Singapore Monitor, 23 November 1983

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  • 14 1 1st Copy THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Wednesday, November 23, 1983 30cents
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  • 460 1 Unit must be fit to work in compressed atmosphere r MRT UPDATE A STRIKE FORCE is to be formed to fight fires in MRT tunnels. It will be made up fire officers and men who are fit to work in compressed
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    • 435 2  -  Why you often end up paying the hospital bills yourself L 1 ALL STORIES BY OEI SIN GIOK WHEN that grasscutter's blade slashes you, or when a flower pot hits you as it falls from the corridor of a Housing Board flat, you could sue the grasscutter
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    • 46 2 ARE YOU covered by your insurance policy? Below are two cases where the court ruled that they were not accidents arising out of and in the course of employment, and claimants did not get a cent.
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    • 99 2 VMEA A BUS conductress was in the habit of obtaining a can of tea from a cafe near the bus terminus as the bus on which she was employed passed it, and she would return the can on the return journey. She
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    • 79 2 w/iaii ■H■ ..J:i!^';.<..;:■■-.-: A FACTORY worker who had insufficient work to do left her place of employment without permission to accompany a fellow-worker who had been authorised to draw a new overall from the store. While returning from the store, the claimant
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    • 75 2 EXACTLY seven weeks ago, the whirly blade of a grasscutter machine slashed a secretary's ankle. She was not walking all that near the grasscutter, she says now. Well, she is still in hospital and it will be some time before she can go back
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    • 389 3 SOME of our high-rise buildings aren't all that safe from fire hazards. This is the conclusion of a recent survey to assess the standard of fire protection in Singapore. Home Minister Mr Chua Sian Chin told a seminar organised
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    • 127 3 Lianhe Wanbao UNBELIEVABLE as it may sound, a three-metre python was found in a shop in the bustling area of Beach Road. And it gave the shopowner and his mother a fright when they discovered it lying on their display counter. The shopowner's mother
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    • 375 4 Your charity to the Chest will provide the means to keep this boy happy THE SINGAPORE MONITOR'S COMMUNITY CHEST APPEAL! HE is three-and-a-half-years-old and comes from a broken home. At the Singapore Children's Aid Society, he is called Baby and as the youngest in a "family"
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    • 355 4 Current Total $3,026 HERE is our Community Chest barometer to give you an instant guide to how much you have contributed. We have kicked off by starting at the current total of $3,026. Now help us take it higher ..much higher. Our latest postbag contained the
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    • 539 6  -  Poor results from students who sat for the art test in the hope of getting into better schools By BERTILLA PEREIRA STUDENTS, hard pressed to get into good schools at the end of the PSLE, have resorted to using the Art Elective
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    • 296 6  -  By CHUA NGENG CHOO A FORMER member of the communist underground movement is to give evidence in a district court today on the significance of a poem on the tombstone of a Singaporean, Tan Chay Wa, who was executed in Malaysia in January
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    • From our EVENING EDITOR yesterday
      • 59 6 THE Prime Minister and Mrs Lee Kuan Yew left yesterday for New Delhi where Mr Lee will lead the Singapore delegation for the weeklong meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government, starting today. In the delegation is Foreign Minister S Dhanabalan. In Mr Lee's absence,
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      • 46 6 FIVE government outpatient clinics will stay open after office hours, possibly from 6 pm to 11 pm or even later, according to sources. The new move is likely to come into force next year as part of a pilot scheme.
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      • 82 6 THE Industrial Arbitration Court ruled yesterday that once a collective agreement has been reached, no exclusion clause should be inserted. Otherwise, there would be no finality in all negotiations, said the court president, Mr Tan Boon Chiang. He made the ruling after hearing a
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      • 57 6 MOST of the 170 staff retrenched from the former Singapura Forum Hotel have found jobs in other hotels. Some of the hotels which have taken ex-Fo-. rum staff in are the Pavilion-Intercontinental, Hotel Meridien Singapore and Paramount Hotel. Forum has now been demolished
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    • 211 7 WINDOWS OF SCHOOL S AUDITORIUM SHATTERED Lianhe Wanbao THE GLASS windows of the newly-built auditorium of Hwa Yi High School in Depot Road were shattered by thunderstorm yesterday afternoon when about 150 students were taking their GCE examination. It caused a little commotion but fortunately
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    • AROUND SINGAPORE
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    • 113 3 Quartz values reach new levelsCitizen Wing. Tv With the Citizen Wing, quartz watch values soar... only prices remain jj////// j//j//}/yV r steadfastly earthbound The Citizen Wing collection promises to be a trendsetter each extremely slim case houses the quartz technology that makes fft///i///// possible quartz-accurate time and day/date indication. The
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    • 203 4 Motivating people to give: see letter on page 19 Mr. Universe makes his home at the Oberoi Imperial. f. A L The Oberoi Imperial is more m f than just a hotel. It is a home iy away from home where service and personalized attention takes top place. 600 well
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    • 136 4 FILL IN AND SEND TOD A Y! > I SINGAPORE MONITOR I COMMUNITY CHEST FUND I "I HAVE A HEART*' I would like to donate to the Community I Chest and enclose a cheque/money order I for S$ I would like to participate in the Share Programme. (Monthly payroll deductions.)
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  • world
    • 244 8  -  HOST COUNTRY INDIA SHOWS IT INTENDS TO ENSURE SUCCESS BY AVOIDING 'EMBARRASSING SUBJECTS' SEAH CHIANG NEE NEW DELHI, Wednesday THE largest-ever summit of Commonwealth nations began here this morning with host country, India, giving every indication that it intends to ensure success, if necessarily, by avoiding
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    • 118 8 Reuter NEW DELHI, Wednesday SECURITY officials were given a few heart-stop-ping moments at New Delhi airport when some African leaders arrived for the Commonwealth Summit, officials said yesterday. Mrs Betty Kaunda, wife of Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda, caused a flurry when Immigration discovered that her yellow
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    • 280 8  -  SEPARATE 'DECLARATION' OR 'STATEMENT' TO BE DRAFTED By SEAH CHIANG NEE in NEW DELHI SOMETHING new altogether may emerge from the current Commonwealth summit which began here this morning if the 34 presidents and prime ministers are agreeable to it.
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    • 344 8  -  OF LEADERS THAT MAKE UP GATHERING AND THE GLORY THAT WAS ONCE BRITAIN'S DELHI SIDELIGHTS SEAH CHIANG NEE I HAVE been digging into the biographies of most of the leaders that make up this great gathering, which incidentally maps out the glory and power that was once Britain's.
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    • 65 8 HE WAS ACCOMPANYING TANZANIAN PRESIDENT Reuter NEW DELHI. Wednesday A MACHINE-GUN was seized from a bodyguard accompanying President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania who arrived on Monday. A Customs official promised he would get it back when he left. Indian authorities were today still trying to contact
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    • 373 10 'We have courts, sentences must be handed over by tribunals' UPI JAKARTA, Wednesday FORMER Vice President Adam Malik yesterday called for the end of a campaign in which death squads have killed more than 2,000 suspected criminals this year. "The killings must stop",
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    • Article, Illustration
      108 10 AFTER 14 LONG YEARS THAI cook Somchai Sriweanetr is a brave man. A man who has helped five Americans to escape from the bloodthirsty and fanatical Revolutionary Guards when they held the US embassy in Teheran in 1979 has to be brave, and one who can keep his wits
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    • 136 10 European manufacturers are considering the proposal Reuter TOULOUSE (France), Wednesday AN Indonesian proposal to co-produce the planned Airbus A-320 is being considered by the European manufacturers, aviation sources said yesterday. They said Airbus Industrie, which groups planemakers from France, Britain, West Germany and Spain,
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    • 195 11 AP LONDON, Wednesday QUEEN Elizabeth II was criticized yesterday by the editor of The Good Food Guide for failing to serve traditional British food at her Buckingham Palace banquets. Drew Smith, editor the guide that is essential reading for British gourmets, complained
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    • 283 11 LAUSANNE,. (Switzerland) Wednesday EIGHTEEN industrial nations are likely to finalise a standby credit of US$3.3 billion early next month to boost the depleted finances of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the US Congress's release of US funds for the agency. The president
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    • 464 12 REBEL PALESTINIAN COMMANDER SAYS HIS MEN WILL ENTER TRIPOLI IF LEADER DOESN'T LEAVE LEBANON: LAND OF TURMOIL Reuter TRIPOLI (Lebanon), Wednesday A PALESTINIAN rebel commander said yesterday his men will enter Tripoli if guerilla chief Yasser Arafat
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    • 181 12 UPI DAMASCUS, Wednesday SYRIAN President Hafez Assad is out of intensive care after suffering a heart attack last week, Western diplomatic sources said today. Mr Assad was taken ill on Nov 13, the day before he was scheduled to open crucial talks
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    • World Briefs
      • 137 12 ALL BUILDINGS WITH MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE MUST BE EQUIPPED WITH THEM PARIS: France is to start building nuclear shelters for civilians next year, according to a confidential government directive published yesterday in the newspaper Liberation. The directive, issued by Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy's
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      • 83 12 UPI VATICAN CITY: Nippon Television of Japan has paid the Vatican Ss6 million for the exclusive rights to reproduce the Michelangelo frescos in the Sistine Chapel until 1995, the Vatican and NTV announced yesterday. Vatican sources said the unprecedented deal was
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      • 91 12 AP KUALA LUMPUR: Forty-eight Vietnamese refugees landed in two boats at Seberang Pintasan and Rantau Abang beach on Monday night and have been handed over to the the Malaysian Red Crescent Society to be sent to a refugee transit camp on the
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      • 84 12 ROME: Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti will make his film debut in a comedy also featuring director Federico Fellini. The weekly magazine Gente said Mr Andreotti and Mr Fellini, director of such celebrated films as "La Dolce Vita" and "Satyricon," both appear as passengers
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    • 393 13 Kohl's coalition wins after 26 hrs of debate THE BIG DEBATE -'1 OVER U.S. MISSILES Reuter, AP BONN, Wednesday THE West German Parliament yesterday voted *****6 to start immediate deployment of US Pershing-2 and Cruise missiles. After two days of impassioned
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    • 130 13 AP NEW YORK, Wednesday A PACKAGE addressed to President Reagan, feared to be a time bomb, was dismantled by a bomb squad yesterday and found to contain only toiletry articles, police said. There was no explanation for the ticking sound reported by officials when the package, mailed from
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    • 154 13 UPI HELMSTEDT, (W Germany), Wednesday EAST German guards opened fire on a petroleum tanker truck that tried to crash through a border crossing into West Germany, witnesses tola West German border police yesterday. The witnesses said two people appeared to have been killed and
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    • 73 12 PALM COURT Dine and wine alfresco. By candlelight. Moon and stars, balmy atmosphere and soft breezes, good food and drinks will make for n pleasant evening. Malayan Cultural Show erery night in the Breezy Verandah. Our tradition is legendary ggi Raffles Hotel Bench Rtxui. S\t\gninrrr U7IH, Trl .137M0H. rViWr "RAFUfTKL"
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    • 409 13 j HUB UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO I SIS GRADUATE I I Wy SCHOOL OF BUSINESS mum I I IN COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY BOARD M I SENIOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT I PROGRAMME -1984 H (DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES) 3 The 272-hour intensive programme, designed for entrepreneurs and senior executives, provides a diverse
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    • 480 14 J HOME SERVICE HOME FURNISHING Jgf T'TmIT T Xjt&l J Mk- Vollouuou Attention home T Shower Blind owners, contractors, H l_ prac cai nea s,J, ishness,op property agents, It s practical stylishness at top i 1 The Rollaway Shower Blind GkTf* mi I'll ifi/ >- I J it the cleverest
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  • money
    • 565 15  - L M group the next to go public EM. L J Company has been making good profits By JOYCE QUEK THE L M group's dark blue logo can be seen on many construction sites. Like the completed projects which reach for the sky, L M Group Investments Ltd is no
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    • 329 15 METAL CONTINUES TO IGNORE INTERNATIONAL EVENTS A STRONG US dollar is again depressing the price of gold. The metal slipped in Asia earlier this week to around US$374 an ounce. Although it recovered a little yesterday to above US$375, it looks as if gold has recommenced
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    • 152 15 W 1 HHLLSTREET L. -J Reuter NEW YORK, Wednesday WALL STREET stock prices closed sharply higher yesterday for the second consecutive day as investors remained buoyed by easing interest rates and general optimism over economic news. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index rose 7.01 points to
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    • 113 15 PALMCO HOLDINGS group has agreed with a consortium of banks for a syndicated loan of M 548.6 million. The loan will provide long-term financing for its capital expenditure and additional working capital. CHARTERED BANK has increased one-month and threemonth fixed deposit rates from 6.5
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    • 192 16 Lianhe Zaobao A WORLD Bank bond, denominated in yen, will be listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore soon. The latest issue is a seven-year bond with a 7 per cent fixed interest rate, lower than the two earliest issues
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    • 271 16 Two major international banks to put $315 m worth of bonds here Lianhe Zaobao THE Asian dollar bond market is alive again. Following the news of the impending listing of a World Bank bond issue on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, there are reports
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    • 168 16 THE Malaysia Mining Corporation Bhd (MMC) is making substantial investment in exploration and new mining opportunities to put the company in a strong position by the end of the decade or early in the next decade, according to its executive director (finance),
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    • 149 16 AP LONDON, Wednesday LOWER interest rates and the prospect of more of the same sent the US dollar lower on world currency exchanges yesterday in quiet early trading. Gold prices were a shade higher. Dealers said investers were acting on US Federal Reserve Board
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    • 26 15 STOKER THE BROKER oLfmoff I9M1 Mr Naught Nvnd»r«i# Inr o 7* NO, I DON'T WAUT A U6TEP 6TOCK. ITS A eui?Pf?l6E CrlPT POK MY MU6BAMP'£> BIRTMPAV.
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  • features
    • 734 18 Are Swedes brainwashed victims in an Orwellian prophesy? UPI STOCKHOLM: The Swedes: Modern well-educated people of the world's most progressive society or brainwashed victims in an Orwellian 1984? "The Swedes often joke that they are the best in the world in everything, and one laughs
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    • 248 18 AP STOCKHOLM: Sweden will conquer the world by making its enemies laugh themselves to death, says Stikkan Andersson, former manager of the world famous pop group Abba. Mr Andersson says a new booklet telling Swedes how to behave in case of war
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    • 256 18 rri COURAGE VJS CONFIDENCE WfM LEADERSHIP DALE CARNEGIE founder II ways t» OH Cfijli Cwrw MpSMNiWMtt Acquire pose and confidence Speak effectively Sell yourself and your ideas Be at your best with any group Remember names Thmk and speak on your feel Control fear and worry Be a better conversational
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  • opinion/letters
    • 517 19 THE AGAIN we are told that Singapore is at the crossroads. The years of plenty may be fading out. And that we have attained our success only because of the wits of our leaders. The citizens are apathetic. Now the Government, though still efficient, is
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    • 282 19 I REFER to your editorial headlined Don't blame migrant workers (SM, Nov IS). I quote: "It's partly through their efforts that those of you on the HDB waiting list will get your dream flats by 1985 at
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    • 276 19  -  S J SINGH Singapore 0208 TO MOTIVATE our population to contribute to the Community Chest, a few factors must be taken into consideration. Firstly, the mass media must give full coverage to this worthy cause. There are still people who believe that
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    • 58 19  -  REPLY TOH YIM SEONG Public Relations Officer Ministry of Health PLEASE refer to the letter headlined Medisave Rlan: Will the nominee get it in cash? by C C Ho (SM, lov 141" The balance in a person's Medisave account will, upon his death, be given
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    • 23 19 IT Is better to debate an Important matter without settling It than to settle It without debating It —Anonymons.
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    • 60 19 LETTERS on arty *ubfsct o» pubfec rWeet we be accepted tof (xt*c»tion They should be typed and mutt be signed. They mutt ateo include the writto uw peeudonym m print. A contact tetaphone number would be ueelul. We reeerve the right to edH letter* Address your tetter* to: The Editor.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous

  • 348 20 TODAY'S Highlights Interview with Helmut Schmidt (Ch 5, 10.15 pm) FOLLOWING his Singapore Lecture, Mr Helmut Schmidt, former Chancellor of West Germany, was interviewed by a panel comprising Mr Goh Kian Chee (former journalist and stockbroker) and Mr Michael Richardson (a foreign correspondent). Mr Schmidt gives
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  • 494 20  -  TV Scene By WONG SING YEONG LAST Thursday's telecast of the farewell concert by The Who was an example of a finely-balanced TV coverage of a rock concert. Although the version we saw bore obvious marks of heavy edition, not to say a sound volume that
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    • 1564 20 \-MWIA I\V ■Pli J V J exercise wiui uioria. 4.50 The Animal World: The Beaver. I £^4jlM)g«pHQr The beaver is considered to be the woodcutter, UMilffWlF architect and mason of the forest. H *fr m 5.10 Cartoon Favourites. > I 5.20 Romper Room (E). Lf* w*s *"v\ pi 5.50 Rainbow
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  • leisure
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      586 21  -  BOWIEPHILES GO TO ALL LENGTHS TO GET HIS ALBUMS By MICHAEL CHEAH SO you think you are a great Bowie fan, huh? That little trivia (to the left) is a firm illustration of the lengths Bowiephiles go to to get the most complete collection of Bowie on record.
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    • 639 22  -  REUNIONS ON STAGE IN TAIPEH By PAULINE GOH in Taipeh MANY family reunions took place on stage and off at this year's Golden Horse Awards and Asian Pacific Film Festival in Taipeh. Sisters Tien Ni and Tien Nui, for example, paused to exchange greetings and mutual
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    • 1262 23  -  Jimmy Wee moves to break into local English market Continuing our series on the men behind the scenes of the local record industry. This week, an interview with WEA s general manager, Jimmy Wee. By PHILIP CHEAH STANDING over two metres, Jimmy Wee's quiet and sometimes indifferent
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    • Article, Illustration
      526 24 Vuisine ON weekends, you feel you simply do not want to go into the kitchen. It is a good time for making life simpler, serving quick meals, sandwiches, stuffed breads. Only just look at the fillings. Bread with camembert filling Vz cup of cold milk 1 tablespoon of unflavoured
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    • Article, Illustration
      100 24 1 cup of sugar some vanilla extract 2 cups of milk 1 can of condensed milk 1 packet of white gelatin 1 cup of toasted, grinded peanuts Put the sugar in a pan over the heat to burn. Pour the milk over the burnt sugar. Allow to boil,
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    • 637 25  -  'Q' and Octopussy's director drop in By PHILIP CHEAH THE Faberge egg glittered againstthe light in John Glen's hand just as it did in the palm of James Bond. John Glen, director of Octopussy, was in town on Monday with David Llewelyn (otherwise known as Q,
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    • 255 21 DIARY: Page 27 COMICS: Page 28 Win an evening with DAVID BOWIE DAVII) p- Entry Form —-j Name Address I Tel No (R) (O) I I I j QaesttOM:- 1 David Bowie's first album on the EMI label is entitled a Let's Dance b. China Girl c. Modem Love 2
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    • 47 21 3_._ Heart-throb of the Fifties, TOIIAYO (m. Rock Hudson tells us what he ■9 thinks it takes to be a father and about the time be wanted to adopt children but was ■m—iam stopped by the authorities, EDITION because he was a bachelor. This evening, at Leisure.
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    • 189 22 THE SHOPPING GALLERY ■PPP^j f; *Ml y jw f SIN(,f)KA (■!<> M\< .AI'OK I I 111 lON I H 7.t707<i8. AT TH E HI LTQ N HILTON HOTEL GROUND UPPER LEVELS At the Shopping Gallery we have recreated the reasons why browsing used to be a pleasure. An exciting range
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 846 25 fllM GUlOe CATHAY ORGANISATION IMPERIAL PALACE AND REIGN BEHIND Synopsis: The lute demon Chin Mo materiaocnAir Ia 1 oa7t\> DDI it a i cnnr-rnv ir\ A CURTAIN (C) Uses to wreak havoc. But to counter his deeds sSrik'aS AH NEW TOWN (*****75): BURNING OF THE J" his P U P"
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 81 26 leisure be 8888 SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ALFREDA HODGON baritone) will perform (mezzo-soprano), Ken- with the Singapore neth Bowen (tenor) and Symphony Chorus and David Thomas (bass Singapore Symphony Orchestra at the VictoMVVHlipjn ria Concert Hall (VCH) on Friday and Saturday at pm THE Katong CC Youth Tickets at $15, $10,
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    • 784 26 I 1 /J A scene from the German film, Black and White Like Day and Night. THE Singapore Film So- PHOTO ciety will screen Martin tITKIA NT ...w*- <u Scorsese's Raging Bull CHINATOWN Alive, an exhibition of photographs on (1980) at the Goethe-In- b J Hans F Busch, is on
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    • 87 26 ALEXANDER ROY LONDON BALLET THEATRE THE Alexander Roy London Ballet troupe will perform A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Victoria Theatre on Friday and Saturday at 8 pm. Tickets at (20, $15, $10, $7 and $4 are available at National Theatre, Tangs Superstore, Cold Storage and Central Booking Office. TODAY:
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    • 876 27 leisure comics DR SMOCK By George Lemont iW'WiIIIWBWII i y uapv ifejyjtf vnt tu ST* 3 8 rl e &a«g > \mmiMJm I^^**l mXK H»ftUAX cusroSfe'Rs THArRg ACME I CLEANERS I F F 'jfe CL FR/ COOK 3 ANP fl V t' *■?->? V CRUISE PIRgCTORS.' If Si I so
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  • PROPERTY SECTION
    • 567 28  -  One looks forward and the other looks back By ANG PENG HWA THE findings of the Third Quarter Economic Survey on the property market have raised eyebrows as well as the inevitable question: Does the Ministry of National Development's survey conflict with
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    • 398 28 WHAT is the official view on how government policies affect the residential property market today? The Third Quarter Economic Survey, which looked at Propertv Price Changes in Singapore in the Last Decade", comes close to giving something of an answer. In the years 1974 to
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    • 55 28 UNITS OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TRANSACTED Year Bungalows Semi-detached Terrace Flats 1979 852 1,197 1,684 4,658 1980 845 1,080 1,585 4,795 1981 557 694 1,136 2,693 1982 544 804 1,308 2,798 Types of Property Percentage change over previous quarter Detached bungalows 4.1 Semi-detached bungalows 7.8 Terrace houses
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    • 484 29 Fully furnished, each unit costs about $11,000 per month EVER wondered what it's like living in the most exclusive apartments in Singapore? The most expensive apartments in Singapore are believed to be Nassim Mansions situated at Nassim Hill. Most estate agents will tell you this
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    • 260 30 PROPERTY BRIEFS ADVERTISEMENTS by a mysterious Mr Chong who wants to buy landffori r residential, commercial, shopping and industrial developments have surfaced once again. This time, the advertisements have appeared not only in Singapore but also Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. The telephone line traces back to
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    • 137 30 REPORTERS writing for Property Pages, know that some people just do not read the newspa* per*. Gear evidence comes from Databank, the column on property transactions. It was mistaken by real estate agents, of all people, to be an advertisement for the agent
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    • 135 30 WISMA Development Pte Ltd's proposed 18storey shopping-cum-office complex, to be erected on the site of Wisma Indonesia, looks poised for success. After announcing the $140 million largest single consortium loan package for a local development with full press publicity, Wisma has awarded the construction contract to
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    • 115 30 TWO interior decoration sub-contracts costing $16.7 million have been awarded by The Marina Mandarin and The Oriental, Singapore, two hotels in the Marina Centre development. The Marina Mandarin sub-contract of $8.5 million was awarded to Pat Davie (S) Pte Ltd, while The Oriental, Singapore, sub-contract of $8.2 million
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    • 117 30 A RECENT survey on office space in Kuala Lumpur by Rahim Co, one of the largest property consultant firms there, indicated that KL would have a glut of office space by 1985 if construction of new buildings continues unabated, according to a report by The Star.
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    • 470 31  -  FOR SALE SOON By VINCENT FONG GOLDHILL Properties and City Development will soon be marketing their latest projects. Goldhill Properties will be launching the sale of Villa des Flores and Newton Point within the next few weeks. Designed with more than 20 different layouts, Villa des
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    • 90 31 SALES ADDRESS DESCRIPTION TITLE AREA (m 2) PRICE DATE Siglap vicinity Single-storey detached Freehold (built-up) 150 $430,000 Nov 83 bungalow; 3 bedrooms; (land area) 290 fair furnishings Mulberry Ave Double-storey semi-detached; Freehold (built-up) 205 $670,000 Nov 83 (1334) 3 bedrooms and 1 servant's (land area) 370 quarters; fair
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    • 41 28 Experienced and licensed real estate agency. Specialised in rental and sales of residential, commercial, industrial and any other real estate. D DEANS PROPERTY PTE. LTD. 7500-A Beach Road #04-320 The Plaza Singapore 0719 Tel: *****55 (5 Lines) Telex: RS ***** DEANS
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    • 85 28 Buying a home Take advantage of OUB's Housing Loan Scheme OUB's Housing Loan Scheme offers: Easy loan repayments with CPF contributions Longer repayment period of up to 25 years Loan with Overdraft facility Competitive interest rates Currently: Up to 10 years 9 75% 11 to 25 years 10% Maximum loan
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    • 239 29 ft T. When it comes to your choice of **E a Property Consultant in Singapore, f£ 1^323' doesn't it make good sense to select one <:% who has grown up with the nation, one V fr that has played an integral part in the jY f# x J*m development of
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 237 30 Chase has one of the most flexible range of housing loan packages in town. With loans of up to 100% of valuation with the use of your CPF savings. You may prefer financing on overdraft only. In which case we will advance you up to 70% °f valuation. Again at
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 122 31 hiwttt AjMi IBMHQ PrirMff Apsi VI r*0«MO« c«o*f mi moo* tcti'NiNr AtOv( -*>-• MM IVAN TOM > m A >>Nl t I fIVIVMha I A I LOAN KAI to FROM 9M%p.a. W atocV owl(| MOIWUIOTI HO ,v (.'■< «.< r IyCKT KM. «0 v, r.' t?" v v.* '> •««00(U.
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    • 51 31 PP|i City Developments Factory The one-stop shop for warehouse, KSHBH factory, showroom. Industrial Property Showcase is a department store of industrial properties for lease B obb,Mok J.nnieGoh or purchase *****47 *****15 *****82 *****82 *****83 *****83 gB A City Developments limited Showroom 5001 Beach Road *03-93 Golden Mile Complex, Singapore 0719
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 249 32 I l^^^P^^ Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: Words 0.35 cents per word 0.55 ccnta per word Display $7.70 per col. cm $12.00 p«r col. cm Business Hrs Mon-Frl. 9am-spm Sal. 9am-lpm ANTENNAE INSTALLATION SHARP Electrical Serv 443-6851 ADDRESS STICKERS Combyles Comp Supp 338-2580 ANTIQUES Acmes Properties P/L 447-4366
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    • 192 32 CAM BEMTAL Advance Car Rental 285-2704 Al Car Rental 282-3879 Apex -Trans Services 440-7845/6 Bridal Car For Rent 468-1425 JJ Car Rental 338-5940 Keng Soon Auto 337-7533 1 Kin Sai Veh Rental 337-2595 Z Car Rental 338-8122 I CATERERS Cornerstone Foods 251-0511 Hai Sing Caterer 288-4491 H| Hamon Caterers 745-2919
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    • 129 32 MONITOR'S DIRECTORY Eastern Driving Sch 256-3675/6 Liberty Auto Driving Sch 282-6865/280-9143 Mitra Driving Centre (Marine Parade) *****60/ *****87/3 ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES Sinaran Bakti Trdg Co 224-0144 (Scissors of all kind*) ELECTRICAL/ PLUMBING/ REPAIRS Acmes 345-9228 Kwang Builders 445-6475 Pearly Engrg Trdg Co 778-8706/456-6507/457-4237 EMPLOYMENT SERVICES Business Trends 223-3362 Fuji Labour Supply
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    • 168 32 FURNITURE Adrian's Cane Furn 273-8229 Blk 4005, Depot Lane, #01-95, Bock Lim Ind Co. 747-2347 Foong Furniture Co 745-2701 (specialise in kitchen cabinet) Blk 8 #01-2669 Eunos Crescent Singapore 1440 Hong Fatt Cane Furniture, 146 Victoria St SO7lB 337-0936 70. Greenleaf Rd off Holland Rd/ Sixth Ave ***** 469-6552. Imperial
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    • 328 32 MASSAGE SERVICE Katong Sauna Et Massage 345-5116/345-5117 MODELLING Elsa Yeo Model Centre 338-0740/337-5791 Ivor's Model (The Ist Male Modelling Agency) 338-6862 Joren Modelling Art 734-4632 Larocka Model Ag .734-4670/5 Mannequin Art Studio 338-7952/338-0124 Piscerian Model Agency 734-4756 Richard Tan Models Centre (s) Pte Ltd 91-5705/7 MOTORCYCLES Kin Sai Trading 338
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    • 271 32 PACKERS* MOVERS A-Freightra 533-3617 Europac Transportation 469-7415 F M Group... 440-3255 Shalom Transport Serv2B4-5173 /284-5191 Tan Clearing Agency 270-7868 Winland Transport 337-1211 PARKING ATTENDANTS Armstrong Security Consultants 293-5419 PARTY DECORATORS Gnomes Party People 235-1169 PEN PALS Choo Huay Friendship Agency 292-1137/292-7285 Dial-A-Friend 282-2864/ 282-2830 Goodluck Friends Ctre 337-4705 Lucky Friendship
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    • 163 32 SECURITY GUARD AGENCIES Everpro Pte Ltd 225-7288/9 Harmon's Pie Investigation Security Ag *****75/*****7; (24 hr answering service 337-2255. ask for Harmon Singh Intertec Pte Ltd 223-0749 M Salomon Secur 298-8263 Pan Island Secur 339-4541 Prop Invest Serv 447-3691 PIP Security Serv 293-1447 Tom-Reck Security Serv9l-9343 SERVICES Liang Hup Serv (Gen
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  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • 303 33 classified 273-909Q EMPLOYMENT Situations Vjcjnt A Packaging Company in Jurong area requires 1) feinting Assistant* 2) Lamination Assistants. 3) Lab Assistants. 4) Mate General Workers. Requirements* Far Peel (1) <2): Must have at least 2 to 3 years experience. Able to commence work immediately. Able to work 2 shifts. Per
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    • 264 33 DESPATCH 90YS r^i Minimum aalary MOO Pteaee call teli 293*7578 30 Kallang Place #05-06 Singapore 1233. Q MANPOWER JUNIOR ACCOUNTS CLERKS required immediately for 2 months assignments in Sembawang. Gross Salary $615 p.m. Call 23K-0260 for appointment PLUMBING FOREMAN AMD plumbers Experienced Long protect Lois of overtime Top wages Interested
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    • 362 33 A »il sslabllshsd construction I sngineertng Company in Jurong raqulm uryontfy FEMALE CLERKS/TYPISTS QCE O' level AM* to typo at 35 wpm Preferably with soma working experience Interested applicants piaasa contact 265-8502 or 265-3222 ext. 143 CHINESE MALE SALES Representatives with driving fcoence Abie to speak good English and work
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    • 410 33 I «C- v» For lovers of exotic food, fantastic cocktails, dancing girls ami the excitement of 'Carnival' come flown to hern at Shell Toner. Anyone who's interested in unusual exotic cuisine will surely love to sample what our C hef has planned. And in the evenings, Cherry takes on a
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    • 245 33 Business Services NAME CARD EMBOSSING Ready in 4 hours. WENG SENG. PRINTING SERVICES International Plaza Anson Road, #02-13 Singapore 0207 Tel: 220-7403 Cleaning Services DEEP STEAM SHAMPOOiMO curtains upholstery, floor general cleaning For free demonstration, call Lab Steam. *****34 /440-8218 Domestic Services HARDWORKING FIUPINA AMD Sn Lankan Enghsh speaking hve-m
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    • 210 33 Office Fquipment Furniture RE-UPHOLSTERY Of SOFAS. cushions, etc Specialist charging reasonable rates Please call 481-0077 (day). *****98 (night) Packers Movers CHEAP TRANSPORTATION AND Delivery i $12 per trip inclusive of labour Also all types of cleaning services Telephone 338-2370, 338-2373 until lOp m CHEAP TRANSPORTATION, DAY and night services Friendly
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  • Page 34 Advertisements
    • 500 34 classified 273-9090 APPOINTMENTS l FAR EAST ORGANIZATION has vacancies for the following senior posts:- Wm I 1) Architect I I 2) Project Manager H I 3) Leasing Manager H I 4) Interior Designer H I 5) Site Manager H I 6) Site Supervisors H 7) Leasing Executives H Vast opportunities
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    • 716 34 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF KWONG TUCK SANG (SAUCE) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 272 of the Companies Act, Cap 185, that a final meeting of the members of the abovenamed company
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  • sports
    • 65 35 IF you wish to air your views on sports, then express them by writing to the Sports Editor, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra Road, #03-01 A Delta House, Singapore 0315* Letters must be typed and signed. They should include the writer's name and address even If the
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    • 147 35 Dutch star Cruyff did it in a similar situation WHY all this confusion and anxiety caused by Puma and Lotto over Fandi Ahmad's playing attire in the Merlion Cup competition? There is a simple solution: Let Fandi Ahmad wear the colours of the national
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    • 168 35  -  ALLEN LIM Y K Singapore 2158 THE press has been utterly generous in saluting Singapore's recent so-callea brave and determined Derformances in the pre-Olympics, despite Singapore's losing some of their matches. What our reporters forgot is that our own television screens seldom lie, especially during
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    • 235 35 SINGAPORE S PRE-OLYMPIC PERFORMANCE NOW that we are out of the running for the pre-Olympic qualifying round, it is time we think of building up a formidable team to compete in the Merlion Cup. We should use the
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    • 124 35  -  FANDI ON TV GUSH GAREWAL Singapore 2775 I REFER to my letter (SM, Oct 21), and the subsequent articles in The Singapore Monitor (Oct 29 ana Nov 3). I would sincerely like to thank The Singapore Monitor for its prompt assistance in publishing my
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    • 92 35  -  ANG POH HWA Singapore 1439 WE are a group of Fandi Ahmad football fans. We have heard and read about his international reputation, especially in Holland. But we had to attend a dinner party and missed the match "FC Groningen versus Inter Milan," which SBC screened
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    • 175 35 Top-scorers suffer goal famines, too I REFER to a letter by Rosbani Samad (SM, Nov 7) in which he claimed that he gets belly aches when he reads the report on certain players in the national squad. He claimed that V Sundramoorthy is a joker. It's
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    • 146 35 What a relief if he quits national team! AFTER reading the letter by Teo Chee Kian (SM, Nov 16), I think that he knows nothing about football. Come on readers, judge for yourselves: Do you consider the performances of players, such as A E J Mani, Norhalis Shafik,
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    • 479 36  -  28 rugby hulks join muscle men in a flying visit By KEN JALLEH Jr MUSCLE mania could so easily have been Maori mania at the Oberoi Imperial when 28 huge, hulking, superbly fit specimens of sport mingled with the body beautifuls. Each a celebrity
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    • 499 36  -  FAS deputy chairman has come out with a progressive plan for 1984 By ALFONSO CHAN JUST one day after returning from Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka where he led the Singapore national team, Major Abbas Abu Amin got cracking on a neat and Oressive
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    • 332 36 RIBLI PLAYS A DEFENSIVE POSITION AP LONDON, Wednesday A GAME of classical chess "about 30 years out of date" said one observer developed yesterday as two players from Eastern Europe got their round of the World Championships semifinals under
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    • 107 36 Smyslov 1. d4/p-q4 2. Nf3/n-kb3 3. c4/p-qb4 4. e3/p-k3 5. Bd3/b-q3 6. b3/p-qn3 7. O-O/O-O 8. Bb2/b-n2 9. Qe2/q-k2 10. exd4/kpxp 11. Nbd2/qn-q2 12. Racl/qr-bl 13. Rfdl/kr-ql 14. h3/p-kr3 15. Qe3/q-k3 16. Nes/n-k5 17. bc4/pxp 18. Ndf3/n2-b3 19. Bxfs/bxn 20. Qa3/q-r3 21. Ral/r-rl 22. d5/p-q5
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      239 37  -  Egypt's Megahed Husanein poses a threat to him Mr Universe contest Nov 23-27 STORY: PAT D'ROSE MEGAHED HUSANEIN doesn't speak much English, but his three favourite words are: "I will win." "I will win", he repeats for good measure, "the bantamweight title in this Mr Universe contest. Yes,
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    • 476 37  -  Iron Curtain raised to reveal bodybuilders capable of beating those in free world By KEN JALLEH JR EAST EUROPE'S Iron Curtain is slowly being raised by a core of bodybuilding fanatics to unveil a host of enthusiasts capable of upsetting their counterparts in the free world. What's
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    • MUSCLE MANIA
      • 72 37 A PLEASANTLY plump pressman has become the target for aspiring world bodybuilding winners: They like to carry him physically. He has had two approaches so far, to ride piggy-back on two builders smaller than him while they work out. And true to his journalistic principles anything for
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      • 43 37 THE medical centre at the Oberoi Imperial Hotel has had some anxious moments with a few cases of aching backs and tired bodies. Only problem is, all the complaints so far, have been from overworked officials, instead of the contestants.
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      • 81 37 is a ianauc now eise wuuiu you describe a bodybuilder who insists on training just minutes after flying in at 4 am in the morning? Still, bleary-eyed bodybuilding officials were keen to assist but the key to the gym was missing. Ingenuity then prompted one to
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      • 40 37 THE Oberoi Imperial Hotel has had a troublefree time ever since the world's biggest bodies made it their home. Is it any wonder, when, among the bodybuilders, at least a dozen are employed as fulltime bouncers.
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    • 210 38  - The unlucky muscleman who keeps fighting back lor a place in the Nip Universe competition Mr Universe contest Nov 23-27 By B KULA SOUTH KOREAS Park Young Chul's road to fame has been pockmarked with misfortune. His career has been jeopardised on numerous occasions, Dut still he picked himself up
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    • 99 38  -  STORY: I PAT D'ROSE BODYBUILDERS are a fussy lot. They care about the way they look. But while most of the world's top contestants have had their hair groomed or permed specially for the big day on Saturday, Pekka Virho had his shaved bald. "It's
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    • 99 38  -  STORY: KEN JALLEH JR BODYBUILDING is not a sport for sissies. Not when you have to pump kilogrammes of iron which could crush your body. So with all the fervour of the world bodybuilding contest now in Singapore, be warned: Don't expect to build a mountain
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  • 343 39  -  THEY ARRIVE HERE FOR MR UNIVERSE MEET ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THEY ARE INELIGIBLE MONITOR sports By PAT D'ROSE THREE Thai bodybuilders arrived here last night only to receive a rude shock they will not be allowed to take part in the Mr
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