Singapore Monitor, 14 October 1984

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  • 10 1 the Sunday Monitor M.C.(P) No. 22/5/84 Sunday, October 14,1984 «2±
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  • 569 1  -  by Sit Yin Fong Monitor staff writer The People's Association Retirees' Club (PARC) recently raised $380,000 for the Singapore Kidney Foundation. But only about $180,000 of this money remains for handing over to the foundation because the rest went as commissions mostly to professional canvassers. A multi-millionaire
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  • 84 1 As recently as only two months ago, voluntary welfare organisations were warned against using professional canvassers to raise funds by President Devan Nair, who is chief patron of the Community Chest He said that when members of the public gave, they did so to support charities, and "not
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  • 498 1 Over-reliance on unskilled foreign workers poses "dangers" to Singapore and laws will have to be amended to deal with present as well as potential dangers. So said Minister for Labour, Professor S Jayakumar, at a dinner last night "Unless all Singaporeans
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  • 265 1  -  by Ang Peng Hwa Monitor staff writer Mr Uwe Barfuss and his family were having a barbecue celebrating their find of a large egg-shaped gem in their mine when, To and behold, an angel appeared right before their eyes. Mr
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    • 256 1 Singers belt out ||H[^HH|H|K|g Violet Oon starts a new column Special effects abound in NEWS IN BRIEF CASE FINDS HARMFUL amount of chemical food preservative in two brands of oyster sauce. Pg 7 SINGAPORE'S FIRST low-cost personal computer is designed and built by Ngee Ann graduates. Pg 6 VILLAGERS CAT
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    • 17 1 Beware of deadly sea creatures Gobots invade America Jaguars travel the M bumpy road to success j
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    • 48 1 Singaporeans who HUjf undergo plastic surgery JgW Do-it-yourself furniture HT comes to town V Found The end of the r rainbow jB&H S'PORE FASHION HEADS FOR JAPAN SINGAPORE FASHIONS to make an impact in Japan-or, at least, that's what our manufacturers hope for. The story in Page 7.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 654 2  -  b) Ee Boon Lee and Loong Swee Yin V Monitor staff writers A cluster of buildings that was once a community centre for Ayer Rajah will soon be given a complete facelift to fulfil social needs of a different kind altogether. The
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    • 186 2 Two robbers, one armed with a knife, held up a maid yesterday in her employer's Jalan Berjaya home and escaped with $10,500 worth of valuables. Madam See Palachui d/o Rengasamy, 40, said she was looking after her employer's one-year-old daughter at about 9.15 am
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    • 127 2 Lianhe Zaobao Local pigJUifmrs are breathing a cautious sigh of relief. The old sows they were trying desperately to get rid of, even for free, are now worth $10 each irrespective of the weight of the animal. However, the buyers are interested only
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    • Article, Illustration
      693 2  -  What's the biggest decision you've made in your life? Interviews at Orchard Road ■by Bertilla Pereira Monitor staff reporter JENNIFER PHANG 99, Bmln—> woman "The biggest decision IVe made in my life was what I decided recently to switch from working for somebody all my life to going
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    • 366 2 CRIME PREVENTION COMMITTEES: More crime prevention committees are to be set up in shopping centres. Experience at Zhujiao shows that such a committee is effective; only two robberies and three housebreakings there so far this year, compared to eight and 11 similar crimes last year, says Dr Wong Kwei
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    • 1098 3  -  «>y Michael Richardson Special to The Sunday Monitor Singapore is about to intensify efforts to increase SlA's access to Australia and has warned that its next step may be to make it a gov-ernment-to-government issue. Mr Peter Lai, SlA's regional diJ rector for the
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    • 290 3  -  Oei Sin Giok Monitor staff writer Applicants for Housing and Development Board executive flats who are keen to have the latest design, which incorporates a study between the living room and the dining room, will not have too long to wait. Tenders for
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    • 316 4  -  Pictures and story by Chew Yen Fook Monitor staff writer The facial expressions tell you they are oblivious to the world around them. They are artists at work, a random pick from an exhibition of skills and crafts at the Archives and Oral History Department at the
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    • 361 4  -  by Loong Swee Yin Monitor staff writer The Singapore Malay National Organisation's (SMNO) recent attempt to get another four opposition parties to form a united body to identify problems faced by the Malays seems to be running into difficulties. Shortly after the formation of the
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    • 221 4 The Singapore Foreign Ministry declined comment on the press report that it monitored the movement in Singapore of the late Senator Benigno Aquino of the Philippines before his fatal trip back to Manila in August last year. When contacted yesterday, a spokesman for the ministry said:
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    • 133 4 Traffic policemen will be on hand to direct traffic flow near the Sri Mariamman Temple at South Bridge Road tomorrow during the annual fire-walking ceremony. From 2 p.m., South Bridge Road, Moeque Street, Pagoda Street, Mohd Ali Lane, Trengganu Street and Temple Street will be cloeed
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    • 102 4 The decomposed body ofnlndian woman whose hands, legs and neck were tied with ropes was found by police yesterday afternoon near a bush at the back of a factory in Jurong. The body was found at about 2.25 p.m. outside the fence on a slope
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    • 587 5  -  by Gandhi Ambalam Monitor staff writer All 78 permanent daily-rated workers of the Public Works Department (PWD) made redundant last month at its Changi Airport Development Division (CADD) have opted for retrenchment benefits rather than accept alternative jobs in other government ministries and
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    • 331 5  -  by Sit Yin Fong -uuMSf*qr» staff writer a wli t* Higtrtr earnings in Singapore are helping to push damages awarded to accident victims to record levels. Already there have been two awards exceeding $1 million, and two awards in the past
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    • 146 5 These are Singapore's five biggest accident damages awards: $1,418,000 AWARDED on Oct 3 to a Japanese insurance executive, Mr Fumihiro Hori, 39, who suffered brain damage and a blinded eye in a collision betwen a car and a bus. Jfl.l MILLION awarded in 1981 to Mr
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    • 216 5 Lianhe Zaobao A mindless petty thief was caught with the safe he had just stolen while sitting on it by the roadside to take a breather. His unusual behaviour had aroused the suspicion of three patrolling policemen who detained
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    • 213 5 Mr Ong Teng Cheong yesterday urged workers not to underestimate the advantages of being union members during the present tight labour situation. In the face of falling union membership, the Minister Without Portfolio and Secretary-Gen-eral of the National Trades Union Congress, said
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    • 58 6 SOFTWARE WHIZ-KID Ong Eng Teng tests an analog-to-digital conversion program he has written for Cubic 99, the first locally-designed computer, by speaking into the microphone. Looking attentively at the wave-form generated on the terminal screen are Mr Sim Wong Hoo, (from left), Mr Chan
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    • 641 6  -  by Fong Weng Fatt Monitor staff writer Three Ngee Ann Polytechnic graduates and a software whiz-kid have designed and built Singapore's first low-cost personal computer that runs Apple programs for half its price. Mr Sim Wong Hoo, 29, Mr Ng Kai Wa, 29,
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    • 270 6  - Now fly Japanese the SIA way by Ng Ming Ming Innitnr II ,14.. Monitor stan wntar Japanese flying Singapore Airlines (SLA) to Tokyo or Osaka will be served by Japanese-speaking ticketing and reservations personnel on the ground, and greeted by Japanese hostesses, food and music while in the air. These
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    • 173 6 The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) here is working hand in hand with their Malaysian counterparts to track down the mastermind of a counterfeit currency syndicate. This follows Johor police's crippling of a gang earlier this month and seizing a number of forged Singapore
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    • 257 7  -  by Ray Miller Monitor staff writer Two brands of oyster sauce sold here and tested by the Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case) have been found to contain excessive levels of the chemical benzoic acid an additive used as a substitute for
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    • 261 7  -  by Janice Lim a Innilnr aAaM umlAav Monitor stair wntsr Singaporean garment manufacturers «ie hoping to caafein on the Japanese market Singapore Apparel Tokyo, the third in a series of Singapore Apparel shows launched since 1982, will be brought to Japan next
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    • 138 7 OYSTER AND OYSTER FLAVOURED SAUCE WHAT CASE FOUND COUNTRY TEST RESULT (i) BRAND OF (M) RET AM. (i) Bwotc ORIGIN PRICE Add in ppm Huang Lung (OFS) Hong Kong 2.05 1002 Lm Kum Km (OFS) Hong Kong 4.15 NIL Lion A Globe (OFS) Hong Kong 4.40 645 Panda Hong Kong
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    • 239 7  -  by K K FONG Monitor staff writer Car owners applying for duplicate registration log books are coming under close scrutiny by the Registrar of Vehicles because of several recent cheating attempts. Unsuspecting buyers of these second-hand cars would have fallen prey to the car
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    • 477 7  - US Navy men spend spend by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer Most Singaporeans are used to the sight of US Navy men walking up and down Orchard Road in twos and threes. Dressed in spotless white uniforms or in "civvies," they are seen haggling with clerks in electronic appliance shops,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 505 8  -  by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer fr'V L J < Following the* success of recent f landing ana take-off trials, Ceng- lureng International Airport Ja- karta's US$345 million (***** i million) showcase project looks set to open on April 1 next Daily domestic
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    • 148 8 United Press International BANGKOK The meteorological department yesterday issued a flash flood warning for most parts of Thailand as a result of heavy downpours expected to accompany tropical storm Susan. Weather officials said the storm moved to Vietnam on Friday night, triggering rain
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    • 475 8  -  by Ang Peng Hwa Monitor staff writer Jakarta is still as incomprehensible when I visited it last week as it was 10 years ago. One of my most vivid memories 10 years ago was the canals. The banks of canals in the city were
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  • MONEY
    • 508 10 Reciter VIRGINIA A forecast prepared for leading US business executives released today, raises doubts whether the American economy can escape faltering into recession before the end of 1986. High deficits in the federal budget and foreign trade place the
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    • 136 10 For the third year running business travellers around the globe have voted Changi Airport the second best in the world. The survey was carried out by Britain's Business Traveller over a three month period in 50 countries. Schiphol in Amsterdam remained No 1,
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    • 114 10 Reuter SEOUL South Korea's four major private economic groups said yesterday that they would actively participate in trade with North Korea. They said in a joint statement that they welcomed the Seoul government's proposal yesterday for economic talks with the north. The statement
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    • 475 10  -  by Edward Ong Monitor staff writer WALL STREET Wall Street closed higher for the week, assisted by better economic figures. Brokers said some investors scrambled to replace borrowed shares sold in earlier anticipation of price decline. IBM, banks, savings and loans,
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    • 364 10 Green and Collier Continued dollar strength and easier US abortterm interest rates had their mixed influences on the 1 three Simex-traded contracts last week. 1 December gold futures on both the Simex and> New York Comex were brought down to life-of-con~ tract lows. But the
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    • 152 10 United Press International i t .jt •i F < ANKARA Turkey and 'Iraq signed a IMbnica) agreement for the construction of a second oil pipeline linking their two countries, the semi -official Anatolia news agency said on Friday. The agreement, intialled by Turkish
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    • 447 11 Associated Press NEW YORK The stock market snapped out of a slump thi* past week, with a double-barrelled boost from a drop in US interest rates and a cooling off of inflation. j Almost unnoticed in the rebound was a
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    • 713 11 The US dollar will drop by 25 per cent and possibly by as much as 40 per cent* probably before the end of this year but certainly -before the end of February 1985. That's a prediction. I can't
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    • 353 11 United Press International CARSON CITY (Nevada) A newly formed Las Vegas corporation says it plans to sell stock in a House of prostitution it purchased tpr U*****,000 (*****,000). But Great American Brothels line may run into opposition from slate authorities, even if the stock if
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  • 272 12 Played to packed houses in Hong Kong I THE CAST TREVOR, born to a talented musical family in Essex, England, was a member of a band which toured with the Beatles. After several years of travelling, the band broke up in Perth in 1971.
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  • 170 12 JESUS Christ Superstar comes to Singapore after a wildly successful season in Hong Kong. There, it played to packed houses in the 6,000 capacity Coliseum. This Australian production is one of only three authorised stage versions sanctioned by impresario Robert Stigwood and publishers Music Corporation of
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  • 188 12 THE curtain rises on Jesus Christ Superstar at the Neptune Theatre tomorrow night. This timeless classic is the greatest rock opera ever written, based on the greatest story ever told. As the words of the Bible are as powerful today as when they
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  • COMMENTARY
    • OBSERVATIONS
      • 225 14 The confusion over that new $120 levy on foreign maids seems boundless. Originally, the Labour Ministry said it was necessary because an increasing number of employers had been un-der-declaring wages in order to pay a lower levy. The flat levy, it was suggested, would also discourage
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      • 180 14 The summary recommendations resulting from the National Employers Symposium on Working Parents are quite disappointing. The initiative employers took in participating seems to have quickly evaporated. Now it's back to business as usual. Business as usual at least as far as working women are concerned means no
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      • 110 14 £rime Minister Lee Kuan Yew dutifully responded on TV, the other night, to questions from five foreign correspondents. His grasp of facts and figures was impressive, and his answers authoritative even if not surprisingly new to Singaporeans. While it's always interesting to listen to the Prime Minister
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    • 359 14 There is, it appears, an important aspect of our sex education that we have overlooked. Something we need to remedy if our next generation of Singaporeans is to grow up healthy in body as in mind. Rather, we need to go back to basics and begin once
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    • 952 14 From Indochina Report Special to the Monitor Nearly six years after the invasion of Cambodia, the Vietnamisation process is now well under way. The country is being progressively locked into a system of domination a model of a kind which embraces all fields, from top to bottom:
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    • 737 14 Quarrelling is common. It is a seriously neglected art, or maybe a science? Quarrelling ia at common as the land and the trees. It takes place all around us between brothers and sisters, parents and children, husbands and wives, among colleagues, between bosses and
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    • 402 15 Sir, We refer to the letter headlined Health Ministry rebuts 'Two Doctors' (The Sunday Monitor, Sept 30). We are glad to note that the Ministry of Health recognises the fact that "most specialists in private practice have to deal with a wide range of minor ailments and diseases in
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    • 685 15  -  by Steven Guo For tho Monitor I read with some feeling the plight of an expatriate the other day in the newspapers. The expatriate he must be a European business executive was sounding off about the costly nature of his stay in Singapore. Life had become infinitely
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    • 531 15 Extremists using two truckmounted flamethrowers set fire to the Tokyo headquarters of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) a few weeks ago. The chaos that followed gave a rare insight into the flaming passions of factional politics in Japan. The emergency forced top LDP figures
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    • 472 15 Perhaps the most enjoyable experience my wife and I have found in Singapore is shopping at the wet market. We have farmers' markets in the United States, but they are rare and relatively small in size and scope. Here, we delight in exploring
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    • 39 15 Followers of Hobson's Choics will note with regret that he is not writing this week. Rodney Hobson is resting sfter the birth of a lovely daughter, Marie Claire, to his wife, Judy Walker, also from the Monitor.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 551 16 FOR ALMOST 40 years pediatrician Dr Benjamin Spock guided millions of parents throughout the world in rearing children. Eight years ago Dr Spock, now 81, married Mary Morgan who brought along an 11-year-old daughter by a previous marriage. This week, in New York, Mary had the last
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    • 779 16 Agencies MANILA President Ferdinand Marcos said yesterday the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had approved an economic recovery programme for the Philippines. A deal with the IMF after a year of negotiations would effectively clear the way for restructuring the country's US$25 billion (5552.5 billion) foreign debt-
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    • 200 16 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Opposition Partai Islam SaMalaysia (Pas) has appointed its vice-president, Haji Hadi Awang, as head of its panel of three speakers representing the party in its forthcoming debate with the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno). The party also said it was prepared to
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    • 116 16 Associated Press NEW DELHI Villagers in India's drought-stricken Andhra Pradesh state are killing sacred cows for food while many others are trekking to distant places in search of a living, the United News of India reported yesterday. "I worshipped the cow," said Mr
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    • 687 17 Agencies LONDON Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher celebrated her 59th birthday yesterday, lucky to be alive. Looking composed and confident although a bit tired after the bomb attack on the hotel she was staying in, Mrs Thatcher appeared at the Conservative Party's conference on Friday morning
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    • 870 17 Agencies TOKYO A government white paper on crime released on Friday 'said the number of reported criminal cases in Japan hit a post-1945 high of 2.03 million and said the increase, especially in theft, came despite the advent of an "affluent society". The Justice Ministry
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    • 234 17 United Press International BOSTON Hypnosis is no longer the sole province of watchbobswinging quacks and sideshow hucksters. Within the last five years, many of America's best medical centres have adopted the often misunderstood technique for use against everything from asthma to herpes. Even doctors familiar
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  • RACING GUIDE
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    • 271 19 RACE COWBOY MA ZEHN TAN MA-TAN TKT (monitor) (Zm Bm) (Wan Bm) (Monitor) 15 Moetgrand 12 Simply Perfect 10 Ovation 10 Ovation 1 17 Jentayu 15 Mostgrand 7 RanPo IS Mostgrand 8 Boat Tha Clock 11 Richard 15 Mostgrand 12 Simply Perfect 10 Battar Prospect 3 Stanon 3
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    • 192 19  -  by Cowboy For the Monitor Key Factor, the beaten favourite last week, deserves another chance to win in Race Five at Kuala Lumpur today. Finishing second twice in his last two starts, the three-year-old son of Junius lost no marks last week when he came
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    • 1557 19 HOW TO READ THE CARD EXPLANATION: ■em— to time spectoty ctoaiated. based on past peitawancee and adjusted for weights, tomes returned in otter turf dute m both Singapore and Mtoayaia and In (Merer* track oondWone NUMP Of MOO: m example, this to Jockey's fret ride
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  • SPORTS
    • 780 20  -  by Kenneth Jalleh Monitor staff writer It's sails ahoy, and boat away with Force Five winds for Ramie Salleh, the sturdy, sunburnt youth from the kampung riding the bumpy waves with the speed and skill that had made his forefathers, the Orang
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    • 395 20  -  by Percy Seneviratne For the Monitor The tough talk recently by Singapore Amateur Athletics Association (SAAA) president Loh Lin Kok gives one the impression that he wants to be remembered for all the wrong reasons. Is he really the demonic Darth Vader many
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    • 261 20 Dennis Francis Fernandez, 34, a Ministry of Defence employee who is the first winner of the InterConstituency soccer tournament's "Guess the Winner contest", is a keen soccer follower who plays the game occasionally for his office team. "Winning the $1,000 prize
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    • 223 20 United Press international NEW YORK When they last met three years ago, Marvin Hagler opened up Mustafa Hamsho's face in almost every imaginable place. There was blood everywhere and doctors had to use 55 stitches to close the wounds. Hagler successfully defended his world
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    • 660 21 SPORTS PARADE At thisliAportant stage of nationhood, when the pursuit of ex•xellence in sports. is becoming increasingly attractive for international prestige, standing at the crossroads of indecision is getting young Singaporeans neither here nor there. It is this indecision that is
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    • 891 21  -  Today's fixtures Atalanta vs Cremonese, AveHino vs Ascoii, Como »i Udintu, Lazio vs Napoli, Milan vs Roma, Sampdoria vs Florentine, Torino vs Inter, Verona vs Juventus. by Julian Bees 21 ROME Needles and knees abound in today's Italian soccer league: Needles as in needle matches, and
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    • 88 21 Renter LONDON Scottish soccer international Mo Johnston, who joined English First Division side Watford less than a year ago, has signed for Glasgow Celtic in a £400,000 (511.025 million) transfer deal. Watford manager Graham Taylor said: "The boy has told me on several occasions that he was
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    • 804 22  -  by S GULAM Monitor staff writer As the curtain for the third Merlion Cup soccer competition goes up at 7.00 tonight, the intriguing question is: "Can the Australians be stopped from completing a Cup hat-trick?" It is no secret that Singapore fans would
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    • 384 22 When the whistle blows for the kickoff of the Merlion Cup match between Singapore and Holland tonight at the National Stadium, Thambiah Pathmanathan and Rajagopal Suriamoorthy will be scoring a double each. The two Pahang players will not only be making their
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    • 262 22 Reuter DETROIT Marty Castillo hit a two-run homer to spark a four-run second inning and lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. The victory gave the Tigers a 21 lead in baseball's seven-game World Series. Detroit was held
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    • 555 23  -  TOYOTA by Alfonso Chan Monitor staff writer Confusion reigned and the drama of bad line calls sizzled into a red funk in the heat of the noonday sun at the Toyota Singapore Open Grasscourt Tennis championships on the Padang yesterday. The
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    • 323 23 Justed jo Tank has bounced back from the twilight of Indonesian tennis to the limelight of the Toyota Singapore Open Grasscourts on the Padang. Today, when he plays Alvin Gardiner of Australia in the single's final (10am), he will be under
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    • 300 23  -  by Tony Lim For the Monitor Jackie's Bowl Orchard, home of the champions, is where the cream of bowlers from Asia and Australia will battle for major honours in the Bth FIQ Asian Zone Bowling Championship from Nov 4 to 10.
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    • 181 23 Parkland Driving Range professional Poh Eing Chong leaves tomorrow to take part in the richest tournament of his life the $700,000 Bridgestone Golf Championship in Tokyo from Oct 21-24. Eing Chong, a reliable and consistent player, is the only
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    • 194 24 MEET THE WINNER of the Inter-Con-stituency soccer tournament 1984 "Guess the Winner" Contest. The top prize of $1,000 goes to a Mindef staff sergeant who keeps tabs on losing teams to be able to forecast winning teams, and his was the first all correct entry drawn last week.
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    • 175 24 CALCUTTA South Korea crushed Pakistan 6-0 last night for their second consecutive victory in the Asian Cup Group 3 qualifying soccer tournament. The score was 2-0 at halftime. The South Koreans, who beat North Yemen 6-0 last Wednesday, cemented their role as favourites in the 10-day, five-nation round-robin
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    • 134 24 Defending champion Justedjo Tank and Alvin Gardiner are poised to play their third consecutive singles final in the Toyota Singapore Open grasscourt tennis championship on the Padang at 10 this morning. The score stands at 1-1, Gardiner having won the 1982 final. But last year Tank gained
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    • 295 24 LONDON Arsenal ignored two potentially damaging early blows and marched back to the top of the First Division with a decisive 4-1 win at Leicester. The Gunners handed Leicester a 35-second lead with a Viv Anderson own-goal but who later redeemed himself when
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    • 38 23 ARE TOU ONE OF THE WINNERS OF OUR SUNDAY MONITOR $100,000 OCTOBER DRAW? Find out in the Oct 21st 1984 issue of Sunday Monitor. Results of the Grand Final Draw will be published in the Oct 28th issue.
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    • 3 1 THE SUNDAY MONITOR
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    • 909 1  -  Monitor staff writer LIVING by Philip Cheah i amy are young, tense ana, more or less, talented. They are also nervous. Songs which had been like second skin to them, came out of their throats uncontrollably like an alien language. It made us laugh when we watched
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    • FASHION
      • 603 2  -  IN STYLE by David Joseph For the Monitor x. Issey Miyake's Plantation collection features a unique "double- weave" technique in a variety of designs available at fairly affordable prices. the people who buy and wear them." With Plantation, Issey Miyake has reconciled the lofty aspirations
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      • 280 2 Agencies After a season filled with crossover fashions, the look for Spring-Summer 1985 promises to be one of the hottest summers in fashion history. According to previews of the five-day Italian Ready-to-Wear collection shows that opened on Oct 7 in Milan, the trend-setting Italian designers
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      • 335 3  -  by Deirdre Moss For the Monitor Rabbits are best purchased when they are nine to twelve weeks old as they will then be fully weaned and young enough to be trained easily. A rabbit caged continuously will be lethargic and bored with life. Extremes
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      • 311 3  -  by Michael Hirsley Chicago Tribune Jupiter is just a small town in southeastern Florida. But for Musketeer, a mongrel dog who was once a stray, 4t might as well be the planet of the same name. Musketeer's accommodations are out of this world. As the sole
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      • 421 4 HAWKER HAUNTS "Hey your name is Biolet Ong eh? I know you." Such is the nature of fame, thought I, as the taxi driver recognised me. "You write about food eh? I'm not English educated but I see the papers. I tell you lah, I
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      • 559 4  -  by Violet Oon For the Monitor Curiosity brought me to Mr Sadiron Abdul Jafar's Mee Rebus stall in the Simon Road market because reader Sunny Tay had told me that he still sells the noodles at 50 cents a plate with half an egg. I
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      • 545 4  -  by Violet Oon For the Monitor People in Singapore may not like queuing for other things but when it comes to food, they're quite happy to stand in line, as at the famous you tiao (yew char kway in Fujian) stall in the
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    • MUSIC
      • 1151 6  -  by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer The 3rd Singapore Jazz Festival is now in full swing. Fans are flocking to the conference hall, dragging along "uninitiated" family and friends who will probably come away with that familiar feeling. "I liked some of the music
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      • 449 6  -  The Unforgettable Fire Artiste: U2 Reviewer Carl Skadian The long, long wait has finally ended. U2's latest album has arrived. After the brilliance of War and the infectious appeal of Under a Blood Red Sky, one would naturally expect the latest effort
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      • 461 6  -  Magazine Artiste: Rickie Lee Jones Reviewer Philip Cheah There's a picture of Rickie Lee Jones smiling on the inner sleeve. It's the first smiling picture in any of her four albums. A fan had written in saying: "I just want to take this opportunity
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      • 763 7  -  by Ron Schultz Toshiko Akiyoshi, a Japanese woman, has done something unprecedented in the world of jazz. She has broken through the barriers of jazz, both an American form of music and also a male dominated one. For each of the past five years she
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      • 409 7  -  by Ashley Kahn Streets "I'm having a ball," laughed saxophonist Bill Evans, just back from a European tour with guitarist John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra. It's not hard to understand why the 26-year-old newcomer to the New York jazz scene is enjoying himself. Evans also
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      • 401 7  -  by Leonard Feather Los Angeles Times Even by superstar standards, you could say he's had it all. Name an award: Barry Manilow has won it, from Grammy to Tony to Emmy. The trouble with success at this altitude is, where do you go
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    • FILMS
      • 534 8  -  SCREEN SCENE by Meg Crager Streets Imagine if the Ghostbusters' guns made no sounds when they fired or if the who slimed Bill Murray slimed him silently. Would the scene have been as funny? Probably not. Ghostbusters is the adventure comedy film starring Bill Murray, Dan
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      • 257 8 The only light in the soundproof studio comes from a large screen at the front of the room. On the screen, Carrie Fisher puts a folded shirt into a suitcase while two men kneel next to a microphone. They watch the actress carefully, then ask
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      • 575 9  -  by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer V. Chinese films from mainland £fhina have never been more popuy iar than in recent weeks. We have treated to The Tea House, > Early Spring and My Memories of r2)ld Beijing. What's more, in the last
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    • TV REVIEW
      • 814 10 WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS FILMS Thursday Feature Special: Monte Walsh Ch 5, 9.50 pm This is William Fraker's directing debut and it's a very good one. Fraker, originally a cinematographer, made Bullitt, Rosemary's Baby and Paint Your Wagon among others. In this film, Lee
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        154 10  -  by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer Applause (Jazz Special): Round About Midnight Rickie Lee Jones Wed, Ch 12, 8.55 pm This is essential viewing for all jazz fans. Rickie Lee Jones is one of the most emotive singers in music today. She has what Peter Wolf calls "the
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      • 474 10  -  TV COMMENT by Ang Peng Hwa Monitor staff writer There was a slight problem in the fourth quarter-final of Debate *84. Debaters from the Singapore Polytechnic for the proposition and the Nanyang Technological Institute (NTI) for the opposition were supposed to engage in a verbal
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    • TODAY'S TV
      • 314 12  -  SUNDAY'S PICK b» Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer Film Focua: Sevan Samurai Ch 12, 8.35 p.m. Seven Samurai is perhaps the best-known film of one of Japan's leading directors, Akira Kurosawa. In its original three-and-a-half hours, there is never a dull moment. Kurosawa is one of Japan's
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      • 277 12 in troubled fth century Japan, fai mart ere terrorised by bandits (1)* Encouraged by their eiders tha inhabitants of ona vttage (2) at laat decide to hire aamurai to fight tar tham. Watching ona aamurai daai ax* pertly with a thiaf, the emissaries from tha village ara ancouragad
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      • 312 12 Sunday Matinee: Captain Horatio Hornblower Ch 5, 2.4 ft p.m. Gregory Peck plays Horatio a 19th century English naval captain who outmanoeuvred the Spanish and the French during the Napoleonic wars. Directed by Raoul Walsh, this. 1951 film is based on a
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    • 1841 11 TV WEEK MONDAY OCTOBER 15. 1984 I TUESDAY OCTOBER 16. 1984 I WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17. 1984 2*2 PM *00Ml MOM 7*2 PM rTT" 2JO SBCtoxt Uv*' Sempie Pmm S.lO Progremme Hlglillghto. 2.20 SBCtoxt Uve' Sempie PagH. 7JO Shere a Story: Thumbeeno (Part 9BCtnt Uv p 7.00 PM *.1® Nawa (E).
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    • 3 1 THE SUNDAY MONITOR
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    • 2162 1 When looks aren't everything Deadly SPECTRUM oxious animals possessing biotoxiife fall into two well-defined categories. Firstly, there are those that are injurious only when they are eaten because their body tissues contain specific oral poisons. Poisonous animals are found mainly
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    • 1506 2  -  FEATURES by Sari Horwitz The Washington Post Hit the deck, GI Joe. Run for cover, cabbage patch kids. And yes, Michael Jackson dolls, beat it. Gobots and Transformers are invading America. They're taking over kids' minds, moving into the nation's living rooms and
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    • COMPUTER/SCIENCE
      • 1315 4  -  By Scott Veggeberg American Way magazine np Remember in The Empire Strikes Back when the evil Darth Vader slices off Luke Skywaller's arm with his light sabre? But in „?the following scene the robot doctors make quick work fitting a new one. rii Pretty far-fetched? Not
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      • BYTES
        • 205 4 Technological change is adding new dimensions to the education of children in Australia's remote areas. Educators have been supplementing the traditional correspondence and radio lessons with video lessons for several years and are now preparing for the move into satellite communications. An
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        • 172 4 Americans are demanding more from their stores and supermarkets in turn are responding with gourmet items, professional services and adjustments to attitude and atmosphere. With live lobster on one side and freshly cored pineapple on the other, the 1980s supermarket is designed to please.
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    • BOOKS
      • 885 5  -  by Stephen Tan Monitor staff writer There was a time the making of popular music was when a couple of guys got together and "jammed" it out in some garage. After a couple of sessions, they would cut a demo and then start
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      • 563 5  -  by Chan Wing Leong For the Monitor Books on management and corporate mustdos die hard. From Japanese eccentricities to American stories of excellence, we have had one bestseller after another as thousands of practitioners and aspiring practitioners gobble new insights and try to
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      • 397 5 Winston Churchill A biography by Piers Brendon (Publisher: Harper Row). For those who have not reached whatever they call "middle age," and even for some elders, Winston ChurcKll is only a name, at best a myth. Piers Brendon has provided a fluently written, brief but solitfly
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      • 908 5  -  by Ray Miller Monitor staff writer Cleopatra apparently started it all on the Nile around 1 BC. She used to push the boat out for a cruise in the most omasing of style with sails drenched in perfume, with oars made of
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      • 103 5 Bestsellers at MPH Bookstores for the week ending Oct 14,1984 Position Title/Author Publisher 1 The Aquitaine Progression: Robert Ludlum Bantam 2 Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do: Robert H Schuller Bantam 3 The One Minute Manager: Kenneth Blanchard Spencer Johnson Fontana 4 China Gate: William Arnold Futura
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    • HEALTH
      • 897 6  -  by Jeff Kunerth Orlando Sentinel 2* Psychologists describe boredom ■T the negative feeling produced w a lack of change in the environment, but behavioural scientists ftily recently have begun to explore why something stimulates one person and bores another. The
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      • 571 6 HEALTH CAPSULES There are many private charitable groups in the United States. Some are national in scope and some are local in operation. The Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind, was established in 1900 by a group of prominent citizens in Washington, America, to
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    • A SUNDAY MONITOR SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT SIGHT AND SOUND
      • 1335 7 HOW closely does reproduced musk resemble a live performance? Frankly, the difference between live music and reproduced music is so far apart that it really makes one wonder about the rationality of coughing out "megabucks" for a sound system. True, engineers will tell you
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      • 987 8 Getting turned on by the turntable Turntables, more commonly known as record players, are of two types, belt driven and the direct driven type. The difference between the two is the way the platter is spun by a belt connected to the motor
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      • 297 8 Fidelity means faithfulness. In audio terms, high fidelity does not mean the degree of moral rectitude j* practised by Queen Victoria. It refers to the ability of playback equipment to reproduce sounds as similiar as possible to
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      • 982 8 Amplifiers amplify sounds. It's as simple as that. An amplifier can only perform as well as the original sound source. In other words, as it only boosts the signals that are fed into it by the source, if the signals received are not dear, the amplifier
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      • 1375 9 If you want to avoid the fuss involved in cleaning and maintaining a turntable and records, the alternative is the tape deck. Tape decks deliver a high standard of reproduction and though tapes will never outshine records where sound quality is concerned
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      • 351 9 There are several types of tapes to choose from normal, chrome, ferrichrome, and metal. The quality varies from brand to brand and sometimes, due to mishandling, you may just get a dud even though you pay a lot. It's
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      • 376 9 A tuner is your glorified radio. Unlike the other components in a sound system, it does not consist of moving parts and it's only function is to receive broadcasts in the form of signals, boost them and transmit them to in
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      • 800 10 Speakers perform well only If other components In the system do the same. As the output point in the whole system, they faithfully 2 transform input signals (including distortions) from j the amplifier into waveforms. Speakers are slaves to the J components preceding them 2 in the
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      • 475 10 Magneplanar the latest in lovely loudspeakers Heavy price tags that seem to be the curse of the best sound systems today have put panel speakers in the twilight zone where us poor folks are concerned. The Magneplanar is a totally new type of loudspeaker. It is neither a cone type
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      • 328 10 The Tympani IV is the latest in the series of much acclaimed Tympani speakers which were introduced in 1971. Audio perfectionists well know the Tympani series of speakers derignad b£ Jim Winey, who perfected the Magneplanar principle. The series represents
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      • 1121 11  -  By ANNA JULIET ROSS Tucked away in a corner of the Orchard C E is Singapore's and possibly South East Asia's largest compact disc shop, The Compact Disc Centre. The Managing Director of the Centre is Mrs Irene Tan who turned her husband's
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      • 224 11 One of the main advantages of CDs is that they are really a lot •more easy to maintain than records. Each disc is coated with a layer of plastic that protects the information stored in little pits under it A laser
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      • 361 11 Sceptics say that CD players sound good in the showroom because of their powerful amps and speakers. Many also argue that the CD does not compare favourably with the record. Somehow or other the fact that recording on CDs are
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      • 506 12 JAG'S Video Centre, situated in Orchard Plaza, not only provides video cassettes for adults and Children but also offers ffrofessional services for the businessman and foreign companies in Singapore. A common problem faced by many foreigners in Singapore is not being able
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      • 530 12 The Spica TC-50 has been described as the success story of science versus hocus-pocus in the world of loudspeaker designers. The brainchild of John Bau, director and designer of Spica, a loudspeaker manufacturer in Santa Fe, the TC--50 represents the result
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      • 397 12 Brushes clean records well enough, but once you've used the VPI HW-16 cleaner, you'U give brushes and any other kind of cleaner the brush-off! Brushes can pick up only a limited amount of dirt as they swish around the record. But a vacuum and
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      • 641 13 Me«t Fred, the latest model in Quad's line of electrostatic loudspeakers. Professionally called the Quad ESL-63, Fred is a new version of the original Quad loudspeaker introduced into the market in the Fifties! To recognise the true potential of the Quad ESL-63, one must first know how
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      • 173 13  - Telefunken's compact camera recorder the lightest of its kind Articles in this special supplement by ANNA JULIET ROSS The new Telefanken 1890 it something indoor and outdoor video recording enthusiasts the world over have been waiting for. Weighing only 22S0g it is the lightest and first of its kind in
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      • 454 13 With each new model of amplifier, manufacturers have managed to making them more sound efficient, with the capability to reduce distortkttf and noise generation. Now Sansui has produced a new generation of amplifiers. Called the X 4 Balanced Amplifiers, this new breed promises
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    • PROPERTY
      • 669 14  -  by Annie Chia Monitor staff writer When the prices of new condominiums drop further, should developers refund buyers who have bought them at higher prices? Some buyers who have approached developers for refunds, claimed that developers are at least morally obligated, though not legally,
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      • 390 14  -  by Vincent Fong Monitor staff writer The completion of Pan Pacific Hotel already pushed to SepS tember next year might be fur- ther delayed, sources close to the Marina Square project said. Hyundai Engineering and Con- struction Company, the main conS tractor, had been
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      • 199 14 Buyers of the Dairy Farm Estate condominium in Upper Bukit Timah Road can now expect a further concession, on top of the 10 per cent discount, if they invest as a group. The group discount scheme is the latest package offered by
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      • 520 15  -  by Foo Mey Kien Monitor staff writer The flats at Beaverton Court condominium perched on Mount Sinai Rise benefit from ample natural lighting. This is because every room has a balcony and there are windows at the end of the corridor leading
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      • 219 15 The interior designers of Bent Severin and Associates decorated the showflats of Beaverton Court condominium at Mount Sinai Riae. r With so many balconies in the apartment, curtains are important. But the curtains are not just pieces of fabric used to cut off the glare and heat. They
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      • 166 15  -  by Foo Mey Kien Monitor staff writer A forum for builders, contractors, engineers, architects and developers will begin on Monday, Oct 22, to discuss and exchange views on tall buildings technology. Mr S Dhanabalan, the Foreign Minister and Minister for Culture, will open the five-day
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      • 311 15 DEVELOPMENT LOCATION OPENING TIMES ENOUMES Paikweat Upper Ayer MM M 9 am 6 pm daily *****66 CtarneniiPark Sunset Way 9 am 5 30 pm datfy *****66 Cm Aorta Newton 9 am 6 pm dairy *****66 VtfaDesFtorw WheJay Road 9 am 5 pm datfy *****22 Tulp
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    • PSYCHOLOGY/FEATURE
      • 1307 18  -  PSYCHOLOGY by Ahden Busch For the Monitor "Confucianism and motivation? I didn't realise Confucius had anything to say about motivation." This is the usual response. The teachings of Confucianism, especially by Confucius and Mencius, establishes fundamental guidelines that are searched for and discussed by almost
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      • 589 18 Sygma The car industry has gone through a lot of change. Many have gone bankrupt and closed down while others have survived through the bad times. Some cars that have disappeared are the Hi-spano-Suiza, Bugatti, Gordini, Delahaye, Studebaker, Bristol, Osca, Cunningham Those that have survived,
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    • 150 7 TiIBTMI f 2*. -£V k; V J"V Q f?' ■■?<<> f i' mWw I ijdll I wml \yj (stereosonic 3"D experience right injcur hone with Nadmendc Nordmende opens the doc* to a new dimension in 5 cabinet colours to complement any home audio-visual viewing. By switching on the unique 3-0
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    • 165 8 1 nHMaP/ Z «nif AT3OE AT 320QXE very low weight replaceable stylus high quality sound 2 T' 2.0 m V output no step-up transformer or head amplifier necessary Z t Audio-Tedmia has directed its engmeertng As superb as its engineering. Audio-Technica m efforts to prodding even better reproduction, has just
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    • 108 10 THE COMPACT DISC CENTRE #04-13 Orchard C&E Building (between OG Building Centrepoint) Singapore 0923,. Tel: *****21/*****23 Telex: RS ***** COMDIS HARDWARE The Compact Disc Players. From the top names in the Hi-Fi business. t SOFTWARE The musical repertoire. The widest selection in South-East Asia. Over 1,000 titles, and increasing every
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    • 149 11 YOUR PERFECT CHOICE IN Absolute Sound SYSTEM 1 SYSTEM 2 Rega Planar 111 turntable Rega Planar 111 Tlirntable $750.00 c/w Goklring Epic Cartridge $800.00 A& R P-77 Cartridge $150.00 Myttch CA-202 Amplifier $450.00 A R A-60 Amplifier $820.00 Heybook HB-1 Pro-AC Tablettes $800.00 Loudepeekara c/w atanda $650.00 TOTAL: $2520.00 TOTAL:
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    • 137 12 "•'< n iz. k* i v r%< y; Ht ifti V* ;i The Thinking Man's Music System Sier Mk w m m t I ft. li |j M i I II W w w* PF < -j <»* I QUAD i fLtiiM' fbrthedosestapproach j totheonginalsound, t W* *o the 'QUAD
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