Singapore Monitor, 4 August 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR 30cents M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Saturday, August 4, 1984
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  • 402 1 OLYMPIC GAMES DAY 6 AP LOS ANGELES, Saturday CARL LEWIS and Edwin Moses moved into the spotlight today as the powerful US track and field team made an impressive debut on the opening day of the Olympic Games' blue ribbon event. Lewis, expected
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  • 130 1 HONQ KONG, Sat A COMPUTER technician obtained the passwords to a sophisticated data system from a printout used by a hawker as wrapping paper, a court was tola. A South China Morning Post report said the system that Siu Tak-chee, 29, tapped into turned
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  • 401 1 Agencies SANTA BARBARA (California), Sat THE White House formally announced yesterday that President Reagan has lifted some economic sanctions against Poland and will consider removing other punitive measures later. It said President Reagan had ended a ban on flights by the Polish airline Lot to
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    • 469 2  -  By CAROLINE BOEY THE "GOODS once sold cannot be returned" statement on sales receipts is not as binding as you might think. The goods must be of proper quality. If not, the retailer has no right to hold a customer to such a
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    • 325 2 THE FORMER treasurer of the Public Utilities Board Staff Union (Pubsu), Mr G Ratnam has been expelled after the union's executive council decided he was guilty of "anti-union activities." The council took the unusual step to strip Mr Ratnam of his membership by a 12-8
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    • AROUND THE COURTS
      • 149 2 A SUPERVISOR of a cleaning company, with his friends, stole tne company's wages for June last year. A district court heard yesterday that Jumari bin Ali and his friends, Kamarudin bin Ahmad, Abdul Malik bin Latiff and Mohd Safar bin Samat, knew his colleague, Mr Lim Key
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      • 202 2 A SALESMAN who found a wallet later robbed the person whose address was found in it. On the night of May 15 this year, Tan Pwee Sin, 33, was walking alone Scotts Road when ne found a wallet with an address in it. The next morning,
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      • 76 2 A DRIVER'S trip to the toilet cost the Singapore Bus Service $483.35. While he was relieving himself, five youths relieved his bus of its coin box, a court heard yesterday. Wang Jee Tin and Perez Nicholas, both 18. Leone Ming Yang, 17, Ng Hock
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    • 322 3  -  By SURESH NAIR POLICE are investigating a complaint by a security guard that ne was assaulted by a plain-clothes police officer at CID headquarters. The guard, Mr G Nadesan, 21, has told police that an officer punched him at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
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    • Article, Illustration
      192 3  -  Story by LOONG SWEE YIN A MONUMENT to remind future generations of students of what the Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) pioneers had gone through now stands in front of the new NTI complex, which is under construction. Taking the shape of a bird ready to take off,
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    • 305 3 THE Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan has described the incidence of fatal accidents in the construction industry as "frightening." He said it was essential for the industry to reduce such deaths if it wanted to attract prospective job-seekers. He also said some of
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    • 145 3 THE Housing and Development Board warns tenants of Geylang Industrial Estate that a Chinese has been making telephone calls to solicit donations on behalf of the Board. This man calls himself Mr Lee and speaks in English, a spokesman said. 'T'he Board does not allow
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    • 518 4  -  Success of parade depends on their split second co-ordination By ROBERT CONCEICAO ON NATIONAL DAY. perched atop the City Hall and unseen by the public, will be a team from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) whose task will be to set
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    • 274 4 Lianhe Zaobao PASSENGERS travelling between Singapore and Johor will soon be able to ride in fully air-condition-ed comfort at $1.50 per journey when the SingaporeJohor Express Ltd gets its new plan off the ground soon. To launch the new service, the
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    • 387 5 PRESIDENT Devan Nair has voiced concern over the use of professional canvassers by voluntary welfare organisations in their fund raising campaigns. The President, speaking at an Istana reception for donors to the Community Chest of Singapore this morning said some voluntary welfare
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    • 229 5  -  By YONG POW ANG ALMOST all the eight floors in the Singapore Labour Foundation (SLF) Complex reserved for the affiliated unions of the National Trades Union Congress have been sold. So far, six-and-a-half floors have been booked by eight unions and two
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    • 216 5 Government urged to match Chest donations for THE Government has been asked to consider matching dollar for dollar public contributions to the Community Chest. The suggestion came from the Chest's chairman, Dr Ee Peng Liang at the launching of the 1985 appeal this morning. He said one question constantly asked
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    • 263 6  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG A GOOD nurse does not only take care of her patients. She understands their problems and weaknesses, and comforts them. She also tries her best to raise the standard of nursing care, said Mrs S Nagano. the Director
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    • 447 6  -  By CAROLINE BOEY ARTISTICALLY sifted students may in future be considered for a place in the school art elective programme, even if their examination results do not meet required standards. Dr Tay Eng Soon, Minister of State for Education, said yesterday that entry
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    • 175 6  -  By YONG POW ANG A NEW formula, PET, will provide answers to future problems in Singapore, one of which is the unstable and unpredictable world economic order. The PET formula stands for Productivity, Education and Training. It is the invention of Mr Wan Hussin Zoohri,
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    • 96 4 MING COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE □~L u r 7 i_g7pm to 10pm daily,through August Take your pick of choice meats, succulent seafood, fresh vegetables and eggs, delicacies and noodles. Cook up a steaming hot, mouth-watering meal... mmm then take a second helping njss|i or more! This August, share a steamboat with
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    • 90 4 "You seemed keener to meet me on the telephone." Being young means making career decisions that will influence the rest of your life. Don't let stale breath blow' your chances. Make doubly sure with Double Amplex breath freshener. Just one clean tasting capsule could clinch that new job Mask the
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    • 152 6 jjjjjj Over time, this very popular cuisine with traditional specialities has m■> not lost its distinctive flavour. j tP H 4 1 ill Especially at the Coffee Shop in Oberoi Imperial. And it happens every Sunday when we unveil choice savoury and delightful fare such as i 'jj a" H
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  • world
    • 416 7 236 million shares traded, Dow moves up sharply UPI AP NEW YORK, Saturday WALL STREET exploded for the biggest rally in its 192-year history this week, with records falling and {»rices rising to a six-month high in what some anaysts described as
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    • 223 7 AP WASHINGTON, Saturday THE US administration, under pressure from the American textile industry, issued rules yesterday making it more difficult to import textiles into the US. The action prompted an immediate attack from officials of some of the country's largest clothing stores. They charged
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    • 180 7 UPI PALO ALTO (Calif), Saturday A YOUTH never got the free ice cream he signed up for in a promotion seven years aeo. He has received a draft registration warning instead from the US government. The Selective Service, which
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    • 475 9 AP WASHINGTON, Saturday A SQUADRON of United States minesweeping helicopters is being prepared to be flown to the Middle East if a decision is made to use them in the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea. Seven ships have been
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    • 156 9 AP LONDON, Saturday HOLLIE Roffey's parents, wearing fine surgical J ;loves, touched their two-week-old Baby yesterday or the first time since she became the world's youngest heart transplant patient five days ago. A hospital official said Anthony Roffey, 26, and his wife Janet, 24,
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    • 136 9 AP NORTH OAKS (Minnesota), Saturday DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate Mr Walter Mondale and his running mate Miss Geraldine Ferraro were reviewing strategy after the embarrassing departure of Mr Bert Lance as general chairman of their campaign 19 days after he took the job. The resignation
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    • 406 10 WASHINGTON ISSUES PROTEST ON 'CLASSIC SET-UP' LAT-WP MOSCOW, Saturday SOVIET policemen apd men in civilian clothes, in what an American diplomat called a "classic set-up," beat and dragged away a US marine assigned to the US Consulate-Gen-eral in Leningrad. They dragged the
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    • 153 10 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday SOVIET military activities in Danang and Cam Eanh Bay in Vietnam are causing concern to member countries of Asean, Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Kadir told the Senate yesterday. Malaysia regarded any beefing up of military strength
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    • 169 10 BONN, Sat THE IMPROVED relations between the two Germanies has sparked a Kremlin power struggle that may result in the ouster of East German leader Erich Honecker, an expert in Soviet affairs said yesterday. The Soviet expert, Wolfjana Leon hard, said Soviet eaaer Konstantin
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    • 61 10 Elephants from the Bemum and Bailey Circus in Portland, US, had an elaborate table set vegetable lunch at a picnic at Pachyderm. The decor included pink bibs, tableclothes, bows, place cards and a pink rose tor each elephant After the meal, the elephants retired for
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    • 423 10 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Saturday A WAR game conducted by the joint chiefs of staff last autumn showed that the armed forces had only enough ammunition and other supplies to fight one small war in one part of tne
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    • 569 11 MADRAS AIRPORT BLAST AP MADRAS, Saturday THE DEATH toll in a bomb blast at the Madras International Airport rose to 31 yesterday, and Federal officials flew to the scene to determine why the building was not evacuated after a telephoned warning. "The authorities made
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    • 309 11 Agencies MANILA, Saturday US AMBASSADOR Mr Stephen Bosworth expressed doubt that the Communist Party was leading public political debate in the Philippines. Answering questions at a press conference, he said there was no doubt that communist insurgency in the countryside was a cause of concern.
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    • 90 8 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR First with news of the Olympic Games II Gj JOLYMPIC GAMES REPORT WWITH THE VERY LATEST NEWS LOS ANGELES The Singapore Monitor promises to deliver very latest newspaper coverage The Games will finish in Los Angeles each day at 2 am Singapore time too J/f JKf late
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    • 217 11 bathroom ideas... FAIR '84 The Domus Range Bathroom Range ■h I lfiff I mm This voucher entitles you to an attractive Caroma stool with every 1 WO purchase of $2001 worth of Caroma products. The versatile Vj r Caroma stool (f^J ll_ Name Use j, as an jce |>uc:ket. J
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  • money
    • 803 12  -  By JOHN CHOW IN JUST one month after trading started, the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) is widely regarded as the second largest primary market in the world. In volume transacted, it is ahead of London, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Sydney. After 22 days
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    • 140 12 DAH YUNG Investment's consolidated net tangible assets per share will range from $2.10 to $2.19 compared with $2.19 in 1983 if it sells some if its assets to subsidiary Uniweld Holdings (UHPL) for UHPL shares at $2 each. These projects relate to
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    • 286 12 CHUAN HUP Marine (CHM) paid A 53.6 million (556.48 million) for a 30 per cent stake in Lombardo Marine (LMPL) from the Lombardo Marine group. The Lombardo Marine Group still retains a 50 per cent stake in LMPL.
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    • 174 12 COMPANY BRIEFS HUME Industries (M) Bhd has agreed with Lian Seng Properties Sdn Bhd to manufacture concrete roofing tiles through a joint venture company, Hume Roofing Tiles (Johore) Sdn Bhd. It was incorporated with an authorised capital of Mslo million. The present issued and
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    • 113 13 HHLLSTREET J A STAMPEDE of institutional buying catapulted the Dow Jones industrial average over the 1200point harrier for the first time in six months and pushed stock market volume to its highest level in history. The Dow rose 36 points to 1202.08 and gaining
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    • 99 13 AP THE DOLLAR slipped further from its recent record heights on Friday, undercut by falling interest rates in the United States and expectations that a slowing of the American economic expansion may push rates lower. But an explosive rally on Wall Street kept the declines from snowballing,
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    • 327 13 CONTINUING from last week's rally, share prices staged a strong uptrend this week with mild bouts of profit-taking and finished with the week's highest volume and values. The week started withhectic trading. The market's bull run, which began the previous Thursday on Fed chairman Paul Volcker's declaration
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    • 224 13 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday INSURANCE companies will continue to be subjected to takeovers by major public corporations, especially by those already in the financial sector, an insurance conference was told recently. Datuk Loy Hean Heong, group managing director of MBF Holdings Bhd, said it could
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    • 326 13 BANK OF CHINA——, BALANCE SHEET, AS AT DECEMBER 31,1983 H ASSETS AMOUNT LIABILITIES AMOUNT 9| Cash RMB¥ 162,023,174.73 Due to Banks RMB¥ 15,759,884,540.34 H H Due from Banks 39,747,159,456.60 Deposits 82,029,545,524.90 B Bills Discounted and Remittances Bought 4,408,277,788.01 Remittances and Drafts Outstanding 734,113,305.84 H| H Loans and Overdrafts 55,320,021,181.19 Sundry
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  • ASIA PACIFIC FURNITURE FAIR 84
    • 432 14 VISITORS to the Asia Pacific Furniture Fair which opens at the World Trade Centre today will be able to buy a wide variety of furniture at discounted prices. There will also be a range of cash-and-carry items being offered at competitive prices. Customers who make purchases exceeding $50
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    • 264 14 THE furniture business in Singapore is definitely moving up market said Mr C S Lim, president of the Singapore Funriture Manufacturers' and Traders' Association. He said: "About a decade ago, people were more cost conscious, and manufacturers concentrated on producing furniture which was cheap. These pieces
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    • 78 14 MORE than 100 homes in Singapore can boast of havii|g 24K gold plated furniture. Mr A C Poh, managing director of Pac Design,the company which imports such furniture, said that they have sold more than 100 sets since these items were introduced. He will be displaying a
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    • 83 14 ROSEWOOD, which was formerly used only in the construction of classic pieces of furniture, is now being made into a wider range of Hems. Splendid Woodcraft is now offering bedroom sets, television stands, casual chairs and shoe racks in rosewood. A spokesman for Splendid Woodcraft said that the
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  • features / letters
    • 559 16  -  ■y DAVID SMYTH AP NEW YORK: Falling prices of gold and many other commodities recently have raised an unfamiliar and disturbing question: Is the world heading for a period of deflation? Many analysts fear falling commodity prices could
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    • 189 16 I WISH TO bring to the attention of the Port Master, Jardine Steps, instances of possible hooliganism in the bumboat trade. The problem apparently arises from the aggressiveness of the boat owners who originally came from Sentosa and wish to have the lion's share
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    • 140 16 I WISH to complain about road works along Holland Road and Moonbeam Walk. The contractors are taking a long time to s complete the job. This has caused great inconvenience to residents. Surely it does not take so long
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    • 135 16 I WONDER how much longer George Street is going to remain closed to traffic. The result has been traffic congestion in South Canal Road and part of North Canal Road and no attempt seems to have been made to relieve
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    • 93 16  -  MISS JOSEPHINE ONG PRO Singapore -Bub -Service WE WISH to thank "Robin Hood" of Singapore 0314 for his letter Call for direct bus link between Potong Pasir and Toa Payoh" (SM, July 20). We are monitoring the development of the new Potong Pasir Estate and
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  • opinion / letters
    • 404 17 THF <TOT.APORF I THE "Mighty Little Soldiers" campaign by the Ministry of Defence, aimed at telling children under 12 years what national service is all about, has provoked a disturbing reaction from two sources, one of them foreign. Not surprisingly, a foreign newspaper has jumped
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    • 227 17 PAP candidates go through a gruelling process SOME WEEKS ago, the local press carried several articles in which the People's Action Party (PAP) revealed its careful process of seeking, screening and testing potential candidates for the general elections. As a citizen, I read these articles
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    • 69 17 THE forthcoming hefty increase in taxi fares as proposed by the Taxi Task Force is unfair to the poor who sometimes need a taxi. I suggest that a hefty surcharge be imposed on commuters who hail taxis in busy areas like Orchard Road, Shenton Way,
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    • 39 17  -  WILLIAM KOH Singapore 0314 The Housing and Development Board should consider providing all new flats with floor tiling so that applicants could use their Central Provident Fund savings to pay for such extras.
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    • 158 17 ON July 23, I boarded SBS 2117K at Hill Street near the American Embassy at about 5.05 pm. My destination was Victoria Street just before the Lavender Street junction. I paid 40 cents. Later, the conductress approached me and asked me where I was going. I
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    • 73 17 'tp LETTERS on any subject of public interest win be accepted for publication They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephone number would be useful We reserve
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 92 17 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR LIMITED 2 Alexandra Road #03-01 A, Datta Houaa, Singapore 0315 Telephone; *****88 Telex No: RS ***** Monitr JOHN ORR, CHIEF EXECUTIVE Seah Chiang Nee, Chief Editor Bill Giles, Sunday Editor Toh .Thian Se«, Deputy Chief Editor Hazel Ong, Classified Sales Supervisor Felix Soh, Assistant Editor Robin. Ylu,
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    • 146 18 H^3H||^^li^^^^Pl^Bl^^|^|rV -A up 2!l!llSS2L—— A o«ikWk nnanfl^Hl HBSsBSr-w \ljrn 4Hvdll of the times Hn 1 liy MHchM< Uvw «iC"n V," 1 ■> yi,■ <^>| [ftw ma J° r indicators show posWvo signs H■l I I vietUntonwWnslUkep-tinth. fe"V %,P j BP*? tuminef Olympic* si \a+ AngrUr* MM|BhMHMMHM| UW| i I <*
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1106 19 SBCTEXT Sample 12 55 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Sesa- Bv me Gordon Saturday Matinee: White A. M v "^B ■tafflrf r > H Asia Age Group Swimming Jr I Programme 6.25 Musical Interlude Excerpts from v The Tales the Apple Dumpling News The Best the Midnight Special. V
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    • 159 19 l^L/ww. 12.00 PM Newsdesk 12.30 That's Trad 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 TwentyFour Hours: News Summary 1.30 About Britain 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 A Digance Indulgence 2.45 Olympic Report 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 From the Weeklies 3.45 Network
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  • leisure
    • 447 20  -  SATURDAY'S BEST WITH VALERIE TREVOR Centreatage Faerie Tale Theatre: The Nightingale (Ch 12, 8.35 pm) ROCK 'n' roll superstar Mick Jagger makes his dramatic TV debut in this version of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale. Tne ex-leader of the Rolling Stones plays the Emperor of Cathay
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    • 325 20  -  WiSl By VALERIE TREVOR THE short stories of five children have been selected by SBC's Radio One Unit, out of 45 entries, for the European Broadcasting Union's Short Story Writing Competition. The five young Singaporeans are Valerie Heng, Lim Bee Hong, Marion
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  • leisure
    • 997 21  -  TAMIL TALENTIME FINAL 'LIVE OVER TV TONIGHT By PAT D'ROSE ONE thing that will not be lacking in tonight's Tamil Talentime, Udhava Tnaragai '84 (to be telecast live over Channel 8), is confidence. Another is style. The finalists, who come from different walks of life, were anything
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    • Article, Illustration
      486 22  -  Nightbird's spots PAT D'ROSE MANDARIN Hotel'* nightclub, the KASBAH, has dropped its dress code forbidding bine jeans. Bat yoa still have to look smart and neat, and slippers are frowned a poo. Cover charge on weekdays Is $15++ and, on weekends, $27++. The Black Jacks who played at
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    • 671 22  -  By WONG SING YEONG THE GAMES must go on, the late Olympic chief Avery Brundage once said, and despite the Russian-led boycott, the 1984 Los Angeles Games did. And, thanks to advanced technology, the most commercialised of Olympics is able to reach billions
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    • 212 23 THE US top 10 pop singles, as rated by Cashbox, with last week's positions in brackets: 1. (l)When Dovei Cry -Prince (Warner Brothers). 2. (2) Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr (Arista). 3. (4) State of Shock Jacksons (Epic). 4. (3) Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen (Columbia).
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    • Article, Illustration
      402 23  -  ALBUM: SUMMER DREAM ARTISTE: Tracy Huang LABEL: Philips 822 1421 rfhMih^^t All reviews by LIM SEK TRACY'S first Cantonese album has all the inSredients that make ong Kong albums tick. The songs in this strongly commercial album are very catchy. But, as with most of other HK Cantonese
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    • 347 23 ALBUM: STREETS OF FIRE (Original Soundtrack) ARTISTE: Various LABEL: MCA 5492 HOLD on tight for a riveting journey into the best of rock 'n roll both old and new. The movie of the same title, starring Diane Lane and Michael Pare, is produced
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 633 23 grief. This sentimental examination of the JADE (*****80): INDIANA JONES AND father-son relationship has a script that THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (E) DALIT (*****16): THE RETURN OF POM lacks depth, but is still a pleasure to watch. Starring: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke POM (C) Midnight Show: EVERLASTING LOVE (C)
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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    • 252 24 THE HEAT IS STILL ON ENJOY NOW BEFORE IT'S GONE HURRVI HURRYI HIIRRV! HURRVI CATHAY (*****00) 5 SHOWS: 11am, 1.30,4.00, 6.30 8 9.15pm ORCHARD: LAST 2 DAYSI (*****88) 4 SHOWS: 1.30, 4.00, 8.30 8 8.15pm (Tomorrow Extra Show At 11.00 am) A film for every parent who wants to love
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 461 24 THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC THE New York Philharmonic will give a chamber concert on Sept 7 at 8.15 pm at Victoria Concert Hall. Tickets at $8 are still available at Victoria Concert Hall, 10 am to 5 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 5 pm on Saturdays. On Sept
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    • 578 24 Linda Blad horn's Lady with Angel on display at the Bistro Toulouse-Lautrec SINGAPORE KOREA CALLIGRAPHY open to the public from 10 am to 8 pm. EXCHANGE Sunday, the opening hours are from 10 am to 6 pm. THE Chinese Calligraphy Society of Souvenir covers and cachets are Singapore will told
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    • 67 24 1984 NATIONAL POETRY WRITING COMPETITION THE Ministry of Culture will hold a national poetry writing competition to celebrate Singapore's 25th anniversary of nation-building. Entries may be in Malay, Chinese, Tamil or English and entrants may write on any subject but the theme must be related to the celebration. Entry forms
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 470 25 leisure comics LIBRA ARIES March 21 to April 20 September 23 to October 22 If you are going to a party There is an obstacle to be old tonight, you should make a big friend. What is written may impact on a quiet member of cause you to look at
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    • 181 25 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook 8<«. «v« sinu 1 runt conit nMt uith i'iA /-v r rSr WON that fnooocnvrrV Joes e,icf\uee KM#*) ,rni\iici kACHI C THfc <* S AfcMffP. MV Ufe HAS TWfc fck*K WU.L 6€f Dvf KWmCInCi/l r *TH£ COMPETCHT. eeeniHCHA*.' V THfV HAVf ConftPfNCM W Wf f* DR
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 351 26  -  i|^l By WONDER BOY THE well-bred Malacca Fort can make amends for last week's failure, in the unofficial Cup Trial over 1,600 metres, by taking Race 4, the main staying race over the same distance, at Bukit Timah today. The Wolverlife four-year-old was seen
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    • 182 26 WONDER BOY MA-ZHEN TAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) Race 1 10 Sunrise Villa 10 Sunrise VUta 11 Tukang Wang 11 Tukang Wang 13 Velvet Black 13 Velvet Black 9 Simmental 11 Tukang Wang 6 Jardiroer Race 2 7 Dazalate 12 Turquoise 12 Turquoise 12 Turquoise
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    • 620 26 RACE 1 RESTRICTED TERMS 2.00 DIV C 1200 m (3 year olds) 1 Amazing Journey 57 Junaidi 9 2 Faras 57 Valu 4 3 Jamas Brigand 57 Rahmat 1 4 Money Messiah 57 Asuwadi 2 5 Satin 57 Aziz 3 6 Serom 57 H S Chan 8 7
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    • 488 26 WONDER BOY'S one-line opinion on the horses running in today's races: RACE 1 1 Fair trackform. 2 Good race last week but not seen on track this week 3 Working keenly, worth a flutter. 4 Unlikely. 5 Fair trackform. 6 Working keenly. 7 Fair trackform. 8 Working keenly. 9
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    • 2500 27 HOW TO READ THE CAHD: ftaddlehag •mmbr; kmi*l nam*; «f«. orlf In and mx; weight; weight difference within brackets; Jockey's hum; karrter draw; tralMr owner; runs record (tlr*ts-second»-tklrd»-fo«rtk*-ui»-placed) and last three runs; last run record; aad last win record (If any). RACE 1 2.15 RESTRICTED TERMS HORSES DIV
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    • 278 27 Is! 2nd 3rd Nigel Tiley 44 35 22 Malcolm Johnston 37 25 21 App L N Danis 24 18 12 Leslie Khoo 24 15 11 Q Cook 19 14 15 Terry Lucas 18 22 9 Lam Mun Chew 16 13 14 M Sng 16 7 13 Larry Francis
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  • sports
    • 2841 30 DAY 6 SWIMMING MEN: 100 m BACKSTROKE (FASTEST EIGHT QUALIFY FOR FINAL): HEAT I; 1. David Orbell (Aus) 58 35 2. Giovanni Frigo (Ven) 59.34 3. Ernesto-Jose Degenhart (Gua) 1:05.63 4. David Palma Abraham (Hon) 1:13.28 5 Sadri Kemal Osun (Tur) did not participate 5. Andrew Phillips
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    • 335 31 LOS ANGELES, Saturday COLOMBIAN bantamweight boier Robinson Pitalua Tamara missed the bus while his featherweight teammate Rafael Zuniga Medrano missed his boat. When Pitalua was asked what had been the toughest part of his second-round technical knockout victory over unknown Hugh Dyer
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    • 136 31 THE NETHERLANDS' top women's swimming team were disqualified in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay yesterday, dashing Dutch hopes of another Olympic medal. The Dutch relay team saw their hopes of winning a silver medal yesterday night evaporate when Desi Reyers jumped too
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    • 356 31 Gross nips 200 m butterfly record Agencies LOS ANQELES, Saturday WEST GERMANY'S Michael Gross yesterday added to his collection of records by cracking the Olympic mark in the men's 200-metre butterfly, while America's Tracy Caulkins accomplished the same feat in the women's 200-metre individual medley preliminaries.
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    • 217 32 Reuter ATHLETICS (1630GMT): Men's javelin qualifying, men's 400 metres first round, women's 400 metres second round, heptathlon (long jump, javelin, 800 metres), women's 100 metres first and second rounds, men's 100 metres semifinals and final, women's 800 metres semifinals, men's 800 metres second round, triple
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    • Article, Illustration
      961 32  -  MONITOR FACT SHEET By RICH ROBERTS I he Histon Although yacht racing has been part of tha modern Olympic Gamas ainca 1900. only in tha post-World War II yaars has it developed into an mtarnational event. As tha boats have become smaller, the competition has become more a test
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    • 527 33 STARTING TODAY...OUR OLYMPIC GAMES QUIZ LAT-WP WE KNOW that in the first Olympiad in 776 BC, the first winner was a cook named Coroebus. He ran a nearly 200-metre dash called the stadium race. It also seems certain that Coroebus ran naked.
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    • 644 33 WHILE MOST of America has been going wild over the US gold medal sweep in the Olympic Games, fuelled by ecstatic TV commentaries, irritation has been growing among the oth- er 139 nations here and the "in word is "chauvinism." So much
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    • 90 33 Reuter ANAHEIM (California), Saturday JEFF BLATNICK emerged last night from a life scarred by tragedy to become the latest American hero of the Olympic Games. In 1977 Blatnick lost his brother in a motorcycle accident. Then two years ago he was diagnosed to
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    • 54 33 UPI LOS ANGELES, Saturday FOUR OFF-duty Olympic security guards were arrested for stealing a canvas car cover from a parking lot at Los Angeles International Airport, police said. At least eight people working as guards at Olympic sites have been arrested last month, all
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    • 71 33 LAT-WP LOS ANGELES, Saturday THE 1,500 or so members of the foreign press who are working out of the International Broadcast Center have been given discount coupons by several Hollywood businesses, including Frederick's of Hollywood (which, in the spirit of things, has a
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    • 161 34 THE NETHERLANDS 2 UNITED STATES 1 Reuter LOS ANGELES, Saturday THE NETHERLANDS, the world champions, beat the United States 2-1 in the Olympic women's hockey tournament despite having to defena for much of the game. Victoi7, after a tense game of tight marking, took the
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    • 157 34 KENYA 3 CANADA 2 UPI MONTEREY PARK (California), Saturday KENYA fought back to beat Canada 32 yesterday in a men's Olympic hockey game between two teams who were searching for their first points in the competition. Canada held a first-half edge, their midfield build-up being rewarded
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    • 125 34 OLYMPIAN OF THE DAY...In some ways, the ambiguity of Canadian Victor Davit' expression a teethgritting cross between grin and grimace when he had his first look at the scoreboard at the USC Stadium In Los Angeles on Thursday after the 200 m breast final tells his
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    • 138 34 AUGUST 4, 1984 COUNTRIES GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL USA 24 15 3 42 CHINA 7 3 5 15 ITALY 5 12 8 W GERMANY 4 6 7 17 CANADA 4 5 1 10 JAPAN 3 0 5 8 AUSTRALIA 1 4 5 10 ROMANIA 14 2 7 BRITAIN
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  • MONITOR sports
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      432 35 HE CLOCKS FASTEST TIME IN 100 METRES HEATS AS HE LEAVES RIVALS TRAILING BEHIND Reuter LOS ANGELES, Saturday CARL Lewis, the man most likely to succeed, made an explosive start yesterday in his bid for four Olympic athletics gold medals. Lewis, perhaps stung by two highly-impressive runs by
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    • 28 35 SINGAPORE'S David Lim failed to qualify for the 100 metres backstroke in Los Angeles, completing his heat in fifth place with a time of lmin 00.65secs.
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    • 118 35 AUSTRALIA was virtually handed the men's Olympic team pursuit cycling sold medal yesterday when the United States failed to overcome the loss of one rider, but the Americans still picked up a title when Mark Gorski won the individual sprint. The United
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