Singapore Monitor, 1 January 1984
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Title Section12 1984-01-01 1 THE SUNDAY MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 14/5/83 Sunday, January 1, 1984 40cents12 words
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Advertisement64 1984-01-01 1 r —1 PM's New Year's Day message on Page 2 W000BRIIGE PATIENTS HIRED IS ATTENDANTS 5" IN I0MES FOB THE ASEI J *1 MFIIBFEewW Sold! Camwood Park show house with most expensive fittings ever. P2O Taste of curry at Serangcx)n Gardens. P23 I THE ROCK SCENE IN 1983 events In64 words
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Miscellaneous6 1984-01-01 1 NEITHER Showers ~R9Q in several l*™»—6 words
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Article, Illustration1266 1984-01-01 2 PM PREDICTS GROWTH RATE OF AROUND 7 PER CENT THIS YEAR THE PRIME MINISTER'S NEW YEAR'S DAY MESSAGE IN SHARP contrast to his pessimistic forecast of a year ago, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew now looks to 1984 with greater confidence, predicting a growth1,266 words
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Article, Illustration370 1984-01-01 3 RAY MILLER - <•> COMMUNITY CHEST W of SINGAPORE By RAY MILLER THE largest single donation ever made to the Community Chest of Singapore was handed over yesterday when president Dr Ee Peng Liang received a cheque for $91,816 from the vice chairman of the United370 words
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119 1984-01-01 3 SKILLED Hong Kong labour is being sought by the local construction industry. The Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan, said yesterday that the team of Ministry officials who went to Hong Kong two weeks ago had looked into the possibility119 words
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261 1984-01-01 4 CATHARINE FERNANDO - Main aim of working after retirement is to keep oneself healthy, says Dr Tay By CATHARINE FERNANDO WILL Singaporeans be prepared to accept a lower salary if they continue to work after retirement? Dr Tay Eng Soon, Minister of State for Education, posed this261 words
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413 1984-01-01 4 CATHARINE FERNANDO - Their contributions have won them Sage merit awards By CATHARINE FERNANDO THE brother and sister are keen on ballroom dancing and Cantonese opera; Mr Tay Him Chek swears bv his taiji, and the youngest of the group, Mr Wong Hak King, 43,413 words
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Article, Illustration159 1984-01-01 4 CLIFTON AW - Mournful howls as dog 6 leave for new SPCA home STORY AND PICTURES: CLIFTON AW BETSY, the mongrel, gave a mournful howl yesterday. Its owner, Miss Catherine Lim, 16, gave it to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Orchard Road just as they159 words
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Article188 1984-01-01 5 SURESH NAIR - One of the men tried to strangle the taxi driver with a thick belt By SURESH NAIR POLICE are looking for two young couples who roobed an elderly taxi driver. Mr Tan Kim Chua, 55, picked up the couples on Dec 22 at 12.45 am along188 words
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526 1984-01-01 5 LYE YIN FONG - th Anniversary joy m By LYE YIN FONG 1984 will see a series of celebrations to mark 25 years of nationbuilding. Years that saw Singapore changing from a self-governing state on the edge of bankruptcy to a republic with a sound financial basis.526 words
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129 1984-01-01 5 A woman was fined $4,000 for possessing eight obscene video tapes by a court yesterday. The tapes were seized at the Woodlands Checkpoint with 44 other video tapes on Nov 28, the court heard. Hong Choon Hwa, the accused, went to the checkpoint the129 words
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274 1984-01-01 6 SIT YIN FONG - One home accused of ill-treating an inmate r MONITOR PROBE k 4 STORIES BY SIT YIN FONG OFFERS of up to $600 a month for work as attendants in private homes for the aged sick have had no takers forcing some274 words
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Article, Illustration337 1984-01-01 6 MADAM UM, WIFE OF MR X V ft MADAM P C Lim broke down and sobbed bitterly as she recalled how it became "impossible" for her to nurse her husband of 32 years when he became "senile and developed hallucinations." She said:337 words
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Article, Illustration400 1984-01-01 6 MRS HO, A CCD HOME'S PROPRIETRESS MRS Ho Poh Lin not only denied that 'Mr X' was assaulted but said the old man was "so restless and aggressive" that it was possible he had sustained his bruised arm when the home's Attendants400 words
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Article, Illustration203 1984-01-01 6 Inconclusive investigation of complaint against home for sick and aged THE MINISTRY of Social Affairs has described as "inconclusive" its investigation into the allegation that some rehabilitated mental patient attendants of Madam Ho's Home for the Sick and Aged may have been involved203 words
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141 1984-01-01 8 A 32-YEAR-OLD motor mechanic was yesterday sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for having carnal relations with a girl under 16. The subordinate court heard that Wong Thean Fook befriended the girl three years ago He started having sexual relations with her141 words
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242 1984-01-01 8 LYE YIN FONG - By LYE YIN FONG WHAT happens to the motor insurance policy of.a car owner on the event of his death? The president of the General Insurance Association of Singapore, Mr Koh Bee Chye, yesterday assured the public that the242 words
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Article, Illustration412 1984-01-01 8 SURESH NAIR - By SURESH NAIR CENTRAL Police officers have cracked a four-man gang probably one of the youngest in Singapore crime annals. They are said to be behind at least 20 snatch-theft and pick-pocket cases in Chinatown. The four comprise two 16-year-olds and412 words
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Article190 1984-01-01 8 Proprietor loses 2 gold chains to hit-an-run 'customer' ANOTHER jeweller paid a heavy price for ignoring police warning to show more caution when displaying or showing expensive jewellery to potential customers. Mr Gwee Loon Siong, proprietor of Seng Kin Goldsmith at Block 531, Upper Cross190 words
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Article, Illustration403 1984-01-01 9 YEOW MEI SIN - IT'S ONE WAY OF ATTRACTING MORE TOURISTS HERE, SAYS STPB DIRECTOR Stories by YEOW MEI SIN TELL the world that it's not expensive to stay in our hotels. This is one way of attracting more tourists here, says403 words
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214 1984-01-01 9 IT'S going to be another bad year for tourism in 1984, with visitor arrivals expected to remain much the same as last year's. But the STPB expects some improvement by 1985. Last year marked the first time in 20 years when214 words
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Advertisement109 1984-01-01 3 Where others are satisfied using machines and less expensive leathers, Lottusse International uses only the best leathers and the most experienced craftsmen, So only Lottusse International dares to give you a 4-month warranty, on every pair of shoes. And as further proof that each pair of Lottusse shoes has been109 words
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Advertisement123 1984-01-01 4 Now we'd like to teU you about our extraordinary prices. Our new menu now offers a wider variety of delicious fare, including barbeque and claypot dishes. But the most pleasant surprise of all is how inexpensive it all is. Take a look at these two sets of menu. LUNCH OR123 words
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Article, Illustration590 1984-01-01 10 A simple ceremony ends Brunei's British-protectorate status FOCUS ON BRUNEI AP Reuter THE OIL-RICH British protectorate of Brunei became fully independent at a simple ceremony on the stroke of midnight when the New Year was ushered in. There were no British royalty or officials to hand authorityAP; Reuter - 590 words
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Article148 1984-01-01 10 One of the best army in the region, say experts Reuter THE ROYAL Brunei Malay regiment has an estimated 6,000 men. It is led by a British brigadier and a core of British officers and technicians who are gradually being replaced by Bruneians. The regiment is oneReuter - 148 words
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203 1984-01-01 10 THEY SWEAR AN OATH OF LOYALTY TO SULTAN AND NATION AP THREE political prisoners held without trial for the past seven years were released yesterday on the eve of this British protectorate's independence As a prelude to their release, the three Awang Majid,AP - 203 words
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Article134 1984-01-01 10 Oil forms 80 per cent of the gross domestic product Reuter Brunei's per capita GNP was around U5522,000 (5546,200) in 1982 according to commerical banks' estimates. The energy sector accounts for more than 80 per cent of the gross domestic product. Exports of oil and gas reached US$4Reuter - 134 words
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Article, Illustration395 1984-01-01 11 FOO CHOY PENG - Sultan who takes personal and active charge of the government FOCUS ON BRUNEI M A By FOO CHOY PENG in BANDAR SERI BAQAWAN BRUNEI, which became independent last night, is ruled by a working monarch who takes personal and active charge of the government of his neople with395 words
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187 1984-01-01 11 SINGAPORE leaders have sent congratulatory messages to mark Brunei's independence. President C V Devan Nair and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, in separate messages to Sultan Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah noted the long and uninterrupted history of "excellent relations" between Singapore ana Brunei. President Nair187 words
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255 1984-01-01 12 Intensity was seven on open-ended Richter scale and felt 600 km away Reuter ISLAMABAD, Saturday A STRONG earthquake hit Pakistan's northern mountain border area with Afghanistan today, and tremors were felt as far away as Chandigarh in India, more than 640 km to the south-east.Reuter - 255 words
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Article40 1984-01-01 12 3.5 RICHTER: Can cause slight damage in the local area. 4 RICHTER: Moderate damage. 5 RICHTER: Considerable damage. 6 RICHTER: Severe damage. 7 RICHTER: A major earthquake- widespread heavy damage. 8 RICHTER: A great earthquake tremendous damage.40 words
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107 1984-01-01 12 Reuter BANGKOK: Laotian authorities will be allowed to see the daughter of Interior Minister Sisavat Keobounphan, who fled to Thailand early this week, Thai Government sources said today. They said Thailand considered the issue a family matter and would not hinder attemptsReuter - 107 words
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124 1984-01-01 12 UPI TAIPEH: A Chinese has defected to Taiwan from the Chinese Embassy in Zambia where he had worked as a translator. It was the first defection to Taiwan by a member of the Chinese diplomatic corps, according to the official record. "I'veUPI - 124 words
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98 1984-01-01 12 Reuter NEW DELHI: Opposition leaders have accused Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi of trying to impose oneparty rule and of drawing closer to the Soviet Union. They were reacting to speeches by Mrs Gandhi and her elder son and politicalReuter - 98 words
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403 1984-01-01 12 Constitution is suspended and political parties banned Agencies LONDON, Saturday THE Nigerian Armed Forces today formed a new military government to replace the civilian administration of President Shehu Shagari and suspended the constitution, according to announcements on staterun Lagos Radio. TheAgencies - 403 words
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256 1984-01-01 12 AP DAMASCUS, Saturday THE Reverend Jesse Jackson, who travelled to Damascus on a "moral appeal" to gain the release of a captured American pilot, met Syrian Foreign Minister Abdul-halim Khaddam this morning and said afterward the session was "fruitful." The AmericanAP - 256 words
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103 1984-01-01 12 Reuter BANGKOK: Thailand's major opposition Chart Thai Party has served notice it will try to force the the coalition government of Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda to resign when Parliament convenes next month. But the right-wing Chart Thai and its alliesReuter - 103 words
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92 1984-01-01 12 Reuter NEW DELHI: Two policemen were shot dead in a market in the troubled north Indian state of Punjab as police claimed a breakthrough in investigations into a series of murders, bank robberies and acts of religious vandalism. The policemen wereReuter - 92 words
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121 1984-01-01 12 BANGKOK: Thai narcotics police, aided by two Las Vegas detectives posing as drug dealers, arrested two major heroin traffickers in northern Thailand believed to have been involved in smuggling millions of dollars worth of heroin into the United States in recent years, Thai121 words
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306 1984-01-01 13 BUT GUERILLAS MANAGE TO ESCAPE AP BANGKOK, Saturday GOVERNMENT forces supported by artillery and helicopter gunsnips yesterday seized a guerilla camp of the Communist Party of Malaya as a major Thai-Malay-sian assault on CPM border bases continued, a senior field military officerAP - 306 words
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World Briefs
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Article, Illustration120 1984-01-01 13 Reuter BAN DIEQO: A SOVIET "spy shipran up distress flags off the US naval base of San Diego, US coast guard officials said. They said radio calls from the coast guard yesterday were ignored by theReuter - 120 words
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Article, Illustration47 1984-01-01 13 FUNNY-hat wearing brokers throw conffettis for the final day of business at the Paris Stock Exchange on Friday. They had good reasons to celebrate the ending of 1983: French stocks rose by some 56 points in the year.47 words
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83 1984-01-01 13 Reuter BEIRUT: Lebanese police surprised a group of men apparently putting together or moving a large bomb in a residential area of west Beirut during the night, police sources said today. The men ran off and escaped in the dark when aReuter - 83 words
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Article37 1984-01-01 13 CAPE TOWN: Former South African navy commodore Dieter Felix Gerhardt was sentenced to life imprisonment in the supreme court here yesterday after being found guilty of spying for the Soviet Union.37 words
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Article37 1984-01-01 13 Reuter NEW DELHI: Wild elephants trampling through tea gardens and villages have killed at least 10 people in the past month in Assam state in northeast India, local officials said yesterday. ReuterReuter - 37 words
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Article, Illustration73 1984-01-01 13 UPI PALM SPRINGS, Saturday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan today proclaimed 1983 a good year for Americans ana asked the country to remember those who "gave their lives in the cause of freedom". In his weekly radio address, the President said that while 1983 "hadUPI - 73 words
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Article, Illustration63 1984-01-01 13 AF JAKARTA, Saturday PRESIDENT Suharto said today that 1984 will be a year full with challenges and heavy trials. In a brief yearend televised speech, he said Indo- nesia should follow closely the world situation and those adverse events that could affect theAF - 63 words
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Article, Illustration352 1984-01-01 14 Stockholm talk to be the first since their September angry confrontation UPI WASHINGTON, Saturday IN A MOVE that could help take the chill off relations between the US and the Soviet Union, Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko willUPI - 352 words
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Article168 1984-01-01 14 UPI PALM SPRINGS, Sat PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan is prepared to restore diplomatic relations with the Vatican, after a 116-year hiatus, with a full-fledged ambassador, administration officials say. The officials said yesterday that Mr Reagan is expected to elevate longtime intimate Mr William Wilson from aUPI - 168 words
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Article167 1984-01-01 14 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Sat A FEDERAL judge yesterday barred release of 1.5 million pages of "sensitive" papers from the Nixon White House years, scheduled to be made public on Tuesday, on grounds that a Supreme Court ruling had invalidated a section of the law permitting releaseLAT-WP - 167 words
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323 1984-01-01 14 The seven Jepenese will try e less dangerous climb UPI AUCKLAND, Saturday SEVEN deaf and dumb Japanese climbers were airlifted by helicopter from New Zealand's highest mountain against their will yesterday by order of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Muldoon. Mr MuldoonUPI - 323 words
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Article158 1984-01-01 14 UPI BURLINGTON (Wisconsin), Saturday IT MAY come as no surprise to golfers, but the 1983 world's champion liar is one of their own. Charles Dunlap was named the World's Best Liar yesterday in an annual contest conducted by the Burlington Liars Club. Dunlap who, likeUPI - 158 words
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63 1984-01-01 14 Reuter LOS ANGELES, Sat MARIJUANA was added to cakes served at a dance class for the elderly by a dance instructor and his assistant who wanted to liven it ap, police said yesterday. But Ave members of the class, ranging in ageReuter - 63 words
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49 1984-01-01 14 UPI PHILADELPHIA, Sat NOBODY questioned what to give a 53-vear-old gorilla the oldest in captivity for his birthday. Philadelphia Zoo keepers said the perfect present for Massa was "zoocake a mixture of cereal grains, milk, proteins, unsaturated fats, minerals and vitamins. UPIUPI - 49 words
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56 1984-01-01 14 UPI NEW YORK, Sat DEMOCRATIC candidate Jesse Jackson is a snake whose candidacy could hurt the chances of President Ronald Reagan, an ancient Chinese astrological calendar claims. Rev Jackson was born in 1941, the year of the snake, and Mr Reagan in 1911,UPI - 56 words
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499 1984-01-01 15 One lived for 10 years in caves and hollow trees, trapping animals and wearing buckskin AP FORKS (Washington), Saturday HIDING out in the wilderness of the State of Washington, "trip-wire" veterans are almost never seen. But a few are there, shunning society andAP - 499 words
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112 1984-01-01 15 AP DETROIT, Saturday A DETROIT toymaker hopes to gain a share in the US$5OO million-a-year (about $1.06bi1) US doll market with new production lines featuring dolls with dark hair, non-white skin, oriental or black features. Mr Gene Aikens, the chief executive of TanlineAP - 112 words
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Advertisement112 1984-01-01 11 I flnnouncmg a New Company in the New Tfear From January 1, Exxon Chemical Singapore's business will be conducted by the newly-incorporated EXXON CHEMICAL SIMCO PRIVATE LIMITED. Exxon Chemical SIMCO provides management services to all of Exxon Chemical's local interests and coordinates the activities of most of Exxon Chemical's product112 words
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Advertisement136 1984-01-01 13 Featuring Robert De Blanc, Les Gills and me Brisco Inferno Band Live atthe Top of the Hilton. 27-31 December. Nightly 10.30pm. 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, Tina136 words
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Advertisement52 1984-01-01 15 4^^V Today, a little bit of Francc comes to town. Hotel Meridien Singapore ■j^^p^c2 > v opens its doors T v with a partial range of services M. j JkJk HOTEL v 8 V LES HOTELS D'AIR FRANCE 100 Orchard Road, Singapore 0923 Tel: *****55 Telex: RS ***** HOMERI Owner52 words
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Advertisement138 1984-01-01 16 i I Leonard from Switzerland. A watch for the Leo personality the person who appreciates bold, confident fashion statements and has the authority to wear them. A king in the world of gold watches, both ladies and gents. With dramatically contrasting stripes of gold and platinum echoed in an elegant138 words
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Article, Illustration1027 1984-01-01 17 EXCLUSIVE Once hardly able to hear op speak, Lou (Hulk) Ferrlgno emerges from his world of silence CLOSE UP IPS It's not easy being Lou Ferrigno. Sure, you're 1.84 metres tall and weigh 116 kg/rot many people are going to push you around. On the other hand,IPS - 1,027 words
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Article, Illustration864 1984-01-01 19 X X CHEN - -By X X CHEN Every year around this time, I find myself participating in a most poignant ritual. A wealthy couple of my acquaintance give dinners to the inmates of several old folks' homes to mark the festive season, and I tag along to help864 words
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Article, Illustration490 1984-01-01 19 RODNEY HOBSON - Hobson's Choicel By RODNEY HOBSON JUST IN case there was one person in Singapore who had not already heard the riddle in this column last week about how many letters there are in the alphabet at Christmas, here is the answer: 25 (Noel). AND NOW another riddle.490 words
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Article, Illustration487 1984-01-01 20 ANNIE CHIA - PROPERTY Record $300,000 decor at Ii 1 Camwood Park show house By ANNIE CHIA IT WAS well worth the $300,000 it cost Wing Ho Realty to dress up its show house at Camwood Park. The show house with the most expensive decor ever won the hearts of487 words
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190 1984-01-01 20 ANG PENG HWA - Auction By ANG PENG HWA WANT TO know what's happening on the property scene? Then you snould have been at the last auction for the year held on Dec 28 at Rubber House And the answer: no one really knows what is happening. Two190 words
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Article, Illustration58 1984-01-01 23 Place: Garden Curry Inn 77 Serangoon Garden Way. Tel *****68. Type of food: South Indian Tamil eaten on banana leaves with fish head curry as the draw. Quality: Fine with a home cooked flavour Prices: Reasonable. Hours: 11 am to 10 pm daily Parking: A problem at weekends58 words
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Article, Illustration305 1984-01-01 23 VIOLET OON - "EATING with VIOLET OON The middle class suburb of Serangoon Gardens has always been open to new ideas in food. That's why Mr Rajavan Naidu, 43, decided to open a south Indian banana leaf-style restaurant there when a shop space became available. The very comfortable305 words
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Article500 1984-01-01 23 I HAD a scary experience last week in the midst of my Christmas shopping. There I was at the basement of the Daimaru Department Store overladen with parcels, surrounded by lots of glorious food yet I could not find a place for a nice cup of500 words
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Article, Illustration1552 1984-01-01 24 CARLTON STUART - Civ# \\\X BY CARLTON STUART IPS Charles Manson, Jack the Ripper, Henri Desire Landru and Henry Lee Lucas share some ugly secrets. They couldn't stop killing, they couldn't stop boasting about their killings and they take a perverted pride in their crimes. The mass killers of history oftenIPS - 1,552 words
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Article, Illustration196 1984-01-01 26 IPS Jay Janani, 19, was head over heels with joy recently after winning the World Disco Dancing Championship in London. The Italian male model wasn't content with just jumping for joy, he also showed his skill at the "twist" as he posed for photographers outside the EmpireIPS - 196 words
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Article, Illustration181 1984-01-01 26 Hard work lands her top role as Harlow Lindsay Bloom was right when she chose her vocation. Irresistibly attracted by the cinema, she threw herself totally into achieveing success, helped by tier beauty, her iron will and a talent that was only waiting to find self-expression. After all,181 words
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Article, Illustration1204 1984-01-01 27 SIT YIN FONG - PRIVATE INFORMATION AROUT OTHER PEOPLE'S FINANCIAL STANDING AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON? ALL STORIES BY SIT YIN FONG By December 1984, anyone in Singapore should be able by just pressing a computer button to snoop on private information about other people's financial state. That is, if1,204 words
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Article837 1984-01-01 27 Local bankers seldom or never use such new-fangled innovations as credit reporting agencies. It is this consumer resistance which has inhibited the growth of the database industry that is big business in the West and in Japan. Datapool, the front-running credit information agency in Singapore837 words
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Article, Illustration347 1984-01-01 28 Leading local banks say they have no need to use the services of credit checking agencies because they consider their own built-in infor- mation-gathering apparatus far more superior. A spokesman who requested that his bank remain unnamed asked: "How can a credit information agency employing347 words
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Article, Illustration738 1984-01-01 29 STEPHEN TAN - BY STEPHEN TAN After six weeks on television, John Le Carre has become a familiar name. But then anyone who has ever graced the covers of both TIME and Newsweek has to be somebody big. So since The Little Drummer Girl hit the streets,738 words
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Article290 1984-01-01 29 LAT-WP TITLE: Timescale: An Atlas of the Fourth Dimension AUTHOR: Nigel Calder PUBLISHER: Viking THE BOOK seeks out the rhythms of the cosmos, revealing the context within which we have evolved to life and thought. Mapping the history of the cosmos from the big bang to the space shuttle,LAT-WP - 290 words
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301 1984-01-01 29 1. The Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carre 2. One Minute Manager by Blanchard Johnson 3. Book of Chinese Beliefs by Bloom Field 4. No Good Men by Genevieve Richardson 5. The Almighty by Irving301 words
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Article, Illustration615 1984-01-01 31 Graham Colin Jones - r all about WORDS Three ways to use the subjunctive by Graham Colin Jones "AN article headlined Close Up (The Sunday Monitor, Jane 19) contained the following two sentences. (a) Protocol demands that he does so, should it not read Protocol demands that he do so.615 words
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Article, Illustration295 1984-01-01 31 A "radio pill" which allows doctors to "listen in" to your stomach. YOU NEVER thought that your stomach could go "bleep bleep".- even if you were hungry as a wolf did you? Well, it can now for a very good reason. British scientists have developed295 words
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Article499 1984-01-01 31 MICHAEL GARTNER - aaaa By MICHAEL GARTNER "TO help women cope with finding a man under these conditions," said an article in The New York Times, "Miss Chapman is offering a workshop sponsored by Howard University s counselling service called 'Man Sharing: Dilemma or.Choice.' Miss Chapman should have consulted the499 words
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Article, Illustration617 1984-01-01 32 THE SUNDA Y MONITOR'S YEAR IN ROCK 1983 Tasteless Hairdos from the New Wave Vs The Good News The Doors posthumous Alive She Cried was released The David .Bowie show came to Singapore First exciting local new wave group Zircon Lounge Re-emergence of singles in Singapore The617 words
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Article439 1984-01-01 32 PHILIP CHEAH; MICHAEL CHEAH; STEPHEN TAN - PHILIP CHEAH MICHAEL CHEAH STEPHEN TAN DAVID BOWIE actually performed here. The Who's final concert was shown on TV and the first truly exciting local record by Zircon Lounge was released. But if rock 'n' roll music is to have any contemporary relevance, then it has to keep439 words
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Advertisement191 1984-01-01 20 TENDER NOTICE MOSCOW NARODNY BANK LIMITED SALE OF PROPERTY Tenders are invited for the purchase of the property at Ponggol Road more particularly described hereunder:The whole of Lot 236 of Mukim 21 containing the area of 7,967.4 sq. metres or thereabouts together with the building erected hereon known as 863-F,191 words
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Advertisement111 1984-01-01 20 I MICHAEL SIM ASSOCIATES I SPECIALISTS IN AUCTION SALES '.J$ all Clients, Friends, Business Associates and Property Owners p? for their overwhelming support in making the year 1983 the p f most memorable year in the History of Auction Sales. |w We look forward to your continued support in the111 words
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Miscellaneous505 1984-01-01 29 YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: Patriots Paul Re vere and Betsy Ross and the legendary FBI director J. Edgar Hoover were born on this date. Also sharing your birthday are: Chicago White Sox pitcher Lamar Hoyt, US Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina and Baseball Hall of Fame slugger505 words
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Miscellaneous126 1984-01-01 33 PiCK Of- HMtINES \%3 6LUT I n OAN® f 1° ALL "iMMtrauU* v OWC'MAK-— I CC?K\MUTf f? *V«= OPGRATep' SMI —-n TO&£ pc>i? HfrtßV *rc> po I WHC? CAI?M LCSS _i_—-=s-n V WHEN Hg K6TUI?Mf *<?M£ I THAN $ZOOO/- X WHT $ft V P^M t J A M(OMTJ WHV VOU126 words
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Advertisement179 1984-01-01 34 11 I N IJliJii I J I I I 11 J 1 i W.* v< 7 Not everyone can afford person can contribute. V o,„ to live to a ripe old age. It's as simple to join as f V*"*% Take NyaCik here. She's filling in and sending the f179 words
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Article, Illustration126 1984-01-01 35 VALERIE TREVOR - A imam J|| SUNDAY BEST By VALERIE TREVOR THREE astronauts are in the spacecraft waiting for lift-off to Mars, when the flight is aborted. But the public is told that the spaceship landed successfully and all aboard are safely on Mars. On re-entry, everyone126 words
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438 1984-01-01 35 Try It Out, Debut (Ch 5, 9 am) A GOOD time as any to begin to keep that New Year resolution SBC's new weekly 15-minute keep-fit programme. Leading a group of four is the dynamic Carol Lewis, a physical instructress and educationist438 words
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Article, Illustration444 1984-01-01 36 VALERIE TREVOR - 1 SCORING SYSTEM: Exctllant Vary Got# Avars* Maw Avars* Nat Wart* Saalai TV WEEKEND GUIDE TO THE BEST VIEWING By VALERIE TREVOR Afternoon Matinoa: Kasmiri Run (Tuo, Ch 5, 4.40 pm) PERNELL Roberts, Alexandra Bastedo, Julian Mateos and Gloria Gamata star in this444 words
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Article, Illustration489 1984-01-01 38 A Swat team's battle of wits with a sniper Slights] Holiday Matinee: Two-Minute Warning (Ch 5, 1.10 pm) A SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) team is called in to track down a maniacal sniper who terrorises 91,000 spectators at a championship football game. Shot on location at the489 words
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Advertisement124 1984-01-01 36 STREAMLINED National's latest video cassette recorder, the NV-370EN, comes in a slim compact design, yet it's packed with all the features you'd want in a VCR. Front loading system Multi-function display One-touch timer recording Memory function 14 days timer recording Cue/Review operation w NV-370EN See it today at your nearest124 words
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Miscellaneous589 1984-01-01 36 9.00 Opening and Programme Highlights one car with four owners means trou- 7.15 Music from Studio B (E). followed by Try It Out (E). ble. when he and his three buddies be- c rtLttCIQC arvH See Highlights come co-owners ol a car Featunng Marcella. Juto Igleaas and 9.20 Rudolph's Shiny589 words
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Miscellaneous448 1984-01-01 37 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights I" by King Arthur tt RCr vJW 3.30 The World Super Three Women Volt J'ifcr vs Japan Chinese Matinee: Love in the Space jj^fl iJfiyw wTyfl BmoBH A comedy starring Liu Wen Zheng and lT| jjSSSPnfI Wang Chuan Lu Y fcUhL' x t V Yu448 words
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Miscellaneous734 1984-01-01 38 9.45 Opening and Programme Highlights Followed by asks Sparrow ana the rest ot me baner street 300 Deed. The Flight of Dragons. Boys for helfX )n thjg an j mate( j fjj m a poof boy V This animated film is a wondrous tale of suspense. 6.10 Programme Highlights. (joes734 words
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Article291 1984-01-01 39 WONDER BOY MA-ZHEN TAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) Race 1 1 Artapala Jaya 3 Be My Love 5 Sombrero II 11 Genuine Oiler 12 Tunku s Bhss 12 Tunku s Bliss 3 Be My Love 5 Sombrero II 6 Gay Prussian Race 2 3 Chidlow291 words
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375 1984-01-01 39 WONDER BOY - BY WONDER BOY AURIC STABLE'S classy importation Jambeau looks set to score his maiden win by capturing the last classic of the season, the $125,000 Yang di-Pertua Negeri Gold Cup over 2,200 m (Race Six) in Penang today. The well-performed five-year-old by Sri Tristram375 words
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Article147 1984-01-01 39 CHIDLOW (3) showed op well in morning exercises and, with Mazurki to ride him, be is expected to go all oat and win Race 2 today. Likely challenges sboald come from Menang Lagi (4) and Eddie Yokum (14). Trainer Teh Cboon Beng's Jambeau (6) is the favoorite for147 words
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Article1274 1984-01-01 39 1 1.15 CLASS 3 DIV 4 1,400 m (Ratings: 90-82) SyM> Stakes $14,500 1 ***** Artapala Jaya 57 Raymond 3 4bnzg K Noofdn Kenny Hoe (pc %i 3rd 11/9 C 4-3 56 Ng *****s Sugar Snap Ist 1501 5%-5-% iW 30/10 C 4-2 55% Gw*am Pl2oos1,274 words
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Article, Illustration4738 1984-01-01 40 X 2.15 CLASS 3 DIV 2 1,700 m (Ratings: 88-78) Stakes $14,500 1 ***** Artistic Robber 57 Au-Yeung 2 6bag Shanmugam Gold Art (dl +I'/?) tth 30 10 C 2-3 52 AuYeung Pl7oos High Foil Ist 1 52 4-shd-6 Bth 5/11 C 2-4 53'/? AuYeung4,738 words
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Article, Illustration2706 1984-01-01 42 WONDER BOY - HE LANDS A BIG-PRICED DOUBLE FOR TRAINER RODGERS RACE RESULTS B* WONDER BOY APPRENTICE K L Oo yesterday served notice that he may be the jockey to follow the next racing season when he grabbed riding honours with a smart double in Penang2,706 words
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Advertisement358 1984-01-01 43 Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: Words 0.35 cents p«r word 0.55 csnts p«r word Display $7.70 per col. cm $12.00 per col. cm Business Hrs Mon-Frl. 9sm-spm Sol. 9am-lpm Apex -Trans Services 440-7145/6 Bridal Car For Rent 461-1425 JJ Car Rental 296 9*64 Keng Soon Auto 337-7533 Km358 words
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Advertisement163 1984-01-01 44 Situations Vacant /«M^ Starting salary and attractive benefits just for you You will enjoy: Shift Allowance ($2/- for 2nd shift and $5/- for 3rd shift) Salary increase after 3 months Attendance Awards Life Insurance Coverage Opportunities for Overseas Training Free transport Airconditioned work environment Females, aged 14 years old above163 words
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Advertisement380 1984-01-01 45 classified 273-9090 Situations y*c*nt I BKSiS I TKHNCICGy I H Join us for an interesting challenging career in the H start-up of our disc drive production. I (1) BUYERS I Diploma in Mechanical or Production Engineering I Minimum 3 years experience in procurement of electronic I components mechanical parts H380 words
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Article, Illustration607 1984-01-01 46 Phone-in plan for Olympic athletes to find out if it's safe to train outdoors IPS LOS ANGELES, Saturday ATHLETES training for the 1984 Olympic Games will be able to dial a hot line number next year to find out if it is safe to train outdoors duringIPS - 607 words
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Article, Illustration439 1984-01-01 47 80,000 Aussie men women now playing the game at 74 centres GAME MAY BE INTRODUCED TO SINGAPORE STORY AND PICTURE: AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION SERVICE AN indoor version of cricket, devised by an Australian, Mr Paul Hanna, is played by about 80,000 men and women throughout Australia. By the439 words
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Article, Illustration362 1984-01-01 48 S GULAM - Hundreds of fans turn up at airport to say bye-bye as he leaves for Groningen By S GULAM FANDI Ahmad was given a rousing farewell by a few hundred fans at Changi airport last night as he left for Groningen, Netherlands, after spending his 19 days362 words
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Article, Illustration62 1984-01-01 48 Malaysian keeper takes the brunt of a tackle but saves a goal O FLYING TUSSLE Samad Allapitchay (right) challenges Malaysian keeper Chow Chee Keong with a heavy tackle ORORYCUSR Chee Keong survives the cruncher all the while keeping a firm grip on the the ball. SORRY,62 words
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Article, Illustration263 1984-01-01 49 OUR SPORTS WRITERS GIVE THEIR CHOICE OF YEAR'S TOP SPORTSPEOPLE I KEN JALLEH J*' 5 CHOICE b,.,;. ZAINAL ABIDIN: Squash's supremo. Untiring, talented and one who hasn't had a fair share of official opinion for so long. JUNIE SNG: For the bitter-sweet moments of 1983,263 words
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Article, Illustration133 1984-01-01 49 HE IS A RUNAWAY WINNER FOR THE AWARD s GULAM'S CHOICE FANDI Ahmad is my choice for the Sportsman of the Year. He Is a runaway winner for the award as his numerous fans will agree. "Fandi Fever" is not restricted to Sin- gapore. His name has133 words
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Article, Illustration399 1984-01-01 49 KEN JALLEH'S CHOICE STARS may slitter, or lose their shine. Not tne Sports Fan. Whoever it is, Mr Tan or Miss Lim, Mr Yusoff or Miss Asmah, Mr Arumugam or Miss Devi...he or she is my Sports Star of the year. Without their love399 words
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Article, Illustration130 1984-01-01 49 ALFONSO CHAN'S CHOICE: MY CHOICE for Sportsman of the Year goes to Ang Peng Siong world's fastest man over 50 m, Commonwealth record holder in 22.69 sees, Florida's 50 m freestyle long course 22.42 sec record holder...the list goes on. Choice130 words
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Article, Illustration128 1984-01-01 49 B KULA'S CHOICE: HE ONLY finished fourth in the bantamwight category of the Mr Universe competition, but for his dedication and perseverance, Fatholomein Ali gets my vote for Sportsman of the Year. Swimmer Junie Sung certainly deserves more she not only proved128 words
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Article, Illustration59 1984-01-01 50 HOOLIGANISM at the league matches, for so long a purely British corse, spread to West Germany, Italy and Holland. Bat British fans, especially when travelling to matches in Europe, continued to be the worst offenders as the citizens of Luxembourg learnt to their cost in November when English fans59 words
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Article, Illustration49 1984-01-01 50 MICHEL PLATINI became the first Frenchman since Raymond Kopa in 1958 to be named "European Footballer of the Year," succeeding his Juventus clubmate Paolo Rossi. Brazil's Zico was named "World Footballer of the Year" in a readership poll organised by the influential World Soccer magazine. Platini49 words
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Article66 1984-01-01 50 MANY clubs, both in Europe and South America continue to struggle financially. For instance, falling attendances in the West German league, slump in the worldwide transfer market, all had an effect. Sponsors are increasingly coming to the aid of many clubs, and the English league was persuaded to66 words
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Article72 1984-01-01 50 DENMARK emerged top European team in a league table of international matches published in Italy this week. The Danes have already been dubbed "The Holland of the Eighties." The most astonishing result of the year was Spain's 12-1 win over Malta which put Spain into the finals next72 words
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Article, Illustration87 1984-01-01 50 ONE OF the saddest casualties of 1983 was Diego Maradona after recovering from a bout of hepatitis, he was on his way to regaining his form before being scythed down by a vicious tackle from Andoni Goicoechea of Athletic Bilbao. Goicoechea was originally banned for 18 matches, but87 words
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Article64 1984-01-01 50 UPI THERE were surprises too in South America. Brazil spent the year in transition under coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, and were beaten in the finals of the South American Championship by Uruguay. But unfashionable Gremio kept the World Club championship on the continent for the sixth successive yearUPI - 64 words
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Advertisement94 1984-01-01 46 FOOD CORNER/ CATERERS Tel: 747-0876, 747-7890 (8.00 am 5.00 pm), for delicious food prepared by creative cooks. Monthly 4 dishes $60 per person per meal. Ik Jk OFFICE FACTORY: No. 246-C, ELIAS ROAD, 14.7 km.. TAMPINES. S PORE 1851. TEL: *****05, *****57 |Wl CONCEPT DESIGN CONTRACTS (PTE) LTD. We Specialise94 words
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37 1984-01-01 2 It was not only tho car ownor who had to rocalculato his budget in 1983. In February, middle-income public housing prices woro raisod by a whopping 78 to 143 por cent.37 words
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38 1984-01-01 2 Whila tho pricos off HUDC flats want up, an oversupply off prlvata units and a gonoral dullness in tho property market saw prices of private flats edging their way down.38 words
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Article, Illustration1888 1984-01-01 2 MARGARET THOMAS - THIS SUMS UP THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE YEM'S POLITICAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS By MARGARET THOMAS IN MANY ways, 1983 was a year of transition. A year in which the mortality of the political leaders who have so ably guided the nation for two decades suddenly became1,888 words
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Article, Illustration80 1984-01-01 3 ITS EXOTIC SIGHTS AND SMELLS VANISH AND THE OLD MAGIC GOES 1 HOMEFRONT COLOUR EXTR* Shopping scenes like like this the collection of dirty streets celled Chinstown diseppeered after September 30. All the 300 outdoor hawker stalls were re- located to the spanking new market and food centre80 words
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Advertisement321 1984-01-01 4 Best Seller For Your Feet Scholl Exercise Sandals are more successful than ever. A lot of people have already tried them. And many more will be hearing about them this year Since Scholl introduced exercise sandals to Singapore, they've become really popular. And often imitated. But Scholl has the feel321 words
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41 1984-01-01 5 Parliament gava tha go-ahaad to tha Madisava achama aftar two days off dobata. Tha national Haalth Plan achama will bo implomontod In April 1984, tha last brick In tha stata-bullt social foundation for tho ffuturo.41 words
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Article, Illustration37 1984-01-01 5 Education was much in tha air in 1993. Tha giftad aducation programme was announcad, anothar slap in tha affffort to allow oach young Singaporean to davalop .his potential to tha fullast.37 words
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Article, Illustration267 1984-01-01 6 Though the year had its share of bad news, fortunately they were not of a cataclysmic nature. While we had the horror of the Sentosa cable car disaster, there was also the heartwarming story of how a hoy donated helped his twin conquer leukemia by donating267 words
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Advertisement63 1984-01-01 6 Carry aUnicard and Singapore's open toyou 24 hours a day, 7days a week. !,v; w WIIPII Birr- fll Bfc OB JUH I I I BHB UMfTEO OVERSEAS BAMK CHUNG KHMMf BANK United Overseas Bank Group.offers more 24-hour automated teller locations than any otter bank. United Banks. The bank behind the63 words
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Article, Illustration669 1984-01-01 7 WONG SING YEONG - snmsm mm ABETTER CBOPBE BOTH mm m LOW SHOWS By WONG SING YEONG THE YEAR 1983 represented a great leap forward for the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) in its third year as a statutory board. It made steady headway in acquiring better-quality foreign programmes, with serials669 words
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Article, Illustration214 1984-01-01 8 YEAR'S BEST FILMS WIN STRUGGLE AGAINST THE WONDER OF VIDEO t :i ■ni".t,J'...B Films uttd to be grtat for loners. You nevor needed anybody to soo a film with. No one could upsot you by not turning up and there was always something showing somewhere. Popcorn214 words
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Article, Illustration163 1984-01-01 8 LEADING off the year's list is FRANCIS COPPOLA'S ONE FROM THE HEART. Not a new film since it was made in 1981, it was however only available here this year. Coppola, famous for APOCALYPSE NOW, is also known as one of Hollywood's movie brats for his163 words
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Article, Illustration74 1984-01-01 8 NO FILM this year surpassed this one in sheer physical energy. Director JIM McBRIDE'S existential hero (RICHARD GERE) was given a modern treatment through popular culture both written (Marvel Comic's SILVER SURFER) and heard (rock 'n' roll music). The film succeeded in being both painful and joyful to watch.74 words
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Article, Illustration77 1984-01-01 8 SYDNEY POLLACK'S TOOTSIE was a commercial film with a view. Though DUSTIN HOFFMAN'S false breasts and shaky high heels were calculated for audience effect, he nevertheless strived for an insight into the woman's world. It made a lot of sense in the context of the growing trend of male-dominated77 words
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Article, Illustration78 1984-01-01 8 STEVEN SPIELBERG'S E.T., despite later becoming a big marketing enterprise, was in its original form a tale of a child's unquestioning trust and faith in love. E.T. is Spielberg's hope for a benevolent world and a reflection of his own search for inno- cence. It also shows a film's78 words
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Article, Illustration177 1984-01-01 8 MARTIN SCORSESE'S THE KING OF COMEDY was another loving exercise in film-making. His films though not appealing to a wide audience, are usually well-researched and painstakingly crafted. Here, Scorsese like Coppola, demonstrates film's power to fool audiences with illusions ROBERT PE NIRO as RUPERT PI PKIN177 words
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Article, Illustration80 1984-01-01 8 RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH'S GANDHI gave the epic film renewed power. However, it's broad vision of India and its massive populace did not portray with equal impact its abject poverty and misery. Gandhi as a film was unashamedly romantic and often gave its hero near-mythical qualities he did not deserve. But80 words
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Article, Illustration75 1984-01-01 8 FRANCIS COPPOLA made a second appearance this year with THE OUTSIDERS, a film of simplicity and poignance in the Sixties. Based on S E KINTON'S book, the story traces the difficulty of growing up in adolescence. Coppola brings out the pain of leaving the innocence of childhood behind75 words
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Article, Illustration77 1984-01-01 8 WALTER HILL'S SOUTHERN COMFORT, another previously upavailable film released this year, made a chilling discovery that violent films with realistic themes are unpopular at the box office. Southern Comfort's story of a platoon of National Guardsmen hunted down in the swamp and their eventual group disunity and betrayal77 words
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Article, Illustration86 1984-01-01 8 RETURN OF THE JEDI wins the award for the best escapist entertainment of this year. Like the Bond films, the STAR WARS trilogy gave the hope that good would always somehow triumph over evil. But unlike the Bond films, GEORGE LUCAS managed to provide heartwarming stories86 words
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Advertisement124 1984-01-01 8 yj r jM "The Fish-hMd I* superb Itw service is good" TV actor A compere Mr. Chen Su Chen. olt was not-just appearance. The curry lived up to its promise and we were soon reaching out for our water beakers. The meat was tender and flaked off perfectly. Cooking fish-head124 words
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Article, Illustration659 1984-01-01 9 PHILIP CHEAH - ROUND-UP OF THE MUSIC > SCENE Ji lit BY PHILIP CHEAH 1983 saw new wave music on the rise. But in the Singapore context, the movement became a fashion, not a musical progression. So we saw more young people with angular haircuts, boys with earrings, a659 words
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Advertisement228 1984-01-01 9 Buying a home Take advantage of OUB's Housing Loan Scheme A '—I Mandarin Gardens 5S I; 111 You're about to make what probably will be the biggest single investment in your life buying a home! Naturally, you'd want to shop around for the better deal with regard to a housing228 words
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Advertisement111 1984-01-01 10 THE BURUNGTON DESIGNER COLLECTION homes contemporary designs. Her 'Poppy 4fi&k Breeze' blows away with the of posies ever 1 grace a bed. While 'Sunstripe' generates its own warmth of colour Both striking designs are on Burlington's h n 11 exclusive 160-thread per square Sr *1 v -<■* inch Celanese Fotrel111 words
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Article, Illustration97 1984-01-01 11 July 1983 OVERSEAS Union Finance had to meet withdrawals from hundreds of depositors who turned up at its offices following a government move to wind up the company. Both the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the finance company itself had assured the97 words
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Article430 1984-01-01 11 RODNEY HOBSON - ECONOjK REVIEW 83 Business started picking up despite a pessimistic forecast By RODNEY HOBSON WHAT a disaster that wasn't. I Is it really only 12 months since the storm clouds were gathering Just a year ago, the Prime Minister was calling on Singaporeans to seek430 words
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Advertisement268 1984-01-01 11 KEEP FIT A HEALTHY your own time own pace the privacy your homes! STATIONARY U FITNESS BICYCLE B from flf RESEARCH J Perfect for the whole Totally re-designed far maximum comfort A efficiency I MM Takes up little space! Built of ml superior materials with the latest M m precision268 words
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Article, Illustration63 1984-01-01 12 popiirS?dN*yhJi4y v <%» ••ICjiviii*...;-.'ri*'• t4r&'' mTM "-~v- "7"y,y st^is^sr n ©Fandknania sweeps S pore ana nation s nottest property oblges with an autograph PICTURES Monitor Photo Dept O Proud mum Mrs Laa Chya Huat carrying Singapore's first tast tubs baby ©Productivity was tha thams at the QusanstownPICTURES Monitor Photo Dept - 63 words
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Article514 1984-01-01 14 MASAKI WATANABE - On the worldfront, 1983 was a year which reeked of death and hate and senseless violation of basic human values By MASAKI WATANABE THE SOVIET Union's brutal shooting down of a Korean Airlines 747 jet near the Sakhalin islands, which killed all 269 people aboard, best symbolised 1983, a514 words
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Article, Illustration167 1984-01-01 14 Bomb outrage in Beirut...death in A£ghanistan...the killing goes 0n... One need not use a crystal ball to predict the sort of year 1984 will be on the worldfront. The Lebanon thorn will continue to prick the world. The political eclipse of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov and167 words
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Article, Illustration122 1984-01-01 15 1 WORLDFRONT 1 COLOUR EXTRA BnMSi^wiBM /UrpQfiMfe!p7SSH^H| ©NOVEMBER 7 A nivaj* wwrttw cwryfhQ chid tfoundtd durtog Mtftog fri li Man i af i t i«^^» and raNto. TMi boy totar dtod. itaigftMW O NOVEMBER 6 a Kaiestmtan rofiiQoo breaks down In a meeting with Arafat In the122 words
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Article, Illustration62 1984-01-01 16 QUICK ON THE DRAW United States President Ronald Reagan was ona of the moat-caricatured •üb|act and according to political cartooniata, tha eaaieet to caricacture bacauaa of Ma dietinctive coiffure and facial faaturaa. Jointly namad with Soviet President Andropov aa "Men of the Year,"62 words
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Article, Illustration36 1984-01-01 17 The Russians were quick to sxpioit Americans' fears of nudaar war expoaed by tha TV movie, "Tha Day Aftar." Thair propaganda machina fuelled the growing antinuclear movement in the US.36 words
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Article, Illustration49 1984-01-01 17 A poke at Polish strongman Qah Jaruzalski attar Solidarity fraa trade union laadar Lech Walesa was awarded the 1983 Nobel peace prize. The award to the moat vocal critic of the Warsaw regime was interpreted aa a slap in the face for Qen Jaruzelski. J49 words
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Advertisement107 1984-01-01 17 Lion's Jolly good offer is here Start your collection now. To get one of these lovely useful Jolly items, just buy the Lion product shown beside it. All Jolly items mug, flask, towel hanger, soapbox come in blue elephant or pink rabbit design. I A. pieces Emeron soap I Jolly107 words
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Article, Illustration658 1984-01-01 18 THE WELL-ORGANISED SEA GAMES GETS ACCOLADE 0E TOP SPORTS EVENT OF THE YEAR THE SUCCESS story of 1983 is the organisation of.the 12th South-east Asian Games in Singapore, and like every success story it's all about people the organisers who kept it humming, and the participants from658 words
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Advertisement223 1984-01-01 19 NEW: SINGAPORE BULLION COINS The board of commissioners OF CURRENCY, SINGAPORE has issued four gold bullion coins on 1 Dec 83. These coins of 999 fineness are legal tender. The mintage for coins bearing the '1983' year date is limited, being 10,000 pieces each for the 1 oz and 1/2223 words
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Article, Illustration143 1984-01-01 20 KENNETH JALLEH; KEN JALLEH JR; CATHARINE FERNANDO; S GULAM; B KULA; GERALDINE LOH - REVIEWS BY KENNETH JALLEH KEN JALLEH JR CATHARINE FERNANDO S GULAM B KULA AND GERALDINE LOH THERE was not much excitement in the judo scene except for the SEA Games between May 28 and June 6. But even the performances of the national judokas in the Games were nothing143 words
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Article, Illustration160 1984-01-01 20 THE sixth World Netball tournament gave local netball a muchneeded shot in the arm. For two weeks, participants and support- ers from 14 countries put up a splendid performance, both off and on the court. Though it appeared as if New Zealand might put an end to the Aussies'160 words
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Article, Illustration185 1984-01-01 20 THE bad dream continues Badminton, the pride of the nation in the Fifties and Sixties, struggled through the year but no sooner was its head up in the region, than it was slapped down again. The hope that faded through the year belonged to a player who had dominated185 words
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Article, Illustration114 1984-01-01 20 SINGAPORE'S bid to win a gold medal in this year's SEA Games for boxing, flopped once again. All four finalists had to settle with silver medals. K Krishnan who was our best hope in the light-heavyweight bout lost on points to Thailand's Punya Sornoi in the final. Welterweight Mohammed114 words
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Article, Illustration27 1984-01-01 20 Singapore's soccer star Fandi Ahmad being mobbed by fans for autographs after his return from Qroningen for the Merlion Cup semifinals in December.27 words
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Article, Illustration208 1984-01-01 20 SUCCESS has always been synonymous with Singapore squash. And 1983 was no different. With last year's conquests behind them, the local squash stars -steamrolled into 1983 to make previous performances seem perfunc- tory. Singapore flew to Papua New Guinea in April and promptly swept past all opposition for success208 words
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Article, Illustration111 1984-01-01 20 UNDER the Singapore Schools Sports Council, sports in schools took a step in the right direction. A total of 177 boys and girls have been awarded colours I »for this year, and swimmers top the list, closely followed by track and field and they are filling most of the111 words
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Article, Illustration184 1984-01-01 20 TYPHOONS, tycoons and tidal waves, we had them all in the physical equivalent of our swimmers and their performances in June this year. There was a typhoon, typically named after a sometime tempera- mental, most times tenacious girl named Junie Sng, who swept past her rivals and into the184 words
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Article, Illustration121 1984-01-01 20 RUGBY was a trifle roughedup this year, with the national team's winless performances in the Malaysian Rugby Union Cup tournament the only highlight of the season. Though it may be unfair to review rugby while the season is still on, the MRU Cup campaign is the only tournament worth121 words
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Article, Illustration182 1984-01-01 20 ANOTHER bleak year for hockey: no trophies won, no achievements outstanding. Hopes that it would be a bright year when the Singapore Hockey Association was taken over by Mansor Sukaimi faded into gloom. The problems of the past few years remained. Players did not give the support expected, for182 words
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Article, Illustration167 1984-01-01 20 GREAT is the adjective that describes Singapore tennis this year. We were SEA Games hosts and while our men's silver medal feat in the '81 Games wasn't repeated, our top woman Lim Phi Lan bagged a silver in the individual event. We scored another "first" when we were accepted167 words
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Article, Illustration692 1984-01-01 21 S GULAM - 1983 WAS THE BEST YEAR FOR S'PORE SOCCER SINCE GOLDEN ERA OF 1977 S'pore score best performance in 12th SEA Games and the Merlion Cup By S GULAM NINETEEN eighty-three was the best year for Singapore soccer since 1977 when the late 'uncle' Choo Seng Quee coached692 words
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Article, Illustration31 1984-01-01 22 SOME OF THOSE WHO MADE tHE&tilttRlN tifct ■M# 'tfL 4P( I PEOPLEWATCH COLOUR EXTRA IVU^?!^ Oaffl f*®* jggiP t^ 4 r "iS i Xl^fcZ^i EHE531 words
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Article, Illustration1082 1984-01-01 23 Pat D'Rose surveys the entertainment scene of 1983 SHOWBIZ '83 1 LAST YEAR'S entertainment scene was filled with memories to treasure for a thousand nights TOM JONES had the women wild with his wiggles and pelvic pizazz, and with his gravel voice, richer and baser than1,082 words
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Article, Illustration95 1984-01-01 24 i FUTURE SHOCK COLOUR EXTRA IT is almost 1984, but it isn't nearly "1984." Not by a long shot. Not yet. Not in much of the world, at least. And not that we know of, the cynic would say. As bearly everybody knows, "1984" is shorthand95 words
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Article64 1984-01-01 24 Brother, who is watching you. The very term "1984" calls up a shudder, although people use it casually, almost as a curse of despair. In America, people who get in a billing dispute with a credit card computer are likely to grumble, "1984." Is the tax collector64 words
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Article, Illustration939 1984-01-01 24 A frightening world where man loses his humanity AP ORWELL didn't have to look far for a model in 1948 when he wrote his book. The Kremlin's Stalinists were handy. Even in today's Soviet Union, it is crazy to dissent. Dissenters are sent to the insane asylum.AP - 939 words
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Article82 1984-01-01 24 IN ORWELL'S world of 1984, society is divided into three classes Big Brother at the top, then the inner party, which enjoys luxury, and the "other party", which endures total thought control, and the 85 per cent of society who are the "dumb masses," besotted with cheap82 words
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