Singapore Monitor, 13 February 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Monday, February 13, 1984 30cents
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  • 308 1  -  More are being trained because of the recent spate of crimes involving firearms By K K FONG POLICE dogs are being trained to sniff out guns because of the recent spate of crimes in which guns were used. It is learned that four of the 36
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  • 271 1 He gains majority support in secret balloting, say Moscow sources LAT-WP MOSCOW, Monday THE secret process of selecting a new Kremlin leader appeared to have been completed on Saturday with Mr Konstantin Chernenko reportedly gaining majority support of top Communist Party officials to succeed Mr
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  • home
    • 109 2 THE Minister for Foreign Affairs and Culture, Mr S Dhanabalan, clearly enjoyed his chat over a cup of tea with members of the Senior Citizens' Club at the Serangoon Garden Community Centre yesterday. When he heard that ballroom dancing classes are among the many
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    • 595 2  -  He pays nostalgic visit to area where he once spent his childhood days SERANGOON GARDEN WALKABOUT Reports by MARGARET THOMAS and TON SU FEN IT WAS a journey into the past for Mr S Dhanabalan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Culture,
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    • 53 2 THE death of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, said Mr Dhanabalan, has introduced an element of uncertainty into the arena of super power rivalry. It will be a year or two before the Soviets' policies under their new leader, who has yet to be
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    • 260 2 IT WAS not only Serangoon Garden residents who turned up to ask Foreign and Culture Minister, Mr S Dhanabalan, questions at the public forum during his walkabout yesterday. Miss Jennifer Ong, an administrative assistant, came all the way from Toa Payoh just
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    • 115 2 ON THE recently announced policy giving priority to children of graduate mothers to register for schools, Mr Dhanabalan said it was meant to encourage graduate parents to have more children, at least to replace themselves. It was not meant to imply that the uneducated were not
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    • 105 2 HAWKERS and shopkeepers around Chomp Chomp, the popular hawker centre in the heart of Serangoon Garden, want the Urban Redevelopment Authority to reconsider the decision to impose paid parking between 5 pm and 10 pm. Mr Dhanabalan said the hawkers and shopkeepers would have
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    • 463 3 SINGAPORE businessmen were this morning told to take another look at Australia as an area for investment, particularly since it is examining options for financial reform after re-establishing a climate of confidence and stability. In the next month or so,
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    • 169 3  -  PUB'S MASCOT 'RETIRES' WHILE CASE'S DROPS IN By CATHARINE FERNANDO ERNVS the name of the wise owl the Public Utilities Board has "recruited" to advise consumers oo energy conservation. If yon must know, Erny stands for Use Energy Wisely. Bnt, believe it or not, another
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    • 241 4 ROCHOR IS a tough constituency, says Dr Toh Chin Chye, its MP. And he speaks from experience as he has been its representative, first in the Legislative Assembly and later in Parliament, since 1959. Three times, the Barisan Sosialis leader, Dr Lee Siew Choh,
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    • 299 4  -  Two discover the meaner side of Singaporeans after theft By CONNIE YEE IT WAS upsetting enough when Miss Caroline Wilson, 26, found that her bag had disappeared while she was eating lunch next to the World Trade Centre yesterday. And
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    • 121 4 Lianhe Zaobao FANS BY the thousands are queuing up outside the National Theatre to buy their tickets for the first eight performances to be given by the distinguished Chaozhou Opera Troupe from Guangzhou beginning on Feb 26 at the Palace Theatre, Katong. A spokesman
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    • 81 5 ARTIST Thomas Yeo has never been to Brunei But when Brunei celebrates her independence on Feb 23, his works will be among those that will be seen by the people. Five of his major works have been bought by Brunei. All of the five
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    • 320 5  -  By YEOW MEI SIN DIRECT FLIGHTS from Singapore to Malacca and Pulau Tioman may finally take off in April provided the operators, Tradewinds and Malaysian Air Charter (MAC), manage to iron out problems by then. The two companies, which have entered
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    • 80 5 A JOINT marketing and operation venture between MAC and Tradewinds was proposed last year. This, as the Tradewinds official explained, was necessary as cooperation would secure a bigger market sector from both sides. "It is a reciprocal arrangement. MAC wants to fly to Singapore
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    • 254 6 PRESSURE IS building up for employers to continue to take on staff beyond 55, though there's yet another reminder yesterday from a government leader that the senior citizens cannot expect to enjoy their old salaries. In a speech, Mr
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    • 144 6 SBC PLANS TO CUT TWO-HOUR PROGRAMMES TO ONE Lianhe Wanbao SBC IS studying a proposal to cut the telecast of Hong Kong drama serials from two episodes to one per transmission from June. The aim of the proposal, which would cut the present two-hour programmes
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    • 419 6 THE JAPANESE believe that information about a company should be shared with its employees if it is shared VOLUNTARILY and at the DISCRETION of the company. Legislation is not the answer. In fact, an association of Japanese companies took issue with the European
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    • 61 6 FOR PERFORMERS and animals alike, there's a break from normal routine as the Great Royal Circus of India prepares to move from Clementi to Ang Mo Kio. Training, however, is continuing. The circus put up its last performance at Clementi on Saturday. It hopes
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    • 46 6 THE JAPAN Federation of Economic Organisations (Keidanren) feels that corporate information should be voluntarily shared and the disclosure of such company secrets ought not be the result of formal legislation. TOH SU FEN looks into Keidanren's arguments presented to the European Community Commission.
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    • 197 4 Yklentines Day at 1J M Plaza Hotel m m your heart .iM K' Seafood- Other 10ve...1y Valentine's Day (m Theatre-Restaurant attractions Sit down to a sumptuous Patrons to Seafood-Theatre-Restaurant and V Valentine's Day Dinner at Studio M will receive complimentary heart-s-jT Seafood-Theatre-Restaurant and shaped cookies, perfumes and roses. fffn 6
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  • world
    • 131 7 AP HOUSTON, Mon THE space shuttle could be employed in an attempt to salvage the two US$75 million communications satellites now drifting in useless orbits about the earth, but the difficulty and expense might outweigh the benefits, experts say. The Westar VI and Pa-lapa-B satellites
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    • 281 7 THE PARTY'S OVER AP LONDON, Monday THE floor of a London apartment collapsed under the weight of hundreds of party-goers early Sunday, hurtling them into a store three metres below, police said. At least 68 people were injured and 10 remained in the hospital, according to hospital officials. Police
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    • 119 7 AP NEW DELHI, Mon SIKH militants announced yesterday that they had accepted Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's invitation to reopen talks with the government on their demands for greater political and religious autonomy. The talks are scheduled to resume tomorrow. The Akali Dal Party, spearheading
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    • 192 8 AP BANGKOK, Monday A DELEGATION from the European Community Parliament ended a dialogue with representatives of Asean with a promise to help Asean deal with the flood of Indochinese refugees into Southeast Asia, the two sides said yesterday. A Joint statement said
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    • 240 8 US Customs tightens control over export of high technology AP NEW YORK, Monday FIVE men have been arrested and charged with attempting to ship a sophisticated piece of equipment, which could be used in missile guidance, to China, US Customs
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    • 148 8 AP BEIJING, Monday CHINA accused Vietnamese forces yesterday of shelling and firing at Chinese border villages during Lunar New Year celebrations, killing a bicyclist and wrecking a truck. "This showed the hypocrisy of the proposal made by Vietnamese authorities last month for a
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    • Article, Illustration
      118 8 WANT TO REDUCE CHANCE OF GETTING CANCER? THEN STICK TO VEGETABLES HOLDING a piece of celery and a platter of vegetables, Dr Robert Hatter, chairman of tbe Committee on Nutrition and Cancer, issues an American Cancer Society report that urges Americans to switch to a low-fat, high fibre,
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    • 450 9 He claims having given opponents enough concessions AP MANILA, Monday TWO days before the deadline set in opposition demands, President Ferdinand Marcos has indicated he has no plans to give up his authoritarian powers, despite appeals and opposition threats to intensify demonstrations. Among conditions
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    • 146 9 Reuter LONDON, Monday BRITISH artist Tom Keating, a self-confessed faker who fooled the art world with imitations of English masterpieces, died in hospital yesterday, aged 66. Keating, who specialised in imitations of the 19th century English water colourist Samuel Palmer, died after a
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    • 96 9 Reuter MANILA, Monday W»»M IV Ml 7 a VfIWWW Rl RIRf. "I fool it would M uaafui to ovaryona and to tha country in general UI do not run. I canriot dony Mm paopla. Tha party I can dony hut not tha paopla," she
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    • 371 10 Yuri Andropov PASSING or A STATESMAN A guide to today's Politburo election of the new Russian leader UPI MOSCOW, Monday THE SOVIET Union bills itself as a one-party democracy but the real power lies in the nands of a dozen men their chosen leader's and
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    • Article, Illustration
      15 10 K CHERNENKO 72, the favourite V GRISHIN Politburo member V VOROTNIKOV Politburo member
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      19 10 M GORBACHEV 52, youngest contender A GROMYKO Now the Foreign Minister D USTINOV 75, the Defence Minister
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    • 170 10 Central Moscow deserted but other areas still bustling with life Reuter MOSCOW, Monday CENTRAL Moscow was deserted yesterday except for a lons queue of hand-picked people waiting to file past the open coffin of Mr Yuri Andropov. But in other parts of this sprawling city of over
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    • 134 10 Reuter WASHINGTON, Monday TWO SENIOR American officials said today that they did not expect any dramatic changes in US-Soviet relations because of the death of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov. In separate appearances on television, US ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick and Un-
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    • 319 11 AP BAGHDAD, Monday IRAN shelled seven Iraqi cities and towns yesterday killing 14 people and injuring 89 others and Iraq retaliated by attacking four Iranian areas, it was officially announced here. The Iraqi armed forces attacked the Iranian port of Bandar Khomeini and the petrochemicals complex
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    • 204 11 UPI BEIRUT, Monday LEFTIST gunmen and Lebanese army troops exchanged machine gun fire yesterday across the "green line" dividing Muslim and Christian Beirut. Anti-government forces in the mountains fired artillery shells into the Christian suburbs. The sporadic clashes and shell fire came
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    • 138 11 M IS jft M J_ >1 |l We gave it a powerful two-stroke, liquid I -^f^T cooled, Torque Induction engine. The -V' N Yamaha Energy Induction System. (YEIS). Vp gM Aerodynamic styling. And the all-round feel R^fir of a high-performance bike. You can call a LOw center of oouS!MHH||BMH But
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  • money
    • 206 12 Kentucky turnover profits move up KENTUCKY Fried Chicken's turnover increased by 15.6 per cent from |37 million to $42.9 million for the year ended Dec 31. Group pre-tax profits increased by 201 per cent from $1.8 million to $5.5 million. Although still above the 40 per cent statutory tax rate,
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    • 477 12 SHARE SWAP RATIO WILL BE 3-FOR-4 The Star A MERGER between Textile Corporation and Supreme Corporation is believed by manv in the corporate circle to be in the offing. The merger, if it is comes through, will involve a swap of three Textile
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    • 274 12 FOREIGN CURRENCY REVIEWi THE following is a selection of currencies analysed in the latest issue of the Foreign Currency Review, a publication of Manufacturers Hanover Trust (MHT), New York: SWISS FRANC The Swiss franc has eased modestly from mid-December levels near
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    • 72 12 OVERSEAS Union Bank has raised from today the rates on three-and six-month deposits from 6.5 per cent to 6.75 per cent. The rates on nine-and 12-month deposits will go ap from 6.75 to 7 per cent. The one-month deposit rate and savings account rate
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    • 269 12 SHARE OF THE DAY SOME think it's expensive but others say that Fusan is a situational stock which is worth looking at although its current frice of $3.08 is close to its 983 high of $3.12. Fusan is said to be fishing for more ac-
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    • 404 12 GOLD REPORT OY GREEN COLLIER AS EVIDENCE that the US dollar was forming a periodical fop continued to mount, spot gold gained almost US$lO from the previous week's close to reach US$3BO per ounce by the beginning of this week. Short covering of the
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    • 224 13 MR MICHAEL BRADDOCK WOOD was apKinted the new chairman and director of Van x Moral Ltd effective Feb 10. Mr Wood is also a^ partner of McKenna Company, a legal firm. MR MAH SIEW KOK became managing director of South Malaysia Industries, effective Jan 28. The present board
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    • Article, Illustration
      107 13 MR ANDREW C PARTRIDGE is the new food and beverage manager of Hilton International Singapore. A graduate of North Gloucestershire Polytechnic in hotel and catering administration, he brings with him seven years of experience in various hotel operations, mostly from Hilton hotels around the world. MR BERNARD
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    • 352 13  -  FOCUS ON RESEARCH DEPARTMENTS By JEANNE WONG RESEARCH has often been neglected although it is integral to the share investment business. A decade ago, only a handful of stockbroking firms believed in investing in a research department. In some cases, the investment
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    • 135 13 PROFILE OF AN ANALYST MS MARGARET Woo of Phillips Securities, is one analyst who finds her job very satisfying. She said: "The remisiers here have shown a great interest in the information gathered from research and I'm glad that this
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    • 44 13 J Ballas Co; Cathay Securities; Golden Hope Securities; Grand Orient Securities; Lee Co; Lin Securities; Pacific Union; Su E-Min Co; Summit Securities; E G Tan Co and Tsang Ong Stockbrokers. Total Number: 11. Stock broking firms with research departments.
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    • 156 13 FRASER CO IS 38-YR PIONEER FRASER Co is one of the first broking companies to attach importance to research. Its monthly has been published for about 38 years. Lyalf Evatt's research department was started in 1973. A market up-date is published and circulated to 2,000 3,000 clients monthly. J M
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  • features
    • 632 14  -  By SIT YIN FONG A RECENT incident has pressed home the importance of setting up a body of professionals to foster the appreciation of art advocated by Mr Lee Khoon Choy, Senior Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office). Recently,
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    • 574 14 MUCH DEPENDS ON OURSELVES TO KEEP IT ALIVE, SAYS COMMENTATOR THE Chinese language now stands at the crossroads in Singapore, so to speak. Where will it go from here? How should we react to the fact that the Chinese language is coming under
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  • opinion / letters
    • 526 15 THE Sm^APOßf—i— MgfrnmlB!ilßW NO SINGLE person commands as much influence on world affairs as the leader of the Soviet Union; no single man has a greater say over good or evil than he Russia is the second most powerful military nation in the world. Unlike
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    • 269 15  -  Many others launch a Library Week each year REPLIES CHEW KING HWAN for Permanent Secretary (Education) I REFER to the letter headlined "Encourage discussions on major issues among school kids" by "Nasreddin" (SM, Jan 20). We agree with Nasreddin on the importance of
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    • 237 15  -  KHOO SOO HOON (Ms) for Permanent Secretary (National Development) WE REFER to the letters on the East Coast written by "Libra" and Lazzaretti Viner Raleigh (SM, Jan 7 and 11). We wish to inform your writers that the Parks and Recreation
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    • 316 15  -  KHOO SOO HOON (Ms) for Permanent Secretary (National Development) WE REFER to the letters from "A Frustrated Motorist" (SM, Dec 29, 1983) and "TTY" (SM, Jan 6, 1984). We wish to inform your writers that our traffic data shows that
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    • 163 15 CARDS are a form of greetings. It serves many purposes...especially on occasions. Millions of people are exchanging greetings through cards, but they nave not realised how expensive they are. "Gibson," "Hallmark" and "American" cards, for instance, originate from the
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  • 462 16 TODAY'S The Awakening (Ch 8, 9.30 pm) (C) (Episode 3) (English subtitles). CONTINUING from the previous episode Fa's fiancee from China, A Mei, has landed on Singapore and discovers to her dismay that Fa has passed, away. Fortunately for her, A Shui, an upright
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  • 349 16  -  TV Scene By WONG SING YEONG SBC is looking for sponsors for Channel 12 programmes to offset the heavy costs of acquiring such quality programmes. They have approached several corporations for sponsorship. So far, Esso Singapore, who sponsored the. Top of the Trade series last year,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 1439 16 5 F LM GUIDE Page 20 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed I by Swordsman Chu (C) (r). S I 4.00 Spectrum: Bright Sparks. A f 5.4 W, Jjm 4.25 Children of Different Places. Jm m 450 Paint Along with Nancy Kominsky: Yellow Shrub •CK*a—4'4 W Roses. j J IT
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  • leisure
    • 237 17 PAT D'ROSE suggests you don't dial a rose this Valentine's Day and offers a few alternatives YOU can dial a rose for her tomorrow. But haven't you been doing that each year at Valentine's Day, her birtiiday, her mother's birthday, or your anniversary and all the other
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    • 137 17 AHHH! So he loves dogs! There's a little shop called the Doggy Shop in Orchard Towers where you can buy everything, except the mutt itself. Just think of the many happy hours the two of you will spend together spraying dog cologne over his Great
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    • 114 17 HERE'S a chance to try out the way Valentine's Day was celebrated in the Middle Ages, where lovers sent notes to one another on that day the Baci way. When you buy your Valentine a box of Baci, you're actually doing that, because
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    • 97 17 SHE'S warm, generous and vivacious. She's all heart. Tell her just that this Valentine's Day without mincing vour words. Buy her the biggest heart available 58 cm from side to side. There are smaller ones, too. These plastic hearts recently imported from Denmark come in
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    • 92 17 NOW... for the ultimate romantic gift on Valentine's Day your own deserted island, fresh seafood (eat as much as you want), untouched reefs, white beaches and servants. All that is possible on Isla, a 2.5 hectare coral island, off Iloilo City in the Philippines. Here's
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    • 58 17 IF YOU'RE starved of compliments, try fishing for some. Buy your Valentine a couple of gouramis that's right, the kissing fish. They're such a delightful gift, I'm sure you can hear her shrill cries of joy already. And remember, you're letting the fishes do all the talking,
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    • 563 18 Filming begins on 2010, the sequel to Kubrick's 2001 LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD: "TODAY, repeat, today, the shuttle astronauts are for the first time doing a non-tethered EVA exactly as shown in 2001." Arthur Clarke was excited. You could tell, even on the
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    • 498 18  -  By CHARLES CHAMPLIN in Hollywood LAT, WP THERE are a few items of suspense, anyway, attached to the Academy Award nominations that will be announced on Thursday. How many nominations will Terms of Endearment receive? Will both Shirley MacLaine and Debra
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    • 665 18 She has won the Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy and still wants more AP SHE has won the -top US performing arts awards the Oscar, the Emmy, the Tony, the Grammy. She has earned more money than any film actress in history. She has directed, produced,
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    • 693 19  -  But the 24-hour TV scheduling is a bleary-eyed delight -sSMIW Nh9W with Pauline Loh LETTERS from Singapore arrive slightly damp and all my friends are complaining about the rain. What are you moaning about? Do you know I haven't seen the sun for weeks? My colleagues
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    • 366 20 AT THE HILTON THE Harbour Grill will offer a special St Valentine's Gala Evening tomorrow which includes a dinner menu with a bottle of champagne for every couple, coffee and chocolates, late night dancing, Valentine's Day fashion show at the Music Room after dinner and a lucky
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    • 126 20 WHEN a smoke bomb exploded on Jan 27 in a Los Angeles studio, a young man sprang forward to rescue poor Michael Jackson whose hair had caught fire. The young man's name happened to be Brando, Miko Brando the son of the famous actor, Marlon.
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    • 959 21 The Dresser, chosen lor Britain's 1994 Royal Rim Performance, is Albert Finney's triumph as an autocratic stage actor-manager. Come April, he's a hot contender for the Best Actor Oscar which has so far eluded him despite a previous nomination for his
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    • 558 21 VERY few films or stage plavs give a convincing picture of life behind the scenes with a traditional English touring stage company, comments Albert Finney as he talks about his latest film. "But, of course, it all depends on whether you have the material in
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 709 19 fllM GUlO€ ODEON-KATONG (*****19): PROJECT MAIDEN (C) A < c jade (*****80): trading places (E) DALIT (*****16J: TEPPANYAKI (C) Show time: 3 shows daily SUrring: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, JaSUrring: Michael Hui, Frances Yip, Sally ORCHARD (*****88): TWO OF A KIND I*® J e A Synopsis: A modern-day twist of
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 34 20 p— TODAY: High tide 6.43 am (2.3 m) Low tide 2.22pm (0.6 m) High tide 10.05pm (2.0 m) TOMORROW: High tide B.llam (2.3 m) Low tide 3.24pm (0.4 m) High tide 10.05 (2.0 m)
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    • 140 20 LA GRANDE LESSIVE LA GRANDE LESSIVE, an amusing satire which touches on the problems of children, will be screened at the Cultural Theatre, Cuscaden Road, at 9 pm at the end of the month. Admission is free. LA MAISON DES BORIES THE Alliance Francaise will screen La Maison des Bories
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 528 23 leisure comics ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By BWBarry Others may be tardy in keep- Sjwelns'cou!? ariae'abo ut a jjfiiJil < t ll Ml[ll_.ili l ii_»lj Gma P" l 9 Tt THOTE oo****s a few milts arc sows £!2i!!^ing appointments, but if you rroDiems couia arise aoout a lElllliilllJ out oe wato
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    • 952 25 classified s 273-9090 Situations Vacant B a new but rapidly corporation in the construction industry I I invites you to join its team of young pro- I I fessionais. We are especially interested I I in those who want to stay and grow with I I the Company. I I
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    • 1182 26 classified s 273-9090 I PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TECHNICIANS 1 I PART-TIME POST-TECHNICIAN DIPLOMA CERTIFICATE COURSES I I FOR 1984/85 SESSION I I (COMMENCING 11TH JUNE 1984) I Applications are invited for adminion to the following part-time courses: I I ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY I I DIPLOMA IN INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
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  • sports
    • 56 27 Hongyan Xi, facing camera, and Xiaolei Zhao, the Olympic ice dancers from the People's Republic of China, strike a pose at the beginning of their compulsory routine at Zetra Arena on Friday. Zhao fell at the beginning of the routine and they were placed 19th with
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    • 384 27 INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND SPORTS ROUND-UP UPI SARAJEVO, Monday WITH five days gone and only seven left, raging snowstorms in the mountains yesterday again prevented a start to the alpine ski racing at the 14th Winter Olympics. Organisers and team captains desperately revised the
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    • 55 27 Q S B T East Germany 5 5 2 12 Soviet Union 3 4 5 12 Finland 2 2 2 6 Norway 112 4 Sweden 1-12 Italy 1 1 Weat Germany 1 1 Japan 1 1 United Statea -1-1 Canada --11 Czechoalovakia --11 Reuter Winter Olympic* medals table
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    • 324 27 AP BLOOMINGTON (Minnesota), Monday Detroit 6, Minnesota 4 DETROIT'S John Ogrodnick notched his 39th and 40th goals to hoist the Red Wings to their first National Hockey League victory over Minnesota in 26 months, 6-4, on Saturday night. Black Hawks 1, Blues 1 In St
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    • 198 27 UPI Saturday'* Results Cleveland 86 Indiana 83, San Antonio 123 Detroit 116. Chicago 101 Golden State 96. Kansas City 94 Washington 91, Phoenix 108 DaHas 89. New Yorfc 138 Denver 112 Sunday'* Games Houston at New Jersey. San Diego at Milwaukee. Philadelphia at Boston. Atlanta at
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    • 173 27 AP EAST RUTHERFORD (New Jersey), Monday CARL LEWIS produced what he called his best long jump series ever and Don Paige shattered the American indoor record in the men's 1,000 m on Saturday night in the US Olympic invitational track and field meet at
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    • 272 27 UPI (Top four In each division qualify for Stanley Cup playoffs.) Saturday's Results Boston 4 Edmonton 1, Calgary 6 Hartford 3, Chtcar> 1 St. Louis 1, Detroit 6 Minnesota 4, Washington Philadelphia 3, NY Islanders 6 Vancouver 4, Buffalo 4 Montreal 3. Pittsburgh 3 New Jersey 2.
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    • 427 28  -  S'pore Recreation Club B edge out Jansenites A to win national six-a side tourney S'pore Recreation Club B 5 Jansenites A 4 By B KULA A STAR-studded Singapore Recreation Club B side had sweet revenge when they edged Jansenites in the final of
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    • 136 28  -  Heli Orient 1 Jansenites C 0 By B KULA JANSENITES' juniors fared no better than their seniors when they lost to Heli Orient by a solitary goal scored by Colin Fedelis in the SHA junior six-a-side knockout final for the Staminade Cup at the Padang yesterday.
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    • 133 28  -  By B KULA SINGAPORE'S junior hockey squad for the Junior World Cup qualifying round have yet to receive notification from the Federation of International Hockey on the venue of their round whether in Australia or Malaysia. If Singapore's venue is Kuala Lumpur, that would
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    • 1031 28 JOCKEY Malcolm Johnston took riding honours in Kuala Lumpur yesterday when he performed the hat-trick, bringing in hot favourite Hochoy in Race 6, Fortune Maker in Race 7 and Photophone in Race 6. Hochoy was an easy winner of the $30,000 Shah Alam Trophy for Class 3 Division
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    • 752 29  -  CLOUGH'S FOREST TURN ON THE HEAT WITH ITS FIFTH AWAY WIN IN A ROW ENGLISH LEAGUE SOCCER WITH JOHN SELLERS QPR 0 FOREST 1 THE remarkable run of success, which has transformed Forest from First Division also-rans into potential champions, continued unchecked on the artificial
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    • 405 29 CITY'S charge back to the First Division almost came unstuck against classy Portsmouth until substitute Nicky Reid popped up in injury time to score his first goal for the club to give them a 2-1 victory. Fullback
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    • 40 29 Division One lan Rush, Liverpool, 30 Steve Archibald, Tottenham, 22 Trevor Christie, Notts County, 18 Peter Withe, Aston Villa, 16 Division Two Kerry Dixon, Chelsea, 23 Kevin Keegan, Newcastle, 18 Jimmy Quinn, Oldham, 18 (17 for Stockport)
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    • 1385 29 DIVISION OMI Brmmgham 0 Wolverhampton 0. Coventry 1 West Ham United 2. Liverpool 2 Arsenal t. Norwich 3 Aston V«a 1, Notts County 3 Watford 5. Queens Park Rangers 0 Nottingham Forest t. Southampton 1 Sunderland 1. Stoke t Ipswich 0. Tottenham 3 Leicester 2. West Bromwch Atoon
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    • 332 30  -  By ALFONSO CHAN AS EXPECTED, the Freestyle event in the Straits Steamship Singapore Open '84 was dominated by the Thais, whose acrobatic inventiveness ensured first placing for Lek Saard Pan- yawan and others like Bamroong Suamsap, Pradap Rangabpis and Jeab Wichitong within the top five.
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    • 211 30  -  By B KULA RUMOURS of national coach Song Koon Poh making a comeback in international rugby after his long layoff from the scene might become a reality when Singapore takes on the other hulks of the world in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong sevens competition from March
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    • 337 31 English League Reuter, UPI LONDON, Monday MANCHESTER United reclaimed third place in the First Division with an emphatic 5-0 win at Luton yesterday as the tussle for the English soccer championship narrowed significantly to just four sides. United, pushed into fourth place by
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    • 207 31  -  TAMPINES ROVERS 2 TIONG BAHRU 0 By S GULAM WONG WEE KHONG, the Tampines Soalkeeper, stood like the Rock of Giraltar Between the posts to inspire his team to an upset win over defending champions Tiong Bahru in a National Football League
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