Singapore Monitor, 27 April 1984, Afternoon Edition

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  • 24 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR JLi V A 1 A 1 VP EDITION r M i iP) No 13 583 Friday, April 27, 1984 30 cents
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  • 428 1 That's how Teng Cheong describes $25m holiday camp You can soon relax at this resort in Pasir Ris A $25 MILLION holiday resort is to be developed at Pasir Ris for Singapore's workers. Covering almost 17 hectares, it will nestle at one end of a long
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    • 10 1 In colour Detailed plans of the resort: Pages 20 21
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    • 55 1 a ASK your employer to pay you through POSB You get the convenience of over 122 POSB branches and 150 Cash-On-Line tellers. For details of the POSB Salary Acceptance Scheme, call 339-3333 ext 214, 241 or 242. j Bank onThe Interest on savings with POSB is tax-exempt, and all deposits
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    • 547 2  -  By OEI SIN GIOK THE HDB has strengthened its enforcement unit to clamp down on Uttering and the throwing and hanging of dangerous objects In the past month, the board's 34 area offices have sent a total of 11,000 letters to residents who have
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    • 85 2 THE WORD "not" was inadvertently included in a sentence in yesterday's report of advice on how to prevent a crying baby from choking to death, giving a misleading impression. The fourth paragraph of the Story quoted a forensic pathologist as saying that a
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    • 190 2  -  By FAEZAH ISMAIL TWO MEN rode their motorcycles within 300 metres of the target area while the army was conducting live mortar bomb testing, a district court heard this morning. Driver Yip Wai Hoong, 32, and labourer Lee Chye Hoe, 36, admitted
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    • 637 3  -  #y SIT YIN FONG A HIGH Court judge this morning adjourned bearing of what he called an "extraordinary" road accident claim of nearly $1.8 million the highest of its kind in the history of Singapore courts. The claim is by a
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    • 68 3 THE HIGHEST acddeat award ever nir by the Siacapore High Govts it $727,514 to Mr Lai CM Kay, a fourth-year medical stadcat of the Uahrevslty of SlagapOK. Mr Jaotfee FA Choa oa Feb 27,1M1, awarded the damages to Mr Lai for braia iajaries aad for loos of
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    • 310 3  -  By JALIL MISWARDI THE LARGE number of non-degree holders holding engineering positions in electronic companies in Singapore is causing alarm among some American companies here. A National Productivity Board report on continuing education for polytechnic students saia the Americans are worried about the harm this
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    • 287 4 ONLY TWO final-year medical students obtained distinctions in medicine and both of them are girls. News of this top performance by Miss Koh Meow Leng and Miss Grace Lim were contained in the final-year medical faculty results released by the National University of Singapore. "I
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    • 219 4  -  By FOO MEY KIEN THE South-East Asian recording industry will make a formal approach to Asean next week for a uniform standard of copyright protection in the region. The recommendation, from the Asean Music Industry Association, will be sent to the Asean SecretaryGeneral,
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    • 159 6 SINGAPORE has been chosen as the venue for the first X-rav fluorescence course to be run by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The month-long course, which will start on May 7, is being run as a Joint protect with the National University of
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    • 394 6  -  •y BERTILLA PEREIRA TEACHERS of slow learners have been urged to break the vicious cycle of failure. This is one way that pupils in the monolingual stream can begin to be helped, a psychologist of the Institute of Education told a workshop
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    • 259 6 They are content just to pass exams, say seminar teachers TEACHERS of English in Asia find it difficult to persuade their students to use the language in everyday life. They say the students are content just to pass examinations without attempting to master
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    • 152 6  -  By YEOW MEI SIN SENTOSA Island's wax museum, which closed a month ago, will reopen in temporary premises on Labour Bay. The exhibits have been moved to Block 11, near the administration block and aeronautical display, while their former home, Block 4, is
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    • 414 8  -  Saudi Airlines and SIA abandon proposal after meeting with Muslim Religious Council By YEOW MEI SIN SINGAPORE Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines, the appointed carriers for the annual Muslim Haj pilgrimage to Mecca, have abandoned a proposal to raise fares for the trip by
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    • AROUND SINGAPORE
      • 134 8 THE WITS movement in the civil service is two years old. And to mark the occasion, the 125 people at a Civil Service Institute workshop were treated to a birthday cake yesterday Five of the pioneers who started the movement in the Civil Ser-
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      • 83 8 INTERFAMA, a pioneer of professional exhibition organisation in Singapore, yesterday signed a Joint venture agreement with the World Import Mart Co Ltd (WIM), a mem- ber of the Seibu Group in Japan. WIM aims to expand its scope of activities in the field of
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      • 57 8 SMALL businesses and professionals thinking of computerising their operations but who do not know which computer system to use can look forward to MICROS '84. The conference will be held at the Mandarin Hotel in Septem- ber. Unlike usual computer exhibitions, MICROS '84 will cater
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      • 125 8 The Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations (Majlis Pusat) says it has encountered a "major problem" in its outreach programme for young people in Bedok. The council has dismissed the centre's $650-a-month organiser and the Majlis Pusat president, Mr Zulkifli Muhammad, has taken over
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    • 664 5 When we were creating our compact disc players, little did we know we were making history. In 1980, Technics made Hi Fi invented it in 1969), Technics have Naturally, the SL-P7 and SL-P8 history when the New. York developed a new, ultra-compact can be linked with most Technics Museum of
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    • 227 6 Diploma Courses in London: Presentations#Counselling April-May 1984 The Centre for Business Studies (London) MrW.G. Hunt B.Ed„MA,M. L Inst.M, Principal of the Centre jflHk I for Business Studies London, m I will be visiting Singapore on I the dates specified below. W** I During his visit Mr Hunt will Jr I
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    • 677 7 REGISTER TODAY: > 'Adoption' pß|| Opens today! A few hundred Cabbage Patch Kids™ will B soon be available in Metro Grand at Scotts >| for adoption. e A^ papet hCft^ir Metro Grand at Scotts Good news for all Singapore "parents" who Ev.ryC.bbM* *W™«* Un |s""*> ch have patiently waited to
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    • 102 8 neptufie m 7th Floor, Overseas Union House, Collyer Quay, Singapore 0104. Tel: *****22 (Operated Managed by The Mandarin Singaporel A The Red Indian Princess There's a new Kind of excitement Wk now at The Neptune, involving love, passion, vengeance. tragedy an earthquake V J Pll"v fabulous costumes. W-wmZ J L
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  • world
    • 277 9 Reuter WASHINGTON, Friday WASHINGTON has conditionally approved the largest corporate merger in US history Standard Oil of California's (Socal) acquisition of Gulf Corporation for US$l3.4 billion (5528.1 billion). In a 4-1 vote, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the two oil companies could
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    • 198 9 AP GENEVA, Friday CANCER has become one of the biggest killers in the Third World, claiming more victims than, it does in more developed nations, the World Health Organisation reported yesterday. According to a global WHO survey, the annual number of new cancer
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    • 129 9 UPI LONDON, Friday GRACE Kelly was not the "ice queen" she was made out to be she had a healthy sexual appetite and counted Clark Gable and Ray Milland among her lovers, according to a new biography published in
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    • 127 9 Hong Kong Star HONG KONG, Friday STREET sleepers have turned a space under a Yaumati flyover into homes. Beds and other personal belongings of over 20 street sleepers have been put under the Kansu Street flyover which is close to the Yaumati Police Station.
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    • 100 10 LATWP WASHINGTON, Fri US INTELLIGENCE officials say they believe that Iranian forces may not be positioned strongly enough to launch the offensive against Iraq that officials have predicted for weeks. They say that although about 175,000 Iranian troops remain massed on the Iraqi border,
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    • 410 10 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Friday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan asked Congress yesterday to strengthen his highly publicised "war on terrorism" by providing rewards of up to US$5OO,OOO (91.05 million) for information about terrorist acts around the globe. The proposed rewards were set forth in
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    • 442 10 Reuter BAHRAIN, Friday A FULLY laden Saudi-registered oil tanker was ablaze 100 miles northeast of Bahrain yesterday after an explosion which crew members said appeared to have been caused by a "proShipping sources said the 178,808ton Safina El-Arab, carrying 357,000
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    • 196 10 Reuter BEIRUT, Friday LEBANESE Prime Minister-desig-nate Rashid Karami today begins the difficult task of forming a national unity government expected to include many of the country's traditional warlords. Yesterday's appointment of Mr Karami, a 62-year-old Sunni Muslim who has headed nine Lebanese governments since 1955,
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    • 568 12 TRENDS Knight-Ridder Newspapers. FRENCH President Francois Mitterrand is determined to restructure his nation's ailing coal, shipping and steel industries despite strong trade union opposition, International Business Week reports. But the magazine report says that despite the sound and fury, it is unlikely that the
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    • 62 12 OFTEN, apparently insignificant events or political decisions outside Singapore may signal the start of trends of vital interest to you they may affect the way you live, the way you conduct your business. Reports of such events may be confined to specialist or trade publications. In TRENDS,
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    • 90 12 sii'U: IN LONDON UPI TWO LIBYAN planet arrived In London yesterday to begin evacuating 200 Libyan diplomats and their families from Britain on the 10th day of a police siege of Tripoli's embassy. In Libya, some 30 Britons boarded a British Caledonian flight scheduled to
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    • 340 12 UPI LONDON, Friday LEFTIST Iranians protested against Ayatolfah Ruhollah Khomeini in five European countries yesterday, taking over two diplomatic missions and a UN office, brawling with officials in London and Frankfurt and beating Iran's ambassador in the Netherlands. A marxist guerilla rup said the action
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    • 256 13 56 others wounded in clashes along Thai-Cambodian front since mid-March Reuter BANGKOK, Friday THAI casualties from clashes with Vietnamese along the ThaiCambodian border since midMarch stand at 17 dead and 56 wounded, a senior military officer said today. Major-General Narudol Dejpradiyuth told reporters that
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    • 110 13 Reuter MANILA, Friday THE GOVERNMENT hopes to hold talks soon with Jakarta over its claim to waters north of an Indonesian island off the southern Philippines, a foreign ministry spokesman said today. The island of Miangas, or Palmas, lies 45 nautical miles south of Mindanao
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    • 214 13 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR, Friday IT WAS A sad farewell for Sultan Ahmad Shah who ended his five-year reign on Wednesday as Malaysia's seventh Yang Di-Pertuan Aeons. Sultan Ahmad Shah and Cabinet ministers and their wives at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base found it hard to hold
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    • 164 13 JAKARTA, Fit FOREIGN Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja confirmed yesterday that Indonesia was concerned Australia will develop military facilities on Christmas Island. "But we never officially said that," he said, commenting on a Sydney Morning Herald report that Indonesia is concerned Australia will build bases
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    • 34 11 cakes. Eachone v tX Jm it Where else but the Shangri-La 0 Shangri-La hotel SINGAPORE Shangri-La Hotel, Orange Grove Road, Singapore 102 S. Tel: 737 3644. Telex: SHANGLA fi*****5. A SHANGRI-LA INTERNATIONAL HOTEL 1
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    • 403 13 THREE WAYS TO GET A STAKE IN THE MILTIBILLKW DOLLAR MARKET. ggass badmg 11 EXHIBITION 1984 kxhimtion ISM ThreeEkhibitkMis.OiieDate.Qne\fenue. What follows is of vital interest available to them in all three fields, by 1 r Exhibitions organised by to anyone who supplies the Building, way of the latest services, materials
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  • money
    • 620 14  -  #y JEANNE WONG THE US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has put the proposed link-up between Simex and Chicago Merchantile Exchange (CME) on the Federal register for comment. If all goes well, chances are that futures trading in Singapore on a mutual
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    • 184 14 r 1 OF THE DAY INCHCAPE shares have put on a spurt for the past two days after an inconclusive period earlier this month. It looks as if the market has cottoned on to the fact that the counter has looked undervalued, with net asset
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    • 189 14 THE LOCAL bourse had a slightly steadier tone this morning. Faber Merlin was most active with 236,000 shares traded, closing unchanged at $1.84. Amalgamated Steel counted a volume of 208,000, last done a cent lower at $1.59 while Chuan Hup had 198,000 shares traded, closing unchanged
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    • 1236 15 SPECIAL REPORT: THE TAKEOVER OF A PICA PICA, a unique corporation set up 15 years ago to cater to Third World needs, is now getting a helping hand from a shareholder. JOYCE QUEK details the reasons for the takeover in an exclusive
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    • 447 16 The Star KIAN Joo Can Factory, Malaysia's second largest tin can and carton manufacturer after Metal Box, is ready to shed its traditional family business image and go public. It has two primary objectives in mind. The first is to raise
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    • 439 16 COMPANY NEWS INTERNATIONAL Bank of SingaS>re, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ÜB, has emerged stronger and is expecting better results for 1984 says OUB's Chairman Mr Lien Ying Chow. IBS suffered an $18.1 million loss in 1983 because of international debt problems and the worldwide
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    • 249 16 Selected stocks at midday. Market toae: sligktly steadier Cold Storage 4.16 B Fraser and Neave 6.20/6.25 Haw Par 2.60/2.61 Keck Seng 5.50/5.70 Magnum 3.82/3.84 M Cement 8.25/8.60 Arab-Mai Dev 1.27/1.29 Boustead 2 59/2 60 Esso 13.50/13.60 Genting 5.45/5.50 GIH 4.50 S Hume 5.25/5.30 Inchcape 2.98/2.99 MUIB 2.86/2.87 NOL
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    • 126 16 Your S$ to on* unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO US| ***** ***** 2.0715 sterling 2.9349 2.9129 2.9029 Australian f 1 9323 1 9083 1 8933 Canadian 1 6392 1.6191 1.6041 New Zealand 1.3779 1 3578 1.3428 8$ to 100 units of foroign currency Austrian schilling
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    • 126 16 THE US dollar was narrowly mixed around New York levels in Singapore but with a steady undertone in quiet early trading. Dealers said high US Federal funds rates coupled with expectations that interest rates will remain high and concern over industrial disputes in West Germany
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    • 74 14 v c F(awurs r ofMtmvsiaj Presenting C food culture from the State of Negri Sembilan (in conjunction with Sri Tourist Development Corporation of Malaysia and with the cooperation of the State Govt of Negri Sembilan) Apr 28 to May 4 Terrace Gardep Showtimes: Lunch: 1. 15 pm Dinner: 7.30pm 8.30pm
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous

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    • 304 15 Two simple steps to turn your personal computer into a professional grade wordprocesson- 1. Obtain a good wordprocessing program. 2. Add UCHIDA DWX-305. Today, many wordprocessing soft- At a surprisingly low price, the ware packages that operate in popular UCHIDA DWX-305 printer has a prepersonal computers are so advanced cision
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    • 187 16 I We pay more interest I I in more ways than one. I I I All Rates effective 16 April 1984 subject to change without notice. I I BRANCHES I I Main Branch: 6 Battery Road Quwnitown: I Crosby House: 71 Robinson Road Blk 74 Commonwealth Dr #01 -451 Alexandra
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  • features
    • 654 17  -  EMPLOYERS OFFER MEDITATION CLASSES AND RUN 'STOP-SMOKING' CLINICS ■y PATRICIA MOORAIACK •fun NEW YORK: A "WELLNESS epidemic" is breaking oat in factories and offices, helping workers modify lifestyle factors that may set them np for strokes, heart attacks, cancer and other health disasters. The Health Insurance
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    • 525 17  -  »r KEITH STAFFORD of Router WHEN Mr Takayoshi Seki takes bis lunch break at Toshiba's new company headquarters, he never pays cash for his noodles and raw fish. He just hands over his company identity card and lets the computer sort out his bill.
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    • 285 17 SEASON EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND We are extending our Special *ru v Z'WKP Invitation Discount Rate in view of its jSt g Enjoy a thoroughly satisfying stay at S the Kuala Lumpur Merlin. JHg vytifroe jKj| Whether on business, convention I or holiday all Singaporeans on presen■■K tation of their
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  • opinion / letters
    • 380 18 ISSUES CHINA has agreed to exercise sovereignty over Hong Kong in such a way as to leave it untouched in an its essentials, including its legal and economic systems, for SO years after 1997. Prof P B Harris, one of Hong Kong's foremost commentators
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    • 405 18  -  BRAIN DRAIN TO POLYTECHNICS NOT A HEALTHY SIGN C S ANG Singapore 2056 STUDENTS and parents are showing too much anxiety for academic attainment. It was reported recently that 36* of our bright students from last year's GCE "O" Levels preferred polytechnics to
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    • 164 18  -  K G GOH Singapore 1438 I AM a firm believer in President Reagan's statement that deterrence is the best defence against potential aggressors. Western Europe has been peaceful for the last 40 years because it has a strong deterrence system. One of the
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    • 535 19 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT DURING his recent visit to the United States, French President Francois Mitterand met Mr Stephen Jobs, the founder of Apple Computer Incorporation, the large Silicon Vallev concern which began as a laboratory in Mr Job's garage. President Mitterand asked him what he thought
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    • 457 19 THAT'S WHY SOME SHOPPING CENTRES GIVE INCENTIVES TO CAB DRIVERS MR HAN FOOK KWANG's letter (SM, April It) on behalf of the Permanent Secretary (Communications) on the state of our taxi service seems to paint a very rosy picture
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    • 114 19  -  REPLY SEEK HANG PENG for Regtetrar of Vehicle* WE WOULD like to thank "For the Road" for his letter headlined "Inconsiderate Scheme B bus drivers jam up Robinson Road" (SM, April 13). We are aware of the problems posed by inconsiderate Scheme B
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    • 84 19  -  CHIANG LING FATT Singapore 1027 THE PUBLIC Works Department deserves to be commended for providing a good Jogging track, beside the canal at Glum Moh estate, which has attracted many joggers daily. However, it is sad that the maintenance of this otherwise
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    • 152 18 ===^^^B^ The champagne is poured, the serenity of the moment. L'escargot...where it happens. a feeling of enjoyment that makes Because we make it happen for you. With our attentive. the warm ambience V- Delicate game specialties, fanciful preparations of escargots. >*9 fresh tasty seafood, a fresh-as-the-garden salad bar, delightful dessert
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  • leisure
    • 265 20 COUNTRY CLUB AT PASIR RIS SINGAPORE: The Success Story is well-known and well-documented. Beyond question, this story would not have been told without our workers' contribution. This concentration of effort, their unstinting sacrifice, their total devotion towards our strong, stable nation with a sound, well-managed economy have so
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    • Article, Illustration
      98 20 AT the moment, two bus services run between the city and Tampines Road, the main road outside Pasir Ris. Service 80 starts at Prince Edward Road, through Shenton Way, Palmer Road, Anson Road, Robinson Road, Collyer Quay, Fullerton Road, Empress Place, Beach Road, Crawford Street, North Bridge Road,
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      139 20 ACCOMMODATION in the resort will consist of: Two-storey suite with s total area of 80 sq metres, with living room, bath and pantry on the ground level, and two bedrooms and a bath on the upper level. Air-conditioned. 70 units. Chalet with 44-sq metre floor area, with living room,
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    • 77 20 THINGS you will be able to do: Snorkelling Windsurfing Boating and canoeing Fishing Kite flying or participating in any number of outdoor games in a big field by the beach Cycling and jogging through lush green surroundings Holding barbeque parties. Some activities which can be organised: Hobby-craft classes, as
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    • 112 20 THESE are some of the things you will find at the resort: Mini-gymnasium with keep-fit equipment to help keep you in trim Computer games room for you to match brains and skill against the technological wizards Laundromat for a holiday without sweat 1,000-metre jogging track
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    • 249 20 UNTIL the sea became polluted in the Sixties, Pasir Ris was an exclusive playground of the local rich. The young ones. They went on weekends for water-ski-ing, snorkelling and boating. Increased use of the straits by the British navy, the appearance of shipyards and, finally, the pig
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    • 35 20 Above: Cycling. There will be Jogging tracks, too. Right and below: Seasports like snorkelling and canoeing. Above: Concerts there an facilities for you to hold concerts and pop shows. Below: Windsurfing
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    • 188 22  -  TV SCENE >:• si.. ...x, i-ml By WONG AH YOKE HERE'S a chance for fans to cycle alongside Awakening stars Wang Yuoing, Huang Wenyong and Wang Xiangqing on modern bicycles. The three male stars of SBC's long-running historical series will participate in
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    • 802 22 Friday Night Movie The Promise of Love (Ch 5,10.10 pm) SETT in the Sixties at the time of the Vietnam war, this TV movie, based on a novel by Carol Saraceno, is about the sorrow and struggle of a young American widow. Kathy Emelio
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    • 454 23  -  HONG KONG with Pauline Loh NO MERGER. That is the unanimous reaction of the two TV stations here to a recent proposal by a government review board. Because the licences of HK-TVB and ATV expire in December 1988, the colony's government took time
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    • 353 23  -  By JENNY GIPSON in Hong Kong Hong Kong Star IF you have ever watched breakdancers on TV, or if you are a disco fan, then you must be dying to know how they do it especially the Moonwalk, where the dancers slide backwards
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    • 750 24  -  By VALERIE TREVOR SBC has more specials lined up for your Labour Day holiday fare next week from the Charlie Brown Special for our younger viewers to Hollywood entertainment from John Denver, George Burns and John Huston. There are also three movies with all the right elements
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    • 909 25  -  By DALE POLLOCK in Hollywood INTO the Night, the movie John Landis is currently directing, concerns a man who collides with a woman in an airport and subsequently becomes involved in circumstances beyond his control. Landis, who was ordered to stand trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 565 21 2.30 SBC TEXT Live Sample Pages. 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlight* followed by The Web (C) (r). 4.25 Kktewodd. This segment takes us to Ohio where we meet a 13-year-old keyboard musician, to a Desert Museum in Arizona, and to meet a labrador which is a frisbee champion. There will
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    • 753 21 P^p| MP. o"a .nf oTf&* pf L 1* fa Bp JjW In Jl fev V I BX t j r Vtj Vaiarta Bartinaiii play* a young widow trying to copo with Uto atona in Tha Promiaa of Lova (Ch 5, 10.10 pm) 3.02 Quran Reading. Frost. The laughs begin when
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 458 25 fllM OUIO€ 1 'Mlig r EW HA^PY < *****63 > INVITATION OF GHOST DALIT (*****16): INVITATION OF GHOST (C) TOA PAYOH INVITATION OF GHOST Synopsis: A gambler who is heavily indebted tries to (Q get the help of ghosts to favour him in the cards. LIWAQU (*****30): INVITATION OF GHOST
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    • 255 26 COURTESY CAMPAIGN THE Ministry of Culture will hold a 1984 National Courtesy Campaign photo competition on the theme Courtesy is in Us, Let's Show It. There will be three sections black/white print, colour print and colour slide. Entry forms are available at the National Courtesy Campaign unit of the ministry.
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    • 666 26 A *jy #H rvnL TT i. ,rff t i i J Tha National Theatre Symphonic Band wiH perform on Sunday at Victoria Concert HaM 880 perstore and Victoria Theatre. THE Singapoe Symphony Orchestra 880 :?[?Z TflUff, t^T fro THE Singapore Sympkony OretaMtra at Victoria Concert Hall at 8.15 pm. gj
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    • 229 29 lul Classified Ad Rates Singapore. Monitor: Sunday Monitor Worde 0.55 cams per word 0.5S cants par word Display $7.70 par col. en $12.00 par col. cm Boalnaaa Hra Mon-Frt. 9am-Spm Sat. 9am-lpm Accomtrmm Ching Ling Acct 913-541/ 7(0-1631 Commercial Sar* 280-1157/1513 Danial Chan Mgnt Sarv 796-4765 Financial Poini Management Service*
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    • 444 30 Skustiont Vacant T I I T~T T r ii m The original gift creator requires FEMALE SALES PROMOTER i Fufl Tbno or Part Tim* The Job involves the sales and promotion of H H RISK products at oar counter in leading departmental stores in Orchard area and Chanjrl Airport Requirements:
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    • 402 30 Situation* Vacant IV Z BOULEVARD HOTEL SINGAPORE Z In line with our expan- W ston programme to be Z completed in July Z Z 1984, applications are Z invited for the follow- -> Z ing positions: Z ROOM STEWARDESS Z w Main duties: Re- n> g sponsible for m keeping
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    • 261 30 Situations Vacant mi I PLAZA HOTEL LIMITED I requires I Receptionist *1 Hostesses I Captains I Waiters/Waitresses I Bartenders I I Assistant Bartenders I Kitchen/Bar Porters I Electricians I Security Guards I Carpark Attendants I Interested, please apply personally or in I writing to: The Personnel Department I #04-301, The
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    • 270 30 SHuatkm Vacant (flfilWA) ACMA ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES LTD requires MALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Above 16 years old Experience not necessary We offer: High starting salary plus $33 attendance incentive per month Free transportation Free medical benefits Recreational activities After confirmation, marriage leave, compassionate leave plus $150 5-day work week (no shift work)
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 524 31 Entertainment MAST COAST MNP Studto. We supply Pop Groups. Danes Band. Lounge Band, mala/ tamals vocaflat Studo tor Band Rshaaraato and Rental of Musical Inafrumanta. Tal: 447-1821. MMNVM MMNMI ptoass totophons T«p« Tourist Service Tatophons Taipei 712-2909. Al enquiries are wvloomi. FOR SALE VAMOUS MB# RAMOS of imported fabrics to
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    • 482 31 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that. I Lim Kim Teck of No. 66 Sennett Avenue, Singapore 1646, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop licence in respect of premises at M/S Riche Monde Re Ltd 19, Keppel Road #04-00, Jit Poh Building, Singapore 0208, and that this application will be
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 556 32 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE Separate tenders are invited for:1 REMOVAL OF SUNKEN PONTOONS FROM ST JOHNS ISLAND AND PULAU BRANI Tender Deposit *****.00 Closing Date 8 May 84 Site Snowround 30 Apr 84 at 10.00 am Meet at Contracts Department 2 TERM CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY A DELIVERY OF PVC INSULATED
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    • 458 32 IN TNI MATTER OP TNI COMPANIES ACT, CAP. IBS AND IN TNI MATTER OP BOON HONG ■NTIRPRISIS PRIVATI UMITID (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MIMRIRS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP AT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of BOON HONG ENTERPRISES PRIVATE LIMITED duly convened and held at 122 Middto Road #06-06,. Midlink Plaza,
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    • 666 32 COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors of Singapore Bus Service (1978) Limited wish to announce that the audited results of the Company and the Group for the financial year ended 31st December 1983 are as follows: The Company The Group Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Year Ended Increase/ Increase/ 31.12.83 31.12.82
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  • sports
    • 583 33 GOLF ROUNDUP IN A surprise move, Sembawang Country Club, the leaders in the Singapore Golf Association Premier League, have dropped international, P M Samy, from the team for this Sunday's crucial match at the Serapong Course. Samy, who has been
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    • 219 33 SINGAPORE professionals are among the 40 foreign entries received for the M 540,000 Dunlop Masters golf championship at the Seremban International Golf Club from May 3 to 6. The prize money for this year's Dunlop Masters is Mslo,ooo more than last year
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    • 400 34  -  Reports by ALFONSO CHAN BRITISH Open semifinalist Geoff Williams has been refused participation in the Singapore leg of the Yeo'sPepsi squash extravaganza, after an about-turn decision by him to compete in the tournament came too late. The Yeo's-Pepsi series is held over three legs,
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    • 449 34 EX-NATIONAL COACH RAHIM SHOWS NO EFFECTS OF HIS THREE-YEAR LAY-OFF EXPERIENCE triumphed over youthful exuberance at the Ascot Singapore Closed Squash Championships when ex-national coach Rahim Gul beat George Tan in the quarter-finals of the Men's Open at Kallang yesterday. Rahim, having laid off competitive squash for
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    • 104 34 Reuter PARIS, Friday PARIS' mayor Jacques Chirac said yesterday be would push for the 1992 Summer Olympics to be held in the French capital which be stressed could easily bear about one quarter of the cost of staging the event. "I estimate that the city can
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    • 261 34 WORLDFRONT Reuter AMSTERDAM, Friday A THREE-MAN advisory panel appointed by the Netherlands Olympic Committee announced yesterday it favoured Amsterdam over Rotterdam as the Dutch candidate for the staging of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. The commission, headed by former Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company
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    • 175 35 Reuter LONDON, Friday BRITAIN'S Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (above) yesterday sprang to the defence of teenage runner Zola Budd, who was jeered in her second track appearance since deserting South Africa for British citizenship. The waif-like white athlete was heckled by several black demonstrators when
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    • 145 35 Reuter LAUSANNE, Friday THE Eligibility Commission of the International Olympic Committee meets here in Switzerland today to consider the case of Britain's newly-acquired South African-born athlete Zola Budd. But the talented 17-year-oM, who was controversially granted British citizenship earlier this month with a view
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    • 1026 35  -  Red Devils fail to equal success of League rivals in European Cup ENGLISH LEAGUE SOCCER PREVIEW BY SIMON BARNES A NIGHT of glory and of agony in Europe took two English teams through to the final, and sent two more broken and packing
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      148 35 Roma fans respond with joy reminiscent of World Cup celebration Reuter ROME, Friday HOOTING car horns and waving the club's red and Jellow colours until dawn, Roma fans celebrated a -0 European Cup win over Dundee United in a noisy repeat of the nignt Italy won the World
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    • 759 36  -  ■MONliUk""™ RACING TODAY'S TRACK WORM By WONDER BOY IRISH-BRED Slashing Sabre displayed brilliant action in his final workout on a good track at Batu Gantong this morning. Taken out by app Marxuki, the chestnut three-year-old was merely cantering on his toes when clocking a shade over
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    • 614 36 RACK 1 2.00 CLASS 4DIV2- 1400m 1 Chlaf Of Maff C7 QorahMn 1 2 Shaat Up HI 87 Wadl 2 Alpha CmM MM Subtan 4 4 MhmK Bay MM Saaw I I Sayand MM MM Khao Mava McQarrat M Caak 7 7 BSKW*" ""Sa 2 RACK 2 2.30
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    • 153 36 Reuter DUESSELDORF. Thursday PETER Fleming was today included in the United States side for the world Team Tennis Cup here next month. Fleming joins his regular doubles partner John McEnroe and Jimmy Arias in a formidable American team billed as favourites to win the U*****,000
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    • 505 37 The Star DENMARK has named a no-surprise team for the Thomas Cup badminton finals in Kuala Lumpur next month. Leading the charge is All-England and European champion Morten Frost Hansen. The other members of the side are Jens-Peter Nierhoff, Michael Kjeldsen, lb Frederiksen, Claus Andersen, Steen
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    • 353 37 MALAYSIAN Open and World Cup doubles champions Park Joo-bong and Kim Moon-soo will spearhead the South Korean challenge in the Thomas Cup finals. The other members of the Korean team are Sung Han-kook, Choi Bung-hak, Lee Deukchoon, Park Chan-woong, Lee Taik-ki and Lim
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    • 183 37 THOMAS Khilstrom, the "old warrior of the Swedish team, leads his side to the Thomas Cup final rounds in Kuala Lumpur next month. Also in the team are Steffan Karlsson, Lars Wengberg, Ulf Johansson, Goeran Karlssan, Portbjoern Pattersson and Poer-Gunnar Joensson Besides Khilstrom,
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    • 477 37 THE MALAYSIAN sqaad for the Thomas and Über Caps have growa to attached to the hoase that they've been staying la that they have decided to tarn down an offer to move into a first class hotel. The hoase was made available to them
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    • 410 38  -  By S GULAM PETER Vellappan, the Asian Football Confederation secretary, feels that the Kuwaitis will change their minds about boycotting the Asian Cup competition to be held at the National Stadium in December. The Kuwaitis, who are the holders of the Cup, dropped
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    • 119 38 AP THE Football Association of Thailand will conduct an investigation into the inconsistent play of the Thai national team at the pre-Olympic soccer tournament here, FA vice-president Pisit Neamtanieh said yesterday. Thailand beat Japan 5-2, and then lost 2-1 to Iraq
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    • 870 33 #PWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from PWO Registered Contractor* for the fotaMing:(A) +MAE T 55/MSupp+y of Molorcara to Oovemment Delivery Dele:- Tenderer* are requested to submit a firm delivery date for the Motorcars. (B) MAE T 51/84 Nomtneted Sub-Contract for electrical Insteßellon la Ouifcho Contingent FadHtiae at Mount Vernon.
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    • 137 39 QATARI goalkeeper Mohamad Wafa (right) was a picture of sheer jubilation last Bight. He had every reason to be especially since he is part of the team that will be Lot Ange-les-bonnd come Jaly for the final rounds of the Olympic soccer finals. The Qataris
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    • 282 39  -  Most teams impressed with the way meet has been run, says AFC official By S GULAM WELL DONE, Singapore! That was the opinion of most of the participating teams in the final round of the Asia-Oceania pre-Olympic qualifying tournament here, according to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) secretary
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