Singapore Monitor, 3 March 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR NIC. (P) No. 13/5/83 Saturday, March 3, 1984 30cents
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  • 537 1 Midnight flood at St Timah flyover CBD lifted to ease flood-stricken traffic NE Monsoon is cause of heavy rain in the past two months FOUR Central Business District entry points were lifted this morning to help ease traffic affected by the floods. The four
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    • 143 1 At 6 am today: This motorcyclist took to the pavement to get around the flood, but others were not so lucky. MORE PICTURES ON PAGE 4 Why Dr Winse- nißißr FJHI STAR WATCH: mius economic i J SPORTS PARADE Fiß Jimmy Osmond adviser to The last link with the magnifi-
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    • 99 1 Preetge at your Feet I mmmmm MmJe tnfls/y BUDGET REPORTS Goodies for the man-in-the-street: Page 2 Warm reception by the financial sector: Page 2 Tax rebates bring smiles all round: Page 3 Employers all praise for concessions: Page 3 ROBINSON'S FINE JEWELLERY Diamond Butterf^>ro^^^f $3,500.00 ijjr Jjr 18K White Yellow
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    • 462 2 THE SINGAPORE MoK I'MEsfflSE BUDGET REPORT DR TONY Tan, who was recently appointed Finance Minister as well as Minister for Trade and Industry, has delivered a package that spreads joy as widely and effectively as possible. What is more, it is a clear
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    • 574 2  -  NEW INCENTIVE PACKAGE SEEN AS A WELCOME BOOST FOR FURTHERING ECONOMIC GROWTH By JEANNE WONG and JOYCE QUEK FINANCIAL circles gave a warm welcome to the budget. The proposals were generally in line with expectations, and concessions to the entrepreneurial spirit of Singapore went
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    • 188 2 A 10 per cent rebate on the tax you have to pay this year on last Sear's income. I Next year, income tax rates will be lowered by between 11.9 per cent and 13.5 per cent for those whose chargeable incomes fall within $10,000 and $100,000.
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    • 452 3  -  REACTIONS By GANDHI AMBALAM POSITIVE, encouraging, well thought out and pragmatic. These were some of the initial reactions from Singapore's employers to Dr Tony Tan's budget for 1984/85. Four leading employers' organisations the Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry,
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    • 505 3 BUDGET REPORT How did Singaporeans react to the Budget? YEOW MEI SIN and FOO MEY KIEN last night contacted some Singaporeans at home and also spoke to some shoppers at the Cold Storage Centrepoint. Miss F L Chow, mid 20s, architect, single. She welcomes
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    • 330 4  -  By FOO CHOY PENG THE STICK will soon come down hard on those found operating employment agencies without licences. But bona fide agencies will be able to recruit foreign as well as local workers, provided they pay a $10,000 security
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    • 148 4 TOTAL defence requires not only the consensus but also the unqualified commitment ana active participation of all citizens to succeed. But commitment to a cause can only come from citizens of character, says Singapore Armed Forces' Chief of General Staff, MajorGeneral Winston
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    • 468 6  -  By Sit Yin Fong AFTER a year-long arrest in Singapore, two Panama-registered cargo ships have been sold for scrap either in Taiwan or Bangladesh, according to market sources. The ships were sold by the Court Sheriff by private treaty recently. High Court
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    • 262 6  - Paraplegic body hard hit by loss of F N contract By CATHARINE FERNANDO HARD-WEARING plastic has brought hard times for disabled people. It has replaced the wood used in drink crates and done away with a profitable income source for the Society for Aid to the Paralysed. The society's troubles
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    • 161 6 THE Community Chest got a $1000 boost from a group of schoolchildren yesterday. Pupils of Bedok North Primary School decided to raise the money after they were told of the plight of some Singapore children. It is the first primary school to donate officially to the
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    • 204 6  -  By SURESH NAIR VISITORS to an exhibition next week will see how teeth can be put into the toothless. A video show on dental implantology will be the highlight of a three-day dental display organised by the Singapore Armed Forces Reservists Association
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  • world
    • 287 7 Reuter GENEVA, Saturday DOZENS of Vietnamese "boat people" were robbed, battered and dumped into the sea to die by pirates last month, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees disclosed yesterday. A Commission spokesman, relating the latest and most horrific of a series
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    • 430 7 MUSA'S ADVICE TO SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS AP SOUTH-EAST Asian nations should not get involved with big powers or their conflicts in order to promote their own security without outside interference, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Musa Hitam said in Singapore yesterday. Malaysia has a policy
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    • 271 7 Reuter MANILA, Saturday THE main Philippines opposition group started campaigning for national elections yesterday as columns of marchers calling for a boycott of the May poll headed towards the capital. Leaders of the United Nationalist Democratic Organisation (Unido), 12-party coalition, urged about
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    • 119 7 Reuter BANGKOK, Saturday THAILAND'S economy should grow at a faster pace this year than in 1983, reflecting higher agricultural and industrial production, a report by the Bank of Thailand said yesterday. The Central Bank report also projected a drop in the nation's trade deficit
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    • 551 8 He says the strong greenback is indication of investors' confidence Reuter WASHINGTON, Saturday PRESIDENT Reagan yesterday defended the strength of the dollar, despite mounting trade deficits and concern in some quarters that overseas markets for American goods are being lost. "Anyone
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    • 204 8 Reuter ROTTERDAM, Sat ONE of the wealthiest businessmen in the Netherlands said yesterday he was selling his business and personal effects to finance projects in Third World countries. Millionaire Derksen, owner and sole shareholder of a company that runs eight holiday bungalow camps in
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    • 98 8 THE Queen Mother was on hand to chat with film stars John Hurt (left) and actress Jan Francis (beside Mr Hurt), who play the roles of Bob and Jo Champion in the film Champions. The film is based on the true life story of Grand
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    • 207 8 AP OGDENSBURG (New York), Saturday A SURGEON performed eight operations after going blind four years ago, say state officials who have disciplined the doctor and barred his guide dog from patient areas. The State Board of Regents said Dr John R Bongiovanni has been blind
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    • 181 8 Reuter WASHINGTON, Saturday THE US Senate has approved a sweeping revision of US export control laws designed to Erevent diversion of high technology equipment the Soviet Union. The measure, approved on a voice vote, would rewrite the present control law by tightening
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    • 168 8 Reuter OTTAWA, Saturday OILMEN whooped with delight and share prices surged ahead on the Toronto Stock Exchange when Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau this week finally announced his plans to resign. In Canada's oil capital of Calgary, the Petroleum Club gave out free champagne to
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    • 624 9 Reuter MOSCOW, Saturday SOVIET leader Konstantin Chernenko told the US yesterday that Moscow wanted a "drastic change" in their relations but this could only happen if US words were changed into actions. Mr Chernenko made his first major foreign policy
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    • 254 9 Reuter PARIS, Saturday THE European Ariane rocket will lift off from the French space centre in Kourou, French Guiana, next week carrying the world's largest communications satellite into orbit. The plan is for the 42-metre rocket to put the Intelsat V satellite
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    • 155 9 MINNEAPOLIS, Saturday THE Moon will be farther from Earth next Friday than it has been for the last 200 years or will be again until 2100, a University of Minnesota astronomer says. Astronomer Mark Slovak has calculated
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    • 226 9 AP NEW YORK, Saturday SINGER Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones and his long-time girlfriend Jerry Hall had a 3.6 kg baby girl yesterday, and the proud father said he was "very happy." J agger was present at tne birth of the baby, who was
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    • 487 10 Admission reflects gradual move to mixed economy AP BEIJING, Saturday CHINA'S communist government, admitting what it called history's profound lesson, said yesterday that private enterprise is not only tolerated but regarded as "part of the path for common prosperity". The statement by the State
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    • 194 10 Reuter TOKYO, Sat JAPAN agreed yesterday to sell China nuclear power components and leaders of both countries declared in separate statements they were looking for closer ties. The nuclear deal was reached after four days of talks here. A Japanese government official
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    • 59 10 TAIPEH, Sat TAIWAN'S first self-de-veloped military jet rolled off the production line yesterday. Officials here called it an encouraging step toward military self-re-liance. The supersonic jet, codenamed the AT-3, is primarily a trainer plane. But the jet can also be used to support ground
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    • 247 10 J Chernenko says differences continue AP MOSCOW, Saturday SOVIET leader Konstantin Chernenko said yesterday that the Soviet Union and China still have disagreements on several issues. His comments were less warm than those given in the first major address by his predecessor,
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    • 205 10 Reuter BEIJING, Saturday CHINESE Vice-Premier Wan Li yesterday ruled out a quick breakthrough to mend Sino-Soviet relations following the death of Soviet President Yuri Andropov. He dismissed any lingering speculation that substantial moves were imminent to end more than 20 years of ideological feuding between
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    • 134 10 Reuter Beijing, Saturday MONGOLIA told China yesterday to stop raising the presence of Soviet troops in Mongolia as an obstacle to Moscow-Beijing relations because it was an internal Mongolian matter. "The stationing of the Soviet military units in the MPR (Mongolian People's Republic) constitutes exclusively
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  • money THE SINGAPORE MONITOR SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1984
    • 160 11 f UHLLSTREET L A Reuter A SMALLER-THAN-EXPECTED rise in the nation's money supply and a glimmer of hope on reducing the federal budget deficit helped stock prices close sharply higher on Wall Street yesterday on continued heavy trading volume. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which
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    • 449 11  -  By JOYCE QUEK A BATTLE of nerves is brewing between the giant Australian group Elders IXL, which is trying to acquire the rest of the shares in Carlton and United Breweries, and CUB's minority shareholders led by the OCBC group. Without
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    • 161 11 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday PUBLICLY-LISTED companies will be asked to print their share certificates on security forms to minimise the incidences of forgeries, Malaysian Trade and Industry Minister Mr Ahmad Rithauddeen said. This was one of the measures decided on to
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    • 144 11 SHARE OF THE DAY^ PAHANG Consolidated was the most actively traded counter this week. In four out of five days, it was the star performer. The market is speculating that Mr Ho Hua Min, a large investor, might be the man behind all this activity.
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    • 154 11 THE US dollar yesterday plunged to its lowest levels since October against the West German, Swiss, French, Dutch and Italian currencies. Gold prices rose, hovering just below US$4OO an ounce. Traders said market sentiment remained bearish on the dollar. The market was worried by comments from economists
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    • 325 12 COMPANY FOCUS BY ALFA PACIFIC SECURITIES THE local stock market staged a recovery yesterday to regain earlier losses, with the Straits Times index closing at 1,021.60. Dealers had noted that the market had been markedly softer earlier this week, softer inspite of the fact that
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    • 592 12 ROTHMANS Industries Ltd (RI), one of the two cigarette manufacturers in Singapore, operates in an industry whose growth prospects would be limited by a continuation of anti-smoking campaigns. Despite this, RI may be looked upon as a stock with diversification prospects for the
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    • 446 12 TO SOME, the merger of Supreme Corporation and Textile Corporation has political undertones for Mr Tan Koon Swan, chief executive of the Supreme and Multi-Purpose Holdings groups. That of course is another issue for debate. But to the corporate sector, the merger certainly
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    • 125 12 DYNASTY Hotel is not on the market, PR Manager Mr Ben Chua stated emphatically yesterday. He was replying to stock market rumours that Hong Leong had made an approach to buy the hotel. He said: "We have not been approached by the Hong Leong
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    • 316 12 THE Hong Kong stockmarket has reacted quite well to the Hong Kong budget announced on Wednesday. Despite tax increases, the Hang Seng Index rose 2.11 point on Thursday and added another 18.23 points yesterday to close at 1,079.63. Dealers warn that there
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  • features
    • 71 13 SENATOR Gary Hart of Colorado opened up the race for the Presidential nomination when he scored a dramatic upset win over Mr Walter Mondale in New Hampshire on Wednesday. The 45-year-old Senator, who has a reputation in the Senate for his knowledge on military,
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    • 861 13 LAT-WP WASHINGTON: The "new ideas" for the American economy that have helped propel Senator Gary Hart into the thick of the Democratic Presidential primary campaign are actually a blend of new and old. From the 46-year-old senator comes the old Democratic pledge of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson to
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    • 378 13 But most manufacturers unwilling to take the lead in this untested market Reuter TOKYO: Japan's electronics industry, which virtually dominates the world market for video tape recorders (VTR), has already developed the mini-video cassette but is reluctant to start making it. A survey
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    • 668 14 Experts believe arms are being smuggled from Thailand, the Philippines and the US Reuter GUNS FOR Hong Kong gangsters are being smuggled into the British colony from Thailand, the Philippines, China and the United States, according to the Government here.
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    • 914 14 Reuter SIGNIFICANT SIGNS are emerging that China's armed forces are slowly changing into a more effective instrument to realise the country's strategic objectives. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) can be useful to the government s strategic aims in only two ways
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  • opinion / letters
    • 483 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT FOR A nation that prides itself on getting things done efficiently, house unions have been a long time coming. The one-company-one-union goal was set for Singapore by a productivity panel three years ago. So far, only eight house unions have
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    • 422 15  -  Not possible to solve problems individually repercussions must be considered LETTER FROM COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY HAN FOOK KWANG for Permanent Secretary (Communications) I WOULD like to conclude this series of letters by thanking members of the public for their suggestions and comments on how we can
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    • 95 15  -  SHAHID HASAN Manager Pakistan International Airlines I REFER to vour report on the strike by Pakistan International Airlines pilots (SM, Feb 23). The airline's flight safety record is second to none. PIA is a long established international airline with sophisticated and extensive safety procedures. Our people
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    • 98 15  -  JIMMY NG Singapore 0922 MAY I express my appreciation to the authorities for their crackdown on the "New Wave" barber shop. The elimination of such places can only be for the good of Singapore. Another area where public morals could be
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  • 539 16  -  SATURDAY'S BEST WITH VALERIE TREVOR Saturday Night Movie: The Catamount Killing (Ch 5, 10.30 pm) THIS 1974 effort by Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi deserves top rating. Based on James Hadley Chase's novel I'd Rather Be Poor, it is about a bank manager's plot to rob his
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  • 372 16  -  TV Scene By WONG SING YEONG SBC will telecast four single-episode dramas titled The Young Ones no relation to Cliff Richard's movie when The Awakening ends in mid-May. The hour-long programme will take over The Awakening's slots on Monday and Friday. The executive producer is George
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    • 1320 16 1' I aj V \mJ Programme I B BBm IIIIIfB^^M 2.00 Saturday Matinee: From tha to tha Moon. ■■ufllif/////nHH See I V B B BW B|& JBf PIM mJL Oljii/iflWB 3.40 Davia Singapore va r M KvJBA^iMK^I Albert Teo vs Rudolf Gabriel, and Felix jj v (II I I IT
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  • leisure
    • 1034 17 STILL STERLING STUFF OPA ACTRESS Diana Riag has no doubts about the Eeatest performance of r career, even though someone else stole the limelight. That other person is her six-year-old daughter, Rachael Stirling. "She's my best production, ever. I can't top it," says the ex-Avengers star and
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    • 373 17  -  THE WORLD ACCORDING TO IRVING By DALE POLLOCK LAT-WP HOW does an author feel seeing his carefully crafted novels turned into big Hollywood movies? John Irving should know. The Hotel New Hampshire marks the second film version of one of his novels, following The World According
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    • 2734 18 LAST PART OF THE SERIALISATION OF THE FILM, WARGAMES CONCLUSION OF A SIX-PART SERIALISATION ALL HELL was let loose at the headquarters of NORAD the North American Air Defence Command. In the huge central control room which was carved deep in a Colorado mountain,
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    • Article, Illustration
      460 18  -  Asiabeat Reviews by LIM SEK ALBUM: Imagination of Love ARTISTE: Roman Tam LABEL: Capitol CA 06-1010 THIS is the long-awaited debut from Roman on the Capitol label but the title itself is unimaginative. Roman's name has been linked with bold, innovative ideas, proven by his Oriental album, jazz
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    • 220 18 THE current top 10 singles in the US, based on Billboard's survey of sales and broadcast play: 1. Jump V an Hnlea 2. Girl* Jut Want to Have Fun Cyndi Lauper 3. 99 Laftballoai Neaa 4. Thriller Michael Jackson 5. Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell 6. Nobody
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    • 367 19 VARIETY FROM PAUL CHEONG AND TIME EXPRESS NEITHER his face nor his voice is new to most of us. If you missed Paul Cheong on TV when he was host of the Hagemeyer Special some years back, then his stint as a radio disc-jockey must have grabbed
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    • 204 19 THERE will be a rock 'n' roll revival at the RAINBOW LOUNGE every Monday at 10.45 pm. Dance Arts Singapore, the co-organiser (with Hujong Enterprises), will present two dance sequences which will be either rock 'n' roll, new wave or Jazz ballet. Printemps Department Store will sponsor the
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    • 401 19 fIKM GUIO6 TOA payoh (*****34): obsessed (C) \\l]j ll Midnight show: KING OF GAMBLERS II (C) OALIT (*****16): OBSESSED (C) Midnight show: KING OF GAMBLERS II (C) i&wSS££%% < oraSS&ah ,c) SSfe^ 000 (*****44,: *****0 INVESTIGA Midnight show: CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR girls (C) BEDOK (*****7): PROJECT A (C) METROPOLE (*****27):
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    • 50 20 If you have information about events like these which might interest others, we would like to hear from you. You can write to The Singapore Monitor, Leisure Desk, 2 Alexandra Road, Delta House, 03-01 A, Singapore 0315. If you have pictures accompanying the programme, we'd be glad to have them.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 645 20 leisure HHIHB 4 1 Or" 4 .1 The Music of London performing tonight and on Tuesday SSO and MUSIC OF LONDON recital at DBS Auditorium at 8 pm. THE Music of London and the Singa- J L ickets $10, $6 and $3 are sold at pore Symphony Orchestra will give
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    • 591 22 leisure comics ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry ZTm C CAPeKE^m^mSHIW^^AMe vMAMIb TOKNOWtVMKArgD. fHfcfHtiHfc Aawwawittiiiafliaiiai i r- i mr~T U > <«U > <+>(i> U> v "TWrlft THE FERRARI CARRVING MICHAEL IrtCT JTV,' M5s?A IQIPC U.«J. 11 i»JI <D BUILD'NGSRB 4 MV MOTEL BRAND HEADS TOWARDS THE MOTEL- M, BTT
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 273 23 2 PAGE TEAR-OUT REGAL MAN should score his maiden win when he meets a Class 2 Div 4 field over 1,400 metres in Race Seven in Penang today. The five-year-old Irish gelding by Manado finished second twice in five outings
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    • 192 23 KAGAN LOOKS LIKE A WINNER ON LAST-START FORM KAGAN (No 8) performed marvellously in his first run last week and has improved since, as shown in his trackwork. The extra 200 metres should be to his advantage and is my choice as the winner of Race 4. Polonium
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    • 176 23 HiCHAND ANO MA-ZHCN TAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zac Bm) (Wan Ran < I Jury Duty I Rood Awnnor N 1 Satrta 4 £««ryin.ig mm II 4 EwryWig Mm II IJCunwM 6 Road Runmr It 10 Cat i Eyt 8 Bona Seoul II Rao* 1 tfHWNwl SMHkwThoanliM t Paartan
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    • 521 23 Reuter LONDON, Saturday HE has galloped the equivalent of from London to Cape Town and back. On the way he has jumped about 50,000 obstacles, broken many of the bones in his body and enriched one of the world's most hazardous sports. The
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    • 448 23 JUST how good is Talking Turkey? Will he be able to match the classy top sprinters? These questions popped up after the four-year-old New Zealander by Brauner demolished a Class 2 Div 1 field over 1,200 metres last Sunday.
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    • 3322 24 ■OW TO READ THE CARD: Saddlebag nuabtr; borMl name; weight; weight difference; number of runs to date; racing record (aaaktr of wlas-aecoada-thlrds-fourtha-unplaced runs); last three ran; last run record; last win and record; mm, country of origin of horse and mx; train-er-owner; Jockey; sad barrier a umber. RACE
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    • 1592 25 Class MONITOR'S DIRECTORY Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: Words 0.35 cents per word 0.55 cents p«r word Display $7.70 per col. cm $12.00 p«r col. cm Business Hr» Mon-Frl, 9am-Spm Sal. 9am-lpm INSTRUCTION A.Z. Driving (disabled) 255-7158. A.Z. Driving Instruction2s4-1055 Best Driving Tuition 778-3435 Eastern Driving Sch 256-3675/6
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    • 331 26 Situations Vacant m a The Singapore Association lor Mental Health requires an a a Assistant Supervisor S (lemale) for its half way house in Rochester Park. Applicants must be a mature and caring, 5 preferably a Chinese, a with working expe- a rience with psychiatric a patients, she must also
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    • 315 26 LEISURE AND SPORTS MART Boats A Outboards aaaae anr aav surtsr* tor sals. UmMed number only Price $950.00 each. Inter—led cal 266-6767 MERCHANDISE AND SERVICES Cleaning Services JOtm a turn General Services We undertake general cleaning, garden maintenance, clearing, removal and painting. ale. Contract services are alao avaMMe. Wa provide
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  • sports
    • 339 27 AP, Reuter KUNMING (China), Saturday CHINA'S Davis Cup tennis team took a 2-0 lead over South Korea yesterday after the first day's play of the three-day Eastern zone elimination round, the first time South Korean athletes have played in China since
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    • 101 27 Reuter TOKYO, Saturday CHINA will take part in International sporting and cultural events in South Korea despite the lack of diplomatic ties between the two countries, a Japanese politician said yes- terday. Mr Shinya Totsuka, a Lower House parliamentary member of the
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    • 419 28  -  CLUBS ANGRY THAT THEY WILL BE LOSING KEY PLAYERS TO THEM By B KULA COMBINED SCHOOLS' eleventh hour entry for the Singapore Hockey Association's un-der-20 tournament has raised the ire of major participating clubs Ceylon Sports Club, Indi- an Association and Khalsa.
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    • 223 28  -  CEYLON SPORTS CLUB 2 PERMAISURIAN 0 By B KULA COMBINED School's Mohd Noor did justice to his number 13 jersey when he scored Ceylon Sports Club's (CSC) second goal against the tired but determined Permaisurian team in the curtain raiser of the Singapore Hockey Association's Un-der-20
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      • 82 31 Reuter LONDON, Saturday ENGLISH First Division soccer club Sunderland, in danger of being involved in the fourth successive relegation battle since their comeback, yesterday sacked manager Alan Durban and named Bryan "Pop" Robson as caretaker manager. Durban, 42, announced his dismissal after he was called to
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      • 72 31 Reuter LONDON, Saturday STEVE FOSTER, captain of English Second Division side Brighton, is set to join former European champions Aston Villa in a £200,000 (about *****,000) deal. Foster, a 26-year old defender capped three times by England, is to be introduced to Villa fans before
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      • 170 31 AP LONDON, Saturday CHARLTON Athletic, the English Second Division club declared bankrupt earlier this week, won a reprieve ia court yesterday when the Football League agreed to postpone the club's weekend game against Blackburn Rovers. Justice Mervyn Davies said in London's High Court that the
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