Singapore Monitor, 14 July 1984

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  • 11 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR 30cents M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Saturday, July 14,1984
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  • 375 1  -  Two school bus associations and car firm to run it ■y YONG POW ANG TWO SCHOOL bus associations and a car company have been given permission to run air-conditioned buses, in an effort to persuade commuters to leave their cars at home.
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    • 28 1 ■i Zola Budd smashes world 2,000 m mark: P 36 Local break-dancers get their big break: Page 26 TV GUIDE: PAGE 24 TV SCENE fcf HIGHLIGHTS: PAGE 25
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    • 185 1 far) AX •WHMifr rjH~] Rising cost of JRL child-rearing ■Hr Kitchen shop for creative cooks "TOMuarasiMi TNMMST WBfTTOOMR." Fairways may bend and twist But the rules of golf are straight and narrow. So when we say the new Top-Flite* and TopFlite XL* golf balls are longer than ever, we're talkin'
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  • home
    • 795 2  - INTO THE HURLY-BURLY OF POLITICS FOR SOCIETY By EE BOON LEE and LOONG SWEE YIN RATHER than be an "armchair politician", Dr Lee Boon Yang, 37, decided to throw himself into the hurly-burly of real politics after be was convinced that be should do more for society. "It'» not pleasant
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    • 121 2 THE NEWSPAPER MERCER Lianhe Wanbao THE MINISTER of Caltare, Mr S Maubalu, may have been only expressing a personal opinion when he said that there woeM he only one morning Chinese newspaper and one evening Chinese newspaper, Mr Mah Bow Tan, general maaager (Corporate
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    • 548 2 Lianhe Wanbao DR OW CHIN HOCK, Memebr of Parliament for Leng Kee, has expressed his astonishment over the sadden merger of the two main newspaper groups in Singapore in an interview reported in Lianhe Wanbao yesterday. "The astonishing thing
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    • 300 3  -  Complaint of an extra charge to confirm ticket to Madras By SURESH NAIR AIR LANKA is believed to be investigating a complaint that three tourists had to pay a "three-figure" surcharge to gain confirmed seats on a flight from Singapore to Madras last month. Sources
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    • Around The Courts
      • 153 3  -  By MAGDALENE HAUW A THAI woman accused of housebreaking and theft at three Scotts Road shopping centres appeared in a district court yesterday. wannee Maneein was charged with breaking into a shop at Scotts Shopping Centre and taking clothes worth $10,419, credit
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      • 79 3 A 25-YEAR-OLD woman who was charged last week with confining her boyfriend in a flat at People's Park Centre was acquitted yesterday after the charge was withdrawn. Wang Yin May, a salesgirl, was alleged to have confined Mr Lim Hong Guan, 30, in
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      • 71 3 A MAN charged with criminal intimidation by threatening to throw acid at a woman was released on bail yesterday. Hearing of the charge against Murugayan Raja, 30, was fixed for February 11 next year. No plea was taken. He is alleged to
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      • 52 3 CHING SER FUI, 27, was fined $500 yesterday for warning a group of people betting with a bookmaker that the police were coming. Ching, of Blk 1 Haig Road, admitted obstructing the police from doing their duty at Block IS7 Tampines New Town on
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    • 106 3  -  Picture and story by HAIRIS THE LONG arm of the law took less than 10 minutes to literally straighten a three-metre long python which was hiding in one of the monsoon drains in the Jurong Industrial Estate yesterday. The watchmen of Chin Leong Chemical and Paint
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    • 218 3 TWO successful entrepreneurs yesterday appealed to bankers to be more bold in financing new projects. A bright idea is not enough if the authorities are not convinced that a person has some secure backing, he will not get enough financial support to get
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    • 218 3 IF YOU want quality, conform to the requirements, be it the job, the company or the product. This is the message being propounded by Mr Harvey J Kissel, vice-president of the US company Philip Crosby Associates. He is in Singapore to teach senior managers
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    • 832 4 THE Feedback programme over SBC on Thursday night focussed on the need for an opposition in Parliament. The views of members of the public, Members of Parliament and Opposition party leaders were sought on: Whether we should have more opposition in Parliament, and
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    • 521 4 DR TOH CHIN CHYE (MP for Rochore): "To have institutions survive you must have, first of all, the freedom for them to research on information. They must have that information otherwise it will be an ill-informed opposition and that will be
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    • 1008 5 WAN HUSSIN ZOOHRI (MP for Kampoag Übi): ''The basic question is to whether we need to provide an avenue for the opposition to go into Parliament away from the traditional democratic process. "I do not agree that they must be given some form of mechanism
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    • 635 5 J B JEYARATNAM: "I don't think I can approach it on (hat sort of basis whether you are going to gain by it or not. It's not a question of whether I can get a seat in Parliament. That will be entirely the wrong approach." CHIAM
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    • 124 3 we have Jsi something really good,/T r Vwe don't keep it 7J under our hats...' I We just lay it out on the table So nqw you can treat yourself to our fabulous Thai Buffet Lunch at the Troika, Mt. Elizabeth. (Every Saturday Tom Yam Soup, Spicy Minced Beef, Chicken
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  • world
    • 327 6  -  Reports by RODNEY HOBSON JAKARTA, Saturday ACCUSATIONS that the US were being protectionist were rejected by Secretary of State George Shultz at his dialogue session with Asean foreign ministers. The US was not only more open than other development countries, but was more open
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    • 116 6 TRIPS abroad at government expense sound appealing, but for foreign ministers in Jakarta it nas been a gruelling week. Those who were not in the lift by 7.30 am were laggards, and talks and press briefings went on well into the evenings, even if
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    • 121 6 FOR THE Hilton Hotel, the Asean ministers conference had been a major exercise in logistics. First, the five visiting Asean ministers ana their teams arrived over the weekend. Then theparties from the dialogue partners moved.in on Wednesday. In all, 250 rooms, about 60
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    • 420 6 WHEN Mr S Dhanabalan, Singapore's foreign minister, said at the start of the Asean foreign ministers' meeting that watershed decisions will be taken in Jakarta, his words hardly seemed prophetic. This week's meeting looked fairly routine, with Cambodia no nearer a solution and ministers
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    • 184 6 CONFERENCE SIDELIGHTS WELL over 200 newsmen descended on Jakarta for the gathering. Accreditation was f liven to 84 Indonesian iournalists, and 96 foreign ones were already in town when the oreign ministers' meeting opened More drifted in during the week, with dialogue parters bringing in
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    • 220 6 JAKARTA, Saturday SIX non-communist South-east countries yesterday flatly rejected negotiations with Vietnam on Cambodia but moved forward on improving Pacific trade cooperation. An offer by Australian Foreign Minister Bill Hayden to arrange the talks in Canberra was rejected with almost no discussion. Mr
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    • 201 7 Reuter WASHINGTON, Sat PRESIDENT Reagan's reelection prospects got another boost when the government released figures showing that inflation remains subdued while the economic recovery continues at a healthy pace. The Labour Department reported that wholesale prices remained unchanged in June for the third consecutive
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    • 370 7 Reuter WASHINGTON, Saturday TOP KREMLIN officials believe President Reagan will be re-elected and hope to improve relations before the election, high-ranking Soviet Embassy officials say. The officials, who asked not to be named, said talks on a space arms ban were
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    • 240 7 Reuter MINNESOTA, Saturday GERALDINE Ferraro got her first taste of presidential politics yesterday as she headed for the Democratic convention with running-mate Walter Mondale. But amidst the hoopla, strategists pondered a crucial question: Will the fervour inspired by her selection as vice-presidential candidate
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    • 53 7 Lester Moore, 57, of Houston, Texas, points to chest X-ray showing a syringe and needle which he claims was left in his chest during open heart surgery five years ago. Mr Moore said the surgery was done by a team of doctors led by Dr Denton
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    • 153 7 Reuter LONDON, Sat BRITAIN'S last major port still working joined a national docks strike yesterday as talks began to try to end the dispute and avert a threat of industrial chaos. The strike vote by the 1,200 dockers at Felixstowe, on the east coast,
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    • 239 7 Reuter CHOKOTHI (Pakistan-adminis-torod Kashmir), Sat A MAJOR political party in Paki-stan-administered Kashmir yesterday threatened a mass border crossing into the Indian sector in support of dismissed Chief Minister Farouq Abdullah. AU-Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference Party leader Sardar Abdul Qayyum told a public rally
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    • 218 7 Reuter JOHANNESBURG, Saturday per cent of South Africans who are black. SOUTH Africa's all-white Parliament sat for the last time yesterday before two non-white racial groups join a new, multiracial but segregated assembly in September. Analysts believe whites hoping for political stability
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    • 1109 8 LAT-WP STOCKHOLM (Swadan), Saturday IN 1982, when Sweden's first non-socialist government in 40 years proposed to cut back on sick leave payments, opinion polls showed that almost 60 per cent of the public opposed the move and almost 40 per cent
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    • 727 8 LAT-WP WARSAW (Poland), Saturday THE FORTUNATE ones came out smiling broadly. The unfortunate, and there are many of them these days emerging from the US embassy here, wore glum expressions. A few openly cursed the United States. "They rejected me," said Otolia
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    • 363 8 Sygma EACH day, most often at nightfall, men and women from the land of Tequila, head in the direction of the mill which separates Mexico from the United States, to attempt to enter the territory of the big neighbour to the north. A hole,
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    • 466 9 TRENDS WEST GERMANY has approved steps designed to protect German shipping lines from price under-cutting and protectionist pratices of East Bloc and Third World fleets. Tightened controls over who can ship what to Wfst Germany have been approved by the Cabinet Bat they will
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    • 62 9 OFTEN, apparently insignificant events or political decisions outside Singapore may signal the start of treads of vital Interest to yon they may affect the way yon live, the way yon conduct your business. Reports of such events mny be confined to specialist or trade publication! la
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    • 505 9 Reuter BONN, Saturday PETER is an active, healthylooking two-year-old, but every few weeks he suddenly gets suffocating attacks of laryngitis and a hacking cough which could kill him. He Is one of an estimated 16,000 children in West Germany who suffer
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    • 389 9 LATWP LONDON, Sat IT IS perhaps appropriate in the era ofßritain's relative decline in world commercial importance that it remains preeminent in the particular sphere that involves the underwriting of the world's greatest disasters. Lloyd's of London is a name that stilf evokes the worldiness
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    • 68 9 Rexona for Men. For freshness and confidence throughout the day. or play super effective deodorant works with its manly fragrance I you complete protection the day. So you'll feel confident. Whether for a sultry sensuous night or a sunny sporty day; whether you're alone or in a crowd, Rexona Hmf
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  • money
    • 927 10 They should rely more on their business acumen and personal judgement THE THINKING of some investors in the Singapore stock market has been that the government will take care of them. If any company failed to live up to expectations, the authorities are blamed
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    • 129 10 BECAUSE funds move so quickly In the stock exchange, reputation Is all Important. Which should be the model then lor oar market? New York? Not while the memory of the Wall Street crash remains. London? Remember the unacceptable face of capitalism? How about Zurich an Image
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    • 313 10 THE AMERICAN economic recovery has achieved a momentum of its own and seems destined to continue rolling despite numerous forecasts to the contrary, says Financial DiEit, published in New York by Manufacturers nover Trust Company (R01T), the fourth largest bank in the US. This,
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    • 154 10 VIKLLSTRLET J UPI THE STOCK market snapped a three-day slump with a small gain yesterday with the help of some favourable economic news but relatively slow trading indicated investors were sceptical. Several analysts said big investors were more interested in highyielding
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    • 40 10 The Straits Times Industrial Index closed up 0.9 points to 888.18 yesterday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 441.82. up 1.16 points from 440.66. The OUB Trade-Weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index fell 0.0212 points to 130.9323.
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    • 159 10 AP THE US dollar, which exploded to record heights earlier this week, staaed a broad retreat in quiet trading yesterday as traders sold the US currency to cash in on the rally. Gold, which fell to a two-year low early in the week, continued to recover and
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    • 563 11  -  r TRADING IN THE SIMEX GOLD FUTURES CONTRACTS JOHN CHOW GOLD FUTURES trading on the SingaE International Monetary Exchange ix) made a booming start from the day, July 3, with 838 lots Hanging hands. The second day's trading snowballed into a phenomenal 1,437 lots.
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    • COMPANY NEWS
      • 32 11 THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS Authority of Singapore purchased 30,000 Times Publishing Bhd shares on July 6 at the market price to bring its total shareholdings to 9.0S million.
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      • 51 11 KECK SENG (M) Bhd has received applications for 20.92 million ordinary Msl shares at M 51.60 each, 99.63 per cent of which are acceptances of the rights issue. Excess shares will be allotted in such a manner as to minimise the incidence of odd
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      • 44 11 ROXY Electric Industries (M) Bhd has declared an interim dividend of 8.3 per cent for the financial year ending Sept 30 because of the improved results in the first naif year. It is payable on Aug 17.
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      • 71 11 MULTI-PURPOSE Holdings Bhd (MPHB) has sold 14,000 Dunlop Estates Bhd shares for M 529,080 to decrease its stake to 30.89 per cent and 40,000 Mulpha International Trading Corporation Bhd shares for M 543,070, reducing its stake to 74.24 per cent. MULTI-PURPOSE Co-operative Society has
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      • 30 11 DBS BANK has bought 13,000 Jurong Engineering Ltd shares, increasing its stake to 6,013,000 shares or 24.05 per cent from 24 per cent.
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    • 380 11 STOCK MARKET HOUND-UP THIS WEEK saw the stock market in the doldrums with loaers outnumbering gainers. Doing particularly badly were the plantation and finance counters, with some leading banks taking a severe beating. The exceptions were the situational stocks which did
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    • 128 11 THE STANDARD Chartered Bank Group has set up a regional development centre (REC) in Singapore to upgrade its computer and communication capabilities worldwide and further increase its interests in the region. The RDC will develop, service and co-ordinate the systems, communications and computer needs
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    • 383 11 UPI NEW YORK, Saturday SOME OF the jobs of the future may be pretty boring, says one futurist, but at least gou won't have to spend much time doing Marvin Cetron, president of an occupational forecasting firm, recently co-authored a
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  • opinion / letters
    • 119 12 AS A SHAREHOLDER in two of the three newspaper publishing companies about to merge, may I ask the initiators of the move since when has the market price of a share become a true indicator of its asset backing? Even so, the
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    • 431 12 ISSUE IN THE SIXTEENTH year of the Peloponnesian War, an Athenian expedition descended upon the small island of Melos, south of Athens in the Aegean Sea, and demanded that the Melians join them in an alliance or be destroyed. Although a Spartan colony, Melos
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    • 328 12  -  A KHOO Singapore 1129 TO SAY THAT I am perturbed by the farcical merger of the newspapers as reported in the news on Thursday would be a fantastic understatement. I am nauseated by this ploy to castrate the Dress even further. Only the
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    • 53 12  -  CHEW BOON KAH Product Manager Intel Products for Executive Director Finance and Admin. General Engineers Corp. I REFER to your article "Computer giant to start production here" (SM, July 10). I would like to clarify that General Engineers Corporation is still the autnorised sole distributor for Intel
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    • 36 12  -  K G GOH Singapore 1438 WHEN crossing a road, it Is a good'idea to give hand signals to motorists to stop. Signalling can make crossing the road a lot safer for pedestrians.
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    • 414 12  -  LIFE IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WILLIAM KOH Singapore 0314 WITH THE increasing number of house break-ins and theft cases at Blocks 749, 750, 751 and 752, Yishun Street 72, the residents strongly feel that the security of their families
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    • 144 12 I REFER to the letters "Traffic cop who hides behind a sign board" (SM, July 3) and "The hide-and-seek cop" (SM, July 9). I would like the writers to know that it is easier to nab errant and recalcitrant road users
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    • 169 12  -  REPLY LIM KEOK MENG for Secretary Public Service Commission I REFER to the letter "Why advertise professional courses which are not recognised here?" (SM, Jul 4). The Public Service Commission is responsible for the recruitment of personnel for the civil service. A candidate with
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    • 535 13 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT WILL THE REAL Asean please stand up? Is it the meek, inward-looking grouping that hangs together without real cohesion, that has achieved all too little in its internal arrangements, or the dynamic, confident, solid front that fears no one, can face the
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    • 225 13 TWO YEARS ago, I complained in the Press about the bad treatment I received when playing badminton in Delta Sports Complex. Last Monday, I was given the same treatment when I was at the Complex for two hours. As usual, some of the lights
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    • 83 13 AT THE East Coast Parkway in front of Mac Donald's, children can pay 50 cents for a ride on tram cars. These joy rides appear to become unjoyful rides as the tram cars stop after two minutes. The operators should realise
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    • 64 13  -  PETER BOYD Singapore 0314 WITH THE closure of Odeon cinema, the surrounding area has become like a ghost town after 7 pm. Soon the Capitol cinema may also make way for the Mass Rapid Transit. With the numerous MRT projects proposed for many parts of Singapore,
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    • 118 13  -  RAYMOND WONG LOK CHIN Singapore 0410 I REFER to the speech "Dhana on man ana machines" (SM, Jane 17) by Mr S Dhanabalan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Culture. He said he preferred modern technology to handicraft in watches. He cautioned the employers who
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • Bastille Day July 14
    • 622 14  -  From Hit Excellency Mr PHILIPPE MARANDET French Ambatsedor to Singapore I DON'T believe in preparing official National Day messages. After all, what else can I say except the usual platitudes that everything is going well and we hope things will get better? I
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    • 87 14 IN storming the Bastille prison on July 14,1789, the people of Paris signalled the start of the French revolution and ushered in a new era in their country's history. The commemoration of this symbolic day each year provides the French an occasion
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    • 447 16 "THE man in the street here does not think of France as a supplier of industrial and technological goods," said Mr Reynard. "But in actual fact France supplies large quantities of general industrial machinery, electrical machinery and other such products
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    • 341 17 THOUGH the French in Paris worry about the intrusion of the American lifestyle into their culture, Mr Thierry Reynard, their Commercial Counsellor in Singapore welcomes McDonald's and Coca Cola as the vanguard to secure a beach head for the invasion of French food
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    • 1252 18  -  Extracts from an article by PIERRE PERE Counsellor of the French Embessy FRANCE enjoys the reputation of having culture of a quality which one would not expect of a country with just 54 million inhabitants. The development of this culture owes
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    • 101 18 French governments have shown their willingness to develop and enrich culture through concrete measures. This is why, despite the difficult economic circumstances, the Ministry of Culture doubled its budget in 1982. In 1983, this was
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    • 675 20  -  By LEE CHIU SAN EACH country that produces cars makes them with distinctly recognisable national features. Those from Sweden tend to be safe and solid. The Germans specialise in reliability and quality, and produce cars with prices to match. Italian cars are
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    • 56 21 FRANCE is synonymous with fashion in the minds of most people. And Lanvin have just introduced their latest styles for the spring/summer 1984 season. These clothes, in lightweight fabrics suitable for use in the tropics, are available from the Lanvin boutique in the Hyatt Regency. Two of tho
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    • 182 21 THE official sunglasses licensee of the 1984 Olympic Games is Vuarnet of France. Their products are named for Jean Vuarnet, the gold medal winner in downhill skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics. The Vuarnet sunglasses were originally developed for sports professionals who required
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    • 37 19 interior design dSuzanne French Exclusive Fine Fabrics: 1 Hand printed silk, velvet, cotton. Wall coverings. Trimmings. Oil paintings by French Masters 19 Tanglin Road tto3-31 Tanglin Shopping Centre. Singapore 1024. Tel: *****11/2 Tlx. No: RS ***** IMPRES
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    • 86 20 7¥3BH "jF^^M Jl IBs*- mW* mm I VUARNET SUNGLASSES.... OFTEN IMITATED, NEVER EQUALLED. A product of Pouilloux, Paris Distributed by: High Performance Imports (Far East) Pte. Ltd. 96 Robinson Road #05-02 First Building Singapore 0106 Tel: *****22/3 Telex: RS ***** Available at: The Lent Mm Printemps The Lens Men Parkway
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    • 196 20 TheTpa darrlpn— Presenh. a French Involution Voila! The best of French cuisine in the Tea Garden. Has there been a French revolution? We'd like to think sd. Imagine yourselves at the J °f Montmarte and savour the menu. Escargots a la Bourguignonne, jL/X x Bouillabaisse "Marsellaise". Coquilles Saint-]acques a la
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 1261 23 leisure tv -OUlPfc— 24~| I 12.30 SBCTEXT Sample I Programme by SetaSaturday The San Pedro Malay Programme New* 6.25 Popeye the Sailor ...m 6.40 The Wonderful World of Dianey: The Cat from Outer li Space 9 7.30 Newa(M). fr V fit Ifl ]9 I 7.50 The Beat Midnight Special. I
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  • leisure
    • 615 24 Centrestage Arms and the Man (Ch 12, 8.30 pm) THIS TV version of George Bernard Shaw's classic comedy of romance was recorded "live" at the Lyric Theatre, with the original West End cast. Britain's popular TV actor Richard Briers plays the fugitive Bluntschli,
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    • 650 24 mswm The Star BEFORE long, viewers north and south of Klang will be able to tune in to TV3. According to Mohamed Tawfik bin Tun Dr Ismail, the general manager of Fleet Group, it is in TV3's plans to transmit nationwide. Although Mr Tawfik did
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    • 676 25  -  By PAT D'ROSE TEN minutes after their professional debut, the three young men who call themselves Break Machine were still stage-struck. They are believed to be the first group of local break-dancers to be offered a contract to perform in a live theatre. The
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    • 820 26  -  It's Scotts Park Theatre Lounge and Nightclub In August By PAT D'ROSE Wong Sing Yeong WHAT'S in a name? Perhaps everything for entrepreneurs Steven and Allan Lee, as this represents their last-ditch effort to save their first entertainment project. Which is why the Carnival Restaurant and Lounge
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    • 966 26  -  By VIOLET OON OPERA buffs hail it as the first full-length opera to be staged in Singapore. I mean, of course. La Boheme which ended its three-day season at the World Trade Centre Auditorium last night and which featured soloists from New York's
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    • 218 27 THE US top 10 pop singles, as rated by Cashbox, with last week's positions in brackets: 1. (2) When Doves Cry Prince (Warner Bros). 2. (1) Dancing In the Dark Brace Springsteen (Colnmbin). 3. (3) The Reflex Dnrnn Dor an (Capitol). 4. (4) Eyes Wlthont a
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    • 295 27  -  ALBUM: PICTURE SONGS ARTISTE: Pan An Pan LABEL: Tony LP-766 s^^s^^ All reviews by LIM SEK PAN has an unmistakable folk style that has remained unchanged for years. This album is another testament to his belief in folk music and, in this album, he has
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    • 173 27 ALBUM: I REALLY MISS YOU ARTISTE: Jerry Tsa Wei LABEL: New Lee Seng Records THIS album comes as a surprise. Jerry's previous album contained mostly cover versions with unimaginative musical arrangement and style. And like any singer who does only cover versions, his performance, although
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    • 376 28 leisure m AMATEUR MOVIE MOVIES made on film or videotape that are not for professional or commercial purposes may be submitted for the amateur movie contest. The competition is divided into three sections open (citizens and permanent residents), student (up to pre-university level) and special. There will be no restrictions
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    • 279 28 JAPAN AN ARMCHAIR SIGHTSEEING THE Marine Parade Branch Library will screen some films on Japan today at 7 pm at its auditorium. Admission is by lree tickets, available at the Adult Information Desk. THE WAY WEST HILTON Movie House will screen The Way West tomorrow at 8.15 pm. This film,
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 331 30  -  2 PAGE TEAR-OUT ®y WONDER BOY IRISH-BRED Mint's Favourite should chalk up another win on thi« course when he runs in Race Three (3.00 pm) in Ipoh today. The nice-looking chestnut four-year-old by Touch Paper showed promise of becoming one of
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    • 309 30  -  By WONDER BOY CLASSY newcomer St Gallen is my early favourite to win this year's Singapore Gold Cup to be run at Bukit Timah in September. I am taking the Decies four-year-old after his third placing to Pride And
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    • 249 30 THE registration of a total of 22 new horses has brought the number of horses in training on the Singapore-Malaysia circuit to 1.304. The break-up is: 192 in Class 1, 196 in Class 2,290 in Class 3.231 in Class 4,147 in Class 5, 118 in
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  • sports
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      492 34  -  Prema clips 200 m national record in sensational dash By ALFONSO CHAN FRIDAY, July 13, proved a good day for Prema Govindan and three other school boys and girls who rewrote national and meet records, but an unfortunate one for Anglo-Chinese schoolteacher and coach Christine Chan, who broke
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    • 198 34 Boy»: Shot Put 'A' 1-Chen Yong Hui (ACJC) 13 95m. 2 Li Jialing'(RJC) 13.01; 3 Bai Ming jie (BTY) 12.99 m; 4 Huang Wenshan (RJC) 12.35 m; 5 Chen Wei Chong (HCJC) 12.17 m; 6 Wang Zhenping (CCB) 11.82 m. High Jump 'B' 1 Wu Chengzhong (CHS) 1.97 m
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    • 266 34  -  Ceylon Sports Club 2 Armed Forces 0 By B KULA CEYLON Sports Club's climb to the top of the Premier Division Hockey League was a bag of mixed fortunes. On the one hand they were lucky to beat the dominating Armed
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    • 138 34 SINGAPORE'S 10 top professional Solfers will be out to get the better of heir Malaysian counterparts in the third Old Parr International Matchplay Challenge series at the Tasek Utara golf course in Johor Bahru from Sept 14 to 16.
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      98 35 DAYS to go before the biggest sports spectacle in the world begins. Today, MONITOR SPORTS takes you into the second day of our run-up to the Olympic Games. Our main aim is to highlight the people who have become the finest in the world of sports and who will
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      335 35 Reuter LONDON, Saturday SOUTH African-born Briton Zola Budd set a world best time for the women's 2,000 m when she clocked five minutes 33.15 sees at an international athletics meeting yesterday. Budd, who represents Britain in the 3,000 m at the Los Angeles Olympics later this month, beat
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    • 553 35 LOS ANGELES, Saturday AS tension builds up for the Olympic Games starting on July 28, so does the Los Angeles summer heat and more ominously from the athletes' point of view the city's notorious smog. The combination of fog and smoke that regularly descends
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      852 36 LAT-WP SANTA BARBARA (California), Saturday CALVIN SMITH is healthy. Now. Now that it hardly matters. Now that his dream of Olympic gtory is reduced to the role he will play on the 400-metre relay team. Ask him about his future and he swallows hard. It's a sore subject,
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    • 231 36 Reuter ROME, Saturday THE ITALIAN Football Federation yesterday lifted the suspension of Salvatore Bagni from Italy's Olympic team after he agreed to be transferred from Inter Milan to Napoli. A meeting of the federation's top executives reinstated Bagni as captain of the
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    • 258 37  -  By B KULA PAHANG are here to leave their mark. Though they lost the glamorous Malaysia Cup, they are here determined to make amends by winning the Anchor Cup. All ft took was five minutes to demolish their hopes of winning the Malaysia
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    • 294 37  -  FT out to avenge Malaysia Cup defeat PREVIEWS PENANG vs FEDERAL TERRITORY By S GULAM FEDERAL TERRITORY will be out to avenge their Malaysia Cup League defeat when they take on Pahang in the second matcn of the night in the Anchor Cup Tournament. "They edged us out
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    • 288 37 PENANG are here on a mission to win and win bift to display their strength at the National Stadium They hope to show Sabah, who are also in Group A, and hosts Singapore that their 1-0 away win over Sabah in
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    • 146 37 Reuter FRANKFURT, Saturday FRANZ Beckenbauer, 39, was yesterday confirmed as successor to Jupp Derwall, the former trainer of West Germany's international soccer squad who resigned three weeks ago. Beckenbauers appointment was announced after a four-hour meeting of the West German Football Federation (DFB)
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    • 100 37 Reuter BERNE, Saturday A DECISION on the disputed future of Scottish international soccer star Gordon Strachan will be made by a special European Football Union (UEFA) committee next week. An Uefa official said that a committee meeting due to be held later this month to
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    • 558 39  -  Beating 'dark horses' Sabah is what an ill-prepared squad with two new bosses will have to go for tonight MONITOR sports Report* by S GULAM WITH an untested team, a new coach and a new manager, Singapore take on Malaysia Cup quarterfinalists Sabah in tonight's
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    • 827 39 NATIONAL team manager Yusoff Ismail yesterday named a no-surprise final 18 for the Anchor Cup tournament starting tomorrow. The five players dropped include Hussein Ayoob, who had already asked to be left out because of a groin injury, and
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