Singapore Monitor, 17 December 1983

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Saturday, December 17, 1983 30cents
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  • 241 1  -  Several govt departments sitting in sub-comittees By YONG POW ANG A COMMITTEE on Land Transportation, chaired by the Acting Communications Minister Dr Yeo Ning Hong, has been set up to coordinate the efforts to curb the growth of the private car population. The committee has
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  • 205 1 CAR PARKING THIS studies the provision of car parks and the revision of parking fees. The Ministry of National Development has already announced that parking fees will be adjusted upward from next month, and will be reviewed every year. PUBLIC TRANSPORT ITS effort is aimed at improving
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    • 149 1 Rainbow Lounge terminates Phoebe Speedway's contract See Page 2 new film f Manchester 4ft) Young lions a young "I United are IjyHn will tame fIMH star in iTr 01 are the new the search fee? ,ea 9 ue bbb Australian 0 f her l|\ c< s S leaders: P4l MM
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    • 161 2 PRESIDENT Suharto of Indonesia is to visit Singapore on Dec 27 for wide-ranging talks with Mr Lee Kuan Yew. According to a Foreign Ministry official, the discussions between the two leaders will cover both on-going bilateral matters as well
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    • 469 2  -  Pop-rock band notified of the termination of contract on Wednesday By PAT D'ROSE and CATHARINE FERNANDO POP-rock band Speedway, whose "crude and obscene" stage performance caused the Home Affairs Ministry to revoke Rainbow Lounge's entertainment licence about two weeks ago, has had its contract with the
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    • 113 2 THE Singapore Air Transport-Work-ers' Union (Satu) has appealed to the Labour Ministry to allow it to continue with the check-off arrangement to collect union dues from its members. Last week, the Registrar of Trade Unions wrote to the employers whose workers are unionised by Satu to
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    • 444 2  -  By FAEZAH ISMAIL THE Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case) has drawn attention to the many car advertisements in the media, saying that these are not consistent with the 'curb car population growth'policy. It also says the practice of giving cars away as
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    • 474 3  -  Only 4 out of 70 cases reverted to crime during rehabilitation, says social affairs chief SEMINAR ON REHABILITATION OF EX-PRISONERS By CATHARINE FERNANDO IT MIGHT be necessary to consider a system of statutory supervision and aftercare for prisoners, said Mr K Veloo, Director (Development),
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    • 196 3 SOME 70 local exporters have been invited to the Trade Development Board's first comprehensive series of talks and workshops on how to sell more effectively overseas. All the trade officers from the board's eight overseas offices are flying back to Singapore next week
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    • 234 3 rFrom our |5 Yesterday, THE Soviet Union, as part of its plan to replace Western and Chinese influence with Soviet domination in Southeast Asia, has since Nov 15 stationed 10 Tu-16 bombers and an unspecified number of Tu-95 reconnaissance aircraft at Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay
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    • 228 4 Picture and story by KENNETH TEO CONDUCTOR Choo Hoey was in a fix. The Singapore Symphony Orchestra's performance of Erik Satie's Parade Realistic Ballet would not be complete without the sound of a revolver shot. The Singapore Armed Forces' help could have been
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    • 226 4  - 10,000 GEMS GRAB Thief snatches jewellery from crowded shop and flees in a taxi By SURESH NAIR A THIEF grabbed more than $10,000 worth of jewellery from a goldsmith's shop in Bukit Merah Central yesterday afternoon. The smartly dressed man went to the Kim Wah Goldsmith on the ground floor
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    • 324 6  -  Their goal is to instil confidence and responsiblity in youths By LOONG SIEW YIN TO INSTIL confidence in youths to be worthy crimefighters of tomorrow that is the aim of the management of the Bukit Merah Boys' Club, which will be officially opened
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    • 200 8  -  By OEI SIN GIOK THE Construction Industry Training Centre should get off the ground by Jan 16. Applications for instructors as well as students for the Centre closed two days ago. A National Development Ministry official said that
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    • 169 8  -  By CAROLINE BOEY CALLS for children to read more have obviously been heard because National Library membership among school children has steadily increased over the last tnree years. According to the National Library's report for the financial years 1981 and 1982, 88.5 Ger cent of
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    • 375 8  -  It also means helping out their fellow residents By EE BOON LEE WHAT have these three an insurance clerk, a beautician and a contractor in common, apart from their obvious love for cooking? The giveaway sign is the Residents' Committee (RC) logo
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    • 263 3 -f Scratch'n'Win When you buy a Hitachi kitchen appliance during the period 26 Nov '83 to 30 Jan '84, you'll receive a corresponding set of game coupons. Simply scratch off the silvers on the coupon and you may win attractive prizes. tGame Coupon Entitlement You'll get from 2to 12 coupons
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    • 202 4 EXthe extra-terrestrial, is back for Christmas at Creperie, Daimaru. TO CELEBRATE OUR OPENING WE ARE E.T. CAN BE having A YOURS FOR ONLY $3.50 b ON THE SPOT LUCKY DRAW YOU BUY A FROM 15/12/83-20/12/83 MIRINDA PRIZES E.T. DRINK WP Lucky Draw Prizes 7"- <£ Spaceship Launcher, Pepsi Frisbees, Pepsi
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    • 753 5 Changesto Toa Payoh bus services from 26 December 83. Feeder services will be introduced. TOA PAYOH I 8 TOWN M» 0 US' r~h Sf-j'V SMI •,t jus ■—rn i A o it* w mi B St °s" s =?sG°:2 f Q n= < oa \PI J?*! J BnSf 1°: Vn\
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    • 115 7 Xmazs EXgitement PArkwAY ParaDE !1S The Shopping Centre with Everything 15 Yoohon supermarket and department store belan department store SmaH World (Emporium Holdings) Over 200 specialty shops on 4 trade-mixed levels 16 restaurants and over 30 snack shops Children's playdeck Ken-air Funwortd entertainment centre Peppermint Park theatre lounge Health dub
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    • 78 8 W M The best dressed men in business start at the bottom In dress socks by Burlington. In a wide variety of styles, lengths, fibres including 100% mercerised cotton and colours. Burlington dress socks have Bioguard, the odor controller that lasts for the life of the sock. And all have
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    • 72 8 Christmas Celebrations at Hotel Phoenix PHOENIX GRILL ON CHRISTMAS EVE Four-course traditional Christmas dinner with Christmas pudding, mixed nuts, petits fours and demi-tasse. $40.00 per person COFFEEHOUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE *32 CHRISTMAS IW A buffet spread of delicious local and western favourites including traditional roast turkey with chestnut stuffing, X'mas
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  • world
    • 368 9 Move stems from US new policy Reuter WASHINGTON, Saturday THE UNITED States has agreed to give Israel and Egypt more than US|l billion (about $2.13 b) each in free military aid in 1985, Heagan administration officials saicf yesterday. The decision stems
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    • 134 9 TEL AVIV, Saturday DEFENCE Minister Moshe Arens said yesterday that Israel was demanding that western governments condition the evacuation of Palestinian guerillas from northern Lebanon on their "laying down their arms," Israel radio reported. The radio quoted Arens as saying in an interview: "There is
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    • 95 9 Reuter GLOUCESTER, Saturday SOLDIER Alan Humphrey chose the wrong car to test his strength the one he hoisted into the air by its bumper was an unmarked police car with two detectives inside. Humphrey, a 25-year-old private, then smashed the car s
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    • 284 9 Agencies BEIRUT, Saturday BEIRUT Airport reopened after a new peace agreement was announced by opposition leaders yesterdav and the first plane to use the airport for 16 days a Middle East Airlines Boeing 707 took off for Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, with 28 passengers aboard,
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    • 426 10 President's speech in August should have ended them Reuter JAKARTA, Saturday THE killing of suspected criminals by shadowy aeath squads, alleged by human rights groups to have been organised by tne government, should nave stopped last August, Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said
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    • 187 10 SENIOR Asean officials are meeting in Kuala Lumpur to work out proposals aimed at securing a Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia. The two-day meeting, which ends today, is to refine elements in Asean s new proposal at the United Nations last September to ena
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    • 318 12 AP PHILADELPHIA, Saturday A NEW technique that uses modified human genes to convince cells to grow could lead to the birth of rabbits, sheep, and dogs that are more than double their normal size, researchers say. The University of Pennsylvania has applied for a patent on the
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    • 211 12 Reuter MOSCOW, Saturday US and West European diplomats said yesterday that they had no evidence that Soviet President Yuri Andropov was back at work after a four-month absence. The diplomats denied news reports from Washington that western embassies in Moscow had already
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    • 157 12 AP COLOGNE, Saturday FIVE West European countries signed a joint military accord yesterday to build some 800 twin-engine fighter planes for use in the *****, the West German Defence Ministry announced. The air force chiefs from West Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Britain met
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    • 117 12 AP TOKYO, Saturday A 41-YEAR-OLD bakery truck driver scrounging through a Tokyo dump last month discovered a treasure chest of jewels and rings worth 50 million yen ($545,000), police said yesterday. Police said it was learned on Tuesday that the diamonds, emeralds, sapphires and
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    • 291 14 NASA PLANS TO INVITE JOURNALISTS, ARTISTS TO SEE WHAT FLYING INTO SPACE IS LIKE UPI WASHINGTON, Saturday THE US Space Agency expects to invite journalists, artists and writers to apply in the spring for a flight into orbit aboard the space shuttle to tell the
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    • World Briefs
      • 84 14 UPI COPENHAGEN: Denmark's Queen Margarethe vesterday dissolved parliament and set elections for Jan 10, from which polls said Prime Minister Poul Schluter's Conservatives would emerge as the big winners. Mr Schluter, encouraged by recent polls coming out in his favour, refused to back down
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      • 96 14 Biggest cocaine seizure in New York 725 kilos AP NEW YORK: A RECORD 725 kes of cocaine with an estimated street value of US|l6O million (***** million) has been seized and three men have been arrested. The cocaine was found in duffel bags and boxes when a combined federal, state
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      • Article, Illustration
        50 14 JOHN Travolta and Olivia NewtonJohn, stars of 20th Cantury Fox's Two o! a Kind, |oinad mora than 1,400 parX -goers on Thursday in Hollywood for a world premiere of their motion picture in a benefit which generated more than US$3OO,OOO (*****.000) for the American Diabetes Association.
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      • 71 14 Reuter LONDON: A 14-year-old London schoolboy yesterday admitted in court that he sent a letter bomb to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher last March. The boy, who cannot be identified under British law, said he sent the bomb as a joke. It was
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      • 59 14 Flashdance star marries in Thailand Thai-style AP BANGKOK: The female star of the current film hit Flashdance, Jennifer Beals, slipped into Bangkok with her American fiance for a Thaistyle weddings The couple were married at Silom village, a shopping and entertainment complex. They wore traditional Thai costumes. Her spouse was
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    • 317 10 n The Challenge is on! ABC the lion-hearted Forthe Grand Finals on February 25th, 1984: 831 Stout are looking for Singapore's strongest Ist prize in each category $3000 Official Entry Form >"4 arm-wrestlers. 2nd prize in each category $2000 The ABC Stout National Arm Wrestling Challenge I I And we
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    • 146 14 This weekend, visit our shops at Supreme, High Street and Lucky Plaza for big festive savings on specially selected top names. We'll make your weekend a very special one. Lanvin, Christian Pellet Mariner Tee-Shirt Pierre Balmain, Usual Price $215.00 Usual Price $12.90 Christian D'ars, Sale Price $75.00 Sale Price $4.90
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  • money
    • 344 16 Dialogue on proposed amendment to Exchange's rules THE Malaysian Ministry of Finance has agreed to hold a dialogue with the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange on the proposed amendments to the KLSE rules and regulations. KLSE chairman Abdul Razak said he had a "very
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    • 286 16 EXCITEMENT is running high in the stockbroking community. The KLSE's annual meeting is scheduled for tomorrow. Over the next few years, the stock exchange is expected to play a very significant role in the financial and economic development of the country as the government
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    • 169 16 r WS4LLSTREET L 4 Reuter THE stock market fought off early weakness and blue-chip shares recovered slightly from recent drubbings, but prices overall closed with little change in light trading on Wall Street yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which fell nearly 25 points in the
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    • 346 16 THE stock market went through a brighter week livened by good news from both sides of the Causeway. Early in the week, Trade and Industry and Finance Mininster, Dr Tony Tan optimistically predicted a good year ahead for the financial sector. This was
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    • From our EVENING EDITION yesterday
      • 45 16 KUALA Lumpur Kepong shares were suspended on the stock exchange yesterday morning at the conpany's request "pending an announcement to be made shortly." No further details were given. The Msl shares were last traded at $3.04 in Singapore on Thursday.
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      • 50 16 HONG Leong Credit produced marginally higher profit in the year to June 30, figures released yesterday morning show. Group pre-tax profit was $16.19 million against $16.06 million but a higher tax charge took the after tax figure down to $8.51 million from $8.66 million.
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    • 391 17 1984 profits may be lower, Cycle Carriage tells SES COMPANY NEWS CYCLE Carriage Ltd has replied to the Stock Exchange's query on the change in group profitability for the year ending Sept 30, 1984, by stating that group profitability for 1984 may be somewhat lower than 1983's level as car
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    • 245 17 STANDARD Chartered Merchant Bankers' advice to SPP shareholders to Tuan Sine's takeover offer is likely to be an emphatic 'no'. Singapore Paper Products' shareholders should be receiving advice within the next few days as copies will be submitted to the
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    • 158 17  -  By ALVIN LEE THE growth of Tat Lee Bank has been maintained in 1983. Earnings and dividends for the year are expected to be near past years' levels. "But it is still premature to reveal the figures," says its general manager Mr Tham
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    • 223 18 Shareholders approve the restructuring of its interests SHAREHOLDERS of Inchcape Berhad have approved the restructuring of the company's Malaysian interests at an extraordinary general meeting. The resolution ratified a proposal by the board submitted to shareholders on Nov 28. It also authorised directors to give
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    • 91 18 THE dollar rose sharply against other major currencies in US trading yesterday against the currencies of Britain, France and Italy in European activity. Gold prices tumbled for the second straight session, dropping below US$3BO an ounce in New York. The US Federal Reserve Board said its measure
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    • 127 18 THE title to Lot 363 Orchard Road, the site of the former Indonesian Embassy, was transferred to Wisma Development Pte Ltd yesterday simultaneously with a drawing down of the $140 million loan for the redevelopment project. Demolition work will begin within a week. Construction of
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    • 72 17 IP HELP THE BLIND oaRD. and p Noodle international OllU|J THE CARD Jointly Presents >te INTERNATIONAL THE NOODLE SHOP A show by the "E.T. Touch" Band from the Singapore Association for the Blind. A Lion Dance. There will be Free Gifts for children. The Programme starts at 12 Noon Venue
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  • 753 19 Her stance on recent issues shows a new Thatcher features LAT-WP LONDON: PRIME Minister Margaret Thatcher's image as the "Iron Lady'' of the Western Alliance burnished by the Falklands War and her anti-Soviet rhetoric is being remolded in her second term to show
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  • opinion
    • 557 20 What does it mean when you say, "So and so is a local writer." Or that "Live from Studio One is a local TV programme.*' Apparently the word "local" has garnered so much abuse in our society that it almost no
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    • 474 21 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT ALL WHO wish Malaysia well will breathe a sigh of relief that the impasse over the constitutional amendments has been resolved amicably. It was made possible only because of the exemplary show of maturity on both sides. The compromises that have
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    • viewpoints
      • 117 21 THE relevant authorities should give serious thought to the possibility of taxing video sets. This will help them control the video popula Uon. The authorities will then be able to know the exact number of licensed videos. They can then easily close in on the
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      • 120 21 WHEN I step out off Ang Mo Kio Oriental Emporium, I am worried because I do not know how to cross the road. Most of us would think of dashing across the road where the buses are coming from the terminal and the main road.
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    • 541 21  -  This simple precaution will avoid accidents but many flout it CYRIL G VENNING Access Engineering Services Singapore 175# I REFER to the report (SM, Dec 11) under the headline "Is this gondola on the 37th storey safe?" and the headline below "It's
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    • 82 21 WE made it quite clear in oar opening paragraph of the report that it was the pictures which gave the impression that the gondola was precariously perched. In the next paragraph, we had Mr Venning giving the assurance that it was absolutely safe. We concluded by mentioning
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    590 22 TODAY'S Highlights Book Adventures Secret Agent Boy. (Last episode) (Ch 5, 6.40 pm) A RATHER amusing tale of puppy love with an adventurous twist. Kevin wants to impress a cote girl named Carol who lives in his neighbourhood. Unfortunately, she doesn't even acknowledge his existence and the poor
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  • 70 22 Daily Serial (2.05 pm) KEEP up with Radio One's new afternoon serial, The Day of the Triffids. Young biologist William Masen, who is studying this rare species of vegetation, finds out that they are actually deadly to mankind. But be warned that it will be quite a while
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  • 457 22  -  TV Scene By WONG SING YEONG OF LATE, SBC has given sports fans a lot to cheer about with some exciting, up-to-date programmes. We also get recorded programmes weeks after the matches have been played, such as the present coverage of Canon
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 141 22 Festive Season "Raffles Hotel I We uphold tradition. I Dufmlifr 24 I Christmas Kve I Gala Dinner and Dance I Kluahethan drill I (jarket lie) $50 I Palm Court (informal) $35 I Family Christmas Day I Buffet Lunch I with X'mas Carols I New Year's Kve I Gala Dinner And
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    • 152 22 VrtS^ a w 5 a \o< %v c\c* o VO^ ie r0 oX>° V o»^ s e SSS^-r§g§?-r i si?-""" *e*e» sC Uitz means precision. World-wide LEITZ LEICA Distributors *9 e, s (Cs Jl SCHMIDT SCIENTIFIC (PTE) LTD V ffiy 18 > Pasir Pa"tang Road, #1009. PSA Multi-Storey \n/ Complex,
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 970 22 failHPg r^iTuuMM 12.55 Opening followed by Sesame Street. /i I *Spjn Vl 1.55 Flash Gordon (Chapter 4). u M. I I 2.25 Saturday Matinee: The Curious Case of Santa iy I Fa fl Mm > 111 I i Merlion Cup Soccer HH Australia vs Malay Lanchang injHPIHr A court dancer
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    • 324 22 12.00 PM Programme Summary 12.05 cast 7.15 Come Share With Us 7.30 Chinese Musical Notebook Dance Forms in Concert: Music and Art Songs: 1. Queentown Commu1. A Dvorak: Czech Suite, Praludium- Pasto- nity Centre Chinese Orchestra/Chek Siew rale, Polka, Sousedska, Romanza, Finale- Meng, 2. Khang Sheng Singers, 3. Joy Tien
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    • 164 22 12.00 PM Newsdesk 12.30 Kings of Jazz 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 British Press Review 1.15 About Britain 1.30 New Ideas 1.40 Book Choice 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Album Time 3.00 World News 3.09 News about Britain 3.15 From the Weeklies 3.30 Classified
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  • leisure
    • 1467 23 Jimmy Stewart worked with Sir Alfred Hitchcock several times in Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and Vertigo (1958). Here, he shares with ANGELA FOX DUNN his memories of working with Hitch and
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    • 1068 25 A real-life romance Srom the movies Barbara Weng Meiling, Miss Hong Kong 1982 finalist and HKTVB star, and Kenneth Tang Zhengye, television heartthrob, were in town for a charity fashion show this week. WONG SING YEONG spoke to these 'living dolls' from tinseltown. FOR many
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    • Article, Illustration
      411 27  -  ADIL, ADAM AND BEN MAKE A MUSIC OASIS PAT D'ROSE DECEMBER marks the end of the one-and-a-half-year period since Adil, Adam ana Ben moved away from the city lights to slow-moving, sleepy Changi Village and brought their music along with them. One and a half years ago, the
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    • 319 27 WITH Christmas and the holiday season around the corner, there are ample excuses for merry-making. After that long tour of the shopping centres in town, you may want to rest your feet and soothe that throbbing headache. A good place to drop by is the Lower Bar at
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    • 353 27  -  ALBUM: YENTL ARTISTE: Barbra Streisand i arfl CBS ***** LADCL. Reviewed by LIM SEK BARBRA STREISAND Michel Legrand Alan and Marilyn Bergman. A stunning combination that has resulted in one of the best original musical soundtracks in a long, long time. The movie, Yentl, marks Barbra's directorial debut
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    • 190 27 U.S. TOP TEN pop singles (as rated by Cashbox), with the previous week's positions in brackets: 1. (1) Say Say Say Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. 2. (2) All Night Long (All Nisht) Lionel Richie. 3. (5) Union of the Snake Duran Duran. 4. (4) Love
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    • 63 23 MARY: Pa* 29 COMICS: Pa* 80 Enj? f yourself Dressed your best this season with the latest clothes, shoes and accessories from Pick Apparel Boutique. We have a wide range of exciting fashion wear to suit your festive jubilee. [f?b3APWMI& stfiZ aour o u e •02-01 Lucky Ptaza Tat *****74
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    • 61 27 MOIRA CHEN Indonesian Born Actress Plays SIRISIMPHONE the Laotian Princess who offers the Australian Adventurer a delicacy, intelligence and devotion he has never known in 20TH CENTURY-FOX'S COMEBACK Ai licrMNMc tree lave sttry "UP AND AWAY WITH YOU! OR, I'LL CALL..." SUPERMAN'S GIRL M ARGOT Jmf; m (lois lane) 18
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 247 27 fllM GUIDE BEDOK (*****7): JUST FOR FUN (C) Starring: Liao Welxiong, Huang Jlnshen, Chen Xiuzhu Synopsis: Another preposterous Hong Kong comedy on wooing girls. The plot is about the frivolous encounters of Deng, a playboy, who is made penniless when his wealthy stepfather leaves him nothing in his will. Midnight
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    • 133 28 LIDO: OPENS TODAY! (*****14) 5 SHOWS: 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.45 9.15pm No Free List A race against time. A fight against greed, treachery and the mighty desert. FRANCJN EORI> COPPOLA > "THE BLACK STALLION Rl II RNV Surrinu KEI.IA HI-NO lIRM.ARR \l lEN (•OOKWIT/ VINCENT SPANO HERDINANI) MAYNE Alm. SMrrmtf
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    • 283 28 i ********************000 S NOW SHOWING! o o o o OOEOH-MTOWG/GALA JURONG DRIVE-IN O 4 Shows: 1.30, 3.30, 7.30, 9.15pm 2 Show*: 7.30 A 9.30pm a X 60L0EN SULTAN/BEDOK LEISURE-DROME X X 1 30, 3.30, 7, 9.15pm 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.15pm Z X MAJESTIC BROADWAY g 5 1.00, 3.30, 7.00, 9.15pm
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 451 28 ftLM GUlOe DALIT (*****16): OLD MASTER CUTE tt 3 (C) Synopsis: An outerspace visitor, Shan-T, who has extraordinary powers is part of this third sequel on the adventures of the cartoon character Old Master Cute, at an amusement park and a circus. Midnight show: THE CHALLENGER (C) LIWAGU (*****30):0LD MASTER
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    • 596 28 NEW LONDON WIND TRIO hour Christmas Special at the Victoria Concert Hall tomorrow at 5 pm. The THE New 1 o'" show will feature the SBC Orchestra form with the Singapore and g Ues t singers Billy Martinez, MaOrchestra at the Victoria Concert Hall j Xavier, Paul Cheong and Rafael
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    • 579 29 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA You should be able to learn September 23 to October 22 from other people's mistakes. Be careful not to neglect your Love and partnerships need duties through more attractive careful handling. Don't take any activities. Look your best as you financial
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    • 137 29 PR SMOCK By George Lemon f I'M OONNA C3UITMePICINg\ /""BgRNI f PO6S AMP^N mm AN' START" A COAAIC STRIP/ Ln THg &AT" CATS WERE THAT'S WHERE THE e>l<3 V /V TAKEN J M(?NEy is/ ESPfciAuuy if, kf A&OOT A COTE A^AU/^ EB AND FLO Taul Sellers ANVTHINJe S f INTERESTING
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 238 32  -  By WONDER BOY TRAINEE Eddie van Breukelen's Calculator II has a first-rate chance of making amends in Race Eight, a Class 4 Division 2 event over 1,850 metres, at Bukit Timah today. Well supported over 1,600 m last week, the Jungle Boy four-year-old
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    • 109 32 THE Singapore Turf Clab announced yesterday a likely $SO,OOO weekly bonas for tierce punters. The clab said that the tierce betting la Race Four tomorrow will carry an additional $50,000 la pool money donated by the clab. If support is good, it intends to
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    • 382 32 PAPA'S LOVE, the brilliant winner of the Sultan's Gold Vase in October, must surely rank as one of the top horses this season. After his creditable showing in the recent Lion City Cup, this English four-year-old has a claim tt> be Horse of
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    • 256 32 SHADOWFAX in, by virtue of his Perak Derby win in May, and Valley Fame, the first horse to win the Tunku Cup in successive years, are two other claimnants to be the Horse of the Year. Shadowfax 111, by Record
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    • 153 32 PETER'S CHOICE AFTER an assortment of races, Firdamas (1) sparkled in last week's race. Firdamas looked better in morning workouts. He looks an outstanding sort with promise and should do well in Race 3 today. Palladium (3) did very well last week and Always Hold's (6)
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    • 99 32 •CTBCTO0T W71M1MI MA I AM PfeMV) (Za» Bao) (Wai to) nan OMMfiQakl BMwrsfktt I lid— SPriMun UBungiA|» IMMysBakl MCEI 12C*»Em- II I I |C—1 2 f anal Simoom TUto twIMMtP 5SMng8QMf TiWtai Mil 9 Bare* Band 7H«San MCE 4 10 Shoot's Shra S Sft 10 Bncan Shn SSft
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    • 304 32 MUST only a classic winner be considered for Horse of the Year honours? If the answer is no, then one that most be strongly considered is Agasam Stable's Dawn Command This son of Without Pear, out of Ring A Bell, started the season to
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    • 5591 33 1 2.15 CLASS 5 DIV 2 1,200 m (Ratings: 53-43) Stakes $14,000 1 ***** Firdamas 56.5 HS Chan 2 4chnzg Ng Firdaus (u2 >1) 7t* 7/8 C 5-1 56 Masruhen Kl2oog Melody Fair Ist 1:14.5 Bth 14/8 C 5-1 54'/? Masruhen Kl2ooy Tncky Steven Ist
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    • 258 35 }&,(>!}[\/~:[,)&>]+/};.<\!*<+%^ Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Standby Monitor: Words 0.35 cenli p«r word 0.55 cent* per word Display $7.70 p«r col. cm $12.00 per col. cm Business Hrs Mon-Fri. 9am-Spm Sat. 9am-!pm INSTALLATION SHARP Electrical Serv .443-6851 Acmes Properties P/L..447-4366 Changi Junk Store 341-4917 442 Changi Rd S( 1441) JU-I
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  • sports
    • 284 37 ARSENAL BOARD ACTS IN BID TO HALT A DEPRESSING RUN LONDON, Saturday ARSENAL, the longest-serving club in the English Football League First Division, yesterday sacked manager Terry Neill to try to halt a slump which has dumped them near the foot of the table. Arsenal issued a brief
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    • 172 37 ZURICH, Saturday THE European Football Union (UEFA) slapped fines totalling 28,000 Swiss francs (about 5527,178) on Italian club Inter Milan yesterday following off-field incidents in two of their UEFA Cup matches. In n statement, the committee said Inter MiInn were fined
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    • 807 38 LUAN JIN SNUFFS OUT THEIR LAST BADMINTON GRAND PRIX HOPE Reuter JAKARTA, Saturday ALL-ENGLAND champion Luan Jin of China completed the destruction of Indonesia's three-man team when he beat Liem Swie King 15-13 15-8 to reach the semifinals of the Badminton Grand Prix tournament here last night. Luan's
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    • 80 38 MEN SINGLES: Prakash Padakone (India) beat Sompol Kakasemklj (Thailand) 15-3 18-17; Misban Sidek (Malaysia) beat leak Sngiarto (Indonesia) 10-15 15-9 15-6; Morten Frost (Denmark) beat Steve Baddeley (England) 15-11 4-15 15-«; Laan Jin (China) beat Liem Swle King (Indonesia) 15-13 15-*. WOMEN SINGLES: Kirstea Larsea (Denmark) beat Helea Troke
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    • 382 39  -  Indonesia beats Singapore by only one run in the last inning to win the game SMMPMII MOMfSU 4 By B KULA IT was a neck to neck fight between Singapore and Indonesia in the Third Asean Women's Softball Championship match at the Delta Sports Complex
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    • 136 39 FANS described the match between Indonesia and Singapore yesterday as a thrilling and nerve wrecking battle. Hopes were still high in the seventh inning after Singapore equalised the score at 3-3. And the 400 Singapore fans cheered lustily on, hoping to see a repeat
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    • 412 40 Reuter, AP LONDON, Saturday SOVIET prodigy Gary Kasparov clinched a berth in the World chess championship elimination final yesterday when he defeated Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi in 32 moves in Game 11 of their semi-final. Korchnoi, 52, playing black and needing to win
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    • 58 40 AP HONG KONQ, Saturday MALAYSIA edged out Japan 3-2 and Canada defeated South Korea also 3-2 to qualify for the play-off to decide fifth and sixth places in the Hong Kong Golden Jubilee hockey tournament here yesterday. In another match, China beat Hong Kong 4-2 to finish
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    • 204 40 THEY BEAT SPURS TO MOVE TWO POINTS CLEAR OF LIVERPOOL Reuter LONDON, Saturday MANCHESTER United displaced Liverpool at the bead of the English soccer championship with a 4-2 home win over Tottenham last night. Arthur Graham and Kevin Moran sank Tottenham with two goals apiece and left
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    • 288 41  -  We were victims first, says Aussies coach By ALFONSO CHAN AUSTRALIAN coach Les Scheinflug defended his team's performance in the match against the South Koreans when he said: "It takes two to tango." "Everyone is blaming the referee for not doing a good job.
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    • 295 41  -  TONIGHT'S FINAL: Singapore versus Australia at 8.15 FOR 3rd AND 4th PLACES: South Korea versus China at 6 By S GULAM CHINA and South Korea, the two teams that were favoured to meet in the final until they failed in the semi-final stage,
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    • 960 42  -  Singapore all set to match rough Aussies By S GULAM MANAGER-coach Jita Singh as usual seems to be playing his cards close to his chest in tonight's all-important final against the rough-and-tumble Australians. Strategy and surprises he will certainly have but
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    • 235 38 A WINNING ,M COMBINATION When we applied the know ledge ot football PRO. Bryan Robson with new balance technological know-how to the development ki of soccer boot. You're in for a sure winner on IB the field. New Balance SC7I4. SC7O6 WmM SC9O6. You've Bryan Robson's for New Balance. Now
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    • 157 39 W™™,ON Dec Ist to 31st 1983 In conjunction with the 30th World Cup Golf Championship 1983 ard^ip toe heel cushion for every^ purchase of 1 Tennis shoes a x' wide choice of i, models for A Games Rte Ltd 02-101 (Ground Floor) Far East Plaza, Scotts Road, Singapore 0922. Tel:
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    • 142 39 QUICK! LOOK AT THIS SHOE. f As -M 1 »It "i 1 u f* i •Jr 1 A WELL KNOWN BRAND AND MARKET LEADER IN UK NOW IN SINGAPORE. FOR THE PRICE IT IS SELLING, IT WONT BE ON THE SHELVES FOR LONG. The Hi-Tec Silver Shadow UK's top selling
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    • 60 41 Exclusive Distributor HONG LEONG CORPORATION LTD. (Yamaha Division) 21, TYRWHITT ROAD. SINGAPORE 0820 TEL: *****71 (Opposite Victoria Schooi/Jaian Besar Stadium) m< &*&**>&, T!-®lrfb# Sole Agent: .< NEWK PLUS FOUR FE.(PTE)LTD -X Jf 60-B Martin Road #05-05/06 Singapore Warehouse Block C "VT: <*f Singapore 0923 Tel: *****22 Telex: NEWK RS *****
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    • 306 42 claggltlods 273-9090 I APPOINTMENTS I I INTERVIEW I An expanding USA Multi-national Corporation located in Jurong invites H H applications from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions: H I PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR I ($15,000 to $23,000 per annum) I The Job H Besides secretarial and administrative chores, the apfxrintee will
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  • 642 43 OUR YOUNG LIONS WILL TAME AUSTRALIA'S 'BULLY-BOYS' KENNETH JALLEH looks at tonight's Merlion Cup soccer final MONITOR sports IF THE night runs fine and dry, and the referee blows his whistle right, Singapore will rise with guts and glory to crush whatever hopes Australia
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  • Singapore Monitor
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    • Auto show focuses on safety
      • 534 1 THE motor car has always fulfilled a very strong social desire. In Singapore, while it may no longer be a status symbol it at least gives an outward show of success. The non car owner feels himself inferior. The car is truly a tool in the
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      • 250 1 THE Automobile Association of Singapore's second Motor Show, which opens at the World Trade Centre today, will feature more than 80 exhibitors within its 8,900 sq m hall. Mr Jack Cheah, chairman of the organising committee, said: "Twenty car distributors will be staging
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      • 685 1 DON 7 MISS The Automobile 1% 1J IA f In the development of better, more Accessories Show 83 jointly 11 iH&| "7 ll If MM j comfortable, safer and trouble-free organised by The Automobile 1m /AIU J m motoring, here is always a little Association of Singapore and The 1m
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    • 345 2 Some showstoppers at the AAS motor exhibition PANEL beater Poon Kim Charn has a long-stand-ing love affair with beautiful bodies provided they are on cars, preferably Volkswagen beetles. His personal beetle, customised with elegant panels and luminous paint, will be on display at the Motor Show. Talking about
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    • 211 2 THEY say cars represent the character of the country in which they were built, and nothing brings home the truth of this more surely than the uniquely American automobiles known as "muscle cars". These are super cars of a special kind, built on the
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    • 248 2 WILL the electric car be a viable proposition in Singapore? Electran Industries (S) Pte Ltd think so, and will try to prove it at the Motor Show. They will be displaying the prototype of a car which managing director John DiGregorio has plans
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      • 77 2 BMH| m SKY VIEW SUNROOF FROM USA H|B feeling, stylish I*9 f I w# BBHH gmgt Qg Jhmjy lEB o ,,er 1$220;00 O5;;X30;;> W ,h ln#,a,,ation *****.00 (1S"x30") A JB Ia 41 fe ffl 9L SS32O 00 (17"x35") Sole agent of GUARANTEED PRODUCTS (USA) in Singapore Malaysia I. SPORT-LOOK RIM
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      • 107 3 i-ji Ferrari Ferrari 308 GTS Qoattrovalvolo (Ferrari 306 GTB Quattro vol vole alto available) ■MB > lHlKfl iIIKSPWL ?v> IBSPH Ferrari Mondial Quattrovalvole TkEPIOWERANDIHEGIjaJY For all our Ferrari models, we have Ferrari-trained engineers to provide an efficient back-up service for our clients; a service which is complemented by the availability
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    • road test
      • 606 4 LEE CHIU SAN reviews some of th« Ford models on display at the motor show FORD SIERRA LONG before it was introduced early this year, Ford's Sierra was one of the most talked-about cars in the motor trade. This successor to Cortina was Ford of Europe's trump
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      • 459 6  -  By LEE CHIU SAN "IT doesn't look like a Volvo," was the response from my friends and neighbours when I drove up in the new 360 GLE. In a sense, they were more than half right. The three-series cars were based on a design by
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      • 236 6 STELLAR it's Hyundai's new superstar IF YOU believe that stars foretell the future, the new Hyundai Stellar could be the sign of the birth of a new giant in automotive manufacturing. With its appearance, Korea appears poised to make its mark on the motoring world. The new Stellar is a
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      • 642 8 JUST before this motor show, Toyota introduced their new Corona to motoring journalists at a test track in Japan. LEE CHIU SAN reports. THE purpose of the trip was supposed to be test driving, but the question-and-answer session with Toyota's design team proved to be more
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      • 404 10 DESPITE the cost of motoring in Singapore being the second-highest in the world, car buyers here have traditionally steered clear of very small vehicles. Less than 20 per cent of the cars sold here are below 1,000 c c. But with the latest hikes in road taxes
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      • 212 4 WD-40 and Armor All Protectant. Your best insurance You too. can avoid costly repairs, replacements and onoinct Pfictllf ro noire breakdowns Use WD-40 and Armor All to maintain dUdllloi l/UoUy ItjfJdllo. your car problem free and in peak condition. WD-40, the original formula lubricates any moving metal part, stops squeaks,
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      • 29 4 The most beautiful beetles h /> Customising, spray painting, bodywork and accident repairs BLOCK 1010. BUKIT MERAH LANE 3. #*****. SINGAPORE 0316 But. Mo. *****3/OOM TEL: *****64. *****04 ft *****76
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      • 120 5 \#(E POHER BIRI> Abvmiisan >J»- 1 1 *Tk"T with a new FRONT WHEEL DRIVE vfcfc: M PLAf/tA 1600 cc C.A. engine. and economical VIEW AND TEST DRIVE THE COMPLETE NISSAN RANGE AT NISSAN DISPLAY CENTRE Tel *****11 Open daily from 10a m -9pm including Sal. Sun Public Holidays DISTRIBUTOR FOR
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      • 710 6 WITH Mm t SEEING It KLIEVMOI I MM Mr Compreeaor (USA) For belter visibility in the worst kinds ol 120 P 81 wealher treat your windows with RAM-X, A 175 PSI I, rigorously tested aerospace development RAM-X forms an invisible coaling on lonpci automotive glass if actually makes water bead
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      • 202 7 Take a pick from the Mazda range and experience driving like never before. Mazda has committed ail its resources to producing innovative cars that more than fulfill the needs of the everyday motorists. Cars which, in so many ways, are better than be. Whether you the acclaimed 323, the beautiful
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      • 179 8 OMILKEN0 MILKEN llil 60 £t 70 Series New Generation Radial. \W WWWWW WW OHTSU High Tech Tires From Japan. Y f Design FX 06C FX 07A Special Compound XTC 268 ''v" n r i [J |fe Wider Tread Arc With Dynamic ua Compounding For Improved A wj *i |i Road
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      • 73 10 Hi-Fi code on the road Rules you play by... a code beyond the ordinary. You'll want to check out a new hi-fi code on the road tuned in to the type of quality you appreciate. a /c Vou won 7 hesitate to make Kenwood ear 4 conditioning your exclusive property
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      • 822 11 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE THE HONDA CIVIC AND CHANGE IT COMPLETELY ■■/t/'. ■—11^ ~<o %.jto.v. I l —g— The existence of an all new Honda have always dreamed of. This newly trailing-link heam rear suspension interior spaciousness that makes it an Civic has kept the market in curious developed
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    • introductions
      • 148 12 FERRARI recently returned to town, this time in the hands of a new distributor, Hong Seh Motors Pte Ltd. Hong Seh have introduced the latest range of Ferrari cars, the mid-engined 308 two-seaters in coupe and open-topped form, and the four-seater Mondial, all
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      • 182 12 IT HAD to happen. Renault, pioneers of turbocharging in Formula One racing have put a blower into the Fuego, their hot model with the fiery name. The new Fuego Turbo is more performance-oriented than Renault's 18 Turbo which represents more
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      • 321 12 THERE'S a spider that just refuses to go away. One that spoilsports have been trying to get rid of for years on the excuse that it stands for sybaritic style, is too loud and represents too much good, plain fun. But this spider
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      • 199 13 MAZDA will bare all at the Motor Show. The star exhibit at their stand will be a transparent model of their new 929 twodoor Hardtop. This car, with see-through cutaway panels, will allow the public a look into Mazda's engineering and design concepts There's clearly nothing to
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      • 47 13 THE SEE-THROUGH LOOK: Mazda's star exhibit at the Motor Show, the brand new 929, complete with see-through panels, to allow the public to peek into its engineering and design concepts. The workings of the engine, suspension and interior will all be visible
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      • 187 13 THE Honda Civic, first Japanese mini to make an impact on the world market, will make a new debut in a more formal guise at this motor show. The new Civic will shed its cheeky, youthful image and appear as a
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      • 302 15 THE new Alfetta Gold Cloverleaf features a new computerised engine management system which is one of the most sophisticated yet introduced on any car. Known as Motaonic, this system uses a series of sensors to identify running conditions and to set the optimum
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      • 155 15 THE 33, Alfa Romeo's first completely new model for the 1983 season, will be on display at the motor show. This car created a considerable amount of excitement in the European motoring press when it was introduced in Milan earlier this year. The 33
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      • 272 17 ...And the spanking Pulsar EX A Turbo breezes in as well THE Power Bird will be roosting at the Nissan stand in the motor show. This is the latest, front-wheel-drive version of the tradition-setting Nissan Bluebird, a favourite with car enthusiasts who remember its flight
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      • 116 19 HONG Seh, well-known agents for the Re-Po range of polishes and car care products, are now marketing liners for the protection of pickup truck beds. (See picture left). The liners safeguard the truck beds from day-to-day abuse and keep resale value high. These vinyl and polyethylene
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      • 63 19 MAZDA 323 GT and Ford Laser Sports owners can now have their cars fully dressed up with kits from Temaco Imports. Each complete kit comprises front and rear spoilers, side and rear skirts, door mirrors, wide 6JJ wheels and a modified steering wheel.
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      • 116 19 MODY'S Auto Electric Products offers a range of equipment and accessories which car owners will find useful. For wet-weather driving there's Rain-X, a chemical which forms a waterresistant layer on glass. It makes raindrops bead up and roll off. Mody also has a range of
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      • 131 19 WO KEE Hong, agents for Sansui stereo systems, are offering a new range of audio products which give performance and features comparable to that provided by first-class home audio systems. Examples of the features of these new Sansui products include a quartz-PLL synthesiser tuner
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      • 99 19 WANT to customise your car but can't draw a straight line? Then call at Hong Seh and look through their range of Pacesetter Nine decorative trim products. There are scroll and stripe kits, pinstripes and decals, graphics and other decorations for your car. There are also letters and
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      • 287 21 QUITE a number of motorists who own the latest top-of-the-line cars haven't a clue what to make of the masses of information provided by the array of dials on the dashboard. Here's a guide from VDO, manufacturers of vehicle dashboard instruments, on
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      • 113 21 LEO Electronics manufacture a range of electonic digital dashboard instruments for cars. Particularly useful is their LE 400 four-in-one computerised warning system which alerts the driver when the engine over-revs, the speed limit is exceeded, and when either the safety limits of electrical voltage or water temperature are
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      • 125 22 THE advantages offered by low-profile tyres are recognised in high-performance driving, but in ordinary use they may not be ideal, having an adverse effect on ride comfort and handling. However, many drivers in various types of cars have fitted low-profile tyres because of
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      • 120 22 YOKOHAMA will soon be introducing two new ranges of high-performance tyres, the 60 series AX323 and the 70 series SX7O3. The SX7O3 tyre has an exceptionally wide profile for a 70 series tyre. This wide profile creates an impressive appearance and improves stability at high speeds.
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      • 188 22 BF GOODRICH, manufacturers of the Comp T/A high-technology car radial tyre, also make tyres for the spaceship Columbia. The tyres used by Columbia have to withstand a landing speed of about 350 km/h and support a gross landing weight of about 90,000 kg. These
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      • 210 22 TRUCK-mounted Cormach cranes which utilise a slew bearing and turret, a system normally found only on larger models, are available from Autogen Holdings Pte Ltd. The manufacturers claim that cranes built on the Cormach system are superior to kingpost cranes because of their ability
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        903 23  -  All articles in this motoring supplement are written by LEE CHIU SAN IN THE dawn of motoring, when the village blacksmith also doubled as automobile mechanic in between nailing shoes on horses (there not being much difference in power output between cars and horses at that time), almost
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      • 265 15 Two angles on the new Escort XR 3i HTO It's everything John H/S Well, she wouldn't jjfc -~——-t_ said it would be. Loads of space know a Bosch K-Jetronic fuel ¥L Wjlg n e back and so easy to park. injected 1.6 engine from a Arudeal siriall family car he
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      • 282 16 Yokohama has done it again! Best Performance proven in independent, u authoritative tests. Time and again, Yokohama Hi L» high performance tyres have been pitted against rival tyres Jm, in independent, gruelling tests by world-famous motoring authorities and have come The tests two days hard driving carried out by the
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      • 201 18 0 RENAULT In this age of high technology, Turbo is not a "dirty" word. Turbo economy in performance Performance power=safety= comfort longer engine life. RENAULT has the Turbo for you and Turbo gives you the advantage. RENAULT 5 GORDINI TURB 9^|j^^^ 18 TURBO 1565 cc equivalent in performance to 2200
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      • 108 21 BRIDGESTONE SF-310 TURBO SUPER FILLER 60/70 Series The International Favorite Ih ilf J CiSx F ml Jr V A/v Jt II J H I ft Tyre at our dealers today's *gj Pattern for High-Speed and Professional Response Dynamic Rib Pattern World popular tread design that assures maneuverability, safety, low noise
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      • 202 22 jjr Volvo 360GLE. many cars display few up to from a r/ top speed in excess of 180kph x And now an enlarged carpeted boot with m 362 litres of luggage space l How s that for L size 9 MHIS Not ,0 mention its ergonomically designed vj» Mm Wo§
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