Singapore Monitor, 1 September 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Saturday, September 1, 1984 30cent*
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  • 349 1 His candidacy to be announced later this month BRIGADIER-GENERAL Lee Hsien Loong, who is resigning from the army, to enter poltics, is expected to stand in the new constituency of Teck Ghee in Ang Mo Kio New Town. Brig-Gen Lee's candidacy will be
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  • home
    • 218 2  -  By VINCENT FONG A SECOND construction competition to decide the most productive worksites in Singapore was launched this morning. The competition, jointly organised by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) and tie Singapore Contractors Association Ltd, is open to all contractors in the building industry, including
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    • 127 2 INCOME TAX relief will be extended to pioneer services under a Bill that has been given a first reading in Parliament. The relief applies at present to pioneer industries. The Economic Expansion Incentives (Relief from Income Tax) (Amendment) Bill lists activities qualifying as pioneer
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    • 546 2 LOONG SWEE YIN IN A symbolic gesture last night, a new People's Action Party candidate for the coming general election was given the honour of reading Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's message to a retiring MP, Mr Chor Yeok Eng, at a farewell dinner. It
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    • 387 2  -  By EE BOON LEE DO NT LOOK at issues in terms of just black and white, the deputy chief editor of Lianhe Zaobao, Mr Tans Guan Seng, told fellow journalists at a press conference at the headquarters of the People's Action Party in Napier
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    • 269 3  -  By ANNIE CHIA OWNERS of HUDC flats are getting together in an effort to solve problems they expect when they take over the maintenance and management of their estates from the Housing and Development Board. Representatives from all six of the affected estates met
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    • 241 3  -  By BERTILLA PEREIRA TEACHER'S DAY was celebrated with a difference at St Anthony's Convent Secondary yesterday. Instead of buying expensive gifts for teachers as tokens of their appreciation, students decided to contribute some of their pocket money through the teachers to the Community Chest.
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    • 156 3  -  By EE BOON LEE THE group of lawyers, anxious to register their protest over legislation making it mandatory to impose minimum sentences for certain offences, got their way yesterday after a meeting lasting about two hours. Undeterred by the fact that the legislation
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    • 452 4  -  Ex-SAF officers can now get staff postings befitting their experience By BENNY ORTEGA FORMER Singapore Armed Forces officers will be able play a "year-round" role in senior headquarters positions under new rules for senior reservists outlined yesterday. Such officers will be given
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    • 471 4  -  STORY AND PICTURES BY CHEW YEN FOOK A GOOD show, but expensive. That was the verdict of the patrons in the last showing of the Singapore Experience yesterday. Several thought that because it depicted Singapore's history, it should be shown free
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    • 112 4 SELECTED reservist officers in the public sector will soon be seconded to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) for periods of up to seven months, the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) announced yesterday. The ministry said that this was part of its plan to offer the
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    • 202 4  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO EMPLOYERS of foreign workers will have to pay a flat levy of $200 a month for each work permit holder from Oct 1. This will increase by $50 at six-monthly intervals, until it reaches $350 by April 1986. Announcing the change
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    • 643 5  -  By RAY MILLER SINGAPORE'S Anti-Pollution Unit is looking into the feasibility of automating the air-monitoring network which measures the air we breathe. It could eventually be a multi-million dollar project but it would ensure even higher standards of pollution monitoring as Singapore gears up
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    • 248 5 Lianhe Wanbao A YOUTH, believed to be a medium, struck terror early yesterday morning when he ran amok at Block 423, Avenue 3, in Ang Mo Kio. The man, in his early twenties, was reported to have suddenly burst out of his 11th storey flat
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    • 195 5 IN OCTOBER, Singapore will take another step to clean up its atmosphere. Prom that date all new vehicles will have to meet the European anti-pollution standard known as ECE 15-03. Initially importers will have to produce a certificate from the manufacturer stating that the
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    • 72 5 Suniw CurfyUffin At Raffles. Also, special Tok Panjang buffet in the Tiffin Room. Raffles Hotel tradition is legendary Beach Road, Singapore 0718 Tel: *****41 Eat Your Heart Out Without Breaking Your Wallet. Esquire Kitchen is now 4 years old. Have you ever been here before? Famous SzeChuan and Shanghai Cuisine
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  • world
    • 435 6 AP HOUSTON, Saturday A NEW drug being manufactured in orbit aboard the shuttle Discovery could lead by 1988 to robot pharmaceutical plants in space making a lifesaving drug that could be used by thousands of people on earth, partners in the
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    • 397 6 Reuter SYDNEY, Saturday A 14-YEAR-OLD boy who sneaked into Sydney for a sightseeing tour after stowing away on a plane in Honolulu had Australian officials baffled yesterday no one knows for sure where he comes from. The boy gave his name as David Smith after
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    • 232 6 AP WASHINGTON, Saturday AS MR WALTER Mondale and President Reacan prepared for the traditional Labour Day holiday weekend campaign kick-off, negotiators for the Presidential candidate met yesterday to arrange debates. The candidates wrapped up a busy week in which Mr Reagan received
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    • 255 6 Reuter GDANSK, Saturday SOLIDARITY leader Mr Lech Walesa commemorated the fourth anniversary of his banned free trade union's birth yesterday by laying a wreath at a monument to Baltic Shipyard strikers killed by police. A force of about 100 policemen, deployed in the
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    • 89 6 Reuter SEOUL, Sat SOUTH KOREA made a fresh appeal to the Soviet Union yesterday to pay compensation (or shooting down a Korean Air Lines (KAL) Jumbo Jet with 269 people aboard a year afo. In a statement marking the first anniversary
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    • 422 7 Policy of strengthening links with 'US imperialism' condemned AP, Reuter MOBCOW, Saturday SOVIET Foreign Minister Mr Andrei Gromyko yesterday warned a visiting Japanese Parliamentarian that Japan recently has been demonstrating a "spirit of militarism" and a tendency toward imperialism. Mr Gromyko told Mr loshio Sakurauchi
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    • 398 7 UPI BEUINQ, Saturday SQUADRONS of Chinese air force iets streaked over central Beijing yesterday in a rare aerial display to prepare for China's first National Day celebration in 16 years. The nearly 20 planes, Chinese-made H-6 bombers and A-5 and F-7 Jet fighters, screamed
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    • 247 7 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday HAJI SAMAN SAAD, 128, was among thousands of people to pass in front of the Yang Di-Pertuan Agung Sultan Mahmooa Iskandar, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, and other dignitaries at the Independence Day parade here yesterday. Haji Saman, from Alor
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    • 124 7 PHILADELPHIA, Saturday SEVERE water shortages in Israel and Jordan could increase hostilities in the volatile Middle East unless the region devises a comprehensive water plan, according to a new study bv University of Pennsylvania researchers. "If present rates of growth and patterns
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    • 193 7 Reuter UNITED NATIONS, Sat THE UNITED STATES yesterday told Libya's UN diplomats they may not travel outside New York City without special permission, the tightest curbs on any foreign mission. A diplomatic note gave no reason for the stricter curbs, but a US spokeswoman cited
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    • 593 8 Russians fight Western influence with own trendy T-shirts LAT-WIR MOSCOW, Saturday AMERICAN-STYLE T-shirts have become the latest battleground in the Soviet Communist Party's war against Western influence on young people. Soviet officials indicated last week that they would start producing their own versions
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    • 380 8 Reuter RANGOON, Saturday AN ALLIANCE of communist rebels in Burma is being undermined by mutual distrust and suspicion and a struggle for control of opium smuggling, informed Burmese sources said. They said the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) which has a
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    • 554 8  -  By E R TODD Special to The Singapore Monitor TOKYO, Saturday THE AOKIGAHARA, or Sea of Trees, is a brooding stretch of dense woodland at the foot of Japan's awesome Mount Fuji. In a country where suicide is still seen by many in a
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    • 423 8 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Saturday A TOP Air Force official investigating charges of unsafe construction at the space shuttle launching facility being built at Vandenberg Air Force base has admitted that at least 15 serious problems remain. Air Force Undersecretary Edward Aldridge Jr has expressed
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  • world / trends
    • 23 9 Breaking up a romance is harder on women than on men, says a new study conducted by psychologist Robin Akert In Boston.
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    • 41 9 Due to a nearly 50 per cent increase in life expectancy and an even larger drop in birth rates since the post-war baby boom, Japan is ageing faster than any other nation on earth, says Japanese journalist Kinji Kawamura.
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    • 30 9 Canadians are fearful that a vast area of the United States is running out of water and is looking covetously at the Great Lakes, the Toronto Star reports.
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    • 321 9 TRENDS S O Cl3l BOSTON: BREAKING up a romance is harder on women than on men, a new study has established. It was conducted on 344 men and women in their 20s by psychologist Robin Akert of Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachussetts.
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    • 184 9 TORONTO: CANADIANS are fearful that a vast area of the United States is running out of water and is looking covetously at the Great Lakes, the Toronto Star reports. Political pressure is mounting to use the Great Lakes to replenish
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    • 169 9 TOKYO: DUE to a nearly 50 per cent increase in life expectancy and an even larger drop in birth rates since the post-war baby boom, Japan is ageing faster than any other nation on earth, Japanese journalist Kinji Kawa mura says. This will
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    • 98 9 Tourists are threaten- ing to destroy the graves of the Pharoahs near Luxor in Egypt, warns Thomas Ross in the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper. "The graves' wall paintings...have lasted 30-odd centuries in surprisingly good condition. Now they will disappear in just a few more years experts give them between
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    • 67 9 Riding the strength of the soaring US dollar, American tourists are invading Europe during the current summer in record numbers. The greenback has surged to all-time highs against more than a half-dozen European currencies, and millions of Americans are snatching up bargains from Lisbon to Vienna and from
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    • 52 9 Senegal has made important strides in development, but the protracted drought affecting the Sahara region continues to menace the country, Jeune Afrique newsmagazine reports. "The desert is advancing 15 miles (24 km) a year. If that continues, Dakar, Senegal's capital, will be a town imprisoned by sand,"
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    • 55 9 An un- derground video-casette boom is sweeping the Soviet Union, spurring a lively black market in foreign recorders and cassettes, El Pais newspaper reports. A network of home "video clubs" charges up to US$70 (S$150) for admission to such presentations as American Westerns, James Bond films and
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  • money
    • 679 10  -  By RODNEY HOBSON TOUGHER measures to control finance companies are proposed in a Bill before Parliament. If passed, the Bill will remove some of the Rroblems that the Monetary Aulority of Singapore had in dealing with the collapse of Overseas Union Finance
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    • 104 10 UPI LONDON, Saturday MARCONI'S Neston-built lightweight Sting Ray torpedo is on course and will soon be winging its way to the Far East. The company's wirral-based underwater systems business has signed a long-rumoured deal to supply the advanced weapon to the Royal
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    • 501 10 IN ALMOST two months of trading on ?;old futures contract, the Singapore nternational Monetary Exchange (Simex) has shown very encouraging and positive results. In terms of volume transacted (average volume is 717 contracts a day) and open interest on the upside it has done extraordinarily
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    • 461 11 STOCK MARKET ROUND-UP THE LOCAL bourse saw very little activity this week with market sentiments still cautious. One dealer attributed it to the lack of fresh news and the lacklustre interim results released. Many investors were sidelined awaiting signals from Wall Street. Lee Kim Tah
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    • 214 11 TANGS and Isetan (Singapore) both fared worse according to the latest interim figures. Tangs turned in an operating loss for the six months to June, while Isetan saw operating profit cut by four-fifths in the half year to May 30. Tangs
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    • 109 11 WHLLSTREET Reuter WALL STREET stocks closed slightly higher in very auiet trading yesterday as investors abandoned the loor of the exchange early in anticipation of the long Labour Day weekend, analysts said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 1.10 to 1224.38. The
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    • 113 11 AP THE US dollar turned in a narrowly mixed performance in extremely quiet and trendless pre-holiday trading in the US yesterday. The price of gold also was little changed in listless activity, winding up the week at a bid of US$34B, unchanged from the late bid on
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    • 149 11 COMPANY NEWS TEMERLOH Rubber Estates' pre-tax profit for the year to April SO increased 32 per cent to $3.79 million from $2.88 million in the last corresponding period despite a provision of $16,000 for loss in its associated companies. Group profit
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    • 44 11 KEMAYAN Oil reported a group profit of $5.11 million in the year to May compared with $4.38 million last time. Company profit was down at $3.1 million compared with $3.25 million. The final dividend is 3 per cent.
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    • 28 11 GLENEALY Plantations improved its operating profit by 5.1 per cent to $8.9 million in the year to June. The final dividend is five cents.
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    • 18 11 DUNLOP Malaysian Industries, Highlands and Lowlands and Temerloh Rubber Estates have been suspended from settlement trading.
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  • features / letters
    • 456 12 ISSUE USA Today LAST YEAR, four separate reports warned that mediocre schools had put the United States at risk. Now, as classes resume, we face a new crisis in our schools. The teaching profession is in trouble. Too many good teachers have
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    • 196 12  -  REPLIES TAN HENG HUAY Executive Assistant Secretary (Public Relations) Housing Development Board PLEASE refer to the letter by Mr Kong Huat regarding the piles of debris in the car park at Block 564, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 (SM, Aug 15). Block 564
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    • 234 12  -  B S HUAN Chief Instructor S'pore Tae-kwondo Academy I REFER to the letter "Tae-kwondo activities attract crowd in 40 community centres" by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (SM, Aug 18). In 1982, the Singapore Tae-kwondo Academy decided to extend its services
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    • 1205 12  -  ■jr. ROBERT GILLETTE j Los Ang«l«s Tim«s LAT WHEN A Soviet television crew came to Kansas City in 1982 to film life in a typical American city, Mayor Richard Berkley and other local officials agreed to cooperate. Helping the Soviet people to see and understand America,
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    • 510 13 THE SINGftPORE monitor EfflHE FIRST, congratulations, Monetary Authority of Singapore and Simex! Both deserve a pat on the back. The. historic link-up witn Chicago is jk>w approved after what seemed interminable wrangling. Simex (Singapore International Monetary Exchange Ltd) director, Mr Loh Hoon Sun, summed
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    • 562 13 THE PRESS reported on Aug 25 that during his adjournment speech in Parliament, the MP for Anton, Mr Jeyaretnam, compared the Housing and Development Board to "a huge monster against which residents were helpless". My opinion is the HDB has now become
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    • 138 13  -  PATRICK ROY ONG Singapore 2057 I FULLY support the two readers' comments on the high food prices at hawker centres (SM, Aug 14 and 28). Are the prices related to the increase in licence fees? If so, why do prices of food and drinks differ in
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    • 132 13 I HAVE moved into Yishun New Town for about six months, At present, there is no bus service I serving Yishun. < Every morning, rain or shine, we J have to walk about 15 minutes to the 1 nearest bus-stop on Sembawang Road. It
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  • 766 14 King Fahd is worried Saudi women are becoming less desirable as wives to his men features AP RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: A full-colour editorial cartoon in Al-Riyadh pictures a little girl reading, with some consternation, an offer to sell shares in a daughter's dowry. In
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  • 16th Festival of Books And Book Fair 84 September 1-9, World Trade Centre Hall Three
    • 434 15 AT THE opening of the 16th Festival of Books and Book Fair at the World Trade Centre last night, Dr Wong Kwei Cheong, Minister of State (Trade and Industry) urged booksellers in Singapore to give fair treatment to the reading public. Dr
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    • 342 15  -  KOH HOCK SENG President SBPA THE 16th Festival of Books and Book Fair once again emphasises the continuing effort of the Singapore Book Publishers' Association and the National Book Development Council of Singapore, joint organisers of the Fair, in promoting book development and the inculcation of
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    • 458 16 READING for the Future is the theme of this year's Festival of Books and Book Fair which opens in Hall Three of the World Trade Centre today. The Fair will run till Sept 9. One of the highlights of the Fair, in celebration of Singapore's
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    • 305 16  -  Dr S GOPINATHAN Chairman, Festival of Books Singapore Pte Ltd THIS year's Festival of Books and Book Fair 1984 is the second to be organised by the Festival of Books Singapore Pte Ltd. It augurs well for the future, that this year,
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    • 300 18 DR LIM SU MIN is a gynaecologist by profession and an author by avocation. At this Book Fair, two of his books will be launched. These are. "Your Doctor Says", a collection of articles giving medical advice written by a panel of 28
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    • 651 18 DR LIM: It's an ego trip. Writing is not a new experience. As a student one of the first pieces I remember writing is a hundred lines: "I must not talk in class." I also contributed a number of articles for the school magazines and newsletters. Q: What
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    • 140 18 "SINGAPORE Memento", a book about the lifestyle of people in Singapore, is the creation of Yeo Soh Choo, a full time architect. The author said: "This book is intended to reveal a view of the Singaporean lifestyle and Singapore city past and present
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    • 152 18 "POEMS for Children", a collection of 18 short poems for those in the primary and pre-primary age group, is a book by teacher M Vijayan which is being launched at the Book Fair. The poems are on a variety of topics such
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    • 174 18 THE latest book by Jessie Wee,"Boo", a collection of five short stories, including two ghost stories, will be launched at the Book Fair. Jessie was a teacher for 12 years and is now a full-time writer. She contributes articles to children's magazines and
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    • 644 19 OVER 60 new titles, covering a variety of subjects, by both Singaporean and foreign authors, will be launched at the 16th Festival of Books and Book Fair which opens at the World trade Centre today. Here is a list of these publications along
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    • 179 21 BRITISH Petroleum will be represented at this Book Fair. What in the world does a petroleum company have to do with books? The answer is simple. The British Petroleum Educational Service produces a large number of booklets, charts, audio-visual presentations and filmlets which
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    • 195 21 Childcraft it's not just kids' stuff either CHILDCRAFT is a 15 volume resource library, designed especially for pre school and elementry grade children which will also be useful for older children who will find the colourful presentation and simple language easy to understand. The 15 volumes are arranged into six
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    • 242 21 MPH, one of the largest exhibitors in this year's Festival of Books and Book Fair, will be staging a number of promotions for the benefit of their customers. The company will be introducing two new card clubs which entitle members to 10 per cent discounts on
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    • 108 21 MAGRO International Private Limited, a new publisher, will be launching two new titles through retailers at the Book Fair. The first title is The Newswatch Book a joint publication with Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. It contains highlights from the children's television news bulletin programmes.
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    • 137 21 MPH will be launching "Singapore: TwentyFive Years of Development", a book to commemorate this country's 25 years of Nation Building. This book, published by Singapore News and Publications Limited, examines the factors responsible for this country's economic success over the years. Edited by
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    • 122 16 Singapore News Publications Ltd (BOOK PUBUCATIONS)^^OI^. a I Venue Hall 3. World Trade Centre. Booths No 103 104 Da,e Ist. Sept. 1984 —9th. Sept. 1984. 1100 a m —9 00 p m 16™ FESTIVAL OF BOOKS 6 BOOK FAIR '84 1 9 SEPTEMBER 1984 WORLD TRADE CENTRE HALL 3 11A.M.
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    • 253 17 Our MPH offers at Book fair 84 are so good, its hardly fair BRING THE Vk ONLYSIPORAHEADSTART A-TEAM HOME! v. 1\ FOR THE BUDDING SCULPTOR! A 84cm by 60cm posterV Hach Remus 3-D Play Kit comes complete of B.A. Baracus and I with background scene, plastic moulding, company for the
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    • 208 18 Singapore Raymond Flower From the myth-makers of Tumasek's pre-history and the spirited pioneers of Raffles' day, the cosmopolitan people of Singapore have emerged the proud citizens of a thriving metropolis-state. Our fables, traditions and habits; our feelings and spirit are chronicled in this highly readable and wellresearched volume. Lavishly illustrated
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    • 107 18 °&*f 5516,00 <S$ ys> '"^ras^tD sS^ For fashion cook books BEX BOOK STORE Sis the place to goto. &VZZZTZ I For nearly four decades, REX BOOK STORE has catered to the reading public of Singapore and Malaysia, specialising mainly fashion and cookery books. to^(^^u 9 totter. bi99er Q, PostagsStl .00
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    • 167 19 TheHennessy Book of CHIHESE FESTIVALS English Edition: $27.00 Chinese Edition: $25.00 Available at the Book Fair '84 Stalls No. 175-178 S SHADOW PLAY AND OTHER STORIES IH. Jathar Salij) The author will be present to autograph his book at our stalls on Sat., 1-9-84 from 6 00 p.m 8.00 p.m.
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    • 178 20 PARENTS, KIDS!! You'll 800 HOO if you miss our fairytale castle at Stand No. 68 at The 16th Festival of Books and Book Fair at the World Trade Centre I j r—l y Mm iM I f i ys 1 41 til Bhfp ',> p OorT, "The 3 a Sef
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    • 233 21 a m CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL CHINESE BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH CW ™»p«*«r SH<Sr AVAILABLE BY PANDA jflr Price 1 IsMBH All Colours of the Rainbow 6.00 mji Autumn in Spring other 4.50 WW stories LflDlM Beneath the Red Banner 6.00 rV Beijing Legends 4.00 The Black Eel 3.50 £°*te»perary <
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    • 165 21 MAGRO PUBLCATIONS The Newswatch Book, jointly published with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, is the first book of its kind in Singapore to give the reader Tl- tn the background to the news. Here you read in K iT simple language how the Middle East, Palestinian, DOOk Kampuchean and other international
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  • leisure
    • 438 22  -  THE TAIWANESE SINGER TAKES A BREAK TO TAKE STOCK By WONG AH YOKE AFTER eight years of singing, Liu Wenzhen is ready to take a rest. After completing his 10-day shows which began last night at the Rex Live Theatre, Wenzhen will be burying himself
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    • 194 22 THE top 10 pop singles in the US, as rated by Cash box, with last week's positions in brackets: 1. (1) What's Love Got to Do With It-Tina Tamer (Capitol) 2. (2) Ghostbusters Ray Parker, Jr (Arista) 3. (4) Stack On You Lionel Richie (Motown) 4.
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    • 348 22  -  f^pt^Mttljh^elj^ All reviews by LIM SEK ALBUM: ZETTAI ARTISTE: Checkers LABEL: Polygram Canyon C28A0348 THIS group has a unique image, as can be seen from the album cover. Its songs are also a unique blend of rockabilly and a light new musical touch. Checkers made Japanese music history
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    • 523 24  -  i4A a A A A Ai 1 WITH VALERIE TREVOR Saturday Night Movie Uptown Saturday Night (Ch 5, 10.35 pm) A SATURDAY night out for two working men ends up in a wild goose chase for a stolen lottery ticket. Sidney Poiter and Bill Cosby are the
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    • 278 24  -  wmm By WONG SING YEONG THE World Popular Song Festival is probably the most well-received musical programme in Japan after the All-Japan Red and White Show, having attracted noted singers from the world over including Elton John, Neil Sedaka, Bonnie Tyler, Frances Yip, Sarah
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    • 530 25 Short skits on a new wave-length BHAI George! Has Arumugam lost his head again and stuck the white turban on? Just minutes ago he was the dancing maniac Manickam Jackson, waving his gloved hand and blowing kisses to the girls in the balcony and muttering something about
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    • 125 25 ADIL, Adam and Ben don't disappoint, especially not on Saturday nights. The trio ana Fusion E (featuring Shirley Hermosa) will keep Europe Loange, Changi Village bursting with music and energy. KROSMODE returns to the Rainbow Lounge, Ming Arcade, on Tuesday after a short holiday. Tonight sinser-composer-producer Dick Lee
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    • 518 23 SBC SBCTEXT Live Sample Pages. Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Sesame Street Flash Gordon (Cartoon). Saturday Matinee: The African Elephant See Saturday's Best. Pasta Sukan Under 23 Rugby Tournament. Muzikarama (M) (r). Popeye The Sailor (Cartoon). Programme Highlights. News (E). Coronet Film Animals Protect Themselves. The Wonderful World of
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    • 765 23 NT v, V i R THE SINGAPORE MONITOR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1964 241 i x.L~ 1 J s S/mon Trevor, director and photographer, takes us to Kenya on a jungle adventure to trek down the mammoth Ahmed elephant in The African Elephant (Ch 5, 2.30 pm) Quran Reading. Programme Summary.
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    • 91 26 SSO SERIES CONCERT TICKETS TICKETS for the Third Series Concerts are on sale today at Singapore Symphonia Co Ltd, Victoria Memorial Hall, Empress Place, Singapore 0617. For enquiries, call Christina at *****39. US EMBASSY CLOSED ON MONDAY THE US Embassy will be closed on Monday in observance of Labour Day.
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    • 435 27 leisure comics *4; *4; *4; ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA An emotional situation is September 23 to October 22 about to arise unless you re- An older member of your famfuse another's demands. You »ly may make an unusual relike making people happy but quest. Do your best
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 295 28  -  w^ By WONDER BOY AURIC STABLE'S beaten favourite Mandalay II should make amends for his expensive failure last week by winning the restricted terms event for Division A horses over 1,200 metres in Race Two in Penang today The well-built Manihi four-year-old lost no
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    • 375 28 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday ARE facilities at the Selangor Turf Club adequate to handle emergencies? Jockeys are asking this question after rider Anuar Ismail suffered injuries in a fall on the Kuala Lumpur course last month. They are concerned
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    • 273 28 CHENS STABLE'S newcomer Tooborac put up an eye-catching performance in his debut fourth to stablemate Rainbow Wonders II in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Last in the early part of the race, the four-year-old drifted out on entering the home bend. But he was literally "flying"
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    • 225 28 WONDER BOY MA-ZHEN TAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) Race 1 3 BmI The Clock 7 Taiptna Lake 7 Twptng Lake 8 Tan Hugs 3 Beat Tne Ctock 9 Status Symbol 9 Status Symbol 6 Sanmental 3 Beat The Ctock Race 2 2 Man delay Dual
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    • 483 28 WONDER BOY'S one-line view of the horses running in today's races: RACE 1 1 Working keenly. 2 Fair track form. 3 Speedy sort, impressed in barrier trials, should contest finish 4 Fair race last week, worth a bet. 5 Not seen on track. 6 Coming on well, longshot. 7
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  • sports
    • 250 32  -  By S GULAM LIBERIA are still unhappy with Singapore referee Lee Kok Leong though they have withdrawn their earlier threat to pull out of the current Merdeka soccer tournament after their 1-3 defeat by Malaysia at the Kota Bahru stadium. They threatened to withdraw
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    • 138 32 Bernama ALOR STAR, Saturday THE Malaysian Tigers had their "roar" silenced by the South Korean team which beat them 3-0 in a Group "B" Merdeka soccer tie at Stadium Darulaman last night. The Koreans, who led 2-0 at halftime were simply devastating in their
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    • 216 32 LEE SOO CHOW stormed back from a set down to take the Boys' Singles title and win one of Singapore's three gold medals in the individual Asean School table-tennis competition at the Toa Payoh indoor stadium yesterday. The top Singapore schoolboy lived up to
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    • 339 33 IN OUR ehoict matches this wnk, pr*-ttaton favourites Liverpool and Manchester United meet Queens Park Rangers and Ipswich respectively while Arsenal travel to Vicarage Road for their game against hardrunning Watford. Here's a prediction of the results AND a chance for you to topple our tipster.
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    • 433 34  -  SINGAPORE 76 SOUTH KOREA 94 MERLION COT BASKETBALL By TONY KOH SINGAPORE'S gamble of playing the two "high posts" backfired when they lost to South Korea 94-76 in the opening match of the 1st Merlion Cup Basketball Invitation Tournament at the Gay World Stadium last night.
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    • 197 34  -  By K SILVAM ESTUDIANTES of Spain's newly-signed American professional basketballer David Russell will not play today in their opening game against Malaysia because of a knee injury. Russell, 23, was signed only last month for a $40,000 annual contract. He Injured his
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    • Article, Illustration
      69 34 BASKETBALL: Merlion Cup Malaysia v Spain, China v Singapore, Australia v US, USSR v Japan (Gay World Stadium, 2, ISO, 7.50, 9.pm) FENCING: Pesta Sukan national championships (SBH, 9 am, S, 5 pm) GASING: National c'ships (Sri Temasek, 9 am) HOCKEY: Singapore v Malaysia women s international (Farrer
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    • 361 34 JEREMY YEO, one* a constant threat to today's finalists Zainal Abidin and Polar Hill, analysas the pair's strengths and waaknossas in this prsview for The Singapore Monitor. WHO IS Singapore's No. 1 squash player? The question will be decided this afternoon at Kallang (5)
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    • 128 34 SPECTATORS at the men's Milo national squash championship semifinal matches yesterday were offered the appetiser to today's main course. Second seed Zainal Abidin and Peter Hill, the favourite for the men's crown, gave fans a good indication of what they can expect today though
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    • 270 34  -  By KEN JALLEH Jr TODAY will be the beginning of the end for many in the national rugby squad, teetenng on the verge of life on the sidelines. And retirement benefits, which for local sportsmen add up to little more than respect and memories, will
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    • 490 32 classified NOTICES I DCKINA I I I celebrating her Ist Anniversary on September Ist 1984 a A fl We thank patrons for your kind support and look id forward to serve you better in the coming year. «Sj Managed by: Ij) I yume agency /Bs\ 400. Orchard Hold. #81 —14,
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    • 194 32 SOUTH EAST ASIA PRIVATE LIMITED (Involuntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 272 (1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 185, a final general meeting of the abovenamed Company wiH be held at 51, Anson Road. 02-57 02-59. Anson Centre, Singapore 0207 on Sunday.
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    • 63 34 Get a Head start in squash Head cleverly combines superb stability, support, flexibility, comfort and good looks to build a great squash shoe. One that really performs and shines on the court to put vou a-Head in squash. Available at all 't 3 Emporium Holdings Stores InkllUUl (d\fWt* Robertson. Wilson
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 331 35 Reuter NEW YORK, Saturday SIXTH-SEEDED Jimmy Arias became the first men's seed to fall at the US Open tennis championships when he was ousted by fellow American Gene Mayer in the second round at Flushing Meadow yesterday. Arias' 6-4 6-2 6-3 defeat by
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    • 507 35  -  LOCKED OUT Report by K SILVAM AN UNRULY crowd and poor organisation deprived nearly 300 fans from catching the Merlion Cup basketball action at the Gay World Stadium last night and the ensuing uproar almost erupted in a riot. Police had to intervene, the gates were closed
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    • 47 35 ENGLISH SOCCER WEEK: P 34 ENTERTAIN your friends, business associates and dub members with the imh qoK games CRAB GOLF Very absorbing, net so strenuous, convessient! Drive, futt and 'cushion*. UNFAIR SPORTS: Munslfsatf P.O. fix 2753, Singapore, 9047. MERLION CUP SINGAPORE FIND THE GOING TOUGH: P 35
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