Singapore Monitor, 2 May 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Wednesday, May 2, 1984 30cents
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  • 457 1 Troops destroy homes and crops in biggest Soviet offensive since invasion of Afghanistan UPI New DELHI, Wednesday AFTER unprecedented high-altitude bombings, up to 15,000 Soviet ground troops pushed into the strategic Panjsher Valley, destroying homes and crops and driving rebels to high ground in
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    • 33 1 Non-swimmer dives in to save bis son See Page 5 ITs only tlie style that has changed: Page 2 MHjOQR] Sobering reflections on tomorrow's woes: Page 3 Workers have their say: Page 4
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  • home
    • 618 2  -  The PAP-NTUC symbiosis By EE BOON LEE IT'S THE style which has changed. Last year, in his last appearance as SecretaryGeneral of the NTUC, Mr Lim Chee Onn was very much the focus of attention as the labour movement celebrated
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    • Article, Illustration
      262 2 Seven receive Labour awards ME S E NATHAN, a former top civil servant and now Executive Chairman of The Strais Times, was given the MEEITOEIOUS SERVICE AWAED by the NTUC yesterday for his continued selfless services to the labour movement. His earliest contact with the NTUC was
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    • 81 2 Candidates named by the PAP for the coming general election were among the guests invited to the NTUC May Day Rally at the Singapore Conference Hall yesterday. Picture shows (from left): Dr Koh Lam Son, a medical doctor, Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, a journalist, Mr S
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    • SOBERING REFLECTIONS ON TOMORROW'S WOES
      • 84 3 THERE will be 643,000 aged people in 50 years' time. They cannot be expected to pay income tax on their CPF savings for defence, roads, hospitals and schools. Can we find enough homes for them? Can we find enough doctors, nurses and hospital attendants to
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      • 78 3 NO NATION can grow at a rapid rate without slowing down. It is extremely difficult to sustain an annual productivity growth rate of 4 per cent over 30 years. It is especially difficult for us. Land is scarce. So is water, so is labour. Oil has
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      • 86 3 THE DEPARTURE of the bulk of foreign workers by 1992 would make it that much more difficult for us to achieve our current rate of development. In his May Day message, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew pointed out that Singapore workers have to improve productivity to
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    • 576 3  -  By EE BOON LEE WHY THE government has "some disquiet" over our future was the theme of the Defence and Second Health Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tongs speech at the May Day rally at the Singapore Conference Hall yesterday. Essentially, it boils down to the problem of
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    • 83 4 Yesterday's May Day Carnival at the Jurong Chinese Garden was a great crowd puller. Thousands of union and PAP members and their families were there to enjoy themselves. Amidst the gaiety, some union and party members interviewed by the Singapore Monitor reflected on the more serious issues
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    • 995 4  -  They comment on declining union membership, PAP-NTUC symbiosis and CPF withdrawal age INTERVIEWS BY JILL HUM AND SHAMALA KANDIAH MR KEE GEK CHOON, 40, a forklift operator with the PWD has been a member of the Public Daily Hated Transport Workers' Union for more than
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    • 506 5 'I held my breath and dived in' A BIRTHDAY picnic by the sea nearly became a tragedy when the nine-year-old birthday boy got into difficulties while swimming. But tragedy was averted when the boy's father, a non-swimmer, dashed into the sea and,
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    • 189 5 GOOD communication improves employee morale and understanding. It contributes to better employee productivity and it provides an environment which encourages positive performance. One way of ensuring good communication is through the company newsletter and other such in-house publications. Through articles and features, management can
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    • 747 6  -  A Journalists Notebook By Rodney Hobson IT TOOK a whole generation to get across the message that an uncontrolled birthrate spelled economic disaster. It has taken an equal length of time for the light to dawn that there are equal problems at the
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    • 258 6  -  19 CRIME SUSPECTS HELD, MORE THAN 100 CASES SOLVED B* K K FONG JURONG police have scored a string of successes recently in rounding up robbers and thieves. In the last few weeks, the men in the crime branch have arrested 19 suspects and solved more
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    • 325 6  -  By ANGELA TOH and JALIL MISWARDI WANTED! says the big sign in front of St Joseph's Institution in Bras Basah Road. The school, one of the oldest mission schools in SingaKre, is looking for 3,000 "founders" for the new SJI it is to
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    • 82 3 Artistic Impression by Citizen. ly"'"*-' "n'mmmmMamliik&Ht' I p- i .irr nrr ifrurm ft M—M— ill II &Zw fjJ 1/ S ESR*MK&/ \s Impression: a new collection of masterworks for the wrist. Timepieces stressing form and color in an entirely new way. Impressive styles for him. Impressive styles for her. In
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    • 208 5 The Brasserie La Rotonde presents the wines of Alsace, with complementary food. The long, thin neck of the "Methode Champenoise". bottle you see poised between" Not surprisingly the gentle these two characters, is unique to folk of Alsace have developed a one of Frances most famous wine cuisine which is
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    • 340 6 DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BE TWICE AS GOOD AS THE AVERAGE WRITER? And how hard are you prepared to work towards it? There is a job in the Promotions Department of The Singapore Monitor which could teach you to be twice as good as the average writer. You'll need
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  • world
    • 239 7 Reagan visit 'vital for ChinaUS ties' REAGAN IN CHINA k 4 LAT-WP SHANGHAI, Wed PRESIDENT Reagan's six-day trip to China was "a significant step forward' in improving SinoUS relations, Beijing said yesterday, but real "mutual trust" between the two countries remains impossible until the United States commits itself to sharp
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    • 280 7 AP BEIJING, Wednesday VIETNAMESE troops are bringing up more rockets, tanks and heavy weapons ana senaing spy flights over China, preparing to invade Chinese border areas, Beijing said today. The Communist Party newspaper People's Daily said the preparations started early this year. It said
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    • 205 7 AP BANGKOK, Wednesday VIETNAM claimed yesterday that three Chinese regiments were mobilised last weekend to launch "landgrabbing attacks" on three hills in Vietnam's border province of Ha Tuyen. The Communist Party newspaper Nhan Dan, quoted by the Vietnam News Agency, said
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    • 102 7 BANGKOK, Wednesday THAI military authorities yesterday ordered air strikes against communist guerillas in southern Thailand, a senior army officer said. Colonel Kitti Rattanachaya said the attacks were ordered against suspected gaerilla camps in the Belong salient, about 1,440 km south of kok. Hundreds of Thai
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    • 131 7 Reuter NEW DELHI, W*dn«td«y A BITTER property feud between Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi and her rebel daughter-in-law Maneka intensified yesterday when Mrs Gandhi's status as a Hindu was questioned in a courtroom Maneka is the widow of Mrs Gandhi's younger son
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    • 437 8 Firearms residue found on carpet below second floor window UPI LONDON, Wednesday POLICE searching the Libyan Embassy yesterday discovered two loaded handguns and a spent cartridge case of the same calibre as the gun that killed a policewoman outside the embassy, Home Secretary Leon Brittan
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    • 181 8 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday MALAYSIA has plans to produce its own version of the American children's programme, "Sesame Street," Information Minister Adib Adam said yesterday. The series will be jointly produced by Government-owned Ra-dio-Television Malaysia (RTM) and "Sesame Street" producer, the
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    • 382 8 AP WASHINGTON, Wednesday BLACK civil rights leader Jesse Jackson bid for his first primary election victory in the district of Columbia yesterday, and battled with Walter Mondale and Gary Hart in Tennessee as they moved into the final lap of the
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    • 246 8 Killing of Minister may be connected with crackdown on drug trade UPI BOGOTA, Wednesday PRESIDENT Belisario Betancur declared a state of siege yesterday following the assassination of the Justice Minister whose death was believed to be connected with his crackdown on Colombia's billion-dollar drug trade.
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    • 124 8 AP LONDON, W«d ZOLA BUDD, the South African-born runner granted British citizenship so she can compete in the Olympics, has been excluded from a list of sports personalities picked to meet Princess Anne at an Olympics fund-raising dance. But Buckingham Palace and the organisers
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    • 87 8 AP LONDON, Wed BRITAIN had its sunniest April in more than half a century as bikini-clad girls jammed beaches at Easter and summer put in an early appearance across north-western Europe. Weather offices in London, Paris and Stockholm on Monday reported record periods of sunshine during
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    • 486 9 luVDER TRIM HONQ KONQ, Wednesday A POLICE inspector said yesterday he suspected something "fishy" between Bumiputra Malaysia Finance and Carrian deals. "To be fair, I did think something fishy was going on" Insp lan A McPherson of the Serious and Organised Crime Group told the
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    • 580 9 The Star HONQ KONQ, Wednesday BUMIPUTRA Malaysia Finance (BMF) sent a loan of US$4 million ($58.32 million) to Carrian boss George Tan's firm, Fitarget Investments, through a bank in New York, and about a third of the loan ended on
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    • 792 10 TRENDS Asian Wall Street Journal STEPS are being gradually taken to regulate a long-standing, often illegal, traffic of Indonesian workers to Malaysia, Far East Economic Review reports in its latest edition. These workers entering Malaysia for the first time normally are smuggled in, the weekly
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    • 63 10 OFTEN, apparently insignificant events of political decisions outside Singapore may signal the start of trends of vital interest to you they may effect the wsy you live, the way you conduct your business. Reports of such events may be confined to specialist or trade publications. In
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    • 959 10  -  ■y MICHAEL RICHARDSON The Agt newspaper, Melbourne. Special to the Singapore Monitor. THE HAWKE Labour Government seems to have persuaded Malaysia and Singapore that despite the withdrawal over the next few years of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Mirage jet
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    • 376 13 Reuter WARSAW, Tuesday VIOLENT clashes between police and union activists in Poland overshadowed the traditional May Day holiday celebrated yesterday by workers worldwide. Riot police attacked Solidarity demonstrators with clubs and water cannon in at least five Polish cities as Eastern Bloc governments held rallies
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    • 287 13 r may day] 1984J Reuter MANILA, Tuesday TENS of thousands of workers yesterday marched into the Philippines capital in a May Day parade which turned into an election boycott rally against President Ferdinand Marcos As the president was announcing a basketful
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    • 156 13 AP VATICAN CITY, Tues POPE John Paul 11, in a special May Day address yesterday, blamed "robots ana computers" for some of the world's continuing unemployment problems. Speaking to 30,000 people during his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square, the Polish-born pontiff expressed
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    • 72 10 You can taste it with your eyes At Pin Hsia'ng Restaurant, Singapore's NEWEST addition to good, traditional Sichuan cuisine. Conveniently located next to the Shangri-la Hotel. At the RELC Building. With ample FREE parking facilities. We also cater for weddings, And have private function rooms. RaHS# Pin Hsiang o*4* Restaurant
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    • 356 12 THE NEIGHBOURHOOD SUBSCRIPTION How to keep the good news coming regularly Th*e sure way to get a smooth flow Toa Payoh Kallang, Macpherson, Potong Pasir of information about your neighbourhood lSg£ and Whampoa: Bedok— Chai Chee, Gulega. is the form above. Just fill it in, cut it out Somapah and
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    • 169 13 Tfeppanyakiwithaview. I i vm xyj^^MijjpHßßi^^^^™ Wmj' ,%s'} .S' J V 1 iA. 1 M 111 "f" U^j^MaMP^•ytfW y v; 39^*> -m(' ''^g fir i jk^^Tl^Sß Bfe jr Mr-#TOy 1 iF WMKmW Enjoy it ixw at tfe Nadaman. Our teppanyaki chefs will whet the subtle differences in each one the Nadaman's
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  • money
    • 813 14  -  SPECIAL REPORT BY PHILIP BANGSBERG HONG KONQ: No sooner had the local bourse somewhat recovered from the blow of Jardine, Matheson Co Ltd's decision to re-register in Bermuda, then Sir Geoffrey Howe wielded a predictable hammer that sent it into another tailspin. It is
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    • 87 14 MORE major Hong Kong firm* are actively panning the idea of registration elsewhere, one stock market floatation has been deferred, and a Chinese-hacked company has "temporarily" halted a deal hailed earlier as a concrete move to inspire confidence in the fntnre. At least three have
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    • 427 14 But it faces grave problem through declining investment, says banker JOHN Gray, assistant general manager of the Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corp, believes the colony has "weathered the storm of political uncertainty and the recession abroad, but faces a potentially grave problem through declining industrial
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    • 126 14 WHLLSTREET WITH blue-chip issues penetrating a tough technical bar- rier, the stock market finished sharply higher yesterday and trading activity soared despite a lack of support from the bond market. The Dow Jones industrial average, which managed a 11/2 gain on Monday, closed
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    • 195 14 AP THE US dollar continued a broad advance yesterday, rising against most major currencies at home and abroad. The embattled British pound managed a slight recovery after falling to an all-time low in London. Gold bullion prices fell in Hong Kong but later rose in London and
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    • 379 15 r MONEY TALK STERLING will have to drop 15 per cent after 1985 to compensate for the effect of falling oil output and the balance of payments, economic growth and unemployment, according to James Capel and Co. The broking company said such a decline
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    • 149 15 TDM is acquiring a 25 8 per cent interest in Klang Jaya Bharu Development and 40 per cent oi TD Leasing's paid-up capital. It said that diversification into property development and leasing is in line with the objective of attaining long-term profitability. The
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    • 528 15 THIS may be a good time for banks in need of funds to issue floating rate certificates of deposit (FRCDs) in the Asian dollar market as the interest rate spread has fallen to very low levels. Since the beginning of this year,
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    • 290 15 FOLEX Industries Bhd explained that the 3.33 million ordinary shares of Msl each to be reserved for the existing shareholders under its proposed reconstruction scheme is subject to tne decision of Folex directors in consultation with the relevant authorities. Folex, in reply to the Kuala
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    • 268 15 Reuter LONDON, Wednesday PROSPECTS for a rise in gold price are no more than moderate while US economic growth continues and barring any serious international debt development, Samuel Montagu and Co Ltd said in its annual bullion review. But the
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  • opinion / letters
    • Reaction to air-con buses
      • 199 18  -  D W DISTANT Singapore 0922 A YEAR ago, in your issue of April 15, 1983, you published my letter querying the SBS' reply to your reader about air-conditioning buses. I enquired why it was necessary to spend the $50-$6O million cited by
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      • 428 18  -  GILBERT LEONG Singapore 2159 I READ with much interest the letter written by "N Raiedran" (SIM. Apr 25). I am amused to note that the writer is so affronted by the introduction of the air-con bus service. I like to point
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    • 762 18 I AM GLAD that someone knowledgeable has at last said something sensible about the so-called under achievers of our school system. Your paper (SM, April 27) reported that Mrs Katherine Yip, a psychologist at the Institute of Education, has called upon teachers to
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    • 358 18 ISSUES The Washington Post THE DISTRIBUTION of income is one of the crucial economic balances in a society. It is one of that society's ways of defining fairness. In the United States, the balance now seems to be shifting in favour of the people who occupy the upper
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    • 334 18  -  LET THE PATIENT CHOOSE A DOCTOR TO SUIT HIS 'POCKET' SIMON TENG Singapore 1024 I WOULD like to comment on the article "Consumerism has no place in medicine" by "Caveat Emptor" (SM, April 23). The writer appears to have a misconception about consumerism.
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    • 524 19 MuNliußlsSMHWl IF THERE is anything certain to confuse friends and turn off neighbours, it is to promote oneself as a leader among them. And it is as true in international affairs as it is in personal relations. It implies, of course, that if one
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    • 439 19 SAF fitness tests should vary with medical grades THE MINISTRY of Defence requires all reservists to undergo periodic physical fitness tests, presumably, to keep them fit as soldiers. And those who fail a test must attend a one-week training camp at Pulau Übin.
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    • 174 19 TWO articles in your newspaper (SM, April 2€) caught my eye. Tne United States wants to review our Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) "concessions." These are nothing more than what we are giving the US, and other importers, in the form of nonbarriers
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    • 66 19 •Wl LETTERS on any subfact of rHjftfr* interest wfl be accepted for publeatton. They should be typed and must ba atoned. Thay must also Mudathawrftar'a nama and addrsaa to uaa a pseudonym in print. A contact telsphone number would ba uaaM. We raaarva tha light to adM letters. Address your
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  • leisure
    • 1259 20  -  Local 'Fiddler' crosses all cultural barriers By PAT D'ROSE Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof DURING the auditions, director Roger Jenkins overheard a young man complain that this was going to be an "expat affair" and as a
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    • 623 20  -  Singapore jazz fans can look forward to workshops with the flutist SINGAPORE FESTIVAL A OF ARTS fL 1984 Ifl ®y MASAKI WATANABE SINCE the mid-Sixties, flute player Herbie Mann has steadily explored new possibilities within the context of the latest beat be it rock, funk,
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    • 295 20 LUCILLA TEOH THE ballet, Sleeping Beauty, is visually spectacular. In Act 111, there is a solo and a pas de deux with a Bluebird. We are unfortunate to have lost our Bluebird for the Festival of Arts. Han Kee Juan, noted ballet dancer, was to have flown
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    • 476 22 vssmm Hong Kong Star HONQ KONQ: Two more popular stars have decided to leave TVB to pursue their careers elsewhere. They are top-billed actress Cecilia Wong and her boyfriend, Nat Chan. Cecilia's contract with TVB has exJiired and she turned down a request rom
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    • 433 22 The Immortals (Ep 5 ft 6) (C) (Ch 8, 9.35 pm) TIANSHAN Tonglao insists that Xuzhu become the head of the Xiaoyao sect and the master of Ling Jiu Gong. She then dies after getting Xu-zhu's consent. Fu, on receiving news of Tianshan Tonglao's death, rejoices that he
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    • 372 22  -  By WONG AH YOKE THE eight-day Sixth Asean Cultural Exchange of Radio and TV Artistes was brought to a glittering conclusion last Saturday at the World Trade Centre Auditorium. After a rousing welcome dance by the SBC, Sylvia McCulJy and Pravarathi Dass dancers, the concert, A
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    • 831 23 SO IT'S that time of the year again when Hong Kong searches out its PYTs (pretty young things) to find the perfect beauty to represent her in international contests. On May 26, Cher Yeung will hand over her crown to this year's
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    • Article, Illustration
      792 25  -  V&uisine QUICK-LUNCHING IN STYLE... By INEZ WEI NOT everybody can or wants to lunch in style on a working weekday. But company executives and businessmen do as they have to entertain in the course of their work. Within the constraints of the lunch-hour, set menus seem the most
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    • 359 25 HERE is a list of some other businessmen's lunch fare available: SHERATON, Hubertus Grill Choice of appetisers/starters from the buffet table Main Course different every day (eg Monday honey ham grill, Tuesday roast pork loin) Dessert choice of sweets/coffee or tea Price: $24.50+ Time: 12 noon to
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 560 21 HHSH 2.30 BBCTEXT Uva Samole Paoes. 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Hotel (C)(r). 4.40 The Richard Simmons Show. 5.00 Animala, Animals, Animals Rooster. The rooster was domesticated about 6000 years ago during the Bronze Age. Shakespeare called it the trumpet of the moon. Numbering 2,300 million, there are
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    • 646 21 < 4 -I 1 1111 'MEL Jg ivflr H'Cmv lb I L *1 yfc-,c-iV S.Ol Quran Reading. 8.49 Jenakarama: Yahya Sulong. 5.06 Programme Summary. 9.36 Fokua. 5.10 Saaama Straat. Focuses on the importance of Jawi. Representatives of 6.00 News. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka and the Trengganu Islamic 6.10 Bimbingan Ugama.
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 483 23 FILM GUIO€ 'a 1, i <V. LONG SHADOWS (E) BT-'v l REGAL (*****59): HOCUS POCUS(C) DALIT (*****16): INVITATION OF GHOST CAPITOL (*****59): VALLEY GIRL (E) (C) Synopsis Uptown girl meets downtown boy Synopsis A gambler who is heavily indebted Romance follows. tries to get the help of the ghosts to
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 358 24 BS I TODAY: TOMORROW: Low tide: 6.09 am Low tide: 6.39 am (0.3 m) (0.2 m) High tide: 12.31 pm High tide: 1.11 pm (26m) (2.5 m) Low tide: 6.16 pm Low tide: 6.43 pm (0.8 m) (0.9 m) FIDDLER ON THE ROOF NATIONAL THEATRE TRUST and Singapore American Association
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    • 881 24 ENVIRONMENTAL ART TSUNAO HARADA nowned calligrapher, AN exhibition on Envi- wnnnßinric nrin»« h« |*N1 ho ]d a one-man exhi- 1 ronmental Art versus TrUsf TsunaX 5 from today to Sun- a I Artificial Environment, aJEh da y fro 10 am to 6pm f by artist Dieter Magnus, 3* I SJJJ!}
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    • 26 24 iSSS^I iv MS* i v Two of the picture* on environment art venue artificial art by Dieter Magnus, now on diapiay at the Qoethe-lnatitut Art Qallery.
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 482 26 leisure/ comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA If you venture outside routine, September 24 to October 23 you will find that there are Trouble with a younger person many advantages. Old friends is indicated. If you and others may feel neglected and you deal firmly with this situation,
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    • 221 26 ASSIGNMENT: TOP SECRET By Bill Barry FASTRACK^ J r-f QoS, 1 Ki4OU) ibo'te "N Y OJITH ITj !00 \\\\T IJ^lf N£RVoi>6 AftooT O£IMO THE £XTfA YARp. r &V& GIMVI£ A o.'" V w> ma 6' ppifet/ Bur tio% m Pot int momps wj*e an'o?TRV To St£ THIS AS AN ON
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  • PROPERTY SECTION
    • 762 27 WHILE all eyes fall on th* fast completing Central Area developments like Marina Centre and Raffles City, a different drama has been developing in the heart of the Central Business District in Shenton Way, one we rarely cast an eye on. VINCENT FONG reports. THERE
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    • 504 28 "Shenton Way was the financial centre of Singapore, now it's Raffles Place" Professsor Kenzo Tange, a city plaaner. ALREADY three very distinct micro-sectors Raffles Place, Shenton way and Anson Road are prevailing within the Central Business District (CBD) and a fourth is
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    • 498 29  -  Company stands to lose $15 m in giving up land Focus on Fulcrum By ANG PENG HWA THE joint-venture Fulcrum company, which stands to lose more than $15 million when it created local history by being the first developer to surrender URA land
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    • 240 29 JUST who are behind Fulcrum, the company which made the unprecedented move of giving up two URA parcels of land? The company was incorporated in Hong Kong on 27 July, 1979 with a nominal share capital of HK$l,OOO (S|26o) in 100 $10 shares. It is
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    • 307 30  -  By VINCENT FONG POLO Club's president, Mr Eric Cromby confirmed that Seng Giap Construction has been awarded the building contract on April 25, to put up the $3.3 million new clubhouse and sports facilities at Mount Pleasant. The single-storey clubhouse, to be operational
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    • 282 30  -  By ANG PENG HWA A PLOT of land with development potential in the condominium belt of Mt Elizabeth, off Orchard Road, failed togo under the hammer of Jones Lang Wootton last Thursday. A possible cause: the auctioneer did not speak dialect. The 1,588.1
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    • 315 27 I AUCTION SALE I Mortgagee's Sale Of Valuable Residential m H And Commercial Properties To Be Held H On WEDNESDAY, 16TH MAY 1984 AT 3.00 P.M. At No. 6 Cecil Street #02-04, People's Insurance Building, WM Singapore 0104. I I Particulars H 2-storey Detached Bungalow 1) No. 24 Robey Crescent
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    • 282 33 Classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant RBK H The original gift creator requires FEMALE SALES PROMOTER Full Tim« or Part Tim* The job involves the sales and promotion of RISIS products at our counter in leading < departmental stores in Orchard area and Changi Airport. Requirements Pleasant personality and disposition i Ability
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  • sports
    • WORLDFRONT
      • 110 35 Reuter BONN, Wednesday SOVIET Sports Minister Marat Gramov was quoted yesterday as saying that anti-commu-nist groups had prepared 500 houses as part of their "dirty plan" to coax Soviet athletes to defect at this summer's Los Angeles Olympics. Mr Gramov, interviewed by
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      • 55 35 Reuter RABAT, W»dn»»day FRENCH tennis star Yannick Noah (picture at left) won the Olympique Marocaine Tennis Tournament yesterday when he defeated Spain's Jose Higueras 67 6-4 6-2. In semi-final matches earlier, Noah eliminated Guillermo Vilas of Argentina 6-2 6- 4 and Higueras beat Andres Gomez
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      • 126 35 Reuter WEST BERLIN, Wednusday AUSTRALIA, despite being held to a 2-2 draw by the Netherlands, clinched overall victory yesterday in a four-nation tournament held to mark the West German Hockey Association's 75th jubilee. With wins already over India, the reigning Olympic champions, and hosts
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    • 206 35  -  By S GULAM THE Football Association of SingaEre (FAS) is planning to invite popu- European teams for this year's Merlion Cup Soccer Tournament as Krt of its celebration of the Repubs 25th anniversary. Mr Teo Chong Tee, FAS chairman, said the association
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    • 213 35 THE 20-man national squad began its training session this morning at the Jalan Besar Stadium to prepare for the match against FC Groningen, the Netherlands' First Division team, on May 19. This year's squad is without Phua Chins Loon, Ahmad Paiian, R Masendran and Abdullah Noor.
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    • SHORT PASSES
      • 109 35 ETTELBRUCK, Wednesday NORWAY beat Luxembourg 2-0 in a soccer friendly here yesterday before a crowd of 2,000 in a match with only three professional players on the pitch. The Luxembourg team, comprising only amateur players, managed to hold their opponents 0-0 in the first
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      • 54 35 LISBON, Wednesday PORTO won the Portuguese Soccer Cup when they defeated Rio Ave 4-0 (half-time 30) here yesterday. Porto, who meet Juventus of Italy in the European Cup Winners' Cup final in Basle on May 16, scored through Sousa (16th minute and 53rd), Gomes (27)
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      • 126 35 MALAGA, Wednesday SPAIN'S talented youngsters, who brought back a precious 1-0 first leg lead from Belgrade last Wednesday, have high hopes of securing a place in the European Under-21 Soccer Championship final when they meet Yugoslavia today. The Spaniards, who overcame the Netherlands, Iceland and Poland
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    • 315 35 THE Football Association of Singapore hit its target of $900,000 from gate receipts for the 18-day Olympic Qualifying Round at the National Stadium, with plenty to spare. Said the executive chairman of the organising committee, Yusoff Ismail: "I am happy to say we
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    • 292 36 Reuter LONDON, Wednesday GRAHAM Taylor, manager of Football Association (FA) Cup finalists Watford, criticised the system of refereeing and discipline in England at a sportswriters' lunch yesterday. Taylor, whose team is to face Everton in the cup final at Wembley on May 19
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    • 660 36 Arsenal's GRAHAM RIX learns the hard way in his search for international honours A IPS ARSENAL skipper Graham Rix, recalled by England after a year's absence, admits he only has himself to blame for his spell in the international wilderness. "Having played in the 1982 World
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    • 442 37  -  KIAN BEE GIVES UP HIS AMATEUR STATUS FOR HOLE-IN-ONE REWARD Reports by ERNEST FRIDA TAN KIAN BEE, a Keppel Golf Club member, has decided to surrender his amateur status for a Honda Prelude car, the prize he won for for his hole-in-one feat
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    • 113 37 SEVENTEEN seems to be the lucky number for May Day golfers. Akira Yamamoto of the Singapore Island Country Club, was the second player to register an ace yesterday and on par three 17th hole at the Bukit Course. The first was Tan Kian
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    • 330 37 MECHANICAL engineer Andy Choo, who has been shuttling to and tro between Hong Kong and Singapore for the past three years, made good yesterday when he won the top prize in the A division of the Singapore Island Country Club Open Day tournament at
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    • 505 37 LIM Cheng Ann, handicap 15, of SICC, was the overall winner in the A and B divisions with 42 points. A DIVISION (Handicap 012) 39 pts: Andy Choo (SICC), M 0 San (SICC); 38 pts Prem Sachdev (SICC); 36 pts Chua Lian Ho (Keppel), Yeop Adlan
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    • 185 37  -  By K SILVAM THE Volleyball Association of Singapore will hold the Superstar Women's Volleyball championships featuring the world's top teams in the Republic from Nov 9 to 12. World champions China, with Japan and South Korea, who finished second and third respectively in
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    • 695 38  -  [■i.iinrr.n».i,<i'M.Mu,",n ASIAN SWIMMING CSHIPS ■y KEN JALLEH Jr in SEOUL LOS Anaeles, here we come. Twit was Singapore's battle cry after capturing the 4xloom freestyle relay silver here yesterday a cry which would turn into tears if selectors failed to see the justification. It was an
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 636 39  -  Not one but TWO false starts by same swimmer in separate races THE FALSE START THAT COST SIONG HIS GOLD Reports by KEN JALLEH Jr in Seoul GAMESMANSHIP has always been a convenient excuse for playing dirty, and for two days, Ang Peng
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    • 227 39 FIRST the good news. Swimming fans will get a chance to watch Ang Peng Siong in action at Toa Payoh on Monday, when the Singapore Open swimming championship begins Now the bad news. The glamour of Peng Stone's presence might be somewhat diffused by
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    • 181 39 ASIAN SWIMMING C'SHIPS THE Asian 100-metre freestyle record will belong to Ang Peng Siong with one swift stroke of the pen. Disclosing this yesterday, team manager Woon Sui Kut, who is also the Asian Amateur Swimming Federation (ASSF)
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