Singapore Monitor, 7 October 1984

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  • 11 1 The Sunday Monitor M.C.(P) No. 22/5/84 Sunday, October 7,1984 40 cants
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  • 512 1  -  *y Ee Boon Lee Monitor staff writer The past struggles of the People's Action Party were remembered last night as 208 stalwarts from 32 branches received gold and silver medallions for their loyalty and contributions which helped make the PAP the dominant party
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  • 171 1 Graduated tolls on in-coming vehicles from Singapore preferably in Malaysian currency will be imposed at the Johor Causeway from Nov 1, the Malaysian Government has announced. The toll rates, announced yesterday by Acting Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam, will be one ringgit for cars; two
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  • 84 1 Bemama JOHOR BARU Acting Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam sought to quash rumours that the ringgit was being devalued. "The Finance Minister has said some time ago that there would not be a devaluation and I want to say here it again," he said yesterday. Speaking to
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  • 54 1 Associated Press JAKARTA Several people have been arrested on charges of involvement in three bomb blasts that killed two people and injured 16 others at two banks and a shopping centre, Jakarta police chief Maj-Gen Sujoko said yesterday. (Detailed report on the bombings, and the
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  • 397 1  -  by Ee Boon Lee ond Benny Ortega Monitor staff writers It's expected of a military commMKhjto go about with > slight swagger end flourish but for a politician, too much swagger and flourish may well fail. So says Brigadier-General (Reservist) Lee Haien Loong, 32, who
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  • 58 1 May I have your autograph? And another. And another. She was most obliging. She was the darling of the crowd at the airport yesterday afternoon. Vivacious and beautiful. A star from Hong Kong? Or Taiwan? One clue: She's one in a billion. For
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 264 1 Soldier-scholars tell how it feels to be chosen. Choosing a baby's sex. Farah falls NEWS IN BRIEF THREATS TO CANCEL CONTRACTS because of *120 levy on foreign maids. Pfl 6 DOCTORS SUSPENDED from practice for contravening the Poisons Act Pg 3 STRIP BLACKJACK finds its way to the computer screen.
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    • 21 1 Walk down Savvy Street jmammgagggmm casualwear Gene Wilder's new comedy on love webs Discovery guide to the best in Jazz recordings
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    • 23 1 New hope for disease patients Hotel fire! How to survive it Enjoy the Thai Longan Festival, Lamyai' HfcX Jttfc*JM^ Fuil interview: Page 15
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 42 1 WEATHER Weather outlook for today is partcloudy with showers in several areas in the late morning and early afternoon. Temperatures should range from 25 to 32 degrees Cel—Bßß gius. High tide is expected to be at 2.4 m at 9.35 pm. 4
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 441 2  -  by Ray Miller Monitor staff writer Singapore is carrying out some of the world's leading research into high blood pressure. It is being undertaken at the National University of Singapore and the immediate aim is to find a chemical cure for
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    • 366 2 Thirty-eight veterans of the People's Action Party last night received gold medallions from the PAP chairman, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, for their dedicated service. Each of them had put in at least 25 years with the party. Mr Low Too Kia (Boon Teck) Mr Koh Heng Pok
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    • Article, Illustration
      635 2  -  Do Singaporeans have a sense of humour? ln4AMi4Ali#A 11 II imtfvwwi it urcnara mail by Bertilla Pereira Monitor staff reporter QULEJAN BIVI y, rrngfrnm "Some of them do and some don't Like my colleagues are very funny. I remember eeeing this lady in her 40s board a but
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    • 412 2 NO WAY: Why are civil servants fighting shy of their co-operative thrift and loan society? Because they don't want to stand surety for other members, a requirement if anyone wants to borrow in excess of savings. And because borrowers find it embarrassing to have to reveal his complete financial
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    • 346 2  -  by Robert Conceicao Monitor staff wrtter If you knew what percentage of the government debt registered stocks accounted for in 1983 or the amount withdrawn from Medisave in the first three months of the scheme, you might stand a chance of
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    • 451 3  -  by K K Fong Monitor staff writer Two of four survivors of a capsized barge yesterday recalled the drama of how quickly the miahap overtook them on Friday afternoon in rough seas off Jurong. The tragedy reaulted in the death of one crew member while
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    • 227 3  -  «nr Oei Sin Giok Monitor staff writer Three private doctors have been suspended from practice for various periods ranging from three to six months each for unprofessional conduct and offences under the Poisons Act or the Abortion Regulation. Another doctor was also heard in the
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    • 135 3 A National Serviceman who caused the death of a 25-year old housewife in an accident while driving an army vehicle was fined $1,000 and disqualified from driving for two years in a subordinate court yesterday. Yue Tat Chee, 19, was driving the army vehicle along Kian
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    • 330 3  -  Monitor staff writer by K K Fong Some people say they master a language by first picking up the crude or common vocabulary. Apparently some computer novices are using the same principle, judging by the popularity of "Strip Blackjack" at a local computer
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    • 281 4  -  by Ng Ming Ming Monitor staff writer They came in droves, each vying with the other to get a better vantage point Lining the edge of the reservoir, the crowd waited patiently for the show to begin. Indulgent parents, babes in arms,
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    • 932 4  -  by Bertilla Pereira end Seah Mei Kiang MOrwlOr STBTT WtTXOTI The success of the 18-month experiment with joint-management between school staff and prominent professionals in five schools is such that the Ministry of Education wants to extend it to another two primary schools and three
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    • 128 4  -  by Sit Yin Fong j jnniiii—ir _ain_ff M -Ij Monitor Stan wrror Did you know that the government veterinary department carries out post-mortems on pigs at $35 per animal, cats and dogs at $5 less, horses at $200, birds and fishes at $18 per batch? These prices
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    • 478 6  -  i* Chew Yen Fook Monitor staff writer Many at Changi Airport yesterday morning intuitively guessed that a 10-member group they saw emerging from the arrival hall were film stars. But what they probably would not have that the troupe was from China. TlMi*" rBt time that
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    • 422 6  -  by Sit Yin Fong Monitor siHTT wrner How do you put 88 men and women in e court room which at most can accommodate only about half the number? And how do you avoid repetition of testimony by the 88, who are market
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    • 166 6 A young man who was entrusted, with some jewellery at a brothel in Lorong 20, Geylang, dishonestly took them for his own use, a district judge was told yesterday. Said Yahya, 23, faces three charges of criminal breach of trust The prosecution alleged that he had
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    • 196 6  -  b* Janice Lim Monitor staff writer Trade unions were commended yesterday for their cooperation with employers to bring about long-term employment security and a higher standard of living for workers. Dr Wan Soon Bee, deputy secre-tary-general of NTUC and Minister of State (Prime Minister's
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    • 151 6 The overhead bridge conveyors across the Pan Island Expressway between Simei Avenue and Bedok North Road will be dismantled between lam and sam today and tomorrow. Motorists going to Changi Point from Jurong are advised to use Bedok Reservoir Road, Tsmptnes Avenue 1 and
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    • 532 8  -  by Bertilla Pereira and Fatimah Gous Monitor staff writers Employment agencies received barrages of phone cails over the past few days on the Ministry of Labour's $120 flat levy for foreign maids. At least one Filipina maid says she is being repatriated
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    • 568 8  - Relief soon via the Aver Rajah Expressway by Vincent Fong Monitor sian writer The Ayer Rajah Expressway is well on the way to soothing the tempers of exasperated drivers who commute during peak hours via congested Keppei Road, Telok Blangah Road, Pasir Panjang Road and West Coast Road The first
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 351 2 MM edy-Aetum. I*l Quran Waadlng. Mam Programme Summery. SjOO Nww a Weedisr roraßest (M). L2O Afternoon Movie: Cindy. Ul ProymiM tunwmy. 4mm Drama Wnogu k* Ifopunoofc *.53 Tenko: Part Two. Mania Part Two. Singapore la bombed. Ful scale evacuation by aaa begins. Ai- S.lO Hedte NebL though a trtSe too
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 688 10  -  by Masaki Wetanabe Monitor staff writer The decision on when Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda, sequestered in a military hospital for a week, can return to work is likely to be made this week by army doctors who have kept him under a
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    • 284 10 Router WASHINGTON The chairman of Asean, Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen, said he believed there was some hope that a Vietnamproposed 15-nation conference could lead to a political settlement in Cambodia. The Malaysian Foreign Minister told reporters on Friday he would meet Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen
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    • 283 10 10,000 Viets crushed Khmer Rouge Associated Press BANGKOK Khmer Rouge guerillas claimed yesterday they "crushed down" 10,120 Vietnamese soldiers and inflicted heavy damage on Vietnamese transport and supply links in Cambodia during the May-September rainy season. The Khmer Rouge radio, monitored here, said the guerillas damaged 276 transport and supply
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    • 123 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) is working on a peace formula to resolve its internal dispute and is ready to consider any other proposal for a solution. MCA Acting President Datuk Dr Neo Yee Pan, who said this at a
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    • 103 10 United Press International BANGKOK Two human skulls have been found in the belly of a 7.5 m (24-foot) shark caught by fishermen off the coast of southern Thailand. Reports said the shark is believed to weigh about 3,628 kg and was caught by
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    • 882 12  -  by Ang Peng Hwa Monitor staff writer JAKARTA In the aftermath of the first bombing incidents in Jakarta in nearly 20 years, it is still unclear whether they were part of an anti-Chinese campaign. "The bombings are a new terrorist tactic," said an informed diplomatic
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    • 98 12 Associated Press BANGKOK Parliamentarians of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) ended their 7th general assembly on Saturday, calling for greater regional economic cooperation and for industrialised countries to urgently redress the "imbalance in international economic relations." Delegates to the annual meeting of
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    • 331 12 Wire services MANILA President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the military yesterday to stay away from anti-govern-ment demonstrators, heeding a plea by Cardinal Jaime Sin a day after accusing him of fomenting rebellion. Mr Marcos granted a group of influential businessmen and professionals a permit
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  • MONEY
    • 842 13  -  Inflow of professional visitors may double with completion of new hotels by Masaki Wetanabe Monitor staff writer The convention business appears set to boost its share of Singapore's tourist market perhaps by as much as two-fold over the next few years. And thin could well
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    • 247 13 j by GreenA Cotter y'pft i Trading activities during the week on toe Simex were relatively subdued as the volatility of the US dollar subsided. December gold stayed within a narrow range of US$35O/56 but gained US$3.3O on balance to close at U*****.00,
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    • 259 13 The Federal Reserve this week confirmed what most people al-. ready know, that the average income of Americans, adjusted for inflation, is lower now than in 1969 and even further away from the peaks reached in the mid-*****. In another look into
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    • 63 13 In a bid to boost its trade with Singapore, a 25-member mission from the Derby and Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry will visit Singapore from Oct 8 to 12. Mr William Smit, deputy president, says the mission will be promoting a wide section of consumer
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    • 497 13 Associated Press NEW YORK Unless Wall Street can produce a rally in stock prices soon, 1984 is threatening to go into the record books as a down year for the market That would be something of an anomaly in recent market
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    • 493 14  -  by Laurie Parker Monitor staff writer If you aspire to the highest financial realms of management in Singapore, you should aim to be a director, chief executive officer (CEO) or general manager of a multi-national corporation or statutory board in the
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    • 535 14  -  by Toh Su Fen Monitor staff writer A fuzzy-haired Californian perching precariously on the edge of the Conference Hall stage says he can tell how long two people have known each other just by looking at what they are doing at a restaurant One
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    • 196 14  -  *1 Jill Hum Monitor staff writer The Singapore economy is ex-* pec ted to slow down in the latter 0 half of this year even though it° managed to miintain a strong re- 1 covery momentum for the first 11 half year, says the
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  • NEWS FEATURE
    • 1975 15 Gen Lee gives his views in wide-ranging interview Q: How would you define polities? A: Politics deals with the livelihood of the people, with trying to bring out the best in the people, with wiring them achieve things they didn't think they could achieve, for
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    • 52 15 A military officer, with a very low profile, may not be effective. People expect a tM) military commander to have a slight swagger and flourish, whereas a politician who puts on too much swagger and flourish may well fail. So you have to M adjust the
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    • 65 15 CC A political leader must first find out what people think. That is his first priority, to consult people, talk to them, and hear their views. But after doing all that, it is still his responsibility to make up his own mind, to bring the people along
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    • 48 15 CC These are sensitive issues. It has been said that these are issues which have long-term consequences and it's easier to raise and settle them when the first generation leaders are still in charge rather than later on when the younger leaders take over.
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    • 280 15 But he obliges to be photographed His office was cold. Perhaps the wet morning made it colder still. It explained the grey windcheater he wore. "I'd better take it off/' he said when he saw the photographer ready to click away. Brigadier-General (Reservist) Lee Hsien Loong
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  • COMMENTARY
    • OBSERVATIONS
      • 259 16 President Devan Nair made a good point the other day when he said that attracting married women into the labour market must involve a genuine change of attitude by all concerned men, women, employers, and society at large. Most working women in Singapore are between the ages
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      • 93 16 Telecoms has come up with a marvellous array of proposed new services three-way calling, abbreviated dialing, automatic reminder calls, a "hot-line" for special numbers, among other things. All these gimmicks will cost money, of course. Wouldn't it be nice for a change if the new technology
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    • 466 16 Gloom has settled on the Russian spying community. And never was there two more gloomy spies than Petrofsky of Tass and Ivanovich of Novosti when I bumped into them recently. No cries of "Hi, Tovarich!" or the endless toasts to the millenium of the proletarian dictatorship. "Has
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    • 1069 16 bingapore is overpriced. So said the Finance and Trade and Industry Minister Dr Tony Tan in Washington the other day. But pricing is a function of costs, productivity, and profits. The problem cannot be elucidated in a press interview nor in a short article.
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    • 810 16 nniriil to tht Monitor We may be witnessing tie preliminaries of a jSoTW peace offensive. A steady stream of attacks on the United States continues, dot recent signs suggest the Soviets are intent on sbomag t milder face to the world. A full-scale peace campaign
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    • 947 17 Britain has been declining for most of this century. Fifty years ago it still had the largest and greatest empire the world has ever known. Today its per capita GNP is far below that of the USA, Japan and many of its EEC
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    • 457 17 One of the strange things about Singapore for an expatriate from the Northern Hemisphere is the weather, or lack of it Sure it gets cloudy, then sunny. It rains or it doesn't, but in the five months that I've been here, the weather
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    • 175 17 HOBSON'S CHOICE People from just about everywhere go to the United States and the names of places there can be pretty confusing. The Campus News, published by the National University of Singapore, mentioned that an NUS researcher would be doing some work at the University of Idaho, Moscow.
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    • 503 17  -  Anak Singapura Miss Heather Kwok Public Relatione Officer Ministry of Health Sir, It has been frequently said that the young of today are not interested in events of the past. While not being exactly young, I am not all that ancient as to have lived through the events of
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous

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    • 144 17 OAt the Neptune Theatre Restaurant m A million dollar Mar studded production for the first time October 15th 18th r// jlTry to hit Singapore, bringing along 15 tonnes of fantastic stage U| Oww*vr equipment, props, ctc. And an entourage of 50 artists Dinner Show: 11 including back-up orchestra, singers, production
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 459 18 MIAMI ROCKED WITH LAUGHTER when businessmen Don Chest and Danny McConnell bought for U5|2,079 (554,365) a pit full of slime left by Sam the Crocodile when the city's serpentarium closed down. Now the pair are laughing their way to the bank while the citisens are wallowing in
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    • 389 18 Special to The Monitor NEW YORK Faced with massive internal problems, senior leaders in the Soviet Union are moving gingerly into a "negotiating phase" with the United States in hopes of gaining a respite from East-West tensions at an acceptable diplomatic price, former
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    • 124 18 Reuter WASHINGTON The White House has welcomed the Kremlin's description of Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's talks in the United States last week as important and useful and said it also hoped tense US-Soviet relations would improve. US officials said that statements in Moscow on Thursday appeared
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    • 222 18 Reutar NEW DELHI Violence returned to Punjab with a series of Sikh extremist attacks in the past week, threatening Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's efforts to restore normalcy to the troubled state. In the latest attack on Friday, five Sikh gunmen killed one person
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    • 71 18 PyongyangSeoul hotline Reutar SEOUL North and South Korea have agreed to maintain a direct "hotline" telephone link, set up to arrange for the delivery of Northern relief aid to flood victims in the South, Seoul's Red Croas chief said yesterday. Mr Yoo Chang-Soon, President of the Southern National Red Cross,
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    • 824 20 Los Angeles Times BLACKPOOL Like a throbbing wound almost certain to leave a scar, Britain's bitter, violent and seemingly endless coal miners' strike seems to have begun transforming British politics in ways that may outlive the dispute. What is
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    • 322 20 United Press International WASHINGTON Walter Mondale says the American people will see a "sharp contrast" between himeelf and President Reagan in their television debate tonight, which the Democratic challenger calls the most important of his career. Mr Mondale interrupted his debate preparation on Friday for a television
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    • 130 20 Reuter BONN Wetit'Germany's most-wanted neo-Nazi, Michael Kuehnen, was arrested last night at the Cologne-Bonn International Airport. A Cologne pofce spokesman said he believed Kuehnen had been picked up In Parts, where he had been living, and put on a flight to West Germany without formalities. The 29-yeer-okJ
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    • 94 20 CHRISTINA FERRARE, former model, filed for divorce Friday to end her 11-year marriage to John DeLorean, the automaker who was acquitted last month on drug charges. The petition filed in superior court cited irreconcilaPe differences, the only cause recognised under California law. The document also asked thqT;
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    • 132 20 urvioa Kress international WASHINGTON House and Senate negotiators have agreed to extend US tariff preferences to developing nations for 8% years anaJ tie them more closely to those countries' own trade policies. ,3» The agreement was part of a compromise tiade pecfcage that joe*> to
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  • RACING GUIDE
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    • 265 21 by Cowboy For the Monitor The Eddie van Breukelen-trained Jon Pierre looks the best bet of the day when he takes on the moderate Class 1 Division 5 rivals over 1,200 m in Race Eight at Kuala Lumpur today. The four-year-old gelding by Heliolight
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    • 98 21 Today's Races at Kuala Lumpur Going Forecast: Good 1 BAY THUNDER 1-54.6 (7) 565 «M> 1/4 4nzg Ahmad Q060R»498 sm* Mcrw > am a«iv w am* <o*w '>■*» om tm mMiNi Nwm> Nmm Ttw oriWM mitrn CenWtom M •jj*'* srrr.-n, EXPLANATION: mmm BEST TME la
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  • SPORTS
    • 998 22 RACK OOWBOY MA-ZSIMITAM MA-TAN TIT (MonHor) (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) (Monitor) Persian Tlora 7 Malaylan Peart 2 Lion City 1 tundart 1 6 Chirpy 4 Jantan 3 Taman VMa 6 Chirpy 7 Malaysian Pawl 2 Uon City 4 Jantan 3 Taman Via 8 Trtearam Pride t Triefrem Pride
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    • 1121 22  -  SPORTS PARADE by Kenneth Jalleh Monitor staff writer A blueprint has just been presented to the soccer authority in Singapore. It aims at building soccer strength from grassroots level, as it were, concentrating on four age groups, all at national levels, from national
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    • 193 22 Bemama KUALA LUMPUR Kee Bee Kim of Singapore captured the Inaugural Malaysian Ladies Open Golf Amateur title here yesterday, surviving on a five over par 77 in the final third round for a four-stroke victory on 233 at the Royal Selangor Golf Club
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    • 144 22 INDORE, India Australian cricket captain Kim Hughes lived* up to his promise of making*a» clean sweep of the one-day serifo against India here yesterday when his side coasted to a six-wicked victory in the final match. ."*1 The win gave Australia a
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    • 452 23  -  by Alfonso Chan Monitor staff writer Ex-National coach Tan Poh Seng has invited applications from Asean countries to send coaches to the famed AMF-Head Dennis van der Meer's Tennisuniversity Course in Singapore, following the success of a similar course Poh Seng conducted last year. Last
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    • 440 23  -  TnVHTA raw M-wifgffl by Alfonso Chan Monitor staff writer .Rain was the villain of the piece again in yesterday morning's Toyota Singapore Open grasscourt tennis qualifying rounds at the Padang. o Three pairs of men's singles fiat round matches were about to begin «t 9
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    • 252 23  -  by B KULA Monitor Stan writer Singapore's rugby clash against the Australian Navy side at Farrer Park yesterday turned out to be just a friendly one. In the first place, at least six of our nationals played for the visiting side who were short of players. Then to
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    • 417 23  -  by Ernest Frida Monitor staff writer The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) has decided to accept Lim Hong Kang and his wife Pritam into their coaching fold again after a marathon threehour meeting at a leading hotel yesterday. But they will not be assigned to
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    • 302 23  -  Jansenites 1 Ceylon Sports Club 1 by B KULA Monitor staff writer Jansenites and Ceylon Sports Club put up a lethargic show to share honours in their Premier League hockey clash at Farrer Park yesterday. Both teams went a step higher in the Premier
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    • 954 24  -  by Kenneth Jalleh Monitor staff writer Magnanimity was not completely lost at soccer's little headquarters down Jaian Besar way, eyen though the six-year ban remains intact on Salim Moin. The councillors of the Football Association of Singapore "unanimously" decided on Wednesday night that Salim
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    • 467 24 Agencies MANHATTAN BEACH, California Top-seeded Chris Evert Lloyd survived an early challenge on Friday night and rallied to post a 6-4, 6-4 victory over unseeded Alycia Moulton to advance to the semifinals of a US$l5O,OOO (5|325,500) tennis tournament Evert Lloyd, 29,
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    • 639 24  -  by Percy Seneviratne For the Monitor The ghastly, grotesque photo of an American woman bodybuilder in a recent Singapore newspaper prompted me to take a close look at this new sport for women. If the aim of this sport is to produce muscular women,
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    • 885 25  -  by Julian Bees For the Monitor Agenzia Ansa ROME The Italian First Division soccer clubs complete their first four weeks of championship play today with a series of matches many soccer Watchers believe will finally set the competition burning. A couple of the games
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    • 117 25 Rautsr ROME European Cup holders Liverpool and Italian dub Juventua, winners of the Cup Winners Cup, have agreed to stage a showdown "Supercup" match early next year, the Italian News Agency Ansa reported yesterday. It said the agreement was reached after discussions between
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    • 564 25  -  by S GULAM Monitor staff writer The standard of soccer displayed by constituency teams for the nation's premier soccer trophy, the Prime Minister's Cup, is encouraging. And judging the increased interest by the fans, as can be seen, by the larger than expected
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    • 603 25 Reuter BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA Zola Budd is back home agatp, trying hard to escape the controversy of her sudden rise to prominence in world athletics. lf|r hasty adoption of British nationality enabled her to compete 4n the. Los Angeles Olympics
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    • 166 25 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Armed Force*, realising that they have already lost a final berth, look set to take the third spot in the current Razak Cup Hockey Competition after defeating Singapore 6-3 at the Tim Razak Stadium here yesterday. Singapore disputed Forces' first goal by
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    • 426 26  -  »9 Daniel Wee MM SSj^J^u rof 010 Momror Defending champions Queenstown retained the Singapore Open Waterpolo Championship title for the ninth successive time by beating an enthusiaistic but inexperienced National University of Singapore side 13-5 at Toa Payoh yesterday. Queenstown virtually fielded the national team's first seven
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    • 299 26 Didier Six, the first Frenchman to play in the F.nglish First Division, had a dream debut for his new dub Aston Villa yesterday as they convincingly beat championship challengers Manchester United 3-0 at Villa Park. The former international winger, who has joined ViUa on
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    • 171 26 SINGAPORE 2 MALACCA 0 For 66 minutes it seemed as if one aiaiifrUlllalacca keeper Sundram Murthi would upstage everyone on the field in last night's friendly against Singapore at the National Stadium. But just a minute before he was replaced, due to injury, he
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    • 443 25 Attention All Football Kins! THE SINGAPORE monitor pedis? M. JOINT SPONSORS Enter The Sunday Monitor Guess The are fun to enU?r contests, based on the Winner Contest of Inter-Constituency exciting matches played in the Inter-Con football matches and win cash and other Tournament. fantastic prizes each week. You can send
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    • 183 26 SPORTS BRIEFS BLUEPRINT FOR SOCCER: West Ger-many-trained Seak Poh Leong, former Singapore national captain and now a coach with the highest qualifications in Singapore, if not in Asia, offers his "prescription" as a cure-all for our country's ailing soccer situation. Kenneth Jalleh interviewed Seak last week on THE Plan. Pg
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      448 1  -  London's fashion, to some, may conjure up visions of bowler hats and the austerity slacksuits with meticulnus attention to detaiLßut now, the pervartoeness tifm&ff dictates the modfdfWresstflg "fwytwtiry Ijbndoners, which is anything from revamping the clicked T-shirt to using West Indian accents. byl David Joseph For the Monitor
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      • 396 2  -  DOWNTOWN by Lo Tien Yin For the Monitor Men, they say, like something genuine on women...like gold or diamonds. But if you cannot wear them all the time, how about something classy and authentic, yet affordable? Accessories made from antiques are just the idea. Broken pieces from plates
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      • 766 2 TREND TRAIL Agencies Oscar de la Renta is one name designer who will not have to apologise when word gets out that fashion is about to have an overnight role reversal switching once more from male to female. The New York designer
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    • Features
      • 1536 3  -  Los Angeles Times by Kathleen Hendrix Once regarded mostly as a cheap and probably temporary source of labour, women have become so integral to the workforce representing 44 per cent of all US workers that corporations have begun to reconsider their attitudes and to
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      • 684 3  -  Lx» Angeles Times by Maria La Ganga Ithough four years have passed since Mm Mrs Lynn Heckert quit her U5524,000- a-year job to stay home with her son, Mathew, there are some things about being a working mother she will never forget There were days when
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    • FOOD
      • 674 4  -  EATING OUT by Violet Oon For the Monitor My visit to the Yick Sang noodle restaurant at Ann Siang Road in Chinatown put back the clock for me. It was like eating in the past in a pristinely dean open fronted coffee shop
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      • 780 4  -  fry Violet Oon For the Monitor Fuwinwa (Yick Sang) Restaurant in Specialists' Shopping Centre carries on the Chinatown tradition in the person of Mr Lai Tuck Hoong, 32, son of founder Mr Lai Yat Sang. Besides the famous noodles, which are priced higher
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    • MUSIC
      • 732 6  -  by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer What more can you gay about the Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz than "buy it, it belongs in any jazz collection". With slightly over 80 tracks spread over six records, this 1973 compilation is one of the most carefully
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      • RECORD REVIEWS
        • 255 6  -  Ihe Las Vegas Story Artiste: The Gun Club Reviewer: Philip Cheah The Gun Club has come closest to what can be considered as punk blues. With a thrash-rock approach, lead singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce wails with the soulful pain of the blues singer.
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        • 254 6  -  Diamond Life Artiste: Sade Reviewer Michael Cheah With Sade's (pronounced Sharday) first record, there appears to be a return to the popular mean- ing of beauty and glamour. Her eyes may be too far apart but her lips are certainly inviting on
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        • 68 6 Dance music is fueling the airwaves once again, and the performers who have led the charts since June are a mix of fresh faces and solid gold veterans, "top Artistes 1. David Bowie 2. Sylvester 3. Irene Cara 4. Madonna 5. Herbie Hancock 6. Michael
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      • 695 7  -  by Dennis Hunt Los Angeles Times t Keyboard player Herbie Hancock talks like he of- ten plays -•*.in an animated, rambling way, dancing around the focal point rather than zeroing in on it. T ""i*nritito this pop thing now," he observed, "so thai people young people
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      • 542 7  -  For the Monitor VOICEBOX by Dennis Foo Filipino bands today are a predominant feature on the local scene. And while some quarters of the music scene may object to their presence, I think that their influence has been a positive one. Why?
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      • 177 7  -  Sound System Artiste: Herbie Hancock Reviewer: Philip Cheah Head Hunters, made by Herbie Hancock in the early Seventies, was the first jazz album to be certified gold. Last year's Future Shock repeats another commercial breakthrough. But whereas Head Hunters resulted in several other albums
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      • 427 7 OUTTAKES Shake, Rattle and Roll. Dreaded New Musical Express (NME) reporter, Julie Burchill recently said this of the new hip-hop craze: "When the music gets lousy, the dancing gets histrionic. All the moves made to the hip-hop elec-tro-slop are black idiot dancing.
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    • FILMS
      • 798 8 Agencies The Woman in Red, a comedy starring some of Hollywood's most zany personalities, will remind filmgoers of another movie Un Elephant, Ca Trompe Enormement, a French film produced by Yves Robert. Based on the screenplay by Jean Loup Dabadie and Yves Robert,
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      • 378 8  -  Streets by John Drape John Milius, director of Red Dawn, describes his movie about kids resisting the Russian invasion of their Colorado town as a fantasy like Star Wars. "But you know what the kids are fighting for," he says.of the teenagers who battle
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      • 680 9  -  (FILM REVIEW Firestarter (1984) Starring: Drew Barrymare, David Keith, GeorgeC. Scott and Martin Sheen Director: Mark L Lester Reviewed by Adaline Scheerder Horror movies leave me, literally, cold. A friend of mine, on the other hand, loves scary stories and horror movies,
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      • 1039 9  -  CLOSE-UP Duo by John Smallwood At the age of eight, likeable, lovable Drew Barrymore is poised to uphold the tradition of the great acting family which stretches back for generations. There was John, and Lionel, and Ethel. And now there is Drew. Fame really came to
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        308 9  -  The Dead Zone (1983) Starring: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Herbert Lom and Martin Sheen Director: David Cronenberg Reviewed by Adaline Scheerder John Smith is the very ordinary name of a very ordinary man in The Dead Zone (available on video, from Videovan, #03-09 Orchard Towers). An accident one
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    • TV REVIEW
      • 670 10  -  WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS by Philip Chaah Monitor staff writer DOCUMENTARIES Marching As One Thurs, Ch 5, 9.15 p.m. This documentary looks at National Service past and present It traces its inception in 1953 when it was introduced by the Colonial government, the opposition it received from
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        170 10 V (Debut) Mon, Ch 5, 9.20 p.m. V jumps and hops into your living room with the immediacy of a live newsreel. But after the first few minutes, the interest wanes and the information bores. V, a Ave part, 10-hour mini-series, is about the invasion of Earth by
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      • 570 10  -  TV COMMENT by Ang Peng Hwa Monitor staff writer If debates were boxing matches, the Institute of Education (IE) debating team would have been knocked out cold midway through the third quarter-final last Thursday. The team from the National University of Singapore
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    • TODAY'S TV
      • 571 12  -  TV COMMENT by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer Parents of young school children everywhere tell them the same thing: "Don't ever.go off with a stranger who gives you candy and says your daddy or mummy sent him to fetch you." Yet reports
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      • 502 12  -  SUNDAY'S CHOICE by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer Talentime '84 (E): First Semifinals Ch 5, 9.15 p.m. More entertainment with tonight's first semifinals. Siti Nurbaya Mohammed sings Silvery Rain, Frank and Robin Comes A Time, Kuo Po Stay Away, John Chan Medley of Cabaret and
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    • 126 1 Accessories galore, this time with broken pieces of china: Page 2. Eating in Yick Sang Noodle Restaurant in Chinatown is like eating in a shop untouched by time. Violet Oon writes about more oldfashioned goodness: Page 4 J j We have compiled a guide to some of the best jazz
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    • 601 2 a 8 pm, Singapore Conference the National Museum Art Gallery November. Warm yellow rice wine DIAK I Hall. daily until Oct 14, from 9am to will be served liberally. Tickets at $5/$3/$2 are available 5,30 pm. at Cold Storage Centrepoint, The exhibition will feature Poetry Reading Sessions WEEK'S PICK Tangs
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    • 128 3 Over time, this very popular cuisine with traditional specialities haS still n ot lost its distinctive Especially at the Coffee Shop in Oberoi Imperial And it happens every Sunday when we unveil choice savoury and'delightful fare such as Babt Ponteh Chicken Buah Keluak. Otak-Otak and tantalising desserts. JMPHH pamper your
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    • 145 6 H« Claypot Specials Enjoy the wholesome goodness of traditional claypot rice (Sa For Fun) in the cool comfort of Lion City Coffee House. Chooee from Chicken, Seafood. Beef. Pork. Mixed. Kidney and Liver or Vegetarian claypot All simmered to delicious perfection in seasoned earthenware pots. Or try our other favourites.
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    • 443 6 HOROSCOPES by Frank Baron First features YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAYi Many changes are indicated on the domestic front. You will have a challenge to meet quite soon and there could be a big step forward. An unusual event may disrupt routine towards the end of the year. Romance is quiet, but
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    • 295 8 BpP"VVfI Htjt~ Y our of Medici Wine will do one thing to you. JL It will surprise you. As it did countless others who thought they could never take canned wines seriously. If you pride yourself as being a true wine drinker, we So why miss out on enjoying more
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    • 2026 11 TV WEEK MONDAY OCTOBER 8. 1984 I TUESDAY OCTOBER 9. 1984 OCTOBER 10. 1984 tow mom SMOPM 45-mmute spec** in which he wei- MIPM toon kxm. 2.30 SBCMxt Uve' Sample PagM. 6.10 Programme HighUghta. "0 J? 0 1 Uv# w P t oomee ***> fluoeM ooch 2.30 SBCMxt Uve' temple
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    • 698 12 SUNDAY OCTOBER 7. 1984 i 2.00 Towards 2000 (C). S*SPM anda there may be In the theory ol SJO SBCtaxt live Bampla Survival in tha North Saaa. and evolution. tha maaauraa takan to Dravant the Op»"*wa And Programs Mob- •.30 Opening and Piopammo High- flooding of London, ara among the
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    • 1605 1  -  Sygma The battle against the number one killer heart disease is a protracted affair. In Singapore, 33 per cent of deaths are due to heart failure and related heart diseases. The percentage is higher in the United States where 54 per cent of all deaths
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    • FEATURE
      • 1996 2  -  The following are suggestions on how to survive a hotel fire. It can be done with good planning and logic. by Leon D Richardson For the Monitor Worldwide there are more than 5,000 hotel fires every year. I estimate that more than
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      • 688 2 international Press services Like a deadly black bullet HMS Warspite travels stealthily some 61 metres beneath the sea. Armed with torpedoes and guided missiles, the "Hunter Killer", otherwise known as HMS Warspite, is one of 12 Royal Navy nuclear powered submarines currently
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        • 188 3 Over 3,000 businessmen, professionals and students recently attended "Mac Week", the series of hands-on demonstration sessions organised jointly by Apple Computer Inc and its local distributor, Sime Darby Systems to launch the Macintosh personal computer in Singapore. "Mac Week", which was held from 10 to 15
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        • 75 3 International Business Machines' latest addition, the Personal Computer AT, uses a high-speed microprocessor and offers up to 3 million characters-of random access memory. 7' With new high-capacity fixed-disk and diskette drive options, the Personal Computer AT has an online storage capacity of up to
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        • 124 3 The Commodore Wersiboard was launched during Micros *84 computer and business show last month. Brought in by Systems Technology Pte Ltd, it can interface perfectly with the Commodore C 64 computer. Wersiboard plays 49 notes, 4 octaves and comes > complete with programmes mono 64 for
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      • 705 3  -  USER NOTES by Fong Weng Fatt Monitor staff writer Lately I found myself doing a lot of fruitless matchmaking. It's not a language issue for both speak English; the trouble is that they are not switched on to the same frequency. As a result, they
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      • 727 3  -  Reuter by Hugh Pain Eleven per cent of British households now have a microcomputer and half of their owners are probably still wondering why. The British have taken micros into their hearts and homes like no one else apart from the Americans. Even in Japan,
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      • 941 3  -  Knight-Ridder Newspapers by Lewis M Simons When Kunio Murohoshi, who owns a sushi restau- rant, was looking for a good investment a few months ago, he decided to put his money where his fun is on the golf course. An ardent
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      • 374 4  -  by. Graham Colin-Jones For the Monitor Have you ever been planning a seminar and decided that the morning session should finish 12 o'oclock for hinch? Then you may have debated on whether to write that as 12 sum., 12 p.m., .or noon. Which is correct? First
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      • 585 4  -  WORDS by Michael Gartner The Register Tribune Syndicate. Inc. The restaurant critic did not like his steak. "It arrived medium rare as ordered but was a bit bland and a mite grisly for my taste," he wrote. I think he meant gristly. Grisly means
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      • 462 4  -  SINGAPORIANA Monitor staff writer by Jackie Sam Political allies are not necessarily the best of friends. During World War II the Japanese and the Germans were allies on the international plane. But in occupied Singapore it was just one drunken brawl after
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        707 5  -  Longan festival in the Land of Smiles' by Fatimah Gout Monitor staff writer he Thais have a penT chant for celebrations. Happy and easy-going by nature, they would look for almost anything to celebrate. With festivals galore, they have every reason to smile in this "land of a thousand
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      • 631 5  -  PSYCHOLOGY by Ahden Busch For the Monitor "Oh, that's what you meant!" "My managers need to be more interested in their work." We were starting a seminar on motivation and Mr Tan asked, "Do you know what my managers did when I said
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    • BOOKS
      • 1000 6  -  by Toh Su Fen Monitor staff writer Matsushita business creed: The mission of an enterprise is to make people happy by getting rid of poverty. This creed is borne out in its advertisements which says "National creates better living..." Simple words for simple folk.
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      • 541 6  -  Giri Author: Marc Olden Publisher: Corgi Books by Gaston de Rosayro Monitor staff writer Writers attempting to combine the occidental with the Oriental have seldom succeeded in striking a balance between being impartial and credible. But author Marc Olden deftly forges a nuptial
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      • 708 6  -  by Bill Moore For the Monitor Genius has always marched to the beat of a different drummer, even though it sometimes isn't noticed at first. Take Elizabeth Harmon for example. The only thing unusual about the nondescript eight-year-old was that her parents were
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      • 332 6  -  Los Angeles Times Washington Post by Nina King Readers can look forward to some novels that are destined to attract a lot of attention. Parachutes and Kisses by Erica Jong (Nal Books) is the further adventure of Isadora Wing (Fear of Flying) as she
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        297 6 Deep Six by Clive Cussler (Publisher: Sphere, $9.90, MPH). For the President of the United States, the crisis point is approaching fast With his new Soviet initiative entering its most crucial phase, he suddenly finds himself faced with a pollution disaster of potentially cataclysmic proportions. And then suddenly,
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      • 77 6 Bestsellers at Times Bookstores for the week ending Oct 7,1984 Position Title/Author Publisher 1 Aquitaine Progression: Robert Ludlum Granada 2 Lace: Shirley Conran Penguin 3 Chinese Beliefs: Frena Bloomsfield Arrow 4 Murder Of A Beauty Queen: Alex Josey Tbi 5 Night Of Errors: Desmond Bagley Fontana 6 Poland: James
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    • PROPERTY
      • 451 7  - Who bears burden of maintenance Problem, for properties with multiple ownership by Annie Chia Monitor staff writer The question of payment for the management and maintenance of a condominium is often taken for granted by property buyers. At a recent seminar on the sources of funds for efficient management and
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      • 603 7  -  by Annie Chia Monitor staff writer In the local context, the term "maintenance fund" is a loosely defined one and it is impossible to make a clear-cut distinction between service charge and maintenance charge. Mr Wan Fook Kong, a partner of Jones Lang
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      • 130 7  -  Monitor staff writer by Foo Mey Kien A low-rise condominium is under construction in the prime residential district of Bukit Timah Road. Royalville, which comprises four blocks of apartments, maisonettes and shops on freehold land, is scheduled to be completed in mid--1986. The prices
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      • 1134 8  -  Holland Hill Mansion it another in our regular focus on the new genre of showflats in Singapore that appeal to the discerning homemaker. Showflats sometimes cost half a million dollars to decorate but some are furnished for less than $50,000. Whatever the cost, each
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    • 1596 12  -  FEATURE by Michael Richardson Special to the Sunday Monitor A new attempt is under way to save the ancient temples and monuments at Angkor in northwestern Cambodia from further damage. A focal point of the rescue mission is the 12th century temple of Angkor Wat
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    • 373 11 %(;;|*]*[);^%>)$\$;~*(-^}(;_{)* ▼▲CATION Travel A Tours CHEW HOUPAYS^-/^^-it JAP AM OMENT ALL JAPAN MOUDAV 10 days ttltt Dap.ia/io,Kvio. 27/io. am. torn. 17/11.24 m. 26/11 1/12, a/12, a/12, 10/12, 15/12. 22/12, 29/12 JAPAK/KOWEA/HON6 KONO 11 days SSSSS MPAN/KOOCA/TAIWAM 15 days ***** JAP AM/KORCA/T AM/AM/MONO KONS 18 days SSISS MPAN/MONONU/TAIWAN/MONO MMS 15 *****
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    • 499 11 Property For Sale caMiala. Baong at 182.000 Tat: 446-5738 OJVa Craaoam. Naar Markat, dnarna, and ftikway Parada. CM Ea~xnc 448-40 M. Recruiting? Coll Monitor's Classifieds today! 273*9080 PROPERTY Accommodation Vacant Double storey semi-detached corner house with a spacious garden in postal district 20, Thomson Greon The total area Is 4.800
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    • 78 1 COMICS GARFIELD by JIM DAVIS Tytf y» Y Jt I J jL^T^ J HHHK »A H Ms BSWWS JPE MENACE ...w b y K^T oll^ Mrls r )V r. _J —^^■Br 7 lll^9ll^R THE LOCKHORNS by BILL HOEST "I THINK I've LOST THE WILL TO COOK i MT 91M4 King
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    • 167 2 PULL HOUSE by 808 JONES HHBH-HUHUHH OH,thani<*X).'THANK) ITH jKH •J V. ELWOOD V? ■80tf TW6'S dWNA r I'M GONNA BE AIOWE^H I I w^gug^ -V K* r x SPKIALiy WHEN 6HE A£ A MATTEC Of FACT, "1 HFshTvWS **AL 1 2*WR *>U« CALLS AWP ASKS ME THIS TIME MABJM6 m—o
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    • 562 1 PLAY PAGE dots 1 Colouring Pun by Anna Soong Wee Willie Wilkins loved to read, and would stay up late after his bedtime reading by candlelight. One night while he was reading j "Treasure Island," he heard a sudden noise behind him. Turning tI J i 9 around, he saw
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    • 111 2 "•k I JTCfT fRMCf/If En9lish Lwil tSSf JcfCrCj Wr <aar -'^^^■B This series of supplementary exercises t+*Y* has been compiled after a careful study of m *ftrW% ;m syllabus issued by the of Educa- J tion. It is intended to provide pupils with further v and useful practice and at
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    • 181 2 FLINTSTONES _r by HANNA-BARBERA 9 THOSE GUVS LOOK LIKE Buf, IN THEIR CONDITIONS w M 0000 LATE-NIGHT SNACK! /f -W JTD NAVE A HANGOVER j B S^^M' feS EAT FANTASTIC, Mjd'/ TA& LAPY/^B fßOuicß TmAO ie p r HE'S A I'M REALLY SORRY... I THOUSHtT THIS OUY...AMP HE BROICE IN
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    • 163 3 -Aiaxoo iPoCo in (lis oid aac uras oftzn sun nas HaunKO 10 inina IZiZTmyuic*, beautiful tiomeu™ of Marco Polo %Z I •the Sitk Road, the greatest highway ia ancient times JUarco iPolo did com*, back today. 1 •the heydays of the Yaaa Dynasty A •the making of the historical filnu-Marco
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    • 54 3 TOM fir JERRY ty GOOTT fit KAY sksb ll 511 SB g ?TßPw^BjrHßS^^Swß!ffnrwPrTffT^^^^T?naiffT r3fffy^^' Maßß^B^BHa^^EßßiEattaMyjsiai^BMßl 1 i i I n 'in i BBlir^B^JßlHllfiliW ll ii li I l»[l»lll > p iwi iin -rr --r i.r.. Kill I »I'WPP" >U' J .F^-WfTPT^if irrnr ,-T7-rTTTT^^^^^^^^^ BROOM HILDA by RUSSELL MYERS m %»•>
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    • 47 4 \i to Singapore News JKSE' for purchase #01 43 Manhattan House, Singapore 0316 |jr (BUtf Tsl: *****21 or *****77 Ext 48 I I bJfcc anc to S4«Capor* Nrws A Pubfccatiom U4. (Book PuMtcanom Dcpr) Emporium Holdings stores I 151. CiM Swcc Road. #01-43. Manhattan Home Singapore 0316*
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    • 74 4 CONRAD by SCHORR 8-4/<ui/H 7 "N F Hw.w<t«e Y Bl v YUM J twruric.. I Ix> KEEP U& AKIMALS off fcA i RKT KXJ SEE V V AT E>Oi OTV4ERS HW66 P\ J Aujys 0 WTWSttUT-mEy \f UOW f -LET* X*NlU>«* HA 6WOW i flHf Y a ISISSHSP i V
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    • 9 1 neighbourhood CHAICHEE BEDOK SOMAPAH CHANOI SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1984
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    • 527 1 by Tho Neighbourhood Team A week has passed since the GCE "N" (Normal) level examinations and many of the 14,315 students who sat for the examinations have not turned up for school. One school has reported 80 per cent absenteeism. Despite efforts by principals and
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    • 300 1 Three-quarters of the 72 Telok Kurau Secondary School students, who sat for the GCE "N" level examinations, said the English comprehension paper was difficult and 42 per cent found the English composition paper tough. These are the results of a survey conducted by the school in
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      • 115 1 M\ SIMON'S MUSIC SCHOOL SHOWROOM ■gnLn "The Key To Musical Perfection" We provide trade-in services of new pianos for your old ones. Our well-trained staffs are highly experienced to give after sales and maintenance services too. Easy hire purchase scheme and reasonable instalment plans can be arranged to suit your
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    • 669 2 Neighbourhood spoke to eight people at the Bedok Town Centre. SPEAKING OUT Do you have an interesting question to ask? Neighbourhood will take your question to the streets and get you the answers, some of which can prove to be revealing and provoking. You
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    • 382 2 IT'S A MISTAKE: A colleague who'd just returned from the United States boarded an SBS service No. 193 at Bukit Timah Road recently. Midway, he noticed that the bus was heading down a wrong road. Thinking that the route might have been changed while he was out of
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    • 458 3 A Bedok reader wrote in to share his observations on the not so courteous Singaporeans and the effect of their actions on children. He wins $20 for his contribution. An irate father recently complained in the press of the treatment given to his teenage sons by
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    • 135 3 If you spot kites in the skies over the Bedok interchange, they could well belong to two pensioners living in the neighbourhood. The two met at the East Coast Lagoon while flying kites and have become good friends. Batri Ahmad, 66, from Block 56, Upper
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      • 178 3 I Write to us and make $20 for yourself. We'll pay that each week for what we judge is the best reader's letter we publish Letters should preferably be typed, giving your name, address and a contact telephone number if possible They should also be signed with your name, even
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    • 993 4 These boys are either orphaned or come from broken homes Sim Meng Hua, 15, comes from a broken home. After lessons at Bedok South Primary School every day, he returns to his family the Salvation Army Boys' Home. After his parents' divorce,
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    • 240 4 The only boy in the home who does not go to school is Tan Han Meng, 14. He ia suffering from epilepsy. According to Cpt Tong, he sometimes suffers three'to four seizures a day. "He has been with us since he was
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    • 167 4 Cpt Thong Yat Lane, 31, has always been part of the Salvation Army. "I was brought up in a Salvation Army Home from the age of 12. My dad died and mum had to put me in a home because there were
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      • 157 4 THE iliaa SUBSCRIPTION Keep the good news coming regularly! The sure way to get a smooth flow of information about your neighbourhood is to subscribe to The Sunday Monitor (send completed order form below). For only 40 cents an issue, you'll be able to enjoy the rich variety of news
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    • 311 5 Eager children snap up all 500 lanterns A lantern night and civil defence exhibition held in the park in front of Block 213 in Bedok attracted about 1,000 residents, both young and old. It was the first big project organised by Bedok
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    • 262 5 Civil Defence volunteers and Residents' Committee members have to work together in times of emergency. RC members of Bedok Zone 5 realised this and wanted to get to know the 60 volunteers in their zone better. They organised a civil defence get-together on Sept 23,
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      • 110 5 Getting married? It's the biggest day of ft// your life ana we're sure you will want everyone That's how we can help by caning as a free service a photograph from your wedding. Sfejcrflrfffra^/jr^ Either send a copy to us with a few detail about yourselves, or ask your wed-
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    • 408 6 Opera Estate girls celebrate Children's Day with a Fancy-dress Parade "'What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice and all things nice..." This age-old nursery rhyme came to mind when I wad watching the Fancy-dress Parade of the Opera Estate Girls' School on Sept
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    • 152 6 UNITED OVERSEAS BANK Bedok Branch Block 210, Bedok Town Centre, near Changi and Bedok Theatres. OVERSEAS UNION BANK Bedok Branch Block 204, Bedok North Street 1, #*****/419. DBS BANK Bedok Branch Block 210, #01-707, New Upper Changi Road. OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION Bedok Branch Block 204, Bedok North Street
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    • 147 6 Keep them for use in an emergency. Police: 999. Fire brigade and ambulance: 996. AA tow service: 748-9911: Traffic Jams: 2222-233. Electricity supply fsllure: 338-4000 (24-hour service). Failure and damage of strset lighting: 264-2266 (7 a.m. to 10 a.m.) and 338-4000 (10 p.m. to 7 a.m.). Water:
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    • 192 6 CALTEX: Golden Ocean Filling Station, 274 Braddell Road. Seng Hin Service Station, 319 Braddell Road. BP: Golden Star Filling Station, 793 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1. Sin Guan and Co, 337 Changi Road. Havelock Enterprises, 397 Havelock Road. BP Bedok Service Station, 101 Bedok North Road,
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    • 78 6 Superstore Yokoso Block 845, #01-08, 02 14, Taqjong Katong Complex, Geylang Road. 7-Eleven At 16, Tai Thong Crescent; Blk 30 Bendemeer Road #*****; 346 Bklok Shaping Complex, Bedok Rood; 38A Changi Rood; 3, Kensington Park Road; 14 Jalan Leban; 912 Upper Thomson Road; Blk 210 Hougang St 21
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      • 356 6 DIARY CHANGE OF NAMES OF CCs The names of the following CCs have been changed: The Bedok North (Changi) CC at Block 122, Bedok North St 2, #02-126/128, Singapore 1646 (Tel: *****36) will be known as the Fengshan CC. The Bedok Reservoir CC at Block 631, Bedok Reservoir Road, #01-910/912,
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    • 293 7 They fight fires and give first aid The civil defence message has been brought to Singaporeans in booklets, demonstrations, lectures and even art contests. Changi community leaders decided that the message would be brought home even better if it was done with some fun and games.
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    • 79 7 It's a sporting worlds. So if there's anything sporting taking place where you live, tell us about it. Be it big or small, involving just a few people or many, we want to bring you all the sports news from your area. To help us provide a top scoring
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