Singapore Monitor, 4 February 1984

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    • 202 2  -  RAIN OR SHINE IT WAS A HAPPY NEW YEAR Pictures and story by CHEW YEN FOOK and MOHD ISHAK DRIPPING wet .one day, hot and sunny the next. That was how Singaporeans welcomed the Year of the Rat. The heavy rain on Thursday, the first day
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    • 599 2  -  By CONNIE YEE and DAWN WESTERHOUT FOR most of us, the first two days of the Lunar New Year were spent leisurely whether visiting relatives and friends, stuffing ourselves with good food or lazily lounging in front of the television set. But
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    • 329 3 Such vehicles will be seized as pirate taxis, warns ROV Lianhe Zaobao CAR OWNERS and dealers who rent out their vehicles without a proper licence may find them confiscated as pirate taxis, the Registry of Vehicles has warned. Both the Ministry of
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    • 298 3  -  By BERTILLA PEREIRA NON-GRADUATE teachers who want to get into the university must not only have good enough 'A' level grades they must also have good grades in the relevant subjects. Furthermore, they must convince the Education Ministry's interview
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    • 176 3  -  By JALIL MISWARDI THE NEW guideline on the standardisation of Malay names issued by the Singapore Malay Language Committee is just that a guideline. Mr Wan Hussin Zoohri, Parliamentary Secretary for Health ana Culture, who is chairman •f the committee, said that parents
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    • 195 3 Lianhe Zaobao THE HUMAN skeleton found on Pulau Tekong on Jan 16 is likely to be the remains of a.29-year-old man who disappeared in October last year. The father of the deceased Zhang Mingpo identified the long-sleeved blue shirt, jeans, slippers and two keys
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    • 268 4  -  Liang Court plans to use them to ferry tourists and shoppers By YEOW MEI SIN TONGKANGS may return to the Singapore River to take tourists and Singaporeans on river cruises. This is one of the ideas being considered by the management of Liang Court,
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    • 253 4 FROM 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow, the following roods will bo closed to traffic because of the Chingay procession. They are Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2 and 5 (between Yio Chu Kang Road and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8), Ang Mo Kio Avenue
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    • 217 4  -  By FOO MEY KIEN CLASSICAL music fans are in for a disappointment as the New York Harp Ensemble, scheduled to perform with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, will not be coming. The five-member ensemble, due to perform on Feb 17, 18 and 20, have
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    • 56 3 Celebrate your Lunar New Year at Tang Court The celehratcs New Year grand, JL raw to QV the New a special Ji\ menu the |WpL delicacies. all f should he yours auspicious the Rat. February HRHa *****900l *****00 x^ns > > n %j|gMK ill! I *<»>.>/» 1 t>tf<« 'I H«
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    • 161 5 ONE WASHING MACHINE REALLY CARES FOR YOUR CLOTHES. ir 1 <$J .'i'v [L Wr.w^riC^fM LOVEWASH =-^1 It's new from National. And that isn't all. P^S*P|^Bpi|||^^^^Hl And it's designed to generate a powerful Lovewash uses less power, water and and efficient heart-shaped water flow, that detergent than any of its counterparts.
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  • world
    • 467 6 Agencies KUALA KANGSAR, Saturday THE Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Tun Azlan Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah, 55, who flew back from England Thursday evening was sworn-in vesterday as the 34th Sultan of Perak in tne Balai Rong Setri (Throne Room) at the
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    • 312 6 The Star KUALA KANGSAR, Saturday THE late Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakkil Alallahi Shah, 59, was laid to rest beside his father Sultan Iskandar Shah at the Royal Mausoleum in Bukit Chandan yesterday. Over 3,000 people lined the 800-metre route between the Istana
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    • 98 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday THE Saltans of Malaysia are doe to meet next Thursday to choose a successor to the present King whose term will end in April. The late Sultan Idris Shah of Perak, who died four days ago, had been a
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    • ASIAN DATELINES
      • 85 7 Reuter JAKARTA, Saturday INDONESIA'S Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmaja expressed disappointment yesterday over a new communique on Cambodia from the three communist Indochinese states. The communique, issued by Vietnam, Laos and the Hanoi-backed government, failed to respond directly to proposals from Asean, he said.
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      • 87 7 UPI JAKARTA, Saturday TWENTY new victims of "death squads" blamed in the killings of aa estimated 4,000 people in the past year were brought to the Jakarta central morgue last month, a legal source said yesterday. "Toe bodies of 20 victims of death
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      • 78 7 AP TINSUKIA (India), Saturday PRIME Minister Indira Gandhi, facing state-wide road blockades in violence-torn Assam, said yesterday she would not resume talks with antiimmigrant agitators and condemned them for giving India a "bad name." "They have a lot to answer for the violence
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      • 70 7 Reuter JAKARTA, Saturday SEVERE floods have hit Central Java, forcing more than 10,000 people to flee their homes, the official Antara news agency reported yesterday. Two people died. Heavy monsoon rains started on Monday and by Wednesday several major rivers had burst
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    • 97 7 Reuter LONDON, Sat IN A landmark case under Britain's obscenity law, a video cassette dealer was jailed yesterday for handling a horror movie whicn prosecutors said "glorified violence." "Obscenity is not confined to sexual matters. It also embraces extreme forms of violence,"
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    • 388 7 NEW PROCESS OFFERS 'HOPE FOR INFERTILE WOMEN' AND CAN STEM GENETIC DISEASES UPI LONG BEACH (California), Saturday THE birth of the world's first baby conceived by planting a fertilised egg in an infertile woman was announced yesterday by doctors who hailed the process' potential
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    • 456 8 AP BEIRUT, Saturday GOVERNMENT troops battled to within metres of an abandoned church yesterday, trying to regain control of a highway entrance to Beirut from ShiTte Muslim militiamen in the worst flareup of Lebanon's civil war in six weeks. Police
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    • 260 8 Reuter BAGHDAD, Saturday IRAQ yesterday said its naval forces destroyed one Iranian gunboat and captured another when several gunboats tried earlier to approach Iraqi territorial waters and ports in the Gulf. An Iraqi High Command communique said all crew of the destroyed
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    • 249 8 CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida), Sat THE space shuttle Challenger returned to orbit yesterday morning, carrying five astronauts on an adventurous mission to test a US$lO million jet-pack that for the first time will put man in free flight across the vacuum of
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    • 185 8 AP LONDON, Saturday WOMEN grew moustaches after their partners started using an experimental new method of male contraception, French doctors reported yesterday in Lancet, the British medical journal. The doctors said they believe the women absorbed testosterone, a male hormone used in
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    • 41 8 t>e<e- < e v| \a .»«A neo oW^(> w ®> w< e „o»« >W a v/a' |at),e :> 5 8 So/eAgenfs A SCHMIDT SCIENTIFIC (PTE) LTD V I Pasir PB n ia n 9 Road, #1009, PSA Multi-Storey y^Jtiily Complex, Singapore 0611 Tel: *****33
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    • 58 8 /> Restaurant Introducing... Chinese 4-Course Lunch at only $5 per head You can alto try our house-speciality. To name a few... BLACK BEAN FISH-HEAD CHILLI CRABS CHICKEN RICE STEAMBOAT Call now for reservations: *****96 I \> 1 R««E *7> <-V *"0W v x\ 1 rnmmctt L«—l^o Opening Hours: LO.OO am
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  • money
    • 821 9  -  By JAN KINGZETT Assistant Director, investments, simbl THIS week marks the start not only of the Year of the Rat but also of a new 60-year cycle on the Chinese zodiac. The past 60 years have seen dramatic changes in Singapore. What is likely
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    • 588 9 Dr Chua Wee Meng, Managing Director of Alfa-Pacific Securities IN 60 years' time, assuming continuity of the present essentially free market economy, Singaporeans will participate increasingly in the stock market directly or through private pension funds. We see the move towards integrated
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    • 175 9 r HMLLSTREET J Reuter STOCK prices closed sharply lower in active trading on Wall Street yesterday as continued worries over the direction of the recovery pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average below the 1,200 mark for the first time since late August. The average fell 16.85
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    • 174 9 I Dollar and (j>old| AP THE strength of the US dollar eroded for the third day in foreign exchange trading around the world yesterday as traders turned instead to the West German mark. The price of gold rose in late taading in London. "There
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    • 895 10  -  SINGAPORE- THE NEXT 60 YEARS By DONALD F H SINCLAIR I BELIEVE that the 60- lunar -year cycle which commenced Feb 2, 1984 will be the most exciting, but perhaps also'the most terrifying, in the history of humanity. I have long believed that the Chinese lunar
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    • 205 10 STOCKMARKET ROUNDUP THE PRE-LUNAR new year stock market was strong and steady with indexed blue-chips doing well to push ST index to a record high of 1071.01 on Tuesday's close. Some support was offered by President Reagan's decision to run for a second term. Apart from Wall
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    • 119 10 THE PRESIDENT LOUNGE PRESENTS i/ YQ&&r Wk Bf 5 *Jmm^l THE NIGHT BIRDS' a popular all-girl Tai- Business Hours wan band and TXELEGANCF a five member Sunday to Friday 4.00pm to I.ooam I band group. Saturday ~1 .11 i. Eve of Public Holidays 4.00pm to 2.00 am They will give
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  • FA CAI YU SHENG
    • 416 11 TODAY i§ the third day of the Chinese New Year, and gourmets and gourmands are making a bee-line for Chinese restaurants serving yu sheng, or raw fish. No doubt in Hongkong and much of mainland China, most people wait until the seventh day of
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    • 259 12  -  By MICHAEL GOH IT wasn't exactly love at first bite, in fact, far from it. This practice of eating raw fish for luck, I mean. For 24 years of my life and I am Chinese I had successfully resisted what to many others is a
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    • 177 13 Those who shy away from eating yu sheng because they fear a fishy smell need not worry. If the fish is really fresh, there will be no unpleasant smell or taste. How do you tell if the fish is suitable? Mr Patrick Tan, managing director
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    • 427 14 THERE'S a lot to be said about family togetherness, particularly at this Chinese New Year period. It's the time of the year when those not staying with their families have to forage hungrily for affordable food. Most hawkers close their stalls, and in keeping with the
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    • 33 11 noodle garden business ij|£ associates and friends a Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year Join us from the 4th- 16th as we'll be serving Prosperity Raw Fish for the festivities Jt U J
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    • 52 12 Red Coral Restaurant PORTWORKERS' UNION HOUSE 140 Cantonment Road, Singapore 0208. Tel: *****41/2. Singers from Singapore and Malaysia with of To greet in the Luriar may we serve you Sfi Sheng" for luck. with our conplirnents, for asweetyear ahead. SS The Eating isbelievin^T^g^ SFisfeewwaß Td Restaurant RwreatSom Centre, East K4V
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    • 111 12 Wishing all our patrons, business associates friends A VERY BRIGHT AND PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR Business will resume as usual from 5-2-84 o y i I restaurant) M ¥fk —I > il ■<&&/ g/ > V •*> 265 Pasir Panjang Road, 6 m.s.. Singapore 0511. (Opposite Haw Par Villa) L.
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    • 94 13 GONG XI FA XAI LONG BEACH SEAFOODM Welcome Miss Chiang Ling the superstar from Taiwan, is performing at Golden Million from 30-1-84, with best wishes to her great performance. She is back for our live drunken prawns, barbeque, live lobster, fish, crab etc We serve the New Year Raw Fish
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    • 182 13 B Festive Feasts await you at ir'ri'i ORIENTAL \K This New Year from 3 16 Vp. l@ February, a meal at any Oriental Restaurant could mean a windfall for you because we're giving away a "Big Sweep" ticket with every order of "Good Fortune" Raw Fish. We offer the following
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    • 183 14 Yu Sheng (Raw Fish) is available from Feb. 3 1984 to Feb 16 1984 at: («ol<k>ii llmkmiLv SMiiuiii Ritdmiriml JC. fflllrwjffi] Hotel Equatorial vjfcS&wy 429 Buklt Timah Road. Singapore 1025. H- Tel: *****31 (■ol<k»n Phoenix Sichuan Rpntaurant 4th storey. World Trade Centre Tel: *****30/1. Golden Pfwenix -:«-:Ui M I CHAO
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    • 97 14 At sundown the 'Music Comes To Lite' W*A Yu Sheng and ottwr festive dishes 3 Thornton To* food it Chin«Mlh« mood ini«<naiionai' RESTAURANT *her« Malood siulm! *****353e1355E}EJ*****3333 The Joy of seafood at Ma CHctl. Taste the difference. Ma Cheri is JT J you'll get special tasting seafood. JK vK^pji^A EKrJrM
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    • 354 15 Take-away service for RAW FISH also available from 12.00 pm to 1 II ll II fVi 31-37 BUKIT pasoh RD, SPORE 0208. TEU *****138/*****77 JXj fw 6a3SSSB^S^yis^^^SSOSSe]S3SSS33S3SSHISSSSISSj|IGIeISStiISBLs!3eIO3SSJ \jZ Wishing all our customer*, patrons, G^(^ftSCtfFwO(^Z Business Associates friends a M f 1 Lucky Raw Fish* Super Shark's Fins I jffwT "GON6
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  • features
    • 660 16 All over, they are viewed as nothing more than expensive baggage THE INVINCIBLES ARE NOW A NECESSARY EVIL UPI ADDIS ABABA: THE image of the invincible Cuban soldier, once the scourge of African battlefields, is badly tarnished. Gone is the bold image of the
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    • 278 16 UPI BESIDES their heavy costs and recent failures in combat, diplomats claim that the Cuban troops have become increasingly unpopular with the people they are meant to protect. In both Angola and Ethiopia the Cubans are not permitted inside the towns and there is little
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    • 51 16 Business Hours: New Year s Eve. -«ood Luofc tow From 11 am Nil lom New Yeor Day. Rat year Prosperity Satad Second ft Third Day: Special Menu W» Available From weefcenas ft Hotiday tve 6jaaaa Rfc* T„| MMNCM AS USUAL 5400.00 New Year Day tin 2 am i i j
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  • opinion/letters
    • 522 17 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT THE National Wages Council (NWC) has invited views from the public on a return to normal collective wage bargaining without any guideline from the council. To be frank about it, what would make the council happy are views endorsing such a
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    • 23 17 THERE is no greater folly in the world than tor a man to despair Miguel Cervantes, Spanish writer (1547-1616).
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    • 866 17  -  LETTER FROM THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS HAN FOOK KWANG for Permanent Secretary (Communications) A FEW weeks ago we discussed the problem of peak hour travel and why it is such a difficult problem to solve. Readers who have had difficulty trying to get an airline,
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    • 73 17  -  PETER BOYD Singapore 0314 THE Singapore Bus Service will be run on the one-man-op-eration ticketing system (OTS) by the end of the year, and conductors will be redundant by then. With the implementation of the OTS, the SBS will have a substantial
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  • 489 18  -  SATURDAY'S BEST [iniiißS H WITH VALERIE TREVOR Saturday Night Movie Family Plot (Ch 5, 10.30 pm) THIS Alfred Hitchcbck comedy-suspense movie, made in 1976, was his last. He adapted a novel by Victor Canning, and the result is a classic. Two couples find themselves embroiled in some
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  • 419 18  -  JbBBSbSBT By STEVEN REDDICLIFFE LAT-WP DALLAS: A matter of minutes... These are the startling statistics: The average American watched 14 more minutes of TV last year than in 1982. In the average American household, according to the A C Nielsen Research Company, the set was
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    • 2 18 9SM»» vwF
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    • 150 18 Now you can get the latest news at u EMPORIUM Holdings Supermarkets: too! It's all In THE SINGAPORE MONITOR Available at: Emporium Supermarkets: ORIENTAL (PEOPLE'S PARK) EMPORIUM SUPERMARKET #B-1 People's Park Centre Singapore 0105. ORIENTAL (CLEMENT!) EMPORIUM SUPERMARKET Blk 451 Clementi Town Centre Ave 3 #01-309 Singapore 0512 ORIENTAL (GEYLANG)
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 1135 18 12.55 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Bmmm Street 2.00 Flash Gordon (Chapter 6). 2.25 Saturday Matinee: War of the Planota. jL' See Saturday's Best. f 3.55 2nd Merlion Cup Soccer V Two matches will be played Indonesia vs Brunei, &s%s■ H^^^B and Australia vs Singapore Intermediate. K 4.45 Malay
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  • leisure
    • 1389 19 Making a name in ahow business is not aa easy as it used to be... talent scouts are no longer roaming department atorea in search of the blonde sexpot and muscle man whom the studio could confidently manoeuvre to atardom. With the exception of llniveraal Pictures,
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    • 442 20 LAT-WP BANDAR SERI BEQAWAN (Brunei): This steamy jungle town is one of the world's major repositories of memorabilia honouring Winston Churchill, although be never saw it and it is halfway around the world from England. Next to the aquarium and
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    • 363 20 Tess ordinary woman playing difficult roles TESS HARPER made filmgoers in the US weep as the dutiful Texas wife trying to steer Robert Duvall out of a depression and alcoholism in Tender Mercies. Later this year on American television, she will be seen in a completely different light as one
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    • 567 20 MARK KEYLOUN is the ex-athlete who starred in the recent movies of Paul Morissey (Forty Deuce) and James Bridges (Nuke's Murder). Neither film had a decent commercial release, so whilst Mark is revered by many Hollywood directors and deemed a cult actor, to
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    • 466 21 Cassandra's forte is improvisation WHEN Cassandra Wilson sings a song twice, it won't be the same the second time around. She'll improvise on the style, the texture and the sound. This young American jazz singer is so spontaneous in her improvisations which are her forte that
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    • 112 21 Tlm Imperial Bar at the Imperial Oberoi Hotel: The favourite trio Tony, Terry and Spencer team up with Jimmy and Ken and together they do some very good Simon Garfunkel pieces. Tlm Victoria Bar at the Cockpit Hotel: Gypsy has come a long way since their country and
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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    • 178 22 CAPITOL:' NOWSHOWING (*****59) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30 ft 9.15 They took FIRST BLOOD and then he lot loose! BO SVENSON- RAYMOND HARMSTORF UDO-ÜBERTY: Now Shewing (LIDO *****14) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.45 ft *15 (LIBERTY *****66) 5 SHOWS 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.45 ft 9.15 FIVE
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    • 800 23 leisure comics I ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry PULL YOURSELF law'l" I h |W«MA MAS REMAINED SILENT THROUGH-I A tpyw"w iW»w/rO6ErHER MICHAEL V I V MMR BRAND, OUR W>OW< 1 OUT THE EVENING'B CONVERSATION VW.I ,m 1 M ™T„ f/MR FARGO WANTS NEVER > Tn(PLAN IS FLAWLESS?CONCERN NOW -HER
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  • National Day of Sri Lanka 4th February 1984
    • 317 24 THIRTY aix year* have passed since we gained Independence. Looking back we should assess what we have achieved and where we have failed. I think these are the questions which all of us should ask ourselves today. Countries smaller than ours, not so profusely blessed with natural resources
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    • 294 24 INDEPENDENCE day provides an ideal opportunity for our people, at home in Sri Lanka as well as abroad, to reflect on the past and plan for the future. In planning for the future, we must not rest complacent on our past achievements, although
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    • 249 24 TODAY, Sri Lanka celebrates 36 years of independence and looks back with pride to its achievements in the past and with hope for Its development in the future. Prosperity requires a climate of peace and goodwill and this should be a primary concern for all Sri Lankans
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    • 313 24 ON National Day this year more than at any time in our recent history we should remember with gratitude the work of all those patriots in the past who strove to unify and strengthen our country. Serious inroads have been made into the seamless fabric of our
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    • 556 25 TOURISTS visiting Sri Lanka this month will be afforded the unique opportunity of witnessing a special public exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha at the Dalada Maligawa in Kandy. Ceremonies will be held at the Temple of the Tooth Relic on February
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    • 370 27 SRI LANKA has a rich and exotic variety of wild life and a long tradition of conservation, rooted in its 2,000-year old Buddhist civilisation. To many visitors the major parks like Yala, Wllpattu and Gal Oya hold the greatest appeal; the leading bird sanctuaries are at Kumana,
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    • 761 28 ALMOST six years ago the Sri Lanka government introduced new economic policies. Trade and payments were liberalised, the exchange rate was fixed. Incentives were offered to enhance Investment production and employment. An environment was created which fostered Innovation and entrepreneurship. This [tackage of policies introduced in
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    • 878 29  -  By GASTON DE ROSAYRO I KNOW a land, nay a small universe, where the skies and seas are almost an impossible blue, where demure damsels with raven tresses walk with the grace of gazelles and where awesome mountains rear majestically skywards. This is Sri Lanka,
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    • 120 29 SRI Lanka will host the 33rd annual conference of the Pacific Area Travel Association in April this year. The conference will be held at the Bandaranaike International Con* ference Hall, in Colombo. Exotically set in a brilliant tropical garden of 16 hectares, the octoganal-shaped
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    • 55 25 1 Congratulations and Best Wishes I to the Government and People of SRI LANKA on the occasion of their 36th NATIONAL DAY from MM I Mm WOHHUP (PRIVATE) LIMITED 232 TANJONG RHU RD. #03-00, AURUM HOUSE, SINGAPORE 1543. TEL: *****22 POSTAL MAXWELL 'RD. P.O. BOX 1674, SINGAPORE 9033. CABLE: WOHUPCOY,
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    • 62 25 r Congratulations and Best Wishes > to the government and People < of SRI LANKA on the occasion of their 36th NATIONAL DAY from AGENCIES (PTE) L/M/7ED (A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OFNEPTUNE ORIENT L/NES LTD) j 456 Alexandra Road #08-00, NOL Building, Bth Storey Singapore 0511. Telephone *****77 Cables NEPAGENT
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 78 26 csb dhmdise... mmm Jr t ,\jJ|L sand and rollJ^^^^H that await you. For within the large island, Sri Lanka corbpreiies V Jjß? scenic, recreational, cultural and even j J climatic variety you cannot believe, *®p" ■niglE. SPan v &&F2£ WrnKSßm-- j^'MT^P ""T-TiMiim ■Rt* > zssa .m JA land of friendly
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    • 49 27 I Congratulations I I a? Best Wishes I to the Government and the H people of the Democratic Socialist H Republic of Sri Lanka H on the occasion of the country's H I 36 Anniversary I Bj of Independence. H I PRIMA GROUP I OFCQMPUdES I I I n ■>■
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    • 211 28 I y g» iT JhwJw ■HP&-AU -**'—jf; f y 2 THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD Sail the World on QE2 and you are in for an unforgettable time of your life. Virtually every facility you might require exists on board the QE2 from shops to sauna, cinema to swimming
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 156 29 —T THE BANK OF CEYLON Sri Lanka's premier national bank offers its congratulations and best wishes on Sri Lanka's National Day m The Bank of Ceylon the financial link between Sri Lanka and the world; with a network of over 600 domestic branches and over 600 foreign correspondents. We provide
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    • 174 33 SUNDERLAND vs LIVERPOOL CHAMPIONS Liverpool have the task of picking themselves up from the floor after they were dramatically pitched out of the FA Cup by Brighton for the second season running. Liverpool travel to Sunderland, no pushovers at home, and need a performance
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    • 282 33 MANCHESTER UNITED vs NORWICH MANCHESTER United continue their pursuit of Liverpool and have a visit from Norwich, the little county side in the middle of a distinctly useful season. With a few good results, Norwich could well climb into the challenging positions,
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    • 132 33 ARSENAL vs QPR ARSENAL'S brief revival under new boss Don Howe is looking distinctly ragged at the edges right now. They face a tough home match against London neighbours Queen's Park Rangers and will need to be at their best to get anywhere.
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    • 269 33 THERE hasn't been a First Division manager sacked since Terry Neill was booted out of Arsenal earlier in the season but if the usual scheme of things applied at Ipswich, Bobby Ferguson could be well out of a job. Ferguson was given the impossible task
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    • 147 33 NOTTINGHAM FOREST vs SPURS NOTTINGHAM Forest have a battle against Spurs, with Forest boss Brian Gough once again in trouble after criticising his board of directors for their failure to attend a recent away match. "I was disgusted by the turn out," Clough snarled.
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    • 502 34 HE GOES DOWN TAMELY TO VETERAN FORMER INDIAN CHAMPION BOMBAY, Saturday ZAINAL Abidin, 26, Singapore's national squash champion, failed to five up to his reputation and his second seeding in the Asean Trophy squash international torunament, and went down tamely by 4-9 5-9 6-9 to 39-year-old former Indian
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    • 341 34 KELANTAN S SARA WAK 0 KOTA BAM, Saturday KELANTAN, beaten by Penang last week, came bouncing back with a 5-0 win over Sarawak bere. Pulling no punches, they attacked brilliantly from the start and did let up till the final
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    • 93 34 Reuter DUESSELDORF, Saturday HIGH-FLYING Fortuna Duesseldorf beat Bayern Munich 4-1 with a dazzling display of attacking soccer in a West German First Division game last night Fortuna, roared on by a near-capacity crowd of 60,000, scored three tunes within eight minutes through Ralf Dpsend, Guenter Thiele,
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    • 231 35 Reuter, AP MILAN, Saturday THE Italian Football League's Disciplinary Comr mission today barred Giorgio China glia from acting as chairman of First Division football club Lazio for eight months after be criticised a referee. The ban, unusually severe for Italian football, enters force on
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