Singapore Monitor, 2 September 1984

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  • 663 1  -  by Laurie Parker Monitor staff writer Singapore risks losing its image as a "shopper's paradise" because prices on many items tourists buy here are higher than those in many other cities around the world, especially Hong Kong. A 1984 survey
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  • 170 1 The plastic gun shoots a dart, which is connected to the gun by a thin, long electrical wire. As soon as the dart hits the target, an electrical charge of 50,000 volts races through the wire, delivering a shock that momentarily paralyzes
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  • 119 1 SMOKE BILLOWS SKYWARD as firemen battle a stubborn blaze that destroyed a storage facility of Stahl Chemical Asia Re Lts in Jurong at midday yesterday. More than 50 firemen fought the fire for an hour. Damage was estimated at $1 million. Stored at the
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  • 477 1  -  by Robert Conceicao Monrtor staff writer Planning on seeing a good film today? Be prepared to pay 50 cents more for your ticket. Nineteen cinemas have raised their admission charges by 50 cents, so that circle seats cost $4 and stall seats $3. But
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    • 314 1 Jogging: how not to run I^l How we use illusion to Truman Capote: the marvelous maverick. NEWS IN BRIEF SINGAPORE UNITED FRONT will field 17 candidates in the coming general election. Pg 3 A POLICEMAN took to crime when he saw how easy it was to open a locked car
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    • 19 1 Table Talk goes Thai, CITYCHIQ the latest styles for the '80s American television versus Asian. Comparison chart Page 6
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 31 1 WEATHER A prevailing moderate southwest monsoon will bring scattered morning showers. Temperatures should range from 25 to 31 degrees Celsius. A high tide of 2.4 metres occurred this morning at 3:54.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 526 2  -  MUSIC IN THE AIR... by Magdalene Hauw Monitor staff writer A policeman took to crime after be. saw how easy it was to open a lacked car door with a chisel and wire when he went to help a womhad accidentally
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    • 215 2 Watchman Thakur Singh, 56, was stabbed to death in Jurong on Friday night when he tried to stop a fight between two men. The fight broke out about 9.30 pm at a building in Tuas Avenue. Mr Singh's elder brother,
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    • Article, Illustration
      683 2  -  Do you have any truly close friends? Interviews at Orchard Mall by Bertilla Pereira Monitor staff reporter MAUREEN TAN 17, student "A close friend is someone you can talk to when you are down. These two are my close friends, Agatha Lee, Low Shin Ling and another girl
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      476 2 GROUSE AWAY: It's not uncommon for professionals and managers to do so; it's all part of life. But remember that past achievements were not easy to come by. This was Mr Ong Teng Cheong, Minister without Portfolio's message to managers at the opening of the 11th Management Game at
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    • 148 2 A lift technician was crushed to death yesterday morning when he was caught at the bottom of a lift well at the Golden Shoe multistoreyed carpark in Market Street. Mr Heng Seow Thian, 19, and another worker were working on
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    • 39 2 Don't be surprised if you wake to the sound of thunder and wind whistling through the trees in the next fortnight. The weathermen say the prevailing moderate southwest monsoon continues and is likely to bring scattered showers.
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    • 531 3  -  by Bertilla Pereira Monitor staff writer Singaporeans are being whipped by a wave of nostalgia. They are also taking a keen interest in what holds the world together and what could blow it apart. They're dabbling in photography, and studying very hard to get
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    • 322 3 The Singapore United Front (SUF) will field 17 candidates mostly in the eastern sector of the island in the coming general election. Yesterday, the first two candidates a retired teacher and a former trade unionist were introduced to the Press, along
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    • 87 3 THESE ARE SOME of the "boats" seized by the police last week when they raided a monsoon drain off the Singapore Polo Club where more than 100 people had gathered for the latest gambling craze to hit Singapore monsoon drain races. Tanglin police seized
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    • 450 3 Employers of unskilled foreign workers voiced mixed reactions yesterday to the higher levies on foreign workers announced by the Government. Small and medium-sized contractors feel hardest hit. Big construction firms viewed the higher levies as another reason to speed up mechanisation and reduce their
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    • 356 5 Two researchers are completing an in-depth study of one of the more personal, pervasive influences in the Republic's history the Singapore Eurasian. They call it a "labour of love," but their forthcoming book promises to be a definitive study of Singapore Eurasians, past
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    • 201 5 No study of the Eurasian community in Singapore would be complete without mentioning the Singapore Recreation Club (SRC). Founded in 1883 by a group of 30 Eurasians, the SRC is not only a historical landmark, but evidence of the community's
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    • 147 5 A group of home economics teachers will bring their message of "good nutrition for good health" out of the classroom to the public with an exhibition at the Singapore Science Centre this Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 am to 6 pm. Mrs Dorothy Krishnan,
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    • 242 6 CITIES SELECTED ITEMS I BRAND MMQAPOnC HONGKONG BANGKOK TOKYO PARIS LONDON NEW YORK L LADCS APPAREL A. Clothes 1 Celine, France Dress, 100% cotton 570 287 908 359 540-600 298-853 2. Issey Sport, Japan Blouse, cotton 89-250 38
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    • 159 6 Civil service chief Mr Sim Kee Boon, who is also chairman of Keppel Shipyard, has been appointed chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, which was officially established yesterday. He heads a ten member board of directors, comprising people
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 155 2 TV UPDATE Today's programmes 3.01 Quran Reading. 8.00 News Weather Forecast (M). 3.16 Afternoon Movie: Green Ice 8.20 Azan Isyak. 5.10 Kesuma. 8.40 Drama Minggu Ini Che S|p. 5.36 Greatest Sports Legend. 6-25 Peristiwa. 6.00 News (M). 9.45 Today In History. 6.12 Bimbingan Agama. Merdakarama. 6.25 Atom Ant Knight Fight.
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  • MONEY
    • 851 8  -  by Rodney Hobson Monitor staff writer HONG KONG surprisingly sharp rise in hison's results should give oarket a boost when it re- tomorrow. It was already on >ng note at the close of the pulling back to the top side points. Towards the end of
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    • 324 8 Green and Collier B P°t Sold bullion market held rather y throughout last week. Prices moved wly between U*****.50 and U*****.00 a ounce. The metal ended the week at 48 in New York. minor uptrend apparent since the last of. July remains intact. Over
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    • 123 8 The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is making a move into the London Stock Exchange dealing ahead of impending rule changes on the exchange. The bank has taken a 29.9 per cent stake in stockbrokers James Capel and Co and its
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    • 1278 10 INVESTMENTS Big financial gains can be made by investing in coloured gem stones. There are real bargains if you buy smart. Quality and grading are important, so you must know what you are doing. The American Gemological Laboratory (AGL) Certificate is the only
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    • 418 10 Coping with 'affluenza' with professional help LA Times Washington Post SAN FRANCISCO It's tough to be young and rich. "They feel different, and they are," said John Levy, executive director of the C G Jung Institute of San Francisco. Moreover, "they don't understand people who have to struggle for a
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    • 221 8 The Hard Working Bi> v« 4. Tennis Racket Talk about the sick V Mtell you, no other racket undergoing tests. f\ could have undergone a They don't know more thorough workout, the half of it! Wait Needless to say till you learn what I I passed with, flying had to
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 828 11  -  ANALYSIS by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer Malaysian and Thai leaders are clearly unhappy, once again, that their economic ties with Japan are so lop-sided in Tokyo's favour. And, again, the Japanese at least the top officials and business leaders
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    • 220 11 Wire Services BANGKOK The Bangkok Post reported today that Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda was suffering from premature ventricular contractions which could cause heart complications. The newspaper, quoting sources close to Gen Prem, said the illness was discovered during a recent electrocardiogram test. The report could
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    • 1081 12  -  NASYID JIHAD by Jalil Miswardi Monitor staff writer KAMPUNG KERCUT (KEDAH) A blue riot police truck trundled up and down the dimly-lit main road of the village. The people stared, more out of curiosity than anything else. A few seemed disappointed,
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    • 413 12 Second Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs), Mr S Rajaratnam will go to New York to attend the 39th United Nations General Assembly which begins on Sept 18. Being a senior statesman of Asean, Mr Rajaratnam's presence at the UN headquarters is
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    • 237 12 Associated Press MANILA At least 53 people were killed and 150,000 others were left homeless after a severe storm battered the northern Philippines where some areas continued to remain flooded today. Packing maximum winds of 96 kilometres per hour, the strongest for a storm this
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    • 89 12 Associated Press JAKARTA Foreign businessmen wanting to visit and do business in Indonesia will be given two-month free visas beginning today to promote economic and trade cooperation, according to the Ministry of Tourism, Postal and Communications. Last year, the government granted free visas only to
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    • 151 11 Heavy duty vinyl flooring at mini prices. Some vinyl floorings look good but When mopping, all you need is a mild don't work hard. Others woik hard but don't detergent solution. look good. While some have both qualities and Marley vinyl flooring is suitable for can cost you the earth.
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 488 14 Crime and punishment The new mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes went into effect last week. They're designed to deter criminal acts by making the penalties more severe and, more importantly, making the penalties absolutely certain. But they have had an unexpected effect; they've made some lawyers hopping mad.
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    • 91 14 Singapore is fast making a name for itself in international affairs. Simex is to be linked with Chicago. The semi-conduc-tor industry is rapidly expanding here. Shipping and banking go globally. Why is it, then, that people seem to have such a difficult time finding the
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    • 183 14 The real estate business is in a dither if this overheard conversation between two realtors is any guide. "Did you see today's Straits Times? Says 'Slowdown in the supply of new private homes.' Good tonic for the industry, don't you think?" said the first agent whom we
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    • 998 14 Cinemas stink. No wonder Singaporeans have taken to video-viewing with such a vengeance: Who wants to spend an hour or two in the dark amidst the sour, stale smell that pervades cinemas these days, even up in the circle seats? Why
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    • 843 14 Working at home is a perilous venture for me at least. There's no job security. The Monitor may one day refuse to publish what I write. The companies I am now consultant to may decide they no longer need my counsel. There are other problems. The most
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    • 1585 15 When Singapore became independent, it was referred to as 'a reluctant nation.' Singapore lacked the ingredients for nationhood homogeneous population, common language, culture, religion and a shared history. Economically, apart from its geographic location and natural har- bour, Singapore has no tp natural resource.
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    • 565 15 Are Singapore men rotten wooers? It is not a matter that causes any concern to your columnist, but it does worry one local lady. Her date drove up to collect her and, instead of going to her door and ringing the bell, he sat in the car park
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 700 16 IT WAS SUSAN TUREK'S usual early morning swim in her backyard pool in Plantation, Florida. But on one plunge this week she surfaced to find herself face to face with an alligator. The metre-long 'gator, fairly small for its breed, evidently came from a canal about two
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    • 324 16 Reuter EAST BERLIN The East German communist party today reaffirmed interest in East-West dialogue but gave no clue whether head of state Erich Honecker would go ahead with a controversial visit to West Germany. Bonn officials hope Mr Honecker will give a
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    • 599 16 Wire services SEOUL Heavy rain storms battered South Korea yesterday as it marked the first anniversary of the downing by the Soviets of Korean Air Lines (KAL) jetliner near the Russian-held island of Sakhalin, killing all 269 people on board. Braving heavy
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    • 93 16 Associated Press SEOUL The number of people killed or missing rose to 56 yesterday as the heaviest rain in 12 years battered this South Korean capital and its vicinity, the Home Ministry reported. Officials said 11 others were also buried and their chances
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    • 136 16 Bernama JOHOR BAHRU The Murium Negara (National Museum) of Malaysia has applied to the Johor Harbour master to lay claim to the sunken wreck in the location of Pulau Batu Gajah off the Mersing coast. Muzium Negara's Director of Antiquities Encik Kamarul Baharin Buyong
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    • 445 18 Associated Press BEIJING Women should no longer have to work in construction and other heavy manual jobs, the AllChina Women's Federation declared yesterday. The federation's vice-chairwoman, Zhang Ouoying, was quoted by the official English language China Daily as announcing a
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    • 57 18 A COUPLE OF Chinese workers in their thirties dancing to a live band recently in northeast China The occasion was "Singles Night," a weekly dance party that began early last June for the unmarried who are over 30 years old. The dances were set up
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    • 571 18 L A Times-Washington Post NEW DELHI India's economy is".'Booming, and this capital city sttgws every sign of it. Oozing smiles and self-confidence, senior government officials talk mostly about food and oil. 1 There is no trace of concern he/e about the violence in Punjab,
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    • 196 18 United Press International AMRITSAR (India) Police yesterday sealed all roads leading to Gurdwara Deep Singh, where thousands of followers of the Sikh religion were travelling for an outlawed "world Sikh convention." A spokesman for the Hindu sect said police action to block passage
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    • 379 18 Boston Globe TOKYO "Bartender, pour me a beer and coke." "No, make that a beer with tomato juice." "Naw, make it a peppermint beer, I guess. Green peppermint." The requests are imaginary. The drinks are not. Japan has discovered beer cocktails. The
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  • RACING GUIDE
    • 165 19 In Race 5, Regal Man beat his rivals in a Glass 1 Division 4 field in an exciting finish. Regal Man, Quiet Gent and Showvista jumped out well. Quiet Gent was one and a half lengths clear of j Showvista as the field passed
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    • 3202 19 lift! I I Restricted Terms Div B 1,200 m 8 Ten Hugs II 53 THey (3) 1 1 1 7 Taiping Lake 53.5 P Lee (7) 2 2 2 3 Beat The Clock 54 Tweedie (8) 5 5 3 6 Simmental 50.5 Azhar (9) 3 4 4 Owner
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    • 39 19 HOW TO READ THE CARD Saddlebag number; horse's name; age,colour,country of orign and sex; weight (weight difference); trainer-owner; runs record (first-second-third-fourth-unplaced); last three runs; last run record; last win record (if any); jockey stall barrier number.
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    • 288 19 RACK WOMOCR BOY MA-ZKHN TAN MA-TAN TIT r (Monitor) (ZmIm) (Wan Bm) (Monitor) i 5 Ovation S Ovation 5 Ovation t Winning QaMop Z 1 8 Wafc Far 8 Walk Far 8 Walk Far 5 Ovation 9 Wmnmg Galop 6 Specific 6 Specific 4 Magnanimous Air Bus Air
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    • 424 19  -  by Wonder Boy For the Monitor Arch rival trainers, Ivan Allan and Teh Choon Beng, who have been dominating the classic scene during the past decade, will again fight it out on the tracks in this year's $100,000 weight-for-age Penang Sprint Trophy. It
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 831 20  -  b x S Gulam Monitor staff writer Nine-nil, eight-nil, five-nil and four-nil. They sound like rugby scorelines. But they're not. They are some of the results of soccer matches played by the Republic's youth team in overseas tournaments this year. It's a
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    • 689 20  -  by B Kula Monitor staff writer Singapore's thirst for a return to hockey glory will only be quenched if the Singapore Hockey Association can find an administrator with the ability to keep things running lyWithout the aid of a full-time secretary, which the Football Association of
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    • 413 20 LA Times Washington Post I NEW YORK Martina NavratiJ t&Va cried on Thursday after her 6-4 6-2 second round victory over Andrea Leand. .A sensitive soul, Navratilova is unable to deal with one aspect of a champion's life. She cannot handle
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    • 391 20  -  by Ernest Frida Monitor staff writer 'SfeVeral foreign athletes and officials were disappointed when our 'top athletes, Prema Govindan and •Haron Mundir, were not present !at the Singapore Amateur Athletic jAssociation's 50th anniversary dinner at the World Trade Centre last Monday. They noticed that besides 1
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    • 124 20 South Avenue Invitation scored a phy with an unbeaten record narrow 1-0 win over Ex-Interna-tionals Invitation to win the second Singapore Recreation Club invitational seven-a-side soccer tournament at the Padang yesterday. Comprising a number of former Singapore and Malaysian internationals, including Ahmad Paijan, Yunus Baba,
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    • 518 20 Reciter NEW YORK Top seed John McEnroe and two-time defending champion Jimmy Connors are storming towards a possible clash in the semifinals of the US Open Tennis Championships. McEnroe, seeking to regain the crown he wore for three successive years before failing in
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    • 63 20 Singapore's hockey coach, V K Chelvan, will be available for the Asia/Oceania Junior World Cup qualifying round in Kuala Lumpur from Sept 6-16. The Ministry of Education had earlier refused to release him, but changed its mind on Friday after an appeal by the Singapore
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    • 1002 21 One failure of the Pesta Sukan is the dismal support shown by public SPORTS PARADE In terms cf organisation, competition and foreign participants, this Pesta Sukan is reaching a good percentage of the goals they are expected to reach to make the annual event
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    • 695 21 SPORTS and recreational facilities for Singaporeans, already the most impressive in the region, will be extended to the offshore islands by 1990. According to Tan Eng Yoon, deputy director of the Singapore Sports Council, the islands are be- ing developed in Phase 2
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    • 143 21 MORE than 100 local soccer coaches and Football Association of Singapore commitee members are expected to attend a two-day .coaching seminar starting today at the National Stadium Conference Room. At the end of the seminar, conducted by Heinz Marotzke, two to five coaches will be selected
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    • 422 22 Reuter LAS VEGAS Challenger Pinklon Thomas defeated Tim Witherspoon on a majority decision here to win the World Boxing Council heavyweight title, a goal he set himself six years ago after ending an addiction to heroin. The judges scored the 12-round fight between the two 26-year-old Americans
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    • 235 22 Reciter COPENHAGEN Kim Dunlop of the United States led the fencing at the women's world modern pentathlon while Svetlana Jakovleva of the Soviet Union took the individual lead. In the mammoth 13-hour fencing contest, in which all competitors fought 56 contests, Dunlop won 41
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    • 804 22 Reuter ROME Sergei Bubka of the Soviet Union lost and regained his world pole vault record within five minutes in an enthralling contest with France's Thierry Vigneron at the Golden Gala Athletics meeting here on Friday. Vigneron, 24, cleared 5.91 metres at his second attempt, bettering
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    • 482 22  -  by Catherine Fernando Monitor staff writer DALLAS Charles Kuerbitz, a member of the Garland Police Department's tactical team, feels like he is back in step with things now. His "Seattle Foot" has helped him regain'the pace of an active life even running and jogging. Kuerbitz,
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    • 317 22  -  by B Kula Monitor staff writer The Singapore Amateur Bodybuilding Federation will open the doors of its National Physical Fitness gymnasium to all sportsmen. "If other associations are interested in using our gymnasium, we will give them good discounts," says Paul Chua, the
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    • 123 22 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The second Kuala Lumpur International Marathon will be held on April 21 next year. Deputy Federal Territory Minister Mr Ahmad Shah Thambakau told a Press conference that the date was chosen as it would not clash with dates of other marathon meets
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    • 470 23  -  by Ernest Frida Monitor staff writer Batumalai Rajkumar, Malaysia's middle distance maestro, ran the fastest 800 metres in 1 min 48.8sec in the Asian All Star event sponsored by Singapore Airlines and Sonetti at the National Stadium last night. Billed as the
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    • 407 23  -  by B Kula Monitor staff writer The Singapore women's hockey was made to realise that it takes more than one Melanie Mar- tens to beat a well organised Malaysian defence in the first of their Pesta Sukan two-test matches at Farrer Park yesterday. No
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    • 365 23  -  by Tony Koh For the Monitor With the first Merlion Basketball Invitation tournament hardly moving into top gear, the Singapore side is already out of the running. Yesterday they crashed out to China 94-58, their second successive match in as many days.
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    • 248 23  -  by Jeremy Yeo For the Monitor Sheer guts and determination brought Peter Hill back from the brink of defeat to topple crowd favourite Zainal Abidin in the men's final of the Milo-Ascot National Squash Championship yesterday. The match went over five games lasting 110 minutes, as
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    • 90 23 Bemama KUALA LUMPUR The cries of "bad refereeing" in the Merdeka Tournament are getting louder and the latest complaint is against one of the tournament's match inspectors. Babaci Belkacem, the Algerian team manager, described the standard of refereeing as "very poor", thus echoing the opinion of
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    • 664 24  -  SINGAPORE 9 MALAYSIA 15 by Ken Jalleh Jr Monitor staff writer The hangover from last year's disastrous season hung over Singapore as heavy as the cobwebs that straddled across Jalan Besar Stadium's terraces yesterday. It took 66 minutes before the Singaporeans could shrug off
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    • 133 24 Basketball: Merlion Cup at Gay World: 2 pm Singapore vs Australia; 3.30 pm South Korea vs China; 7.30 pm New Zealand vs Malaysia; 9 pm Spain vs USSR Fencing: Badminton Hall: National championships, 9 am, 1 pm--4 pm Gating: Sri Temasek Cycling: National stadium: National championships from
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    • 110 24 Reuter MUNICH Belgian national goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff was in a state of severe shock after a car crash on Friday in which one nun died and another was seriously injured. Police said Pfaff, goalkeeper for West German cup winners Bayern Munich, was involved in a
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    • 136 24 Reuter PARIS Two goals from Alain Giresse kept Bordeaux on top of the French soccer First Division, and their perfect record intact, as they beat challengers Nantes 2-1. The fiery Bordeaux captain 'fired in a 25-metre shot just before the interval and added the second
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    • 100 21 Congratulations We are proud to be the Supplier of WEIDERS' FITNESS Equipment to NATIONAL PHYSICAL FITNESS GYM 2 (Singapore Amateur Bodybuilders' Federation) f\ 324-C. King George's Avenue. Singapore 0820, Tel: *****06 The ULTIMATE Full Body Exercise Machine THE WEIDER CIRCUIT 12 "CIRCUIT 12" FLEX TECH. FLEX JECH Knee Raise Leg
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    • 193 23 BK These shoes are calculated to land you in court It takes more than just top form to. win on the court. It takes the right equipment. That's where Puma comes -.UTT" Puma is the choice of champions J like Guillermo Vilas, Martina Navratilova, Hana Mandlikova and i j Sylvia
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    • 1 1 LIVING
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      488 1 IN STYLE CHICWORK Co-ordination Inez Wei Clothes Estique Fashions and Sketch Boutique inen makes a fashion statement that no L other fabric can equal for warm weather dressing. What other fabric could keep you looking confident in the torrid weather without the cumbersome surfeit of details? For city-chic
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      • 487 2  -  DOWNTOWN by Lo Tien Yin For the Monitor Good news for shoppers. There are sales and more sales at the major department stores for those who need to get out of a depression by shopping. Here's how you can make that $50 stretch instead of flinging
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      • 418 2 TREND TRAIL Agencies Set to become the latest craze this summer is a cunning headband which can completely transform any hairstyle in seconds. Called Fringe Benefits, the device is already selling like hotcakes in all the top London stores and is the brainchild
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    • FOOD
      • 894 4  -  TABLE TALK by Violet Oon For the Monitor Is there life after 55, after you've collected your CP F and been on your conducted tour? "Definitely yes," is the emphatic response of Mrs Leong Yee Soo, 69, Singapore's Grandma Moses who began a new
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      • 747 6  -  EATING OUT Place: Orchard Cafe, Hilton Hotel, 581 Orchard Road, Singapore 0923. Tel: *****33. Type of food: Coffee house with a good selection of European dishes in the nouvelle cuisine style. Prices: Reasonable. Hours: 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily. Buffet from noon to 2.30.
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      • 340 6 I loved the look of the Cafe de Prince of the Crown Prince Hotel from the day it opened. Set in a round shape on the first floor, it looks right out into Orchard Road and the people who pass by. Besides this,
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      • 472 6 La Terrasse of the Meridien Hotel offers the best coffee house menu to emerge in a long time in Singapore and a novel ment to dine. Friends have spoken of the fine food there and the reasonable prices for the quality and quantity
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    • MUSIC
      • 304 7  -  In the Studio Artiste: The Special AKA Reviewer: Philip Cheah When the Specials up in 1979, the lighter side of the group formed Fun Boy Three. The serious side remained as The Special AKA. Not that Fun Boy Three couldn't be serious,
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      • 362 7  -  God Bless the Child Artiste: Billie Holiday Reviewer: Micheal Cheah What makes a singer unique? Listening to Billie Holiday's modest voice and reading about the popularity she enjoyed in her heyday and the continuing respect she is held with by
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      • 177 7  -  by Carl Skadian Monitor staff writer Instincts is Romeo Void's third vinyl effort to date, and will probably stand out as their best. Vocalist Deborah Iyall has lost none of her flair for conveying lyrics in a sensuous, sexy way,
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      • 508 7  -  VOICEBOX by < Atwell Jansen For the Monitor The influx of foreign bands to the local music scene is a disturbing trend. This is not a case of xenophobia. It is merely an issue of practicality are foreign bands really improving our standards?
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      • 166 7 Here are the winners of our Elvis Presley Contest. The three who will be receiving 6 records each are: A Jegatheesan, Apt Blk 472, #09-872, Ave 10, Ang Mo Kio (2056), Peter Quah Soo Hoe, D 309, Sheares Hall, Lower Kent Ridge Road (05II), and Mr Nedumaran,
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      • 458 7 For a while it looked as if the foremost British rock weekly, New Musical Express, would follow in the footsteps of the now-defunct US music publication, Trouser Press. Publication of the NME ceased with their May 23 (cover date May 26) issue. Cynthia Rose, a journalist with the
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      457 8  -  by Valerie Trevor For the Monitor Film Focus The Jazz Singer (Ch 12, 8.30 pm) This first ever talkie directed by Alan Crosland won the 1928 Special Academy Award for its epochmaking impact. A 1 Jolson is Jake, a young Jew, caught up in his father's traditional religious
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    • TV REVIEW
      • 1161 10  -  by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer Whenever I watch new American TV serials, I am struck by a certain freshness that is too often lacking in Asian made-for-TV films. This freshness like the most current "sound" in pop music owes a lot to the ever-innovative
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        277 10 A new image, a new series Growing up might be hard to do but Lin Mingzhe who plays the lead in the SBC production of the same name is trying to make it a little easier with a new look. The casino overseer image developed for the earleir
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    • 626 11 DIARY TOMORROW Herbert Bayer Exhibition of photographs, paintings and drawings at the Goethe-Ijistitut Art gallery daily from noon to 6 p.m. except Sundays. Puppet Show Don't Be Afraid of the Big Ones for those who missed it yesterday. It will be presented at the Lecture
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    • FILMS
      • 436 12 SCREEN SCENE D C Cab (1984) Director and screenplay Joel Schumacher Producer: Topper Carew Starring: Mr T, Irene Cara, Gary Busey, Adam Baldwin, Max Gail, The Barbarian Brothers Photography: Dean Cundey Coming this month When a person takes a taxi ride, he or she expects
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      • 415 12 FILM FOCUS Water, a new film starring Michael Caine and Valerie Perrine, is directed by Dick Clement. This light comedy is about the governor of Cascara, a small British island in the Carribean, who after years of mining for oil instead discovers water. But it turns
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    • 397 13 PERSONALITIES All of us have fond memories of good times and so have these people who make the news. Each of these pictures tells a story, capturing memorable occasions which last a lifetime. Take the picture of Prince William trying to escape from the watchful
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    • FILMS
      • 544 14  -  Conan the Destroyer Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones Director: Richard Fleischer Coming to Prince, Changi, Savoy, Woodlands, Oriental Reviewer: Philip Cheah At best, Arnold Schwarzenegger has the perfect body for Conan. His muscles seem to ripple right out from the comic book pages where Conan
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      • 688 14  -  THE NATURAL Starring: Robert Redford, Robert Duval, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Barbara Hershey Director: Barry Levincon by Kenneth Jalleh Monitor staff writer Superstars like Olympic four-medallist Carl Lewis, the late Jesse Owens in track and field, Babe Ruth on the
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    • 158 1 «u laMtacu TV' VfEEK TV listings and highlights: Pages 8 and 9. Commentary: Why made-for-TV Asian films appear stale. See Page 10. Table Talk features one of Singapore's most well-known food personalities, Mrs Leong Yee Soo and her third cookery book: Page 4. Eating Out takes you to coffee houses
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    • 179 3 AT 2 nd CHANCE THE CHOICE GOES ON AND ON AND 0N... > x Now open! Our new store at #01-21 People's Park Complex. Get a FREE Pizza Our clothes are cut Plus a gift. as remarkably as our pnces. Every $50 cash purchase you make entitles CL a you
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    • 34 4 grTgnyw^f^] M j fp lig I B l/.i KMB©»I M/ I jra Now, you can pick this new gigantic 1 litre Tetrabrik of rich, creamy Daisy Milk at leading supermarkets, mini-supermarkets and provision shops.
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    • 119 5 i just pr y" JffWa^mm Jm I j^* V S -r""" < ~t* \m? 1 A. W iv JR* .;i ■■■mk Jl •,;>«! ■jfjlilfft''lff l iT aflfli jEflEja Hi .?£y L-I^^E^Bl^Bfe' This bottle of Chivas is on the house! 1 4 f I n recognition of your fine taste in
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    • 243 6 Is your baby being fed correctly when you're Aout? MBUK For today's busy Mum, life's hard enough without having to worry about baby being fed correctly if you to be out at mealtime. Milupa baby cereals from West Germany give you so much... complete, balanced nutrition for your child s
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    • 55 6 MING COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE Now, treat yourself to a feast of Nonya and local specialities Children under 12 years $12++ TKSt Our touch of Ming awaits \>ou PUNO COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE 1. Tanglin Road. Singapore 1024 Telephone: *****33 Ming Court Hotels International Kuala Lumpur Singapore Bart Dickson Pmang -Vancouver A
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    • 188 7 Our one-price lunch menu is no one dish affair. WW w P Scallop Soup Roasted Chicken /w Fried Smoked Duckling J Dked Pork with Fried Squid with I W\T/g Cashew Nuts bT/* Black Bean Sauce *\Y.V* g Smoked Oven Shark's Fin Soup Abalone with* I Cold Cuts with Crabmeat Fresh
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    • 186 8 LUXMAN MGHFIDEUTV ~1 o Model Pure Class A Stereo Integrated Amplifier. —SS_» i J f Model C-120 MK. 2 J Duo Beta Circuit Stereo Preamplifier. mm i w Model M-120 Mk. 2 F Duo Beta Circuit Stereo Preamplifier. ""llili M Model PD-375 Vacuum Disc Stablizer Fully Automatic Direct Drive Turntable.
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    • 1011 8 TV WEEK TODAY'S TV 8.30 SBCtext 'Live' Sample Pages. 4.35 25 Years In Retrospect Jobs 9.00 Opening And Programme High- Found (M) (Last Epilights followed by Mousercise. sode). 9.30 The Electric Company. '*15 Musical Interlude: Excerpts 10.00 Smurfs (Cartoon). From Evening At Pops. 10.30 Mat Yoyo Goes To The Library
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    • 1943 9 TV WEEK MONDAY SEPTEMBER 3. 1984 I TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1984 I WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 5. 1984 2.30 SBCtext 'Live' Sample Pages. 6.55 The Incredible Hulk (Cartoon). 2.25 SBCtext 'Live' Sample Pages. 6.40 Mickey And Donald (Cartoon). 2 30 SBCtext 'Live' Sample Pages. 7.20 Newswatch (E). 3.00 Opening Announcements. 7.20 Newswatch
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    • 39 11 ESSSKS Today Low tide 9.41 a.m. (0.9 m) High tide 3.35 p.m. (2.5 m) Low tide 10.24 pm (0.4 m) Tomorrow Low tide 10.20 a.m. (1.2 m) High tide 4.20 p.m. (2.4 m) Low tide 11.41 p.m. (0.5 m)
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    • 107 12 f "Our owners are I overjoyed about I the mxtrition. iHBHi Our owners never talking about the importance of complete balanced nutrition and how each can and bag of more than meets the minimum <T C* nutritional levels established by <f&K?' '1m ff the American National Research V f Council
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    • 232 12 FILM GUIDE BORNEO FILEM Dalit Wheels on Meals (C)/10.45 am (*****16) Wheels on Meals (C)/1.30, 3.30. 7. 9.15 Liwagu Wheels on Meals (C)/10.45 am (*****30) Wheels on Meals (C)/1.30. 3.30. 7. 9.15 CATHAY Bedofc The Happy Ghost (C)/11 am (*****7) Supergiri (E)/1.30. 4. 6.45. 9.15 Broadway The Happy Ghost (C)/11
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    • 274 12 ENG WAH Empress Wheels on Meals (C)/11 am (*****67) Wheels on Meals (C)/1.15. 3.15. 7 15. 9 15 Jubilee Wheels on Meals (C)/11 am (*****01) Wheels on Meals (CJ/1.30, 3 30. 7.30. 930 Mandarin Wheals on Meals (C)/11 am (*****01) Wheels on Meals (d/ 1.15. 3.15, 7T5. 9.15 Toa Payoh
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    • 490 12 horoscopes by Frank Barron First Features .YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: An early-year change will give you an excellent chance to get out of a rut. Much will be expected of you, and you may be called upon to give up some of your free time for studying. Go ahead with plans
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    • 319 13 rI 1 himbles were once household A display cabinet (or your -L necessities and very often collection M A the prized possessions of every housewife. Wedgwood is also offering a special wall display cabinet at a very special Made of metal, bone ivory ice of $80 ice $l00W) mother-of-pearl, porcelain,
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    • 270 14 Energy conservation is a hot topic for discussion nowadays. That's why Ariston's new line of gas cookers imported from Italy have been specially designed for the energy-conscious home. With an improved thermic insulation system that a efficiently retains oven heat, saving up to 30% in energy. A g So while
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    • 761 1  -  by Robert Ferrigno News America Syndicate Ever since Pheidippeides made that jaunt from the Plain of Marathon to Athens, people have been running. But never like they are now. Today running is one of the most popular sports/pastimes in the United States,
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    • 222 1 Dr Kenneth Cooper believes people who've never run but want to start should work into a training programme over 12 weeks. This method allows the individual to gradually build up strength and minimise the chances for injury. Before starting on any programme of regualar exercise, you should have
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    • 133 1 If running were just a simple matter of putting or the right shoes and pointing them toward the pave ment, there wouldn't be so many sore feet. One of the basic questions many runners have concerns the proper foot strike. Put simply, should yoi land on
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    • 94 1 Any of the following may be symptoms of overtraining. Every runner should be wary of these telltale signs which can mean the difference between ending your routine on a healthy note and ending your routine...for good. Muscle soreness that persists throughout the day. Chronic fatigue Inability to
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    • 240 1 Interval training is only recommended for those who have already built up a strong fitness base people who are already capable of running a 10-km race in around 50 minutes. Interval training allows you to improve your time by strengthening your oxygen-processing capacity building up your "wind." Start
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    • 379 1  -  By Gino Del Quercio United Press International Researches have discovered that fruit flies, mice, humans and many other living creatures have a common gene fragment that governs body formation, a major breakthrough in the understanding of early development. The discovery may also
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    • 1211 2  -  FAMILY by Anthony Yeo Becoming magazine Seng Min and Kathy had been feeling uneasy qboyt their marriage. Somehow, there should be more than just the usual day to day life they had been experiencing so far. ..Seng Min: "Why do you always say that
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    • SCIENCE
      • 660 4  -  PSYCHOLOGY by Brian Mottaz United Press International A psychologist from the University of California at Los Angeles suspects that normal people routinely manufacture a variety of personal illusions to get them through the day. Ms Shelley Taylor concedes that traditional psychologists still believe facing reality
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      • 793 4  -  by Waldo Boyd Feature Associates Among the many mysteries surrounding the human being none is more profound than sleep. Fifty million persons in the United States complain of sleep disturbances and yet physicians cannot answer their most basic questions about how
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      • 997 4  -  by Abby Cohn Knight-Ridder Newspapers Everybody has a theory about heart disease. Some blame family background while others say a fast life filled with rich food, chain-smoking and hypertension causes it. Scientists too have plenty of partially hatched ideas when it comes
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      • BYTES
        • 89 4 Chubb Singapore has introduced a new compact fireprotection cabinet specially designed to protect floppy disks and other valuable computer media. The new Micro-Cabinet (CSO-90) has been tested in extreme conditions of temperature and humidity, the two elements that are most damaging to computer softwear. The cabinet can store
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        • 101 4 Australian computer scientists have developed a new super logic chip as small as a fingernail but as powerful and complex as any developed in the world. The new chip (100K) with 102,000 transistors is powerful enough to recognise voice commands and direct other devices to carry them
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    • BOOKS
      • 938 6  -  by George Ramos and Laurie Becklund Los Angeles Times tinued to argue the value of the non-fiction novel Author Truman Capote, who died in the Bel-Air apartment of his close friend Miss Joanne Carson, was an impish intellectual almost as famous for his acerbic wit on
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      • 371 6  -  Lebanon The Fractured Country Author David Gilmour Publisher: Sphere by Wong Sing Yeong Monitor staff writer A civil war in the hot spot of world politics is bound to attract worldwide attention and produce a few books too. David Gilmour's book is one of
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      • 444 6 New releases at Times and MPH Bookstores Nile by Laurie Devine (Publisher: Arrow, $11.05 Times). Egypt...and a small Muslim village where life has remained almost unchanged since the time of the Pharaohs. A woman violates the ancient taboos. A woman by the name of Mono. Extraterrestrial Civilisations by
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      • 110 6 Bestsellers at MPH Bookstores for the week ending Sep 2, 1984. Position Title/Author Publisher 1 The Aquitaine Progression: Bantam Robert Ludlum 2 Tough Times Never Last, Bantam But Tough People Do!: Robert Schuller 3 Guinness Book Of World Bantam Records 1984: Norris McWhirter 4 Supergirl: Norma Fox Mazer Sphere
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      • 570 6  -  Tough Guys Don't Dance Publisher: Random House by Malcolm Boyd Los Angeles Times The hard-sell of a book as a blockbuster distorts it as a poetic, often gentle, sometimes winsome, genuinely compelling story about connections between members of a vulnerable human ensemble. Mailer
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      • 314 6  -  SINGAPORIANA by Jackie Sam Monitor staff writer Burma, March 2, 1945. The Japanese in full rout; a confident Admiral Louis Mountbatten drove over the rugged terrain to call on an American-run field hospital to pay compliments and present medals. The visit was expected. The nurses, technicians
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    • PROPERTY
      • 292 7  -  Short-term lease available in Orchard Road area PROPERTY ROUNDUP by Vincent Fong Monitor staff writer Foreign business travellers looking for a place to stay oil shortterm lease in Orchard Road will soon have a choice between two service apartments, ranging from luxury to economy. These apartments
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      • 236 7 Ocean Capital Properties, a subsidiary of the Straits Steamship Group, is selling off some 9,000 sq m of retail space in Bukit Timah Plaza worth about $42 million. According to market sources, brochures on the sale, of the shop spaces and 426 car
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      • 448 7 Exhibitors at the second Interdec 84 exhibition are expected to spend millions just to stage the show. The exhibition, to feature interior decoration, furnishing and finishing materials, will be held at the World Trade Centre between September 19 and 23. Two other exhibitions,
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      • 417 7  -  by Foo Mey Kien Monitor staff writer The Swiss have come up with a new way to prevent drinking-water pipes from rusting. Unlike the conventional cement-mortar lined iron pipes, the Swiss manufacturer uses polyurethane lining. The Singapore agent, Abacus Corporation, introduced the pipes here in
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      • 191 7 Lianhe Zaobao Aluminium windows and doors, as well as panellings, are selling well despite the downturn experienced by some trades associated with the construction industry. The time gap between a developer's planning and the time the aluminium doors and windows are tendered
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      • 595 8  -  Orchard Bel-Air is another in our regular focus on the new genre of showflats in Singapore that appeals to the discerning homemaker. Showflats sometimes cost half a million dollars to decorate but some are furnished for less than $50,000. Whatever the
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      • 49 8 Parkweat Clementi Parti Caaa Rosita VMIa Das Floras Tarasa Villa Tulip Cardan Horizon Towar Sommerville PsrV Orchard Bat-Air kil wi Qaii rifß Far Horizon Qardan Shelford Apartments Allaworth Parte The Hacienda Marine Point Mandarin Gardens HoHandia Holland Hill Mansions Jervois Qardan Astridvilte The Dairy Farm Estate Chuan Park
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      • 61 8 Upper Aver Rajah Rd Sunset Way Newton Whitley Road Lower Delta Road Farrer Road Leome Hill Road Farrer Drive Orchard Boulevard Seietar HiHs Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 Shelford Road Ulu Pandan Road Upper East Coast Road/Jalan Siput Marine Parade Road Stglap Road/ Marine Parade Road Holland Road Holland
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      • 123 8 9 am-6 pm daily 9 am-5.30 pm daily 9 am-6 pm daily 9 am-5 pm daily by appointment 10 am-6 pm daily 9 am-4.30 pm Mondays to Fridays 10 am-4 pm daily 10 am-6 pm daily 10 am-6 pm daily 9 am-6 30 pm Mondays to Saturdays
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    • TRAVEL
      • 753 12  -  by Fiona Nichols For the Monitor By now Singaporeans are well aware of the charms of Phuket in southern Thailand. Her sandy beaches, unspoilt scenery, friendly people and superb seafood feature in so many accounts of this tropical haven. All these attractions are above water
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      • 79 12 Thai International offers two direct flights a week between Singapore and Phuket, Sundays and Thursdays returning on the same days. Cost Ss4oo round trip excursion. Accommodation is provided in Phuket in various categories, ranging from the simplest room (approximately Ssls) to luxury hotel rooms (approximately Ssloo per day,
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      • 1195 12  -  by Ray Miller Monitor staff writer So you're booked into your holiday hotel and you hardly take a glance at the ever-pre-sent notice on the door which warns that the hotel is not responsible for anything stolen from your room, unless it is
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    • 103 1 FAMILY Communication in marriage: Page 2 SB JH BE i ,4 J 'fu j \JX W&S%m V hH Coping with reality through illusions: Page 4. How much sleep do you need? Page 4 ■P(g;- Review of Norman* Mailer's new book: Tough Guys Don't Dance: Page 6. The legacy of Truman
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    • 339 5 Our MPH offers at Book Fhir 84 are so good, Jfe hardly fair. BRING THE S A ONLYSIFORAHEADSTART A-TEAMHOME!\ MV FDR THE BUDDING SCULPTOR! A 84cm by 60cm I Each Remus 3-D Play Kit comes complete of BA Baracus and JL with background scene, plastic moulding, company for the walls
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    • 124 7 Q DBSFIN4NCE 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 1 /4% 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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    • 96 8 \A 1 lOHHliitifl s >a r Asmv®*/>S\ -—jt«yo^-— sit 6» |oN 100% financing inclusive of CPF A visit to our show flat today (10.00 am 6.00pm) is the best way to convince you. "Jervois Gardens" is one of the best designed project in District 10. Developer: Marketing Agent: LIM KONG
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    • 177 9 7 FACT 3 74% more housewives read this Philips ad in LianHe Zaoßao. -fk A fact worth remembering next time you re planning a campaign targetted at housewives. r -j- 1 Because your ad in Zaoßao could reach 132,000 housewives compared t0*76,000 in the English daily. It's no wonder then
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    • 598 10 Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor Word* 0.35 cents per yvord 0.55 ccnts per word Display $7.70 per col. cm £10j00 per col. cm Bwlmm Hrs Mon-Fri. 9am-spm Sat. 9am-lpm ANNOUNCEMENT (PERSONAL) Car Pool rtuMSPom oetHATUM m Tampeies/ Bedofc to Jurong and Iran West Coast/ Queens town to city
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    • 348 10 Eating Spots Hong Kong Chef Fry on order! Special Offer Three dishes with one soup for four persons at $18 only I WE DO HAVE n ltt ii»cssh our chilli-hot sambals. 1 t 0 2.00 p1 fragrant curries, tangy pickles I 11 «m To 1 0 30 p^_— —l and
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