Singapore Monitor, 29 September 1984

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    • 388 2  -  The former minister's decision will bring to 18 the number of MPs leaving politics By EE BOON LEE A FORMER Cabinet minister, who has put in 18 years in Parliament, is the latest veteran People's Action Party MP to call it quits.
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    • 428 2 PEERING into the 1990s and beyond, the People's Action Party is setting itself three objectives which clearly show how far the PAP has taken Singapore on the road to freedom and prosperity. Its tasks ahead: To provide effective political leadership at national level, to bring about greater
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    • 385 2  -  By LOONG SWEE YIN HAVING benefitted from the Klicies of a good government, rs Yu-Foo Yee Snoon, chairman of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), believes that the least she can do is be of service herself. So when she was
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    • 221 3 Bright and glittering jewels in the night with 25th-year joy message Did you see this? A glowing, mammoth "25" towering above the Orchard Road area? The glowing tribute was Telecoms' way of celebrating 25 years of nation-building. The latest issue of "Hello," the Telecoms newsletter, disclosed
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    • 298 4 Going COWEC GANDHI AMBALAM COMPANY Welfarism through Employers' Contributions (Cowec) is catching on. Eighty companies have approached the National Productivity Board (NPB) for more information on Cowec since the scheme was introduced on a pilot basis in April last year. From these interested companies, another eight
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    • 588 4  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG MOST shopkeepers at Centrepoint, Cuppage Plaza and Orchard Point managed well yesterday despite a cut in their water supply. At least one hairdresser had to turn away customers, and a restaurant had trouble keeping its toilets clean, but generally the
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    • 123 4 THE CONSUMER Association of Singapore celebrated its IStn birthday and 25 years of nation-building with a dinner for 1000 people at the Neptune Theatre Restaurant last night and a 'warning to consumers that ignorance and litigation reservedness on their part are major
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    • 368 4 MR GOH CHOK TONG, the Defence. Minister and Second Minister of Health, used his experiences in his Marine Parade constituency last night to illustrate what he sees as the particular Eblems of the lay communi- tySpeaking at a seminar on ways to
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    • 455 5  -  By GANDHI AMBALAM SINGAPORE is still short of experienced computer people, although it is now easier to find recruits with basic degree qualifications. A steady supply of graduates from the National University of Singapore has helped to ease the former "chronic shortage" of fresn
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    • 335 5  -  National Safety Council pressing government for the introduction of new law B* SIT YIN FONG THE NATIONAL Safety Council is pressing the Government to introduce a rule that will ensure that all car owners install windscreenmounted rear stop lights. These lights turn on automatically
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    • 159 5 THE GOVERNMENT will spend about $50 million on computers by next March. This is half of the sum set aside to buy computers under the five-year Civil Service computerisation plan. One of the ministries to acquire the latest computer hardware is the Ministry
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    • 617 6  -  They comprise 15% of workforce of some big firms STORY AND PICTURES BY CHEW YEN FOOK HOUSEWIVES are so sought-after in the labour market these days that they comprise 15 per cent of the workforce of some big companies. In Singapore's fast-changing social patterns, These women, aged between
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    • 468 6 HOUSEWIVES are going to work not only for financial reasons. In fact, many opt for a working life because they are bored at housekeeping, as a random interview at the assembly line shows. But their four-hour absence from home doesn't mean escape from housework this still
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    • 171 6 A TRIPARTITE Task Force will soon examine how to encourage the elderly to continue working beyond the age of 55 and thus resolve Singapore's labour shortage problems. This was disclosed by Professor S Jayakumar, Minister for Labour at the Singapore National Employers' Federation (SNEF) fourth annual
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  • world
    • 279 7 That's how Shultz describes Reagan's 3 1 /2-hour discussion with Soviet Foreign Minister Reuter WASHINGTON, Saturday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko discussed US-Soviet tensions yesterday in three and a half hours of talks that Secretary of State George Shultz described as "forceful
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    • 332 7 Reuter WASHINGTON, Saturday THE US index of leading indicators rose by 0.5 per cent in August, reversing a two-month decline and alleviating fears that the US economy could be teetering back to recession. The gauge of future US economic
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    • 108 7 Reuter By WASHINGTON, Saturday THE PENTAGON decided to order anti-aircraft guns worth US$45 billion (5*9.9 billion) although officials knew that important test data on the weapon were missing, according to Defence Department investigators. When finally received, the test results showed that the capability
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    • 469 8 Reuter SYDNEY, Saturday AUSTRALIAN media magnate Kerry Packer issued a 6,000-word statement denying any involvement in drug trafficking or other criminal activities. The statement by Mr Packer followed publication by a weekly newspaper of what were called extracts from the report of an official commission
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    • 246 8 Reuter PARIS, Saturday BY DAY they are models, secretaries, university students, the wives of notaries and academics. By night they are high-class "call-girls", summoned from Paris to Geneva and London by wealthy clients prepared to spend up to 5,000 francs (S|l,100) to enjoy their
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    • 45 8 A group of demonstrators across the street from the United Nations demonstrated against the Soviet Union's presence in Afghanistan by burning a Soviet flag while Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday PICTURE: AP
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    • 431 8 AP MILFORD (Michigan), Saturday A 16-YEAR-OLD high school student who asked the Soviet mission at the United Nations for help for a class project received a package that contained microfilmed specifications for US tanks, authorities said. FBI agents are trying to determine bow and
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    • 803 9 Sea plant could be the answer to future food shortage in an overcrowded planet Reuter Mexico, Saturday A BLUE-GREEN algae, one of the oldest forms of life, could become the food of the future for an overcrowded planet, food experts say. The ancient Aztecs knew
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    • 326 9 Unsightly oil rigs are being disguised as buildings, flats and playgrounds Reuter LOS ANGELES, Saturday THE NEW-STYLE "Beverly Hillbillies" of southern California have their oil gushing inside banks, luxurious blocks of flats, insurance buildings and even a lighthouse. It is California's answer to how to earn
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    • 223 9 LAT-WP LOS ANGELES, Sat A UNIVERSITY of Southern California School of Medicine review of patients who have had coronary bypass surgery cautions surgeons against performing the operation on vessels that are less than 50 per cent blocked by fatty material. Dr W Linda Cashin,
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    • 512 10 Reuter BEIJING, Saturday CHINA'S economy is approaching a crucial phase in which Beijing must tackle the conseSuences of the successful economic reforms instituted five years ago, Chinese leaders and Western economists say. The key is how the state will detain control over the
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    • 381 10 AP OAMMAM (Saudi Arabia), Saturday THOUSANDS of private schoolboys, who used to wear western-style shirts and trousers, now arrive for classes in the traditional Saudi-style "thobe," a white anklelength shirt with long sleeves. The switch, which the Saudi Arabian Government said
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    • 155 10 UPI HOUSTON, Saturday OFFICIALS say there's a good reason the coral snake on display at the Houston Zoo hasn't moved in nine months it's a fake. Zoo officials admit the snake, barely visible under a log in the display reptile house,
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    • 290 10 RALEIQH (North Carolina), Saturday WHETHER a 51-year-old woman will be put to death next month for murder has become a central issue in the highly charged Senate race between Governor James Hunt and Jesse Helms, the far-right Republican incumbent. Aides to Mr
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  • world / trends
    • 27 11 East Germany depends on Soviet raw materials to keep up its standard of living. The Russians in turn depend on its ally for high-tech transfers.
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    • 24 11 Political prisoners of Uruguay must pay for their room and board during their stay in prison. It is the brainchild of the military.
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    • 23 11 Diplomatic sources say that the United States and some Caribbean countries are quietly supporting the three Centrist parties in the forthcoming elections
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    • 282 11 t TRENDS World Politics Businessweek BEHIND the cancellation of East German Chairman, Mr Erich Honecker's state visit to West Germany are the growing differences in perception between East Berlin and Moscow. East Germany depends on Soviet infusions of raw materials at bargain {irices
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    • 46 11 The latest Gallup Poll shows that President Ronald Reagan'a Republican Party ia widely perceived aa more likely than the Democratic Parly to keep the nation prosperous. It is tied with the Democrats aa the party more likely to keep the nation at peace.
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    • 194 11 For political prisoners released by Uruguay's military government, freedom has its price: a hefty bill for room and board covering their time behind bars. The bills have ranged as high as US|3,OOO (556,500) in a country where the average worker earns about half that much in a year.
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    • 111 11 Forbes Rocked by revolu- tion and a US-led invasion in the past five years, the Caribbean spice island of Grenada looks set to return to democracy with a moderate Centrist government by the end of the year. The election date has yet to be set, but already Grenada
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  • money
    • 640 12  -  Simex will get a better chance to consolidate its early start By PHILLIP BANGSBERG in Hong Kong special to Tho Monitor THE reorganised Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) is not expected to open until at least January many months after its backers hoped because
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    • 134 12 GOLD Securities Australia Ltd (GSA), the first specialist gold investment company to be floated in Australia, announced that its underwritten amount has been reduced from the initial Asls million (Ss27 million) to A 57.5 million (5|13.5 million) while over-subscription was also limited to
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    • 204 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday THE Foreign Investment Committee has approved the acquisition by Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB) of a 60 per cent stake in Cheqpoint (M) Sdn Bhd,'the fledgling credit card company. Announcing this yesterday, Cheqpoint President Stephen Sya said: "With MRCB's
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    • 420 12 THE WEEKLY STOCK MARKET ROUNDUP THIS week saw another session of inactivity in the local bourse with dealers describing the market as "lacklustre" and "uneventful". One dealer attributed the lack of action to the tail end of the settlement period. Most investors were sidelined, he
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    • 847 13 COMPANY FOCUS BY SUN HUNG KAI SECURITIES HOLD Bousteadco shares for the medium term, recommends Sun Hung Kai Securities (SHkV Widely diversified Bousteadco Singapore Ltd is well poised for further improvement in its performance this year. The group, which Blunged into
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    • 148 13 HHLLSTREET AFTER four days of modest gain, stock prices reversed course yesterday and moved sharply lower, fuelled by investor confusion over interest rate trends. The Dow Jones industrial average finished off 10.26 Eoints at over 1206.5. in the roader market, and declining issues outnumbered
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    • 57 13 THE STRAITS Times Industrial Index closed 1.46 points up to 902.68 yesterday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 455.29, up 2.02 points from the previous day's close of 453.27. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index was up 0.1496 points to 131.8923 at the close, compared
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    • 111 13 THE AMERICAN dollar rose against other major currencies in worldwide foreign-ex-change trading yesterday, recovering from a downturn in the previous session. Gold prices were mixed, edging higher in the United States after slipping in Europe. Republic National Bank quoted gold at U*****.75 a troy ounce, up US$l
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    • 159 13 BOUSTEADCO has announced a 42 per cent increase in profits from $517,000 to $736,000 for the half-year to June 30. Attributable profits turned from a $154,000 loss previously to a profit of $738,000 for this halftime. Bousleadco chairman A Charton said: "Although trading
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    • 552 13 CHUAN Hup Marine's group pre-tax profit for the half-year to June 30 was up an encouraging 40 per cent to $17.7 million from the last corresponding period's $12.6 million. Turnover was also up 23 per cent from $64.6 million to $79.6 million while profit attributable to shareholders increased
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    • 1350 14  -  By JACK FOISIE Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: In 1976, when I arrived here to take up an assignment as the Los Angeles Times' correspondent in South Africa, Blacks in the ghetto city of Soweto were rioting. The uprising spread
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    • 84 14 "UMNO AND MCA leaders have been having their 'Bukit China' dreams since Merdeka, for the ancient cemetery site in the heart of town has been coveted by many who see it as a potential franchise to mint money." Malacca opposition leader, Mr Lim Kit Siang, in an Asiaweek interview.
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  • opinion / letters
    • 419 15 11 iii iii i M BBBBI monitor pmhbi TOMORROW, as Singaporeans unwind in their normal Sunday manner, a meeting will take place at the Singapore Conference Hall that will affect their lives and those of their children. It is the biennial delegates' meeting of the People's
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    • 372 15  -  REPLIES MRS S C CHAI Deputy Director, Public Relations Ministry of Social Affairs I REFER to the letter "Welfare home or refugee centre" by "Civis Singaporanus Sum" (SM, Sept 11). I thank the writer for his concern over the well-being of the
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    • 132 15 I READ the letters from the readers who were outraged by the senseless killing of sows (SM, Sept 25). The fanners may not be doing the right thing but what can they do to save the cost of feeding and avoid the overproduction
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    • 127 15  -  HAN FOOK KWANG for Permanent Secretary Communications I REFER to the report "Postponed: Plans for hotel taxi stands" (SM, Sept 19 L The report stated that the Ministry of Communications had reversed its decision on the setting up of
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    • 72 15 LETTERS on any subject of public interest win be accepted for publication. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve the
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous

  • leisure
    • 2148 16 BUT SALLY FIELD LEARNS TO GO INTO THE PAIN LAT-WP Sally Field is almost all grown up now as she demonstrates in her latest movie, Places in the Heart. Yet she admits, I'm still kind of afraid to let go, to laugh, to just be
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    • 390 16 ALBUM: CATS WITHOUT CLAWS ARTISTE: Donna Summer LABEL: WEA *****6-1 SUMMER and her sizzling act became the epitome of the disco scene in the Seventies. She wasn't just one of the disco acts. She was the hottest. But when the music began to simmer down, Summer was at
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    • 405 16  -  (g0Mm£<m& All reviews by LIM SEK ALBUM: BEST OF JENNY S CONCERT ARTISTE: Jenny Tseng LABEL: CBS 138 CONCERT recordings are exciting, but only if they give at least a semblance of a complete concert. Of course, it is unreasonable to expect an entirely unedited
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    • 206 16 THE US top 10 pop singles, as rated by Cashbox, with last week's positions in brackets: 1. (2) Let's Go Crazy Prince and the Revolution (Warner Brothers). 2. (1) Missing You John Waite (EMI America). 3. (4) She Bop Cyndi Lauper (Portrait-CBS). 4. (3) What's Love
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1261 17 I BMLaciwroi I 1.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Sesa- C I I Smurts j|y I See Saturday s Best w% I|M F I Championships I I KGB seeks help from I Sci-fi stripped of million-dollar apace gadgets Queen of Outer Space (Ch S, 2.35 pm) I I 2.30
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  • leisure / tv
    • 798 18  -  TV SCENE By VALERIE TREVOR DURING the second half of October, watch out for some movies on the tube in the Thursday, Friday, Saturday ana Sunday movie slots and over the Deepavali holiday. Some of the flicks are worth staying in for, others are below average. Among the
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    • 602 18  -  SATURDAY'S BEST WITH LIM KWEE LAN Saturday Night Movie Plaza Suite (Ch 5, 10.55 pm) (Chinese Subtitles) IF YOU missed the goings-on in Suite 719 of the Plaza Hotel when it was shown over Channel 12 recently, here is your chance to catch Neil Simon's hit.
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  • leisure
    • 59 19 SBC's policy to insert/delete advertisements without warning before, during and after programmes, is exasperating. I realise that time is money in television but surely we could be spared these missed heartbeats if SBC would, say, display a poster image of the proSamme in progress before starting
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    • 90 19 I AM a regular viewer of The Awakening serials and find that the programmes actually consist of lovetriangles and comedy. I thought the shows were meant to be more on the history of Singapore, but there is more love story than history. The history lessons are very
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    • 51 19 I ALWAYS listen to SBC Radio One which plays good music. Unfortunately, the deejays seldom play rock and heavy-metal songs such as by Rainbow, Whitesnakes, Uriah Heep and UFO. Could SBC have a special programme of about one hour for all heavy-metal fans? Thank you. ROCK FANS S'pore
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    • 394 19 LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD: Lawrence Gordon was promoted to president and chief operating officer of 20th Century Fox Film Corp's entertainment group on Thursday as part of a studio "restructuring" announced by Fox's new chairman and chief executive, Barry Diller. The newly-created entertainment group encompasses Fox's movie
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 149 20 i_ I T HERBERT BAYER THERE will be an exhibition of photographs, paintings and drawings by Herbert Bayer at tne GoetheInstitut Art Gallery today from noon to 6 pm. Admission is free. ANTIQUES EXHIBITION THERE will be an exhibition of 17th to 19th Century Chinese antigues at Latour Lafite Ballroom
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    • 587 20 SSO THIRD SERIES CONCERT ■RB|WZjBBt THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Third Series Concert at 8.15 tonight at the Victoria Concert Hall will feature soloists Martina Maixnerova. Koh Joo 41 Ann, Kuth Ann Zimmerman, David Lim and Eng Meng Chia Programmes include Mozart's Sym phony No 36 in C K385, Schubert's m
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    • 279 20 FUJIAN FUZHOU OPERA TROUPE THE Fujian Fuzhou Opera Troupe will be performing at the Palace Theatre until Monday, 8 pm nightly. The programme shedule is as follows: Today The Banished Lin Zexu; tomorrow A Virtuous Lady and on Monday Shi Yi Lang. Tickets at $50, $40, $30, $20, $10 and
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 342 22 f|^j By WONDER BOY FIVE-YEAR-OLD Sonobe should score his first win in top class company by taking Race 5, the main staying event for Class 1 horses over 2,000 metres at Bukit Timah today. A winner of two races earlier in the season,
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    • 242 22 WONDER BOY MAZHEN TAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) Race 1 Golden Hop* 4 Active Foi 4 Active Foi 9 Lightning Speed 9 Lightning Speed 9 bghtmng Speed 3 Fox Kingdom 7 Right Tempo 7 Right Tempo Race 2 12 Navigator 1 Powerful Kris Rio Bianco
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    • 588 22 Race One 1 Fair track form. 2 Better over longer trip. 3 Working keenly back home. 4 Retaining form well. 5 Not seen on track. 6 Fair track form. 7 Working keenly, watch the tote. 8 Loves the mud, should run well. 9 Working well, one
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    • 307 22 RACE 1 2.00 CLASS 3 DIV 8 1,400 m RATINGS: 79-68 STAKES: $17,500 1 Second To Mono 6 chnzg 57 (d 3 s) Ng 2 IW Allan Flying Fox 32 (3-3-0-1-25) 800 23/9 (Ng 10th to Rouge Royale C 3-5 Sl2oog 1:14) Last won 15/1/83 (Lucas
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    • 3043 23 HOW TO HEAD THE CARD: ftaddlehag ■■Mkcr, hwnl name; age, origin utf MX; weight; weight difference within brackets; jockey** name; harrier draw; trainer owner; rans record (flrsts-seconds-thlrds-foarths-nn-placed) and last three rans; last ran record; and last win record (If. any). RACE 2 2.30 CLASS 3 DIV 9 1,400
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    • 316 24 Richard Tan Studio (The Ist Casting Agency) 91-5705/ 7. Coronation Music Sch. 469-3252. Eric's Guitar Tuition 445-1291. Technics Music School 469-3714. Victor Music Centre 746-9770. Victor Music Centre 336-3215. Victor Music Centre 746-7924. Ace Removal 260-6969. Cargo Expediters 273-3090. Scanfreight... 221-6970/ 220-2659 Winland Forwarder ...294-3521/2. Gnomes Party Pe0p1e...446-3340 Chong Kuan
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    • 166 24 Coastguard Secur Serv 336-6704. Harmon's Pte Investigation I Security Ag....33«537a/ 33M477. (24 hours answering service; *****55. ask for Harmon Singh). Petra Security Service.9l-1953/ 532-3190 Regal Security Services 294-1417 Computer Oating 533-7715 Cushion Covers Maker .255-7290 Excellent Tel. Ans *****3. Grass-Cutting Services 339-9005. Translate/ type/ Photo 452-1745. Elna Sewing/Press Ctr 737-9779
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    • 317 25 classified 273-9Q90 Situations V*c*nt ■ftfordee I Fast Service Restaurant I I Make Hardee's I I Your Career Choice I Take your first step to begin a challenging career in the fast food H industry. H Join Hardee's, the fast service restaurant that has the most choice H and variety to
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    • 126 25 a f\i_ Niwiy vsiaDiiinto uifCasting factory In Jurong haa vacancies for MALE I FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Abie to work 3 rotating shifts. 5 day week. Experience not neccessary. Simple operating Job. Attractive starting salary. Attendance incentive. Shift allowances. Uniform provided. Free refreshments. BEST programme. Interested applicants please come personally to:
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    • 277 25 Situations Vacant has vacancies for the following position*: SALES ASSISTANTS Above 15 years of age Completed Secondary 2 education Possess a friendly and pleasant personality Able to converse in English and an additional language Experienced in sales will be an advantage Training will be provided SECURITY OFFICERS Above 21 years
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    • 71 25 1" THE MANDARIN SINGAPORE requires TECHNICIAN Completed NJB. ntc-3 in air-c©rv mechanical, aiactrteal installation Salary «625 »«25 ARTISAN Completed N a Experience tn varnishing, painting upholstery, masonry Salary *625 t&to WAITER/ WAITRESS Secondary level Completed NS Split shrtt/ 3 shifts Salary »700 MAMOARIN SOY A«« 13 -IS years shift* Salary
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    • 264 25 Situations V*c*nt PAVILION INTERCONTINENTAL SINGAPORE Wa are a deluxe hotel, part of one the largest International chains ot Ist class hotels, with 109 hotela in 49 countries. We are currently looking for LAUNDRY ATTENDANTS Gross salary :$4lO/$430 SECURITY GUARDS Gross salary $460/490 TELEX OPERATORS Gross salary :$495/$515 WAITERS/ WAITRESSES (PART-TIME/FULL-TIME)
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  • sports
    • 287 26  -  By K SILVAM MARSILING Community Centre, an affiliate of the Singapore Hockey Association, is asking for a written explanation from the national controlling body for cancelling their SHA National League Division Two semifinal match last Sunday without giving them notice. In a letter sent on
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    • 272 26  -  Sy JEREMY YEO ALEX TAY has made a Cinderella entrance to toplevel squash with his latest official ranking, putting him in fourth slot, just outside the exclusive triangle long dominated by Zainal Abidin, Peter Hill and Stewart Ballard. Announcing the rankings,
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    • 213 27 LOVE HIM or hate him, Muhammad Ali is probably the world's most colourful and stylish boxer. In his prime, and in his sad decline, he has absorbed his share of punches with admira ble courage. It is thus ironic that his famous slogan, "float like a butterfly, sting
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    • 803 27  -  The cost exacted on the 'Louisville Lip' by enduring 30 years of punches TEXT: Felix Soh BACKGROUND At the now-legendary "Thrilla in Manila" in 1975, his opponent, Joe Frazier said: "I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart." What Smokin'
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    • 445 29 WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL MOSCOW, Saturday WORLD CHESS champion Anatoly Karpov seized a commanding advantage in his seventh game against Garri Kasparov last night and adjourned in a position which experts expect to give him a 3-0 lead in the series. The 21-year-old challenger was
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    • 176 29  -  By DANIEL WEE NEWCOMERS-National University of Singapore upset Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association 10-8 at the Singapore Open Waterpolo Championships in Toa Payon yesterday. While Safsa boast an impressive lineup of five exinternationals and national players Goh Choon Huat and Leong Ho Yin, NUS had only
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    • 140 29 A TWO-DAY waterpolo refereeing seminar will be conducted at the Toa Payoh swimming pool complex by the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's (Sasa) international C grade referee Lionel Liew from 2.30 pm today. There will be video shows, lectures and refereeing workshops. Most Sasa affiliates
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    • 390 30  - Forces are the favourites but Dynamos can make them sweat PRESIDENT'S CUP FINAL PREVIEW By S GULAM IF A PREDICTION of tonight's President Cup final (7.30) at the National Stadium is based on a comparison of the two teams' players, it looks like a one-sided affair in favour of Armed
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    • 122 30 FORTY-EIGHT teams will compete in the inaugural Mikasa Cup seven-a-side tournament organised by the Singapore Soccer Coaches Association at Farrer Park on Sunday. Among them will be three Malaysian teams two from Johor and the third from Kuala Lum- pur. Jita Singh, the president of
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    • 233 30 Reuter BELGRADE, Saturday BULGARIA, beaten 3-2 last year by Yugoslavia in a qualifying match for the European Nations Soccer Championships, hope to fare better here today when the Balkan rivals clash in the opening European Group Four World Cup qualifier. But Bulgaria's coach Ivan
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    • 311 30  -  ALLEY CHAT with TONY LIM LAST-MINUTE entries have given the Queenstown Open Bowling Chanpionship finals a much-needed lift. During the first few days of the tournament, the response was so poor that the organisers were biting their nails. However, when last-minute
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      355 31 WORLD NUMBER THREE BEATEN BY 20-YEAR-QLD SUNDSTROM IN CLIFF-HANGER MONITOR sports LONDON, Saturday HENRIK Sundstrom came back from the brink of defeat, to pull off 4 stunning win over world Number Three Ivan Lendl and put Sweden on top in their Davis Cup world group semifinal tennis tie
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    • 345 26 classified Situations Vacant k A knitting garment manufacturing company urgently requires JUNIOR PERSONNEL CLERKS I Age 18 to 22 years. I OCE 'O* level. Able to type. M No experience required. SEWING OPERATORS I ($16.00 PER DAY) I MALE GENERAL WORKERS T ($lB.OO PER DAY) 1 Above 16 years old.
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    • 208 26 Office Equipment Furniture M-imtoLtrtHY or tor AS, cushions, etc Specialist charging reasonable rates Please call 481-0077 (day). *****98 (night) Packers A Movers OAY and night services Friendly and helpful workers at your service Can now! At 769 0098 Tailoring DfMHARK TAILOR, U hrs service for suiting MO2 13 City Pla/a
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    • 692 26 NOTICES LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES The following shares certificates have been reported lost or destroyed: PAN-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LIMITED Cert Nos: In The Name of No Of Shares C *****3-8 Yee Hon Chew Ixl,ooo *****7 Doris Long Mrs Ixloo NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IF WITHIN FOURTEEN (14) days from the date
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 114 27 PUNCH-DRUNK AT THE RINGSIDE... ...HOW A BOXEB GETS BATTERED /T\ 'ceHftlon: e»uxw A. u-—, U^so) jViji r p:\ 5X to JS&T" ,og Tr e*M J U-VJ'f v/v/ ri^r^\ /V?>*#jf < 'C' y'Jl -J> C stretched veins and -#> -T2F' i Causes gliding brum* in A St Carotid: ta)ufy and compression
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    • 313 28 F j For a limited time oSy, these special Sonetti J jL items are reduced for our customers. Don*t delay. Stocks will go fast! And be sure to look I for our specials coming up later this season. I GazeUe $31.00 I Regular I i i I I Regular Veils
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    • 133 29 "nanUm Sports Shoes FTOO7 oil pyqpwt Light weight, durable and stylish. Available in Blue/White stripes •White/Silver stripes •White/White stripes Available at: Albert Centre: Toko Seed* Tel. *****84, Wtddy Dept Store Tel: *****08. Bedofc: Murugan Sports Tel: *****56. Parklane Dept. Store Tel: *****67 BufcH Merah Central: Swee Heng Shoes Dept Store
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    • 193 29 Attention All Football Fans! JOINT SPONSORS Enter The Sunday Monitor'* Guets the »corf of one of the match** Winner. Conte.t of lnter-Con.titu.ncy EjKh week, entrie. with five outright wccer matches and win caah and other winner, and the correct .core will win attract* prim every week ffKW. V& $1,000 awarded
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    • 14 30 THE lAN RUSH' COLUMN HAS BEEN HELD OVER DUE TO A DELAY IN DELIVERY
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    • 97 31 A step closer to the crowo m jßffiffl The score reads, after six exhausting Jttf championship 9 ames: Karpov 2 Kasparov 0. final The seventh game is adjourned, with Karpov poised for another victory Report in Page 30 Hf-TEC J£>\~ 3 "V-»" =Silver Shadow II The shoe for the Marathon
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  • Singapore Monitor
    • 4 1 Ideal Home Exhibition '84
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    • 144 1 THE long-awaited 'ideal Home Exhibition *84" has finally arrived. With the rapid development of numerous residential projects and the growing affluence of the Singapore population, there Is an emergence of the urgent need for new decorating and furnishing trends for the discerning home-makers of today. I
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    • 395 1 THE Ideal Home Exhibition '84 opens in Hall Two of the World Trade Centre today. And it starts with a spectacular show which begins promptly at noon. The show will feature an opening number by members of Castle's Gymnastics and Fitness Centre. With this
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      • 193 1 jIHb- m HP k% i :g V% Bosch built-in appliances. Get it right from the start. Bosch buili-in appliances are world famous far their finest machines made and the finest modern labour-saving outstanding quality, advanced engineering, reliability and kitchen. durability. There are refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers. Get it right. Get Bosch.
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      • 124 2 Furniture is for a lifetime So why not have the best I a ill ffiL.. Biii s r j gB »i P'* 21 I i r j^"^^^^SUM^"'il J 1 11 i 4^3E 1 -<" S woB kV* IwK hhh Furniture was never designed to be locked away and only used
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      • 228 2 Date 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 29/9 Seal Carving Ch Panting Mini Draw Aerobics Horticulture Mini Draw SBC Live Mini Draw Sat Opening ft Ch Demon Ronald Display Floral Radio Showtime Calligraphy McDonald Arrangement Show 30/9 Ch Painting Floral Mm Draw Tips on Horticulture
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    • 273 3 RENOVATION companies are among the labour-intensive businesses in Singapore which are today adversely affected by a shortage of manpower. This slows them down in the installation of new flooring. In any case, new flooring materials are appearing with such frequency that buyers are now sometimes
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    • 223 3 ON the laundry scene, the bamboo pole will soon become as obsolete as the washboard and the scrubbing brush. Today's homemakers are finding the inconvenience and effort of using bamboo poles to hang their washing more than they are willing
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    • Page 3 Advertisements
      • 322 3 What makes a good cook perfect? v fl 2 rings of flame -by La Cermania I. in i i i >iw»iwpwaiwwiipipk One of the most important ingredients in the ambitious dishes you can achieve 1 cooking is the correct flame The new La perfectly ..every time Germania free-standing cooker puts
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    • 173 4 BAMBOO is the favourite subject of TEO YEW YAP, a 24-year-old artist, calligrapher and seal carver who will be demonstrating his skills at the Ideal Homes Exhibition. He has a good reason for feeling sentimental about bamboo. His first painting of bamboo was
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    • 136 4 ENCOURAGEMENT from the public made Chinese brush painter Ong Bopn Kong change from porcelain to paper. He used to paint mainly on crockery, but was surprised at the positive response which his paintings on paper received during an exhibition in the USA six years
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    • 99 4 HOUSEPROUD Singaporeans are going for quality furniture in a big way. Among the items* of furniture that go to make the 'home beautiful' is an elegant range from Post and Rail. A number of sitting and dining room suites from this line will be on display
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    • 121 4 "GOOD health is the key to a good life, and keeping fit is a family affair," said Miss Mary Klass, marketing and administrative assistant of Castle's Gymnastics and Fitness Centre. When you are fit your life is better, and better people make better
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    • 78 4 ANOTHER highlight of the Ideal Home Exhibition is SBC's "Live" Radio Show. The shows will be held this evening, on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Each programme runs from 8 to 9 pm. The programme will be heard in the exhibition hall and on radio at
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    • Page 4 Advertisements
      • 128 4 Black s Decker. brings you the best in IDEAL HOME Electronic Burglar Alarm Cordless Vacuum Cleaner \ful Black Decker. > A Powerful Force at Work 33 Gul Avenue Singapore 2262 Tel: *****44 9 NO MORE HACKING ON WALLS AND FLOORS* WlTHflftt WALL FLOOR VINYL COVERINGS. B k NOVILON FLOOR COVERINGS
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      • 119 4 i H Dressing Table I I C>ujtI« Brass I Once, classic furnishings were only found in large manors and jf* I m country houses. Now, they grace some of the best apartments jr* fl Hl and bedrooms. n 4 ■k Make it a point to see some of the finest
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    • 317 5 Some stunning styles from the Sheridan line FANCY travelling the world without leaving your bedroom? Then welcome to the world of Sheridan design and colour. Sheridan specialises in bedroom and living room dccor and like to suggest how bedrooms can be made more beautiful, more satisfying and more
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    • Page 5 Advertisements
      • 573 5 Han lip Vwr Bmlm Bints ONCE AND FOR ALU The worst part about doing the laundry is hanging up the clothes afterwards. MEKAY has the answer to all your laundry problems when it comes to utilising limited space to the maximum, especially in 5-room HDB flats, HDB maisonette*, condominiums and
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      • 56 5 your home, office and car Maintenance-free anti-pollution device Freshens stale air in minutes Counteracts the ion-depletion effects of air<onditioning Removes dust, pdllutants, cigarette smell and odour For a free demonstration, please call: Y. H. L6w Co (We are the lonizer People) 5001 Beach Road #08-28 *Tf(/loft£4Z Golden Mile Complex Singapore
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      • 182 6 twit i^»^llr wiW2^HlMJl9)r^M^Ki^i^<tZ^M^^^H ,PPspP^* Hjipi <C I IS* -%\dm^JSL^ r A Ik, J JJPP• %t£tv I W/ at mukcs us 50 sure? Well, only Solmet brass beds comc kH| W with this unique feature HV^VP —|W|| A leather-covered headrest that lets you relax in true comfort. ,>: I 811 l
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    • 307 7 PEOPLE always think of Black and Decker as makers of tools for home handymen. They also make a range of products for the busy homemaker and many of these items will be on show at the Ideal Homes Exhibition One of these appliances is
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    • 233 7 AIRONIC, an air purifier and ioniser, is claimed to allow people living in an urban environment to enjoy fresh natural air at home. Science has shown that fresh country air contains billions of both positively- and negatively-charged "air ions". Studies have further shown
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      • 139 7 Tests done have proved they're durable Energy saving because Its built-in insulation H, layer keeps the floor cool In hot weather Helps reduce noise pollution All Ponleum'flooflngs are ASBESTOS-FREE Do something different for your floor Suitable both for commercial and homes Ponleum offers widest choice in the market (75 patterns
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