Singapore Monitor, 5 November 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Monday, November 5, 1984 30cents
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  • 591 1 Agencies WASHINGTON, Monday THE AMERICAN voters appear ready to give President Reagan a historic reelection victory of landslide proportions tomorrow and possibly restore his work- ing majority in the House of Representatives to go along with continued but diminished control of the Senate. As Mr
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  • 181 1 WASHINGTON, Monday MR REAGAN explained for the first time why he made a joke last summer about bombing the Soviet Union. "Actually I meant it as a satirical blast at those trying to paint me as a warmonger," he said. Before a radio address
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  • home
    • 88 2 TALENTIME84 prr KUO PO, who was expected to be among LCI I the top three finalists, was filled with tension before the results were announced. She appeared disappointed after scores put her at sixth position of the eight finalists and disappeared almost immediately after the presentation of prizes.
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    • 108 2 IRfIVF FAMILY duet Frank and Robin were HOUWt iull of jubilance while waiting for the results. It was either them or Pese Kara, many fans had guessed. And true to speculation, they came in first in the group section. On the right is Mr Martin Best,
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    • 358 2  -  Story: JANICE LIM IT was a close fight and the judges had a hard time arriving at the decision. The result a tie between Connie Chew and John Chan in the number of points scored but Connie walked away with two winning tickets to Epcot Centre
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    • 263 3 Doctor's claim is based on a study he makes on 1,716 consecutive cases FLU IS the commonest illness in our urban society, according to a doctor. This is followed by disease of the stomach, skin, eye, ear and throat. Dr Kwan Kah Yee was presenting
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    • 269 3 Lianhe Wanbao TWO HIGHLY-DECOMPOSED bodies were found in different locations in Singapore on Saturday. One of them was a woman about 40 years old. The other was a man, about 20 years old. Both have been dead about two weeks.
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    • 148 3 FOUR extra jerry cans can make your Landrover go a long way as a Work Improvement Teams (Wits) from the 2 SAF TPT Battalion found out. The Landrover has a fuel capacity of 45 litres which will cover 200 km. The
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    • 234 4 SINGAPOREANS dug into their storerooms for their changkuls yesterday to make Tree Planting Day a success. Ministers, MPs, SAF units and schoolchildren did their share of the work to help keep the city green This year's theme for tree-planting is
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    • 330 4 EVEN AS Ministers and MPs went about planting 3,745 trees all over Singapore yesterday, reporters found that carefully planted questions could yield a bagful t)f stories. IN GEYLANG WEST, the MP and Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan, provided a
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    • 391 4  -  By EE BOON LEE THE IMPACT of the Mass Rapid Transit system on lifestyles in the inner city was emphasised yesterday by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew when he visited Outram Park, where an MRT station is under construction. On the
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    • 697 6  -  By EE BOON LEE THE CURRENT series of ministerial walkabouts, which began in October 82, will end on Dec 2, the clearest signal that the long-antici-pated general election will most definitely be held next month. By then, 71 of the 75
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    • 168 6 By EE BOON LEE ME HWANG Soo Jin, 48, who has been the Member of Parliament for Jalan Kayu since 1968, is stepping down for personal reasons. He will be the 20th of the 73 People's Action Party MPs to stand down. And his
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    • 177 6 "THAT'S our new MP!" whispered some grassroots leaders in Kreta Aver yesterday wnen they saw a slim, bespectacled, grey-haired man accompanying Mr Phua Bah Lee, the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Defence) at a treeplanting ceremony. They were referring to Dr Richard
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    • 190 6 By LOONG SWEE YIN TWO PERSONS did not hesitate to voice out their complaints when Mr S Dhanabalan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Culture, "strolled around" Kaki Bukit and Jalan Besar constituencies yesterday. At Kaki Bukit, Mr Ng
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    • 91 7 THE FIRST Rhythmic Exercise Festival was held at the Toa Payoh indoor stadium over the weekend. The Minister for Health, Mr Howe Yoon Chong, opened the festival which was attended by more than a thousand people. The onenight festival was organised by the Singapore Sports Council
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    • 308 7 THE ClD's Organised Crime Branch is holding two men for questioning in connection with several recent armed robberies. The two were picked up after officers from the branch made raids at the High Street and Balestier Hoad areas at the weekend. One of
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    • 98 7 ISSUES of topical interest to those in the legal profession in the region will be discussed for the first time by the Asean Law Association (ALA) conference to be held in Singapore in the middle of this mont^h. At'the three-day bi-annual general assembly and
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 119 3 I Unbelievable But True I I Special Trade-in Discounts of up to $700 I I Any Brand, Any Age! I I You can now trade-in your old motorcycle or scooter R (on-the-road, ANY BRAND, ANY AGE) and enjoy trade-in Kf S discounts of up to $700 on net retail prices
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    • 382 4 THE CONSTRUCTION NXJSTKY DEVELOPMENT BOARD SEMINAR on "Butting Construction Challenges in a Singapore Urban Environment? This Seminar is organised for Architects, Consulting Engineers. Government Officials. Developers, Contractors, Interior Designers and all involved in and Construction Industry Seminar Chairman Mr Gan Eno Qon President. Singapore Institute of Architects SEMINAR PROGRAMME Papers
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    • 171 5 With most air conditioners, you end up being fried by high electricity bilk Only Fisher is cokta quieter and cheaper to run. FACT. Fisher cuts electricity costs FACT. Fisher is reliable. The rotary with highest Energy Efficiency compressor is guaranteed 5 years. Ratios —up to 9.78 BTU/wh. n, lWl^iM r|
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    • 146 6 Awhopping interest fiee loan on your Mazda 323 Now, when you buy any Mazda 323-1.1,1.3, 1.5, m or GT B savings, because you pay absolutely no interest on a 10,000 loan for 36 B monthly instalments. B And even if your loan is K more than $10,000, B we'll work
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    • 143 7 Official timekeeper since Los Angeles 1932, Omega again marks y the history of the Olympic Games in 1984. And with the Constellation chronometer, JnM Omega marks once more the \VV. \v X\ DD *****66 (Stee/* I4ct gold) 511.950 V V BA *****66 (IBd gold) 519.950 U vO Registered models Omega
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  • world
    • 275 8 Reuter NEW DELHI, Monday WHILE her husband, India's new Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, stood calmly by the funeral pyre of his mother on Saturday, Sonia wept uncontrollably. Indira Gandhi's assassination last Wednesday has placed Rajiv's 36-year-old Italian wife unexpectedly in the political limelight. "She is dead
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    • 443 8 ASSASSINATION OF INDIRA GANDHI AP NEW DELHI, Mon ALLEGATIONS that the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was part of a large conspiracy headed by an army general gained wider currency yesterday as several national newspapers carried fresh plot claims. The Hindustan Times, a
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    • 25 8 MR RAJIV GANDHI,-only surviving son of assassinated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, lights his mother's funeral pyre in New Delhi on Saturday
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    • 47 8 AP NEW DELHI, Monday MORE than 16,000 people, mostly Sikhs, have taken refuge in relief camps, police stations and religious shrines in the capital since rioting erupted following Prime Minister Indira Gandhi s assassination, a New Delhi top official said yesterday. AP
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    • 43 8 AP TOKYO, Monday NEW Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi yesterday accepted an invitation to visit Beijing and promised he will continue to pursue his mother's policy of improving relations with China, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported to-
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    • 531 9 TUMID TO mwnnmß Reuter WASHINGTON, Monday THE US PRESIDENTIAL election will proceed tomorrow, as always, under rules devised by 18th Century aristocrats who did not. trust the people to pick their own leader. The result, decreed in the US Constitution,
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    • 260 9 AP NEW YORK, Monday FUELLED BY rapidly growing sales to the United States, East Asia is enjoying its most spectacular economic growth since the *****, Time Magazine's Pacific board of economists said. Several countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand ana the Philippines have
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    • 67 9 AP BEIJING, Mon CHANGSHA, the provincial capital where tne late Chairman Mao Zedong went to school, has banned the blare of loudspeakers and car horns. Endless martial music and political exhortation were a feature of the *****976 cultural revolution. The Hunan provincial capital
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    • 253 10 JAPANESE FIRM DEVELOPS NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM AP TOKYO, Monday NEC CORP, one of Japan's leading computer manufacturers, has developed artificial intelligence that can design largescale integrated circuits (VLSIS) on its own a big step towards the making of a "thinking" computer. Although a computer
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 93 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS ATHLETE Zola Budd, controversially granted British citizenship and a place in the British team to the Los Angeles Olympics, may have opted to stay in her native South Africa for love. The Sunday Times said that all the time she was
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      • 84 10 STALIN'S daughter Svetlana reportedly returned to the Soviet Union because she was homesick and wished to see her two eldest children and her grandchildren. The mass circulation Bild new4f>aper yesterday quoted a source close to the Kremlin as saying that she was living with her children and woulaT
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      • 86 10 THE MILITANT leader of Britain's coalminers, Arthur Scargill, has become an unexpected factor to be considered by world oil producers in their efforts to balance supply and demand. Aides of Opec ministers said Mr Scargill's refusal to end the British coal strike on any terms short of
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      • 86 10 FORMER Northern Ireland soccer international George Best was arrested yesterday after failing to appear in court to answer a drunken-driv-ing charge. Best, arrested at his London home, had to be handcuffed after a scuffle with officers in a waiting van. Police charged Best, 38, with driving with
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    • 359 8 Conference on: "EFFECTIVE BUILDING MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT" embracing: Improved maintenance practices and procedures; Life cycle Costing for Design Evaluation; Common Defects; Liability for Defects; Energy Management. ns«°"' oaw aCo"«» oU Conference Faculty from the National University of Singapore j Mr Cllve Briffett Assoc Prof. Henry Ong m oV 198* Mr Chew-Quah
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    • 343 9 THE COLD FACTS ON WHY YOU SHOULD OWN A SANYO ™"j|j To begin with, there's A the truly remarkable Chilled Room This innovative feature maintains a constant II temperature of I°C the temperature for I^H reta n n 9 ,he original freshness of fish and meats I m This just
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    • 70 10 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. i Send coupon to: The Singapore Monitor Ltd Circulation Department Alexandra P.O. Box 285 Singapore 9115 I Please arrange to
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  • world / trends
    • 40 11 In August, the skeleton of a 12-year-old boy who lived 1.6 million years ago was found. Scientists feel he was of the Homo Erectus family. Archaeologists also believe that the Homo Erectus later evolved into Homo Sapiens.
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    • 46 11 Studies revealed that risk of getting breast cancer increases for women who postpone childbirth until 35 or later. They also show that one-third of adult women in the United States who appear to have no symptoms are at special risk of breast cancer.
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    • 49 11 It is thought of as cheaper, quicker and more efficient using lasers for sealing blood vessels and closing wounds. The low-power laser beam is not so strong as to destroy tissues but powerful enough to melt proteins in the skin to form a biological glue.
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    • 310 11 TRENDS Science and Medicine SAN FRANCISCO: When women postpone childbirth until 35 or later, they face two to four times the average risk of breast cancer, the latest medical research reveals. Doctors believe breast cancer susceptibility is often related to hormone fluctuations
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    • 124 11 IN AUGUST, the most complete skeleton of an early human ancestor that of a 12-year-old boy who lived 1.6 million years ago was found in northern Kenya. The bones were located on the shores of Lake Turkana. It is believed that the body found was of
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    • 191 11 LAS VEGAS: In the future, doctors may use laser beams instead of stitches to close skin wounds and to seal blood vessels and nerves during surgery. Quicker, cheaper and more effective healing could be the result, Dr Harry Mittleman recently told plastic surgeons at a meeting
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    • 81 11 The bright lights of television might be on their way out. Mitsubishi Electric Corp has come up with a near-infra-red TV camera that gets clear pictures even in the dark. Prices range from $900 to $1,600. Mitsubishi is pushing the system for crime-detection and research observation. SOON you'll
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    • 83 11 Floppy disks containing personal computer software will soon be used to record and play music. CompuSonics of Denver last week was granted a patent for the world's first system to play floppy disic records. The player will work with all conventional home stereo components and digital studio equipment.
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    • 121 11 Lung cancer in the United States will soon become the leading cause of all cancer deaths among women, who have failed to cut back on smoking as much as men. A national centre for disease control study says lung cancer already has, or will shortly, replace breast cancer
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 193 11 You'll sumptuous spread of fine French cuisine at Le Vendome Restaurant's daily buffet lunch. Each dish tie lea ably and excitingly different! With a choice of soups and appetizers. °y sters prawns, pate, salads... k go on, indulge yourself. vfL Each day's menu is a classic with a choice of
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  • money
    • 531 12  -  By EDWARD ONG "I NEED capital to start a small business" is the familiar phrase one hears from would-be entrepreneurs. Apart from scraping up every cent of savings and borrowing from friends and relatives, or a partnership with a financially stronger person, one can
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    • 191 12 BANKS ARE generally very cautious in giving loans. It is therefore important for a prospective borrower to be able to impress upon the banker that he is a worthwhile credit risk. Thus the prospective borrower should observe the following: BE NEATLY attired. This may appear
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    • 454 12 Ong ft Co's weekly stock market outlook THIS week, a couple of developments are expected to have a significant bearing on the stock market. In an effort to ease the tight liquidity situation in Malaysia, Bank Negara pumped an estimated
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    • 68 12 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Monday The United States National Academy of Sciences will give U*****,100 (*****,300) to finance research on improving soil fertility in rubber plantations and on the spread of infectious diseases in Malaysia, a US embassy statement said yesterday. The embassy said
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    • 370 13 MR EDMOND J SAFRA, 52, was elected a director of American Express Company at its Oct 22 board meeting. Mr Safra is a well regarded international banker who founded and held a controlling interest in Trade Development Bank Holdings (TDBH) and held a controlling interest in it. The
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    • Article, Illustration
      982 13 PRIVATBANKEN has also appointed MR GOH NGUN LENG marketing and credit manager, MR ERIC MICHELSEN foreign exchange manager and MR IVAN PARUM operations manager. Mr Goh, a graduate from the University of Western Australia, has six years' banking experience. Mr Michelsen comes from the foreign exchange department
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 59 12 VILLAGE INN k SEAFOOD RESTAURANT piy,hu keri with Tram For authentic Chinese Cuisine. The best of Sea Food. ijoy your selection in the cosy atmosphere of Village Inn. I Fresh Sea Food •SttUncbM Home rotlnd EupWte j For nmrnrnhmM, pltaae call &/ss&,'- >*****1 Mr Jimmy tim and Mr Desmond Dm)
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  • features
    • 551 14  -  THE MARVELLOUS MICROCHIP By ANDREA KNOX Knight-Ridder Newspapers PHILADELPHIA: A TINY semiconductor chip that controls the functions of a computer looks like nothing more than a little square of metal foil no bigger than a fingernail It could easily be mistaken for the trimmings of something more
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    • 309 14 THE television set, basically and remarkably unchanged since the dawn of colour broadcasting in the Fifties, is going high-tech. The high-tech whizz kids have endowed it with a computer brain, enabling it to exploit the telescopic accuracy of digital technology. The television set will not merely
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    • 190 14 "We expect that the television set will become the centre of the entirely new concept in home entertainment and information that will interconnect computers, telephone instruments and word processors, RCA chairman, Thornton F Bradshaw, predicted early this year. "The system will have the capability
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    • 217 14 Stereo marks a change in the battle television manufacturers have waged for the last three decades to develop a tube with the best picture. Now, they are trying to devise a picture with the best sound. First developed by Zenith Electronics Corporation in
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    • 297 14 The new picture quality is incredible. If you were watching a football game, it will enable you to see the beads of sweat on a linebacker's eyebrow,' said Dave Patterson, national marketing coordinator for Toshiba America Inc. in Wayne, New Jersey. "(Digital-signal processing) is
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    • 210 14 The company hopes to introduce next year a system that will freeze a picture on screen and print it out in colour. Morever, scientists at North American Philips, in Briarcliff Manor, New York, are researching ways to produce a three-dimensional television picture. A major
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    • 334 14 Edwards College Secretarial Studies Western Australia 1985 Enrol now for an exciting and rewarding training year in beautiful Perth, Australia f dwards Secretarial College Perth. ester n Australia invites appli< ations from students to join Secretarial courses commencing February 196b L dwards College provides comprehensive approved I month studies courses
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  • opinion / letters
    • 386 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR BBiliißl IT IS just as well that reports of Vietnamese and Soviets training communist guerillas against Thailand surfaced just as the United Nations was registering another rebuff to Vietnam's occupation of Cambodia. The report has originated from the Thais, who
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    • 286 15 SINCE the switch to the one-man-operated ticketing system (OTS), travelling in buses has become a hot affair. This is because the openings in the roof of many of the buses are kept permanently shut, rain or shine. Travelling in these buses on a
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    • 159 15  -  REPLY MISS BERNADETTE CHIM Public Relations Officer Singapore Shuttle Bus (Pte) Ltd WE REFER to the article headlined Danger of lighted joss stick in buses and we would like to thank "Danger" for bringing the matter to our attention. The carrying of any article
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    • 219 15 AFTER paying $20 for a pair of boots at a Geylang shopping centre (they are available for only $10 at another shop in the same shopping centre), I realised that the zip was too stiff, so I went back immediately to
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous

  • leisure
    • 1326 16  -  In the Japanese teen idol game, looks are really everything TAILORED SONG Asiabeat By LIM SEK YOU may have heard the comment that all Japanese teen idols sound alike. There may be some truth in that statement for casual listeners but keen followers of Japanese
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    • 343 16 THE most popular of Polygram's collection of Japanese recordings by Taiwanese and Hong Kong artistes, is Teresa Teng's latest, Tsundai -which enabled her to regain her position on the Japanese music scene recently. The album is a soothing collection of pop songs with a light
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    • 508 18 'V' The Final Battle (E) (Malay subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.15 pm) MANY unsuspecting humans have joined the aliens. Kristie Walshe has become the aliens' "world spokesperson" and together with Diana, the Visitors' second-in-command, she sets up a media event at the Los Angeles Medical Centre. The rebels
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    • 547 18  -  TV SCENE By MICHAEL HEALY LAT-WP GULAG, a made-for-cable-TV feature which premiered at the Denver International Film Festival recently, is a mixed bag of a movie. At times it is a political problem film, addressing the issue of the Soviet Union's treatment of its
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    • 760 19 Bill Conti also does TV themes UPI HOLLYWOOO: Bill Conti is that rare composer-conductor who is in regular demand in both movies and television. Those catchy themes on TV's Falcon Crest and Dynasty are his, as are the inspiring scores of the Rocky
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1200 17 leisure j ~1 BgsM 2.30 SBC TEXT Uve Sample 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Princess Chsng Ping (r) *t|F 3.55 Cartoon Selections. H 4.05 Mr Wizard's World. HHf 5> JkO^B^W Pinwheel. .jflU' mJ^KQm Vision On Sea 5.20 Romper Room (E). r Rainbow Tales Comet at 6.10 Programme News
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 157 18 Why wait till tomorrow morning? Get today's latest news today! It's in the evening edition of The Singapore Monitor, Monday through Friday. Pick up your copy at hawker centres, bus-stops and street stalls where the Lian He Wan Bao is on sale. THE SINGAPORE iftfc MONITOR ,f|P Also available from
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 647 19 fIL/M GUIDE s mumTOA PAYOH (*****34): TAOISM DRUNKARD (C) JUBILEE (*****07): TAOISM DRUNKARD (C) DALIT (*****1*,: SIAMESE TWINS «C, HOLLYWOOD ,*****64,: TAOISM DRUNKARD <0 Starring: Cktl Vulian. Mai Delo Synopsis A bizarre story of a pair of Siamese twins One dies during the separation operation and returns METRQPOLE (*****27): MAGNIFICENT
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 62 20 JADE: HURRY-LAST DAYS! (*****80) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 Chdulte McOe l» Stephen King FIRESTARTER She has the power to set objects afire wtth just one gtorxe A OPENS THURSDAV at 4 THEATRES CAPITOI-SAVOV-CHAMCI-WOOOiANDS UPO: Wednesday 9.15pm" super stereophonic sound J LKJ >W,N T Hill-CORDON •SIIKR—I|| fll
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 923 20 PETER COOPER pieces from Allbrecht, Webb, |["»LN# LJ PIANIST Peter Cooper will Kahn, Erdman.-Fiorito, Donald- j »y|; iWal^ hold a concert titled The Three son. Manilow, Henderson, Gner K y i llMmlrlilnirtMßiMM flftlM 1 J Styles of Beethoven, tomorrow andEverson. jSk jHfIHiQ 7.30pm at Saint Patrick's Admission free. rSRT"" 6
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    • 39 20 BBH TODAY: TOMORROW: High tide: 9.56 am High tide: 10.11 am (2.3 m) (2.5 m) Low tide: 4.01 pm Low tide: 4.28 pm (1 m) (0.8 m) High tide: 9.56 pm High tide: 10.33 pm' (2.5 m) (2.6 m)
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  • 476 21 The Chef Recommends IT'S the Oyster Promotion month at the TGIF this month. The TGIF Restaurant is located on the fourth floor of Far East Plaza, and boasts bar facilities as well as a discotheque. New Zealand oysters will be served during the promotion
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 207 21 CAUSEWAY BAY KITCHEN It's a touch of Hong Kong with the tastes of home the trademark of Causeway Bay Kitchen, the restaurant for lovers of good home cooking. Our popular dishes include: Hong Kong-style Special Steamed Chicken, Causeway Bay Porridge, Steamed Pork and Oyster Sauce Chicken. PLUS a grand six-part
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    • 225 21 IN the evening, after 9.00pm the TGIF restaurant doubles up as a discotheque until 1.00 pm. Customers will have to pay cover charge after 9.00 pm. However, there will be no charge for diners if they should choose to continue enjoying the evening at the disco. When Friday rolls around
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    • 183 21 LOMBEMp SEAFOOD^. The famous Hong Kong movie star Miss Be Di was m town recently and she want to take this opportunity to thank her fro for supportng her She enjoy our Ive seafood very much, espeoaty kve drunken prawns, barbeque live fish and etc. so please vst us or
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 625 22 I_= THE SINQAPOHc MUNIIUH f eisure comics monday, NOVEMBER 5,19 M L—\J I FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook mr bot-sut f <|WR£ Too > likTl C&kff i dont think &ud S jlsuiPCL/ WS I» wfe have o<MAHPWfr.'we ppnrp fullv grasps the we tfgl'p J WORK. TO i cmt hahdle it/ mC
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  • open line
    • ANSWER BOX
      • 289 23 THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUERIES RECENTLY, I got very frustrated taking the Singapore Bus Service (SBS) OTS buses, especially when I was not sure of the fare. Sometimes even the bus drivers themselves were not sure of the fare. I have seen people with a
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      • 82 23 WHAT is meant by a citizen's arrest? When and how can a citizen like you and me carry out an arrest like this? UNDER the Criminal Procedure Code, any person may arrest another for commiting a seizable offence or one where the offender is not entitled
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      • 83 23 I wash my hair every day as I feel more awake afterwards. Bat my friends advise me not to. Are there dangers or side effects from washing my hair every day? PEOPLE with oily skin may have to wash their hair every day. If
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      • 55 23 Something troubling you. Need clarification on certain issues? Let us help. Send your queries to us and we will try to get the relevant authorities or organisations to provide the answers. Send your questions to: Open Line, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra Road, #03-01 Delta
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    • 576 23 WITH a BCF (Bromochlorodifluoromethane) fire extinguisher, you can help put out a blaze even before the arrival of the fire engine. The Singapore Fire Service wants every home to be eouipped with one as a safeguard against tire. Since November 1983, the department has
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    • 59 23 Remove the safety pin from the nozzle. Hold the cylinder steady and aim the nozzle towards the base of the fire from a safe distance. Depress the top lever and send the discharge sweeping from side to side of the blaze. When the fire is
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    • 404 23 CHECK your fire extinguisher regularly to ensure that the pressure is charged. Put it in a handy and prominent position so that it is within reach when needed. Apart from BCF fire extinguishers which are recommended for homes, there are other kinds of extinguishers available for
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  • sports
    • WORLDFRONT
      • 79 24 A QUICK UPDATE AROUND THE WORLD Reuter CHINESE players claimed three individual titles at the Italian Open table-tennis championships in Venice yesterday. He Zhiwen beat compatriot Jiang Jialiang in straight games in the men's singles final and Qi Baoxiang defeated Zsuzsa Olah of Hungary in the women's event.
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      • 91 24 AP STIG BLOMQVIST of Sweden clinched the 1984 World Drivers' Title when he won the Ivory Coast rally ahead of Audi Quattro teammate Hannu Mikkola of Finland in Abidjan yesterday. The 38-year-old Swede arrived here in triumph after a five-day, 4,100-km drive through the West African
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      • 113 24 Reuter NEW ZEALAND'S gifted all-rounder Martin Crowe hit a flawless unbeaten 52 off only 57 deliveries in Colombo yesterday to steer his team to an easy seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the second one-day cricket international here. The victory squared the two-game series after Sri Lanka's
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      • 85 24 Reuter 081 AGRAWAL of India broke the 21-year Eng-land-Wales stranglehold on the World Amateur Snooker Championship in Dublin when he beat Welsh holder Terry Parsons 11-7 in the final here yesterday. The match stood at 7-7 overnight after Saturday's four sessions, but Agrawal produced some magnificent snooket* yesterday
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      • 118 24 Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN Government is to pay US$2 million (554.2 million) for Australia 11, the yacht which last year stole the America's Cup trophy after the United States had held it for 132 years. Alex Dix, council chairman of the Museum of Australia, announcing the decision
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      • 91 24 Reuter THE UNITED STATES won the team championship and Tom Watson took the individual title in the US$5OO,OOO (Sfl.OS million) US-Japan Golf Tournament in Inzai, Japan, yesterday. The eight-member American team again outplayed Japan 9-7 with four wins and one draw in eight singles matphes to
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    • 226 24 Canadian Badminton Open is also Chen Hong's major victory AP OTTAWA, Monday MICHAEL KJELDSEN of Denmark and tiny Chen Hong of China scored their first international victories on Saturday, winning the men's and women's singles titles at the Canadian Open Badminton Championships. Both used blazing
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