Singapore Monitor, 2 April 1984

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    • 441 2 Second shooting in S'pore in 48 hours A NEWSPAPER distributor was critically injured last night after being shot in the head at point-blank range during a fight with two men at his home. This morning his condition in hospital was described as "stable."
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    • 141 2 THE Singapore Association for Retarded Children will hold its first trans-island challenge road relay over 35 km on May 27. About 250 students will take part and each will run 1 km. The aims of the relay are to improve the
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    • 293 2 SHOPKEEPERS and restaurant operators intending to start businesses at New Towns are benefiting from rental concessions offered by the Housing and Development Board. The concessions, of up to 50 per cent of tendered rental for a maximum of six months,
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    • 116 2 EMPLOYERS may call on the Ministry of Defence to hold its training camp open days at weekends, if they are to be annual events. The employers are worried about a loss in productivity caused by employees asking for time off
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    • 435 3 Police investigating report of broken window in Telok Blangah flat THE OCCUPANT of a flat heard a loud bang and later found a small, round bole resembling that caused by the penetration of a Dullet in one of the window panes The cause
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    • 127 3 AN APRIL Fool's Day joke was played on delegates to the American Pacific Council of the American Chamber of Commerce. At the end of a two-day conference which culminated in a dinner at the Pavilion Inter-Continental on Saturday, delegates were given a lucky draw ticket promising
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    • 409 4 DR TONY TAN'S CLEMENTI AND WEST COAST WALKABOUTS DR TONY Tan, Minister for Finance and Trade and Industry, said that the proposal to raise the CPF withdrawal age needs more study. Speaking at a forum after his walkabout at Clementi and West Coast yesterday,
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    • 99 4 COMMUTERS at Clement! But Interchange were surprised to find a minister in their midst aa they were waiting to board a bus. Dr Tony Tan, the Miniater for Finance and Trade and Industry, was anxious to have a feel of
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    • 508 4 PRIVATELY-RUN multistorey or underground car parks should be encouraged so that motorists are made to pay the costs oi car ownership at market rate. This was the view expressed by Dr Tony Tan, Minister for Finance and Trade and Industry, in reply to a
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    • 143 4 WHY not allow shopkeepers in HDB estates to own their premises along the lines of the home ownership scheme? The poser was raised by an official of the Clementi Shopkeepers' Association who felt that shop ownership would remove uncertainties about rental increases. Dr
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    • 100 4 THE problems faced by Hong Kong were also raised. Dr Tan said he hoped negotiations for Hong Kong's future would be satisfactorily resolved. This would enable Hong Kong to remain a prosperous, vibrant trading nation providing a fink between china and the rest
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    • 552 6  -  WOMAN WHO FORSOOK HER FAMILY WANTS TO START LIFE ANEW HERE By SIT YIN FONG MADAM Gan Kuan Yoke eloped to England and forsook her family for almost a quarter of a century. Now, at 57, the woman who "returned from the dead" is coming back
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    • AROUND SINGAPORE
      • 59 6 EVEN those without teletext television sets can now see what SBC Text has to offer in a transmission over Channels 5 and 8 half an hour before the regular programmes begin. The broadcast, which includes about 20 pages of news,
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      • 97 6 NORFOLK Road has been made one-way because of the construction of a stretch of the Central Expressway. Motorists travelling towards Thomson Road should use Moulmein Road. The change, which began at 10 am yesterday, will last until the expressway is completed. The city-bound
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      • 99 6 THE Community Chest of Singapore has received a donation of $23,406 from Malayan Banking Berhad and its staff. The chairman of the bank, Dato Jaffar Hussein, yesterday presented the cheque to Dr Ee Peng Liang, president of the Community Chest. Dato Hussein said that
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      • 56 6 SIX fashion houses will represent Singapore at the Sydney Ready-to-Wear Festival starting today. The Trade Development Board is organising Singapore's participation in the fair for the third time. About 460 outfits ranging from teenage casuals and office day wear to formal evening wear will
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      • 82 6 THREE new researchers have been affiliated to the Institute of South-East Asian Studies. They are Mr Santi Bang-Or, chief of the Commerce and Service Planning Sector in the ILO Asian Regional Team in Bangkok, Dr Sally Borthwick, a lecturer in the Department of Policitical
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    • 186 5 In the past 25 years, Singapore has developed It means maintaining a strong economy. a .way of life that is peaceful and prosperous. Working hard in every business. And being A life that is worth defending. organised so that the nation can be mobilized SZ X Total Defence is the
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    • 209 6 IV Australia the big country IMPORTANT NEWS FOR ALL AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES AND IMPORTERS On 13 May 1984, the The content will be of Australian goods and Sunday Monitor with a serious nature services and to the complete designed to show the encourage cooperation and importance both Singaporeans to travel to
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  • world
    • 334 8 AP, UPI LOS ANQELES, Monday AMERICAN singer Marvin Gaye was shot to death on Sunday, allegedly by his father, Marvin Gaye Sr. The senior Gaye has been taken into custody. Lt Bob Martin said the father was being held but had not yet been charged. Gaye,
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    • 281 8 New tactics lead to bloodier fighting Reuter PESHAWAR, Monday SOVIET forces in Afghanistan are using more aggressive tactics in a spring offensive against Muslim resistance which could lead to bloodier fighting and a further exodus of refugees, rebtt party leaders said. The rebels, based in
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    • 85 8 AP COLOMBO, Mon SRI LANKA'S major foreign exchange-earning industries, tea and rubber, were crippled yesterday by a nationwide workers' strike for higher wages and benefits. Sri Lanka is the world's largest exporter of tea, earning up to 40 per cent of its hard
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    • 135 8 Lianhe Wanbao DENMARK is considering closing down its embassy in Hanoi, said the Danish Foreign Minister before he left for Brunei yesterday after an official three-day visit to Singapore. Mr Uffe Jensen Ellenmann said the reason for such a move was
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    • 423 9 Reuter NEW YORK, Monday PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Walter Mondale has widened his lead over Gary Hart in the New York primary election for the Democratic Party nomination, the latest polling figures showed yesterday. They indicated the former vice president was 13 percentage points ahead
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    • 380 9 AP LONDON, Monday DRTVERLESS bases in Central London? A dictionary of real English for stuffy Britons? Hard-core porn to compete with "Morning Worship" on Sunday TV? On April 1, the British take their morning newspapers with toast, kippers and a grain But
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    • 229 9 UPI HONOLULU, Mon A HAZE of possibly noxious sir from the Ma una Los voicsno is moving towsrd Asia, covering thoussnds of square miles of the Pscific Ocean and cutting visibility st some islands to 3 km. The base was made up of normal
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    • 164 9 LONDON, Monday AMID threats of stepped-up picketing and a pledge from railmen to stop moving coal in the last major field still producing, Britain's 21-day-old miners' strike moved closer to a confrontation with the Conservative government. "We've not yet really seen mass picketing," Arthur
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    • 500 10 Reuter WASHINGTON, Monday THE Reagan administration is preparing a wide-ranging policy to combat international terrorism, including the use of anti-ter-rorist commando teams abroad, US officials said. A maior policy review, expected to produce a document for the president's signature sometime in April, has
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    • 286 10 UPI QAiJCr nV/nRt, mOOOBy ITALIAN magistrates have notified the American president of the Vatican Bank, Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, that he is under investigation for suspected embezzlement of a real estate company, news reports said yesterday. The reports, appearing in three leading Italian newspapers, said state
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    • 293 10 UPI CESME (Turkey), Monday NATO defence ministers gathered yesterday for the first ministerial level meeting on nuclear planning since the alliance began deployment of Cruise and Pershing II missiles in Europe and the Soviets broke off disarmament talks. US Defence Secretary
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    • 237 10 SALT LAKE CITY, Mon TELEVISION newsman Randall Carlisle felt awkward when he began a weekly series that urged people to adopt children with special problems but two months ago he ended up adopting one himself. The series, "Wednesday's Child", started on Salt Lake City 's
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    • 595 12 Reuter BEIRUT, Monday LESS than two weeks after Lebanese leaders failed to agree on a peace plan for their country, at talks in Switzerland, a truce has taken hold in Beirut and the main armed groups are talking. The discussions have
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    • 63 12 RECEIVING an honorary degree as a Doctor of Humane Letters from the College of Physicians ana Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, Bob Hope smiles as Dr. Ira Snow Jones, faculty member who bestowed the hood, straightens it. Mr Hope was honoured for his long interest
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    • 131 12 JEDDAH, Monday SAUDI Arabia's top religious figure yesterday condemned frequent visits by young Saudis to the US and Europe as a serious threat to Islam. Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Baz, directorgeneral of the Office of Scientific Research, Religious Ruling and Guidance, described "frequent travels
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    • 142 12 CAIRO, Monday EGYPT'S land, air and naval forces have begun military exercises near its western border with Libya, the state-con-trolled Middle East News Agency said yesterday. "The forces of the Western Military Zone were continuing their annual manoeuvres that began yesterday (Satur- day),"
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    • 379 12 UPI NEW YORK, Mon LAST year was not a good year for the United Nations. An American envoy told the organisation to get lost and then the US served a oneyear notice that it would quit Unesco. Now the UN's
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    • 71 12 oUtifakr Daily Specials Mondays Yong Taufu Lemak Tuesdays Laksa Assam (Penang Laksa) Wednesdays Nasi Kunyit (Saffron Rice) Thursdays: Mee Rebus Fridays Popiah Saturdays Sundays Ketupat Rempah or try our wide variety of Dishes typically served in the homes of the Nyonyas and Babas, in Malacca Unit 05-22/23, Far East Plaza,
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    • 99 13 THE MODERN OFFICE KEY TELEPHONE SYSTEM THAT IS CHEAP AND GOOD. CONSIST OF A MAIN EXCHANGE UNIT WHERE UP TO 6 TELECOMS LINES 12 TELEPHONE EXTENSIONS CAN BE CONNECTED TO IT. < Afj Benefit your office communications with: i Easy to use, and does not need a telephone operator. Memory
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  • money
    • 716 14  -  Their image still that of meeting needs caused by death and disability By S" STEVEN GUO WHY are Singapore insurance companies a safe bet but a stodgy investment, when all around the world insurance companies are gaining glamour? In Britain, huge multinational companies are
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    • 334 14 THE following is a selection of currencies analysed in the latest issue of the Foreign Currency Review, a publication of the Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York. CANADIAN DOLLAR A SLIDING Canadian dollar has caused the government to increase domestic interest rates in an attempt
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    • 117 14 SHARE OF THE PAY j VPERLIS Plantation, which closed at $5.15 last Friday, has been somewhat quiet in the past few weeks after some excitement in early January. While the counter, with a price-earn-ings ratio of about 16, is finding horizontal support at $5,
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    • 362 14 GOLD REVIEW BY GREEN COLLIER SPOT gold bullion had another relatively quiet week last week with prices ranging from US|SBS to US$39l an ounce. The metal opened at U5f387.50/ US$3BB on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) on Monday and the
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    • 229 15 MR BERNARD CHEN has been appointed group general manager and director of the soft drinks bottler, Fraser and Neave. Mr Chen, who's also the MP for Clementi, joined F it N in Nov 1981 as its general manager. ME JDH NEILL, who retired as the F lc N
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    • Article, Illustration
      557 15 ME LEE YAN HONG haa been appointed manager of the Infonet Division of Asian Computer Sevices. Mr Lee, who will be responsible for marketing and supporting Infonet s network services in Singapore ahd Malaysia, graduated from the University of Singapore and subsequently spent three years at Plessey
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 27 14 •r.xo rfJBT McNaaabt feat. iSS R 'CERTAINLY. I BELIEVE IN PmK6IFICAVOH HE R LA<ST MKSHT ICOT6D A BLOMPE TONI&MT I'M OOtNCr OUT with a it tone. AO."
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  • features
    • 1186 16  -  YOU WILL THEN NOT MISS ALL THOSE REWARDING EXPERIENCES ■y LIZ HODGKINSON Special to The Singapore Monitor YOU'VE overslept. You ladder your only good pair of tights getting dressed, and go into the kitchen to find you've run out of coffee. A letter
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    • 547 16  -  By RONALD D WHITE WASHINGTON: TODAY'S teenaged students have a higher regard for their parents, worry more about nuclear war than about pollution and strongly believe in the effectiveness of American education, according to the results of a national survey released here. The survey on
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  • opinion / letters
    • 467 17 THE STOCifIPnRF MONITOR COMMENT ONE OF the roles of a newspaper It to reflect public viewpoints; letters from readers are an integral part of the process. In the well-established papers, letters to the press enioy pride of place covering a wide range of subjects from grammar to
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    • 196 17 DON'T BE FOOLED BY GLIB SALESMEN RECENTLY I went to shop at Sim Lim Tower to buy a portable hi-fi set The salesman convinced me to make a purchase of one of his sets, claiming that it was made in Japan
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    • 123 17  -  TAN HENG HUAY Executive Asst Secretary* (Public Relations) Housing ft Development Board WE WOULD like to thank "R Hood" for his letter "Thank you for the great service. HDB!" (SM. Much 19V Wc would however, like to take this opportunity to clarify that our "Open-on-Sunday
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    • 75 17  -  MRS WEE-LEE GRACIE Sr Public Relation Officer Ministry of the Environment I REFER to the press complaint "Check fingernails of our hawkers" by "Can't Eat" (SM, March 20). I wish to inform the writer that hawkers are constantly reminded to practise good personal hygiene. Our
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    • 269 17 RECENTLY, the People's Action Party announced the first batch of its candidates for the forthcoming election. At the same time, The Workers' Party announced its new leadership. It is sad to see that once again, none of the people mentioned is a
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    • 168 17  -  PAUL NEO LAM CHUAN Secretary CPF Board PLEASE refer to Mrs Winifred Yee's letter "CPF funds must be made usable for renovations" (SM, March 23). While a renovation scheme will benefit some CPF members, the Board would need to consider its im- plementation very carefully,
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  • leisure
    • 1043 18 HK 'new wave 9 films are becoming colourful flashes to be panned Hong Kong Star HONQ KONQ: The year 1981 was a golden year of sorts for the Hong Kong film industry because it presented the movie-going public with a variety of supposedly New Wave directors to replace
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    • 531 18 LAT-WP LOS ANGELES: More than 100 of the city's finest restaurants have voluntarily pledged to hold the line on prices for the Olympics. Which is unprecedented, idealistic and shrewd. It is a genuine wish to show Los Angeles at its best, a recognition of the
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    • 596 18  -  By MARILYN BECK in HOLLYWOOO IPS TO say that Lynda Carter has a lot of new things going on in her life m like saying Wonder Woman is a special kind of woman a substantial understatement. The one-time Wonder Woman has, in recent months, gotten a
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    • 511 20 TV SCENE Hong Kong Star HONG KONG TVB is waging a war with Commercial Radio and RTHK and caught in the cross-fire are the singers. The two radio stations plan to Jointly broadcast the annual Gold Disc Award Presentation, Hong Kong's answer to the Grammy
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    • 476 20 CiSl* Classical Moments: In Performance st the White House (Ch 12, 9.05 pm) THE Julliard String Quartet was founded in 1946 and is among the oldest and famous of string quartets today. In this programme, they perform Brahms' A Minor Quartet at the White House.
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    • 966 21  -  [HONGKONG wmifirfi Pauline Loh LAST MONTH, there was a festival of 14 Chinese films from the mainland. "Chinese Movies in the Eighties", unlike previous festivals, had a dozen plus two good films in their first run, and not repeats unearthed from the dusty archives of
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    • Article, Illustration
      501 22  -  SHORT STYLES WITH BODY AND BOUNCE Hairstyles by JERIC SEE of REDS SALON Make-up by REVLON, CHANEL and ULTIMA II w sh' lorl Story by INEZ WEI TEXTURE and movement are the key words in today's hair language. As you tune into the new clean-line clothes for
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    • 370 23 Newsweek THE WORD from Hollywood is that Le Bal, which will probably never reach Singapore commercially, could provide a major Oscar night surprise by upsetting Fanny and Alexander for the best foreign film. This Frencb-Italian-Algerian co-produc-tion has already won the Cesar (France's Oscar) for best
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    • 54 23 LETTERS from Leisure readers on subjects pertaining to oar columns will be selected for publication weekly in this column. Please address your letters to Leisure Box, The Singapore Monitor, 2, Alexandra Road, 03-01 A Delta House, Singapore 0315. You may'use n pseudonym but actunl names, addresses and telephone
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    • 88 23 I WISH to thank the writer for his constructive and factual article headlined "Black and White Classics Neglected" (SM March 23). SBC should respond by revamping the current dull movie specials on television. May I add that to telecast TV film productions as "Movie Specials" over
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    • 110 23 KNOWING the difficulty of acquiring Italian soccer matches, a partial solution to this problem may be for SBC to televise the first leg of the European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final tie between England's Manchester United and Italy's Juventus, to be played on Wednesday, April 11 in England.
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    • 40 23 I WATCHED Panorama: The Elusive War over Channel 12 and I cannot help believing that a good eirt of the programme was excised by SBC. Also, e opening and closing credits were not shown. VISUALRAMA Singapore 1646
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    • 132 23 IRONICALLY, two outstanding and greatly successful dims, namely The Eddy Dnchln Story and The Glen Miller Story, produced by Columbia and Universal Studios respectively, have yet to be telecast in Singapore. Hailed by all the critics as two of the most outstanding films in
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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    • 483 23 fiiM cuioe METROPOLE (*****27): ZENKWUNDO STRIKES IN PARIS (C) DALIT (*****16): THE DEVIL'S OFFSPRING (C) VEN(JB F IGHT FOE SHAOUN TAMO LIWAOU (*****30): ESPRIT D'AMOUR (C) SYSTIQUE (C) Starring: Alan Tam, Ni Shujun, Ye Tong fflppfr**; "rnariir r "tMTHttii Synopsis: About a love triangle between a couple and the spirit
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    • 172 24 KURT RUSSELL 1982 (JUNE) escape from NEW YORK 1982 (SEPTEMBER) THE THING t now in his B~ latest film y NEXT CHANCE JADE NOMINATED iW'M FOR Ikl'm 5 academy AWARDS SILKWOOD CAPITOL: NOW SHOWING! (*****59) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.1S Perhaps The Most Important Rim Ever Made.
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 184 24 DANCEWORKS by Cecilia Hon and her dancers will be staged at Victoria Theatre tomorrow at 8 pm. The programme includes Orfeo, Narcissus, Offertorio, Vespri and Metamorphosis. Guest dancer Chua Kah Joo, formerly of the London Ballet Theatre, will dance a solo. Tickets are by donations in aid of the Spastic
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    • 527 24 Ik Narcissus, an item in Danceworka, Victoria Theatre tomorrow. PHOTOGRAPHY VISICALC COURSE THE Singapore Polytechnic Photo- LENG KEE CC will start a Visicalc graphic Society is holding its 11th In- course on Wednesday, 7pmto 10 pm. ternational Students' Photographic Sa- The fee ranges from $15 to $30 per lon 83/84
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    • 38 24 TODAYi Low tide 6.01 am (0.6 m) High tide 12.05 pm (2.7 m) Low tkto 6.28 pm (0.5 m) TOMORROW! Low tide 6.31 am (0.5 m) High tkto 12.35 pm (2.7 m) Low tkto 6.52 pm (0.5 m)
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  • 547 25  -  This humble flapjack is fast becoming a health food fad in many parts of the world THE CHEF RECOMMENDS By THELMA THEY resemble flapjacks, but not quite. There's nothing quite like them anywhere and never mind the jokes about the people who depend on
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 548 26 leisure comics I ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By 818 Barry thtfisK SShABOUT TO 90 l&itJuA <vUn.._, ARIES March 21 to April 21 LIBRA boom; ISSJ •i> Si *.o A short journey is likely and September 24 to October 23 -A, d^BBBBMBMB^B E^s/ty.lS!b! FASTRACK Bv Bill Holbrook S WE HAVE FUN -IbGETHEfc!
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    • 613 29 classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant MK ELECTRIC V (S) PTE LTD V— A Ifnting British manufacturer .N—: of electrical installation —y *> materials in Singapore has 7 y.. vacancies for: f J female assembly \°P crators 16 years and above Understand simple English yj A production attendant W Some experience in
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    • 247 30 SPORTSWORLD INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND SPORTS ROUND INTERNATIONAL WEEKEND SPORTS ROUND-UP UPI INDIANAPOLIS, Monday AFTER weeks of speculation, confusion and negotiations, Indianapolis' dream of becoming a National Football League city came true on Saturday with the acquisition of the Baltimore Colts. The capital improvement board approved the
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    • 159 30 Natteaal BaskatfeaN Atta AP NEW YORK, Monday RESULTS of Saturday's National Basketball Association games: Boston Celtics 107 New Jersey Nets 98; Philadelphia 76ers 111 Oiicago Bulls 104; Los Angeles Lakers 119 Phoenix Suns 97; Detroit Pistons 107 Milwaukee Bucks 105; Atlanta Hawks 109 New York Knicks 106; Portland Trail
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    • 227 30 Witttnil Hickiy Lii§m X-Cttnchad playoff barth, Y-cNncl»d division MM Saturday's lesuNs; Boston 2. Montreal 1. Chicago 4. Detroit 2; Quebec 4, Buffalo t; N Y Islanders 3. Washington 1; Hartford 5, N Y. Rangers 3. Calgary 10. Minnesota 3; Toronto 6. St Lous 4. Edmonton 4, Los angeles 3.
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    • 146 30 SMASHING GIRLS UPI INDIANAPOLIS, Monday HIGH school freshman Michele Richardson scored a 17-second win over her closest rival on Saturday to become the youngest swimmer to win a US 1,500-metre women's freestyle title at the US indoor nationals. Richardson, just 14, turned
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    • 122 30 UPI SYDNEY, Monday AUSTRALIAN walker Su.e Cook smashed her own world 5,000-metres walk record on the final day of the Australian track and field championships at Olympic Park yesterday. Cook, 25, from Canberra, clocked 22-mins 4.42-secs to clip 1.92 sees from the record she
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    • 80 30 Reuter SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico), Monday WILFREDO Gomez, moving into a heavier weight class, became the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight champion on Saturday night, beating fellow-Puerto Rican Juan Laporte on a unanimous decision. "Losing is worse than dying," said Gomez after the 12-cound bout. "I feel
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    • 287 31 Game 10 ends in a draw MOSCOW, Mon SOVIET chess stars Gary Kasparov and Vastly Smyslov agreed to draw their 10th game in the World Championship Eliminator today on the 38th move. Kasparov surprised experts by offering the draw despite the fact that he
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    • 169 31 Reuter HONG KONG, Monday NEW ZEALAND shook of their poor seven-a-side reputation today to reach the semi-finals of the Hong Kong International Invitation Rugby Union Sevens. They defeated the much-vaunted French Barbarians 22-0 in a surprisingly one-sided match. The first half
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    • 317 32  -  EE KIAT, SAMY, VINCENT AND MURUGIAH WILL REPRESENT SINGAPORE GOLF ROUNDUP > with I ERNEST FRIDA POH EE KIAT, P M Samy, Vincent Lee and M Murugiah, will represent Singapore in the Malaysian Amateur Open championship at the Royal Selangor Golf Club, Kuala Lumpur, from
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    • 616 32 TALIB HARON, a former regular Singapore International, finally found his old form after being two years in the wilderness. Yesterday, the 38-year-old Keppel Club player surprised many by posting the lowest score of five-over-par 78 in the Singapore Golf Association Premier League match at Jurong
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    • 206 32 SEMBAWANG Country Club, taking full advantage of their home course, won their Singapore Golf Association Handicap League matches against Keppel Club and Changi yesterday. Sembawang CC, represented by three divisions, returned an aggregate of 807 strokes against Changi's 818 and Keppel's 825. The scores:
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    • 135 32 JAKARTA, Monday AUSTRALIAN Terry Gale held off a last-round challenge from Lu Chien Soon of Taiwan to claim the US?100.000 (S$208,000) Indonesian Open golf championship yesterday. Gale shot a three-under-par 69 for a total of 280, two shots ahead of Lu, who
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    • 320 33  -  Reports by ERNEST FRIDA and K SILVAM HARON Mundir was not the only athlete who had cause for celebration yesterday at the First Sonetti All-Comers track and field championships at the National Stadium. Track queen Prema Govindan measured Haron's brilliant 21 2secs over the 200 m sprint
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      52 33 IT wasn't the winning that coaated for Nadiae Yap at the First Allcomers track and field meet yesterday whea the attempted the high Jamp bat the sheer joy of clearing the bar as oar pictares show. For the record, Nadlae placed second la the event Picture by
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    • 341 33 MALAYSIA'S top track athletes Nordin Jadi and Batumalai Rajkumar, who have been selected for the Los Angeles Olympic Games in July, will have 10 weeks of world-class competition in Europe. The two were among the eight Malaysian athletes who took part in
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    • 750 33 MEN: 100 m: Heat 1 1. Haron Mundir 2. Ganesan Kasee S. Ong Yoke Phee 10 6sec Heat 2-1. Hana--Biah Nasir (Mai) 2. Tan lock Ho 3. Jim Hui 11.45. 110 m Hardies: l.Hanapiah (Mai) 2. T Mohadi (Mai) 3. Mohd Gazali 14.95. 200 m: Heat 1-1.
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  • 386 35  -  MONITOR sports By ERNEST FRIDA HARON MUNDIR, Singapore's prince of sprints, deserves the opportunity to compete In the Los Angeles Olympic Games this July after his breath-taking 21.2 sec run in the 200 metres yesterday. Haron's brilliant run at the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association First
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