Singapore Monitor, 25 February 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Saturday, February 25, 1984 30cents
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  • 321 1  -  BY K K FONG THE strong Singapore dollar has led to an unexpected and unwanted import Hong Kong call girls. With our dollar so strong against the Hong Kong dollar, call girls in the British colony have been quick to spot the exchange
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  • 100 1 HAWIZAH MARSHES (Iraq), Saturday IRAQ'S Third Army Corps commander said last night that he expected a massive Iranian offensive on the Gulf War's southern sector within a matter of hours. Major-General Maher Abed Al-Rashid told reporters, who later came under Iranian shelling, that his troops
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      65 2 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew, accompanied by Mrs Lee, returned to Singapore yesterday after attending Brunei's IndeEendence Day celerations. It was a grand occasion, one that drew dignitaries from countries far and wide. While at Bandar Seri Begawan, Mr Lee also took the opportunity to hold talks with
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    • 332 2  -  PROVISION FOR EMPLOYEES WHO RETIRE AT 55 BEFORE APRIL 1 By GANDHI AMBALAM EMPLOYEES reaching the retirement age of 55 before April 1 will be allowed to withdraw the entire balance of their Central Provident Fund, both in the ordinary and
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    • 235 2 DR TAY Eng Soon, the Minister of State (Education), will hear the views of NUS students in April, after their examinations are over, when he explains to them the government's new policy on Pre-School and Primary One enrolments. Speaking to
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    • 126 2 GOOD news from Jerusalem on Jonathan Tan, our 7-year-old boy hospitalised there after a recent marrows transplant operation. His conditions have stabilised in the last few days and the marrows introduced into his body have shown signs that they are working, according to a
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    • 517 3  -  Distressed family's plea to loan sharks By LOONG SWEE YIN LOAN SHARKS, if you are looking for Lim Cha Boa, please note that she no longer lives at Block 22, Sin Min Road. This is the plea the Tan family is making through The Singapore Monitor.
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    • 216 3  -  By SIT YIN FONG THE MINISTRY of Health reported an incidence of 345 cases of notified chickenpox (varicella) in the first seven weeks of this year. Although this is more than double the 170 cases for the same period last year, a Ministry spokeswoman
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    • 271 3 Lianhe Zaobao SECONDARY school pupils should be exposed to the many schools of thought of China's pre-Qin dynasty thinkers, and not just to focus on the teachings of Confucius. This is the view of Professor Julia Ching, Professor of East Asian
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    • 99 3 MORE THAN a hundred small and medium-size local entrepreneurs will be given tips on how to be successful in their business dealings in the United States at a two-day seminar starting next Friday. "How to do business with the US" is the theme
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    • 296 4 The future mum working at home with the computer WORKING mums will one day be able to take their work home and at the same time look after the children with the help of the computer. The office-to-home computer link will allow her to have a satisfying career without diminishing
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    • 80 4 IT SEEMS that whenever a 'No Dumping* sign is erected, that spot immediately becomes a magnet for rubbish. Last November, The Monitor printed a picture of a pile of rubbish around a "No Dumping" sign at Old Upper Thomson Road, at the edge of the Pierce Reservoir
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    • 144 4 BEWARE the X factor, Mr Goh Chok Tong, Minister for Defence and Second Minister for Health, told university students last night. The X factor is the unknown factor which we never allow for in our lives. And if we as a nation
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    • AROUND SINGAPORE
      • 54 4 Scouts to raise 1.5 m to develop campsite THE Singapore Scout Association, with the help of its 12,000 members, will embark on four projects to raise $1.5 million this year to develop its Sarimbun campsite. Launching of the fund-raising projects will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Catholic
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      • 73 4 MADE-in-Singapore electronic comEonents will be promoted at an exhiition to be held in the United States from Feb 28 to March 1. A delegation of eight Singapore manufacturers will leave this Saturday for the National Electronics Production and Packaging Conference (NEPCON West)
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      • 58 4 FOUR coastal birds found in Singapore will be depicted in a special set of postage stamps to be issued by Telecoms on Mar 15. The stamps will be in the values of 10c, 35c, 50c and 75c. The birds featured are: 10c Slaty-breasted rail 35c
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      • 27 4 THE new ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Richard Louis, yesterday presented his credentials to President Devan Nair at the Istana.
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    • From our EVENING EDITION yesterday
      • 125 5 ALL the six surviving boxer does involved in last year's incident of attacking ana biting four people have been ordered by a subordinate court yesterday to be deported to Johor Baru. The case will be mentioned on March 2, at Court 18 to
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      • 76 5 PRESIDENT Marcos of the Philippines has put out feelers among fellow Asean leaders attending Brunei's independence celebrations in Bandar Seri Begawan on the possibility of having a summit in Manila this year. So far, the Asean heads of government have had two
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      • 45 5 CAPITOL Theatre and the familiar facade stretching from Shaws Building and Stamford Building to Eu Court have been acquired by the Government. The acquisition is for urban redevelopment. Ownership is now in the hands of the Urban Renewal Authority.
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      • 66 5 THE early arrival of the video tape version of The Kids From Shaolin and Project A is giving two cinema chains a headache. Cathay and Chong Gay have been battling each other for a record dox office collection, but the tapes are bound to
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    • 263 5  -  No trace of cancer-linked pesticide found but the Environment Ministry will continue with tests By LYE YIN FONG THE Environment Ministry recently tested 40 samples of imported foodstuffs for traces of a cancer-linked pesticide, ethylene dibromide, more commonly known as EDB. The imported foodstuffs are
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    • 125 5 TWO loans totalling US$22O million (***** million) are in the pipeline for Singapore from the ExportImport Bank of the United States. The bank will extend to Singapore Airlines a loan of US$l2O million to finance about 80 per cent of the cost
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  • world
    • 161 6 Reuter MANILA, Saturday PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos said the question of Philippine claims over the East Malaysian state of Sabah was still under discussion. "It is currently being taken up in diplomatic channels," Mr Marcos told reporters on his return from the Independence Day
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    • 143 6 BANGKOK, Saturday VIETNAMESE forces have shelled a forward position of Kampuchean guerillas near the Thai-Cambodian border, wounding at least eight of the defenders, guerilla sources said yesterday. The attack, which involved hundreds of troops, appeared to have been a probe of outer defences of the
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    • 460 6 Jakarta says Thais concerned over geographical proximity factor Reuter JAKARTA, Saturday FOREIGN Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadia said there was a "difference of perception" between Indonesia and Thailand regarding the Vietnamese threat to security in the region. He said Thai
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    • 315 6 Reuter BIRMINGHAM, Saturday A MAN has been arrested for the kidnapping of an Indian diplomat who was abducted and murdered two weeks ago, a police spokesman said. He said the 27-year-old man, whom he did not name, would appear in a
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    • 141 6 UPI WASHINGTON, Saturday FIRST it was a ring of concrete barriers around the White House to protect the president against suicide truck bombers. Now it is snakes synthetic reptiles placed in the trees outside the executive mansion to scare away noisy birds. Reporters
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    • 91 7 Reuter LONDON, Saturday A LONDON theatre was attacked in Parliament over plans to stage a play showing a striptease by a Margaret Thatcher lookalike. To hoots of Opposition laughter, David Amess, of the Prime Minister's Conservative Party, said the play, A Mad World,
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    • 241 7 Reuter PARIS, Saturday TRUCK DRIVERS yesterday lifted all remaining blockades that have paralysed roads throughout France for the past week after a call from their leaders to abandon their action. police said. "There is not a single blockade left in France," said
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    • 113 7 AP PARIS, Saturday GREEK SHIPPING heiress Christina Onassis will take a wealthy French businessman as her fourth husband, a friend and collegue of the future bridegroom said. The wedding date for Miss On- ass is, 33, and Mr Thierry Roussel, 31, has not
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    • 105 7 Reuter LONDON, Saturday NEW YORK, Stockholm and Tokyo are the three most expensive major cities used by businessmen and tourists, according to a British survey. The survey, conducted for. the British Tourist Authority by a firm of economic consultants in November,
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    • 533 8 No one told us anything about it, claim Syrian-backed rebels Reuter BEIRUT, Saturday THE Lebanese army said yesterday it was observing a ceasefire announced last night in Damascus, but officials of two main Syrianbacked rebel Muslim militias said they had never been contacted about
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    • 183 8 AP MOCNCHENQLAOBACH (West Germany), Saturday A 26-YEAR-OLD woman has admitted strangling her lover, sawing up his corpse, cooking parts of it and storing the pieces in her home freezer for nearly a year, authorities said yesterday. Spokesman Burckhard Grasmeier of the Moenchengladbach
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    • 279 8 Reuter GOFFSTOWN (New Hampshire), Sat THE EIGHT democratic presidential contenders said last night they were prepared to nse varying degrees of force to keep oil flowing through the Strait of Hormaz to Earope and Japan. Bat In a debate here, they refased to answer
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    • 249 8 Reuter LONDON, Saturday IRAN'S President Ali Khamenei has ordered attacks on Iraqi cities in retaliation for Iraqi missile strikes last night which Tehran said killed at least 59 peoEle in two Iranian )wns. Tehran radio quoted Mr Khamenei as telling a Friday prayers
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    • 186 8 AP ASUNCION (Paraguay), Saturday A PARAGUAYAN criminal court judge yesterday reissued an arrest warrant for Dr Josef Mengele, longsought on charges that he carried out medical experiments on Jewish inmates of Nazi Germany's Auschwitz concentration camp. Judge Anselmo Aveiro said that
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    • 516 9 Politburo says economic measures inadequate for curing country's ills Reuter MOSCOW, Saturday SOVIET economists have been told that their remedies for the country's ills are inadequate or out of touch with reality and they must reshape their attitudes. A decree from the Communist Party
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    • 333 9 Reuter BEIJING, Saturday CHINA'S leading newspaper yesterday condemned the national airline CAAC for its poor service, bureaucracy and ineffective leadership. The People's Daily said the poor service offered by CAAC gave Cnina a bad image abroad, and that many senior officials refused
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    • 191 9 Reuter BONN, Saturday WEST Germany has welcomed a sudden increase this week in the number of East Germanabeing allowed to emigrate to the West. A government spokesman said the influx, which some newspapers estimate at 100 a day since the weekend, would
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    • 153 9 SALT LAKE CITY (Utah), Saturday A UNIVERSITY of Utah surgeon said he plans* to implant tiny electronic artificial ears in 20 patients within a year and already has selected the first candidate. The artificial ear has the potential to help 65 per
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    • 897 10 LAT-WP LOS ANGELES: Saturday LEADING cartographers say a new world map promoted by the National Council of Churches as a major advance in map-making is actually inferior to the well-known Merca tor-projection' maps that adorn most classroom walls. the new map is based on what is
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    • 418 10 AP NEW YORK, Saturday WITH talk of "liberation" in the US usually focusing on women, American men need someone to fight for their rights, says a New York lawyer who has founded a men's rights organisation. Mr Sidney Siller, who specialises in divorce
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    • 85 6 NOTICE OF REMOVAL Please note that with effect from 25 Feb 1984 our office will continue business as usual at the following new address to provide our customers with better service. No. 3 Miller Street, Singapore 0718 Tel: *****88 (20 lines) Telex: RS ***** Cable: SIAKSONCO MIDDLE ROAD f[ U
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    • 8 6 Good jobs are plentiful! Look in the Classifieds
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    • 100 9 IMA FANS Known for reliability in over 70 countries around the world. The very same quality that has. made it the favourite choice. USHA Fan motor is now housed with double ball-bearings to give long lasting, noise free operation the fan blades are made of aluminium. Now readily available with
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    • 62 10 Seafood /f Restaurant Introducing... Chinese 4-Course Lunch at only $5 per head You can also try our house-speciality. To name a few... BLACK BEAN FISH-HEAD CHILLI CRABS CHICKEN RICE STEAMBOAT Call now for reservations: *****96 V Vo<\ 1 RTiMTwars V I We are tally looked from 7.00 pm o» 31/1/84
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  • money
    • 443 11 Dealers concerned over high US interest rates and big deficit WALL Street jitters continued to disturb stocks on the local exchange this week. High US interest rates and blues over the US deficit, together with the fact that the strength of the economic recovery
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    • 183 11 BRITISH CURRENCY CLOSED AT $3.1130 AFTER MID-DAY EASE THE pound has moved above 3.10 to the Singapore dollar less than three weeks after pulling back above $3. It closed last night at the top at $3.1130 after reaching 3.11 in the morning and easing at midday. The
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    • 199 11 AP THE US dollar fell on European ex-' change markets for a third straight session early yesterday despite forecasts of higher American interest rates. Gold bullion prices declined. Traders said the dollar was under pressure from prevailing market sentiment that the currency is overvalued. They said there
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    • 206 11 r HHLLSTREET Reuter THE stock market achieved its best gain in more than seven months yesterday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing up by 30.47 points. The DJ index, which had fallen in each of the six previous weeks, rose to 1165.10. Advancing
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    • 1428 12  -  Strong cash reserves and attractive dividend payout give flour mill a strong appeal A °Oju 4 X> r j Review by CITY SECURITIES PRIMA LTD, currently the largest flourmiller in Singapore is an attractive investment for medium to long-term. It is cash-rich, ungeared and
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    • 805 13 RELAXATION OF TELECOMS' POLICY ON THE USE OF MODEMS NOW THAT Telecoms allows the free purchase of modems, one can expect a mushrooming of computer networks. This is already the case in countries such as the United States. An executives can bring his work home
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    • 25 13 John reads Winnie's message immediately. Sally will see that she has "mail" when she returns to her computer.
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    • 38 13 Pamela has her computer send a message to Michael after she goes home to take advantage of lower phone rates. Michael reads message received the previous day on his buffered modem.
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    • 24 14 Bill in Denver sends message to Ceil in Phoenix. Ceil reads Bill's message as it is being sent.
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    • 119 14 NOW THERE are intelligent modems as well. Some are so intelligent that they allow telephone links between computers to be operated virtually unattended. These are the auto-dial, auto-answer and auto-disconnect modems. In the United States, enterprising salesmen are using the computer to
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    • 308 14 They're fearful of the keen competition MODEM suppliers view deregulation with caution as it means fiercer competition through lower prices and more dealers. Telecoms buys about 1,500 to 2,000 modems a year from its suppliers. With de-regulation, it remains to be seen whether
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    • 43 14 Ken sends a message to Bob's "mail box" on The Source. THE SOURCE THE SOURCE ELECTRONIC MAIL BOX When he returns from a trip 2 days later, Bob pulls the message from his "mail box" off The Source.
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  • opinion / letters
    • 489 15 .V«a'hu:; COMMENT A TRIP to Hanoi by any Asean leader is not so commonplace that it can pass without notice. When that visit is by the commander of Indonesia's Armed Forces, General Benny Murdani, more than eyebrows were bound to be raised. Of course, Gen
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    • 110 15  -  REPLY V S SUNDRAM Senior PRO SBC PLEASE refer to the letter by June Anastasia and "TV Viewer" (SM, Feb 21). We wish to clarify. The reduction of transmission hours on Channel 5 is temporary, resulting from the
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    • 595 15  -  Lottor from Ministry f of ComnwmleetlowP HAN FOOK KWANG for Permaaent Secretary (Commqnications) WE HAVE so far discussed in some detail how all the various modes of transportation cars, taxis, buses and the MKT play their part in urban transportation and
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    • 133 15  -  A G YOUNG Singapore 1953 THE junction of Bartley Road, Paya Lebar Road and Upper Paya Lebar Road always floods after a downpour in spite of the presence of drains in the area. It appears that the drainage system in the area has been poorly designed and
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous

  • 402 16  -  SATURDAY'S BEST WITH VALERIE TREVOR Saturday Night Movie The Beauty Jungle (Ch 5, 10.30 pm) SHIRLEY FREEMAN (played by Janette Scott) is just an ordinary typist until she wins a beauty contest. Life is never tne same again as blind ambition and a newspaper reporter spur her
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  • 295 16  -  MOST POPULAR LOCAL TV ARTISTE TV Scene By WONG SING YEONG JEFFREY Wang Yuqing was declared the most popular local television artiste in a poll conducted by May Monthly, a local entertainment magazine. In the final count, published in this month's issue of the magazine,
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  • 177 16 MALAYSIA'S commercial network will start transmission six months ahead of its January 1985 schedule to coincide with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles on July 28. If negotiations for transmission rights run well, Malaysian viewers will be able to
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 154 16 New yeu can get the latest news at 8 EMPORIUM Holdings Supermarkets: tool It's all Ik THE SINGAPORE MONITOR Available at: Emporium Supermarkets: ORIENTAL (PEOPLE'S PARK) EMPORIUM A SUPERMARKET #B-1 People's Park Centre Singapore 0105. ORIENTAL (CLEMENTI) EMPORIUM A SUPERMARKET Blk 451 Clementi Town Centre Ave 3 #01-309 Singapore 0512
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 1485 16 F mQu teonp g,2 1.00 Opening and Programme Highlight* followed by I I II J BV I Saaama Straat. IN 2 05 Flash Gordon (Chapter 10). ~BMB I I 2.35 Saturday Matinee: Father Came Too! Br 4.10 2nd Marl ion Cup Soccar Tournament (Laat Epi- I j B^K China vs
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  • leisure
    • 472 17 BBC ACTRESS AIMS FOR AUTHENTICITY OPA BBC actress Emily Bolton has been on a diet since Christmas and now she's grappling with a Chinese dialect, Fujian, for the sake of authenticity when she returns to Singapore next month to make a new series of BBC's Tenko. Emily, who
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    • 652 17 Singaporean may be among those hit in Montmartre AP PARIS: Their countless canvasses of big-eyed waifs, Eiffel towers and instant portraits grace living room walls the world over. But hard times are coming for hundreds of artists atop Montmartre, including at least one artist from Singapore, Mr
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    • 223 17 THE top 10 singles in the US, based on Billboard's survey of sales and broadcast play, are; 1. Jump Van Halen 2. 99 Red Balloons Nena 3. Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper 4. Thriller Michael Jackson 5. Nobody Told Me John Lennon 6.
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    • 363 18 FLOWING WITH EAZYSTREEM A FRIEND told me that she'd rather listen to Eazystreem in the bedroom than in a lounge. I didn't quite agree, although I knew what she meant. The sounds of Eazystreem flow effortlessly and naturally. The effect is very soothing, especially good after a hard
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    • 188 18 WEDNESDAY is the last night for Tony, Terry and Spencer at the Imperial Lounge of Oberoi Imperial Hotel, and tonight is the last chance you have of catching Sheba at Peppermint Park at Parkway Parade, before the girls go Down Under. Sheba is a four-girl rock band from
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    • 248 18  -  ALBUM: WHAT A FEELIN' ARTISTE: Irene Cara LABEL: Epic CBS All reviews by LIM SEK RIGHT time, wrong place. Or is it wrong time, right place? In any case, Irene Cara's career never seems to take off. With her talent and the breaks that she's been getting, Irene
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    • 273 18 ALBUM: REFLECTIONS ARTISTE: Sa Rei LABEL: Tony LP-751 (^Mmitmg Life is a spiritual journey that will eventually bring us home, but when we reflect, the stormy road of life is transformed into the sounds of music. THIS is the promise of the album. The nine songs here
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    • Article, Illustration
      109 18 ALBUM: TRUE ARTISTES: Spandau Ballet LABEL: CDL 1403 THIS album may be one year old but it is worth drawing attention to. If you think the new romantic style of Spandau Ballet is unpalatable, this will change your mind. The smooth ballad treatment of the smash single, True,
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    • 436 19  -  Director Carlino disappoints TITLE: CLASS STARRING: Rob Lowe, Jacqueline Bluet, Andrew McCarthy DIRECTOR: Lewis John Carlino SHOWING: Lido Roviowod by PHILIP CHEAH MENTION Lewis John Carlino and I jump. Four years back, ne was responsible for one of those unexpectedly remarkable films, the type that leaves
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    • 36 18 ABC Stout National Arm Wrestling Challenge Grand Finals: Gay World Stadium,7.3o pm, 25th Feb. lCPnr (Contestants weigh in at 6.30pm). On-the-spot Lucky Draw prizes to be given away. ci Plus Pugilistic Display and Lion Dance. THERE.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 735 19 fUM GUIO€ ORCHARD (*****88): TWO OF A KIND (E) Starring; John Travolta, Olivia NewtonDALIT (*****16): 36 SUPERKIDS (C) John CAPITOL (*****59): GO FOR IT (E) Midnight show: OBSESSED (C) Synopsis: Two condemned sinners are al- Starring: Bod Spencer, Terence Hill Starring: Al Di, Huang Yuncai, Cheng Kewei lowed to return
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    • 187 20 i r" 0 3 o rtmrw!fKi 0000 X KM BMAtWAT CtUEN SM.TM X I 1 jw& 7 »«wjr T 130,3 iil«iie' 15pm S 1 2 Shows: 7.30 A 9.90pm 1.00, 9.90, 7.00, 9.15pm 2 ffM om era X 1.90,4.00, 6.45, 9.00pm 140,190,7.15,9.15pm J iriimr wwr colkn cm x J 1.90,4,7.15,9.90pm
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    • 98 20 3rd WEEK lIDPIIIQII. (*****88) 4 SHOWS: J UnCnAnU: i.ao, 4.00, 1.30 9.15 TOMORROW EXTRA SHOW at 11am J -TOGETHp, THEY'RE-j Is^aali Sfe JOHN TRAWHJA<OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Featuring 2 hit songa 'Twiat Off Fata" ft 1 "Tafca k Chanca" CATHAY: MOW SHOWINGI (>*****0) 5 SHOWS: 11m, 1.30,4.00,8.30 8 8.15pm ODEON: HURRYI LAST
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 111 20 HARRY IN YOUR POCKET HILTON Movie House will screen Harry in Your Pocket, a film about the world of pickpockets, tomorrow at 8.15 pm at the rooftop poolsfde. LE MIRALE DE3 LOUPS THE Alliance Francaise will screen Le Mirale des Loups on Tuesday at 9 pm at Cultural Theatre, Cuscaden
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    • 704 20 CHAOZHOU OPERA Guangdong Troupe from make its third appear- A ance in Singapore from A Pf tomorrow to March 20, H at 8 pm at Palace The- The troupe will entertain with a varied programme of opera f 'K favourites, featuring y comedies, romances and tragedies. aA Tickets at $40
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 593 21 leisure comics ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry f .but tmc p4.ackm»/IAii—HIIJIIMI Wfru Dtctoc*tris stf/ousK It HO l 5515£ v J/JX* RE CEIV/ED WOPERATIONDIDNET X IWHi tr ike views MISTAKES as an VM L DISTURBING REPORTS OF 730.000 TO f TSWwIKt HUMAN WEAKNESS-Xf 1 blundering results j m strike...the man
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 316 22  -  mm By JOE FERNANDO THE Zafir-trained Secret Knight looks ready to score his second win when he takes on IS moderate rivals in Race 4, a 1,700-metre event for Class 5 Division 1 horses, in Penang today. The five-year-old Irish gelding
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    • 118 22 GLITTER SHOULD START THE CLEAR FAVOURITE AND WIN GLITTER (S) won Us last start with ease, storming through with a powerful burst to the post His form has Improved and he should start the clear favourite la Race 2. New Zealand (1) to an Improved rac- er now
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    • 141 22 ARTHUR WARD, a former champion Jockey on the Singapore-Malaysia racing circnit, is having a good ran as a trainer in Hong Kong. He is currently third on the trainers' standings, behind George Moore and T C Cheng, bat is exciting Happy Valley with his
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    • 232 22 BOUNTY Hunter H in Class 4 will be renamed Moulin Rouge H from March. Gold Art (Class 4) will be known as Menang Sikit, Magician 111 (Class 4) as Tasmin Power and Shepherd (Class 6) as Small Knife in April. Horses deleted: Class 1 Tanjong Bungah H, Gulf Eagle,
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    • 469 22 TWO newcomers, Red Minstrel and Jingle Bell IV, have been registered in Class 1, according to the latest amendments to the Malayan Racing Association's classification list published on Feb 20. Red Minstrel (148 rating) is a four-year-old Irish horse by Averof
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    • 197 22 QORAM MA ZHEN-TAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zoo Bao) (Wan Bao) Race 1 Stan Hong 10 Mepte Grave Sian Hoog 14 ProductMly 8 Stan Hong 10 Maple Grove 10 Maple Grove 11 Tontonan II 1 Cabochon II Rac* > Gutter N 7 PotonMn 10 Ponnanenl 0 Trad Blazer IV
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    • 264 22  -  By WONDER BOY AUCKLAND, Saturday A RECORD turnout is expected at the Ellerslie race course here this afternoon when the muchawaited clash between Commissionaire, McGinty and Fountaincourt takes place. The seventh running of the Air New Zealand Stakes
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    • 443 25 classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant THE SINGAPORE MONITOR is inviting applicants for the post of a TECHNICIAN (ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS Responsibilities Operation and maintenance of an advanced newspaper computer system on a round-the-clock basis. Maintenance of pre-press equipment such as photo-typesetters, facsimile equipment, graphic cameras. 9 Maintenance of electrical facilities Qualifications 6 Experience
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    • 156 26 classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant We or* o member of the international GLAXO Group, one of the world's leading and most successful health core companies. W We have new fob openings fort Assistant Production Technicians The Job To provide full shift cover on a stage and assist in the operation of
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    • 653 27 ONLY three Division One matches in the National Football League could be played last weekend with all producing shock results. Topping the list of upsets was the 2-4 defeat last Saturday of league leaders Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association by
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    • 685 27 AP CHICAGO, Saturday EMIL ZATOPEK ran farther, faster than any man before him, capturing the gold in the three long-distance events in a single Olympic a triumph of endurance and speed unmatched in the annals of the Games. Before Zatopek's 1952 performance in Helsinki,
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    • 252 28  -  By B KULA NATIONAL hockey coach Phil Williams has more than just plans for the growth of hockey in Singapore, indoor hockey, a fast growing game throughout the world, is an idea he wants to push. If the Singapore Hockey
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    • 513 28  -  By B KULA R S L DRAGONS are here to repeat their winning performance against Casuarina Cougars of Australia in the Singapore Cricket Club rugby sevens for the Ablitt Cup on the Padang. The competition starts today and ends tomorrow.
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    • 705 28  -  By SHIRISH NADKARNI S in Hong Kong IT WILL BE Indonesia versus New Zealand in the finals of the zonal preliminary rounds of the 1984 Thomas Cup series and if, however, it is anything like what it was at the group stage, it will
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    • 522 28 THE annual golf match for the Ksihi Cup between the Singapore Island Country Club captain's team and the vice-captain's team will tee-off tomorrow at (7.45 a.m.) at the Bukit Course. The draw and starting times: Ist tee: 7.45 H E H Fukada (18) and
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    • 300 29  -  The meeting will be the first in three years Stories by S GULAM JOHOR will soon be invited by the Football Association of Singapore to play a friendly match against the national team. This was disclosed yesterday by Mr Teo Chong Tee,
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    • 426 29 TWO foreigners an Englishman and a Scot will probably decide the outcome of this even- ing's National Football League Division One match between defending champions Tionc Bahru and high-riding Farrer Park Dynamos at the Queenstown Athletic Centre. Andrew Baum, from the United Kingdom, is
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    • 215 29 HONGKONG TEAKWOOD 8 CENTURY PARK 2 HONGKONG Teak wood qualified for the second round of the Third Division in Singapore Business Houses Football League after winning the match against Century Park at Farrer Park yesterday. Teakwood's striker Abdul Rahman was the man of
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    • 300 30  -  By ERNEST FRIDA JAGTAR SINGH, the flying Sikh, who has run short of rivals in the long distance events in Singapore, has set his sights on a training scholarship to West Germany. Jagtar, 22, who promotes New Balance track shoes for a living,
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    • 541 30  -  By ALFONSO CHAN AT THE Tiger's Tavern along Alexandra Road last Wednesday night, as the beers flowed, a huge being with a slow and deliberate gait casually sauntered in and eased his 1.9-metre, 90kg body on to the plush cushion seats.
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    • 213 30  -  By K SILVAM THIRTEEN-year-old Colin Wee will make his international debut at the Thai Open Archery Championships in Pattaya from March 16-20. He will be accompanied by four other archers, Chris Ho, Jimmy Ow, Bill Wee and Eric Khoo. The shoot at the
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    • 198 30 Reuter OSTEND, Saturday THE strange story of the lost badminton coorti dominated the second day of the Thomas and Über Caps European badminton qualifying tournaments here last night. Because the original courts were considered too bumpy, slippery, and unsafe with a short run
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    • 473 31  -  1983 SPORTSBOY AND SPORTSGIRL AWARDS MONITOR sports By K SILVAM SCHOOLBOY football international A R J Mani is the only notable absentee on the list of IS nominees recommended by the Singapore Schools Sports Council for the 1983 Sportsboy and Sportsgirl awards. Mani's omission
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