Singapore Monitor, 6 January 1984, Afternoon Edition

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    16 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR EVENING EDITION r M C (P) No 13/5/83 Friday, January 6, 1984 30cents
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    GETTING MORE TO TAKE PART IN SPORTS
    422 1 The target: Women, senior citizens and sedentary workers THE FIRST 10 YEARS SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL THE SPORTS For All concept is to be widened to reach out more people, particularly the women, the senior citizens and sedentary workers in industries and businesses. The
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    Effort not in vain
    140 1 A DECADE of relentless effort by the Singapore Sports Council and all sports bodies has not been in vain. In 1973, the Council organised only one mass sports event the National Walk, which attracted 28,000 participants. In 1982, 55,000 took part in three mass events. Again,
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    Priority for top sports
    177 1 THE MORE popular sports will gel top priority in allocation of facilities, said Mr Lau Teng Chuan, the Executive Director of the Singapore Sports Council, this morning. Swimming, squash, soccer and badminton are among the more popular sports which require additional facilities. Mr Lau said the
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      13 1 Malaysian woman held captive by employer for 10 years: Page 10 iMlfMu:, -,3iP%32S
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      115 1 r RODEO W If ]«t r.? r'HTr*i/r;r Ju L L»J It• w m t«• > 'Hot Lips' talkS I lllte W3l I after a! !m*a*s*h Page 18 WHY QUEUE? GIRO Sotoacitttr* Mr—*oow« *****0- iPTr" fkj!^-}aooo° i 'J ■MB ,S,MO K»«»- L tfl.flpp i>4JOQ ...t"' j 1 i "i —i —r
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  • home
    • Article
      Chest to sell new car to highest bidder
      183 2 PULSAR WITH UNUSUAL REGISTRATION NUMBER PLATE TO BE PUT UP FOR SALE FROM JAN 11 A BRAND new Nissan Pulsar car plus an unusual number plate to go with it. That's the latest attraction to raise funds for the Community Chest of
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      $5,255 collected to pay for legal costs, court told
      190 2  -  WORKERS' PARTY CASE By FAEZAH ISMAIL THE TOTAL amount collected for Mdm Chiew Kim Kiat to pay for her legal costs amounted to $5,255, a district court heard this morning. Workers' Party chairman Wong Hong Toy told the court this amount
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      BEST poised to be launched nationwide
      622 2  -  IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL SINCE IT BEGAN By BERTILLA PEREIRA THE Best programme (Basic Education for Skills Training) has been so successful in the year since it began that it is now ready to be implemented at a nationwide level. ENROLMENT this month
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      PEDESTRIAN DIES IN LORRY MISHAP
      102 2 A PEDESTRIAN was killed yesterday after he was knocked down by a lorry along Mandai Road. Mr Yap Tian Lye, 22, was at the junction of Mandai and Mandai Lake roads at about 4 pm when the mishap happened. He suffered serious injuries and died
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      A SPARKLING S'PORE RIVER BY YEAR'S END
      175 3 Contract for clean-up job attracts 12 tenders from local contractors WE WILL see a sparkling blue Singapore River with clean, immaculate banks before the end of the year. The Ministry of the Environment, which called for tenders for the improvement of the river
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      Lock icon Here's a place to buy flowers for Lunar New Year
      228 3 Geylang West to organise mart Lianhe Zaobao THE OPEN air night markets of Chinatown are gone. But community leaders at Geylang West plan to keep alive at least one traditional feature of the Lunar New Year celebrations the flower stalls.
      Lianhe Zaobao  -  228 words
    • Article
      MOTORISTS HAVE ADJUSTED TO NEW PARKING RATES
      212 4 Those found using old coupons could be fined $20 By OEI SIN GIOK MOST motorists have adjusted to the revised parking rates and the use of new coupons which came into effect on Jan 1. A spokesman from the HDB said today that
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      BUILDINGS NEAR MRT LINES TO BE SURVEYED
      116 4 THE MRT Corporation has appointed the firm of Collier, Goh and Tan to perform a survey of existing structures adjacent to the MRT lines. The chartered surveyors will be responsible for examining buildings that lie within approximately 100 metres of the railway alignment
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    • Article
      THIEVES STEAL $10,000 FROM SALESMAN'S VAN
      103 4 THIEVES forced open the van of a salesman yesterday and stole the morning collection of some $10,000 when he was busy taking orders from his clients. The cigarette salesman, Mr K S Lee of Luan Tiang Company, told police he was taking down orders
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      Lock icon Coach fares to Malaysia up
      333 6 HIKES OF UP TO 20 PC CAUSED BY KL GOVT'S REMOVAL DIESEL SUBSIDY Ticket prices for some routes remain but may not be for long Lianhe Zaobao FARES have gone up for coach travel to and from Malaysia. Services from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh,
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      Speech therapists should know local languages
      316 6  -  By CATHARINE FERNANDO THE ability to speak the local languages is an extremely important factor in the work of the speech therapist, said Miss Edith Chua, a speech therapist from the Department of Rehabilitative Medicine of the Singapore General Hospital. "In a multi-lingual society
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      84 3 HIGH TEA &TETEATETE ATTHEBpii INTHpffi J I A I Jl/ Come together in a convivial I y! l\ l\ English atmosphere where I 1 VI \1 your choice of Coffee or Tea is served amidst a scandalous variety of > the finest cakes and pastries in town. iHßllay T™' r.
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      115 4 soujNo suprem/KC* KENWOOD CAR Hi-FI < mm cut. tuimt H KRC-1022 —■—■—M—■——CatMtl* Racaiver KRC 700 L X'' Speaker JA tt TElkfc 8910 jhl jJbu This system is pure Kenwood. And, pure ecstacy. From the new «w: i* quartz PLL synthesized KRCIO22 or KRC7OOL cassette receiver 4 to the Sound Exciter
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      204 4 »■> PROTECTS YOU AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY FROM THAT HARMFUL RAYS AND EFFECTS Prolonged TV viewing may cause possible health hazards. You may experience in some instances fatigue due to eye strain, headaches. irritability and psychological distress. All these complaints can be prevented with SUN-FLEX electrostatic TV filter. SUN-FLEX anti-glare
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      102 6 leisure Rooms with a Magnificent View Only at Holiday Jim Kuala Lumpur. Now, Holiday Inn gives you the j biggest beds and the best view in J; town when you stay in the King 1 il Leisure Rooms. Overlooking the turf j dub with its well-kept greens, treeHome' when you're
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      560 7 Introducing the latest shape of New 4-spced, fully- ■■"SOT one of the finer things in Ufc automatic transmission "VlUl the new, fast, free-flowing >\ u aero-dynamic Honda Accord wltn lock-up Executive. torque converter. Now, everything that you have Get the feel of quiet running and always wanted in an Accord
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  • world
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      Lock icon U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA NOT RULED OUT – MAGAZINE
      272 8 U.S. MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SALVADOR AND NICARAGUA NOT RULED OUT MAGAZINE UPI NEW YORK, Friday THE KISSINGER commission on Central America will recommend a shift in US policy in El Salvador and Nicaragua towards "greater reliance on economic and diplomatic tools and less on force of arms." "It also will
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      Lock icon BY GEORGE! HE'S THE MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR BOY
      163 8 UPI LOS ANGELES, Friday BRITISH pop music idol Boy George, talk show host Johnny Carson and mean-mean television star Mr T headed the list of the world's 10 most desirable bachelors picked by the International Bachelor Women's Society. The group, which describes
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      FOUR OTHERS IN LIST
      15 8 Mr T (for Trouble) John Kennedy Jr Eddie Murphy Pierre Trudeau
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      Lock icon Slingshots and guns at strike
      225 9 Violent fights break put at Talbot plant after workers protest against layoffs AP, UPI PARIS, Friday VIOLENT fights between strikers and nonstrikers at the giant Talbot automobile plant west of Paris yesterday left 55 injured before riot polioe were called in. The violence started soon
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      Lock icon Malaysians to get free calls if Telecoms row not resolved
      316 10 Phone operators will stop metering work if pay scales are not revised by Feb 16 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Friday MALAYSIAN subscribers will be able to make free international and trunk calls from Feb 16 if the government fails tfl
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      Lock icon 'I was held captive 10 years by employer'
      270 10 SAYS WOMAN, 28 The Star PETALING JAYA, Fri A 28-YEAR-OLD laundry assistant claimed yesterday that she was held captive for 10 years by her employer and forced to eat leftover food and work 20 hours a day without salary or holidays. Miss
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      Lock icon 3 Cambodian guerillas die in clash
      110 11 KPNLF MEN KILLED IN FIGHT WITH THAI BORDER POLICE Reuter BANGKOK, Friday AT LEAST three guerillas of the non-communist Khmer Peoples' National Liberation Front (KPNLF) were killed yesterday in a clash on the Thai-Cambodian border, military sources said. A Thai border patrol policeman was
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      Lock icon WORLD'S FIRST TESTTUBE QUADS BORN IN AUSTRALIA
      312 11 Boys bora to woman who hos been trying for 10 yeors AP MELBOURNE, Fri THE world's first testtube quadruplets, all boys, were born today to an unidentified woman who had been trying for 10 years to have a child, doctors said. Dr Andrew
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      Lock icon Unmarried older women 'should be better treated'
      174 11 Reuter BEUING, Friday SOCIETY should treat older unmarried women with consideration and not the prejudice it shows now, the Liberation Daily newspaper, which reached Beijing yesterday, said. The Shanghai paper said there were many older women, who had not married because they were
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      305 9 i. H. A o ■■■C 3 Two angles on the new Escort XR 3i H£RS It's everything John HIS Well, she wouldn't HP sa would be. Loads of space know a Bosch K-Jetronic fuel jj &|J BJ in the back and so easy to park. injected 1.6 engine from a
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      129 10 JtJU Q©©c( JaMS toshsalautol reverse I Auto Reverse Carry-Compo Detachable 2-way 4-speakersystem Dolby noise reduction system MQSS (Music Quick Selector System) Mike mixing control 1 Toshiba KT AS 1 Metal Tape compatibility Auto Reverse Stereo v *60W P.M.P.O. Cassette Player with VHJH I Dolby noise reduction fT"""" 1 stereo headphone
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      8 10 New job? Better pay? Look in the Classifieds
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      126 11 The Perfect Combination At the Perfect Pnce Great Music.. by Absolute Sound REGA, NYTECH ARC ATOM The best of British Hi-Fi, well Absolute concern (Look out renowned world-wide for high also for our top notch up-market sound quality reproduction hi-fi for the meticulous listener) comes to you now at this
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  • money
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      $5 billion bank loans outstanding for building and construction industry
      202 12 OUTSTANDING loans by Singapore banks to the building and construction industry have topped $5 trillion for the first time. Figures released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore show that |S. 18 billion was outstanding in October 1983, the latest
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      Plan to raise profit from non-vehicle operations
      388 12 Corporate goals will be reassessed to cut dependence on vehicle business CYCLE U CARRIAGE ANNUAL REPORT CYCLE Carriage plans to increase the profit contribution from non-vehicle operations to approximately 30 per cent by 1994 in an attempt to reduce the group's dependence on
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      FIRM TRADING IN MORNING
      228 12 THE stock market opened quite firm this morning and then turned active, with bouts of profit-taking setting in. A broker attributed this to the follow-through interest mainly caused by Wall Street's rise by 13 Kints yesterday, although it was much technically for the market to absorb
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      Berjaya Kawat reports better profits
      122 12 BERJAYA Kawat Bhd has managed to get back into the black with group pre-tax profit at $773,000 from a loss of $231,000 in the previous six months to Oct 31. The parent company, however, went into the red with a loss of $362,000 after enjoying
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      Lock icon Dollar continues march in S'pore, HK
      546 13 THE mighty dollar continued its march in Singapore and Hong Kong this morning after setting new highs in New York and Europe overnight. Even the strong Singapore dollar, which has held above 2.13 for much of the dollar's advance, has eased back this week
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      FOREX
      141 13 Your S$ to one unit of foreign currency Selling Buying TT/DD TT DD US* 2.1385 2 1285 2 1195 sterling 3 0204 2 9983 2.9833 Australian 1.9407 1.9166 1.9031 Canadian 1.7179 1.6978 1.6828 New Zealand 1.3955 1.3754 1.3619 S$ to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.1630 10
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      Lock icon KSLE puts computerised clearing system to the test
      130 13 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE KUALA Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) will start a three to six week trial of its new computerised clearing system on Jan 9, KLSE chairman Mr Abdul Razak Mahmood said. When the trial run starts, the KLSE will
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      LATEST STOCKS
      273 13 Selected stocks at midday, Market tone: mixed Boustead 3 02/3.04 Cold Storage 5.25 S Esso 11.60/11.70 F and N 6.85/6.90 G I H 4.60 S Genting 5.20/5.25 Mulpha Ltd 1.80/1.81 Haw Par 2.63/2.64 Hume 5.75 B Inchcape 3.14/3.16 Intraco 3.36/3.38 Isetan 3.98/4.02 Jurong Cement 4.04 S Jacks Intl
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  • features
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      Lock icon The quiet warrior
      884 14 Japan's commercial industry awakens to weapons mart Newsweek Not far from the US Air Force base at Atsugi, Japan, scientists for Fujitsu Ltd are exploring the deepest mysteries of semiconductor technology. Although developed for commercial applications, the microchips they are producing will snap just as easily into
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      166 mm Self-propelled Howitzer
      59 14 Japan's Ground Defence Force was set up in August, 1950, as Police Reserve Force. H consists of the Ground Staff Office, five armies, a signal brigade, a helicopter brigade and units under the direct command of the Defence Agency Director General. The 155 mm Selfpropelled Howitzer,
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      7 14 Need a job? Look in the Classifieds
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  • opinion/letters
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      Yankees want to go home
      518 15 1— THERE is more than an even chance that the pressures building up in Washington over the presence of US Marines in Lebanon will result in a pullout. President Reagan has already decided on a review of tne position of US forces in that unhappy
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    • Article
      Of yellow boxes and red lights in the business district
      217 15 I AM glad that "A Frustrated Motorist" (SM, Dec 29) had brought up the subject of the chaotic traffic situation along the Raffles Quay and Cross Street area in the morning. In addition to the two sets of traffic lights
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      How about widening filter lane to end traffic blues?
      185 15  -  IT WILL PREVENT DAILY JAMS AT CLEMENTI AVENUE 2 LEE HUP SENG Singapore 0512 DURING peak hours there is a daily traffic jam at Clementi Avenue 2 leading from the flyover to the junction of Commonwealth Avenue West. I suggest that
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      Malaysians ARE entitled to University housing
      72 15  -  REPLIES NG SUAN ENG (MISS) Assistant Registrar National University of Singapore I REFER to your article "Where you can find a flat for $100 a month" (SM, Dec 28). The last paragraph states that Malaysians are not eligible for staff housing. This is not
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      Extra trips for Service 111 in the evenings
      154 15  -  JOSEPHINE ONG Public Relations Officer SBS I REFER to two letters, the first by "Productivity" on Services 323 and 111 (SM, Nov 12, 1983) and the second by Peter Boyd on Services 90 and 92 (SM, 19 Nov, 1983). The first writer
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      48 15 V\tou f W/ELL, WELL 1 WfjAT's TrtC */HAT'$ MV New I YOCI YEAR RKOUJTION J I ALWAYS PAIL V THi* riM€" V KCCP Tt»£M > _> IN "THfc I 1 1 r Abc \1 V*N£V€(Z "TO MAKf AHV /THAT SPTTLC* IT, MEV/ YtAW t?E*OLUTiOHSI (MY KE*OLUTIOM I > JR JSf
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    TODAY'S Highlights
    415 16 Prime suspect Friday Night Movie Amsterdam Affair (Ch 5, 10.10 pm) MARTIN RAY is well-known in Amsterdam as a writer of best-selling thrillers. When his ex-girl-friend is found murdered, the young novelist becomes the prime suspect. After a long series of investigations, his innocence is proved when the
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    Radio One Highlights
    37 16 Feature Animal Language (4.30 pm) FOCUS on the fascinating world of frogs and the sounds they make to communicate. This is the eighth programme in a 14-part series presented by famed naturalist David Attenborough.
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    People in music series
    428 16  -  TV Scene By PHILIP CHEAH WE'LL be lucky to see Jacintha Abisheganaden in this year's In Person series. Last year, when her album Silence was released, she was roped in to record for SBC's In Person series, a 45-minute programme featuring musical personalities. But halfway through
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      1482 16 GUIDE film page Opening Programme by House it a Home Choice of Champions: The Gut* and Qlory Boys. abilities an athlete. The competitor to undergo the following gruelling events Fencing, horse Jf ~~9* 1 riding, a 300 m swimming event, shooting and NHV Wv "fl 4,000 m run with all
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  • leisure
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      Lock icon Where to after M*A*S*H?
      1108 17 Loretta Swit, who played sexy "Hot Lips" Houlihan, says she has never been happier and is considering TV and film offers PICTURES AND STORY: IPS "I DON'T know if I ever would have left M*A*S*H," muses Loretta Swit. "But it made it easier for all of
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      Lock icon Baobao takes a bow
      612 18 The former child star talks about her craft Eastern Daily f I FEEL so excited about being able to play in the stage drama, The Naughty Couple. I've heard so often the opinion that playing on stage can elevate an actor's technique. So I hope this
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      Lock icon Mandy boards Love Boat
      199 18 IPS BRITISH actress Mandy Perryment (above) has booked herself a dream trip aboard The Love Boat one of American TV's top series. The beautiful 23-year-old blonde has been signed up to join the crew in the series which features romance and more romance aboard a luxury
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      Exercise: How much is enough?
      1577 19 IF YOUR MAIN CONCERN IS SIMPLE FITNESS, LOGGING A LOT OF MILES IS BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. FIVE MINUTES OF SIT-UPS WHEN EXERCISING WITH GLORIA IS NOT ENOUGH FOUR OR FIVE WEEKLY SESSIONS ARE RECOMMENDED "AEROBICS," the system of regular workouts to enhance everybody's
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      SULTANS OF SWEAT
      728 20 'Father of aerobics' is out-distanced by other entrepreneurs ON A Sunday afternoon last September, more than 20,000 Brazilians jammed into a plaza in Rio de Janeiro. Catching sight of a slim, balding American, they began to chant, over and over again: "Coop-er! Coop-er!" It may have looked
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      Burning away calories
      575 20 Ease tension, lose weight and prevent heart disease HEART: Long-term risk of a first heart attack is 10 per cent lower at the 400calorie burn level than in sedentary men, according to a Harvard study. AEROBIC FITNESS: How much oxygen the body can burn in a given
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      HARD TO SWALLOW
      347 21  -  Schneider's first film is full of stereotypes TITLE: Eddie Macon's Ron STARRING: Kirk Douglas, John Schneider, Lee Purcell DIRECTOR: Jeff Kanew OPENS TOMORROW: Jade Rayiawed by PHILIP CHEAH THE Hollywood Reporter reviewed this film as being "as simple and satisfying as a burger and root beer." Simple,
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      41 17 DIARY: Page 28 COMICS: Page 24 (Unisex Salon) LATEST HAIR FASHIONS FROM LONDON SPECIAL FESTIVE j\ DISCOUNT! Am It Pram from $35 Address: 02-31 Katong Plaza Brooke Rd, SIS 42 (Next to Palace Theatre) *****05 Business Hrs.: 10am-7pm (Mon. to Sun.)
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      17 21 *********************************** 1 OPENS ODEON TODAY! (*****16) 5 SHOWS: 11.00 AM, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 9.15PM O STARRING ***********************************
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      91 22 JJUtt: LAST DAYI (*****80) S SHOWS: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 ftjOFORII! >YA Boxoffice Knockout!" fm M Mfirw ijlri ROCKY in I X |l °OL»* >'"*IIPWXT IV jHHRSYLVESTER STALLONE TALIA SHIRE wim Mr. Tt TV's "TiE-A-TEm" JADE: OPENS TOMORROW THE TRUE STORY OF EDDIE MACON WHO ESCAPED FROM JAIL RAN
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      102 22 *****0 *****0 **********0 SEASON EXTENDED! 8 ONE MORE DAY O nRPUIRI). (***** M) 4 SHOWS: O o ununnnu. 1.30,4.00, •.*> ».ispm o 9 FILMED IN THE COMMUNIST INFESTED MEKONG RIVER 9 IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. X V M.B.CiS ATRUE STORY JJ <> TMITKTN Clitim MUINIUtf ri* l-o\ 9 C MICHAEL LANDOII'IURGEN
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      383 22 leisure HISTORICAL DRAMA THE Singapore Chin Kang Huay Kuan will present a historical drama, Be Grateful, at Victoria Theatre today and tomorrow at 7.45 pm. It is about a local emigrant Chinese, his earlier struggles and the lives of his children. Tickets at $5, $3 and $2 are available at
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      794 22 ENGLISH LITERATURE THE National University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies will conduct the following English literature courses foe 'A' level students and others. An eight-lecture courte on Keat'i Poetry by Ms S R Mainwairing will start on Jan 11. It will be held in Nissen Hut 88, Institute of
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      727 23 leisure comics 1 ASSIGNMENT: TOP By Bill Barry I FORTH 6 sSeJ!SkRINe K^lj* KNOWS TMAT 19 il P a. a. m. arrange a 1 Make plans x ARIES March 21 lo April 20 will let you and romantic part- L— Your interests and abilities ner spend some time alone. r
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      GIANT-KILLING TIME
      115 28 SIMON BARNES PREVIEWS F.A.CUP ORB ROUND IT is the moment when sides begin to realise that they have little hope of making an impression in the League and so start to pin their hopes on the FA Cup. The FA Cup, the best of all football competitions, swings
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      209 28 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR have had a miserable December, when they have seen their hopes c>f a crack at the championship fizzle and fade away. Now they have the classic consolation of troubled teams the Cup. Spurs go to visit Fulham knowing that after
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      THE BIG DRAW
      268 28 With Dalglish out with fractured cheek bone, Reds face tough task against Keegan's men LIVERPOOL kick off the FA Cup 18 hours early when they line up for live television cameras in what could be the tie of the round tonight. They take on Second Division promotion
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      390 28 LUTON v WATFORD: One of the tastiest ties in the round matches neighbours Luton with First Division rivals Watford. Watford were brilliant last season and are only now escaping from being down in the bottom three. Luton narrowly dodged the drop last season but are near the top
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      192 28 ARSENAL'S caretaker manager, Don Howe, faces perhaps his toughest test yet as caretaker manager. He wants to be given the job permanently. But he knows that if Arsenal slip up against Second Division MIDDLESBROUGH, his chance may have gone. And Middlesbrough's manager, flamboyant Malcolm
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      Lock icon FAVOURITE ICKX DROPS OUT OF PARIS-DAKAR RACE
      216 28 AP TAMANRASSET (Algeria), Friday BELGIAN RACING ace Jacky Ickx and French film star Claude Brassuer, winners of the auto section in the 1983 Paris-Dakar marathon, and France's Georges Groine, the 1983 truck victor, were forced to drop out of the 1984 event on
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      ALL DISTINCTION IN FORM
      869 29  -  His superb performance braces him for a re-entry in the Race Two winning list RACING TODAY'S TRACKWORK By WONDER BOY WELL-BRED English Gelding All Distinction displayed impressive form in his winding-up gallop on a good track at Bukit Timah this morning. Taken out by his regular
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      665 29 2.00 CLASS 5 DIV 1 1,200 m 1 ***** Forest Shadow 57 Khoo 6 2 077 Heritage 1157 Tiley 1 3 ***** Sterling Bond 57 Razak 7 4 ***** Play To Win 56.5 T Bakri 5 5 ***** Gallant Challenger 56 Soo 8 6 ***** Extra-Terrestrial 55.5 KW
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      159 29 AP WASHINGTON, Friday PAM CASALE, 20, of the US advanced to the quarterfinals of the US$l5O,OOO (*****.000) Virginia Slims of Washington Women's Tennis Tournament by upsetting fourth-seeded Wendy Turnbull yesterday, 6-4, 6-7 (7-4), 6-4. She will face seventh-seeded Kathy Horvath today. In the final
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        95 30 UPI AUSTIN, Friday OLYMPIC hopefuls from 23 countries began competition yesterday in the four-day US Swimming International Meet, the last major swim meet before the 1984 summer games in Los Angeles. The Sixth Annual Meet, staged at the Texas Swimming Center on the
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        121 30 AP NEW YORK, Friday CHINA'S Zhu Jianhua, world record holder for the men's high jump event wilL be competing in the 1984 North American Indoor Track and Field Circuit, it was announced yesterday. Jianhua is scheduled to compete in the Toronto Star
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        99 30 AP BEIJING, Friday CHINA will stage its first national games for disabled athletes next October, the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission announced yesterday. The games will be held in Hefei, Anhui province, in eastern China. Athletes who are blind or have had
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        Lock icon Russian data for Kasparov-Smyslov Chess title chase
        115 30 Russian data for KasparovSmyslov Chess title chase AP MOSCOW, Friday THE final round of the World Chess Championship playoffs between Soviets Garry Kasparov and Vasily Smyslov is tentatively scheduled to begin on March 10 in Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, a Soviet newspaper reported yesterday. The government paper Izvestia said a
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      241 30 SARAJEVO (Yugoslavia), Fri A RECORD 45 countries have entered for the Winter Olympics doe to take place from February 7-19, the organising committee said yesterday. In a statement the committee said that 1,577 athletes, including 1,217 men and 360 women, also a record, had
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      Lock icon BEST FILLY OF THEM ALL
      257 31 #009 tO .4. TTmmmm Reuter NEW YORK, Friday ALL ALONG, the French filly which established a single-season prize money record for a filly or mare last year, took the 1983 Eclipse Award as Female Turf Champion yesterday. Devil's Bag, undefeated in five starts, was named
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        72 31 Reuter AUSTIN, (Texas) Friday ASTRID Strauss of East Germany broke the women's European record in the 1,500metre freestyle by more than 14 seconds yesterday at the opening of an international swimming contest. Strauss, who just beat American teenager Tiffany Cohen, was
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        107 31 AP MOSCOW, Friday A REVOLUTIONARY two-man bobsleigh, slimmer, shorter and faster than any other, has astounded winter sportsmen and could win the Soviet Union a gold medal at the Sarajevo Olympics next month. Soviet "bob" riders began competing in major events only
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        66 31 AP RENO, (Nevada) Friday RAY "Boom Boom" Mancini will be looking in a "boxing mirror" next Saturday when he defends the World Boxing Association lightweight championship against Bobby Chacon, 32. "What I see," the 22-year-old slugging Mancini said, "is that when he's
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