Singapore Monitor, 29 January 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 14/5/83 Sunday, January 29, 1984 40cents
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    • 76 1 TV stars' New Year DM resolutions: P33 1 B HOW InH dare THEY H CALL L^H ME A MAN If' Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvir lova answers criticisms she I took steroid drugs. i» yr^J^^HßEpKW.' 'r" />^BKPi{f^'',;:\ /j^^^Jr*r*L t *v V;v;V«&| /J^r By^|i jHHB Free-life Time Service. Sole agent for Singapore,
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    • 454 2  -  Archaeological finds at Fort Canning show traces of Temasek i STORY: LYE YIN FONG A PLACE where kings lived in resplendent palaces, where the common folk used Sung and Yuan pottery, and where temples abounded. That was Singapore some 600 years ago. A thriving,
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    • 124 3  -  By WONG SING YEONG IT COULD be sometime in July before all Housing Board residents are able to receive Channel 12 on their television sets. There are about 3,500 central antennae systems in the Housing Board's estates. These have to be
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    • 499 3  -  TELECOMS STUDYING CONCEPT OF UNOER6ROUNO MAR COLLECTION By YONG POW ANG ANOTHER mass rapid transit system may be in the works for our mail. Telecoms is studying the possibility of a computerised mail transport system that could see mail being transported across
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    • 131 3 THE Singapore School Transport Asso- < ciation (SSTA) has decided to withdraw I its earlier announcement of the half month price increase and the new fares system. I Instead of paying the fares for the full 12 months, parents need
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    • 55 3 HAWKER Tan Kim Poh couldn't stand the competition from another stall. So he fought with Ng Gek Kuan to stay ahead at the Bukit Merah Lane stalls. Yesterday, Tan was given a conditional discharge at a magistrates' court for hitting tne woman
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    • 283 5  -  By YEOW MEI SIN A CENTRE for the performing arts and a world-class indoor stadium these are what Singapore now needs, says Singapore Tourist Promotion Board director Mr K C Yuen. He was outlining the Board's ideas
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    • 304 5  -  POLICY CLARIFIED By TOH SU FEN SINGAPORE has not closed its doors to foreign talent. In fact, the Government encourages companies which are short of professional and skilled workers to actively recruit them from Hong Kong, Taiwan and other Asian countries. There has been
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    • 122 5 THE GOVERNMENT is reviewing the salary cut-off point for the granting of employment passes and hopes to come up with a more realistic figure within a few months. The figure of $1,000 gross salary, set in 1980/1981, is out-dated, said a top government official
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    • OUR GRAND OLD MEN
      • 244 6 MR IBRAHIM Kepong goes to his local corner coffee shop every morning for his breakfast. He also occasionally goes to the market to look for his favourite items catfish and prawns. Nothing unusual about such a routine, except that Mr Ibrahim is
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      • 267 6  -  STORIES BY JALIL MISWARDI MR MASIDIN Katoh's identity card says he was born in 1907. But he distinctly recalls having come to Singapore in the year 1900 from Indonesia having first visited and lived in Malaysia. Despite his advanced years, Mr Masidin
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    • 308 8 A Divisional level at HQ A Constituency level A Zone level THE CIVIL Defence Organisation has been restructured to ensure smooth co-ordination and communication in the event of an emergency. There will be eight divisions in Singapore similar to the divisional plan in the
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    • 134 8  -  By YONG POW ANG THE COMMUNICATIONS Ministry is asking Toa Payoh residents to give "accurate" information in the survey to be conducted by Kim Keat constituency on the Toa Payoh bus interchange. A ministry spokesman said: "We welcome this survey
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    • 262 8  -  Robber armed with dagger pounces on couple in fifth floor car park By SURESH NAIR A YOUNG businessman tried to fend off an armed robber late Thursday night at the City Plaza car park. Nr Wang Chin Ngian,
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    • 178 4 SPRINT DOWN TO UNITED BANKS BEFORE THEY KUN/M OPT. As sole authorised The official price distributor of the US Olympic for the gold proof coin coin collection for Singapore, we is $890. It's sure to prove take pleasure in presenting the a fast seller. 1984 American Olympic Eagle. So sprint
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    • 116 8 THE SUNDRY MONITOR Thank you for reading The Sunday Monitor. If you are buying your Monitor from street sales boys, market stalls, bookshops, newstands (or borrowing your neighbour's Monitor!), why not enjoy the convenience of home delivery at NO EXTRA COST! Still 40<t a copy. To subscribe, either Tell your
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    • 140 8 really isn't a mirage T*% i\V Come and sheik yer money /WfvA R6AI N r I he collection of Versace. Krizia. Genny, Pirns, Aujard; Oldfield, Wainwright and many more plus shoes, belts and other fashion accessories; are now made available to you at ridiculous discounts of up to 80%. Not
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    • 173 9 Man recruited young girls by showing them 'extremely filthy photographs' Reuter BEIJING, Saturday A PHOTOGRAPHER was executed in Shanghai on Thursday for printing pornographic pictures in his studio, a city newspaper reported. Wenhui Bao said Ren Fuxing had recruited young girls by showing them "extremely filthy
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    • 270 9 2ND DEGREE BURNS Agencies LOS ANGELES, Saturday POP SINGER Michael Jackson's hair caught fire today while he was making a short commercial film. The singer suffered second degree burns usually taken to mean somewhere between very moderate and critical on his scalp, a hospital spokesman
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    • 202 10 AP BANGKOK, Saturday BURMESE Government troops,, using mortars and machine guns, stormed and seized a stronghold of the Karen rebels yesterday after a daylong battle, Thai military and police officers said today. Police Lt Vieng Wongpien, contacted by telephone at the Thai-Burmese
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    • 126 10 AP, Reuter HONQ KONG, Saturday A DOUBLE-DECKER bus rammed into a group of people lined up on a sidewalk today, killing six people and seriously injuring eight others, police reported. A police spokesman said the bus ran on to pavement in front of a
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    • 219 10 Exercise involves soldiers guarding Prachinburi and Trat Agencies BANGKOK, Saturday THOUSANDS of Thai troops began week-long manoeuvres near the Cambodian border as fighting erupted again inside Cambodia. The manoeuvres started yesterday and involved soldiers and marines who guarded the border from Prachinburi
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    • 68 10 AP HONQ KONQ, Saturday A CAR licence bearing the number 1997 the year China has vowed to recover this British colony was auctioned off today for HK535,000 (about S$10,000). The successful bidder, identified only as Mr Ng, said he bought the plate on
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    • 56 10 UPI HONG KONG'S leading banks dropped their prime lending rates one point to 11.5 per cent today, the second such cut in a week. Analysts said the rate cut reflected continuing downward pressures in the local money market The new rate
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    • 90 10 Reuter TAIPEH, Sat SHARE prices on the Taiwan Stock Exchange surged to a new record high today with brokers attributing the rise to optimism about the island's economic outlook. The stock index was 818.14, up from yesterday's record of 808.51. Brokers said investors'
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    • 461 12 Israel's invasion of Lebanon planned well ahead by Sharon and Phalangists AP TEL AVIV, Saturday TWO NEW books on Israel's invasion of Lebanon in June 1982 claim the invasion was Rlanned well in advance by former Defense linister Ariel Sharon with the collaboration of the Lebanese
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    • 62 12 THE controls in this cockpit consist of a steering wheel, normal driving pedals, and bewildering selection of dials, everything it takes, in fact, to direct a quarter-size replica of the 'Columbia space shuttle along a California highway. This was once the cockpit of a DC-3, where the pilot
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    • 79 12 n mn mmmm-trrnm 'Columbia' with its wheels firmly stuck to the ground PROCEEDING at a very down-to-earth pace, the "Space Shuttle" of American entrepreneur Bob Pfelffer adds an extra-ter-restrial touch to a Californian Highway. The shuttle was originally a DC-3 Douglas aircraft. Mr Pfeiffer, who bought the the
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    • 75 13 UPI MOSCOW, Saturday PRESIDENT Yuri Andropov today was officially registered as a candidate for next March's election for the Supreme Soviet, Tass said. Mr Andropov, who is ill and has not been seen publicly for more than five months, aid not register in person.
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    • 97 13 AP NEW YORK, Saturday OFFICE rental costs in London, New York and Tokyo are the highest among 21 major cities surveyed worldwide, an international real estate consultant said yesterday Singapore ranks fifth behind San Francisco. A survey by Richard Ellis Inc said annual
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    • 246 13 Move follows rlslno tension In protest march MANILA, Saturday SQUADS of soldiers and riot police blocked a highway leading to Manila today as hundreds of peoBle on a two-day protest march to le capital approached the city's northern outskirts. Police told the Associated Press in
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    • 130 13 Reuter ADELAIDE, Saturday AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Bob Hawke was hit by a bag of yellow fluid today during a protest by demonstrators opposed to the Labor Government's policies allowing uranium mining, police said. Mr Hawke, who was greeted by protesters when he arrived to
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    • 81 13 Reuter SEOUL, Saturday A FACTORY worker, apparently unlucky in love, died instantly and 17 other people were injured last night when dynamite he was carrying exploded at the entrance of a building here, police said. They said the man, identified as Oh Son-hwan, 28,
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    • 87 13 Reuter WASHINGTON, Saturday PRESIDENT Reagan will end America's longest-running political melodrama tomorrow night by announcing whether he will seek reelection in November for a second four-year term. His closest aides are convinced the answer must be "yes, of course." But in some quarters doubts
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    • 304 15 She is the most amazing woman in the world. Yet few people had heard of her until she captured the gasping admiration of astonished TV viewers last August Her name is Jarmila Kratochvilova. Her superwoman achievements took place at the World Athletic Championships at
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    • 1585 16 Jar mi la's story In the woods the November fog hangs damply over the deep drifts of Autumn leaves. It's still and peaceful, except for the eerie screeching of farm geese from over the hill. A lone figure in a track suit comes hurtling up
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    • 903 17  -  ONE CITIZEN'S VIEW By TYE KIM KHIAT IN A dark, dank and murky hideout by the banks of the Kallang River, a tear-jerking scene unfolds... The congregation, comprising young and old, long and short, garrulous and taciturn were listening intently to the speaker, a wizened wiseacre jawing
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    • 457 17  -  Hobson's Choice By RODNEY HOBSON ALAS, poor Eric. He should have been called Erlt but he might have felt a bit of a twit. Mr Quah Soon Tong, whose initials appear on some company registered cars, writes to give Eric a fall. Readers will
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    • 520 18 How dumb can you get? Organisers of contests are trying to prove that beauty goes with brains and that future beauty queens need a high IQ. Two recent contests in Europe for top beauties included intelligence tests with predictably disastrous results. The French, proud of their
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    • 1065 20 USA Today While President Reagan and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang collected headlines with their recent Washington meeting, 10,000 to 14,000 citizens of China were in the United States preparing to lead their nation, as its doors reopen to Western trade and ideas. They are part of an
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    • 598 21  -  HEALTHWISE By JOHN YACENDA OPA Sugar addiction is very much like alcohol or drug addiction, although yet to be fully understood as a clinical pathology or psychological problem. It is for some far more than a mere fetish. As in all addictions, there is a
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    • 385 21 Dysmenorrhea, or painful menstrual cramping is focused in the lower abdomen and pelvic area. The physical pain is real and may prompt certain feelings of despair and debilitation. The only relation the pain of dysmenorrhea has to your head is the headache you may get
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    • 302 25 MPH best sellers list from MPH bookstores in Singapore for week ending Jen 13 1. No Good Men by Genevieve Richardson 2. The Hunters by Alan Stratton 3. The One Minute Manager by Blanchard Johnson 4. The Book of Chinese Beliefs by Frena Bloomfield 5. IBM: Colossus In Transition by
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    • 370 25  -  BOOKS By JALIL MISWARDI DESPITE its title, this is no schoolboyish tale of high adventure and drama. Rather, it is a carefully written out justification of Israel's destruction of a hostile enemy's nuclear reactor and a defence of the Jewish state's nuclear policy. The year
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    • 164 25 NO relation to the girlie magazine of the same name, this novel serves up enough sex to titillate a Playboy fan. If you don't mind plodding through 314 pages about an heiress held by Joe Dotson, a love-crazed captor high up in
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    • 201 25 THE Rat Box is a wooden apparatus containing two starving rats into which the genitals of male prisoners are placed. Colin Clarke's novel spans the time Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge and was invaded by Vietnam. So how come this thriller is
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    • Article, Illustration
      499 26 Preview of the Chingay '84 parade to ho held .it nq Mo Kio on Feb 5 from 9 a.m. In keeping with tradition, the twelfth Chingay Procession will be held during the Lunar New Year season. Its appeal, however, has transcended ethnic boundaries. It is now a national
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    • 453 27  -  Change past tense to the past perfect all about WORDS by Graham Colin Jones CHOOSE the right tense in reported speech. A recent newspaper report ended like this: "Project director, Miss Loke Siew Chan, said 300 teachers have received training in the
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    • 452 27  -  By MICHAEL GARTNER MRS Carolyn Widmer of Storrs, Connecticut, was reading about llamas. "You've only seen them in zoos," said the article in the magazine. "But in Peru, llamas are a part of history. The llama is a gentle beast of burden. For a
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    • 131 29 SYGMA HAVE you mr mm humans water ski? Wan, of oourso. But animals on skis? Impossible! ■ut It's truo. Squirrels, parrots Mid even toads have plckad up watt* skiing! tt wasn't smooth siting for thorn tho first thno round. •ut aftar much coaxing and training,
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      171 30 TIME WAITS FOR no man, no favours has ho/ Tims can toar down a building or demolish a woman's face/.... Mick Jaggsr, who has just stoppod onto tho wrong sids off 40, wrote those linos somstimo in 1974. Yot, it sooms that Father Time Is having a hard
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    • 821 30 IPS The latest victim to admit to her private horror of ageing is popstar DEBBIE HARRY. Debbie, plumping and nudging 40, once believed there was no life after 27. Now middle-age is haunting her. Another star who has crashed the 40 barrier is BRIGITTE
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    • 846 30 IPS In the Hollywood beefcake battle, the spotlight has swung from the young and weedy to the old and rugged. Not long ago, women drooled over male stars who were small and vulnerable-looking. Now it is the hunky six-footers like Clint Eastwood, the
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    • 377 30 /smuiiu Mil'Mr HOLLYWOOD is losing its dominance as the motion picture production capital, and state officials are worried, because that means a decline in the local economy. There are more films being shot now out of state and out of the country, in fact.
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    • 605 31 mm mm ssmmm New Year resolutions IPS Just like ordinary people, Hong Kong stars have their Chinese New Year resolutions too. And like ordinary people, the year will show whether or not they have stuck to what they had planned to do. Some
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    • 382 31 Hilfti OPA Gene Kirkwood for the new movie Legs story of gangster Legs Diamond. If you liked it the first two times, you'll love it a third time. Yes, Blood and Sand will be made one more time. The first, in 1922, starred RUDOLPH VALENTINO. The
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      244 32  -  •EATING with VIOLET OON Last week, I re-visited Chinatown, for a touch of that old New Year magic that I knew to we 11... of streets filled chock-a-block with stalls overladen with Chinese New Year goodies, flowers, plants, dresses, shirts, shoes end the whole range of paraphenalia.
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    • 1582 33  -  with VIOLET OON It's the anniversary of my last trip to Chinatown. I had no heart to go even for that last visit before all the street stalls were moved into the new hawker centre called the Kreta Ayer Market and Food Centre at the
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    • 1495 34 PROPERTY Property auctions hardly caught the public's eye before 1983. Not anymore. They average three a month. Cheong Koon Seng Co is the oldest in the game, having started in 1920, followed by Kiong Chai Woon Co in 1957 and Victor Morris in 1959 while
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    • 349 34  -  By OEI SIN GIOK and ANG PENG HWA THERE was a five-fold increase in the number of licensed housing developers from 1978 to 1982, according to the Yearbook of Building Real Estate Statistics 1982. In 1982, the Controller of Housing issued 170 licences, compared with 31 licences
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    • 160 34  -  By CATHERINE ONG If walking along the Paya Lebar industrial area, you grow weary of seeing square concrete boxes with half-shut louvred windows, then this bluetinted factory will be a welcome sight. Breaking away from the traditional square block design for multi-storey factories, the
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    • 161 35 AN AUCTION last Thursday by Colliers Goh Tan for a property took nearly an hour because bidders insisted on being assured on the good title of the detached bungalow. Apparently, two caveats had been lodged on the two-storey house at Grove Crescent, off
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    • 255 35  -  By OEI SIN GIOK FAR EAST Organisation is marketing its second residential development of semi-de-tached and terrace houses this year, which is along Hua Guan Avenue. Hua Guan Garden, comprising 43 twostorey, split-level semi-detached and terrace houses, is priced from $732,200
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 519 25 YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: "Common Sense" author Tom Paine, comedian W C Fields; "Network" creator Paddy Chayefsky and Standard Oil founder John D Rockefeller were born on this date. Also sharing your birthday: "Magnum" star Tom Selleck, actor John Forsythe, the Los Ange les Dodgers' Steve Sax and actress Katharine Ross.
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    • 177 37  -  WEBSTER (Debut, Ch 5, 1 2.55 p.m.) Sunday Choice By VALERIE TREVOR FORMER football pro Alex Karras and his real-life wife Susan Clark team up with an adorable 12-year-old named Emmanuel Lewis in this entertaining new sitcom. Alex is the impulsive and bighearted George Papadapolis, who
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    • 147 37 Top show of the week SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE: Family Plot (Sat, Ch 5, 10.45 p.m.) DIRECTED BY the late Alfred Hitchcock, this 1976 comedy-suspense drama is adapted from the novel The Rainbird Pattern by Victor Canning. It follows two couples through two apparently unrelated stories, but gradually
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    • 368 37 SERIES star Sherman Hemsley is convinced it doesn't. A recent letter to the show's' production company aslced: "Why does TV make black people look silly? For example, on the snow The Jeffersons, they make Mr Jefferson look like a lowdown, silly man. "All
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    • 43 37 Art tha rotes of Mack nnnnla m tht anal Kfitn t token roia m HwM tpi •99mailO|DI or i •tow but ■inran ww W WV VOWwW contributions to American society? TV FOCUS takos a Qtoior look gPjir^ Thursday night at 7.30).
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    • TV WEEKEND GUIDE TO THE BEST VIEWING
      • 457 38  -  todays highlights SCORING SYSTEM: MM INrtt MK MM »wm» By VALERIE TREVOR Feature Specials Being There (Ch 8 10.10 pm) Peter Sellers dominates this 1979 Jerry Kozinski satire on television and politics, his most brilliant portrayal which was unfortunately his last. Under Hal Ashby's
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      • 430 39 WEEK`S HIGHLIGHTS Futureworld (Part I Mon, Ch 5, 8.45 p.m.) (Part II Tuas, Ch 5 8.45 p.m.) THIS IS the sequel to the 1973 production Westworld. Two reporters (played by Peter Fonda and Blvthe Danner) go to Futureworld to cover the opening ceremony. They begin to investigate
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    • 677 38 8.55 Opening and Proaramme Hiahliahts when Miss Courtney asks him to get borne by curiosity has made them the followed by TryttOuHE) ,gn flM# Arthur to open the school fete. only beings on earth with the incredible 9.15 New Zoo Revue: Practising (E). 1 55 Forward: Security (E). ability to
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    • 523 39 3.01 Quran Reading. tion with the Chinese New Year celebra- knowing who it is, Edward takes pity on 3.07 Programme Summary. tions, Mrs Ang Gek Loi demonstrates Bob and asks him to stay at the house. how to make a traditional Chinese bus- u 3.12 Afternoon Movie: The Chalk Garden.
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  • THE SUNDAY MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 247 40 HIS IMPRESSIVE TRACK FORM POINTS TO THIS By WONDER BOY WELCOME BAY has a first rate chance of scoring his maiden win in Race Five, a 1,200-metre race for Class 4 Division horses, in Ipoh today. The Otehi Bay three-year-old has been running good races
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    • 126 40 THE horse to stand oat in this weak field is Spring Water (5). Last week, Spring Water ran into difficulties in the home stretch. If apprentice Dan is can manoeuvre him into an early lead, Spring Water's winning chances in Race One should be very good. Kampong Bercham
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    • 239 40 WONDER BOY MA ZHENTAN MA-TAN Monitor (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) RACE 1 1 Bed O'Roses 5 Spring Water II I Clover Princess 2 Continental Missile 10 Arabesque II 5 Spring Water II 8 Clover Pnncess 2 Continental Missile 2 Continental Missile RACE 2 13 Starion 11 Wang Mari
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    • 1783 40 RACE 1 CLASS 6 DIV B 1,200 m 2 Roller Coaster 57 Seow (5) 5 5 1 5 Thistle The Wind 53 app H Bakri (2) 3 1 2 1 Fighting Princess 57 An-Yenng (3) 4 4 3 4 Posebel 50 Hamid (4) 1 2 4 7 Twin
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    • 5234 41 1 2.00 CLASS 6 DIV 3 1200 m (Ratings: 33-2) Stakes $10,000 1 ***** Bed O'Roses 57 Marzuki 6 3bnzg Teh Aunc (dc +3) lltk 22/10 C 5-4 55% Tiley Il2ooy Scruples Ist 1:17.7 Stk 4/12 C 6-3 57 Tiley Kl2oos Lungchuan Swords Ist 1:17.1
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  • sports
    • 96 46 THE FOOTBALL Referees Association of Malaysia (FRAM) has asked the FAM to take stern action against Sabah for the assault on referee Mohammed Noor Jaafar. The incident happened during the Sabah versus Johor tie at the Likas Stadium on Jan 20. A section of
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    • 103 46 SAIDIN Osman, last season's Malaysia Cap top scorer, will find it hard to repeat his (eat because of a right thigh injury which is expected to sideline him for at least a month. The former Perils striher who Joined Federal Territory
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    • 585 46 Winger Johari Maina bags hattrick to give Penang hard-earned victory MALAYSIA CUP jh 'm RESULTS AT A GLANCE PENANG 3 BRUNEI 2 KEDAH 0 TRENGGANU 4 The Star PENANG, Saturday IT WAS Penang right winger Johari Maina's night as his team swept to its fourth consecutive
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    • 232 46 Trengganu dish out brilliant soccer to overwhelm Kedah The Star ALOR STAR, Saturday A MIXTURE of dazzling and controlled soccer earned Trengganu a comfortable 4-0 win over Kedah in a Malaysia Cup match at the Darulaman Stadium last night. Led by their new acquisition Ahmad Paijan in midfield,
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    • 166 46 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO, Saturday SOCRATES, Junior and Eder are among the stars who have stayed at home to delight the fans with their magical play in the Brazilian soccer championship beginning here this weekend. The trio are
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    • 147 47 AP NEW YORK, Sat CARL LEWIS, in the unaccustomed position of having to come from behind, shattered his world indoor best in the men's long jump by 9.25 inches ana equalled his best leap outdoors, soaring 28 feet 10.25 inches
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    • 263 47 Reuter, AP RIO DE JANEIRO, Saturday POLICE said today three men have been arrested for stealing and melting down the Jules Rimet Cup, which had been held in perpetuity by Brazil after winning three world soccer cups. The three men,
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    • 279 47 Overseas players support the English stars PLASTIC VERSUS CELLULOID Reuter BRIGHTON, Saturday OVERSEAS players have joined in the row over the type of ball used in the English Open Table Tennis Championships here. Frenchman Jacques Secretin and Swedish Coach Glen Ost yesterday added their criticisms
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    • 147 47 Reuter PHILADELPHIA, Sat TOP SEEDED Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia won 10 of the last 11 James to beat unseeded .merican Brad Gilbert 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 and reached the semifinals of the US$3OO,OOO (*****,000) professional Indoor Tennis Championships. In tomorrow's
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    • 480 48  -  Issue Debate SPORTS PARADE A SPECIAL FOCUS ON LOCAL SPORTS ISSUES AND PERSONALITIES By KENNETH JALLEH THERE is only one way to stop the rot in refereeing standards: blow the whistle on those who are clearly not worth the whistle's cost. Whether this was
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    • 274 48  -  By ALFONSO CHAN SINGAPORE'S fastest toy in the water, nine-year-old Wan Tze Yang, is after Ang Peng Siong's world record of 22.42 sees for the 50 metres freestyle, and he aims to beat it when he reaches Peng Siong's age in
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    • 278 48  -  By S GULAM ANDREW Ellis Baum: the name often t asset unnoticed in a star-studded ions Bahru line-up for a National Footnall League Division 1 match, but it won't be for long. Andrew. 30, a lecturer at the National University of Singapore,
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    • 140 48 MONEY in club soccer? Not in the shrinking crowds. Not with the 40 per cent tax on National Football League "gates" at Jalan Besar stadium. Clubs running in NFL leagues have found that all are losers running their clubs, and this season is no
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    • 445 49 He scores a goal and helps his team beat Police TIONQ BAHRU 2 POLICE SA 0 DEFENDING National Football League Division One champions Tiong Bahru bad to call upon the services of three goalkeepers to overcome a hard-fighting but poor finishing Police Sports Association yesterday at Queens
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    • 418 49 SAFSA 3 I TOA PAYOH UNITED 0 TOA PAYOH's goalkeeper Patrick Wee shocked everybody by taking off his jersey and walking off the field after Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association scored their third goal in the Division One league match at Jalan Besar
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    • 347 50  -  ONE SCORES GOAL WHILE THE OTHER WALKS OUT OF GAME IN A HUFF By KENNETH JALLEH TWO GOALKEEPERS, each in his own way, showed how not to keep goal, to provide the first highlights of this season in the National Football League matches yesterday. David Lee,
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    • 51 50 Reuter ENGLISH second division club Derby County banned a supporter yesterday for 10 years for assaulting a Fulham player during a pitch invasion at Derby's baseball ground last May. Andrew Unthank, 25, was jailed for three months last week after admitting kicking the player.
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