Singapore Monitor, 29 December 1983

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    12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Thursday, December 29, 1983 30cents
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    ALL-OUT EFFORT TO PRESERVE OUR OLD BUILDINGS
    565 1  -  We're thinking of ways of preserving Chinatown, Serangoon Road and Arab St, says STPB director By YEOW MEI SIN AN ALL-OUT effort to preserve Singapore's heritage as a means to boost tourism will be launched next year by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board.
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      Don't treat gifted kids like 'mad scientists', parents told
      686 2  -  DR TAY ASKS THEM NOT TO PUT UNDUE PRESSURE ON CHILDREN GIFTED CHILDREN SPECIAL FOCUS g By EE BOON LEE DONT REGARD your gifted children as "mad scientists", Dr Tay Eng Soon, the Minister of State (Education), told some G rents
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      Majority in favour of programme but some have reservations still
      318 2  -  Meeting with Dr Tay has cleared doubts, say most of the parents By CAROLINE BOEY FEEDBACK from parents and children involved in the gifted education programme indicates that the majority are in favour though some still had reservations. Here are
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      ALLEGED SMUGGLER SHOT AFTER BOAT CHASE AND SHOOTOUT
      240 3  -  He and another man were reported to be smuggling electrical goods into Johor By SURESH NAIR TWO men who were fired upon in a TV thriller-like boat chase and shoot-out off Tanjong Irau at Sembawang on Boxing Day are believed to be
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      Lock icon School bus drivers and parents to decide on new fares
      257 3 Lianhe Zaobao, Lianhe Wanbao THE School and Private Bus Owners Association has decided to let its members negotiate directly with parents whether fares should be raised. The Association's president, Mr Bai Hanzhou said his organisation will not make a unified
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      UNIVERSITY'S LAST FEMALE BASTION TO GO CO-ED
      276 4 STORIES BY LYE YIN FONG IT WONT be long before Eusoff College, the womenonly hall of residence of the National University of Singapore, will have to take down its "No male visitors allowed beyond this point" signs. The 25-year-old red-brick building, which has
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      HORRORS!
      53 4 AN UNDERGRAD FEELS DISMAYED ONE 22-year-old Arts undergraduate said ike was shocked when she beard the news. The all-girl environment had been the reason why she had return to the hostel each year. "It won't be the same with the guys around," she added. The peacefulness of the place
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      VERY NICE!
      52 4 THIS GIRL LOOKS FORWARD TO IT A 21-YEAR-OLD Sctewx udergrad said the would be looklag forward to it as It would make a alee ckaage to have men aroaad. A third year Arts student said ske expected it, for, after all, "ba't tkis ia line with the latest
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      BEHAVE, POLICE WARN
      108 4 THE POLICE will be at the Padang area in considerable numbers for this Saturday's New Year Eve Show. Deputy Asst Commissioner Mr AuYong Weng Wah, director of the Police Public Relations Department, said the aim of the uniformed police presence is "to exercise proper crowd control and
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      Lock icon 'Let me have baby back for New Year"
      224 6 Mother tries desperately to get son she sold at birth home for a traditional family reunion Lianhe Zaobao WITH the Lunar New Year just over a month away, Madam Chen Yamei is trying desperately to get her six-month-old son back for a
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      3 TO ATTEND MOCK U.N. SESSION IN MANILA
      313 6  -  Overseas students will discuss disarmament just like the real thing By CAROLINE BOEY IN JANUARY, there will be a special session of the United Nations General Assembly. But the participants will not be diplomats and politicians tney will be students. The special
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      STAMP MANIA
      491 8 Young and old flock to Singpex for an educational look-see WHAT attractions do thoso little bits of paper that are stamps hold for the people who collect them? CONNIE YEE went to the Singpex *83 Singapore National Stamp Exhibition at the National Museum and put the question to
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      Mr Choo, 69, spends up to $2,000 a month on stamps
      92 8 MR CHOO Yeok Koon, 69, only began to got interested in stamps in 1979. Ono day, whilo he was at the General Poat Office, he noticed a young couple pouring over some First Day Covert. He began to talk
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    • From our EVENING EDITION yesterday
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        Lightning rips vet centre reef
        47 8 LIGHTNING partially ripped off two sections of the roof at the City Veterinary Centre in Kampong Java Road last weekend. Two main roof sections of the administrative block collapsed and a van nearby was badly damaged. Facsimile of our front page report
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        A warning to goldsmiths
        41 8 POLICE have warned goldsmiths to be more careful when displaying or showing expensive jewellery to customers. There should always have armed guards within the premises. The warning comes after two were robbed of a total of $35,000.
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        Second gorilla dies
        23 8 A SECOND gorilla has died at the Singapore Zoological Gardens. Goliath, the youngest primate, died on Monday of psaedomonas pseudomallei.
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      115 2 Celebrate The New Year Qr i4 n O AI RAFFLES Hotel U P^ tradition. ?Jf IVcemlxT HI New Year's Eve Gala Dinner And Dance Elizabethan (trill /€»SBb t aclu>l tu> $H<) wSKfLvV Special Midnight ''qa r Wl Champagne Parties J Welcome 19Hb 'wjkllfln I»nj? Bar-Palm Court Bar- t r Tavern
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      14 3 AVAILABLE AT AUTHORISED DEALERS. Sole Agent for S.E. Asia H.W. Shelley Co. (Pte.) Ltd.
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      113 4 f^<fc2Sߣsl And nothing could be further from the truth. So come on jK. -M° down this New Year's eve to the \N-1 o Yard for a fun-filled night <>! IL^ —1 prizes and surprises galore. 1li" t I $15+ novelty for the Ist drink I and subsequent drinks at bar
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      85 5 Introducing Goldini -Japan's latest quartz collection Gl 1 Seniw Centres: II 35 Selegie Road, #10-16 Parklane Shopping Mall, Singapore 0718 I I q *67 High Street 801-02/04 Satnam House, Singapore 0617 I Lot LGIS7 Sungei Wang Plaza, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur f\mfWW I •69 Jalan Hicks, Kuala Lumpur, 05-11
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      394 7 jgr\ mgiiiOiGOid jj BMWmM H H H H mi mn mn IB H^_ HT JBHC HH^HHBHHHBHHHBHMHRHIHiHBIBHHRHRMMIIIHHBIHHHHHHIHi MflHB B P Datft miss the GoW Bar J MB It's true. On 7th April 1984 Frances Yip will be bringing All entries must reach us by 12 noon, Bth February 1984. 5 National
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      131 8 Jut Featuring Robert De Blanc, LesGiiis and tne Brisco Inferno Band live at the Top of the Hilton. 27-31 December, nightly K).3opm. It's a show that will leave you breathless. Gwen Brisco is one performer who simply explodes with energy. She's been likened to be a mixture of Diana Ross,
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      10 8 Want to improve your prospects? See Personal Advancement section today.
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      823 9 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE THE HONDA CIVIC AND CHANGE IT COMPLETELY The existence of an all new Honda have always dreamed of. This newly trailing-link beam rear suspension interior spaciousness that makes it an Civic has kept the market in curious developed 12-valve cross-flow engine enhances high-speed driving stability.
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      Lock icon Afghan rebel raid on Kabul foiled
      93 10 LAT-WP ISLAMABAD, Thursday EXTRAORDINARY security measures apparently foiled plans by Afghan resistance fighters to stage a dramatic assault on the Soviet-occupied Afghan capital of Kabul this week, Western diplomats nere said yesterday. No major incidents were reported in Kabul and its outskirts on Tuesday,
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      Lock icon MASS EXTORTION SCANDAL IN BEIJING'S HOTELS
      299 10 HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS RECEIVE GIFTS AS KICKBACKS AP BEIJING, Thursday AN extortion scandal in which some Beijing hotel managers evicted guests who did not give them gifts has been linked to high-level officials in the State Economic Commission, the government disclosed yesterday. The communist party
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      Lock icon Aquino's alleged killer seen joking with soldiers before the murder
      236 10 UPI MANILA, Thursday A surprise witness yesterday testified he saw Mr Benigno Aquino's alleged assassin joking with soldiers moments before the murder and said he did not believe the man fired the shot that killed the opposition leader. Mr Ramon
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      Death wish
      102 11 This is the woman who wants to die but is being force-fed following Court order THIS is the controversial cerebral palsy victim who insists that she has a right to die because her wheelchair-bound life is not worth living. Miss Elizabeth Bouvia demanded that Riverside Gerneral Hospital here
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      Lock icon CAROLINE WEDS WITHOUT VATICAN OK
      121 11 AP MONTE CARLO (Monaco), Thursday PRINCESS Caroline will marry Mr Stefano Casiraghi in the Royal Palace's hall of Mirrors today without waiting for the Vatican's response for her request for an annulment to her first marriage. The official announcement of the marriage came as somewhat
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      Lock icon Unesco faces drastic cuts after US decision
      243 12 UPI UNITED NATIONS, Thursday AN AMERICAN withdrawal from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) probably will result in drastic staff and budget cuts in the organisation, Unesco sources said yesterday. The sources said the effect of a US pull-out would likely
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      RECOMMENDATIONS
      48 12 Disciplinary action should be considered against US officers, but President Ronald Reagan has rejected that conclusion Re examination of alternative means of achieving US objectives in Lebanon to include a comprehensive assessment of the military security options A more vigorous and demanding approach to pursuing diplomatic alternatives
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      Lock icon Pentagon wants review of marine presence in Beirut
      368 12 Findings likely to provide new ammunition to critics of US peace mission AP WASHINGTON, Thursday A DEFENCE Department investigation into the suicide bombing that killed 241 US servicemen in Beirut said yesterday there is an "urgent need" to review the entire US
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      Lock icon Come on in, the water's freezin'
      50 12 If you think the water's warm forget it. It's winter in Europe but that didn't stop 200 swimmers from taking part in the traditional Christmas swim in the Vltava River in Prague on Monday. The occasion was watched by hundreds of Praguers. PICTURE: AP
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      Lock icon WARM Balmy days in Europe AND COLD US and China shiver
      258 13 Unusual warm spell in Europe and Moscow Freak snowstorm in Chinese 'spring' city AP NEW YORK, Thursday THE death toll passed 370 yesterday in the cold spell that has gripped much of the U£, and a freak snowstorm pelted
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        Lock icon Extra police called in for Sarawak polls
        61 13 Reuter KUCHINQ: Extra police were brought in yesterday from West Malaysia when polling began in Sarawak's state election, officials said. More than 700 reinforcements joined 5,000 local police to maintain security during the two-day staggered polls to decide who will represent the state's
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        Lock icon Israeli treasury seeks settlements cutbacks
        62 13 AP TEL AVIV: The Israeli Treasury, risking political upheaval, sought on Wednesday a massive cutback in the construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israel radio reported. The report set off uproar among rightwingers in Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's coalition to whom settlements
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        Acupuncture for dogs with back problems
        52 13 Louisville (Kentucky): Dr Gary Tran who came to the United States seven years ago from South Vietnam, uses acupuncture needles as he treats a long-haired dachsund dog with a back problem. He says that this method is being used by nearly 4,000 veterinarians in
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        Lock icon Terrorist group leader indicted by grand jury
        63 13 UPI NEW YORK: The reputed leader of the antiCastro terrorist group Omega 7 was indicted yesterday on charges of attempting to murder the Cuban UN ambassador ana for planting 14 bombs in New York city and Miami. Eduardo Arocena, 40, a former New
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        Lock icon Soviet Union launches three more satellites
        39 13 AP MOSCOW: The Soviet Union has launched three satellites in the past 24 hours, bringing one back to earth in a "controlled descent and splashdown in the Black Sea, Tass reported yesterday. AP
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      7 10 New career wanted? Look in the Classifieds
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      160 12 The New Year 'St' with a celebration at Silver Spoon .Slgf Coffee House. Where an exciting array of lip-smacking //ere, you can relish sumptuous food MBfflTTl. complemented with efficient, friendly 'f service. In an atmosphere of cosy J^// 1 Bring your family and friends for a truly IB I SPECIAL
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      8 12 Courses for all! See Personal Advancement section today.
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      271 13 yHBfl|H/1 W ParkWfest... for a lifetime of Living pleasures IUFT Park West, ideally set in an idyllic (1,927 sq.ft.) 3-bedroom high-rise apartsurrounding amidst green landscape, is ment. Every apartment is simple in archiserved by Jalan Lempeng facing Faber tecture but daring in originality and design. Hills Estate and Upper Ayer
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      HK TO ENTER ANOTHER STAGE OF RECOVERY
      749 14 External demand will be aided by rising consumer spending in the colony STOCKS 84 NEXT year will see the Hong Kong economy enter another stage of recovery in which continued external demand will be aided by a pick-up in internal demand. There are
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      Character of the Japanese stock market is changing
      290 14 Japan stocks by Samuel Montagu THE long-awaited guilty verdict on ex-Prime Minister, Kakuei Tanaka, was announced to a mostly sympathetic Japanese public. The equity market responded by jumping to an alltime high of 9563.25 on the Nikkei Dow Jones Average, an ominous
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      Australian share mart is entering 1984 at high levels
      300 14 1984 preview of the Australian equity market by Jackson Graham Moore and Partners of Sydney THE share market is entering 1984 at relatively high levels and the task of finding buy recommendations is more difficult than 12 months ago. However we
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      Lock icon MARKET'S DAY-OLD RALLY WEAKENS
      158 14 1 WMLLSTREET L A Reuter WALL Street stock prices closed little changed as the market's one-day-old rally weakened despite a strong performance from energy shares, particularly Getty Oil. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which climbed over 13 points on Tuesday, was off 0.51 to 1263.21 points.
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      S Johore settles dispute with Hong Kong firms
      275 15 $350,000 PAID IN OUT-OF-COURT DEAL SOUTH Johore Amalgamated Holdings has settled its dispute with three Hong Kong companies out of court. South Johore said last night it had paid $350,000 to the plaintiffs' solicitors on Dec 1. The settlement arises out of
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      Lock icon Both ease in dull trading
      178 15 DOLLAR AND GOLD AP THE US dollar eased against most major currencies in listless trading yesterday between the Christmas and New Year holidays. Gold also slipped, ending the day at U*****.50 an ounce in New York, down US$l.5O from the late bid Tuesday. European currency
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      TUAN SING GAINS CONTROL OF SPP
      142 15 TUAN Sing succeeded in gaining control of Singapore Paper Products yesterday. It announced to the Stock Exchange that, at 4 pm yesterday, it had received acceptances totalling 14.71 million shares, amounting to 49.5 per cent of SPP's issued capital. With a little help from
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      116 15 i' >•".,* ■'.'s'-yfy* s-j) iJr> ''■,}ri:': 'it i 1 t V**.. •ah s r «^V-\ *> J,, '-J3af. if"/ > <-,*•; V#. r. &V*sgK ''r JKk «V 4L* Here's a unique, Swiss system to meat the changing needs of today. USM HALLER brings you all the elements needed to create
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      Lock icon What ails Andropov
      658 16 US sources say he's on dialysis, Mis still able to function mentally and keep control of the government Dateline: WASHINGTON LAT-WP SOVIET leader Yuri Andropov has been on repeated dialysis for serious and debilitating kidney disease since last summer, according to informed medical and government sources in
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      LINE-UP OF POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS
      277 16 For general secretary of the Communist Party Grigori Romanov One of two obvious choices, the 60-yeai old Politburo memtx and former lemngr« party boss is a tough and efficient administrator He is believed to have close ties with the military-industrial complex based in the northern city
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      Wooing tourists to Singapore
      652 17 mm COMMENT PROTECTIONISM is the very worst of economic evils. It damages international trade and creates counterpressures to put up even more trade barriers. It Is a matter for regret that those who decry it are generally the most persistent offenders. The latest indication of the
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      Unfinished underpass in the hands of the other owner
      84 17  -  GAN KEE LOCK for Far East Organisation Centre Ltd WE ARE the owner of Lucky Plaza. We refer to the letter by "Wasted Productivity" (SM, Dec 19). We wish to inform that on our part we have completed the sub-way and
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      OUR CULTURAL VALUES MUST NOT BE ERODED BY WESTERN INFLUENCES
      209 17  -  DR CHENG TIM JIAM Singapore 0104 A RESPECTED European visitor to Singapore once remarked to me: "I expect to find Singapore very oriental with Chinese-style architecture, etc, but to my disappointment I find that it is like any other European
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      Traffic Police should also provide feedback and not just book motorists
      267 17 TURNING from Raffles Quay into Cross Street is a problem every morning. The two lanes provided are definitely inadequate for the large number of cars turning into Cross Street at this junction. The problem is aggravated by a taxi-stand
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      121 17 LETTERS on any subject of public interest wNi be accepted for publication They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the wnter decides to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephone number wotid be useful. We reserve the
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    Adventures in the South Seas
    405 18 TODAY'S Highlights Tales of the Gold Monkey, Part 1, (Debut) (Ch 5, 7.50 pm) THIS new adventure series is set in the Marivellas, a remote island chain deep in the South Seas, in 1938. On Tagataya, nothing is going right for an American sea-plane pilot,
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    Radio Highlights
    37 18 Thanks for the Memory (Radio One, 8.05 pm) THIS is indeed the programme for nostalgic music lovers. Your regular host, Thomas Jacob, will answer more requests for those memory-makers that we so seldom hear nowadays.
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    Four in one
    445 18  -  TV Scene By PHILIP CHEAH CID '83 ends tomorrow. Next Friday, the Spice of Life comes on, four one-hour drama episodes scheduled to fill the gap before The Awakening finally sees the daylight. Four stories, each of a different genre and linked by a short introduction each
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      4 18 ky IH 1 EDITION
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      92 18 Now you can get the latest news at NTUC Fair Price too! Its all to THE SINGAPORE MONITOR wsSssfe: 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
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      1440 18 j Fiim n Pa9e 3.00 Opening followed by Taiji Master (C) (r). F 3.40 Stop, Look and Think. jly.v— Keep K*an Tai M If? A 1 4.05 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Space V vC t Rockers HM9 Mangros, the sinister manager lite rock group, the Music World, plans
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      Lock icon CHAPLIN CHARM
      674 19 Another Chaplin name goes up in lights IPS IT LOOKS as if the rare gifts of the cinema's most distinctive genius, Charlie Chaplin, have been inherited by another of his eieht children. Latest to make the bid for stardom is 21-year-old Christopher Chaplin who flashes the Little Tramp's
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      Lock icon FREE SPIRIT
      1004 20 At 42, Julie is still going strong LAT-WP A BRISK, bright autumn afternoon. One of those London squares called gardens this one backing up toward Notting Hill Gate the gardens, if there were some, having long ago surrendered to more small blocks of flats. The street numbers have
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      Shameless horror
      650 21  -  CREEPSHOW Survivors of will come out nervously laughing Film: CEEEPSHOW Starring: Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Stephen King Director. George A Romero Starts today at Plaza Reviewed by PHILIP CHEAH IN AN interview two years ago, director George A Romero was quoted as saying: "I like Stephen King's work.
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      Power packed
      586 23  -  THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE FOR GLORIA By PAT D'ROSE am what I am am my own special creation. "FOR those who feel put down, oppressed or suppressed, remember these words," she announced, and launched into a fast number, her latest US release called I Am What I Am. Gloria Gaynor's
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      634 21 f\KM CUID€ jjj* AND SINNERS (C) SPELLS RED (C) MAJMTIC (533*032): WINNERS AND SIN- MAZA (*****72 V CREEPSHOW (El BroW 27 RED SPELL SPELLS NERS(C) (C) ~u. OOCON (*****18): WINNERS AND SIN- Frits Weaver, LesMe Nlelsea atarmg: Tm| anfye, Jla Laa, Paa Lixtaa, N( < n c We* NBJia (C)
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      247 22 ********************000 SEASON EXTENDED! o CATHAY: 2nd WEEN o O (*****00) 5 SHOWS: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 9.15pm O X A SUPER CLOAK AND DAGGER COMEDY! 2 g MARGOT (LOIS LANE) KIDDER g Q Q O CARTOON "J?* O o O,S ,T MICKEY'S o 0 »C HRISTMAS CAROL jJKi* j 1
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      614 22 FAMILIAR FA VOURITES I JS. pj THE SSO, Choo Hoey conducting, I Iffirtf _i, K A| will present another Familiar FavourI a J jplHI nt*| 4 nri;| ites concert at Victoria Concert Hall dL f rmilßCf nff''ir today and tomorrow at 8.15 pm. The JOL il dfcfti programme includes Alfen's
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      38 22 TODAY: TOMORROW High tide: 7.03 am High tide: 7.52 am (2.4 m) (2.5 m) Low tide: 1.39 pm Low tide: 2.52 pm (1.0 m) (0.7 m) High tide: 7.56 pm High tide: 9.31 pm (2.3 m) (2.3 m)
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      704 24 leisure comics By Bill Barry opinion could September 23 to October 22 cause quite an explosion. Be generous and give praise and J /MntfKBL^TL Friends may drop by unexpect- admiration where it is needed r iim jjij l 'W—o edly and brighten up your day. Your social life should be
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    605 25  -  By P FRANCIS ENJOY your holiday by preparing all details well in advance from hotel accommodation to currency conversion rates and make it easy on yourself. Leave nothing to chance. Here are some useful tips to make your holiday a relaxing one, rather than a sardine-packed itinerary
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      178 25 0«l 0"^wifhOSamsor imported fro 0r wt'ue aot <jou $100** Trade-in Value For Vour Old Bags. Phone: *****01/2 It I jl BP** 91 Br [yV^'S^Si^^Sm J The S.E. A. Gui- lin I 4 Days $579 5 Days $609 I H Phuket/James Bond Island/Marine Biological H Research Centre/Luem Promtep/ H Gypsy Village/Panyi
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    494 26 SaAwUMkutlML CommiMmmd JtaftHKUlMllßAvVtfiUsiM rnn.n!.iKß9!<SKlvii3K!^Kß if«Hr*f/na iMV»infjiu<v w/Vturcvftc ftimniirpr Mtl/i InsiiKtrijtl Mr/tnnVwv r»—i CriiW/oc C*m/n*nr 4<wniniaiw Tirrfirii TIME was when the average adult used to feel at a disadvantage when faced with the task of learning another language. Linguistic experts agreed that the minds of children were more
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      91 26 m (A credit in English at "O" Level has an H important bearing on your future). H We have specially programmed H the following classes for the GCE H "O" LEVEL. 1984 Examinations. H 1) Tues 2.30-4.00pm 3 JAN I 2) Tues 4.00-5.30pm 3 JAN I 3) Thurs 2.30-4.00pm 5
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      241 26 IWOUR TRAININGm BRINGS YOU SUCCESS Congratulations to Our TOP Students (LCCI Exam '83) Ist Mr. Rakeshwar Sachdev Business Admin. Ist Miss Choong Met Har English for Commerce 3rd Miss Sehgaia Mary Business Admin 4th Mr. Lim Jiat Hian Commerce Finance 4th Miss Anna May Lewis Salesmanship sth Miss Urn Siew
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      254 26 mm L A m*o* mk. id JKL Pi y XHr A LANGUAGE? Never has something so small done so much for so many. There's a world of difference between learning a language at home i and in a school At home, you can control your own pace whereas in a
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      253 27 PROPERTY Precious Cold Real Estate Agency 338-4871. SECURITY GUARD AGENCIES Everpro Pte Ltd 225-7288/9 Harmon's Pte Investigation I Security Ag *****78/*****77 (24 hr answering service 337-2255. ask for Harmon Singh Intertec Pte Ltd 223-0749 M Salomon Secur 298-8263 Pan Island Secur 339-4541 Prop Invest Serv 447-3691 Tom-Reck Security Serv9l-9343 SERVICES
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      755 28 classified: 273-9090 Situations Vjcjint We are an established multinational semi conductor company, locally based for more than 14 years. In line with our expansion H I programme, we require dedicated and suitably qualified individ- I uals to fill the following positions: I I PRODUCT ENGINEERS PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS I (ONE TO
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      208 28 Situations V*c*nt I B9 |i THOMSON CSF JT™ SE ASIA PTE LTD J J j 996. Bendemeer Road. #05-05. Kallang Basin I rTiTT I'T ,ndus,r al Es,a,e S ngapore 1233 I I TEOMicey I I i ■> I Join us for an interesting challenging career in the I I start-up
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      128 28 FEMALE CLERK required Preferably with working experience Must be able to type, knowledge of Accounts correspondence. Interested apply personally at: Block 155, Kallang Way #05-18/26, S'pore 1334. Tel: 292-1532. AN ESTABLISHED OPTICAL requires: (1) Factory Operators (Male/ Famale) (2) Trainee Technicians Completed National Service 1 e Experience not necessary as
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      223 29 Classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant W|K CARLEE I Cm ELECTRONICS I PTE LTD I No.lt KmUmmt Plmc* ttOS-19/27 I Singapore 1233 I requires I PRODUCTION OPERATORS I We provide I Attractive salary. I Attendance bonus. I Aircond. comfort. I Good working environment. I Free hot drinks. I 4 Friendly atmosphere. I
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      179 29 Situations Vacant WIXPORF COMPUTER IF A STABLE JOB IS WHAT YOU WANT, WE GOT IT! MORE FEMALE I PRODUCTION II OPERATORS —i i i i i i I i i—l—(—i— NEW Starting Wage on Ist Jan 1984 Ss4l2^.m. Cum mi Mk to m (Mm. to W) Mt'■ 80. 82.120. "133.145.147
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      366 29 Situations Vacant f LEADING INTERNATIONAL JAPANESE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, with major projects including the MRT, invites B suitably qualified applicants for several positions of: H CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN I I Singapore Polytechnic Diploma in Building or equivalent. *At least 2 years supervisory experience in Building H Construction. H Applicants with GCE 'O'
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      556 30 classified s 273-9090 Situations Vacant In line with our company's expansion, we require: V TECHNICIANS NTC Electronics S N Possess own motorcycle or at least have S motorcycle licence. SALES S REPRESENTATIVES S S (For Office Furniture Systems) S v GCE O' or A' Level S Bilingual S S Possess
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      38 30 JUNIOR/SENIOR SITE FOREMAN iw|9filly ky i local contractor. WHMlrimmH i CM Engineering Works Dnving kcence 3 to 5 years experience in road construction Interested please write to 193, Tra* Street #10-05 Lian Huat BuMding Singapore 0207 Td: *****04/*****96
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      442 30 Situations Vacant I KES SYSTEMS I SERVICE PTE LTD I Urgently required I STORE ASSISTANTS I GCE 0 level. Some previous experience preferred I We offer attractive salary fringe benefits to the selected candidates Interested applicants please write in with full personal details, Employment history contact telephone number to: I
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      238 30 Fashion Boutiques Boutique I Pt«. Ltd. <<3byr CMb di (mamy fnm For the latest in imported designer clothes at affordable pnees!! 545, Orchard Rd #04-27 Far East Shopping Centre (Next to Hilton Hotel) Tel: 734-4634 HOBBIES Photography /Equipment FMOTOamAPMY AMD VIDfO servers available tor weddings private functions and etc Can
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      Lock icon Gavaskar takes over from the Don as No 1
      510 31 He hits 149 his 30th test century against West Indies Reuter MADRAS, Thursday SUNIL Gavaskar completed one of the most memorable days of his illustrious cricket career when he steered India to safety in the sixth test against West Indies and
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      Thai team scores surprise victory over British players
      225 31 BANGKOK, Thursday A THAI football team scored an unexpected 3-0 victory over the English amateurs Liverpool City in a Group B match of the King's Cup tournament while South Korea beat the Philippines 8-0 yesterday. South Korea's inside right Lee 800 Youl
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      Lock icon Stefano voted top player
      66 31 UPI MILAN, Thursday FIVE out of seven international coaches polled by La Gazzetta Dello Sport have voted Alfredo di Stefano the best of all the players who have won the European "Footballer of the Year" award. Juventus' midfielder, Michel Platini, also won the "Golden Ball" award
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      Lock icon Chignalia banned from touchline seat
      79 31 UPI ROME, Thursday GIORGIO Chinaglia, former star of the New York Cosmos and now president of Lazio of Rome, has been banned from sitting on the touchline during league matches until Feb 28 because of his behaviour during the Dec 18 league match against Udinese.
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      Lock icon Police charge brawling fans with sabres
      169 31 DPI BUENOS AIRES, Thursday SABRE-swinging mounted police charged a crowd of brawling soccer fans and arrested 25 of them. At least 36 people were injured in the riot, including six policemen, police said yesterday. Fans of the home team, Los Andes, invaded the field
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      Lock icon Coventry's top two stars down
      72 31 UPI COVENTRY, Thursday LEADING scorer Terry Gibson and striker Dave Bamber, whose Soals have helped Coventry climb tie First Division table will both be out of action for the next few weeks. Bamber underwent an operation yesterday in the hope of discovering the cause of
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      Lock icon FANDI WOWS 'EM
      76 32 RECORD TURNOUT WELCOMES SOCCER'S TOP STAR AT BUKIT CHERMIN MONITOR ACTION CAMERA Pert of the more then 3,500 lone of Fendi Ahmed who turned up et Bukit Chermin yeeterdey to wetch him ploy. Admiring eyes greet the star as he steps out of his car. Fandi clowns
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      537 33 ...OR HOWE IT GOES AT ARSENAL STAR SOCCER sno^'"9^f s uccesso'J 0 lS a\so«* dmrts thatw -■$$5^ —"1& 'ys IPS GUNNERS' coach DON HOWE, the man who is touted to succeed sacked manager Terry Neill, has made a four-point response to the "Boring Old Arsenal" tag. First, he
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      CURRENT STANDINGS
      9 33 ARSENAL at MID-TABLE-...Great In goal-gattlng and latting.
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      MONITOR SPORTS QUEST '83
      383 34 Only 3 more days to go! Sond your entries now Do yourself and your favourite star a big favour this New Year SPORTS fans, the closing date for our Sports Quest is this Saturday! If you haven't sent in your votes yet. do it NOW and
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      Thanks for the flood of entries! Keep it coming
      329 34 THIS festive season shall go down in our books as the week it rained entries. What began as a trickle developed into a shower, and then a downpour. Bnt don't get ns wrong. We're not complaining. Keep those entries coming in
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      Soccer seminar to be held for local coaches for first time
      284 34  -  By S GULAM A SEMINAR with the theme "towards better soccer" for local coaches will be held on Jan 7 at 2 pm at the National Stadium Theatrette. This is the first time in local soccer that such a
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      Sembawang toil to edge Japanese club
      151 34  -  Sembawang SC 1 FC Nobidome 0 By ALFONSO CHAN SEMBAWANG Sports Club, without the services of D Tokiian who is with the Intermediate team in Bangkok, had to labour until the 80th minute before they could put one past an inferior Japanese club, FC
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      SOFTBALL GIRLS WIN TITLE
      46 34  -  By B KULA SINGAPORE'S softball girls gave Singaporeans a Christmas gift when they beat Perlis 9-1 in the final to clinch the title in the Bth National Youth Women's Softball Championship in Penang last Sunday. In the semi-final, Singapore overran Johore 12-0.
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      307 31 I NOTICE I IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 189 AND IN THE MATTER OF WORLDWIDE ENTERPRISES PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION] At an Extraordinary Genera Meeting ol the Members ol Worldwide Enterprises Re LtC duly convened and held at 101 Cecil Street, #17-05 Tong Eng Building. Singapore
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      Lock icon Forest end great Coventry's run
      123 35 Reuter j LONDON, Thursday STRIKER Garry Birtles took his tally of goals to six from four matches last night as Nottingham Forest ended Coventry's nine-match unbeaten run in the English First Division. Birtles scored twice in the second half to help Forest to a 3-0
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      SOCCER'S PIED PIPER PACKS THEM IN
      403 35  -  PARC 2 EX-INTERNATIONALS 4 By KENNETH JALLEH THEY cheered when they saw their hero, Fandi Ahmad, in his brand new blood-red jersey No 17, one size too big, sneaking into the game after arriving late at halftime to join the Ex-Internationals in the match
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