Singapore Monitor, 29 February 1984

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    12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Wednesday, February 29, 1984 30cents
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    CREDIT, CHARGE CARD FIRMS GANG UP TO STOP SURCHARGING
    716 1  -  By JEANNE WONG CREDIT and charge card companies are planning to join forces to stop shopkeepers charging more than the cash price for goods bought with these cards. They are also thinking of including a maximum liability clause in their card
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      108 1 HEADLESS SBC to telecast Qfir corpse: series of J H|U BjjmHEE™ coroner's dramas every j court weekday: RPyA hearing See Page 17 It Mf See Page 2 ff jl Grays scores high on two superb Jil models Consider their winning points /Ugh! Blue Super Fibre is handcrafted in Hickory and
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      CISCO guard shoots himself accidentally
      139 2  -  By SURESH NAIR A POLICEMAN was accidentally shot in the leg yesterday afternoon when a bunch of keys got entangled with his revolver and fired it in a freak accident at the Textile Centre at Jalan Besar. Fortunately, Ahmad bin Artala, 23, a CISCO guard
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      High-powered Ministry team seeks views on non-NWC bargaining
      345 2  -  Selected firms also asked for opinions on Medisave By GANDHI AMBALAM A HIGH-POWERED Labour Ministry team has met representatives of 18 selected companies and labour unions to find out whether they are readv to enter direct negotiations on wage bargaining without the
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      Lausanne student here for hotel management study
      296 2  -  By YEOW MEI SIN SWITZERLAND and the Hotel School of Lausanne may be the magnet when it comes to our hotel trainees going for foreign studies, but it is not entirely a one-way flow. A Swiss student from the school has chosen to
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      Headless corpse: It's open verdict
      220 2 The Coroner's Court yesterday gave an open verdict in the case of a woman whose headless body was found near the shrubs of the Jurong sector of the Pan Island Expressway on July 30, 1982. The identity, nationality and the cause of death of the
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      Women, you are more flu-prone
      298 3  -  You face twice the risk of contracting the illness than men, says Ministry survey By LYE YIN FONG WOMEN ARE usually the first to succumb when the flu bug makes its seasonal appearance, particularly when they work in airconditioned offices. The Ministry of the Environment
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      Lock icon Water follies
      106 3 'Fort Canning water tank has has been spilling for a month' THIS MAY make a wonderful waterfall for tha chlldran, but tha overflowing water maana money down tha drain. This water tank, juat behind tha Fort Canning reservoir, has baan spilling water since tha beginning of tha month,
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      FIRST LEAP YEAR BABY
      180 4 About 20 infants are expected before the day is through MADAM Sumarseh Samsi, 26, was all smiles this morning as her leap year baby was put into her arms. Her son, born at 12.28 am, was the first of three babies that were delivered between midnight
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      SOS SIGNALS FOR TENG CHEONG
      428 4  -  By YONG POW ANG IT WAS one "SOS" signal after another (or Mr Ong Teng Cheong, NTUC Secretary-General and the Minister without Portfolio, last night. It was the turn of the Singapore Organisation of Seamen in Mr Ong's get ting-to-you-know sessions with unions. The topics
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      BOGUS DOCTOR TO BE CHARGED
      105 4 THE MAN who posed as a doctor and managed to fool staff at the Kandang Kerbau maternity hospital last year is expected to face charges shortly of impersonation and forgery. He is said to come from Malaysia. He claimed he had a medical degree from
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    • From our EVENING EDITION yesterday
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        Court told how father reversed car over baby
        95 5 A MOTHER related to the coroner's court yesterday how she tried to stop her husband from reversing his vehicle over their 15-month-old son Madam Puan Wan Peck said she was doing her housework in their house at Seletar West last September, when
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        Where your donations go – Community Chest
        76 5 Where your donations go Community Chest THE Community Chest revealed to the public yesterday how it spent the total donations to clear doubts on its administration. For every dollar the public give, 29 cents go to help a disabled person, 28 cents go to help a needy elderly person, 18
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        Kharg Island raid sends told and oil prices up
        76 5 THE prices of gold and all oil products made a sharp rise after Iraq said its warplanes had bombed tankers berthed at Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal. In Europe, the crude oil spot market in Rotterdam was brought to a complete
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      Bloodshed in Lebanon and the new art syllabus
      349 5  -  By BERTILLA PEREIRA BLOODSHED in Lebanon and the pain and anguish of war around the world: tnese are some of the realities of life that Primary Six pupils will have to face and ponder in their art classes. The new art syllabus,
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      Survey indicates property prices likely to fall
      193 5  -  By ANG PENG HWA PROPERTY prices are expected to suffer an across-the-board drop this quarter, according to the survey of business expectations of the real estate sector, released yesterday by the Ministry of National Development. For the first time since the quarterly opinion
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      THE MIGHTY DOLLAR
      190 6 Fairly stable Singapore dollar holds its own against other currencies economic survey of Singapore 101$ PART TWO A SURPLUS balance of payments and better economic performance led to a strong Singapore dollar. It was fairly stable against the US dollar in 1983, fluctuating within a range of
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      FULL EMPLOYMENT EVEN DURING A SLACK PERIOD
      150 6 AS THE economy continued its slowdown in the first half of 1983, the demand for labour slackened. The Labour Force Survey showed that the unemployment rate rose to 3.2 per cent in June 1983. However, full employment was still maintained since the bulk
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      1.2 pc inflation rate last year lowest since 1976
      298 6 THE inflation rate of 1.2 per cent in 1983 was the lowest since 1976 when prices declined by 1.9 per cent. As imported consumer products were generally cheaper, the increase in consumer prices was solely due to domestic factors such as
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      Automation raises electricity consumption
      92 6 AUTOMATION and mechanisation have their price: They send electricity consumption soaring. While the overall output of the economy expanded by 7.9 per cent, total electricity consumption increased at a faster rate of 10 per cent. The growth rate was twice that in 1982., It took a
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      Less revenue for Govt
      82 6  -  STORIES BY RODNEY HOBSON THE slowdown in economic expansion since the middle of 1981 has slowed the growth of government revenue. The government received a total of $12 billipQ,. an increase of 17 per cent compared-with a 29 per ceftt -imcrease in 1982. Income tax collections
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      60 2 |M M| m 1 PALM COURT Din« and unn« alfresco. By candlelight Moon and stars, balmy atmosphere and soft breezes, good food and drinks will make for a pleasant evening. Malayan Cultural Show every night in the Breezy Verandah. AMPLE FREE PARKING Our tradition is legendary S Raffles Hotel Brack
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      75 3 to watch. 1# > ll Jix' ti? < fcSS x Citizen uses color to create a whole newlmpressm.RrhirrLFbrher. Never has color been used to greater advantage >8 we m tin^ cpioB 15 Vjd dramatic color. Color that continues around your wrist on a richly textured band with the look of
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      112 4 SANYO turn matt.A own B *<• J *flp£ V vl 11 1 jM Muhammad Ali, gold WV medalist light heavyweight ■BHAI boxer, remembers the thrill of the 1960 Rome Olympics. I looking forward to the 1964 Los Angeles Olympics. We're glad to IRH associated wfth the Olympic Mlll l i
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      27 5 I 1 vi. A. I AsAN MOTOR CO (FTO LTD AUo available at Alia Motort Skowroomt: KAMFONG AMPATTeI:2BO4MO* YEN SAN BMLMNU Tel: *****22.*****24* ALEXANDRA ROAD Tel: *****41
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      Lock icon Iraq will attack tankers near Kharg: Minister
      489 7 Reuter PARIS, Wednesday IRAQI First Deputy Prime Minister Taha Yassin Ramadan said yesterday his country would attack anyoil tankers beading towards the Iranian terminal of Kharg "We will attack all tankers that are heading towards the terminal. That is not a tactical warning,"
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      Lock icon Ships still loading at Iran oil terminal
      143 7 UPI LONDON, W«dnMday OIL TANKER crews in. the Persian Gulf reported loading without incident yesterday at Iran's Kharg Island terminal and US officials disputed Iraq's claim to have bombed the port Responding to President Reagan's pledge to keep the Strait of Hormuz open,
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      Lock icon Another model in the royal romance scene?
      115 7 UPI LONDON, Wednesday ANOTHER beautiful young model entered the royal romance scene yesterday a 17-year-old whose latest companion is 19-year-old Prince Edward. The Daily Mail reported that Prince Edward had been dating fashion model Romy Adlington from Micheldever in Hampshire for six months.
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      Lock icon Hart may upset Mondale
      441 8 CBS POLL PROJECTS SENATOR TO DEFEAT FRONT-RUNNER NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY AP CONCORD (Now Hampshire), Wed SENATOR Gary Hart of Colorado threatened to score a major upset in the New Hampshire Democratic Primary yesterday with the CBS Television network saying he may be the "possible winner" over
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      Lock icon 75 die in religious riot in city near Lagos
      158 8 UPI LAGOS, Wed MUSLIM fundamentalists wielding axes, machetes and guns went on a rampage in a market, battling riot police and killing 75 people in the northeastern city of Yola, official reports said. The governmentrun regional radio in Kaduna, close to
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      Lock icon US House panel cuts military aid to the Philippines
      227 8 AP WASHINGTON, Wednesday A US Home of Representatives subcommittee approved major changes yesterday in a US military and economic aid package to the Philippines in an attempt to send President Marcos a signal of congressional concern that free elections be held
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      Soviet embassy hit by Afghan rebels
      124 8 ISLAMABAD, Wed AFGHAN guerillas stased coordinated attacks on the Soviet embassy and government buildings in Kabul to mark the fourth anniversary of citv-wide protests against Soviet intervention, western diplomats said. According to them, the guerillas' rocket and mortar fire on the embassy and surrounding
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      Lock icon Gemayel to meet Assad
      219 9 They are expected to discuss scrapping of accord Lebanon signed with Israel Reuter DAMASCUS, Wednesday LEBANESE President Amin Gemayel is expected to visit Damascus for a summit meeting with Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad, the official Syrian news agency Sana said. Diplomatic sources said the two leaders
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      Lock icon Plane skids off runway at NY airport
      57 9 AP NEW YORK, Wad A SCANDINAVIAN air-' lines jumbo jet carrying 163 people skidded off a runway as it landed at Kennedy Airport and stopped with its nose wheel in a shallow creek, authorities said. There was no serious injuries in the 4.15
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      Lock icon MODEL HELD ON $2 MIL FRAUD CHARGE
      77 9 UPI CANADIAN model, Suzanne Cyr, 27, Is shown handcuffed after her. arrest by Boston detectives on Sunday. Cyr and her boyfriend, Who was also arrested, were arraigned on Monday on fugitives charges in Boston Municipal Court The pair are wanted in Canada for
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      136 7 We are set for lunch. Japanese set lunch at the Nadaman from $21* to $36* Set lunch at the Nadaman lives in the taste and the style that could up to the restaurant's reputation for only belong to the Nadaman. the finest cuisine in Japan. If you prefer, order ala
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      207 8 Make a date for every Friday at the Poolside r— ■ft jjP L^SfmMWK^Kd i^H^Olfll S ■fiEjKL. •'•■^S*' Gourmet cold cuts, fresh crunchy salads, whole chunks of juicy meat, heaps of steaming noodles, creamy desserts, light pastries sizzling dazzling variety. It's a generous barbecue spread that'll satisfy/ the heartiest appetite! Xj>
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      11 8 y- 1 1 Want a job? Look in the Classifieds v-
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      76 9 SBVPTOS 7/ PA. Daily Interest credited monthly FIXED DEPOSRS 71 PA. for 9 and 12 months &SZp.A. &751,. for 1 and 3- months for 6 months Interest rate* are subject to change without notice. Head Office A Main Branch: FAR EASTERN BANK LIMITED 156 Cecil Street, #01-00 Far Eastern Bank
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      252 10 i+ I < ..rj* J rj, 9 r..: ""r&v r.. jjr.tfflK.Vi u V,: A Credit Card. A Charge CardOiJy the size is the same. A credit card is not a With a credit card charge card. however, anything but (There are many settlement within 20 days of examples of credit
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      Lock icon Stock prices close sharply lower
      206 11 r < WMLLSTREET L Reuter WALL STREET was sent staggering yesterday as stock prices closed sharply lower on a broad front on news of a change in signals from the White House about the chances of a tax increase and a stalemate in bipartisan budget-cut-ting
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      Surprising dip in Kentucky
      116 11 SHARE OF THE DAY j WHATEVER happened to Kentucky Fried Chicken shares? That the counter has lost over 60 cents this month has left dealers dumbfounded. The dip in price could not possibly be due to stiff competition from rival companies. After all, Kentucky has managed
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      A chance to gauge tougher SES manual
      539 11  -  OPINIONS OF BROKERS AND ANALYSTS FAVOURABLE By JOYCE QUEK WITH the issue of the Chan Ho prospectus, the stock market has its first chance to gauge the tougher listing requirements of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Now tnat brokers and analysts have had
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      Good potential for Singapore jewellery in growing US market
      176 11  -  By ALVIN LEE THE growing US market for jewellery is a likely target for local jewellery manufacturers. This was a valuable point impressed upon them by Mr Timothy Green in a talk organised by United Overseas Bank last night. Mr Green,
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      Lock icon Dollar and Gold
      235 11 AP GOLD prices rallied to the US$4OO an ounce level and the value of the dollar slipped against currencies on foreign markets yesterday. Dealers were worried over the threat to world oil supplies posed by the Gulf war. But dealers noted that the dollar recovered most of
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      More reserves in coffer
      335 12 CHAN HO PROSPECTUS CHAN HO Engineering Ltd has actually more reserves than first suspected. It actually has a revaluation surplus of $9.16 million, of which $4,031 million was incorporated in the accounts. Had the entire amount of $5,129 million been taken up in the calculations, adjusted
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      TWO MAIN SOURCES OF INCOME FOR CHAN HO
      264 12 THE revised Stock Exchange of Singapore listing manual requires the breakdown of turnover and profit figures to be presented in categories which explain the source of such income. In Chan Ho's case, two categories were defined Industrial Machinery/Product Work and Electrical Products/Trading.
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      China may be world's fourth largest gold producer
      109 12 BY the mid-*****, China could become the fourth largest gold producer in the world. Among the major producer nations, China is said to be the greatest enigma in the years ahead. Its true production figures are not available but estimates f»ut it
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      Lock icon More tax concessions in the pipeline for Simex members
      326 12 Lianhe Zaobao DETAILS are being worked out for tax concessions to be given to individual members and tax relief for corporate clearing members on the proposed Singapore International Monetary Exchange, which is due to commence operations on May 2. Reliable sources
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      Amcol Electrical announces pre-tax profit of $784,000
      106 12 AMCOL Electrical Industries has announced a group pre-tax profit of $784,000 for the year ended Dec 31, 1983. Operating profit was $1.74 million on a turnover of $84.45 million. Its group profit after tax was $784,000. The company itself had an operating loss
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      253 12 Features 0 mb Standard memory of 2K, expandable up to ■J UK. I® MODEL 6iooiim A* 18 characters per second; bi-directional ii 'Centronics Parallel Interface (Standard) IS a reliable and Versatile RS-232C Serial Interface (Optional) LETTER QUALITY PRINTER with graphics capabilities, and MM *'P m J Microspace Justification it k
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      588 13 m I■ T m"!. PT 7ml ml S '..'<T. m NEW UQHT ELECTRICAL (PTE) LTD 18 Showroom 196. Serarvgoon Road. spore 0821 f IRgst^T Assured UK IMPORTED QUEEN SIZE SPRING MATTRESS to dear below ex-factory price at $350 each (actual price $550). These mattresses are recommended for back trouble. 118
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    Lock icon Europe faces prospect of almost limitless TV
    888 14 BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY IS CAUSING PROBLEMS OF CONTROL AND FINANCING features Reuter LONDON: Europe faces saturation television in the near future but is divided about bow to regulate and finance tbe revolution in communications. Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has described direct broadcasting by
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      72 14 "rSfflßp i v V®if-r-*.crS /mrL iiow iwycu i. yft 0/\ tx.» ""S?' 4t Dance /iigA/ away to 5MpPr music and the OQ) exciting lighting and sound of (mnS CJPTEMPO SOCIN D AGENCY o stf*" For Reservations: Tel: *****11 Ext 127,101 mft»» Hotel Royal jjfrjji* Emperor's Room. ■RH 36 Newton Road.
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      53 14 RESTAURANT The traditional Malay Cuisine you've all been waiting for. So. come on in and let us spice up your life 1 W <M 'pfrU IJfn ,hV BINTANG TIMUR RESTAURANT Sr. 'tN M i;' V". r f,! Si/.! s.r. |,iI'V-;' 1., <ms«< Hi Mill 'SS Hours 11 I I)(} Ml
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      Don't applaud...yet
      438 15 THE SINGAftWI COMMENT HOW tempting it is to stand back and take the applause. You, the average Singaporean, have much to be proud of in what you achieved last year. You were told the world was in recession, that you must be Erepared for the worst. Yet you
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      Doctors are not robots
      162 15 THEY ARE ALSO TRAINED NOT TO BE PUSHED AROUND BY THE PATIENT I REFER to the letter, "Is this the state of our medical profession?" (SM, Feb 20) in which the writer, "Sufferer," criticised a doctor for not treating him a few days before the Lunar
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      21st century starts in the year 2001
      109 15 WHICH is correct? I refer to the report "Will life come to an end in 1999?" (SM, Feb 18). It was stated that 1999 marks the end of a century. The year 2000 is actually not the start of the 21st century but
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      Vandals caused damage to 'concrete' tree
      197 15  -  RONA LEONG (MISS) Asst Public Relations Officer Pablic Relations Unit Sentosa Development Corporation WE REFER to your article "Concrete Tree of St John's" by Mr Chew Yen Fook (SM, Feb 17). The coconut tree pictured was damaged by vandals possibly with a chopper. To
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    The battle at Ballinamuck
    446 16 Highlights Cosmopolitan Theatre (French/Irish) The Year of the French: The Place of the Pig (Ch 12, 9 pm) GENERAL LAKE retakes Castlebar easily. John Moore is captured and questioned. When this news gets to Killala, the agrarian activists, led by Duggan, threaten to kill the loyalist
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    Monday to Friday dramas
    550 16  -  TV Scene By WONG SING YEONG STARTING this July, SBC will telecast a series of single-episode dramas every night from Monday to Friday. The one-hour drama, Hua Deng Chu Shan (literally, Evening Light) will probably come on just before the Mandarin News on Channel 8. Each
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      1376 16 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by y ~\j 4.20 Tachnology: Risks and Opportunities. <■[ Focusing on new methods of chemical plant pro- w l m' tection and pest control m |jp| JHI Aik. I' A 4.35 Exercise with Gloria. A 5.00 Animals, Animals, Animals: Giraffe ifl A. J^tyL The
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      Lock icon From the shadows
      971 17  -  Supergroup of the early Sixties ignored By PHILIP CHEAH A DISMAL press turnout greeted The Shadows on the Singapore leg of their 25th anniversary world tour, at a press conference held for the group. Not even SBC's Teen-Up crew was there to film an interview like it
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      Late late feast
      845 18  -  WHERE 'NIGHT OWLS' CAN GET FOOD isine By INEZ WEI IT'S almost two o'clock in the morning and you are wondering why you cannot get to sleep. The faint rumbling from your stomach reminds lou that dinner was a mgjtime ago like yesRemaining awake won't help atay
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      Set to break records
      939 19 FIRST SOLO CONCERT FOR KENNY STARSTRUCKj 1983 WAS a good year for Kenny Bee. His movie, Let's Make Laugh, was one of the highest grossing movies of the year and A Love Affair, a song from his latest album, also won a place in Hong Kong's
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      MISSILES ON VEGAS
      1608 21 PART THREE OF THE SERIALISATION OF THE FILM, WARGAMES JENNIFER MACK nudged her gleaming moped through the packed parking lot at Seattle University. Behind her, on the pillion, David Lightman hung on grimly as the tiny machine swayed dangerously round a tight corner. Riding like this terrified
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      92 18 THEYARDYOUR LOCAL t ENGLISH PUB. An Enghsh pub atmosphere that's real cozy and casual. A choice of 16 varieties of beer! Board games darts available too. Darts competition on every Thursday. I Open everyday. Mon-Fri 12 noon to midnight L (Sat till 1 am). Sun 4 pm to midnight. Cheers!
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      160 19 spot onqgnNg. and wmi A DOUBLE CMEMA PASS i Mwy PMpte may dm spotted ftto ear baaring toe name "CHRIBTWE". So far, N't Via only ono around in Singapore. To# enter Ma contest, al you have to do ia to note down tho cart 2 regfabraNen mauber toa next Ibne
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      297 19 I I I IMalllK Hi railiail k <JM »u»a *Hit aaiasma MHMIIU M '•>■ maiMii ma I JOHN TMVOITA OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN IWO Of KINO OLIVE* HEED k IE AIWICE STMAIGHI SCATMAN CHOI HE AS iVchMeS WlWlNitL. I IvU r&b— FHEO KOENEKAMP. AS C SSL, MfMCK WILIIAMS 4 I Q
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      130 20 CAPITOL: NOW SHOWING! (*****59) 5 SHOWS: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15 Those 2 madcaps together in their latest action/comedy. 'Bud JADE: HURRY-HURRY SEE IT NOW (*****60) 5 SHOWS: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 UPROARIOUS NEW COMEDY HRARJOUSLY POSMG/ ANSWERING THE ETERNAL QUESTION.. JS IT NATURE OR NURTURE? HEREDITY OR ENVHONMENT?
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      108 20 >********************00 ODEON: HURRYI LAST DAY! 1 (*****16) 5 SHOWS: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 6 9.15pm O I BROOKE SHIELDS ttofound I g I l ODEON 11 "—OPENS TOMORROW S 5 You thrilled to the feats of Hercules O x Yoa marvelled at the strength of Goliath O Now yoa will
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      39 20 IB^H TODAY: TOMORROW: High tide: 10.00 am Low tide: 4.54 am (2.4 m) (1.2 m) Low tide: 4.54 pm High tide: 10.41 am (0.3 m) (2.5 m) High tide: 11.56 pm Low tide: 5.28 pm (2.3 m) (0.3 m)
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      679 20 BSSSHBI s VESBeLB i < PRINTS and drawings of sailing ships > ffftf and steamships past and present will JLt 4 be on display at the Spec ial Exhibition < Gallery in reA's Maritime Museum at '"-MB Sentosa today, 9 am to 5 pm. NEW AMERICAN PAPERWORKS AN exhibition of
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      85 21 Fkkeiß tavern presents HalilCiks The Downtown Re-live the good times with Halii Cik's rendition of evergreens hy Tom I ones, Elvis Presley and En gel her t Hum per dink. Mellow, moving his is a voice that'll win you over. Hacked hy the talented artistes of The Downtown, he appears
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      635 22 leisure comics it *s;,T;&s\; ,;.t w *rv? -jgj ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry li" V .1;-i j |JfeT»SsfiS«TO\ ||sE^<sJtotS ar^s|B ARIES March 21 to April 19 LIBRA cr-y v r— —r vi wrffalters sAy that N* You'll find a successful solu- September 23 to October 22 /p»F^v\^ V T
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  • PROPERTY SECTION
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      Property cycle causing confusion among buyers
      695 23 A great debate it currently raging about the atate of the property market after the Miniatry of National Devetopmenfa recent unprecedented relaaae of data on the aupply of private reaidential unita and Central Buaineaa Diatrict commercial floor apace up to IMB. Developers were prompt
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      Auction price of SKM Bldg may not hit $40m
      258 23  -  fy VINCENT FONG THE SKM Building at 19-20 Malacca Street, to be auctioned on March 29 by Knight Frank Cheong Hock Chye and Baillieu, is not expected to fetch more than $40 million, informed market sources said. The 17-storey office building
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      What your lawyer should do for you
      400 24 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR PROPERTY GUIDE We continue with our sulde for property buyers. This wssk, the locus is on legal matters pertaining to the sale and purchase of properties. LEQAL MATTERB THE LAWYER is the best person to advice you on legal matters
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      WHY HK INVESTORS ARE NOT KEEN ON PROPERTY HERE
      333 24  -  By ANNIE CHIA from Hong Kong. HONG KONG residents are generally not in the mood for a shopping spree in Singapore real estate. About 200 Hons Kong residents turned up on the first day of the first Singapore property fair here
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      Lock icon The All-England challengers
      352 28 Reuter LONDON, Wednesday CHINA and Indonesia look set to dominate the singles' events in the All-England Badminton Championships at Wembley here later next month. The Chinese triumphed last year when they took the men's and women's singles and the women's doubles. They have the top four women's
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        Lock icon The bets are off for a $50 m Ladbroke firm in US
        94 28 AP LONDON, Wednesday: Ladbroke, the British bookmakers, have called off at least temporarily plans to spend £16 million (5|49.6 million) setting up a betting business in the United States. The group had hoped to purchase the Turf Paradise
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        Lock icon Thieves raid apartment of Dutch soccer star Krol
        74 28 AP NAPLES: Thieves raided the Naples apartment of Dutch soccer star Rudy Rrol during the night and made off with Jewels, silver pieces and valuable paintings, police reported on Monday. Krol travelled to the Netherlands, together with his famijy, last week for
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        Lock icon Watson driven out of a place in formula one teams
        101 28 Reuter PARIS: Britain's John Watson, veteran of 151 Grand Prix races in the past 10 years, has failed to land a place in the list for this season's Formula One World Championship announced here yesterday. Watson, equal sixth in last
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        Lock icon England cricket team arrive amid tight security
        77 28 Reuter KARACHI: The England cricket team arrived here last night amid tight security to begin their month's Pakistan tour. The security measures were taken following threats of a demonstration at the airport by students protesting against a military government ban on their unions.
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        Lock icon Czechoslovak trainer joins a struggling Zurich
        74 28 Reuter ZURICH: Struggling Swiss First Division soccer club ZurichFC have signed top Czechoslovak trainer Vaclav Jexek on a one-year contract for next season, club president Alfred Zweidler said yesterday. Zurich, currently second from bottom of the 16-team division and plagued by internal problems, have
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      Lock icon Underdogs Geylang show their mettle against last year's champions
      439 29  -  THIS IS THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE GIANT-KILLING FEAT REPORT BY K SILVAM GEYLANG INTERNATIONAL 1 TIONG BAHRU 1 LOWLY-EATED Geylang International continued their giant-killing ways when they deservedly shared points with defending champions Tiong Bahru Constituency in a hotly contested National Football
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      Asian AAA up in arms against world body
      202 29  -  By ERNEST FRIDA THE ASIAN Amateur Athletic Association is up in arms against the world controlling body for athletics the International Amateur Athletic Federation over their present lop-sided voting system. Maurice Nicholas, secretary cum treasurer of the AAAA, yesterday said: "The lAAF
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      SPORTS VIEW POINTS
      103 30 RAFALES Institution's surprise withdrawal from the Singapore Cricket Club seven-a-side rugby championships haa continued to draw reactions from our readers. Two weeks ago we published three letters that wholeheartedly support Rafflee' decision. Today we present a different viewpoint from reader Terence Lim who argues that the pullout
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      RI's pullout decision is very unsporting
      308 30  -  TERENCE LIM Singapore 1026 THE recent withdrawal of a school team, respected in previous years, from the Singapore Cricket Club seven-a-side rugby tournament serves to prompt us to recall the true meaning of sports and the purpose of encouraging sport in local schools and
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      KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ON LOCAL FOOTBALL COVERAGE
      151 30  -  TAMPINES ROVERS Singapore 1955 WE WISH to record our appreciation of your fine coverage of local school and club football, especially the Spotlight on Schools which appeared recently in The Singapore Monitor on Feb 22. The people administering local football depend
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      455 30 APPLICATIONS are now open from post-secondary students who are Singapore citizens for the Esso Sports Scholar Awards. These awards, first given in 1975, are open to students pursuing post-secondary education in Pre-University centres, junior colleges, the Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and the Vocational and Industrial Training Board. Those
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      Our squash team deserves some recognition, SNOC
      167 30  -  AZLAN BIN ABDUL RAHIM Singapore 0512 I WOULD like to express my greatest disappointment on the Singapore squash team's failure to win the Sports Team of the Year Award for 1983. Is the Singapore National Olympic Council blind to the efforts of the
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      470 28 SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Directors of Sembawang Shipyard Limited announce the unaudited results of the Group and the Company for the year ended 31 st December 1983 as follows: GROUP COMPANY 1983 1982 1983 1982 SS'OOO SS'OOO SS'OOO SS'OOO Turnover 108,926 214,429 -49.2 96,853
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      Lock icon Scotland down Wales in last Home games
      357 31 SCOTLAND 2 WALES 1 Reuter GLASGOW, Wednesday A 77th-MINUTE winner from scoring sensation Maurice Johnston gave Scotland a 21 win over Wales at Hampden Park here last night in the last ever British Soccer Championship tie between the two countries. Johnston, who has
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      REFEREES THREATEN TO DOWN WHISTLES
      371 31  -  By K SILVAM A NUMBER of local referees are likely to come to verbal blows with FAS "bigwigs" at a meeting the association's Referees' Committee has called for next Monday. The FAS Referees' Committee has called for what they described as a "discussion meeting" in
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