Singapore Monitor, 21 December 1983

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Wednesday, December 21, 1983 30cents
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  • 443 1 He enlists support of ex-PM Fukuda UPI TOKYO, Wednesday EMBATTLED Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone yesterday continued fighting for his political survival by trying to enlist the support of the main rival before Monday's emergency session of the Diet to decide the nomination of the
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  • home
    • 479 2  -  Two reporters moved by Mr Lee's praise for the late Mr Hon Sui Sen ALL REPORTS BY EE BOON LEE AND FOO CHOY PENG FOR almost half an hour, Mr Lee Kuan Yew spoke about an old friend he had coaxed to enter
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    • 748 2 PM SAYS THAT IF THE MP FOR ANSON CONTINUES TO CONDUCT HIMSELF IN LESS THAN EXEMPLARY MANNER.. PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday told Mr J B Jeyaretnam in Parliament that if he continued to conduct himself in
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    • 314 3 MEDICAL FEES UP AGAIN NEXT YEAR ONE year after they were last raised, hospital, outpatient and dental charges will go up again next year. And hospital patients will be charged separately for their meals $15 for Class A and 81, and $5 for
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    • 79 3 A Class A patient in hospital for six days for a serious operation will have to pay well in excess of $2,200, while a C class patient need only pay $248 for similar treatment and length of stay. For the operation itself, a Class A patient
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    • 292 3 Most seem to take the latest price increases in their stride REACTIONS A civil servant in his early forties (in a Class B2 ward): "Why do the newspapers keep on printing stories about increases in the cost of living 7 "It is not
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    • 387 4 'The Area Licensing Scheme will be extended when the need arises' DRIVERS, watch it. It's only a matter of time before you will have that many more problems getting into the city area. In Parliament yesterday, the Acting Minister
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    • 240 4 THE 30 teachers for the gifted education programme have been chosen and will undergo an induction course towards the end of the month. The teachers, DR TAY ENG SOON, Minister of State (Education) said, have been chosen for their teaching ability and their commitment to the programme. THE
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    • 249 6  -  In recent months there had been three incidents HEIGHT LIMIT 4.5 m By CHUA NGENG CHOO THE Public Works Department has put up 14 height restriction gantries before overhead bridges as additional safety measures to protect the bridges from being hit
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    • From our EVENING EDITION Yesterday
    • 308 7  -  Police received six reports of missing canines over the last two days By SURESH NAIR IF you own small pedigree dogs such as pomeranians and pekinese, keep an eye on them. A dognapping gang is believed to be on the prowl, and
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    • 55 7 BOTH the SPCA and the police warn pedigree dog owners not to leave their pets running about alone in their premises when no one is home. ALTERNATIVELY, ask neighbours to keep an eye on the dogs. DOGNAPPERS are usually encouraged by open gates or low
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    • 128 7 POLICE have identified the highly decomposed body found in a dirt-track off Woodlands Road as Mahmud Muhammad, a former Woodbridge Hospital patient. The body of the 46-year-old unemployed man was discovered in the undergrowth near Lorong Lompang, off Woodlands Road, at 11.10 am yesterday by
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    • 138 8 A HAPPY MR RAJARATNAM RETURNS HOME SMILING broadly and showing little signs of one who has recently undergone heart surgery, the Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs), Mr S Rajaratnam, was in high spirits when he returned from London last night. Mr S Dhanabalan, the Minister
      PICTURES BY SPENCER LOH  -  138 words
    • 86 8 THE Neighbourhood Watch Scheme will be expanded next year under a three-tier committee programme formed in each constituency. Mr Sidek Saniff, Parliamentary Secretary (Trade and Industiy and Social Affairs), who spoke at the launching of the programme at the Kolam Ayer Community Centre last
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    • 492 9 10 new theatres plan to liven up entertainment with super stars Lianhe Zaobao THE YEAR 1984 may prove to be the Year of the Battle of the Live Shows. While the cinemas are winding up, the live theatres are
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    • 6 8 Moving house? See today's property pages
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    • 63 9 Wi I IL w I Us S IB x* 4 J I 1 fa 11. Jf\yfwsfy i|j& v imip i" If 1 iwaa, Jt£I I L j*« JB *M^fr Citroen Visa GT Figures that'll turn your head! speed gearbox, Macpherson rear spoilers b) Aluminium rims with Michelin c) New split
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  • world
    • 150 10 US$75 m hotel is the largest Sino-American joint venture UPI TOWERING above Beijing's drab skyline, the New Great Wall is China's largest worldclass hotel. The 22-storey, 1,007-room project costs US$75 (*****.5 million) and took three years to build. Glittering with a facade of Belgian mirror-glass, the
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    • 244 10 BUT ISLAMABAD DENIES HELPING AFGHAN GUERILLAS Reuter ISLAMABAD, Wednesday THE Soviet and Afghan governments could take joint action to stop interference in Afghanistan from neighbouring Pakistan, the Soviet ambassador in Pakistan said in an interview published yesterday. Quoted in the right-wing
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    • 130 10 Reuter BANGKOK, Wed ABOUT 5,100 communist insurgents and sympathisers will formally surrender tomorrow to the authorities in Nan Province, 740 km north of Bangkok, a supreme command spokesman said yesterday. Lieutenant-General Sampao Srikacha said 20,000 defence volunteers and village scouts would also take part
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    • 98 13 THIS IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF z t c PICK-UP AFTER 747 LANDED ON IT AP ANCHORAGE (ALASKA): Alaska Police Officer Rick Sullivan looks at the remains of a pick-up that was destroyed when a Japan Air Lines 747 cargo plane landed on it over the
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    • 212 13 Report will be given to Malaysian authorities UPI KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday A FRENCH air accident team began an investigation yesterday into the crash-landing of a Malaysian Airlines A3OO Airbus which exploded minutes after all 247 passengers escaped. The five-man team from Airbus Industrie, the
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    • 75 14 Mum's sad farewell to her son A pro-Arafat PLO fighter it teen comforting Ms mother in Tripoli on Monday at he prepares to leave the city aboard Greek ships. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his guerilla fighters sailed from the Tripoli yesterday on their second forced
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    • 314 14 But a reduced force will remain Reuter, AP ROME, Wednesday Italy will soon begin a phased withdrawal of part of its 2,000-man contingent in the multinational Beirut peacekeeping force, Defence Minister Giovanni Spadolini said yesterday. "The time has come to begin,
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    • 167 14 UPI JERUSALEM, Wed AN unprecedented free trade pact with the US would make Israel economically strong enough to forgo billions of dollars in foreign aid, an Israeli cabinet minister said yesterday. Trade and Industry Minister, Mr Gidon Patt, who just
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    • 116 16 Irish government decides against curbs en IRA's political wing AP THE Irish government yesterday decided against an immediate ban on Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political wing, but said it would review security legislation, officials reported. The decision by Irish Prime Minister Garret Fitzgerald's cabinet prompted speculation
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    • 321 16 COLD WAVE TAKES TOLL OF 30 AP NEW YORK, Wednesday A NEAR-BLIZZARD rumbled down the rockies and into the plains states yesterday, bolstering Eredictions of a white Christmas for most of the fS but worsening the snow and freeze that
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    • 149 16 UPI BERKELEY, Wednesday THE perennially flooding Yellow River, which has drowned millions of Chinese over the past 5,000 years, may soon get an automated flood warning system. Charles Luchessa, president of Berkeley-based Si-erra-Misco Inc, said he travelled to China in October to
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    • 364 18 Decision by two US refiners to pay less for crude oil may spark off price cuts worldwide Reuter LONDON, Wednesday WORLD oil prices could be set to fall again following the decision of two US refiners to slash US$l.5O (553.15) a barrel off
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    • 189 18 DATELINE: SEATTLE AP A MAN convicted of slaying 13 people during a mass murder in the city's Chinatown district was sentenced yesterday to another life term in prison for killing an elderly man who saw him dumping a stolen safe in Lake Washington. Benjamin
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    • 199 18 DATELINE: NEW DELHI AP NEW DELHI'S chief magistrate yesterday ordered that Asian underworld figure Charles Sobhraj be produced in his court on Jan 1 in connection with an extradition request from Thailand. Magistrate PR Thakur said he had been urged by the External Affairs Ministry, which
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    • 8 10 What's happening in property See today's property pages
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  • money
    • 275 19 All shares will be included and weighted according to aggregate market value THE Stock Exchange of Singapore will launch its new stock indices on Jan 3, the first trading day of 1984. It will produce seven indices, one for each
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    • 189 19 |IJOLLA^AN^|tOLD AP THE US dollar turned in a mixed performance in lacklustre pre-holiday trading vesterday, hovering just below its recent nighs. Gold prices rose in quiet trading, winding up the day at U&5379 a troy ounce. Last week, the dollar soared to all-time heights against
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    • 332 19 From PHILLIP BAHGSBERG in HONG KONG FRESH efforts are underway to get a local silver market off the ground after a previous experiment that "just died away. The Kam Ngan Stock Exchange has established a study committee in conjunction with
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    • 204 19 r HMLLSTREET k. Reuter WALL Street stock prices closed slightly lower yesterday in another round of light trading volume as the market's frail blue-chip rally expired. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which managed to extend its twoday upturn through yesterday morning's session, finished the day down 2.64
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    • 198 20 Lianhe Zaobao THE Gold Exchange of Singapore, soon to be renamed the Singapore International Monetary Exchange, has produced a set of rules for disciplining offenders who could be expelled, suspended or fined. The major offences include: refusing to refer the client's futures' contract
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    • 653 20 Self-mastery the way to a profitable speculation It distinguishes the winners from the losers mi Mr Loong Tim Fook of Green and Collier gives his tips on how to operate on the gold market in 1984. He believes that self-mastery is the way to successful speculation. Profit goes to a
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    • 365 21 FOUR tin mining companies reported lower pre-tax profit in the half-year to Sept 30. Sungei Besi Mines saw pre-tax profit drop from $2.95 million to $2.26 million and after-tax profit from $1.44 million to $1.09 million. It warned that results for the second half
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    • 177 21 Chan Ho should fare well J COMPANY NEWS NEXT year's first listed company may be Chan Ho Engineering if its recent application is approved in six to eight weeks' time. It is believed that stockbrokers Alfa Pacific Securities is its underwriter and manager for
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    • 92 21 Festive Season at ßaffles Hotel vjr We uphold tradition. /1 i Christmas Eve Jlhj Gala Dinner and Dance 4. (i* c ket lie) $50 Palm Court (informal) $35 Family Christmas Day f Buffet Lunch with X'mas Carols Adults $25 Gala Dinner And Dance (jacket tie) $60 t(j Special Midnight Champagne
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    • 223 21 When even a single hair is precious Neril. Now, there is a new special hair-reactive treatment programme, developed for people who are aware of their maturing Neril Hair Reactive Tonic Dralle Germany has been looking after hair tor than 130 years has since continued to and develop improved ways care
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  • 513 22 Accident rate in Australia's most populous state drastically reduced features Reuter SYDNEY: Motorists in Australia's most populous state will definitely not be drinking a toast to the successful first year of breath testing. The random tests, introduced a year ago, have be- come the scourge of drivers
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    • 287 22 Two angles on the new Escort XR 3i HERS It's everything John HIS Well, she wouldn't HP sa 'd it would be. Loads of space know a Bosch K-Jetronic fuel »li' in the back and so easy to park. injected 1.6 engine from a _w H| An ideal sroall family
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  • opinion/letters
    • 492 23 IB THE electoral setback suffered by Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's ruling party may well reflect many voters' disapproval of his ties with ex-premier Kakuei Tanaka. But, more importantly, it leaves unresolved the core of the problem that forced the election in the first place. Ironically, Mr
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    • 147 23 ANOTHER highly published campaign against hell-riders had jut concluded. "150 rounded op in 2 am 5w00p...", the traffic police announced triumphantly. Yet, the recurrent need of such operation makes one wonders if it ever serves its purpose. Even with the many crackdowns, the hellriding
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    • 163 23 It's structurally sound and has some sentimental attachments A RECENT press report mentioned that Capitol may be demolished and that the facade or the whole of Stamford House may be preserved. Capitol certainly has some sentimental attachments, especially to the older generation. It has a bit of history
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    • 20 23 Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw Irish-bom utritttr (1856-1950).
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    • 228 23  -  reply CHEW KING HWAN for Permanent Secretary (Education) I REFER to the story 'Set in Singapore' on the GCE Examination by Caroline Boey (SM, Nov 28). On Nov 27, Miss Boey telephoned the Ministry of Education for information on the GCE. Elaborating on his
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous

  • 380 24 TODAY'S Highlights Singapore 1983 (Ch 5, 10.10 pm) SINGAPORE 1983 is a 50-minute round-up of the vear's news, giving viewers a concise news flashback of the past year. Items featured include the Sentosa cable car tragedy, the National Health Plan passed by Parliament, the nation's
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  • 31 24 English by Radio Singalong (Radio One, 7.45 pm) LEARN English the easy way by singing along to popular folk songs and rhymes. This week's song is about the cuckoo.
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  • 495 24  -  TV Scene By WONG SING YEONG MB LI YONGXI is a foreign drama specialist employed by SBC to teach its drama trainees. He was also in the cast of Little Flying Fish as the father of Wang Yuqing, and will appear as a wealthy, conservative patriarch
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 887 24 3.00 Opening by >' <- HP I v The Biological Beha- y^^^^W^WWp|BßjMM||^M|MjMM^^^M|Mß^^^Mj processes. may behaviour. volvox vertebrate seems cally for have related specific movements an escape v 7^ the nerve Exercise The Life Romper ty See j. j News Home the Happy B H feeling he has no chance making
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    • 348 24 12.00 PM Programme Summary 12.05 sert 3.00 News-in-Brief 3.05 Your Midweek Musical Notebook Musical Offering: 1. J S Choice 4.00 Programme Summary (E and C) Bach: Christmas Oratorio Part 3, Am Zweiten 4.05 Composers from Different Eras: MahWeihnachtstag, Elly Amelinq (soprano), Bri-| er; Symphony No lin D, London Philharmongitte Fassbaender
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    • 191 24 etcishbhbh 12.00 PM Newsdesk 12.30 Waveguide 12.40 Book Choice 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 1.30 What's New 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Sir Adrian Boult: A Life of Music 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 Kings of
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  • leisure
    • 1116 25 mi 1 LACK OF PUNCH IN LOCAL MUSIC SCENE Music at Leisure presents the final part in the series on key figures in the y local music industry. PHILIP CHEAH takes a hard look at the difficulties that have affected the development of a truly local
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    • Article, Illustration
      652 26 MORE TO COME FROM THREE irßtsfwzsa MOMOE YAMAGUCHI is expecting! The news received nationwide coverage in Japan after her husband, Muira Tomokazu, announced it last month. Momoe, one of the biggest superstars in Japan, retired after her marriage to Muira, the actor who appeared with her in several television
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    • 2058 27 EATING OUT THIS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR? HERE'S A GUIDE ON WHERE TO GO Special menus for special occasions Forget slaving over the hot stove this festive season. The entire family or your date will surely appreciate having Christmas dinner or New Year lunch
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    • 255 30  -  Co-ordinated by INEZ WEI THERE are times when you want to indulge in the prettiest feminine finery to set his heart a-flutter. Times when you think that girls should dress like girls. So you drift along to the shops in search of the dress of your dreams. Will
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    • 505 31  -  MARTIAL ARTS TROUPE THRILLS AUDIENCE By WONG SING YEONG SUPERLATIVES cannot be spared to describe the sterling performance by the visiting Chinese martial arts troupe on the opening night at the National Theatre on Monday. The Chinese pugilists began with simple" warm-up exercises of casual above-head-level kicks and
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    • 55 25 At Howie Munson, Doug Barr —k TODAY'S f it the lame-brained sidekick ■p W to Lee Majors' Colt Seavers in t I The Fall Guy. As Doug Barr, he |i I |kII k IV j I is sharp, sensible and has an interest in politics. Find out KWITION more about
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    • 848 31 JWMM JM JM JMtk 9 JKf inflection of her voice FILM GUIO€ 1 ftTTTM ORCHARD (*****88): WINNERS AND SIN- Synopsis: This is a story of a stolen affair NERS (C) between a married lady .ind a government dALIT (*****16): OLD MASTER CUTE 3 REGAL (*****59): JUST FOR FUN (C) guard
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    • 127 32 JADE: 21st Jawsome DAY! (*****80) 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 No Free List CIRCLE $4 ft STALLS $3 CASH BOOKINGS ONLY Spectacle* for 3-6 viewing available at 40c each. Patrons are advised to retain them tor other 3-D films. The most amazing 3-D film ever made; "jaws m The Third
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 170 32 iisi FAMILIAR FAVOURITES THE SSO, with Choo Hoey conducting, will present another Familiar Favourites concert at victoria Concert Hall on Dec 29 and 30 at 8.15 pm. The programme includes Alfen's Swedish Rnapsody, vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves, M Leigh's The Impossible Dream and Tritch Tratch Polka, Tales from the
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    • 820 32 QSHQ3 TODAY: Low tide 5.37 am *lkst 14m i (3 0 18 h lWe 1116 am T Low tide pm 4A|^' 5 TfrT TOMORROW: ,>| 1 Low tide am J, tide noon (3.0 m) f&??9r 4 J P THE Maxweil cc w m en holding exerts cise classes this month.
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    • 548 33 leisure comics A a, a. make ends meet and may have to borrow some money. This is a ARIES March 21 to April 20 or Patching up disYou will have to exercise a lot agreement or sorting out misof patience to overcome set- understandings. Red tape could backs at work.
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    • 198 33 ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry /STEP THIS WAY, MR X .\»HAND RECALLS...THAT) fIN TMC LAST FEW YEARS HE HAS KEN /BRAND YOU'RE JUSTIN I SCORP»OUS WAS ONE Of I INVOLVEO IN VARIOUS TERRORIST GROUPS < y /TIME FOR LUNCH THAT I i' r GENERALS INVOLVEO I FROM CAMBOOtA TO
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  • PROPERTY SECTION
    • 753 34 THE removal of the three-year bar on private house buyers in the use of their CPF is unlikely to have a great impact on the residential property market in the short-term. In the long run, however, a constant pool of
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    • 488 34 AMENDED ACT WILL CUT DOWN EXTRA CHARGES BUYERS of private residential property counting on loans and Central Provident Fund savings will now find it easier to finance their purchase. The CPF Act was amended yesterday in Parliament making it faster and cheaper to borrow from
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    • 542 35  -  Mrs Martha Ong owes her success to her late mentor By ANNIE CHIA FOR THE past 10 months, Martha Ong, executive valuer and auctioneer of Knight Frank Cheong Hock Chye Baillieu, has been the only female auctioneer in the profession. "Credit should go to my
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    • 449 37  -  Business is expected to increase and with more, success By ANNIE CHIA WHAT will the auction market be like next year? Most auctioneers interviewed are confident there will be more auctions in the first half of next year, and with a higher
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    • 369 37 One of year's largest office space sales between $5,460 to $5,950 per sq m VALUERS and property agents will be keeping a close eye on the result of an auction by Cheong Koon Seng Co (Pte) Ltd of ah entire floor
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    • 89 34 Buying a home Take advantage of OUB's Housing Loan Scheme N OUB's Housing Loan Scheme offers: Easy loan repayments with CPF contributions Longer repayment period of up to 25 years Loan with Overdraft facility Competitive interest rates Currently Up to 10 years 9Va% p a 11 to 25 years 9%%
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    • 203 36 Xmazs Bgjgitement atjgg' PArkwAY ParaDE The Shopping Centre with Everything JKJ Yoohan supermarket and department store Isetan department store Small World (Emporium Holdings) Over 200 specialty shops on 4 trade-mixed levels JKJ 16 restaurants and over 30 snack shops Children's playdeck JKJ Ken-air Funworid entertainment centre JKJ Peppemiint Park theatre
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    • 62 37 IBS Housing Loan Scheme 5 good reasons why our Scheme bli n linii Dexter 90% to 100% Financing Available Easy and Flexible Loan Repayment Lower Effective Interest Immediate Benefit Bridging Loan Plan Call us today at Tel *****88 We will be happy to help you buy your property rank miM.
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    • 98 37 ITo be held at:- The British Council Theatrette I Basement, Singapore Rubber House, H 14, Collyer Quay, Singapore 0104. H On Wednesday 28th December, 1983 I At 3.00 p.m. I 18-D Jervois Close I Singapore 1024 I (T.S. 24 Lot 803-2-E) Tenure: Freehold Strata Title Floor Area: 134.0 sq.m. (To
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  • Page 38 Advertisements
    • 239 38 m^^^^^m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: Words 0.35 cent* per word 0.55 cent| per word Dieplay $7.70 p«r col. cm $12.00 p«r col. cm Bmlmm Hr« Mon-Frl, 9am-spm Sal. 9am-lpm ANTENNAE INSTALLATION SHARP Electrical Serv 443-6851 ANTIQUE* Acmes Properties P/L..447-4366 Changi Junk Store 348-4917 442 Changi Rd S(1441)
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    • 357 38 Ape* -Trans Services 440-7845/6 Bridal Car For Rent 468-1425 JJ Car Rental 296-9868 Keng Soon Auto 337-7533 Kin Sai Veh Rental 337-2595 2 Car Rental 338-8122 Trinity Rent-a-Car 235-9293. CATERERS C L R Caterer 2*4-3780 Cornerstone Foods 251-0511 Hai Sing Caterer 288-4491 Hj Hainon Caterers 745-2919 Indonesian Buffet 440-3255 Nice
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    • 261 38 furniture j Adrian's Cane Furn 273-1229 Blk 4005. Depot Lane. #01-95. BocK Lim Ind Co 747-2347 Foong Furniture C 0... 745-2701 (specialise in kitchen cabinet) Blk 8 #01-2669 Eunos Crescent Singapore 1440 Hong Fatt Carve Furniture. 146 Victoria St SO7H 337-0936 70. Greenleaf Rd off Holland Rd/SiKth Ave ***** 469-6552
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    • 501 39 classified; 273-9090 I MALAYAN BREWERIES |^H |iJo»J (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD »t Tiff I toclur iw I kit W k Total Earnings $450 IJI FORKLIFT DRIVERS I 12.MACHINE OPERATORS I (MALE) I Requirements I H Secondary education I H Age below 40 years ft W Willing to work on 2-rotating'shifts Fringe
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    • 170 39 CAPITAL RESTAURANT. GENUINE Cantonese Cuisine Try our Superior Start s Fin. Scallops Can us NOW! 207 Cantonment Rd., S(0208) Tel *****69/ *****16 HOME DELIVERED CHIHEBE dinner for districts 15. at $3 per person Also cater for buffet from $6 50 per person (mm 30 persons) Venus Catering 447-0070. 345-2737 DELICIOUS
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    • 153 39 Entertainment DISCOMANIA'S mute THEATIIt for all your party needs Dance bands, show dancers, comperes. MoMe disco, sound systems, fcghtmg systems Cal 769-7827 SECOND-HAND YAMAHA UPRIGHT PIANO MODEL P2F Tip-top condition as confirmed by Yamaha technician. SPECIAL OFFER! $1,800 only Interested, please call 779-3278 Hairdressers New Hair-Style For Christmas You will
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    • 308 39 Beauty Aids MADAME IKI'S ORIENTAL facials for problem, sensitive skins No steaming, massage, machines Appointment 746-5016 (Jennifer) HOBBIES Pets WANG'S DOC SUPPLIES (A) We specialise in training of dogs for obedience and guard duties (B) Boarding, deticking, animal transport and well trained guard dogs available (C) We also provide guard
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    • 188 39 For the Collector Bust sculptures from live model or photographs by sculptress at moderate price. Call Mdm Kau: 290-6403 Furniture /Furnishings CANE FURNITURE FOR rental /sale 26. Greenwood Avehue (off Hillcrest Rd). tet *****78/468-4241 Opens Sundays/ Public Holidays Interior Decor /Renovation We spsciaHsßd In; jfeortng to wata Subonteeion of plana
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    • 238 39 Office Equipment St Furniture rk-upholstery of sofas. cushions, etc Specialist charging reasonable rates Please call 481-0077 (day). *****98 (night) Pickers Movers CHEAP TRANSPORTATION ANO Delivery' $12 per trip inclusive ol labour Also all types ol cleaning services Telephone 338-2370, 338-2373 until 10pm CHEAP TRANSPORTATION, DAY and night services Friendly and
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    • 742 40 ME FURNISHING rollouuou > f 'z w -■•Ssk Shower Blind a «V'A !O .HR-VT—-T r—l r—, I ]T M It's practical, ndat, stylishness at top. -'a w, JHi The Rollkway Spower fclind i$ the I Vg y cleverest new idea in bathroom jfor years. \m If Tn one sfm^elWo^emenVit 'Tullyt
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    • 320 41 m The toughest race in watersports V must surely be the 75-kilometre Beachcomber Windsurfing Marathon The Beachcomber Windsurfing Marathon, which was held in late November in Mauritius, must surely be the most gruelling event in competitive watersports. It was 75 km of constant struggle with the
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    • 244 42 Players may call a one-day strike to show fans their displeasure Reuter ROME, Wednesday SPORTS officials yesterday expressed rising concern over an epidemic of vicious hooliganism among normally well-behaved Italian soccer crowds this season. "The soccer community must do all in its power to halt the violence," Italian
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    • 171 42 SPLIT (Yugoslavia), Wednesday THE fate of three nations hangs in the balance when Yugoslavia meet Bulgaria in the European soccer championship qualifying match here today. Victory for the Yugoslavs in the last Group Four match would ensure they filled one of the two remaining places in
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    • 214 42 SEVILLE (Spain), Wednesday SPAIN'S slender hopes of scoring the 11-goal victory over Malta today that would give them a place in the 1984 European soccer championship finals have been dealt a further blow by the weather. The pitch here is sodden following continual rain since last Sunday.
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    • 394 43 Seven nations take part in Seoul tournament BY SNIRISN NADKARNI, SPECIAL TO THE SINGAPORE MONITOR A FULL-dress rehearsal, of sorts, of the Thomas and Über Cup badminton tournaments will be on in Seoul, even as this report sees the light of print. Strong
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    • 122 44  -  By B KULA SINGAPORE'S clubs once again dominated the seven-a-side women's hockey carnival in Penang for the Datuk Haji Hamdan Sheik Tahir Cup last weekend. Theresians, who are the defending champions, edged Singapore Combined Schools 1-0 in extra time in the final to clinch
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    • 236 44  -  RUSSELL THE PLA YER FAILS TO STOP RUSSELL THE TEAM By B KULA WHAT'S in a name? There is plenty to it sometimes but when a basketball team face "tall" opponents the name pales into insignificance. Emporium Holdings Group learned this truth the hard way last night
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    • 378 45  -  Reader suggests a scholarship in the US for our talented girl sprinter F F LOW SINGAPORE athletics is lucky in having an excellent girl sprinter in Prema Govindan. Her meteoric rise in the athletics scene cannot but be described as truly remarkable. She is
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    • 71 45 I AM, like many other Singaporeans, a great fan of European soccer. Could SBC please screen the recent clash between Juventus and Roma FC in the Italian league? Many big names in soccer were featured in that match. Perhaps the SBC could also consider the Toyota Cup
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    • 78 45  -  SIMON TAN I AM interested in your Singapore Monitor Sports View Points Section. I think you have done a wonderful iob. Keep it up. On Nov 19, I saw on Malaysian television, the Saudi Arabia-Malaysia pre-Olympic Football Tournament. I enjoyed it very much. The Singapore team was
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    • 193 46 ACTING CAPTAIN MICK HARFORD STEERS BIRMINGHAM TO A REPLAY WITH MILK CUP HOLDERS BIRMINGHAM 1 LIVERPOOL 1 Reuter BIRMINGHAM, Wednesday A SECOND-HALF equaliser by Birmingham City's acting captain Mick Harford restricted holders Liverpool to a 1-1 draw and forced a fourth-round Milk Cup (English League
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    • 210 46 Two goals sink Hamburg ABERDEEN 2 HAMBURG 0 Reuter ABERDEEN, Wednesday HAMBURG'S season of woe absorbed another misery here last night when Aberdeen beat them 2-0 to become the first Scottish team to win the European Supercup. Neil Simpson and Mark McGhee scored the second-half goals which
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    • 127 43 Prawn Cocktail Consomme with Bog Turkey t^Safayon c, Ws*>* 4 I /f's really happening herel at Europa Lounge and Restaurant Re Ltd Blk 5 #01 *2001 Upper Changi Road Singapore 1750 FOR SALE 7-Storey Industrial Building I in Kallang Basin I Land Area Approximately 1,459 sq metres H Total Gross
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    • 377 44 graphicpoint CHRISTMAS '83 N€UI V€RR 84 ICRAACC ORRDCN £4 DCC 83 ICRRACC GfIADCN 31 DCC '83 CandMght Set Dinner from 7 pm to 10.30 Spend o condlelght evening at Temxe Garden from 7.00 pm to pm $42 nett per odufc ond $30 nett 10.30 pm. $45 neft per ocMt ond
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    • 254 44 A v W Eve Saturday 24 Dec 1983 Wishing Patrons, Sponsors p/r amf Expression Dynamics Pearls Cfty VTsvS*,U?^Sß' FJJtttMyL<Dy Amatil (/teia) Lid Fen Brothers Petromm Publishing T^~Sj2U^H MHRNf Anglo-Swiss Trading FKzpalrick's Co Tft > JTlb!' V?y Co Frasef A Neave Philip Morris Arcade Store Oan Hwa Km Pho»rt* Singapora Amotts
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  • Page 45 Advertisements
    • 298 45 A reader Is concerned about the athletic future of Prema Govlndan, our top woman sprinter. He tMls that we have yet to see the best oC Prema. To fully develop Prema's talents and at the same time allow her to pursue an academic career, our reader feels that Prema should
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    • 66 45 So light \J it could< hardly? iVl* bend the rod! Such unusual lightweightness V can only be found in an extraordinary pair of shoes. As added justification, X youll naturally expect an wflf al 1 round co mfo rt to %l\ surround your feet as you move in 1 *>
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    • 68 46 APPOINTMENT Media Executive You will have had around 2 years working experience. Not only will you have good writing and communication skills, but an analytical mind that you can apply creatively. A University degree in Business Administration is preferred and CAM holders will also be considered. Write to: The Media
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    • 314 46 Mini Global Clock (GC-4S) Global Clock (GC-12ES) Dimen: 110 mm cir. 195 mm ht. Weight: 0.75 kg Dimen: 330 mm cir. 550 mm ht. Weight: 3.3 kg In silver, gold, shiny gold, peart, pearl-blue pearl smoke. Tells the time of 150 major cities. Tells the time of 24 major cities.
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 352 47  -  SWIMACt STMTS BUILDUP FOR OLYMPICS WITH A HAUL OF FOUR 60LDS By KEN JALLEH Jr CLEAR the cobwebs! Ang Peng Siong is back in the swim with a four-gold start to his Olympic quest. That, plus a proclamation from his American coach Phil Hansel
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    • 218 47 808 HOPE GOLF MEET GOES BANKRUPT AP LONDON, Wed MULTI-millionaire comedian Bob Hope yesterday denied reports that he took fees to appear at the British pro-am charity golf tournament which bears his name. Organisers of the tournament, which has gone bankrupt,
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