Singapore Monitor, 27 July 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR 30cents M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Friday, July 27, 1984
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  • 732 1  -  Falling gold prices send customers flocking to gem shops ■y JANICE LIM SALES of jewellery have increased by 100 Kr cent or more in Singapore because of lling gold prices. Pawnbrokers also say fewer customers are redeeming their gold items, which comprise 90 per
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  • 105 1 AP NEW YORK, Friday RUMOURS of the breakup of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) swept financial markets late yesterday, sending the dollar soaring, dragging gold prices down to the lowest level in two years and knocking silver below US$7 an ounce. The
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    • 145 1 h t at! China set to win M^ k h What are its first Olympic they gold on first Htt in the doing to da of Games national my dog? See Pa^e 30 »w»»w»n squad See Page 3 i four pages of the games from P29l> psz See Page 27
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    • 23 1 Vjl«IIIIN% s.ph.de'silva I JEWELLERS I 0118, Tangdn Shopping Cfcnlre. H Singapore 1024. Tot *****26 Aaeociate Company; H 1 Central Building, Hong Kong. H
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    • 210 2  -  By BENNY ORTEGA JULY is property tax time time to pay the Comptroller of Property Tax the 23 per cent rate oo the annual value of your property. A reader was astonished to find the July 1984 annual value of
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    • 510 2  -  More free hotel services to attract guests in competitive travel business By YEOW MEI SIN HOTELS are offering incentives like mini-washing machines, grocery shopping services, free transport, free breakfasts and shopping vouchers in their efforts to attract guests in the increasingly competitive Singapore travel market
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    • 93 2 A RECORD number of graduates and the lack of a large enough auditorium has forced Singapore Polytechnic to split this year's graduation ceremony into six sessions. The sessions will be held at the World Trade Centre Auditorium from today until Sunday.
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    • 89 2 A DELEGATION of 11 permanent secretaries from Brunei is in Singapore for a three-day official visit. The team is led by Da to Selamat Bin Munap, Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office. The group will hold informal discussions with their
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    • 306 3  -  MOVE TO PREVENT ILLEGAL BOOKIES FROM TRANSMITTING RACING INFORMATION By K K FONG THE SINGAPORE Turf Club has struck another blow against illegal bookmakers by stopping them from using radio-tele-phones in its car park on race days. Those caught flouting the ban will
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    • 159 3 NO, SPOTTY the mongrel hasn't got a lampshade round his neck. He is wearing what veterinarians call an Elizabethan collar to stop him biting himself. He has to wear the plastic collar because otherwise he might tear out surgical stitches inserted in his thigh
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    • 202 4 If IN PARLIAMENT COMPLAINTS generated by HUDC residents living in 2,700 flats are "totally out of proportion" to their number when compared to those received from people living in the 469,000 HDB flats, the Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan, said
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    • 859 4  -  REPORTS BY EE BOON LEE AND LOONG SWEE YIN By EE BOON LEE CRIMINALS will have to pay a higher price. Parliament made sure of this yesterday after the Home Affairs Minister, Mr Chua Sian Chin, spoke of the need
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    • 132 4 ANYONE helping a foreign criminal to hide his firearm before or after an offence will now face the prospect of staying in prison for at least five years. This is provided for by the Arms Offences (Amendment) Bill, passed yesterday. The Home Affairs Minister,
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    • 562 6  -  NEW BILL PROVIDES FOR GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN WORKING HOURS If IN PARLIAMENT By GANDHI AMBALAM and LOONG SWEE YIN THE ALTERNATE fiveday week for civil servants may soon become a reality witn the passing of the Employment Amendment Bill in Parliament yesterday.
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    • 218 6 Employers warned about exploiting their workers EMPLOYEES WERE told yesterday not to take advantage of provisions in the Employment (Amendment) Bui to exploit their workers. Professor S Jayakumar issued this warning to employers at the second reading of the Bill, which was passed by Parliament yesterday.
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    • 90 6 OTHER BILLS passed in Parliament yesterday include: INCOME TAX (Amendment) Bill, giving legislative authority to the income tax concessions announced in the 1984 Budget Statement. These include increased child relief; tax rebate of 10 per cent on the first $10,000 of chargeable income; and,
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    • Around The Courts
      • 230 7  -  By MAGDALENE HAUW A STEVEDORE yesterday told how he saw one leather shoe floating in the sea after a man and a fork-lift truck had toppled from a barge. Soh Lian Siang said this was the last sign he saw of Lim Cheng
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      • 213 7 A MALAYSIAN businessman was accused yesterday of conspiring to use forged share certificates to cheat two sharebrokers more than 10 years ago. Lee Suan Seik, 31, was charged with: CONSPIRING with three others to deceive Ronald Tan Hock Siew, a remisier with J Ballas
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      • 100 7 A 37-YEAR-OLD labourer died four days after he swallowed a fishbone. Kader Batcha Abusali swallowed the bone during dinner and told his employer the next day he was still having difficulty eating, the Coroners court heard yesterday. The employer, Mr Toh Kim Chew, said he
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    • 220 7 THE PRIME Minister has sent a message of sympathy to the family of Mr Ponniah Rajaratnam, the former head of the Singapore Corrupt Practices Investigation Department who died in Brunei at the weekend. Mr Rajaratman was cremated yesterday at Mount Vernon
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    • 155 4 HARlffr^ Leather Shoes expression in footwear 6096 6093 DnMifs.' AILV HANDBAGS 6 SHOES #01-3* Penwwula Ptara #01-4 Bukit Timah Pfcwa CRYSTAL PALACE GRAND EMPORIUM Bfc 710 A. Ang Mo Kio Ave 0. #01-2627 EILUE SHOES CO #02-368 Queensway Shopping Centre GRACE SHOES CO #02-55 Bukit fimah ShoppmqC>ntre JET WIND DEPARTMENT
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    • 74 4 MORE PARLIAMENT REPORTS ON PAGE 6 bronicaETßS the complete medium format camera with 35mm handling speed and operating ease.The ETRS comes with interchangeable lenses, viewfinders, filmbacks and wK Alaoavailablaand SO-A/SOAm modals <jt>l leading photo Jftfl Sole Agent SENG CHEONG CO PTE LTD Singapore: 116 Middle Road, #04-01, ICB Enterprise House,
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    • 148 5 hen Qndy and Anthony meet our guests 'joßßßrw they feel the warm wekome of the the moment they fly in. ■V A *P «PP WWMM m v 1 t ww*®? \—Where else but the Shangri-La. At the Shangri-La, we go as far as j I|MMR?> r meeting guests at the
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    • 148 6 PAKISTAN CHINESE CARPETS I 50% OFF I I RARE OLD TRIBAL AFGHANS I I An expensive name is no guarantee of Quality. I I A common fallacy is to regard knot density as the predominant fatfpr I I when determining value. More important is the compactness and I uniformity of
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    • 226 7 APRICA is constantly setting new standards in nursing f equipment through scientific research for babies worldwide. I I All APRICA products features:- Safety Strength Durability Style and Comfort combined with thorough research into its structure. f. ***** Mobile Bed Rest inHnnr Quuinn qsvwi I 7 ***** High Chair Multiple uses
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  • world
    • 190 8 THE CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS BANK RESCUE Reuter CHICAGO, Friday CONTINENTAL Illinois Corp will release its second quarter earnings result "mid to late next week," outgoing chairman David Taylor told a press conference. He had said earlier Continental expects a US$l 1 billion (552.3 billion) second quarter
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    • 418 8 US Government to buy 'troubled loans' to restore bank back to health Reuter WASHINGTON, Friday IN THE biggest bank rescue ever mounted, the US Government yesterday unveiled a US$4 5 billion (559.4 billion) plan to save the Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago from failure. The
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    • 377 8 BACKGROUND— Reuter WASHINGTON, Fri THE US$4.5 billion rescue of Continental Illinois National Bank comes as US bank failures have risen sharply and amid genuine concern that the crisis might still spread. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in taking an 80 per cent
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    • 164 8 Reuter WASHINGTON, Friday FINANCIAL analysts still worry about another big banking crisis. When the Continental crisis broke out in May, there were persistent rumours in financial markets tnat another major US institution was facing collapse. Since then, the rumours have died down, but fears linger on.
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    • 420 9 WASHINGTON, Friday DEMOCRATIC Vice Presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro said yesterday she expects President Ronald Reagan to use rough tactics in the general election campaign. During a brief talk with reporters in her Capitol Hill office, Miss Ferraro, a Congresswoman from New York, said
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    • 149 9 Reuter By NEW YORK, Friday AN ITALIAN immigrant won a world record lottery prize of US$2O million (5|40.2 million) yesterday and said the first thing he wanted to do was to go to Australia to see his brother-in-law. Mr Venero
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    • 138 9 Lianhe Wanboa KUALA LUMPUR, Friday MALAYSIAN VEGETABLE farmers, faced with a surplus of greens, will move into street markets to sell their own produce in a fortnight's time. Farmers in Selangor have obtained permission from the Federal Agricultural Marketing Board to set up their
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    • 185 10 world trends ROAD DEATHS: Some 500 French people are murdered each year. But a staggering 12,000 are killed on the roads, giving France one of the highest road death rates in Europe. While over 10 million drivers, many used only to driving in major towns and ciUes, take to the
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    • 31 10 West Germany is one of the few countries in Europe where women's desire for a job has declined, from 56 per cent in 1975 to 52 per cent last year.
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    • 29 10 The French government is stepping up efforts to reduce the annual massacre on the roads as ten million French drivers take to the expressways for the summer vacation.
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    • 29 10 Latest reports warn that airconditioning may be bad for your health. It could cause sore throats and lower resistance to the common cold. But there are precautions.
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    • 329 10 rRENDS Educational and Lifestyle BRUSSELS: Most European women in the 10-nation European Community would like to go out to work, but most of the men are against this, according to a survey carried out for the Community. A total of 9,600 people were polled, and
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    • 324 10 LOS ANGELES: A number of reports have warned against spending too much time in air-conditioned surroundings, or in an air-conditioned temperature that is too low. They are: Lowered resistance to disease. Air conditioning tends to dry out the air, which in turn dries out the mucous membranes
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    • 231 9 get value for your money YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR... AFTER YEAR! •mm DEEP FREEZERS I ModelZßl2ol lON COMPRESSOR I -c >■ Price: $590.00 V II Capacity 120 litres approx. Model ZB 2600 V. Price: $920.00 II Laminated-plastic worktop. r Capacity 260 litres approx. I Separate fastrfreeze compartment:
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    • 122 10 The PintosTrio iXj<3v LOMMffl The familiar trio that have entertained so many for so ate performing at Singapore's newest top spot The Lounge in Crown Prince Hotel. Thrill to their extensive and versatile repertoire which ranges from evergreens to pops and country. They are all set to woo you again.
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  • money
    • 497 11  -  By JILL HUM THE 20 per cent devaluation of the New Zealand dollar, which does not have a significant impact on Singapore, is Doth a blessing and a curse for the country. The heavy outflow and the artificially high level of
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    • 690 11 IMPACT OF THE DEVALUATION ON SINGAPORE-BASED COMPANIES WITH NZ INTERESTS TO BETTER understand the impact of the devaluation of the New Zealand dollar, take a look at the impact on the accounts of Singapore-based companies with interests there. Take the example
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    • 273 11 NORTH BORNEO Timber (NBT) may have a new holding company ana a change of management. Reports of this floating around the market have apparency caused the share price to jump 15 per cent or 33 cents in a day to $2.60 on the
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    • 627 12  -  COMPANY FOCUS: L M GROUP INVESTMENTS By SUNG HUNG KAI SECURITIES BUY into L M Group Investments on weakness for a medium-term investment, advises Sun Hung Kai Securities. As a specialist sub-con-tractor, L M has an edge over most other general contractors in the construction industry.
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    • 205 12 WHLLSTREET THE stock market scored its second big gain in as manv days yesterday after an assist from a strong bond market and from an unconfirmed rumour about troubles in Opec. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10.60 points to 1107.55 and gaining
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    • 126 12 Reuter NEW YORK, Friday THE dollar ended sharply higher, rising almost three pfennigs in the afternoon on rumours that Opec is having problems getting members to abide by price and output quotas, dealers said. However, the dollar lost some of its gains after US State Department officials
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    • 54 11 Buy One Drink AndThe\L— Next Is On Ds. At the Cocktail Lounge, Ladyhill Hotel, special happy hour concessions are offered to you. For every drink or bottle ordered, the next round is on the house. Happy Hours: 5.30 7.30pm (daily) HOTEL UOUNQC 1 Ladyhill Road Singapore 1025 Tel: *****11 Member
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    • 346 12 Enjoy the relaxing benefits of a Steam or Dry Heat Bath in the fl comfort and convenience of /.«p§| your own J 1 The Vitamaster Luxury STEAM AND DRY HEAT CABINET imported from the USA is now available in Singapore Immersed in the soothing moist steam or sauna-like dry heat
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    • 116 12 «TO BE HELD AT: The British Theatrette Basement, Singapore Rubber House 14 Coftyer Quay Singapore 0104 11, Stan Tuan Avenue Singapore 2158 (MK 16 Lot 516) Title: Freehold Site Area: 1,069.0 sq.m. (With vacant possession) 60A Grange Mansion Grange Road, Singapore 0923 (TS 21 Lot 429) Title: 999-year leasehold from
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    • 144 13 SWhen person retires from employment in September nt 55, has the company the right to retain the proportionate bonns dne and effect payment only when the other employees are being paid their bonns in December? What right has the company to ash the employee
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    • 418 13 QA [XI What happens to my income tax retains? How l*!J and where are they processed? oThe blue-and-white envelopes containing the income tax assessment notices of Singapore's 550,000 taxpayers originate from behind the grey walls of Fullerton Building where the Inland Revenue Department has its
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    • 367 13 HTI Can you enlighten me on the following points re|"l garding the medical course conducted at the NUS? Is It true that girls have less chance than boys of getting a place in the medical faculty? If this is true, what are the reasons?
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    • 248 14 I WISH to dispute some facts in the article "Singapore to buy Exocet missiles? (SM, July 18). Exocets are not the best armaments. The fact remains that Exocets are very old, first generation anti-ship missiles. Their guidance systems are therefore rather primitive. Morever,
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    • 322 14 IT IS high time the authorities clamp down hard on the malaise of illegal gambling and race-horse betting that has pervaded our republic. This is very apparent in public housing estates where crowds of men and even women gather around book-makers to
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    • 685 14  -  By SEHYON JOH of Associated Pross AP NEW YORK: Business is slow at Park 75 Gourmet Foods three months after the Korean-owned delicatessen opened its doors despite an organised opposition by some residents of New York's affluent Park Avenue. But Mr Kyu-Sung Choi, owner
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    • 50 14 I)ln( (,x 1 JL f PFNANG RD (Of F ORCHARD*®) (Cockpit Hotel TE v," —Jk-t INTRODUCING THE PIP PRE-AMP No Myth No Magic Just Music Qreat Music J ARC CREEK AUDIO T A& R CAMBRIDGE V COUNTERPOINT QARROTT BROTHERS QOLDRINQI 304 Orchard Rd Lucky P.aza, »> > look outtor aur
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    • 465 15 Hffl COMMENT A LIBRARY without books? Why not? It's just as possible as a bank without cash, an office without paper or a symphony without an orchestra. The European Parliament is planning to' establish a databank library at Florence with links to 500 major libraries
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    • 81 15  -  MRS MONICA BEH Public Relations Manager Port of Singapore Authority WE REFER to the let-. ter"Some questions tarday of fun at sea" by Mr, Goh Chin Guan (SM, Jul We would be pleased to provide details of areas where Mr Goh can lower his dinghy
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    • 148 15 REPLIES— PLEASE refer to the letter "Cabbies must all show courtesy on the road" by Peter Boyd (SM, Jul 13). We agree with the writer that taxi-drivers should be courteous and honest. In fact, there are many honest and courteous taxi-drivers. Last year, we
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    • 266 15  -  RAYMOND WONG LOK CHIN Singapore 0410 I REFER to the report "Don't sweep problems under the carpet" (SM, July 23) an advice which the Second Deputy Prime Minister S Rajaratnam gave at a workshop on the role of senior citizens. After the debates
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    • 63 15 WE refer to the letter "Unjoyfiil rides for children at East Coast Recreation Park" (SM, Jal 14). As the information supplied by the writer is inadequate for a thorough investigation, it will be greatly appreciated if the writer could call me at telephone *****41 to give a
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    • 1952 16  - Redford the way he is HE CLINGS COMFORTABLY TO OLD FRIENDS By PAUL ROSENFELD in New York HE MAY be the last movie star who still operates this way. No assistants, no entourage. Nobody else is making the decisions. The people in Robert Redford's professional life nave been there for
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    • 656 16 LATWP By ELIZABETH VENANT in Lot Angles "I GET goose pimples when I see a great painting," said Earl Hasty" Powell, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, giving a demonstrative shiver. Powell, along with a small coterie of maseom experts, was
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    • 486 18 m^M*■4 Feature Special: The First Olympics Athens 1896 (Part 2) (Chinese Subtitles) (Ch 5,10.10 pm) THE American team has booked a ship that is scheduled to reach Athens on the last day of the Olympic Games. However, the travel agent makes a mistake and
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    • 493 18  -  Tvsusa By VALERIE TREVOR SBC producer Susan Y H Lim returned from the Philippines last Saturday after spending 10 days on assignment with cameraman Tan Ah Bah and sound recordist Hamzah bin Ahmad. That was the second time that the Friday Background team went "regional"
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    • 704 19 New women's theatre group debuts to mixed reviews AP LONDON: A women's theatre group has made its debut on the London stage with a production of an obscure 17th Century comedy the first play written in English by a woman and got mixed reviews
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    • 654 21  -  BUT, TECHNICALLY, FILM IS RIVETING TITLE: BRAINSTORM STARRING: Natalie Wood, Christopher Walken, Louise Fletcher DIRECTOR: Douglas Trumbull SHOWING: Orchard Reviewed by C J TAN FEW movies can equal the old Star Trek TV series in tapping the stargazing excitement of trying simultaneously to intellectualise and
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    • 341 21  -  WONG AH YOKE BRAINSTORM is Douglas Trumbull's second experience at directing a feature film. He directed Silent Running in 1970, a film considered to be ahead of its time. But Trumbull is already a wellknown special effects genius as the creator of Stargate for
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    • 1590 17 Live Sample Pages I 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The i! wab (c> HJ iiiff.i fuJ v ;JBBII I 4.25 Kidsworld. Bf »j,fj| M.7 fWTw A Whole World of Childran Switzerland. r _V, il I In Cuba, we Alberto Manuella and his who »gf I have returned from
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    • 86 19 M <&£ f IBBBH V A_ V M Hk. fl| W V V You can taste it with your eyes At Pin Hsiang Restaurant, Singapore's NEWEST addition to good, traditional Sichuan cuisine. Q>nveniently located next to the Shangri-la Hotel. At the RELC Building. With ample FREE parking facilities. We also
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    • 418 19 f ILM cuioe jfIWPfiPPVPM Starring: Natalie Wood, Christopher Walken, Louis Fletcher DALIT (*****16): DUEL OF THE MAS- !ffT' 8 Ab t a CAPITOL (*****59): CAGED FURY <E) TERS (C) allows a person to experience what an- Starring: Benlie Williams, Taffy OConother sees and feels in totality. Nell, Jennifer Lane, Catherine
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    • 37 20 JADE: 44th Fantastic DAY! PRICES: 14.00 $3.00 CASH BOOKINGS NO FREE UST (*****80) 5 SHOWS DAILY: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 A 9.00 MORE ActM MORE Mmttrtl MODI ftJMI If idvantan has a BaM,|MHf* it mart be Indiana
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 452 20 I re AN EVENING OF CHINESE OPERA T THE Chong Boon CC Management Committee will y hold an evening of Chinese opera on Sunday at ti 7.45 pm at the GC J[ The Chinese Theatre Circle will present the Cantonese period drama, War and Romance, to cele- fr brate Singapore's
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    • 524 20 iTRAITS CHINESE SILVER FAIR HE first Straits Chinese Silver Fair organised by 'etnic's Enterprise, dealer in Straits Chinese aniques, will be on until tomorrow at Unit #03-10, 3rd loor, Orchard Point, Orchard Road, from 10 am to pm. The exhibition and sale will feature a selection of Jonya silver jewellery
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    • 159 20 Sirah Set Sireh box with four silver containers that an engraved. On display at the Straits Chinese Silver Fair. SINGAPORE YOUTH ORCHESTRA will feature Chinese orchestral music THE Singapore Youth Orchestra will b y a People's Association Quintet give a concert at Singapore Confer- Admission is free. TherewW BROTHERS IN
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    • 160 21 DAILY NEW ARRIVALS LARES MH AT SO% OFF $14.90PHPM (You can choose any pair or any quantity) UPON PRESENTATION OF THIS CUT OUT ON 27/7/84 to 31/7/84 (ONE WEEK) GOOD NEWS! PURCHASES MADE WU BE ENTTTIEO TO A LUCKY DRAW Draw is.hetd on 31/7/84 TIME 11 X am to 730
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    • 69 21 REMOVAL- I' FOR SALE t»j&Jum "«4w F 5, 2S* 9kS9 $140 «rVTS Vla| t i -IXy jtgJMlffi" rt r »l f 1 HALF-PRICE SALE Our furniture is pending removing. Clear stock, Discount 10% to 50%. They are bedroom furnitures, Hall Sofa, Dining tables and chairs, Praying long-tables, build-in cabinets, Art'lamps
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 668 22 leisure comics I FASTRACK By BHI Holbrook r WHAT HAPKMCD.BoS? "liU" Wfetl.To £>TAV OH <|b0 HAVE lb AT lIPIlTo'i MMM 4 HoUDondCAHEVIIiE.VbO HAV£To IT. DotHfr A T THATS <■** ABoISTM I fcev«*e MAOTA* A COMSTAKT LITTLE s' LiK£ EXJtfIV/ WW*•; am>noco..n<imik6-/ iws? str«m of oom- pw.. l«K£ but-T wowc/V ARIES
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    • 629 25 classified 273-9090 APPOINTMENT puuimmß booro f VTTB-PUB APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING A SCHEME Applications are invited from Singapore Citizens/Permanent Residents, aged between 18 and 24, who have completed or are exempted from full-time National Service, for the following VITB-approved Training Courses. The courses will train apprentices in vocational skills up to the
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    • 477 25 I NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given that, I Mohanlal Prerochand of No.' 6, Guillemard Lane, Singapore 1439, have applied for a Second class beer house licence in respect of nremises at M/S Cookmate (S) Pte Ltd, 116 Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre #01-15, Singapore 1953 and this application will be
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  • sports
    • 416 26  -  By S GULAM FORMER star internationals Mohammed Noh and Zainal Abidin, two footballers who disappeared from the international scene well before their full potential was realised, have been gven a new lease of life with a recall om national coach. Hussein
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    • 162 26  -  Anm< Forces 1 Indian Ann 1 By B KULA ARMED FORCES, despite the services of several national junior players, carried on their slide down the Premier Hockey League with this dismal draw against Indian Association at Balestier yesterday. lA, who took to the field
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    • 882 27  -  Cheers and tears topped with electric excitement NATIONAL SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS By ALFONSO CHAN THERE were cheers and tears, singing in the sunshine, joy and laughter yesterday when an estimated 15,000 secondary schoolboys and schoolgirls filled the stands on the final day of the
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    • 353 28 L.A. DESPATCH FONG HOE BENG lA/RITES EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE MONITOR LOS ANGELES, Friday PHIL HANSEL, the Singapore National Olympic Council's choice to coach the Republic's Olympic swimming team, Is a man of vast swimming experience matched only by his generosity. Ang Peng Siong, David Lim
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    • 263 28 LOS ANGELES, Friday EAST GERMANY'S proposal to bar swimmers below 14-years-old from participating in future Olympics and the World Championsnips was today voted down by FINA 2orld Swimming Federation) at s Pepperdine University. Australian representative Birch Philips spoke strongly against
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    • 173 28 AP ZURICH, Friday PUBLIC opinion polls in 19 countries suggest that only Greece and Britain have majorities in favour of making Greece the permanent site of the Olympic Summer Games, Swiss Television reported yesterday. It said polls coordinated by Gallup showed that
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    • 64 29 LAT-WP LOS ANQELES, Fri THE INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee has decided to put off action on proposed sanctions against boycotting nations. Instead, the lOC will convene a special session by the end of the year to address the issue. Mr Richard Pound of Canada, a member
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    • 56 29 UPI j- LOS ANQELES, Fri THE STATE Department has refused entry to three Libyan Journalists to cover the Olympics, Los Angeles Olympic Organising Committee president Peter Ueberroth said yesterday. In Washington, a State Department spokesman said it was because of security reasons. No other
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    • 58 29 AP LOS ANGELES, Fri A MALADY psychiatrists call "Olympic anxiety" has begun to afflict some residents upset about hundreds of armed security forces, the influx of so many foreigners and the prospect of clogged freeways. Reason: Ordinarily well-adjust-ed people are unsettled bv 16 hot days of
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    • 61 29 Reuter BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), Fri JAMAICAN 400-metre runner Bert Cameron spearheads what is likely to be yet another strong Caribbean challenge in track events at the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Cameron is considered the region's best chance of a gold medal, adding to the six won Dy
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    • 62 29 AP LOS ANGELES, Fri US OLYMPIC officials failed yesterday in an attempt to prevent officials from four boycotting nations from judging or refereeing fights involving American boxers. The request was dropped after the committee indicated it would not alter its existing rules to exclude three
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    • 423 29 Shooters aim for their first medal UPI LOS ANGELES, Friday CHINA will be literally aiming at its very first Olympic medal on Sunday but the other Asian teams will have to wait a little longer to strike gold. The Chinese will send four of their best
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    • 152 29 LATWP LOS ANGELES, Friday THE PERFORMANCE of a flying eagle at tomorrow's Olympic opening ceremony was eliminated on Wednesday after ceremony officials concluded that the eagle's role had become too controversial, and would have detracted from the overall pageantry of the
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    • 624 30  -  By SIMON BARNES i, special to Tho Singapore Monitor DALEY Thompson is normally reckoned to be the finest athlete in the world. At the Olympic Games he has the cnance to try and prove it all over again as he goes for gold in the decathlon. Competing
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    • 260 29 ONE DAY to cjo and we're almost there Boycotts, couqhs and hiccups there were, but the show will qo on tomorrow when 7.800 competitors from 141 countries qather in the Los Anqeles Memorial Coliseum to celebrate the start of their quest (or qlory. For most, the next 16 days will
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 478 31 Of powdered snakes and a sickly child who became a world lifter Reuter LOS ANGELES, Fri THE Russians missed out once before. They are boycotting the Los Angeles Olympics this year but in 1908 the hotlyfavoured Russian rifle team were too late for the London Games because of
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    • 119 31 Reuter DRESOEN, Friday WOMEN'S world long jump champion Heike Daute leaped 7.40 metres, only three centimetres short of Romanian Anisoara Cusmir's world record, at the "Golden Oval" athletics meeting here last night. The official ADN news service said Daute bettered her
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