 35 unch Amox Inc 26* uoch Amr Corp 59H unch Aft 32 unch B«rhl«h«fn Sti 27* unch Bowng Co 63* unch Cot»rp*or Co 61 H unch ChoM Monhtn 3 1 w unch Owy»l« Cp 28W unch Citieofp 27H unch
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      Container schedules
      917 19 Container schedules LCI Receiving Receiving Ship (Voyage) Arr Cargo Time Block Plata (46N) 06/02 (1530) F5 *****730 03 P Washington (058W) 06/02 (1700) Fl *****900 R3 B Teratai (012) 06/02 (1500) F5 2200-2230 E7 Asia Star (80) 06 02(1930) F7 1030 1130 N2 Ned 0*|ima (522) 06/02(2000) F7 *****200 A7
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      Ships in port
      148 19 Vessel Berth Arr Dep Keppd Wharves Astro Gold K32 aside 08/02 Saudi Dinya K15 aside 07/02 Catamarca II K16 aside 06/02 Jinshan K20 aside 06/02 Markham Bay K27 a side 06/02 Pine Tree K20 a side 06/02 Selangor E K30 aside 06/02 Trans Bay CIO aside 06/02
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    • Commodities, Finance
      • Article
        Banks rates
        454 19 1- Ml $1,000 Far b.«t custom** orty 3 OCBC fwnct 4 a«ataMt it OBS Fiunce I Quattymf that ratts art ofttrtd b> subudury OUT 6 Mki $10,000. 7 Rawvatttn low only Flat Mtrnl add-on UOF> ratn.** abo avalaWt at UOF atafaWt at DBS Fatanct OCBC OUB UOB DBS
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        Prime Lending Rates
        548 19 Prime lending rates at Gulf int Bank M the close of business on Bank 7 Friday, February 3 Hokkaido Takustwku 6*4 Hongkong Shanghai 6 Hong Leong Fin/Sing Fin 5 s Algemene Bank .T Indian Bank 7'< MM Irish Bank 6 T Indian Overseas 7' 4 American Eipress
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        FOREIGN EXCHANGE
        170 19 Counter rates Singapore dollara to on* unit of foreign currency Foreign Currency Buying 00 Seing US dollar ***** ***** Sterling pound 3 3329 3.3903 Australian dollar 1 6678 1 7116 Canadian dollar 1.6071 1 6376 N2 dollar 1 U96 1 1875 Singapore dollar* to 100 unite of foreign
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        Asian $ rates
        219 19 Asian rates ASIAN currency average 3months i* 49 16 deposit rates for the 6 months 4 A week ended Feb 3. 1? mon,hs 4 stw^ llfi BID PRICFS low Dairwivta lmonth 13 n 12 s j6 USS 3months 13 1? 15 16 J* 1 J- 0 6 months 12-, 12
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        London
        419 19 u 3 f«c. eta,, l^tc;;;;;;;;;;; §ff Johfwor. M.h, 355 +5 INDUSTRIALS fe L^olACn 335 -2 LlordiBonk 380 13 Aido-MFI t59 +8 LoMfco 344 +1 AlliadLyoM 482 +5 Uc«. 639 Aaac 410 10 Moriu 178 +2 8TRM.C 346 +4 Matolio. 293 +0 30 •ordoy. 460 +1 Mrfiond ftonk 466 +7
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        Gold, Financial futures
        513 19 A SERIES of bearish factors besieged Loco-London gold last week, forcing prices to retest last September's critical US$3B7 support level. Gold had opened at U*****.50 396 per troy ounce and weakness was immediately anticipated because of the strong US dollar. Prices eased and, by London trading hours
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        GOLD ACCOUNT
        28 19 Buying Selling Hifhest— Lowest Highest— Lowest S$/icn S$/pn Bank of China 2461-2420 24.73-24.32 OUB 24 68-24 28 24.83-24 43 UOB 24 66-24 25 24 81-24 40
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        Gold market
        20 19 GOLD USS/oz Sat Fri Hongkong Closed *****—392 20 Fri Thurs New York *****-392 00 391 10— 391 60
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        Rubber
        35 19 Ctaing prices WJBKR Spore KL cents cents S/hiio M Mo Jan 30 225.50 ***** Jan 31 226 00 315.50 Feb 1 225 50 Closed Feb 2 ***** ***** Feb 3 218 50 312 50
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        Tin
        29 19 Closing Turnover TIN prices Tonnes MS (M) kilo Jan 30 20 49 149 Jan 31 2051 155 Feb 1 Closed Feb 2 2050 155 Fsb 3 2051 90
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        95 19 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian rubber market closed easier m quiet trading ahead of the long Lunar New Year holidays. March 1 RSS buyer was quoted at 312.00 sen a kg, down 3.50 sen from the previous Friday. Brokers said prices lost ground on some selling and m the absence
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        Lock icon Tin
        51 19 IRREGULAR. Prices on the European free market were underpinned early on by merchant short-covering. A lack of consumer demand later had prices down, but short-covering returned at lower levels and tin ended the week steady. The European free market price was £4,385 a tonne against £4,345 the previous week.
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        Lock icon Silver
        40 19 WEAK. Prices fell to their lowest level since March 1987 on the spot market m line with gold's declining fortunes. On the London Metal Exchange, where stocks fell 70,000 ounces to 14,574,000 ounces, values eased m dull conditions. AFP
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      • Article
        Lock icon Copper
        97 19 EASIER. Profit takers moved m with a vengeance as supply fears for both copper and zinc retreated. A rise m London Metal Exchange stocks early m the week, together with news that Centromin employees m Peru had accepted a management pay offer, took prices lower. A brief technical rally
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        Lock icon Aluminium
        64 19 EASIER. Values were hit by profit-taking along with copper and zinc, retreating from recent gains. Far East buying underpinned sentiment and prompted a partial recovery m midweek, but prices were heading lower again by the week's end. London Metal Exchange stocks rose 1,050 tonnes to 148.450. On the free
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    • Stock market round-up...
      • Singapore
        • Article
          Dragon Year finishes strongly
          469 20 SHARE prices capped the last trading week for the Year of the Dragon with an encouraging performance. Helped by positive political news from Malaysia, the local market continued to rise, pushing the Straits Times Industrial Index 27.95 points up, to 1,143.43 and a second weekly gain
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        Most active stock
        161 20 DBS Land LAST week's actives were topped by DBS Land, which saw nearly 20 million shares change hands. Dealers said the counter was being reevaluated by investors as it had gained the least from the rally's recent support for property-based counters. Last week, it hit the year's
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        Top five stocks
        90 20 THE FOLLOWING is a list of the five most actively traded stocks on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week. It gives the turnover m thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and the high and low for 1988/89. Ccanjpany Volume. Price <$) Hfti (5) Lea (OOO)
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      • Kuala Lumpur
        • Article
          Prices surge in active trading
          266 20 THE stock market across the Causeway ended the pre-Lunar New Year week higher m active trading. Although interest was concentrated on blue chips, lower-priced issues also received a fair bit of attention, dealers said. Reflecting the gains, the New Straits Times Industrial Index gained 48.33
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      Lock icon Settlement pact eludes tin body and creditors
      385 20 $lb m claims arose from collapse of ITC buffer stock LONDON The International Tin Council (ITC) and creditors still have a way to go to reach agreement on a possible out-of-court settlement of claims from the collapse of the ITC buffer stock. "There
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      309 20 LONDON The Bank of England's final regulations on mortgage-backed securities received a cautious welcome from the market, industry sources said. The regulations, the result of more than a year of discussion with private banks, were considered refinements rather than wholesale changes to an
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        65 20 SYDNEY FAI Insurances Ltd on Saturday reported a 70-per cent plunge m net profits for the last half of 1988, but company officials say they are still satisfied with the result. Net profit was A536.34 million (5560.6 million), down from A5122.31 million before. Sales revenue rose 25 per cent
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        76 20 KUALA LUMPUR Austral Amalgamated Tin Bhd saw a 12-per cent drop m operating pre-tax profit for the half year to Dec 31 to M 52.31 million (SSI. 64 million). In a statement the company said turnover dropped to M 55.04 million from MJ7.65 million while taxation was lower
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        74 20 KUALA LUMPUR Hexza Corporation Bhd said its proposed acquisition of 423 lots of land m Perak for M 52.7 million (551. 89 million) will give it an opportunity for further involvement m property development through its subsidiary, Summit Development Corporation Sdn Bhd. It said 10 per cent, or
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      215 20 G-7 sees dollar's rise as bar to trade balance WASHINGTON West German officials said a rise in the US dollar to 1.90 deutschemarks could cause worries among the Group of Seven nations about the correction of global trade imbalances. The officials, who declined to be identified, said however that the
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      390 21  -  LIONEL LEE By BEST BET BEST OUTSIDER Alcove II Mill Trip (Race 2) (Race 4) TEH CHOON BENG, who drew a blank last Saturday, is the trainer to watch at Kuala Lumpur this afternoon. Teh, last year's champion, has nine charges spread over six
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      360 21 RACE Rawing Editor Tan Thean Loon Lionel Lao Ron Too Martin Tay 5 Fulmar 6 Tola Buater 4 Divine Light 6 Tote Bueter 6 Tote Bueter 1 6 Tote Buster 5 Fulmar 5 Fulmar 5 Fulmar 4 Divine Light 4 Divine Light 4 Divine Light 6
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      5662 21 GOING FORECAST: GOOD BHPPW 2.00 class 1 div 4 1,200 m .TT-M I* (Ratings: I 79-64) ■MlsHi (Stakes: $18,000) 1 32«*00 Articulate 57 7f) Top Brass-Read 5 nzg d 2 +1.5 (2000 m). In rear throughout when last of 10 Cl-2 Pg 1700 m Dec 31
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      182 22 321 Deaths 321 Deaths OM MADAM TALI KANNAN LAKSHIMI AGE 68 YEARS Passad away peacefully on 5/2/89, laaving bahind sons A daughtars, son-in-law. daughtars-in-law, grandchildran and groat grandchildren to mourn hor loss. For funoral arrangomonts pl*as* call: *****09, 17, Upper Dickson Road, *****. MR. CHUNG SHAIK KEY AGE 57 paaaad
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      45 22 TAN KIM HOCK Departed 2 Feb. 1969 expresses their heartfelt thanks to all friends and relatives for their kind attendance and condolences during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Doctors and Nurses at Ml. Alvernia Hospital and to Pastors at Trinity Christian Centre.
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      46 22 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MADAM ANGELA (ANGIE) NG PHECK CHENG DEPARTED: 6/2/88 Alwaya remembered by husband Sonny, daughters Karen 4 Joanne and all loved onea. In loving memory of TANN HOCK SENG, JIMMY Departed 6/2/83 Sadly miaaad and fondly remembered by loved once.
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      120 22 In loving momory of CATHERINE CHAN EE TIAM (departed 6.2.85.) Alwaya remembered by FAMILY A ALL LOVED ONES. IST ANNIVERBARY In Loving Memory Of MDM MARY TEO Deperted: 7/2/88 Lunar Day: 12th Moon 20th Day Today recalls sad memories of a dear Mother gone to rest. And
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      39 22 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements THE FAMILY OF THE LATE CHEW TEK YONG wlshss to axpraaa their heartfelt thanks and appreciation lo raiativea, trtonda and coilaaguas lor their kind assistanca. con dotoncea, attandanca. wraaths and donations during their rocant baraavamatit.
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      218 22 In loving memory of GARY PANG KWOK WHYE Dapartad 6 Feb. 87 We believe that Jaaua died and roaa again and so we believe that Ood will bring with Jaaua those who have tallen ••leap m Him. For the Lord Himself will coma down from haaven, with
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      113 22 Ist Anniversary Mr Paaupathy s/o A. Ponnuaamy Dapartad 22nd Jan. 1988 Thalai Thavaaam on 7.2.89. Always remembered by Kalyanl w/o Pasupathy Ganasegeran s/o Pasupathy Gandlmathl d/o Pasupathy Ratnavathl d/o Pasupathy Brother ChancTran IN LOVING MEMORY S. THAMBIAYAH Dopartod: 7.2.83 6 years have gone by. Time changes many
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      325 Requiems
      57 22 THALAI THEVASAM MR. RAJU a/o V. PALANI QOUNDER Deperted 20.1.88 But In our hearts we loved him still. Sadly missed by: Wife: Ankammal Sona: Elangovan Sengguttuvan Thanabalan Daughter: Vasandam Prayers will be performed on 7th Feb. 88 el 10.30 am, Blk. 703, West Coaat Rd. #02-389. Singapore 0512.
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      230 22 BALI 10KM RACE NUSA DUA (Indonesia) Mexican runner Arturo Barrios and Scotland's Elizabeth Lynch McColgan clinched the men's and women's titles respectively m the third Bali 10--kilometre race yesterday. Olympic 5,000 m gold-medal-list John Ngugi and Paul Kipkoech, both of Kenya, did not participate m the race
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      351 22 ENGLISH SOCCER LONDON The attempts of English Football Association Cup-holders Wimbledon to clean up their image lay m tatters on Saturday as midfielder Vinny Jones, known widely as "Psycho", was sent off again for violent conduct. He was dismissed by referee Michael Peck for allegedly butting
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      1203 22 DIVISION ONE Arsenal 2 West Ham 1, Aston Villa 2 Sheff Wed 0, Charlton 1 Norwich 2, Derby 3 Southampton 1, Everton 1 Wimbledon 1, Luton 2 Forest 3, Middlesbrough 1 Coventry 1, Newcastle 2 Liverpool 2. QPR 1 Millwall 2. DIVISION TWO Bamsley 2 Brighton
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      361 22 Arsenal 2 West Ham 1: West Ham fell behind m the 57th minute to Perry Groves' headed goal. It looked all over four minutes later when Alan Smith fired m Arsenal's second. Julian Dicks snatched a consolation goal m the 83rd minute. Attendance: 41,139. Aston Villa
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      Honeyghan loses his crown
      107 22 Honeyghan loses his crown American Marlon Starling let Briton Lloyd Honeyghan wear himself out and then bore down to win the World Boxing Council welterweight title when the referee stopped the bout m the ninth round m Las Vegas on Saturday. Starling knocked down Honeyghan m the opening moments of
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      Satoru's run
      29 22 Japan's Satoru Shimizu won the 38th Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon and his first race yesterday, beating Yakov Tolstikov from the Soviet Union. Shimizu, 25, clocked 2hr 12min 26sec.
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      Quick double
      39 22 British Olympic silver-medal-list Linford Christie won two sprints at the British national indoor track and field championships on Saturday. He clocked 6.555 ec m the 60m and 20.95 m the 200 m, eclipsing his record of 20.%.
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      $1.6m price
      34 22 $1.6 m price Tottenham Hotspur want £500,000 ($1.66 m) for former England schoolboy captain Shaun Murray. The 18-year-old forward is homesick for his native North-East and has just finished a week's trial at Middlesbrough.
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      Chinese win
      29 22 China beat North Korea 3-1 and Denmark defeated Thailand B 2-0 m first-round Group B matches m the 20th King's Cup soccer tournament m Bangkok on Saturday.
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      Brilliant Papin
      32 22 A brilliant goal by France's leading scorer Jean-Pierre Papin helped title-hunting Marseille beat Matra Racing 2-0 as the French League soccer season resumed after a seven-week, mid-winter break on Saturday.
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      Karen pipped
      39 22 British pro Deborah Dowling fired a four-under-par 68 to pip Australia's Karen Lunn by a stroke and win the US$5O,OOO ($96,000) Thailand Ladies' Open golf tournament on Saturday. Deborah, 26, ended with a three-over total of 219.
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      Victory road
      37 22 Hard-fought victories over compatriots Erik Lindh and Jorgen Persson on Saturday put Sweden's world No. 2 JanOve Waldner on the path towards winning the European Top 12 table tennis tournament for a record fourth time.
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      Martina's title
      30 22 Eight-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova, of the United States, defeated compatriot Lori McNeil m Tokyo yesterday to win the US$3OO,OOO ($576,000) Toray Pan Pacific Open women's tennis tournament.
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      On cue
      36 22 England's John Parrott, the No. 7 seed, was m dominant form on Saturday as he demolished his Australian opponent John Campbell 5-0 m the fifth round of the European Open snooker tournament m France.
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      Golfs choice
      34 22 Chi Chi Rodriguez, whose charm exceeded his earnings on the professional tour, received the Bob Jones award on Saturday, presented annually by the US Golf Association to golf's Man of the Year.
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      World leap
      36 22 Radion Gataullin, of the Soviet Union, broke his world indoor pole-vault record m Moscow on Saturday when he leaped 6.02 metres. He set the previous record of 6.00 m m Leningrad on Jan 22.
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      Seiko's day
      42 22 Japan's Seiko Hashimoto stunned a field of 29 skaters by winning the 500-metre event at the women's World Speed Skaling Championship m Lake Placid, New York, on Saturday. She clocked 42.595 ec, nearly o.7ssec ahead of Ariane Loignon, of Canada.
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      Lock icon Singapore's road to St Andrews ends
      697 23 DUNHILL CUP GOLF By Tay Cheng Khoon SINGAPORE'S Dunhill Cup golf campaign ended when they crashed 2-1 to South Korea m the Asian Zone thirdplace playoff at the Sentosa Golf Gub yesterday. The Koreans will join Taiwan and New Zealand m the USSlmillion ($1.91
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      Zokol bounces back with course record
      545 23  -  JIM HAWKER By CANADA'S Richard Zokol with a course record 67 and the French team with a 2-1 final victory over top-seeds Sweden stole the glory m the Americas and European Zones on the last day of the Dunhill Cup World Qualifying Golf Tournament.
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      Final-day scores
      157 23 Final-day scores Americas Zone Final Canada 2 Argentina 1: Dave Barr 73 Eduardo Romero 70; Dan Halldorson 71 Miguel Fernandez 75; Richard Zokol 67 Jorge Soto 78. Third-place play-off Colombia 3 Brazil 9: Eduardo Herrera 73 Rafael Navarro 79; Eduardo Martinez 71 Priscillo Diniz 74; Rogelio Gonzalez 77 Antonio Nascimento
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      303 23 RUGBY UNION LONDON England and Scotland drew 12-12 m a FiveNations rugby union match full of red-blooded action but only one try at Twickenham on Saturday. There was little doubt England should have won. Their back-row trio of Andy Robinson, Dean Richards and
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      777 23 ATHLETICS Ball IHm road race Men: 1 Arturo Barrios (Mex) 28m in 2 Debebe Demisse (Eth) 28:22 S Bedilu Kibret (Eth) 28:29. Women: 1 Liz McColgan (Scot) 31:30 2 Anne Hannam (NZ) 32:40 3 Lynn Williams (Can) 32:52. British national Indoor championships at Coaford Men's Mm: 1
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      A first for Choon Heng
      186 23  - A first for Choon Heng A. Surendren BOWLING By NEWCOMER Lim Choon Heng won his first tournament, the Ist Jatico Tournament of Champions, at Kirn Seng Bowl yesterday. The 34-year-old shipping supervisor found little difficulty disposing of challenger Jackson Lim m the new format step-ladder final. Choon Heng, who topped
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      100 23 Chinese steal limelight SWIMMING PARIS Chinese swimmers Li Lin and Qian Hong stole much of the limelight at the Paris World Cup swimming event on Saturday, leaving their rivals trailing way behind as they won their races. Lin clocked 4min 43.945 ec m the women's 4xloo metres medley, finishing more
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      Lock icon Austria's upstarts shock favourites Australia 3-0
      373 23 DAVIS CUP TENNIS LONDON Austria's young upstarts, led by Thomas Muster, showed no respect for Australia's impressive Davis Cup pedigree on Saturday when they knocked the 26--times champions out m the opening round. Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, beaten tn both singles and doubles,
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      Bart's fair — until he starts to make waves
      342 23  - Bart's fair until he starts to make waves Shirlynn Ho BOARDSAILING By DUTCHMAN Bart Verschoor's too fair complexion looked decidedly out of place m the company of tanned, seaweathered bodies until he stepped onto a board. Then, everyone at the East Coast Sailing Centre knew why he left the Seoul
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      19 22 SURESH KUMAR Departed 7/2/86 Through these years that pass Our bles'.m«s and memories still remain All the love NEA-6
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      31 23 EVENTS I TODAY BoardsaWng: Coppert one S'pore Open (East Coast Sailing Centre, 10am). TOMORROW Boardsalling: Coppertone S'pore Open (East Coast Sailing Centre, 10am). Wrestling: World Class c'ship (Geylang Indoor Stadium, 8.30pm).
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    711 24 Summit date confusion points to differences between two nations BEIJING Chinese statements on the talks between Beijing officials and the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr Eduard Shevardnadze, indicate a difference of views on exactly how much was achieved during the Soviet minister's visit
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      349 24 Camerons losing its 'cool' thanks to development DTANAH RATA (Cameron Highlands) Temperatures are rising at Cameron Highlands, one of Malaysia's best-known hill resorts. The resort is getting hotter because of extensive development over the years. To overcome the problem, the authorities want to cut development plans by half. A study
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      Lock icon Tower goes 'topless' in Paris fog
      163 24 B PARIS The top of the 320-m Eiffel Tower was lost m the clouds as fog blanketed Paris at the weekend, causing confusion at airports and concern over the level of pollution. A thick morning mist over the River Seine obscured one bank of
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    Lock icon Defence spending 'a heavy burden on Soviet people'
    475 24 Defence spending 'a heavy burden on Soviet people' MOSCOW The Soviet Union cannot hope to achieve improvements m its standard of living without large military cuts, a senior Soviet commentator said at the weekend m the government newspaper Izvestia. Mr Stanislav Kondrashov, analysing last week's publication of troop and arms
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    Lock icon Aquino to Laurel: 'Tell the public what you know'
    526 24 Laurel's visit to ailing Marcos MANILA President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines refused to see her estranged Vice-Presi-dent, Mr Salvador Laurel, yesterday, and instead asked him to make public the results of his visit to ailing former President Ferdinand Marcos. On
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    Lock icon Cartoons hit out at resurgence of superstition in China
    693 24 We have a mission to help educate people. It's not just a matter of people losing money to witch doctors and fortune tellers, it's also a problem of increasing the scientific spirit. Satirical cartoonist Xu Jin BEIJING Leading satirical cartoonists have
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    433 24 Avant-garde art show closed after scuffles erupt BEIJING Police m the Chinese capital closed an unprecedented exhibition of daring "avant-garde" art within hours of its opening yesterday after a wild melee erupted among thousands of excited spectators and a pistol-wield-ing artist fired two shots at her own creation. At least
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    68 24 BEIJING A half-tonne of herbal ointments is being used to preserve the body of the Panchen Lama, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. The Panchen Lama died of a heart attack on Jan 28. Xinhua said 553 kg of preservatives, including sandalwood powder and
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    33 24 QUETTA (Pakistan) Three people were killed and two others injured yesterday when an explosion ripped through a bus station m the south-west Pakistan town of Quetta, informed sources said. AFP
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      103 24 Today n BUSINESS TIMES How well paid are you? Singapore's corporate executives seem well heeled compared with their Asian counterparts m nominal terms. But m the final analysis, are they really that well-off? Manufacturer boosts investment A leading Japanese producer of precision springs is investing heavily to raise production. Music,
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      212 24 Weather Fair except for showers over a few areas m the late afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow. 31 max., 23 mm. SUNSET today: 7.21 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow. 7.17 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide c Loo Angeles 912 C Rain Amsterdam -1 4 C Cloudy Madrid -1 12 C
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        734 2 Sniff, sniff can human beings be led by the nose? The study of smells and the physiological impact of odours on people can be used to stop physical responses that lead to blood pressure and migraine headaches. It also gives new insight into typhoid, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. Dan George
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        861 2  -  Dr S.M.L. QSA Send your questions to Dr S. M Lim. c/o The Straits Times, 390 Kirn Seng Road. Singapore 0923. Q: I AM an 18-year-old male. When I lie down my back Is straight bat when I stand up my back is
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          140 2 SCIENTISTS are trying to devise new ways to block allergies before they can even begin. They have recently identified the complete structures of important cell receptors and gained new insights into the chemistry of the immune reactions that are crucial m modifying the allergic response. The new knowledge
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          Lock icon Light hat for winter blues
          121 2 A NEW hat that resembles a pith helmet with lights under the brim can stave off severe depression m millions of people. The hat was designed as a wearable way to treat patients suffering from a severe form of winter depression known as seasonal affective
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          168 2 THE first widely used anti-virus drug is losing some of its punch against the herpes virus, and some experts fear that viral resistance will become a major problem for this new class of medicines. In two studies, doctors report the emergence of drug-resistant strains of the
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        Lock icon Shooting holes over the Big Bang
        833 3 What do 'star-thinkers' talk about when they get together? Wimp detection, baby black holes, when the world began and more William Inman eavesdrops at the biennial meeting of astrophysicists. IN A dark corner of a basement ballroom m the Lincoln Centre m Dallas, the
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        654 3 YOU may be wondering why life exists, or what is truth, or, perhaps, do we live on the inside of the earth? The answers to those burning questions can be found m a unique collection at the Massachusetts Institute
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        Elegant blackmail, espionage and wits of malice
        503 4  -  Carol Leong THIS WEEK ON SBC 12 DRAMA The Draughtsman's Contract (Monday, 19.29 pm). Genius. Director Peter Greenaway's Restoration-like drama can't have enough high praise. Riveting Anthony Higgins is an ambitious draughtsman who demands, for the price of 12 drawings, the unrestricted freedom
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        A painless introduction to Chaucer's raunchy Canterbury Tales
        444 4 By Griselda Loo A LOVE rectangle? See, this is how it works. Old carpenter John, his sexy wife, Alison, a student lodger, Nicholas, and a seemingly pure church clerk, Absalom, are entangled m a naughty rollicking romp. Nicholas and Alison are having
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        The wants of sweet-girl-next-door Jane
        798 4  -  Koh Siew Tin THE INTERVIEW JANE LI is as sweet as the chocolate cake she offers the reporter and photographer minutes after they have stepped into her home. "It's a nice cake. I ordered it specially. Come, eat it," she coaxes as she hands out
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        Symbol of fear and reverence
        1038 5 Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year and the start of the Year of the Snake. On this and the next page, we look at the status of this creature m the Chinese, Malay and Indian psyche. By Chong Wing Hong THE
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        333 5 £yi l£ -vi- THIS programme is compiled by Rediffusion and broadcast daily m Teochew, Hokkien :_.._?i^_m_£_2 translation of the les- sen. The broadcast times over SBC's Radio Four are 9 pm m Teochew and 11.45 pm m Hokkien on Mondays, 9 pm m Cantonese and 9.45 pm
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        Creator and destroyer of the world
        949 5  -  Radhika Srinivasan By OF ALL the animals m the myths and beliefs of mankind none has so varied yet ambivalent a significance as the snake. At times it appears as the guardian of health, at other times the vicious spirit of ill health. On
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        The bite that spells matrimony
        981 6 References to the snake, Its venom and its habits m Malay customs and proverbs provide an interesting and humorous insight into the Malays' perception of the reptile, says Mardiana Abu Bakar. TO BE bitten by a snake is auspicious, at least when it occurs m
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        Digigit ular petanda baik buat anak dara
        431 6 BERMIMPI digigit ular ialah petanda baik buat seorang gadis. Menurut kepercayaan Melayu tidak lama lagi dia akan disunting orang. Tetapi sekiranya rombongan meminang yang sedang menuju ke rumah gadis itu terserempak dengan seekor ular maka niat untuk melamar itu akan segera dibatalkan. Ini
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        647 7 CATHAYOPGANISATIONCATHAYORGANISATIONCATHAYORGANIS Z |f=_—^—B— i— i m H~r= 1 1 >^ 5 flMaii^E- 3- _m^- =^Mr. j. j^^_ (3 ~r_^^^s>y)y •^T_**_ /~t_| r_ __m___r^9 I^^^ATHAY Or^N^TrQN^^-ti^ s__-___-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_»_------o 2 _BKsT_T#i_rT: Tsjfl_Ts lvflci is _v_l a _ll n 5 _Kft_lS2_(*U_S_Ma_S_b—K_a_s_A_l_ka_B_l > 5 (7S7SMS) 5 SNOWS: 11.00 AM. 140. 4.00, 4.30 S.ISPM x AdiT_won
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        486 7 I Wishing All Our Patrons A Very Happy Prosperous Lunar New Year All Show Af At U4U.I on 7/2/89 NOW SHOWING AT 11 CINEMAS! JUBILEE TO A PATOH MANDARIN tMPKM DALIT UWAOU /HOLLYWOOD PEOrLEt P-AZA OALA MARIHA THEATRE a *4 J.D.L.W.: I 30. 3 30. 7 30. 930 H WOOO.
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        328 7 ■"^•-■^»~"-M__«__iB_B6_«6_«SBB_i_«B_«Ti I Besides our regular, we have YU SHENG this season. AmT i^t rnfl ''Iff^s -_lfl THEBAR!%S -*_|r RESUMES ON 7-2-89 'if TRADITIONAL Yl SHENG ft t ~JW AVAILABLE FROM 6TO 12 *!_r 2 PERSONS $22.80 fc -T,__r 3TO 4 PERSONS $26.80 *M STO 6 PERSONS $33.80 vjr SCOTCH SMOKED
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        1324 7 "_"_r_ ii ii m m m P 1 cuau/ i TONIGHT MIDNIGHT at PRINCE 1 W£ fEL-,-. t-■ m* v v SAVOY 2/CHAN6I 3/REPUBLIC 2 Theatre H TOMOWON Ham show: N'LW©S/R£PUBLIC 3 Thaitre NOW SHOWING: LOO/JADE 1/SAVOY 1/CHANGI 3 ■fl -niinnnntlf MinyiruT ommrc 1 W0O)lAI©S/0lltNTAL/l1_SI)Em/IUR^ H TOmORHOW MIDNIGHT 8t PRINK
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        377 8 Kingsland Ltuv.**- v --««8 s__!-l___^k Jl ___rlV______^^__i Vegetarian "Yu Sheng" A must to celebrate the Year of Snabe. together with a tempting selection of Lunar New Year Vegetarian Menu for your dining pleasure. JE_L_3e— Kingsland Vegetarian _0il8?ft„ Bib 34. Whampoa Weal K^r_F #01-27. S_9_pore 1233 Tel: -939-30. tssssos. IM Branch
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        3179 9 Radio d Comics :^m^^mM^^M Crossword TODAY'S LISTENING GUIPJ CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ™g R AL 5 ZS* fc 90.5 MH2 m VHF Band II BBC WWW I WWW I Park throUgh North Canal »s|| B* PTW jTlt ~*?*i. J_M WHAT'S COMING Opening Announcement 6.00 News In 88 9 MHz m VHF Band
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        3268 10 __"^^_B "I*^ __r_l l_W' H ■■■■■■■■**H*u_MM«k_i_MH__a_*iaMaa_«MMMaa^^ HeaH _a____il_________^ «F 9 J M Openmg and Programme Highlights, followed 12.45 PM Opening and Programme Highlights, followed 7 PUftnonnn HP v _#_i sSr _T^^ fc. by Denver, The Last Dinosaur by Mirthworma On Staae 7.30 PM Opening and Programme Highlights, followed Vj E_k
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        1433 11 m II i mtZ A/TuU !**> Management& Staff wishes all our _^S_-)*_^ _f>s A Il^ _T\i /it tTrombers. clients, business associates <_-_^^^____^_f__P) j fll\ IJ IL t-^' friends a V_/ V_T ?__*__*<_ /_»*//W B__iTS__lß____T_|_fi___lS^^ <)_J__pC__K f^fWl/^ VI Singapore Badminton Association C^Nyf. iWI .TAI •°V*\j__ra__l_ll_« -k VJB V_# 1 VJ 7%!
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        1334 15 mmmm Ar m mm^6^^F im mdm Ic.A.T.S.| TLX: R*****3 CLASS FAX: 732-4230] I if -Q |-H y_sff^y^ *^v^____) I PROSPERITY a begins with Kia Hiang Restaurant's mmmmm mmm m mmm mmimmm special Yu Sheng ~|^JjjJ|jp£|~ =!5= a I a means $1 ,000,000.00. A Singapore s^s^bbsssss-ssss--- Sweep ticket is given away
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        337 15 2 Eating Out BLOANE COURT HOTEL. Large Tiger Draught Beer 95.00-1- Set lunch $9.90 Steaks, Chops A OxUil Stew at reasonable prices Rooms dally from 945 upwards. Free parking 17 Balmoral Rd., Spore 1025. Tel: *****11. BANG SAEN THAI Restn. Genuine Thai food. We are open throughout the holidays. Free
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        1003 15 21 toa U 0at 21 PlMair* Boata/ SeaSporta Bse Sports ___________[_[g[_|_(_[g[g[g[gg[3 IS WISHING ALL CLIENTS, X Rl IP BUSINESS ASSOCIATES FRIENDS Jt> ra GOiVG XI FA CAI lC ra g A PWOSPC_OL- 19,9 f2j ■"I -^an% H IS I DESIGNED _X Bl 19 I TO BE El I BETTER 4y
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        968 15 I 1 I X 7-7? —p Flowers Jft _i__! 1,,,K speak the Stf __KH_^\ language j p j rVV Check out t \Se£\.e Le\3e f_r 1 Valentines «#~v i a a _y4C_j Showcase on ~J IS ClOSed today. Tho c> F t b iary !5, m Service will resume _^S*raite
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        999 16 104 Other Positions APPLICANTS REPLYING to Box numbers of vacancies are requested not to enclose original copies of testimonials or reference with their applications. No responsibility can be accepted for their loss. Applicants are also advised to write to Box Numbers correctly and check them before posting. BOX REPLIES: When
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        181 16 130 Alfa/ Peugeot/ Volvo For Sale 1 See our Istest range of ALFA 33 1.5 Ti and ALFA 33 1.7 Green Clover leaf. Priced from $56,500 ARF on the road. Milan Auto Tel: *****52 *****00 *****80 131 BMW For Sala DIPLOMAT UBED CARS wishes all A Happy Prosperous Lunar New
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        619 16 Add extra <?L sparkle to your Valentine's Day celebration If \g^f Choose from J-V*l pur selection of special ideas m Valentine's (B-^) Showcase on __f_ i__%_ \^Febi_iary 10in v The Straits Times J^ Classified. __z *> Ir I —f Z i i 136 Mitsubishi For Sala CAR CITY TRADING wishes
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        878 16 141 Hyundai For Bala 141 Hyundai For Sala 141 Hyundai For Sala KOMOCO AUTO PTE LTD WISHES YOU A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS YEAR OF THE SNAKE. The Sales, Service and Administration departments will be closed from 6 8 February l9B9. HYunoni Cars that make sense. _"CO__TO__r O AUTO PTE LTD
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        1426 17 V y _^>-- 241 Tours 241 Tours 241 Tours OH Let us play 9 a^ r_ S-i.t..^ f-r -rr..i- WELCOME THE YEAR f •XV^N' cupid tor your of the snake V_ X special WITH THE p-_^ v i\ sweetheart _J winning choice ~£VW < _i .>_sr\ (C* SPECIAL PRICES \7j
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        30 17 1 N B U S I N S S J Then venture into "Business To Business", where you'll discover your business needs and businesses m need! 1 43C_ C.A.T.S. 737-H66
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        976 17 &737_166 1 TELEPHONE BEBVIC- j Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (Sp.m. deadline for naxt day) Saturday: 8.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. (11a.m. deadline for The Sunday Times) Public Holiday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. I COUNTER SERVICE: j TIMES HOUSE 300 Kirn Seng Road. Singapore 0023 Monday
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        1859 18 4| gL VIEW THE RARE 'BIRDS OF HAPPINESS' THIS LUNAR NEW YEAR V r/jm m _W^^^_ ome view one of the rarest birds BIRDSHOWS il_3-7l___^_?-_<S 1 '%7--^ m the world at the Jurong _________i«________________i__Hi_i Bird Park. #g* r,d of awks Show You could get lucky this Lunar Hawk Centre, 10am.
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        80 18 Rn2stt^^2______l _L m W J| _f f^__\\\_\\\\\__\__________________W____\\__f* 1 'i '^-_w___s $4 A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF BUSINESS TRENDS Squeezing tho most out of your investments m tho Year of tho Snako Shipping tycoon Tsao spooks frankly Status struggle of luxury car dealers Permanent roliof for temporary employment agencies? Islands m tho
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        153 18 #__*4_v^__r _i!t_L Phoenix Court ft* Blk 340 Ang Mo Kio St. 32, #01-1697 Singapore 2056 0\ (Opposite Ang Mo Kio Swimming Complex) Tel: *****12, *****13 Business Hours. 7.00 am 12 midnight 89 NEW YEAR SPECIALS i Abalone Seafood Soup Lavish Sesame Prawn Braised Pot of Opulence Jaded Duo of Wealth
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