The Straits Times, 24 December 1993

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  • 617 1 Dozen cable channels in about year's time Wiring up of island to make it an intelligent city: BG Yeo SINGAPOREANS can choose from more than a dozen cable televisions channels from early 1996, said Information and the Arts Minister George Yeo. By 1998, they can tune m to between 20
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  • 466 1 UNITED NATIONS World economic growth was expected to increase by 2.5 per cent m 1994 after three years of annual growth of 1 per cent or less, UN economists have forecast. In a report from the .Department of Economic and
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  • 301 1 WOULD you offer an arm or a leg, or even a neck? For the third time this year, Environment Ministry (ENV) officials have offered their all as human bait m a bid to trap the malariaspreading Anopheles mosquito. They have been keeping a vigil
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  • 245 1 BEIJING China has demoted its civil aviation chief following a year of air disasters and mounting concern that poor supervision was eroding passenger safety. <A Xinhua report announced that Mr Chen Guangyi was appointed as the new director of the Civil Aviation Adminstration of China
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  • 252 1 MR ABDULLAH Tarmugi, who will take over as acting Minister for Community Development on Jan 2, said his immediate challenge was to get a grasp of the workings, issues and challenges of the ministry m time for the Budget debate m March.
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  • 150 1 New high in S'pore, KL,HK bourses RECORDS tumbled m the Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hongkong stock markets Jesterday as pre-Christmas ulls drove shares up to new all-time closing highs. In Singapore, the Straits Times Industrials Index rose 24.66 points to a new record of 2,298.61. It went above the 2-306-mark
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 245 2 Beware of LPG 'salesmen' A group of hard-sell salesmen is using scare tactics to peddle unauthorised attachments for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders. Seven suppliers have placed newspaper advertisements to warn customers against allowing unauthorised checks of LPG cylinders. Home, Page 16 Tampines flats making waves Four new
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    • 477 2 Reformists gain power in Canberra Cabinet reshuffle Willis appointed Treasurer CANBERRA Economic reformers tightened their grip on Australia's Labor government yesterday m a ministerial reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Paul Keating. Finance Minister Ralph Willis became Treasurer, Australia's chief economic minister, as Mr Keating promoted members of his party's reformist
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    • 497 2 Castro's daughter defects to US after trying for years WASHINGTON Fidel Castro's daughter, a 37-year-old former model, has defected to the United States and has been granted political asylum. Alma Fernandez Revuelta arrived m Atlanta on Tuesday on a flight from Spain after her asylum request was granted by the
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    • 365 2 Kai Tak at choking point, so flights to be turned away HONGKONG Kai Tak International air- port has reached saturation and hundreds of flights will be turned away m the coming months, a Civil Aviation Department (CAD) spokesman said here yesterday. Tourist industry officials expressed fears after his statement that
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    • 603 3 "The virtual reality portrayed on TV creates different perceptions, resulting m sex, crime and violence becoming less revolting to viewers as their senses become numb. "A far more dangerous threat to society Is the value system that young minds imbibe Respect for
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    • 252 3 A CIVIL servant can be "very well protected" under the revised medical benefits scheme if he covers himself and his dependants under Medishield, said Mr Lim Boon Heng. He noted that under the revised scheme, a civil servant can opt for the co-payment system, under which he
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    • 579 3 'I have nothing else to say We we did, if, the, the, I, I, the stories are just as they have been said. They're outrageous and they're not so.' President Clinton WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton, speaking out publicly for the first time since two
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    • 307 3 THE mystery of the foul air which many Shenton Way workers sniffed some five months ago has been unravelled. The key which unlocked the mystery: a shipping agent and five drums of industrial chemicals. The agent, Tay Soon Hong, pleaded guilty m court yesterday
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    • 209 2 Alistair shock for the Lions Cisco guard bashes wife up This time I've had enough, says wife Regional bourses scale new heights Bullish investors yesterday stormed the region's stock markets, lifting the five major bourses to all-time highs. Hock Lock Siew Berjaya's Vincent Tan may be Malaysia's foremost asset trader.
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    • 295 2 Trends mm m mmmmm^ mm^' t THE merits of a Singaporean communitarian democracy come up for examination m this month's issue of Trends, which appears with tomorrow's Business Times. Other articles include: A wake-up call for the Asian media Riding with Japan's cultural blitz Trends is a publication of the
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    • 186 3 WC_r% I ■flUlm Cloudy with continuous rain, heavy at times. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 28 max., 23 mm. SUNSET today: 7.06 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.04 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Amsterdam 2/6 C Rain Madrid 3/8 C Clear Athens 8/18 C Cloudy Manila 21/30 C Cloudy Auckland 13/20 C
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  • WORLD
    • 457 4 Ozawa took $145,000 from builder Asahi TOKYO Ichiro Ozawa, a reputed powerbroker behind Japan's five-month-old coalition government championing clean politics, faced yet another charge yesterday over his links with major con- tractors. The influential newspaper Asahi, m a front-page article,
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    • 298 4 Iranian Parliament adopts formal definition of pornography TEHERAN Iran's Islamic Parliament adopted a formal definition of pornography on Wednesday despite objections to using explicit language m an anti-pornography law. "We are dealing with offences that are threatening the fabric of society and you are worried that words such as 'genitals'
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    • 251 4 WELLINGTON Mr Shayne Gibbins remembers feeling a bang on his head. Luckily, he did not realise a garden sickle had just lodged itself almost 6 cm m his skull. The 21-year-old and his brother, Ricky, whose age was not released, were clearing the garden of a
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    • 257 4 Graft m government circles HONGKONG A top police official m south-western Guizhou province had been arrested as part of China's anticorruption drive, press reports said yesterday. Guo Zhengmin, the director of Guizhou's public-security department and a member of the party's provincial committee, was arrested on
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    • 499 4 MOSCOW In a major reshaping of the media, Russian President Boris Yeltsin has summoned glasnost-perestroi-ka advocate Alexander Yakovlev to oversee the sensitive field of radio and television. Mr Yakovlev, 70, is the only senior aide of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to
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    • 511 4 WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will send a team of experts to Moscow next month to help Russia rework its social safety net to assist the poor, the elderly and the unemployed to cope with the pain of economic reform.
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    • 156 4 HANOI Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet had promised a government shake-up if corruption persisted at its present alarming levels, it was reported yesterday. The English-language Saigon Newsreader said Mr Kiet made the pledge to the National Assembly. The paper, citing an
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    • 330 6 Anglo-Irish peace initiative fails to elicit IRA truce BELFAST The people of Northern Ireland waited for the Irish Republican Army (IP A) to declare a Christmas truce yesterday but chances of an end to 25 years of bombing and killing appeared to be slipping way. The IRA was expected to
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    • 134 6 LONDON A British man imprisoned wrongly for 16 years was found dead at his home yesterday, less than two years after his release. Police said Mr Stefan Kiszko, 41, collapsed at the home m Manchester, northern England, that he
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    • 181 6 SEOUL A government excavation team has unearthed a priceless gilt-bronze incense burner from the sixth century Paekchae Kingdom, according to officials yesterday. The ornate 1,400-year-old burner, 63 cm high and 20 cm m diameter, attests to the superb artistic traditions of the Paekchae Kingdom, according
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    • 351 6 Proposal 'hinges on Russian plans for a bridge' BEIJING China and Russia have said that they are discussing setting up a joint freetrade zone m an area along their shared border. The proposal reflects the growth of border trade between the two
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    • 221 6 SYDNEY An overweight British woman has been told to lose a quarter of her body weight before she can migrate to Australia because she is regarded as a health risk, according to an immigration official yesterday. "The entry application has been deferred on the
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    • 475 6 TAIPEI Taiwan yesterday called for a fourth round of negotiations with China next month after five days of talks here ended without agreement on Wednesday. The Straits Exchange Foundation, the Taiwanese negotiating body, proposed another round of negotiations m Beijing
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    • 327 6 HONGKONG China and Britain had made progress on a long-running dispute over military sites m Hongkong despite their festering row about the colony's political future, chief British negotiator Alan Paul said yesterday. In a rare step forward only a week after
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    • 326 6 BEIJING China accused the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) yesterday of having political motives for airing a programme that portrayed the late Chairman Mao Zedong as having a weakness for sex with young women. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wu Jianmin denounced the programme as
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    • 280 6 VERSAILLES (France) Israeli and Palestinian negotiators made headway m talks yesterday, but failed to resolve all the disputes holding up an Israeli withdrawal from parts of the occupied territories. The two sides will resume talks m Cairo on Monday. Negotiations have
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    • 443 8 Move will help entry into foreign markets: Official BEIJING China's chief patent officer has pledged that the country would observe -til requirements of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) on intellec-t|ial-property protection. Mr Gao Lulin, directorgeneral of the Patent Office
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    • 236 8 SEOUL South Korean President Kirn Young Sam shuffled senior officials of his ruling party yesterday, two days after a sweeping Cabinet shake-up. A Democratic Liberal Party spokesman said Mr Moon Jung Soo, threeterm legislator elected m Mr Kirn's power base around
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    • 310 8 picture. TOKYO Japan's Emperor Akihito turned 60 yesterday, thanking well-wishers at the end of a year that has brought him large doses of both happiness and anxiety. "I thank you all for celebrating my birthday and wish you good health and a happy New
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    • 372 8 NEW YORK In an indication of how many children have become involved m gun violence, a New York businessman is offering toys to people who hand m their guns. Arms-control groups said that while many cities had some type of gun buy-back programmes, this
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    • 267 8 ISLAMABAD Pakistan said yesterday that it was holding a large number of Indian intelligence agents sent into the country on sabotage missions. The Foreign Ministry said agents of the Indian intelligence organisation, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), had been
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    • 299 8 NEW YORK Wal-Mart, the United States' largest retailer, said on Wednesday that it would stop selling handguns m its 2,000 stores. It explained that its marketing surveys indicated that a majority of customers now felt "uncomfortable" shopping for lingerie, sofas, lawn
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    • 122 8 Scientists to conduct tests on 80m-year-old dinosaur eggs GLASGOW Scottish scientists are to probe a clutch of 80-million-year-old dinosaur eggs because two of them may contain unhatched embryos. They will be conducting extensive tests on a nest of eggs bought recently for £20,000 (5546,000) after being found embedded m red
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    • 441 10 Move will make it largest staff-owned firm m US CHICAGO Directors of United Airlines' parent company have approved an employee buy-out that would create the largest American employee-owned company and allow UAL Corp to undertake a bold restructuring aimed at competing against
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    • 58 10 picture French biophysicist Laurent Bitjoka of the Tours Ultrasound Research Pntre with two pairs of prototype glasses designed to help blind people move about. The glasses are equipped with an jctronic device which uses an ultrasonic wave that sends back an acoustic signal when it
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    • 314 10 WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton invited about a dozen advocates for the homeless to the White House on Wednesday to describe what he called a new approach to "one of our most embarrassing social problems". But the President avoided extravagant promises, choosing his
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    • 232 10 BOSTON A US$2OO (Ss32o) device that looked a lot like a toilet plunger was twice as effective at reviving people whose hearts had stopped than conventional cardio-pul-monary resuscitation (CPR), a new study concluded. The study, which was to be published
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    • BRIEFS
      • 95 10 Japanese crime cases set to hit post-war high of 1.79 m TOKYO The number of reported crimes m Japan this year would hit a post-war high of 1.79 million nation- wide, a national police agency report said yesterday. By the end of last month, 1.65 million crimes had been reported,
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      • 80 10 WARSAW Polish President Lech Walesa had promoted his former chauffeur and closest aide, conferring on him ministerial status, the Polish press said on Wednesday. Mr Mieczyslaw Wachowski, 43, is m charge of all security, defence and foreign affairs For the past three years, he has been
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      • 30 10 This woman, seen at this year's International Automobile Exhibition m Frankfort, Germany, says the new BMW F-650 is "snazzy and just right". rsationes picture.
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      • 106 10 LONDON The British will eat 160,000 tonnes of Christmas pudding over the next week and roast 13 million turkeys, data group Mediawise Statistics UK said on Wednesday. Along with 300 tonnes of Stilton cheese and 150 million mince pies, they will drink 117.5 million litres
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      • 73 10 LONDON A drunken Christmas reveller was found by police on a British motorway sleeping off the excesses of his office party. Mr Steven Gailey, 29, drank "one more for the road" before taking a taxi home m the southern town of Bracknell. But the driver, fearing
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      • 48 10 The mosaic floor of a Byzantine church m Petra, Jordan, where archaeologists said on Tuesday that they had uncovered scores of ancient scrolls. They are seeking foreign help to save the scrolls, which had been flattened by an earthquake and carbonised by fire. picture. Reuter
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      • 133 10 LONDON The daughter of the late Henry Moore, one of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century, has lost a court battle for control of some of his greatest works. Ms Mary Danowski, only daughter of the British artist who died m 1986 at age 88,
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      • 91 10 LONDON The French go to the cinema more than any other nationality m Europe while the British prefer to stay at home and watch films on video, according to a report on European consumer trends by market analysts Euromonitor on Wednesday. At 4,658, France has
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  • ASEAN
    • 563 12 We are a S-E Asian nation, says minister MYANMAR has said that it considers itself a South-east Asian nation, and seeks a meaningful association with Asean and a share m the region's growing economy. "We always consider ourselves as a South-east Asian nation," yesterday's
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    • 46 12 Thai narcotics police chief Lieutenant-General Kovid Bhakdibhumi (left) showing reporters 25.2 kg of heroin said to have been found m the possession of the 36-year-old Nigerian on the ri_rht. The man has been charged with possessing and trafficking m drugs. AFP picture.
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    • 187 12 JAKARTA The Indonesian government was likely to review an election result for the governorship of central Kalimantan province which set oft protests by thousands of people, State Secretary Murdiono said yesterday. "The government will need to complete reports on the results
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    • 108 12 BANGKOK King Bhumibol Adulyadej will make his first official visit abroad m 27 years when he travels to Laos m April. The Thai Foreign Ministry said yesterday the trip by the 66-year-old monarch, sealing the normalisation of relations between the two countries, would
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    • 478 12 Govt to auction Beverly Hills mansion MANILA A special court yesterday acquitted former First Lady Imelda Marcos m a corruption case, m a ruling that could delay Manila's efforts to recover US$35O million (Sssso million) she and her late husband
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    • 177 12 MANILA A special police task force had arrested a retired Philippine army colonel and a wealthy businessman m connection with the kidnapping of two ethnic Chinese children here, Vice-President Joseph Estrada said yesterday. The victims, Jevin Bechaves, five, his brother, Kirby, three, and their
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    • 194 12 BEIJING China and Indonesia will build a trade centre m Indonesia to boost the mainland's exports there as well as use it as a springboard to the rest of South-east Asia for Chinese products. "We hope to use the centre as
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    • 244 12 PHNOM PENH A huge arms cache discovered by the Thai authorities earlier this month should be handed over to the Cambodian government, Cambodian Information Minister leng Mouly said. Yesterday's editions of Reasmey Kampuchea (Brightness Of Cambodia) newspaper quoted him as saying: "According
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 410 14 XL condo collapse KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia should scout around for advanced equipment such as radar scanners to help m search-and-rescue operations, Police Director of Internal Security and Public Order Datuk Ghazali Yaacob has said. He said on Wednesday that there
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    • 182 14 THE Johor state government will watch the construction of the MM billion (552.5 billion) Johor Baru Waterfront City m the Straits of Johor closely to ensure that the developer observes regulations and takes steps to prevent mishaps, according to a
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    • 353 14 KUALA LUMPUR The Highland Towers condominium collapse had taken its toll on the Malaysian market for apartments, the Lianhe Zaobao yesterday quoted a Malaysian newspaper as saying. The Chinese-language Zhong Guo Bao was reported as saying that prices of apartments had tumbled by 20 per cent,
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    • 294 14 KUALA LUMPUR Police have asked people with missing relatives or friends or those who know anyone at Block A of the Highland Towers condominium who are still unaccounted for to make a report. Ulu Langat Assistant Police Commissioner Yaacob Ismail yesterday said that
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    • 272 14 SHAH ALAM Malaysia and Russia yesterday signed a technical-cooperation pact which is expected to help boost exports of Malaysian manufactured goods to Russia. It was signed by Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (Siiim) and the Russian-Singapore firm, Gost-Asia, which represents the Russian
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    • 334 14 300 people stranded along highway after road caves in KOTA BARU Some 100 vehicles with 300 people have been stranded on the EastWest Highway since last night following cave-ins between the 20 km and 25 km stretch near Jell. A spokesman for the floods-operations room at the Jeli Land and
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    • 288 14 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will need to develop its human resouces if it wants to sustain its industrial competitiveness. Only a skilled workforce can catapult it into the league of industrialised countries by exploiting the latest technologies. Apart from
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    • 219 14 KUALA LUMPUR Muslim students will soon be tested on their understanding of tardhu am, the personal obligations of Muslims. The test, to be called Ujian Perkara Am Fardhu Am, will be included m the Primary School Assessment, Lower Secondary Assessment
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    • 403 14 KANGAR Friday will be a working day m Perils beginning next year, Mentri Besar Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh has announced. The replacement rest-day for Friday would be announced on Sunday, he said. "We have considered all the advantages of having Friday
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    • 642 16  -  Tan Yong Meng Some gas cylinders tampered with By A GROUP of hard-sell salesmen is using deception and scare tactics to peddle unauthorised liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder attachments. In one case, a flat owner's legs were burnt m an explosion. It
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    • 267 16 THE eldest daughter of the former Philippine President, Ferdinand Marcos, is not a resident of Singapore, the Immigration Department confirmed yesterday. The department was replying to a query from The Straits Times about a foreign news-agency report which quoted lawyers of Imee Marcos Manotoc
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    • 412 16 HE HAS expensive tastes. When last seen, he was wearing a pair of Cartier spectacles, a Piaget gold watch studded with rubies and diamonds, two gold rings with a ruby and emerald and a belt with a gold buckle and diamonds. Police believe he,
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    • 327 16 UNCOLLECTED used textbooks are going to needy children m Sri Lanka this year instead of being pulped and recycled. About 5,000 books m the Fair Price used textbook project were packed yesterday by the St Andrew's Junior College Interact Club, ready
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    • 106 16 A PRISONER escaped from Queenstown Remand Prison while cleaning the area outside the prison gates on Tuesday morning. A Prisons Department spokesman said the man, who is m his 20s, was part of a work party. He escaped when his supervisor was not
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    • 505 17  -  Yvonne Chew By Publicity helps net 72,000 gifts, way beyond target SINGAPOREANS showed that they do care for the less fortunate even if they demonstrated this at the eleventh hour. The trickle of gifts that marked the start of the Sharity Gift Box project last
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      • 366 17 THE zoo's Night Safari may not be open yet, but its animals had a visitor last night when Dr Albert Winsemius, the former economic adviser to Singapore, paid its animals a pre-Christmas visit. Dr Winsemius, 83, a Dutchman, was awarded Singapore's Distinguished Service Medal
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      • 196 17 THE father of a seven-year-old boy has alleged that shopkeepers slapped and hit the boy's head against a wall after accusing him of shoplifting. The father, identified only as Mr Chen, 41, told police that his son went to a minimart m Ang Mo Kio
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      • 71 17 THERE will be no restriction on driving into the Central Business District this evening and on the evening of New Year's Eve. The normal evening hours of the Area Licensing Scheme (ALS) are between 4.30 pm and 6.30 pm. The Registry of Vehicles said the ALS will still
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      • 59 17 THE Singapore Armed Forces will hold military exercises m the Lim Chu Kang, Hong Kah, Marsiling, Mandai, Sembawang, Tuas, Tampines, Upper Jurong, Jalan Bahar, Seletar, Kranji, Marina East and Yishun areas from 8 am on Jan 3 to midnight on Jan 8. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used
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    • 555 18  -  Dominic Nathan By FIFTEEN cases of malaria have been reported m the past 10 days m the East Coast Park area, m the second major outbreak this year. The Environment Ministry said yesterday that there was no cause for alarm as the outbreak is under control.
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    • 243 18 ONE weekend car owner glued back a tab while another folded three tabs back instead of tearing them off, a district court heard yesterday. Aircraft technician Imran Kayum, 42, was jailed two week&for using an altered supplementary licence with intent to deceive on his
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    • CASEFILE
      • 123 18 A 52- YEAR-OLD man was killed when he was sandwiched between a row of sheet piles and a crane at a worksite m Balmoral Crescent m 1990. Mr Cheang Sin Kok, a general worker, was acting as the signalman for crawler-crane operator Wong Yoon Seng, 36,
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      • 86 18 A BANNED publication cost an electrician $800 yesterday. Yeo Kok Peng, 23, admitted having a Penthouse magazine at his Tanglin Halt Road flat on Oct 27 last year. The court heard that a police officer found tbe magazine m Yeo's cupboard while investigating a case m
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      • 146 18 IT TOOK two years, but the law finally caught up with a dishwasher who used an "uncle" ploy to trick two brothers into giving him money. Wee Ban Sim, 53, tricked Mr Scow Yong Kwee, 30, and Mr Xiao Guo Qiang, 38, separately, convincing them
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      • 120 18 A MAN whose van was hit by a motorcyclist along Airport Cargo Road was fined $250 and banned from driving for three years yesterday. Lav Foo Chuan, 34, a pet-shop owner, pleaded guilty to causing hurt to cargo hand Rashid Yusof, 29, by doing a rash act
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      • 113 18 A FINANCIAL controller who had a previous conviction for cheating pleaded guilty to misappropriating funds from his company. Yesterday, Ling Kwok Pheng, 37, was sentenced to two years' jail. In June 1991, Ling joined Kyotronics Singapore, and was promoted to financial controller three months later. His
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      • 140 18 AN UNEMPLOYED man was sentenced to four years' jail yesterday for havings 2.8 g of heroin. Er Poh Hock, 35, was jailed another two years for not being at home while under police supervision. In November last year, police acted on a tip-off and raided
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      • 128 18 TWO men are facing charges of drug trafficking m separate trials. Yesterday, Yeo Hee Seng, 33, was charged with trafficking more than 200 g of heroin while an Indian national, Utthirapathy Sundar Rajan, 40, was charged with bringing 1.767 kg of cannabis into Singapore. Yeo was
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    • 683 21  -  Cephah Tan ■f*^ Ij Four new HDB blocks catch attention with their curvy facades AROUND YOUR PLACE :/r.By TAMPINES will be re-classified as a "mature estate" next year. This is because all the flats available there have been snapped ap ever the years. There ls little
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    • 307 21 THE Chinese Physicians' Training College here has, for the first time, invited professors from China to teach at the college. Four professors from the Guangzhou College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, who are specialists m acupuncture, anatomy and internal traditional Chinese
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    • 296 21 I --J 1 I'wn locally-published books j; en Chinese and Japanese eti- *< -qnptto have become best sell- eta. This suggests that people here may be more conscious j' 2£<>f ethnic sensitivities than <«*_J_vas supposed. Ji ij! According to the publish- er, 5,500
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    • 568 23 SAFETY or aesthetics which should come first at the Singapore River? Architects say that any move to erect barriers along the "Singapore River should be resisted because it would mar the ambience there. But shop tenants m the area and visitors disagree, saying
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    • 188 23 MR TEO Hua Lam, 22, who died on Wednesday when his car crashed into the Singapore River, had one other love besides his long-time girl friend. He loved to sing, said his elder brother, Mr Teo Hua Beng, 26, and he liked
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    • 435 23 Party rules drawn up There are a couple of "no's" at the Sentosa beach party In the interests of order and security. These are: No alcohol No swimming No umbrellas No glass m any form No cameras No video-cameras Asked why there was such
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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      • 625 24 NOTHING would be more tragic than an intensification of Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict just when the economy is beginning to show signs of picking up after more than 10 years of civil war. The island once boasted the highest living standard m Asia. It might still
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    • 1494 24  -  Koo Tsai Kee By AN EX-UNIVER-SITY colleague of mine was m Singapore early this year to present a technical paper at an international seminar. While m town, he rang several times without prior notice to say hello. Unfortunately, when he caught me
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    • 693 24  - Asian lesson on society building for Americans Leon Hadar By WASHINGTON The widely watched and highly rated ABC television news pro* gramme, 20/20, devoted a special seg- ment to Singapore recently, with a focus on the city-state's crime-free envirotf* ment. The American reporters showed to their viewers* scenes that are
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    • 672 25 The strain of their presence is already showing. Local councils now have to deal with illegal hawkers and squatters. Health centres are m a dilemma whether to treat them or turn them away if they are not able to pay for
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    • 941 25  -  Richard Perle •yi THERE is so much counterfeit money m circulation m Russia that hotel cashiers will not accept anything larger than a US$2O bill. So a recent visitor was tifrprised to see a thick wad of US$lOO bills handed
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  • FORUM
    • 278 26 Health care costs I REFER to the letter "Move to cheaper health care is a positive step" by Goh Aik Chew (ST, Dec 21). The writer has suggested that "free medical care and education must be extended to the people of Singapore if the
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    • 161 26 I WISH to express my grateful thanks to the public-spirited young man, a customer of Isetan Orchard Road, who found and returned my wallet with all my money and important documents to the security officer m the late afternoon of Der 13.
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    • 214 26 I REFER to the article "Help is but a fall away" (ST, Dec 18). It was observed that many were hesitant about helping the fallen Straits Times reporter, while those m a group and those who actually saw the reporter falling were more willing
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    • 80 26 THE Parks Recreation Department should consider pruning the 30 palm trees along the stretch of Cantonment Road facing Keppel Primary School. Pedestrians find it unsafe to walk along the walkway at night because the street lighting is blocked by these trees. The
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    • 395 27 JASHJHFDYHGF SOCCER by Joe Dorai SINGAPORE has offered more money to Australians Alistair Edwards and Abbas Saad and South Korean Jang Jung m a bid to retain them for next year's Super League. According to sources, The three soccer players have been given
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    • 519 27  -  Shirlynn Ho Sports Excellence 2000 Money will go towards preparations for Commonwealth and Asian Games By m the lead up to the Commonwealth and Asian Games, it is essential that our potential medallists have the opportunity to compete against and train with the
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    • 128 27 Training and competition plans for Commonwealth and Asian Games. ATHLETICS To compete m Thai, Taiwan, Malaysian, Australian, Indonesian and Mauritius Opens; A one-month trip to France. BADMINTON To compete m All-England, Japan, Taiwan, French, China, Thai, Hongkong Opens among others; Women's Über Cup Team for two-week
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    • 299 27 as many overseas meets as possible. It also serves as a warm up for next October's Asian Games m Hiroshima and the South-east Asia Games m 1995. STTA assistant secretary Michael Yip said that the trip would cost quite a bit, with the
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    • 223 27 Schoolboys triumph in last tour match CRICKET SINGAPORE'S schoolboys Returned from their 13 day cricket trip to Perth on an Jipbeat note after having recorded a victory m their last lour match. I The win, a three-wicket triumph over Southern Suburban Cricket Association, broke a sequence of four Straight losses
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    • 369 27 BADMINTON WHILE most people are m the festive mood, Zarinah Abdullah has been punishing herself m training. Singapore's No. 1 woman badminton player has mapped out a rigorous training schedule to carry her into the New Year. Said the 22-year-old yesterday: "My New Year's resolution
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    • 153 27 BASKETBALL NBA: Atlanta 108 Boston 103, Miami 98 Philadelphia 90, Chicago 106 Minnesota 96, Milwaukee 96 Dallas 86, LA Clippers 109 Washington 92. CRICKET Tear match: South Africa 335-7 declared and 224-8 declared. Queensland 183 and 268 for five. ICE HOCKEY NHL: Florida 3 NY Rangers 2,
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    • 300 27 PREMIER LEAGUE DESPITE a heavy downpour and a momentary lapse of concentration, Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association managed to play attractive football and beat Balestier United 4-3 m a Premier League soccer match at the Bedok Stadium yesterday. The result meant Balestier, boasting Singapore
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    • THE LATE NEWS
      • 154 27 Australian striker Alistair Edwards has signed a twoyear contract with Selangor according to a New Straits Times report. Selangor soccer manager Datuk Ami Taib said he got Edwards, who scored 16 goals for Singapore this year, last week. Selangor decided on him because it wanted a
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      • 56 27 Tennis players are taking drugs and tennis authorities are hiding the fact, says three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker. The tennis season is so long and gruelling that many players need drugs to get through it, Becker said m the Christmas issue of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The newspaper
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      • 28 27 Japan's Yasuei Yakushiji upset unbeaten Byun Jung 11, of South Korea, yesterday to win the World Boxing Council bantamweight title m Tokyo on a split decision.
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    • 728 28 Sports Editor Godfrey Robert looks back on 1993 and forward to the introduction of Spex 2000, a major development that will give sport a higher priority m Singapore. IN A South-east Asia Games year, the annual sports reviews are usually about performances at the
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    • 295 28 BODYBUILDING BODYBUILDING was the top performer among local sports, with two world titles and a host of Asian and regional titles to show. Azman Abdullah created history by becoming Singapore's first world champion m the sport when he muscled his way to
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    • 104 28 WEIGHTLIFTING WEIGHTLIFTING'S golden years are over. Interest m the sport is also dwindling, indicating an urgent need for officials involved m the event to get their act together again. This is evident from the past year. Singapore won just a silver and bronze at
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    • 105 28 FENCING THE Republic's fencers bagged one silver and six bronzes m the South-east Asia Games. The sole silver medal was delivered by the men's foil team of Ronald Tan, Mak Chee Wah, Wong Toon King, Peter Chim and James Wong. Their counterparts m the
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    • 221 28 SWIMMING THE year 1993 is a productive one where swimming and water polo are concerned. In swimming of course, the gifted Joscelin Yeo provided nine of the sport's 12--gold medal haul during June's South-east Asia Games; the bald Ang Peng Siong proved that
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    • 123 28 SQUASH SINGAPORE squash took a roller-coaster ride m 1993. It flopped against Malaysia m the annual Dunlop Salver, then climbed a high m the South-east Asia Games where it swept all the gold medals at stake. But their egos were again deflated when
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    • 218 28 WATER SPORTS TWO Tans dominated the headlines m water sports. There was Ben Tan, who won an unprecedented third South-east Asia Games Laser gold medal m June. And Tracey Tan who, after a convincing Sea Games medal-winning showing, proved that her talents can
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    • 100 28 BASKETBALL THE local basketball scene was very quiet, what with the popular Merlion Cup international competition being postponed to next year because of the June South-east Asia Games. Although there was some hot action at the Sea Games, the Singapore men's and women's teams were stone
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    • 107 28 DARTS DARTS is still regarded by many as a game mainly played m pubs by beer guzzlers, but the Singapore Darts Association is trying to change that perception. While easy to learn, darts is not that easy to master. It takes a good deal of
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    • 98 28 EQUESTRIANISM THE year's calendar was highlighted by the Asean showjumping competition held m May. With five countries and organised at a cost of $40,000, it was the largest equestrianism meet m the Republic. Although Singapore could do no better than a third place m the
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    • 268 29 Yearender: Sport by sport review of the year's action GOLF SINGAPORE'S golf enjoyed one of its best seasons. A team silver m the South-east Asia Games was overshadowed by a win m the pore-competitive and prestigious Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Cup
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    • 145 29 ATHLETICS DISCUS thrower James Wong ended the Republic's 10-year wait for a Southeast Asia Games gold medal from athletics when he won his event m June at the National Stadium. Singapore also won three silver and eight bronze medals which, although not an effort
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    • 132 29 TENNIS i FOR a year that began m controversy with the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association axing women's champion Lela Zainal from the national squad, the sport ended on a good note. And by local standards, it was a fairly good year, too. The
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    • 117 29 TABLE TENNIS PERHAPS the one story which hogged headlines this year was whether China-born Jing Junhong would don national colours for the Southeast Asia Games. The wife of Singapore's national player, Loy Soo Han, is a permanent resident but only citizens are allowed to
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    • 119 29 NETBALL DESPITE its absence from the South-east Asia Games, netball still managed to stake a claim to fame that nobody could ignore. The national team set a world record when it thrashed India 129-15 m its first match at the Asian championship m Hongkong
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    • 78 29 RUGBY RUGBY m the region received a tremendous boost with the decision to play a biennial triangular tournament between Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. The first series was held m Kuala Lumpur m October but Singapore did not do well, going down by big margins to
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    • 94 29 HOCKEY THE most memorable moment m this year's hockey calendar must surely be the national women's team's gold-medal showing m the South-east Asia Games. Not only Hid the women clinch their first gold ever, but they boat arch-rival Malaysia m tlie process. Unfortunately, their
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    • 114 29 GYMNASTICS With previous "star" Eileen Chai opting to don spikes instead of leotards, the sport has struggled to find someone to step into her shoes. But it is clear that given time and her typical determination, Jackie Choy will take her rightful place
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    • 115 29 SEPAK TAKRAW SINGAPORE sepak takraw's biggest scalp was the win over Malaysia m the Sea Games inter-regu match. Fans today have forgotten that Malaysia did exact vengeance when the two regus met again m the final, taking the gold and leaving the silver to the
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 316 30 850 Deaths 850 Deaths MR. NG CHEE FANG (JOSEPH NG) AGE: 46 passed away accidently In China on 6th June '93 leaving behind WIFE: Lsi Siew Nyong PARENTS: SONS: Ng Teck Boon Daughter: Ng Hwee Ling Ng Aik Gee And Brother, sisters, Brothers-in-law, sister-in-law, nieces end nephews To mourn for
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    • 80 30 854 Requiems 854 Requiems THALAI THEVASAM M. MARDAM MUTU (Ex. P.W.D. Mechanic) Departed on Sth Jan 93 Gone from our hearts one so dear, But m our minds forever near. Always remembered by beloved mm Vimalavadl Sons: Daughters Ravi Chandran Vljaya Letchmi Chandra Segar Rajakumari And all loved ones Prayers
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    • 351 30 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths In Loving Memory Of MR SEE YIK KUI Age: 71 Passed away peacefully on 22nd Dec 1993 leaving behind all loved ones. Wife: Yue Ah Muiy Sons: Daughters-in-law: See Hook In Tan Nguan Kwee See Hock Wah Liew dock Hua Daughters: Sons-in-law:
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    • 130 30 851 Acknowledgements 851 Acknowledgements The family of the late CHUA TONG NEE CHAN TONG NEE Departed 18 Dec. '93 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and sppreciation to Paetor Philip Soh, relativee, friends and members of V.C.C.A. for their kind condolences, wreaths, donations, attendance and assistance rendered during their recent
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      77 30 ATHMA SANTHI POOJA FOR VALLIAMMA D/O THANGAVATIE Beloved wife of Mr M. Ramsssmy Karumathl will be held at Blk 750 *07-157 Jurong W. St. 735(2264) on 25.12.93 (night). Athma Santhi Pooja will be held at Sri Sivan Temple 24 Geylang East Aye 2 Spore 1438 on 26.12.93 at
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      141 30 4th YEAR THEVASAM PRAYER In loving memory of CPL. BALAMURALI s/o DESAPPA Age: 24 Departed on 7/1/90 Prayer will be held on Friday 24/12/93 at Sri Sinivasa Temple. Serangoon Road at 7.00pm Please treat this as a personal invitation. Sadly missed and fondly remembered by family. Father: A
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    • 64 30 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam Jtv Jj&Mna, Mfrm&iy, ol N I*%e I MR PEK BOON BOX I I 2^paAttd 24 J_ec 1913 I I I I Seng Hin Huat I I Sheng King Fa Pte Ltd I I Pek Boon Bok Sons Pte
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    • 56 30 852 Condolences 852 Condolences 852 Condolences 852 Condolences Our deepeet condolences sympathies to the families of the late AW LONG FEI CHEANG Ol CHING Command Staff Course '93 With deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to the family of the late MR. WOO YING WAH, LAWRENCE From: Tho Principal, Vice-Principal, SUM
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      51 30 IST ANNIVERSARY ATHMA SHANTI POOJA M. CHINNIAH Departed Sth Jan 1993 Athma Shanti prayers will bs held on 25th Dec. '93 st Blk. 259, #09-16, Kirn Ksst Avenue st 10.30 am. Friends and rslativsa ars invited to this Prayers. Alwaya rsmsmborsd by wits, sons, daughter, daughters-in-law, son-in-law and
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 78 30 ANNOUNCEMENT Acceptance deadline for obituaries for 25 December is 6.00pm today. There's no publication of The Sunday Times on 26 December. CHARLES WILLIAM TRESISE paaaad away on 22 December 1993. Body resting at Spore Casket Parlour 402. Cortege will leave on 24 December 1993 st 3.30 pm to St Georges
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    • 1 30 ADSJFKFD
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    • 92 30 DAVIS CC (ARCHIE) passed away peacefully m Melbourne on 23rd December 1993. He leaves behind his beloved wife Mary, children: Norma, Pamela, Raymond Lenard, In-laws: Patrick, Gaberial, Eunice Diana. Grandpa of Andre, Khym, Rodney, Chad, Ronan Christopher. 860 Funeral Directors/ Services SINGAPORE CASKET For your moments of need Complete fun
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    • 4 30 860 Funeral Directors/ Services
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    • 60 30 I With deepest sympathy I I and condolence to I I the family of the late I I Charles William Tresise I ■Is ____t I from I I Chairman, I I Board of Directors I I and I I Management Staff I I Singapore Land Limited I "In Memoriam" is
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  • 122 31 "Not dead, but passed beyond The mist that binds us here. Into thc newer larger life. Of that clouded sphere" "1 have lost my soul's companion, A life linked with my own; And day by day I miss her more. As I walkthrough life alone." -H~~ 11 "When the dewy
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • 520 31 World champion holds host Mexico m thin-air heat SOCCER FRIENDLY Mexico 0 Germany 0 MEXICO CITY World champion Germany showed great character m the thin-air heat and hostile atmosphere of the Aztec Stadium when it held Mexico 0-0 m the last friendly of its 10-day soccer
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    • 158 31 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE PWDLFAPte. Man Utd 21 16 4 143 17 52 Leeds 22 11 7 437 25 40 Blackburn 20 11 5 428 17 38 Newcastle 21 10 6 538 20 36 Arsenal 21 9 7 520 13 34 Norwich 19 8 7 430 21 31 Liverpool 20
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    • 359 31 RACING By Malcolm Bastians THE Selangor Turf Club, whose main track will be tested by eight jockeys on Tuesday, has renamed its Sungai Besi complex m keeping with its new image. It is now called the Selangor Turf Club Equestrian and Sports Centre, which has
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    • 852 31 PENANG Defending champion Village Kid wrapped up his preparations for the Penang Governor's Gold Cup (2.200 m) en Sunday with an eye-catching gallop yesterday. Taken out by Azhar Ismail, the six-year-old Australian-bred by Mighty Avalanche picked up speed into the back straight and then went like a
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    • 248 31  -  DANNY KHOO THE first batch of graduates from the second National Premier Sale at the National Stud Farm are expected to leave the farm by next week. After being broken-in for the past four weeks, the first batch of 18 horses are almost ready to join
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    • 715 31 1.45 RACE 1 C 4 D1 1200 m 1 Irene Special (4) Sng 60.5 2 Timely Motion (3) *Chong 58.5 3 Lorena-Nat (1) Birch 58 4 Native Hero (2) *Ravi 57.5 5 Got It II (5) Dahlan 56.5 6 Big Promise (I) Fuentes 54.5 2.15 RACE
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    • 279 31 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE LONDON Andy Cole's 24th goal of the season five minutes from time earned Newcastle a share of the spoils m its fiercely-contested English Premier League soccer match with Leeds on Wednesday. World Cup referee Philip Don booked seven players five of
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
      • 63 31 The Argentine Football Association will ask world soccer's governing body Fifa to shorten its ban against striker Claudio Caniggia. Caniggia was banned 13 months for cocaine use when he was playing for Italian club AS Roma. The ban ends on May 8, little more than
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      • 41 31 Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson has offered transferseeking defender Neil Cox a two-year extension to his contract. The England Under -21 player asked for a move m October because he wanted the chance of regular firstteam football.
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      • 62 31 Norwegian international Jan Aage Fjortoft is to be loaned to Swiss side Neuchatel Xamax by Swindon after failing to score for the English Premier League club since his summer move. Swindon boss John Gorman hopes that the 25-year-old striker, who joined the Wiltshire side for £500,000 ($1.2
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      • 49 31 English Premier League clubs Sheffield United and Oldham were refused permission on Wednesday to postpone matches next month. Both clubs had asked for the postponement of two games as key players were wanted by Norway for warmup games against the US and Mexico next month.
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      • 47 31 Fifa has dealt a blow to World Cup qualifier Cameroon by suspending the main stadium m Yaounde for international games, the Cameroon Tribune said. The newspaper published a letter from Fifa citing, "poor general organisation and poor state of facilities" m Yaounde's Omnisports Stadium.
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    • 316 31 The following must be produced: 1) ORIGINAL DEATH CERTIFICATE 2) IDENTITY CARD OF PERSON PLACING THE ANNOUNCEMENT ALL OBITUARIES MUST BE PREPAID Mon Fri 9.00 am to 5.00pm Sat/Sun/Pub. Hoi 9.00 am to 2.00pm After 5.00pm till 11.00pm (Mon-Fri). After 2.00pm till 11.00pm (Sat/Sun/Pub. Hoi). Only DEATH NOTICE m standard
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  • MONEY
    • 387 32 Deal also helps HK broadcaster to get foot-hold m Mid-East market HONGKONG Hongkong's satellite television broadcaster Star TV said yesterday that it had purchased a 49.9-per cent stake m India's Asia Today Ltd, the broadcaster of Hindilanguage channel ZEE TV,
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    • 299 32 NEW YORK Paramount Communications said on Wednesday that it would accept a hostile takeover offer from cable shopping operator QVC Network, spurning Viacom's friendly bid for the multimedia giant. Paramount is recommending that its shareholders accept the QVC buyout to end a
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    • 516 32 JAKARTA Indonesia's small but booming stock market, which m two years has shot from one of the world's worst performing bourses to one of its best, should keep the bulls busy m 1994. Local investors, who deserted with burnt fingers
      Reuter  -  516 words
    • 213 32 MELBOURNE Former high-flying Australian beer baron John Elliott and two of his former executives were charged with the theft of A566.5 million (5571.6 million) m Melbourne Magistrate's Court yesterday. Elliott sat with arms crossed and expressionless as the prosecutor described him as a lynchpin
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    • 209 32 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Supreme Court yesterday allowed a partly Japanese-owned chemical plant to resume operations, overturning an earlier High Court order for it to be closed on health grounds. Lord President Tun Abdul Hamid Omar granted an appeal by Asian Rare Earth (ARE) against
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    • 334 32 DALLAS Exxon Corp and Texaco Inc, two of the world's biggest oil companies, have won a favourable decision from the United States Tax Court absolving them of a multi-billion dollar tax bill dating to the 1970s energy crisis. The Washington DC
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    • MONEY WORLD
      • 113 32 PARIS Holiday camp giant Club Mediterranee suffered a net loss of 290 million French francs (5579.33 million) m the year ending Oct 31, the company said on Wednesday. The loss for the world's leading operator of holiday villages compared with a profit of 160
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      • 92 32 SEOUL South Korea's small and medium-sized industrial firms plan to hire 20,000 foreign workers from South-east Asia and China annually starting next year m an effort to ease manpower shortages, it was announced yesterday. Mr Park Sang-Kyu, chairman of the Korea Federation of Small Businesses
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      • 67 32 Sharp spending $1.4 b on LCDs TOKYO Sharp Corp will invest 100 billion yen (5J1.44 billion), or 25 per cent more than originally planned, m equipment for thin-film liquid crystal display (LCD) production m the two years starting next April 1. The displays achieve a high-colour picture resolution on a
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      • 91 32 HONGKONG Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (CPA) said it will scrap first-class seats on four Asian routes due to poor passenger demand. Starting February, flights to Jakarta, Colombo, Cebu and Sapporo will feature business and economy sections onl:' The routes are served by Cathay's
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      • 74 32 BANGKOK The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) said it will admit four new broking firms to trade on the bourse. The SET board has set up a committee to lay down the qualifications, membership fees and recruitment procedure, Mr Chaipat Sahasakul, SET's senior vice-president,
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    • 46 32 picture. entering its premises yesterday. They were on strike for a second day to oppose a staff evaloation programme that the bank is trying to introduce. Staff of Hongkongßank Manila branch forming a barricade to block chief executive David Hodgkinson from Reuter
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    • 256 32 ADELAIDE The end of entrepreneur Alan Bond's former global empire came closer when a court appointed a liquidator to Bond Corporation Holdings Ltd's successor. Accountancy firm Ernst Young said the Supreme Court of South Australia had appointed director Richard England as liquidator of Southern
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS ROUND-UP
      • 128 33 BULLISH investors on a buying spree propelled the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index to a 30.86--point rise yesterday to close at a new all-time high of 1,152.24, for the secondstraight day. The 85-stock weighted Composite Index simultaneously erased the previous day's record closing of
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      • 138 33 >- .-STRONG demand for property stocks drove Hongkong shares up 1.62 per cent yestert day, the second day m a row of solid market gains. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index gained 173.24 points to 'Close at 10,881.20. Analysts be- Meve the market will contin- ue to trade m the
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      • 131 33 STOCKS closed higher on Wednesday after a mixed start, as a rally m the bond market inspired buyers m equities as well. The bond rally was linked to high demand at the United States Treasury's afternoon auction of five-year notes. The Dow Jones gained 17.04 points to close
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      • 153 33 SHARE prices rose on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday, helped by continued optimism about a further cut m interest rates. The benchmark Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100--share Index ended 13.3 points, or 0.40 per cent, higher at 3,355.7 points. The Financial Times 30--share Index rose five points, or 0.20
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      • 66 33 A RECOVERY m leading stocks and offshore interest m the resources sector helped lift the Australian share market to a higher close yesterday, brokers said. The key All-Ordinaries Index closed at 2,068.8 points, 15.6 above Wednesday's finish, while the All-Industrials Index rose 20.6 points to 3,144.8 and the All-Resources
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      • 119 33 THAI stocks closed 1.3 per cent higher m active trade yesterday, propelled by the strong gains of Telecom Asia (TA) and the debut of satel-lite-dish seller Samart Corporation Pic, brokers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index gained 19.77 points to 1,543.52 though losers led winners 161 to
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      • 33 33 JAKARTA share prices closed higher m moderate late trading yesterday with local investors rallying late m the day, brokers said. The official Composite Index rose 7.27 points to close at 557.34. Reuter
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      • 19 33 ALL JAPANESE financial markets were closed yesterday for the Emperor's birthday, a national holiday. Trading will resume today.
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    • 456 33 B TtMimUi DfCMibtf n HKS ASM Pacific 4.00 -0.025 Allied Ind Int'l 0.83 -0.02 Allied Oversea 1.15 -0.01 Amoy Properties 11.60 0.10 r>'.«" AWaSaclnt 1.75 -0.02 Bank Of EA 50.50 +1.25 Ul C.P. Pokphand 3.80 0.25 COL Hotel 3.40 -0.05 CafeDe Coral 5.00 -0.10 j .T Cain P»c Air
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    • GOLD PRICES
      • 65 33 Physical (Ss) Thurs Wed Kilobar *****-***** *****-***** 100 gm 1977-2001 1983-2007 50 gm 990—1005 993—1008 20 gm 307—318 308—319 5 gm 99—108 99—108 1 gm 20—28 20—28 Bufen coins (Ss/oi) Spore bullion coin 632—638 634—640 Canadian maple leaf 632-638 634—640 Australian nugget 634—640 635—641 OUB fold options (US*) Dec
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      • 25 33 US$/oz Thurj Wed Singapore 385 60— 385.90 387.50—388.00 Wtd Tims New York 385.80—386.30 387.60—388.10 Thurs Wtd Honikoni 385.60-385.90 387.50-388.00 London mominj fh (Thursday) 385.75.
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      • 12 33 Closing prtoM (Mt/kilo) XL Tin $12.06 (unchanged) Turnover 54 3 tonnes)
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      • 18 33 Closing price* (USS/troy ox) Ned Thin Singapore 5.06—5.08 5.045-5.055 Tun Wed New York 5.07-5.09 5.05-5.06 Source: Rothschild
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      • 20 33 (Official dosing quotation, US$/MT) W«d This Cash 1099.5—1100 1105 1105.5 3 friths 1118 1118.5 1122 1122.5 Settlement 1100 1105.5
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      • 25 33 (OffieW closing quotation, UBI/MT) Wed Thurt Cash 1774-1775 1772.5 1773 3 frith 1799-1800 1796-***** Settlement 1775 1773 Source: Outokumpu (S.E.A.) Pte Ltd
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    • 39 33 Otc 23 Chance NST Industrial 6087.13 179.71 Hang Seng *****.20 173.24 Nikkei Average Closed Australian All Ord 2068.80 15.60 Dow Jones (Wed) 3762.19 17.04 FT 30 (Wed) 2513.90 5.00 Jakarta Composite 557.34 7.27 Thailand SET 1543.52 19.77
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    • CURRENCY
      • 142 33 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buyt«0O Seint US dollar 1.5818 1.5986 Sterling pound 2.3473 2.4006 Australian dollar 1.0611 1.0918 Canadian dollar 1.1746 1.2009 NZ dollar 0.8721 0.9013 EC unit 1.8228 Singapore dollar* to 100 unit* of foreign currency Austrian schilling 12.9746 13.5464 Belgian franc 4.4041
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      • 30 33 Open Close USJ/DM 1.7060 1.7080 US$/Yen 111.00 ***** US$/S$ 1.5925 1.5928 USJ/HKJ 7.7248 7.7240 A$ USJ 0.6788 ***** £/US$ 1.4877 1.4787 Yesterday's prices were unavailable. Source: Astley Pearce
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      • 75 33 Adjusted for new issues; Par value Msl unless otherwise specified; P/E ratios mn not adjusted for currency differences Crude p*i d (MJ/tome) Dec ***** (south) Dec *****/925 (central) Jan 945/947 50/950 (south) Jan 935/940/945 (central) Reftwd p4n oi (USJ/tome) RBO PaknOi Jan 395 (seller) Feb/Mar 397.50 (seter) Apr
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    • 2677 33 Transaction Date: December 23, 1993 1993 Last Vol Net High Low Company Sal* (000) P/E INDUSTRIALS Consumer Products 670 340 Ajinomoto 650 unch 104 346 480 218 Angkasa 444 -6 307 306 950 200 B South Island 925 155 2993 74 6 685 500 Bata 50c 650 10
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    • 371 33 OCBC OUB UOB DBS TLB POSB KB DEPOSIT RATES Savings 2 IV2 I 3 3 A 1V« 2 X A IV2 Fixed deposit 1 month 2 2 2 VA 2 2 3 months 2V« 2 1 /4 2Vi 2 2\t 2V 4 6 months 2 1 /j 2V
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    • 118 33 Contract date: 23/12/93 i CURRENCr 1 MTH 3 MTH 6MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE US$ 2Mi 2V, 2H 2»* 2»4 IH 29/12/93 A$ 3»/ 4 |H 3 7 4 3*4 3*4 27% 29/12/93 NZ$ 2"4 3Vi 3 7 i 3V 4 3'/« 29/12/93 STG
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    • 74 33 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (US$)» '*sj«fllT BLEND Feb +0.12 0.12 13.72 13 82 HOT TEXAS Mtrmedate Feb +0.25-0.25 14.72- 14.77 fOBAI FATEH Feb ■0.25 0.25 1? 45 12.55 -j- I*«S BLEND Jan +0.05 0.05 15.60 15.70 :-HSltt Jan 000 1395- 1405 X* "APHTHA (OF Japan) 1 50
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    • SIMEX FUTURES
      • 28 33 Open Mch Lot Sett Eit Yd •OfcM ***** ***** ***** ***** 5 JM ***** %m ***** Ok ***** Act VU (Wed) Ml Open kit (Wed) ?6
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      • 28 33 Open H(h Low Sett Ett \M Mar 94 *****73 0 *****88 *****66 *****85 19 Jun *****25 Sep *****75 Act Vol (*ed) 19 Open mt (Wed) 189
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      • 313 33 Rubber futures (Prices traded on HOT at lpm Dec 23 1993 RSS 1 Contract (S cenh/kf Month Htfi Low Sett Yd Open kit Jan 94 0 0 132.00 0 100 Feb 0 0 133.00 0 4375 Mar 0 0 134 75 0 6925 Apr/Jun 137.00 ***** 136.75
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      • 32 33 1 65 d*K Omtu.htm*ki Open rtfh low Sett Eit Yd Mw 94 ***** ***** ***** 0.5844 21 1 Jun ***** ,«v.. S* ***** Act Vol (Wed) One Open Int (Wed) ?12
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      • 68 33 Euroyen 3-month deposit Open HV> Lm S«t EstW Mar 94 9623 98 ft 9823 9823 850 kin 9836 98.36 9834 9834 1040 Sep 9839 9840 9838 9839 450 Ok 9837 9838 9836 98.38 380 Mar 95 9830 ***** 9829 98.31 115 Jun 9820 9820 9820 9819 70 Sep 9800 9800
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      • 26 33 Open Kfh Low Sett Est Wai Spo» Closed Mar 94 Jun Sep Dec Mar 95 Act Vol (Wed): Closed. Open Int (Wed): Closed.
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      • 25 33 Open H* Low Sett W \M Mr 94 110S8 *****8 ***** ***** 20 M Voi (Wtdi tt Open kit (Wed) 746
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      • 29 33 Open (V low Sett Ej» W Feb94 386 6M 38/30 Apr ***** kin ***** Ml ***** Od ***** Dec ***** Act Vo* (Wed) m Open M (Wed): Tno
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      • 53 33 Open Hfh Low Sett Erf W lan 94 6100 6100 6020 6070 475 Feb 6300 63.00 6? /OA 6300 270 Mar 6410 6410 6390 6470 60 Apr 6580 6580 6580 6550 170 May 6750 Jun 6790 U 7020 Aug 7070 Sep 70 20 Act Voi (Wed) 1919 Open
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      • 72 33 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (100 anted intern! nlei Op«n Hfti lo* Sett Erf Yd Mr 94 9651 96 41 9649 9649 1100 Juo 9619 9619 9617 9617 1400 >t> 9588 9588 9b86 %86 1370 Oic 9548 9549 9545 9546 950 Mv9s 9536 9536 9533 9534 330 Jun 9513 9513 9510 9511
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      • 39 33 Open Htf Low Sett Est Yd Spot 7511 ?0 7666 ?9 7507 28 *****9* Ok 93 7610 ***** /610 7670 12 lan 94 7730 //SO 7710 7710 16 Act Vol (Wed) Two Open M (Wed)
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      • 36 33 Euromark 3-month deposit Open W low Sett Est \M Mv 94 9451 Jm 9502 Sep 94 95.42 DX 9564 Mar 95 9574 Jim 9575 Sep 9565 Dec 9546 Act Yd (Wed) m Open lot (Wed) 575
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      • 29 33 Open ttch Low Sett Esl Vol Mar 94 ***** ***** *****A 169% /6 Act Vol (Hti) 4S Open M (Wed) 982 •Spot Mb on maket dned
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      • 22 33 10- Year Japanese Government Bond Open l^i Low Sett Est Yd Mar 94 Closed Ad Vol (Wed) Closed Open kit (Wed) Closed
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      • 83 33 Strike prictt which are ctaest to the at- the money option Vol Open Int (Wed) Cjl Put Act Open Act Open Vol hit Vol M Eurodollar 0 560 0 876 Euroyen 100 3883 100 2982 N*k« Closed Nikkei B«tt Jan 94 Cafe Puts Closed Closed Closed Closed Closed Euroywi
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    • 40 34 HIGH LOW Straits Trims Industrials 1993 High 2298.61 (23/12/93) 1993 Low 1531.11 (4/1/93) All-time High 2298.61 (23/12/93) All-time Low 64.83 (29/6/65) Business Fines Composite 1993 High 2200.58 (23/12/93) 1993 Low 1307.65 (13/1/93) All-time High 2200.58 (23/12/93) All-time Low 64.83 (29/6/65)
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    • 4811 34 SES MAIN BOARD PLANTATION Trangactton Dato: Dacambf 23. 1993 Cmtt Lmi Vot Day or'« N«t M Cap H»gh Lvm Company Traded Sate +or- TWO High Low Wv P/E tmil 1400 260 t Acma 1200 -30 208 1240 1180 12 5 619 827 1 310 220 t s Alex Hldgs 50c
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    • 39 34 Tuan Sing 25c 20,765,000 DBS Con PrefSOc 14,167,000 JC-MPH Wt9s 10,927,000 Guthrie GTS 20c 8,496.000 Tuan Sing M9B 8,321.000 UPP 25c 7,973,000 QAF Ltd Wt9B 7,424,000 DBS Land A Wt9s 7,254,000 Inno-Pacific 5,081,000 CSA Hldgs 20c 4,721,000
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    • 40 34 Sector Volume Value Industrials 7.487 m 16.431 m Finance 618,000 2.809 m Hotels 432,000 1.164 m Properties 1.341 m 2.894 m Loan Stocks 573,000 1.032 m Plantations 726,000 2.211 m Mining 19,000 60,040 Total 11.196 m 26.601 m
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      379 34 MARKET REPORT THE local bourse finished at a new record high yesterday as bulls stormed the market m anticipation of a sustained rally into the new year. The Straits Times Industrials Index climbed 24.66 points to close at a historic 2,298.61, while the broader-based Business Times-MGA was up 7.84 points
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    • 71 34 Total Market Thurs Wed Industrials 242.644 m 21 7 042 m Finance 35.098 m 35.132 m Hotels ***** m 18 906 m Properties 60.791 m 87 463 m Loans Stocks 116.477 m 83.165 m Plantations 32.341 m 28 776 m Mining 987.000 2 932 m Total volume 501.637
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    • 77 34 Dec 23 Change ST Industrials 2298 61 <- 24 66 ST Finance 5518 31 +13 58 ST Hotels 1598 62 +12 53 ST Properties 1790 78 +34 66 BT Composite 2200 58 33 69 BTMGA 1110.05 +7.84 BT 08/ OS 356 15 BT CADI ***** +76 BT OBV +*****861
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    • 1835 34 Transaction Data: Dacambf 23, 1993 Al shares quoted have a par value of $1 unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rifhts. N Tax-exempted dividend. P/E ratios reflect the last annual consolidated results. P/E ratios and gross yields of foretgn shares are adjusted for currency differences, t Trustee stocks under
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    • 1018 34 "Miuslfd options standard quantity 1.200 shares Sir*. Last Vo» High Lot. Company Eipiry Price Sate -/-(0O0) 98 70 City Dcv 93/12 C 380 75 s City Dcv 93/12 P 380 8 5 90 85 t City Dcv" 93/12 C 383 88 1« 5 City Dev*- 93/12 P 383 16
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    • 250 35 It pips overseas bidders for German Centre complex SEMBAWANG Construction has landed, a $32.2-million deal to build the proposed German Centre for Industry and Trade m Jurong. The construction arm of Sembawang Industrial Pte Ltd a subsidiary of the listed Sembawang Group edged out
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    • 321 35 PRECISION engineering company ASM Technology Singapore will double its research and development staff here next year to 200, bringing its overall staff strength to over 500 from 361 at present. ASM is one of the Republic's largest manufacturers of assembly equipment
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    • 336 35 THE Singapore branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has applied to become an international underwriter for China B shares following overwhelming demand for such shares by its customers. The branch, opened last month, has so far been helping its private banking and
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    • 111 35 San Teh in China silicon project SAN Teh Ltd said it has formed two overseas subsidiaries, one of which will be involved m the manufacture and sale of silicon rubber products. The two subsidiaries are San Teh King (Tianjin) Industrial Co Ltd (STX) and San Teh Products Company Ltd (ST
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    • 183 35 KUALA LUMPUR Seven subsidiary companies of Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor the investment arm of the Selangor state government will be listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange next year. Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhammad Taib said on Tuesday that the
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    • 223 35 PETROCHEMICAL Corporation of Singapore (PCS) announced on Wednesday that its main plant is back to full steam, two months after a fire at the ethylene cracker had disrupted the operations of almost the entire $2-billion Pulau Ayer Merbau complex. The ethylene cracker resumed full
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    • 348 35 Pisces Group signs joint- venture deal with Chinese firm LOCAL retailer the Pisces Group has formed a joint venture with Chinese company Five Rings (Holdings) Ltd to carry out bilateral trading and investment activities. The new company Qintraco Resources Development is close to setting up a $10-mil-lion garment plant m
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    • 236 35 VAN der Horst seems to have the necessary finances to fund its power-plant projects m the Philippines, judging by the amount of money it has m the bank. The marine engineering company had $39.4 million m cash at the
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    • COMPANIES IN BREF
      • 80 35 PACIFIC Can Investment Holdings (PCIH) announced that its landscaping subsidiary Ecam has entered into as agreement with Tan Tan Development Bhd. Under the agreement, Ecam will acquire a 40-per cent equity interest m Tan Tan's wholly-owned subsidiary, City Beauty Sdn Bhd, m exchange for Tan Tan
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      • 51 35 L&M GROUP Investments announced yesterday that it has increased its shareholding m its Taiwanese subsidiary, L&M Systems (LMS), by an additional two million shares of NTSIO (60 Singapore cents) each. LMS' present paid-up capital stands at NT$25 million comprising 2.5 million shares of NT$lO
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      • 34 35 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore has asked Tuan Sing Holdings to disclose any information that might be related to the sharp increse m the price and turnover of its shares.
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      • 44 35 UNITED Industrial Corporation (UIC) intends to adopt the scripless settlement system for trading m its shares. In a circular yesterday, UIC said shareholders should deposit their share certificates with the Central Depository between Jan 7 and Feb 2 next year.
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      • 51 35 ASIA Pacific Breweries said yesterday that regulatory approvals have been obtained for its purchase of Brierley Investment Ltd's interest m DB Group Ltd for NZ$ll5 million (Sslo2 million), and Brierley's purchase of APB's 25-per cent interest m the Australian Austotel Group, a hotel chain, for NZ538.33
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      • 49 35 SHAREHOLDERS of Kirn Eng Holdings have approved its l-for-5 loan stock-cum-warrants issue to raise $48.4 million at an extraordinary general meeting held on Wednesday. They also approved the appointment of Tan Sri Dr Maurice Baker as a new director from Jan 10, 1994.
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      • 98 35 SUN Corp Ltd said it has entered into a joint-venture agreement with a Singapore firm and Malaysian businessman to carry out shiprepair and marine engineering work m Singapore. The venture parties are Sun Corp. Toong Foong Marine Engineering Pte Ltd and Malaysian Lee Fook Choy.
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      • 45 35 CITIBANK announced on Wednesday that it had received a licence from the State Bank of Vietnam to open a representative office m Ho Chi Minh City. This would be Citibank's second such office m Vietnam, the first being m Hanoi.
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    • 341 35 Another tough day is unavoidably ahead. There's the annual budget to hammer out with colleagues. As you sip your favourite Lipton's, you turn to your other cup of tea Business Times. """V^t* wm^' j(ftflJK||i You need to know, early m the day, fc____l__^'' __l__^____i the significant business, economic and financial
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    • 617 36  -  Kevin Lim Exchange confirms that 7.31 m shares were not allotted due to error By ANOTHER 1,462 investors will be able to buy fixed price Vickers Ballas shares at $1.60 each, following a second ballot conducted yesterday by the Stock Exchange of
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    • 406 36  -  Patricia Adversario By THE Hong Leong group, through its Hongkong-listed property subsidiary, CDL Hotels International, has joined forces with Indonesia's Lippo Group m a 50-50 joint venture to build the first Sea World aquarium complex m Indonesia.
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    • 140 36 SINGAPORE'S inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose by 2.7 per cent last month, compared to November last year. When compared to October, the CPI m November this year rose by 0.4 per cent. A Department of Statistics statement yesterday
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    • 348 36 SINGAPORE'S precision engineering industry will attract more than $450 million, or 25 per cent extra, m investment commitments this year, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said yesterday. The board added that output from the sector will grow by 10 per cent. Its output and
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    • 124 36 LONDON British pawnbrokers are having a bumper Christmas, lending to cashstrapped people prepared to pledge everything from luxury cars to jewellery. London pawnbroker Andrew Brown said: "The gents tend to pledge watches, some of them very expensive ones.
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    • 254 36 WASHINGTON Americans' personal income rose 0.6 per cent m November, helping to support the eighth straight advance m consumer spending as the holiday shopping season opened, the US government said yesterday. The Commerce Department said incomes totalled US$55l trillion at a
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    • 445 36 HONGKONG Hongkong Stock Exchange chief executive Paul Chow rejected the suggestion that market regulators should set controls on the pricing of new share issues to prevent massive oversubscriptions, saying it was up to individual companies and their advisers to decide
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    • 33 36 NEW YORK The Do< Jones Industrial Average was up 3.36 points to 3,***** afte£ the first hour of trading yesterday. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a nine to eight margin. AP
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    • 8 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Life! FRIDAY DECEMBER 24, 1993
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      • 1009 2 MOHAMED SULTAN ROAD by day is a sleepy little lane where trucks rumble past, raising clouds of dust m their wake, and people park their cars (illegally) to have lunch at the coffeeshops nearby. But come dusk, the air zings with electricity, and you
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      • 310 2 ASK him the secret of his success, and Mr Peter Wong, one of the partners of Front Page, shrugs. "You may look good m this shirt, but I may not," he says. "We somehow hit on something that worked at that time. But there is
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      • 568 3 ART lovers can now meet Singapore artists, discuss their works and buy their paintings on weekends at the Federation of Art Societies (Singapore), with the opening of its permanent gallery. The two-year-old umbrella body of 18 Singapore art groups has set up the weekend
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      • 186 3 What artists and gallery owners say ARTISTS and leaders of local art groups interviewed welcomed the opening of the gallery. Watercolourist Ong Kirn Seng, 48, who is president of the Singapore Watercolour Society, said the gallery, if well promoted, could rival any commercial gallery m town. "It is m the
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      • 416 3 I ENJOY sex, but I'm not ready to die for it this was the scare tactic used m print ads for Lifestyles condoms a few years ago, referring to the product's role m preventing Aids. Now, a new TV commercial for Lifestyles hopes
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      • 1176 4  - And so this is Christmas T. SASITHARAN YOU cannot help but wonder sometimes what all the fuss and the furore over Christmas is about. Why, for just one fleeting day, precisely a week before the last day of the year, the world seems to come apart at its workaday seams,
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        • 215 4 A BLACK Christmas tree being exhibited by a local theatre to advertise a dark comedy was featured m your article, May All Your Christmas Trees Be Black! (Life!, Dec 17). The tree, decorated most unconventionally with novelties associated with ghouls and monsters, was m keeping with
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        • 429 4 BEING an avid movie-goer, I often scan movie reviews to get a taste of what I am about to see. I greatly enjoy Ong Soh Chin's articles because I find that we always share the same opinion. Therefore, after reading her terrible review of The
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      • 479 5 POP superstar Michael Jackson, breaking his silence over accusations that he sexually molested a teenage boy, insisted on Wednesday that he was not guilty. He also said he had been stripsearched by police looking for identifying marks on his genitals. He described the search
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      • 415 5 THREE of the most acclaimed films of 1993 were nominated on Wednesday for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual Golden Globe Awards. Schindler's List, The Piano and The Remains Of The Day were each nominated for Best Motion Picture (Drama). All three were also nominated for
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        • 168 5 VIDEO HITS tonight at 7.50 pm will feature two long-awaited music videos by Pony Canyon artistes Kick! and Art Fazil. The clips for Kick!'s hit song Jane (voted Local Song Of The Year m both the Perfect 10 music awards and the BigO Reader's Poll) and
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        • 36 5 NOW, THE 101 CORRECT LIST LAST week, an editing mistake led to this column naming Mr Jimmy Wee as the managing director of WEA when he is actually with Pony Canyon. A thousand apologies to Jimmy.
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        • 89 5 ENERGY has backed out of the opening slot for the year-end concert by Bryan Adams (left). It will be replaced by AWOL. The concert is the first stand-up one at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Tickets at $70 (standing) and $50 (seating) are available at
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        • 146 5  -  AICTHUR CHAN THOSE who tuned m to the BBC World Service last Saturday must have been pleasantly surprised to hear Singapore indie bands on the station. Multitrack 3, a weekly music/magazine programme hosted by Sarah Ward, aired Radio Station by The Padres, Lovin* Lau- rie
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        • 41 5 EZA (left), the 20-year-old guitarist with the band Manic Mushroom, has gone into the army and the first thing to go was his shoulder-length hair. Apparently, he still has his acoustic guitar so there is some solace after all.
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      • 605 5  -  Simon Tay Fax from America THE year ends early m the United States. After Thanksgiving, through Christmas, the Jewish Hanukah and into the New Year, the US enters an extended holiday. "Offices are on skeleton staff," says a Singaporean friend who works m finance,
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      • 680 6  -  NORMAN YAM TREMORS disco pub m Amara Hotel revealed its trump card China rocker Don Perm on its opening night on Wednesday. Shoulder-length tresses a-flying, Perm or Pan Jingdong to close friends whipped up a party mood dishing out a
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      • 450 6 AN ELEGANT hardcover book, brimming with pictures of Hongkong actor Chow Yun Fat from the frequently-aired watch commercial, is on sale m Singapore. At $20 a copy, the coffee-table album is sold at the Solvil et Titus exhibition m Marina
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      • 225 6 BORN to middle-class parents m Guilin, China, Don Perm was "forced" by his orchestra-conductor father to learn the flute from young. The singer's mother was a classical Chinese dancer, and his brother is a music student studying m a university m Guangzhou. At the age of
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      • 843 7 For six years, single Taiwanese men who could not find a wife have looked for brides m China. But with the many attendant problems, hasty cross-straits marriages have become less popular. r I think Fd rather this marriage had not taken m place
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      • 433 7 CROSS-STRAITS marriages that once brought a ray of hope to eligible young men m Taiwan have recently undergone a rapid drop m popularity. The number of recreational groups and matchmaking agencies which play an intermediary role has also fallen sharply- The remaining few are faced with
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      • 744 7 My Knapsack On My Back: Neighbour In London (Part 4) I DIDNT use the number which Larry gave me. It didn't matter if the government takes years to find out. That's their inefficiency; not my problem. Besides, my leg was killing me then. Even if
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      • 600 7 The News On This Day A look back at what was m The Straits Times. 100 YEARS AGO H. E. SIR Charles Mitchell, who leaves Marseilles by the M. M. S. S. Sydney, on Jan 7, was not expected at Singapore till the middle of February. He had arranged to
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      • 651 8 Dancers from South Africa will put on a rare show of Bharata Natyam next month. JULIE CHATTERJEE previews. "INDIAN dance is like honey; if there's a pot of it somewhere, you can be sure there'll be a swarm ot bees around." So goes an ancient
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      • 100 14 Picture: LIM SIN THAI WELCOMING sea-weary vessels to Raffles Marina at Tuas is the friendly light of this little lighthouse. The 20-m structure built by Nat Steel Resorts is an exact replica of its big sister, the 40-m Raffles Lighthouse, which guards the southern entrance
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    • 59 2 SUNDAY, DEC 26,1993 MITA (P) 035/M/93 SO CENTS MY KID WATCHES SHARE PRICES m M Wmmm Imm I f 1 ______ife. I I M_____________^^ W___________w\w\t 'BUY LOW, SELL HIGH' _^^^^^^^B^ This is nursery rhyme for a seven-year-old _JRmߧ9B^ girt- Her father has given her 1,000 shares Wwßs^Mk to watch. She
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    • 85 6 THE HOUSE OF LIM •fMRUM.IAMTHEy.OSrof |~1 I I •••01* OVERHEADS l*NT UP I <— T '-v (Wl YOU DIOWT o.vt p \-/_l^^ tvwJN MTt I Xw^ i_ib -Jtyjrc JU W* NN J ___mm. YoU?. ANY __r^l*/ I w n J •xt/ WK oi*A/*b Pi&cAl DEFICIT— _rt' PEANUTS )*T2V *993 united
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    • 166 12 In appreciation of your past support, we are offering many pieces of "Auction Quality* Chinese Antique Porcelain at CHINESE ANTIQUE PORCELAIN EXHIBITION 93 '-38 Okl Porcelain Buddha OM Porcelain W_*e Date 18th to 26th December 1993 Time 10.00 am to 6.00pm Venue: Dragon Arts Crafts Pte Ltd 341, Joo Chiat
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    • 236 12 PERFORMANCES A CHRISTMAS CAROL Raffles Hotel Jubilee Hall Tomorrow to Tuesday: 8 pm Sunday: 3 pm A heartwarming play about the spirit of Christmas. Performed by an international cast directed by Craig Mathewson. More than 30 colourful characters m a nostalgic 19th-century London setting. Tickets at $15, $25 and $35
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    • 209 12 SONGS OF XMAS Lav Pa Sat 1 IJO pm and 7 7.45 pm Carolling and entertainment. On till tomorrow. Free. ARTISTS GENERAL ASSEMBLY MUSIC GROUPS Sth Passage Access To The Arts #05-00 Office Tower, Parkway Parade Tomorrow to next Saturday Tomorrow: 7.30 pm Opening: Installation plus guest performance by Nunsex.
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    • 56 12 What's On flß__'***' w Zai Kuning m Music Groups at Sth Passage, Parkway Parade from Sunday. EXHIBITIONS CHRISTMAS WEDDING FAIR World Trade Centre Hall 5 Noon -10 pm Includes a miniature Garden of Eden and wedding gowns. On till Sunday. MINIATURE OIL PAINTINGS Riverwalk Galleria Arts Centre Exhibition Hall 11
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    • 219 12 CHRISTMAS DISPLAY OF DOLLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Novotel Orchid Singapore lobby Dunearn Road One hundred dolls contributed by Accor hotels worldwide. On till next Friday. CLARKE QUAY CELEBRATES THE SINGAPORE RIVER Clarke Quay Festival Village The Cannery 10 am 10 pm More than 100 prints and photographs tracing the
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    • 219 12 MILENRO PAVACKI'S PAINTINGS The Substation Art Gallery Armenian Street 11 am 9 pm Twenty expressionistic landscapes m abstract by the Yugoslavian artist. On till Jan 4. ART EXHIBITION '93 SweeGuan Art Gallery 29 Mohamad Sultan Road Works by Singapore Art Society members. On till next Thursday. LIFE OF STAMFORD RAFFLES
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    • 321 12 OUTDOORS CHRISTMAS FOOD AND FUNFAIR Goodwood Park Hotel Sunday to Thursday: 3 10 pm Friday, Saturday and public holidays: 3- 11 pm Proceeds will go to the Singapore Chinese Girls' School Building Fund. Admission by coupons sold at the door. On till Jan 1. CHRISTMAS SHARITY LIGHT-UP '93 From Tanglin
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    • 460 13 SBC 5 7.00 AM AM Text (Stereo) 8.00 Close 2.00 PM PM Text (Stereo) 3.00 Pre-Holiday Matinee Blancaflor: The Demon's Daughter: A farmer's son is attracted to a seemingly kind and gentle girl. Stars Thomas Heinze, Emma Suarez and Hector Alterio. 4.30 The Extremists (Sports variety) 5.00 Indonesian Movie Gampang-Gampang
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      • 884 4 301 Vehicles For Hire YONQ BS4N OFFERS pick-ups tan*, piiil vans. 10 a 14 ll lorries <OT rental Tel *****15 *****74 HUP HOE MOTOR: Pickup./ vans for rental. Tel: 292-8060/ 292-7833 (Katong Ul: 344-7665). JURONQ AREA. LORRIES, pickups a vans lor hire. Jlt Keong *****86 (day)/ *****02 (night). MITSUBISHI I.J
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      • 748 4 334 Daihatsu For Sale 12 MID. CHARADE 10 5-dr 1 owner Accident (ree. Low mile iK-- Like new car '!tto'fKsB 336 Fiat For Sale VINTAGE TRADING BUY SKI.I. SPKCIAI.IST ALL QUALITY BRANO USED CARS 285 5957 MISS TAN (PQ: *****83) ALMOST 12 FIAT Tempra 16 manual 1 owner, In- ft.
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      • 1060 4 340 Honda For Sale Any Modd of Private I Car.Q Plate, Non-PARF I AComt-AcdcUlVdi^ Wt^^mWa__J^m_mWmm MASTER AUTO TRAOBM BUY A SELL a Quality makes specially lv Honda St all Japanese makes c l*arf or Non-Parf a Also offer Loans It Insurance for New A Used cars Tel: *****63 261 A
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      • 1147 4 340 Honda For Sale 1 OWNER MID '93 Accord _"oj auto ABS. White. Cruise control. Accident tree Mint cond. *****00 1 OWNER. 10 Model Accord 2.0 EXI aulo. hl-fl, sports rims. Excellent condition Pg: *****55 1 OWNER, 11 Accord 2 0 auto. EXI, hl-fl, excellent condition. 308 Telok Kurau Rd
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      • 1109 4 342 Hyundai For Sale SS HYUNDAI EXCEL 1300 OL manual, one owner, metallic blue, orlg. cond. Tel: *****05/ Pg: *****05 MID. 13 ELANTRA OLSI auto Twincam 16 valve, injection, lst owner, low mileage Offer *****20 NEAR 11 EXCEL 15 4-dr Power steering, 1 owner, tax 5/'O4, s/rlms. $40,800 *****08 OCT
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      • 783 4 344 Lands For Sale 344 Lancla For Sale S^4H!^f^^^ M>lB8 B g aia MBBS -___B_BB_S__M__B_____S Much more car for less. I Dedra 1 .6 (M) at 551 03.800 with subsidised COX. Italian zest. Italian best. With 2-year free maintenance warranty. Aulo Europa Pie Lld 3 Leng Kee Road Singapore 0315
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      • 931 4 346 Mercedes For Sale *-*>*^E-____S___B_-____s MERCEDES 2M W124 aulo COE Ull 2003. Local Low mileage Oood condition. $133K View -81-53 Bt. Timah Plaza SaOTE S/wagon. ReglsUred In '92. New Ux. Silver Orlg. 7-seat-er. Sunroof. ABS. s rims ImmaculaU cond *****22 M/ 10 IME Marcadaa Corsworth 2.3. 16 valves Imported New
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      • 1023 5 354 Proton Saga For Sale Specialised m Proton Saga model AM brands ol Jepeneee. PARF/ non-PARF ueed care. mmammml continental *****84 Mr Ong, day/ night Hup Heng Lee Enterprise IST OWNER 83 Near Proton Iswera I.SGL. Fuel Injection. Tax .i 94 Expensive S/rlms. CD changer Alarm. Low mileage. $72,500 *****86
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      • 839 5 360 Suzuki For Sale Buy A Sell Any SUZUKI model AH brands ol Japanese ueed cars, continental, weekend care/ commercial *****97 Mr Ong, day/ night Hup Heng Lee Enterprise WINSTON MOTOR We buy sell cars Specialist m Suzuki models 800. 308, 318. 413 *****55 Please call Winston Ng or Mrs
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      • 1112 5 362 Toyota For Sale 362 Toyota For Sale Save yourself heartache and money with VICOM Standard Evaluation Check. It gives an unbiased assessment of the car's condition using computerised test equipment Also available Special test for chassis alignment, vibration and tinted glass. Call VICOM today 458 4555 for an appointment.
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      • 783 5 •87 FEB. TOYOTA Corolla 13 SUtlon Wagon 1 owner Cream colour, like new Tel. *****28 88 COROLLA I.6GL. llftback. sdoor, power steering. Good cond. Downpayment $6K. *****11 88 COROLLA LIFTBACK I.6GL tax 6/'O4 tip-top. downpayment $7K *****97 8 Jin. Gelenggang 88 TOYOTA MR2 1.6. Full accessories. Tax 2/94. Recardo seaU.
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      • 419 5 1 376 Motorcycles/ Scooters For Sale/ Wanted WE PAY HIGH cash price for any secondhand motorcycle. Viewing collection at your place can be arranged Tel: *****29 Johnny. S/'SS DUCATI 900SS. Many performance accessories. Seldom used $22,200 0.n.0 View at 101 Frankel aye. Spore 1545 FF CAGIVA FRECCIA with spare parts
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      • 872 6 PROPERTIES AptrtTiintt For Rsnt(D»U 0108} 410 Apwtstnti to mt (Oat* 09-11) 411 Aprtw* fcrßMt {(Ms-? 20| 412 mmmmmM mt jm 2i_ai 413 AprtMnftForfcmiMNdDttD 414 AfM-fffltrttNMadfNX/Buy) 421 FMoqrSpNM 475 HOS AprtNrtoWwtod (Buo 470 h_e»p*Fo«Sah(AMHJo/B^an) 452 HM Apk far Salt (Bsdok/T«nmint«) 454 HOB Mi For Sals (Bl PwfcntfChoa Chu Kaofl 456 HOS
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      • 2736 8 private Apts 438 Private Apts 438 Private Apts 438 Private Apts 438 Private Apts For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale (Dists 12-20) (Dists 12-20) (Dists 12-20) (Dists 12-20) (Dists 12-20) Ps dy s r LUXURIOUS CONDOMINIUM [The Country Club lifestyle you've been waiting for Elegant architecture
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      • 1189 8 462 HDB Apts For Sale (Jurong/Bt. Batok) 4-A' JURONG W. Aye 1 High Ur Lift landing. Renovated MRT amenities OLR 337-2255 x 82 4A- JURONG W. BLK 546. 557 Renovated. Gdn Shops Sch Mkt Price neg Pg. *****50 PCO 4 NO' JURONG E. blk 306 beautifully renovated. Valuation $150K *****54-
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      • 1092 8 464 HDB Apts For Sale (Yishun) 5-RM. T YISHUN am. 4 No blockage, near Northpoint St MRT Superland *****94/ *****70 5-RM. YISHUN. Corner, renovated Bus-stop, amenities Valuation S23OK Pg 407-3428 Bert ERA 5-RM. YISHUN AYE. 4 Near MRT Northpoint Newly/ beautifully renovated *****33/ *****30 Fait 5-RM. YISHUN. Beautifully renovated High
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      • 855 8 466 HDB Apts For Sale (Other Estates) 3-RM. C'WEALTH DR. Blk Original cond Near MRT mkT shops Michael 216-9281. ERA 3-RM C'WEALTH. BLK 89 high (jr no blocking simple renovatioji Move-in cond *****36 sole agt. 3-RM. C WEALTH 74 MRT. -V Coast 508. AM Kio. 649. Boon Lay 211. Bt
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      • 1009 9 470 HDB Apartments Wanted (Buy) HOB FLATS URGENTLY WANTED o Free valuation.' quoUtlon Qualified single (ready cash) H.K Taiwan PR (ready cash) Willing to offer high prtce o Any area/ room type o Flexible budget o Willing to wait few months 0 Quick transaction Reliable service assured FREEWAY *****01 (8
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      • 1052 9 476 Warehouses/ Storage Spaces 260/ 606/ 2060 sq.ft. storage/ office. Kallang MRT. Good loading. Convenient *****27 Agt. 480 Office Spaces For Sale QOOo'INVESTMENT ON Bt Mci ah Central. Blk. 164. office for Uke-over. Good location Furn. with cabinets/ partitions. F/alrcon. carpeted. *****95 LS TELOK KURAU RO. li storey terr Completely
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      • 822 9 481 Office Spaces 481 Office Spaces For Rent For Rent m 4 storey building^^^^% (4300 sq. ft. per floor) 1 I Easy access I Free parking area 8 1 Carpeted _J 487 Shop Spaces For Rent w mmammmmm^ m w i BRIDAL STUDIO FOR TAKEOVER J Near to malnrd. i
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      • 625 9 492 Restaurant/ Lounge Spaces PRESTIGIOUS KTV CANTON Pub karaoke lounge for complete Ukeover on 3 branches. Good profit return Call: *****88. FOR RENT OUXTON, Tg Pagar conservation, for Pub/ restn single/ 2 storey PA. *****66. 493 Land: Sale/ Wanted D.13 LANO 26,206 SQ.FT. al BRADOELL HEIGHTS Subject 4 units of
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      • 625 9 SB --~=--~~~g -_-_g_-B-_5-B-SB-g-g-g-'Sag-gg=. 486 Shop Spaces 436 Shop Spaces 486 Shop Spaces 486 Shop Spaces 486 Shop Spaces For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale TERRACE I Near Kembangan MRT Station/Kembangan Plaza V NO RESTRICTION ON FOREIGNERS EASY INSTALMENTSj) iTTTH rrrj i i 7\ -nm i iii
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      • 29 9 HOLIDAY INN ,A4M KUCHINO 2 ABF JPOTBI City Tour WmiMMaOA I -F-1 il I i I»KT B_f!T^d»_P»^i TRAVEL THE WORLD with Diners World Travel. Call us at *****22 TAOO2
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      • 35 9 3D Penang $338 3D Langkawi $368 5D Penang < Langawi $488 Full Board Package Daily Departure by Air j SO/ 3N S star beach resort. Pulau Besar. Malacca from $160 HNK 1 Tours *****37. TABII 1
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      • 201 9 SANTUBONG h.llfl'i.l_l])lj.^ffl BEACH RESORT l—le_l Discovery) RfffiTa^ir l ll«'Wia__^_l 'DAILY DEP -CITY TOUR ■MMMSjWiHWMMfI I -ROUND TRIP TRANSFER Q»«JlvlJi|l ■_N SANTUBONG RESORT tyyggp^ 3 9 9j C3D PENANGV. i !A l I»W I JMk •DAILY DEP. 2NFERRINGHI JSMMtfaM \W •2 FAST 2 DINNER fftc tl »> T _*T??£?4gijl_^» •full day
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      • 429 9 Ii 526 Tours *******'^*^r***********™***** [CHINESE NEW HONG KONGl|WliWlial 40 Hoi»o Kong/Macj™ $IBBt ot»:F«6t.lQ.ll i? THAILAND 30 PHuktt/FttH Boar. S4» o*9 F«* 1.J.1 1 12 4/SO Bangkok/Pattaya Mft INDONESIA 50 M. din Lake Tobi BH oat ftttuuu.i] 40 BaN Paradise 8 TM Ott> FM I 9.10 11 12 13 50 west
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      • 4139 10 .IPf _TV rs 526 Tour 526 Tour 526 Tours 526 Tour 526 Tours 526 Tour 526 Tour 526 Tour 52< Toor BPl_P l^' Ivy l„e Lina Ng Kugenia Lee Yang Li Bing Cha n S_a-Sha Huang Bi Ren Chen T_ Ming Zoe Tay Dtsmond Shen Yao Wen Long Liv Qiu
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      • 530 10 730 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions 'sAT Trading fl rm m \yy A IMM BuiMlng yy yj urgantty rsquiree* |y_| B *Age between 25-35 Minimum qualification *y LCCI HiQher^ Accounting Oiplorna \K Able to keep full sets *v ofaccounts •X •WorKing experience"/ of 2 years or more mf. Able to work diligently
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      • 633 11 > J '»*_-MW--M--M-W«-l-^-W--l 735 Agent/ Broker/ Trader Poaitiona FOREX TRADERS NEEDED by aril I established It organised firm. Pis. call *****91 ______ajHj^—-— 740 Sales Positions i mAn eeteb. furniture co. due to j I eipeneton requiree I j c Attractive salary plus commission plus J co. Incentives c Minimum Sec
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      • 878 11 740 Salea Positions 740 Sales Positions CFast growing Men's Fashion Co. urgently «X requires: M SH I_»arf «iin#rvice a team rfl Criterias: GCE 'O' Levels and above Good command of English Mandarin Experience m dealing with dept. stores Self-motivated hardworking Results-oriented independent Matured personality with leadership skill Attractive salary and
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      • 660 11 745 Technical Positions 745 Technical Positions 745 Technical Positions mm mm m— IMARINE SUPEMNTENDENTS t H Minimum 2nd Class Motor Part Aor its equivalent or 5 years' working m experience m shipyards H •To oversea a team of fitters for the repair and maintenance of diesel B I engines B
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      • 560 11 790 Part-Time/ Temporary Positions atmmm ammmmm o— o— o I Earn EXTRA Income m the evening i Etlabltohed local Broking Flrni to I a recruiting lor 4 ■(AlMaltorFamaiaigt.ttbova I(B)Short textile wortdng hous (C)r4gh_jirmi_Biwpact_ageQl£x<y I .-rerepermght i(0)0r, ;he-)00 training ta r e .'.-enpefence FREE seminal yjida p «co_l wrrl .x jfl^tcr
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      • 494 11 795 Other Poaitiona I A Graphic Design Company I has immediate vacancy for: Diploma holder or equivalent Computer Literate Bilingual m Eng. and Mandarin Attractive salary Computer literate Experience necessary Salary $1400-$l6OO Please call Jepeneee Travel Agency hae immednte vacanclee for A. FEMALE CHINESE OPERATION CLERK OCE O' or N
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      • 823 11 795 Other Positions 795 Other Positions I Due to our expansion, USA based company requires the following positions: 1. ADMIN. ASSISTANT c OCE O' A' level Few years experience General administrative duties c PC knowledge advantageous 2. ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT c GCE O'/ A' level LCCI Book-keeping (Intermediate) c Knowledge of
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      • 1218 11 gjBoO*73gj66 Monday to Friday: B:3oam to s:3opm (spm deadline for next day: fax orders 4f>tii) Saturday: B:3oam to 2pm (11.30 am deadline for Sunday: fax ordeis ll:OOam) Public Holiday: 9.30 am to lpm Kf|T|nr77w7jTTiTT||3 I TIMES HOUSE: NEWS CENTRE: 390 Kirn Seng Road. 82 Genting Lane. Singapore 0923 Singapore 1334
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      • 207 12 ______B I Bfl I Our Deepest Sympathy I I fl fl _H _H H _H I And Condolences I _H I To The Family Of The Late I fl _H _H _H _H H I fl H I _H IH _H '^B _H _H _H _H H fl fl H
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      • 77 12 Our Deepest Sympathies 1 1 And Condolences 1 1 To The Family Of fl The Late Advisor 4 To The CCL Board I Mr Charles W. Tresise I From: I Board of Directors, 1 Management and Staff of I I I CYCLE 8c CARRIAGE 1 J ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■----■■----■---------------------------I Our Deepest Sympathy
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    • 344 13 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam Third Anniversary In Loving Memory of TANG EVONNE Departed on 24.12.1990 I Always remembered by sons, j daughter, daughter-in-laws, grandchildren, relatives and friends. i 6TH YEAR MEMORIAL SERVICE for our late i i DR. M. G. RAMACHANDRAN Remembering 24.12.87, Our thoughts are with you
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      • 837 14 WkVo_tMM=_L_ _t Local Government Integration Act (Chapter 166) Declaration Under Section 17 WHEREAS: m All those parcels of land situated at the following locations m the Republic of Singapore have been set aside as street reserves pursuant to development proposals approved by the Competent Authority appointed under the Planning Act
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      • 962 14 2 'wW \\\w__________\ 6b Defence Procurement Division (A Member of The Defence Technology Group) MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Tenderers are invited for the undermentioned tenders. All CPO/CIDB/PD registered contractors m the stipulated categories and financial limits are eligible to tender. Tender documents can be obtained from DPD Tender Office, LEO Building,
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      • 551 14 i _-_----mm_m-____________m_-____m_______^m_^_m____m___m__m__^ Is TOA PAYOH TOWN COUNCIL Tenders are invited from CIDB Registered Contractors under the relevant heads for each of the following Term Contracts 'FOR THE PERIOD 1 APRIL 94 TO 31 MAR 96. SERVICE CONTRACTS CAIEGQB* Printing Delivery of CPO/STA/1 0 Newsletter Stationery and Prinitng S1 $50,000/- Above
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      • 877 14 -_r aaaaaaaammmmmmaammmmmmmmmmmmmm S3 Institute of technical Education TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for: (A) Repair and Repainting Works at ITE Balestier (Campus 3) Tender No: ITE/BR/P53/93 Site Showround: Tenderers are requested to meet at Foyer of ITE Balestier (Campus 3), Kirn Keat Road, Singapore 1232 on Tue 28 Dec 93
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      • 555 14 iw the MMM f-QUHTfIfTtIF REPUBLIC QF SttKiAPORC Companies Winding Up No 224 of 1993 In the Matter ot the Companies Act (Cap. SO And In Ihe Matter of YIP 4 SOH CONSTRUCTION PTE LTO. ADVERTISEMEMT OP AMf Hftf ft ____j___m Notice s hereby grven that ar Amended Petition for the
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      • 430 14 Awi Singapore Polytechnic >j TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the following: 1) Tender No: SP/EDD/93/OSIO/ GBC Proposed Renovation Works at Administration Building Level 3 Eligibility: CIDB CWOI or CRO6 Financial Limit: $500,000 and above Document Fee: $5000 Site showround: Wednesday. 29 December 1993 10.30 am. Assemble at Supplies Office.
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      • 722 15 myt "v* Vm PLANNING ACT .f HI (CAP 232, 1990 Ed) WW THE PLANNING 1 (MASTER PLAN) RULES 1991 Notice under Rule 5 Notice is hereby given that the following proposals for alteration to the Master Plan 4 were submitted to the Minister for National Development for approval: 1) Rezonlng
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      • 772 15 PORT OF WWamW AUTHORITY TENDER NOTICE Tenders are Invited for: A. COMPUTER PRODUCTS (1) Tender No: PO/C7/035(93) SUPPLY, DELIVERY, INSTALLATION, TESTING, COMMISSIONING AND MAINTENANCE OF ETHERNET NETWORK COMPRISING HUB, REMOTE BRIDGES AND PRINTER SERVER Coat of Document $25.00 Cloalng Date :1 8 Jan 94 Eligibility: CIDB MEO4 L1 above. CPO
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      • 628 15 wmwmwk J TENDER NOTICE I Tenders are invited from CIDB Registered I Contractors and others for the following: -(A) CQS/406/92(5) Nominated Sub-Contract for Supply and Delivery of Floor and Wall Tiles for Conversion of Former St Joseph's Institution to Singapore Art Museum (B) CQS/343/930) Nominated Sub-Contract for Piped Servicee System
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      • 635 15 JHr WH-YT ECHMIC^fc Wk^SWm TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the following H 0 Tender for the Supply, Delivery, Instsllstlon and Commissioning of PC, Notebook Computer, Projection Psnel and Mentor Syetem for the ECE Department. Reference NP/ECE/79/93 H Open to CPO: CPO/CMP/10 Computer Hardware and Software Producta, CPO/CMP/20 Software Development,
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      • 654 15 wmmm tender t Docwmsni Separate Tenders are coat/ invited for each of the Minimum Closing following:- Category Date BUILDING INCLUDING CWOI •G6 $250 SANITARY, WATER AND ***** OTHER PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS at Tampines Neighbourhood 7 Contract 6 (Total 409 Dwelling Units) (*****90) IMPROVEMENT WORKS CWO2 -G2 $50 TO CARPARKS 827 A
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      • 776 16 _mm* B^ ___i \±*m& m m HGTEL GRAND CENTRAL LIMITED RENOUNCEABLE RIGHTS ISSUE OF 28,221,600 NEW ORDINARY SHARES OF $1.00 EACH ("RIGHTS SHARES"), AT THE PRICE OF $1.05 FOR EACH RIGHTS SHARE, ON THE BASIS OF TWO (2) RIGHTS SHARES FOR EVERY FIVE (5) EXISTING ORDINARY SHARES OF $1.00 EACH
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      • 358 16 SINOAfOI-'S DISCOVfIT ISLAND Sentosa Development Corporation TENDER NOTICE INVITATION TO TENDER FOR TENANCY OF A FOOD OUTLET AT MONORAIL STATION 3, BUKIT MANIS ROAD, SENTOSA Location The subject food outlet is located on the first storey of Sentosa's Monorail Station 3. This Monorial Station serves the neighbouring 21 4-room Beaufort
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      • 702 16 Pf© NANYANG lsi*l TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for:1 Supply of a Photocopier to the Bursar's Office. (NTU/80/007/93) Eligibility CPO/OFE/10 Registered Firms Financial Category $100,000 A above 2. Supply and Delivery of Musical Instruments for Student Affairs Office. (NTU/SAO/0 10/93) Eligibility CPO/SPE/10 Registered Firms Financial Category $25,000 A
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      • 552 16 Singapore Telecom Tenders are invited for: A BUILDING AND M E SERVICES (1) TN7S/***** Supply A install two nos 1000 KVA generator set to Seletar Satellite Earth Stn. (2) TN92/***** Supply A install one unit Remote Alarm Monitoring System A one unit 750 litres service day tank system at Singapore
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      • 702 16 mm_mzm£^' j MMp SCORE TENDER NOTICE Separate tenders are invited from CPO or CIDB registered contractors for supply of the following items for the period 01 .04.94 to 31 .03.95. 1) Steam Laundry Detergents Tender No. SCORE 352:01 (22/93) Closing Date :1 4 Jan 1 994 (1 2 Noon) Category
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      • 938 17 \w_c_sn^s^m_______w_____________i__________u I -K^l^T^-PT} i The üblic Utilities Board invites m^j^J A Dl^l -L/J_D£V tenders from eligible CIDB/CPO i TVTf^TPT/^l? Registered Contractors for the i 1 CW ***** -Supply, installation and commissioning of 185mm2 XLPE/SWA/PVC cable at Upper Peirce Registered Contractors m Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Materials, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\W^^W Products and
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      • 288 17 H TENDER NOTICE If Ip Separate tenders are invited from contractors for:--1) PRINTING, SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF URA/HDB PARKING COUPONS FOR THE PERIOD 1.4.94 TO 31 J. 96 2) PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AT TELOK AVER STREET/ CHEANG HONG LIM STREET/CHEANG WAN SENG PLACE Eligibility Item (1): Contractors registered
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      • 685 17 !=iHDBS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES I TENDERS are invited to rent the following:BL M °n Cl( 8 I?SJ UN,T FL OOR MINIMUM N0 MAME NO. AREA(SM) RENT 1) EATING HOUSE 134 LORONG AH SOO #01-454 304.00 $*****.00 2) SHOPS FOR SERVICE/RETAIL TRADES 554 ANG MO KIO AYE 10 #01-2042 69.00 $*****0 530
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      • 650 17 All that MITRON's top-of-the-line LAN products need now are top-of-the-line sales managers Mitron, a Singapore-based manufacturer of LAN and Communications products with its own R&D development team and offices m America and China is expanding its global sales and distribution network for its current Energy Star Bus Master Ethernet Series
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      • 532 18 TheStraitsTlmes APPOINTMENTS/NOTICES Our client is a Canadian energy service company. A f|3 l^wjrf Psl^ fll major division provides corrosion and mechanical coating I Ij J^fm I systems to the global pipeline industry. This division has a flfl _lft^ successful history of mobilizing project plants to meet the pipe protection needs
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      • 98 18 Z Must have a University degree approved Z by PE Board Singapore z Z Must have a Polytechnic diploma z Z At least 3 years working experience m Z Z Autocad draughting Z required by Engineering Consultancy Z Company for Power Engineering Project and z Z Building services. z z
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      • 639 18 \m 1 Vl^ PAN-INTt-IthtATIONAL eUCTWOHICS (MALAYSIA) SDN. WHO. W Invites highly motivated and dynamic candidates for H Degree m Mechanical/Electronics or Minimum 1 year of experience H relevant field m manufacturing, design or H Own vehicle preferred marketing of these products Knowledge of connectors and cable Successful candidate would be
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      • 470 18 J Hfc_. _W___*_m' \r *__^________________SP"^ w __^_____W_W*^ ■rl''*^^ J^ For creative talents out there, Thomson Consumer Electronics provides you the centre stage Here is where you can get swinging with fresh and exciting < ideas that will add brighter colours to our range of audio and communication products And with
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