Singapore Monitor, 5 May 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Saturday, May 5, 1984 30cents
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  • 602 1  -  By YEOW MEI SIN THE DAYS of cheap air tickets may soon be over if travel agents and airlines take fright at the stiffer penalties they now face if caught selling cut-price or imported tickets. The Yield Improvement Programme, a
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    • 96 1 bommhk ",$fS lyEr Fandi WH|k shows VjHPi maturity PAP walkabout in Anson likely: Page 2 Rumpole's Singapore casebook John Mortimer, Queen's Counsel and internationally famous author and playwright of the Rumpole series, gives an account of his fascination with Singapore. Jjgjj The second part will be featured in The Singapore
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    • 74 1 /m <fc«> rtWy j VACHERON v constantin t Geneve Vacheron upon Acheron B&H Vachcron Constaniin. A legendary name since 1755. Gold watches studded with diamonds. Or with transparent faces which show the inner poetry in motion. And we have Singapore's widest collection. Eastern Watch Co. Pte. Ltd. at Locky Plaz*,
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  • home
    • 292 2 MANY agents said they would not hesitate to turn away a customer who asks (or discounts now that the penalties for undercutting are so stiff. Some agents pointed out, however, that the airlines must themselves stop their double-standard practices before they can expect
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    • 218 2 TRAVEL agents caught selling tickets below the minimum selling price face 90 days suspension of their licence and a $2,600 fine for their first offence. The previous penalty was a twoweek suspension. For a second offence, the agent will be suspended
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    • 425 2  -  Chance for dialogue with supporters By EE BOON LEE A MINISTERIAL visit to Anson is very much on the cards. There are second thoughts among PAP leaders about leaving out the constituency just because it returned an opposition candidate in the October 1981
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    • 325 2  -  By SURESH NAIR A 37-YEAR-OLD unemployed man died at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Monday a fortnight after he was seriously In--6i red in a parang attack y a group of men outside a nightclub in Cuscaden Road, off Orchard Road.
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    • 179 3  -  Their drivers must be employees of car-rental firms, says ROV B* MICHAEL LIEW THE Registry of Vehicles has clarified that drivers employed by car-rental companies can park their "SZ" cars in Housing Board season parking lots. Several drivers complained to the Singapore
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    • 371 3  -  'Public nuisance' bees at North Buona Vista given a lethal chemical spray By RAY MILLER DEATH in the morning came quickly to the colony at North Buona Vista Road. A quick burst of lethal chemical spray followed by fire ended &bout 1,000 busy
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    • 309 3 THE Sultanate of Oman is likely to send more of its crude oil for processing at Singapore refineries. This was disclosed yesterday by Oman's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr Yousuf Al-Alawi Abdullah, at the end of his three-day official
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    • 501 4  -  By CATHARINE FERNANDO THESE three women have one thing in common they have each made at least 50 blood donations. And for the first time at the Singapore Blood Transfusion Services award presentation ceremony yesterday, they and another woman joined SO men
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    • 173 4 SINGAPORE Armed Forces personnel, who donate about one-third of the total amount of blood collected each year, have been commended by Dr Yeo Ning Hong, acting Communications Minister and Minister of State (Defence). At the annual medal presentation ceremony of the Singapore Blood
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    • 203 4  -  By SHAMALA KANDIAH THE Board of Legal Education, which organises the three-month Practice Law Course for law graduates, is looking for an assistant director to help cope with the greater number of students enrolled for tne course. Mr Richard Ennis, director of
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    • AROUND SINGAPORE
      • 75 4 IF YOU were born between Oct 1 and Dec 31, 1967, remember that you will have to register for national service soon. This applies to both citizens and permanent citizens, and even if you do not receive any reminders
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      • 94 4 IT WOULD have been easy for Madam Yap Lai Wan, a cleaner at Dynasty Hotel, to say 'finders keepers' when she found a diamond ring while cleaning a room just vacated by a guest from the United States. But Mdm Yap, who has
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      • 77 4 THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board will register applicants for the part-time Industrial Skill Deyelopment courses under its Continuing Education and Training Programme from May 9 to May 11. Registration will be conducted at the following centres: Aljunied Vocational Institute, Ayer Rajah Vocational Institute, Baharuddin
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      • 83 4 AT THE Bth annual general meeting of the Singapore section of the Institute of Production Engineers, the following were elected as office bearers: Mr Hoop Bee Kuan chairman; Prof V C Venkatesh vice-chairman; Dr Edmund Cheung secretary; Mr Alan Ang Lee Kiang assistant secretary;
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    • 137 6 POLICE are looking for the next-of-kin of two elderly men who were found dead earlier this week. No foul play is suspected in the two deaths. Case No 1: Mr Ramasami s/o Kathan, 72, was found dead on May 3 at about 11.41
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    • 266 6 SPCA secretary wants to press charges against man who hurt dog THE Secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said yesterday she planned to take a man to court for slashing a young dog because it stole his lunch.
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    • 163 6  -  By FATIMAH GOUS KOREAN Airlines is doing its part in looking after the welfare of the many Korean workers in Singapore. Last night, it flew in a gropp of Korean artistes who will take part in a variety show at the World
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    • From our EVENING EDITION yesterday
      • 80 6 THE Jurong Town Corporation intends to build its first childcare centre at Aver Rajah Industrial Estate as Rart of an attempt to elp companies in its estates attract more married women into the workforce. A JTC official disclosed that a vacant piece of
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      • 91 6 MOST Housing Board residents have heeded the call not to place their belongings in a dangerous manner near or hanging from their flat windows, judging from the number of warning notices served during three days of checking last week. Only about 10 per cent
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      • 57 6 NON-DOMESTIC users are the principal target of this year's Energy Conservation Campaign, which was launched yesterday. Manufacturing was the biggest user of energy in Singapore last year, accounting for 46 per cent of total electricity consumption. Other non-domestic users, including commercial, construction and
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      • 52 6 MORE people visited Singapore in February compared to last year's figures. There were a total of 221,968 visitors, an increase of 4.4 per cent over February 1983. The bulk of the visitors came from Asean countries. About 60 per cent of the visitors were here
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  • world
    • 373 7 BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SHELVED Reuter JAKARTA, Saturday INDONESIA'S efforts fcfr a political solution in Cambodia have been "put on the back burner" for the time being, but have not been shelved, Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said ysterday. Mr Mochtar, who
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    • 186 7 UPI LONDON, Saturday DIANA DORS, who was once regarded as Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe, died vesterday after a long battle against cancer. She was 52. Born Diana Fluck, the daughter of a railway clerk. Miss Dors was dubbed the "Blond Bombshell
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    • 168 7 HANOI, Saturday THE Vietnamese military command here has displayed two Chinese prisoners of war, saying they represent direct evidence of Chinese military incursions across the Viet-nam-China border. The two soldiers were captured April 28, the Vietnamese saia, near Thanh Thuy in Ha
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    • 557 8 TRENDS New York Times THE WEST GERMAN government has drawn up wide-ranging plans to reduce unemployment and strengthen social security. The Suddeutsche Zeitung reports that new laws and amendments nave been planned, some of which would apply only temporarily until 1988. These changes, the
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    • 63 8 OFTEN, apparently insignificant events of 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
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    • 432 8 It is definitely on, says Mr Tan Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday THE DISSIDENT faction in the Malaysian Chinese Association has booked all 200 rooms in a hotel to ensure it can hold an extraordinary general meeting of
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    • 362 8 The Star HONG KONG, Saturday SOME influential people in power named in murder accused Mak Foon Than's cautioned statement were given copies of it through their legal advisers, a High Court was told. "This (move) is unusual," said Chief Inspector Norman M
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    • 176 8 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Sat THE COMMITTEE of Ibquiry into the Bumiputra Malaysia Finance loans affair kas secured some doc■meats from tke Hong Kong police to help them in their Investigntions, committee chnirmnn Tan Sri Ahmad Noordin Zakaria said. He said the committee
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    • 653 9 New era in sports diplomacy between two raises hopes of diplomatic ties LAT-WP SEOUL, Saturday A NEW era of sports diplomacy between China and South Korea has raised hopes here of a steadily expanding relationship that might, like the ping-pong diplomacy between China
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    • 85 9 The North Korean Government of Mr Kkn N Sung is believed to be unhappy with the thaw. Mr Kim has over the years played China off against its rival, the Soviet Union, and is now showing signs of a new tNt towards Moscow. Later this month, Mr
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    • 380 9 LAT-WP TOKYO, Saturday IN JANUARY last year, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone arrived in Washington with a trade package that included a plan to relax controls on imports of American cigarettes. Mr Nakasone insisted that the cigarette move would be significant
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    • 169 9 LAT-WP DETROIT, Sat IMPORT restraints on Japanese cars created shortages of some bestselling foreign models here last month and helped domestic manufacturers to attain strong sales. Car-makers reported on Thursday sales of 890,791 new domestic and imported cars in April, up
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    • 584 9 LAT-WP LOS ANGELES, Saturday CALIFORNIA is aiming to cash in on the booming economies along Asia's Pacific rim which have re- laced Western Europe during the 980s as America's leading trading partners. Its ports are bustling, filled with containers bringing goods to and
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    • 75 9 California's USS29.I billion trade (Ssol billion) with Japan places it right behind the entire United States aa Japan's aecond-larg-•at trading partner. Moreover, the state's two-way trade last year totalled US$7l billion, threefourths of it with nations along the Pacific rim. Besides Japan, these include Taiwan, South
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  • money
    • 503 10  -  MERCANTILE EXCHANGE AWAITS GREEN UGHT FROM COMMISSION By GEOFFREY EU CHICAGO: While the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) awaits a "positive decision" by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding a futures link-up with Singapore, the CME is busy gearing up for an influx of
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    • 79 10 DUNLOP Malaysian Industries is hoping that its dispute with IT International will be resolved out of court. DMI lost its Kuala Lumpur High Court battle against IT International, the company said, but has appealed. However, DMI said:"Discussions are now taking place with a view to resolving
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    • 177 10 SHARE OF THE DAY UNITED ENGINEERS Ltd has become attractive with 10.6 per cent of its shares being sold by UIC for $11.4 million to Wearne Brothers. Wearnes has finally shown its hand, although not the one people were expecting. The surprise is that
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    • 209 10 HMLLSTREET Reuter GLOOMY forecasts about interest rates by two influential Wall Street economists sent stock prices into a spin yesterday as the market suffered its biggest decline in four weeks. The Dow Jones industrial average, which rose moderately in three of the previous four sessions this
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    • 221 10 AP PREDICTIONS from a prominent Wall Street economist of spectacularly higher" US interest rates, combined with labour strife in West Germany, pushed the dollar sharply higher in a late rally on Friday. As the dollar rose, gold bullion fell, winding up the week at a bid of
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    • 934 11  -  fc > Rtvitw by GUANG HUAN MBF Holdings Berhad (MBFH)'s long-awaited annual report for the financial year ended September SO, 1983 is out at last and it was well worth the wait. The group reported consolidated pre-tax profit of M 516.1 million, 21 per
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    • 382 11 Rosy future for BritishAmerican Tobacco firm BRITISH-American Tobacco Co (Singapore) says that while it will be difficult to maintain tne profit levels achieved in 1983, diversification has enabled it to take a positive view of long-term pfospects. BAT chairman MGC Bolsover said in the company's 1983 annual report that diversification
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    • 371 11 Drama at the S'pore stock market after listless month AFTER a listless month of dull trading, drama was finally injected into the Singapore stock market scene this week when the Straits Times index tested the critical 980 resistance barrier again. Thursday's headline news on the BMF-related
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    • 184 11 THE INDIAN Bank's issue of floating rate certificates of deposits (FBCD) yesterday became a landmark of the banking history in more ways than one. National Australia Bank is the first Australian bank, OUB the first Singapore bank, and Gulf Bank KSC the First Middle-East
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    • 66 11 HIND Hotels does not expect to recommend a dividend this year, it says in reply to a stockmarket query on its proposed bonus issue. Hind says: "Based on Brevailine conditions in le hotel industry and barring unforeseen circumstances the directors do not
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    • 201 11 Reuter PARIS, Sat ACTIVE negotiations to provide an intermediate solution to the international debt crisis are going on "under the table," President Reagan's chief economic adviser, Mr Martin Feldstein, said here today. With hopes increasing that recovery from the worst recession
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  • opinion / letters
    • 389 12  -  WHOLESALE PRICE WAS NEARLY TWO-THIRDS CHEAPER ITEMISATION OF MEDICAL BILLS WFH Singapore 0315 ON APRIL 20, my 74-year-old mother went to an eve clinic for consultation. She was charged $45 for the consultation and medication. As it was inconvenient for her to go
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    • 1007 12 I REFER to the letters by Stephen Loke and Simon Teng (SM, April 28 and May 2). I am glad to note that Mr Loke agrees that itemisation would not control overcharging nor guarantee reasonable fees. He also stated that "logically a consumer would
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    • 216 12  -  MELVIN SIM MOHD NASIR Singapore 1646 THE RECENT move by the Housing and Development Board to allow season carpark holders to park their vehicles in more than one place is indeed a laudable one. A little modification will be more beneficial to these
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    • 214 12  -  C W CHIA Singapore 1233 NEAR the junction of Lavender Street and King George's Avenue is a plot of muddy land many residents use to park their cars and lorries. The URA has posted a sign which says that, with effect from
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    • 99 12  -  C J WONG Singapore 1130 ON APRIL 25, at about 11.30 pm, my friend and I were queuing for service at a newly-opened fast food restaurant at Beach Road. A bespectacled waiter came and took orders from a customer in front of us. After that,
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    • 58 12  -  LIN QI-BAO Singapore 1024 PLEASE allow me a little space in your newspaper to express my heartfelt thanks to SBS on behalf of the thousands of old people who have had their concession passes extended into 1984. This is how SBS says "Happy Birthday" to them. The
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    • 483 13 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT THE MOST revealing aspect of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) crisis emerged last Sunday after Mr Tan Koon Swan had put on a splendid display of ground support and got 1,500 or more delegates to come to a meeting in Kuala
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    • 153 13  -  TAY BOON HAI Singapore 1026 I WISH to comment on the letter from Mr Han Fook Kwang, for Permanent Secretary, Communications (SM, April 16). I arrived in Singapore by train from Kuala Lumpur on April 22, at 10.30 pm. The taxis at the railway
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    • 120 13  -  Newcomer's merits are usually oversold ROBERT CHAN Singapore 0410 WHILE the government is discouraging job-hopping among Singapore workers, some managements are indirectly contributing to it by showering attention and fast promotion to new employees, and ignoring the achievements of the older ones. Managements should realise that:
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    • 173 13 RECENTLY, several cases of tax evasion have been unearthed and the culprits duly punished. I have been wondering how many organisers of dramas, plays, musicals, etc, have got away scotfree by using the ruse of "only complimentary passes If these cases are overlooked
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    • 72 13 LETTERS on any subject of pubic interest w* be accepted for publication. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve the
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • home makers '84 VENUE: World Trade Centre Hall 3 DATE: May 5 – 13 TIME: Noon to 10 pm daily ADMISSION – $2 per person • Children under 12 – free
    • 375 14 HOMEMAKERS '84 opens again today at the World Trade Centre. This, the sixth annual Homemakers Exhibition, is the largest show of home appliances and furnishings in Asia. This year's show, organised by ITF Pte Ltd in conjunction with the Cahners Exposition Group, occupies
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    • 420 15  -  Homes are full of new appliances and the good times are getting better By LEE CHIU SAN A YEAR ago the files of our research department were raided to find out what possessions Singaporeans had in their homes. It was learnt that they had
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    • 174 16 WITH an increasing number of new condominiums coming on the market at not-so-outrageous prices, the average Singapore executive is now able to afford a better standard of accommodation. Reflecting this trend, there will be a larger, life-sized show flat at this year's Homemakers exhibition.
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    • 110 16 THINGS get hot in the kitchen, and not all furniture can take the heat. Bearing this in mind, Family Circle Pte Ltd are introducing the Family Kitchen Cabinets from Germany. These are made from water-resistant chipboard which the manufacturer says will not
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    • 283 17 A HIGHLIGHT at Homemakers this year it a new range of energy-saving lamps which the manufacturers claim will save up to 80 per cent in energy costs compared to conventional incandescent lamps. The saving is achieved through the use of materials which
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    • 135 17 A COFFEE maker that brews tea too and at the same time! That's what Harper GMMan will be displaying at Homemakers. The brewer consists of the normal fittings found in any percolator, plus a separate chamber for brewing tea, so both
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    • 229 18 OWNERS of Housing Board flats heated up by the HDB regulation which limits them to having just one airconditioning compressor in each dwelling unit have learned how to keep their cool. They simply split. No, this doesn't mean that they move out. It
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    • 263 18 PRETTY PINE THE PERFECT PICK THERE'S nothing qult« like natural wood or cans to give a home the comfortable touch. But those mindful of environment tal issues cannot help but feel guilty when btfytag a good set of hardwood furniture. The tropical forests from which hard* woods come arc being
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    • 275 18 A SINGLE compressor in a multi-split airconditioning system provides enough power to cool three to four rooms the same way a good poker player wins. It simply plays the odds. Experts have calculated that, all things being equal, the amount of power required
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    • 254 18 AT Homemakers '84, ACE Daikin will be introducing a new compressor for split-system airconditioners which suffers less wear and tear, uses less electricity and provides a more comfortable environment. This new compressor, known as the RSS6N, is said to be the only
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    • 515 14 I makers The 6th International Furnitnre, Houseware Furnishings Exhibition. 5 13 May 1984 Hall 3 •World Trade Centre Singapore 12 noon 10 pm Admission: S2, free to children under 12 HDMEMAKEBS The show that is seen by more than 100,000 people. Be sure you dont miss it! The most popular
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    • 318 17 ARISTON PRESENTS A FEAST OF ITALIAN FEATURES AT TAKE AAiW PRICES Ariston I /FVE9 Built-in Oven Ariston I/XP 40M Built-in Hob Beautifully designed, this fully imported The perfect match to the oven, the hob Italian oven offers the ultimate in also offers a feast of imported features, simplicity with a
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1311 19 IYC BMQAPORE MOMTOR 1 leisure SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1984 Cmm\J j 12.90 SBCTEXT Live tempi* Pages. v 1.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Seaa- •..>' ma Street 2.09 Flaah Gordon. 2.30 Saturday MaHntt: Follow tho Boys. Saa Saturday's Bast. 4.09 Asian Junior Tannia Championahipa (Boy's Doublea .£s£( i Final)
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  • leisure
    • 407 20 TV SCENE HONG KONG: AN age gap has helped TVB star Simon Yam land a plum role in an action drama bated on the life of legendary heroine Chow Kan. Playing the title role is superstar Lisa Wang, who is hack in action in the drama
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    • 578 20  -  SATURDAY'S BEST WITH VALERIE TREVOR Saturday Night Movie Mother and Daughter: The Loving War <Ch 5, 10.35 pm) RENOWNED director Burt Brinckerhoff, who made this movie in 1980, takes a look at the topic of mother-daughter relationship. Set in 1948, the story focuses on
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    • Article, Illustration
      972 21  -  FAME STALKS FOOTLOOSE STAR By DEBORAH CAULFIELD in Hollywood AS Kevin Bacon waited for lunch in a Hollywood restaurant, he pondered the possibility of becoming a recognisable celebrity. Given the popularity of Footloose, his latest film, that's not such a remote notion. "It's a frightening thing," Bacon acknowledged
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    • Article, Illustration
      137 21 HE HAS ONCE they sit at the piano bar, these aficionados seldom leave their perch. They know better than to disrupt the nightly "ritual" they have come to observe and partake. With David Ng in town, every night at the Jade Lounge in Ming Court Hotel becomes an occasion.
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    • 623 22 ALBUM: SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME ARTISTE: Rockwell LABEL: Motown 6052 ML Polydor FROM out of the blue, Rockwell has elbowed his way to the top of dance charts all over the world with a song that could well have been a Michael Jackson original.
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    • Article, Illustration
      597 22  -  Disappointing comeback All reviews by LIM SEK ALBUM: JENNY ARTISTE: Jenny Tseng LABEL: CBA 133 CBS/Sony THIS much-heralded comeback by Jenny is a disappointment. I suspect that some of the tracks were recorded before her short break from the entertainment scene. This does not mean that it is a
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    • 364 22 PLAYED WITH THE GREATS IN EUROPE months every year and then flies to Europe, where he adopts new ideas and enriches his extemporisations. There, he has jammed with the jazz giants including Count Basie's Band. He has also performed in Japan. His style is straight jazz,
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    • 370 22 LEAD vocalist of Tokyo Square, Linda Elizabeth, has got the bug. But In spite of it, she has been at THE SHIP LOUNGE, Premier Hotel, nightly, putting all she has got into her songs and also putting on a brave front. In losing one keyboardist, Tokyo Square has
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    • 199 23 THE US Top 10 pop singles, as rated by Cashbox with last week's positions in brackets: 1. (I) Against All Odds Phil Collins (Atlantic). 2. (2) Hello Lionel Richie (Motown). 3. (4) Hold Me Now The Thompson Twins (Arista). 4. (3) Footloose Kenny Loggins (Columbia). 5.
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    • Article, Illustration
      435 23  -  THE PASSION OF INDIA DOES NOT COME THROUGH TITLE: HEAT AND DUST STARRING: Julie Christie, Shashi Kapoor DIRECTOR: James Ivory SHOWING: Orchard Reviewed by WONG AH YOKE AFTER Gandhi, there has to be another movie about India. But Heat and Dust is no carbon copy. Where Gandhi
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    • 711 23 fVLM GUIO6 1 ORCHARD (*****88): HEAT AND DUST PLAZA (*****71): VIETNAM COMMAN(E) DOS (E) DALIT (*****16): BE CAREFUL SWEET- Synopsis: History repeats itself in the life of Midnight show: THE MARSHES OF LIANG HEART (C) a young girl. Following in her grand-aunt's SHAN PO (C) Starring: Lin Qingxia, Chen Saochiu
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 450 24 leisure GBH KEEPING THE WATER CLEAN THE Promotion and Outreach Services of the Toa Payoh Branch Library is holding a talk eum slideshow in English, Keeping the Water Clean, today at 3 pm in the library's lecture hall. The speaker is Mrs Ang Tan Seow Kiak, senior engineer, Sewerage Department.
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    • 451 24 AN hibiti dren's Association tied 2 Singaporean Cremuch needed'funds for I the association's care. of the displays at 2 Singaporean Create 1, two ENVIRONMENTAL ART years ago. Create 2is now on at the Mandarin Hotel. AN exhibition on envi- CALLIGRAPHY noon to 10 pm at the ronmental art versus ar-
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    • 38 24 TODAY: TOMORROW: Low tide: 7.45 am Low tide: 8.26 am (0.1 m) (0.1 m) High tide: 2.35 pm High tide: 3.26 pm (2.4 m) (2.2 m) Low tide: 7.45 pm Low tide: 8.24 pm (1.1 m) (1.2 m)
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 638 25 leisure comics FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook iijrtijj ■Sbdflr BrtH ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA I I f •m This is a day for buying, but September 23 to October 22 Li J iJ2 don't expect too much in the This isn't a good date for inway of bargains.
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 259 26  -  BE MY GUEST FIVE-YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN TUNED FOR THIS 2 PAGE TEAR-OUT By WONDER BOY IRISH-BRED Sweet Elegance should figure prominently in the finish of Race 6 today, the Class 1 Div 1 event over 1,100 metres straight, in Ipoh. The race is
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    • 182 26 RAJA IRAN 111 (No 12) Is bow rannlng into peak condition after showing constant improvement in races and in work oats. He looks n likely winner In Race 3 and kns the advantage today of rannlng on home gronnd. The Biacknight (No 8) has also shown vast improvement
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    • 125 26 Leading Jockeys 1st 2nd 3rd Nigel Tiley 25 20 11 Malcolm Johnston (v) 22 14 8 Terry Lucas 14 11 6 L N Danis 14 9 6 Lam Mun Chew 10 10 5 Leslie Khoo 10 9 6 M Sng 9 5 7 D Subian 8 4 10 Chris
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    • 82 26 Leading Trainers 1st 2nd 3rd Teh Choon Beng 26 20 20 Ivan Allan 20 16 11 Eddie van Breukelen 17 11 14 Mohd Zafir Matban 16 18 12 Lim Hock Bee 15 7 12 Garnet Bougoure 11 11 9 J Alex Rodgers 10 18 11 George West 10 7
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    • 465 26 LOUISVILLE (Kentucky), Saturday ALTHEA is seeking to defy history in today's 110 th Kentucky Derby, first jewel in the Triple Crown of US thoroughbred racing. Only two fillies have ever won the lMi-mlle .(2,000 metres) Classic at Churchill Downs and no favourite since Spectacular
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    • 229 26 WONDER BOY MA ZHEN TAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zoo Boo) (Won Boo) ftacai Dwrbtwiq 7 DMbWHb I P#oi»oVBtwl 9 Permanent 5 Beat Bold 13 Blue Max 2 Aipru 2 AJpna 2 Mp** I impeual >itbc4 4 Tron Pigeon I VtonrJarkJ S««prM HI 5 Pagan Dancer 4 imperial JuaUca
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    • 405 26 RACE 1 1.30 CLASS 1 DIV 4 I,loom Str RATINGS: 133-121 L1 :l STAKES: $18,000 IMS 1 MckM WW g chag 57 (+2) app w Am 7 West Harvest Syndicate 22 (3-2-4-1-12) 000 10/3 (Tweedie 10th to Cakrawala Cl-4 Sl2oog 1:10.3); last won 9/4 (Cheem 56W
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    • 3317 27 RACE 2 2.00 CLASS 1 DIV 2 I,loom Str RATINGS: 161-143 STAKES: $18,000 1 Western Union 111 9 chirg 57 (dl ♦7Vk) app Zainal 6 Bougoure Agasam 48 (11-4-4-1-28) 869 18/3 (Lam 9th to Wayahead CM Sl4oog 1:23.2); last won 28/8 (Lam 56% Cl-1 Sl2oog 1:11.2 %-1%2 Successful
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  • sports
    • 275 30  -  By K SILVAM ANGLO Chinese Junior College, which lost the A division boys badminton final on Wednesday, is protesting the eligibility of Hwa Chong's doubles player Ng Kah Huat, who was registered 24 hours before the match. Hwa Chong, which beat Anglo Chinese
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    • 247 30  -  By ALFONSO CHAN and K SILVAM BASKETBALL'S "Malaysia Cup" competition will see Malaysian states doing Battle against Singapore's cagers starting tomorrow at the Gay World Stadium (7 p.m.). Negri Sembilan arrives today for the showdown with a yet-to-be announced line-up. They are
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    • 120 30  -  HYATT HOTEL 5 HITACHI 4 on penalty kicks (fulltime: 1-1) By S GULAM HYATT HOTEL fluffed numerous scoring chances and had to go through the mandatory penalty kicks before edging out Hitachi Consumer in a Singapore Business Houses Football League senior knockout match at Geylang
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    • 229 31 On the hockey scene with B KULA SINGAPORE have been placed with defending champions Federal Territory and Selangor, who finished fourth in the last Under-23 competition, in this year's Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) Inter-State competition. Malacca, the hosts, who are holding this tourney
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    • 256 31 KEVIN NG will skipper the National Under-23 squad to Malacca for the Malaysian Hockey Federation Inter-State competition from May 19 to 23. Assisting him will be vice-captain M Sajiv, a short-corner specialist. The squad of 16 will be led by coach V
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    • 241 31 SINGAPORE'S national junior hockey players will be able to play in the Razak Cup, now that the dates of the Australasia Junior World Cup qualifying round and the Razak Cup have been changed. The Razak Cup, which was supposed to be from
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    • 236 31 AUSTRALIA, the runners-up of the last Junior World Cup hockey tournament, will not be competing in the Australasia qualifying round in Kuala Lumpur from Sept 6 to 16. "They have decided to withdraw because of financial reasons. This was revealed at a recent
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    • Article, Illustration
      165 32 MONITOR ACTION CAMERA IN 12 DAYS' time, Singaporeans will be able to see their soccer idol, Fandi Ahmad, 'live' and in action again when he plays for his club, FC Qroningen of the Netherlands, in their tour here. His first appearance will be against the national team
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    • 420 32 Bigger, tougher that's how our local hero has matured SOCCER FANS will surely remember the days when he didn't bother to chase for a ball when the pass was made a little away from his legs or when he was beaten to the ball by an opposing player. Those were
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    • 366 33  -  YANG YANG STAR FILE By OOI LAY BENG The Star CHINA'S Yang Yang hardly caused a ripple when he made his first international appearance at the Malaysian Open last July. But the 20-year-old shuttler is not likely to suffer the same ignominious fate when he
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    • 358 33  -  Plan was to play a doubles after each singles match By A SUBRAMANIAM The Star THE Indonesian proposal, to play a doubles match after each singles tie in the Thomas Cup, was yesterday shot down by International Badminton Federation (IBF) president Craig Feddie and the
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    • 269 33  -  By OOI LAY BENG The Star SOUTH Korea will rely on their doubles power to try to upset Denmark for a semifinal berth in the Thomas Cup Group B. The Koreans, who flew In yesterday, made no secret of their intentions.
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    • 103 33 WHEN the curtain goes up on the Thomas Cup badminton championship at Stadium Negara on Monday, it will mark another milestone in the chequered career of Christian Hadinata. For him the event will be the fifth and he will be the only player in the tournament with
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    • 80 33 The Star THE renovated Stadium Negara is back to its old tricks again, despite a recent face-lift costing millions. The stadium roof is leaking. Again. Workers were seen trying to remedy the problem patch in the roof where water, collected from an early downpour, suddenly hurtled
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    • 401 33 ENGLISH SOCCER PREVIEW Reuter LONDON, Saturday CAPTAIN Graeme Souness returns after suspension for LIVERPOOL'S English soccer league clash with BIRMINGHAM today but cannot expect much of a welcome in the midlands. Birmingham's relegation fears have been heightened recently bv good performances from lower clubs. Fifth from
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    • 905 34  -  A Journalists Notebook By Kenneth Jalleh MORTEN Frost, this year's all conquering hero of the badminton courts, asked, just after he had beaten Liem Swie King in the All England singles final in London, to predict this month's winner of the Thomas Cup, unhesitatingly named Indonesia.
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 333 35  -  More than 1,000 are expected to watch their team in action By A SUBRAMANIAM The Star KUALA Lumpur is set for a massive invasion by the Indonesians. When Indonesia take to the courts for the battle to regain the Thomas Cup, the Stadium Negara
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    • 150 35 Reuter OSLO, Saturday SOUTH AFRICAN-BORN athlete Zola Budd, at the centre of a row about her citizenship, said last night she would not despair if she was not picked for the British team for the Los Angeles Olympics. Budd,
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    • 47 35 i JB#f WUm pE Br~ i.>.. FANDI AHMAD, our local football hero, will ba back in town soon. And tha Fandi that you will saa will not be tha old scrawny little guy you know. In our PICTURE SPECIAL today, we introduce... FANDI THE MAN PAGE 33
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    • 28 35 INSIDE: PG 34 STAR FILE China s Yang Yang shows promise INDONESIA Proposal for new format of play shot down SOUTH KOREA Doubles power plan to upset Denmark
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