Singapore Monitor, 1 March 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Thursday, March 1, 1984 30cents
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  • 402 1  -  Easier collection of salaries ■y FOO CHOY PENG THE Post Office Savings Bank may set up automated teller machines (ATMs) in some community centres to make it convenient for workers to collect their pay through the bank. By setting up these cash-on-line machines near
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  • home
    • 242 2  -  By CATHARINE FERNANDO THE USE of human embryos for experiments in cloning, human-animal hybrids ana altering of gene structures are just some possible abuses that could result from in vitro, or test tube, fertilisation. Some 100 Rotary CTub members were forced, over
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    • 102 2 THE POST Office Savings Bank has received over 12,000 applications for current accounts since the service was launched barely two weeks ago. Nearly 2,000 applications were received on the first day of its launching. The latest figure suggests an average of about 1,000 applications
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    • 303 2  -  By K K FONG A GROUP of mahjong players may be able to shed some light on the Tuesday night murder of the woman caretaker of a Chinatown private club. Police are now looking for the mahjong players who were at
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    • 169 2 IN A press statement, the Workers Party asks Mr Ong Teng Qieong, Minister without Portfolio, if he will "persuade his Government to submit to the courts the question of whether the new ruling on admission to schools violates the Constitution. Meanwhile, the party's
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    • 484 3  -  Vicom and SIS fight for bigger share in market B* YONG POW ANG A BATTLE has been going on between two inspection centres the Mindef-owned SAE inspection centre (SIS) and the NTUC-owned Vicom to be the first to publicise their computerised motorcycle inspection equipment.
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    • 260 3 Motorists prefer inspection before servicing vehicles FEW motorists make sure that their cars are properly serviced and repaired before going to the vehicle inspection centres. In fact, they tend to treat the inspection as a chance to get an honest appraisal of what's right and what's wrong
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    • 321 4 National Computer Board and IBM to develop integrated system THE HEALTH Ministry's computerisation project will get off by the middle of the year, and with it, Singapore is on the way to achieving two goals of being a regional computer centre and a regional medical
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    • 156 4  -  By JALIL MISWARDI RESIDENTS and shopowners in the buildings opposite the Nelson Road Mails and Parcels Centre have been given quit notices by the Port of Singapore Authority. Before the year is out, it is expected that all of the residents there
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    • 296 4  -  JANUARY EXPORTS HIT HIGH OF $4.68 B By RODNEY HOBSON SINGAPORE traders turned record breakers in January, figures just released by the Department of Statistics show. Coining hard on the heels of an optimistic official survey of the economy, the figures are a fine morale boost.
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    • 61 4 Imports Exports Daficit INS Jan 5.09 3.48 1.61 Fab 4.27 3.26 1.01 Mar 4.92 3.85 1.07 April 5.32 4.02 1.30 May 4.80 3.69 1.11 Juna 5.25 4.06 1.17 July 5.05 3.62 1.43 Aug 5.12 4.14 0.98 Sapt 4.77 4.07 0.70 Oct 4.84 4.00 0.84 Nov 5.23
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    • 393 5  -  By LOONG SWEE YIN FOREIGN companies in Singapore recognise the importance of reservist training and as far as possible try not to seek deferment of their employees' training stints. But it would help if the Defence Ministry could give advance notice of the
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    • 413 6  -  By SIT YIN FONG BUSINESSMAN Whang Tar Kuay, who pioneered furniture supply to the Middle East with a $5 million Saudi Arabia contract just two years ago, has been declared a bankrupt. His name was in an assistant official assignee's list,
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    • 125 6 THE SINGAPORE Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry has elected Mr Lim Tow Yong as viceEsident, following the death of Chng Tok Ngam, a month ago. The chamber formalised Mr Lim's election at its monthly meeting yesterday. Mr Lim is a council member
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    • From our EVENING EDITION yesterday
      • 71 6 THE GCE 'O' level results will most probably be released next week, said the Education Ministry. This year, students will be able to name up. to seven choices of post-secondary courses when they apply, under the ministry's joint admissions exercise, for
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      • 43 6 MICHAEL Jackson made an almost clean sweep of the Grammy awards in Los Angeles, winning in eight categories. This sets a new record. The previous record was held by Paul Simon who won seven awards in 1970.
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      • 52 6 IN THE race for the Democratic nomination for the American presidency, Senator Gary Hart scored an upset win over Mr Walter Mondale in the New Hampshire primary. Since 1952, no one has been elected US President who did not first win the New
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    • 142 6 —MARY QUANT MARY QUANT beautician from U.K« at: st &th March QUANT y Jfim. Mary Quant's irrestible "Artful Colours" M 4jf'■"•> 'yjf puts the accent on contemporary classics for Spring. Soft pastel shades accentuated™ wMBHIRM' with the season s warm vibrant brights, on H artful combination for elegance ana style.
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  • world
    • Article, Illustration
      317 7 After 15 years at the helm, Canada's PM calls it a day UPI OTTAWA, Thursday CANADA'S FLAMBOYANT prime minister, Mr Pierre Elliott Trudeau (right), announced yesterday he was retiring after nearly 16 years in office. "The experience of being leader of our great party has been one of
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    • 167 7 OTTAWA, Thursday MR PIERRE TRUDEAU, whose resignation will become effective as soon as his party elects a new leader, burst onto the national political scene in the late Sixties. He came with a splash of stylish vigour coating an inner core of seriousness that eventually made him
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    • 157 8 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday A TOLL will be imposed on all vehicles entering Kuala Lumpur from the end of the year, the Works Minister, Mr S Samy Vellu, said yesterday. He said, however, that the amount had yet to be
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    • 80 8 A total off 288 whools support this platform transport vohiclo, ordorod by Dutch firm Mammoot and built in Wast Germany. It moasuras 11.5 by 30.5 matras and can carry 2 f 142 tonnas off load. From standstill it can mova immadiataly in any direction, including around
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    • 344 8 UPI MANILA, Thurs THE brother of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino reacted sharply vesterday to an appeal by Aquino's widow for participation in the upcoming elections, saying it had split the influential Aquino clan. Agapito Butz Aquino said he was "surprised" and
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    • 131 8 Reuter MANILA, Thursday port. Galman was killed In the Incident. A SPECIAL commission probing the murder of opposition leader Benigno Aquino yesterday took custody of the two children of his alleged killer. Commission chairman Corazon Agrava said it had under its protection the teenage
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    • 59 8 Reuter HOBART, Thurs A MARINE biologist who admitted killing nis wife and flushing parts of her body down a toilet was yesterday ordered to be sent to a mental institution. American-born Rory Thompson, 41, was found not guiltv of murder
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    • 70 8 Reuter JAKARTA, Thursday THE Indonesian government will today begin issuing new hard to forge passports for its nationals, an Immigration Department spokesman said yesterday. The new passports, printed in London, will cost 22,500 rupians (&f 48) to make, five times as much
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    • 348 9 LONDON, Thursday OIL executives in London said yesterday that they were investigating a report that Iran was stockpiling crude oil on tankers outside the Persian gulf, which Teheran has repeatedly threatened to close during its 3%-year war with Iraq. A spokesman for the
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    • 309 9 'I was stuttering, stumbling, incoherent and needed sleeping pills for 25 years' UPI NEW YORK, Thursday ACTRESS Elizabeth Taylor said yesterday she was terrified when she entered a rehabilitation centre to cure a 25-year dependency on drugs and spent part of the time at
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    • 721 10 THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE Reuter MANCHESTER (New Hampshire), Thursday WALTER Mondale's upset defeat in the New Hampshire primary has electrified the Democratic nomination race and made an overnight political star of winner Gary Hart. The New Hampshire vote established that Mr Mondale
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    • 90 10 UPI ATLANTA (Georgia), Thursday MR Walter Mondale, attempting to shuck off a tough primary defeat in New Hampshire, campaigned through the key March IS primary states of Massachussetts, Georgia and Alabama yesterday with a promise to try harder to get his message across. Mr MondalefJoking and
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    • 195 10 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs THE Soviet Union yesterday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution to send United Nations troops to Beirut to replace the four-nation multinational force. The vote on the draft was 13 in favour and two against the Soviet Union
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    • 88 7 ENGLISH AT THE BRITISH COUNCIL Registration for all courses 3rd 10th March 1984 9 am to 4 p.m. Last test at 4 p.m. GENERAL COURSES AT ALL LEVELS Elementary Intermediate Advanced BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SKILLS Basic Correspondence Managerial Skills Report-Writing and Business Correspondence EXAMINATION COURSES 'O' level English Language 'O' level
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    • 89 7 S THURSDAY'S summerwine TWJLL SPARKLE \J/ THE RHYTHMS OF THE CITY When disco dancing is touched with the sparkle of Summerwine moments both chic and sophisticated. with the cut and colour of brilliant fashion and always feeling so good. TONIGHT Lam's Creations 8/3/84 Maria Boutique 15/3/84 Anthony Yong Daimaru 22/3/84
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    • 104 8 r 1 SALESPERSONS WANTED 1. Sunday Monitor Street Sales Sell the Sunday Monitor at housing estates. Work Bam to 2pm on Sundays. Earn more than $18/-. 2. The Singapore Monitor, Afternoon Edition, Street Sales Work from 12noon to 4pm (Monday-Saturday). Earn more than $18/-. 3. The Singapore Monitor, Evening Edition,
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    • 8 8 Naw Job? Batter pay? Look in lbs Classifieds
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  • money
    • 196 11 r HHLLSTREET Reuter WALL STREET stocks moved erratically most of the day yesterday and most counters closed mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which suffered a 22.82-point loss on Tuesday on disapKintment over failed dget cutting talks, was higher most of the day but
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    • 576 11  -  By PHILLIP BANGSBERG in Hong rvong, special 10 i ne Monitor INDUSTRY and the financial sector generally bailed Sir John Bremridge's HK$37 billion (Sslo billion) budget as even-handed and sensible, carrying as it does a deficit
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    • 123 11 SHARE OF THE DAY FABER Merlin's MAY suspension has left punters and others in stock broking circles speculating on some possible corporate development involving the counter. There have been talks that Faber Merlin's current chairman, Chang Lee Sian, may be stepping down from office.
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    • 130 11 STERLING has added to earlier gains to hit its highest level against the Singapore dollar since early November. It closed in Singapore yesterday at $3.1575 after topping $3.16 earlier in the day. It has gained almost 20 cents from the all-time low recorded in January. The improvement
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    • 177 11 AP THE US dollar Till in Europe late yesterday after the US government reported a wider than expected trade deficit in January. Gold bullion prices edged lower. The dollar, which was mixed early in the day, declined against all major European currencies except the Swiss franc. 'The
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    • 493 12 COMPANY FOCUS Australian, UK investments expected to spearhead growth Summary recommendation Review by SUN HUNG KAI SECURITIES THE company is 62.5 per cent owned by Mr Jack Chia and his associates. Jack Chia-MPH Ltd traditionally functioned as the Singapore arm of the diverse Jack Chia Group involved
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    • 36 12 Net Net Grots Year to Profit E.P.8. P.E.R. D J».S. Yield Cover 31 Mar ($m) (x) (c) <x) 1983 (Hiat) 3.66 6.0 34.0 0.0 2.9 1.7 1984 (Eat) 3.89 8.1 33.4 8.0 2.9 1.7
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    • 61 12 Year to 31st March 1983 1984 ($m) (Hist) (Est) Change Trading Profit 10.85 8.50 -20 Exchange gain/(k>ae) 2.87) 2.71 Operating Profit 7.98 11.21 +40 Share of profits less Josses of sssociated companies 0.58 1.00 +79 Profit before taxation 8.54 12.21 +43 Taxation 4.45 8.47) Minority Interests 0.43 2.05)
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    • 412 12  -  By AWTHER SINGH THERE has been great a deal of debate as to whether a renounceable rights issue is an "invitation to the public." The importance of this phrase is that it occurs in Section 4 (6) on which the marginal note reads: "As
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    • 288 12  -  By JEANNE WONG FRENCH investment in Singapore is likely to accelerate over the next decade, and among the reasons for this is the increasing commitment of French companies to the relatively new Asean market, said Mr Christian Tran Ba Huy, president of the French Business Association. Mr
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    • 68 12 KAMAYA Oil Palm saw production and profits fall in the half year to Nov 30. Turnover fell to $6.23 million from $6.84 million and operating profit to $2 million from $2.45 million. The company said better commodity prices did not fully offset a decline in
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    • 44 12 RAHMAN Hydraulic Tin says it should maintain its profit level in the year to Sept 30 provided there is no further cut in tin ore production. Profits before tax last time were cut to $5.94 million from $10.9 million.
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    • 24 12 TWO Yeo Hiap Seng directors have sold shares. Mr Yeo Thian In sold 96,264 shares and his wife 45,000 shares.
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    • 86 11 Eashion rides high at The Stables Saturday Fashion Show M Tuck into a delicious set lunch V Price: $25 nett per person. And J JfJL watch an exciting collection of iff fashion wear and accessories that Ny look terrific anywhere. p Nouvelle Creation J [f I |P1 Lucky Draws Hagemeyer
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  • features
    • 735 13 Son who kills pervert father in cold blood raises quest ions of legal morality Newsweek ROBERT LEE Moody thought God was telling him to kill his father, but almost anyone who knew the man might have offered similar advice. Moody senior, Robert Ira, was, in the words
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    • 480 13 LAT-WP UNDER THE enigmatic Gen Ne Win, Burma has gone ourof its way to dissociate itself from power blocs or other groupings. Its officials have tried to minimise the impact that foreign influence could have on traditional Burmese life styles. Even the
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    • 822 14 UPI MIAMI: THE battle of the burgers has turned into a war that is spreading not only in America but to their franchise holders overseas as well. The strategies and code-named operations are be ing mapped with military secrecy in the board rooms and advertising
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    • 62 13 9 < From 6.30 pm to 11 pm we H/Hn "IOtfXMO I feature a nightly sumptuous iv/L ICII Steamboat Special of the freshest seafood and meat. UqqICIqP At 828.00++ for two persons, our menu includes abalone, 4 4 ulj->4 ij-firr scallops, oysters, etc. Many I IftCllOlll side; orders like authentic
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  • opinion / letters
    • 444 15 the IT HAS been known for some time now that the market for private condominium* and luxury flats was languishing in the doldrums. It is a painful tune for developers. Last year, for instance, 2,800 private units went unsold. Between now and 1988, a yearly
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    • 437 15  -  WASHING OF SCHOOL TOILETS: DUDLEY AU Singapore 1024 MILTON FRIEDMAN once commented it always looks as if tbe best way to solve a problem is to spend somebody else's money. In a similar way, it appears the washing of toilets by small
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    • 20 15 NATIONALISM Is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind Albert Einstein, German-born physicist (1879-1955).
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    • 128 15  -  JUNE ANASTIASA Singapore 031S I READ with interest vour front-page article headlined "SBS may put aircon buses on road in April' (sM, Feb 27). After reading the article, I was left 1 wondering why the trial would be
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  • 411 16 TODAY`S Highlights Thursday Feature Special: The Return of Mod Squad (ch 5, 9.15 pm) (E) THE Mod Squad is back. After seven years off the police force, Pete, Julie and Line are called in to nelp their former boss, Adam Greer, when a series of sniper
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  • 467 16  -  TV Scene By WONG SING YEONG THE row between SBC and the TV magazine, Radio and TV Weekly, went one step further yesterday when a reporter from the magazine was barred from entering the station. The reporter arrived at SBC at around 2
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 1360 16 O panning Programme by Tai|i Master (Series II) (C) Tip Suzy Pruden teaches kids how to arms and backs this week. Jj Bionic Woman: Black Guest Stars: Vincent Price, Hermione Baddeley, BH| Julie Newmar and William Windom 4.55 Camp Wilderness: Hobie Cats. JLißij y ,ir jJ^jj In this episode the
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  • leisure
    • 534 17  -  GEORGE BURNS FEELS GREAT By PHILIP CHEAH "GEORGE BURNS "my colleague crooned as she clutched a picture of Burn's craggy face to her chest. (I knew I wanted to be George Burns then.) "I want to do the interview," she went on, "Look,
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    • 1074 18 both 4t leisure ALL THE stars are sparkling tonight in this tidy corner of France, thanks to Dom Peritenon and his happy hand of Benedictine monks who taught the world how to exCit the natural effervescence of Champagne region's wine. Anyone who has had even one
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    • 366 18 HIS EIGHT GRAMMYS SHATTER ROGER MILLER'S 1965 RECORD LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD: Michael Jackson's record of victory in eight categories on Tuesday night shattered the Grammy mark of six established by singer-songwriter Roger Miller in 1965, the year his "King of the Road" dominated the
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    • 1097 19 PART FOUR OF THE SERIALISATION OF THE MOVIE DAVID, the ever-changing messages on his screen acting like a drug, continued to feed instructions to the computer controlling the game. In a minute, he thought, this will Ct really interesting. The Americans will ve to throw everthing
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    • Article, Illustration
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    • 263 20  -  BENNY KOH Singapore 0315 I REFER to the Awakening controversy (SM, Feb 19): I was sad to learn that the critics gave not only unfair, but stupid remarks. Point 1: The bicycle which Ashui rode is of recent make and can go faster than a horse ridden
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    • 133 20 I WOULD like to refer to the Senior PRO of the SBC's reply (SM, Feb 9) to Living Learning's complaint of non-reply to listeners' Tetters. Since SBC's clarification was that the volume of listeners' mail was too overwhelming, perhaps it is time that it, too, should consider computerisation
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    • 73 20  -  LIM KIM GUAN Singapore 1027 I WOULD like to ask why SBC did not telecast the Hong Bao Special '84 on TV like the annual Chingay Procession. The weather forecast for the event's two dayd, Feb 11 and 12, were not favourable and many people stayed indoors,
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    • 1913 21  -  For Ethel Merman there was no business like show business By TED THACKREY Jr LATWP ETHEL MERMAN, the brazed, bellowing belle of Broadway who proved the adage that there indeed is no business like show business, was found dead at her home in New
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 64 18 [if! h? ill wfwEHel S 'jj capsule with extracts from I t hops and valerian helps ■VcH|tl* you to relax 11 This is a herbal preparation* limMt Merz Co. GmbH Co. I n 50 ;i t ;j Tb§| Frankfurt/Main. I L uh "Juno< "i.j U I |j|i H 4HBF Available
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    • 438 19 fILM CUIDC T CTT i, i ,iT "ff?;'fwf l l'lyj 1 1 i >■ 1 I'M iHi gffmFAIR <O -r%. w -fe Starring: Chen Yn, Hal Ying Arv Synopsis: A family from China goes to Hong DALIT (*****16): 36 SUPERKIDS (C) pLEMENTI (*****51): KIDS FROM SHAO- Kong in search of
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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    • 210 20 4th WEEK JADE: HURRY-HUM Y SEE IT NOW! (*****80) S SHOWS: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 UPROARIOUS MW COMH)Y HLAMOUSLY POSNG/ ANSWHMNG THE ETERNAL QUESTION.JS IT NATURE OR NURTURE? HEREDITY OR ENVKONMENT? FN) OUT NOW! Thht too r nfhli Aimmgun... maheoaeaf then ridUhrothrr poor jurt watch the fun whiktWyWtr»dlttgpUc« DAN
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 178 20 SSO AND MUSIC OF LONDON AUSTRALIAN ART AWARD 1984 THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the Music THE Singapore Australian Business of London will give a violin, cello, piano and or- Council, ft association with the Auschestral concert at Victoria Concert Hall tomorrow .fP 1 Commission, is holding and 9atunbv at
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    • 32 20 TODAY: Low tide 4.S4 am (1.2m) High tide 10.41 am (2.5m) Low tide 5.28 pm (0.3m) TOMORROW: Low tide 5.22 am (1.0m) High tide 11.15 am (2.6m) Low tide 6.00 pm (0.3m)
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 489 22 leisure comics I ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry OUR m}AmJnX&sW —A Vn SECTION OREW A BLANK IN K&B AGENT IMOMCN ARE TMEIR 4 &9QWLW** H TWCIR NORMAL COMPUTER < BELIEVED THAT SHE Jl S ffiBBPlyg&^ T **'NED ASSASSINS j m SEARCM_ UNTILL THEy RAN A MEMBER OF ,N C
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  • 247 23 g£^lvwt^ MORE Singaporeans today fancy the prospect of quick getaways. This is the trend among holidaymakers here as they hop aboard coach, plane, or ship for some nearby destination whenever a long weekend or holiday period comes around. The trend has been noted by tour operators, many of
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
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    • 50 23 I' 'S'J*' TAOBS FOR mora detail, contact NTUC Travel Services at *****33 w Why not call on us for more information and our tour brochures. jggL NTUC Travel Services Re Ltd 1, Sophia Road, #02 07 Peace Centre Singapore 0922. Tel: *****33(12 lines) After Office Hours Please Call Tel: *****56.
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    • 323 23 $100** Trade-In Value For Your Old Bags. Phone: *****44 *****41 *****51 ARCHIPELAGO SPECIALS Tftfc *****65, *****36, 2354«30 r 2M7O2S #01-3S Lucky Ptexa, (TA 12S) WEST MALAYSIA TOUR DAILY DEPARTURE GROUPS/F.LT. 1 OA* TOW OVCRSCAS TOURS S in, ir rt |2 >/TO IKR/PATT/CH |7M rillirriHnlmTril 111 >0 KX/HKG |i«W Sa«apon bM
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  • 250 24 PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT MANY an employee, from marketing manager to messenger boy, thanks his lucky stars for the fact that some time in his life, he learned how to type. Typing Is a skill of use to scores of people besides secretaries and stenographers.
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 205 24 IPFull Time/Part Time HHI commencing in MARCH A wide range of courses leading to the Examination of C G, CEI, LCCI, GCE, VITB pre uia II I (Commerce stream) e sec in aiv I (Science, Arts Commerce streams) e COMPUTER EDUCATION I Leading to UK Examinations I IDPM (Institute of
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    • 138 24 TRAINING (sraftre #11-10 International Plaza 10 Anson Road Singapore 0207 Tel: 220-6871/ 221-7008 The following classes will commence on sth March 1984. LCCI Higher Book Keeping (beginners intermediate) OCC •A'/'O* Level Mathematics (elementary, additional, advanced) ACA Level 2 (full/ part-time classes) Quantitative analysis, RFA, Auditing ACA Level 1 Revision classes
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    • 134 24 THE Singapore Monitor will continue to list certain courses on personal advancement for those seeking such information. This is a good opportunity for all organisations offering personal advancement courses to place their advertisements on this page. Interested parties are welcome to ring the Classified Ads Department on *****88 ext 227.
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    • 1563 25 \&){|'~$'~)-|-!*>~?,//$>-)<>\./ MONITOR'S DIRECTORY Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sonday Monitor: Words 0.35 csnts p«r word 0.55 cents per word Display $7.70 p«r col. en $12-00 par col. cm laatoan Hra Mon-Fri. 9am-spm Sal. 9am-lp*i tost Driving Tuition 771-3439 Eastern Driving Sch 296-3675/6 Liberty Auto Driving School 262-6669/260-9143 Mltra Driving Centre/(Marine
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    • 482 26 classified: 273-9090 Situations Vacant MAYERTRO INDUSTRIAL FT! LTD requires FEMALE OPERATORS (2 rotating Shfts) Above 16 years old Experience not necessary We offer Oood Starting Salary ft Shift eSownece CwiflmnMuw Attendance award of iy> la $500 a yaar^ Recommendation MwHmo and oompti* ■tonal* leave ptuslioo IE ST ctaeeee "'Jo P»I<£!7RS
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    • 336 27 cla»»ified: 273-909Q PROPERTY Accommodation Vacant RrlTsSoa BuS TWVOamancalu $1400; Uppar SarangoofV ThonwonSiaoO. .Man Kmu I960; Labour Zinc HouM $400. Tat: 779-0460. fOOTtkmroMd. dnyl bJi li&OOOTal: 449 <609 jurttftd > pSnSouJ» ,l Tr W >Sni MnM parttaa ptain contact 734-91 SI, Mm NQ. |M ija Aaa« ASA ••"I (WUrltU 5 bafrooma.
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    • 174 27 ANNOUNCEMENTS CHAN HO ENGINEERING LIMITED (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NEW ISSUE OF 4,000,000 SHARES OF $1.00 EACH AT $1.50 PER SHARE PAYABLE IN FULL ON APPLICATION Managed and Underwritten by Z^[K?§l I=,P(S)©B'ff3(§1= P(S)©8'ff3(§ SECURITIES (PTE) The prospectus and application forms are available at: ALFA-PACIFIC SECURITIES (PTE) 15 Phillip
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  • sports
    • 429 28  -  TWO WHO EYE SPORTSGIRL OF THE YEAR AWARD By K SILVAM LITTLE known 18-year-old Victoria schoolgirl Zaza Matz's lastminute entry may give bowling yet another tilt if she gets the nod from selectors when they meet in two weeks' time to pick the Sportsboy and Sportsgirl
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    • 325 28  -  By ALFONSO CHAN SQUASH will make yet another attempt at national honours this time with schoolgirl squash wonder Lim Seok Hui on a solo run for the Sportsgirl of the Year award. Seok Hui, 14, carries the squash fraternity's hopes for recogni tion with a
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    • 67 28 BOXERS Hector "Macho" Camacho (left) and Michael Spinks hold their World Boxing Council Awards at New York yesterday. They received their awards from the WBC for being outstanding boxers in 1983. The Fighter of the Year award went to middleweight champion Marvellous Marvin Hagler and the first welterweight
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      • 74 28 UPI WASHINGTON, Thursday FOUR top California law enforcement officials were briefed by the FBI, CIA and National Security Agency on potential terrorist activities that could affect this summer's Olympics in Los Angeles. The four officials met on Tuesday in Washington with FBI director William
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      • 91 28 Reuter NEW YORK: Martina Navratilova began her quest for the biggest purse in the history of women's tennis U*****,000 (*****,000) with an impressive opening-round victory here last night in a US|5OO,OOO tournament at Madison Square Garden. Navratilova, who needed only 59 minutes for
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      • 98 28 Reuter GENEVA: Japan's Mitsubishi Motors said today that it intends to return to world championship motor rallying with the aim of challenging West Germany's highly-successful four-wheel-drive Audi Quattros. The announcement follows last week's unveiling by Britain's state-funded car manufacturer British Leyland of
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    • 677 29 OPA England centre-back Terry Butcher is a tighter on the field. But recently, he fought a different kind of battle a battle to save his sight after his nose had been badly smashed in a match. He pulled through. And just as he was back on his feet,
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    • 312 30  -  By S GULAM TWENTY-TWO players have been shortlisted by the Football Association of Singapore for the Asian Youth Football Tournament in Bangladesh from March 15 to 29.. The junior squad, which began with SO players, was trimmed down to 22 yesterday
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    • 29 30 SCHOOLBOY international A R J Mani, who was originally in the squad, will have to skip the tournament because he is overaged by two months.
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    • 376 30  -  SAAA to revamp grading of coaches into three classes By ERNEST FRIDA THE system of grading Singapore's athletic coaches, which has been the target of much criticism, will soon undergo a major revamp by the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA). The association's president, Mr
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    • 396 28 NOTICES In the Matter of The Companies Act, Cap. 185 And In the Matter of DESIGN EXCELSIOR PTE. LTD. NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP (Pursuant to Section 254) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held st No. 45. Jalan Wajek, Singspore 2158, on Friday the
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    • 144 28 BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF SUPPLIES OFFICER, SINGAPORE VICTOR MORRIS PTE LTD WILL SELL BY PUBLIC AUCTION TO BE HELD AT CENTRAL SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT COMPOUND DEPOT ROAD, SINGAPORE 0410 ON THURSDAY, MARCH I, 1984 COMMENCING AT 9.30 AM Confiscated, unserviceable and redundant stores comprising of: Typewriters, cameras, toys, empty drums
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    • 374 31 Reuter PARIS, Thursday MICHEL PLATINI inspired France to a 2-0 victory over England here last night, providing the goals and the vision wnich should make his country shine in next June's European Championship finals here. The European Footballer of the Year crowned a classy performance with two
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    • 60 31 FRANCE beat ENGLAND 2-0 (halftime 0-0) in a friendly yesterday. Scorer: Platini (58th and 72nd mins). Attendance: 48,000. WEST GERMANY beat BELGIUM 1-0 (halftime 0-0) in a friendly last night. Scorer: Voeller (75th min penalty). Attendance: 23,000. SPAIN beat LUXEMBOURG 1-0 (halftime 0-0) in
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    • 177 31 Reuter LONDON, Thursday ENGLISH Second Division club Charlton could be saved from extinction by one of the bluest property development firms in Britain. The company called Sunley is thought to have already negotiated a deal with former Charlton chairman Michael Glikstein for the purchase
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    • 126 31 THEORY and PRACTICAL Course I (12 Sessions) With the current emphasis on Automation and Higher Productivity the use of Computers in H all Sectors of Trade and Industry is imminent Why not then take a step in the right direction H pursue our Computer Courses and be prepared to face
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