Singapore Monitor, 4 April 1984, Afternoon Edition

Total Pages: 35
1 35 Singapore Monitor
  • 17 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR EDITION M C (P) No 13 5 83 Wednesday, April 4, 1984 30 cents
    17 words
  • 575 1 Centrepolnt protest: Latest on P3 UPI NEW YORK, Wednesday FORMER vice president Walter Mondale won a big victory in the pivotal New York State Democratic Party presidential primary, re-establishing the front-runner status that US Senator Gary Hart has challenged since the New Hampshire primary in February.
    UPI  -  575 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 12 1 H KIDNAP THEORY ON PVJiiHPiIHIB El BIZARRE HK DOUBLE H MURDER-PAGE 2
      12 words
    • 105 1 |(ODEO L j Take the money and...run. M Introducing the UniTeller $200 Bu Fast Cash sV Withdrawal. Getting your hands on your money has never been so quick and easy. All you do is stop at your nearest UniTeller, punch in your secret code, then press the button for '$200
      105 words

  • home
    • 689 2  -  By SIT YIN FONG HONG KONG police are now working on a kidnap-murder theory in their investigations of the flower-box "coffin" double murder. They believe the two victims were killed and entombed in a flower trough in a Wanchai apartment after being confined
      PICTURES: UPI  -  689 words
    • 498 2  - Court told how remisier incurred contra losses totalling 1.9 million By FAEZAH ISMAIL A FORMER employee of a stock and sharebroking firm had incurred contra losses totalling almost $1.9 million in about five months while using clients' accounts to speculate on the stock market, a district court was told today.
      498 words
    • 77 3 A WARRANT was issued this morning for the arrest of a 24-year-old Australian accused of kicking and damaging an automatic teller machine. Rodney Francis Harris, 24, failed to appear in court to answer a charge of committing mischief. The incident occurred at
      77 words
    • 282 3  -  SEVEN SHOPS FEWER THAN EXPECTED CLOSE TODAY By OEI SIN GIOK THIRTY THREE shops closed for business today at Centrepoint seven fewer than expected as tenants protested against "high rents and other problems" at the Orchard Road shopping centre. But their closure seemed
      282 words
    • 137 3 THREE motorcyclists and a pedestrian died in four separate road accidents yesterday. Mr Hassan bin Adam, 68, was seriously injured when hit by a bus on Pioneer Road, Jurong, about 7.05 am yesterday. He died in Alexandra Hospital last night. Mr Teo Eng Kim, 23,
      137 words
    • 64 3 A check with the management of the various shopping centres in the Orchard Road area has yielded this comparison of rental rates. Prices are per square foot Centrepoint Promenade Scott* Crown Prince Storey 1 $19 -$21 $18-$20 $22-$24 $18 Storey 2 $11-$13 $15 $18 $13 Storey
      64 words
    • 61 3 SOME 7,000 copies of the book, Chronicle of Sales Sites, have been published in conjunction with the Urban Redevelopment Authority's 10th anniversary celebrations. The publication for the chronicle covers all 11 sales undertaken since 1967. It can be purchased at the URA's
      61 words
    • 113 3 SINGAPORE has a shortage of teachers in Japanese and German language despite a high demand for such courses. An Education Ministry official said today that local teachers were reluctant to teach a foreign language. At present, there are eight teachers of Japanese for 677 students
      113 words
    • 399 4 IS COMING YOUR WAY NEIGHBOURHOOD is coming! This Sunday sees the launch of what we think is an exciting newspaper happening in Singapore. From that day and as part of The Sunday Monitor, we'll be carrying four separate but free weekly newspapers which will concentrate as never before on
      399 words
    • 302 4 RESPONSE to the moral guidance classes for Muslim vocational trainees has been overwhelming. And this has led to the expansion of the classes to cover more vocational institutes. The project is an independent effort by Mendaki, the Council for the Education for
      302 words
    • 186 4 BEAUTIFUL Chilean Eugenia Gajardo-Phua is singlehandedly organising two jazz cocktail evenings later this month in aid of the Community Chest. Her target for the fundraising events, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on April 12 and 13, is $70,000.
      186 words
    • 163 4 STARTING this month, full-time national servicemen will receive a dose of Hepatitis-B vaccine, under the government's policy of immunising the entire national service force from the disease. An immunisation procedure was submitted to the Health Ministry last year by the National Specialist Immunisation Committee led
      163 words
    • AROUND SINGAPORE
      • 93 6 THE NATIONAL University of Singapore's Faculty of Architecture and Building is holding an exhibition of architecture students' works from Saturday until April 13. The works include final Year B Arch students' design theses and selected works of students of other years, comprising drawings and
        93 words
      • 67 6 LOCAL plastic manufacturers will be introduced to a new method of producing high quality plastic using less energy. Experts from Ariel Industries, an Australian company marketing this new innovation called polyurethane systems, plan to visit Singapore manufacturers shortly to demonstrate the benefits of the new
        67 words
    • 458 6  -  'She may be held captive' says mother By SURESH NAIR A 11-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl has been missing from her Toa Payoh home for six weeks and her family believes she may be held captive by person or persons unknown. Jayanthi Subramaniam, a Primary Five pupil of
      458 words
    • 118 6 LOCAL contractors may well be the most likely people to invest in computers for project management in the future. This was the conclusion drawn yesterday at a press conference from senior managers of Metier Management Systems International, which develops and supports the Artemis computer
      118 words
    • 393 6  -  Py EE BOON LEE IN SEARCH of a socialist path to Singapore's development, Mr Harbans Singh, 58, has changed parties four times in the past 30 years. He said he had been a member of the People's Action Party, the United People's Party
      393 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 59 2 Totally fresh, clean air in your home, office and car Maintenance-free anti-pollution device Freshens stale air in minutes Counteracts the ion-depletion effects of air-conditioning Removes dust, pollutants, cigarette smell and odour For a free demonstration, please call Y. H. Low Co (We are the lonizer People) Unit 03-40 Golden Mile
      59 words
    • 6 2 Job seekers Look in the Classifieds
      6 words

  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 186 3 KEEP A PERFECT BALANCE WITH POCARI, THE ISOTONIC DRINK. *s V Bill is an aspiring young executive who is fast climbing up the rungs of the hierarchy. With tight deadlines and quotas to meet, Bill has to entertain clients, attend meetings, write reports and Ih 9 EH even plan ahead
      186 words


  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 91 5 Artistic Impression byCStizen. 1 i'||Li r m %(J J 1 j Xflt i IHIfl I i ti ,^H II -jf' > N i IK y #^r Impression: a new collection of masterworks for the wrist. Timepieces stressing form and color in an entirely new way. Impressive styles for him. Impressive
      91 words


  • world
    • 385 7 South African ruling party clearing scrub for homes on plain for blacks Reuter CAPE TOWN, W«dr»«day SOUTH Africa is poised for one of the most spectacular upheavals in the name of apartheid in the history of the white-ruled republic. Almost a quarter of million people face
      Reuter  -  385 words
    • 234 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday TELEVISION service in Malaysia may go private. Information Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Adib Adam, quoted by Beroama news agency, said that if the third TV network to be launched in June by Sistem Televisen Malaysia Bhd proves viable,
      234 words
    • 233 7 AP PASSO CORESE (Italy), Wednesday ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered an Bth century B C city north of Rome that is believed to be one of the oldest Sabine settlements ever discovered, officials said yesterday. Professor Maria Luisa Veloccia Rinaldi, archeological superintendent for the Lazio region,
      AP  -  233 words
    • 395 8 AP WASHINGTON, Wednesday TRADE Representative William Brock asserted yesterday that Japan's refusal to widen its markets to American goods could "lead to tragedy for them, for us and for the trading system." Mr Brock, in a speech to the
      AP  -  395 words
    • 150 8 UPI NAPLES (Italy), Wed SEVEN heavily armed robbers locked up about 60 people in a bank vault yesterday while they scooped up cash and valuables worth at least U553.75 million ($7.5 million) and escaped on motorcycles, police said. The daytime
      UPI  -  150 words
    • 523 8 Agencies LONDON, Wednesday THE LARGEST concentration of Soviet warships seen in years has entered the North Atlantic Ocean from bases in the Barents and Baltic Seas and was shadowed yesterday by Nato ships and patrol planes. Officials of the North Atlantic
      Agencies  -  523 words
    • 283 8 LAT-WP JERUSALEM, Wednesday ISRAEL yesterday assigned heavily armed paramilitary police to patrol its streets, sealed its border with Lebanon and cut off Israelioccupied South Lebanon from the rest of the country in the wake of a terrorist attack that injured 48 people.
      LAT-WP  -  283 words
    • 154 8 UPI Belgian riot police fought with demonstrators in a Brussels straat yesterday following a mass rally by workers protesting against the Government proposal to cut wages and social security benefits. Striking Socialist union members halted railroad service, closed factories and disrupted public transport in a 24-hour rally
      UPI; PICTURE: UPI  -  154 words
    • 218 9 AP DAKAR (Senegal), Wednesday COLONEL Lansana Konte emerged as head of the apparently moderate military regime tnat seized power yesterday in a bloodless coup in the imS>verished West African state of uinea. A tropical country with extensive but largely untapped mineral riches, Guinea
      AP  -  218 words
    • 434 9 America's electronics Industry opens Tokyo office to combat tough competition Reuter PALO ALTO (California), Wednesday IN A new effort by the advanced electronics industry in the United States to counter Japanese competition, a trade group representing 2,400 American high-technology companies is opening an office next
      Reuter  -  434 words
    • 343 9 AP WASHINGTON, Wednesday US Secretary of State George Shultz said yesterday the US and its allies must engage in an "active defence" against state-sponsored terrorism, which he called "a weapon of unconventional war against democratic societies." Mr Shultz suggested that procedures should be adopted
      AP  -  343 words
    • 131 9 AP BONN (West Germany), Wednesday A RECORD 10,778 East Germans emigrated to West Germany in March after obtaining exit papers from communist authorities, the Bonn Interior Ministry said yesterday. The new arrivals brought to 14,849 the number of East Germans allowed to resettle in West
      AP  -  131 words
    • 920 10  -  By MICHAEL RICHARDSON The Age Newspaper, Melbourne, Special to The Singapore Monitor THE list of Asian nations committed to using nuclear power to generate electricity is growing steadily longer. One newcomer Vietnam put its name on the roll call for the first
      PICTURE: UPI  -  920 words
    • 629 10 It will continue to cause uneasiness for Canberra and Jakarta CONTROVERSY OVER AUSSIE DEFENCE SECRETS LEAK CANBERRA, Wednesday THE DEFENCE document that singled out Indonesia as "the only serious threat to Australia" also suggests that differences over Timor would continue to cause uneasiness for both countries. "Relations
      629 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 29 7 From SanyO'S Family of Refrigerating Wonders... the largest-capacity 1„S Japanese refrigerator f performs refriger<rting wonders. v .ivl: StIRKR <v -<V >'"- V .„And compact models for .s,. f£2 J yfilH
      29 words


  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 204 9 < V 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
      204 words


  • money
    • 238 11 THE SINGAPORE stock market was slightly more active in the morning with some speculative buying and short covering. Supreme rose again with top volume 584,000 shares traded and closing ten cents higher at $2. Promet closed at $4.42 with 544,000 shares traded
      238 words
    • 219 11 KEPPEL Shipyard, the last shipping company to release its 1983 results, posted its worst performance since 1978 with group profits plunging 83.2 per cent to $17.05 million from $101.2 million previously. Fortunately, there was a healthy improvement in investment and other income from
      219 words
    • 196 11 SHARE OF THE PAY j HOW WILL the stock market react to Keppel's disappointing results and cash-call? Over the past three weeks, Keppel shares have weakened substantially as dealers anticipated disastrous results. And, besides whatever setback in earnings, the group must also account
      196 words
    • 598 11  -  By JEANNE WONG THERE IS no rush to get into shipping shares, especially in the current uncertain market scenario. After last year's disappointing performance by the sector, one can understand why dealers and analysts are giving this advice, especially when any recovery in the
      598 words
    • 119 11 IN SINGAPORE, the US dollar firmed against most currencies from New York's close in thin early trading, dealers said. They said higher Federal funds and Eurodollar deposit rates supported the dollar but lack of other fresh factors and the closure of the Hong Kong market today contributed
      119 words
    • 230 12 THE Overseas Union Bank Limited (OUB) will officially open its Sydney Representative Office tomorrow, mailing it the bank's 22nd office outside Singapore and its 55th worldwide. Hie group, including the International Bank of Singapore and Overseas Union Bank of Singapore (Canada), now has 62 offices
      230 words
    • 505 12 Canberra now looking more towards Asia for business MR GEOFF E Mclntyre believes that Australia's future lies in closer ties with the AsiaPacific region. That is whv he has taken on the job of OUB's Chief Representative in Australia. Mr Mclntyre said an Australian company could draw
      505 words
    • 269 12 Selected stocks at midday. Market tone: slightly higher. Cold Storage 4.24 S Fraser Neave 6.05/6.10 Haw Par 2.54 B Jacks Intl 5.25/5.50 Magnum 3.80 B M Cement 8.40 S Arab Mai Dev 1.24/1.26 Boustead 2.65/2.68 Esso 12 80/13.00 Genting 5.20/5.25 Hume 5.05 B Inchcape 2.89/2.90 MUIB 2 85/2
      269 words
    • 119 12 Your S$ to one unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DD TT DO USf 2.0930 2.0830 2.0740 sterling 2.9979 2.97S9 2.9659 Australian 1.9768 1.9528 1.9428 Canadian 1.6439 1.6238 1.6088 New Zealand 1.3950 1.3749 1.3599 S$ to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.4671 11.1670 11.1170 Belgian franc/comm 3.9278
      119 words
    • 452 12  -  By ANGELINE TAN HOUSING loans accelerated by 32.5 per cent to a record $1.2 billion at the end of last year to overtake hire purchase as the major lending activity of finance companies during 1983. This contrasted with the trend during
      452 words
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 305 11 OVERSEAS UNION SECURITIES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventh Annual General Meeting of Overseas Union Securities Limited will be held at Mandarin Court 'A' f 4th Floor, Mandarin Hotel, Orchard Road, Singapore 0923 on Friday, 27 April
      305 words
  • Page 11 Miscellaneous


  • features
    • 660 13 Proposed change will allow Senators to hold Cabinet posts BANGKOK: A ROW is looming over a proposed amendment to Thailand's Constitution that would allow government-ap-pointed Senators to hold Cabinet posts. The proposal, backed by the army, is widely believed to be designed to pave
      660 words
    • 433 13  -  By GREGORY JENSEN UPI LONDON: FOR the first time, well-loved paintings whose reproductions once hung in living rooms all over the world are being shown in London as a comprehensive group. The tides of time have swept the pre-Raphaelites in and out of
      UPI  -  433 words
    • 477 13 AP COLOMBO: THE hard-working librarian lives in fear. Although he has a good professional reputation and a comfortable home, be is packing his bags and taking his wife and year-old daughter to Madras, in Southern India. "All I want to do is
      AP  -  477 words

  • opinion/letters
    • 250 14 I WOULD like to bring to the attention of the Urban Renewal Authority, Housing and Development Board and the Registry of Vehicles the following queries with regard to traffic rules. WHY IS it that only "G" plate vehicles are required
      250 words
    • 78 14  -  REPLY E M NICHOLS for General Manager Commercial Industrial Security Corporation I REFER to the letter headlined I was a victim of abuse of authority by a woman constable (SM, March 28) by Mr K B Soon. Mr K B Soon is kindly requested to
      78 words
    • 314 14  -  A departing Filipina's praise for Singaporeans MA MINDA U ACAYA Singapore 1545 I AM a Filipina who is about to leave Singapore after working for some time here, and would like to express, through your columns, my feelings for this country. Long
      314 words
    • 158 14 RECENTLY when I went to a department store to buy some batteries, I noticed that a special battery promotion was being hela. I learned that many stores were having sucn promotions too. During the promotions, these alkaline batteries were sold in
      158 words
    • 294 14  -  K K CHONG Singapore 0718 HAVING read the pros and cons of the proposal to raise the retirement age and the age for the withdrawal of Central Provident Fund contributions, I would like to offer the following suggestions: (1) LEAVE the law
      294 words
    • 380 14  -  MONA OH Singapore 1955 I REFER to Mr Koh Yong Guan's (Ministry of Education) reply to my letter headlined More help for handicapped children. Thank you Mr Koh for confirming the Government's policy on the education for handicapped children that is, handicapped
      380 words
    • 432 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT WE HAVE in the past called for the retirement age to be raised to 60 because most Singaporeans, at 55, are still healthy enough to avoid the boredom of an inactive life. Relatively few people work beyond 55 today. Figures released by
      432 words
    • 241 15 I HAVE a former colleague who is now a clerical officer attached to a primary school. She was, from my observation, a very dedicated officer when she worked in my department. She had, and I believe still has, the potential to be
      241 words
    • 15 15 Imagination Is more important than knowledge Albert Einstein, German-born physicist (*****955).
      15 words
    • 71 15 I REFER to my letter which was published in The Singapore Monitor on Jan 30. To date, no action has been taken by the Ministry of the Environment to clean up the drain at the junction of Joo Chiat Road and Marshall Lane
      71 words
    • 144 15  -  LIM HONG Singapore 0409 THE Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Yasuhiro Nakasone, who recently visited China, has expressed doubts over China's commitment to modernisation and to open itself to the outside world. Let us hope that things will turn out well so that the free
      144 words
  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 75 14 LETTERS on any sublet of public interest wM be accepted for publication. They should be typed end must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print A contact telsphone number would be useful We reserve the
      75 words


  • SECTION
    • 674 16  -  By ANNIE CHIA PRIVATE home owners need no longer hunt frantically in the Yellow Pages when faced with a breakdown problem at an unearthly hour of the day. Last Sunday, April 1, Yumin Properties Management launched its 24-nour M E mechanical and electrical services
      674 words
    • 100 16 MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS 0800 hrs 1700 hrs 1701 hrs 2200 hrs 2201 hrs 0800 hrs SUNDAYS A PUBLIC HOLIDAYS CHARGES $20 per call for the first hour's work and an additional $10 for each
      100 words
    • 64 16 NUMBER OF UNITS UNDER MANAGEMENT CORPORATION REGISTRATION CHARGES Below 25 units $10 per unit per year 26 50 units $5 per unit per year 51-100 units $4 per unit per year Above
      64 words
    • 190 16 SALES LOCATION DESCRIPTION AREA TITLE PRICE DATE* AGENT Hilltops 3-bedroom flat with 214 sq m $560,000 March '84 Knight Frank Cairnhill Circle servant's quarters (2,300 sq ft) Cheong Hock Freehold Chye Bailieu Draycott Towers 3-bedroom flat with 260 sq m $720,000 March '84 KFCB Dist 9 servant s
      190 words
    • 529 17  -  By ANNIE CHIA THE FATE of Winchester House awaits a court hearing. The 82-year-old building beside Change Alley will be re-developed once the Tenants' Compensation Board determines the amount of compensation. The owners are anxiously waiting for the court hearing so as to gain vacant
      529 words
    • 406 17  -  Development stopped last year By VINCENT FONG A PASSER-BY commented: "Is this all there is to Orchard Road's 'model of perfection'? What's happened to the Paragon? I'm curious to know what it looks like and it certainly can't be just a bed of
      406 words
    • PROPERTY TALK
      • 115 17 NORMALLY, you will not be able to use your CPF to service the booking fee (or option fee) at 10 per cent of the purchase price and the first 10 per cent payment upon signing the purchase agreement with a developer. If you call personally
        115 words
      • 78 17 THIS is usually 10 per cent of the purchase price laid down by the purchaser and is sometimes called the booking fee. Where a booking fee has been laid down and the purchaser fails to complete payment or exercise the option to buy, it will be forfeited! When
        78 words
      • 96 17 MOST house buyers not able to fully finance a purchase would mortgage the property as collateral. One of the immediate problems of having a property mortgaged is realised in the event of a resale when the mortgaged deed will have to be redeemed. It has become customary with most
        96 words
      • 44 17 LOOK OUT for a clause which will not allow you to prepay the mortgage. LOOK TOR "balloon mortgages." These mortgages are written for long-term amortization. But the entire remaining balance becomes due and payable long before the normal amortization schedule.
        44 words

  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 170 17 I I YONG AN PARK I I Disnuc™ m Nestled within a residential haven in I District 9, we have on offer, a fine selection I of 2, 3 A 4-bedroom apartments from an I asking price of $330,000/- on wards. H I This is a timely opportunity to invest
      170 words

  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 211 18 YOUR BRIDGE TO THE NEK3HBOURHOOD Beginning Sunday }|j ansmowo 71/ Ji area you live in. it in the Mail Box you'll find at the Singapore April 8, 1984 the new M And because Neighbour- Colour Centre in your area. 8-page 'Neighbourhood' 4L hood is written for you, Ang Mo Kio—
      211 words

  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1021 19 I leisure \j m L i CWPB,. —1 2.30 SBC TEXT Live Sample Paget. 1 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlight* folk)wad by Hotal 1 (C) I I j Exarciaa with Gloria. ,1 4.SS Animals, Animals, Animals: Zatora. JHMJNHHH 5.15 Rompar Room (E). "SPt 5.45 Homa. 1 yw^j The Wastmere residents
      1,021 words
    • 186 19 12.00 PM Newsdesk 12.30 Waveguide 12.40 Book Choice 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 1.30 What's New 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Omnibus 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 That's Trad 3.45 Report on Religion 4.00 Work) News
      186 words

  • leisure
    • Article, Illustration
      551 20 |T|ViSjS'ENE| Hong Kong Star HONG KONG: It looks like HK-TVB has backed down in its war with Commercial Radio and RTHK over the live telecast of two musical events next month. The two radio stations are to telecast live the annual Gold Disc Award Presentation at the
      Hong Kong Star  -  551 words
    • 452 20 MGMSGffI© T J Hooker A Matter of Paction (Ch 5, 9.20 pm) HOOKER finds the body of a young girl floating in a tide pool while jogging one morning. When he learns that no one has identified the body, he is determined to get to the
      452 words
    • Article, Illustration
      986 21  -  Marvin Gaye warm smiles covered pain By RICHARD HARRINGTON in Washington LATWP HE WAS Mr Midnight, and before that, for so many years, he was the Prince of Motown. Marvin Gaye, born in Washington, D C, 45 years ago yesterday, died last Sunday in Los Angeles after he
      LATWP  -  986 words
    • 519 21  -  By DENNIS HUNT in Hollywood LAT-WP INTERVIEWING Marvin Gaye wasn't really work. It meant spending a few hours with one of the most delightful pop artistes. Gaye had terrific artistic credentials. A primary architect of the Motown sound, he was one of
      LAT-WP  -  519 words
    • 540 22  -  By INEZ WEI SHAIK Madersah Lane is a tiny side road lined with shop-houses that seem to shy away from the busy thoroughfare that runs alongside them. But come evening, the corner shop (No 69) comes to life. A lighted box announcing Lai
      PICTURES: CLIFTON AW  -  540 words
    • 209 22 THE can of sardines you buy at the provision shop may not be exactly what it says it is. Very often, some other fish most often mackerel or tuna is mixed with the sardines, says Mr Laurence Kwek, managing director of Sunream Trading, an importer of sardines from
      209 words
    • 731 23 STATIONS VYING FOR VIEWERS STABSTKUCKI THERE are two commercial television stations in Hong Kong and the competition between them is kept alive with new ideas and gimmicks. TVB, the leading station, is fierce in its fight and every year, new proBammes are launched to clinch a
      731 words
  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 58 20 Brighten up your home with new crystal chandeliers NEWjQ^STRASS WflPfry" j 'ff^!»»' »V i ,V fV* IL_H Hh|w.i." i CO 1910 ■^^■W p >92K9^M ■■■MpifPHHBI co mac Lkiii u I jCJr HHHHHAfIHH|H|H CD 1413 <v-*- '\j CE 3105 CO 2301 TLB 6091 TLB 6092 Visit our showroom: AUSTRAL CRYSTAL LIGHTING
      58 words



  • Page 23 Advertisements
  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 443 23 ftLM OUIP6DALIT (*****16): THE DEVIL'S OFFSPRING (C) ANG MO KIO (*****71): BLOOD REINCARNATION LIWAQU (*****30): BRUTAL SORCERY (C) (C) PLAZA (*****71): THIS VIOLENT WORLD (C) BEDOK (*****7): THE GREAT SURPRISE (C) it I i V Starring: Lin Qiagxia, Sylvia Zhang, Son Yoe, Ha Gaanzhen CAPITOL (*****59): THE DAY AFTER (E)
      443 words

  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 76 24 ********************000 o CATHAY: 14TH HILARIOUS DAY O (*****00) 5 SHOWS: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 4 9.15pm Q OFrom th® Mm* producer JAMIE UYS who gave you Q 0 "THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY" O ft"' Wak 1 i ORCHARD 11 S L OPENS TOMORROWI- 1 J The story of a
      76 words
    • 39 24 ******************************0000 OPENS ODEON TODAY! I (*****16) DUE TO FILM'S LENGTH, PLEASE NOTE TIMES g 4 SHOWS DAILY: 11am, 2.15, 5.30 8.45pm g WORLD WAR ll's MOST UNUSUAL STORY! O mM T 7 HARDY KRUQER SILVA KOSCINA ORSON WELLES X
      39 words
    • 276 24 JADE: Next Change! More terrifying man THE CHINA SYNDROME because it is true me story of the death of Karen Slikwood is a shattering account of corruption, cover-up and deam at me white-hot core of the world s deadliest and most powerful industry Karen Slikwood worked at the Kerr McGee
      276 words
  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 148 24 THE LAST BATTLE THE Chinese Theatre Circle will present The Last Battle at Victoria Theatre on Saturday at 7.45 pm. This is a drama about the patriotic deeds of a couple during the end of the Sung Dynasty when China was invaded bv the Mongolians. Tickets at $10, $5 and
      148 words
    • 496 24 HERZOG FESTIVAL 1 WERNER HERZOG S films will be shown at the Goethe-Institut Auditarium from today to April 26. AdmisToday, there is a German documentary (with English subtitles) on Her- 'V zog, titled I Am My Films, at 6.30 pm. fflkf Herzog talks about his childhood, Jk^f dreams, adventures, obsessions
      496 words
    • 114 24 COMPUTER COURSE LENG KEE (X! will start a computer course, on the Visicalc programme, today, 7 pm to 10 pm. The fee ranges from $15 to $30 per person. For further details, please contact Mr Cheng Huang Leng at *****7. TALK ON STRESS A TALK and film show in English
      114 words

  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 201 25 JA HOME SERVICE HOME FURNISHING feST il\\\\\l 1 m\T T T www A SHEET VINYL I 4r FLOOR COVERINGI I it to most chemicals, oils and stains. it water resistance and long life. clean, no waxing or polishing. crack, separate or fracture. it acoustic and insulation value. aed for FIVE
      201 words
    • 260 25 'mH3 I r.|E£a3S*::< I fcJJ* I Showroom 195. Serangoon Road, S pore 0821 I Tel: *****49/*****35 I I v 559. BtfMtwr Road. Spore 1232 I S«v hundred* of dollar* on your PUB bMtol I UCHTCRAFT good looking energy savers. I bfinoi you a wide rang* ot aoodlooking I I energy
      260 words
    • 187 25 I 1 111 I [SWfiMIE SHOWER SCREEN It's practical stylishness at top Ev«ty compon.nl ha. bwn .pacifically dMiywd to »w mammum performanca Th.i. i tlylt and cotoui lo »uit and tnhanca th« dacoi o( your bathroom Abo available SLIMLINE BLIND ROLL-UP ft ADJUSTABLE TRINIDAD AWNINGS ALUMINIUM DECORATIVE GRILLS FOR DOORS
      187 words

  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 457 26 leisure comics $sa&B»® ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA There is a general cooling-off September 24 to October 23 in a friendship. But when you It looks as if youll feel let think about this situation, down today because of a you'll feel you haven't very broken promise. Go
      457 words
    • 162 26 ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry BRAND WATCHES THE ORANGE BALL OF FLAME! ETI^ 4k. COLONEL...SEE < J THEN THE SPY MAKES -T 86f R H-Jl HIS ESCAPE-.. S 1 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook IM /AAKING- WTU//U ft£IARONS AMD IF Vt>o DO A GOOD fc>6 AR£ vbO \/^oJBU. AN IJARXTANT
      162 words

  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 1196 27 C IaSSI Hid 5273-9090 MONITOR'S DIRECTORY Classified Ad Rates I Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: Word* 0.35 c«nU per word 0.55 centa par word Display $7 70 par col. cm $12.00 par col. can taeiaeee Hra Mon-Frl, 9am-spm Sat, 9am-lpm Chan Pui Kee 223-4806 Longetivity Pte Ltd 469-0204 FURNITURE/ RESTORATION/ Anne
      1,196 words
    • 241 27 THIS WEEK WINE LOVERS SPECIAL (FREE TASTING) I. Kaiasr State Row A unique and distinctive Rom for uy occasion It taUpt, rsfrwbint and fullflavour In character SIO.M S. Kaiser Stute ChabUs Co torn bard Delicate, crisp and flavovrsoma in 'Flinty' character to enjoy PENPALS 1 Chong Kuan Sang. Marriage-Aid Mnraau
      241 words
    • 201 27 Harmon's Pte Investigation I Security Ag 33*5371/33*1477. (24 hr answering service 337-2255. ask for Harmon Singh Intertec Pte Lid 223-0749 M.Salomon Secur 298-5263 Pan Island Secur 339-4541 Pelra Security Service.9l-1953/ 532-3190 Prop Invest Serv 447-3691 Tom-Reck Security Serv9l-9343 $amc£9 Computer Dating 533-7715 (Mon to Frl 10a.m. to 7.30 p.m.) Excellent
      201 words

  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 410 28 classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant SBMEffIEHH mEimi KMEIUH Mm You will get f More 1 A Working Here I 5 if you team up with us f for the best! Electronic Technician J Y a NTC 3in electronic servicing M A •Ito 2 years'working experience W m Able to perform 2
      410 words
    • 42 28 MACHINE OPERATORS With Moondary education 3 rotating shifts 6-day wMk 9 Aircondttonnd environment panMaSr arwL M jmmnm wsDuanwa ltd PMhs Mstjaasl Ina ft MTaSSagNtalsai Hnmm DM tJ iaa ana SBS Service 249 Irom Jurong Interchange and 249 A from Boon Lay Garden
      42 words
    • 246 28 Situations Vacant MKELECTRIC t A leading British manufacturer of electrical installation si materials in Singapore has I female assembly \V JvS 16 years and above e Understand simple English fIL Working conditions Of I• J 5-day week, normal working Good starting salary =1* $25 confirmation increment after Lunch allowance of
      246 words
    • 404 28 BAN CHUAN Lounge it Nlteclub S invito® pUiiwt S looking Udioo to join S am: S s I) HOSTESSES With or without v experience S S Age 18 A above o v Ability to oommu- V S nlcate well with S clients V S Monthly Income S $2,000 plus C
      404 words
    • 261 28 Situations Vacant FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS OCT MORE WITH OS HIGHER STARTING PAY Ist. Shift 1395 gross 2nd. Shift $461 gross 3rd. Shift $530 gross ssiS& PROFIT SHARING You will get an INCENTIVE I PAYMENT of: I Ist. Shift $40 per I month for 3 months I 2nd. Shift $50 per
      261 words

  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 271 29 Situations Vacant JOIN US I V* AS V FEMALE 1 productionl Loperatorsl f FOR OUR I I PERMANENT I I SECOND SHIFT I I AND TAKE I I HOME (AFTER I I CPF I I DEDUCTIONS) I r $261.00 1 the Ist mth M f $272 1 after 3 mths
      271 words
    • 176 29 Situations Vacant I JOIN US y as a FEMALE PRODUCTION [OPERATORS > A I FOR OUR I NORMAL SHIFT I AND TAKE I HOME (AFTER I CPF I DEDUCTIONS) f $305.00 A i on the Ist mthj f $320 L after 3 mths^j f $377 after 6 mths a J
      176 words
    • 218 29 FOOD CORNER/ CATERERS a* wmr mm t dawoua food to your doorstap. OMarant menu everyday to what your appeMn LunchM A dkmera are atao avatabta Faat A prompt datvery Cal now! At 745-4307. MMUMV Cantoneaa CuMne Try our Sharfc a On. SoUopa Cal ua NOW! 207 Cantonment fid.. S(0206) Tal:
      218 words
    • 110 29 CLEARANCE SALE! Rollaway Showers and Window Blinds Prices at below cost Call at Charlton SNnat No. 3, Chuiin Road Singapore 2366 Tat *****63/ *****25/ *****64. LEISURE AND SPORTS MART Health Clubs Office Equipment A Furniture mmMOtsiwi or tor as, cushions, etc Specialist charging ressonatte rates Please cal 481-0077 (day). *****90
      110 words
    • 172 29 Business Services t SKILLED AND J T UNSKILLED I I WORKERS I A Available tor A MRT and building con- 4 stnjctions. Also avail- A In ii I n a awe female production oper- A ators for factories A 4 For further details: 91-3287 Ml Returns/ Incorporating Companies let us
      172 words
    • 63 29 Domestic Services XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX>* S S S Filipina/ Sri Lanka S live-in domestic S helpers available. Security Bond/ Documentation arrangeaWe. S S r Please call: 293-5197/ S S 294-7081 S S <9.30 am 6.30 pm). S Monday to Saturday) 5 Lxxxxxxxxxxxv»J I Furniture /Furnishings GAtm mmmm/m, J wwnnnw tor rental sale
      63 words
    • 270 29 MOTORMART Motorbikes/Scooters NEW LTDJUtT AfWIVCD (BELL) ymuiw KM SAI TRADING FTC LTD inkvmmn PROPERTY Accommodation Vacant APARTMENT FOR RENT One bedroom apartment In central quiet location In River Valley Road available from April. Fully furnished, wall to wall carpeting, airconditioned. Ideal for single working lady/ gentleman. Rental ***** p.m. Phone
      270 words

  • sports
    • 144 30 AP BANGKOK, Wednesday BOXERS from South Korea, the US and Kenya won their bouts on Monday, the opening day of the 16-nation tenth King's Cup Amateur Boxing Tournament. South Korean boxers won all five of their bouts, followed by the US
      AP  -  144 words
    • 333 30  -  With 1,132 points he gets berth for China shoot By K SILVAM UNKNOWN Eric Khoo of the Singapore Armed Forces burst into the archery limelight when he sprang a surprise to qualify for a place in the Republic's team for the International Friendly Archery Shoot
      333 words
    • 162 30 Reuter MOSCOW, Wednesday A MOSCOW newspaper said yesterday that the US authorities were planning to urge Soviet bloc athletes to defect to the West when they compete in the Los Angeles Olympic Games. The daily Sovietski Sport said the US State Department
      Reuter  -  162 words
    • 475 31  - Rl stopped from a landslide victory thanks to the ref RAFFLES INSTITUTION 18 TECK WHYE 0 Sports in REPORTS: B KULA B POOR refereeing was one big reason that prevented Raffles Institution from a landslide victory against plucky Teck Whye Secondary School in an Under-17 Group A rugger match yesterday.
      PICS: CHRISTINE CHEW  -  475 words
    • 261 31  -  NEW TOWN SEC 20 QUEENSWAY SEC 0 BUONA VISTA 18 SAINT ANDREW'S SEC 6 WATERPOLO By DANIEL WEE NEW TOWN Secondary and Buona Vista Secondary scored convincing wins in the national schools waterpolo Division C playoffs yesterday to qualify for the
      261 words
    • 365 32 UPI SEATTLE, Wednesday GEORGETOWN'S extraordinary bench eclipsed college basketball s "Clash of the Titans yesterday, sending the Hoyas to a 84-75 victory over Houston for the NCAA title. In completing their magnificent run this season, Reggie Williams scored 19 points and Michael Graham
      UPI  -  365 words
    • 172 32  -  By K SILVAM SINGAPORE men and women cagers will make their debut in the third Inter-City Basketball Championships to be held at the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, from May 19-25. Tong Whye, winners last month of the men's Basketball Association of Singapore national
      172 words
    • 528 33 The ex-Watford striker has not only lost his amazing scoring touch at Italian club A C Milan, he has also been shut out of Bobby Robson's England squad. Today, we take a look at what Blissett, who has more than his share of unflattering epithets,
      IPS  -  528 words
    • SHORT PASSES
      • 87 33 Reuter WARSAW, Wednesday GRZEGORZ Lato, Poland's most capped soccer star, will quit international soccer after his 104 th appearance for the national side on April 17 against Belgium, the newspaper Przeglad Sportowy said today. Lato, a 33-year-old midfielder and forward who plays for the
        Reuter  -  87 words
      • 185 33 Reuter BRUSSELS, Wednesday SUSPENSIONS handed out in Belgium's soccer bribery scandal will rob the national team of five key players only two months before the European Championship finals start in France. The Belgian National Soccer Union's Committee of Inquiry yesterday announced that Belgian captain
        Reuter  -  185 words
      • 95 33 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO, Wednesday FORMER football "King" Pele said here today that Waldir Pereira (Didi) would be tne right man to succeed Carlos Alberto Parreira as head coach of the Brazilian football team. Speaking to newsmen at the airport shortly after arriving from
        Reuter  -  95 words
    • 393 34 That's the bottom line for White Hart Lane manager Reuter LONDON, Wednesday KEITH BURKINSHAWS exit from Tottenham will be as dignified as the man himself. The soft-spoken and respected manager of the English First Division soccer club can be guaranteed to ignore speculation about the reasons
      Reuter  -  393 words
    • 751 34  -  RACING TODAY'S TRACK WORK By WONDER BOY UP AND COMING Hochoy is shaping up brilliantly for his double in the $40,000 Wilayah Silver Bowl for Class 2 sprinters over 1200 m this Sunday witfi an impressive workout on a good track
      751 words
  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 104 30 NOTICE TOE SIHGRPQRE SWEEPJ 1 2ND PRIZE $400,000 3rd PRIZE $200,000 4TH PRIZE $100,000 STH PRIZE 50,000 5 JACKPOT PRIZES $15,000 each 4-DIGIT MAJOR PRIZES $500 each 10 LUCKY PRIZES 5,000 each (Terminal digits) 25 GIFT PRIZES 3.000 <,«* MJM MMZES $350«ch I $200 each 80 PARTICIPATION PRIZES 1,000 each
      104 words
    • 227 30 APPOINTMENTS Royal Singapore Invites applications for the positions of:TEMPORARY CLERK/TYPIST (Sales Dept) Requirements: G.C.E.'O" Level Able to type at 40 w.p.m. Able to converse fluently in English TEMPORARY CHAMBERMAIDS Requirements. P.S.L.E. or Best Certificate Willing to perform Shift duties WAITERS/WAITRESSES Require menta: Pleasant personality Secondary education Willing to perform shifts
      227 words


  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 279 32 f How about a career 1 in JOURNALISM? I i If you are a graduate and have worked one or opportunities for career advancement many. The j H two years, or have passed 'A' level and have at best will be given top training opportunities. I H least four years'
      279 words



  • MONITOR sports
    • 497 35 Players get promise of trip to LA as incentive The Star IF PAHANG retains the Malaysia Cup, its players may be rewarded with a trip to Los Angeles to watch the Olympic Games. According to a Pahang FA official, the Regent of Pahang made this
      The Star  -  497 words
    • 330 35 Reuter BONN, Wednesday WEST GERMAN soccer captain Karl-Heinz Rummenigge yesterday joined in a chorus of protest against national manager Jupp Derwall's team tactics. In an interview with the mass-cir-culation Bild newspaper, Rummenigge said that the side could not continue with present tactics and
      Reuter  -  330 words
  • Page 35 Advertisements