The Straits Times, 1 January 1985

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1985 40 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 95/1/85
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  • 1138 1 Chok Tong is First DPM Young team picks leader, PM endorses and MPs applaud And Teng Cheong is Second DPM By OUR POLITICAL DESK Quote 4 My colleagues have decided that I should play centre forward. They have asked me to [day the role of striker in the new team.
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  • 187 1 Our economy will slow down this year PM OUR economy did better last year than in 1983. It grew by 8.5 per cent in 1984 but will slow down this year, the Prime Minister says in his New Year message. Most economists, Mr Lee Kuan Yew says, forecast that the
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  • 304 1 Three new MPs to become Ministers of State THREE new PAP MPs have been appointed Ministers of State and they have been made to tackle two portfolios each to test their mettle. The three are: MP for Teck Ghee Brig-Gen (Reservist) Lee Hsien Loong (Defence and Trade and Industry); the
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  • 275 1 LEE KUAN YEW Prime Minister S. BAJARATNAM Senior Minister (Prime Minister's Office) GOH CHOK TONG First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence ONG TENG CHEONG Second Deputy Prime Minister E.W. BARKER Minister for Law TEH CHEANG WAN Minister for National Development S. DHANABALAN Minister for Foreign
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  • 115 1 12 Swedish women MPs 'sick of public life' STOCKHOLM, Mon. Twelve women MPs in Sweden's 349-seat Parliament believe they have had enough of public duties and indicated they will resign In order to resume a balanced family life. They come from all Eu-tles in the Riksdag,
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  • 359 1 People will have the final say Chok Tong If there are to be modifications to one-man-one-vote system THE people will have the final say if the one-man-one-vote system is to be modified. Mr Goh Chok Tong, the First Deputy Prime Minister-designate and Defence Minister, gave this assurance yesterday at a
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  • 37 1 Section Two Taking stock of 1984 In the first of a twopart review of top local and foreign stories last year, our writer picks out mont h-by -month highlights and quotes worth remembering. Page* 1 and 3
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    • 128 1 Maker of No.l oeiiinoj Tennis nmCKBi _t_-i!_i_ Wkmm^^mmmwmmmmemaa P^^_»sBi___?^ s^b «^|j_ mWmW r_/^S?OPTS*IIISUtI(STI)ITD. j > *»g^ Tafc 287 OOM (4 in-) The Prime Minister wishes all a Happy New Year The Straits Times wishes its readers a Happy New Year Sony's rugged Walkie Talkie LED transmission _E______ m indicator Am
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    • 28 1 I Inside 40 pages today SUMMARY 2 WORLD NEWS 3,4,6 ASEAN 8 CAUSEWAY 8 AROUND YOUR PLACE 14 EDITORIAL 16 LETTERS 17 CLASSIFIEDS 21-25 RACING 25 SPORTS 26,28,29
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  • IN SUMMARY
    • 357 2 Greasepaint's lure THEIR aim is to entertain, their target to perform not only at community centres but also to go on the road. They are members of music and drama companies at CCs, and what they may lack in polish they make up for with verve and enthusiasm. LIM
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    • 510 2 Seoul gets tough SOUTH Korean authorities have warned the country's top dissidents that they faced criminal prosecution for pursuing forbidden political activities. Sources said charges were expected to be filed against Mr Kim Young-sam, the chief opposition leader in South Korea, and Mr Kim Dae-young, who plans
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    • 325 2 THE STRAITS TIMES SAYS: UNLIKE many world leaders who have clung on to power avariciously, Mr Lee Kuan Yew has done Singapore a service by preparing for a gracious handing over. The people he has chosen are talented and have gone through the rigours of the political arena. They
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    • 365 2 Barcelona surge BARCELONA, already heading the Spanish league, survived the loss of Victor Munoz, sent off in the first-half, to beat Real Madrid 3-2 before 130.000 excited spectators in Barcelona's Nou Camp Stadium on Sunday. Barcelona's victory puts them six points ahead of Real in the Spanish soccer championship
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    • 83 2 Asean: Across the Causeway Suharto's stand INDONESIA'S President Suharto has said his government will never bow to terrorism and violence; they were, he said, promoted by fanaticism and narrow-mindedness. He said the government honoured differences of opinion but said they should be handled in constitutional ways. On the economy, he
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    • 118 2 Count your blessings PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has asked Malaysians to make it their New Year resolution to count their blessings and refrain from regarding issues facing the government as "sensational crises". "I have travelled all over the world and I think Malaysians are lucky
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    • 391 2 Looking back ON this first day of 1985, we have much to mull over what happened last year. 1984 will be remembered as the year Singaporeans took stock of themselves and their country. The self-assessment was wide-ranging as we reminded ourselves of our heritage, counted our blessings, and
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    • 183 2 Why kanji! JAPANESE educationist ISAO ISHII says that Japanese schoolchildren should be taught kanji (Chinese characters) at a very early age. He says that the children he has taught had no. difficulty learning the characters; he feels that they are the better for it. He says most people
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  • around the WORLD
    • 299 3 S. Korean dissidents warned SEOUL, Mon. Charges expected against top leaders SOUTH Korean authorities today warned the country's top dissidents that they faced criminal prosecution for pursuing iorbidden political activities. Prosecution sources said charges were expeeied to be filed against Mr Kim Young-sam, the chief opposition leader in South Korea,
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    • 187 3 China eases grip on farmers BEIJING, Mon. China today announced that it was ending its peasants* obligation to sell a part ot their grain harvest to the state, marking a new major step in the liberalisation of the rural Chinese economy. The end of the system, in force since the
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    • 41 3 PAPEETE (Tahiti), Mon. New Caledonia and Tahiti announced yesterday they plan to form an alliance of French territories in the South Pacific and establish civil defence measures to help New Caledonia's Polynesian community protect itself from attack by separatists. UPI
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    • 30 3 TOKYO, Mon. At least 15 people died in yearend snowstorms which hit the Sea of Japan northern coasts, paralysing trains, closing highways and delaying thousands of travellers. AP
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    • World briefs
      • 56 3 A SEVERE earthquake shook eastern India early yesterday and first reports said at least 10 people were killed instantly and 30 others seriously injured. The Press Trust of India said "an earthquake of severe intensity" hit Cachar district of Assam, about 1,450 km east of New Delhi,
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      • 60 3 A BOMB blast tore through a French embassy building in Bonn early yesterday, causing damage of about 100,000 marks (about 5570,199). No one was injured in the explosion that smashed windows and damaged roofs in nearby houses, police said. It was the eighth attack in two weeks
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      • 63 3 WITH THE temperature hitting a recordbreaking 21 degrees Celsius last weekend, a young lady in shorts (above) enjoys some music at the East River Esplanade in Manhattan, New York. Temperatures broke record highs throughout the north-eastern part of the United States, due to a large Bermuda High,
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      • 62 3 PAKISTAN'S PRESIDENT Mohammad Zia-Ul-Haq said in an interview in Islamabad published yesterday that he would announce party-less general elections by Jan 10 and hold them in mid-February. President Zia told The Muslim newspaper that he would give up his key position as chief of army staff after the
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      • 71 3 BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT Hei nan Siles Zuazo has praised the armed forces for ending a rebellion by the chief of the army who was sacked after reports that he was planning a coup. The President said during a visit to military headquarters in La Paz that the military had
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    • 271 3  -  MARTIN ROTH By Taipeh Reporter TAIPEH, Mon. Recent decisions by the Taiwanese government to allow two American advertising agencies and a Hongkong department store to establish new companies in Taipeh mark a major change in the country's investment climate, with service
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    • 135 3 TAIPEH, Mon. A man has been charged with lacing nine packs of instant noodles with poison in an attempt to extort five million Taiwan dollars (about *****,000) from a local food company. A police spokesman said Su Jui-Chin, 34, a bankrupt factory owner, admitted he
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    • 149 3 Bhopal sues Union Carbide NEW DELHI, Mon. The state government of Madhya Pradesh announced yesterday it is filing suits in American courts against the Union Carbide Corporation to seek compensation for casualties and damage caused by the catastrophic leak of poison gas from a plant in Bhopal. More than 2,500
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    • 476 3 ARANYAPRATHET (Thailand), Monday FIGHTING between Vietnamese troops and Cambodian resistance forces for control of Rithisen base near the Thai border tapered off today after one of the bloodiest battles of the six-year-old war. Thai military sources in this border town said only sporadic small
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    • 598 4  -  LIAK TENG KIAT New technology centre will boost Asean imports By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Mon. The Japanese do it and so do the Europeans. And now the Americans have jumped into the act. You could call it a sort of marriage promotion, getting
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    • 223 4 Fourteen killed in Iraqi attacks TEHERAN, Mon. Iraqi aircraft killed at least 14 people and injured nearly 100 yesterday in separate raids on an Iranian town and a village near the southern Gulf war front, the official Iranian news agency Irna reported. Teheran said raids nearly two hours apart breached
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    • 32 4 KUWAIT, Mon. Army chiefs from the six member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council began talks here yesterday on military links between the countries, the Kuwaiti news agency Kuna reported. AFP
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    • 179 4 WASHINGTON. Mon Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres said yesterday he believes his country can withdraw its troops from war-torn Lebanon within a few months, and expressed hope of reaching a diplomatic agreement with the Syrians and the Lebanese "I think for the time being we
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    • 100 4 UNDER a life-size model of a sperm whale, two US conservationists hold ap a message appealing to President Ronald Reagan and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhlro Nakasone. It reads: "President Reagan and Prime Minister Nakasone. Please dont plea bargain with Connecticut's state animal. End sperm whale killing now!"
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    • 382 4 AMMAN, Mon. Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) chief Yasser Arafat attended today's funeral in Amman of a slain PLO official after Israel refused to allow the burial in his hometown on the occupied West Bank. A brief PLO statement issued in Amman said Mr Fahd Qawasmi's
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    • 404 4 GENEVA, Mon SAUDI Arabia's Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani yesterday warned North Sea oil producers that any further cut in their prices will force Opec countries to start a price war. Sheikh Yamani, speaking to reporters at the end of a
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    • 61 4 CAIRO. Mon Two detectives from Scotland Yard were allowed by Egyptian authorities to question two Britons arrested in November after an abortive attempt to assassinate Libyan opposition leader Abdel Hamid El-Bakoush in Egypt, diplomatic sources said yesterday The sources said the two. Anthony Gill. 48. and Godfrey
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    • 121 6 Tragic highway pile-up as cars skid on ice INTERSTATE 495 at the Woodinville exit In Bothell, Washington state, was the scene of a massive pile-up after as many as 25 cars and trucks slammed into each other after skidding on the iceslicked road last Friday. A large truck carrying hales
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    • 127 6 Colourful debate on Year of the Ox MOSCOW, Mon. The big debate in Soviet newspapers this weekend was how best to dress for the New Year. The point of contention was not fashion, but symbolism. In the Chinese calendar, 1985 is the Year of the Ox. "What is the colour
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    • 622 6  -  PETER HAZELHURST Nakasone to meet Reagan on Thursday By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO, Mon. The security of the Pacific region and Japan's lopsided trade surplus with the United States are expected to dominate discussions when Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone flies to Washington this week to meet
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    • 293 6 Thatcher pledges to create more jobs and cut taxes LONDON, Mon. Job creation, denationalisation and cuts in income tax are the government's Sriorities for 1985, Prime linister Margaret Thatcher said in a New Year message. She set those aims against a background of maintaining the rule of law. "Law and
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    • 191 6 US envoy hits back at Unesco chief PARIS, Mon The US ambassador and permanent representative at Unesco, Mrs Jean Gerard, yesterday accused its director-general, Mr Amadou Mantar M'Bow, of failing in "reserve and impartiality." Mrs Gerard was commenting on an interview given on Saturday to French television by the United
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    • 39 6 PHILADELPHIA, Mon. Massa, the oldest gorilla in captivity, celebrated his 54th birthday yesterday in beastly grand style by gorging bananas, ice cream and cake while 500 people sang and cheered him on at the Philadelphia zoo. UPI
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      • 105 6 QUEEN ELIZABETH yesterday honoured two of Britain's long-serving trade union leaders, a political kingmaker and a fireman. In her New Year honours announced in London, the Queen knighted Conservative politician Edward Du Cann, 60, who helped engineer the rise to power of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The
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      • 62 6 WEST GERMAN Chancellor Helmut Kohl expressed confidence yesterday over the outcome of next week's meeting on arms issues between American Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. In a televised New Year's address in Bonn, Mr Kohl said: "I am confident that these negotiations
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      • 78 6 EAST GERMAN leader Erich Honecker said yesterday that "hard work and stamina" were needed to reduce tension between the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) in 1985. In a New Year address in East Berlin carried by the official ADN news agency, he said
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      • 83 6 SOUTH KOREAN President Chun Doo-hwan yesterday wished North Koreans a Happy New Year and said he hoped the Koreas would be reunited in 1985. In a New Year message in Seoul, he said his country had taken the initiative in increased dialogue with Pyongyang. Both sides will
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  • AROUND ASEAN
    • 350 8 IPOH, Monday Malaysians urged not to run down their country PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad called on Malaysians to make it their New Year resolution to count their blessings and refrain from regarding issues facing the government as "sensational crises." He said some
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    • 116 8 Mahathir: Govt still studying kafir law KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Legislation on the kafir issue (calling other Muslims "infidels") will be drafted by the AttorneyGeneral's Chambers once the Cabinet gives the goahead, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today. He said the government was still studying the recommendations made
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    • 182 8 PETALING JAYA, Mon. Four people, two ot them sisters, were killed when the car they were travelling in was involved in a collision with an excavator on the Federal Highway near here yesterday. Police said University of Malaya final-year student Znrida Fail, 24, and Malaysian
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    • 150 8 Penang plans village of arts PENANG. Mon The state government plans to set up a cultural village or garden where philanthropists and cultural enthusiasts can sponsor tho activities of native handicraft makers, artists, writers, musicians and dancers. Chief Minister Dr Lim Chong Eu, who announced this yesterday, said the cultural
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    • 169 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Many people are now turning to traditional medicine to overcome drug addiction one of the biggest social problems in the country. The regional secretary of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicines, Dr R. Kumaran, said yesterday there
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    • 236 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Department stores, supermarkets, emporiums and pharmacies have reported a big increase in the number of shoplifting cases. And the culprits are the least likely suspects. Most of them have been found to be men and women from society's upper strata including high-ranking
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    • 249 8 JAKARTA, Mon President Suharto said today that the government will never bow to terrorism and violence. In a year-end speech, he deplored violence committed "by several irresponsible individuals recently". It was the first time the President had touched on terrorism since September, when a
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    • 70 8 Rally may get world status KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Lucky Strike rally may be upgraded to world championship status by 1987, Malaysian Motor Sports Club (MMSC) president Mohamed Shah Kadir said today. A favourable response to an MMSC proposal had been received from the International Automobile Federation (Fia) and the
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    • 156 8 BANGKOK, Mon. Indochina faces 1985 the 10th year of communism in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos with prospects of economic woes, an intensified guerilla war and no lessening of dependency on the Soviet Union. Non-communist Southeast Asia, widely predicted to become a falling domino board a
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    • 204 8  -  HAN LING By Brunei Reporter BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mon. Brunei has looked near and far for ways of improving its civil service in its first year of independence. Traditionally, the government has turned primarily to Britain and Singapore for its training needs. Now it
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    • 131 8 Economic crisis not over yet Marcos MANILA, Mon. President Ferdinand Marcos warned today that it would take another year before there were firm signs that the Philippines was on the road to economic recovery. The President addressed the nation in a sevenminute taped television appearance which marked his traditional end-of-the-year
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    • 4684 10 My two goals by the striker THE First Deputy Prime Minister-designate, Mr Goh Chok Tong, held a press conference at the Istana yesterday to announce the Cabinet line-up. He also fielded a host of questions. We reproduce part of 'Our style will be to involve younger Singaporeans' 4 To understand
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    • 374 10 -4 All of us are aware of the potential dangers of tte one-man-one-vcte system but this system has served us well. We have had many elections and the system has served us well. If there are going to be changes, the reasons
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    • 321 11 Ministry newly set up to develop community projects MR GOH Chok Tong yesterday described the new Ministry of Community Development aa a "meaningful change" in the reorganisation at the ministries of Social Affairs and Culture. 'This is In accord with our thinking that the community must participate in some major
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    • 265 14 Bo Wen MADAM Tan Choo, 43, of Block 233, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, has a Christmas present that she fully deserves. The housewife was given a food hamper by the Bo Wen Zone D RC for returning to the owner about $40,000 in cash
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    • 542 14 CC groups want to perform for the public THEY may not be as popular as the Singapore Armed Forces Music and Drama Company, but these groups in community centres make up for it with their enthusiasm and exuberance. Every one of these music and drama groups has high
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    • 108 14 Beware of bogus policemen, residents told Bukit Merah THE Bukit Merah Zone C RC has neat notices to its residents, advising them to he wary of men who claim to be police officers. The warning followed tiro ftiporta of such impersonation in Buklt Pnrmei housing estate ia Anson several months
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    • 368 14 Kampong Übi ONE of them had a running nose. Another had recurring stomachaches. Yet another complained of rheumatism in her neck. All met at a car park outside the Kampong Übi Zone A RC centre at Block 10, Eunos Crescent. They had come for a
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    • 521 16 THE swearing in of the Prime Minister and his new Cabinet tomorrow will mark the beginning of a new era for Singapore. Only two of the original nine PAP Cabinet ministers are left. With the elevation of two younger PAP leaders to Deputy Prime Minister and
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  • 906 16  -  ONG MING SEING Issue expected to crop up in Shultz-Gromyko talks By WASHINGTON The American Star Wars anti-missile programme is a major effort of President Ronald Reagan to meet the challenge of Soviet military superiority. This has been underpitied by Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger in
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  • 1159 16  -  NANCY CHNG By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Family planning, says Thailand's top family planner, is like soy sauce. "You don't drink it straight. You mix it in everything." Mr Mechai Viravaidya should know. For the last 10 years, he's been mixing
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  • 599 16  -  LOUIS HEREN By LONDON The Times of London celebrates its bicentenary today, and I can report with pride but due modesty that it has much to celebrate. There are one or two older newspapers, the Glasgow Herald for instance, but The Times led the world
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    • 185 16 DECOR GUIDE complete handbook to a designing, i decorating I and furnishing mjk DEC *84— r!^ FEB >85 A Times Periodicals Publication _______^^^P_l^_^_M __R______r~_ '**^l_a___________ __l__ I 5 _s___f_ PWy _we_l UPI ___f_MS_[ a^Maw^^^ ja @P^*****00 _*«fj _Z__l WBrth Prizes To Be Won! Afem> 1 I vI I l^^^^^^K' I
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  • FORUM
    • 522 17 WHAT THE READERS SAY AFTER ELECTION '84 Good opposition evolves in right conditions WE would like to commend you on the very objective and constructive editorial "Let's take it in our stride". (ST, Dec 24). We are neither pro-opposi-tion nor anti-People's Action Party we are simply
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    • 305 17 Vote wisely to preserve present system I REFER to the comments by "G.G." on the one-man-one- vote system. (ST, Dec 27). You only vote for the opposition when you think it can form an alternative government. Dr Goh Keng Swee said this in a radio broadcast prior to one general
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    • 696 17 No feedback because no one really listened I WRITE on behalf of a group of young Singaporeans who criss-crossed the island during the nine-day election period to attend rallies held by the major political parties. We saw the large vociferous crowds at the opposition rallies. Many messages .truck responsive ?hords
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    • 127 17 THE People's Action Party has always been the political party of my choice on polling day because of its leaders' credibility and their ability to govern effectively. They have always delivered the goods to the people. I feel, however, that whatever controversial policies the government
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    • 74 17 I CAN think of no other leadership that is prepared to commit itself to providing homes for ownership to even those with the minimal resources. This is what strikes me most when I consider the vision for the future and the agenda for ac- tion. This plan goes
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    • 776 17 amw _jnl^_t B Li P __1 ____k^ __l_P^__l WLmT to ■>m^m (__??< ____________H m '''vwnmmm ~^w __r. to mmmm m to toa B^^H ■V Jkmm ___^_HH wk _w__fci --<„-i-.-_-. ___._______n_l High quality coffee powder made from the best selected coffee beans, to bring out the aroma in every cup of
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    • 176 18 _______-*> LA__l _D W mmm oca u J 1 v\ _-_-_t_-_._H -o w _F___l S 'l Il_3 o __£j I— l ro ___^r4 z r^*« l'M_r**_l L__A*>_H c 9 en J 1 Wishing You j| Happy And Prosperous Neu; Year o-oa.^ A "ffIPHTERSON Paterson Darhroom Cnemicais S Arcessones star nnjggm
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  • HOME
    • 452 18 Public service units keep New Year vigil AT THE stroke of midnight when most of us rang in the New Year with revelry, scores of others were waiting for another kind of ring. Emergency lift rescue operators Seah Heok Lee, 31, and Wong
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    • 368 18  -  KONG SOOK CHIN By THE Ministry of Labour is investigating the Singapore-based employment agency which brought in 29 Filipinos with promises of jobs in Malaysia but left them stranded in Johor Baru. A Labour Ministry spokesman said that the agency was unlicensed.
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    • 207 18 Farrer CC to be built at void deck A NEW community centre will be built at the void deck of an HDB block at Farrer housing estate. Dr Dixie Tan, MP for Ulu Pandan, told The Straits Times that the plan had been approved. At present, there are two community
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    • 76 18 Man charged with cheating claims trial A MAN claimed trial yesterday to a charge of allegedly cheating another man of $3,000 by lying that he had scrap copper for sale. V.N. Ganapathy, 28, is said to have cheated Mr Dhoraraj s o Sel vara j on Friday at the front
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    • In brief
      • 106 18 THE Union of Telecoms Employees (Utes) got a year-end "bonus" from the management yesterday a sum of $500,000 to start a welfare fund for its members and their families. The gift was announced at the signing ceremony of a wage agreement for technical, operational and
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      • 77 18 A SUSPECTED drug addict, Mr Tay Kim Kie, died in hospital on Saturday, hours after he had complained of not feeling well. Mr Tay, 36, a stall assistant, was first taken to the Changi Prisons Hospital from the Sembawang drug rehabilitation centre. He was later
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      • 145 18 No 'L' plates: Four m-cyclists fined FOUR motorcyclists with provisional driving licences were each fined $200 by a court yesterday for not displaying 4 L' plates on their machines. They were also fined $200 each for riding without insurance cover, and were banned from riding Class Two vehicles for a
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      • 131 18 ONE man died while three others were injured in road accidents on Sunday. A cyclist, Mr Wan Bock Eng, 42, died instantly when he was run over by a bus along Chua Chu Kang Road at 12.15 p.m. He and the Singapore Bus Service
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    • 166 18 Estimated Productivity tigures are not puonsned by these countries out derived from GDP divided by employment The latest employment figures for the other countries ttoweve* are not available for productivity growth calculation Source Various official source^ (Percentage Change? gg 1983 1984*
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    • 114 18 Tanker leaks acid at Causeway A TANKER carrying hydrochloric acid leaked at the Causeway on its way to Singapore yesterday morning. But the driver and his assistant quickly patched np the hole, preventing wastage of the $2,006 load. No one was injured. Mr G. Parawasmaran, 31, was crossing the Customs
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    • 194 18 Small Claims Court for traders too THE Small Claims Tribunal, to be set up early this year, is for both the man in the street and traders. Questions on the why, what and how of the court will be answered at the first seminar on the tribunal organised by the
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    • 623 24  -  DELICE GAN Last year's lighting success sparks idea for street carnival By COME on down to Orchard Road and have a party! Instead of just lighting up this year, let's have song, dance and, of course, food on the pedestrian mall and have a street
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    • 309 24 MOUTH-TO-MOUTH resuscitation and cardiac massage have saved many lives. Bat when applied improperly, the results have ranged from broken ribs and severe braises to failure to help a patient. To ensure that Its medics know how to apply these techniques, the Singapore Armed Forces has set up
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    • 251 24 SINGAPORE Armed Forces soldiers are now shouldering ammunition loads which not only appear like the real thing but also weigh the same. The aim behind this is to get infantry troopers accustomed during exercises to the look and feel of the ammunition they
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    • 219 24 Chamber polls to be held next month ELECTIONS are around the corner to pick 65 representatives next month to the 43rd council of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry as the twoyear term of office of the present council will expire by March. A nine-man election committee, headed
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 1820 20 (_k Monday Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm Ordinary: $5.00 per line (Mm $15 00) r *♦> _a^. _a^. _|t_ _n_ _a%, _s^ _»»-*sii^ _p^ Saturday 8.30am to 2.oopm (nam ,M __.^_s__v g\ _^-!N r J r J>N f\ rT^V i^_l <*•****» '<>' "*> Sunday T,mes) Semi-display: $20.00 per col cm Personal
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    • 241 20 30 Hairdressing CHEZ HAIR UNISEX requires models, for advanced students supervised by Phillip and Florence. Tel: *****51/ *****13. 32 Photography FOBA ADVANCED QUALITY A wide range of studio equipment: light heavy weight camera stands, background tables, combi-tube system, ceiling rail system film dryer etc. SOLE AGENT (SHOWROOM) PRIMA STUDIO EQUIPMENT
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    • 556 20 L>jj Start the New Year with 1 Atxifl/ a call t0 C.A.T.S. for an hf |w' a advertisement which A\dftkKrL ss °yu YtoU *1 We're open from /\M W L\./S9 00amto A m£\yr I.oopm today. AS* i mmwM 28 Health Centres/ 28 Health Cantraa/ 48 Packing/ Storage/ Massage Massage Delivery/Removal
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    • 404 20 38 TV/ Video/ Hl-Fi AERIALS INSTALLATIONS TECHNICAL Servicing repairs Telefunken. Sharp. Roxy. Graetz. ITT. Siera. Philips. Setron, Normande. Siemen, colour TV on the spot, fixing video Reasonable charges, day night service. Telephone *****75--*****23 RENT A 36CM colour TV from $24 per month Immediate installation. $100 deposit or guarantor required. Long
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    • 429 20 HOUSE REMOVAL/ TRANSPORTATION services Office removal specialised in pianos organs W< specialised In antique. ttOUaehoid delivers and disposal services. Experienced reliable workers wortters provided Reasonable rates Please call 171 MBi saaei CAN WE SOLVE B_ piobl-ius ill house removal transportation service. Office removal v\> specialised in pianos organs dispos al
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    • 385 21 56 industrial 56 Industrial Equipment/ Supplies Equipment/ Supplies REQUIRE 1 UNIT J COMMON SEAL MAKING MACHINE INTERESTED SUPPLIER PLEASE FORWARD CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST TO> Kota Secretaries W.D.T. 301 KOTA KINABALU 66 Situations Vacant: Professional/ Executive World Fashion Le_-der MITSUMINE Leading Japanese Men's and Ladies' Fashion Speciality Shop requires urgently:
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    • 472 21 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical /Job: "^N lb be in-charge of security matters lb be involved in safety committee and related safety and health functions To assist in the organising of sports/recreational welfare activities and in the affairs of the recreation committee To supervise the day-to-day general I administration work
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    • 729 21 70 Situations Vacant: Secretarial/ Clerical Urgently required VDU OPERATOR/ CLERK Min GCE O' level Some working experience preterred but not essential Able to type Call: *****77 EXT 419 OR *****91 EXT 216 CLERK/ RECEPTIONIST REOUIRED for permanent afternoon shift at Hun Sun Hotel 262A/ B Middle Koad. Ideal for retired
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    • 788 21 74 Situations Vacant: Miscellaneous URGENTLY REQUIRED EXPERIENCED Electricians and Oeneral Workers Salary: $18 to $35. Call *****02. Miss Tan. WANTED CLASS 3 DRIVER ($600) and attendant ($450). Pise, apply to 81k.451. A.M.Kio Ave 10 "01--1757. WANTED MOTOR-CAR DRIVERS. Full/ Part-time (day), preferably with motorcycle/ scooter. Salary negotiable. Tel: *****54. YMCA
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    • 563 21 87 For Sale: Mercedes 1977 SEPT. MERCEDES 200 auto 2nd owner, full accessories Reasonable otter secures. Tel: *****95 Mr. Ng. (No dealers). 1978 MERCEDES 200 (manual) l private owner. PARI eligible, beautiful condition Interested phone: 7328H82 1979 MERCEDES BENZ 200, private, manual, well maintained, sports rims. 2nd car. $45,000 o.n
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    • 823 21 89 For Sale: Datsun/Nissan (^^g3 k I i k Low Downpayment Pulsar 1.0 OX $3250 Sunny 1.3 DX $3690 Sunny 1.3 GL $3890 (Includes registration fee 6 months road tax) Low Interest Rates un DELTA MOIXH. (a member ot Ruby Group) Bukit Timah Showroom: 150/152 Mackenzie Road Singapore 0922 Tel:
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    • 910 21 90 For Sale: Toyota ALMOST '84 TOYOTA Corolla DX 1300 CC. (New model i pte owner. a/C, high powered radio cassette, new sports tyres, tuff-kote, tax 6 '85. original condition $23,900. Loan eligible. *****63. LATE '82 TOYOTA Carina Coupe. I.6XE 5-speed. 3-door (new model), one private owner, aircond. new sports
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    • 931 21 91 For Sale: Mitsubishi 1980 MITSUBISHI SIGMA. Big bumper, aircon. radio cassette, sports rims, original paint, first class condition. $15,300 ono *****29 1981 Mitsubishi sigma Galant, 1 private owner, aircon. radio cassette, big bumper, low rmieage. accident free, excellent condition Tel: *****72 after Ipm 1982 MITSUBISHI COLT Oalant 1600 GLS-EX.
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    • 926 21 92 For Sale: Mazda •79 mazoa 626 2 owner- Excellent condition -Selling (11 £00 nett Tel *****t_K) '6w MAZDA 323 am ond radio cassette "-ports rims, lax new. price $21,500 Pri *****88 '83 MAZDA 626 (H.X Id MotCttback. aircond. cassette, beautiful condition Contact *****01 93 For Sale: Honda 1962 HONDA
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    • 652 21 94 For Sale: Other Makes 1577 MINI 1000 1 load -.i.i 1 ion lAl.l .in. iWe Nea upon i un- radio 1 -->•' i'- Selling (7j680 1 19 I 1978 PORSCHE 924 ;i 1 tnu high powei radio asset 1 new t. x PARI I 001 QBjBBO rel *****64 5
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    • 466 22 95 For Sale: Commercial Vehicles DATSUN 120Y PANEL VAN 3 ywa Excellent condition New aircond ures Passed Inspection l'.ii;er' *****7.. NEAR SO DAIHATSU 550 Van sdoor m beautiful condition $4 300 0n 0 Loan arrangeable MM3M NEAR 81 DATSUN 120Y Blind Van 1 owner aircon. new tax in beautilul condition
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    • 349 22 96 For Sale: Motor Cycles/Scooters YAMAHA CVBO. RXIOO. KXIIS. RXI2S. 1.C.150. Kawasaki 7,250. 250LTD. 4001.TD. Suzuki GPIOO. GSI2S. KG 2SO. GS4OO. Vespa 150V. PISOX. PXISOK. PX2OOE Call: *****86 237 Kangoon Road. SEPT. 1983 HONDA XKSOO Seldom used Open to offer. Tel. *****10 Mr Teo XJ6SO SPECIAL YAMAHA 1980 model Selling
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    • 293 22 106 Accomodation 106 Accomodation Available: Houses Available: Houaaa fr HDB "i PROPERTIES TO LET Tenders are invited for the lettings of the following unfurnished residential properA) CHIP BEE GARDENS Payable (Off Holland Road) Apartment Block 45C Jalan Rumia #02-06 $940.00 (ii) Double-Storey Terrace (3 bedrooms) at 4 Jalan Puteh Jerneh
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    • 119 22 DIST.I6 DOUBLE-STOREY SEMIDETACHED. 4 bedrooms, bathrooms attached. 1 servant's. Alrconditloners, fridge, oven, washing machine. $1,400 (fully furnished) Tel: *****30 (owner) SELETAR HILLS D15T.2879 semidetached. 3-bedroomed unfurnished house, 19 Jalan Kechubong. Available immediately. $1,300. Tel: *****41. THE MANAGEMENT staff of Dyson Real Estate Enterprises wishes The MRTC, our valued clients and
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    • 327 22 106 Accomodation Available: Houses HAVING ACCOMMODATION PROBLEMS? Call Kenwood Housing Tel: *****78 (Sundays) *****16 (weekdays). We specialised in providing free and time saving real estate services. UNFURNISHED 4-BEDROOM DOU-BLE-STOREY terrace with compound, newly painted, available immediately. $I,OGo p.m. negotiable. View today: 74 Jin Limbok (1954). *****31- *****29. WESS ASSOCIATES: *****44.
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    • 1446 22 107 Accommodation 107 Accommodation Available: Available: Apartments Apartments f TOLET^S Long or Short Lease \a+** u FfIR EfIST PLflZfl Hotel Style LUXURIOUS fIPfIRTMENTS At the junction of Scotts/Orchard Road, next to Hyatt Hotel. 14,000 sq. ft. Hotel style lobby Mini golf course Standard swimming pool 'Reception lounge Children's wading pool
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    • 835 22 111 Accommodation Wantad: Rooms READY CLIENTS REQUIRE furnished unfurnished room' flaLs in any district. Owner please call *****96/ *****62. 113 For Sale: Houses DIST.S DOUBLE-STOREY TERRACE. 2000 sq.ft Freehold 3 rooms, servant's, store. Flooring terrazzo and parquet. Highest offer secures. Vacant possession Telelphone Ivy *****66 (office) between 12.00p.m. and 1.00p.m
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    • 717 22 116 For Sale: HDB Apartments CLEMENT) AVE. S, Blk 343. 6th floor ..-room, highest Offei secures Tel *****16 FOR SALE: 3-ROOM orner tlutHolland Ave Terrozzo flooring Tel *****08 (no agentx GHIM MOH 3 Roomed Blk 2. Bth floor near market. $40 000 Call Mus *****82 MARINE CRESCENT BLK 32 12th
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    • 528 23 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses 113 For Sale: Houses to Hill-top Luxury Residences jl I Elevated locality. Easy Transportation I Beautifully designed Spanish-style Iyj X^J^epnon?-^ A^—i Am to ■mm J J I** MmmfSmß mmr Ar I i^B 'mf^^mmmmmm^S^^l^^^ ft i__WfS_J _S_____-_MEoB*J^^^ -j<MI r MmW 1 I Hfx
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    • 486 23 118 Factory Spaces 118 Factory Spaces 13 Jf FACTORY I SPACE FOR I 1 LEASE I i I Factory Space of various I I dimensions at Sims Ave./ I I Eunos Road for lease. I to Dlaoco /*nnt_>ot' 93S_9__111 \B I (Mr Steve Long) or I *****58 (Mr. Chong) I
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 217 24 MR YEO TIONG HOON Age 76 Returned homa to tha Lord on 30 Dae 1984. Sons Daughters-in-law Choo Teck, Stephen Jenny (Deceased) Choo Heng. Henry Mary (Deceased) Choo Wee, Willie Sally Daughters Sons-in-law Lily Tan Cheng Hwee Rosie Yeo Chee Heng, Alfred Annie Loke Wai Wah,
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    • 28 24 Tha Family of tha lata MR LIM JOO HUAT wishes to thank all relatives, friends ft colleagues for their eondoloncas, donations, wreaths ft assistance during thej^fecen^bereavament^^^^
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    • 136 24 182 Acknowledgements 184 In Memoriam AL-FATEHA MR HAJI MOHAMED YATIM BIN KARIM Aged 60 Passed away peacefully on 29.12.84, leaving behind 7 sons, 5 daughters, 4 sons-in-law, 5 daughters-in-law, 6 grand-sons and 5 grand-daughters. The family wish to thank all their relatives and friends for their condolence, donations, assistance and
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      113 24 In ewerloving memory of CHRISTINE PAUL Departed Ist Jan. 1983 In our hearts your memory lingers. Sweetly tender, fond and true. There is not a day. dear mother, That we do not think of you. Always remembered by your loved ones. In Loving Memory Of JARED SAW
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    • 59 25 The Family Of The Late MR. YEO CHO KHENG (JO TJOW KHENG) wish to thank all relatives, friends and Members of The Queen of Peace Church Chinese Group for their kind condolences, attendance, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. All proceeds will be
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    • 78 25 #crr— rn\ I Mr. Teo Bak Seng I I Departed Ist January 1984 I I Our thoughts are always with you. I I Our hearts are sore with pain. I I This world would be like heaven, I I if you
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 881 24 149 Secretarial/ 150 Commercial/ 151 Language 167 Marriages/ Typing Technical Engagements JAPANESE KOK KUM YUEN and Rosalind (Beginners) Tell Wee I. m are pleased to ailNew Cla«__. Commencing at: po""" th r engagement on HAININ_ -tNIHt ~*"~^^~l=i=i=i= i ii '05-3545 Block lb2 17fl f Bukit Merah Town Centre 1 Tel.
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    • 28 24 W STRAITS r TIMES r RATES FOR OBITUARIES $15.00 for 3 lines (Run-on style) $60.00 for 3cm x lcol (Semi-display style) $75.00 for 3cm x lcol (Display style)
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    • 269 24 172 Car Pools PAID LIFT REOUIRED from Clementi West to Telok Blangah Crescent, morning only. Tel' *****55/ *****12. TRANSPORT REOUIRED FOR one from Jurong East to Tuas at about Bam. payment negotiable Call *****84 PAID LIFT REOUIRED from Hougang Avenue 3 to Parkway Parade Please call *****44. PAID TRANSPORT REQUIRED/
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  • RACING
    • 509 25  -  EPSOM JEEP By BIG CHIEF appears to have the $125,000 Governor's Gold Cup at his mercy following his amazing win in the 1.200 m Pesta Pulau Pinang Cup last Sunday. A really good horse is never really bothered by weight on a reasonably good track
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    • 107 25 CLASS 1 DIV 1 2,200m (Ratings: 180-158) 3 BIG CHIEF 58.5 (Allan) 188 1C FREEDOM FIGHTER H 55.5 (Buang) 174 13 ST GALLEN 55.5 (Allan) 174 C FULL HOUSE H 52 (West) 187 4 KEEP GOING V 51.5 (Teh) 166 9 JOYFUL AFFAIR m 51.5 (Bougoure) 166
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    • 174 25 ONE THIRTY EIGHT Stable has a potential champion in the making in Mostgrand, who should soon be contesting the big sprint races if everything goes well. Mostgrand gave the opposition no chance in the top division Class 3 race over 1,200 m at Penang last Sunday
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    • 229 25 e At the 400m a Pictures at the 400m by At the finish JONATHAN CHOO Cl 3 Div 7 1,200m 1. Tempered 2. Chacha Mambo 3. Semar 4. Tonington Dist: VA 3, 2 >/_ Time 1:12.6 Q 3 Div 3 1,200m 1. Satellite
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    • 1054 25 PENANG, Mon. Weights, barrier draw and ra for this _„!!____J_^_H_!_-i?LJ?r weenena s races nere. SATURDAY Claaa 1 Div 2 2.200m (Ratings. 156-139) 10 Valley Fame 57 156 11 My Great Pleasure 57 156 3 Windu Karya 56.5 155 1 Remember Me V 55.5 153 8 Wonderful Joy
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    • 307 25 PENANG, Mon. These horses did well over the weekend here and it will pay to follow them: Mostgrand soundly thrashed his Class 3 Div 1 rivals over 1,200 m and is a must-follow. He has been promoted to Class 2 and should pick up
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    • 68 25 PENANG, Mon. The following Class 3 horses who have won or ran second over the weekend have been promoted to Class 2. They are, with new ratings within brackets: Mostgrand (115), Fox Kingdom (105), Mikamillion (103), Amazing Bid (102), Chaya Timor V (101), Satellite
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    • 44 25 ENTRIES for the Perak Turf Club January Meeting the first meeting of the 1985 racing season will be published on Thursday. The meeting caters for Classes 2 and 6 and the restricted terms class. A total of 260 horses have been entered.
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 456 26 MADRID, Mon. Barcelona beat Real to stay on course BARCELONA survived the loss of Victor Munoz, sent off in the firsthalf, to beat Real Madrid 3-2 before 130,000 excited spectators in Barcelona's Nou Camp Stadium yesterday. Barcelona's victory puts them six points ahead of Real in
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    • 398 26 Controversial athlete makes fine comeback ZURICH, Mon. Britain's Zola Budd successfully completed the first stage of her comeback to international athletics yesterday when she comfortably won the women's eight- kilometre Zurich road race. Zola finished the course in 26min 26.685ec, just ahead of her friend Cornelia Buerki,
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    • 113 26 Men's 8 kilometres race: 1 Dietmar Millonig (Aus) 23min. 06.285ec 2 Pierre Deleze (Swi) 23:06.60 3 Markus Ryffel (Swi) 23:14.51 4 Mike McLeod (Brit) 23:22.23 5 Joseph Mahmoud (Fra) 23:39.95 Herbert Steffny (WG) 23:44.58 7 Tony Leonard (Brit) 23:45.15 8 Bruno Lafranchi (Swi) 23:46.77 9 Manuel de Oliveiras (Por)
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    • 161 26 SYDNEY, Mon. The Sydney sloop, Indian Pacific, one of the smallest yachts entered, was today declared provisional handicap winner of the ill-fated Sydney-Ho-bart race. Race officials said the 12--metre Indian Pacific's time for the 1000km race was four days, f'-ur hours, 34 minutes. Earlier, the big
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    • 295 26 Austrians take icing in ski jumping OBERSTDORF (West Germany), Mon. Austria's dominance of the start to the World Cup ski {"umping season continued lere yesterday as Ernst Vettori, the former World junior champion, won the opening event of the annual Four Hills competition. Success for Vettori, a 20-year-old student, in
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    • 166 26 Pollard's toast of Steelers DENVER (Colorado), Mon. Safety Eric Williams intercepted a John Elway pass to set up Frank Pollard's clinching two-yard scoring run to lift the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 24-17 triumph over the Denver Broncos in the playoff of the National Football League. Elway directed Denver to 10
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    • 334 26 OLYMPIC marathon champion Carlos Lopes and women's bronze medallist Rosa Mota could provide Portugal with a double celebration in the 60th R .und-the-Houses race run in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which ends today. The 37-year-old Lopes is ciear favourite to win the 12.6km race round the skyscraper-lined streets of
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    • 164 26 LISBON, Mon. Sporting cruised to a 4-0 win over Setubal to draw level on points with Porto in the Portuguese soccer championship yesterday after Porto's match had been dramatically postponed before the start due to crowd problems. Porto, who remain ahead on goal difference, are banned from their
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    • 68 26 Reuter TOP STANDINGS P W D L F A Pt. Barcelona 18 12 5 1 35 14 29 Real Madrid 18 9 5 423 16 23 Valencia 18 6 9 3 21 9 21 Real Betis 18 7 7 4 22 15 21 Atletico 18 7 7 4 22
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    • 152 26 GREEK: Olympiakos 0 Aek 1, Iraklis 3 Panathinaikos 2, Paok 2 Doxa 0, Panachaiki 2 Panionios 0, Apollon Athens 2 ZF^f 0 2 k £Pi 3 Larisa 3 > Ethnikos 1 ApoUon Kalamarias 0, Pferikos 2 Ofi 0. PORTUGUESE: Setubal 0 Sporting 4, Benfica 4 Belenenses 1, Boavista
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    • 261 26 LONDON, Mon. Poor performers at the forefront of British sport and other unknown faces who made great sporting achievements possible are singled oat for awards in the British Government's New Year's honours list published here today. Kenny Dalglish, awarded the MBE (Member of the British
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    • 365 26  - Cagers get new set of rules PETER SIOW By THE Basketball Association of Singapore's technical committee are all glared up to face head-on the winds of change in the sport. As from today, several new basketball rules will come into force the world over. Some are certain to cause wide
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    • 1282 28  -  PETER SHARP East bloc boycott reduces Games to mere charade By Paris, Mon. IN AN Olympic year, the usually uneasy coexistence of sport and politics is brought into even sharper focus. In this respect, 1964 was no exception, with political considerations looming large in
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    • 548 28 Swie King and Co steal show in KL INDONESIA won the Thomas Cup, the men's team badminton world championship, for a record eighth time, but not before a classic final, lasting more than five hours, against holders China. The 12,000 capacity crowd in Kuala Lumpur's Negara Stadium stayed
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    • 175 28 ON THE CRICKET SCENE AUSTRALIA Ist Inns (overnight 235-2) Hlldltch c Dujon b Holding 2 Wood c Haynes b Gomes 45 Wessels b Holding 173 Ritchie run out 37 Border c Greenidge b Walsh 69 Boon not out 29 Rlxon c Garner b Holding 20 Bennett
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    • 68 28 PERTH, Mon. Sri Lanka lost two bowlers through injury on the opening day of their three-day match against Western Australia at the start of their Australian tour here today. They were all-rounder Arjuna Ranatunga (ankle and calf ligament trouble) and Rumesh Ratnayake (strained thigh muscle). Scores: Western
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    • 452 28  -  PETER WATSON By GUINNESS have become very good tj Singapore snooker. The drinks company have agreed to sponsor an experimenta. inter- _-lub league which will cue off today. Several thousand dollar's' worth of prize, will hep launch the Gui mess Snooker league,
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    • 622 28 IT WAS very much the year of the French on the soccer field, for in addition to their Olympic gold medal, they collected their first major international honour by winning the European Championship. Having never won a major club or international honour despite threatening to
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    • 173 28 INDIA Ist Inns: S. Gavaskar c Gatting b Edmonds 13 A. Gaekwad c Downton b Cowans 18 D. Vengsarkar b Edmonds 48 M. Amanatfe c Cowdrey b Edmonds 42 M. Azharaddin not out 13 R. Shastri not out 26 Extras 8 Total (for 4 wkts) 168
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      569 29  -  JANICE SEAH Year-enders: Swimming, Sea sports, rugby and sepak takraw More take plunge towards US SWIMMING.-.by LIKE Moses at Mount Sinai, Ang Peng Siong has pointed the way to the Promised Land, and has paved the way through the sea of mediocrity. He was not the first, but
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    • 140 29  - A need for change in rugby J. RAJENDRAN RUGBY...By THE Asian rugby championship In Japan revealed the lack ef skill aad experience in 1 the Singapore team. The disastrous ran convinced coach Mark HoweU that the only way to get eat at the rat is to introduce heavier aad taller
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    • 347 29  -  LEE WAI WUN SEA SPORTS By AT a time when most sports in Singapore were at a low ebb, 1984 saw sea sports riding on the crest of a wave. There were many firsts Benedict Tan won the Asian Fireball, ski-ing sensation Paul Fong broke
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    • 133 29 Fitzgerald sizzles into the final MELBOURNE, Mon. Australian John Fitzgerald, on the hottest winning streak of his career, breezed past Jakob Hlasek, of Switzerland, 7-5, 6-3 today to reach the final of the US$lOO,OOO ($217,000) Victoria Open tennis championships. Fitzgerald will meet American Dan Cassidy who beat fellow- American Matt
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    • 137 29  -  JOE DORAI SEPAK TAKRAW... By THE return of Ya'acob Oscar, the successful staging of three tournaments and a big increase in the number of players In the National Leagae all spelt an eventful year for sepak takraw in Singapore. After being In the deldrams tat the
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    • 345 29  -  LEE WAI WUN Tomorrow: Badminton, table tennis, tennis and volleyball By YOUNG Lela Zainal upstaged top seed Fiona Tan 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to win the Girls' U-14 event of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association Family tournament at Dover Road yesterday. Second-seeded Lela, the Pesta Sukan
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    • 218 29  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By' RAIN finally stayed away sufficiently to allow Vincent Seet win the Warren Golf Club December medal at Folkstone Road on Sunday. Vincent (handicap 12), took the thrice-postponed overall best gross prize, edging out Kevin Lee (6) and S. Ueno (18) on countback
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    • 46 29 MILAN, Mon. US track and field stars Carl Lewis and Valerie Brisco Hookes were yesterday chosen as the best "Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year" in a survey conducted by Italy's largest sports dali v. c Gazzetta Dello Sport, of Milan. AP
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    • 238 29  - Sharing the track with the best HAKIKAT RAI Haron and Pandian get chance to run in LA By LOCAL men's sprint champion Haron Mundir and middle-dis-tance ace S. Pandian have been offered the opportunity to compete against some of America's best athletes next season. This heart-warming news was conveyed by
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    • 137 29 THE Football Association of Singapore announced last Thursday that there will be an award for the best player of the match in the eight Malaysia Cup matches to be played at the National Stadium, starting from the first game between Singapore and Perlis on
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    • 306 29  -  JOE DORAI MALAYSIA CUP SPOTLIGHT SINGAPORE By WHILE most people will be celebrating the New Year holiday today, members of the Singapore Malaysia Cup squad will report at the Jalan Besar Stadium for a special three-hour workout this evening. In deciding to waive the traditional
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    • 95 29 Incentive to play it fair SINGAPORE'S Malaysia Cup team can look forward to the Milo Fair Play Award in this year's Cup campaign. The Republic meet Brunei in their opening match of the Cup competition at Bandar Seri Begawan on Friday. During the five-month tournament the Singapore team's sporting behaviour
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    • 263 29 Jamaluddin is back in the fold MALAYSIAN FRONT KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. RELIABLE centre-back Jamaluddin Hassan, who opted out of Kedah's Malaysia Cup squad, has changed his mind and is now back in training. Jamaluddin's comeback will also mean that he is sure to take over from Roshidi Shaari as skipper.
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    • 144 29 Soland takes two shot advantage TAURANGA, Mon. New Zealander Bruce Soland led by two strokes after the second round of the New Zealand Professional Golfers' Association championship here yesterday. Soland shot his second successive 69 to lead from compatriot Greg Turner. atmm scores: 138 Bruce Soland (NZ) 69, 69. 141
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    • 105 29 Friends through sports SEOUL, Mon. Roh TaeWoo, president of the Korea Amateur Sports Association and Korea Olympic. Committee, said today that South Korea will try in 1985 to step up international sports exchanges with countries with which they have no diplomatic ties. Roh also said South Korean sports officials will
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  • 273 30 The PM's New Year message WE have done better in 1984 than in 1983. We had 8.5 per cent growth, 2.7 per cent inflation, 8 per cent rise in wages and full employment. What will 1985 be like? It depends on the American, Japanese and European economies. The majority of
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  • 354 30 BEIJING, Mon. Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping has assured his ageing comrades "who have strived all their lives for communism" that his sweeping reforms of the past year do not mean China is going capitalist. The assurance was given in a speech made on
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  • 83 30 What it should have been ALEXANDRA Holdings Ltd's pre-tax profits for the six months to Sept 30 fell from $636,891 to $39,841, on a turnover of $531,043, and not as reported in Timesdollar on Dec 29. THE fee for the seminar on the Small Claims Tribunal on Jan 26 is
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  • 35 30 MOSCOW. Mon. Col-Gen Mikhail Sobolev, deputychief of the main political directorate of the Soviet army and navy, died yesterday after a long illness, the newspaper Soviet Patriot said. He was 67. UPI
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  • 449 30 Rajiv's surprise choice for Finance job NEW DELHI, Mon. INDIAN Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appointed one of his closest aides as Finance Minister today, dropping Mr Pranab Muknerjee who had guided the economy for the past three years. The newcomer is Mr Vishwanath Pratap Singh, 53, who helped the ruling
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  • 34 30 WELLINGTON, Mon. A powerful earthquake, registering 6.5 on the Richter Scale, hit the central and eastern parts of New Zealand's North Island today. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Reuter
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  • 403 30 Daim also names board members KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin today announced the appointment of Tan Sri Basir Ismail as Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd's new executive chairman replacing Dr Nawawi Mat Awin. Tan Sri Basir is also National Padi and Rice Authority chairman.
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  • 313 30  -  SALMA KHALIK By DEADLINE 11 a.m. Thursday. Anything that is not removed by then will go under the sledgehammer. Millions of dollars and months of preparations have gone into the making of the National Exhibition. Now in three short days, everything that is to be kept has
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  • 115 30 BEIJING, Mon. China is suffering from a shortage of laundries, a Beijing newspaper complained today. "With a population of nearly 10 million, Beijing has only 85 laundry and dyeing shops," the Workers' Daily said. "The shortage of laundries brings a long wait for the return
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  • 148 30 NEW YORK, Mon. Peter Ueberroth, chief organiser of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, was named Man of the Year yesterday by Time magazine. Mr Ueberroth, 47, now commissioner of organised baseball in the United States, was cited for masterminding "a triumph that
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  • 206 30 SAF scholar first to be appointed division commander COLONEL Boey Tak Hap has been appointed commander of the Singapore Armed Penes' Third Division becoming the first SAF scholar to head such a formation. A division is the largest unit of the SAP's fighting forces and employs more than It,IM men,
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  • 63 30 NEW DELHI, Mon. Af&han guerillas exploded smbs, launched rockef attacks on the capital and ambushed Soviet convoys to mark the fifth anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Western diplomats said today. The Islamic guerillas also killed 17 Soviet troops and 436 soldiers of the Sovietbacked Afghan
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    • 518 30 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's man. tal Daily IN TODAYS ISSI E Developers could save millions of dollars from the latest concession given by the Urban Redevelopment Authority to help them ride out the weak property market. LEE HAN SHIH analyses the effects of the concession on the property sector in general
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    • 121 30 y., y --mmm Weather ':..v... mmm* mmym mwym UP TO 1 p.m. Fair. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 24 min. SUNSET today: 7.09 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.07 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER Adelaide 16/23C Cloudy Manila 19/31 C Sunny Amsterdam tC i Melbourne 16/26 C Cloudy Bangkok 20/30C
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  • SECTION TWO
    • 9 1 SECTION TWO THE STRAITS TIMES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1985
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    • 775 1  - The year we came of age TAN BAH BAH On this first day of 1985, we have much to mull over what happened last year. In Singapore, there was a 25--year anniversary y celebration, an Arts Festival tick- 4^Bi ets boom, discussion of controver- iupii_r<irT siai CPF policies and the
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    • 198 1 The results of the election show a highly sophisticated electorate. They wanted a PAP government, they were sure they had one. They wanted to put pressure on the PAP. They wanted some people in Parliament to get us to either go slower if they don't
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    • OUTLOOK
      • 1749 2  -  GARY SWARTZ Tomorrow marks the start of a new academic year for Singaporean children. Here is a look at how a Caucasian boy is integrated into a Japanese elementary school. By 4 If so-and-so pushed or insulted so-and-so the day before, it is reported
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      • 1588 3  - Events that made the headlines TAN BAH BAH By Speaking their minds out loud We lost the battle. Mrs Queenie Tan, mother of seven-year-old Jonathan Tan, who died of leukaemia Z Proceed. I don't like this dilly-dallying it's the best time. They have given us seven days, we will give
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      • 1443 5  - SBC's film line-up for 1985 KANNAN CHANDRAN Mumbling Brando, hip-shaking Elvis, dashing Redford viewers can expect to watch these film stars and more on the small screen in 1985 By 4 Eastwood returns as Harry Callahan in Magnum Force. The bullets fly, blood is spilled and Harry, as usual, says
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      • 432 5  -  MICHAEL BLUMSTEIN By In New York FOR US$5 (5510.50) each, investors can bet on Donny Osmond's show-business acumen and buy the 1.4 million shares now being offered by the Donny Osmond Entertainment Corp. Investment bankers said the 26-year-old singer with the broad smile aspires to be
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    • 1118 6 YOUR VIEWING AND LISTENING GUDE Pick International sees Of the ___**2««#*l 9.30 AM SBC Text "Live" Sample Pages dents) HAW DOu frPSIIVa 10.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by 6.10 Programme Highlights Udy Mr** MT W %mM Garfield in the Rough 6.15 News (English) 10.30 Jane Fonda's Workout: Jane puts
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  • SECTION THREE
    • 12 1 SECTION THREE *ft ftk &M THE STRAITS TIMES, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1985
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    • 1401 1  - Smart kids start with kanji ISAO ISHII The writer is a lecturer at the Matshushita School of Government and Management. He argues why school children in Japan should start learning Chinese characters as soon as possible. By In Japan, traffic signs are written sometimes in kanji. some- times in kana
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      • 721 4 Oleh BUDIMAN A. R. WALAUPUN sejauh ini kita nampak filemfilem Melayu berkembang pesat, tetapi di sebalik perkembangan itu ia mengalami kesuraman. Banyak filem-filem Melayu hari ini yang tidak mendapat tempat di hati orang-orang Melayu sendiri kerana ramai daripada mereka yang lebih suka menonton filem-filem yang diimpot, termasuk
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      • 995 4 ON THE SURFACE we see the Malaysian Malay film industry thriving because the number of films produced is quite large. But the real situation is not that bright. There are many Malay films produced today that do not appeal to the Malay cinema-goers who refer
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