Singapore Monitor, 29 August 1984, Afternoon Edition

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  • 19 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR EVLNiNo' EDITION; r _j M C (P) No 21 5 84 Wednesday, August 29, 1984 30cents
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  • 99 1 NEW DELHI, Wednesday SOVIET helicopter gunships mistakenly bombed their own troops in a suburb of Kabul, killing 200 Russian soldiers and injuring "truckloads" more, Western diplomats said yesterday. The diplomats said the mistake bombing occurred last week near Koti Sangi, on the western fringe
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  • 531 1  -  Only those with 8-point aggregate or better can take 'O' level exam By SEAH MEI KIANG JUST two weeks before the GCE "N" (Normal) level examinations get under way, the Education Ministry has announced that only pupils with an aggregate of eight points or
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  • 307 1 The Star JOHOR BAKU, Wednesday TRAFFIC Police are planning to check on all Singapore-reg-istered motorcycles to rid Johor of the "Singapore racing mob." State traffic chief Asst Supt A Sabapathy said Singapore motorcycles could enter the country for a maximum of 90 days a year.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 18 1 Shop owner tricked into losing $8,000 Page 2 ■TV GUIDE: Page 18 II TV SCENE HIGHLIGHTS: Page 19
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    • 130 1 THE S PORE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS BUILDING CENTRE For all bulkHng materials equipment T«|: aHMMMB Ml II #OM9 Oufran Pirfe Compiti (031 C) Full story in Page I. In ©tectrfc snd nisnusl. Come to our showroom for a free demonstration. Sleterom Wywy Private Limited JBF WKm So* Apart Wywy MaM
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    • 279 2 Lianhe Zaobao THREE men managed to steal $8,000 from a shop in Pearl Centre to the great amazement of the proprietor who was at the time watching them carefully, well aware that they could be up to some mischief. Now the police
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    • 36 2 It is really an eyesore. Pedestrians using Change Alley, next to Clifford Centre, have to bear with the rubbish left indiscriminately (at left) on a public thoroughfare. PICTURE: CLIFTON AW
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    • 114 2 TRAINED graduate officers in the education service and possessing a f;ood honours degree can now apply or scholarships leading to a master's degree in the US or Britain. They may specialise in one of the following areas: Testing and Measurement; Education Technology; Curriculum
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    • 206 2 SECONDARY TWO pupils in all schools will be allowed to choose freely one of the available Religious Knowledge subjects for study in Secondary Three. They may also offer it as one of the elective subjects at the GCE "N"/"0" level. The option,
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    • 73 2 FRONT seat passenger Mr Tan Lian Moh, 41, died instantly this morning when the car in which he was travelling hit a trailer along Nee Soon Ave 2. The accident happened at 2.24 am when the driver, Mr See Cheng Kiat, 36, lost control of
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    • 436 3 THE 10th International Very Large Data Base (VLDB) Conference which opens today at the Institute of Systems Science (ISS) building comes at a time when Singapore is moving towards applied research development in information technology. Explaining the significance of this
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    • 354 3 THE I»OURTS| TWO FORMER employees of a trading company were charged in a district court this morning for corruptly obtaining gratifications from an electrical contractor between 1976 and 1982. Khoo Kian Voon, former divisional manager of Hagemeyer Trading Company (S)
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    • 134 3  -  By K K FONG POLICE have picked up four youths suspected of committing robberies in several shopping centres. Detectives are now looking for the owners of jewellery valued at $4,000 and wristwatches worth about $1,000, recovered since the arrests. They say the members
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    • 162 3 BEEF from South America is making its way into Singapore since the Primary Production Department lifted the restriction last February. About 1,000 tonnes of the South American meat are already in the market since the first shipments arrived here in May. Last February,
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    • 371 4  -  By YEOW MEI SIN THE MINISTRY of Communications says it cannot see the point of further talks with Sri Lanka in the dispute over flights between Singapore and Colombo. Top-level talks will be held within the ministry to decide Singapore's
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    • 402 4  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO A SUBJECT not found in the Ministry of Education's curriculum was introduced to more than 300 preuniversity students at Raffles Junior College (RJC) yesterday. It was the first time that the total defence message had been brought to a school in
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    • 181 4 A FORMER manager with the Banque Nationale de Paris was sentenced to three years' jail yesterday on 24 charges of accepting bribes. The manager, Krishna Javaram, was also ordered to pay a penalty of $100,246. Mr H E Casnin, for Jayaram, immediately
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    • 52 4 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: Wednesday THE MALAYAN Railway (KTM) will operate eight special Hari Raya Haji train services from Singapore to Tumpat on Sept. 3 The one-month trial railbus service between Singapore and Johor Baru will also be extended for another month until Sept.
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  • world
    • 308 6 Soviets goof bombing and kill 200 own troops UPI NEW DELHI, Wednesday SOVIET helicopter gunships hunting Muslim insurgents mistakenly bombed their own troops in a Kabul suburb, killing 200 Russian soldiers and injuring "truckloads" more. Western diplomats, who asked not to be identified, yesterday said the mistake occurred near Koti
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    • 197 6 HONG KONG, Wednesday SOUTH Korea will no longer admit tourists from Hong Kong without visas, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. By this, South Korea becomes the seCond country in two months to clamp down on tourists from the colony. A new
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    • 110 6 Bernama KUANTAN, Wednesday THE ROYAL Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) will take delivery of 40 A 4 Skyhawks to boost its present fleet of fighter jets. The American-made A 4 Skyhawks are expected to arttve early next year. Acting Chief of Air Force,
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    • 181 6 Reuter TOKYO, Wednesday OVERCROWDED Japan has dramatically reduced its birth rate in recent decades but careful couples are forced to practise traditional contraception methods. The result, experts say, is a high abortion rate. "A country that is ultra-modern in so many other
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    • 245 6 AP SALCOMBE (England), Wednesday AN 82-YEAR-OLD woman who lived as a hermit in such squalor that children called her "the rat woman" left a small fortune when she died. The Daily .Telegraph reported yesterday that-Gwendoline Hughes died in March from tetanus,
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    • 545 7 AP BEUING, Wtdnetday NEW US textile rules threatened to rupture the US$5-billion (5510.5 billion) trade between China and the United States. "There's no question about it. It's a very serious dispute," a senior US official said of the Reagan Administration's new country-of-origin
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    • 59 7 Heart swap teenager, Adrian Walton, 14, from Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, near Manchester, England, la visited by his parents, lan and Sheila Walton, yesterday, at HareHekl Hospital, London, where he is recovering from a heart transplant operation. Adrian has been given the heart of a nine-year-old boy, on
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    • 258 7 AP TAIPEH, Wednesday TAIWAN marked its 200 th anniversary of trade relations with the United States yesterday amid growing concern that its huge surplus may force America to enforce protectionist measures. Mr Vincent Siew, director-general of Taiwan's foreign trade board, said the Government
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    • 81 7 Reuter AARHUS (Denmark), Wednesday EIGHT out of ten pregnant women at a library using computer screens since 1978 have had miscarriages and researchers Elan to investigate a possile link, the director of the Aarhus Clinic for Occupational Medicine said yesterday. Dr Kay-Ole Larsen said
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    • 133 7 AP NEW DELHI, Wednesday MORE than 60,000 Chinese have been settled in Tibet this year in a move by Beijing to control unrest in the Himalayan region, the Dalai Lama's office said yesterday. The statement said the government-inspired "massive influx" into
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    • 180 7 Between August 18th and September 9th you have the unique opportunity to acquire Oneida I Silverware at a fraction»of normal cost. I I I I I Elegant and world famous I I I I I |1118 silverware from Oneida are on special I I I I I offer at Robinsons.
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  • world / trends
    • 26 8 The Japanese complain about the housing shortage in the cities. Despite their high economic growth and good technology, they are still living in rabbit hutches.
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    • 24 8 More and more Americans are undertaking maintenance repair and new construction projects in and about their own homes according to an independent survey.
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    • 26 8 French archaeologists have found aristocratic mansions and bustling streets dating back 13 centuries at a site for the new glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum.
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    • 285 8 TRENDS Lifestyle TOKYO: Like a boat with too many passengers in one end, Japan suffers from uneven population distribution. Cramped housing conditions have long been famous. But the population problem also affects the economy and domestic life. Mr Kiichi Miyazawa, who is seeking
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    • 259 8 ROME: The tall brunette strolled into the corner bar just down the street from the Spanish steps. "I'll have a cappuccino," she called over her shoulder to the barman while paying her 700 lire (40 cents) to the cashier. "Make it very, very hot. But not
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    • 70 8 More Americans are under- taking maintenance repair and new construction projects in and about their own homes. About 56 per cent of the projected money that will be spent on total home improvement market will come from sale of do-it-yourself kits, according to an independent, non-profit research organisation,
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    • 102 8 a scheme to build a glass pyramid outside the imposing facade of the Louvre Museum has given archaeologists a chance to examine 13 centuries of Parisian history. Remains of an area which was once a mixture of aristocratic mansions and a web of bustling streets have been uncovered
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    • 111 8 Sake-makers in Japan did not have to worry about revolutions. Sake was the national drink, with a history of more than 1,000 years. But now, even that tradition has fallen on hard toes. In 1947, sake was replaced by beer as Japan's No 1 alcoholic beverage. In only
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    • 98 8 THIS page It a new service for readers who are interested in world social trends but who may not have enough time to read about them in detail. We will do the reading for you, extract information and news that we believe will be useful or interesting whether you are
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 348 9 YEARS OF NATION-BUILDING COLLECTION" A Reflection of 25 Years of Progress National Singapore's Emblem National Flower superimposed Vanda Miss on the island of Joaquim Singapore; moon represents young HI nation on the M ascent. Stars H signify ideals HI peace, progress. wßfeVHtflM I The Official justice and e J Celebrations
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  • world
    • 177 10 Reuter BEIRUT, Wednesday ISRAELI planes raided a Palestinian guerilla base in Lebanon's Eastern Bekaa Vallev yesterday and a private radio station said over 100 people were killed or wounded. An Israeli army spokesman in Tel Aviv said the pianes destroyed buildings
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    • 303 10 SITUATION WORSENS AS MORE DOCKERS STAY OFF WORK AP LONDON, Wednesday BRITAIN'S coal and dock strikes worsened yesterday but Prime Minister Mrs Margaret Thatcher decided at a three-hour Cat>inet meeting not to intervene, Government sources said. Mrs Thatcher called more than a dozen
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    • 51 10 This X-29 experimental fighter plane was unveiled by the US Vice-President, Mr George Bush, at Grumman Corporation's testing facility in New York on Monday. The plane was painted white with red and blue stripes and it was a dazzling show of light and music. PICTURE:
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    • 309 10 Reuter BAGHDAD, Wednesday AN IRANIAN man and woman who hijacked an Iran airliner to Iraq yesterday said they were patriots seeking an end to "oppression" in their country and would seek political asylum here. The hijackers appeared at a news
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    • 104 10 UPI BANGKOK, Wed THAI PRIME Minister Gen Prem Tinsulanonda may travel to the US for a physical check-up and treatment of chest pains related to a possible heart ailment, an aide said yesterday. Lt Gen Chantharakupt Sirisuk, Gen Prem's private secretary, said
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  • money
    • 366 11  -  By RODNEY HOBSON COMPETITION in the self-assembly furniture market is stepping up with International Wood Products diversifying into this field and a major British supplier reaching an agreement involving Mr E E Kahlenberg, chairman of Growth Industrial Holdings. Interwood mentions its plans in its
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    • 221 11 INTERNATIONAL Wood Products is to make a one-for-one rights issue as part of several moves to cut its losses. The issue will be priced at $1.20. The annual report of the company says: "The continuing losses incurred by the company
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    • 210 11 NORTH Borneo Timber Bhd (NBT) is understood to have entered into a joint-venture with an East Malaysian company which has the largest timber concession in Sabah. The proposal is now awaiting approval from the authorities, sources said. However, contrary to market
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    • 107 11 Reuter WASHINGTON, Wednesday A JOINT-VENTURE between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the new Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) was approved yesterday, clearing the way for the first global, round-the-clock futures trading system. The joint-venture, which is scheduled to begin operations on Sept 7. will
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    • 119 12 MMLLSTREET A SPURT of late buying shook the stock market from its pre-Labour Day holiday slumber and pushed share prices slightly higher on improved but still light volume. The Dow Jones industrial average, which fell BVfc points on Monday in the slowest session in
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    • 71 12 THE SINGAPORE dollar rose against the US unit to $2.1520/30 from yesterday's $2.1475/90. It was $92.04/32 against the Malaysian ringgit from $92.25/35 and $27.45/47 against the Hong Kong dollar from $27 38/40. Sterling was at U551.3087/94 against the US dollar compared to New York's close of U551.3105/15.
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    • 123 12 THE LOCAL bourse opened very quiet this morning with prices at overnight levels. Selective stocks like Bonvest, SPT, Sing Land, IGB and Rothmans moved up on trading interest. There was also some reratmg on Far East Ship due to its much improved interim results. Towards
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    • 47 12 AT THE mid-day break the OUB Composite Share Index was up 1.09 points to 467.84 from the previous day's close of 466 75. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade Weighted Index was down 0.3410 point to 130.3775 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 130.7185.
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    • 581 12 UNITED Overseas Land Ltd's (UOL) share price has been on the rise lately. It rose from $1.95 some time in the middle of last month to close at $2.74 yesterday. Volume has also increased from 200,000 in mid-July to 567,000, the
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    • 275 12 Selected slocks at midday. Market tone: higher Boustead 2.17/2.18 Cold Store 3.30 B F and N 5.85/5.90 Genting 5.45/5.50 G I H 2.70/2.71 Haw Par 2.18/2.19 Isetan unq Keck Seng 2.80 B Esso susp Hume unq Inchcape 2.94/2.95 Intraco 2.85/2.90 M Cement susp Mulpha (S) 1.20/1.25 Oriental 4.00 B
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    • 115 12 Your S$ to one unit of foreign currency Selling Buying TT/DD TT DD US$ 2.1595 2.1495 2.1405 sterling 2.8313 2.8093 2.7993 Australian 1.8494 1.8253 1.8103 Canadian 1.6679 1.6478 1.6328 New Zealand 1.0868 1.0668 1.0468 S$ to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 10.8000 10.5500 10.5000 Belgian Franc/Comm 3.7397
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 36 11 t\ I 1 11 I*" J |I Mr S4U*M v rul |M YOU HEARD ML! I MNT £V£J?y ONE OF *M£M WIP£P OUT. THE CrONE FOR£V£f? I/' 111] 7E37" g 'i w/w TALKING- TO TUB ZXTBAMiHATOR
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  • 875 13 HOME SERVICE HOME FURNISHING LAST week, we discussed the subject of paint brushes. Now that the brushes are at hand, let's get the painting job done. If you are painting a room for the first time, try to record the quantities of paint
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  • opinion / letters
    • 352 14  -  REPLIES LIM SIAM KIM for Permanent Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs I REFER to the letter "I was convicted but I am not a common criminal Jufrie" by Mr Jufrie Mahmood (SM, Aug 28). Both Mr Jufrie and Mr
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    • 145 14  -  HARBANS SINGH General-Secretary United People's Front WE refer to the letter "Days of non-credible opposition members are moving towards oblivion'' by Leo (SM, Aug 23). It is incorrect for Leo to say that the United People's Front (UPF) is only present during
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    • 165 14 AUGUST 31 has been set aside for schools to celebrate Teachers' Day. Why Teachers' Day? Teachers have the responsiblity of moulding the leaders of tomorrow. In celebrating this auspicious day, we reflect upon the unceasing contributions of teachers to society. Teachers spend endless
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    • 145 14 THE Member for Anson, Mr J B Jeyaretnam, said that Singaporeans are lazy. Many prominent government leaders have voiced their fears about Singaporeans, especially the younger generation, becoming very complacent. Although both are making nearly similar and correct observations, the former tends to be
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    • 101 14 ON June 7 and Aug 2, we wrote to the Housing and Development Board to enquire about the status of our application for a HUDC apartment. To date we have yet to receive a reply. Telephone calls to the Board did not help very much.
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    • 74 14 OF LATE, I noticed that there is an increasing number of students in school uniform misbehaving in public. It is a disgrace to our educational system to see students smoking and making a nuisance of themselves, especially along Orchard Road. Can the Ministry of Education
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    • 207 14  -  MISS LOOI MEI FONG for Permanent Secretary National Development MRS KHOO SOO HOON for Permanent Secretary National Development WE REFER u> the letter about the traffic lights at the junction A Farrer and Bukit Timah Roads (SM, July 20). The writer may be pleased
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    • 452 15 lUWIIUKIMIbm33I3 WAITING FOR taxis during certain times and at certain places is something that Singaporeans do not relish. In other words, the taxi problem is still around despite years of efforts by the authorities. On a normal day, there are enough taxis at most places.
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    • 206 15 ENCOURAGED by the favourable publicity in the Press as well as by endorsements by the Consumers' Association of Singapore, I tried some of the supposedly generic products being promoted. Sad to say, I have been generally
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    • 465 15  -  ROBIN CHUA Singapore 2056 YOUR REPORT on gamblers going to the extent of betting at monsoon drains does not surprise me (SM, Aug 26). It shows that gamblers have gone crazy. And when the craze is intensified, ingenuity sets in. This latest
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    • 121 15 THE Singapore Turf Club's provision of only one payment centre for four-digit lottery prizes at its head office is grossly inconvenient to the punters. This is especially so for those who stay far away and have only small sums to collect.
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    • 79 15 THERE is a law in Singapore which requires a driver to pass a medical examination before his driving licence is renewed after he has attained the age of 60. Doctors hold the lives of patients in their hands. A similar law
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    • 67 15 LETTERS on any subject of public interest will be accepted for publication 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 right to edit letters Address
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  • leisure
    • 1283 16 RAQUEL: FEELING GOOD ABOUT HERSELF LAT SOMEONE close to Raquel Welch offers an opinion on Raquel Welch: She is difficult, egotistical. True, she refused to be photographed. True, she changed the time and place of our appointment more than once. But it is not true
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    • 482 16  -  Small Indian restaurant that offers great stuff By LO TIEN YIN IT IS Sunday morning and you are on your way to World Trade Centre to catch that ferry to sea-breeze and sunshine. Do get your starter at the little Indian restaurant nearby, at Morse Road, opposite the
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    • 356 16  -  By PAT D'ROSE SILVER MEMORIES will add a new twist to the usual talent contests. The competition is divided into three eras: 1959 to the Sixties (rock 'n* roll; twist, a-go-go, shake and cha-cha), the Seventies (bump, soul and hustle) and the Eighties (disco,
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    • 496 18 Hand and Eye Fire and Sand: The Myateries of Glass (Chinese Subtitles) (Last Episode) (Ch 12, 8 pm) THE history of glass is rich in contradiction it is brittle, yet immensely strong and versatile. It was used long ago in the making of Egyptian tombs; and
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    • 380 18  -  By WONG SING YEONG ATTRACTIVE prizes the best in the series so far dangle like carrots for contestants striving to reach the finals of this year's SBC Talentime which rolls off on Sept 9. Participants in the homeviewers contest can expect equally attractive prizes
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    • Article, Illustration
      786 19 BATTLE FOR CHINESE RECORDING STARS THE constant influx of big names from Hong Kong and Taiwan creates an impression that the Chinese recording business is lucrative and profitable. But is it really so? Only the bosses of recording companies know for sure but, in terms of album distribution
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    • 74 16 iff Drama Festival 1984 by Experimental Theatre Club presents Under The Sycamore Tree THU 30, FBI 31 AUG and 1 SEP at 8.00 PM The Drama Centre Tickets at $3 and $2 are available from Central Booking Office (Victoria Theatre), Cold Storage Centrepoint and Tangs Superstore. Organised by the Ministry
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 532 17 SBC SBC TEXT Live Sample Pages. Opening and Programme Highlights followed by This Land is Mine (C) (r). The Richard Simmons Show. Wildlife on One Red River Safari. Romper Room (E). Camp Wilderness Curse of Appachie Cave (Part 2). Three adventurers set out to find a lost Appachie mine which
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    • 787 17 THE SINGAPORE MONTTOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1904 18 Lee Horsley (centre) as Matt Houston with his co-stars of the detective series (Ch 5, 9.20 pm) Quran Reading. Programme Summary. Sesame Street (Episode 1586). News. Bimbingan Agama. Tafsir Al Quran. The Little Rascals Porky O and Julie ET/Just Desserts. Axan Maghrib.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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    • 212 20 QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CATHAY: OPENS TOMORROW! Q (Cash Bookings Only/No Free List!) q 0 HWr\WO She una the unman A a V j of'AUenb dream*. Y K > She had large dark eyee, O c ISflr .jT and a great pair of fine. Q 1 TOUCHSTONE .BRL\NGR.XZER -.«.RONH(MR o TOM HANKS DARYI
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 160 20 GS^HEI AT MARITIME MUSEUM THE Maritime Museum on Sentosa will screen the following films, on request, to visitors in groups of 10 or more until Friday. They are Water in Bogor a film about the supply of water to*Bogor, which is near Jakarta; Dam the Delta a cartoon about water
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    • 833 20 bha ■jP T y, H One of the works on display at the exhibition on Posters of a German Gallery POSTERS OF A GERMAN GALLERY Friday, 10 am to 6pm daily. AdmisTHERE will be an exhibition on Post- sion is ree ere of a German Gallery at the Goe- NATIONAL
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    • 105 20 THE EXAMINERS SPEAK SINGAPORE Music Teachers Association is presenting a forum entitled The* Examiners Speak, tonight, from 7 pm to 8.30 pm at the Goethe Institut Auditorium, Singapore Shopping Centre. A panel of examiners from the Association Board of the Royal Schools of Music will be speaking on music education,
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 433 21 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA Some disappointments are September 23 to October 22 likely in your day, possibly fi- Social life is favoured, and nancial. Family life offers should bring you much relaxmany compensations and you ation. Business affairs are not should enjoy happiness at favoured
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    • 112 21 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook 'hi. *»*'V THfc Bus X X Z' va&fAit! i "THIS is IHKWKS 6JA6 LATE./ UW AHSWeR«> THe JOST HAPPCN»> To IMtML/1 (oft LfclTitfCr Ufcßfc (Do «<bU PHotfK ort THt V_> f*. SITING- H«CT DR SMOCK By George Lemont NURS6 I EB AND FLO By Paul Sellers
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  • PROPERTY SECTION
    • 521 22  -  Most of the people in this wide-ranging field are not adequately trained By ANNIE CHIA THE time is ripe for the education and training of maintenance managers and raising the status of Building Maintenance Management as a profession. The call came from a
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    • 117 22 THE British Standards Institution defines maintenance as work undertaken in order to keep or restore every facility, that is, every part of a site, building and contents, to an acceptable standard. These work could be planned or unplanned. Planned maintenance work consists of planned
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    • 176 22 The maintenance manager must ensure as far as possible that planned maintenance eliminates unplanned maintenance. Total elimination, however, is unlikely because it is difficult to predict with absolute certainty the failure point of every part of every facility. Furthermore, human fallibility will prevent the
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    • 233 24  - Be adventurous buy furniture off the shelf By VINCENT FONG EVER thought of the day when you could buy furniture like groceries in the supermart and walk out with them, all packed and easy to carry? Well, that day is not very far off. Homestead, a furniture showroom in West
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    • 245 24  -  By FOO MEY KIEN THE Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) is organising another real estate agent course, following the success of its May course. Starting this week, the course is in line with the institute's policy to upgrade the real estate industry.
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 86 22 Buying a home? Take advantage of OUB's Housing Loan Scheme OUB's Housing Loan Scheme offers: Easy loan repayments with CPF contributions Longer repayment period of up to 25 years Loan with Overdraft facility Competitive interest rates Currently: Up to 10 years 9%% pa. 11 to 25 years 10 %p a.
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    • 249 22 Property Auction JTC TERRACE RESIDENTIAL LAND AT WORKSHOP JALAN BINGKA No. Jtl-E Vn» If* Mukim 16 lot 1064 ladmrtal Etta* Land Area: 4)1.1 tq HI. Land Area: 191 *q. m (4640 *q. ft.l (2056 jq ft.) Tenure: 99 yn from Built up Area: approv 28-J-1952 24) iq. m including a
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 398 23 -a OAIMAN DEVELOPMENT Taman Johor Jaya the Other facilities Include com- I• SDN. BHD. after developing future sateiita town, upon merclal complexes, cinemas, w -op Taman Sri Tabrau compietlon offers school, mortals, hawkers J LoU Taman Santoaa DoubiefThree-Storey cantra, playground and Taman Sri Skudai Shophoueea, Singla/Doubla- gardana ate. IWIIL In
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 121 24 8 DBS FINANCE FOR BETTER HOME FINANCING Optimum financing with or without CPF savings. Attractive interest rates: 1 to 10 years —.10% p a. 11 to 25 years 10%% p.a. Bridging finance available. HUDC (Phase 1) loans available up to 85% of valuation. A wide choice of easy repayment schemes
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    • 392 24 W Mortgagees' Sale I of Properties By I I Public Auction I To Be Held at No. 6 Cecil Street #02-04, I People's Insurance Building, on Wednesday, 12th September 1984 I I at 3.00 p.m. Particulars Shop* I 1) #02-90, #03-96 and #03-123 City Plaza I Floor Areas: 25 sq.m
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 272 25 /~^~{]`![,$.{`;>|[\;?~{]~=|+.*= Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor Word* 0.35 ceeta par word 0.55 caeta par word Dlipliy $7.70 p«r col. cm $10.00 p«r col. can B—tow Hra Mon-Fri. 9am-spm Sat. 9am-lpm Commercial Seiv 280-1157/8583 Daniel Chan Mgnt S«r 287-5937. Do well Management 296-6861 SHARP Electrical Serv 443-6851 Little 'Angles'
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    • 292 25 Gnomes Flower People 445-2258. I CAmmtMTAL I Bridal Car for rent ......468-1425. Eastern United (Car 8i Truck Rental) 440-2204 5. EMn Rent A Car 746-4791/8 Funland Rent-A-Car 223-7384 Hong Sang Car Rental 336-2168. Throe Star 345-4791/ 235-0256. CAM *£JrVVCEM6 Unique, economical, convenient servicing plan 776-3255/777-4356. CATEMEMO Indonesian Buffet 440-3255. Memory
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    • 253 25 MONITOR'S DIRECTORY A-Olsc Promotions..- 732-1900 B.T.E. Sales Rental 440-7097 Bnckhouse MobMa Waco 545-9163 Cast Blanca 743-3477 Culture after 12p.m. ..459-9755 Goodtimes 224-3111/ 223-04*4 Immensity Link*****65/*****7a. Krue Mobil Disco 440-6197/ 771-7393. Midnight Reservations ..760-M74 Monster Rock 210-0306 Morroco 252-3959/ 252-4903. New Wave Disco Ser .456-3737. Nightrlp Mobile Unit 545-3501 Best Driving
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    • 255 25 Jolly Joker Fancy Dress 469-4439 Fun's Flofist I Nursery 221-9641. Plants for rental to Offices. A SPECIALIST IN upholstery custom-made sofa. Trade —in accepted. Reasonable price. Tel: 741-7240 (day) 441-6443 (night). Anne Foo Sofa Centre.2ss-72M Mayjune Interior *****66 ext 514 nrmuo*^ A 6. B contracts, interior and renovation 334-1036 Design
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    • 221 25 Coronation Music 5ch..469-3252. Eric's Guitar Tuition 445-1291. Technics Music School 469-3714. Victor Music Centre 746-9770. Victor Music Centre 334-3215 Victor Music Centre 748-7924. A-Fine Transporters .296-9373/2. Cargo Expediters 273-3090 Carimex Cargo Service 446-2656. Scanfreight... 221-6970/ 220-2659 Winland Forwarder ...294-3521/2. Armstrong. 775-7757 rAwnr DGCOMATOMB Gnomes Party People .446-3340 *£N PALS Agency
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    • 98 25 Dial-A-Friend 294-7135/ 294-9096 Goodluck FrKmh Ctr...337-4705 Lucky Friendship Ag .296-9255/ 296-2192/ 299-5145 Active Pest Control 459-4990 Sobi Video Filming 296-5433. Wedding Photo Service 456-3906 K-9 Doc Training. Obedience/ Protection Training by our U.S. Certified Master Trainer. 349-1177/ 345-1739. Precious Gold Real Estate Agency „..33M971. Magro 296-1965 294-6342 Coastguard Secur Serv
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    • 174 25 Harmon's Pte Investigation i Security Ag.... *****71/ *****77. (24 hours answering service; *****55. ask for Harmon Singh). Kokusai Security System3399ool Petra Security Service .91-1953/ 532-3990 Regal Security Servtces294-9497. Talent Pte Inv. Security Serv. 293-2055/ 6 (Estd 12 yrs). Character Analysis/ 1.Q533-7617 Computer Dating 533-7715 Cushion Covers Maker .255-7290 Excellent Answering
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 273 26 classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant t ||«T Minimum primary school education Willing to learn and work hard No experience required Able to start work immediately and prepared to do 3 rotational shift duties All-in salary inclusive of shift allowance $500/- p.m Confirmation in 1 month's time with salary adjustment Productivity incentives
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    • 317 26 FOOD CORNER/ CATERER! ■v nmr nmsn a. (Muout food to your door* top Different menu everyday to wrtwt your appeHn Lunches dinners are atao avwUMe Fast prompt delivery. Cel now! At 745-4367 SUFFgTS 97.§0. MO service charge Minimum 30 persons Also Cater for baitoeques, weddings, and conferences. Memory Caterer, Tel:
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    • 190 26 FOR SALE SPfCtAL OPWb National NV37OEN VCR only $775. NV73O6N VCR only $1,175 and NVBSO6N VCR only $1,345 Whole stock al with 2 years guarantee, tree delivery and Installation Cal Kassim Electronics. 986 Sembawang Road Tal: 257-1704/ 7584)892 IXtHCtW BICYCLE FOR sale $180 0.n.6. Hardly used Please cal Veron 282-6318
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    • 177 26 Property For Site FLAT FOR SALE 5-roomed flat on 7th floor at Bedok North Avenue 3 for sale. Quiet, airy, and away from main road. Asking for $148,000 Phone 444-7036 APPOINTMENT Art Director for THE SINGAPORE MONITOR Must be able to direct a growing art staff in all aspects of
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    • 79 26 Business Premises For Sale/Rent I FOR RENT! Factory at Mandai Estate Gross area 9,000 sq.ft. with open space 20,000 sq.ft. Factory and Warehouse at Tampines. Total area 20,000 sq.ft. Tel: 280-8613 for Mr Richard Tan LxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxS Enjoy the convenience of a home delivered Monitor daily or Sunday AT NO EXTRA
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    • 374 26 NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 189 and IN TNE MATTER OF MUA HIN CO. PTE. LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of MUA HIN CO. PTE. LTD. duly held and convened at 36, Phillip Street, Leong Chuan
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  • sports
    • 494 27  -  RACING TODAY'S TRACKWOHK By WONDER BOY It was a quiet and dull morning on the track at Batu Gantong in Penang today when only a handful of horses were sent against the clock on a good track. Only six Cup candidates were seen on track but
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    • 223 27 Reuter SEOUL, Wed NORTH Korea is expected to try to sabotage the 1988 Seoul Olympics, South Korean Olympic Chief, Roh Tae-Woo, said yesterday. Roh, president of the Seoul Olympic Organising Committee, told a news conference that having failed to prevent
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    • 276 27  -  By S GULAM SINGAPORE'S football team saw the return of another fullback when selectors decided to recall Marzuki Elias to the national team now preparing for the Merlion Cup in October at the National Stadium. The 23-year-old Farrer Park United leftback, who can
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    • 257 27 Reuter NEW YORK, Wednesday TOP-SEED John McEnroe and defending champion Jimmy Connors swing into action at the US Open Tennis Championships today, hoping they do not experience the kind of upsets suffered by two women stars yesterday. McEnroe, the Wimbledon champion who has
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    • 246 27 MEN'S SINGLES, FIRST ROUND: Pat Cash (Aus) bt Hie Nastase (Romania) 6-3, 75, 6-1, Tim Mayotte (US) bt Chris Lewis (New Zealand) 64, 6-3, 6-1, Greg Holmes (US) bt Guy Forget (France) 2-6, 63, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, Gianni Ocleppo (Italy) bt Pedco Rebolledo <Chite) 6-3, 6-2, 4-6,
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    • 351 28  -  Tournament rule blocks our girls' bid for the Asean Schools Table Tennis Title By K SILVAM DESPITE finishing on equal points with Malaysia, Singapore had to settle for the silver in the girls' Asean Schools Table Tennis Team Championships at the Toa Payoh indoor stadium last
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    • 384 28 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday CHINA aim to avenge one of the biggest surprises in the history of table tennis when the World Cup Championships start in Kuala Lumpur today. The country which has made the sport an integral part of domestic life and boasts
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    • 247 28 Reuter NEW YORK, Wed BRITAIN'S Jo Durie, a surprise semifinalist last year, yesterday became the first seeded-player to lose in the opening round df the US upfen Tennis (Aanpionstupe.* She was beaten 2-6 7-5 4-6 by Anne Minter of Australia. Durie, a rangy serve-and-volley power hitter,
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    • 254 28 AP LAS VEGAS, Wednesday INTERNATIONAL Boxing Federation champion Larry Holmes and World Boxing Association champion Gerrie Coetzee will stage their longawaited heavyweight showdown in November in Las Vegas. According to promoter Don King, the fight would be held in the
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    • 326 29 Last year's runners-up their latest victims S. KOREA 4 ALGERIA 1 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Wed SOUTH KOREA crushed Algeria 4-1 in a Group 'B' match in 4 the Merdeka Cup soccer tournament last night. The South Koreans, unbeaten in their last two outings, took an
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    • 475 29 OPA GOAL-SCORING is a high-ly-valued art these days. Take Clive Allen who, since his Football League debut for Queens Park Rangers six years ago, has been bought and sold for £3,000,000 (S$8,400,000). Young Allen, he is still only 23, is now Tottenham's big hope
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    • 344 29  -  SOCCER NEWS.. PRIME MINISTER S CUP By K SILVAM ANY player who is shown three yellow cards in this year's Prime Minister s Cup Inter-Constituency football tournament places himself at risk for stiffer disciplinary action. A new competition rule says that such a
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    • 406 30 IPS THERE was a day last month when no fewer than 14 of the country's 92 League clubs were without a manager. Since then, the likes of Steve Coppell and Willie Maddren have joined the production line, but they would do well to study
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    • 99 30 Don Howe Graham Turner Bob Colins (caretaker) Harry Redknapp Frank Mclintock Chris Cattlin David Williams John Bond Martin Dobson John Ryan John McGrath John Duncan Bobby Gould Dario Gradi Steve Coppell Cyril Knowles Arthur Cox Gerry Francis Ray Harford Mick Docherty Billy Homer Brian Horton Joe Fagan Billy McNeill
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    • 61 30 Arsenal Aston Villa Bamsley Bournemouth Brentford Brighton Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Cambridge Cardiff Cheater Chesterfield Coventry Crewe Crystal Palace Darlington Derby Exeter Fulham Hartlepool Hull Liverpool Manchester C Middle abro' Newcaatle Northampton Notts County Peterborough Plymouth A Portsmouth Port Vale Preston QPR Reading Rochdale Sheffield Wed Shrewsbury Southend Peter
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    • 110 30 Terry Neil Tony Barton Norman Hunter Don Meg son Fred Callaghan Jimmy Meiia Bobby Gould Frank Casper Jim I ley John Docherty Len Ashurst John Sainty Frank Barlow Dave Sexton Peter Morris Alan Mullery Billy Elliot Peter Taylor Brian Godfrey Gerry Francis Malcolm Macdonald John Duncan Mick Docherty Colin
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 218 31 UPI LONDON, Wednesday NORWICH, one of England's less fashionable soccer teams, visited Coventry for a scoreless draw last night after bathing in the glory of a 3-3 home result against League champions Liverpool on Saturday. The four midweek First Division fixtures ended in draws
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    • 544 31 MERMKH CUP 1984 The Star FOR MALAYSIA'S Wong Hung Nung, the frustration of having missed Malaysia's first two Merdeka Cup matches is building up in him and he wants to play against Liberia in kota Baru tomorrow. Coach Frank Lord conducted a fitness test
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 80 31 You may lose your bike! Under a new law, all 'L' riders will be banned from the road next year. Only 1 in 5 can pass the motorcycling test, usually after many tries. If you do not pass in time, you will have to give up your bike. Don't wait.
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