Singapore Monitor, 5 October 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Friday, October 5, 1984 30cents
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  • 256 1  -  POLICE PROBING MOVE SAID TO BE 'A WARNING* BY OTHER RETAILERS •v ROBERT CONCEICAO POLICE are investigating the dumping of a pile of pig heads behind a store which is selling cut-price pork. Staff at a Holland Village supermarket run by Singapore Animal Husbandry
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  • 455 1  -  By OEI SIN GIOK THE HOUSING and Development Board has stepped up its land acquisition again, after a lull in IMS. Already this year, the board has acquired about 560 hectares (1,383.7 acres) more than double the area acquired in the whole of last year.
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    • 278 2 Learners must pass basic driving skills before taking the test on the roads Lianhe Wanbao THE TESTING system for motor driving will change toon with the completion of a new testing centre at the Eunos Link-Airport Road junction. The centre will be the first to be
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    • 326 2  - Enjoying S'pore's big display in comfort EXHIBITION By OEI SING GIOK ORGANISERS of the National Exhibition are working hard to ensure that people can see it in comfort. A representative of the exhibition publicity committee said yesterday the "nitty gritty" of crowd control was being studied. The organisers want visitors
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    • 229 2  -  By JANICE LIM THE RESPONSE to a seminar on business opportunities in British Columbia was described yesterday as "encouraging". _The comment was made by Mr Michael Clarke, a trade specialist with the Ministry of Industry in Vancouver, who was a speaker at the
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    • 373 3  -  Only two senior citizens call 'listening ear' of PA Retirees' Club By BIT YIN FONG A NEW HOTLINE for senior citizens ran cold yesterday. Only two people called the "listening ear" of the Peoples Association Retirees' Club, set up to communicate with lonely or
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    • 118 3  -  By PAT D'ROSE THE SINGAPORE Broadcasting Corporation has refused to accept television advertisements for the live performance of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, because of its religious connotations. "It has always been the practice of the Corporation not to accept
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    • 168 3 Lianhe Wanbao TWO YOUTHS, one of them using a hockey stick, bashed up a bus inspector at the Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange on Sunday evening after he ticked them off for queue-jumping. A bus driver who tried to stop the attack was injured
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    • 584 4  -  Reports by EE BOON LEE AFTER A lapse of four years, a Barisan Sosialis team led by its chairman, Dr Lee Siew Choh, will be returning to Boon Teck, Khe Bong, Toa Payoh and Kuo Chuan this Sunday to make a new
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    • 68 4 JUST WHO the United People's Front will field in Bo Wen and Teck Ghee will be made known by its Secre-tary-General, Mr Harbans Singh, when he Jiolds a Press conference this afternoon. For the PAP, Mr S Vasoo, a social worker, will
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    • 453 4 IT'S NOT just the new guards in the People's Action Party who feel there is no need for them to nave gone through past crises to qualify them for leadership. A snap poll taken by the Feedback team from
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    • 168 4 THREE men were sentenced to two and a half years' Jail and six strokes of the cane each for committing robbery In a lift some time In September this year. Ng Puay Kim, 24, Teo Boon Seng, 24, and Ahmadi Mohamed Isa.
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    • 626 6  -  They spent last night in a Buddhist temple after failing to get jobs promised them Stocy and pictures by CHEW YEN FOOK A GROUP OF Sri f .ankan workers spent last night in a Buddhist temple after failing to get
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    • 802 6 JEYARETNAM'S SUIT AGAINST QOH CHOK TONQ By QANDHI AMBALAM JUDGMENT in the defamation suit by Mr J B Jeyaretnam against Mr Goh Chok Tons will be reserved until later, after the High Court has heard final submissions of counsel from both parties today.
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    • 239 7 The case of the diners who refused to pay when served with male crabs Lianhe Wanbao THE SEX of crabs has created a controversy in a restaurant and police had to be brought in to solve the unusual dilemma. It all started with four guests ordering
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    • 281 7  -  By K K FONG ILLEGAL gambling promoters are using cordless telephone sets for their mini turf clubs in an effort to beat the mounting pressure against them by the police and Telecoms. The cordless sets enable promoters to move freely around housing estates, and circumvent
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    • 246 7 THE HOUSE union formed at Singapore News and Publications Ltd (SNPL) has been joined by 90.4 per cent of the company's bargainable employees. This compares well with 67 per cent covered by the four branches of three unions to which the
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    • 183 4 I for a queen The purest gold. Ihe finest jade, f And sparkling diamonds All 2 masterly eraned into exquisite A jewellery tit for a queen. Eaeh V unique ly different, yet universally treasured. (»me for a royal fitting, today. ,j£k GOLDSMITH PTE. LTD. r-'Mjf 219 South Bridge Road Singapore
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    • 136 5 WIN ATRIP FORTWO TO EPCOT, USNEYWORLD, USA Plus over3oo,oooother prizes to be won! With every $20 purchase of our premium Exxon's EPCOT Exhibit (Experifss|||^^ grade, ESSO EXTRA or ESSO 95 GOLD Prototype Community of TomonrC^^^^ you get a Trail the ESSO Tiger scratch card. -in Disneyworld, USA. m C 4*
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    • 167 7 Palm Beach #r[ X Hotel in Penang an offer you cant refuse From now until October 31st as low as: MSCC For single or double occupancy. Subject to 10% service charge and 10% government tax. Only limited rooms available each day. A complimentary welcome drink for all American Express*Cardmembers. The
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  • world
    • 319 8 Tragic tale of Andrew, the baby born without a brain AP ROANOKE (Virginia), Friday TWO-MONTH-old Andrew has never smiled and he never will. There are a lot of things he will never do. Andrew was born without a brain. A cyst formed at the stem
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    • 86 8 Bernama TELUK INT AN, Friday A WOMAN beggar who had asked for water from a man In the Kuala Perak Eatate near here on Wednesday died before he could rive it to her. A police apokeaman said the woman. Identified as
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    • 459 8 Agencies JAKARTA, Friday AN INDONESIAN armed forces commander has blamed unidentified extremists for the three ex--51 06ions in akarta's Chinatown district yesterday and warned that the Government would not go on its knees before their threats. The attacks appeared to be the first
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    • 203 8 Reuter UNtTED NATIONS, Friday INDONESIA said it was painfully suiprised at being accused of wilfully violating the sovereignty of Papua New Guinea. Exercising his right of reply in the General Assembly, Ambassador All Alatas of Indonesia said: "We were painfully surprised...to hear
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    • 181 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Fri THE Malaysian Government may consider giving tax incentives for the construction of small hotels to cater to low-bud-get family tours. Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamsah said today. The setting up of smaller hotels to
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    • 290 9 Viets aiming to mislead world opinion with troop withdrawal offer, says resistance leader BANGKOK, Friday A CAMBODIAN resistance leader said yesterday that Vietnam did not intend to withdraw its troops from Cambodia and was only trying to mislead world opinion. Mr Son Sen, Defence Minister of
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    • 119 9 BEIJING, Friday CHINA and the Soviet Union will make a fresh attempt to improve their lons-frigid relationship at a new round of negotiations here later this month, East European sources said yesterday. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Leonid Ilyichov is due here in the
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    • 298 9 Agencies WELUNQTON, Friday DOZENS of American, Australian and New Zealand warplanes are scheduled to begin air excercises today despite the uncertain future of the Anzus military alliance. More than 60 military aircraft from the three Anzus partners will take part in the
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    • 156 10 Reuter NEW YORK, Fri US SECRETARY of State George Shultz and East German Foreign Minister Oskar Fischer yesterday had a "warm and cordial" meeting in which they agreed on the need to expand relations, a senior US official said. It
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    • 583 10 UPI BALTIMORE, Frf BUSINESSES, coming more and more to the realisation that a happy worker is a productive one, are turning to assistance programmes to help employees haunted by alcohol, drug or personal problems. The programmes have spread in recent years as
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    • 112 10 ASYLUM 1 BONN, Friday WEST Germany yesterday temporarily closed its Prague Embassy where some 40 East Germans are camped in a bid to gain exit permits to the west. Bonn appealed to East Germans not to try to extort exit visas
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    • 104 10 ASYLUM 2 Reuter PRETORIA, Friday THE American and Dutch embassies yesterday turned down a plea for refuse from six South African dissidents noled up in the British consulate in Durban for the past three weeks. US ambassador Herman Nickel told the men's lawyers in
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 111 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS MRS NANCY Reagan worries a lot Aides say she keeps close tabs on her husband's re-election campaign, and worries about his re-election chances despite polls that have him leading by big margins. Mrs Reagan was very much involved in the 1980
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      • 68 10 A FEDERAL judge yesterday denied a personal plea from President Ronald Reagan's assailant, John Hinckley Jr, that he be given unrestricted access to telephones and Journalists and be permitted daily strolls In the yard of the mental hospital where he is confined. "I no longer need
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      • 92 10 US ESPIONAGE experts said today that they doubted whether Moscow gained much more than it already knew from Richard Miller, the FBI agent alleged to have spied for the Soviet Union. Miller, 47, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Los Angeles Office, was arrested on
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      • 95 10 BRITISH miners' leader Arthur Scargill said last night he was prepared to go to jail over Britain's seven-month-old coal strike. The National Union of Mineworfcers (Nam) president was speaking at a fringe meeting of the Labour Party conference here hours after a court in London gave
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    • 17 11 About 29 million Americans suffer from psychiatric disorders ranging from mild anxiety to severe schizophrenia.
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    • 25 11 Medical schools should not stress on memorising facts but should concentrate on teaching analytical skills to help doctors Keep up with medical advances.
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    • 24 11 The University of Florida is doing research on the production of robots that can mimic a human s ability to make decisions.
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    • 86 11 Medici schools should de-emphasise memorising facts and concentrate on teaching analytical skills that will help future doctors keep up with advances in medicine. A three-year study by the American Association of Medical Colleges found that many medical students receive a lopsided education, placing too much emphasis on the
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    • 83 11 A study recom- mends that a newly approved blood test be routinely given to pregnant women to screen for birth defects in the unborn child. The test measures serum alphafeta {irotein, which is manufactured by the foetus and ound in the mother's blood. The study, published by the
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    • TRENDS ... Science and Medicine
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    • 151 10 i "■M n u ar B il 3 i 9 ej IS T Bl ej l_he Sze Chuan Room at Plaza [D e Singapura serVes sumptuous dishes n [EJ you'll relish. Just like the original rj J| Sze Chuan Room at the b IG Hotel Singapura Forum. [C Our master
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    • 198 11 Why do we bank at OCBC? Vm I I Vl W HF m •«mi HHIHMmHHRH Ik 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 "Rrmi ice if c
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  • money
    • 940 12  -  THE effects of the press merger terms were explained and advised upon by merchant banker Morgan Grenfell Asia in a document released to shareholders yesterday. Singapore News Publications Ltd, The Straits Times Press (1975) Ltd and Times Publishing Bhd had announced the merger
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    • 462 12 TWO eminent barristers focused on the liabilities of directors under the Companies (Amendment) Act 1984. Mr Graham Starforth Hill touched on the philosophical aspects of directors' civil and criminal liabilities and Mr R K Booker examined the more factual basis of the Companies statutes at a
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    • 751 13 Keppel adviser over-valued Straits Steamship in $496 mil takeover, says authority JARDINE Fleming (Singapore), one of Singapore's oldest merchant banks, had its approval to operate as a merchant bank here withdrawn yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The authority,
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    • 162 13 RALEIGH Cycles' (Malaysia) proposed acquisition of a 30 per cent equity interest in Nam Fatt Engineering (SEA) will not have any effect on its group net tangible assets since it is a cash purchase, its directors said. Raleigh's expected group pre-tax profits after
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    • 179 13 HMLLSTREET THE stock market broke out of a four-day losing streak yesterday but did so in less than grand style as Wall Street inched higher on light volume amid continued confusion over interest rates and the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average rose
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    • 75 13 THE US dollar continued a see-saw performance on nervous foreign exchange markets around the world yesterday. Currency dealers said trading was listless amid uncertainty about American interest rates. Gold also was mixed, rising in Hong Kong, falling in Europe, and recovering in the United States. Republic National
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    • 115 13 JARDINE Matheson Holdings' group pre-tax profits for the half year to June 30 was down 44 per cent to HK1224 million (S|62 million) from the last corresponding period's HK1398 million (Ssllo minion). Earnings per share declined 79 per cent from HK2S cents to HKI4 cents. The
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  • features / letters
    • 829 14 IN RECENT discussions on the controversial decision to enhance judicial punishments for many offences to lessen the high crime rate, one significant factor was not mentioned. Criminals have become bolder because of lower crime detection rates by the police and a general
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    • 609 14  -  •v W Burger and Frank Gibney Jr of Nawawaak ONE political bombshell after another shook Australia last week. First Mrs Hazel Hawke, the wife of the prime minister, went on television to explain why her husband broke into tears during a recent
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  • opinion / letters
    • 445 15 MuflmjiK MMM THE GOVERNMENT S decision to impose a flat monthly charge of $120 instead of the 30 per cent ad valorem levy for foreign maids employed in Singapore has made many employers unhappy. It has obviously been done to prevent the
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    • 1011 15 LEVY ON FOREIGN MAIDS LETT US examine the Government's reasons for making employers pay a flat sum of $120 a month for every foreign domestic servant they hire: (a) It will check and discourage employers without 'genuine need" from hiring foreign
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    • 102 15 I AM TRULY surprised at all the fuss over the levy on foreign maids. All these years, there has been a levy for foreign workers, whether domestic or not. The hue and cry shows how spoilt Singaporeans have become. I have travelled to various countries where many
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  • leisure
    • 1249 16  -  Great works dramatised, great writers immortalised By WONG AH YOKE STUDENTS of English literature and lovers of productions based on great literary works will get a treat from SBC in the next few months. Beginning on Oct 28, there will be a series of literary specials over
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    • 511 16  -  Drama Festival 1984 By PAT D'ROSE EVERYONE has his own idea of what hell is. In the two one-act plays put up by the Stage Club, two views are depicted. Both plays are set in hell. The characters in both plays claim that "hell is
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    • 421 18 Friday Night Movie: Hardcastle and McCormlck Rolling Thunder (Pilot) (Chines* Subtitles) (Ch 5, 10.10 pm) BRIAN KEITH stars as eccentric Judge Hardcastle who is about to retire after a long career. He has the reputation for being one of the toughest judges, but lack of evidence ana
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    • 354 18  -  TV SCENE By VALERIE TREVOR A SERIES of seven variety shows will be telecast over SBC on Tuesday nights at 7.50 from Nov IS. It will end on Christmas day. Producer Lim Shoo Yin says there will be entertainment by local
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    • Article, Illustration
      374 19 GREAT HARMONY AND VARIETY FROM THIS FILIPINO GROUP EXPECT a big change in entertainment at the Tavern of the Plaza Hotel. With the arrival of Chorus Gold, an eight-piece band from the PhilipKines, the atmosphere in this spacious >unge has changed from fairly sedate to what can be
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    • 234 19 FOR the first time, the Rainbow Lounge, Ming Arcade, will feature British pop Kups. The first to perform here will be venir, a five-piece all-male group from Durham, a county in north-east England. This group begins its stint here next Saturday. Its repertoire includes hits by Fiction Factory,
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 536 17 SBC 2.30 SBC TEXT Live Samp* PagN. 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Tha Web (C) (r). A 4C a 4.2D ivKiswona. Featuring an award-winning cheer squad, a rowing team comprising children between the ages of eight and 18, a visit to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in
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    • 894 17 L Ml THE 8MGAP0RE MONTTOR FHDAY, OCTOBER 5,1964 Agnat Baltaa (loft) and Ptackto Domingo (right) In Evening at tho Opart Tha Tataa of Hoffmann (Ch 12, $.90 pm) RTM 3.01 Quran Reading. 3.09 Programme Summary. 3.18 Fangface: Tha Invtatbte Manaca Mix-up. 3.42 Tha Andy Griffith Show: Big Brothar. 4.16 3-2-1
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    • 88 18 Tfeppanyaki at its height at "lA| KAMPACfff Japanese Restaurant Be mesmerised by this Japanese artistry of griddle-frying and a taste that is no less sensational than its preparation. There is also an exciting selection of other Japanese delicacies like Sushi, Sashimi. Tempura, Yakitorl. Shabu-Shabu. Teppanyakl Is no! available at Hotel
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    • 432 19 fiiM ouioe HOLLYWOOD (*****64): seven foxes (C) DALIT (*****16): SEVEN FOXES (C) LIWAQU (*****30): SEVEN FOXES (C) METROPOLE (*****27): HE LIVES BY NIGHT (C) VwUIHUiMIM VENUS (*****97): CRAZY 17 (C) BEDOK (*****7): CRAZY 17 (Q Synopsis: Another youth movie from Johnny Mak but with a lighthearted touch this time. A
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 135 20 MANDARIN QUIZ THE Post Office Savings Bank and Lianhe Zaobao will hold a POSB/Lianhe Zaobao Mandarin Quiz. Participants of the quiz, which is open to POSB depositors and lianhe Zaobao readers, are to form teams of four each. Only one member in each team can be from the Chinese stream.
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    • 709 20 sso WHBTt THE Singapore Sym- 1 phony Orchestra concerts today and tomorpm at Victoria Concert Hall, will feature pianist Gillian Lin as soloist. The programme eludes Balakirev's En flrj lr g Boheme, Saint-Saens' m.O B J W Wsb Piano Concerto No 3 W 'iff a No "ry** a at no.
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    • 467 21 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 "I I Tensions are high, so keep out September 23 to October 22 of the way of people whoirri- Y°ur prestige will increase tate you. Curb your tongue if because of your handling of a difficult situ.to D^Vt« Someone may try to
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    • 166 21 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook WO. LooK AT THIS NCtiCti! f ITS A MAM*. HA\* HbO ITS ABOUT TMC fWMTiAL Coficotft of RfopU 6MotoM THIS JOST A HAXAfU>« OF VlHo W3ftAV WH« Wo«C WITH ITo ANVoUE V ART. TggMmAis; j DR SMOCK By George Lemont &eFORB~WB~©ive n f we HAVg NO
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    • ANSWER BOX
      • 150 22 THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUERIES I notice that my aeighboars have been damping balky items oatside their boases. The aonnal refuse collectors woaM not pick ap these Items oa their daily roaads. Whom shoald my neighbours coaUct to remove these balky pieces? They are really becomiag
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      • 211 22 I am thinking of retaining to work after being a housewife for four years. My problem it that I have two yonag children and will need someone to take care of them. I've heard of child-care centres. Can yon provide some information on
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      • 112 22 I have Jast bought a Housing Board flat and am having the renovations done. I need to hire an electrician to do the wiring. How can I tell whether the electrician is licensed with the authorities, like the Public Utilities Board? All electrical work on the domestic
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      • 55 22 Something troubling you. Need clarification on certain issues? Let us help. Send your queries to us and we will try to get the relevant authorities or organisations to provide the answers. Send your questions to: Open Line, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra Road, #03-01 Delta
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    • 421 22  -  By NG MING MING TOO MUCH time on your hands? Looking for a rewarding pastime? Why not learn to play an instrument? "It's never too late to learn. If you have a lesson a week and practise in between lessons, you can probably play
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    • 546 22 YOU HEAR your neighbour's child tinkling on the piano. Before you know it, your own child is asking for piano lessons. How do you go about getting him or her a teacher? The obvious way is to ask your neighbour
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    • FAST TIPS
      • 122 22 INFORMATION YOU CAN USE Over-eating' is as big a cause of obesity among animals as it is among humans. The solution is to regulate eating habits. If you think your pet dachshund is starting to look like an oversized sausage, here are a
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      • 83 22 Before you freeze your meat, wrap it tightly, or it will dry up. The loss of moisture gives the meat a bleached, dry look. Meat so affected may not be tasty enough or too tough for baking and broiling, so try stewing it instead.
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      • 88 22 IF YOUR feet tend to swell on long flights, keep your cabin bag on the floor and rest your feet on it. This seems to stop them getting so tired and puffy. It is also a good idea to pack a pair of socks
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    • 443 23 Ankoh Interior Dec0r...449-3391. I Design Interdec Pte Ltd 746-0716 Completion date guaranteed by contract 223-5209/220-1964 Kim Tock Interior 337-3639. HDB Licensed Contractor. Yong Sing Intr. Const 257-1607 I Coronation Music 5ch..469-3252. 1 Eric's Ouitar Tuition 445-1291. Technics Music School 469-3714. Victor Music Centre 746-9770. i Victor Music Centre 336-3215 Victor
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    • 278 24 FOR SALE COm m AMP make ua an offer* Discontinued deaigna. oddments, damaged and secondhand furniture items lo dear. Visit the Scratch and Dent Department of Courts Furniture Warahouee In Upper Bukit Timah Opens everyday from 10am 10pm. LEISURE AND •PORTS MART j Sports Goods /Coaching WATSM MAW for begmers
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    • 425 25 classified 273-9Q90 Property For Sale ma Aire* tomom i, vroomad improved. Block 126. #12-66/. naar martial, school, food oantra. $34,000 nagollabte. T« 256-2200 m 4 MMI motrm 4-mom, 6th •torwy. Bfc 202 Tarrauo Hoofing, naar MOT. achoote. martial Plica nagnilaMa Contact: 252-3758 VACATION Hotel/Holiday Accommodation 9&A918K Hltr MOUtt In Malacca
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    • 537 25 TENDER NOTICE Separate tenders are invited for:1 SUPPLY ANO INSTALLATION OF RUBBER FENDERING SYSTEM AT QOOOWNS 1-5, KEPPEL WHARVES Tender Deposit Sslooo.oo Closing Date 16 Oct 84 Site Snowround 8 Oct 84 at 10.00 am Meet at Contracts Department 2 REPAIRS TO TUAS RESILIENT BEACON AT TUAS CHANNEL Tender Deposit
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  • sports
    • 330 26  -  BUARDSAII ING CONTROVERSY #y ALFONSO CHAN THE EAST Coast Sailing Centre (ECSC) and the Boardsailins Association of Singapore (BSAS) have met to resolve charges of a conflict of interest and have agreed to cooperate in the future. The discussion centred on claims made by the
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    • 195 26 THAILAND has submitted two more entries for the Toyota Singapore Open Grasscourt competition men's and women's events from Oct 10-14 at the Padang. Thailand's No 6, Jitisak Tamprasert, will make his debut in Singapore in place of T Krasae, who has pulled
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    • 1083 27  -  Thumping midweek European win signals revival of Liverpool's championship form BRITISH LEAGUE SOCCER PREVIEW BY SIMON BARNES LONDON, Friday IF ANY one seriously thinks that Liverpool are in serious trouble this season, they are either naive or come from Manchester. True, last Saturday Liverpool met
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    • 41 27 Arsenal v Everton Aston Villa v Manchester Utd Liverpool v West Brom Newcastle v Ipswich Norwich v Chelsea Nottm Forest v Stoke QPR v Luton Sheffield Wed v Sunderland Southampton v Tottenham Watford v Coventry West Ham v Leicester
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    • 496 29  -  A rash of complaints after bowlers made to cough up their own entry fees r[^i FORUM By TONY LIM wNh Tony Lim WANT to bowl? It can be costly these days, especially if you're thinking about **""1 part in a competition. With the absence of private sponsorship,
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    • 291 29  -  SINGAPORE 0 SELANGOR 1 By B KULA SINGAPORE'S hopes of reaching the finals of the Razak Cup hockey competition in Koala Lumpur ended at the Tun Razak Stadiun) yesterday when Selangor Seat them 1-0 in their second round match. Selangor now
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    • 393 29  -  By S GULAM NATIONAL selectors are in a pleasant dilemma they have a pool of 22 enthustatic footballers from which to select the final 18 for the Merlion Cup competition which begins on Oct 14. Team manager Yusoff Ismail and coach Hussein Aljunied
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    • 305 29  -  By K SILVAM SKIPPER-COACH Kuah Eng Hock will lead Singapore in the eight-day Asean aoltball championships in Jakarta from Sunday. Eng Hock, a veteran international who played in the last three championships, will be out to claim the honours against opposition
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    • 604 30  -  'WE OPTED OUT BECAUSE OF STUDIES' By- ALFONSO CHAN STUNNED, upset and coofused. Junior internationals Julius Poo, Ted Pang and Dennis Yip reacted as any youngster would alter learning from a newspaper report that they were dropped from the national
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    • 176 30 AP KAH.UA-KONA (Hawaii) Friday ABOUT 1,000 athletes from 46 states and 31 countries are expected to gunge into the Pacific cean here tomorrow morning to start one of the world's most gruelling physical endurance tests. For the first time, an Eastern bloc athlete will
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    • 494 30  -  By K SILVAM TABLE TENNIS international Loy Soo Chew and national hurdler Norsnidah Mohd All were among the 116 outstandS; schools sports personalities who reved colour awards from the Singapore East Zone Schools Sports Council at Woodsville Secondary School yesterday. Both were picked
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    • 441 31  -  Club official questions FAS' interpretation of ban JLTHE SAIJM MOIN CONTROVERSY By K SILVAM INTERPRETATIONS over Salim Mom's eligibility to coach while under suspension remains an issue unsettled between the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and at least one club official. FAS chairman Teo
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    • 181 31 Reuter BERNE, Friday THERE will be no European Super Cup contested by the holders of the European Champions' Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup this year. European Football Union (Uefa) general secretary Hans Bangerter, writing in the September issue of Uefa's quarterly bulletin,
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