Singapore Monitor, 11 August 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Saturday, August 11, 1984 30cents
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  • 400 1 Agencies LOS ANQILES, Saturday CHINA'S Zhu Jianhua opened his quest for the Olympic high jump gold by soaring into today's final alongside three Americans, led by US record holder Dwight Stones. Zhu, China's best hope for its first track and field
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  • 425 1  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO THE Sentosa cable cars will be equipped with radios for the base station to lieep in touch with passengers in an emergency. A 960,000 contract has been awarded to instal receivers in all the cars by November. A spokesman for Singapore
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    • 71 1 MOM REPORT*: PAOKS 28-32 ■TV GUIDE: Page 18 ■TV SCENE U HIGHLIGHTS: Page 19 I SUDDENLY, SUNDAYS I I THE SAME AOAIN I I lir "l'T. rr ~T JMk TODAY MAGAZINE: F«ng I H L|l HHjii Shui and its mysterious grip on prop- H arty buyers H jfl||L SPECTRUM: The
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    • 185 2 THIEVES got away with $80,000 in cash and valuables in two separate break-ins on National Day. In one case, an engineering company lost $65,000 worth of tin ingots when thieves broke into its premises in a flatted factory at Ayer Rajah Crescent. In the
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    • 416 2  -  Ministry says 'there are enough players' in the cab business By YONG POW ANG THE Ministry of Communications has rejected an application by Trans-Island Bus Service to run a taxi fleet. It says it will not consider licensing any new taxi companies "for
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    • 163 2  -  Story and picture by WONG AH YOKE NOT everyone present at the signing of SBC's oneyear acting contract were graduates of the drama course. There were mothers signing on behalf of their daughters. Mrs Tan (extreme right) was there to sign it on behalf of her
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    • 214 2 FRIENDSHIP and cooperation between Australia and Singapore will be strengthened by the visit to Singapore next week of Australia's Foreign Minister, Mr Bill Hayden. Mr Hayden's two-day visit, starting on Aug 16 is being made at the invitation of his Singapore counterpart, Mr
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    • 413 3  -  By YONG POW ANG THE Singapore Labour Foundation has formed a new company with a registered capital of $1 million to develop and manage the $25 million "workers' country club" in Pasir Ris. Pasir Ris Resort Private Limited is chaired by architect
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    • 185 3 A MALAYSIAN was charged yesterday with possession of counterfeit banknotes. Tan Kim Long, 32, is accused of having 21 counterfeit Malaysian 50-nnggit notes with a face«value of M 51,050. Tan, an insurance agent, is said to have committed the offence at Woodlands Town Cen-
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    • 226 3 THE Automobile Association of Singapore says it has "more than enough financial resources" to complete its new building along River Valley Road. The association's president, Mr Milton Tan, yesterday called a press conference to reject reports that the AA was in financial trouble. The
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    • 435 4  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO FIFTY-TWO members of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF} have been honoured with National Day military awards this year. Heading the list are three senior SAF officers who nave been awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military). All three officers, now in their mid-30s,
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    • 48 4 PRIME MINISTER AND MRS Lm Kuan Yew being greeted by President Deven Nair and the First Lady at the National Day dinner at the Istana last night More than 1,000 people were present at the dinner which was hosted by the President
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    • 563 4 THE NEED to cooperate, work as a team and increase productivity was stressed again and again at National Day ceremonies held by several large companies yesterday morning. ■DR TONY TAN, Minister for Trade and Industry and Finance, at the Hitachi Zosen
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    • 556 5  -  By SIT YIN FONG THE PRICES of IBM computers have been cut between 18 and 23 per cent in what is seen as a head-on attack on cheap IBM-compatible equipment. The world-wide cut became effective on the Singapore market last month.
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    • 166 5  -  By FAEZAH ISMAIL FAR EASTERN Bank Ltd gave more than 500 unsecured loans one more than a million dollars to its managing director, his wife and daughter, in contravention of the Banking Act, a district court heard yesterday. The
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    • 126 3 We believe in preserving the tradition of Sichuan cuisine Open the fan-shaped menu and you have before you a spread of over 150 delectable dishes. Each delivering its promise of authenticity jmm/Mf > A gourmet feast that's enhanced by a decor like a page out of Chinese history. And a
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  • world
    • 319 6 AP BANGKOK, Saturday LAOS yesterday produced two early 20th Century maps to prove its claim over three Thai-occupied frontier villages and demanded that Thailand unconditionally pull out all troops from the disputed area. The two countries are holding a second round of talks
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    • 90 6 AP BANGKOK, Sat A CRIMINAL court yesterday released a wellknown Thai writer and social critic who had been arrested for writing comments detrimental to Thailand's king, a court official said. Sulak Sivarak was released after he deposited land title deeds worth 1.7 million baht ($5156,690)
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    • 344 6 Agencies JAKARTA, Saturday FOREIGN Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said yesterday he supported Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's statement earlier this week on the need to maintain Thailand's sovereignty and to prevent it falling under communist influence through pressures by surrogate communist regimes in Cambodia
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    • 362 6 Nation Review BANGKOK, Saturday MR KASAME CHATIKAVANIJ has been nominated chairman of Asia Trust Bank (ATB), which was taken over by the Thai government this week to save the nation's banking system. Mr Kasame, who is the general manager of the Electricity Generating Authority
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    • 70 6 TWO governors took a ride on a giant slide after the opening of the 1984 Illinois State Fair on Thursday. For Mr Quan Shu-ren (right), the governor of Liaoning Province in the People's Republic of China, the sleigh ride was the thrill of a lifetime. He was
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    • 215 7 AP NEW DELHI, Saturday THE Soviet-installed Afghan President, Babrak Karmal, was quoted yesterday as saying that although government forces had regained control of strategic areas, Muslim rebels continued to disrupt the economy. "The enemies are disrupting our economic development plans, they are destroying buildings,
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    • 135 7 AP MANILA, Saturday THE Philippines will have to undergo "a period of sacrifice" to recover from its economic crisis, the Central Bank said in a report released yesterday. It said improvement of the economy in 1984 would depend largely on improving
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    • 247 7 LAT-WP BONN, Saturday EAST Germany escalated its public dispute with the Soviet Union over improved ties with West Germany yesterday when the Communist Party daily Neues Deutschland published comments by a member of the ruling poUtburo defending detente and dialogue with Bonn. Herbert Haeber,
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    • 163 7 UPI CAIRO, Saturday EGYPTIAN Defence Minister Abdel Halim AbuGhazala yesterday said there was "some suspicion" that Iran or Libya had been involved in the mining of the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez, and vowed Egypt would "retaliate in any
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    • 151 8 LAT-WP MOSCOW, Saturday SOVIET military leaders have endorsed sweeping economic policy changes to stress swift introduction of advanced technology and to reduce emphasis on output of consumer goods. Their unusually outspoken views on the economy were reflected in an article in Red Star,
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    • 448 8 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Saturday DESPITE the Reagan administration's cuts in federal income taxes, Census Bureau officials said recently that the overall tax burden on people living below the government's official poverty level has risen since 1980. Poor families paid nearly US$3 billion
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    • 234 8 LAT-WP LONDON, Saturday THE FAMOUS statue of a winged figure of Eros, the god of love, will be removed from London s Piccadilly Circus and taken to Edinburgh, Scotland, for repairs. The statue, cast in aluminium in 1893, has suffered from
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    • 355 8 LATWP SYDNEY, Saturday THERE ARE growing signs of resentment towards Australia's small but increasingly visible community of Asians. This is evident as the nation becomes embroiled in a public, racialis-tically-charged debate over immigration standards that have allowed record numbers of non-whites into a country
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    • 339 9 TRENDS World Politics EAST BERLIN: East German leader, Erich Honecker, Moscow's staunchly orthodox ally for over a decade, appears to have stumbled into a major Communist bloc dispute by trying to ease relations with West Germany. But
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    • 209 9 BAHRAIN: Mystery blasts which have damaged at least a dozen ships in the Red Sea ana the Gulf of Suez in the past month are almost certainly Iranian retaliation to Iraq's blockade of Iranian ports, according to diplomatic and shipping sources in
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    • 72 9 Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke is under great pressure from his right wing supporters to call an election as soon as possible, the weekly Bulletin reports. November 24 and December 1 are the most favoured dates. The right wing pressure in getting the election over this year is
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    • 65 9 Moscow and Wash- ington are engaged in an elaborate game of shortterm public relations and long-term military strategy that is almost certain to prevent any immediate talks to head off a Star Wars competition, United Press International reports. About the only thing the two sides agree on was
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    • 89 9 After years of bitter confrontation with the United States, a worried Cuban President, Mr Fidel Castro, is now seeking a live-and-let-live arrangement with his powerful American adversary, US News and World Report says. He is doing it because he is sobered by the conviction that a hostile Reagan
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    • 72 9 Many Japa- nese are reconsidering their country's attitude toward defence in response to the Soviet military buildup in the region, according to the Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, Mr Mizuo Kuroda. Japanese public opinion is beginning tc reflect the realisation that the East Asia is an
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    • 28 9 Despite Moscow's irritation with Mr Honecker's move towards better relations with West Germany, diplomats in East Berlin think his position in the party is probably secure
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    • 21 9 After years of bitter confrontation with the United States, President Castro seeks a live-and-let-live arrangement with his powerful American neighbour.
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  • money
    • 612 10 THE United Overseas Bank (UOB) group turned in a mixed report card for the half year ended June 30. UOB's group net after-tax profit for the six months ended June 30 was $70.3 million, 13.5 per cent down from the previous corresponding period's
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    • 600 10 JILL HUM THREE of the four big investment companies in Singapore had a bad first half year to June 30. United International Securities (UIS), Overseas Union Securities (OUS) and General Securities Investments Ltd (GSI) all suffered declines in group pre-tax profits compared to the
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    • 282 10 NEW YORK, Saturday THE stock market finished with mixed results yesterday when a huge initial rally nearly evaporated in profit taking as wall Street wrapped up the busiest week in its 192-year history. The fourth busiest day on record started with a surge
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    • 585 11 THE Singapore stock market generally reacted in line with market forecasts except for its performance yesterday. Market sources predicted profit-taking after the bullish run on Monday and the weaker volume transacted on Tuesday lived up to expectations. Wednesday was expected to be stagnant, ahead
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    • 615 11 COMPANY FOCUS: UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION BY SUN HUNG KAI SECURITIES UNITED Industrial Corporation Ltd (UIC) is a recommended buy for long-term investment by Sun Hung Kai Securities. Based on strong fundamentals, the group shows good long-term prospects The group, whose traditional
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    • 172 11 Li) 0 (yOLD AP NEW YORK, Saturday THE US dollar, underpinned by an upturn in American interest rates, rose against other major currencies in trading yesterday after a mixed showing in European markets. Gold prices followed the opposite course. Republic National Bank in New York
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    • 146 11 HHLLSTREET WALL Street stocks closed mixed yesterday as profit-takers and declining bond prices put the brakes on an institutional buying binge. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at 1218.09, off 5.96 from the previous close. Gaining issues led losers 1086 to 546. For the week,
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    • 189 11 INDIA-MALAYSIA Textiles Bhd's turnover for the year ended March 31 was M|263,000 down from the previous year's M 510.7 million. The accumulated losses were M 533.2 million, worse than the previous M 525.5 million. It announced a comprehensive restructuring scheme to turn the company into a
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    • 119 11 ROTHMANS of Pall Mall (M) Bhd's imfiroved group turnover of M 5394.5 milion for the year ended June 30 from M 5338.3 million reflected the addition of a successful new brand. There was also increased efficiency after a difficult year. Good news was reflected in the group
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  • features
    • 171 12 WE ARE now celebrating the 19th anniversary of our National Day and the 25th anniversary of nationbuilding. As proud citizens of Singapore, let us all rejoice on this great occasion and give thanks to the efforts of the government, the leaders
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    • 127 12 THE 5 H/ RES of the Straits Times, Times Publishing an! Singapore News Publications Ltd were ru;pended by the Stock Exchange of Singapore b-io-e the press merger was announced. The. in rger is now an accomplished fact leaving only he process
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    • 1312 12  -  Science Focus ■y ALAN PARACHINI Los Angeles Times LAT-WP LOS ANQELES: By the time many of his patients see Dr Gerald Finerman, an associate professor of orthopaedics at the University of California, Los Angeles, they are confused in their
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    • 189 12 ISSUE FREE Germany's phenomenal recovery from the total devastation and sundering that followed World War II was oft-termed a miracle. Mis-termed. It was the result of a total digging in to dig their way out. Sheer hard work, the harnassing of brains and brawns.
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    • 116 12 ODISHO- the wind-trap that causes the pain Acidity is only partly the cause of indigestion pain. Wind is the main culprit. When your delicate stomach balance is disturbed, small toamy |.J» gas bubbles distend the stomach—and as the pressure increases so does that'full'feeling V* lead to more and more discomfort.
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  • opinion / letters
    • 469 13 IMf— AS THE National Day festivities continue, it's inevitable that there be this surge of patriotism, this pride in things Singaporean. Young and old share the same sense of achievement as national trends clearly show that we are heading for another good year. What is particularly heartening
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    • 287 13  -  REPLIES LIM TEONG CHIN Hon SecreUry STF WE thank your reader "Taekwondo Lover" for his letter "Unimpressive tae-kwondo display" (SM, Aug 7). The demonstration at the National University of Singapore was performed by members of the Singapore Tae-kwondo Academy. The Academy is neither an affiliate
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    • 73 13  -  MISS LOOI MEI FONG for Permanent Secretary (National Development) WE refer to the letter "Queensway pothole horrors left benind by forgetful road repairers" by "Pro bono publico" (SM, July 11). We wish to inform your writer that the depression on the road in front of
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    • 121 13  -  DAVID M NEAL Faculty of Education Birmingham Polytechnic Westbourne Road Birmingham 815 3TN, UK ON my way to Adelaide to attend the sth International Conference on Mathematical Education, I made the wise decision to stay in Singapore for five days. The courtesy
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  • leisure
    • 782 14  -  Grave inspiration for outdoor performance Drama Festival 1984 By PAT D'ROSE AN old cemetery that would merely prompt macabre ruminations for most of us, served as a source of inspiration for London theatre director Bradley Winterton. After visiting a site that is still marked with long forgotten grave
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    • 972 15  -  'WEIRD' AL YANKOVIC UKES THE TASTE OF SUCCESS B* DENNIS HUNT in Hollywood LAT-WP CAN you imagine anyone mistaking "Weird" A 1 Yankovic for Michael Jackson? Well, Yankovic, a comical young singer-songwriter who specialises in parodies, says that it happens all the time. "Sure," he insists,
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    • 251 15  -  rfhkL&mvi Ajvlejrjbyl LIM SEK ALBUM: YOU BROKE MY HEART IN 17 PLACES ARTISTE: Tracy Ullman LABEL: Stiff Records SEEZ 51 THIS is another unusual album featuring the unique vocals of a new artiste, Tracy UUman. But whereas Cyndi tries to fuse new music with early Sixties
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    • 147 15 THE top 10 singles in the US this week: 1. Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr 2. When Dove* Cry Prince S. State of Shock Jacksous 4. What's Love Got To Do With It Tina Timer 5. Sad Songs (Say So Much Elton John 8. Stack on You
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    • 648 18  -  By WONG SING YEONG HERE are some of the local programmes scheduled to be telecast by SBC for the rest of the year. Music and Variety: An 11-part "live" Malay series titled Konset Bersama will be telecast from this Monday. It will feature 11 prominent artistes,
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    • 602 18 Saturday Matinee To Race the Wind (Ch 5, 2 pm) STEVE Guttenberg re-enacts the true-life story of Harold Krent, a moving account of how a blind Harvard Law School student copes with his handicap. Through sheer determination and equipped with a strong sense of numour, this
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    • 328 19 CONGRATULATIONS, Matthew Tan! Matthew (of Matthew and the Mandarins) became the proud father of a bubbly baby boy, Justin, on August 7. "This is something I've been looking forward to for a long time and I just can't express my joy," said a breathless Matthew. Matthew is also
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    • 522 19 "I AM going to turn you on a little bit more," she said and delivered Brass in Pockets. Just before that she sang Show Me, also by the Pretenders and let loose the sluice of her talent. She is George (Georgina) Warne, lead singer of Blitz,
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 641 19 fllM GUIO€ Midnight Show: THE WRONG WEDDING TRAIL (C) JUBILEE (*****07): THE RETURN OF POM POM (C) Midnight Show: THE WRONG WEDDING TRAIL (C) DALIT (*****16): THE RETURN OF POM POM (C) yu/000 flilSilUl' THF RFTIIRN OF POM POM SUrrtDg: Wn Yaohan, Cen Jianxnn, Ye Dexian HOLLYWOOD (*****64). THE RETURN
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 443 20 BHD 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- have been sola out. On Sept 8, as a salute to Singapore's 25 years of nation-building, the 110-strong orchestra, under the baton of Zubin Mehta,
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    • 562 20 Two of Linda Biadhom's works, Qemini (left) and Oragami Bits and Piecos (right) on display at tha Bistro Toulouse Lautrac ORCHID DISPLAY noon to 6 pm daily except Sundays and IN CONJUNCTION with the National public holidays Admission is free. Day celebrations, Scotts Shopping Cen- cvuininmi tre has invited Greenacres
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    • 247 20 1 GREEK BUFFET THERE is a Greek buffet luncheon at the Belvedere, Mandarin Singapore, until the end of August, from noon to 2.50 pm daily. Prices are $30++ for adults and $15++ for children. BELGIAN FOOD FESTIVAL THE Belgian Food Festival is on-at .Hubertus Grill, Century Park Sheraton Singapore, until
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 642 21 leisure comics I FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook Mm. I'M V6RV najop'i I'M H*(W "Au've made ustFot W |J[llll||l|||iP* 11 WlM|| <?F <foU. VoOR CoHWCT ftf fitfSHMiNTS, tffttANtflNfr CUTTfe, 1 IT AS N t&&kAT WORK HAS DO«TIH& AMD CUAHW6-. THATS Hotf MV FIP&T STfP The influence of oldCT*people September 23 to
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 253 22  -  ng By WONDER BOY THE well-bred Rainbow Wonders II looks set to get his winning break when he tackles 11 rivals in Race Six, the Class 3 Div 2 event over 1,200 metres, in Kuala Lumpur today. The five-year-old son of Amalgam, and a
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    • 247 22 WONDER BOY MA-ZHEN TAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) Race 1 4 Scotch Reel Kamsahamida 2 Rat Tanura 3 Peerless 3 Peerless 3 Peerless 9 Without Hesitation 11 Chuan Jit Mah 4 Scotch Reel Race 2 5 Scotland Yard 10 The Merchant 4 A) Rosso 3
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    • 617 22 WONDERBOVS one-line view on the horses running in today's races: RACE 1 1 Fair track form 2 More suited over longer trip and on wet track 3 Working well, should do well if he behaves. 4 Working keenly, worth noting. 5 Fair track form, place chance. 6 Not seen
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    • 374 22 SIX-YEAR-OLD Right Tempo is shaping up nicely for his maiden win in Race Four tomorrow He worked like a winner when exercised by a riding boy yesterday morning. Coming out for pace work, he was striding out nicely all the way. Right
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    • 3485 22 HOW TO READ THE CARD: ftaddUbag aniNr; teml mum; agt, origin ud sex; wttaM; wdfM dM—n— within brackets; Jockey's mom; hnrrler draw; trainer owner; ran record (flrsts-seconds-thlrds-fenrths-nn-plnced) end Inst three runs; Inst ran record; end Inst win record (If nny). RACE 1 2.00 CLASS 5 DIV
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    • 234 30 Medal Tally AUGUST 11, 1984 COUNTRIES GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL USA 59 50 21 130 ROMANIA 17 14 11 42 CHINA 14 7 7 28 W GERMANY 11 15 18 44 ITALY 11 3 7 21 CANADA 8 11 10 29 JAPAN 7 7 11 25 NEW ZEALAND 6 0
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