Singapore Monitor, 6 February 1984

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  • 13 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Monday, February 6 f 1984 30cents
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  • 557 1 It is posing serious problems for merchant shipping, says Unctad report Reuter GENEVA, Monday A UNITED Nations report said yesterday that "old-fashioned" piracy was increasing around the world both on the high seas and in port and had become a serious problem for merchant shipping.
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    • 174 2 Wanbao ACTORS from Hong Kong may be invited to join the local cast in the later episodes of the SBC's million-dollar production, "The Awakening", according to a newspaper report from the Colony. Mr Lai Shuiqing, the executive producer of the historical TV drama
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    • 786 2  -  MR LEE AT TANJONG PAGAR LUNAR NEW YEAR GATHERING By FOO CHOY PENG PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday brought out two social Eroblems that have been bothering im for some time. One concerns the upbringing of children
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    • 161 2  -  By SURESH NAIR THIEVES chose an appropriate time during the Lunar New Year festivities to ransack the NtUC Fairprice Co-operative Supermarket at the Boon Lay Shopping Centre over the weekend. They were certain the supermarket was not only closed for the Lunar holidays but
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    • 226 3  -  Last night's blackout By CHEW YEN FOOK SUDDENLY, the traffic lights went out. And within minutes, it was sheer chaos, with motorists blaring their horns as they found themselves caught in a jam. And what made matters worse was that no one was
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    • 262 3  -  By BERTILLA PEREIRA SOME commercially produced science specimen papers for the Primary School Leaving Examination are so poorly produced that questions set at O' level standard have been included. Over the years, this may have contributed to the gradual overburdening of pupils
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    • 55 3 JONATHAN Tan, the seven-year-old schoolboy now in Israel awaiting a bone marrow transplant, has had a relapse, according to his father, Mr Tan Yow Kheng In a telephone interview with SBC, Mr Tan said Jonathan's condition "is not very good." The boy, suffering from leukemia, is
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      273 4  -  What an extravaganza of different cultures But there Is little to distinguish it from other parades nesT *lEWB By CATHARINE FERNANDO IN A WAY, yesterday's Chingay procession at Ang Mo Kio was different from last year s. The Chingay extravaganza reflected the different cultures to be found in Singapore.
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    • 187 3 It's 15 red letter days with the best of traditional prosperity dishes! At the Ming Palace Restaurant At Coffee Pot Dine a-la-carle on our delicious selection Go buffet style with our mouth-watering of season specialities including our famous Raw *'"9 Yun Fish Porridge, Nian Nian Da Li Yearly Fish Salad,
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    • 411 5 The Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore 'V. <<1/^ has issued four gold bullion coins on 1 Dec 83. These coins of 999 fineness are legal tender m M *\f K The obverse side of the coins bears the State Arms and the year of issue while m t rvTun
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  • world
    • 90 6 AP ISLAMABAD, MONDAY INTRUDERS bound, gagged and stabbed a family of seven including a five-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy before setting the house ablaze. Associated Press of Pakistan yesterday quoted police as saying the murders were probably the result of a
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    • 244 6 Agencies BIRMINGHAM (England), Monday A PREVIOUSLY unknown Kashmiri terrorist group claimed it kidnapped an Indian diplomat and threatened to kill him unless 10 political {>risoners in disputed Kashmir were freed, poice said yesterday. Sources in NEW DELHI said India's embassies around the world have
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    • 231 6 AP, UPI BEIRUT, Monday PRESIDENT Amin Gemayel yesterday invited Muslim and Christian leaders for another round of reconciliation talks in Geneva on Feb 27 and indicated that he was ready to scrap the May 17 agreement with Israel as demanded by his opnonents. In
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    • 55 6 ERRANT GOLFER GERALD FORD STRIKES PEBBLE BEACH (California), Monday FORMER president Gerald Ford stands over a woman hit by his golf ball on the 15th hole at Spyglass during the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship on Saturday. The woman, Mrs Jean Anderson, suffered a
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    • 305 8 Reuter HELSINKI, Monday SVETLANA Alliluyeva, daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, was quoted as saying the military may be gaining power in Moscow because of a political vacuum there. She told the Swedish daily Hufvudstadsbladet that the shooting
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    • 327 8 She adopts iron resolve to ease East-West tensions after Hungary trip AP LONDON, Monday FRESH from Hungary and her first trip to the communist world, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has shed some of her "Iron Lady" ipiage and adapted an "iron resolve" to ease
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    • 400 8 LAT-WP HOUSTON, Monday THE space shuttle Challenger was forced to abort one of its major exercises yesterday when a balloon that was to have been used as a rendezvous target apparently exploded soon after it was released from the orbiter's cargo bay. It was the
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    • 347 9 UPI TORONTO, Monday VIOLENCE on television has led to an "epidemic" of murders, suicides and assaults especially among young people in the United States, US surgeon-general Dr Everett C Koop said yesterday. Speaking to about 500 people at a symposium
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    • 160 9 rI^EOPLETVATcIc AP WASHINGTON, Monday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan, celebrating his 73rd birthday today, has one way to deal witn any hint of a suggestion that he is too old to be President of the United States, or to run for re-election laugh about his ace. His aides
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    • 238 9 'Is he a transvestite?' poser UPI UNDER all the make-up, pop star Boy George is a boy, of course? That's not what French airport officials thought when the singer arrived dressed as a Japanese geisha girl. "If he comes dressed and all made
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    • 112 9 AP MANCHESTER: A MANCHESTER businessman sold a container load of Japanese salmon to Japan. Mr Michael Hyman, head of a family business, has a special technique for smoking salmon that the Japanese, who normally prefer raw fish, are going wild over. Mr Hyman said he
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    • 193 8 CONG XI FA CAI TUMMY TONER fmo (lift p rtou, \tr,' The new r/cernu XJ* MOTIONCRAFT for every purchase of DELUXE ROWING S$100& above. MACHINE VVJI VM, THE MINI JOGGER MOTIONCRAFT With sliding Mat and hydraulic cyllnden MT-20 Charm Mat* Promote* fitness and body strength k ***** Relieves tension I
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    • 81 9 Happy \Mentine Sweetheart! Here's a gift that's straight from the heart. This Valentine, express your feelings in a beautiful pewter vase. Available at all Selangor Pewter showrooms and authorised dealers. Hearts and tuo names (up to 10 characters), inscribed at no extra cost! offer till Feb 14 th 1984 I
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  • money
    • 599 10  -  They account for more than a quarter of turnover on many days By RODNEY HOBSON SETTLEMENT contracts are making a comeback but it is slow going. Since this type of trading was resumed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore in 1982, settlement contracts have built
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    • 249 10 THE Overseas Union Bank, which has just set up a representative office in Beijing, plans to establish another one, this time in Sydney, in the near future. The Chairman and Managing Director of OUB, Mr Lien Ying Chow, said this
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    • 161 10 MINING shares are easily the most popular for settlement contracts. In 1983, more than a quarter of all deals were done on a settlement basis. Although this sector seems far and away and had the lowest total turnover among the six sectors, settlement volume was higher
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    • 394 10 HONG KONG, Monday PUNTERS drove the Hang Seng Index through the 1,100 mark in the last trading session ahead of the Year of the Rat its highest for 16 months and the new lunar cycle is likely to continue in the same
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    • 102 11 MR MITSUHIRO SHICHIJO has been appointed managing director of Fuji Photo Film. He will head the local company which was officially inaugurated on Jan 1 to handle the marketing, sales and distribution, including after sales service and technical support, for the entire Fuji Film product range. □ma MR
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      254 11 MR BEN NEU has been appointed director and marketing manager of Fuji Photo Film (Singapore). Mr Neu has over 10 years experience in marketing of consumer, technical and industrial products. FUJI Photo Film has also appointed MR YASUO INOUE, MR ARTHUR TING and MISS CHUA MUI NAH
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    • 273 11 SHARES of Malaysian-based companies were more actively traded on the local stock exchange and accounted for 52.7 per cent of the total market turnover last year. Figures released by the Stock Exchange of Singapore showed that with the exception of the last quarter
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  • 1014 12 Many experimental modules on the drawing board features Newsweek ELEVEN years after the last moon walk and nearly three years after the space shuttle began flying, it began to seem as if NASA's days of glory and bold visions were alive only in movie
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  • opinion / letters
    • 468 13 THE SNGAPORE ABOUT 15 months ago, an experiment began with several companies responding to a request by the then Minister of State (Labour), Dr Wong Kwei Cheong, to try 12-hour shifts to help resolve the problem of labour shortage, especially on shift duty. There
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    • 229 13 SOS. Will someone hear us and do something? The traffic situation at Gray Lane and Pebble Lane is fast becoming a frequent nightmare. The difficulties that confront us nightly, especially at weekends and Sunday mornings, are: INCONSIDERATE and haphazard parking of vehicles
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    • 21 13 WE have 40 million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse Rudyard Kipling, English writer (1865-1936).
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    • 141 13 I WOULD like to bring to light an incident on board OTS service 165, which occurred on Jan 6 at Holland Road. My friend and I intended to get down at the bus stop in front of Cold Storage Jelita, but being uncertain,
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    • 248 13 I VISITED Parkway Parade the other day and was most impressed. It truly is one of the best shopping centres in Singapore, and can stand up to any in the world, Tokyo included. It is a credit to those who created the
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  • 435 14 TODAY'S The Awakening (Debut, Ch 8, 9.30 pm) THIS much talked about series is finally making its debut tonight with the first instalment of 26 parts which span the 1920s to the early *****. In 1920, while Singapore was a British colony, the Chinese formed the majority
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    293 14  -  TV Scene By PHILIP CHEAH IF YOU haven't noticed already, we can all sleep a lot earlier from this month onwards owing to SBC's TV schedule revamp. For instance, this week, Channel 5 closes as early as 10.55 pm and even on a Saturday, it will knock off
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    • 1244 14 3.00 Opening Programme followed Children can learn week about the force of ft ft/ x J ffi» Siravity. Why doesn'f the leaning Tower Pisa ¥|w t w jft all? The answer is given in this episode. 11 Iff 420 The World Sportsman (Last Episode). />' aMBM*' I ft V>t The
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  • leisure
    • 331 15 IPS BURT REYNOLDS "People's lack of sensitivity. Kids are often shoved at me by their parents. 'Go over there and get his autograph,' they'll say. The kid doesn't even know who I am." Burt Reynolds can't stand rude and Insensitive people, Clint Eastwood hatos Hollywood and
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    • 521 16  -  By PHILIP CHEAH SINGAPORE musicians are part of a phenomenon called the crossover artiste. Hits don't come unless they cross over to another market. Hence, most English language artistes have to cross over to either the Chinese or Malay markets to score hits. But the crossover
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    • 818 16  -  Shari lands herself a TV serial and is taking up singing lessons By PAT HILTON WHAT you notice first about Shari Belafonte-Harper is how pretty she is. The pleasure, however, comes when you discover the vivacious personality behind the stunning face (enhanced by eyebrows Brooke
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    • 804 17  -  Sam's stunts outdo brother Mike's overdone Teppanyaki TITLES: ACES GO PLACES III; TEPPANYAKI STARRING: Sam Hal, Carl Mak, Sylvia Quui| (Aces); Michael Hal, Goo Melyl, La Haipeog, Frances Yip, Sally Ye, U Xlaotlen (Teppaayakl) DIRECTORS: Xa Ge; Michael Hal SHOWING: Bedok, Broadway, Gala, Goldea Saltan, Jaroag Drlve-la,
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    • 480 18  -  By BJORN EDLUND Reuter MEXICO CITY: My film career was brief. After spending a winter day as an extra shivering Dy an outdoor pool, I put away my bathing suit and spent the pay on aspirin. Intrigued by the Mexican movie boom, I had decided to
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    • 173 19 CONNIE FRANCIS was on the pinnacle of success when disaster struck. She was sound asleep in a hotel room on Long Island in 1974 when she was rudely awakened by a masked robber. The man, not content with just her valuables, went on to rape
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    • 195 19 THE 44-year-old singer Is again in the middle of a bizarre sitution. Earlier last year, her 72-year-old tether, Mr George Franconero, had her committed to a mental institution because he felt her traumatic experiences had driven her mad. Connie, in turn, has accused him
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    • 797 19 'I Will Survive' a song that sums up her life I WILL SURVIVE is one of the many hits by Connie Francis. She sings it with great feeling, for Connie has had to survive more than her share of troubles She has been divorced twice and suffered major surgery. Her
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    • 521 17 fVLM GUID6 pie, filmed in China. GOLDEN (*****66): KIDS FROM SHAOLIN (C) fil^r 2 M^ H T .r^ilS. A Yh. < illy V, NEW TOWN (4SMS7S): KIDS FROM SHAOLIN (O Synopsis: Another corned yfrom Michael Hui. This time set in the Sulu islands in Philippines Watch out for the scene
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    • 123 18 CAPITOL NOW SHOWING! (*****59) 11am, 1.40,4.00, OJO A 0.15pm No Frae List They took FIRST BLOOD and then he let loose! BO SVEWSOW* RAYMOND HARMSTORF V LHKWJBCRTY: MOW SNOWING (UDO *****14) 11am, 1.45, 100, 0.45,0.15 NoFraaUst (ÜBERTY *****00) 11,1.45,4, MS, 0.10 No ft— list It's FIVE YEARS later and for
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 101 18 sill SINGAPORE SYMPHONY CHORUS AUDITIONS AUDITIONS for the Singapore Symphony Chorus are now on, on Monday evenings. Those interested can call Miss Christina Quek at *****17 for application forms and an appointment. SINGAPORE JAYCEES SINGAPORE Jaycees will hold an induction ceremony on Feb 12 at the President Merlin Hotel for
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    • 282 18 SAXOPHONE CONCERT WASHINGTON BALLET UNDER the baton of Dale V Rhodes, THE much-acclaimed Washington director of music at Far Eastern Ballet is here once again. The ComAcademy, the Singapore Polytechnic P&ny will present a repertoire of and Far Eastern Academy Concert classic and contemporary ballet at Bands will present a
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    • 58 18 ART KAREN HOISINGTON'S collection of 16 graphic collages will be exhibited at Paper Moon Gallery, Centrepoint, daily until Feb 14. INSECTARIUM THE World Insectarium at Sentosa, featuring more than 3,000 butterflies, 1,000 beetles and 100 moths is now open from 9.30 am to 5 pm daily. Admission is $1 for
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 710 21 leisure comics I ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry m m m _ft _ft,- _ft j- W YOU CAN RELAX I anD WHAT 7 9IMFLM f F fMR BRAND. TMIS bB I 1 INTEND TO \1 ISTRIKE'S HEAD- i |TO BE YOUR EXECUTION S r_X lOTHER IDEAS NEUTRALIZE YOUR I
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    • 301 23 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Mdm Lim Lay Hin of No. 17 Pasir His Way, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop licence in respect of premises at M/s Eng Guan Provision Shop, Block 718, Bedok Reservoir Road, #01-4594, Singapore 1647 and that this application will be
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    • 281 23 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Tan Poh Noi of No. 2 Dublin Road, Singapore 0923, have applied for a Public House, Second Class licence in respect of premises at M/s Fortune Junction Restaurant Cafeteria, 140, Paya Lebar Road, #08-10 A-Z Building, Singapore 1440, and that this application will
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  • sports
    • 202 24 Saturday's Results Washington 125 Indiana 101, Cleveland 106 San Dieoo 100, Atlanta 102 Philadelphia 97, New Jersey 108 Chicago 105, Kansas City 107 Denver 100, New York 103 Houston 95, Utah 116 Milwaukee 102, Gotten State 107 Phoenix 104 Bunday'a Qames Detroit at Boston, Dallas at
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    • 233 24 WEEKEND SK)RT^^^^P AP ST LOUIS (Missouri), Monday MARK JOHNSON scored two goals and assisted with another as the Hartford Whalers broke a 10-game winless streak and defeated the St Louis Blues 7-3 ih the National Hockey League on Saturday. Johnson, the former US
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    • 175 24 Reuter LONDON, Monday FORMER England cricket opener Geoff Boycott said that there would be no conflict of interests if he was elected to the Yorkshire committee and allowed to play again for the county. Boycott, 43, almost certain to be offered a new playing contract following overwhelming
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    • 253 24 (Top four In each division qualify for Stanley Cup playoffs.) Saturday's Results Boston 8 Philadelphia 5. New Jersey 5 Quebec 3, Toronto 6 Detroit 3. N.Y. Islanders 6 Pittsburgh 5. N.Y. Rangers 5 Vancouver 4. Hartford 7 St. Louis 3 Sunday's Qames Edmonton at Washington. Toronto
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    • 303 24 Agencies RICHMOND (Virginia), Monday TOP-SEEDED John McEnroe downed Vitas Gerulaitis and Steve Denton defeated Mark Dickson on Saturday night in the semifinals of the US$lOO,OOO (S|210,000) Richmond Tennis Classic. McEnroe, 12 days' short of celebrating his 25th birthday, defeated Gerulaitis, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3, 6-1.
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    • 223 24 UPI ATLANTIC CITY (New Jersey), Monday UNBEATEN Don Curry, using relentless pressure, retained his World Boxing Association welterweight title on Saturday with a 15-round unanimous decision over second-ranked Marlon Star- ling. Curry, who had defeated Starling once before Saturday with a split decision
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    • 218 24 AP SARAJEVO, Monday AMERICAN skier Bill Johnson is poised to spring an upset triumph in the first major event of the winter Olympics the Blue Riband men's downhill. Less than 24 hours after the 14th multi-sport snow spectacular is launched on Wednesday,
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    • 296 25  -  SUNDERLAND 0 LIVERPOOL 0 ENGLISH LEAGUE SOCCER SPECIAL TO THE SINGAPORE MONITOR WITH JOHN SELLERS SUNDERLAND, shock winners at Anfield earlier in the season, never looked like completing a famous double. But they were worth their draw with the league champions. The strong, swirling
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    • 140 25 MANCHESTER UO NORWICH 0 EVENTS of the field are currently overshadowing performances on it at old Trafford which is perhaps just as well for United. They were terrible. They lay siege to the Norwich goal for long periods in the second half but
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    • 115 25 FOREST 2 HOTSPUR I FOREST came within 60 seconds of another victory to fuel their late championship charge. Then a lapse in concentration at the back let in Chris Hughton for a second equaliser and two precious points had got away. Nottingham showed all
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    • 136 25 A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolboy called Jason Dozzell made soccer history in the 89th minute when he became the youngest player to score in the First Division. Dozzell had come on as substitute when Eric Gates limped off in the face of some tough tackling from the visitors.
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    • 138 25 UPTON Park is like a casualty ward these days. Hammers, with seven top players out through injury, lost new signing Paul Hilton when ne hurt a knee in a practice session. In the circumstances, manager John Lyall was delighted with the way nis youngsters performed
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    • 89 25 CHELSEA 3 HUDDERSFIELD 1 Chelsea moved two Stints clear at the top of e Second Division with a brilliant performance in the Stamford Bridge mud. Scottish striker Pat Nevin was the architect, with a devastating display of pace and skill which set up goals
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    • 69 25 Reuter DIVISION One 30 lan Rush (Liverpool) 19 Steve Archibald (Tottenham) 16 Peter Withe (Aston Villa), Trevor Christie (Notts County). 15 Tony Woodcock (Arsenal), Frank Stapleton (Manchester United). 14 Simon Stainrod (Queens Park Rangers), Terry Gibson (Coventry), Dave Swindlehurst (West Ham). Division Two 23 Kerry
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    • 1086 25 Arsenal 0 Queens Park Rangers 2, Aston Vila 0 I Luton 0. Evert on 4 Notts County 1. Ipswich 3 Coventry 1. Leicester 2 Birmingham 3, Manchester United 0 Norwich 0, Nottingham Forest 2 Tottenham 2, Sunderland 0. Liverpool 0. Watford 3 West Bromwich 1, West Ham
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    • 400 26  -  THOMAS CUP By ALFONSO CHAN THE CHAIRMAN of Singapore Badminton Association Thomas Cup Selection Committee, Chng Chee Yong, is confident that Singapore will overcome Group A's biggest threat Hong Kong to top the Group in the preliminary round of the world team competition from
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    • 472 26  -  By ALFONSO CHAN IN A BLUE hooped T-shirt and swimming shorts, 20-year-old Norwegian and Singapore champion Svein Rasmussen held sway over a small group of sun-browned, barebodied windsurfers who had gathered at the East Coast Sailing Centre hoping to learn some
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    • 239 26 JOE GOH, captain of Seletar Country Club, was smiling from ear to ear yesterday for a good reason. His protege N Raju, yesterday equalled the course record of par 70 set by the club champion Poh Eng Teck in November
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    • 230 26  -  GOLF ROUNDUP with ERNEST FRIDA MYA AYE, a name familiar to most golfers in the Republic, is looking for a coaching job with a golf club. The 43-year-old Burmese said: I like Singapore very much and would love to have a pro
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      744 27  -  National goalie Rashid Hassan lets down his side Federal Territory 1 Pahang 2 Bv JOHNSON FERNANDEZ The Star INTERNATIONAL goalkeeper Rashid Hassan got the brunt of the blame for the two goals Pahang scored against a hardfighting Federal Territory (FT) in a Malaysia Cup match at the Merdeka Stadium
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    • 150 27 Reuter LONDON, Mon MANCHESTER United, one of English soccer's best known clubs, is involved in a large takeover bid, according to newspaper reports on Saturday. Speculation has been growing over the past few days that an offer for the First Division side
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