Singapore Monitor, 17 April 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 13/5/83 Tuesday, April 17, 1984 30cents
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  • 442 1  -  It. will be used to monitor Singapore's No. 1 killer disease By CATHARINE FERNANDO THE Singapore National Heart Association has formed a committee to study the setting up of a heart registry to monitor the number one killer disease here. Preliminary
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  • 112 1 BANGKOK, Tuesday VIETNAMESE troops yesterday were reported within striking distance of a third Cambodian guerilla camp on the Thai-Cambodian border. Senior Thai army officers said the Vietnamese seized two major encampments on Sunday Sok Sann, in the southern border lone, and Ampil, in
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    • 56 1 Malaysia's by chemical and gas: See Page 3 OOP shattered fwMB -i European clubs BQgQM dreams pinching top mmmm See Back Pa 9 e BliMliKffiiP British soccer I Hit stars: Page 34 Four pages of reports and pictures Inside "ilWiWIh PuN f port In Page 8. ■TV Guide: Page 20
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    • 96 1 Sunglasses J Best Value A for Money Buying a home? Take advantage of OUB's Housing Loan Scheme Mandarin Gardens OUB's Housing Loan Scheme offers: Easy loan repayments with CPF contributions Longer repayment period of up to 25 years Loan with Overdraft facility Competitive interest rates Currently: Up to 10 years
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    • 402 2  -  Eight out of 10 passengers on inaugural service sat right up to the end of the route PILOT SBS AIR-CONDITIONED SERVICE By YONG POW ANG EIGHT out of 10 passengers who got on the air-con-ditioned Service 168 buses for the first time yesterday sat
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    • 322 2  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO and ELIZABETH MONTEIRO INITIAL response to SBS's air-conditioned Service No 168 between Ang Mo Kio and Orchard Road which kicked off yesterday was largely favourable. A sales assistant, MISS FATIMAH ALI, 18, said: "It's not bad. You can relax in these seats and
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    • 241 3 Safety is the main reason for refusing audio system applications Lianhe Zaobao TO ENJOY Hi-Fi music while you zoom down the road on a powerful motorcycle won't do in Singapore. For reasons of safety, the ROV has denied applications to register several 1,000 cc
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    • 237 3  -  By K K FONG POLICE are investigating two incidents in which 10 students in two schools in the Paya Lebar and Bedok areas were injured last week. In the first case, six boys from the Bartley Secondary School in Paya Lebar were
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    • 168 3 FOUR water pipes in Block 202 Toa Payoh North were cut yesterday by vandals, disrupting water supply to four families in the block. The connecting points of the damaged pipes had marks which showed that someone had applied a lot of force on them. Preliminary investigations
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    • 756 4  -  It's a broadening of the scope of his activities NEW PAP CANDIDATE, S VASOO By EE BOON LEE POLITICS was far from the mind of young S Vasoo when he comfleted his secondary education in 959 and started looking for a job to help
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    • 310 4 ONE prospective MP who has made it a point to follow the ministerial walkabouts all day long is Mr S Vasoo. And, he believes he has benefited a lot from his observations of ground feelings in such diverse constituencies as
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    • 208 4  -  By YONG POW ANG ONE company had in fact offered a small monetary incentive to all employees willing to open a bank account to receive their salaries. It was something other employers might want to follow. This was revealed
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    • 69 4 THE Acting Minister for Communications, Dr Yeo Ning Hong, will officially commission the new Ranway II at Changl International Airport today. The Runway U system costs $158 million and has been operational since February this year. A total of $1,744 million has already
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    • 531 6  -  Authority requested to give out more info By OEI SIN GIOK THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) reassured architects, city planners and private developers yesterday that it does not rush into projects without giving them considerable thoughts. URA Deputy General Manager Pan kai
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    • 320 6  -  BY YEOW MEI SIN A JOB-SWOP programme which started between the Hyatt Singapore and the Hyatt Tokyo two years ago, has proved so successful that the chain's properties in four other countries have asked to take part this year. This programme was mooted when the
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    • 359 7  -  A Journalists Notebook By Jackie Sam THERE are bird watchers and weight watchers. There are those who 101 l on street corners, sit by windows eyeing the passing scene. Then there are those of us, wordsmiths, who tramp the streets, scan the pages, watching the passing word,
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    • 215 7 THE PUBLIC will be able to have their eyes tested free come September and October when all the community centres hold a monthlong 'eye' campaign. Organised by the Singapore Professional Centre (SPC), together with the People's Association and the Singapore Association for
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    • 559 7  -  Problems of the old must be tackled By GANDHI AMBALAM SECOND DEPUTY Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs) S Rajaratnam, commenting on the Howe Yoon Cnong report on the Problems of the Aged, has called for legislation to compel SingaSireans to look after
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    • 9 2 What's up in Property? Find oat in Wednesday's Monitor
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    • 94 3 Wednesday Lunchtime Food and fashion always go well together. And Wednesday is no exception. With fashions that reflect the different moods of today. Raya Fashion House comes up with its own distinctive styles that any smart young executive could wear through the day and into the night. Models by Imp
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  • world
    • 514 8 Multi-pronged offensive against Cambodian resistance AP BANGKOK, Tuesday VIETNAMESE troops, backed by heavy artillery, continued a multi-pronged offensive against Cambodian resistance guerillas on the Thai-Cambodian border yesterday after overrunning at least two major resistance encampments, officials said. The Vietnamese have positioned
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    • 105 8 Reuter BANGKOK, Tuesday LAOTIAN troops opened fire on a Thai naval station and a nearby village along the Thai-Laotian border on Saturday, a senior Thai provincial official said yesterday. Governor Sakda Orpong of the north-eastern province of Noag Khai said Laotian forces Bred
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    • 237 8 LABUAN ISLAND, Tuesday MALAYSIA yesterday proclaimed this tinv island a Federal Territory to block secessionist moves in Sabah State, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh said. "There have been attempts in this part of Malaysia in the past to secede from the
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    • 224 8 AP ISLAMABAD, Tuesday THE Soviet Union's integration of Afghanistan took another step forward yesterday with an announcement by Kabul Radio that Afghan citizens can now travel freely across the border into Soviet Central Asia and apparently beyond. The state-run radio, in a broadcast monitored
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    • 426 10 TRENDS UPI A GLOBAL telecommunications revolution is poised to bring astonishing changes to virtually every American especially anyone who picks up a telephone, switches on a television set or logs on to a computer, reports US News and World Report. Among the changes expected
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    • 63 10 OFTEN, apparently insignificant events or political decisions oatside Singapore may signal the start of trends of vital interest to Sou they may affect the way yon ive, the way you conduct your business. Reports of such events may be confined to specialist or trade publications. In
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    • 157 10 Reuter LONDON, Tuesday A MEMBER of MIS, Britain's counter-espionage service, was sentenced yesterday to 23 years in Srison for passing secrets to the oviet Union and offering himself as a KGB "mole" inside British Intelligence. Michael John Bettaney, a mid-dle-ranking MIS officer, was
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    • 585 10 US to propose banning the development and use of chemical weapons Agencies WASHINGTON, Tuesday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan, saving he hopes to "eliminate forever the tnreat of chemical warfare," dispatched his viceC resident to Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday present a new US proposal for banning
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    • 316 10 UPI WASHINGTON, Tuesday THE USE of poison gas in World War I, first by the Germans and then by the British and French, caused a wave of international revulsion that led to numerous diplomatic efforts to outlaw it as a weapon of
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    • 263 11 Soviets confuse with double talk on Olympics attendance AP MOSCOW, Tuesday THE SOVIET Union's refusal to apply the word "boycott" to the question of competing in the Summer Olympics had Western correspondents consulting dictionaries and debating what word to use in writing about
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    • 183 11 Reuter SAN SALVADOR, Tuesday THE SALVADOREAN Head of Security at the United States Embassy here was killed by unidentified gunmen in the city centre yesterday, police said. They said Police Chief Alfredo Zapata, 52, was killed while driving his daughter
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    • 160 11 Reuter LOS ANGELES, Tims A BOMB-SNIFFING doe named Radar delayed the start of a four-day visit by Prince Andrew to southern California by more than an hour yesterday. "He (Radar) overslept," a policeman said. A crowd of 800, including many fashion-ablv-dressed mothers ana
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    • 364 11 Reuter JAKARTA, TuMday MINISTERIAL talks between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea aimed at easing tension over their common border were yesterday extended unexpectedly for an extra day amid signs they were not going smoothly. Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja told reporters that there
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    • 603 12 Mak made allegation in statement to police, court told THE JALIL MURDER TRIAL Lianhe Zaobao HONG KONG, Tuesday MALAYSIAN banker Jalil Ibrahim was killed by a Korean on the instructions of George Tan, former managing director of the bankrupt Carrian Group because he was
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    • 82 12 Reuter MANILA, Tuesday AN INQUIRY Into the murder of Philippines opposition leader Benigno Aquino snid yesterday military witnesses had refused to take lie detector tests to verify their testimony on the killing eight months ago. Inquiry lawyer Mario Ongkiko said many of the
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    • 111 12 PROFESSIONAL fl Secretary SECRETARIES WEEK guffaw* The Far East Professional Secretaries Week Profession* Secretary MagaSecretaries Conference '84 Exhibition '84 zine. The only Journal to read 12-14 April 1984, Meridien 15-17 April 1984, growth. Hotel. Meridien Hotel, 11am—7pm pjjjj The largest ever conference The largest exhibition for °Of>y today. open to
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  • money
    • 211 14 UHLLSTREET Reuter AN AFTERNOON buying spree helped Wall Street record a moderate gain yesterday, but the upturn was again centred mainly in the blue-chip issues that are f ireferred investments or individual retirement accounts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was 1-1/2 points
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    • 155 14 LIPKLAND Sdn Bhd, an up-and-coming property group, plans to seek a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange during the second half of this year. Its chairman, General Tan Sri Datuk Haji Abdul Hamid bin Bidin disclosed at the signing of a $74 million
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    • 92 14 SINGAPORE stocks are in danger of dropping below the 1,000 level on the Straits Times Index. The index closed last night at 1,000.51 after falling 6.81 points yesterday. Dealers cited lack of buying interest in dull trading with light liquidation. Turnover slumped to only 5.35
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    • 365 14  -  By JOYCE QUEK PAN-ELECTRIC Industries is borrowing $70 million. Details will be finalised next week, but there is likely to be an American dollar portion and a Singapore dollar portion. The money will be raised through a club loan from merchant banks and banks.
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    • 220 14 AP THE dollar rose against most other currencies yesterday amid continued expectations that a strong economy will keep interest rates nigh in the United States. Gold prices fell. "The economy turned out to be stronger than everyone thinks and that gives people reasons to buy dollars," said
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    • 185 14 per rn] THREE major shareholders in Van der Horst have scrapped an agreement to give one another first refusal in any share sale. Commonwealth Development Finance Co, Harper Gilfillan and Diesel •Power Services cancelled the agreement on April 7, a statement to
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    • 200 14 SHARE OF THE DAY j JARDINE Matheson shares have steadied and begun climbing again after the HK$2 (S 52 cents) loss that greeted news that the company was switching its domicile to Bermuda. It is debatable whether it was the switch itself or the
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    • 629 15 IT HOPES TIMBER BUSINESS WILL HELP IT DIVERSIFY The Star RALEIGH Cycles (Malaysia) Bhd is interested in investing in General Lumber (Holdings) Bhd because the latter has the potential to become profitable, Encik Tajuddin Ramli, Raleigh's chairman and chief executive, said in an
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    • 659 15 The Star RALEIGH Cycles (Malaysia) Bhd's general offer for the General Lumber (Holdings) shares which it does not own may indeed be a blessing in disguise to the minority shareholders of General Lumber. For one, the timber-based company, which has been making losses for
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    • 264 15 IT WAS a mixed bag of tidings from two hoteliers for 1983 that saw plummeting occupancy rates and rampant room rate discounting in the industry. Hotel Grand Central continued to delight shareholders with 32.8 per cent growth in group operating profit before
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 132 15 JACKS INTERNATIONAL'S group operating profit for the period ended Jan 31, 1984 was $2.5 million, a turnaround from the loss of $764,000 in the previous 12 months. However, there was a 24.9 per cent rise in interest payable from $1.98 million to $2.48 million. Group
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      • 122 15 COLD STORAGE Holdings' group operating profit went up by 4.2 per cent to $26.1 million for the year ended Jan 31, 1984 from the previous $25 million with the commencement of rental income from Centrepoint. The interest expense was $2.5 million, a 165 per
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      • 126 15 MAGNUM CORP presented a reasonable set of accounts for 1983 with a 11.92 per cent jump in group pre-tax profit to M 542.65 million from Mf38.1l million previously. Turnover rose marginally by 6.76 per cent to M 5719.64 million from M 5674.05 million. Profit after
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      • 47 15 MBF Holdings is to buy 1.02 million Harding Carpets shares for M 51.25 million in cash. The acquisition of 85 per cent stakes in Harding, which MBF says has encouraging long-term prospects, is to diversify into manufacturing and trading activities.
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      • 46 15 LEE Kim Yew Pte Ltd, a substantial shareholder in United Industrial Corporation, reduced its share holdings by five million shares which were sold at $1.90 per share on March 26. This left a total balance of 2,746,764 shares.
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  • opinion/letters
    • 694 16 Tendency among Singaporeans not to think a problem through THERE is a distressing tendency among many Singaporeans not to think a problem through. The recent sitting of Parliament gave some examples of this. Much has been written about what Singapore can do when it is attacked. Ail
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    • 302 16 I AM now staying in quarters provided by my employer, after I had failed to buy or rent a flat from HDB because of its policy on housing for single persons. Now I understand that our quarters are to be demolished soon,
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    • 142 16 RECENTLY I received a summons to stand as a witness in court on a trial brought about by the At-torney-General against my husband. The date of the trial happens to clash with my intended training course in the United States conducted for a few
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    • 78 16 CONGRATULATIONS PUB! It was a Job well done for implementing those water-saving taps. Being a regular overseas traveller, 1 am indeed happy and proud to see that our country now stands out as a world example in implementing sucn an advanced and yet simple water-saving
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    • 221 16 ISSUES I SUGGEST that we forget the atmospherics and examine the hard facts which might motivate (the super-powers) to seek a new relationship. The US wants a relaxation of tensions. The Soviet Union needs one. Taking the long view, which is a characteristic of Russians as well
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    • 136 16  -  JUNE ANASTIASA Singapore 0316 FOR the sixth time within a few weeks I have boarded a No. 1 SBS bus which did not carry the blue sticker on its rear window verifying whether it was the OMO or the OTS service. I
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    • 80 16 SEVERAL unscrupulous and unlicensed agencies have brought out maid servants from Sri Lanka on false pretences, promising salaries from $200 to $300. On arrival some of these maids are paid paltry salaries of between $60 and $150, and as a result, find themselves in
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    • 494 17 ITHE SIMGAPQIg— iMasiiiukfSißßW IN MOST Asian societies, departing guests are often praseed to accept token gifts. The custom is a time-honoured one. Any refusal would he interpreted as casting aspersion on the hospitality of the hoat This gracious practice presents a serious problem to Journalists. A
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    • 180 17  -  VICTOR NATHAN Singapore 1231 I WOULD like to comment on the article by Entrepreneur, Singapore 1232 (SM, April 9). I am, particularly, appalled oy the writer'a attitude. His outcry, In my opinion, Is basically aimed at fulfilling his own interests. In a trade like
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    • 133 17 I WOULD like to brine to the attention of the authority the hazard posed t>y inconsiderate motorists at Lorong 7, Toa Payoh. There is a pedestrian crossing just in front of Block 14, Lorong 7, Toa Pavoh. very often, motorists do not
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    • 368 17  -  SEVERAL LOCATIONAL PROBLEMS HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED KHOO SOO HOON (Ms) for Permanent Secretary National Development WE THANK "Fair Dinkum" for his comments and suggestions on pedestrian crossings. (SM, Jan 17). Currently, four types of pedestrian crossings are used in
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    • 135 17  -  RONA LEONG (MISS) Asst Pnblk Relation Officer Pabllc Relations Unit Sentosa Development Corporation WE REFER to the letter by Timothy Tan headlined Is the Sentosa swimming lagoon polluted? (SM, April 6). The Sentosa Development Corporation arranges for regular bacteriological samplings for
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    • 16 17 REPORT I Never tell your resolution beforehand John Selden, English statesman (1584-1654).
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    • 57 17 THE residents of Blocks 716 to 721, Bedok Reservoir Road, have already moved into their flats. I feel it is time the authorities erect a bus shelter in front of Block 716. Commuters using this bus stop now have to stand under the scorching sun
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    • 341 18  -  MIXING THE CLASSIC AND THE CONTEMPORARY Clothes from LA FINESSE at Unit #07, Meridien Hotel Lobby Location: GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL Co-ordinated by INEZ WEI WHAT'S new and what's coming in terms of styles and colours seem to fall into one of two camps. There are
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    • 659 18 UPI By GAY PAULEY in Now Yoik CHRISTOPHER BROOKER likes to paraphrase a quote from a psychiatrist, that when you fed good about yourself, you look your boot He believes the quote originally came from Sigmund Freud. Whatever the origin, Brooker and a squad
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    • 972 20 TV SCENE LAT-WP Bv DAVID CROOK in Hollywood THERE are no Oscars not even an honorary Emmy in store for Home Box Office's multi-million-dollar The Far Pavilions mini-series, premiering in the US this Sunday. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
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    • 421 20 Panorama Dying for Democracy (Ch 12, 8 pm) JEREMY PAXMAN reports on a conflict which may turn out to be as explosive as the Middle Blast's. The centre of the crisis is the tiny, impoverished republic of El Salvador, which is in the middle of
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    • 803 21  -  DEMAND FOR DARING ACTION TAKES TOLL By RONALD CLARKE in Lbs Angeles Reuter DIRECTOR John Landis buried his head in his hands as a flickering film in a darkened courtroom showed an actor plunging into a river with a cnild under each arm. Within minutes, the
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    • 950 19 2.25 S6CTEXT Live Sample Pages. f f 2.55 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by My r< W«y(C)(r). I 4.30 Storytime (T) (r). fl* v A 5.00 Open House Theatre. i Featuring a magic show by Stan AMen, a sing-along session with Mr Dan Crow and an item by the Korean
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    • 246 19 12.00 PM Programme Summary 6.00 News-in-Brief 6.05 Easy Listen--12.05 Musical Notebook The Nation- ing (cont'd) 7.00 News and Weather alists, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sche- Forecast 7.15 Time for Poems 7.30 herazade, Chicago Symphony Orches- Chinese Music Appreciation 8.00 Protra/Seiji Ozawa 1.00 News and gramme Summary 8.05 Musical MoWeather Forecast 1.15 Musical
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    • 180 19 12.00 PM Newsdesk 12.30 Patrick Martyns Music Box 12.45 Financial News 12.58 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 1.30 A Treasury of Musk* 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Making Tracks to Chittagong 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 Iberia, Iberia 3.45 London
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    • 232 21 CAWTOLs JOWSHOWINC! Starring SOPHIE MARCEAUIthe BROOKE SHIELDS of Europe) CLAUDE BRASSEUR BRIGITTE FOSSEY 6 FIRST PRIZES This contest is open to all and you may send in as 2-Night FREE accommodation at many entries as you like but each entry form must be the finest beach resort, the Desaru accompanied
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 458 21 fILM GUlOe <•* I ir-|-|TTWI. ;irm MANDARIN (*****01): YAO'S young warriors < C) NEW HAPPY (*****63): YAO S YOUNG WARRIORS DALIT (*****16): MONKS STRIKE BACK (C) (Q LIWAGU (*****30): MURDER MOST FOUL (C) TOA PAYOH (*****34): YAOS YOUNG WARRIORS BEDOK (*****7): CHASING GIRLS (C) HOLLYWOOD (*****64): MIRACLE OF LEPROSY BROADWAY
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 38 22 TODAY: TOMORROW: Low tide: 6.20 am (0.1 m) Low Tide: 7.20 am (0.2 m) High tide: 12.33 pm (2.9 m) High Tide: 1.28 pm (2.8 m) Low tide: 6.46 pm (O.S m) Low Tide: 7.22 pm (0.7 m)
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    • 1205 22 Easter specials OBEROI IMPERIAL 915++ for children under 10. For resAN EASTER Carnival Fair will be ervations P lease call *****88. held at thepoolside of Oberoi Imperial ROYAL HOLIDAY INN this Sunday A variety of stalls will AT the Cafe Vienna, there will be a offer fun-filled games such as
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    • 99 22 PIANO RECITAL THERE will be a piano recital by Alexander Slobodyanik at Victoria Concert Hall today at 8.15 pm. He will perform pieces by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky and Prokofief. Tickets at $10, $8 and $5 are available at the usual booking centres and at the door. AQUIRRE, THE WRATH OF
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  • 685 23  -  PHOTOGRAPHIC CORNER By DAVID P C TAY THERE is a great deal of scope for photographers to venture into the world of artificial illumination. This is especially true in Singapore where light at night is plentiful and opportunities for such photography are unlimited. The
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 412 25 leisure comics LIBRA ARIES March 21 to April 20 September 24 to October 23 You should expect some mud- Don't let other people push die over the arrangements for you into spending more than an important event. Get this you can afford, and be precleared up as soon as you
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    • 167 25 ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry MICHAEL BRAND FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook odHaNI 1 Toe* OVER.,A Ute'fcfc WAY WAD£. V6AR AGO,THIS COMPANY O/fcfZ BUDGST. < (T)? 4 <* T Me J 3 1 OJA9 Ik) BAD SHAP*! TO HOu) CAN I KMMM*... I 4 V|/. v v I put it
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    • 256 27 classified 273-9090 Situation* Vacant Goldhill group of Companies Invites applications for the following positions: Electrician and Mechanic Possess VITB 3 certificates in the relevant trade. At least 4 years experience in maintenance of Electrical: airconditioning 4 associated equipment Trainee Electrician and Mechanic 7.5 Some knowledge and experience in Electrical and
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  • 355 29  -  SHE HAD EASY WIN OVER RICHARD LONG TO ENTER QUARTER-FINALS By ALFONSO CHAN LIM SEOK Hui continued her unbeaten run in the third round of the Singapore Closed Squash Boys' Under-19 competition yesterday, scoring a 9-1, 9-0, 9-0 win over Richard Long. Seok Hui enters the
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    • 289 29 classified 273-9090 I APPOINTMENTS 1 Iff H Jtyvvj Private Limited Wywy is a leader in the office automation equipment industry. Our close relationship with Ricoh has moved us into the emerging fields of mechatronics and optoelectronics and with Ricoh now manufacturing "custom-made" semi-conductors we have available a wide range of
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    • 256 30  -  SIHAT PENALISED FOR APPEARING IN EXHIBITION By B KULA IBRAHIM SIHAT, Singapore's bantamweight gold medallist in the Asean bodybuilding championship in Kota Kinabalu last year, has been slapped with a six-month ban by the Singapore Amateur Bodybuilders' Federation recently. He broke two of the SABBF rules firstly,
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    • 203 30 Ramli Hussein MR Olympia 1982, Chris Dickson, will be in Singapore from May 22 to conduct eight days of coaching clinics and seminars in schools and colleges for young bodybuilders. His visit is made possible by the Singapore Sports Council, and the
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    • 566 30 Briton breezes through adverse weather to lead all the way Reuter BOSTON, Tuesday FORMER Liverpool fireman Geoff Smith of Britain overcame difficult weather conditions to f>ull away from the field almost rom the start and breeze to victory in the 88th running of the
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    • 205 30 PENANG, Pahang and defending champions, Malaysian Armed Forces, will be invited for this year's Esso hockey quadrangular with Singapore to be played in October this year. The Esso tournament, usually played in August, has been postponed to later in the year,
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    • 316 30 Singapore 5 Negri Sembilan 4 SINGAPORE'S young lions lived up to their names when they came back from the brink of defeat to upset Negri Sembilan 5-4 in Group A of the Malaysian Hockey Federation Un-der-20 Inter State com- petition
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    • 177 31 18-year-old Saudi's first goal as full international *pM MEHAISEN Aldosari, 18, had a memorable first full international match last Sunday. He scored the second goal for Saudi Arabia in their opening triumph against New Zealand in the pre-Olympics qualifying round tournament. Mehaisen said: "I have
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    • 371 31  -  WE'LL GO ALL OUT, SAY SAUDIS AND BAHRAINIANS SAUDI ARABIA vs BAHRAIN (8.30 TONIGHT, NATIONAL STADIUM) OLYMPIC SOCCER QUALIFYING ROUND APRIL 14 29 By K SILVAM SAUDI ARABIA, boosted by their superb 3-1 win over once-fancied New Zealand last Sunday, will be going all out for goals
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    • 265 31  -  •By ERNEST FRIDA NEW ZEALAND manager and coach Allan Jones admits his team's chances of winning a berth in the Los Angeles Olympic Games look slim after their 3-1 defeat by Saudi Arabia on Sunday. He said: "I knew the Saudis were
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    • 691 32  -  SOUTH KOREA vs KUWAIT (6.30 p.m. at the National Stadium) OLYMPIC SOCCER QUALIFYING ROUND APRIL 14-29 By B KULA AGAINST South Korea tonight (6.30) Kuwait, favourites to win the AsiaOceania Olympic qualifying tournament here, will not be as friendly as they were on the
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    • 100 32 P W D L F A Pts Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 Kuwait 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 New Zealand 10 0 113 0 Bahrain 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Group
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    • 87 32 WORLDFRONT Reuter PARIS, Tuesday A FRENCH catamaran set a world record for sailing across the Atlantic early yesterday when it passed Lizard Point in south-west England eight days, 16 hours and 36 minutes after leaving New York. Officials said the 18-metre Jet Services,
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    • 243 32 Reuter MOSCOW, Tuesday SWEDEN, the world's second most powerful table tennis squad a year ago, failed to reach the final of the European team championship here last night. A victory salute from Andrzej Grubba, the Polish No. 1, after beating Ulf Bengtsson, signalled the demise of
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    • 74 33 /•KHnTORSPOKTSI /colour extra British clubs are locked in a bitter battle to prevent the cream of their football from being skimmed by wealthy foreign buyers. Italian, Spanish, Dutch and West German clubs, with budgets no British clubs can match, are stepping up their campaign to tempt outstanding footballers
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    • 82 33 ASSESSMENT: United's England capatin is a versatile midfield player, a natural leader and a player who can defend with tenacity and score goals with a striker's instinct. At 27, he is just the right age to make a move that could set him up financially for
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    • 87 33 ASSESSMENT: Injuries and erratic form have not helped Hoddle to sustain his initial rating abroad. And his limited impact at England level has cooled a number of clubs who were clamouring for his services in 1982. But Italian clubs believe his style is suited to their game
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    • 68 33 Manchester Utd ASSESSMENT: The powerful Northern Ireland international striker was a tremendous success in the 1982 World Cup and helped United win the FA Cup last season. Rated more highly abroad than at home because of his strength and could go, and later resume a League career at
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      64 33 Aston Villa ASSESSMENT: Villa's 22-year-old striker did enough during the club's European Cup and Super Cup wins to impress the foreign scouts. Now injured, but his recent form is way off his usual beam. Nevertheless, a player of flair and quality. Perhaps a move is on. CHANCES OF
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    • 58 33 Aberdeen ASSESSMENT: The dynamic little 27-year-old midfield player is tremendously popular abroad, especially since his contribution to Aberdeen's CupWinners' Cup triumph in Sweden last season. He starred for Scotland during the 1982 World Cup. CHANCES OF LEAVING: Good. INTERESTED CLUBS: Cologne, PSV Eindhoven and practically every top club
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    • 205 34 OLYMPIC SOCCER QUALIFYING ROUND APRIL 14 29 MONITOR I ACTION CAMERA MANY at Railing seemed to agree that Malaysia's misery when they west down 2-0 to Qatar last night was aot entirely of their own doing. A questionable penalty in the secondhalf demoralised the Malaysians who never
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    • 90 34 QATAR! Mobd Wafa Sami: 7 Mobd Deham 6 Adel Malalla 6 Mubarak Salem al-Khater 6 Ibrahim Kalfam Ahmad 6 Kalled Salman 6 Mubarak Shami 6 Mansoar Moftah Bakheet 6 Mubarak An bar al-All 7 Mobd Al-Anari 6 All Mobd Al-Sadah 7 Faraj Abass 6. MALAYSIA: Rashtd Hassan 6
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    • 13 34 A RUKKUMARAN Malaysian leftback. Entertainment value of match 6.
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    • SEEN AND HEARD
      • 97 34 WILLIAM Al-Saiygh, a sports editor of a leading Kuwait soccer magazine, carried a smile from ear to ear yesterday. He said: "Singapore taxi drivers must be the most honest people in the world. I left my camera in a taxi last Friday and ROV returned
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      • 83 34 THE QATAR journalist covering the match last night must also be working for his country's tourist board. Before the match started, he was seen distributing some pamphlets. Other pressmen thought that it was a brochure about the Qatar IW Bat it was a brochure about
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  • 572 35  -  Controversial penalty decision clinches crucial tie for Qatar QATAR 2 MALAYSIA 0 OLYMPIC SOCCER QUALIFYING ROUND APRIL 14 29 MONITOR sports By ALFONSO CHAN QATAR shattered the dreams of Malaysia's makeshift team with two goals in the second half to settle the issue in their Olympic
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