Singapore Monitor, 7 December 1983

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Wednesday, December 7, 1983 30cents
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  • 503 1  -  They will undergo courses to help them better appreciate the public's needs and values By GANDHI AMBALAM SENIOR civil servants who are relatively young will soon be given courses in political education to enable them to better appreciate public needs and values
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 108 1 -UI-: 1 t WF Jm fu shencs Thieves grab 18 rare H death: Rfflj Golden Dragon iFish EulH page 28 8191 worth $30,000: Page 2 Where can you find 24-hour banking at its best? At United Banks. With 45 UniTellers right around the island, including a drive-up UniTeller at our
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    • 53 1 Grand Opening Sale at our Ccntrvpoint Showroom. All Diamonds, (icm.s ami Jt-vwlk-ry at apccial pricn. Now on till 1 Sth IXci-mhcr 19H3. ft AM G.M. Dr Sllva Pic. Ltd. Vlfl PMHihard Kojd *01 RBWIHH (x-nnvpuint Sangapon (W24 uxiluil Ti i n\my 2T7 ()ri hard Road *01 \4/\l SprnaliM'» < i
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    • 405 2  -  THIEVES NET 18 RARE AROWANAS WORTH $30,000 i ping 1 about l the big ones that i got amy I By LOONG SWEE YIN ALL seemed normal the evening before. Nothing fishy at all. But the next morning, workers at Mr Neo Leong Seng's fish farm
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    • 406 2 ARMY CHIEF OUTLINES PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY OF OUR ARMED FORCES MILITARY commanders and heads of departments in the Ministry of Defence yesterday heard the Chief of the General Staff, Major General Winston Choo, outline the personnel management philosophy of the SAF. The emphasis is on "participative and
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    • 416 3  -  Government to move towards more industrialised means of construction By OEI SIN GIOK THE end of the "kepala system" of sub-contracting jobs in the construction industry for carpentry, masonry or formwork is in sight. It depends on the speed with
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    • 91 3 VIEW OF A 'KEPALA A KEPALA interviewed said he was too busy with his present project to worry about tne future. Mr Yong Hon Peng says he has no plans for the future although he realises there is little for him to look
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    • 293 4  -  It is non-profit-making and will not compete with other restaurants By YEOW MEI SIN A NEW RESTAURANT where diners will not have to pay government tax will be open to thepublic next year. Tnis restaurant with a difference,
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    • 267 4  -  MOST BUSINESSMEN STILL STICK TO PREMIUM BRANDY TO ENTERTAIN THEIR CLIENTS By FOO MEY KIEN THE sale of wine has shot up by more than 200 per cent over the past eight years in Singapore. And the trend is expected
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    • 162 6 Lianhe Wanbao A 27-YEAR-OLD man was arrested yesterday after the alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in a lift in Avenue 2, Clementi. It happened at 2.30 pm when the girl was returning home after buying some titbits downstairs.
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    • 302 6  -  Coffee shop association will not pess on Increase to consumers By CHUA NGENG CHOO YOU will still get that cup of tea at the coffee shop for the same price despite the recent price increase by tea
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    • AROUND SINGAPORE
      • 185 6 SINGAPORE Airlines staff at work in Airlines House will go about their day with a smile and a song in their hearts or, at least, over the PA system. SIA has just introduced its company song, and it will be played over the
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      • 87 6 THE proprietor of an antique shop was yesterday charged in court with cneating the American Express International Company of nearly $36,000. Kei Ah Yeow, 39, was alleged to have handed over seven charge invoices to the credit card company in June and July 1982.
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      • 62 6 FOURTEEN motorists were yesterday fined |150 each for entering the restricted zones without an area licence. They were also fined $100 each for reversing their cars for a greater distance than was required for safe driving. All the offences, except one, were committed
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      • 59 6 IF you have ideas on how to improve the Chingay procession, now is the time to let the People's Association know about them. The association wants to find out how it can improve the show. It is conducting an opinion
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    • 173 8  -  JAPANESE TO DEVELOP TRAINING COURSES UNDER $27.6 M AID PROJECT By TOH SU FEN THE National Productivity Board will get a $27 6 million grant from Japan to set up a resource centre which will help Singapore improve its training facilities.
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    • 311 8 That's the way to gain from Unctad Liner Code IN THE light of the recent Unctad Liner Code, which gives the developing countries a better share in shipping, Asean as an economic entity will gain if member countries cooperate closely.
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    • 85 8 Lianhe Wanbao THE PILLARBOX is full and overflowing but the mail collectors have not called for several days. The residents in Eng Hoon Street are complaining that the box is so fully stuffed the letters on top can be reached and taken out
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 272 5 1983 SINGAPORE RIVER REGATTA rm CO-SPONSORED BY I ©CITIZEN IHI BS9|q ifll, H .ii^^ it 5nBS9 S^ 5v^v, SSIiSMHii I HI a^-—asaiiii 1881 g ain B§§| JBBHIH 11 J2 H1 zjzzi B f>|>| f 1 5 H ar— —*—]^M The Singapore Government has con- and because of it, this time
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 247 6 m no a It's our 85th Anniversary and you're invited to join in the fun. Just capture a Mitsubishi vehicle in colour in any mood or location. And you could win prizes worth over 914,000. The competition is open to everyone. You can enter as many shots as you like.
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    • 6 6 Moving house? See today's property pages
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 64 7 I 1 Hy IX r I I I a E?V EFk I I P>• 'IIP! m HTjt« I I I ■iiP J| K I I H^H I H^Hi I fi V n^H t j*mr■fell' I Hs?, f,r T *4^' r v > ,r 'Will%<}+:**,■.:**?&^h'l II J #^^£i' I I ':.tw'
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 137 8 m m&BTym PALM COURT Dine and wine alfresco. By candlelight Moon and stars, balmy atmosphere and soft breezes, good food and drinks will make for a pleasant evening. Malayan Cultural Show every night in the Breezy Verandah. Our tradition is legendary Raffles Hotel '■LSI, Brack Koaii, Stnaaport 0711. Tri IITKHI.
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    • 7 8 Buying Property? Look in today's Property pages
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  • world
    • 437 9 POWER OF THE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS REIGN SUPREME, SAYS MAHATHIR MALAYSIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONTROVERSY The Star KUALA LUMPUR,Wednesday MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad emphasised yesterday that any Bill passed by Parliament must be accepted as law. Speaking after opening the
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    • 118 9 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, W«d THERE have been some "positive" developments in the impasse over the constitutional amendments issue, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said yesterday. He said that the rulers, through an "unofficial third channel," had indicated that they wanted to continue discussions
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    • 427 10 Oil ministers agree to maintain price at US$29 per barrel and combined output of 17.5 million barrels a day AP, UPI GENEVA, Wednesday A KEY ministerial committee meeting on the eve of a conference of the 13-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries yesterday came out
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    • 165 10 Says Syria as-battle goes on in Beirut UPI BEIRUT, Wednesday US marines unleashed missile and tank fire yesterday to silence new attacks by Syrian-backed Druze Muslim rebels as Damascus announced that American air strikes had put it "in a
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    • 75 10 AP BANGKOK, Wednesday Vietnam has recently bolstered its forces near the Thai-Cambodian border for stepped-up clashes with resistance guerillas as another annual dry season war descends upon Cambodia, according to Thai officials and resistance sources. According to the Supreme Command, Vietnam has recently added one
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    • 279 12 Moscow can call on Warsaw Pact allies to help, says Nato report UPI BRUSSELS, Wednesday AT least 347 Soviet trade groups are involved in a campaign in which technology worth billions is being milked from the West, a Nato report
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    • 130 14 TRAINER BITTEN TO DEATH BY TIGERS UPI LEER (West Germany), Wednesday AN ANIMAL trainer who used to kiss tigers in his act was bitten to death as his wife looked on, newspapers reported yesterday. Taiwan, a 6-year-old Siberian tiger weighing 180 kg, attacked Juergen Harendt, the 34-year-old
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    • 410 14 SUMMIT MEETING ENDS IN TOTAL DISCORD UPI, Reuter ATHENS, Wednesday A SUMMIT meeting of the European Community collapsed in total discord yesterday, plunging the world's largest trading bloc into one of the greatest crises in its 26-year history and threatening it with disintegration. "We were not
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    • 59 14 Permanent barrier to protect against any terrorist attacks WORKMEN put into position one of the concrete barriers outside the south-west gate of the White House. The permanent barricade replaces some of the dump trucks that have been outside the gate since Thanksgiving to protect it from terrorist
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    • 293 17 His election pledge includes reduction in large trade surplus and cut in govt spending Reuter KYOTO, Wednesday JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, campaigning for general elections on Dec 18, yesterday promised measures to revive the economy, including a freeze on taxes and government spending. During a
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    • 289 17 TRUCKLOADS OF SOVIETS ARE WOUNDED IN FIERCE CLASH WITH AFGHAN RERELS UPI NEW DELHI, Wednesday ANTI-COMMUNIST rebels ambushed 2,500 Soviet and Afghan soliders in a valley north of Kabul in a fierce eight-day air and ground battle that left "heavy casualties" on both sides, a Western diplomat said yesterday.
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    • 128 17 AP BEIJING, Wednesday CHINA'S plan to draft a "mini-constitution" for Hong Kong is among topics expected to feature in resumed talks on the British colony's future today and tomorrow. Hong Kong Governor Sir Edward Youde arrived in Beijing yesterday for the seventh round of
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 118 9 theMawds SINGAPORE'S MODEL OF THE YEAR '83 QUEST The battle of the annum wages tonight. The finest catwalk and photographic models from the top academies and agencies in Singapore meet... with no quarter given nor taken to crest the peak of perfection among women in Singapore the Model of the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 158 13 In Audio Video development, it's not just the technology, it's the anticipation of things to come. t, mbL Bp* jfj£ JVC video tap* recorder in into a IVC invented the world lust Horn" Video System f VHS) 'i' mi i ruj B IVC HH /!bSOKG videi recorder von II discover
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 228 14 Lucky Draw Result Ist PRIZE i 2nd PRIZE Yamaha FS3O Return Ticket Japan/ Electone Organ Taiwan/Hong Kong *****7 WBLJ *****7 iJx&L 3rd PRIZE I jZ|YJ 4th PRIZE £\jl. Return Ticket Taiwan/ Return Ticket X Hong Kong HongKong/Philippines *****0 0^2115 jpljl sth PRIZE 6th PRIZE Return Ticket Bangkok/ Apollo 5-pieces Lounge
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    • 8 14 Interested in Property? Look in today's Property pages
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 198 15 INTO THE NEW AGE OF COPY CUSTOMIZING Now, for the first time ever, a copier that lets you custom Automatic Paper Selection make copies to any image or copy size you want The You select the enlargement or reduction you require; the Minolta EP4SOZ compact zoom plain paper copier. MINOLTA
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 150 16 The sensation of the 1983 Tokyo Motor Show SUZUKIIHHW The new high-technology IOOOcc car. A masterpiece of precision engineering. m|| A tfk. w I iM High performance Superior driving Suzuki engine comforts Low fuel consumption At a constant speed cylinder block iaHßi V mJ V J9HH of 90km/h, the *^dp)i®fjM
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 11 17 Slno-Brttish talks fail to unsottlo stock marfcat too Monoy Paga 18
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    • 206 17 <. National has the answer. A key telephone system. out a number and the telephone automatically places the The National GX-616. call. A two-way intercom leaves your hands free to Instead of a number of phones per desk. The system allows up continue working while you talk. to sixteen employees
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  • money
    • 342 18  -  Bank dealers feel MAS will succeed in controlling money supply By ALVIN LEE LOCAL interest rates are expected to be steady for the coming festive season despite a recent upturn in short term fixed deposit rates. Local and foreign banks generally agree
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    • 311 18 Dollar and Sold AP THE US dollar receded on world currency markets yesterday after hitting record highs against the Italian lire and British pound. Gold was little changed. The dollar's strength, attributed by dealers to worries over the Middle East and forecasts of firm
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    • 315 18 SOME BROKERS HERE BELIEVE THE HK MARKET IS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING HONG KONG FOCUS THE latest round of Sino-British talks begins today but trading in the Hong Kong stock market remains steady. The Hang Seng Index closed 18.38 points higher yesterday at 881.58.
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    • 323 18  -  By PHILLIP BANGSBERG STOCK index futures trading Hong Kong's projected first step towards financial futures is not likely to begin until next April at the earliest, and even that is not certain. The Commissioner for Securities and Commodities, Robert Fell, said a decision has
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    • 162 18 f 1 WHLLSTREET k. WALL Street stock prices closed slightly lower yesterday after drifting aimlessly most of the day as the market continued a retreat begun about a week ago. The Dow Jones Industrial index, which rebounded slightly on Monday, finished off 1.22 points at
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    • 305 19 M IMAGINE the Minister of Health appointing any person he sees fit to be a doctor or the Attorney-General appointing any person as a lawyer. That, in essence, is what brokers feel about part of the Government's current proposal to amend the KLSE rules and
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    • 84 19 THE KL Stock Exchange (KLSE) has passed two resolutions regarding tne implementation of the Exchange's clearing nouse. that Securities Clearing Automated Network Services Sdn Bhd (SCANS) be appointed as the exchange's clearing house; the exchange committee be empowered to reouire each member firm or member company of
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    • 398 19 COMPANY REPORTS CEREBOS Pacific bettered its group forecast of $12.5 million after-tax profit by $406,000 for the year ended July SI. Add to that a $2.2 million extraordinary gain, mainly from the sale of Nassim Hill House, and profit attributable to shareholders has doubled
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous

  • Page 19 Advertisements
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  • features
    • 844 20 Perfect artificial material still a long way off but search continues WILL THE BIONIC MAN BECOME A REALITY? LAT-WP NEW YORK: FALSE teeth, eye glasses and wigs may not sound like medical breakthroughs, but hundreds of years ago they were the humble beginnings
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    • 373 20 RATIONING OF HEALTH CARE MAY BE A WAY OUT LAST year, more than 600,000 medical devices of different types were implanted in patients in the US. All of those, of course, were items that already have been sufficiently perfected to justify marketing. They include
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 95 20 THE COMPACT DISC CENTRE #04-13 Orchard C& E Building (between Centrepoint OG Building) Singapore 0923, Telex: RS ***** Tel: *****64 *****66 HARDWARE The Compact Disc Players, From the top names in the Hi-Fi business SOFTWARE A k The repertoire The Over increasing every month. SOUND ROOM W Jm/K: Using high-end
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  • opinion/letters
    • 461 21 m X 1 I/, *cA I T i_Xffc_t THE Paramount Theatre is to be converted to a supermarket yet another victim of the home video craze and a changing lifestyle. The closure comes in the wake of 10 others in the past 12 months.
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    • 224 21  -  REPLY TAN HENG HUAY Executive Assistant Secretary Public Relations Housing Development Board PLEASE refer to the letter "What is HDB's policy on planting of trees?" (SM, Nov 10), where the writer said HDB workers were chopping down and uprooting trees planted by
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    • 386 21  -  The situation is not hopeless unless we think it is GUAN WEIJING President of United Nations Students Association of Singapore THE situation in Lebanon has deteriorated alarmingly in the past few weeks. Militiamen, pro and anti-Arafat forces and the Lebanese Army have been battling
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    • 19 21 Meet success like a gentleman and disaster like a man. Lord Brikenhead, English statesman (1872-1930).
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 26 21 irr^ap^ißßE "With all the practice they've had in those dimly-lit cubicles, some of the girls might be able to cut your hair with their eyes closedl"
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  • 315 22 Test-tube baby technology Panorama: Experimenting with Life (Ch 5, 10.10 pm) THIS programme examines the issues involved in test-tube baby technology. The methods of experimentation on surplus fertilised eggs and the freezing of them for future use are also looked into. The Panorama team speaks to the doctors
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  • 88 22 The History of Country Music (Radio One, 11.05 am) BARBARA Mandrell is the main attraction in this edition, and the hour-long show features her songs The Midnight Oil, Standing Room Only, Sleeping Single in a Double Bed and If Loving You is Wrong. Forces 55 (Radio One, 8.05
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  • 322 22  -  TV Scene By WONG SING YEONG ACCORDING to the findings of a survey by the Audit of Great Britain, The Return of the Condor Heroes, which is currently HKTVB's prime-time gongfu staple,topped the ratings chart in its first two weeks of screening During the first week,
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 49 22 Sole Agent: Casey Enterprises Pte. Ltd., 1 North Bridge Road, No. 07-01 to 07-03, High Street Centre, Singapore. Tel: *****55 Daily Buffet Lunch at 12 noon-2:30 pm /t\ Adult: $14 Children under 12: $10 I/« /<^jf fAimmmitt. moim_ For reservations, please call *****22 ext 142/917 or direct line *****42
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    • 41 22 Brighten up your home with new crystal chandeliers ■■SMi CD_O6 15 CD 1910 00 111> ■■■CO 1413 CE 3315 coooma 2301 9HHS TLB 6091 TLB 6092 —J Visit our showroom: AU9TRAL CRYSTAL LIGHTING CO. 165, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE 0923. TEL: *****49/*****05
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 1347 22 trenfrM GUIDE— 3.00 Opening by Hotel (C) (r). I j| I L*fcr /"I V——iOh|V J The Animal World: Many animals plants died in The early pioneers suffered so here christened it is also HH KfU test spot in North America. Vj Items featured include posture ■■■■■■■■■*■■■■2^ work octopus, guessing game,
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    • 187 22 12.00 PM Newsdesk 12.30 Waveguide 12.40 Book Choice 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 1.30 What's New 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Sir Adrian Boult: A Life of Music 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 Kings of Jazz
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  • leisure
    • 1269 23 PIRACY POSES A BIG PROBLEM Continuing our series on key figures in the recording industry, this week PHILIP CHEAH talks to ex-Quests member, Reggie Verghese, now EMPs A R Manager. m "LOOK," Reggie Verghese says, his total weight slumped on the sofa, "I've been in this business
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    • 733 24  -  MAKING CABARET TEARS WAS AN EYE-OPENER By WONG SING YEONG SYLVIA Zhang had an idea one day and she decided to sell it to her good friend, Zhang Xiaoyen And together, they decided to make a film about strip artistes a profession they thought people had
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    • 184 25 HARKING BACK TO THE OLD DAYS IPS TONY Curtis, Hollywood heart-throb of the Fifties and Sixties, is back in Britain. But he is not living the high life in glamorous nightclubs while he works on his latest film. He is playing it cool with a hermit-like
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    • 666 27 ggSlllP ANDY Liu Dehua, the latest TV and screen heart-throb, will be doing something really different in the coming Tung Wah Charity Concert in Hong Kong. He willperform opposite Fang Pao Pao, the former child star, in a 20-minute segment of a well-liked Cantonese opera. The
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    • Article, Illustration
      582 28  -  Ouisine NOTHING LIKE A GOOD BARBEQUE By PAULINE GOH SINGAPOREANS love barbeques, barring hot weather and sweaty situations. Despite the year-round humidity of our shores, we flock to the beaches at every opportunity to roast chicken wings, taste half-charred but pretty uncooked meats and peel sandy hot potatoes. If
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    • Article, Illustration
      174 28 INGREDIENTS: A large leg of ham (ordered from the supermarket) one large tin pineapple juice 400 g fine sugar half bottle honey 10 g flour cloves (optional) pineapple rings, cherries for garnish METHOD: Trim off the fat on the ham, leaving a thin layer on the lean meat.
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    • Article, Illustration
      127 29 PEOPLE at leisure Some 1977 Secondary 4 students meet their former teachers at the Raffles Girls Secondary School reunion dinner at Cathay Restaurant to remember the old times. A telematch to emphasise that total concentration is needed both at work and play was organised by the Century
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    • 7 23 DIARY: Page 27 COMICS: Page 31 (Xrd^
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    • 58 23 Spandau Ballet ia a name on the K rock acene that haa been assoTODAY'S( elated with avant-garde muaical |DP experimentation. Not any longer ■lATTaff MIPII the group haa taken a turn into k\ InkM I k IV 1 commercial pop, the very muaic ■ifl used to deride. Read about EDITION
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 163 25 ********************000 g ORCHARD: MOW SHOWING! o (737 MM) 4 8HOW8: 1.30, 4.00, 8.30 > ».ISpm fi o JBk G THOMAS HGWELL MATT DILLON O O From FRANCIS FOHDCOPPCXA O who gave you "The Godfather' fa Apex akjpsf Nov 0 Hear Stevie Wonder Sing M Stay Gold" O g CATHAY: LAST
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 705 25 fVLM cuioe REGAL (*****59): PAPA, CAN YOU HEAR familiar by now, there is hardly any terror ME SING? (C) left. (Q L,T <*****1#,: SHAOLIN DRUNKARD ggJWJPPJPM JADE (*****80): SUPERMAN 111 (E) UWAOU (44S7630):SHA0LIN DRUNKARD CLEMENT. (*****5185.' oWXmSR GOLDEN (*****66): SUPER FOOL <C) Synopsis: Richard Pryor, as a bumbling mm NEW
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 126 26 NOW SHOWING at 4 THEATRES REX-CHANGI-JURONG-WOODLANDS CDCLE $4 ft STALLS 13 CASH BOOKMQS No Fraa Lot REX: 11am, 1.45, 4.00,1.30,9.15 CHANQI: 11am, 1.45,4.00,1.45,1.15 JURONG: 11m, 1.45,4.15,1.45,1.15 WOOOLANOS: 1.45, 4.00,1.45,1.1S N.R SPECTACLES FOR 3 D VIEWING ON SALE AT 40 CENTS EACH. Patrons are advised to retain them for other 3-D
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    • 160 26 ********************000 11 ODEON i 1 s —OPENS TOMORROW! J 9 q 4 years ago In Central America, the rebels X q came the regime fell chaos surrounds, a O There's no escape if they miss the... q on a O OvM fc\ Pi A 2 Jan-Michael Vincent O O Julie
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 742 26 I vVnrV rfj READING holding a Wishing-Well I J& f'l THE Bunt Merah SSSS WK l.i SQlflf mv*l L ra 7 or young people (14 to 18). I Jf J gamsed a reading com- the competition is open I fSL i 1 JinjlWllsWii" petition for members. t0 members. The closing
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    • 272 26 SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PIANIST Seow Yit Kin will start off the SSO's fourth series of concerts at Victoria Concert flail this Friday and Saturday at 8.15 pm. Tickets at $15, $10, $7 and $4 are available at the usual booking centres. THE Li Hwei Dance Theatre will present an evening
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    • 38 26 TODAY: Low tide: 6.37 am (1.4 m) High tide: 12.07 pm (2.9 m) Low tide: 7.05 pm (0.2 m) TOMORROW: Low tide: 7.09 am (1.4 m) High tide: 12.45 pm (2.9 m) Low tide: 7.41 pm (0.3 m)
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 224 27 I with Lavon 1 You can took Pretty Good' this Christmas Lavon helps you celebrate the occasion in sheer confidence. And there's so much more we offer from now till season end FREE hand-bag X'mas Tree Draw for every Programme enrollment. In addition, every treatment during this season will be
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    • 10 27 Where are the beet property buyef 8m today's property pages
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 507 30 leisure comics LIBRA ARIES March 21 to April 20 September 23 to October 22 Someone you have not seen for You may have to complain a long time could call unexpect- about a certain item or service edly. Don't bottle up your prob- which you are not satisfied with. lems
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    • 207 30 PR SMOCK By George Lemont f THe COOK Z' IT'S FROM TWg Nl^w\/ ~~n yORK TlA\£S K /THIS gXCITIN<S 111 V *rypg COOKBOOK/ y EB AND FLO By Paul Se,lers A you'RE probably fin THATC^E^\ complete Y the only person you it wasn't a 1 J IN THE COUNTRY H
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  • PROPERTY SECTION
    • 307 31  -  More ramps and handrails in buildings to provide greater accessibility to them By ANG PENG HWA SHOPPING complexes built by the Urban Redevelopment Authority are likely to be designed with the handicapped in mind. Six modern complexes of the authority, in various stages
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    • 249 31  -  LOWER MARKET PRICES THE CAUSE By ANG PENG HWA DEVELOPERS of Dairy Farm Estate have done the once-unthinkable refunding purchasers of their condominium project off Bukit Timah for the higher prices they have paid. A sum, said to be "close to
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    • 177 31  -  By VINCENT FONG UNIVERSITY lecturers are not always absent-minded professors. They know how to drive a hard bargain. Witness the recent success of a group of lecturers from the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological Institute in knocking 20
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    • 583 33  -  The problems involved in buying and selling pre-war houses r By ANNIE CHIA The character, tradition and charm of prewar houses may be the main attraction that draws a certain group of people who dream of owning them. But finding the financing for such a purchase is
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    • 445 33  -  IT MAY EVEN SAVE YOU $384 A YEAR By ANG PENG HWA CREDIT POSB's announcement of interest rate cuts by up to half a per cent for property loans will make a great Christmas present for HUDC buyers. For in the package of cuts was also
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    • 633 34  -  Housing agents have to be patient and polite when dealing with most clients By P LYNETTE NEVER has the saying "one man's meat is another's poison" been more true than when prospective tenants look over a property. "Too small," says one. "Too
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    • 42 34 IN LAST Wednesday's article "How to get the best deal when leasing your home", a sentence in the story should have read "The tenant pays for the stamp fees" and not "You pay for the stamp fees".
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    • 237 34 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% of valuation. Again at
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    • 312 37 JOHNSON SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT CO Apt Blk 81. Macpheraoa Lane #91-29 Singapore 1336 reqaires: DELIVERY CLERKS CUM GENERAL WORKERS Applicants moat have a valid Class 3 driving licence Experience in driving van preferred. InKmtrd applicants, please cal personally to the above address during office hours. An established trading firm requires CLERK
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  • sports
    • 448 38 Soviet prodigy beats Korchnoi for second time KASPAROV 4 KORCHNOI 3; SMYLOV 4Vs RIBLI 2Vi LONDON, Wednesday SOVIET prodigy Gary Kasparov defeated Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi in a brisk 46-move game last night to take the lead in their world chess championship candidates semi-final. ft was
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    • 153 39 THE Fandl Ahmad sponsorship wrangle over Ms attire should he appear for Singapore la the Merllon Cop semi-finals has drawn lusty response from two readers. Mrs Irene Leong paints a whimsical scenario on the matter should Fandl be forced to appease both sponsors, while Mr Lee calls
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    • 179 39  -  BUT THAT IS ONLY IF IT IS LED BY THE 'CORRECT PEOPLE' LAU CHEW KWOK Singapore 2056 THE recent charity match between the internationals and ex-internationals proved that Singapore soccer is still very much alive only if it is led by the correct people.
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    • 209 39  -  S J SINGH Singapore 0208 IT IS shocking to note that the charity match between ex-internationals and our current national squad ended in violence Shame to both sides but in particular to the exinternationals. One would expect that ex-internation-als, being more experienced would keep
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    • 174 39  -  LEE KOK PEW Singapore 2260 AS FAR as I could recollect, the fans pleaded with FC Groningen's chairman Renze De Vries and he not only released Fandi Ahmad for the Merlion Cup semi-finals, but also paid $50,000 to insure Fandi in case
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    • 601 39 They played to final whistle in charity match with national team FOOTBALL fans who could not make it to the recent charity match between the ex-interna-tionals and the national team missed a match which brought lots of action. Though the Press have all
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    • 424 39  -  MRS. IRENE LEONG Singapore 1542. WE all know Jita Singh and the members of the FAS executive council are very imaginative and resourceful. We can depend on the entire gang to come out with a colourful and constructive solution on the attire for
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    • 314 40 Victory over Australian Dittmar marks third successive title Reuter MUNICH, Wednesday JAHANGIR Khan of Pakistan took his third successive World Open Squash title last night with a brilliant victory over young Australian Chris Dittmar. Jahangir, unbeaten in 32 months, defeated Dittmar 9-3 9-6 9-0 in
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    • HOMEFRONT
      • 45 40 SEMBAWANG Sports Club is organising its 3rd Annual Seven-a-side Soccer Tournament on Dec 18 at the Sembawang Shipyard Sports Complex. Teams interested in taking part can obtain entry forms from Andrew Amalton, Tel *****66 (after office hours). Entries close on Saturday.
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      • 73 40 THE Singapore Sports Council will be conducting two learn-to-play tennis courses at the Kallang Squash and Tennis Centre. The first course, for children under 18, will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays, and Tuesdays and Fridays from Dec 19 at $20 each. The second
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      • 59 40 WORLD-CLASS boardsailors are expected to compete in the 1984 Straits Steamship Singapore Open Challenge Trophy at the East Coast Sailing Centre from Feb 9-12. Ilie windsurfing Open, the third in the series, will feature top boardsailors from Asia Pacific countries, US and Europe. Entry fee
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      • 86 40 THE Centrepoint shopping complex will be having a fun run for seyeral hundred loggers on Dec 18 as part of its activities to mark its opening. Two routes have been charted -7 km for men and 4 km for women. The
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      • 102 40 THE Singapore Sports Council (SSC) will be conducting an advanced coaching course, for those possessing the SSC Certificate in Coaching (Basic) and with at least two years' practical experience as a qualified coach. The duration of the general ooaching course is from Jan
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    • 518 40  -  INCLUSION OF P VELOO AND R KUMAR WILL ADD STING By B KULA "HOCKEY for your country's pride," are the words being driven into the minds of our relatively young National players, by coach Phil Williams. "If anyone feels
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    • 226 40 Reuter LONDON, Wednesday WORLD Champion Nelson Piquet of Brazil said yesterday that the revised Sualifying procedure for next season's Irana Prix series will make the sport safer. Grid positions will no longer be based on one fast lap, but an average time for the
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    • 130 40 UPI LOS ANGELES, Wednesday MAYOR TOM Bradley has assured Soviet sports officials that their athletes will be welcomed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. "We will treat the Soviet athletes with the same Los Angeles hospitality which will be accorded every visitor," Mayor Bradley said
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    • 343 41  -  By ALFONSO CHAN SOUTH KOREA'S World Youth Cup striker, Lee Kee Keun, is itching to get the goals for tonight's match against the Indonesians. Although he did not play against Brunei last Saturday, the cherubic 18-year-old was not disappointed at being left out
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    • SHORT PASSES
      • 88 41 AUSTRALIAN soccer players compare their foot skills to their noses. P Treddinnich and T Henderson were in high spirits just before they left with the rest of the boys for their training session at Bedok Athletic Centre, and naturally the subject turned to goalscoring skills. Treddinnich
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      • 116 41 BRUNEI, hosts of the 1985 SEA Games, are serious about picking up experience and expertise as they go along not only on the playing field, but also technically. Their Radio and Television Brunei, or RTB for short, will have help from SBC when they beam matches
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      • 144 41 WHAT does it take to urge the fans at least some of the reluctant to return to where they belong: the National Stadium for the Merlion Cup matches? Not so much a $40,000 Mitsubishi Cordia prize but new ideas, like getting the ex-stars, better known
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    • 563 41  -  Singapore is likely to come under heavy barrage By S GULAM THE magnificent Karim Mohd will have to show his true form again in the Singapore Intermediates' match against the socceroos from Australia at the national stadium tonight. Tne Intermediates, who will be
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    • 137 41 UPI GLASGOW, Wednesday PETER Marinello, who joined English league Arsenal amid a blaze of publicity 14 years ago, yesterday said that "history was repeating itself" as far as Arsenal's new Scottish signing Charlie Nicholas was concerned. Nicholas, 22, joined Arsenal from Celtic in the summer
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    • 379 42  -  Powerful South Koreans too good for Indonesians' liking By ALFONSO CHAN SOUTH Korea should win by a significant margin rain or shine when they play against the inexperienced Indonesians tonight at the National Stadium (7pm). If it rains, the Indonesians might be able
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    • 602 42  -  Brunei's tournament hopes rest on goalkeeper Ali By KENNETH JALLEH AT 23, team captain Ali bin Hj Ismail who has spent half his life chasing the ball on the playing fields of Brunei, is reaching his zenith as a goalkeeper fast becoming about the finest
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    • 70 38 OBITUARY Wf' i f jf i Ml P. PALANISAMY (EX I.S.D SR. TRANSLATOR) Ex President Yathavar Ass. Ex President St Johns Ambulance Christ Church Div Aged 64 passed away peacefully on 6/12/83 leaving behind beloved Wife: Mariammal Sons: Kumaraguru, Sundarason, Thiagarajan Daughters: Kaleswari, Mangleswari, Sarojini Devi Son-in-Law: P. Ramachandran Grandson:
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    • 282 43  -  HE WILL GIVE HIS 'WILL PLAY OR NOT' ANSWER IN SINGAPORE By S GULAM FANDI AHMAD may have to undergo an operation to repair the shoulder he disclocated in the roughest game he. has played since joining Groningen FC in August this
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    • 426 43  -  Singapore ace runs out of stamina against Japanese By SHIRISH NADKARNI Special to The Singapore Monitor CALCUTTA, Wednesday SINGAPORE'S two representatives, Wong Shoon Keat and Lau Wing Cheok, crashed out of the men's singles event of the fifth Asian Badminton Confederation championships here last
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