The Straits Times, 17 August 1989

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  • 578 1  -  AHMAD OSMAN 'Greater openness should be evolved to maintain national stability 9 By JAKARTA President Suharto of Indonesia said yesterday that political development m the country should come through "evolutionary" processes m order to maintain national stability. Responding to what he described as the growing national
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  • 439 1  - US military commanders studying S'pore report ONG MING SEING Reactions to Singapore statement on US bases By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The US Joint Chiefs of Staff are studying the report prepared by the American technical team that visited Singapore m June to survey air and naval facilities. US officials said
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  • 468 1  -  Kalimullah Hassan Youth leaders did not consult Mahathir By Writing for The Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR The youth wing of Malaysia's dominant political party, Umno, yesterday delivered a protest note to the Singapore High Commission over Singapore's offer to allow the US to
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  • 423 1  -  SERENA TOH By AH MENG the pride of the Singapore Zoo made history when she became its first resident to have an ultrasound scan done by an Obstetrics and Gynaecology specialist. The procedure, performed last month at Thomson Medical Centre, was
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  • 758 1 UN truce call fails to stop shelling in Lebanon Appeal comes after fierce artillery duels BEIRUT Fierce shelling erupted across Beirut's Green Line yesterday m spite of a United Nations Security Council ceasefire call, which Christian leader General Michel Aoun said he was ready to accept. Gen Aoun told Reuters
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    • 17 1 Spore 'not a substitute' for Philippines: P. 12 Thailand not interested' m hosting American bases: P. 12
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    • 86 1 SEVEN SHOTS FIRED AT JOCKEY IS SOMEONE BUGGING YOU? If you're worried a business rival is eavesdropping, you can get electronic counter-spy services. Grey area m bond conversion Why some former holders of Hotel Properties' 4 per cent bonds 1993 are unhappy. Parkway loses airport bid Parkway Holdings has lost
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    • IN SUMMARY
      • 76 2 i Pet shops and pet grooming services m shopping centres have been told to stop having live animals on their premises. Three pet and grooming shops m Centrepoint, Parkway Parade and Far East Plaza have already been charged m court this year. A Ministry of National Development spokesman
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      • 69 2 A (Jleneagles Hospital staff nurse, said to have given a newborn baby a wrong drug which later caused his death, was the hospital's only qualified nurse m neo-natal intensive care. And with this special qualification and her experience, Madam Sia Yee Sim, 38, could, m an emergency, give
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      • 73 2 The Singapore Mass Rapid Transit will launch a massive drive soon to educate people on train transfers to prepare for the opening of the eastern line. It will be held m October and early November and will be directed at every household. Transfers take effect from Nov 11.
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      • 55 2 national level karaoke contest is being organised here. The Singapore Karaoke Singing Contest '89 is open to Singaporeans, permanent residents and work permit holders. But contestants have to be representatives of an organisation i or community centre to compete for the $30,500 worth of prizes, including cash and
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      • 66 2 The Malay world must meet the challenges facing it to ensure its continued existence. In a keynote address at an international conference on the Malay civilisation yesterday, former Malaysian Foreign Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie said the main challenge internationally to the Malay world was how indigenous
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      • 67 2 Royal Thai Army has launched a comprehensive modernisation programme to prepare itself for new situations m the next century, Thai Army Commander and Acting Supreme Commander General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said. The general said the programme to turn the army into a compact but more efficient machine corresponded
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      • 78 2 Thousands of Vietnamese boat people waiting on a remote island for space m a Hongkong reception centre face malnutrition, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned. Nearly 4,400 new arrivals are held on Tai Ah Chau, part of the remote Soko island chain. The Hongkong
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      • 57 2 China's hardline premier Li Peng, making his first economic policy speech since the June massacres, has said the nation could ride out a tide of Western sanctions. Mr Li was also reported as telling the State Council, China's top governing body, that a programme for economic house-cleaning would
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      • 67 2 Soviet workers will have the right to strike under a Bill to be put to Parliament m the autumn, according to a Russian trade union newspaper. But strikes m critical sectors would be outlawed. Meanwhile, moves are going on to end the week-long strike by Russians m
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      • 66 2 Taiwan's Nationalist Party yesterday announced its candidates for December's national and local elections, the most important elections m the country's history, m which 130 of the 266 seats m Parliament will be up for grabs. The announcement of the list of 222 candidates capped a process that began.on
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    • 483 2  -  DOMINIC NATHAN Builders, developers will be held responsible: Dr Mattar By CONTRACTORS and developers will have to ensure that noise is kept down at building sites next year when maximum levels are introduced by the Environment Ministry. Details are being worked
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    • 124 2 Quiet please THE maximum noise levels to be set by the Environment Ministry are expected to be based on the recommendations m a Code of Practice for noise control at construction and demolition sites, according to contractors. The code, which will be released soon, sets
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    • 382 2 AN overnight Malayan Railway train chugged into Singapore yesterday morning with a load of passengers and an abandoned bag of ganja with a street value of $29,000. The owner of the bag, a passenger m his mid-20s, had got off at Johor Baru station
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    • 454 2 SIA to be first foreign airline with direct flights to Cebu SINGAPORE Airlines will be the first foreign airline to operate scheduled services to Cebu m the Philippines under an agreement reached between the two countries. This was announced yesterday by the Gvil Avia tion Authority of Singapore (CAAS), following
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    • 467 3 Military action 'if necessary' WASHINGTON US President George Bush, pressing for the freedom of American hostages m I^ebanon, said he wanted good relations with Iran but hinted at possible military action to end the crisis if necessary. He told a White House news
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    • 318 3 WASHINGTON The Philippines has reached an agreement with its bank creditors under the US administration's debt-reduc-tion strategy for Third World nations commonly known as the Brady Plan The Washington Post reported yesterday. The Post said, however, that the agreement, reached on
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    • 406 3 MANILA The Philippine armed forces came under fire here yesterday for their handling of the jail hostage crisis that left 21 people dead m the southern city of Davao. An Australian Pentecostal missionary, Miss Jacqueline Hamill, four Filipino hostages and
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    • 405 3 Walesa looks set to become new Polish Premier WARSAW Solidarity leader I^ech Walesa looked yesterday on the verge of being named Prime Minister by President Wojciech Jaruzelski, the man who once outlawed the free trade union and jailed many of its leaders. Mr Walesa's sudden offer on Tuesday to become
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    • 199 2 Wf IN BT TODAY IN 8T TODAY IN BT •TODAY/^ S Today m BUSINESS TIMES I EXCLUSIVE REPORTS Guidelines needed The timing of Hotel Properties' 70-million 4 per cent bond issue 1 993 Z and its current rights issue of shares has thrown up the need for clearer guidelines on
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    • 176 3 Weather Showers over many areas m the predawn hours. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.13 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.04 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Amsterdam 14/24 C Clear Madrid 19/32 C Clear Uhrns 23/34 C Clear Manila 24/33 C Cloudy AarkUnd 3/12 C Clear
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  • around the WORLD
    • 489 4 But those m 'critical sectors' would be barred MOSCOW Soviet workers will have the right to strike under a Bill to be put to Parliament m the autumn, according to a text published by the trade union newspaper Trud here yesterday. Article 5
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    • 337 4 TOKYO Japan's new Prime Minister, Mr Toshiki Kaifu, won 46.5 per cent support m a public opinion poll, one of the lowest ratings for an incoming Premier but far above that of Mr Sosuke Uno, the Tokyo Shimbun daily
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    • 124 4 WATERTOWN (New York) A couple, kicked off a domestic flight because other passengers allegedly complained that they smelt bad, is demanding an apology and U553,528 (556,880) from the airline. Ms Randy Freeman accused US Air personnel of concocting the complaint to gain seats on
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    • 381 4 Anti-Western deputy voted new Iranian Speaker NICOSIA Iran has elected anti-Western parliamentary deputy Mehdi Karrubi as Speaker of Parliament to succeed new President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the Iranian news agency, Irna, reported. Mr Karrubi, 52, received nearly two thirds of the votes of the Majlis (Parliament) yesterday, Irna, monitored
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    • 295 4 WASHINGTON The United States has said it would participate m a World Court case brought by Iran over the shooting down of an Iranian jetliner but a spokesman declined to say whether Washington would comply with the court's ruling if
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    • 328 4  -  ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON Muslim fundamentalists m Britain plan to form a political party to fight parliamentary seats m an attempt to win more influence m matters like the Salman Rushdie affair. Founders of the New Islamic Party the first religious group
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    • 212 4 CHERBOURG (France) In a scenario resembling a movie black-com-edy, a young French woman and her lover have been arrested after failing three times m one night to kill the husband who blocked their path to happiness. Police said Corinne Aubry
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    • 494 6 International conference on Cambodia PARIS Talks on peace m Cambodia, bogged down m a dispute over the role of the Khmer Rouge, resumed here yesterday, officials said. Premier Hun Sen, who heads Cambodia's Viet-namese-backed government, has rejected any role m a future administration
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    • 317 6 BEIJING China's hardline premier Li Peng, making his first economic policy speech since the army crushed a prodemocracy campaign m June, has said the nation could ride out a tide of Western sanctions. The official People's Daily yesterday also quoted Mr
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    • 159 6 BEIJING China and Laos, a neighbour and close ally of Vietnam, have re-established par-ty-to-party relations after a break of more than 10 years. An accord was concluded between the Chinese Communist Party and the Lao People's Revolutionary Party during a visit here by the
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    • 283 6  - Meetings to prepare for new talks on HK Catherine C. Ong By Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG British and Chinese officials m Hongkong have resumed contact, two months after negotiations for the smooth transfer of sovereignty were broken off over the Beiiing massacre. Government official Doug Martin yesterday said that a number
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    • 430 6 Five state firms fined millions for profiteering and tax evasion BEIJING China's government has ordered five state-owned companies, including one linked to senior leader Deng Xiaoping's son, to pay millions of dollars m fines for illegal activities including profiteering and tax evasion, official reports said yesterday. It was the latest
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    • 419 6 Chinese daily's editor dismissed BEIJING China's hardline leadership has dismissed the editor of the influential Guangming Daily as part of its campaign to tighten control of the press, Chinese sources said yesterday. Mr Yao Xihua, chief of a newspaper that is widely read by intellectuals, has been accused of opposing
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    • 339 8 US 'may send troops to fight drugs in S. America' WASHINGTON US President George Bush has said he would consider sending troops to other countries if invited to fight drugs, and also refused to rule out seizing Panamanian military leader Manuel Antonio Noriega to face US drug charges. At a
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    • 139 8 BEIJING Two Japanese were among 34 people who were killed when a Chinese airliner crashed into a river after an aborted take-off at Shanghai's Hongqiao airport on Tuesday, the official People's Daily said yesterday. An earlier report said 33 people died m
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    • 421 8 Boat people on HK isle 'face malnutrition' Plan for inquiry after UNHCR findings HONGKONG Malnutrition threatens thousands of Vietnamese boat people waiting on a remote island for space m a Hongkong reception centre, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned. "The people are not starving but they
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    • 276 8  -  ALAN HUBBARD By A Europe Editor LONDON The offer by a police chief to quit following criticism of his force's competence during the Hillsborough soccer tragedy m April has been rejected by his bosses. The South Yorkshire police authority have voted
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    • 107 9 Pearl Harbour general dies, 84 TOKYO A general, who helped plan Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbour, died of heart failure on Tuesday. Mr Minoru Clomla was 84. His death m a hospital m Matsuyama, western Japan, coincided with the 44th anniversary of Japan's surrender m World War 11. Mr
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    • 400 9 Candidates are younger, better educated and more are native Taiwanese TAIPEI Taiwan's Nationalist Party yesterday prepared to hand more power to a new generation of native Taiwanese by announcing its candidates for the most important elections m the country's history. But losing
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    • 368 9 CAPE CANAVEP.AL (Florida) An unarmed Trident-2 nuclear missile exploded seconds after launch on Tuesday during a test firing from a submerged submarine off the Florida coast, the US Navy said. It was the second failure m three sea trials for the troubled Trident-2,
      Reuter; AP  -  368 words
    • 270 9 46,000 Chinese massacred in Japanese relocation plan TOKYO Occupying Japanese troops massacred 16,000 Chinese from 1933 to 1945 m a vast "relocation programme" aimed at providing a "defence buffer 7xme" m northern China, a Sino- Japanese team of historians has reported. The team's findings were published m the mass-cir-culation daily
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    • 162 9 IX)NDON A US fundraiser for nationalists m Northern Ireland was deported from Britain on a military flight to Washington yesterday after defying an order banning him from the country. New York lawyer Martin Galvin, publicity director for Noraid, was seized by police m the Northern Ireland
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    • 104 9 PARIS A woman driver chased two youths who snatched her handbag m Paris and mowed them down with her BMW car, killing one and seriously wounding the other, police said on Tuesday. The two 19-year-olds, riding a scooter, pulled up alongside the
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    • 282 10 ANCHORAGE (Alaska) The state of Alaska has sued Exxon Corporation and a consortium that operates the 1,300-km transAlaska pipeline, claiming Mi unspecified amount of damages for the worst oil spill m US history. The Alyeska consortium, comprising seven oil companies including Exxon, operates
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    • 287 10 NEW YORK Several chemicals derived from blue-green algae have been found to be "remarkably active" against the Aids virus m test-tube experiments, federal scientists have reported. Although the chemicals are far from being tested m humans, the discovery is important because it identifies an
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    • 259 10 PARIS Thousands of Roman Catholics marched slowly through the streets on Tuesday m ceremonies of atonement for what they called the crimes of the French Revolution. The hymn-singing procession, with hundreds of banners bearing royal and Christian symbols, followed a 4-km
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    • 298 10  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The US Commerce Department has expanded the list of computers that it permits American companies to export to communist nations. Announcing its decision here on Tuesday, it said another series of more powerful laptop computers was being
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    • 432 10 TOKYO Police have begun investigating whether a man who confessed to murdering three little girls m a Tokyo suburb is connected to the disappearance of a fourth girl, officials said. The cases of the four girls had set
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 1111 11 Attempts to justify rape Adult videos serve as textbooks for rape. Of course not all those who watch those tapes commit rape, but we should realise there are people who would try to justify rape m theory based on what they see on these
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • Reactions to Singapore statement on US bases
      • 674 12 The announcement that Singapore was prepared to allow the United States to set up some military facilities m the Republic was made on Aug 4 by the Minister of State for Finance and Foreign Affairs, Brigadier-General (Res) George Yeo. He told Parliament that the offer
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      • 450 12 SOUTH-EAST Asia's economic dynamism m recent years has been underwritten by the military and political stability provided by the US presence m the region, The Australian, a national daily newspaper, said m an editorial on Tuesday. The paper added that Singapore's offer to host some
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      • 476 12 Asean nations lack common view on ties with US: Paper THE fact that Singapore was prepared to allow American forces to use its military facilities showed that Asean countries lacked a common stand on the question of military relations with the US, the Malaysian Chinese-language newspaper Nanyang Siang Pau said
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      • 337 12 Thailand lias no interest in hosting US bases again' BANGKOK Thailand said yesterday that it had no intention of hosting military bases again for the United States. The comment by Thai government spokesman Suvit Yodmani came amid regional reaction to the recent announcement by Singapore that it was prepared to
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      • 230 12 KUALA LUMPUR The opposition Parti Islam (PAS) has expressed support for the Malaysian government's stand against any move to set up a permanent United States base m Singapore, Berita Harian Malaysia reported yesterday. The paper quoted PAS president Fadzil Noor as saying the Malaysian
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      • 524 12 Spore offer seen indirectly as showing no respect for neighbour ALTHOUGH Singapore's readiness to station US military facilities is still at the discussion stage, the matter has developed so rapidly that it has become a sensitive issue to both to Asean and Malaysian politics, a columnist
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      • 402 12 UMNO Johor has expressed regret at what it described as Singapore's ignorance of the sensitivities of Asean members over its offer of military facilities to the United States, the Malay-lan-guage daily Utusan Malaysia reported on Monday. The paper quoted Johor Umno Liaison
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    • 455 13 Chavalit: Army gearing up for next century THE Royal Thai Army has launched a comprehensive modernisation programme to prepare itself for new situations m the next century, Thai Army Commander and Acting Supreme Commander General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said. In an interview published m the Bangkok Post on Tuesday, Gen Chavalit
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    • 335 13 INDONESIA is offering less attractive incentives for export-oriented investment projects than those given by neighbouring countries, Mr Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo, chairman of the Investment Co-ordinating Board (BKPM), said. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted him as saying that Malaysia permits foreign investors to own 100 per
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    • 267 13 Charged with bid to set up Islam state again A WEST Javanese man previously convicted for subversion is on trial again m Bandung for attempts to establish an Islamic state, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. The man, identified only as Ab, 47, was sentenced to three years and 11 months
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    • 129 13 MANILA President Corazon Aquino has rejected a proposal by communist rebels to hold peace talks with the Philippine government m Geneva or Paris. "I will never agree to the venue being outside of the Philippines because this is a Philippine problem," she said.
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    • 160 13 THAI Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan has suggested that Bangkok motorists pay a toll fee for entering certain inner rity zones, the Bangkok Past reported. This would help ease the worsening traffic situation m the capital, the newspaper quoted General Chatichai as saying on
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 259 14 In financial difficulties, it will concentrate on next general election THE Spirit of '46 party has decided not to contest any more by-elections because of financial difficulties, and will concentrate its efforts on the next general election, the Chinese-language Tong Bao
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    • 265 14 Malacca committee to draft policy on sea treasure salvage MALACCA The Malacca state government has set up a special committee to formulate a policy on the salvaging of treasures from shipwrecks m the Straits of Malacca. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik said yesterday that the special committee's
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    • 350 14 KUALA LUMPUR The Bar Council will study the possibility of getting insurance cover (or its Compensation Fund to provide more adequate financial help for victims of dishonest lawyers. Council vice-president Datuk Peter Mooney said one suggestion was to buy an insurance
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    • 189 14 IPOH Work on Malaysia's first "inland port" near here will begin next week, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. The port is expected to be operational m October. Railway authorities have given a month's notice to five firms and agencies to leave
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    • 211 14 No rush for gold panning permits in Marang MARANG (Trengganu) The latest sale of licences to pan for gold m Bukit Lubuk Mandi near here has produced little enthusiasm unlike last December when licensing officers had to work late and police were called m to control the crowd. A special
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    • 562 15  -  Kalimullah Hassan By mitmg for The Straits Times KUALA LUMPUR The Malay world's continued existence can be guaranteed if the indigenous Malays of the region live m unity with one another, former Malaysian Foreign Minister Tan Sri Chazali Shafie said. In a keynote
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    • 291 15 KUALA LUMPUR A Singaporean literary figure yesterday expressed concern that Malay youngsters m Singapore were no longer sensitive to their own culture as they were too exposed to Western culture. Mr Suratman Markasan, a part-time lecturer at the Institute of Education m Singapore, said
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    • 103 15 Obscene videotapes: 7 students detained KLANG Police detained seven students, aged between 15 and 16 years, for watching obscene videotapes m a raid on a house here on Tuesday. The Klang Deputy OCPD (Crime), Deputy Superintendent Shair Mohamad Nor, said yesterday the students are from a secondary school and a
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    • 241 15 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian businessman has failed to get a High Court injunction against a friend whom he had sued for a share of a Msl.oB million (about *****,000) jackpot, won at the Genting Highlands casino. High Court judge, Mr Justice N.
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    • 164 15 KLANG A 57-year-old man was found dead after he was believed to have sliced off his penis m his house at Jalan Genting near here on Tuesday. Klang Deputy Superintendent of Police Shair Mohamad Nor said yesterday that the body of M. Selvarasa
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    • 42 14 AUGUST 19, ***** V/ome, join m the 'Batmania' festivities. There will be a special 'Batdance' I demonstration at Burger King, Orchard I Plaza. 10pm 10.30pm and Midnight I 12.30 am. Special Batman giveaways to lucky I participants during the dance I demonstration.
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    • 60 15 HASHEMI'S ROYAL JT CARPETS Tf SUNDAY 20th AUG. 1989 Venue: OMNI MARCO POLO HOTR, TANGUN ROOM. 77/iw: 12.80pm. Viewing: 9.30 11.30 am. Auctioneers^CHEONG KOON SENG (CKS) AUCnONEERS a VALUERS PTE LTD vm I 167 S<ngapore Handicraft Ontte i' i if Jfv Tanglin Road Singapore IOiM Division of '*■■<< ,|,fcl* XI
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    • 888 15 il^Hp The Institution of Engineers Singapore Presents THE IST lES INNOVATORS' AWARD Engineering innovation has been largely responsible for the successes of developed economies and the progress of mankind. It is therefore imperative that for our industries to remain competitive, innovation must be promoted as part of our culture m
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  • HOME
    • 486 16  -  STEVEN LIM By THE LABOUR shortage at construction projects sparked by a crackdown on illegal workers earlier this year has slowly eased. A major reason is that repatriated Thai workers have been allowed back to work m the country legally and
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    • 326 16  -  RAY DHALIWAL By THE problem of shortage of workers for the Central Expressway project should be solved by the end of this month. Almost half the 400 workers needed have arrived m groups, mostly from Thailand, since last week. The rest will
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    • 441 16 IF YOU have lost your bank passbook beware. This is because an off-the-shelf ultra-violet lamp can allow a thief to see and forge your signature. And if you have not discovered the loss of your passbook, he can withdraw money from your account. This
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    • 268 16 Upgrade HUDC flats too, Govt urged THE Government's big upgrading programme for Housing Board estates should cover HUDC estates as well, Parliamentary Secretary (Education and Home Affairs) Tang Guan Seng said last night. "No mention has been made about the HUDC, but residents of these public housing estates should not
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    • 340 16 SPRING-CLEANING may now be more rewarding than ever before. Artefacts that have gone mouldy or are left forgotten on dusty bookshelves may be vital to Heritage Hunt 1989 the quest for historically significant material. The event is organised by the Singapore Heritage Society
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    • 207 16 A MAN sentenced to three months' jail for stealing a table he found outside a lift had his sentence reduced to a $1,000 fine on appeal yesterday. The High Court heard from counsel John Abraham that Mohamed Rasid bin Halit, 38, only realised
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    • 86 16 A WOMAN who allegedly telephoned .'nother woman and threatened to get 10 to 15 men to rape her was yesterday charged with criminal intimidation. No plea was taken from B.P. Jayanthie Jayatisa, 23, a security supervisor, who is alleged to have threatened Miss Logambal Tiruvengkardan,
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    • 165 16 Teenage burglar falls to death from 14th storey A TEENAGE burglar, neeing through a 14th-storey kitchen window after the flat-owner screamed upon seeing him, fell to his death. A travel bag containing some jewellery and money was found next to the body of the 15-year-old boy. Police said the incident
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    • 483 18 Bid 'to upgrade image of karaoke activities m CCs' fsdaf THE word karaoke means empty orchestra m Japanese. THE karaoke set provides the musical accompaniment while the singer sings along into a microphone. A VIDEO clip depicting the storyline of the song is projected
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    • 307 18 A NEW karaoke lounge with state-of-the-art equipment, an air-conditioned multi-purpose hall, a dance studio and an open-roof cafeteria. These are among several facilities planned for the new extension to the Mountbatten community centre m Jalan Satu. The annexe, which will cost
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    • 362 18 A THIRD kidney dialysis centre will be set up to provide affordable dialysis treatment for kidney patients awaiting transplants. The new satellite dialysis centre will be m a Housing Board estate but the exact site has yet to
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    • 85 18 Man charged with touting at airport A JOBLESS man was charged with touting at Changi Airport and getting a British tourist to accept accommodation at Sky Villa m Bedok. Tan Hing Sing, 48, is alleged to have solicited from Mr Stephen Ward when they were at the Arrival Hall of
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    • 251 18 Probation for guard whose gun went off by accident A FORMER Cisco constable was yesterday put on six months' probation for a negligent act his service revolver went off accidentally and injured a colleague. Ramli bin Isnin, 24, was tried m a district court for causing grievous hurt to Constable
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    • 67 18 Changes at Victoria St VICTORIA Street, between Cheng Van Place and Ophir Road, will be back where it used to be from 3 am tomorrow. The road was temporarily diverted southwards for construction work on the Mass Rapid Transit system m mid-March this year. At the same time,
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    • 313 18 MALAYSIA has started wooing Singaporeans with a five-day tourism exposition which opened at the World Trade Centre yesterday. It was opened by Malaysia's Deputy Culture and Tourism Minister, Datuk Ng Cheng Kuai. The event will promote vacation destinations, convention centres and natural attractions
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    • 472 19 $250,000 drive to prepare commuters for new lines CHANGING trains without fuss this will be the focus of a massive drive by the Singapore MRT soon to educate people on train transfers to prepare for the opening of the eastern line. The campaign, which will
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    • 460 19 THE High Court yesterday reserved judgment on the appeal of a doctor who was sentenced to two years' jail nearly four years ago on six cheating charges. Chow Dih, 39, was m November 1985 found guilty of cheating six patients of a total
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    • 104 19 LOCALISED late morning and early afternoon showers can be expected for five or six days m the next fortnight. Widespread rain, with strong winds, is likely before dawn or early morning on two or three days. The rainfall for the first two weeks of this
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    • 617 19 Victim tells of trauma after chopper attack by trader A MAN, whose right hand was almost severed m a chopper attack by a businessman, spent a year at home trying to overcome the mental trauma and physical debilitation of the attack. Now, Mr Chew Khim Yong, 32, a fishball seller,
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    • 147 20 A SCHOOLTEACHER who befriended a man through a matchmaking agency lent him money amounting to $95,500 over a period of four months before he disappeared. Miss Jenny Tan, 33, a Malaysian living m Johor Baru, told police the man introduced himself m
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    • 321 20 BATFANS hankering to display themselves m full Dark Knight glory will have a chance to win souvenirs on Saturday night at Swing Singapore. Batman merchandise will be given away to anyone dressed as Batman, the Joker or Batman's girlfriend. All one has to do is
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    • 622 20 A GLENEAGLES Hospital staff nurse, said to have given a newborn baby a wrong drug which later caused his death, was the hospital's only qualified nurse m neonatal intensive care. And with this special qualification and her experience, Madam Sia Yee Sim,
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      46 20 Until Saturday, when Swing Singapore erupts along Orchard Road, The Straits Times will bring its readers personality profiles of the people involved m this shindig. They will range from the colourful deejays and stars to the organisers and party-goers themselves. Watch out for them.
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    • 242 20 INSPIRED by last year's Swing Singapore, national serviceman Tan Jwee Peng, 21, decided to immortalise the event m this cartoon. "This is actually the second version of the cartoon. I drew the original last year but because I was lazy, I took a
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    • NEWSFRONT
      • 172 21 SIX students and a five-year-old boy were injured when they were hit by a bus along Bedok North Avenue 3 on Tuesday. Police said the students four girls and two boys aged between 12 and 17 were waiting m the middle of
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      • 137 21 •F-JfrSlsMfSiii "FRIED Virgin Chicken", says the sign m Chinese m front of a restaurant. But not everyone finds the words savoury, never mind the chicken. One such person is Mrs S.W. Oh, who called The Straits Times News Line to complain that such words were "an
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      • 91 21 FAR East Shopping Centre along Orchard Road will undergo a $1.8-million facelift to give it an "upmarket image". It will have new floors, toilets and a new entrance, said executive secretary S.M. Sam for the management corporation of the shopping centre. The renovation started last month
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      • 128 21 WANTKI): a pretty woman with fair complexion, preferably with a Tamil father and an Asian (non-Tamil), Caucasian or North Indian mother The producers of a coming Tamil film. From Hometown to Another Country, will soon be here to look for such a woman to play a supporting
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    • 602 21  -  CLAIRE THAM By PET shops and pet grooming services m shopping centres have been told to stop having live animals on their premises. Three pet and grooming shops m Centrepoint, Parkway Parade and Far East Plaza have already been charged m court
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    • 192 21 SOME 120 teams of 480 contestants are expected to run a civil defence rescue operation with remote control cars. Participants of the Eveready Cup Civil Defence Readiness Vehicles Competition will manoeuvre four types of vehicles the command car, rescue trailer, rescue
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    • 334 21 SIA bans flight crew from using coloured lenses SINGAPORE Airlines has banned its flight attendants from wearing coloured contact lenses while they are on-duty "for safety reasons". A spokesman for the airline said on Tuesday the ban which came into effect six months ago was to protect staff like stewardesses
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    • 203 21 THREE detectives went to a flat on Pasir Panjang Hill on the pretext of booking Thai prostitutes and busted a vice den, a district court heard yesterday. They detained three Thai prostitutes and nine men including a Malaysian mosaic worker who was
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  • COMMENT/ Perspective
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      • 634 22 THE popularity of the National Development Ministry's moves to relax restrictions on public housing illustrates yet again how growth invariably results from the loosening of regulations. This is not to say that unchecked growth is always positive; if it were there would be no need for
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    • 1370 22  -  DAVID HIRST By The Guardian Of all the outside actors on the Lebanese stage, President Assad of Syria (above) has always played the most direct and physical role. The decisions he takes now will not cnly affect Lebanon but will also shape his
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    • 622 22  -  NOEL KOCH By ARLINGTON (Virginia) President George Bush has been exploring the use of force for retaliation. He was prepared to order an air strike against suspected terrorist bases m Lebanon if kidnappers had carried out their threat to murder their American hostage Joseph
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    • 620 22 Time for residents in new towns to settle down new town OWNERS of smaller Housing Board flats planning to sell their apartments should not hold their breath too long for better prices. They are unlikely to gain much from the latest easing of ownership rules which will have a greater
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    • 856 23  -  JOHN BURNS By New York Times JALALABAD From a guerilla bunker on Samarkhel Mountain, this ancient city is visible 12 km away, a sprawl of mudwalled homes shimmering beneath a canopy of flame trees. But a line of the Afghan regime's
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    • 792 23  - W. German tourists turn their backs on Europe ANDREW FISHER More flying to Far East By Financial Times THEY are everywhere. Climbing Ayers Rock m the red heart of Australia, peering at wild game m Kenya, or simply idling on Mediterranean beaches, one nationality is always well represented: the West
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    • 716 23  - Savour Malaysia B B-style, with nasi lemak and kopi-o Ismail Kassim Our correspondent's file KUALA LUMPUR BED and breakfast accommodation, just like those m Britain and Europe, may m time become as much a part of the Malaysian landscape as mosques, rubber and oil palm. Now there is only one
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  • FORUM
    • 326 24 THE Government's intended billion-dollar expenditure to upgrade the quality of existing Housing Board flats m Singapore, as recently announced by the First Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, must gladden many a Singaporean heart. For few worldly possessions are nearer and dearer to
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    • 130 24 Tamil drama disappoints him I AM a Secondary School pupil. I watched the Tamil drama Nadaga Arangam, telecast on July 16. It was entitled Mayaman. While watching the show, I pondered over the scenes. First, what Is the main aim of telecasting Tamil dramas? Next, why was this nice story
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    • 109 24 BRAVO Singapore for the stunning Qing Dynasty exhibition at the beautifully refurbished Empress Place. Not only does it prove Singapore can stage a cultural event of world class but more importantly, it helps to counteract what apparently some see as the increasingly copy-watch-to-kitsch image
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    • 381 24 A vibrant and thriving nation celebrates THE National Day celebrations, particularly the melodious Countdown to National Day extravaganza and the splendid National Day Parade, clearly showed the unity and racial harmony of our diverse races, religions, languages and cultures. Last year's National Day celebrations were amazing and marvellous but this
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    • 117 24 If everyone could do his bit THE National Day celebrations were a very beautiful, colourful, spectacular display of our youthful vitality. Singaporeans are young and full of energy and wonderful creativity! We definitely enjoyed the 24th birthday celebrations very much. But some Singaporeans had forgotten about consideration. They le* f
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    • 276 24 Family left stranded outside stadium THERE were no Big Hands to wave, no songs to sing and no merry shouts to make. I had looked forward to a proud and joyous time of celebrating Singapore's 24th National Day at the stadium after obtaining some tickets for that grand afternoon. It,
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    • 193 24 I AM currently a student of the University of Minnesota m the United States. Thankfully, for two consecutive years, I have been given scholarships from my university. Last year, I was given a US$2,OOO scholarship and this year, a US$75O scholarship. Needless to say,
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    • 138 24 fasfd THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers. They should preferably be typed, doubled-spaced, on one side of the paper. Brevity is an advantage. We do not accept for publication letters copied to us or
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    • 526 24 Jufrie: I never try to undermine racial harmony I WRITE m response to the speech made by Dr Ong Chit Chung, the MP for Bukit Batok (Sunday Times, Aug 13), and the reactions to my speech by Mr Aspar Anwar and Mr Leong Ai Fu (ST, Aug 15). Dr Ong
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      • 349 24 PLEASE refer to the letter "Singapore can do its bit to save ozone layer" by Mr Steve Yong Sing Wee (ST, July 28). The writer's concern for the global environment is laudable. Singapore is well committed to the global effort to
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      • 142 24 PLEASE refer to the letter "Shop floor shook" from Mr John Eu Kok Kheon (ST, July 8). Buildings occasionally are felt to vibrate slightly where there is heavy traffic along the abutting road. This is because the slight movement of the road pavement under
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      • 103 24 I REFER to the letter "Why kill Seletar crocs and upset ecology?" from Tan Ching Chek (ST. Aug 7). On July 24, the police went to the blukar on the fringe of Sungei Seletar to investigate a report by a villager that he was
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 556 25  -  COACH Jita Singh will field his probable South-east Asia Games first XI when the Singapore soccer team take on Qatar m a friendly match at the National Stadium tonight at 8. Two prominent absentees from the Singapore line-up will be striker D. Tokijan and
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    • THE LATE NEWS
      • 77 25 Soccer star Diego Maradona has again failed to take a scheduled return flight from his Argentina to Italy, where his club-mates at Naples have been m training for more than two weeks. The World Cup star was said by friends to have been visiting an exhibition
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      • 43 25 England cricketers Mike Gatting and John Emburey, who have signed to go on a rebel tour of South Africa, slipped past anti-apartheid demonstrators as they arrived m Southampton for a Nat West Trophy semi-final match between Middlesex and Hampshire yesterday.
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      • 37 25 A new style Japanese wheel with latticed spokes, which is lighter and cheaper to produce than the disc wheels used by many riders, was banned from the world track cycling championships m Lyon yesterday.
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      244 25 ABOUT 1,000 people last night witnessed the arrival of the Sea Games torch m Ipoh carried by the mayor Datuk Umar Abu, the 831 st bearer of the torch, who carried the flame for about 100 m to the Ipoh railway station. The Regent of Perak Raja Nazrin
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    • 453 25  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By KUALA LUMPUR last Indonesians arrived at Subang Airport yesterday to complete a 580-strong contingent who are fully prepared and determined to keep a grip on their South-east Asia Games title. But Indonesia, who won 405 medals at the last Games m Jakarta,
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    • 423 25  -  WILFRED YEO By KUALA LUMPUR Those who arrived m the Malaysian capital yesterday for the South-east Asia Games would have found it hard to tell the opening ceremony is on Sunday. Sure, there were ample reminders at Subang Airport and at various points
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    • 425 25  -  Peter Khoo FOCUS ON SINGAPORE'S GYMNASTICS KIDS By KUALA LUMPUR Most 11--year-olds would be anxious and excited about representing their country at the South-east Asia Games. But not Singapore's best female gymnast, Eileen Chai. After all, it is the Primary Five pupil's third
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    • 255 26  - Rebel ranks swelled REBEL TOURS JOHANNESBURG The number of rugby union players who have flown into South Africa to join the controversial World XV tour rose to 12 yesterday with the arrival of English internationals Mike Teague and Peter Winterbottom. Teague, who was married last week and initially turned down
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    • 458 26  -  Shirlynn Ho HONDA-K AH SINGAPORE MEN'S OPEN TENNIS By THE "loser" from Felix Barrientos' Lucky Loser tag promptly dropped off after he made light work of top seed Zeeshan Ali yesterday. Paying scant respect to Ali's world ranking of 147, the Filipino won 6-1,
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    • 367 26 PROFILE: Mimnea-Lon Nastase THE name is familiar to tennis fans around the world but, says Mimnea-Lon Nastase, nephew of Ilie, a name is a name is a name... Here for the Honda-Kan Singapore Men's Open, Nastase (his father Constantin is Ilie's brother) is "his
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 113 26 US sweep powerboat race Chuck McKay led a complete American domination of the fifth round of the World Grand Prix Powerboat series at St Louis, Missouri, on Sunday. McKay took the chequered flag just 0.8sec ahead of current world champion Chris Bush as Americans swept all the top six places.
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      • 42 26 The fourth Junior World Cup hockey semi-finals in Ipoh today promise to be one of the keenest contests since the tournament was inaugurated in 1979. Pakistan face Australia while West Germany take on South Korea at the Azlan Shah Stadium.
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      • 39 26 Triple Olympic gold medallist Janet Evans said yesterday that world records in the PanPacific swimming championships, starting in Tokyo today, were within her grasp. "I'm peaking for this thing," said Janet, who turns 18 on Aug 28.
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      • 49 26 The Sabah Open badminton championships to be held in Kota Kinabalu from Sept 8 is expected to attract 150 players. Among the Malaysian stars are Foo Kok Keong, Sidek brothers Rashid, Misbun and Rahman, Wong Tat Ming and Kwan Yoke Ming. Singapore will also be taking part.
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    • 1331 26 BASEBALL American League: Blue Jays 7 Red Sox 2, Orioles 2 Tigers 0, Royals 10 White Sox 6, Brewers 1 Yankees 0, Athletics 5 Indians 2, Mariners 2 Rangers 0, Angels 3 Twins 2. National League: Cubs 5 Reds 2 (12 innings), Giants 3 Expos 2, Mets
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    • 504 27 EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS BONN Italy's Giorgio Lamberti set the second world record m an outstanding day of competition at the European swimming championships on Tuesday. Lamberti followed Britain's Adrian Moorhouse into the record books when he captured the 200 metres freestyle title m 1 mm 46.69
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    • 390 27 PROFILE: Adrian Moorhouse BONN Britain's Olympic champion Adrian Moorhouse says a sixmonth break from top-class swimming, during which he read children's jokes and stories on a radio programme, helped him to his world record at the European championships on Tuesday. Moorhouse, 25, who broke
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    • 263 27 Thompson quitting decathlon ATHLETICS PARIS Britain's Daley Thompson, the double Olympic decathlon champion, is to retire next month. His last appearance will be at a meeting on Sept 16-17 at Talence, near Bordeaux m south-western France, where he first set a world junior record of 7,905 points m 1976 shortly
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    • 271 27 Leader robbed by freak mishap CYCLING LYON (France) A freak accident robbed Olympic champion Alexander Kirichenko of the first gold medal m the world track cycling championships on Tuesday. The Soviet rider was within seconds of clinching victory m the amateur one-km individual time trial when his left handlebar came
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    • 379 28  -  Joe Dorai ASIAN SCHOOLS SOCCER By SINGAPORE have a two-fold mission when they meet the Philippines m the Asian Schools soccer competition at Jurong Stadium tonight at 8. Firstly they will have to win tonight's encounter to keep their semifinal hopes alive even though the Republic
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    • 201 28 RIO DE JANEIRO Sebastiao Lazaroni, coach of Brazil's national soccer team, called Chilean coach Orlando Aravena an "imbecile" and promised a rout when the teams meet again here on Sept 20. Lazaroni, who had earlier avoided responding to provocations by his Chilean counterpart, finally abandoned diplomacy
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    • 125 28 GLENN HODDLE, Monaco's England international midfield player, is to have another operation m a bid to clear up a troublesome knee injury and is expected to be out of action for almost a month. SCOTTISH Premier League champions Glasgow Rangers on Tuesday completed the signing of Israeli international
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    • 347 28 GOLF CASTLE ROCK (Colorado) US Ryder Cup captain Raymond Floyd on Tuesday plumped for experience m naming Tom Watson and Lanny Wadkins to fill the last two spots m the team to play Europe next month. They join 10 other players who had already
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 86 25 TODAY'S EVENTS SOCCER Asian Schools: Thailand v Macau, Malaysia v Indonesia (Jin Besar Stadium, 6pm and 8pm), China v Sri Lanka (Toa Payoh, 6pm), Brunei v Hongkong, Singapore v Philippines (Jurong Stadium, 6pm and 8 pm). Friendly: Singapore v Qatar (National Stadium, 8pm). SHA Inter-Hotel: Chateau at Scott v Goodwood
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    • 277 26 TflTffl draw today Thursday, 17 August 1989 PI V^^ n Singapore Pools (Pte) Ltd 1 0 Anson Road #03- 1 3/26 \\^J I A/ International Plaza Singapore 0207 Draw No. 375/89 Group I Prize $760,000 Group II Prize $60,000 c I ij|^ APOfi P Pick up your Toto tickets Now!
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    • 165 26 IT'S«A«LITTLE«BIT«COUNTRY« I WITH»LOTS»OF»ACTIVITY our world of pleasure and leisure m a country •>etting. SO motel rooms and 15 chalets. Superb facilities for dining and conventions. Lots of fun and games. Tennis swimming, camping, golfing, boating and jungle trekking offer an adventurous holiday. Or just go shopping for antiques and handicraft*.
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    • 104 26 G^^O^^^/^An ideal rendezvous C°^O &^3>^*^ to the tourists and J^^guests for its excellent service and scenic environment. NG TIONG CHOON SEMBAWANG rS^raU^Sai) ASHING POND SEAFOOD VILLAGE '^fnl^aTv »55SS#V 59 Lorong Chuntum otf Lorong Gambas. Singapore 2775 A^' Pv^ (fr^^ 1^ Fishing Pond *****09 fc\ liS-vOv^l Restaurant *****91 *****39 ft X
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 91 26 1 TODAY'S SCHEDULE I CENTRE COURT 5pm: Paul Wekesa (Ken) v Felix Barrientos (RP), Steve Guy (NZ) v Desmond Tyson (Aust), Neil Borwick (Aust) /Stephen Furlong (Aust) v Shane Barr (Aust)/Todd Woodbridge (Aust). COURT ONE 5pm: Broderick Dyke (Aust) v Neil Borwick, winner of Nick Brown (Eng)/James Turner (Eng) and
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 74 27 The Greatest Show Fashion Accessories^* Furniture Fittings a. I Building Materials^t \?M^4H^^R|j^rf(fl Electrical ElectronicProducts^K Medical Health Products^ Trade Industry Fair 89 JP 14th 20th August 1989 Singapore World Trade Centre Halls 3, 4 5 FREE ADMISSION Opening Hours: 1 lam 9pm (Monday Sunday) dSffi SINGAPORE CHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 529 28 321 Deaths 321 Deaths 321 Deaths ONG BOON CHAN AGE: 78 YRS. was called home to be with the Lord on 16.8.1989 Dearly missed by: WIFE: Lim Gim Hong SISTER: Ong Siok Eng SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: Ong Jin Hui Janet Koh Ong Jin Hoe Jeanny Ng Ong Jin Seng Nobuyo Yabuta
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    • 184 28 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. LIM ENG BENG Departed: 11th August 1969 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all relatives, friends, colleagues Si neighbours for their kind condolences, assistance, wreaths donations during their recent bereavement. Sincere and special thanks to Dr. Ho Soon Teck,
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    • 120 28 321 Deaths 321 Deaths Madam M. Marimuthamal (formerly of Buffalo Road) A«kS7 passad away pwftiWy on 16 August ISM 8on«: Daughters In -tow. V. Sockallngam (deed) V. Narayanasamy (deed) Mary (deed) V. Krishna (PWD) Kamala Daughters: Bons-<n-4aw: V. Saratha (deed) Kaalnathan (deed) V. Aaotha Krlshnasamy 18 grandchildren A 17 groat
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    • 81 28 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements Th« family of th« lat* MR. PARAMAIYAH Departed 11.8.89 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the Commlsloner of Police, O.C. Ang Mo Klo Police Station, colleagues, relatives and friends for their kind attendance, Invaluable assistance, wreaths, donations and condolences during their recent bereavement
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      71 28 With deepest sympathies to the family of the late Mr. Hasshim Bin Sukairi D«p«rt»d 16 8 89 From: Principal, Staff, Pupils A Members of B.A.C. Bartley Secondary School THE FAMILY OF the late John Rodrtgues wish to thank all relatives, friends. Rev. Father Clement Lee and especially The
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      55 28 In Levfcig Memory of VENA MALIGA Departed 17.8.87 Always remembered by Beloved Husband, Children ft all Loved Witti fond in+Mitoctoc of K AVIGNAR K. PERUMAL Depart** August 17. 1079 10th yCeVf m#niof tsl Gone from our lives one so dear, But In our hearts forever near. Aiw«y«
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    • 169 28 323 Condolences 323 Condolences With Deepest Sympathies and Condolences to COL. COLIN THESEIRA on the demise of his father MR. GEORGE ALBERT THEBEIRA who passed away on 14th August '89 From: Ltc. Chua Ttong Ouan, Lie. James Tan Ltc. Lee Meng Tong Ltc. Lee Boon Lot Ltc. Llm Kirn Lye
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    • 133 28 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF BAKULA BELAWALA Departed 17th August, 1964 We cannot forget you Our loved one so dear; Your memory grows Sweeter year after years. Always remembered by: Lalit In Loving Memory Of MRS STEPHEN LEE TIAN HWEE nee LUCY TERESA TAN
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      55 28 In Loving Memory of Bemadine S De Cunha A Requiem Mace will be offered for the repose of his departed soul on Saturday, 19.8.89 at 6.30pm at the Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea, 20 km. Sembawang Road, Singapore. To all relatives and friends: Please treat
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  • RACING
    • 353 29  -  Ron Teo TRACKWORK By ELCARIM, a last-start seventh to Colonial Chief m the Singapore Gold Cup last month, drew attention to his chances with a speedy workout yesterday. As the weather turned m his favour, the Michael Ho-trained gelding, with a riding boy up, cantered one
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    • 448 29 Horses engaged on Saturday: CLASS 1 DIV 1 l,2Mm: Slow work. Mill Trip, Articulate, Marathon, Handsome IV. CLASS 1 DIV 2 l,2Mm: Slow work: Heart's Delight (apprentice D. Chee), Espada Castllle. CLASS 1 DIV 3 l,Mtm: Slow work: Eastern Collection (Gopal), Quatro-llno (apprentice Zaidi), Orchard Kxpress (Sivan).
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    • 315 29  -  MALCOLM BASTIANS By THE $100,000 Adelaide Casino Cup at Bukit Timah on Saturday week is the biggest sponsorship that the Adelaide Investment Trust Company (Aitco) has taken on outside Australia. And stakes m the Class 1 1,200 m race will be raised next year if it generates enough
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    • 908 29  -  MALCOLM BASTIANS By and TAN THEAN LOON THE once swift legs start slowing and the winning post gets harder to find. A peaceful retirement spent munching m pastures looms. But often the tracks away from the racecourse lead to different destinations for champion
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    • 1033 29 Harijan the pick of fresh crop at Bukit Timah NEWCOMERS HARM AN (late Music Appeal) heads the list of 23 Class 4 newcomers entered for the Pesta Sukan Cup meeting starting on Saturday. A three-year-old brown Australian gelding by Jukebox out of Charity Queen, Harijan raced m good company, finishing
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  • 498 30 New deal makes businessman Kuok a major investor m South Pacific SUVA Malaysian businessman Robert Kuok increased his commitment this week to Fiji and the South Pacific with a new tourist resort, joining Japanese consortium EIE Corp as a major investor m the
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  • 228 30 'Major industrial nations agree on new rules for global share trading' TORONTO Major industrialised nations have agreed on new rules to harmonise global securities trading and hope to submit the plan to a meeting of international regulators next month. "This effort has been going on for two years and it
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  • 226 30  - US seeks 'enhanced dialogue, not trade agreement' with Asean Ong Ming Seing By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON US Trade Representative Carla Hills has said the United States is seeking an enhanced dialogue rather than a trade agreement with Asean. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, she said increased US contacts with Asean
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  • 171 30 Chicago Board sets up ethics panel CHICAGO In the wake of the Justice Department's indictment of 46 Chicago futures traders two weeks ago, the Chicago Board of Trade has established an ethics committee and has proposed adding another non-exchange member to its board of directors. The action by the Board
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  • 314 30 TAIPEI Taiwan is starting to use its vast foreign exchange reserves aggressively and hopes to overtake Hongkong as an international financial centre, the central bank governor said yesterday. Mr Samuel Hsieh, who took charge of the world's second largest stash of
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  • 333 30 'Interest rates should be allowed to fall' WASHINGTON President George Bush said on Tuesday he agreed with recent comments critical of the Federal Reserve, the US central bank, by White House Budget Director Richard Darman over interest rates. Mr Darman said on
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  • 191 30 WASHINGTON The US trade gap should fall m June from May's surprisingly large deficit of US$lO.2 billion (5519.8 billion), m part because of a smaller bill for imported oil, analysts said on Tuesday. The Commerce Department is scheduled to announce the June trade
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  • 115 30 Whisky exports at 7-year high LONDON Scotch whisky exports surged 20 per cent to £674 million (552.09 billion) m the first half of this year to their highest level m seven years. Shipments to Japan rose by 39 per cent m volume while those to the United States, the biggest
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 342 30 /^D\TIGER BALM LIMITED I Vj§§SM§b A member of the 3* ft Haw Par Group 1 v, <l. (Incorporated m the Republic ol Singapore) I INTERIM RESULTS 30TH JUNE, 1989 The unaudited results for the six months ended 30th June, 1989 are shown below. There are no comparative figures for the
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    • 418 30 HAW PAR BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated In th« Republic of Singapore) INTERIM RESULTS 30TH JUNE, 1989 The unaudited results for the six months ended 30th June, 1989 together with the results for the corresponding period m 1988 are show below: GROUP COMPANY 6 months to 6 months to 30.6.89 30.6.88
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  • 3096 31 TRANSACTION DATE: AUGUST 16, 1989 Adjusted for new issues; Par value $1 unless otherwise specified: P/E ratios are not adjusted for currency deferences 1M9 Last Vol Day Net M Cap High Low Company Sato ('000) High Low P/E $mll INDUSTRIALS 210 130 AISB 50* 194 unch 127 195
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  • 146 31 AmoyProp^t... 3,5 +0028 JYm" AalaSwlnl'l 2IS -0025 iT.. 212 00 Bond Corp War 91 074 +005 k!^L^,mki \A Cabla Wlralaaa WOO riZTSd I!?* IT, cSSSS^ir- 2« u^ SSSSESw '?-5 ii? Cav«ndlah 3.225 unch LrTH^ a m 521 COW Ind 0 345 -0 006 L«p M«»g 9 06 -0.05 CnturyClty
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  • 437 31 Tuaaoay A4*y* 1« f«« MINING INDUSTRIALS cZTa/cons 67^ u^ch* 10H Con. Odd 1478 u£h Alllsd-Lyona 534 +2 Rust Plats 1594 unch 471 -2 ZO 31 -2 BTHPLC 483 -4 Barclays SIS +B lm Beacham 643 unch AAC 24 *XR BICC 547 +4 AmgoW 72* 2 BluaClrcta 206 -1 BlyvoofS
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  • 344 31 WiUnmfy Auawel U YKN Mitsub Estate 2490 +20 Ajlnomoto 2800 +20 MitsubltM 1570 -20 Ak TOO +5 Mitsui Co 1140 +10 Am«da 2000 +60 Mitsui Shipbldg 860 +1 AsahlGl«*> 2380 +10 Mitsui SmiltinJ 828 +5 K««rt 1240 +10 Mltsukoehl 2350 un ch Bank Of Tokyo 1780 +40 Mllsuml 1080
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  • 525 31 TMl<|> >.i—« 1» u«| HoneywelMnc H« unch ICNPharmlnc 6% Aetna Lire MM IncoLlmrted 36% Atean Alumin 23% unch ln«ersoll-«and 47% Alcoa "5 T? Inland Steel 46 Alleglntl ZZ 5 ln fCO Allied Prd MB Intarleke 88 Allied S»o 37% Inn Bual Mech 118% Am Brands Inc 78% mtl
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  • 355 31 Tmissy Aug—t It CCNTS Helm Corp 105 unch Hooker Aberfoyle 580 +20 ICI 644 unch Am 1250 unch Ind Equity 224 unch *mcor 480 unch Int Health a 22U1? 354 uneh Lend Lease 1220 unch Anl 96 Nts 266 unch Magellan 186 unch Anl unch MayneN 666 unch Al
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  • SIMEX FUTURES AND OPTIONS
    • 72 31 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (100 imphtd mterett 'tie) r Open «fh Low Sett Est Vol S«ptS9 9126 9129 9126 9127 1486 Otc 9141/42 9148 9141 9144 ***** M»90 9160 9265 9159 9164 965 9152 9152 9157 9162 357 S*pl 9130 bljO 9150 9152 16 D«e 9131A 9130 9130 6 M» 91
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    • 33 31 (US doHv/Otvtschtmtrk) Open tt|h Low Sett Est Vol S«p» «9 ***** ***** ***** ***** 152 Dtc 051% 051% ***** ***** 2 90 0 5198 Optn M (Tuts) 501. Act Vol (Tim): 222
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    • 23 31 (USS ptr t'Of ounce) Open High Low Sett Est Vol Auf 89 368 10 Op*n kit (Tues): M. Act Vol (Tuts): NL
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    • 49 31 Open High Low Sett Est Vol Spot ***** 29 ***** 10 ***** 29 Auf 89 ***** ***** ***** ***** 15 2 Sept ***** ***** ***** ***** 1889 D«c ***** *****B ***** ***** 7 Mar 90 ***** June ***** Open Int (Tues): 3347. Act Vol (Tues): 1822.
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    • 19 31 Sept 89 cals Sept 89 puts High Low Sett High Low Sett 73 255 75 437
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    • 134 31 Sept 89 cafe Sept 89 puts Kfti Low Sett Hfeh Low Sett 8850 1 8900 i 8925 202B 203 1 8950 177B 178 8975 152B 153 9000 127B 128 1 9025 i 9050 79B 80 2 9075 3 9100 32B 33 /A 6 9125 15B 16 16A 15
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    • 58 31 Sknei bidci Price (15/8/89) 8900 Open High Low Sett Est Voi Sept 89 8/00 87 20 86 90 8/10 533 Ocl 86 00 86 20 86 00 86 00 164 No* 85 30 85 30 85 30 85 30 Dec 85 10 l*n 90 84 90 F«b 84/0
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    • 34 31 Open High Low Sett Est Vol S«p»W 0 00/094/ 0 00/096 0 00/065 0 00/066 5/1 0 00/095 Dec 0 *****5 M* 90 *****81 Opm M (Tim) 1723. Act W (Tun) 1059
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    • 15 31 S*P« <:»•» Sept 89 puts High low Sett High Low Sett 172 54 254
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 49 31 Crude palm oil (MJ/tonne) A «8ust 680 (south) 662 50 (north) September ***** (central) Refined palm oil (USJ/toone) RBO Palm Oi September 272 50 (sellers) October 272.50 (sellers) RBO Olein Sept/Oct ***** (sellers) Nov/Dec 285 (sellers) RBO Stearin Sept/Oct 255 (sellers) Crude stearin Neutralised Unq palm oil
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    • 20 31 Closing prices (cents/kilo) Singapore 166 00 cents September down one cent Malaysia 239 00 cents September down one cent
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    • 12 31 Closing prices (M$/kilo) KL Tin 23.05 (unch) Turnover 55 tonnes 11)
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    • 19 31 (Official doting quotation, GBP/MT) Ned Tum Cash 1756-1757 1735-1736 3 months 1747—1748 1723—1724 Settlement 1757 1736
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    • 20 31 (Official closing quotation, USS/MT) Wed Tues Cash 1760-1763 1776—1777 3 months 1765—1767 1776—1780 Settlement 1763 1777 Source Metailverken, Sweden
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    • 25 31 Closing prices (US$/troy oz) Tues Wed Singapore 5 20—5 22 3 22-5.27 Man Tuts New York 5 20— 5 22 5.23—5.28 Source Credit Smsse
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    • 74 31 Crude Product Prices CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE <U9$). miiVfm™*'™*' 1 Sept +021/021 18.74 18 79 SSifimi +0.17/0.13 17 25 17 30/BBL DUHWI FMTEH Oct +0.15/0.15 15.20 15 30/BBL S Mr-, u 0.25/0.25 16 85 16 95/BBL fWlMiSo Sept 0 10/0 10 17 50 17.70/BBL naphtha <cv +0.50/0.50 88 00 90
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  • 303 31 OCBC OUB UO6 DBS TLB POSB DEPOSIT RATES Savings 3 2 3 2 3 /< 3 I A 3 3 Fixed deposit 1 month 3 3»/4 3'< 3V4 3Vi 3 months 3 3V4 VA 3V« 3'< 6 months 3 3 /4 3 3 3 3 /4 3 3
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  • 378 32 Its actions will decide which way the market turns, say traders KUALA LUMPUR The tin market is being controlled by a London trading house by virtue of the huge volume of the metal it has m warrants, and thus the decline m
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  • 100 32 More permits for Tokyo futures trading TOKYO Six foreign and eight Japanese firms have obtained licences to handle futures trading of Japanese government bonds and stock price indices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), exchange officials said yesterday. They said four foreign firms Credit Lyonnais of France, West LB Securities
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  • 306 32 JAKARTA The Indonesian government lifted all export limits on the country's coffee traders on Tuesday m a bid to maintain a strong share of a depressed market. Mr Paian Nainggolan, Director General of Foreign Trade, toid reporters the new regulation resulted from a
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  • 121 32 WASHINGTON The Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed the consideration of new rules aimed at increasing the information disclosed during corporate takeover battles. The commission was scheduled to look into the new rules yesterday morning but a decision was taken on Tuesday to shelve
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  • 186 32  -  Catherine C. Ong By Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG Hongkong's flamboyant comics king Tony Wong was charged on Tuesday with bribing a policeman to be his bodyguard after months of government investigation into the affairs of his company, Jademan Holdings. Wong, 39, was jointly charged
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  • 214 32 WELLINGTON New Zealand's anti-trust body, the Commerce Commission, said it has denied initial clearance to Helenus Corp to buy New Zealand Steel. The commission said it was concerned that a major source of imported steel for New Zealand, The Broken Hill Pty
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  • 117 32 Texas Air chief paid $2.4 m despite losses ATLANTA Texas Air Corp suffered a US$7l9--million (551.39-billion) loss last year, the most of any US airline company. But Chairman Frank Lorenzo's US$l.25-million (552.42-million) cash compensation made him one of the nations high-est-paid airline chief executives. Texas Air's annual proxy statement, which
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 377 32 BEFORE YOU BUY A MULTI-ROOM AIRCON, ASK YOUR DEALER THIS SIMPLE QUESTION: "CAN IT COOL MORE THAN 2 ROOMS AT THE SAME TIME?" DAIKIN Chances are he'll say yes. II he's a Daikin dealer Because only Daikin Econair has a compressor that lets you cool up I^F to two, three,
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  • 489 33  -  Shaun Seow Each 1% gain results m $llm m value-added, says NPB By Rattof Food Garmwrt HoUl fetal Restaurant productivity nou— Impfownwnt Add Won* wfc» iddtd Qtiftod 1% $smil $6mil $2mil $4mil $11 mil $4mil 2% TiOmH $11 mB $6mll $Bmil $22m8 $6mll
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  • 305 33  -  Catherine C. Ong By Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG The extent to which Hongkong bankers accepted gifts from customers before the major clean-up of the banking sector m 1986, was highlighted m a court case here which ended with a surprise judgment yesterday. A day
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  • 171 33 IN JUST two years of existence, the National Computer Board's Small Enterprise Computerisation Programme (SECP) has helped 211 small and medium-sized businesses, with 89 of them having completed computerisation so far. Disclosing this yesterday, Mr Ko Kheng Hwa, Director of NCB's Information Technology Application
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  • OVERSEAS MARKETS ROUND-UP
    • 279 33 THE Nikkei Stock Average yesterday surged to close above the psychological 35,000 mark for the first time m light trade, just after touching a record traded high. The index flirted with record highs all morning before finally breaking
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    • 107 33 LATE buying prevented another day of losses and share prices closed mixed to firmer on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Brokers said sentiment m the afternoon was influenced by the firm Tokyo market. Its barometer, the Nikkei Stock Average, shot up another 273.46 yen to a new
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    • 52 33 SHARE prices m Hongkong eased on cautious sentiment yesterday, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 2.29 points to 2,635.90, giving up a gain of some 21 points m the morning. The Hongkong Index shed 1.77 to end at 1,739.03. Turnover rose to HK$l.O6 billion from HK5911.31 million on
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    • 62 33 AUSTRALIAN shares closed slightly higher yesterday m line with a favourably received Federal Budget and the A51.71-billion July current account deficit, dealers said. The All-Ordinaries Index closed seven points higher at 1,718.90, but was well off its earlier peak at 1,732.50. National turnover was 117.29 million shares worth A5248.44
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    • 71 33 WALL Street had another day of ups and downs on Tuesday, but finished on the upside with the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 leading industrials picking up 9.67 points to close at 2,687.59. Trading was low, m comparison to last week's frenzied sessions, with just 149 million
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    • 60 33 SHARE prices ended slightly higher on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday after a session m which prices moved within a narrow range m thin and cautious trading. The Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index ended up 0.3 of a point, or 0.01 per cent, at 2,326.20. But the Financial
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  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • 149 33 RIDGID Kollmann Pipe and Drain Cleaning Equipment RIDGID Kollmann offers you the best of 9^S^w^%L both drain cleaning technologies. Sectional^C types for high speed cleaning action ar\6^£ pJr***^A drum types with self contained cable K37 J&T Capacity: KISOOB X 20mm to Capacity: 75mm 50mm to Equipment performance Diameter 250 mm
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    • 127 33 THE GATEWAY OPENS EARLY NEXT YEAR These days, accessiblity is the key to commercial success. For us this location is perfect. It's easy for people, whatever form of transport they use. And it's economical for all. We're delighted/ American International Assurance A vision for tomorrow. The Gateway designed by I.M.
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  • SINGAPORE SHARE PRICES
    • 75 34 Straits Times Industrials 1989 High 1379.96 (14 Aug 89) 1988 High 1177 87 (8 Aug 88) 1987/88 Low 700.45 (7 Dec 87) AH time High 1505 40 (26 Aug 87) All time Low 74.75 (17 Sep 64) Business Times Composite 1989 High 1261.03 (14 July 89) 1988
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    • 48 34 Chuan Hup Wrt 94 12.721 m Chuan Hup Notes 11.342 m Insas Bhd 50C 8.003 m UE 3.744 m Landmarks H 50C 3.360 m L M Wrts 3.234 m MBf Hldgs 50C 2.479 m M Resources 2.424 m Promet 2.071 m Chuan Hup Wrts 2.054 m
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    • 41 34 Sector Volume Value Industrials 2.148 m 2 306 m Finance 333,000 506 260 Hotels 99,000 114 140 Properties 470,000 588 920 Bonds, Loans, Wrts 773,000 940,635 Plantations 24,000 40 360 Mining 10,000 15 700 Total 3J57 m 4.512 m
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    • 66 34 Mam Board Wednesday Tuesday Industrials 43.629 m 47.727 m Finance 7.091 m 10.218 m Hotels 2.568 m 6.321 m Properties 14.426 m 25.378 m Bonds, Loans, Wrts 39 329 m 12.548 m Plantations 3 089 m 2.697 m Mining 511,000 3.259 m Total volume 110.643 m 108.148 m
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    • 5111 34 TRANSACTION DATE: AUGUST 16, 1989 Gr'» Or* IM9 T«l La* Vol Day Last Quota Olv Dlv Y'M Nat M Cap High Low Code Company Sal* or- (000) High Low Buyer Sallar V. Cvr P/E Smll INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL: A-J IS4 lit t 1000 Acma 147 +4 110 147
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    • 543 34  - Selective buying boosts ST Index after dull opening Steven Pak I MARKET REPORT By LATE bargain-hunting, which was helped by Tokyo's record close, enabled the Singapore stock market to close narrowly mixed after shares generally traded m negative territory for the larger part of the day. Selective buying m certain
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    • 566 34 284 124 t 1543 CX Tang Wl *****30 231 236 81 75 1591 Chuan Hup Note»79* ***** 81 75 79* 80 45* 14* t 1500 Chuan Hup Wrt» 31 -1* 2064 32 28* 30* 31 57 52* 1580 Chuan Hup Wl 9456* ***** 57 52* 58
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    • 291 34 168 120 t 4000 Amtek Eng 20* 152 unch 156 155 152 151 152 10 ON 7 1 13 10 8 64 6 93 70* 4008 Fuji OftMt 20* 77 1 37 77 76* 77 77* 10 ON 4 6 2 6 8 5 25 4 215 138 4001
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    • 335 34 Al shares quoted have a par value of $1. unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rifhts. N Ta« exempted dividend P/E ratios and gross yields of foreign shares are adjusted for currency differences. Trustee stocks under CPf Approved Investment Scheme. J Margin stocks. ABN is traded m lots of
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    • 242 34 Manager's prices for OCBC SIMBL Investment Mgt MARA Bumiputra AuqtlSt 17 Savers Capital Fund 1 06 I 10 First Bputra 738 743 w Saws Trust Fund 106 MO Second Bputra 6 78— 683 Third Bputra 472 477 Singapore Unit TrUSt Fourth Bputra 583 588 The commerce il l
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  • MARKET SUMMARY
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      100 35 Volume 110.64 m units 2.49 m) Value: $161.25 m 37.25 m) Indices August 15 August 16 ST Industrials 1371.57 1377.30 ST Finance 2570.36 2562.92 ST Hotels 1043.00 1048.77 ST Properties 784.51 781.97 ST Minings 230.18 227.88 ST Plantations 1483.72 1481.87 BT Composite 1247.34 1246.57 BT 08/ OS -45 +15
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    • 43 35 August 16 Change Kuala Lumpur NST Industrial 2389.08 +5.1 Hongkong Hang Seng Index 2635.90 2.29 Tokyo Nikkei Stock Average *****.15 273.46 Sydney Australian All-Ordinaries 1718.90 +7.0 New York Dow Jones Average (Tues) 2687.59 +9.67 London Financial Times 30 (Tues) 1947.80 2.5
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    • 112 35 PRIME RATE Average Prime Lending Rate 5.625% Average of Singapore's Big Four Local Banks ASIAN CURRENCY UNIT Contract dat*. 16/t/M CURRENCY 1 MTN 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTN 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE US$ 8% B>/« 8 Vm JH 8 18/8/89 AJ 16% 16V4 16/2 164 15%
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    • 177 35 DM V S5 H« AJ/USJ E/USS m Open ***** ***** ***** ***** 0 7565 1.5800 Close 1.9407 ***** ***** 7.8062 0 7578 1.5750 Source Astley t Puree SPOT RATES Singapore dollars to on* unit of foreign currency Buyinf 00 Seing US dollar 1.9440 1.9620 Sterling pound 3 0633
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    • 111 35 Physical (Ss) Tues Wed Kilobar 22.931 23.081 22.121 23.271 100 gm 2,302-2,327 2.321 2,346 50 gm 1.153-1.168 1,163-1,178 20 gm 459-471 463-475 5 gm 115—124 116—126 1 gm 23—32 23-32 Button coins (Ss/oi) Spore bullion com /13 -729 719—735 Canadian maple leaf 735-741 741 -747 Australian nugget 736-
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  • 526 35  -  Chow Chee Sun Company expects significant improvement for the full year By UNITED OVERSEAS LAND, the hotel and property arm of United Overseas Bank, has reinforced its turnaround last year with a solid set of results for the first six months of this
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  • 227 35 FAR East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd (FELS) has received a bonus of US$l3O,OOO (*****,200) from Marathon Oil Company (MOC) for early delivery of a pipe-rack module. The shipyard was awarded a $5-million contract m September last year to build the rack, and the
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  • 644 35  - Adviser to Sing Land independent directors in favour of Gateway deal Sharon Lau 25-cents-a-share offer is 'fair and reasonable' By SHAREHOLDERS of Singapore Land should vote m favour of the controversial and much-publicised Gateway Land deal, says Baring Brothers Co, the merchant bank advising the independent directors. Whether Sing Land
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  • 362 35  -  Doreen Siow By MR PAUL SUN, the Tokyobased Chinese property tycoon who has accumulated assets of about $350 million m Singapore within the last 12 months, likes Singapore so much that he has applied for permanent residence. At a cocktail function yesterday evening
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  • 337 35 Haw Par reports modest rise in net group earnings TRADING and investment holding group Haw Par Brothers International saw a modest increase m interim group net profit after a one-year hiatus. But operating profit was down a marginal 1 per cent to $11.34 million for the first six months to
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  • 166 36 OCBC group holds 51 of management shares in SPH THE Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) group now controls more than half of the management shares m media conglomerate Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). SPH said yesterday that OCBC Bank and its associate, Great Eastern Life Assurance Co, own 16.8 per cent and
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  • 370 36  -  Lynette Ong By HONGKONGERS' current interest m Singapore has generated more business for The Emigrant, a Hongkong-based magazine which provides information on regulations, living conditions and investment opportunities m various countries. The one-year-old magazine which belongs to the Asian
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  • 276 36 SEOUL South Korea's economy, after three galloping years, has slowed to a steady trot but continued growth depends on a stable currency and increased corporate investment, a leading economic think-tank said. The government-funded Korea Development Institute (KDI) predicted gross national product
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  • 51 36 WASHINGTON US factories operated at 83.6 per cent of their capacity last month, a rate unchanged from June, while their production last month rose 0.2 per cent, the Federal Reserve Board announced yesterday. Industrial capacity use had fallen 0.3 per cent m June, the Fed added.
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  • 25 36 NEW YORK The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was up 9.68 points at 2,697.46 m the first hour of trading yesterday. AP
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  • 305 36  -  Gerry de Silva By ABOUT 160 workers will be laid off at American typewriter manufacturer Smith Corona's factories here as part of its worldwide retrenchment exercise. The exercise will involve only foreign workers among Smith Corona's staff at the company's Bedok and
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  • 396 36 FLUSH with a record $367 million worth of overseas contracts m the first half nearly double that m the first half of last year Singapore contractors are looking forward to "another all-time high this year", said the Construction Industry Development Board.
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    • 10 1 THE STRAITS TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1989. The Straits Times
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      • 1461 1 SPECIAL DELIVERY Midwife Queenie Tan, who has delivered countless babies, also delivered three of her own m her bedroom while her husband slept. She tells LIM YEEN FONG why she chose to have her babies m this unusual and risky way. 4 The moment when the head is
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      • 276 1 A cry in the dark MR TAN VOW KHENG, 44, Mrs Tan's husband, admitted to being "a bit shocked the first time" when he was woken up by the bawling of his second child who had just been delivered by his wife. "I was scared, yet I had confidence m
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      • 484 1 Lli— !f Congratulations to Mr Tan Keong Choon, chairman, The Chinese High School/Hwa Chong Junior College Management Committee on being awarded the Public Service Star (Bar) From: THE CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL/HWA CHONG JUNIOR COLLEGE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE THE CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL BOARD OF GOVERNORS HWA CHONG SENIORS 1 CLUB HWA CHONG
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    • Society
      • 797 2 Are coloured contact lenses risky and unnatural, or just fun and fashionable? Sharon Yeo finds out. I IT'S HIDEOUS Ghastly! If nature had intended jet-haired Chinese women to have green eyes, she would have seen to it. An Englishman with a Singaporean wife IT'S FUN 6 M
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      • 543 2 HELSINKI'S public saunas, traditional meeting places where Finns relax and exchange gossip m the humid heat, are disappearing m the modern, affluent city. Until 20 years ago, there were about 150 m the capital, according to the Finnish Sauna Society. Now, there are just
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      • 265 3 MOST Singaporean mothers observe some form of post-na-tal rest for a period after the baby's birth. This time commonly called the confinement ranges from 30 to 50 days, during which the mother is fed nourishing food and encouraged to stay indoors, if not always m
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        427 3 THE Chinese are more likely to employ a confinement maid whose job it is to look after the mother and her newborn baby. Often, the mother-in-law or the mother's own mother fulfils this role, as m the case of Madam A.M. Tham, 73. The Cantonese housewife recently offered
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        335 3 THE Indian mother-to-be always returns to her own mother's house to deliver her baby, after which she would stay for a period of between three and six months. This, according to Mrs V.B. Sharma, a civil servant m her 50s and a mother of four, is because "the
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      • 321 3 FOR the Malays, the confinement lady is the masseuse who gives the mother a daily massage for 40 days to help her regain her shape and strength. The massage with herbal oil, which lasts for about an hour and a half, starts the day after delivery at a
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        199 3 LIKE most other cultural aspects of the Eurasian community, beliefs and practices surrounding childbirth are a blend of Chinese and Malay customs. Said Mrs D (who does not want to be identified), a 64--year-old Eurasian mother of three: "We don't have confinement maids. It's usually the mother who
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    • Arts & Leisure
      • 748 4 Mary Rose Gasmier talks to members of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama who are here to stage The Two Gentlemen From Verona. ONE of Britain's premier drama schools wants to give Singaporeans a rare treat, with a play produced specially for this trip. Rare
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        676 4 Mary Rose Gasmier Bottled Blighters! THE amazing things directors do. Actress-director Christine Lim's most recent addition to her list of accomplishments is bottling cockroaches. Fortunately the little blighter was not going to be put to the same use as bottled preserves. She did it for cast member, Koh Bin
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      • 409 4 ALL Women Do It so goes the intriguing translation of Mozart's famous comic opera Cosi Fan Tutte. Like the women, audiences will have an evening of fun at the performance of this opera m English by six European Opera singers. Singapore is the last stop
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      • 653 4 THE events of May and June m China first heartening, then appalling have left their mark on the country's film-makers. The so-called "fifth generation" of Chinese film-makers, the first graduates from the Beijing Film Academy after the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) and the first to
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        169 4 IN THE age of electronic howls, Geoffrey Saba still plays the nerve-thrilling, soulstorming music of Romanticism. Australian Geoffrey Saba is one of the world's most famous romantic pianists, and a prize winner at the prestigious Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition m Israel. Having played with the Singapore
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    • Bilingual
      • 689 5 Drama Festival 1989 Three women search for warmth and friendship through fond memories only to become trapped m the vicious circle of life. Goh Beng Choo reports. THEY are a long way from childhood but, emotionally, they hanker for the simple and intimate friendships they
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      • 605 5  -  By Guan Libing THE success story of Taiwanese singer Chiao Chuan confirms that the Mandarin pop scene has changed. No longer are fans clamouring for good-looking, brawny male singers. Now, the top singers m the Taiwanese recording industry are averagelooking guys, like
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      • 602 5  -  FAMILY By Singapore I-Lien Drama Society Victoria Theatre Tuesday Goh Beng Choo CAO YU's plays are never easy to tackle. The venerable playwright of China had a fervour for social reform, hated the corrupted feudalistic system of his country (prior to the communist take-over
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      • 716 5  -  Tan Ban Huat By THE massacre m Beijing on June 4 jolted Hongkong artist Shirley Ma Kei Van out of the serenity m her world of art. She began to paint, at least for a while, something that expressed her feelings about, the killings. There
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      • 928 6 Sublime Islamic music at its traditional best can be heard this weekend at the Traditional Music Of The Muslim World Concert m Kuala Lumpur. JALAL AL-DIN RUMI, the celebrated sufi (Muslim metaphysicist) of the 13th century, was reported to have said: "There are many paths
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      • 561 6 JALAL Al-DIN RUMI, sufi yang terkenal dalam kurun ke-13, pernah dilaporkan sebagai berkata: "Terdapat banyak jalan yang membawa ke arah Tuhan. Jalan yang saya pilih ialah melalui tarian dan muzik." Rumi, seorang daripada pujangga mistik Islam yang terkenal mungkin boleh mencari kekuatan menerusi kepercayaannya kepada Quran,
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      • 540 6 By Mardiana Abu Bakar EXPERIMENTAL Malay theatre was not the only thing Lut Ali talked about last Sunday. With Junaidah Jumari, Khairul Anuar Salleh and half the young cast of Singapore Kemuning Society's On Your Mark, Get Set ...Go! as the attentive audience, he
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      • 958 9 53 Club Membership* RAFFLES COUNTrT"cLUB or Jurong Country Club membership wanted. Pis offer to tel: *****64. RCC CO-OPERATE mimbtfihlp willing to buy at good price. Offered to tel. *****41 (Mr Park). TMCC ORDINARY MEMBERSHIP for transfer. Interested please call *****90. highest offer secures TMCC OR RCC Corporate Membership, willing to
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      • 935 9 60 Privete Investigation/ 60 Privete Investigation/ Security Agencies Security Agencies CID LICENSED INVESTIGATORS n Pjj^ ADVANCE WORLDWIDE DETECTIVE AGENCY Licensed by the Singapore Police Force Managed by a team of ex Police Officers Discreet Confidential Investigations with immediate results. /\>7 Adultery/drvoroe evidence iJ s>^ s s S _M^rf S Tracing
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      • 721 9 74 Printing/ Copying Services Namt- Cards (Wh.le You Wait I I etterheads Forms Invones Invitations Cards Envelopes Stickers KOH QUICK QUALITY PRINTING CALL US TODAY AT »03 43 People's Park Centre i Tel: *****32, *****43 J PRBCTBIQ or NAME cards, letterheads, Invoices, brochures, etc. at factory rates. A OREY Printers.
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      • 980 9 77 Commercial Vessels FOR CHARTER/ SALE 2 unite of Ittor barges with harbour craft licence Hopper Barges: 2 x 420 cv. metres 2 x 576 ru metres 220 ft barge/ 2200 HP tug available for charter In Penang on/ about 17/Aug/89 150 ft barge/ 3000 hp tug available for charter
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      • 701 9 79 Business 79 Business Opportunities Opportunities INTERNATIONAL TENDERS IN BL ANOAOESH Qovernment Depta/ Corporations floated tenders for supply Of design, engineering, equipments, Erection and Commissioning of two LPO bottling plants on turnkey basis, supply of Machinery and equipments for manufacturing crown cork and constructions of fly overs on turnkey basis
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      • 482 11 98 Secretarial/ Clerical 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Positions A wall diversified and progressive company providing construction related services invite applications for the posts of: 1) ACCOUNTS SUPERVISOR To be overall m charge of the) accounts. c LCC Higher In Accounting c Preferably with knowledge of PC c Minimum 5 years
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      • 473 11 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions j A multi-national I company located at 1 Upper Paya Lebar 1 Road invites I applications for: Responsible for the clerical work m the export department Possess GCE O' or N p level certificate Ability to type Preferably with one year working experience m a computerised
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      • 671 12 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Established Trading Company urgently require* FEMALE GENERAL CLERK c OCE 'OV 'N' level a Able to type a Mln. 1 year experience a Shipping knowledge advantageous c 8700 p.m. Walk In or write to: 122 Middle Road #0843 MkMtnk Plesa (0718) Tot *****06 EetahHohad Stock-brofclng Firm
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      • 583 12 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Lssdhig Umtooi exporter requires urgently A. SECRETARY B. GENERAL CLERK Office located In Textile Centre, Jalan Sultan Thoae Intereeted. plaaoa lor: *****71/ *****60 foe etppotn tmon I Local Traneport Company requires GENERAL CLERK c OCE 'O' level a Able to type Pleaee caH 261-1133 tor an
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      • 892 12 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Poalttona Urgently required: FEMALE GENERAL CLERK c OCE 'OV 'N' Levels Able to type c Has Initiative, willing to learn c With or without experience c School leavers are welcome ■HK-m miecwiew en 814. Chai Chee Lane. #O(MM Bedok Industrial Estate Singapore 1546 Tel: 445-5778 URGENTLY REOUMES
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      • 946 12 96 Secretarial/ Clerical PoaltJona URGENTLY REQUIRED A Olrl Friday with knowledge of typing, secretarial duties. Pleasant personality. For Immediate employment pis. call *****03 or *****04 WANTED FEMALE GENERAL Clerk urgently. Able to speak Mandarin li do typing. Salary $600 or above. Interview at #03-11 People's Park Ctr Tel: *****38 CLERK
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      • 311 12 99 Sales Portions SALES MANAGER WANTED Dynamic Sales Manager required by a Leading and Established Perfume Company to promote our products as well as supervise Salesgirls at Leading Department Stores Outlets. Attractiva salary, commission, car allowance and othar fringa benefits offarad. Must own a car Tel: *****52/ *****17 or call
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      • 538 13 99 Sates Poaitiona 99 Sales Poaitiona 99 Sales Poaitiona BBBBaßßßßMl^Lv^^^^Lam W mmW^mT^m X I W* I A BBV 'M I jßiaflß Cold Storage Supermarkets, a name which Is synonymous with Good Food at Great Value, has career opportunities for Part-time and Full-time employment asCASHIERS SALES ASSISTANTS MALE/FEMALE Interested applicants, please
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      • 372 13 Fwa ara an •tabii.had I company markatlng ranownad I brands of alaclrlcal houaahotd appllaneaa. Aa part of our axpanalon program, wa hava I opaftflrtQa for aoflraaaiva SALES PROMOTERS (about 8513.000 pa.) a Age above 20 years a Able to converse fluently In English, Mandarin and major local dialects a Completed
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      • 670 13 99 Sales Poaitiona 99 Sales Poaitiona I THE GETZ CORPORATION I II We are an established American Multinational 9 m Company engaged m the marketing and distri- 9 butior, of a wide range of consumer and industrial I m products. In line with our expansion programme m H *m the
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      • 447 13 99 B*i— Poefflont 99 Bal— PoeHkw \*l KLENCO (S) PTE LTD I One of ASEAN s leading cleaning supplier \V I seeks candidate* for the following position: SALES I REPRESENTATIVES (Karcher High Pressure Cleaner Division) A challenging and exciting job awaits the right candidate to join the lively sales team.
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      • 512 13 99 Sales Positions 99 Sales Positions rWALK- IN INTERVIEW 1 7/8 22/8 1 pm 6pm) TELEROLLS PAPERS INDUSTRIES PTE LTD As part of an expansion programme a leading manufacturer of paper product has immediate vacancies for the following posts: SALES REPRESENTATIVES I reporting to the Senior Marketing Manager, the candidates
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      • 597 13 99 Sales Positions Tpart-time/^ 1 full-time salesgirls WANTED Wr# 4ir# IOOKIOQ fOC ottlVo~ girts to promote our range of well-known Perfume* at Leading Departmental Storee and at Changl Airport Duty Free Shops. Part-time Promoters to work at Changl Airport, 3-4 days a week (8 hours per day) c Attractive basic
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      • 591 14 99 Seles Poelttons Expanding Publishing House requires EXECUTIVES (MaJe/Femaiet Mm 2 yrs ules experience Tenacity to source (or new business opportunities Must possess motor vehicle BENEFITS Good basic salary Generouj sales commission Transport allowance Profit sharing for goal-getters Opportunities for overseas travel Interested call 29MSM ext 3 1 for an
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      • 658 14 99 Sales Positions Immediate requirements: 1. SALES COORDINATORS CUM MERCHANDISERS c OCE 'O' Level c Bilingual and able to speak dialects c Oood Interpersonal communication skills c Able to service department stores and supermarkets houseware c Monthly salary $600 r transport allowance 2 TEMPORARY PROMOTERS to station et oopt. storee
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      • 891 14 99 Sales Positions Sin Huet Bullion (8) Pte Ltd (Member of Slmex) Opportunity open for the post BROKER Mo experience required as training will be provided. Requirements: Mln. 4 OCE O' levels 21 years and above Pleeee call rerrence et 22SSSS1 eat. 17S a 177 CAREER GROWTH IN Financial Market
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      • 1105 14 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions FOR A FRESH CHANGE, GO TO JAPAN At SANYO COMPRESSOR, we'll send you to Japan for new skills and training development Join us as our: issXflG I i? '£i tli*V V To
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      • 593 14 100 Technical Positions I M Favimo SINGAPORE LIMITED requires MACHINISTS/ TOOLMAKERS NTC 3 m Metal Machining Retevant experience TRAINEE TRADESMEN GCE O level Malaysians with 5 O's may apply QC INSPECTORS Relevant experience MATERIAL HANDLERS Able to read and write English PRODUCTION OPERATORS Able to perform shift work Please walk-In
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      • 486 15 100 Tachnkal Positions 100 Technical Positions W//// ©INDECO Mi/ m ENGINEERS II \Wk\n\ntorviews on 17 and 18 August from 9 am to 5 pm 19 August from 9amto 1 2 noon D Assistant Engineers (Electrical Maintenance) Duties To lead a team of technicians and artisans m the maintenance of electrical
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      • 480 15 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions A leading Chemical manufacturing Company m Jurong urgently requires Requirements: GCE O 1 level/Science Stream preferred Working experience not necessary Salary Range: $700-$ 1.1 INI pm Requirements: Primary 6or equivalent Experience not necessary Must be prepared to work on shifts Starting salary exclude overtime:
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      • 558 15 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions An established Material Handling BBJ^^H Equipment, Low Cost Automation manufacturing company with operations H>49 In Singapore Malaysia has immediate B^J vacancies for the following positions: H 1. SPRAY Marl PAINTER ■H 2. SHEET METAL B^S FABRICATOR/ gH WELDER lEa 3. FITTER IbJ 4. DRIVER
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      • 607 15 100 Technical Positions 100 Technical Positions wr ti Draughtswoman STI Graduate with ITC drawing and design certificate or 1 year mechanical draughting experience Trainee/Tool Making NTC 3 metal machining with experience preferred CNC Machinist Completed Sec. 4 with NTC 3 preferred Interested applicants please call *****45 Mrs Llm for Interview
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      • 356 15 We are a fast growing Co. dealing In Electrical Si Electronics parts. We have Immediate vacancies for the following positions: TECHNICIAN (MALE/ FEMALE) c OCE O' level c Preferably technical stream c Age 18 above FEMALE OPERATOR c Secondary education c Understand simple English c Age 18 Si above Salactad
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      • 640 15 100 Technical Positions PROJECT CO-OROINATOR c Diploma holder/ OCE 'A' level (Male/ Female) a Able to read technical drawings c Preferably with experience In sheetmetal Industries a Salary negotiable based on experience c Promotion It career advancement shall be potential to the right candidate Interested applicants please write In or
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      • 660 15 100 Technical Positions JHMS TRADING CONTRACTOR requires 1. MIG WELDERS 2. MECHANICAL FITTERS Able to do drilling, punching It blending machinery and gas cutting. Call personalty at; Blk 91 Corporation Drive #01-764. Singapore 2261 Teh 269-0220 (near Jurong Camp) onshore Tnrjlniirinrj rnmpanj~ looking for: DESIGN DRAFTSMAN a 3 years mech.
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      • 633 16 iui rroaucnon rosmona iui rroaucuon rosmons iui rroauciion rosmons iui rroauciion fosmons iui Kroauction Positions 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions Normal Shi?K I Part-Time\ FEMALE SPECIAL BONUS Mto^Uw^f I s.3op°m *H pm f "andZly "JrinuT r- -v PRODUCTION 4*r\ ADEDATADC \J^ IUII Sun-Mon(l2.lsam-7am) V I EKM II VIW Starting
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      • 198 16 SUNOSTOONO E WALK IN INTERVIEW Thursday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Possess GCE O" Level education Familiar with basic Inspection equipment Read and interpret drawing Alternatively, interested applicants may write-in stating qualifications, experience, present/ expected salary, a recent photograph contact telephone number toThe Personnel Officer 1 8 Bedok
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      • 654 16 101 Production Positions 101 Production PoeWons 101 Production Positions I Seiko Instruments Singapore Pte. Ltd SEIKO) aaM^ B \*Syjk starting Hkf BASIC S AI_AR V VSIJ|U (COR M*k tes?M n^M Jmo $46o lPm |§2n| t^^^^ REQUIREMENTS: fl^^x mp^ Primary 6 and above Those with 3 'O' levels will start at
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      • 795 17 101 Production Po»ition» 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions >\ plus many more prizes of r^Jf If xVir'T^ 11^^^^O^v^Lj^Cw^ shopping vouchers worth A s( Yes, everyone gets a prize because W^^^M\ jThS/^^Y we want you to have a happy start Jm i M \Mu
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      • 432 17 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions Asahi Techno Vision, a subsidiary of Asahi Glass, Japan m __T_l j_^. is one of the world's leading manufacturer of quality M LjJ^\ m colour TV glass. Our $300 million new plant m Tuas M r^ requires: %_p^
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      • 469 17 101 Production Positions US RINGBINDf R O WPTiUD hot voconeies for the 9 following position* TOOL DIE-MAKER/ O PRECISION MACHINIST /--> (4pm to lam) NTC 2/Croftomon Cer- tificate In loot ft Die making/ Precision Mo Q chining or equivalent Some related working experience PRESS OPERATORS O Stamping (7am to 4pm)
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      • 644 18 ifcjl)j!fil*fp?lffM STOREHAND j|^^y^W^^^^ Mm. Pri. 6 education Wy^fTrWW^t^^^ Age 20 30 years oc checker TBTff!TrTOT??fM Sec 2 and above vS^P^^B^f^'^'TPrT'f^^^Bj Age 18 25 years BV^^PVWWMNA^V^yfI Experience not necessary IH IfffSHH FEMALE PP^W^Wm PRODUCTION Wfr&*i**m OPERATORS I MH|Mttifl A 9 e 15 40 y ears Walk-In Interview: Monday Friday (Bam spm)
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      • 544 18 r.w«»«w.w»wi rwmwn» lv I rroaUCIIOn KOtITIOOS ff^HONSON^ Fxpanding Flcclro-Mcchanical Components manufacturer urgently requires:I) Production Supervisor 2 O.A. Supervisor 3 Q.A Clerk 4 Delivery Personnel 5 Store Personnel For Post 1 I o supervise a team of operators to produce planned quantity of parts at desired quality level and ensure smooth
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      • 601 18 i 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions filJMDuiimiwinHiiiiim Hi, are you looking for job?? Now we have immediate vacancies for you. I. Machine Operators (Female/Male) •Age between 18-35 years •Completed at least Pri. 6 education •Able to operate small power presses 11. Production Operators (Female) •Age between 16-45 years •Completed
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      • 444 18 101 Production Positions 101 Production Positions iTvi I SINGAPORE PTE LTD A newly established American high technology manufacturer of infrared optics components has immediate vacancies for: Sec 2or GCE N' Level No experience necessary as training will be provided Excellent prospects for advancement Transport allowance provided We offer excellent career
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      • 320 18 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions I ISETAN Singapore totcyo PETIT MONDE CAFE (Katong) bbUl*Jm9ULtm4J aar^^T*TT3Bai Experience not necessary as training will be provided Age 16 to 30 years. Singapore citizen Salary Ss63o and above plus attractive fringe benefits will be offered to selected applicants WALK-IN INTERVIEW Today or Tomorrow from
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      • 765 19 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions Lounge Positions Lounge Positions Lounge Positions *3qSB-\ cater to our xJHULb w Special Delivery Service pr~r JrT |^K|W^l*2 s:^' Requirements: :^m Possess a Class 2 Driving Licence |fi| Able to work
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      • 355 19 RESTAURANT HOSHIGAOKA We Invite suitable applicants to Join our team of hard working personnel at our JAPANESE FAMILY RESTAURANT Branches. WALK-IN INTERVIEW MONDAY TO FRIDAY 3 PM TO 6 PM APOLLO HOTEL BRANCH 405 Havelok Road. 102-OO Waitresses (Full/ Part- time) Weekdays or weekends available Trainee Cooks 1 1.30 am
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      • 986 19 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 102 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions ■DSi|&U|QjH I £W\ W^Bt§jti£Y??fa?W^UM I Ar><xu3 hoiii ti>MAPon< requires BtTTTTTTrj^Bi aaVavCy afIBHP V^HMHtHMHI^I Gee Lav^ lakS^iaUiSSaWjM Effectively bt-llngual eepecialiy wlth 9° o<} command of Engttsh BLf^TT' It )m \7^^^gtßK Minimum 1 yeer releted j*jt??^P^a"TiTaaiißa^H experience. Aota t0 <yP« >f>d ham
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      • 802 19 104 Othsr Positions 104 Othf Positions 104 Oth#r Positions WkßßSbds The Employment Classified Sect -n Material Benefits: Uonrllarc startin 9 p B^ p^ da y nai iv ici o 54 ay visqi Permanent Ist Shift Medical benefits Male Singaporeans Recreational activities Age: 18 above Increment after confirmation D KEPPEL CLUB
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      • 374 20 104 Otrf r Portion* 104 OthT Po«itlon« flE| LEX SUN INDUSTRIAL fe PTE LTD An establish Singapore Operations specialising m custom manufacturing of Precision Stampings, Moldings and Sub-Assemblies requires the following positions MAIN OFFICE AQC Manager V Diploma m Mechanical Engineering with relevant experience m the Stamping, Molding ana Sub-Assemblies
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      • 339 20 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions UIC CHEMICALS PTE. LTD. Our expansion plans necessitate the recruitment of the following additional sales and delivery personnel: I VAN SALESMEN 1 (2 Vacancies) Direct selling skills delivery experience to provision shops, mini marts, medical halls, other sm.ill retailers conversant m Hnglish, Mandarin major
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      • 559 20 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions ■I \M\ Walk m interview PRIMA LIMITED requires 1. DIESEL MOTOR MECHANIC a. completed N.S. b. possess NTC 3 Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanics preferably c. preferably with some years of working experience d. must possess Class 5 driving licence c. prepare to work shift
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      • 514 20 104 OthT Positions 104 Other Positions H| We invite suitable applicants for the following |H SK appointments: Ov B Junior Secretary BK Must have relevant experience. SB Able to work independently. H Receptionist cum W General Clerk ■R Must have relevant experience. T^p |H Able^tp commence work immediately. -'.'jR H
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      • 776 20 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions We have immediate vacancies for 1. FEMALE SALES ASSISTANTS (Bakery) 2. FEMALE COUNTER SALES ASSISTANTS (Cafe) 3. FEMALE PANTRY ASSISTANTS (Cafe) 4. MALE ASSISTANT BAKERS (Bakery) Salary f meals transport allowances gross over $700. Experience not necessary but must be hardworking Sales b Counter
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      • 1073 21 Swing alc^Hpßreat Buys BH^^ZVl^^ Ib jj^i^rßl I^h ~~=aß*k ma aaS IbbbVßbbbl Laf Lfl BS 119 ■a^^^^^VaMß a^BBBBaV BBbB A _^H B^BBBBBBBBbI^BBBBbB BBBBBbB i^LI^BBBBBB? "^Kb^B^^^B bK^^BBBBB^BBBBBiBBBaaBBaa^ r m^JOOBB^B— Bf y fIB^B^HiaaBBBBBBBBBBBW^BB^BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BBbV BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbV BBBBB^BB^bI bBbBBbI BBB^bV ÜBJ^BBB^^ -^^BBBBBBbP^bB PVAbI S*? I a^feBBBBBBBBBBai BB^BBBBBBBBBHBBBBBBBBa9^B^|BBBB^^^^^«aB BBBBBaI bB I «BBBBBBBbB BB^bß BBB^^B~ I \^Br
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      • 501 22 BRl V) MAGU Centrepoint #01-JO ユ Forum Galleria #01-46 2^^■^^aSSsseaß^^ss2^S2SsS^^2 104 Othf Posittons Due to expansion, we require reliable tt hardworking person- nel for the following positions: A. TRAFFIC CONTROLLER CUM CHECKER 8. COURIER CONTRACTORS For poartione A. B: t a Applicants must have good knowledge of Singapore roads buildings
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      • 618 22 104 Othar Positions We require I) FIELD SUPERVISORS I) PATROL SUPERVISORS JUNIOR SUPERVISORS/ SENIOR GUARDS Relevant experience In security work t Previous experience In supervision control and deployment of personnel for post (A) tt (B) > Must possess class 2 driving licence and own a motorcycle for post (A) it
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      • 571 22 104 Other Positions (Factory) FASHION PRODUCTION COORDINATOR $1,000 $1,500 PM Must have good fashion sense 47 good knowledge of fashion trends Artistically Inclined Knowledge of dress-making Mandarin speaking female, age 20-35 years Interview 11am 4pm OO PEOPLE'S PARK 4rh Storey Office TVBAeVfr AeVarT invites applications for the post of: 1.
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      • 580 22 104 Other Positiona SECURITY GUARDS (Ist a 2nd shift) required for Orchard Road area. a Able to speak and write In English a Age below 55 years and physically fit c Weekly off, annual leave, year-end bonus and medical benefit Please apply In person at: Basement. Tong Building (next to
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      • 649 22 104 Other Positions Expanding Nuraing Homo at IS Buhit Timah Avenu* (noxt to Bukit Timah Plaza) roquiro*: 1) NURSING AIDES Male applicants are welcome 2) DOMESTIC HELPERS 3) COOK Lunch providod. Training will be given for those without *xporionco. Interested please call: *****33 from 17 to 28th Aug. •89. (Mon
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      • 891 22 104 other Positions THE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF SINGAPORE LTD urgently require*: OFFICE ATTENDANT/ MESSENGER o Passed Prl.6 c Able to speak English Interested applicants please contact: TEL: *******7 *****5* 137 CECIL STREET ICS BLDQ S.OIOS Travel agoncy roquiro*: EXPERIENCED ENGLISH SPEAKING CLASS 3 DRIVER Interested walk In Interview at. Hotel
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      • 1036 22 104 Other Positions EXPERIENCED DESPATCH RIDER with own motorbike required by an Import L export co. Interested pis. call at: 37 Hong Kong St Tel: 533-4227 Irene/ Orace. FIRE EQUIPMENT CO. requires Service Mechanics with class 3 driving licence. Contact *****69 Soon Wing Bldg. #04-10, Aljunled/ Kallang Pudding Road. FULL-TIME
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      • 810 22 104 Other Positions EXPERIENCED WHARF CLERKS with driving licence required Interested, pis. call: *****21. EXPERIENCED FEMALE HAM Styllsts required at Far East Plaza Please call 737-6564. F.A. ARTISTS Vlsuallsers required. Interested, pis. call *****56. FULL-TIME CLINIC Nura* wanted In Tampines. Experience not required. Call: *****32. OENERAL OFFICE WORKERS, temporary, 2
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      • 626 22 128 Vehicle Financing/ 128 Vehicle Financing/ Insurance Insurance Immediate Processing Up to 90% Financing Finance Focal Finance Limited (A merrtoef c* the OCBC Group) <g Head Office/Main Branch: 48/51 New Bridge Road, Singapore 0105 z Tel: *****88/*****37 Branches: BuM Merah Tel: *****02/ Lavender St Tel: *****38/ *****94 *****69 Havelock Rd
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      • 542 22 131 BMW For Sale SIN HUP SENG MOTOR 163 Goldhill Contra Thomson Road Singapore 1130. Tel: *****17/ *****03 (We buy ii sell too) All 'Q* plate Si private Japanese St continental vehicles, commercial vans fc pick-ups. ISSS BMW «2SI MANUAL One lady owner Leather seats/ sunroof/ ABS BBS rims/ Pirelli
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      • 1528 23 133 Ford/ Flat For Bato 1/13 FORO TELSTAR 1 6OL. 1 co owner, power steering, accident free. $18,500 0.n.0. 14 Upp. Allunled Rd, unit SA. Tel. 281-6755 12/12 FORO LASER 1.31. Notchback 1 pte. owner, tax 11/89 *****77. t/tS FIAT REOATA 868 15 auto 1 owner, tax 1/90, brand new
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      • 729 23 Ford/ Fiat For Sato 133 Ford/ Fiat For Sato 133 Ford/ Fiat For Sato 133 Ford/ Fiat For Sale I THE NEW FIAT UNO 60 More powerful, chic, spacious economical/ 1 116 cc) $27, 900 35? o, e^H m^m EMOb^v mili J on .H^tß .^fl^Bßßß*^te^. M aBBBBB^^^^J^ I flwt^S^^ *****,
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      • 411 23 I 7/11 DATSUN 120 Y. 2 owners, alrcon.. hl-fl. Immaculate condl- tlon. Tel: 280-5166. 1 74 DATSUN 120Y Statlonwagon 5-dr. 4-seater. Interested please page 600-6082. 77 DATBUN 120Y s/wagon, alrcon, cassette, sports rims, beautiful cond., $7,600 0.n.0. *****79. 77 100A, FW. alrcon. S/rlms. Metallic paint. Tax 11/*B9. Tip top. $7,500.
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      • 501 23 135 Toyota For Sale LAI LAI MOTORS Q '88 Renault 21 Savana S/wagon. Fuel Injection. manual Q '88 Hyundai Piima 2.0 auto O'SS Mazda 920 Hardtop. manual Q *88 Toyota Super Crown 2.8 auto Q '84 Mercedes 2808 fully auto Q "84 Holden Commodore SL/X 2.0 auto O 'S3 Toyota
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      • 704 23 13S Toyota For Sala •O' '82 TOYOTA Corolla I.3DX Statlonwagon. Alrcon, radio cassette, good cond. Tel. *****00. Q *83 CRESSIDA OL Auto. 2 CO. owners. Tax 12/'B9. Supberb condition. Tel. *****61. Q 87*81 COROLLA DX 1.3. Alrcon, hlfl, beautiful cond. Tel *****90. 11 Jin. Saudara-Ku. RSOD. '78 COROLLA KE2O, alrcond,
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      • 864 23 136 Mitsubishi For Sato M^"iBSsT»JTSUBw3TanceTT OLX, 5-speed. Pte. owenr, aircon radio cassette, sports rims, accident free, central locking, original power windows. $25,600 (above). Loan: $21,000. Tel: *****13. Can trade-in. END 1983 MITSUBISHI Lancer F. Private owner, alrcon., hl-fl, sports rims, 100% good condition. No repairs needed. $17,300 (above). Loan: $14,000.
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      • 886 23 137 Mazda For Sals ABANDONING ALL CARS? ABIDED ALL ATTRACTIVE CASH PARF AND NON-PARF Honda/ Mazda/ Toyota/ Mitsubishi/ Suzuki/ Mercedes/ DalhaUu/ Ford/ Datsun All Highest Payment On The Spot We buy It sell used cars MAGNUM MOTORS TRADING MM* Koh/ Mr. Twi *****13/ *****15 (7am 11pm) 1 OWNER. MID 1982
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      • 810 23 138 Honda For Sala Spray Punting ovo Sooth Japanese car 1 0OOcc 160OCC $900 $1100 (5 Days Job) Polishing Touch up $50 $150(1 Day Job) Continental Car-pnce negotiable. (7 Days Job) Panel beating, welding and accident insurance claim service Book now: Tel: 458 2255/ *****35 YEW FAI MOTOR WORKS Blk
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      • 915 23 138 Honda For Baw» •i HONOA OUMTET. 2 pte owners, excellent cond. Pull acessorles. See to appreciate. *****32. •83 ACCORD EX Manual PARF Hlfl, nicely kept. $30,800 Trade-in/ loan *****11 •84 MODEL. CIVIC 13, 5-speed I owners, alrcon., hl-fl. s/rlms., At cond tax 11/8 B 280-5166 •94 PRELUDE. MANUAL. 2
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      • 619 24 141 Hyundai For Bala 141 Hyundai For Sata 141 Hyundai For Sal» 141 Hyundai For Sale The Excel I*3 HalehbackGLis moving fast at $34,999! aonaaF- "^^flf b^V I Cal 1 475 8888 for immediate deli^oy of the best deal intown. HYunoni Cars that make sense KOfflO£Q AUTO PTE LTD Jl'JAkiun.lraR
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      • 702 24 143 Other Makes For Sate 6/17 HOLDEN CALAIS auto, power steering, power window, cruise control, Alloy rims, Blaupunkt hl-fl, rd. tax 1/10, $69,000 0.n.0. (loan 966,000). Tel: 286-3677/ pg: 408-1988. 78 FIAT 132 engine In excellent condlUon. New alrcon and tyres. Radio cassette, paintwork upholstery In good condition. Price *****
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      • 712 24 144 Commercial Vehicles For Sate ALMOST 79 HONDA van 550. engine overhauled, new paint, new tax. Up top cond. $1,600. *****93 ALMOST 11 MITSUBISHI pick up L2OO, new paint, new tyres, hlf! $4800 0.n.0. Call *****89. APRS. 13 TOYOTA Corolla panel van. 1300 cc. Oood cond. Alrcon. ***** 0.n.0. Tel:
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      • 589 24 144 Commercial Vehicles For Sale •83 MITSUBISHI LMO van. 5-door. new tax, radio cassette, perfect engine it body. $*****. *****62. 'S3 TOYOTA HIACE dlesel 'PB' bus, 12-seater, 1 owner, alrcon good engine. $***** neg. *****80 14 FORD (MAZDA T3000) 14' Diesel Lorry, wooden body, tax 12/-89, paint/ tyres new. *****62.
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      • 955 24 146 Vahlclaa Wanfd Attractive caah paymant for any aacortdhand vahtda a PARF or non-PARF a y registration a Scrap car a Commercial vans or pickups Wa atoo buy a aaN Klndly contact MR. LEX, tat: *****76/ *****08. KWANQ CHUN TRADING ENT. Vahidaa Wantad Htghaat Caah Paymant For a Q 1
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      • 623 24 171 Property Financing 171 Property Financing ft M A Bai^^^^ Check into The Straits Times Classified on August 23 for competitive home /tfs. loans that's both i^tsik easy on the interest y^S^i and on the pocket caS tOO. I 737-1166 .^pa^Cl3^^aw [DREAM iHOMESI 172 Houses For Rant 0.11 WATTEN EST.
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      • 449 24 173 Apartmanta For Rent Luxury living m the heart erf Singapore Service Apartments available m Orchard Road vicinity complete with swimming pool, restaurant and other facilities Our newly redecorated and fully equipped service apartments are now available for your guests m Singapore Please call Leasing Office *****36 or Telex RS
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      • 836 24 173 Apartmants For Rant 173 Apartmants For Rant |f FAR EAST PLAZA SERVICE APARTMENTS TO LET LONG OR SHORT LEASE Immediate Occupation 24-hour Security System •At the junction of Swimming Pool, Tennis Scotts/Orchard Road, Court, Squash Court, next to Hyatt Hotel Billiard Room, Gymnasium Advanced Bookings and many other facilities
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      • 749 24 0.10 SPANISH VILLAGE. 3 rms. nicely furn. D 20 Far Horizon showroom, 3+l rms. Burlington Realty *****09/ *****27 0.10, 8 AROMORE an excellent 3+ 1 bdrm. apt. with facilities. Near Orchard Rd., American/ Tanglin clubs. $0000. DHE *****00 D.ll REASONABLE RENT. Must view. 2 rms./ attached. Fully alrcon F/furn. Near
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      • 1121 24 173 Apart man ts For Rant DM CLAYMORE PLAZA 800 sq ft studio apt, f/furn $2900. Sentlnl Properties *****35/2 0.1 INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. Top fir. Full seavlew. 2 bdrms Growth: 5******/ Pg *****12. D.lO ABTRIOVILLE MAIS. 3 rffll. 2000 sq ft. P/furn. $3,200 Penthouslng: 743-4777 (Jean). D.lO BALMORAL PK. 3+ 1.
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      • 1060 25 173 Apartments For Rent FOR RENT. Apt. at Calrnhill Pla fa. Furn. High level. Avail, immed tor viewing. *****73. HDB APT. FOR rental Any location. Immediate occupation. *****45/ *****81/ pg. *****58. HJU.CREST ARCADIA/ CLEMENTI Pk. 2f 1 bdrms Furn. apt. Pool tennis squash $1800. *****73 Agt. HNMKO CT. 2,000 sq.ft.
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      • 712 25 176 Apartments Wanted (Rent) GOOD RESPECTABLE FAMILY looking for 3/4/5 rms. apt. for rental for 3-6 mths. In dlst. 3/4/5. Call *****26 after 10am JAPANESE/ EUROPEAN CLIENTS need apts./ houses to rent/ buy. Oood budget. Co. lease. Owners, contact exclusive agent *****12 NEWLY ARRIVED EUROPEAN/ Japanese expats require Apts./ Hse*.
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      • 1840 25 179 Houses For Sale 179 House. For Sale 179 Houses For Sale Show House open for viewing R I aaVmi Baaßßal BQ J« 4/t W^^A L laj t^~ .^BBBBIBBaBBI .A^W laTTsraaPKaii J Wftl Type C A Cl 2^Storey Split-Level Terrace Houses ■vAar^^Ms^an *I' '1 I*B i^^^t■BT*v_ B law 1 I
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      • 1110 25 179 Houses For Sale msT2o™JLN™TELir^storey I seml-d. 3+l rms. 2,070 sq.ft. Freehold. $550K neg. Heng Fatt Prop. *****88. D4ST.2I CHOICE LOCALITY 3-sto-rey bunglw. 5000/ 4000 sq.ft. 5 1 bdrms. Sauna. Beautifully turn. AE *****86/ *****38. DtST.2B SPRINOLEAF ODN. d/storey seml-d. 4.600 sq.ft. 4 bdrms. Long driveway, mature gdn. I $730,000.
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      • 1126 25 179 Houses For Sale D.lO TOWN H'SE. 3260 sq.ft. 4 1 rms. 3 baths f'hold renovated 3680K on i) BY *****49. 0.10, 2-BTOREY BEMI-O. Well maintained. 4000/ 2500 sq.ft. 3 bdrms. $750 K. *****61/ 2 ALPC. D.ll CALOECOTT HILL Est. D/Storey bunglw. Approx. 29,000 sq.ft. Price $90 p.s.f. O.C. *****82.
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      • 1812 25 186 Private Apartments 186 Private Apartments 186 Private Apartments For Sale For Sal* For Sal* JJf 15/A/B 29/A/B PASIR PANJANG HILL \|l Four 3-storey blocks of walk-up > -v apartments. Each block •ajaw la^^tor I accommoclates 6 units with *^^^"*W I area approximately aVJfI Lw*!J^B^Bbl I^B sq m each. Jlßßi^^'^^^^
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      • 3292 26 186 Private Apartments 186 Private Apartments 186 Private Apartments 186 Private Apartments For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale m yafeg>^~:l^v<a > •*>^< w -if ..Tfeß^Br^ .£b^Hbv TTVT CTIVJ/^* A t)/^!? T7 Witn a tnc amenities that come with truly luxurious UN OIINVJ/VX \^/IVC« living. A huge swimming pool.
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      • 1147 26 186 Private Apartments For Sale D18T.14 OFF L0R.24 Oeylang terrace style apt. 2140 sq.ft. f'hold. Timely Realty *****33 OIST.IS MARINE PARADE Odn 1570 sq.ft. 3 rms. F'hold. Facilities. $450K Hap Seng *****88 018T.15 WALK-UP APT. 1100 sq.ft 3 rooms. $220,000 0.n.0. T Jude Realty page: *****52/ *****52. D18T.17 CHANOI QDN.
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      • 1180 26 186 Private Apartments For Sale 0.19 GOLDEN HILL upp mals. 2280 sq.ft. 3 f 1 rms. Condo. facilities. $475 K. Vlllanelle *****81 0.19 HIGH FLR. Chuan Pk. condo. 2 rms. pool/ view 1173 sq.rt. morn./ sun $288K Mln *****36/9 D.19 KENSINGTON PK. beautiful 3 i 1 mals. Full facilities, reasonable
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      • 1050 26 186 Private Apartments For Sale 0.9 YONG AN Pk. 2 rms. apt. with balcony full recreational facilities. Connection *****11. D.9 YONO AN Park. Hlg'.i fir. 3,500 sq.ft. Beautifully furn. $1 85 m R Associates *****66 D.9 YONO AN Pk. 1,800 sq.ft. 3 rms. Face pool. Quiet surroundings. $850 K. Colliers:
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      • 883 26 191 HDB Apartments 191 HDB Apartments For Sale For Sale Take up a sport or activity from our selection of Leisure mmmmiMMm^L A Special Feature of The New Paper Fastads 3 Rooms Aljunled Crescent Blk 108 Bedok Blk. 503, 525, Bedok Reservoir Blk. 712 Buklt Purmel Blk. 102. 109 Geylang
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      • 905 26 5-rm. Bedok Ree. 021, near mkt. ceramic 9120K (CPF 9122K) 5-rm. Weal Coast BC4, morning sun, good facing, CPF 9UOK 5-rm. Tampinaa Blk 289, high fir. All marble, cabinet, $132K 4-rm. Marine Drive 74, high fir terrazzo, near Parkway $82K 4-rm. Clementl 302/ 436 988K 3^-fm. L-Clementi 304 CPF $57K
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      • 1128 26 191 HDB Apartments For Sale BEDOK RES. BLK.7IS, exec mal 918 OK beautiful renovaUon. Tl top cond. Must sell ARN: *****: BEDOK SOUTH 5-RM. Renovate, near amenities, 9115,000 neg. Ag *****38 contact Mdm Betty Lo* BEDOK 87 MJ Marine Cres 5-rn pt. blk 00/ 98/ 29. Renovatec 9127K/ 9115K/ 9140K
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      • 1612 27 191 HDB Apartments 192 HDB Apartments For Sale Wantad SRMB. CORNER JURONG Kast well renovated 1115,300 (loan (108 780) *LL AREA ALL districts HDB Donacrest *****24 urgently required by ready 5 RMS. JURONO West A Blk 552 element?^ BU^a}? ™UnJ.ni wSSSl 1 1 WC kCPt St an^e^t7ur n on'g T
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      • 662 27 193 Propartias Wanted 193 Propartiaa Wantad TAKE ACTION NOW! View the wide selection of what may be your future home m a special feature on JLCW^aI Dream Homes m ©\3© The Straits Times W^TT Classified on caxs. August 23. {jv-nZe] .-:-:-:-:> :>-: :^-jg^^rTl^^lW rDREAM^|HOME3 I 194 Factory Space FOR LEASE
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      • 538 27 194 Factory Space 3-STOREY TERR.: Tagora 3800/ 5500, extensively renovated, furn. l'j yrs. Oentlng Rd./ Übl Aye. Built- In 7200/ 5400. YSC 296-6666 FACTORY/ WAREHOJSE ABT. 900 sq.ft. Paya Lebar for takeover mid. Sept 287-1123 (after 10am.) FACTORY SPACE OF 1800 sq.ft. for rental. Close to Alexandra Rd. Tel: 468-7190
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      • 1804 27 196 Office Spaces 196 Office Spaces 196 Office Spaces For Sal* For Sal* For Sal* f CHO BUILDING ~L 1 Phillip Street t *S nmmn **Jt A 6-storey office building .m—m^^j with a basement. "^i* A short walk from the ■SajHi«"" i "*inm Raffles Place MRT Station. i«an«iHf^ Land Area:
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      • 381 27 197 Office Spaces 197 Office Spaces 197 Office Spaces For Rent For Rent For R«nt I KECK SENG TOWER Cecil Street MJk Well fitted banking space available for immediate occupation. fil X Area comprises of I i I [jfe: Basement: 6222 sq ft /i 1 B B H? Ist level
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      • 373 27 URA CONSERVATION AREA Prim* Prop*rtt*a For Bu»ln— T*lok Ayr Telok Ayer Street, Ann Slang Rd. T»n|oog Pagar Duxton Rd. for rent LHttalndia Dunlop Street, Upper Weld Road Spoilt* wood* Park NaHßoad YOL VALUERS: 737-98*8 DON'T MISSI Far East Plaza/ Lucky Plaza. Facing main concourse escalators. 345 sq.ft. onwards. Price neg.
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      • 397 27 199 Shop Spacas For 3a>* DT'cTTnllToTNTTrlmeTocsr tlon. 400 sq.ft. Prospect Realty ME *****77/ pg. *****90 O.S FAR CAST Plaza 162 sq.ft Avail. Oct. $41OK. Prospect Realty *****77 (5 lines). 0.9 LUCKY PLAZA, #03. good location. $1 Bm. Vacant possession Others avail. Motha: *****86. D.9 ORCHARD PLAZA. Leasehold 204 sq.ft. Selling
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      • 1207 28 200 Shop Spaces 200 Shop Spaces For Rent For Rent X Ml 9M Wf LUCKY PLAZA, 4th storey restaurant space, approx 2399 sf, freehold. Wt INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, 4th storey ***** sf. 999 years leasehold, suitable for restaurant or office use. d PENINSULA SHOPPING CENTRE, basement 1400sf. 999 years double frontage.
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      • 559 28 202 Restaurant/ Lounge 202 Restaurant/ Lounge 202 Restaurant/ Lounge Spaces Spaces Spaces SENBIKIYA A fully operational coffee house with insurance, liquor licence, etc. All offers above Ssl Bo,ooo to be received within 5 days from today. First offer at *****,000 will be confirmed IMMEDIATELY. For enquiries, please contact Mr Mikawa
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      • 205 28 I HILLSIDE CHALET ISLAND RESORT k P.BESAR kMSW JOHORE rjrtj*^ Room B/i 3«mH\ 3D2N package Kfi/rTcL 96/ P erson rJmP*£-i SKYLIJMKS^3 M|?r S TRAVEL 0 122 MOOLE RO #0407 R' MOLMKPtAZA p TEL: *****55 I "VALUE FIT" HOLIDAYS «OM O€P SD/4N MINAN6UIAU AOViNTUIi $4*5.00 SAT SO/4N M(DAN Ml lOfi SSIOOO
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      • 1158 29 Z<lTOUr 241 ToUr 241 Touf XI Tour. 241 Tour. 241 Tour. 241 Tour. 241 Tour. 241 Tour. 241 Tour £L £55 g |j |p^ jjl 45™ v A INDONESIA EAST ASIA EUROPE saiemix.i.tplix „/)\;/./n.\/.\M./ n/i\ 5425 r/JKf;«^v *t7BS -7UI/)NlX)N,pahis $BSO Afprrnmlwabcg^onthespotAva^toSAFpe^^ SDWESI JAVA WTTH SAFARI PAIK $478 7/r/;\/WAV ftflM 171)EIW)PE
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      • 681 30 iwmt» i our« z«i tours Z4i rours 241 Tours 241 Tours India, a land of intrigue and mystery with so much to offer. From opulent and grand palaces to serene villages. Buzzing city streets to refreshing alpine woods. Classy hotels to cozy houseboats. Discover them all with EZ Holidays, created
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      • 1063 31 Compufr Cour— 2tt4 Computer Courwi 264 Computer Cour— 264 Computer Courses INFORMATICS INFORMATICS INFORMATICS 5 The region s largest and most We are open 7 days a week q established chain of computer schools Cdll with excellent training facilities, we OOQ CCCC have, through the years, produced 000 %>OOO (Peace
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      • 1028 32 APPOINT MENTS HONG FOX CORPORATION GROUP 3 We are a group of property development companies supported by an in-house construction HB company. To meet the expanding operation of the group m Singapore, we invite applica- Jg£ tions from suitably qualified candidates for the posts of: HI Construction Manager Contracts Manager
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      • 715 32 I Mansfield Container Shipping S I pte Ltd 1 (A subsldl(v y ol Steamers Maritime Holdings Ltd) BB invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of- fl§ I SALES EXECUTIVE I |H The post offers a challenging and varied assignment. Sr> B The Job i| B The Sales
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      • 616 32 i BERGER We invite applications for the post of: S INVENTORY PLANNING EXECUTIVE MH (Around $18,000 per annum) This is an executive position reporting to the Operations Manager. The mmmm^ m successful candidate will be responsible m inventory planning, coordinating &l initiating all material flow as well as to ensure
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      • 468 33 APPCWNTMENTS One of the Biggest Corrugated Manufacturer In Woodland urgently k^fc^^ requires: I********************* !^|^k ASSISTANT SALES MANAGER I******************************l Singaporean or Malaysian with University education or equivalent or Polytechnic or A level above. Minimum 3 years sales experience m manufacturing Company. Possess the ability and duality to organize, supervise, motivate and
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      • 564 33 B ADVANCE AUTOMOBILE 9 ¥l (PTE) LTD m I AFTER SALES MANAGER I Our Company, an expanding automobile 9 establishment seeks to employ an B experienced, responsible individual to be In 1 charge of two departments (Workshop and I Parts) with the following qualifications:- v Mm. 5 years relevant experience.
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      • 547 33 Systems Analyst We are looking for a top calibre Systems Analyst. The incument should be university graduates m Computer Science with some years of on line programming experience. Technical skill couple with pleasant personality the ability to communicate well will be essential. We offer an attractive remuneration package to the
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      • 1145 33 NOTICES k J| INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC Of SINGAPORE) |jj| To All Ordinary Stockholders I ANNOUNCEMENT I P| The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the following: H UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR SIX MONTHS ENDED 30TH JUNE 1989 §h Six Months To M ***** 30.6 88 Increase IS Company Group
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      • 2499 34 NOTICES I NOTICE II i—^— NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Chew Kwang Kiat of No 1 40 ■mmbw Upper BtTimah Road #04 06 Singapore (21 58). have applied for a i^ i^ i^^^^ —^^^^^^»^^^^"^»^"^»^S^B^B^B^a^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B Second Class. Beer House licence m respect of premises at M/s M Noodle Place Restaurant
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      • 460 36 BRl V) MAGU Centrepoint #01-JO ユ Forum Galleria #01-46 IJaclyn Smith plays Brooke Ashley, a beautiful ballerina who died mysteriously, and Nigel I Terry plays screenwriter Gregory Thomas, who is obsessed with her in Thursday Feature Special Deja Vu (SBC 5, 11.05 pm). I Love is spookier, the second time
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