Singapore Monitor, 10 December 1983

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Saturday, December 10, 1983 30cents
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  • 413 1 Syria claims shooting down two jets Agencies TRIPOLI, Saturday PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat said yesterday Israeli troops attempted a predawn seaborne landing against his loyalist forces trapped in this northern Lebanese port but were beaten off by heavy gunfire. "They were completely defeated and
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    • 22 1 Virus may have caused death of 10 Thai building workers P6 3KI Sam Lu, HK TV shows his sense of humour P24
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    • 107 1 NATIONAL LIBRARY STNGAPO Presige at rout Feel I Vf.«* /f.i/y <V Tanya XsUNDAY VI Roberts IOCUS i >i, in her 1 role as ml Sheena, JQgyj w Q u en vve study the Tl Of the loyalty concept \\j jungle in Malaysia Have you checked Robinson's prices lately? 11 1
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    • 349 2  -  Hotel to spend about $35,000 to help neighbour Tuan Mong High School build school field By YEOW MEI SIN THE Oberoi Imperial Hotel is to help its neighbour Tuan Mong High School build a school field. The hotel will spend between $35,000 and $40,000 to build
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    • AROUND SINGAPORE
      • 60 2 SINGAPORE has sent its condolences to Prime Minister Robert Muldoon of New Zealand on the death of Sir Keith Holyoake. Sir Keith was NZ's Premier from 1960-72 and Gov-ernor-General (1977-80). In his message, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said "He had the outstanding attributes one
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      • 185 2 QUESTIONS on the car population, bus fares and the waiting time for new HDB applicants will be asked when Parliament sits on Dec 20. Mr Ns Kah Ting, MP for Punggol, will ask Dr Yeo Ning Hong, the
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      • 67 2 PUB to spend billion on developing its projects THE PUB will spend more than half a billion dollars next year developing projects because of greater demand for electricity, water and gas Electricity projects will take up $318.6 million, while water and gas will each take up $198.1 and $6.3 million
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      • 72 2 SERANGOON Secondary School celebrating its 55th anniversary has finally found its oldest pupil for tomorrow's get-together. He is Mr Ong Kah Kok, a senior civil servant. The school, formerly called Serangoon English School, had among its pupils Mr E W Barker, Minister for
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      • 45 2 THE PSA will close Spottiswoode Park Road from Cantonment Link till Christmas Day to carry out emergency repairs to damaged underground oil pipelines. Motorists can use access roads off Kampong Bahru Road and Neil Road during this period.
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      • 78 2 MILITARY exercises will be conducted by the SAF in Lim Chu Kang, Hong Kah, Marsiling, Mandai, Tainpines, Tuas, Bah Soon Pah, Wing Loong, Loyang and Ulu Sembawang areas from Monday to Sunday. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used and the public is advised not
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    • 661 3  -  Officers will now find it more difficult to get a transfer By FOO CHOY PENG SOME 8,100 civil servants will soon stop living nomadic lives. They are currently in the common-user grades of services, and the practice has been for
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    • 141 3 POLICE are investigating the disappearance qf 100 cartons of fabric, worth $200,000, from the home and office of a businessman at Palm Drive, off Upper East Coast Road. Mr C Rajasekaran, of Arkay Trans, told police he brought the fabric for temporary storage
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    • 472 4  -  Share-a-cab results show that it is unpopular with commuters By YONG POW ANG IF THE success or lack of it of the share-a-cab scheme launched in May 1981 is any indication, the proposed taxi pooling scheme now under consideration by the Communications Ministry
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    • 245 4 Attendance 'very' high at weekends IT WAS all hustle and bustle yesterday when members and staff of the Boys' Club, Jurong, made preparations for the club's official opening by Mr Ho Kah Leong, MP for Jurong, this evening. There were the ?;reen-and-white uniorms
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    • 412 6  -  PATHOLOGY DEPT GETS THAI EMBASSY'S HELP By GANDHI AMBALAM THE death of nearly 10 Thai nationals, mostly workers, in the first 10 months of this year is being investigated by the Department of Pathology with the help of the Thai embassy here
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    • 269 6 AT LEAST 316 lorries will be taken off the roads when new rules barring lorries over the age of 20 goes into effect on Jan 1, 1985. At present there are 101,591 lorries registered with the ROV. The Ministry has
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    • From our EVENING EDITION yesterday
    • 372 8  -  MlcM Cmcll to '2s 1 By OEI SIN GIOK THE development of the Thai Embassy site, a choice location in the Orchard Road area which developers have been eyeing for some time, has been given the go ahead by the Judicial Council in
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    • 169 7 The sensation of the 1983 Tokyo Motor Show The new high-technology 1000 cc car. A masterpiece of precision engineering. A It B .|k *:>..■ 1 -mMa mSSSStm v "*—> jte y 1 if >'* High performance Superior driving Suzuki engine comforts Low fuel consumption i I'Rht, aluminium V At a
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    • 103 8 A ■TT 1 —I j, jpr j|H V JB \bu can tell they're Burlington even when you can't see the little green line. The colour. The style. The flair. Every sock in the Gold Cup casual collection has a certain something that says "now". The little green line on the
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  • world
    • 183 9 AP MANILA, Saturday PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos returned to the capital yesterday after a 10-day stay in a northern mountain resort and proceeded to a funeral service for the eldest sister of his wife Imelda, the presidential palace announced. Mr Marcos' trip to Baguio, 200 km north
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    • 35 9 MALAYSIAN CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS yuQii|cl be extended to THE 15-day limit In the ortgina a m n cou |d register his 30 day* "*tth a new .Ml 'ould b?aan« back to partlaSSSsS«MS« swraroyal assent
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    • 23 9 THE queation ol royal aaaent in J 1 which daala with the untouched. The word Pnm. KSJttSS would h. withdrawn.
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    • 506 9 IT WILL END 4-MONTH IMPASSE OVER QUESTION OF ROYAL ASSENT Agencies KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday THE Malaysian Parliament may shortly pass a compromise constitutional amendment that would end the four-month impasse over the question of royal assent. The new proposals would reportedly extend the 15-day
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    • 119 12 Chinese families spend 69 of the income on food AP PEKING, Saturday FOOD is cheap by western standards in Peking, but according to the English-language China daily, a typical family spends 69 percent of its income on groceries. Li Suzhi, a 41-vear-old accountant, and ner husband Zhao Shukai, 46, an
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    • 257 12 Trade between them expected to hit $8 billion next year Reuter NEW DELHI, Saturday INDIAN and Soviet leaders yesterday said the two countries would improve their cooperation in the coming years after protocols were signed here to further expand their bilateral economic
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    • 183 12 Reuter JAKARTA, Saturday THE Indonesian police have completed preliminary investigation of suspects in a case involving the smuggling of electronics and textiles worth million of dollars from Singapore, Jakarta police chief Major General Sujoko said yesterday. He told reporters that dossiers on the suspects
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    • 380 11 It's finally here! The third and largest Isetan store brings merchandise, all specially selected and displayed you the new shopping experience you've been waiting to suit the varied lifestyles of today's individuals. The Hip for. Three levels packed with the most up-to-date young at heart. The sophisticated. And the elegant.
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    • 327 12 The Challenge is on! ABC the lion-hearted For the Grand Finals on February 25th, 1984: Official Entrv Form Kj| Stout are looking for Singapore's strongest Ist prize in each category $3000 f*® Wr rha on ™> arm-wrestlers. 2nd prize in each category $2000 The Stout National Arm Wrestling Challenge m
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    • 459 13 ggjfr. x opens today... Be treated to a fun filled day of prizes and surprises gah >re u >hen the Yard officially opens its doors kxiay, Cosy comfortable and intimate, the Yard. Singapore "s newest' oasis located just right next to the Hiuer Valley Road exit of the Oberoi Imperial
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  • world
    • 328 14 Spacelab collected 'enough data to keep Nasa busy for 10 years' Reuter HOUSTON, Sat SCIENTISTS yesterday probed the cause of two worrying computer failures that marred the final hours of the flight of the space shuttle Columbia and its West European Spacelab cargo. The computer
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    • 274 15 Diplomats say Moscow is preparing scenario for continued dialogue Reuter MOSCOW, Saturday THE Soviet Union's suspension of nuclear arms talks with the United States will open a period of heightened East-West tension, but the Kremlin's most likely option is a return to negotiation, Western diplomats
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    • World Briefs
      • 54 15 Reuter BONN, Saturday: The West German Parliament yesterday rejected an opposition motion calling for the dismissal of Economics Minister Count Otto Lambsdorff, who denies charges that he accepted political bribes. The Lower House voted 274 to 196 against the motion tabled by the opposition
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      • 65 15 Reuter PARIS: Talks on funding the World Bank affiliate which aids the poorest countries were Jesterday postponed until early January after f»e US refused to match pledges from other leading Western countries, World Bank sources said. Representatives of 33 donor countries started
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      • 69 15 UPI LONDON: Cliff Richard gets into the Christmas spirit with girlfriend tennis star Sue Barker at a Variety Club of Great Britain luncheon at the Hilton Hotel on Thursday. The luncheon was held as a tribute to Cliff's 25 years as
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      • 53 15 Lianhe Zaobao HONQ KONG: Zhang Zhengsheng, the elder brother of former film star Fu Sheng has been acquitted by a court on charges of dangerous driving, causing the death of the actor. The accident occurred in Clear Water Bay, Kowloon on July
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      • 50 15 AP BEIJING: The US$75 million (5157.5 million) Great Wall Hotel, the largest joint venture between US and Chinese companies, opens for business here today. The 22-storey, 1,007-room hotel is opening only, part of its'facilities, with the official opening scheduled tn summer next'yeat. APJ
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    • 237 16 AP GENEVA, Saturday THE 13-member Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) confirmed on Friday lower oil price and production figures fixed last March in an apparent effort to keep prices from falling further amid sagging demand and a worldwide oil glut. Although Opec's
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    • 123 16 Reuter KHARTOUM, Saturday THE right hands of two convicted Sudanese thieves were amputated in Khartoum yesterday in the first strict application of Islamic Sharia law introduced last September in predominantly Moslem Arab Sudan. The amputations took place in the Britishbuilt Kober prison watched by more
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    • 202 16 HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP POINTS TO VICTIMS OF 'EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLINGS' Reuter JAKARTA, Saturday AT LEAST 3,000 people have been summarily executed in non-communist Southeast Asian countries over the past few years, a regional human rights group said yesterday. Philippine
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    • 131 16 Now JVC matches advances in motoring technologY with advances in in-car entertainment. JVC now a range car encapsulates years experience in producing audio Model No. KS -R 35 rpi i. tt .1 1 lhe line up otters something lor cassette scan, PLL synthesisers for drift-free S 212 5; El§reception. And
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  • money
    • 239 17 r WHLLSTREET L 4 WALL Street stock prices closed slightly lower yesterday in a continuation of the recent market correction as investors awaited the latest money-supply figures and remained worried about higher interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which was down nearly four points at noon,
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    • 418 17  -  Ayala International negotiating sale of its shares By JOYCE QUEK SEALION Hotels shares were suspended on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday at the company's request. It said that Ayala International Holdings is negotiating with another party for the sale of its 18.19
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    • 240 17 THE stock market performed better this week with an all-round improvement in prices but was still lacking in volume. The ST index rose by 42.01 points within this period. With the exception of a 3.57 point drop on Monday, the daily
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    • 104 17 AN announcement by Hong Kong Land that it plans to sell HK$25O million of commercial paper hit the Hong Kong stock market yesterday. The Hang Seng Index closed at 15.47 points, down 15.47 points on the day. It had lost 9.73 points in the morning session..
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    • 247 17 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has finally decided to redesignate most of the counters traded on an immediate delivery basis or deliv-ery-before-sale basis back to ready basis. The changeover is expected to take effect on Dec 19. A total of 31
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    • 290 18 UNAUDITED LOSS MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT MADE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR GENERAL Lumber has made an unaudited loss of M 53.77 million in the year to Sept 30, the company told the stock exchange yesterday. That is more than double the M 51.39 million loss
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    • 806 18 FOCUS ON AMALGAMATED STEEL MILLS BERHAD SUN Hung Kai Securities believes that Amalgamated Steel Mills (ASM), with its entrenched position in the wire rod market, coupleo with the versatility and cost effectiveness of its operations, should be capable of holding
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    • 287 18 WITH the closure of 2 plants (United Malaysian Steel Mills and Dah Yung Steel (M)) in 1982, there are at present a total of 5 steel millers in Malaysia, including publicly quoted ASM and Malayawata Steel Bhd, ana National Iron's 31.2 per
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    • 168 19 Dollar hits records but gold plunges AP LONDON, Saturday THE US dollar soared to record highs against the British, French and Italian currencies yesterday, propelled by forecasts that US interest rates will remain high. Gold prices plummeted in reaction to the dollar's surge and amid fears of
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    • 558 19 Dealers expect an upward revaluation of the currency THE Australian dollar resumed trading with large spreads between the buying and selling prices following suspension of trading yesterday. It opened at 90/92 US cents and 1.5595/5945 to the pound in London,
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    • 85 19 LOYTAPE has announced major changes in its board, including a new chairman and deputy chairman. Mr Yahya has resigned as chairman and has been replaced by Tan Sri Datuk Arshad. Tunku Sulaiman Shah becomes deputy chairman. Mr Mohamed Wajdi and Mr Mew Jin Seng have
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    • 96 17 Festive Season Ai Raffles Hotel We uphold tradition. December 24 Christmas Eve (>ala Dinner and Dance Elizabethan C«rill (jacket tie) $50 Palm Court (informal) $35 Family Christmas Day Buffet Lunch with X'mas Carols Adults $25 Children $18 December 81 New Year's Eve (iala Dinner And Dance Elizabethan drill (jacket tie)
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    • 288 18 I APPOINTMENTS I CIRCULATION MANAGER required for rapidly expanding international publishing company. We are Publishers of Building and Construction News and Catering and Hotel News. Both Newspapers are controlled circulation circulating in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Our expansion plans for 1984 will show the aggressive growth we have already experienced
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    • 149 19 .AThorn Christmas Gift for thewhole family Jfc* and a video recorder. For you, the conveniences I I 7 days a week service I No repair bills Free installation M No deposit The chance to update the latest model All these and Thorn package deal from only 579 per month. Thorn
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  • letters
    • 216 20 THE courtesy campaign has not had its long lasting effects on Singaporeans, and especially on the civil servants. During the last few months, I had to locate information from government departments. Sad to say, the reception I was given was alwavs curt and sometimes
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    • 314 20 Why punish the innocent ones? OF LATE, people who smoke and those who chew gum have become the subject of much discussion and comment. I do not smoke and I do not chew gum, even though the latter may give some of us
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    • 25 20 We owe to the middle ages the two worst inventions of humanity gunpowder and romantic love. Abdre Maurois, French writer (1885-1967).
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      75 20 LETTERS on any subject of pubic interest wtt be accepted for publication. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym m print. A contact telephone number would be useful. We
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    • 36 20 Hyftl n Ji jj 111\ i HHnjr) V x II §MBy > fl r/ j ill v VjWF!i 11 ift 1 f jfl IL i a^raF* iwiaFpm, >* iw^ss level 4, Marine Parade Road IHHL. ;>it <;■ ff? l
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  • opinion/letters
    • 471 21 TT-TP A POD IT I POLITICAL maturity is an ephemeral concept at the best of times. In uncertain days, it is often found wanting. It is therefore all the more heartening that this quality is so much in evidence as Malaysia's constitutional impasse wears on. Now that
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    • 124 21 Get tough with the culprits BLOCKED rubbish chutes in HDB flats are very common. It does not mean that because we pay for the HDB workers to clean the flats and the surrounding areas we don't have to do our part! I don't think
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    • 338 21  -  Our brief visit has been one of enjoyment and pleasure GORDON MCKISSACK Heathcote Sydney AS ONE of the many tourists who has visited your shores, my wife and I, and also many others I have met, have been very impressed. Our brief visit has been
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    • 97 21 I AGREE with 'Mana boleh tahan' (SM, Dec 3) who was disqualified from the priority of a HDB flat because his mother died. I applied for my HDB flat under the multi-tier family housing scheme three- and-a-half years ago.
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous

  • 406 22  -  WITH VALERIE TREVOR Best of the Midnight Special (Ch 5, 7.55 pm) UNDAUNTED by the failure of her latest hit to stay in the charts, superstar Diana Ross is back in her usual top form to play host to tonight's show. She will sing her past
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  • Article, Illustration
    600 22  -  Food way to a country's culture By ROBERT YAW WHAT does Pumpkin in Coconut Milk have in common with Devil Curry? They both belong to our Asean heritage, showing the richness and diversity of this region. This fact is brought out in SBC's third What's Cooking Series, which
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    • 173 22 NordMende. The standard for pace-setting technology, superlative quality and advanced design. NordMende incorporates the very latest technology in its range of colour televisions. Technical advances such as the selfconverging, precision in-line picture tube with its high brightness, an improved electron beam system for greater sharpness, and pigmented phosphors for better
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    • 134 22 Only M-ft,cverytMng hi-fi. Sansui D-ATSOO Super sound and convenience. Features: Digital quartz PLL synthesizer tuner with 6FM and 6AM presets. Compu-selector system a high-tech convenience. 33W 33W RMS (43W peak music) output power at low distortion Auto-retum/shutoff direct-drive turntable. Deck features Dolby* noise reduction, soft-touch operation and ALC (automatic level
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 1523 22 1 00 Opening followed by Sesame Street I f 2.05 Flash Gordon J 1 i f Saturday Matinee: Travis McGee. See Saturdays mm mm abc Features Tampa vs World BMjHR Baseball League Na- MUk>*3wCf tional Championship Air Races. j^Byyj Hanya Untuk Mu (M) (r). HlM* «J«^RmWB 5 50 The All
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  • leisure
    • 765 23  -  Sam Lu, Hong Kong TV tough guy, shows his great sense of humour By WONG SING YEONG YOU and I may have other things to do, but quite a few fans are willing to wait 12 hours for suave TV toughguy Sam Lu Liangwei for a
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      402 24  -  HARDLY ANY FUN TITLE: ANIMALYMPICS DIRECTOR: Steve Lisberger SHOWING: Cathay Reviewed by PHILIP CHEAH MELE, Mark Spritz, Bar bra Warblers and even Ingmar Birdman are all caricatured personalities ypu will get to meet in Animalympics. In real life, Mele is Pele, the famous soccer star. Mark Spritz is
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    • 393 25  -  THE GRACEFUL RIVERA PLANS A SINGING STINT IN THE UNITED STATES NEXT YEAR By WONG SING YEONG SHE is a Filipina born in Sabah but raised in Hong Kong where she attended a French school. She plays the piano, organ, flute and guitar, writes
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    • 187 25 U.S. TOP TEN POP SINGLES (Rated by Cashbox, with last week's positions in brackets) 1. (2) Say Say Say Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. 2. (1) All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie. 3. (3) Uptown Girl Billy Joel. 4. (5) Love Is a Battlefield Pat
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    • 402 26  -  0 m SUPER SMOOTH All reviews by LIM SEK PEABO ROBERTA an inimitable pairing that far exceeds most 01 the gimmicky publicity singles of today's pop duet artistes like Kenny Sheena, Lionel Diana and Kenny Dolly, just to name a few. Both artistes are superb stars
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    • 346 26 r/ht&A&ii SU BUI is the new name that is setting the music scene ablaze in Taiwan ana Hong Kong. Her debut soundtrack album is finally here and its timely arrival with the movie is causing a sensation on the local Chinese music scene as well.
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    • Article, Illustration
      405 27 CLAIRE PUTS HER HEART INTO HER SONGS SHE has difficulty speaking English and gesticulates frequently so her listeners can understand her better. But even if they don't, they forgive her the instant she flashes her generous smile and fixes her halfteasing looks on them in mock annoyance. However,
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    • 492 27 CHANGI VILLAGE may be a long way off for most of us, especially those without "wheels". And once you set there, it's not easy setting a taxi to send you nome. Yet, the Europa Lounge manages each night, and especially on weekends, to attract crowds beyond its capacity.
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    • Article, Illustration
      253 28  -  By JUDY WALKER .THERE was a magical quality about the evening of Indian dances at Singapore's Victoria Theatre on Thursday. The dancers' costumes were exquisite and their enthusiasm for the performance bubbled over. The result was that the audience, mainly drawn from the Indian community here, was
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 959 27 fllM GUIDE JTi'fT 1 dffHfr ME SING? (C) Louis Gossell Jr Midnight show. JUST FOR Fl'N (C) Synopsis: This third instalment finds the giant DALIT (*****16): SHAOLIN DRUNKARD white shark creating havoc at Florida's Sea S) rY<CO:«h World There are moments of tension but the idnight show: OLDER MASTER Q#3
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 415 28 I WWir kr TT\J S Christmas party I HYATT Regencv and SinI -JTTIk. J gapore Association of Per- 1 -H .dM sonai and Executive SecreI A J 3lwll»fnl taries (SAPES) are I W I frni KHtf "iJllil organising a Christmas I JSt i| <s3 Unalflfflv parl y for about 200
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    • 853 29 leisure comics PR SMOCK By George Lemont T T% WONPgR WMAffHg TWO HUNPRfP KOALaN tfll kVT' vv > 0fH&tl8 WAS OF THAT KggU" &gARS PBPAUINO Uk:| •WJvf-f Attti AUSTRALIANS USSP IN THg: hW J You make in interesting 'september 23 to October 22 making A useful tion to your plans
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 188 30  -  THE THREE-YEAR-OLD HAS COME TO HAND mi By WONDER BOY IRISH-BRED Nibs looks a sound bet in Race Six, a 1,600-metre race for Class 4 Division 2 horses, at Bukit Timah today. The nice-looking chestnut three-year-old by Mouseigneour has come to hand, judging from
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    • 252 30 WONDER BOY MA TAN MA-ZHEN TAN (Monitor) (Wan Dm) (Zao Bao) RACE1 2 Aaawtcan Eagle IHpfe— 9 Rt?» Si*/ H 9 Regar Star M 9 Regal Star H 3 Sky Eagle 6Pdbdun 4 FMamu 11 War Weapons RACE J rtirFramal TDa UveaKingdom tJtymoM 9 JaymoM 12 Hqh Decree
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    • 113 30 Don't miss backing Gold Meridian GOLD Meridian (3) has finally come to hand, after a series of challenging races. His worhout yesterday was very impressive, and Allan's choice of jockey Ng signifies his confidence. Don't miss this golden opportunity in Race Five. Gold Art (3) is very experienced
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    • 113 30 LONDON, Saturday CHAMPION National Hunt horse trainer Michael Dickinson is leaving jump-racing to train a 70-strong team of flat-racing horses for millionaire Robert Sangster. Dickinson achieved a unique feat last season in saddling the first five horses home in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. When he
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    • 1374 30 1 1.45 CLASS 5 DIV 4 1,200 m (Ratings: 49-40) Our Stakes $14,000 1 899 Dick Turpkt 57 Sahab 5 3beg Chang Esher (dc ♦1%) (Porto Bo*o Wwlcrtioos Pnsm) 9th 21/8 C4-A 52"? On SllOOy Your Hqhness Ist 1«.6 Otk 28/8 C 4-8 55 b Yusoff
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    • 5544 31 3 2.45 CLASS 5 DIV 4 1,400 m (Ratings: 50-41) Stakes $14,000 1 6057 Bold Baron 57 Bleasdale 6 3bnzh SH Lee Tron (d 2 6th 14/5 C4-D 57 SH Ho Slloog Humble Gain Ist 1:07 6 /2th 23/7 C4-B 53 Francis Pl2oog Tip Our
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  • SINGAPORE RIVER REGATTA 1983
    • 163 33 Larger crowds expected as races enter final rounds December 11, IPM CROWDS of thousands lined both banks of the Singapore River last Sunday as the waterway reverberated to the beat of drums as the heats of the first-ever Singapore River Regatta were run. Tomorrow, the crowds
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    • 209 33 Singapore River Rtgatta Final Round Sunday, Docambor 11, 2 pm. Event 1. Dragon Boat (Men) Semi Final 1. Lane 1 Ponggo) CSC 2 SAFRA 3 Singapore Civil Defence Force 4 Sea Hawk Sports Club. Event 2. Rowing Cox (Men) Semi Final 1 Lane 1 Republic of Singapore Yacht Club
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    • 123 33  -  Message from Mr TAN ENG LIANG Chairman, S'pore Sports Council THE Singapore River has been the home for many boats since Sir Stamford Raffles stepped on her bank. The boats have brought a lot of wealth to the people of Singapore. The
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    • 493 33 APART from the race for the America's Cup held once every four years, the annual Oxford versus Cambridge race is probably the world's bestknown water-sport event. This form of rowing, not to be confused with other forms of propelling a boat with oars,
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    • 283 34 1983 SINGAPORE RIVER REGATTA '1 CO-SPONSORED BY ©CITIZEN mi I,in H ,iii 'iii ss S I II ffl IT, MnSs|iII% 111 B 111 m Hal II 55| «««»««I |p| I f% B The Singapore Government has con- and because of it, this time we verted the Singapore River into a
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  • sports
    • 572 38 Marimuthu's one-under-par 71 helps team to 11th place JAKARTA, Saturday M Marimuthu and Lim Swee Chew did Singapore proud when they moved four pegs up the ladder to be joint 11th at the halfway stage of the 30th world cup championships at
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    • 438 38 JAKARTA, Saturday THE US came from behind to lead the field after the second round of the 30th World Cup Championships at the Pondok Indah course here today. Young John Cook, who shot a four under par 68, and his partner Rex Caldwell
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    • 92 38 JAKARTA, Friday Germany became the first casualty in the World Cup championships today when they were forced to pull out of the event. Their key player in the two-man team for the World Cup, Karl Heinz Georgle, 33, had a sudden high temperature midway through his
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    • 349 38 Reuter JAKARTA, Saturday COLLATED second round scores in the World Cup Golf Championship at the Pondok Indah Club course here today: 280 United States (John Cook 71 68, Rex Caldwell 69 72). 286 Canada (Dave Barr 66 67, Jerry Anderson 72 81). 289 Ireland Slonan
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    • 517 39 The English look good for a semi-final berth ZURICH, Saturday THE draws for the quarter-finals of the three EuroKean Football Union (Uefa) club competitions made ere today were as follows: Uefa Cup: Austria Vienna (Austria) v Tottenham Hotspur (England); Sparta Prague (Czechoslovakia)
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    • Article, Illustration
      36 39 Chen Chang Jie of China holding the men's championship trophy at the Fifth Asian Badminton Championships in Calcutta on Thursday. The Chinese player defeated Indonesia's Eddy Kurniawan in the finals to win the title.
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    • 424 39 But it won't be easy for them Reuter TOKYO, Saturday WEST GERMANY'S Hamburg, crowned European soccer champions in May, have a golden opportunity to restore their tarnished reputation when they tackle Gremio of Brazil for the World Club Championship in Tokyo tomorrow.
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    • 568 39 LONDON, Saturday VIKTOR KORCHNOI, fighting at the chessboard for a crown he is too proud to claim by default, has been on his best behaviour and the strain seems to be showing in his game. Risky, impulsive play has
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    • 128 39 Reuter LONDON, Saturday HUNGARIAN Grandmaster Zoltan Ribli has postponed until Sunday today's ninth game of his World Chess Championship elimination match against Vasily Smyslov of the Soviet Union, the organisers said. Ribli, trailing 5 to 3 in his 12-game candidates' semifinal against the former
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    • 172 40  -  By B KULA INDIAN Association once again went against the orders of the Singapore Hockey Association's tournament committee not to field National goalkeeper Shah Alam when they played against Ceylon Sports Club in the replay of the SHA senior knockout
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    • 207 40  -  Ceylon Sports Club 2 Indian Association 1 By B KULA HEAVY rain and lA's fielding of Shah Alam, did not deter CSC from putting up a brilliant display in the Singapore Hockey Association senior knockout tournament at Tanglin yesterday. Three yellow cards,
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    • 444 40  -  By B KULA THE Philippines, who finished fifth in the World Championships at Taipeh in 1982, appear to have the women's Asean Softball Championship for the Imelda Marcos Challenge Trophy in their bag once again even before they meet
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    • 739 41  -  But stout-hearted young lions win fans' cheers for spirited display South Koroa 4 Singapore 2 By ALFONSO CHAN SOUTH Korean soccer is alive and well, as evidenced in the 4-2 victory over Singapore in last night's match at Kallang but Singapore's stirring performance won the cheers
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    • 41 41 Man of the Match: Norhalis Shafik Shots at goal: Koreans 19 Singaporeans 9 Corners: Koreans 4 Singaporeans 8 Free kicks: Koreans 11 Singaporeans 16 Off sides: Koreans 4 Singaporeans 2 Yellow cards: Koreans No In-Woo and Cha Hee-Chul
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    • 76 41 3 goals: Liu Hai Quang (China), Au-Yeong Pak Kuan (Singapore) 2 goals: Razali Rashid (Singapore), John Kosmina (Australia), Kim Joon Hyun Cha Hee Chul (South Korea) 1 goal: V Sundram Moorthv, Tahir Bu&ng (both Singapore), Kim Sang Ho, Lee yun Chul (both South Korea),Lin Luo f®ng, Gu Guang
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    • 74 41 P W D L F A Ptl China 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 Australia 2 10 12 2 2 Thailand 2 10 113 2 Intermediates 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 Group A P W D L F A Pts S Korea 3 2 1 0
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    • 60 41 For as long as soccer reporters covering the matches at the National Stadium can remember, crowd figures published have always been a guessing game.. Pfo one has been absolutely At last, at long last, the Singapore Sports Council is showing it cares. We got the
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      878 42  -  But they were aided and abetted by whimpering Lions COMMENT A prayer... and a foul By KENNETH JALLEH BETTER LATE than never, the South Koreans have arrived. And here to stay for the second semi-final of this Merlion Cup competition to meet tonight's Group A runners-up, Australia
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 519 43  -  By S GULAM IT WILL be a do-or-die mission for Thailand when they take on defending champions Australia tonight at 7.30 at the National Stadium to decide the second semi-final berth from Group A oMhe Merlion Cup soccer competition. The Thais, because of their inferior
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    • 92 43 Reuter LONDON, Saturday HUNGARIAN chess grandmaster Janos Flesch was killed in an car acccident yesterday in Ramsgate, south-east England, and his wife died later of injuries, a chess colleague reported. Flesch, 50, author of a number of books on chess, claimed the world
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    • 95 43 Reuter PARIS, Saturday YVES Saint-Martin was confirmed as French champion jockey for the second time in three days yesterday. Saint-Martin was first told he had wrapped up his 15th title on Wednesday after he had won the Prix de Dabries in Marseilles, giving him a
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