Singapore Monitor, 9 May 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Wednesday, May 9, 1984 30cents
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  • 443 1 Reuter LONDON, Wednesday LIBYAN exiles in London said last night that 15 guerillas were wiped out in a five-hour gun battle in Tripoli yesterday during an attempt to assassinate Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Scores of Mr Gaddafi's personal bodyguards were killed or
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  • 94 1 SOME 70,000 Singapore motorists will soon be able to pay their car radio licence fee when they pay their road tax. This is because the Registry of Vehicles has agreed to collect the $12 annual licence fee on each car radio on behalf
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  • home
    • 140 2  - 'Possibility of S'poreNZ youth exchange programme' YEOW MEI SIN YOUTH GROUPS and studento may get a chance to participate in holiday exchange schemes with their New Zealand counterparts. Mr Derek Alabaster, Regional Manager for the South-east Asia office of the New Zealand Tourist Office, which is based in Singapore, said
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    • 516 2  - Soon a convenient way to pay car radio licence ROV AGREES TO COLLECT THE ANNUAL FEES ON BEHALF OF SBC GANDHI AMBALAM SOON, YOU will be able to pay your car radio licence fee when you pay your road tax. The Registry of Vehicles (ROV) has agreed to collect, on
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    • 248 2  -  First couple to have wedding photographs taken at Rose Garden PICTURE AND STORY BY CHEW YEN FOOK THE Rose Garden at the Botanic Gardens may be in its infancy but for newly-weds in search of romantic settings for their wedding album, it is just
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    • 463 3  -  NOW DEALER OFFERS TREE PASS GUARANTEED' CHECK-UP AND REPAIR SERVICE By YONG POW ANG THE BATTLE between the Mindef-owned SAE inspection centre (SIS) and the NTUC-owned Vicom over the annual $1 million revenue to be obtained from motorcycle inspections has taken a twist now that
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    • 295 3  -  By K K FONG A TOURIST ignored the offer of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board to fly him back to the Republic from Australia to give evidence in court against the man suspected of robbing him early last year.
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    • 176 3 Lianhe Wanbao OVER thepast week, there have been long queues at the Work Permits Office, and the Ministry of Labour explained why yesterday. The first reason is that many people had gone to {[et a clearer understanding of the new rules
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    • 419 4  -  MOTHER-SON TUSSLE OVER FLAT By SIT YIN FONG THE Housing and Development Board came to the rescue yesterday just when the parties in a dispute over ownership of a flat were about to give up a four-hour attempt to come to an out-of-court settlement. A deadlock
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    • 80 4 SINGAPORE Airlines pilot Capt N L W Evans was awarded the 1983 Orient Airlines Association (OAA) Aviation Safety Award. Capt Evans was commended for his safe handling of a plane during a difficult passage througn a volcanic dust cloud over Indonesia in July
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    • 270 4  -  MOT UPDATE By OEI SIN GIOK LOCAL contractors can now hire Hong Kong construction workers without having to make a trip to the colony. A Hong Kong civil engineering firm has set up office in Singapore to supply workers experienced in tunnelling. And according
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    • 188 4  -  By ANGELA TOH LOCAL manufacturers must find ways to save energy if they want to compete with their counterparts in the increasingly Erotectionistic world marets. This point was made to- day by Mr Tay Kwang Seng, Chairman of Singapore Manufacturers' Association
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    • 93 4 Lianhe Zaobao THIS metal number plate in Circuit Road in the MacPherson estate, has been dangling there for days. A resident who wishes to be called Mr Qoh had reported the matter to the HDB area office. But no action has been
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    • 398 6  -  NEW TWIST TO CONTROVERSY OVER SCHOOL'S NAME FULL TEXT OF MAJOR FONG'S LETTER IN PAGE IS By BERTILLA PEREIRA IF CHAI CHEE Secondary School on Upper East Coast Road is to be called East Coast Secondary School, what about East Coast Primary School which is on
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    • 252 6  -  More constables will now be deployed for crime investigation By SURESH NAIR THE decision to use police constables for crime investigation has proven to be a worthwhile "gamble" for the Singapore Police Force. Begun early this year on a trial basis in the Central
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    • 67 6 A REPUBLIC of Singapore Air Force trainee pilot and his instructor ejected to safety over the South China Sea at about 3 p.m. yesterday while on a routine training flight in a BAC Strikemaster. They were picked up by an RSAF rescue helicopter which
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    • From our EVENING EDITION yesterday
      • 79 6 MANAGEMENT should regard a union as an asset and make u more effective by allowing middle-level and junior executives to join house unions This is to ensure that there are sufficient capable union leaders to mobilise workers in translating the ideals of better management-labour cooperation,
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      • 50 6 BATHER than import foreign labour, we should think about making use of the 1 per cent of our population who are disabled. This was one of the suggestions put forward during a seminar yesterday on Affirmative Action for the Employment of the Physically Disadvantaged.
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      • 38 6 A DOCTOR was charged yesterday with cheating seven patients of a total of $7,350 in medical fees. He is alleged to have deceived them into thinking that they were suffering from serious ailments.
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      • 49 6 THREE cases of malaria were reported in the Clementi/West Coast area. The victims are a 12-year-old student, a 17-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man. The Ministry of Environment has advised that anyone suffering from high fever with a chill should consult a doctor immediately.
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    • 76 4 5 vfir You can taste it with your eyes At Pin Hsiang Restaurant, Singapore's NEWEST addition to good, traditional Sichuan cuisine. Gmveniently Unrated 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. KDrl Pin Hsiang
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  • world
    • 301 7 DISPLAY SOLIDARITY AND FORCE FOR VIETNAMESE TO SEE, SUGGESTS ADAM MALIK UPI JAKARTA, Wednesday FORMER Indonesian Vice President Adam Malik has proposed that Asean should hold joint military exercises at the Thai-Cambodian border in a display of solidarity and force aimed at Vietnam.
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    • 224 7 AP LONDON, Wednesday SOME OF the Libyan diplomats expelled from Britain after the siege of their London Embassy have been executed by firing squad for "bungling the job," the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. The newspaper said its information came from "well-informed sources."
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    • 135 7 MANILA, Wednesday THE WIDOW of opposition leader Benigno Aquino yesterday said she hoped Filipinos will "rise above the temptation" of voting for pro-government candidates next week in exchange for money. Mrs Corazon Aquino, her husband murdered on Aug 21,1983, while under military escort,
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    • 385 8 GUNMAN KILLS 3 AND WOUNDS 14 WITH MACHINEGUN BURTST IN QUEBEC LEGISLATURE PANAMA From shouting to shooting...poll turns ugly W UPI QUEBEC, Wednesday A GUNMAN shouting "Where are the politicans? I want to kill them" shot his way with a machine gun into the Quebec
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    • 641 9 MOSCOW WILL LAUNCH RIVAL 'RED OLYMPICS' IN BULGARIA LOS ANGELES Wednesday THE SOVIET decision to boycott the Los Angeles Olympics will be followed by similar decisions by Soviet allies ranging from East Germany to Cuba and Ethiopia, the semi-of-ficial Soviet journalist and spokesman, Victor Louis,
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    • 317 9 GOVERNMENT and athletic organisation officials around the world expressed surprise and disbelief yesterday at the Soviet Union's decision to boycott the 1984 Olympic Games Tass news agency, which announced the boycott decision, said Moscow made the move because the United States "does not intend to ensure the security of
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    • 67 9 UPI NEW YORK, Wednesday ALTHOUGH the Soviet Union announced yesterday it would not participate in the 1984 Olympic Games at Los Angeles, it has paid "a large, non-refundable deposit" in contracting to receive the television transmission of the Olympic competition. On April 30, the Soviet
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    • 172 9 LONDON, Wednesday VLADIMIR Salnikov, one of the world's best known swimmers, will be among the big names missing from the Olympics following yesterday's boycott announcement by the Soviet Union. Salnikov, world champion and world record holder, was expected to stage a repeat of
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    • 550 10 TRENDS Reuter AT LEAST four Japanese banks are engaged in a hot contest to seek approval to set up a new bank branch in Bangkok, the Nation Review reports. At the same time, Mercantile Bank, which terminated negotiations with US-based Citibank N A after last
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    • 63 10 TRENDS a quick read 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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    • 209 10 LAT-WP MOSCOW, Wed ANDREI SAKHAROV, the Soviet Union's best known dissident, has begun a hunger strike to press demands for medical treatment in the West for his wife, a friend who recently saw the couple said yesterday. The friend, Irina G
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    • 348 10 It could give him firm hold on Democratic seat Reuter NEW YORK, Wednesday DEMOCRATS in four states voted yesterday in primary elections that could give Mr Walter Mondale a firm hold on the Democratic Party's presidential nomination and knock his rival Sen Gary
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    • 41 10 UPI HERE is the latest United Press International delegate count in the American Presidential Primaries*: Mondale 1,234 Hart 681 Jackson 236 Uncommitted 344 None of Texas' 169 delegates are included because of incomplete results. Needed for nomination: 1,967. UPI
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    • 55 10 Reuter WASHINGTON, Wed US AMBASSADOR to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick will visit China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines this month, White House spokesman Larry Speakes announced yesterday. Mr Speakes said Ms Kirkpatrick would leave on May 11 and return to the United States on
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    • 153 8 i ft Ha H" T» $5.00 nett oeer per jug $21.00 nett j y 20% Discount on all other drinks. L Titbits& hot canapes provided with compliments of the house. brings back the prices, Wednesday Nite Specials fun and friendly atmosphere of 23jj£®T s(10pm) the years that were. May 1"
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    • 41 9 Strepsils aren't just a soother they're a C medicated throat treat- ment. With 2 antiseptics, Strepsils effectively relieve 1 sore throats. Now also available in pouch packs Strepsils Regular. Strepsils First Aid for Sore Throats Another international product from MHP *****4
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  • money
    • 266 11 [WMLLSTREETJ CRITICISM of Federal Reserve Monetary policy by the White House gave the stock market a reason to improve moderately despite a surprise ballpoint increase in the prime lending rate to 121/2 per cent. The Dow Jones industrial average, which dipped
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    • 139 11 NEW YORK, Wednesday TWO OF the biggest US commercial banks raised their prime lending rates Tuesday by a half percentage point to 12.5 per cent. The increase announced by Chase Manhattan Bank and Manufacturers Hanover Bank was the third rise in the key borrowing rate
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    • 159 11 SHARE OF THE DAY k J SPECULATION that United Malacca Rubber Estates (UMRE) may be giving a generous bonus and rights issue have given the shares some fire. Although, UMRE shares continued to De very lightly traded, they have spiralled to tne year's high of
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    • 463 11  -  By RODNEY HOBSON THE SINGAPORE dollar is again riding high as it matches the strengthening of the US dollar. It has pushed the pound down to new lows, with the 2.90 level being tested for the first time. The Australian dollar has also
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    • 206 11 THE DOLLAR turned in a mixed Eetformance yesterday, rising roadly in Japan and Europe, but giving ground late in the day as some traders sold the US currency to cash in on its sharp rebound. The British pbynd fell to an alltime low in Europe before staging
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    • 128 12 TIME Engineering Bhd (TEB) issued more information about 30-per-cent-owned Singapore associate Carlee Electronics Pte Ltd. Carlee, an international electronics subcontractor, has targetted sales of $30 million for 1984 to its mainly US and European clients and has $20 million worth of
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    • 652 12 A recognised leader in Singapore's welding industry COMPANY FOCUS by SUN HUNG KAI SECURITIES TIME Engineering Berhad (TEB) was listed on the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges in Sept 1983, following a public offering of 6.6 million new ordinary Msl shares at par.
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    • 314 12 r MONEY TALK THE depressed gold price has moved below a supG>rt level at US$373-375 and unless the rise in the S dollar can be stopped it looks like going lower still. A speech by economist Henry Kaufman forecasting "spectacularly higher" interest
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    • 456 12 COMPANY NEWS THE current high-paced construction activity in both public ana private sectors is expected to tail off after 1984, said NATIONAL IRON STEEL MILLS chairman George Bogaars in the 1983 annual report. The chairman expects the trend to take
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 33 11 ~"7 > c iiw4 >V >V J MrN.ufM Synd Int R *X'W APRAIP to LET STOKER SELECT 6TOCK FOR ME. E *AT LIWCM, we UAQ TROUBLE DECIPINCr PROM TUE FIVE ITEMS OH THE MEAJU.
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  • opinion/features
    • 595 13  -  •if: JON VAN of Tho Chicago Trlbuno ST PETERSBURG (Florida): Instead of "take two aspirin now and call me in the morning," doctors in the future may advise patients to "have your microcomputer call the office" to make adjustments in medication dosage. A highly sophisticated
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    • 10 13 Chicago Tribune Graphic. Source Or. Robert Fischell
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    • 494 13 ISSUES The Washington Post THE TEXTBOOK says that when a country runs a large foreign deficit, its currency will fall. That discourages imports, boosts exports and brings the foreign accounts back into balance all very neatly ami rationally. So why
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    • 154 13 Scoring another first in VCR innovationsAutomatic Playback and Automatic Blank Scan. Already they have been dubbed wonder creations in audio-video circles. Simply insert your video tape (with the The blank sections between protective tab removed) into the Sharp recordings on your tape is 481N and your tape is automatically automatically
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  • opinion/letters
    • 180 14  -  Wanton acts a stain on S'pore's reputation KATHLEEN HAMILTON Bangkok, Thailand IN the two days I have spent in Singapore, I have read two stories of brutal, deliberately cruel treatment of animals. First, two dogs were reportedly thrown from a moving car and,
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    • 182 14  -  M TAN Singapore 1545 I READ your article "Worker slashes dog which stole his lunch" (SM t May 4) with great horror and indignation. I am- most disgusted with the "criminal attitude" displayed by the three workers, in particular the one offering a $50 reward
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    • 368 14  -  KIM GUAN Singapore 1438 SINGAPOREANS are efficient in many fields. Unfortunately, one senses that while in their pursuits of a better standard of living and greater material gains, some of them have forgotten to laugh at themselves and observe the many funny sides
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    • 311 14 Each age has its fashion and music take what is good I DISAGREE with "Square" (SM, May 4) on certain portions of his article. Firstly, the West that gave us the democratic system, good classical and pop music, architecture, technology and the Bible could not be that bad. However, like
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    • 278 14 THIS is in reply to the letter "Doctor-patient relationship is more important than cost" by FEI" (SM, April 30). "FEI" values a sound relationship between doctor and patients. No one is arguing with that. The question is, what type of doctor is more
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    • 487 15 n— THE DRAMATIC subtlety of the recent dialogue between Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs), Mr Rajaratnam, and the Defence and Second Health Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, deserves some attention. He inspired my colleagues and me to go into politics, said Mr Goh of
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    • 157 15 OFFICERS in the public health department are now required to wear their uniforms even when they are doing office work in the afternoon. The need to wear uniforms while on field duty is understandable. But I do not see the need
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    • 143 15 I REFER to the letter from Mr Gilbert Leong (SM, May 2). Mr Leong may have come from a middle-class family and therefore would not be very affected by a price rise. When I mentioned SBS should maintain a fast, efficient and comfortable service
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    • 356 15 The naming of Chai Chee Secondary School I REFER to the letter "Renaming school will see morale go up" by Perplexed (SM, May 4). May I say that I, too, desire the change. Perplexed's views are objective. Nevertheless, let me set the following
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    • 375 16 ■THE NEIGHBQURHOCO SUBSCRIPTION How to keep the good news coming regularly The sure way to get a smooth flow Toa Payoh Kallang, Macpherson, Potong Pasir of information about your neighbourhood am Whampoa; Bedok— Chai Chee, Gulega. is the form below. Just fill it in, cut it out Somapah and Changi.
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  • leisure
    • Article, Illustration
      774 17  -  TAI QING WANTS TO GET WED LO TIEN YIN PERFECTION hurts. Which is why Tsui Tai Qing, Taiwan's popular singer and compere, seeks only improvement. Life is short and happiness is very important. The struggle for perfection is a miserable process. So I am not aiming to
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    • 361 17  -  SINGAPORE FESTIVAL A OF ARTS yC 1984 ir* By PHILIP CHEAH FORGET about credit cards. To buy your tickets for this year's Arts Festival, only cash will be accepted and preferably in the exact amount. There are only two ticketing centres 1 the
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    • 932 18 NATIONAL SERVICE TIME FOR THE FOUR BOYS ISTARSTKUCKI THE Chiew Chiew Quintet exploded on to the Taiwanese music scene barely one-and-a-half vears ago with its gigantic hit, Tonight. While the success of the song was spilling over to countries in South-east Asia, Chiew Chen, the leader-composer,
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    • 280 18 WHAT does an apprentice chef of 16 do when he Is told by the chef that he will never become a chef? He throws up his hands and says, "C'est la vie" and makes a different career choice, right? Wrong, if yon are Daniel Stelner.
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    • 709 18  -  By GREGORY JENSEN in London UPI IN A gargantuan play called Strange Interlude, Eugene O'Neill wrote what is probably the longest woman's role in theatre history. Naturally, Glenda Jackson had to play it. She is doing it now with her usual flair for the
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    • 666 18  -  IJuisine By LUCILLA TEOH THE Bistro Toulouse-Lautrec is a place where one can dine in a relaxed, convivial atmosphere. One can listen to music, chat with the chef or engage in a tete-a-tete with a friend. To maintain its reputation for providing a variety of good food,
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    • 38 18 THE New Islamic Restaurant situated at Changi International Airport is not a branch of, nor is connected in any way with, the Islamic Restaurant in North Bridge Road, as was previously stated in this column.
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    • 504 20 JJT|VIS;CENE) I Jin k fidi i J Newsweek SOUTH AFRICAN television offers what may well be some of the dullest programming in the world. Its standard shows are documentaries and dramas about the country's early white settlers. But now, a few South Africans are getting some
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    • 538 20 •o(sg£F© Lynn Harrell (Ch 12, 8 pm) THIS portrait of the renowned cellist Lynn Harrell is shot on location in Liverpool, London and New York. We see Harrell on tour with the Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson, in a performance of Cello
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    • 543 21  -  LAST AFFAIR IN FLOWER CITY Reviewed by LO TIEN YIN THIS is Ou Ding Ping's first attempt at directing, and it is not a bad one. He shows fine sensitivity in portraying the feelings of a woman and manages to bring out the difference between
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 876 19 2.30 88CTCXT Live Sample followed by HoW H| kI A 4.40 Simmons Show. fjj| A m S 5.00 Animals. Animals, Animals: Raccoon i mm, ,"W Z T v 520 Romper Room (E). 1 Y 'W 5 50 Home. 1 The children from Westmere House are interested m -•♦v s 1
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    • 381 19 12.00 PM Programme Summary 12.05 Mozart: d Tremble Not, My Beloved Son, Musical Notebook Inspiration in Adversity: Lucia Popp (soprano) 6. Mozart: In Men 1. Handel: Messiah Excerpts: For Unto Us Who Know the Feeling of Love, Gundula a Child is Born. Halleluiah Chorus, Handel Janowitz (soprano), Walter Berry (bass)
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    • 186 19 12.00 PM Newsdesk 12.30 Waveguide 12.40 Book Choice 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 1.30 What's New 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Omnibus 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 That's Trad 3.45 Report on Religion 4.00 World News
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 1043 22 3 rr^ r f TOUCH OF EVIL r THE Singapore Film Soil 4 ciety will screen Touch If -of Evil on Friday at I 6.30 pm and 9pm at the ■I as* 1J) Goethe-Institut, Singaa —i pore Shopping Centre. ,<M) JJ i; A Q Admission is by mem- bership. JvSfefinilßuS
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 446 23 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA You seem to have a keen eye September 23 to October 22 for a bargain, and making pur- Avoid taking sides in an arguchases should bring satisfac- ment. You will have to show a tion. Your taste is good and great
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    • 135 23 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook HooO COMB r U)£U, UAOR£L... OOM6N ifITN "V WD NV MOtt VCHT CARr PRJVIUGr X HAVe A HAftT F\lOth THE > PCOLIO uve OF SM&NG- AIX>M& u)rTH LOODU... If PIAPHfcAGM. J 1 im the I DR SMOCK By George Lemont £T POLVeSTgR MO/ EB AND FLO
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  • PROPERTY SECTION
    • 530 24  -  By VINCENT FONG MATTERHORN, a $20 million office development in Phillip Street, will be delayed by almost six months. Originally scheduled to be completed in June, it will now be ready late this year. The project is owned by
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    • 302 24 MARKET sources doubt that Mr Yap Chin Kwee, a Malaysian businessman, who owns both the Crasco in Beach Road and the unfinished Matterhorn building in Phillip Street, will be able to divest himself of these two properties at the prices he is asking. They revealed
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    • 568 25  -  'It would be very useful to those intending to make a career in this profession' By ANG PENG HWA THE SINGAPORE Institute of Surveyors and Valuers' (SISV's) attempt to upgrade the real estate industry has taken a firm step forward.
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    • 254 25  -  By ANNIE CHIA THE RENTAL market is expected to suffer a further drop if market conditions do not improve, said a report on the rental market in Singapore in a recent issue of Yumin Newsletter. The article added that an oversupply of 28,014
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    • 120 25 SALES 'X-X-X-XvVXXv.v.v.v.v.v.v. location description area a title price date*, aqent BraddellView 3-bedroom flat 144 sq m $268,000 May DY. Properties Dist 20 high floor (1,550 sq ft) facing fiorth-east 99-year lease partially furnished MS&SH LOCATION DESCRIPTION AREA RENT DATE* AQENT OceanPark 2+1 bedrooms apartment 125 sq m $2,600
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    • 211 26 IS THE People's Park Katong another victim of the property bust? The spanking new shopping centre is conspicuous these days by its general emptiness only a handful of the more than 250 shops are open for business. A shopper was taken
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    • 458 26  -  By VINCENT FONG IT APPEARS that a common disease has struck the property markets of South-east Asian cities Tne property markets in Singapore and West Malaysia are depressed by what is euphemistically called an "over supply" syndrome. This condition, it seems, has
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  • sports
    • 311 31 NEW YORK, Wednesday THE OlymKic flame egan a controversial 15,000km journey across the United States to- day despite a New York downpour and the Soviet boycott announcement. The grandchildren of two legendary Olympic athletes set off from the United Nations building bearing the ceremonial torch
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    • Article, Illustration
      244 31  -  He breaks meet's 100 m backstroke time By ALFONSO CHAN THE SECOND day of the Singapore Open swimming championships saw no change in the fortunes of spectator and participant alike, as swimmer after swimmer took to competing against themselves in the Toa Pay oh pool yesterday. The meet
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    • 176 31 Reuter OSLO, Wednesday AFRICAN and other third world athletes may be reluctant to compete in the Bislett Games here next month if South Afri-can-born Zola Budd is allowed to run at the meeting, British antiapartheid movement secretary Abdul Minty said today. Minty told a
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    • 537 32  -  Reports by ALFONSO CHAN THE EAST ASIA squash championships last month proved that a body of squash afficionados, players and spectators alike, could provide endearing moments increasingly treasured by sports fans. Today, when the curtain rises on the Yeo's-Pepsi Challenge Series 1984 at Kallang (6
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    • 216 32 TICKETS for the reserved seats in the Yeo's-Pepsi Challenge Series which begins today are selling much better than tickets for the finals or the other first round matches despite the reserved tickets costing more than the free seating ones. Tickets are $25 for the
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    • 707 32 NUMBER ONE seed QAMAR ZAMAN (Pakistan), 32: "I'm not really at the top of my game. I had the flu when I arrived in Hong Kong, but I struggled through. After the quarter-finals, I was alright. "I've won 137 international matches so far in my career. Singapore is
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    • 104 32 TODAY'S first round matches: Qamar Zaman v Zainal Abidin (6 p.m.), Magdi Saad v Ross Thorne (7), Gawain Briars v Gogi Alauddin (8), Lars Kvant v Chris Dittmar (9). Tomorrow: Phil Kenyon v Fahim Gul (6), Ali Abdelaziz v Ross Norman (7), Maqsood Ahmed v Ricki Hill (8), Peter
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    • 478 33  -  INDONESIA 3 ENGLAND 2 By KENNETH JALLEH in Kuala Lumpur ENGLAND had their finest hours in these Thomas Cup rounds at the Stadium Negara last night when they did all but stop the Indonesian dream of a comeback to the golden trophy of world badminton. After Indonesians
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    • 350 33 CHINA 4 SOUTH KOREA 1 CHINA crossed its first hurdle in the Thomas Cup competition at Stadium Negara last night by winning all three singles against South Korea. The Chinese however did not have it easy as the young South Korean team put
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    • 359 33 SOUTH KOREA 5 MALAYSIA 0 ÜBER CUP RISING badminton force South Korea created a record of sorts when they took just 73 minutes to whitewashed Malaysia in the Group B Über Cup tie at the Stadium Negara last night. And the worst
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    • 209 33  -  DENMARK 3 JAPAN 2 By K SILVAM in Kuala Lumpur ÜBER Cup holders Japan were crushed under the might of a young Danish side in a Group B match here last night. Twenty-one-year-old power-packed Kristen Larson opened accounts for Denmark when
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    • 322 33 WHEN MIKE Tredgett tells you he is a busy man, you better believe it. He's a company director with a construction firm for one thing and is expected to build 400 houses a year. This keeps him busy enough, and then there is
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    • 235 33 THOMAS CUP: Group A'i Indonesia bt England 3-2 (Indonesia first): Liem Swie King bt Steve Baddeley 15-2 15-7; Hastomo Arbi bt Nick Yates 15-7 158; Icuk Sugiarto lost to Steve Butler 15-12 14-15 12-15; Kartono Hariatmanto/Rudy Heryanto lost to Steve Baddeley/Martin Dew 15-9 11-15 9-15; Christian Hadinata/Hadibowo
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    • 26 33 THOMAS CUP GROUP 'A': England vs Japan GROUP 'R': Denmark vs China ÜBER CUP GROUP 'A': Japan vs Indonesia GROUP 'R': Malaysia vs England
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    • 284 34 SABAH vs PENANQ The Star KOTA KMAIALU, Wednesday SABAH believe that their lack of experience will give Penang the edge in the quarter-finals return leg match at Likas Stadium today though they managed to secure a 2-2 draw in the first-leg match
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    • 378 34 PAHANQ vs KELANTAN The Star KUANTAN, Wednesday DEFENDING champions Pahang will not underestimate Kelantan in the return leg of the Malaysia Cup quarter-final at Darulmakmur Stadium in Kuantan tonight. In the first leg in Kota Baru last Sunday, Pahang took home a 2-1
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    • 272 34 SELANGOR vs FT The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday WORD IS out that Federal Territory's Sunday 1-0 defeat at the hands of Selangor should act to spur the FT team on. FT skipper Zaidi Mokhtar told his teammates: "Do not be disheartened by the
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    • 53 34 FIRST-LEQ RESULTS: Kelantan 1 Pahang 2; Federal Territory 0 Selangor 1; Penang 2 Sabah 2; Malacca 0 Johor 5 TODAY'S SECOND-LEO MATCHES: Pahang vs Kelantan (Darulmakmur Stadium, 8.30 p.m.); Selangor vs Federal Territory (Merdeka Stadium, 8 p.m.); Sabah vs Penang (Likas Stadium, 4.15 p.m.); Johor vs Malacca (Larkin
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    • 223 34 JOHOR vs MALACCA The Star JOHOR BARU, Wednesday JOHOR are ready to check whatever tricks Malacca might have up their sleeves to overcome the five goal disadvantage in the return leg quarterfinal clash at the Larkin Stadium in Johore Baru today.
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    • 585 35  -  INDONESIA 3 ENGLAND 2 From KENNETH JALLEH in Kuala Lumpur THE sigh that Indonesia's chief coach Rudy Hartono gave after sitting precariously at the edge of his chair for over three pulsating hours last night could have been heard in Jakarta. That
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      • 115 35 HOPES ARE that the first night s organisational chaos in collating and announcing match results will improve as the Thomas and Über Cup matches continue at the Stadium Negara. A computer was alleged to have been installed at the stadium f>ut apparently some wires
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      • 97 35 LINE and service judges at the Thomas and Über Cup ties come in many shapes and sizes. So too the equipment, like comfortable chairs and monocles. The monocles, that is, the service judges use to keep their eagle eyes on players' court services which
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      • 88 35 THE Thomas Cup matches at the Stadium Negara may not take top marks for organisation but they should amount to a rich and welcome bonanza for the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM). Gate receipts are expected to reach $1.2 million by the time the
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