Singapore Monitor, 24 August 1984

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    12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Friday, August 24, 1984 30cents
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    Lock icon Bingo! Murdoch's paper creates a millionaire
    114 1 Reuter LONDON, Fri A FRENZIED circulation war among Britain's tabloid national newspapers produced its first "Bingo millionaire" yesterday. David Parsons, 39, who owns a sign-writing business in Bristol, won £1 million (552.81 million) from The Sun, Britain's biggest-selling paper. The Sun, owned by Australian
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    Lock icon Reagan relents a little on textile ruling
    312 1 AP WASHINGTON, Friday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan announced yesterday that nis government would delay the impact of new protectionist measures designed to cut the flow of textile imports into the United States. He was bowing to pressure from American retailers and foreign governments. Department
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    REGISTRAR QUERIES DENTAL BODY
    352 1  -  Association explains why it paid its president's legal fees i* ROBERT CONCEICAO THE Singapore Dental Association paid the legal fees incurred by its president, Dr Oliver Hennedige, in a "test case" in which he was found guilty of an offence under the Factories Act. This action
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    • Article
      Lock icon Offence to stick charms on unallocated flats
      145 2 Lianhe Wanbao STICKING strips of Taoist charms on unallocated HDB flats is an offence, according to the police spokesman, Assistant Superintendent of Police Yap Yeow Woon. He said the offence would be treated similarly to the illegal display of posters demanding debts. If
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      Lock icon 200 'overstayers' surrender
      101 2 Lianhe Zaobao HEAVIER court fines for overstaying in Singapore are showing their effects. Nearly 200 Indian workers with expired visas have reported to the Immigration Department requesting a more lenient treatment for their offence. News of the stricter enforcement measures spread after the Immigration chief prosecutor demanded
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      Lock icon New way to make 'foreign maid' deposit
      158 2 Lianhe Zaobao EMPLOYERS hiring foreign maids need not put a $5,000 deposit with the Immigration Department by cash or bank guarantee now, if they buy an insurance policy from the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Income. Besides providing the $5,000 deposit,the policy also
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      New PAP candidate may replace Jabbar
      515 2 THE presence of Mr Chng Hee Kok, a People's Action Party candidate, at the Eadin Mas National Day dinner on Tuesday may provide a clue as to who is likely to be moved into the area for tne coming general election. He was one
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      Getting a taste of causeway blues
      200 2  -  By YONG POW ANG THE Malaysian Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Chong Hong Nyan, gined two "mental pictures" of useway traffic yesterday. One, from halfway across, was of smooth driving and no congestion. The other, 50 minutes later at the Johor Baru checkpoint, was
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      Nobody wants these scholarships to US universities
      256 3  -  By VINCENT FONG SCHOLARSHIPS to study astronautical and nuclear engineering in the United States offered in Singapore since 1981 have had no takers. The courses are among seven offered by the Sundstrand Engineering Scholarship scheme, through the Economic Development Board (EDB). Neither is
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      Motorcyclist dies when his bike crashes into bus
      143 3 A MOTORCYCLIST was killed yesterday morning when his machine crashed into the rear of a bus in Thomson Road. Mr Sangilee Arumugam, 21, was heading towards the city when the accident happened at about 6.10 am. He died instantly. In two other
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      Qantas pulls out of fare-fixing committees but 'it's not for good'
      269 3  -  By YEOW MEI SIN THE AUSTRALIAN airline, Qantas, says its resignation from three fare-fixing committees in Singapore a reaction to fare-cutting by some airlines in Australia will probably not be permanent. The regional general manager of Qantas (Asia), Mr
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      NGEE ANN'S TOP GRADUATE
      465 4  -  Perseverance pays for young father By SEAH MEI KIANG A SINGAPORE Armed Forces scholar who failed in his first attempt to enter Ngee Ann Polytechnic has won the institution's "outstanding graduate" award for 1984. Besides winning the Ngee Ann Kongsi Gold Medal for being the top
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      SOCIETY'S LEGAL AID SERVICE WILL NOT BE TRAINING GROUND
      211 4  -  By FAEZAH ISMAIL THE FREE legal aid service to be set up by the Singapore Law Society will not be "a training ground for young lawyers," the society's president, Mr Harry Elias, said yesterday. He said it would be staffed by
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      Porsche, Lotus 'hell drivers' land in court
      434 4 A COURT heard yesterday of a 140 kmh race along Orchard Boulevard among a Porsche 944, a Lotus Esprit and a Mazda RX7. The Porsche driver, businessman Low Kok Tiong, 21, pleaded guilty in a district court yesterday to a charge of rash
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      Extra 1,500 seats for concert
      94 4 THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has provided another 1,500 seats for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra concert on Sept 8. By contributing their stands, similar to the ones used for the National Day parade, the SAF has made it possible for a record 26,000 to
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      Dr Goh will explain MAS stand on deposits today
      516 6 He is likely to allay bankers' fears during Parliament session FEARS AMONG bankers of competition from the Government are expected to be allayed this afternoon during the second reading of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) (Amendment) Bill. The Bill, which
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      Lock icon Bras Basah Rd shophouse fire disrupts traffic
      73 6 TRAFFIC was disrupted yesterday as firemen fought a blaze in a row of vacated three-storey sbophooses In Bras Basah Road (picture above). Three units from the Central Fire Station rushed to the spot at about 1.30 pm and had the fire under control
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      MAS ensured liquidity for economic upturn
      220 6 THE MONETARY Authority of Singapore put money into the financial system to offset the extra amount the Government was taking out, the MAS says in its report for the financial year up to March 1984. The aim was to ensure there were sufficient funds
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  • world
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      Lock icon Egypt exercises its right to search vessels
      325 7 Reuter PORT SAID (Egypt), Friday EGYPT is making special Suez Canal checks on ships from Iran, Libya, Syria, South Yemen and Cyprus following explosions in the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea, shipping sources said yesterday. Egypt suspects Iran and Libya of
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      Lock icon Jumblatt issues warning after general dies in chopper crash
      182 7 Reuter BEIRUT, Friday THE Chief of Staff of the Lebanese Army, Druze Muslim General Nadim Hakim, was killed in a helicopter crash in north Lebanon today, an army statement said. Shortly after announcement of the crash, in which seven other servicemen
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      Lock icon Responsibilty dispute over Teheran blast
      223 7 Reuter TEHERAN, Fri A BOMB exploded in a crowded street in south Teheran today, killing 18 people, but two wellknown opposition groups denied responsibility. More than 300 people were injured, some of them critically, when the bomb exploded next to a fruit juice stall opposite
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      Lock icon Iran cuts oil production
      78 7 Agencies BEIRUT, Friday IRAN said yesterday that it had cut its oil production despite the need for oil revenues to finance its war with Iraq. The Iranian news agency, Irna, quoted Iranian Oil Minister Mohammad Gharazi as saying Iran was currently producing 50 per cent of
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      Lock icon Sarawakian captures rare leopard
      68 8 Bernama KUCHING, Fri THE SARAWAK Wildlife and National Parks Depa/tment captured a clouded leopard, one of the world's rarest animals, in Marudi early this month. The male "neofelis nebulosa" leopard, was caught after it was shot in the head by a Marudi resident and has recovered
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      US computer firm takes Japan by storm
      605 8  -  By E R TODD Special to Tha Singapore Monitor TOKYO, Friday IT MAY sound a bit like trying to sell coal in Newcastle, but an American computer sales firm has decided to buck the Japanese electronics establishment and tap the country's lucrative personal
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      Lock icon Thailand to survey border with Laos
      99 8 Reuter BANGKOK, Friday THAILAND said yesterday it would unilaterally survey its disputed border with Laos. A spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office said the decision was taken because Thailand was unable to gain Laotian approval for a joint survey. He appealed to Laos to
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      Lock icon Scottish dockers show support for coal strike
      396 9 UPI LONDON, Frfctoy SCOTTISH dockworkers walked off their jobs yesterday in support of the 5-month-old coal strike and dock union leaders threatened to close all of the countiVs major ports for the second time this summer. At Hunterston near Glasgow, dockers supporting the
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      I didn't act improperly in taking loan, says Zaccaro
      355 9 NEW YORK, Friday MR JOHN ZACCARO, husband of Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro, denied in court yesterday that he acted improperly in borrowing money for his real estate management company from an estate he was appointed Dy the court to preserve.
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      Lock icon Peres seeks more time to form govt
      102 9 AP TEL AVIV, Fri LABOUR PARTY chief Mr Shimon Peres said yesterday he would need more time to form the country's next government and would ask President Chaim Herzog for another three weeks, the party said. The announcement came on the eve of
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      Lock icon Mrs Sakharov jailed five years for slander, says US
      178 9 Reuter, UPI WASHINGTON, Friday THE STATE Department said today it had received a report that Yelena Bonner, wife of Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, was sentenced last week to five years' internal exile for slandering the Soviet Union. Her relatives in the
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      278 8 During CAROMA FAIR '84... CAROMA BATHROOM FITTINGS JM* FREE GIFT versatile $29/- Caroma stool absolutely free for each Your bathroom can be as beautiful ds you've always $200/ you spend. wanted it to be, and at amazingly low cost. We're Caroma comes to you in three delightful ranges offering a
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      213 9 I Dine at The Neptune I I and witness the most spectacular I I musical show in town. I I With no cover charge. I L B( la I LI i f I k t I MF v i I IVkl|i I Your evening at The Neptune will be special.X
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  • world / trends
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      SPACE
      30 10 US space company has proposed to prohibit French space firm from advertising and marketing its services in the United States, and impose economic sanctions on French goods and services.
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      TEST-TUBE BABIES
      29 10 Since the first test-tube baby was bom in England six years ago, researchers have produced new techniques to help infertile couples and made-to-order babies are now possible.
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      MICROWAVE DANGER
      24 10 Washington University researchers found that low-intensity microwave radiation may cause headaches, dizziness, memory loss and fatigue to those exposed to such radiation.
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      US protectionism in the satellite launching trade
      330 10 TRENDS.. Science and Medicine WASHINGTON: The American Government's action in turning over a workhorse satellite launcher to private industry has touched off a space trade war that has an American company crying foul. As a result, United States trade reEresentative, Mr William Brock,
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      Lock icon Fears that new technology may create world of loveless breeding
      244 10 AP LONDON: Does a scientist have the right to create a human embryo and then destroy it for the sake of genetic research? What happens if the E a rents of frozen emryo die? Legal answers to these auestions may
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      Lock icon Dangers of microwave radiation
      135 10 AP WASHINGTON: Glandular changes and a higher rate of cancer were found among rats exposed to low-intensity microwaves, according to University of Washington researchers. This has prompted substantial concern among researchers investigating the effects of radiation, according to Microwave News. The results suggest that microwave exposure
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      CURE FOR COUGH:
      112 10 Two paedia- tricians at the New York Medical Centre have devised a bedsheet' trick to help doctors cure children with chronic coughs that are in their minds rather than in the throat. The doctors tell the children that the chest muscles have been weakened by coughing and
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      NEW TEST SYSTEM:
      96 10 Many scien- tists are turning away from experiments on animals in the face of rising public hostility. Test-tube work on cell and tissue culture is increasingly replacing the use of animal subjects in the laboratories. An animal experiment may involve injecting a creature, a wait of 90
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      COMPUTER CONNECTION:
      91 10 Pinetree Computer Inc of the United States has introduced a portable computer with a memory of about 4,000 words. It contains a small printer as well. The system is designed for use by salesmen and maintenance men in the field. After making a sales call for example, the
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      Pan-El shares back in favour on the stock market
      582 11  -  Counter second most active as price goes up By RODNEY HOBSON PAN-ELECTRIC shares were back in favour yesterday following the announcement by the Stock Exchange of Singapore that its "designated" status would be removed. The counter was the second most active,
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      Our dollar's rise ascribed to good business climate
      228 11 NOTING the recent rise in US exports, Financial Digest, published in New York, points out that it is wrong to believe all currencies have depreciated against the US dollar since their weakest levels were recorded in 1980. "It is true the German
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      Shake-up at Alfa-Pacific
      381 12 MONTHS of tense behind-the-scenes negotiations at Alfa-Pacific Securities, Singapore's youngest stockbroking firm, has culminated with news of the imminent departure of its chief executive and founder, Dr Chua Wee Meng. Pending a formal announcement, an executive committee has been formed to manage the company's operations. It is
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      Public Bank Bhd reports a quiet half year
      248 12 PUBLIC Bank Bhd has announced an almost unchanged interim performance. For the six months ended June 30, Public Bank recorded a pre-tax profit of M 536.09 million against 136.22 million for the corresponding period of 1983, a marginal drop of $127,000 or
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      Lock icon Minor gains for blue chip issues
      94 12 WHLLSTREET Reuter NEW YORK, Friday WALL Street stock prices closed narrowly mixed yesterday as blue chip issues held on to minor gains, but investor interest seemed to erode before the afternoon's money supply report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell in the morning
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      Lock icon DOLLAR AND GOLD
      97 12 AP NEW YORK, Friday THE American dollar, pressured by heavy selling during much of tne day, turned upward against most major foreign currencies in late trading yesterday. Gold, which rose more than US$6 an ounce in Europe, also reversed course in the United States. Republic National Bank
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      Lock icon Malaysian banks want to go Swift
      207 12 Bernama SHAH ALAM (Malaysia), Friday A NEW inter-bank computerisation system, now widely used by banks all over the world, may be introduced in this country in 1986, a forum on banking practices was told on Wednesday. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's Electronic Data Processing
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      118 12 TAA\ JISEIt II KEEK 6 AKIIEN I (OPPOSITE THE MARCO POLO HOTEL) We've found Miss Tamasek '84 I Now we're searching for I Mr. Tamasek '84 I Join us in our search for the I most handsome man in town I ZENZA hb bronicaST re S the complete medium format
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      47 12 INDICES THE Straits Times Industrial Index was down 8.52 points to 932.28 yesterday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 470.53, down 6.42 points from the previous day's close of 476.95. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index fell 0.0731 points to close at 130.8879.
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    CPI is based on the household spending survey
    1241 13 open line How are households in the survey chosen? Every five years, households are chosen to take part in a spending survey that forms the basis of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). In the 1982-83 survey, households were selected from the 1980
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  • features
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      British youth prefer to be on the dole
      924 14  -  MICHAEL GETLER Washington Post Sorvico There are 'two Britains' the comfortable Britain and the other Britain. This prospect of two Britains, rich and poor, can replace the class system as the most important of the invisible demarcations of British society in the
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      ISSUE
      417 14 When East and West Germany get together THE last time East Germany got into a public argument with the Soviet Union in 1971, the issue was detente. The Soviets wanted to move several degrees toward better relations with the West; Mr Walter Ulbricht, the elderly Stalinist who ran East
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      101 14 CCS I DRAMA FESTIVAL 1984 presents Aladdin f and the Genie of the Lamp f I ACT 3 SAT 25 AUG at 11.30 AM and 2.30 PM f Drama Centre Practice Rooms A and B (Fort Canning Rise) X Admission free by tickets available at the S§ Drama Centre on
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  • opinion / letters
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      Interfacing with the computer age
      585 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT THE PARADOX of the computer age is that it is moving at terrifying speed and with painful slowness. For countries in the vanguard of the comSuter world such as the United States and apan, that paradox can be seen in the
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      Five-day week for civil servants?
      95 15 I REFER to the report "Five-day week may become reality for civil servants" (SM, July 27). The Employment Act does not cover civil servants, or employees whose salaries exceed $1,250 per month. The recent amendments to the Employment Act was not intended to provide for
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      Police will turn left except in emergencies
      149 15  -  YAP YEOW WOON Public Relations Officer Republic of Singapore Police I REFER to the letter "One-way to the left" from Dickie (SM, Aug 10). We wish to inform him that all police officers have been briefed to adhere strictly to the turn left
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      Prejudice against foreigners in Japan
      104 15 DESPITE all the wonderful things that Singapore can learn from Japan, one thing not worth following is the deeprooted racial prejudice of all foreigners by most Japanese. Foreign residents in Japan have to be fingerprinted like criminals before they are allowed to settle there. I
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      More lanes at Newton Circus would lead to further confusion
      338 15  -  REPLIES MISS LOOI MEI FONG for Permanent Secretary National Development WE REFER to the letter "More lanes can ease jam at Newton Circus" (SM, July 6). The capacity of the three-lane Newton Circus cannot be increased by adding more lanes
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      72 15 LETTERS on any subject of public interest will 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 the
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  • leisure
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      Lock icon Fighting his way to the top
      1501 16  -  STALLONE: AVERAGE MAN MADE GOOD By GEORGE HADLEY-GARCIA IPS "I DO not mind if people call me King of the Sequels, so long as I am a king, and I know I have my own castle and my queen. I do all kinds of
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      Enter into the world of Noh
      731 16  -  By WONG SING YEONG Late dewdrops are our lives that only want Till the wind blows, the wind of morning blows SO intone the plaintive voices of Hitomaru and her servant. A sad melody by the flutists and short, soft drumbeats follow. The two
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      Lock icon The wonder of the wilderness
      708 16  -  By KEN BECKER UPI TORONTO, Canada: From the rain forests and beaches of Pacific Rim on Vancouver Island to the icefields of Jasper, from the clear lakes of Prince Albert in Saskatchewan to the rocky Atlantic coastline of Terra Nova in Newfoundland, Canada's 28 national
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      A whimsical love story
      346 18 Friday Night Movie Fooling Around (E) (Chinese Subtitles) (Ch 5, 10.10 pm) GARY BUSEY and Annette OToole lead the cast in a whimsical love story. They are an improbable pair: Wess (Busey) is an easy-going, innocent farm boy newly arrived at a large college; Susan (OToole)
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      Yes Minister on Radio One
      299 18  -  RADIO SCENE •y VALERIE TREVOR YES MINISTER is back but on the radio this time. Radio One will broadcast eight 25-minute programmes of this sit-com at 7.30 pm on Saturdays, starting tomorrow. On the surface, Yes Minister is a straightforward comedy based on the relationship
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      Lock icon Sheena: Playing it straight for laughs
      697 19  -  By SHEILA BENSON in Hollywood LAT-WP SHEENA, queena what? is the question. The unintentional guffaw ana the whooping belly laugh, I m afraid. Galloping, galloping, bareback across the Kenyan plains on her sturdy zebra with its flowing, tied-on horse's tail, Tanya Roberts seems to
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      1494 17 A f v I m I THE BMQAPORE MOMTOR X 1 IGISUFG /tV PRDAY, AUGUST 24,1984 I U C j~" TJI 2.55 Opening Programme by The In South Korea we meet 12 year old Pyonkil, the leader Ik of a boys' folk music band. The school where the band fHy
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      371 25 WITH the opening of a squash and tennis centre at the end of the month, the completion of an athletic centre in two months and a second swimming complex by late next year, Ang Mo Kio will have the best sports facilities in any housing estate. The
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      39 25 ATHLETIC centre with an eightlane track, a football field and grandstand. SECOND swimming complex. This swimming complex will have an Olympic-sixed pool. TEN squash courts (two with glass walls). EIGHT tennis courts.
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      275 25 THE Singapore Island Country Club will meet the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club in their annual interport match at the Bukit Course on Sunday. First tee (SICC players first). 7.45 am: B K Chew and Loh Siow Whatt (Captain vsAR Hamilton (Capt) and H
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      164 25 Reuter MOSCOW, Friday EAST German Sylvia Gerasch smashed the women's 100 m breaststroke world record in Moscow's Olympic pool, the third world-best swimming mark of the Friendship 84 Games. She won in one minute 8.29 seconds, clipping 0.22 of a second off the previous
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      664 26  -  •F'R ID AY' FORUM wMt S. Gulam IT'S BEEN almost a year since Salim Moin, the former Singapore soccer hotshot, was slapped with a six-year ban for hitting a referee in a National Football League match. That's how long Singapore soccer has
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      332 26  -  By KEN JALLEH JR OLYMPIANS David Lim and Oon Jin Gee, with the help of Wong Soon Tong, kept Singapore afloat with five golds after the first day of the South-East Asia age-group championships in Ipoh yesterday. David shattered his own 100
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      292 26 S'PORE SELECTION 0 EL ITTIFAC 1 A PLAYER was sacked and two others went into the referees black book last night when El Ittifac scored their third win in four matches to wind up their Singapore tour at the
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      553 27 IPS Football is in the air! The English soccer league season kicks off on Saturday. In this first of our weekly Star Soccer series, England international Trevor Francis reveals how he played a part in Qraeme Souness* transfer from Liverpool to Italian club Sampdoria. From
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      302 28 CHINA 2 BUENOS AIRES SELECTION 1 MERDEKIt CUP WU Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Friday DEBUTANTS China, with a bunch of inexperienced but plucky youngsters, scored a goal in each half to beat defending champions Buenos Aires Selection of Argentina 2-1 in a Merdeka Tournament soccer match at the
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      266 28 Bernama MALAYSIA'S Tiger squad will face its first acid test in the Merdeka Soccer Tournament when they take on last year's runner-up Algeria in Kuala Terengganu today. After their 2-0 victory over lowlyrated Pakistan in their opening match last Tuesday, the Tigers can now
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      14 28 Papua New Guinea v Liberia, Malaysia v Thailand, Algeria v Malaysian Tigers
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      Lock icon Pakistanis get a soccer lesson from S Koreans
      259 28 SOUTH KOREA 6 PAKISTAN 1 Bernama AS EXPECTED, South Korea whitewashed Pakistan 6-1 in a Group 'B' match of the Merdeka Soccer Tournament at the Merdeka Stadium last night. This was Pakistan's second consecutive defeat in the championship, losing 2-0 to the
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      286 29  -  BUT PERTH TRAINING STINT SHOULD HELP SINGAPORE By B KULA SINGAPORE'S battle-hardened junior hockey sauad skippered by Kevin Ng returned only two days ago from a training tour of Australia. Whether they have benefited from the trip will be known today when they go into
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        115 29 SINGAPORE have never been champions in the Esso Quadrangular Competition since its inauguration in 1980, but will be satisfied if their juniors can use the tournament to warm up and peak for the Asia/Oceania Junior World Cup qualifying round in Kuala Lumpur next month. Team manager Farouk Marican is
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        93 29 JOHOR, who finished third in the Esso Quadrangular last year, hope to do better this time. Their main worry is the lack of a stinging forward line. In defence, however, team manager K Kanaswaran has good reason to be more confident. Malaysian internationals Saliit and Yahya Atahan are in
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        93 29 MALACCA are here on a goodwill mission. Seven of their regular players are unable to make it to the Quadrangular. Four are in centralised training with the Malaysian Junior World Cup squad in Kuala Lumpur. Three regulars are suffering from injuries. "Without them We do not have much of
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        100 29 MALAYSIAN Armed Forces are here for a hat-trick. They have won the Esso Quadrangular Competition for two successive years. And this is within their reach. This is especially so as they are in the good hands of Malaysia's national coach Randhir Singh. Left half Jagjit Singh, a Malaysian
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      Hussabodin favourite to bag middleweight gold in judo
      445 29  -  By K SILVAM HUSSABODIN Rajanachiva, 25, Thailand's national champion and SEA Games gold medallist, is strongly fancied to win the middleweight title in the Pesta Sukan Invitational Goodwill Judo Championships at the Gay World Stadium this afternoon. Hussabodin won the gold in
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      67 29 ATHLETICS: SAAA Open Championship (National Stadium, 2 pm). SQUASH: Milo National Championship (Kallang, 6 &OCKEY: Esso Quandangular Malacca vs Malaysian Armed Forces, Singapore vs Johor (Farrer Park Athletics Centre 3.45 pm, 5.15 pm). JUDO: Pesta Sukan International Invitational Goodwill Championships (Gay World, 1.30 pm). KARTING: Invitational Championships (National
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      S'pore teams have edge in sepak takraw
      205 29  -  By S GULAM WITH thorough preparations, Singapore look set to rattle their opponents in the Pesta Sukan Asean International Youth Sepak Takraw Championship starting at the Singapore Badminton Hall today. The Republic, blessed with so many good players, have entered a record four
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      127 29 WORLDFRONT Reuter MUNICH, Friday BAYERN Munich came away from a tournament in Spain richer in money and experience but with a string of injuries which could be costly when the West German soccer season opens tomorrow. Bayern will be without three key players as
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      142 29 Reuter CINCINNATI, Friday SECOND-SEEDED Jimmy Connors of the US advanced to the third round of the Association of Tennis Professionals Championship yesterday. Connors beat unseeded fellow American Mike Bauer 6-1 6-2 in a second round match. Connors not only avenged a previous loss
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      511 30  -  BEST SINGAPORE PERFORMERS FOR CHINA AND MANILA MEETS By ERNEST FRIDA A PASSPORT to international meets that's what will be at stake for SingaKre athletes taking part in i Pesta Sukan Athletic Track and Field Open championships starting at the National Stadium at 4 pm today.
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      239 30  -  By KEN JALLEH Jr Harbans Kaur (100 m, 200 m). BATUMALAI RAJKUMAR, the region's fastest middle distance runner, has chosen to stay away. Enter S Muthlah, the man who challenges Rajkumar for his South-east Asia's 1,500 m crown. Muthiah is
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      637 30  -  Kok Wye a strong bet to win under-14 title By JEREMY YEO SKILL, acrobatics and intelligent play were more evident in the quarter-final matches of the younger age group* than in the under-19 contests of the Pesta Sukan Milo National Junior Squash Championships at Kallang yesterday. Lamented tournament
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      Japanese look good for 10 golds
      146 30 iram i THE Japanese have a small athletic team eight women and two men but they could well bag the biggest haul of gold medals in the Pesta Sukan track and field championships today at the National Stadium. If one were to go by
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      287 31 PESTA SUKAN 1984 BRACE yourself for an action-packed sporting weekend even if it's only to put your vocal chords to the test cheering Singaporeans in sporting competition against the region's best. It's the Pesta Sukan, the annual sports festival being held on a grander scale this
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      418 31  -  WHO'S FASTER PURNOMO OR R ABU AN By KEN JALLEH Jr IN ONE LANE, the Asian Games reigning 100 m champion Rabuan Pit. In another, currently Asia's fastest man Purnomo. And in yet another lane, just waiting to gatecrash into this private party, Singapore's Haron Mundir.
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