Singapore Monitor, 15 October 1984, Afternoon Edition

Total Pages: 35
1 3 Singapore Monitor
  • 16 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR rv EDITION i M C (P) No 21/5/84 Monday, October 15, 1984 30cents
    16 words
  • 568 1 AP, LAT-WP NEW YORK, Monday THE UNITED STATES military command, faced with gloomy assessments of the prospects for Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos remaining in power, quietly has leased land in the Mariana Islands as a possible alternative site for its Philippine bases, according
    AP, LAT-WP  -  568 words
  • 90 1 AP BEIJING, Mon SEVERAL people were trampled when raffle tickets for Japanese appliances went on sale for the Beijing Marathon, Chinese sources said of the unprecedented giveaway that also betrayed the age-old Chinese love of gambling. Eyewitnesses saw three or four people knocked unconscious in
    AP  -  90 words
  • 150 1  -  By MAGDALENE HAUW A MALAYSIAN, Ng Chiang Seng, had more pairs of shoes than he could ever wear in his lifetime. The only trouble is they weren't his. Today, Ng, 28, was jailed a month in a subordinate court for having SO
    150 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 19 1 ■PP Tightly-marked Maradona scores goal I SEE BACK PAGE TV GUIDE: PAGE 16 TV SCENE U HIGHLIGHTS: PAGE 17
      19 words
    • 82 1 VAN Souness scores in Sampdoria's win WW SEE BACK PAGE I Hi 1 t IS Hi I*•■■ DBS Bank is opening at Jurong East on Saturday, October 27. With services like current, Autosave, savings and fixed deposit accounts, credit card facilities and our day and night DBS Autobank. If your
      82 words

  • home
    • 62 2 THESE Hindu devotees have been waiting since 3 am on the five-foot way of some shops along Sooth Bridge Road to tahe part in the fire-walhing ritual at the Sri Mariamman Temple in the afternoon. The shop-owners are not objecting to the
      62 words
    • 292 2  -  By OEI SIN GIOK THE BIOTECHNOLOGY industry, which is relatively new in Singapore, is essentially one requiring heavy capital commitments and its returns are not usually realised immediately. Thus scientist Dr Duncan Low, director (Process Services) from Pharmacia Fine Chemicals, Uppsala, Sweden,
      292 words
    • 46 2 Biotechnology is the manipulation of living cells for the production of commercial products such as drugs, improved strains of plants or crops, and foodstuff. It is a multi-disciplinary subject which brings together the biochemist, the microbiologist, geneticist, the botanist and the chemical and biochemical engineers.
      46 words
    • 177 2  -  By HG MING MING SHIPBUILDERS and those connected with the shipbuilding and repairing industry are urged to make the Asean region one of the safest in the world. This is the only way to attract more foreign ships to our yards for repair
      177 words
    • 90 2 A CEREMONY was performed at noon today to invoke the heavenly gods to protect workers at the construction site of the 64-storey Overseas Union Bank headquarters at the corner of Chulia and Market Streets. The 15-minute rite was performed by Nippon Kokan K
      90 words
    • 180 2 A DISTRICT court was asked today to mete out deterrent sentences to 12 men for staying inside a live firing area. The 12 men had earlier pleaded guilty, in separate cases, to charges of remaining within the Singapore Armed Forces training area in
      180 words
    • 614 3  -  Noise levels in Singapore By RAY MILLER SINGAPOREANS will have to bear the noise from construction sites and the MRT for the next five years. In the meantime, our young people will literal lv walk into danger through using portable cassette recorders with
      614 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 129 2 Faber-Castell TG-1 TECHNICAL PENS Bff V < /^H W M m Now you can purchase this 4-piece set of Faber-Castell TG-1 Technical pens at the price of a 3-piece set and get a free gift comprising:- I A Faber-Castell mechanical pencil I 4 for the price Of 3 plus i
      129 words

  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 131 3 THE Pharmaton" FORMULA Scientific research by a Swiss pharmaceutical company has produced a preparation which effectively helps you to relieve tiredness and to strengthen your body's resistance: PHARMATON CAPSULES eres CAPSULES can help to do for you: Increase your vitality physical fatigue Give you a balanced dally health supplement I
      131 words
    • 46 3 Goodwood Park Hotel and UTA French Airlines present A TAHITIAN TAMARAA featuring the llimata Group from Ihhiti wv* Venue: Main Poolside, Goodwood Park Prices subject to 10% service charge and 3% govt. tax. QoocUwdßankhUel Member ol The Goodwood Group M mm 22 Scotts Road, Singapore 0922
      46 words

  • world
    • 415 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday THE MALAYSIAN Islamic party, Partai Se-Islam Malaysia (PAS), now wants to hold dialogues with the MCA and other interested political parties on cultural and Islamic matters to "clear up the misconception that PAS is an extremist party." Stressing that
      415 words
    • 193 4 UPI CAIRO, Mon A SENIOR Egyptian official quoted US Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger as saying significant progress had T>een made with US help in talks on an Israeli withdrawal from Southern Lebanon. The official, Presidential Adviser Osama ElBaz, said yesterday he expected
      UPI  -  193 words
    • 57 4 Sikhs carrying backets and shovels are seen here in a massive operation to clean up the holy pond moat snrroonding the Golden temple in Amritsar. The organisers said that over 400,000 Sikhs arrived to parity the pond after the Indian army assault on the temple in June
      57 words
    • 117 4 AP BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), Monday CALYPSO, the Caribbean music that combines a driving beat with catchy lyrics, has gained increasing use as a politcal forum. Professor Gordon Lewis, a University of Puerto Rico professor and Caribbean historian, said: "The calypsonian is the political satirist extraordinaire. In
      AP  -  117 words
    • 76 6 THAI PREMIER General Prem waves to a throng of reporters and photographers as he walked out of a lift at the Phra Mongkutlao Hospital, from which he was discharged on Friday. "I want to reiterate that I was able to recover quickly because of the moral
      76 words
    • 452 6 New lease of hope for Democrats after debate THE BMP TO THE WHITE BOOSE LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Mon "YES, WE'RE in a horse race," acknowledged President Reagan's campaign chairman Paul Laxalt as he ruefully pondered the polling results from last Sunday's opening presidential debate. "Walter
      LAT-WP  -  452 words
    • 148 6 SRI LANKA Reuter COLOMBO, Mon A DUSK-TO-DAWN curfew has been imposed in Sri Lanka's northern territorial waters to pre- vent separatist guerillas smuggling arms from India to the island. The state radio yesterday quoted National Security Minister Lalitn Athulathmudali as telling a public rally on
      Reuter  -  148 words
    • 111 6 PAKISTAN Reuter KARACHI, Monday PAKISTANI authorities yesterday relaxed a curfew imposed on parts of Karachi after five peo- ple were killed in clashes between Sunni and minority Shia Muslims on Oct 6. The curfew on Karachi, Pakistan's largest city with about seven million people, was lifted
      Reuter  -  111 words
    • 158 7 DATELINE:PABIS Reuter FRANCE, alarmed by an Irish guerilla bomb attack on the British Cabinet, successfully insisted on armed guards for President Francois Mitterrand's state visit here next week,'a British newspaper said today. A row broke out last June when two of Mr Mitterrand's
      Reuter  -  158 words
    • 593 7 THE SCOURGE OF TERRORISM DATELINE: LONDON Reuter, UPI ENGLISH-BORN Irish-Re-publican Army (IRA) volunteers who mincled with fuests at the hotel housing 'rime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Cabinet carried out the bomb attack using a "Day of The Jackal" plan, a newspaper
      Reuter, UPI  -  593 words
    • 386 7 DATELIXI: WASHIKGTOH LAT-WP THE FEDERAL Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has foiled at least seven terrorist incidents in the United States, including murders planned by Libyan nationals and members of the Puerto Rican leftwing group FALN, Attorney General William French Smith said on
      LAT-WP  -  386 words
    • 160 8 KUALA TRENGGANU, Monday HERDS of elephants and packs of bears went on the rampage, gorging themselves on millions of dollars worth of bananas and pineapples and laying waste to orchards, officials said yesterday. "It was an elephant havoc here. Then the bears moved
      160 words
    • 393 8 AP JAKARTA, Mon DESPITE laws protecting Indonesia's wildlife, most rare species are sliding toward extinction. But one animal seems to be faring well: The Komodo dragon. The "dragons" are actually giant lizards found only on Komodo Island between the Sumbawa and Flores Island
      AP  -  393 words
    • 53 8 Reuter JAKARTA, Mon THE TATTOOED bodies of five unidentified youths have been found in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesian police said yesterday. The bodies were found in five different locations and it appeared the youths were aU killed on Friday night, police said. They declined to give
      Reuter  -  53 words
    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 58 8 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS FRENCH actress Brigitte Bardot, 50, standing with her companion, TV producer Alain Dugrin Dubour, as they attended funeral services in Toulon for a friend at the weekend. The friend, Cosim Lippartiti, was killed last Sunday in an argument with a
        58 words
      • 60 8 DENISE FERNANDEZ, 21, of Petaling Jaya, will cherish last summer. That's when she became the first Malaysian to serve as a research assistant at the Faber Cancer Institute in the United States. She has started as a volunteer research assistant at the Institute testing a certain
        60 words
      • 44 8 THE 83-YEAR-OLD queen of romance, Miss Barbara Cartland, had just dictated 7,300 words of her 385 th book in a little over two hours. "I get my plots automatically," explains Miss Cartland at her home near London. "Don't ask me how."
        44 words
      • 59 8 BUCKINGHAM Palace might never have become Queen Elizabeth's official residence if her grandmother had gotten her way. Queen Mary, consort of King George V, thought of Buckingham Palace as "a hotbed of homosexuality." The name "Buckingham" horrified her because it reminded her of King James I's
        59 words
      • 71 8 THE synopsis of Anthony Perkins* latest film, Crimes of Passion, describes him as a sinister streetfront preacher who becomes obsessed with the character played by Kathleen Turner. Perkins, the haunting star of Psycho and Psycho 11, disagrees. "It's hard enough to be a heavy without being
        71 words
    • 120 8 UPI CROWN POINT (Indiana), Monday A 38-YEAH-OLD carpenter is facing felony charges for trying to make time stand still. It almost worked. Since Oct 4, no one has had to feed the 102 parking meters lining the square around the lake county courthouse because the
      UPI  -  120 words
    • 58 9 Blazing through the sky and leaving behind a trail of white smoke are these three Blue Angels part of the United States Air Force (USAF) aerobatic team. The magnificent Blue Angels were seen soaring past the skyline of San Francisco last Friday during a
      58 words
    • 398 9 LAT-WP MOSCOW, Mon THE SOVIET UNION has announced that it has begun deploying longrange cruise missiles aboard Soviet strategic aircraft and on Soviet submarines. A statement issued by the Ministry of Defence said these deployments were designed to offset a "massive deployment" by
      LAT-WP  -  398 words
    • 103 9 AP TOKYO, Monday Videotapes filmed at a supermarket in Western Japan show a "suspicious" man who may be one of the blackmailers that placed cyanide-poisoned candies in stores, the nationwide daily Asahi Shimbun reported yesterday. The tapes show the man, in his thir- ties,
      AP  -  103 words
    • 145 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon THE TOURIST Development Corporation's Di-rector-General, Mr Hamzah Abdul Majid, said the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) should get toS ether and welcome the apanese, Americans, Australians and others to visit Asean countries as package groups. He said the national
      145 words
    • 291 10 UPI BEIJING, Monday CHINA'S pragmatic leaders yesterday prepared to unveil potentially explosive capitalist reforms in a massive decentralization of economic power unprecedented in the nation's 35-year communist history. The sweeping reforms aim to scrap rigid state controls and unleash market forces, signalling a
      UPI  -  291 words
    • 51 10 UPI US SECRETARY of State George Shultz raising his glass In a toast to Salvadorean President Jose Napoleon Dnarte last week. Mr Shaltz made a 4-hour stopover In El Salvador. He said the US backs President Dnarte's decision to meet guerilla leaders in peace talks.
      UPI  -  51 words
    • 156 10 AP MICHIGAN, Mon RANK AND FILE members of the United Auto Workers ratified a threeyear labour contract with General Motors Corporation yesterday, the same day the union reached a tentative accord with the Ford Motor Corporation. The vote on the agreement with the
      AP  -  156 words
    • 33 11 The Arctic is not as pristine as many of us imagine. Pollution has reached the Far North and, more than anyone else, the Soviets are believed to be responsible for it.
      33 words
    • 32 11 A form of artificial intelligence will be put into action next year to monitor the generators of three Texas power plants. It can check and suggest corrective and preventive measures.
      32 words
    • 30 11 Medical science may have discovered a new disease. Called ALS for short, it has an antibody that causes nerve cells to stop branching to replace damaged cells.
      30 words
    • TRENDS ... Science and Medicine
      • 362 11 ANCHORAGE, (Alaska): If you're looking for the cleanest air on earth, cross the Arctic off your list. Despite the area's pristine image, scientists say Arctic air contains as much dirt as some rural and suburban areas, with the Soviet Union the major
        362 words
      • 173 11 BOSTON: University of Chicago researchers studying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, the disease they think killed actor David Niven may represent a new category of disease. Victims of ALS have an antibody that when in- jected into mice causes nerve cells in the brain
        173 words
    • 165 11 General Motors Corp has seen the future, and the future is machines that "see." Artificial vision will provide the missing link for fully automated manufacturing, which the auto-maker must have to compete with Japan. Because artificial vision is not yet widely used in Japan, and because the technology
      165 words
    • 80 11 An early form of artifi- cial intelligence will soon be watching over three Texas power plants. Starting early next year, Texas Utility Generating Co s plants at Martin Lake and Big Brown will be monitored 24 hours a day by a so-called expert system at Westinghouse Electric Corp's
      80 words
    • 103 11 Home computer owners use their machines daily for an average of two hours, a new survey says. The poll of 4,000 USA homes by Link Resources Inc., a New York research firm, also found that: 70 per cent of the home computer owners also own a video game
      103 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 79 4 T.V. ANTENNA PROBLEM Pieasfcali AHTECHNIC Ui" k*! 5 9 #i U".' 04- <8 Us I 4> I SnOtJSj!' •< •'lre 7be bpf St I 'UO< M 0...) l > -19bJ The perfect set meal, set at only $25++ Savour the finest Chinese cuisine, the warm and friendly service, in a
      79 words

  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 89 5 BORNEO MOTORS m? TOYOTA STARLET 1000 TOYOTA COROLLA DX 1300 TOYOTA COROLLA QL UFTBACK 1600 TOYOTA CARINA COUPE XEI6OO TOYOTA CRESSIDA QL AUTO 2000 TOYOTA CRESSIDA GLi 6 2000 TOYOTA CRESSIDA GLI6 AUTO 2000 I#*" v. ajfOM9k. TOYOTA CROWN ROYAL EFI2BOO TOYOTA SUPRA DOHC EFI 2800 TOYOTA HMCE (High Roof)
      89 words

  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 331 6 CONGRATULATIONS to ALL WINNERS hreen of the Spot Golauxmq Gontast Adult Section Primary Section Isl Plize Ist Prize Hlew Khee Sen Blk 221. Boon Lay Place #25-104 ***** Ng Hwee Mien Blk 211. Boon Lay Place #05-135 2nd Prize u ***** Ng Soon Thong Blk 54. Teiok Biangah Dr #06-32
      331 words

  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 61 7 DRAGON PHOENIX RESTAURANT pa uve no seafood no fiD r ADA! IDA ia garoupa q| GO SOON HOCK gi fa CRABS.PRAWNS 0 ia LOBSTERS 61 Delicious Cantonese Cuisine by HOOI KOKWAI We cater for birthday wedding parties buffet lunches business functions Live music and songs while you dine in comfort
      61 words
    • 91 7 Master Penguins dry cleaning and laundering outlets are now open servicing you with professional know how and a smile. Two convenient locations to bring your special dry cleaning and laundry needs to. Our Orchard road branch Holland Grove road branch at the Promenade at 24 Holland Grove road, opp. Mount
      91 words

  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 139 8 i i MING COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE Daily Buffet Lunch at Coffee Pot I Penang Hawker Favourites Come to Ming Court Hotel ri j yj OURNEYOOVI: /October 2nd to 20th 1 12noonto230pm i Discover cooking that is unique y. to Penang! All your favourites are 1 here... Assam Laksa, Ftoi*&, Roti
      139 words

  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 274 9 (From the new Singer generation) ■SfIIHENEW SEWING cracimnu Like driving a BMW for the price of a Charade. I nJ/f WM Built-in4-tup button including straight and !HJ[H hoier —for perfect stretch stitches, zig-zag, buttonholes with blind hem stitch and ric rac ll minimum of effort J (except model3ol2) all at
      274 words

  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 272 10 Insight To Aloe Vera-Herbal 6kin-Care pKW by MISS JERI JACOBUS Miss JERI JACOBUS. Chairman of ALOE PRO INC., DALLAS and her President, Mr. WARREN WALROD will l»i be visiting Singapore from October 24th to October 26th i >U 9 1984. In conjunction with their uisit, ALO PRO COSMETICS Venue Royal
      272 words

  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 144 11 A m id night snack or lunchtime bite, you' 1 find Agp our Coffee Shop just right. ■^j^MK' T Be it local specialities like spicy Soup Kambing, hot Nasi Lemak, Laksa. Oxtail Soup, Chicken Rice, delicious Fried Hokkien Mee or our continental fare. Mi Or if you prefer, take in
      144 words

  • money
    • 237 12 FOUR incumbents on the Stock Exchange of Singapore Committee are standing for re-election on the same slate as two other brokers. They are the current chairman, Mr Ong Tjin An of Ong Company, Deputy chairman, Mr Tsang Jat Meng of Tsang and
      237 words
    • 92 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Mon MALAYSIAN Qeputy Finance Minister, Mr Sabaruddin Chik, said foreign insurers with strong credentials are welcome to team up with local insurance firms. Speaking at the 22nd annual dinner of the Insurance Institute of Malaysia on Friday night, he said the insurance business
      Bernama  -  92 words
    • 347 12 LOOKING at the week ahead, Ong Co looks forward to firmer conditions on the local bourse. There is room for optimism based on both technical consideration and anticipated favourable overseas leads. For some time, the impending contents of the Malaysian Budget, to be presented
      347 words
    • 218 12 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Mon TIGHT money supply pushed interest rates to» "abnormal" heights in the money market last Friday. Overnight interbank rates opened at 60 per cent the highest recorded this week, but eased off to between 20 and 25 per cent Interest
      The Star  -  218 words
    • 439 12 CURRENCY REVIEW BY MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST TAIWAN DOLLAR FROM 39.85/USI on April 9, the New Taiwan dollar nas risen to 39.07/USf presently, with levels of around 38/US$ by year end likely. This appreciation reflects government policy which is specifically designed to promote imports and thus
      439 words
    • 98 13 MR CHUA KOON CHEK has been appointed general manager of Harpers Trading, Singapore. Mr Chua obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore and after graduation, he joined §GV-Goh Tan doing marketing consultancy work. Until recently, he was the general manager of Allied
      98 words
    • 138 13 IN SINGAPORE, the US dollar firmed against most other major currencies on short-covering interest in moderate early trading. Dealers said news of a 1.6 per cent rise in US September retail sales on Friday and a 0.2 per cent drop in wholesale prices contributed to the dollar's
      138 words
    • 149 13 Spotlight is on Ben Go and Pan-El THE Singapore bourse opened cautious with market prices holding at Friday's levels. Trading was selective but volume rather thin, though trading improved towards lunch break. Interest was confined to Ben Co and Pan-El. Top.volume-wise, DBS Loan Stock did 1.13 million to close at
      149 words
    • 46 13 AT THE mid-day break the OUB Composite Share Price Index was up 0.19 point to 432.14 from the previous day's close of 431.95. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weignted Index was up 0.2439 point to 132.8370 in morning trade from the previous day's close of 132.5931.
      46 words
    • 253 13 Selected slocks at midday. Market tone: slightly higher. Boustead 1.96 B Cold Store 3.04/3.10 F and N 5.45/5.50 Genting 4.96/4.98 GIH 2.57/2.58 Haw Par 2.10/2 12 Isetan 2.70/2.78 Keck Seng unq Esso 2.70/2.72 Hume unq Inchcape 2.51 B Intraco 2.78/2.79 M Cement 1.70 B Mulpha (S) 1.12/1.15 Oriental 3.40/3.42
      253 words
    • 107 13 Your S$ to one unit of foreign currency Selling Buying TT/OD TT OD US$ 2.1755 2.1655 2.1565 sterling 2.6558 2.6338 2.6238 Australian 1.8146 1.7906 1.7756 Canadian 1.6544 1.6343 1.6193 New Zealand 1.0629 1.0429 1.0229 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to one unit US$ 2.17 2.14 US$1 2.00 New Zealand 1.10 1.00
      107 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 56 12 A Fondue Feast at Economical Pirccs From now to Oct 31, you can enjoy Le Chalet's famous fondues for lunch at our promotion price of $20 plus 10% service charge 3% govt. tax. This offer includes a complimentary fresh Mushroom Soup and salad. Reservations: Tel: *****11 teChM Ladyhill Hotel J
      56 words
  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 89 13 J jk J J^MH|p i^P M^m 4' **"T A^^^pHnß||H|^HnHlMp^^''' .^■ssi®®ss§K^^l§^lmlm^hSS^P >s^^- s^» BR|jfe Haa? j 5' Le Pescadou Restaurant Provencal Magnificent Cuisines from the South of France The rustic charms of Provence come alive through the unique flavour of its cuisines, tangy lamb redolent with garlic and herbs...equally magnificent seafoods
      89 words

  • features
    • 613 14 New breed of super entrepreneurs build huge empires all over the globe WASHINGTON: Soon after the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in October 1981, Cairo moviegoers were briefly titillated by a film about a business tycoon who used his political connections to keep his son from
      613 words
    • 64 14 Interviews with numerous Iranians in Quetta and Karachi offer a profile of a typical refugee as young, middle class, educated and either openly sympathetic with the deposed monarchy or disillusioned with the revolution he once supported. Many are of draft age and say they are fleeing
      64 words
    • 427 14  -  By WILLIAM CLAIBORNE off Tho Washington Post QUETTA (Pakistan): Wearied by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's Islamic revolution and the debilitating war with Iraq, Iranians are slipping across the Pakistani border in increasing numbers. The influx of refugees is becoming a potential source of irritation between
      427 words
  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 73 14 THE PAIN RELIEVER THAT ALSO Reduces inflammation while it relieves pain, fever and flu. Muscle tension causes most headache pain. Inflammation often comes with body pain. ANACIN not only relieves muscle tension headache fast, but more. ANACIN also reduces inflammation that often comes with body pain. For pain and its
      73 words

  • opinion / letters
    • 456 15 uau— WHEN a mistake is made, and worse, made known publicly, it arouses a lot of emotion. Disagreement about huge sums of money and high finance is enjoyable in "Dallas" or 'Talcon Crest", but what does it mean to the man in the street
      456 words
    • 238 15  -  ELVIN TAN Singapore 9109 I REFER to the letter "Take a good look at yourself, Chiam told" (SM, Oct 10) in which the writer asked Mr Chiam See Tong, the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) Secretary-General, to examine his contribution to the people. In my
      238 words
    • 145 15  -  M PANG Singapore 1646 THE entrance to and exit of Carpark No 9 at Bedok North Avenue 3 is too near to the traffic light junction. To facilitate the movement of vehicles in and out of the carpark, the relevant authority should consider having
      145 words
    • 147 15 THE Kusu Island pilgrimage season is currently on and the Clifford Pier is, as usual, crowded during this season. I boarded a CSS bus No. 8 at a bus stop opposite Clifford Pier on Oct 3 at 4.50 pm. Two women in their
      147 words
  • Page 15 Advertisements
  • Page 15 Miscellaneous

  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 1201 16 leisure 1 Sample 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlight* followed by Prin- Jj|^ cess Chang Ping (r) (C). 3.55 Mr Wizard's World. 4.20 Pinwheel. '«v 4.45 Watercolour Paintings: Imaginative Designs with Alex a 7 zB 5.05 Cartoon Selections. VL 5.15 Romper Room (E). WT' I a Jl| V V Caroline, half
      1,201 words

  • leisure
    • 376 17 'V (Part 2) (E) (Malay subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.15 pm) ALIEN spaceships have invaded Earth. Mike Donovan becomes suspicious and investigates. He finds out that the aliens are not what they appear to be and are planning to take over Earth. Unfortunately, the aliens have already convinced
      376 words
    • Article, Illustration
      534 17  -  TV SCENE By WONG AH YOKE AFTER the sobering trek down history in The Awakening 11, SBC's Chinese Drama (Jnit will now follow it up with a light-hearted look at Singaporean youth. Growing Up, a 20episode drama which traces the story of three young men who leave their
      534 words
  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 105 17 VIDEOCRAFT CLOSED CIRCUIT T V. EQUIPMENT ACCESSORIES FOR SECURITY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS Low light level Television camera^^^^ Simulated CCTV cameras Video-com equpt accessories Video Monitors 1 CCTV lenses Video time, date year generators Video sensors HH Video image splitters Manual video switchers LhMBH Auto sequential switchers Video auto homing switchers Video
      105 words

  • leisure
    • 1204 18 LATWP NEW YORK: Helen Hayes waves for a taxi on East 4Srd Street. While other celebrated actresses Marlene Dietrich, Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo have in their later years shunned the harsh spotlight that once proclaimed their beauty to the world, Hayes at
      LATWP  -  1,204 words
    • 385 19  -  OLD FASHIONED, FEMININE CHARM Clothes: THE BAGATELLE SHOPPE Hats: PRINTEMPS Location: RAFFLES HOTEL Co-ordination: INEZ WEI GIRLS will be girls. No matter how much you love your well-worn jeans and T's, there comes a time to depart from that very casual image and luxuriate in pretty feminine finery.
      Pictures: SPENCER LOH  -  385 words
    • 1049 20  -  Steiger's 'hot and cold' career By LAN LYNESS OPA TWO little words haunt actor Rod Steiger and they have been the bane of his life for as long as he can remember. "They have a terrible way of describing your status in showbusiness and
      OPA  -  1,049 words
  • Page 18 Advertisements


  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 428 20 fUM OU'Qg- DALIT (*****16): BEFORE DAWN (C) METROPOLE (*****27): PLAY CATCH (C) Starring: Deanne Yip, Ro Feng, Liu Dan VENUS (*****97): PITUITARY HUNTER (C) Synopsis: A film about prostitutes and their problems with society and family. LIWAQU (*****30): BEFORE DAWN (C) -Jll il lijU I) Jin ANQ MO K, (*****01):
      428 words

  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 142 21 CAPITOL Last FEW DAYS (*****59) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.45, 4.00, 6.30, 9.15 The new police recruits. Z.X Call them MR what you like HI B Just donl call them when you Ye an STAinc STEVE GUTTENBERG-DM CATTRALL a iaoo COM*** ■mm BUBRA SMITH GEOBGE GATOES ASCO©T lusabj JADE: 12th
      142 words
    • 114 21 ********************000 2 GOLDEN SULTAN: 19th FUNNIEST DAY! 2 X 4th FLOOR, SULTAN PLAZA, JALAN SULTAN X X (*****76) S SHOWS: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 A 9.15pm X 2 IT S BEAUTIFUL! IT'S FUNNY! 2 g IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRAZY! g CATHAY: 47th SPLASHING DAY! g q(*****00) 5 SHOWS: 11am. 1.30, 4.00,
      114 words
  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 344 21 Exhibitions CHINESE PAINTINQ EXHIBITION A CHINESE Painting Exhibition by Robin Chong and Chia Lay Yong will be held today, 10 am to 6 pm, at the Art Gallery, Chinese Chamber of Commerce Building. The paintings are for sale. All proceeds from Robin Chong's paintings will be donated to The Singapore
      344 words
    • 508 21 Poster exhibition .on German theatre PETER COOPER JAZZ AT THE FORUM INTERNATIONAL pianist, teacher THE National University of Singaand examiner Peter Cooper will pore, Centre for Musical Activities, give a piano lecture-recital of works presents Jazz at the Forum, featurby Claude Debussy at St Patrick's Sng the NUS Stage Band,
      508 words
    • 168 21 to Drama Festival TODAY and tomorrow, 8 nightly Liu Mingzhu (by Er Woo Amateur Musical and Dramatic Association) at Victoria Theatre. Oct 18 to 20, 8 nightly Blithe Spirit (by Institute of Education Drama Group) at Drama Centre. Tickets are priced at $3 and $2, and are available at these
      168 words

  • 269 22 The Chef Recommends HERE'S good news for gourmets who fancy oysters. The exotic shell fish will soon be available in a variety of dishes at the Brasserie La Rotonde, the French Restaurant at The Marco Polo Hotel. A special Oyster Bar will be set up
    269 words
  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 280 22 WORTH INDIAN CUISINE FOOD-FIT FOR ROYALTY I Savour tempting delights such as: TwdooH Kiag Prmnt A, 'NufNMtu K—■ NMI Ityal Iwilil Menu change* dally #05-36 Far East Plaza, YjHhl Scott* Road. S'pore 0922 (opposite Holiday Inn. Next to Hyatt Regency.) We also cater for weddings, parties special occasions. TEL: *****40
      280 words
    • 238 22 The Rang Mahal Restaurant at the Oberoi Imperial Hotel is offering special range of traditional, festive sweets for Deepavali. A kilo of mixed sweets costs $26 and orders have to be placed at least a week before Deepavali. Drunken Prawns! Live Seafoodl mr 4 Shanghai Restaurant Catering lor al Wadding
      238 words
    • 204 22 aj!s3j PENTHOUSE RESTAURANT I I] Holland Rotd Shopping Centre, 4th Floor. > I Te1:*****06/*****18 for another I r*arv <>«•* eX n^ar>N^rnin9 i Annivertjr'" to theoven«" 1 ooe mo"*' gourn? 1 respond 9 Courses_with g WHOLEJSXJCKLINGJMG f only $280 Terms: Cash JW a a 1. Special IS Soup 3 Su R
      204 words

  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 538 23 leisure/comics 23~| FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook -JfVWtr n K Y mo, v s J Atift nclfollfc ADPlC*fl<>N t EjrfuL &>»■ tfITW ART, fro**PlH<r ir*Ajo&\ —> dlfkV Or YOUMWWJ. <( VoOWE IShJ'T A HA&tTi IT I PtScRJPTiO^') sip/ I cowpotsw^ ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA There is likely to
      538 words

  • open line
    • ANSWER BOX
      • 402 24 THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUERIES I own a private car and am thinking of selling It to a second-hand-car denier. I understand that the Registry of Vehicles requires the seller to transfer the car's ownership within seven dnys of sale. The seller has also to
        402 words
      • 93 24 fl I am an "A" level stodent. I love travelling and am thinking of a career with Singapore Airlines. I woald like to know what it takes to be an SIA hostess. To be an SIA air hostess (or air stewardess) you should be 18-25 years
        93 words
      • 224 24 I'm a Filipina maid, working for almost 10 months with a Chinese family here. 1) Do we have the right to have every Sunday off even thoagh the employers have an agreement with oar agencies to a day off twice a month, or one day off a
        224 words
      • 55 24 Something troubling you? Need clarification on certain issues? Let us help. Send your queries to us and we will try to get the relevant authorities or organisations to provide the answers. Send your questions to: Open Line, The SingaS>re Monitor, 2 Alexandra Road, #03-01 Delta
        55 words
    • 1203 24 WHO CAN PAWN ARTICLES Anybody above the age of 16 who is not a drunkard can pawn articles. You can also get someone else to pawn them for you as long as he does not fall in the two categories mentioned. But although
      1,203 words
    • FAST TIPS
      • 186 24 INFORMATION YOU CAN USE DO YOU find your clothes and paraphernalia in disarray whenever you unpack after a long flight? To prevent your things from slipping about and your clothes looking a mess when you reach your destination, pack as
        186 words
      • 85 24 ARE YOU one of those who like sitting outdoors on a sunny day but don't really want to sunbathe? Take refuge in broad-brimmed hats and long-sleeved, loose-fitting (preferably cotton) clothes. The most effective protection is given by a light layer
        85 words
      • 132 24 THERE are all sorts of adhesive tapes around that are a lot easier to use than glues, screws, nails or paint. For instance, when you want to paint a straight line, put two pieces of masking tape across whatever you are decorating
        132 words

  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 285 25 VAN Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: Word* 0.3S cent* p«r word 0.55 ccnt* per word Display $7.70 p«r col. cm $10.00 p«r col. cm Bwalncaa Hr* Mon-Fri. 9am-spm Sat. 9am-lpm ACCOUNTING A ADDALL 63-1433 acct. forms, records systems refills compatible with yours A 1 ACCOUNTING 280-7777/ 1157 (day)
      285 words
    • 218 25 Madame Iki's Oriental facial for problem skin 741-5016. Reds Salon (Rochor Centre) 296-7460/ 296-7250 Reds Salon (Parkway Parade) 440-4724 BMIDAL SEmVtCES Bridal Bouquet Serv 250-2114 Gnomes Flower People 445-2251 Paper Cottage Card 474-0149 CAM MENTAL Bridal Car for rent 468-1425 Eastern United (Car I Truck Rental) 440-2204/5 Ehnn Rent A
      218 words
    • 306 25 MONITOR'S DIRECTORY CLEANING Flora-Kleen Serw 278-6042. G S M. Carpet Shampoo 337-7769. Kleenshine Industrial 5er*****2 DISCO SERVICES A-Disc Promotions 732-1900 BnckhouM MoMe Disco 545-9163 Casa Blanca 440-2277/ 743-3477 O-Airwaves Mobile Disco *****06 Goodtimes 224-3111/ 223-0414 Immensity Link *****65/*****71. Kraze Mobil Disco 440-6197/ 771-7393. Monster Rock 280-0306 Morroco 252-3959/ 252-4903 Music
      306 words
    • 74 25 FAJWCTMEM Jolly Joker Fancy Dress 469-4439. FLORISTS Annie Florist Ser vice. ..212-3298. nißUrrfrer HJKNITVKE /RESTORATION /REUPHOISTERY Ankoh Interior Decor 449-3398. Anne Foo Sofa Centre.2ss-7280 'Specialist in upholstery custom—made sofa. Trade—in acceptable Reasonable price. Tel: 748-7240 (day) 448-8443 (night). INTERIOR DECOR/DESIGN /REPAIRS Ankoh Interior Decor ..449-3398. AlB CONTRACTS, interior t renovation,
      74 words
    • 266 25 Eric's Cu-" v Tuition 445-1291. Technics Music School 469-3714 Victor Music Centre 746-9770 Victor Music Centre 338-3215 Victor Music Centre 741-7924. office SEMVKES Yen Lee Typewriter Repair *****11. FAC9CEB9 MOVERS Ace Removal 280-8969 Scanfreifht... 221-6970/ 220-2659 Winland Forwarder .294-3521/2. PARTY DECOMATOMS Gnomes Party People 441-3340 PEN PALS Chong Kuan Sang,
      266 words
    • 299 25 Goodluck Friends Ctr .337-4705 Lucky Friendship Ag...296-9255/ 296-2192 298-5145. Active Pest Control 459-4990. PHOTOGRAPHY David, Video Filming ...449-1588 Edward, UK trained provides video filming/ photo video transfers/ dubbing 734-3840/ 1, 442-3265 (res). Photo, Video for all occasions (after 7 pm) Tel: 456-3906 Photo/ Translate/ type 452-1745. Video Record Service 293-6064.
      299 words

  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 332 26 classified 273-909Q Sitmatioma Vmcmat Here's what they've got to smile about:- Good starting salary Free medical attention 5-day work week Transport allowance No scope work it SBS But SarvicM I I T>oo9 B«Ihu 2.44.6b. 79.97. ITS. B*dofc 229 IWom B«dot> InitfChanqc) I 147.181.181.195.196.197 For a promising future call I us
      332 words
    • 213 26 FOOD COMER/ CATERERS Htmm /banquet /weddng torthdiy /cock tal/reception e»c HI $10 par paraon (8 oouraaa). mm 30 parsons Tel: 442-0668 m limr WWH A detaous tood to your doorstop. OMararM manu everyday to ortwt your *>peMee Lunches A draw* are alio av stable Fast A prompt delivery. Cat now!
      213 words
    • 223 26 MERCHANDISE AMP SERTICES At Your Service j= J Steiner Mr Services -sunes ISLANOWIOE COURIER EXPRESS AND DESPATCH SERVICE Domestic Services ■V AMPPL f tMUMO and unskAed foreign workers from Sh Lanka, krta. Bangladesh. Thatand A PhAppma Permit arrangeeble Also avaaabie Sri Lanka Houeemaid Contact Jeyes Enterprise 337-4850/ 337-4873. Licence No
      223 words
    • 56 26 Furniture /Furnishings cam nmmrvm, mnmOUTOn tor rental/ sale 26. Greenwood Avenue (off HMcrest Road). Te1:489-0478/ 468-4241 Opens: Sundays/ PuMc Holidays. Office Equipment A Furniture MAmtOLSnKY or SOFAS, cushions, etc. Specialist chargng reasonable rates Please cal 481-0077 (day). *****96 (night) Packers Movers Mf and night services Friendty and helpful workers at
      56 words
    • 94 26 FIOPttTT j Accommodation Vacant Ttumtom MM MMTNUMU double-storey maisonette with spacious lvmg/ drmmg room, 3 bedrooms tor immediate rent. Tennis court," swdmmlng pool fadMes. Tel: 235-2411, Alee/ Florence/t>G Ng. BOOM TtCK mn oft Bales tier Road. Luxuriously furnished apartments/ penthouses for immediate rent. Swimming pool faculties. Tel 734-9181. Miss Ng.
      94 words

  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 411 27 classified 273-9090 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. IBS AND T4JNION CORPORATION (PTE) LTD. (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) Notice is hereby given that the creditors of the abovenamed company, which is being wound up voluntarily, are required on or before the 14th day of November 1984 to send In
      411 words
    • 399 27 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. IBS AND IN THE MATTER OF DOBEST TRADES SERVICES PTE LTD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a meeting of the directors of the above-named company duly convened and held on the 10th day of October 1984, the following resolutions were duly
      399 words
    • 323 27 DOBEST TRADE ft SERVICES PTE LTD NOTICE OF MEETING OF CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 260 of the Companies Act, Cap. 185 that a meeting of the creditors of the company will be held at the office of the Provisional Liquidator, Mr. Urn Kok Khuang of K.K.
      323 words
    • 455 27 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Lee Yok Eng of No. 58, Jalan Ketuka, Singapore 2775, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop licence in respect of premises at M/s: Ng Yong Hin, 58, Jalan Ketuka, Singapore 2775, and that this application will be heard in Court No.
      455 words
    • 304 27 NOTICE This is to inform that Mr. Chew Keng Leong, NRIC No: *****73/ C and Mr Chew Kheng Eng, NRIC No: *****53/ C are no longer under our employment with effect from 27/9/84. Therefore, they are not authorised to transact any business or collect monies on behalf of Syzygy Building
      304 words

  • sports
    • 213 28 Reuter TARPON SPRINGS (Florida), Mon AMERICAN Michelle Torres won the first major title of her young professional career yesterday when she beat Canadian Carling Bassett 6-1 7-6 at a US$l5O,OOO (*****,000) women's tennis tournament. Torres earned US$2B,OOO for the one hour and 45 minute-match,
      Reuter  -  213 words
    • 127 28 AP RIYADH, (Saudi Arabia), Monday THE INTERNATIONAL Volleyball Federation (IVBF) has suspended the Taiwan team from participating in international competitions because it had pulled out of the Asian Junior Championship games here, it was announced here yesterday. The Taiwan team pulled out
      AP  -  127 words
    • 407 28 THE HA* J1AN-M0RTEN FROSMKBI AP PORTSMOUTH (England), Monday DENMARK'S leading players, Morten Frost, the European champion, ana Kirsten Larsen, carried off the two singles titles with superb displays at the British Masters badminton tournament on Saturday. Frost beat China's Han Jian
      AP  -  407 words
    • 304 28 UPI JOHANNESBURG, Monday ZOLA Budd, the tiny South Africanborn runner who was involved in a collision with American Mary Decker in the Olympic 3,000 metre final, faces an agonising decision crucial to her track career, a newspaper report said yesterday. Johannesburg's Sunday
      UPI  -  304 words
    • 318 29 Reuter VALENCIA, Monday BERNHARD Langer clipped four shots off the four-day-old course record with a closing 62 to win the Spanish Open golf title at El Saler here yesterday. He finished 13 below par on 275 to win by two strokes from
      Reuter  -  318 words
    • 142 29 Reuter BEIJING, Monday INDIA'S women's basketball team, tired and hungry after flight delays caused their late arrival in Shanghai, were narrowly beaten 49-44 by Singapore on the second day of the Asian Championships, the New China News Agency said today. Arriving just in
      Reuter  -  142 words
    • 172 29 AP CHICAGO, Monday BRUCE Fordyce of Johannesburg, South Africa, beat a field of more than 200 to win the American Medical Joggers Association Ultramarathon yesterday, completing the 80 kilometres in four hours, 50 minutes and 50 seconds. Favoured Eleanor Mary Adams, /36, won
      AP  -  172 words
    • 441 30  -  IRAQIS AND ARGENTINES TO GO ALL OUT FOR A WIN IN DEBUT MATCH By S GULAM SOCCER fans should get their money's worth of thrills, spills and goals with both Iraq and Argentina promising to start their Merlion Cup campaign with a bang in a
      441 words
    • 699 30 AP BEIJING, Monday HIDEKI Kita of Japan sprinted past teammate Kunimitsu Ito in the final itraightway yesterday and won the 1984 Beijing International Marathon in a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes and 16 seconds. Ito, who has had a string of good
      AP; PICTURE: UPI  -  699 words
    • 694 31 BLACK FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN BRITAIN FACE ABUSE FROM FANS AP LONDON, Monday BLACK soccer star John Barnes is hailed as a hero whenever he pulls on an England shirt and represents his country. But at club matches, Barnes and Watford teammate Luther Blissett become targets for
      AP  -  694 words
    • 994 31 EMOUSM WV ONE O>*0 If INi um* wr i i a 11 a TtfMtM 10 I 1 3 II 10 10 s*.n ««j 10 i J I 10 14 11 Mmttrnm UM 10 4 I 1 10 0 17 tottf 10 I I 1 10 14 17
      994 words
    • 497 32 MONITOR sports Reuter ROME, Monday, DIEGO MARADONA, for whom Napoli laid out US$7.5 million (5515.8 million), displayed his wizadry in his team's clash with Lazio to score a goal for his side despite the tight marking. Maradona with his feints, swerves and bursts
      Reuter  -  497 words

  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 72 29 Subscribe Monitor now! Enjoy the convenience of home delivered Sunday Monitor at no extra cost mail coupon below or call *****88 x 327/328 (during office hours) to place your order. r I Send coupon to: The Singapore Monitor Ltd I Circulation Department Alexandra P.O. Box 285 I Singapore 9115 I
      72 words


  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 218 31 forecastTUP" ISucky Draw Prize* Preliminary 12 matchea and aeml-flnala: v f The lucky winner at the end of each match will atand to win an rr r < 8.3 cu. ff. family alzed Sanyo Refrigerator. B Final Match: lal Prize: Family alzed Sanyo Refrigerator W 2nd Prize: Video Caaaette Recorder
      218 words

  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 11 32 Faber-CaeteH Textliner For people focusing on essentials ■j W, m-i. WW
      11 words
    • 62 32 KENNEX BORON ACE sy f SPORTS fa lIISUBI IPTfI ITD J How your kids can hold their own when it comes to telling the time. The L 550 P(K) is designed to be as tough as your L 550 P(K) watch 3-year battery Simple to use Available in black SANYO
      62 words

  • Singapore Monitor
    • Title Section, Illustration
      3 1 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
      3 words
    • 409 1 YOU will always do a better job if you believe in what you are doing. And the cast and crew of Jesus Christ Superstar, which opens at the Neptune Theatre Restaurant tonight, sincerely believe in this production. They put effort, heart and soul into
      409 words
    • 249 1 WHEN Timothy Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber presented Jesus Christ Superstar on stage in 1971, critics around the world acclaimed it as a production to change the entire structure and future of modern music. They were right. It was a heroic work,
      249 words
    • 264 1 THE time is now ripe for the arrival of largescale, internationally famous cultural productions to Singapore, said Ksana Natalenko, the executive producer of Jesus Christ Superstar, the first full-scale rock opera ever to be performed here. She said: "Singapore is a cosmopolitan
      264 words
    • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 155 2 ROCK OPERA STARS TALK ABOUT THEIR SUPERSTAR EXPERIENCE... DOUG PARKINSON: as JUDAS A lot of people think that H Australians are only good for playing football, cricket and swimming. We see ourselves as cultural ambassadors, showing the world that there is cultural ability in our
      155 words
    • 230 2 THE stage set of Jesus Christ Superstar is unique in that it is hydraulically driven and moves during the performance. This behemoth is constructed of steel and weighs almost seven tonnes. It requires 18 hours to erect and five hours
      230 words
    • 389 2 "WOULD you watch the sunrise on your television set, or would you go out on a hilltop to watch the real thing?" asked Trevor White, who plays the title role in the rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar. "That's the question I put to people who ask me
      389 words
    • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 181 3 THE production of Jesus Christ Superstar was saved by a minor miracle when it opened in Hong Kong last week, on the first leg of its Asian tour. Up until the last minute, the opening performance hung in the balance, suspended by the non-arrival of
      181 words
    • 188 3 STAGE manager Derek Weith and production co-ordinator Bill McCartney have the mammoth task of making sure that the Jesus Christ Superstar show always goes on wherever their troupe performs. This involves moving almost 20 tonnes of equipment with a full-time crew of
      188 words
    • Page 3 Advertisements
      • 111 3 LONIHAND PROMOTIONS AND THE MANDARIN SINGAPORE BY ARRANGEMENT WITH ROBERT STIGWOOD AND MCA MUSIC AUSTRALIA present ***********************************00 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR ***********************************00 A spectacular new version of the World's Greatest Stage Hit At the Neptune Theatre Restaurant October 15th 18th Dinner show: VIP seats Ss2oo nett per person Other seats Sslso
        111 words