Singapore Monitor, 13 March 1984

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    • 302 2  -  Business carried on as usual despite failure to renew lease STORY A PICTURES By YEOW MEI SIN STATION Hotel at the railway station has been operating despite a refusal by the Malayan Railway Administration to renew its lease since December 1982 The administration wanted
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    • 476 2  -  By SIT YIN FONG TWO HONG LEONG executives banned from being directors could still run the companies from the "back seat", the Court of Appeal heard yesterday. Although they have been convicted under Section 130 of the Companies Act, the
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    • 193 3  -  Ministry's list of do's and don'ts to help reduce industrial accidents By OEI SIN GIOK THE Labour Ministry is working on a pocket book of do's and don'ts for workers who work on suspended platforms or gondolas. This is part of the ministry's efforts to
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    • 423 3  -  By GANDHI AMBALAM THE "harassing" operations by the tripartite Khmer forces against Vietnamese occupation troops in Cambodia have forestalled this year's dry season offensive by Hanoi against Cambodian resistance, says the visiting Prime Minister of the Cambodian coalition government, Mr
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    • 92 3 THE HDB has appealed to the public not to go to its offices on Sundays for matters related to registration and for general enquiries. A spokesman yesterday said some members of the public had misunderstood HDB's "Open-on-Sundays" decision and rushed to the National
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    • 524 4  -  I IN PARLIAMENT By EE BOON LEE THE 1984 Budget drew more bouquets than brickbats when Parliament debated it in principle yesterday. Of the 16 MPs who took the floor, only two had harsh words about the financial statement. The two critics were Dr
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    • 235 4  -  By YONG POW ANG DR GOH Keng Swee's policy statement on the future of pig farming in Singapore has pointed to a likelihood that we will have to import pork and poultry in large quantities. Dr Goh, who has taken over the Primary Production
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    • 334 4 GRADUATE mothers produce nine times the number of gifted children than the general population, graduate fathers six times. However, 60 per cent of male graduates marry below their education level while the number of female graudates who do so is
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    • 356 4 OFFICIALS from the Ministries of Finance and Education and the Public Service Commission are working out guidelines on how To apply the latest concession for the enhanced child relief. And they have been told to steer from the two extremes. They should not
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    • 336 6 THE POLICE Commercial Crime Division (CCD) has cleared a leading member of the Singapore Indian Association of mismanaging the club's funds. The decision to clear the committee member of the social and recreational club in Balestier Road, comes after a scrutiny of
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    • 296 6  -  By FAEZAH ISMAIL MORE witnesses are expected to be reimbursed for expenses incurred in testifying in criminal cases this year The total allocation for the Judicature this year is $14.48 million. Last year, an average of 42 criminal cases a month were heard
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    • From our EVENING EDITION yesterday
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    • 124 3 SANYO Product* ofthm f9S4I A Otymptct L|^^RK|?fl Sgjß|M f v^^B||^Bil Muhammad Ali, gold medalist light heavyweight cap «000 boxer, remembers the thrill of Jl > 40Scm (PAL) colour :Hu bMI Tv with »ofi push H F the 1960 Rome Olympics. ■r t tuning and modern Kfs <; d# gn And,
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    • 311 5 naturally for the Mazda In two Mazda 323s unbeatable performance clocking the fastest times to finish Photograph by courtesy ol The Singapore Monitor at the very top. V Cast rol-Alpine Autotest Championship 1984 Round 1 4th March 1984 Ist Overall Mazda 3231.5 GT HB Organised by 1 St in Saloon
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    • 81 6 I How about a career in I I JOURNALISM? I I iA4«*tvv- I I tt*" I I I I <&h*s&'£oe&& I I «s&sm <• ".SK" I I *+*2 I I <*** I m &C\ reO ot A In U>V I VVC °^vft be ftlV \vt\cs. I «0« T a^JvTc^® 9
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  • world
    • 423 7 First hit and run attacks inside the Cambodian rice bowl area BATTAMBANG (Cambodia), Tuesday ANTI-VIETNAMESE resistance forces have stepped up penetration of several regions in Cambodia, staging the first hit-and-run attacks against this key provincial capital and striking at another northwestern town near
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    • 159 7 UPI BANGKOK, Tuesday AT LEAST two Thai border guards were killed and 10 wounded yesterday when a battalion of Burmese troops crossed into Thailand during fighting with Karen separatist rebels, military sources said. Reports from Mae Sot, 386 kms
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    • 319 7 MANILA, Tues A FOURTH civilian witness yesterday disputed military claims that Benigno Aauino was killed on the Manila AirKrt tarmac, saying he ard a shot and saw the opposition leader de* scending an airline staircase. Philippine Air Force Col Arthur Custodio
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    • 154 7 AP HOUSTON, Tuesday THE number of bodies recovered from a wrecked American drilling ship Glomar Java Sea which was wrecked east of Vietnam reached 26 yesterday as divers continued a round-the-clock operation to determine the fate of the 81 crewmembers, sources here
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    • 194 8 AP JERUSALEM, Tuesday PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Shamir said yesterday that Israel was trying to build up local Lebanese militias to secure Israel's northern border from Palestinian guerilla attacks "without needing a massive Israeli presence in south Lebanon." Mr Shamir also said in
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    • 467 8 Baghdad Radio issues warning to Iranian civilians Agencies LONDON, Tuesday AN IRANIAN defence spokesman said yesterday there were strong indications that Iraq would attack Iranian cities with chemical weapons, the Iranian national news agency Irna reported. A spokesman for the Supreme Defence Council's
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    • 183 8 BEIRUT, Tuesday MORTAR AND rocket fire jolted Beirut yesterday, killing 17 people and wounding 38 others, with Lebanon's warring factions ignoring a call for a ceasefire broadcast from national reconciliation talks in Europe. At least 16 people were killed including eight children and 28
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    • People Watch
      • 149 9 AP LONDON: Swedish actress Britt Ekland, 41, is to marry drummer Jim MacDonnell of the Stray Cats rock group in Los Angeles on March 21, her London agent said yesterday. Mr MacDonnell, known as Slim Jim, will be 23 on their
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      • 128 9 AP BEIJING: SENIOR Communist Party leader Deng Xiaoping, 79, grabbed a shovel and joined in yesterday on China's tree-planting day. Mr Deng, chairman of the Party's Central Advisory Commission and the nation's paramount figure, rode in a mini-bus to the Ming tombs reservoir,
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      • 92 9 UPI WARSAW: Cardinal Jozef Glemp returned home to Poland yesterday, facing problems with DroSolidarity hunger strikers and students battling Communist bureaucrats in "the war of the crucifixes." Seven men and women at the Church of St Joseph the Worker, in Ursus, began a hunger
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    • 406 9 AP LONDON, Tuesday POLICE dismantled a bomb found in a popular Arabic nightclub and restaurant in the heart of London last night in the latest incident in a bomb blitz which police say is aimed at opponents of Libyan leader Col Khadafi,
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    • 600 10 Hart, Mondale, Glenn and Jackson woo Georgia voters AP >TLANTA, Tuesday FOUR democratic presidential candidates wooed voters in the South yesterday after a debate in which the new front-runner, Mr Gary Hart, was attacked as naive and inexperienced by rivals desperate to blunt his drive for the
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    • 150 10 AP WASHINGTON, Tues AT FIRST, they were eight in a blur Now they are five, these candidates for the Democratic Party's nomination for president They have defined their differences, taken their stances, laid out their issues Each stakes a claim to a
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    • 173 10 UPI WICHITA (Kansas), Tues A JUDGE yesterday issued a "subpoena" ordering the stubborn stepfather of a prospective bride to wear tights and a tunic to a wedding of Shakespearean theme. Bill Johnson had objected to wearing the tights. "I have bony knees," he
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    • 109 10 Reuter MOSCOW, Tuesday WEST German opposition leader Hans-Jochen Vogel, one of the few senior Western politicians to have had talks with the late Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, yesterday met his successor, Konstantin Chernenko. Mr Vogel, heading a delegation of top members of his Social Democratic Party (SPD)
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    • 92 9 TO ARMS TONIGHT! Fight the crush of peak hour traffic. Beat a retreat to the Stamford Arms tonight after work. Arrange to meet your friends and colleagues and spend a 4 Happy Hour* or two in a relaxing English-style atmosphere. Strengthen your reserves with a cold pint of beer and
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    • 10 9 family. Soave worthy great IRUFFINOI ■Ufi||> I lb (p. I*—^n,
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    • 33 10 Mzt+M or^'s central location If I Open on Sundays: Authorised \\~_X7 10 am~~4oo p m Main Dealer for SINGAPORE USED CAR Showroom: G1 G2 Novena Ville 275 Thomson Road Singapore 1130. Tel: 253-8877
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    • 82 10 I I I Simple 'Self Application' Kits now available Controls heat, glare and fading Reduces air-conditioning costs Makes glass shatter-resistant Improves outdoor beauty Maintenance free Easy application self-adhesive 3 colours: Grey, Bronze, Silver Distributors: AXIS TRADING CO. PTE. LTD. 9 Jalan Besar, Call *****76 Singapore 0820. *****41 UNI SUN X
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  • money
    • 661 11  -  Exchange has finally agreed to register the 763 disputed lots By FOO CHOY PENG THE STORM that threatened the credibility of the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) appears to have blown over. The exchange and the Kuala Lumpur Commodities Clearing House (KLCCH) have now agreed to
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    • 351 11 OIL PALM companies released sparkling results for the period to Dec 31. THE Kuala Sidim Rubber Co earned more in the half year to Dec, 1983 than the whole of the previous year. Its 58 per cent-owned subsidiary, Selangor Coconuts, announced that its half year
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    • 159 11 Is National Iron Steel making a comeback? SHARE OF THE PAY J DEALERS have been asking this question since the company's shares crossed tne critical $6 resistance level. Although some analysts recommend the counter as a buy in anticipation of better 1984 results, some dealers feel that the improvement in
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    • 201 11 HHLLSTREET Reuter WALL STREET stock prices closed sharply higher, enjoying their best gain in two weeks, after bargainhunting investors were lured back to the market by a strong buy-signal from an influential tecnnical analyst. The Dow Jones industrial average, which fell
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    • 209 11 AP THE US dollar rose sharply against all major European currencies yesterday while gold prices dropped below |400 an ounce. Some currency dealers said the dollar's strength was the result of technical factors, but others attributed its gains to renewed speculation that US interest rates will rise
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    • 876 12 COMPANY FOCUS BONVEST Holding Limited is classified in the official lists of the Stock Exchange of Singapore as a property company. When re-listed alter its rescue in last May, Bonvest changed its operations from an electronics manufacturer into a property development company. An
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    • 195 12 Singaporeans are saving and borrowing more WHILE some Singaporeans are increasing their savings in finance companies, others are borrowing more to buy houses, consumer durables and cars. Finance companies in January lent out a total of about $5.5 billion to customers, $221 million or four per cent higher than December.
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    • 334 12 A FOREIGN exchange "guru", obviously puzzled by the choppy and erratic trading in foreign exchange markets during the past week, said that the market is over-reacting to the fluctuations (more appropriately, the fall) in the US dollar. He said: "There is a
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    • 370 12 COMPANY REPORTS PROMET has lived up to market expectations by posting a pre-tax group profit of M$ 115.55 million for the year ending Dec 31, 1983. This is a growth of 75.7 per cent and compares well with the 57 per cent for
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    • 190 13 I READ with interest the report (SM, March 2) that the Ministry of Education is planning a pilot scheme to replace the senior teacher with that of the department head. The teachers who will be appointed as heads will receive an
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    • 386 13 RECENTLY, there have been many complaints about our rude salespeople from both tourists and Singaporeans. On Sunday (March 4), my friends and I brought a group of Greek friends who were visiting Singapore for the first time to
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    • 198 13 "WORKING directly under the PM and Dr Qoh Keng Swee means a good flow of adrenalin all the time, but it also makes you realise very quickly why Singapore has done so well." Chairman and Chief Executive of OCBC, Mr Yong Pung How. "WHEN IT comes to spending money
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    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 120 13 I REFER to The Singapore Monitor comment "Why the silence, SBC?" (SM, March 7) and I fully support your point of view. I have followed with interest the reports of Movie TV Weekly's "infringement" of SBC copyright and the banning
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      • 66 13 I refer to your writer's call for chemical castration of rapists and molesters. (SM, March 7). No doubt such merciless offenders should not go unpunished. But to adopt such a ghastly measure like chemical castration is as good as taking many steps
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    • 458 14 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT NO ONE will dispute the inherent good sense in our attempts to make the best of our only major resource the people, especially so with those of high calibre. The care and attention devoted to nurturing the intelligent few among the people
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    • 297 14  -  TAN HENG HUAY Executive Asst Secretary (Public Relations) HDB PLEASE refer to the letter "No reply despite ringing HDB live times" (SM, March 5). We would like to explain the operation of our telephone system for the benefit of our callers. The
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    • 216 14  -  LIM HONG Singapore 0409 I READ with interest Reuter's article (SM, March 3) which reported that Mr Chernenko wanted the United States to substantiate that it wants peace by real action. I think Mr Chernenko, too, should substantiate his declared desire for
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    • 310 14  -  Academic achievement is not everything, says Mr Goh GOH CHOK TONG Minister of Defence I REFER to Mr Dudley Au's letter, (SM, March 9) headlined, "Nothing that is worth learning can be taught." 1 agree with Mr Au completely that "if those
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    • 72 13 LETTERS on any subject of puttie interest writ be accepted lor pubfccation They should be typed and must be signed They must also include the writer s name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym n print A contact telephone number would be useful We reserve
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous

  • BUSI-COM (SIBUS) '84 THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EQUIPMENT & COMPUTER SHOW IN SINGAPORE MARCH 13 – 17, 1984
    • 548 15 EVERYBODY knows that automation and computerisation will result in labour savings and increased productivity. But the dawn of this new age brings with it another promise which many are not aware of. Computers can be used to create services which as yet do not
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    • 162 15 BUSICOM (Sibus) '84, the fifth International Business Equipment and Computer Show, opens at the World Trade Centre today. The show will run till March 17. Some of the latest equipment and technology will be on display, including data processing machines, copiers, facsimile machines,
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    • 484 16 THE call for companies to move towards computerisation and automation has been clearly heard by computer dealers and manufacturers. Many types of equipment, often mind-boggling in technology, as well as many fakes, have entered the market. Amidst the cacophony of sales messages put
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    • 238 18 Brand new line of office machines will go on show EQUATRON will be launching several new office machines at Busicom (Sibus) *84. Among these are electronic typewriters from Japan, ranging from basic machines with all the usual functions to some with memories as large as
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    • 236 19 SANYO, widely known for its home and electrical appliances, is set to make its mark in the business equipment market as well. Its diversification efforts have led to the introduction of equipment ranging from solar-powered calculators to sophisticated business computers. Sanyo's entry into the
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    • 182 20 RECENT developments in electronics technology makes possible the combination of facsimile machines with other electronic systems such as computers and other data terminals At Busicom'B4, Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems will exhibit their full range of their Panasonic Panafax Facsimile equipment. The Panafax UF520EX,
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    • 193 20 OFFICE photycopying machines are now capable of doing a lot more than simply copy. Many can now collate, staple, and carry out various functions automatically, jobs which previously had to be done manually. The U-Bix 2500 MR, the latest in the range
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    • 269 15 Jjpw* ''**> pr." y The Future Force In Off ice Automation TEC puts technology to work for you. I^hbhbmbhbh^h Simply and easily. Because is TEC's philosophy to foster the innovative technology that makes business smoother and life easier for its customers. Since the* manufacture of Japan's first electric adding machine,
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    • 310 16 THE EPSON MARK OF EXCELLENCE EPSON, the name synonymous with Epson QX-10, we have another two new printer and computer excellence, is once printers to show you the LQ-1500 and again proud to be one of the exhibitors the upgraded RX-100. We'll be very of BUSI-COM '84. pleased to demonstrate
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    • 354 17 FAX OR FICTION All you need is a separate IDD line as it HHHfIHHH is activated by a telephone call, and transmitted automatically through a telephone line. uiJcfcffftflKklß PANAFAX SAVES YOU MONEY. mmmjmmß "I only need to send text and my telex does that." You're probably saying to yourself. tfK
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    • 434 18 1% I a MITA pioneer manufacturer of copiers in Japan introduces the m/l IT*| I II 111. DC-111. the plain paper copier weighing only 30 6 kg, just for the 1 I 11,11 JL/ A.M.JL small-business man. the secretary, manager, managing director iw the professional person when you want to
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    • 138 19 I lish flying office equipmentRtmincton Our electronic typewriter, the Rcmtronic 2000. Features of an electronic, price of an electric. u-Bix Our wcll-rcspcctcd -J copiers offer low cost per copy and highly reliable after-sales service. I rote -JSyT~ Our German-made Ijf Roto Offset machines L. _M have been tried, tested >
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    • 241 20 SECRETARY'S WEEK Book Today! m Far East Secretary's Professional] The Secretaries Week Secretary Office Conference Exhibition Magazine I Affair '84 '84 A grand show for 12-14 April 1984 15-17 April 1984, April 1984, Hotel Hotel Meridian Hotel Meridian j Meridian Admission motivating and highly exhibition specially I on W beneficial
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    • 81 20 If you are still handwriting-STOP! Use microwriter®-^ 230 mm 117 mm A x 50mm at its A thickest) Text ProcessoAfe^ Microwrite immediately to print Reduce cost and the turn-around time of j Operational sequence can be mastered wtthri 2 HOURS Enquiries: SINGAPORE YromTech. Agencies Pte Ltd 625 Aljunied Road #07-01
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    • 272 21 CX 257 D B-dmit CX 2312. AC/DC^^^ r?L swni desk top LCD wallet-type 12-diart TAB 1000. Microprocessor- solar-powered calc3stor controlled telephone answering calculator. system with 6 functions. Ml. Slim, (AIIWI x JOINS THE W^^%, RANKS AT V BUSKOM j MM <* ***** P. 10-digit 4 /a desk-top printer A W
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  • leisure
    • Article, Illustration
      306 22  -  Clothes and accessories: FASHION LODGE Models: JENNY and TAMMI Location: RAFFLES HOTEL Co-ordinated by INEZ WEI LISTEN to your senses and allow your thoughts to run free. Imagine yourself skipping across lush, green meadows, brushing past beautiful blossoms that, dance in the breeze. High up above in the
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    • 660 22  -  A lot of glitter By MARTIN BERNHEIMER LATWP MIKHAIL BAEYSHNIKOV is one of the finest classical dancers in the world. Many would say the finest. At 36, he can still dance just about anything he wants when he feels like it. He can be noble,
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    • 498 24  -  vssmm By WONG SING YEONG TWO days ago, the Sunday Monitor published an article by a noted sports writer calling for soccer to be banned on TV. TV soccer, he claimed, is a feeble distortion of the real thing, which can only be seen and experienced on
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    • 522 24 Drama on 12: Crime and Punishment (Part 1) (Ch 12, 8.55 pm) FYODOR Dostoevsky's classic novel, Crime and Punishment, is one of the greatest psychological thrillers in world literature. In this three-part adaptation by Jack Pulman, John Hurt stars as the impoverished and tormented student,
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    • 668 25  -  TITLE: WARGAMES STARRING: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman DIRECTOR: John Badham Coming to Lido Reviewed by PHILIP CHEAH IT ONLY happens in the movies, so we like to think. But War Games and last year's Blue Thunder are two movies that cross into real life. "I'm
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 606 23 SBC i 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by My Way (C) (r). 4.40 Story Time (r) (T). 5.00 Open House Theatre. Featured are a magic show, master of song and music Dan Crow, and a group of Korean dancers performing the fan dance. 5.25 The Man from Atlantis: The
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    • 791 23 FILM GUIDE on Page 26 1 t m *0 f t At iw,» Jo/in Hurt, Yvonne Couletter and Prunella Ranaome in Drama on 12: Crime and Puniahment (Ch 12,8.55 pm) RTM 5.02 Quran Reading. 5.08 Programme Summary. 5.13 Family Hour Faathral: Which Mother ia Mine? Tension mounts in Denise s
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    • 180 26 CAPITOL: NOW SHOWING! (*****59) 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 0.30, 0.15 No Free List It's FUN FUN FUN ON VACATION! Cvwy summor Chsvy ChoM tofcos his tomWy on a INN* trip. ho woftf too far. —o l. AHAnrsaaasnaucia lull'i.TFkl amudmnsfui L\\. otn cms Wffix imjms ocAiargynir d-nbio nob* coca mot hum Sycm
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 81 26 leisure fifty I WE SHALL NOT GROW OLD TOGETHER ALLIANCE Francaise will screen We Shall Not Grow Old Together this evening at 9 at Cultural Theatre, Cuscaden Road. This is a moving love story of two people who grow apart. Admission is free. TODAY: TOMORROW: High tide: 5.56 am High
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    • 696 26 The Portuguese Folk Dance troupe from Macau to perform at the Macau Food Festival at Oberoi Imperial Hotel MACAU FOOD FESTIVAL Lunch at $24 nett (per person) will A MACAU Food Festival will be held at the Oberoi Imperial, Rose 7 Tnm to Sho£t™« Room (Penthouse), 13th floor, from P™
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    • 342 27 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 19 LIBRA Don't succumb to pressure ex- September 23 to October 22 erted by a prying friend. You Before noon you meet with Camay get a confidential busi- reer luck, but later there may ness tip, but hold off action for be some
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    • 278 27 ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry /onTwe tcl«pwoncT""~~1 [Twee... this is a favor i f Fthe death ¥j think mybestl [/ULV SAID THAT SHE *-v TACTIC OF STRIKE... A RIFLE) L X I y 'SE EMS TO POINT M 1 BET WOULD BE I If HAD POUND SOMETHING &RENADE FIRED
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  • RUBBERPLAS '84 THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL RUBBER AND PLASTICS EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE FOR ASIA WORLD TRADE CENTRE, SINGAPORE. MARCH 13 – 16, 1984
    • 503 28 They are even replacing metals in many areas of industry now MENTION "plastics" and the average layman thinks of the transparent material used for packaging and of plastic pails and cups. But these represent only a very small fraction of the uses to which
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    • 234 28 RUBBERPLAS '84, the third international rubber and plastics exhibition and conference which opens at the World Trade Centre today, will again highlight the importance of the two industries to the manufacturing sector. Virtually every manufacturer uses rubber or plastic in his
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    • 276 29 THE Singapore Polytechnic and the- Plastics and Rubber Institute of the United Kingdom (Singapore Branch), the professional body for people in the rubber and plastics industries, are upgrading their courses relating to these industries to reflect their increasing sophistication and economic importance. The
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    • 165 29 THE next time you look into a mirror and find that your features have been distorted beyond recognition, take heart. It's not that you have been transformed into a grotesque figure. It's probably because you are looking at an
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 196 28 STEP INTO THE FUTURE RUDBCRPUM'B4 $>*82 If you are involved in the rubber and plastics industries, you cannot afford to miss RUBBERPLAS '84. The only major exhibition of its kind in Southeast Asia, RUBBERPLAS '84 will be represented by many of the world's leading manufacturers displaying their latest machinery, products
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 52 29 See us for our complete range I air welding hose for welding. I BRIDQESTONE Japan's top rubber industry. I We are here to meet and satisfy your needs I Hin YEW CHEONG WELDING PTE LTD I TELEPHONE: *****22 (8 LINES) I BJS YEW CHEONG AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD I TELEPHONE:
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 165 30 Congratulations Rwbbf rplas 'S4 cityneon is happy to be back with you again for the third time running Rubberpla^^^^^^J^^^^ Cityneon provided the stands for the first Rubberplas Exhibition. Cityneon was invited back again for the second. Now here we are again proud to have been invited to work with ITF
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  • PHOTOGRAPHIC CORNER
    • 650 31 AFTER tiring of the pictures taken with the standard lens that came with the camera, most photographers invest in a telephoto or tele-zoom lens as their first addional accessory. Lenses of this type, in the 100 to 200 mm range, have
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    • 396 32 IN SPORTS photography, you will need faster films to match the speed of the action and the length of your lenses. Quite a number of zoom lenses utilise many layers of glass in their construction and these absorb a lot of light before it
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    • 1341 33 Class MONITOR'S DIRECTORY Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: Words 0.35 ccnts p«r word 0.55 ccnU per word Display $7.70 per col. cm $12.00 per col. cm BtuiMii Hr» Mon-Frl. 9am-spm Sat. 9am-lpm DISCO SERVICES A Disco Services 254-9247 A Megaton Mobile Di5c*****596 A X-system Bam-lopm 271-6667 BricKhouse Mobile
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    • 158 34 classified 273-9Q90 Situations Vacant NANOTEK ELECTRONICS PTE LTD We are expanding and looking for Operators to fill the vacancies Age 17 above Completed primary 6 education Able to understand simple English Willing to work on 2 rotating shifts No working experience required as training wiH be provided We offer attractive
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    • 745 35 classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant H Come Join WILSON PARKING Wo oro »«p«ndln| and urgently roqulrm-FULL-TIME CAR PARK CASHIERS (EngMnh Spooking) No Shift work Completed Soc. 2 FULL-TIME TRAFFIC CONTROLLER (roaldont from District 13,14, IS) Bolow 49 years oM Physically fit No Shift duty We offer good starting pay with generous
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    • 223 35 Situations Vacant SIIIMIZl) j CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD Currently engaged in several projects in Singapore including the MRT, invite suitably qualified applicants for:CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN Polytechnic Diploma in Building/Civil Engineering or equivalent. Preferably with 2 years' working experience in the Building Industry. Candidates with GCE 'O' level and 5 years' similar experience
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    • 301 36 classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant MS Requirements: Job-change, trouble-shootings, repairing maintenance of machinery and utility equipment Willing to work on rotating shifts NTC-3 in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or QCE '0' Level Completed National Service Benefits: High commencing Vanous leave salary Attractive Bonus 2 increments per Transport provided year Loans scheme Meal/attendance Medical
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    • 380 38  -  Story: ALFONSO CHAN BOTH Japan and the People's Republic of China tennis teams came in from the cold last night to join early arrivals Israel and South Korea for the Asian Junior Tennis Championships which will open tomorrow at the Singapore Tennis Centre. The
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    • 157 38 Reuter MUNICH (West Germany) WEST German soccer captain Karl Heinz Rummenigge said today that he is "90 per cent certain" to sign a three-year contract with Inter Milan of Italy in what could be Europe's biggest transfer deal. "The matter is
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    • 374 38 They will want to avenge '66 loss to Everton ...if they get past Southampton in the replay Reuter, AP LONDON, Tuesday SECOND Division Sheffield Wednesday are within distance of reaching the FA Cup finals after a long absence of 18 years. Their hopes will lie with their team
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    • 47 38 THE draw for the English Football Association Cup semifinals to be played on Saturday, April 14, was made yesterday: Plymouth or Derby v Watford at Villa Park, Birmingham. Everton v Sheffield Wednesday at Old Trafford, Manchester, or Everton v Southampton at Highbury, London.
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    • 505 39 130* A WIDE rang* of remarkable individuals can be found among those who play American basketball. So when one of these personalities stands out, one might expect her to be very talented. Such is the case of Cheryl Miller, undeniably the best women basketball
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    • 532 40 Draw and starting times for the first round of the Rolex Masters at the Sime Course tomorrow FIRST TEE: 7.15 a.m. Teo Chin Hoe (Singapore), V Nellan (Malaysia), B Marantika (Indonesia); 7.22 Mamat Kaajal (I), Y Noda (Japan), R Qua termane (S); 7.29 Alex Tang (Hong
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    • 382 40  -  By ERNEST FRIDA HSIEH MIN NAM, the popular Taiwanese professional, quietly slipped into the Singapore Island Country Club yesterday and signed up for the |71,000 Rolex Masters which starts at the Sime Course tomorrow. He came straight from the Chanei International airport to
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    • 254 40 AP LA SEYNE-SUR-MER (France), Tuesday DEMONSTRATING shipyard workers disrupted yesterday's stage of the Paris-Nice cycling classic, and French superstar Bernard Hinault reportedly exchanged punches with demonstrators after being thrown to the ground. The workers from the nearby La Ciotat yards, protesting forthcoming
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    • 535 40  -  COMMENT By KENNETH JALLEH SINGAPORE'S first school for soccer swings its doors open on April 1 with the most optimistic hopes of a better era of soccer elites for the Republic. Whatever went wrong with the first Milo school to breed internationals about
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    • 241 40 AP PARIS, Tuesday AMERICAN John McEnroe overtook compatriot Jimmy Connors to top the Grand Prix tennis standings following his 6-1 6-3 victory over Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia in the Belgian Indoor Championship final on Sunday. Standings: 1. John McEnroe (US) 775
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    • 654 41  -  Combined experience of Sundramoorthy and Razali forms backbone of team ASIAN YOUTH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP Reports by S GULAM THE SINGAPORE Youth soccer squad that left for Bangladesh this morning to compete in the Asian Youth Championship is a blend of experience and
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      47 41 THE SQUAD Abdul Malek, Benedict Gob, Hussein Ayoob, Abdul Latif, Azmi Othman, Mobd Yunos, Kadir Abdullah, Michael Wong, Syed Farouk, Abdul Razak, Othman Abdullah, Razali Rashid, Azmi Omar, V Sundramoorthy, Steven. Choo, Clement Teo, Ahmad Ibrahim, M Rajendran Syed Farouk Hussein Avoob Azmi Othman
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    • 362 41 Tampines and Farrer Park postpone all matches THIS SEASON'S National Football League, already disrupted by bad weather, now stands to be hit by the absence of youths from the clubs as they leave with the Singapore Youths team this morning
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    • WORLDFRONT
      • 92 42 AP GLASGOW, Tuesday DAVID HAY, manager of Scottish Premier Division soccer team Celtic, has denied reports that he is planning to make a fresh start in the United States. Hay was reported to be taking over the running of a multi-million sports complex
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      • 132 42 Reuter LONDON, Tuesday lAN BOTHAM will see a specialist today about the knee injury which forced him to return home early from the England tour of Pakistan, secretary of the Somerset County cricket club Tony Brown said yesterday. The England all-rounder is due to captain
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      • 80 42 AP LONDON, Tuesday MILLIONAIRE publisher Robert Maxwell's bid to take over struggling English Second Division soccer team Derby County was adjourned for 24 hours in the High Court yesterday. Maxwell, currently chairman of Third Division Oxford United, has offered to
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      • 81 42 AP LONDON, Tuesday A MEETING between Britain's AntiApartheid Movement and the English Rugby Union over a proposed England rugby tour of South Africa in May was abandoned yesterday because news of the meeting was leaked to the press. "It is normal and proper
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    • 486 42 Ml CHESS CMMPMSMPS AP, Reuter VILNIUS (Lithuania), Tuesday VASILI Smyslov and Gary Kasparov of the Soviet Union adjourned the second game of their contest to challenge Anatoly Karpov for the world chess title on the 41st move yesterday. The adjournment means the match will
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    • 235 43  -  By ERNEST FRIDA JAGTAR SINGH, Singapore's top long distance runner, will be without a job from Thursday. Jagtar, 22, who has been promoting New Balance track shoes for the past year has been given quit notice. No reasons were given. Said a visibly dejected
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    • 465 43  -  Our No. 1 player should be the top singles seed, says coach REPORT: ALFONSO CHAN THE seedings for the boys' singles in the Asian Junior Tennis Championships have not satisfied all the participants. Least of all the Tsraelis. The Israelis, together with the South Koreans, Chinese and Japanese,
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    • 130 43 BOYS' SINGLES: 1 Manuel Tolentino (Phi) 2 Felix Barrientos (Phi) 3 Anthony del Rosario (Phi) 4 Colin Grant (HK) 5 Shigeru Ohta (Jap) 6 Gilad Bloom (Israel) 7 Choi Sung Hoon (S Korea) 8 Fang Shao Fei (Chi). DOUBLES: 1 Felix Barrientos-Antonio del Rosario
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