Singapore Monitor, 13 September 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Thursday, September 13, 1984 30c«nts
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  • 682 1  -  ■y EE BOON LEE A MAJOR effort is under way to find out what people in Housing Board flats are thinking about current issues. The 4,000 members of Singapore's Residents Committees (RCs) are to discuss Government policies as a permanent feature of their
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  • 295 1  -  By YEOW MEI SIN A HIGH-LEVEL tourism task force has been formed in a joint effort by the Government and private enterprise to revive Singapore's tourist industry. Headed by Dr Wong Kwei Cheong, Minister of State for Trade and Industry, the task force comprises government
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    • 220 2  -  By MAGDALENE HAUW GAMBLING led to the downfall of a lawyer's clerk who embezzled more than a million dollars from his employer to pay his debts. Khoo Say Beng, formerly chief clerk of Ong Swee Keng Co,
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    • 107 2 A crackdown on illegal race-betting is expected to follow the appointment of one of Singapore's most experienced police officers, Deputy Superintendent Yee Teck Yong, as bead of tbe force's anti-gam-bling squad. The activities of illegal gamblers, particularly in the void decks of Housing Board estates, have been creating
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    • 388 2  -  HMnMll'-TURF CLUBPROBLMT By K K FONG THE CAT-AND-MOUSE game between police raiding parties and the bookies and their punters at mini-turf clubs exerts tremendous pressure on the police department's manpower. In any one weekend, there are more than 100 such illegal gambling centres in
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    • 167 2 THE CULTURE Ministry is organising the 1984 National Short Story Writing Competition in association with The Singapore Monitor, Lianhe Zaobao/Wanbao, Shin Min Daily News and Tamil Murasu. The competition aims to promote the art of writing and encourage those with the talent for story-telling to
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    • 394 3  -  ABOUT 20 OF EVERY 100 REQUESTS FOR CABS EVERYDAY GO UNANSWERED By SEAH MEI KIANG ABOUT 20 of every 100 commuters who ring for taxis every day will be left high ana dry. In spite of a surcharge of $1 for radio calls and $3
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    • 247 3 THE FORMER Director of Education, Mr Chan Kai Yau, has applied to retire from the public service, about a year early. Confirming this yesterday, a Ministry of Finance spokesman said that the application was being processed. In the meantime, Mr Chan has taken
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    • 499 4  -  Around The Courts By MAGDALENE HAUW THREE HUNDRED and fifty-one uncensored and four obscene video tapes found at a businessman's house were ordered to be forfeited by a district court yesterday. The court heard they were found at the house of Gob Eng Chuan
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    • 313 4  -  By PAT D'ROSE A JAPANESE musician with hair reaching to his waist was refused entry to Singapore yesterday. Masanori Takahashi, whose stage name is Kitaro, flew home to Japan last night after he refused to have a haircut or wear a turban. Kitaro, SI, who
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    • 642 5  -  By Michael Richardson, The Age Newspaper, Melbourne, Special to The Singapore Monitor MANUFACTURING companies in Singapore are in danger of being priced out of the world market because of the strong Singapore dollar and the high cost of both
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    • 110 5 IN TERMS of Foreign Equity Investment in Singapore, Australia ranks eighth with an investment of $412.2 million (1981 figures). The top investor (1981 figures) is the United Kingdom ($4,438.9 million in foreign equity investment), followed by the United States ($3,255.5 million), Hong Kong ($2,223.6 million), Malaysia ($1,836.8 million), Japan
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    • 100 6 exit 7 B Bedok NEW ROAD signs are being put up to help motorists find their way off the East Coast Parkway. The Public Works Division yesterday announced an exit-numbering system which gives freeway exit points a number corresponding with the nearest kilometre post.
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    • 114 6 PETROL and diesel prices at Mobil petrol kiosks will be lowered with immediate effect, said a Mobil spokeswoman this morning. Mobil's premium grade petrol will cost 121 cents per litre, down from 125.6 cents. Its special grade will cost 115 cents, which is four
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    • 177 6 A GARBAGE TRUCK hit and damaged the overhead bridge linking Rochore Centre with the newlycompleted Fu Lu Shou Building around noon yesterday. Fortunately, no one was injured. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred at 11.55 am, probably because the driver had forgotten to
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    • 97 5 3tuAioM LOREAL PRESENT SINGAPORE HAIR DESIGNER CREATIONS QUEST '84 for THE GOLDEN SCISSORS AWARD J Tonight begins the quest for the most exciting l Wfr i expressions in hair creations. Participating > M will be some of Singapore's most creative hair Vl x wwv 4 j f stylists who will
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 275 6 MAZQAS MASTER/WISER Y 1I mar Hk WHAT YOU SAVE ON FUEL RUNNING A MAZDA SPEND IT ON THEGOOD LIFE. Winning its in the Shell Economy Rally wasn't luck 11 jjS^/^A/i^P/^^y Mazdaengineersspent years perfecting the323togiveyouthemostenergyeflicientcaron II "SS f the roads today (The Mazda 323 1 5 achieved 23 5 km/1 in
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  • world
    • 392 7 LIFESPANS OF EMPLOYEES CAN BE CUT BY A FIFTH, SAYS HARVARD STUDY UPI BOSTON, Thursday WORKING rotating shifts can reduce productivity by a third and may cut employees' lifespans by a fifth, says Dr Charles A Czeisler of Harvard Medical School, a leading researcher in
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    • 354 7 Reuter NEW DELHI, Thursday ABOUT 60 members of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Indian Conductor Zubin Mehta yesterday walked out of the state-run five-star Ashok Hotel, complaining of cockroaches, a bad smell, dirty toilets and bedbugs in
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    • 91 7 Reuter MUNICH, Thursday A GAMBLER accused of swindling a Bavarian casino out of 6.7 million marks (554.62 million) by tampering with a roulette wheel was acquitted by a Munich court today for lack of evidence. The judge told Vladimir Granez, known as "Goldfinger",
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    • 113 8 Bername Johor Baru, Thursday TEN WORKERS, with the help of two six-ton boats, have started a major cleanup of the Causeway here to rid it of boat wrecks and other garbage. The place had been described as an eyesore by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir
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    • 338 8 Reuter WASHINGTON, Thursday A UNITED States Congress ethics committee decided yesterday to investigate the personal finances of Democratic vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro, who has pledged her full cooperation. The decision of the House of Representatives ethics committee in effect returns the spotlight to
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    • 253 8 Reuter HONG KONG, Thurs SLEEK Rolls-Royces deliver booty-laden tourists to plush hotels on Hong Kong's Golden Mile tourist area. Nearby, still in the heart of the colony's hotel and entertainment centre, footsore backpackers rub shoulders witn touts and prostitutes outside one
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    • 168 8 AP BAGHDAD, Thursday THE Iraqi navy and air force in separate attacks yesterday "destroyed" five unidentified ships near the Iranian coast in the Gulf region. A military spokesman said on Baghdad television that Iraqi jetfighters "successfully raided and accurately hit a naval
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    • 172 9 Andropov's protege Gorbachev seems to have the edge over rival Romanov in struggle for power MONITOR FOCUS THE KREMLIN POWER PLAY THE MOSCOW mystery is deepening. The jockeying for power in the corridors of the Kremlin, sparked by the chronic illness of President Konstantin Cbernenko, has intensified
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    • Article, Illustration
      221 9 Mikhail Gorbachev MR GORBACHEV, 53, seems for the moment to have an edge on his rival in the manoeuvring to succeed President Chernenko. He is the best educated of the Kremlin "princes". Mr Gorbachev, Andropov's protege, is a law graduate and an agricultural expert. Many analysts believe that
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      146 9 Grigory Romanov MR ROMANOV, 61 is the Central Committee secretary in charge of the militaryindustrial complex, and he was thought to have close ties with the officer corps, including ousted armed forces chief Marshal Ogarkov. Mr Romanov, a former Leningrad party boss, is a tough and efficient administrator.
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    • 298 10 Benefits of US growth outweigh impact of high interest rates on world economy, says IMF WASHINGTON, Thurwtay THE beneficial effect of the vibrant United States recovery has far outweighed the negative impact of high American interest rates on global economic health, the International
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    • 239 10 UPI CHANDIGARH, Thursday SIKH terrorists shot and killed eight Hindu bus passengers last niaht, blew off the leg of another Hindu in hand grenaae explosion outside a movie cinema and panicked a playhouse crowd in separate attacks in Punjab state. Officials in the
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    • 160 10 Reuter WASHINGTON, Thursday SOUTH Korean opposition leader Kim Dae-Jung, who came to the united States after being released from prison, said he had decided to go home in December "to struggle for the return of democracy." Mr Kim said he had
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    • 46 10 UPI BEIJING, Wednesday IBM HAS introduced the first computer that operates with the simplifed Chinese characters. The 5550 Computer, costing US$5,lOO (Sf10,700), has the capacity to produce 6,763 characters. The 5650 camfe on the market in Japan in 1982. UPI
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    • 30 11 Doctors blame liberalised sex attitudes for causing female infertility and male deficiency in US and making more and more Americans to turn to the controversial method of artificial conception.
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    • 433 11 TRENDS Lifestyle NEW YORK: The incidence of infertility among married American women between 20 and 24, normally the most fertile age group, jumped 177 per cent between 1965 and 1982, according to the US National Centre for Health Studies. For women, the most
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    • 196 11 BRUSSELS: Belgians take beer very seriously but nowhere is their love of it more evident than in the making of heady, specialty brands. Though Belgian beer is bought all over the world, this country of 10 million people still takes pride in producing scores
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    • 31 11 Belgian beer is bought all over the world. This country still prides itself in producing scores of different beers. One new brew reaches out into the domain of champagne.
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    • 30 11 If New York City officials have their way, this week will see the last of the merchants who hawk hot dogs, pretzels and souvlaki on the city's crowdec sidewalks.
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    • 79 11 De- spite difficult times, most regions of the world increased their income per person during the past 10 years. One area in Africa, south of the Sahara, however, suffered a decade-long decline. Life expectancy in sub-Sahara is 47 years. By some estimates, 20 million people there are
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    • 74 11 Merchants who hawk hot dogs, pretzels and souvlaki on New York's sidewalks may soon be an endangered species. City officials hope to clear the streets of the vendors, who congest an already overcrowded city by blocking busy sidewalks and streets. The city won a key court victory recently.
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    • 62 11 Brazil's post of- fice once among the world's worst is undergoing an organisational and technological revolution that within a decade has transformed it into a model widely copied in the Third World, Istoe newspaper reports. Anti-corruption measures have curtailed theft, training schools have upgraded management, and new nightly
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    • 41 11 "Jazz robots" now keep the world's most heavily automated factory, Yamazaki Machinery's Minokamo plant in Japan, in rhythm 24 hours a day, with music cued to warn the few employees that their mechanical co-workers are approaching, Depthnews reports.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 309 7 4i sMI A select few for the fashionable few Here's a rare opportunity for a For a limited period only. fashionable few to own a 500 your Favre Leuba dealers superbly crafted Favre Leuba. now, while stocks last, for this A combination of gold and most amazing offerl matt black
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 175 8 Lunch Ar Raffles 1 ch**» L < rwle Lf) jSJj Raffles Hotel rrSgP"- Our tradition is legendary Ik'Hch Road. SinjrajK)re 0718 Tel: *****41 BENEDICTINE D.O.M Your Golden Opportunity! Here'* your chance to win any of these 190 fabulous prizes. All you have to do Is answer two simple questions, attach
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 104 9 /S\ v' \MflPrJPPP9|^H^^^^ Hot and spicy mee siam. Laksa that's "lemak" and fantastic. Fragrant and tempting Nasi Lemak. Mee Goreng that's hot and "sedap." Char Kway Teow, Chai Tow Kway, Nasi Briyani, Rojak... All these dishes, cooked in true hawker style, are now at the Cafe Carousel. Enjoy them in
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 400 9 lt» I I*o I in I IMP I Wl IMP 1 IM6 j HWMW I 1960 I 1986 I Itao I 1»W I 1970 |IOT> I IMP I IXI I ISS> I 19S> I IMt Soviet leaders since the revolution jS Eastern Europe P W Irotka is formed with Leonid
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    • 41 10 t^iTtUOLrSw^ A family of Royal Jewellers since 1914. I Head Office: 38-40, High Street, Singapore 0617. Tel: *****08 Telex: R*****4 DIAOLJ #01-31 Peninsula Plaza, 111 North Bridge Road, Singapore 0617. Tel: *****34 #03-30 Lucky Plaza, Orchard Road, Singapore 0923. Tel: *****50/*****36
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 136 11 WL AIPLANK/^^ Singapore J A taste of Paradise present flavours of Sri LanKa September 7 16, 1984 Poolside, sth Floor, Royal Holiday Inn Singapore V i Savour the spicy and aromatic flavours V] of authentic Sri Lankan cuisine J 1 expertly prepared by experienced chefs raTV J specially flown in
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  • money
    • 575 12  -  SPECIAL FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL FUND MANAGEMENT By JILL HUM PORTFOLIO managers are a growing breed of professionals highly demanded in Singapore today. Says an investment manager with a leading local bank: "Professional fund management is relatively new here comKired with countries like e
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    • 181 12 ACCORDING to a portfolio officer, the potential for Singapore's developing into a portfolio management centre is promising. One obvious reason is Singapore's geographical advantage. Other factors are our advanced telecommunication expertise as well as active government support. Besides these, the Asia-Pacific region is the
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    • 224 12 THE VARIOUS investment instruments and vehicles at the portfolio manager's disposal are: Cash and money market instruments. These are the most liquid and include fixed deposits, bank bills, trade bills, negotiable certificates of deposit, commercial bills, repurchase agreements and money at call and short
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    • 349 13  -  CONTINUING OUR SERIES ON FUTURES MARKETS 1. BENNY TAN of ShMfwxi/Aimx IN ORDER to trade successfully, one must observe some basic rales of trading futures. Just like in any business venture, having a trading plan prevents one from trading off course. By following
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    • 99 13 THE US dollar traded through the psychological Dm 3.00 mark on very bullish sentiment on Monday in New York. The lack of sellers in the absence of fresh news expedited the rise. Although overnight and long-term interest rates are weakening, traders seem to be waiting for clearer
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    • 100 13 HMLLSTREET NEW YORK, Thursday BLUE CHIP stock prices rose in the final minutes of trading to salvage the session as Wall Street closed barely mixed despite a beating taken by certain technology issues. J Jones indus-trial average rose 2.32 to JSt** but
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    • 56 13 THE Straits Times Industrial Index closed 1.64 points down to 905.53 yesterday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 456.80, down 0.82 points from the previous dav's close of 457.62. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index fell 0.0688 points to 131.2775 at the close, compared with
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    • 94 13 AP NEW YORK, Thursday THE DOLLAR resumed its climb yesterday in the United States and maintained an 11%-year high against the West German mark after falling against other currencies in foreign exchange trading in Europe. In New York, the British pound sterling fell to U551.2739 from U551.*****
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    • 61 13 TAT LEE BANK has become the fifth listed Singapore hank to raise prime rate to 10 per cent The old rate was 9.75 per cent Tat Lee has added half a point to its savings rate, paying 7.75. Fixed deposits attract
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 130 12 rofvSEtf presents the Bulgarian Ballet Ensemble 'Arabesque' at World Trade Centre Auditorium For the very first time in Singapore and the Far East, comes the Ballet Ensemble 'Arabesque' from Bulgaria. This Bulgarian ballet company has won international acclaim for their dramatic presentations. Their dancers are award winners at international competitions.
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    • 6 12 Stoker is. oil page 1 a
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 206 13 Why do we bank at OCBC? azM w J fcr fcfl K\ I KBA B§i wfl HA That's why OCBC is the only bank for you. Whether it's a simple matter of making more money for your savings account with daily interest, or arranging a loan to "Because ifs easv
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • opinion / letters
    • 209 14  -  REPLIES BERNADETTE CHIM (MISS) Public Relations Officer Trans Island Bus Services Pte Ltd WE REFER to the letter "The long walk for Yishun commuters" by JF (SM, Sept I). We are pleased to inform him that a temporary feeder bus service linking Yishun Avenue
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    • 478 14  -  GOH KIM LEONG Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education CHEW KING HWAN for Permanent Secretary {education I REFER to the letter "Do children of graduate fathers fare well too?" by Mr Sin Boon Ann (SM, Sept 8). He asked for
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    • 135 14  - Opposition parties agreed to avoid three-cornered fights UPF HARBANS SINGH General Secretary United People's Front I REFER to the story "Five grads 'shopping for a party,' says Harbans Singh" (SM, Sept 8). I have to state I have spoken to two officials of the Workers Party who agreed that we
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    • 321 14 Crossing the Straits by ferry, bridge, road or tunnel? ISSUE Nanyang Siang Pau (Malaysia) WHEN THE Johor Causeway was constructed more than 61 years ago, it was mainly used by rail traffic since there were few motor vehicles then. But the motor traffic flow has increased manifold with some 10,000
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    • 550 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR NEWS THAT the public and private halves of Singapore tourism are getting together to help the beleaguered sector is the best word on the local tourist industry for some time. It has become increasingly clear that a cold, hard look at
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    • 464 15  -  LIM TEONG CHIN Hon Secretary Singapore Tae-kwondo Federation ROBIN CHOW Singapore 1233 WE REFER to the letter "Only best taekwondo exponents should be in the national team" by B S Huan (SM, Sept 1). As ihe Tae-kwondo Federation is established with the
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    • 159 15 I AM appalled at the way the first quarter-fi-nal of the recent Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Talentime was conducted. I watched the show live at the studio. I was surprised at the way the technicians handled the sound level. The first three contestants were the worst
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • leisure
    • 709 16  -  NUSS' DREAM THEATRE AIMS TO SURPRISE By WONG SING YEONG THE Fort Canning Park used to be a cemetery where colonials buried their dead and neighbouring schoolboys settled bouts of anger. Then, the tombstones were removed, inviting loving couples as do parks everywhere. But
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    • 491 16  -  Wong Ah Yoke THE current food festival at the Hilton International Singapore Orchard Cafe is fiublicised as featuring Malaysian food, but he focus is largely on Malaccan dishes. Styles of cooking in Malaysia vary in the different states, and this variety is well captured at the festival.
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    • 724 16  -  By WONG AH YOKE CANTONESE food, often given the more glamorous label of Hong Kong cuisine, is hitting Singapore in a big way, especially in major shopping centres. One of the latest restaurants serving Cantonese is Lucky Pot Restaurant, situated at #0162 Parkway Parade. The restaurant
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    • 325 18 Thursday Feature Special Walking Tall: The Legend of Buford Pueeer (E) (Chinese Subtitles) (Ch S, 9.15 pm) BO SVENSON takes the lead in this movie based on the true story of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser. In the earlier movie, Pusser takes a stand against his hometown
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    • 327 18  -  WfSKEiNE By VALERIE TREVOR THIS year's SBC debate for tertiary institutions will debut on Thursday, Sept 20, over Channel 12 at 8 pm. The current affairs unit, which is organising the programme, is using a dictionary page as a backdrop symbolic of the use
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    • 585 19  -  By MICHAEL LONDON U UnHiimnnrf in nofvywooG LATWP BARRY DILLER, who in his 10 years as studio chief transformed Paramount Pictures Corp into Hollywood's most stable and successful film company, said on Tuesday that he will resign on Sept 30 to become chairman of rival 20th Century
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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    • 97 16 •oed Eyebrow tattoo, Eye-lid tattoo \V( ra'\ ce and Eye lashes perm. Problems with eyebrow, eye lashes? I Don't be upset! rtff® We are here 50.1 to solve your problems. Lisa Wong /O seP xe will design personally the customers. jk Instructed by Lisa Ng personally We have the expertise
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 329 17 SBC SBCTEXT- Live Sample Pages. Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The Immortals (C) (r). Cartoon Selections. The Fantastic Journey: The Innocent Prey (r) (Last Episode). The travellers help to free two men, York and Tye, after the space craft they are in crashes, not knowing that they are criminals.
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    • 373 17 THE SVJGAPORE MONTTOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1964 ie M .r Jt >/ •'•fc- V.* 4 l v N Xk w* iffj, 4ti, .Z* m 4 •>» v r» ***..<« y«1g t'..» J*!****. t Lett Garrett, Bo Svenaon and Dawn Lyn in Walking Tall: The Legend of Buford Puaaer (Ch 5, 9.15
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 213 19 YOU WANT FUN? YOU WANT MUSIC? YOU WANT MR. T JWK X, and IRENE CARA? J^L Original Soundtrack must be won! Original Soundtrack Cassettes of 1 L v£ DC. CAB- to patrons on r HmtdLll presentation of their halt portion tW4*?Ti ■iMfIHK saatng DC CAB* at This it validentrtONE week
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 368 19 fiiM ouioe JUBILEE (*****07): THE WRONG WEDDING TRAIL (C) DALIT (*****16): THE WRONG WEDDING TRAIL HOLLYWOOD (*****64): THE WRONG WEDDING (Q TRAIL (C) Starring: Ye Dexian, Zhuang Qing Er Synopsis: An amusing story about a middle-aged spinster looking for a husband. LIWAQU (*****30): THE WRONG WEDDING (*****27 > DARING GONGFU
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    • 638 19 12.00 PM Programme Summary 12.06 Musical 4.0S Compoeers from Different Eras RachNotebook -Virtuoeo Variations wmh the Guitar 1. martnoff: Symphony No 3in A minor Opus 44, Mussorgsky: "The Old Castle" from Pictures at London Symphony Orchestra/Andre Previn 5.00 an ExNbitlon, Andres Segovia 2. A Segovia: De- News-in-Brief 5.06 Easy Listening
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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    • 180 20 3rd WEEK ft A DTTAT (*****58) 5 SHOWS at C/irl R UL 11 am, 1.45,4.00,8.30,9.15 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME A MOVIE MADE YOU LAUGH FROM START TO FINISH? Poms teMSnmr What an Institution! »i»co^«g S tiAMf. STtVt amtKKIK. UK CATTXAII B/tM SMITH w GIQUCt GATMS to■ -lyuwt OPEIMS TOMORROW
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 93 20 I——— AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE THE Metropolitan YMCA American Square Dance Club will conduct a 12session course on square dancing. Starting today, sessions will be held every from Bpm to 10 pm at the Palmer Road premises. Fees are $9 for members and $10 for non-members. For more details, call *****55
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    • 404 20 'JFjJr Funeral of a Kabukl actor, Japan, 1965. By Henri Cartier-Bresson. HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON THE Cartier-Bresson (PhotograRher) exhibition will be held at the fational Museum until Sunday, 9 am to 7 pm daily. The photography exhibition, organised jointly by the National Museum and the American Express Foundation, will feature 156 images
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    • 39 20 iEBHP TODAY: TOMORROW: Low tide: 7.07 am (0.3 m) Low tide: 7.33 am (0.5 m) High tide: 1.01 pm (2.5 m) High tide: 1.22 pm (2.5 m) Low tide: 7.05 pm (0.5 pm) Low tide: 7.37 pm (0.5 pm)
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  • GO PLACES
    • 541 21 TO THE average Singaporean, Macau instantly conjures up images of croupiers, chips and casinos. But there's more to this postage-stamp sized outpost of Portuguese colonialism than tinsel and glitter. The old city, and the area surrounding it, is a place where the lifestyle has remained unchanged for
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    • 183 21 NEW Zealand is an ideal place for honeymooning couples. It offers lots of scenic natural beauty and quiet nights. No wonder Air New Zealand and Chan Brothers Travel have jointly organised a number of Honeymoon New Zealand tours for newlyweds (and anyone else who wants a
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 149 21 You Other Worlds Tou Thailand From fare to Hong Kong *1077 m j.,, many a. 1 more different NTUC Travel Services Pte Ltd s 1 Sophia Road #02-07, Peace Centre, Singapore 0922. Tel: *****33 (12 lines) 5 c %\t* 4On a regular holiday, you pay <rx\o» <»>". t*»r> extra for
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    • 48 21 T? v PENANG n Easy' Noliiifly (lives you mure tor .is I V/ ik Tdsutir'uuu deluxe resort with nil ocenn-vicw rooms Return airfare on wide-bodied |ets Roundtrip limousine transfers Welcome drink Full bieakfast daily Local set lunch daily Daily departure H (SIM "•{>!>• "0 I,l\ anglo French travel I
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 447 22 leisure comics I^SSSj ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA This is a good day for getting September 23 to October 22 awkward jobs done. You will A friend's happiness in a roget more help than you antici- mantic affair may make you a Cted. A quiet evening at little
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    • 199 22 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook Kfi WMT KboWX ART. HPS FHE K HI j» M yUAAPi*/NF^==i <lb A SPffCH KMOGO rut UADfR. Pfioptg WHAT J Afc* Vbo ART. (HVert HIM, Jof AC*T ANDToKHS/ A*t H* A VUMPIff DR SMOCK By George Lemont £)em Dear Ms. Meyer «?W faand-tAofio'/i I Yes. But
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  • PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT
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    • 384 28  -  By B KULA in Kuala Lumpur OMAN COACH Syed Iftekhar Ahmed is furious over the poor umpiring so far in the Asia-Oceania Junior World Cup qualifying round here. And many others agree. He said: "The umpires tend to blow their whistle unnecessarily.
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    • 140 28 JAPAN 1 SINGAPORE 1 JAPANESE coach Fumio Ogura was fuming with anger after his team's uncharacteristic performance against Singapore in their Group A match of the Asia-Oceania Junior World Cup qualifying round at the Tun Razak Stadium yesterday. "They are not Japanese," he said. "I
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    • 171 28 MALAYSIA 4 OMAN 0 MALAYSIA'S fate in the Asia-Oceania Junior World Cup hockey qualifying round lies in the hands of the Pakistanis. With an easy 4-0 victory over Oman at the Tun Razak Stadium yesterday, the Ma- laysians have gathered eight points from five matches
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    • 154 28 AUSTRALIA 6 CHINA 0 THE AUSTRALIANS earned their ticket to Vancouver for the final round of the Junior World Cup hockey tournament in August next year with a convincing win over China at the Tun Razak Stadium here yesterday. With six goals, including a hat-trick
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    • 481 28 SECOND GAME ADJOURNED ON THE 41 ST MOVE World Chess Championship Reuter MOSCOW, Thursday THE SECOND game of the World Chess Championship match between Soviet Bandmasters Anatoly Karpov and Garry isparov was adjourned yesterday on the 41st move. Anatoly Karpov, the reigning world champion, appeared to
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    • 305 28 Reuter MOSCOW, Thursday WORLD chess champion Anatoly Karpov likes detective stories and pop music while training for a match. His challenger, Garry Kasparov is a keen soccer player and sports fan, a Soviet newspaper reported yesterday. But both men were sure that in 10 years'
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    • 513 29 Reuter DUBLIN, Thursday IRELAND made the perfect start to their difficult World Cup campaign in Europe's powerful Group Six when they unexpectedly beat the Soviet Union 1-0 last night. Mickey Walsh scored the decisive goal with a fine shot from the edge
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    • 291 29 STOCKHOLM, Thursday FERNANDO GOMES scored an opportunist goal 11 minutes from time to steer Portugal to a 1-0 win over Sweden in a World Cup qualifying tie here last night. The experienced Gomes deflected Augusto Inacio's left wing cross into the net
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    • 386 29 BELFAST, Thursday MANCHESTER UNITED'S Norman Whiteside was in dazzling form as he helped Northern Ireland to a 3-2 win over Romania in their Group Three World Cup qualifying match here last night. Whiteside, who was booked earlier by Belgian referee Alez Ponnet for
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    • 276 29 SOCCER INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES DUESSELDORF (West Germany), Thursday ARGENTINA humiliated West Germany with a 3-1 victory in a soccer friendly last night to thoroughly spoil Franz Beckenbauer's first game in charge of the national team. The Argentines, who had already accounted for Switzerland and Belgium by
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    • 332 29 ENGLAND 1 E GERMANY 0 Reuter LONDON, Thursday A LATE goal from captain Bryan Robson car- ried England to a scrappy 1-0 win over East Germany in a friendly soccer international here last night. The well drilled visitors seemed to be heading for a creditable
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    • 522 30  -  By ALFONSO CHAN SINGAPORE'S former squash champion Zainal Abidin turned a disadvantage into a sensational victory in the Magnolia Malaysia Open at the Subang courts yesterday. He was down to meet an unseeded opponent, but a new draw forced him to play Australian professional
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    • 315 30 ANCHOR SINGAPORE OPEN LIM SEOK HUI'S adrenalin would be pumping faster if Angela Smith, England's national player, had got her ticket to Singapore. Angela had tried to get into the women's competition of the Anchor Singapore Open, which begins on
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    • 277 30 Reuter PALERMO (Sicily), Thur TOP-SEEDED Henrik Sundstroem of Sweden was beaten in the third round of the Palermo Grand Prix tennis tournament yesterday by unfancied Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia. Mecir won 6-3 6-1, more through a series of blunders and errors of judgement by Sundstroem rather
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    • 246 30 FIRST IT was Jahangir Khan. Then the non-appearance of sixth seed Gogi Alauddin forced the organisers of the Magnolia Malaysia squasn Open at Kuala Lumpur's Subang courts to scurry around for a re-draw yesterday. Gogi was scheduled to play in the top half of the
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    • 69 31 Group Two: PORTUGAL 1 SWEDEN 0 Group Throe: N IRELAND 3 ROMANIA 2 Group Six: IRELAND 1 SOVIET UNION 0 SWITZERLAND 1 NORWAY 0 UEFA (First leg): Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 2 Rabat Ajax (Malta) 0 FRIENDLIES PLAYED LAST NIGHT England 1 East Germany 0; Argentina 3
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