Singapore Monitor, 13 December 1983

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Tuesday, December 13, 1983 30cents
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  • 411 1  -  Intraco-led consortium leaves for China today to finalise supply base contract By FOO CHOY PENG A SINGAPORE consortium led by the gov-ernment-backed trading company, Intraco, looks set to succeed in its first bid for a slice of China's oil exploration
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    • 101 1 Fandi tucks in his favourile 'Granny's Special' DMI armed robbery DONIMAV THE WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF TENNIS RACKETS 'ill I 'I^^^ B w H 7 HI S, kj BORG PRO Kj.II Stiff and strong El competition frame B created and perfected by Bjorn Borg, head k l|l reinforcement with fiber
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    • 57 1 Grand Opening |Sale at our Centrrpoint Showroom. All Diamonds, Gems and Jewellery at spec ial prices. Now on till 15th December 1983. rXMI G M Dc SHva Pte. Ltd., WITI 17(,, Orchard R.**!•()I BCTBIWI xnirt-ntNnl Sngaport (W2* ISIsmSMJ IM 2.vw»j7 2T* < >rcturd fh hh] I *4 .41 Nptx ial
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    • 146 2 WE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME OF THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES IN RECENT YEARS Lianhe Wanbao IF YOU had been complaining about the unusual bite of chilly weather over the last fortnight or so, you're quite justified because we are experiencing one of the coldest spells in
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    • 276 2  -  Tests will be carried out once they are settled By BERTILLA PEREIRA THE PROGRESS of the 200 children in the gifted education project, to be implemented next year, will De closely monitored and evaluated. Once both teachers and students have
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    • 233 2 THE FULL-DAY school pilot programme appears to have come to a close. Dr Tav Eng Soon, Minister of State for Education, fast weekend confirmed that all the eight schools in the programme will revert to half-day school next year. The pilot programme started
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    • 293 3  -  ROBBERS FLEE WITHOUT CINEMA'S WEEKEND TAKINGS By SURESH NAIR A CINEMA manager foiled a robbery attempt on Sunday night by grabbing the blade of the knife that a robber was about to plunge into his abdomen. The manager's left palm
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    • 172 3 IN A continuing effort to prevent crime as the festive season draws near, Joo Chiat police have intensified patrols at the newly-opened Parkway Parade Shopping Centre at Marine Parade Road. Since it opened for business on Dec 10, crowds of people have thronged the
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    • 54 3 LATEST statistics show an upward trend in crimes in shopping centres. Robberies: 1980 42; 1982 85; first 10 months of this year 81. Breaking and entering: 1980 204; 1982 296; first 10 months of this year 290. Shoplifting: 1980 1,260; 1982 1,343; first 10 months
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    • 67 3 Here's how you can prevent crime. Police list five simple end practical precaution*: OMAKE sure you adequately secure your home or business premises. ODO not carry or leave unprotected large sums of cash and jewellery. OHAVE adequate escorts when you are carrying large sums of money. OBE
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    • 504 4  -  They are more generous in giving to charity than those in the higher income group THE SINGAPORE MONITOR'S COMMUNITY CHEST APPEAL By RAY MILLER LOWER income workers in Singapore are more generous in giving to charity than those with higher incomes in the professional
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    • 106 4 WHEN third-year architecture student, Mr Chng Huang Hong, 23, read about The Singapore Monitor's Community Chest Fund appeal, he wanted to chip in his own. But as an individual, I can't give much," said Mr Chng. So he decided to go out
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    • 114 4 TOTAL NOW: 24,676 IT'S GOING higher! So far oar Community Chest barometer showi a total of $24,676 which yoa have seat to as to pats oa to the Chest and those in D66(l Bat that is not all that oar appeal has raised so far for the Chest. Said deputy
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    • 245 6  -  WORKSHOP ON MANPOWER PLANNING IN ASEAN By TOH SU FEN WORKERS here are likely to be in great demand for another 20 years as long as Singapore expects high economic growth. But the shortage of skills is going to stifle growth unless the
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    • AROUND SINGAPORE
      • 237 6 OPPOSITION MP, Mr J B Jeyaretnam, wants to find out from the Finance and Trade and Industry Minister at the next Parliamentary sitting how much of Singapore's money has been sunk into the petrochemical project. He also wants to know the
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      • 74 6 CIVIL servants in the common-user services to be converted to departmental grades will have a chance to get into the ministries of their choice. They can make their request to the Finance Ministry's Public Service Division through their department
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      • 68 6 RADIN MAS Citizens' Consultative Committee Scholarships are now open for application for children of residents of Radin Mas Constituency who need financial assistance. Eligible students at all four levels: Primary, Secondary, Pre-University and the University may apply. Application forms are available at the Radin
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      • 52 6 SOME 2,800 subscribers in the city telephone exchange area will have their telephone numbers changed from 9xxxx to '532xxxx' and *98xxxx' to '534xxxx' from 11 am on Sunday. The last four digits of the old telephone numbers represented by the crosses will
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    • 382 7  -  'For every life saved there has to be a death' CAPT FAVACHO LEADS THE WAY BY PLEDGING HIS KIDNEYS W By CATHARINE FERNANDO FOR every rainbow there is rain and sunshine, and for every life saved there has to be a death.
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    • From our EVENING EDITION Yesterday
      • 39 7 OFFICE workers in the business district will f;et a series of unchtime concerts featuring musicians, from the Singapore Symphony Orchestra next week. The concerts, sponsored by DBS Bank, will be at the DBS Auditorium.
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      • 39 7 THERE has been a shift of crime from housing estates to commercial and shopping premises in recent months. Almost all the burglaries in commercial K remises took place in the night or during olidays.
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      • 41 7 A 63-YEAR-old man with a string of previous convictions for theft was jailed for seven months yesterday. Yeo Ah Noh pleaded guilty to stealing the bowl from a trading company at Kallang Place last Friday.
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    • 268 4 HOW TO BE A GOOD M.D. Dear Mr M.D. From the recent news report, there are 68 companies paying $150,000 to get their M.Ds to become members of a social club. Congratulations to you if you are one of the lucky M.Ds whose company is paying the exorbitant fee for
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    • 138 4 I 1 I SINGAPORE MONITOR I I COMMUNITY CHEST FUND "I HAVE A HEART" I would like to donate to the Community I Chest and enclose a cheque/money order I for S$ a I would like to participate in the Share I Programme. (Monthly payroll deductions.) I I I would
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    • 211 6 Grand Hungarian f% Eood Festival at TheDynastyl Discover the unique and authentic taste and New Year's Eve, 31st December, of Hungarian haute cuisine. we present our special Hungarian Gala Succulent roasts and delicious fish Dinner served from 7.00pm to 10.30pm. dishes full of rich, paprika-spiced flavours Christmas Eve: S$ 110.00++.
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    • 236 7 For all the good jobs Look in tht Classifieds j&Z**!!* SHARP C-2005M (51cm) SBC Text System Attention' $1,400 (Singapore only) »»^^3WyAttention l Imported from Japan rm'SSELsharp C-2005M. Full 2-Year Guarantee from the Land of the Rising Sun. My mission here is to offer the finest a Aw_s-—-— TV entertainment with
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  • world
    • 279 8 AP BEIJING, Tuesday A MONTH after the latest pilot from China defected to Taiwan and collected US$l.3 million (512.78 million) in gold, 78 pilots who defected in the opposite direction were honoured with certificates in Beijing yesterday. The latest Taiwanese pilot to defect
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    • 128 8 AP WASHINGTON, Tussday THE Supreme Court yesterday refused to order a life-prolonging operation for baby Jane Doe, the New York infant with severe birth defects whose parents have decided against surgery. The judges let stand Tower court decisions upholding the
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    • 184 8 MOST OF THE COUNTRY'S DONORS ARE ADDICTS Reuter KARACHI, Tuesday AN ANTI-DRUGS campaign in Pakistan's port city of Karachi has dried up blood supplies because most regular donors were <drug addicts, the local newspaper reported yesterday. At least three operations had to be
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    • 116 8 Reuter BEUINQ, Tuesday CHINA'S first published figures for its outstanding foreign debt was US$3 billion (556.3 billion) at the end of September. The latest issue of the official magazine, Zhongguo Jinrons (China Finance), published the figures along with foreign exchange and
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    • 293 9 OBSERVER SAYS COALITION HAS GREATER COHESION THAN EXPECTED Reuter BEIJING, Tuesday KAMPUCHEAN leaders Khieu Samphan and Son Sann will arrive in Beijing today for talks with Prince Norodom Sihanouk, President of their anti-Vietnamese coalition, a Democratic Kampuchea embassy spokesman said. Mr Khieu
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    • PEOPLE WATCH
      • 53 9 UPI HIDDEN HILLS (California), Tuesday: The host of the ABC-TV series "That's Incredible", John Davidson, and his new bride, the former Rhonda Rivera, prepare to cut their wedding cake on Saturday. "Hie couple was wed in a ceremony Serformed by the groom's father, Reverend
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      • 123 9 Reuter MELBOURNE: Business entrepreneur John Elliott raised a toast in Foster's Lager yesterday night after Australia's largest takeover deal. His firm gained control of the giant company which brews the beer. Mr Elliott, managing director of Elders IXL Ltd, said it now had more
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      • 48 9 UPI HOLLYWOOD: Cliff Robertson presented the Golden Apple Award for Female Star of the Year to Barbara Stanwyck and Ann-Margaret (left) who tied in the voting. It was the 43rd Golden Apple Awards presented by the Hollywood Women's Press Club on Sunday. UPI
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    • 98 9 Reuter JAKARTA, Tuesday EIGHT ballet-ridden bodies, apparently the latest victims of anti-crime death squads, have been found in Jakarta and Bandung, newspapers reported yesterday. Seven of the bodies, bound with ropes, were found in different parts of Jakarta. One had a skull and crossbooes tattoo,
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    • 173 10 Five killed and 77 hurt in bombing blitz UPI THIS IS the aftermath of one target of the bombing blitz by Islamic terrorists who slammed a truck loaded with explosives into the US Embassy in Kuwait yesterday against seven American, French and Kuwaiti targets, killing
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    • 324 12 'Islamic Jihad' group had also claimed responsibility for other major bomb attacks Reuter BEIRUT, Tuesday THE 'Islamic Jihad' group that claimed responsibility for yesterday's bombings in Kuwait is believed to have Iranian connections and could also have links with Syria and
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    • 153 12 Reuter TRIPOLI (Lebanon), Tuesday PORT authorities said yesterday repairs at Tripoli harbour have been completed and if international guarantees are secured, Mr Yasser Arafat and his supporters will be able to sail by tomorrow. All is now ready for Greek ships which are scheduled
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    • 340 13 ENGLISH JURY'TOLD Reuter LONDON, Tuesday PETER REYN-BARDT got away with the "perfect murder" of his wife for 23 years until ne was undone by a Roman skull, a jury was told today. He thought the skull dug up near his cottage must be that of
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    • 144 13 UPI BONN, Tuesday PROSECUTORS who have filed corruption charges against Economics Minister, Count Otto Lambsdorff in a multi-million dollar Flick corporate tax scandal may call Chancellor Helmut Kohl as a witness if the case comes to court, the news magazine, Der Spiegel said
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    • 165 13 They leave 11 days before deadline set by Washington Reuter, AP ST GEORGE'S (Grenada), Tuesday ABOUT 1.000 United States paratroopers left Grenada today, completing the total withdrawal of American combat troops 11 days ahead of the deadline set by Washington, a senior US military officer
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    • 126 12 Eveiy Wednesday and Friday at Lunchtime IFabulous fashion and food beckon. Every Wednesday and Friday. In a different show and mood. Tempt yourself with our spread of epicurean delights while we bring you the latest fashion in town. Wednesday: belle de bella presents beautiful blouses and outfits in cotton, linen
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  • money
    • 550 14 ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO FULLY AUTOMATE THE KLSE fc#* KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE The Star THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Committee has decided to appoint the Public Administration Service (PAS) of the USA to reorganise the Exchange, the ultimate objective of which is full
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    • 222 14 SELECTED members of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange met in the Malaysian capital here recently to draw up counter-proposals to the controversial amendments to the exchange's regulations proposed by the Finance Ministry. They are the KLSE committee members, including chairman Abdul Razak Sheikh Mahmood,
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    • 421 14 Committee appointed to present KLSE's views The Star THE majority of stockbrokers who attended last week's meeting of the Kuala Lum--Bur Stock Exchange feel much better than ley have ever felt since the government announced the proposed amendments to the KLSE rules and
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    • 155 14 f 1 WHLLSTREET k. Reuter WALL Street stock prices closed little changed on tbe lightest volume in weeks yesterday as end of the year portfolio adjustments continued to overshadow potentially favourable news events. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which was off more than sVfc points earlier in
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    • 166 14 JJoLLAR AND (jOLD AP YESTERDAY'S bombing in Kuwait pushed the US dollar to record highs in France, Italy, Britain and Denmark. Gold bullion prices also firmed. Frankfurt banking sources said West Germany's Central Bank intervened intermittently during the day, feeding about US$l4O million (***** million)
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    • 191 15  -  By JOYCE QUEK FINANCE sector shares generally put on a strong performance on the stock exchange yesterday. OCBC was the most active counter with a turnover of 452,000 shares on a ready basis and 55,000 on settlement. It finished 10 cents higher at $11, an indication
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 51 15 FEDERAL Cables Wires Metal Manufacturing Bhd announced an oversubscription of its rights issue. Applications for 6.99 million shares were received, 5.51 million for entitlements and 1.48 million shares for excess shares. Allotment of shares will be such that the incidence of odd lots will be
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      • 54 15 INDUSTRIAL Oxygen Incorporation Bhd has received the FlC's approval to buy the entire issued capital of Bukit Kelang Development Sdn Bhd, Rapat Jaya Sdn Bhd and Eng Hup Industries Sdn Bhd. The proposed acquisitions are now subject to the approvaol of shareholders at an
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    • 144 15 BETWEEN 250 and 500 million Australian dollars were purchased here in the last two or three weeks by individuals and institutions anticipating a stronger currency, Bernard Little, chief dealer of the National Commercial Banking Corp of Australia here, estimated. Nearly
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    • 91 15 Reuter LONDON, Tuesday THE price of cocoa jumped to its highest level for over five years in London today due to uncertainty about the size of the cron in West Africa, which normally accounts for aoout twothirds of world supplies. After New York closed near
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    • 94 15 from ourjffiM THERE has been no flight of capital from Hong Kong because of jitters over its future when Britain's lease with China for most if it runs out in 1997, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Jotjn Bremridge was quoted as saying. In fact,
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    • 127 15 V V Tv, J& x **v -**7, 1 •'y *'>! ,vV s Practice with Haller "v" -V> •.v > :*<■'.* V fa-C *>. VvVviVi-*r > V KiU\- —_i y;'~ifeS|pßlg| J fl 1888 f 11 I 1 f Here's a unique. Swiss system to meet the changing needs of today. USM
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  • 809 16 Rifaat: Corrupt, licentious, with a craving for power, wine and women Assad's reported illness focuses attention on Damascus power structure features LAT-WP What happens when Assad no longer controls the Syrian government? Rifaat takes over, says G H JANSEN, a foreign correspondent
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  • opinion/letters
    • 536 17 ISHKHH SO THERE are to be more lights in cocktail lounges and nightclubs. Enough to let you see another person at the other end of the room. Enough to dampen the ardour of those patrons whose preferences go beyond mere drinks. Hostesses hired to keep company
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    • 584 17  -  They can be mutually supportive if they are assured of our encouragement HENRY LIM Singapore 1545 LIKE all other nations, we are living in an aging society. The population of the elderly is increasing rapidly. In 1970, we haa one elderly person
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    • 26 17 FASHION is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months Oscar Wilde, Irish-born writer (1856-1900).
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    • 139 17  -  LIM CHIN CHEE Principal Pei Dao Secondary School I REFER to the letter "Ball ended up in room while examination was going on" by "Less Noise Please" (SM, Nov 26). On Nov 18 at about 3 pm, my security officer saw some boys
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous

  • 369 18 New series on French painters Art Portraits: El Qreco Spirit of Toledo, Debut (Ch 5, 10.20 pm) THIS new series looks at the French Masters of the 19th Century El Greco, Rubens, Claude Monet, Gustave Courbet, Paul Gauguin, Degas and Georges Seurat. Tonight's episode focuses on El Greco,
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  • 105 18 Your Host Tonight (Radio One, 9.10 pm-12 am) JENNY Teo continues with her Stop the Music quiz from 9.15-10 pm. Participants will have to listen to a piece of music for 30 seconds and identify it, saying the three key words. At the same time, they stand to
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  • 325 18  -  ■mh mm TV Scene By WONG SING YEONG CHRISTMAS means different things to different people. To those who believe in Jesus Christ, it is a time of reflection and rememberance. To those who do not, it is merely Yuletide Christmas trees, gifts and merriment. SBC's Christmas
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    • 50 18 Keep pace with the latest news of the day Pick up the evening edition of The Singapore Monitor. Monday through Friday, for the latest news each day. Now on sale at hawker centres, bus-stops and street stalls wherever Lian He Wan Bao is on sale. THE SINGAPORE NOOTOR C mTJk
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    • 91 18 Now you can get the latest news at NTIIC Fair Price too! It's all la THE SINGAPORE MONITOR available at: NTUC Fairprice Supermarkets: Clementi Blk 451, Clementi Ave 3 #01-307 Yung Kuang Blk 63-66 Yung Kuang Road, Jurong #01-119/02-119 Coronation Gl, Coronation Shopping Plaza #587, Bt. Timah Road. Peace Center
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 1073 18 Guide P'9« 24 3.00 Opening followed by Enigma (C) (r). I I 4.40 Afternoon Matinee: The Raging Moon (E). r-immMwm?J See Highlights. maSmmmßfe. 6.10 Cultural Diary (E). News B 6.25 Mari Memasak (M). W WT J i'^sS9| Host Rosie Almasboor prepares Malay cakes and V i,*B|\^n^B dishes in this series.
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    • 375 18 12.00 PM Programme Summary 12.05 ers from Different Eras: Opera Highlights. Musical Notebook Dance Forms in Concert: Donizetti: La Fille Du Regiment, Orchestra 1. J S Bach: Polonaise, Menuett and Badin- Chorus of The Royal Opera He jse, Coerie, Munich Bach Orchestra/Karl Richter. 2. vent Garden/Richard Bonynae, Chorus MasGaspar Sanz:
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    • 175 18 12.00 PM Newsdesk 12.30 Breakthrough 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 1.30 Viennese Nights 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Caught in the Act 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 The Cambridge Buskers 3.45 Network U.K. 4.00 World News
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  • leisure
    • Article, Illustration
      1254 19 T ai wanese films go for depth and realism THE turning point for Chinese cinema is here and now. Serious film makers are fast discarding the fantasy films of costume, gongfu and happy-ever-afters and beginning to document real-life characters and situations on celluloid. Some critics see this serious
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    • 430 20 WKRP 'UGLY DUCKLING' TURNS INTO A SWAN IPS AFTER a weak start, Jan Smithers has overcome her shyness and lack of experience to become a fullfledged star on CBS' WKRP in Cincinnati. That meant coming out from the sexy shadow cast by WKRP co-star Loni
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    • 191 20 BUDGET WOES DELAY FILMING THE big-badget, big-screen version of Terry and the Pirates has been shot down for the time being at least. Filming of the Garence Greene production, which has been in development for six years, was scheduled to start in Hong Kong yesterday, with actor-comedian
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    • 586 21 TAIWANESE ACTRESS SAYS LOVE CAN WAIT Lianhe Zaobao TANG Lanhua is a changed person. "I was very stupid, sacrificing everything for love. But cruel, cruel reality has woken me up." With love written off, Lanhua has been filling her days with
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    • 206 22  -  WHITE'S THE COLOUR Clothes from PRINTEMPS Models: JACQUI and MARIE-LOUISE Co-ordinated by INEZ WEI DREAMING of a white Christmas? Our fashion stores will make your dream a reality with their latest collections. This year, white seems to be THE fashionable colour, its pure enchantment shimmering forth from
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 788 23 FIIMGUIOe NEW HAPPY (*****63): OLD MASTER CUTE S (C) TOA payoh (*****34): OLD master cute 3 (c> DALIT (*****16): OLD MASTER CUTE #3 (C) Synopsis: An outerspace visitor, Shan-T, who has extraordinary powers is part of the "cast" of this third HOLLYWOOD (*****64): EVIL vs EVIL (C) sequel on Che
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 531 24 ifmsl 'Bit l if mam vv J A/ j?L ff Hkl 77>e Nei* London Wind Trio to perform with the SSO NEW LONDON WIND TRIO CHRISTMAS FANTASIA THE New London Wind Trio will per- THE Singapore Youth Choir will preform with the Singapore Symphony a Christmas choral concert today Orchestra
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    • 38 24 PHOTO FRENCH photographer Francois Morand will display his works at the Alliance Francaise de Singapour from 9 am to 1 pm and from 4 pm to 7 pm daily until Thursday. SAF PHOTO AN exhibition of the best
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    • 142 24 entries for the SAP Display 1983 Photographic Competition organised by the SAP magazine, Pioneer, will be held at the Kim Seng CC from 2.30 pm to 10.30 pm today and tomorrow. It is divided into print and slide sections. Visitors will get a chance to obtain free posters of two
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    • 117 24 Wong Sau Ching is on at the Sentosa Wax Museum, ground floor, from 10 am and 4 pm daily until Saturday. There will be 50 exhibits. Mrs Wong will give two demonstrations, today and on Thursday at 11 am. INDONESIAN BATIK AN exhibition on traditional batik patterns of Indonesia, their
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    • 628 30 Top players set to battle for $145,000 in prize money and the right to be No. 1 SHIRISH NADKARNI, SPECIAL TO THE SINGAPORE MONITOR PBO-KENNEX GRAND PRIX FINALS IN JAKARTA DEC 14-18 ABOUT $145,000 will be up for grabs when the Pro-Kennex sponsored grand prix badminton finals
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    • 47 30 GROUP A: Liem Swie King (Indonesia), Luan Jin (China), Ong Beng Teong (Malaysia). GROUP B: Prakash Padukone (India), Hastomo Arbi (Indonesia), Jens-Peter Nierhoff (Denmark). GROUP C: Morten Frost (Denmark), Tian Bingyi (China), Stephen Baddeley (England). GROUP D: leak Sagiarto (Indonesia), Misban Sidek (Malaysia), Nick Yates (England).
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    • Article, Illustration
      294 31 L 'pool-Newcastle 1 tie in jeopardy 1 as union presses for bigger share I of live' TV money J For the first time in British soccer, players are put on stand-by t0... UPI LIVERPOOL, Tuesday THE players of Liverpool and Newcastle United were put on stand-by yesterday to stage
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    • 45 31 WE are not militant but this is a fundamental issue which threatens the very existence of our association. The top players will not be taking action to get money for themselves but to help all the less luckier players who need us.
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    • 264 31  -  By B KULA SINGAPORE'S girls yesterday turned into a bunch of over-anxious nannies against Indonesia to lose their game 2-3 in the Asean Women's Softball Championship match. What upset the Singapore girls was the umpire's decision to disallow a run by 800
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    • 429 32 He tames Korchnoi in Game 9 and takes an almost unbeatable lead KASPAROV 5% KORCHNOI3% WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS AP LONDON, TuMday GARY Kasparov, the Soviet No. 2 chess player, won his ninth game against Soviet defector Victor Korchnoi last night and took a clear two-point lead in
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    • 313 33  -  COLOUR WHAT SQUASH 'SHOWMAN' STEWART BALLARD ISREAUYJM STORY BY KEN JALLEH Jr. HE is not one of your better liked blue-eyed boy champions. But he is respected. He fights hard for a win, wanting every point, ever willing to argue with the referee or throw a tantrum
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      529 34  -  FIRST STOP FOR SOCCER STAR FANDI IS GRANNY'S AND HER GLORIOUS COOKING MONITOR ACTION CAMERA REPORT BY S GULAM THE first stop for football star Fandi Ahmad when he returned home was his grandmother's home in Upper Jalan Eunos where he stays whenever he is in Singapore. On the
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  • 455 35  -  1( the doctor he sees today says he is £it, then he can play provided he wants to 9 says Groningen chairman MONITOR sports Report by ALFONSO CHAN THE chairman of FC Groningen, Mr Eenze de Vries, confirmed last night in Singapore that his top striker, Fandi
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