Singapore Monitor, 6 November 1984

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    11 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Tuesday, November 6,1984 30cents
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    FIRST WITH THE RESULTS OF THE US ELECTION
    40 1 Who will win Reagan or Mondale? Can Mondale succeed in upsetting the incumbent? The Monitor's evening edition tomorrow will be ahead of all newspapers in Singapore with the results. Don't miss it.
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    PLAN TO CUT DOWN FALSE ALARMS
    470 1  -  Police move is part of effort to raise standards in security industry ■y RAY MILLER THE POLICE plan to introduce a penalty system in an effort to reduce the number of false alarms received through commercial security systems. Security firms will be asked to
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    Lock icon Guess who is Justice Pao's 29th generation grandson?
    205 1 Lianhe Wanbao THE LEGENDARY Justice Pao of ancient China, famous for his iron-faced allegiance to justice, has been found to have a distinguished modern-day descendant. He is none other than the Hong Kong-based world shipping magnate, Sir Yue-Kong Pao. The lineal connection
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      49 1 ■MY NO.I PRIORITY IS PEACE, SAYS REAQANi PAGE S MONDALE'S HOPES REST WITH SILENT VOTE OF WOMAN VOTERS: PAGE LACOSTE Since 1933 from France LACOSTE we set the standards 'UNFAIR TO PENALISE FIRMS FOR FALSE ALARMS' SEE PAGE 2 ■TV GUIDE: PAGE 18 mTV SCENE AND HIGHLIGHTS: PAGE 19
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      21 1 UIVJ-UV^ Asian Currency Unit < %Wi> 'yVjt Mr Daniel I Jih A* at tel *****28/9 jf. Jf for the latest deposit rates.
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      Freeze on test-tube baby experiments
      343 2 Committee specially appointed to formulate guidelines THE GOVERNMENT has ordered a temporary freeze on research work conducted with test-tube embryos, pending a set of guidelines to be drawn up by a specially-appointed committee. The committee has been asked to look into the legal, moral and
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      'Unfair to penalise firms for false alarms'
      243 2 SOME commercial security firms are unhappy with the police proposal to penalise them for making false alarm calls. They said after the meeting with the police on Saturday that the scheme, aimed at reducing the number of false alarms received through commercial security
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      'Small states can survive but at a high price'
      519 2  -  SAYS GEN LEE HSIEN LOONG By EE BOON LEE SMALL states can survive only if they are prepared to pay a high price for their security. And no matter how dire the threat, the choice must never be: suicide or surrender.
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      Highest highway death toll in March
      186 2 MARCH was the bloodiest month this year as a total of 36 persons lost their lives in road accidents on the highways, the highest monthly figure in seven years. Speeding, it seems, remains the top killer on the highways, according to the latest issue
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      Convent girl hit by 'berserk' woman
      173 3  -  MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN ALSO THREATENED SCHOOLS PRINCIPAL WITH VIOLENCE By SURESH NAIR A WOMAN, who allegedly "went berserk" and assaulted one schoolgirl and threatened the principal and other students of a primary school, has been sent to Woodbridge Hospital for observation. Police have been told
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      SINGAPORE-MADE COMPUTER IS SELLING LIKE HOT CAKES
      354 3  -  By OEI SIN GIOK MANUFACTURERS of Cubic 99, the Singaporemade computer that can be programmed to speak in English and Chinese, are •poking the assistance of the Economic Development Board (EDB) to meet a flood of orders. The company, Creative Technology, estimates that
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      More air time for local TV dramas in 1985
      95 3 BEGINNING just after the National Day celebrations next year, the screening time for local TV dramas will be increased to five hours (five episodes) a week compared with the current three hour (three episode) output. In addition, the unit is speeding
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      BACKGROUND TO ANSON
      182 4 Year Electorate Candidate! Votes Majority Spoilt Volet 1959 9.921 Baharuddin M A rift (PAP) 5,167 3.292 102 Goh Kong Beng (SPA) 1,875 Tang Cheng Chuan (LS) 1,231 Wong Swee Kee (Ind) 117 P Krishnan (Ind) 116 1961 75*00 David MarM (WP) 3,SM S*6 131 Mahmud Awang (PAP)
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      Anson ward's history of surprises
      941 4  -  By EE BOON LEE IN TWO BY-ELEC-TIONS, 20 years apart, Anson returned candi- dates from the opposition. The first, in 1961, was a crucial one as it came, shortly after the party lost a by-election in Hong Lim. After the first Anson defeat, Mr Lee
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      ELECTION 1984
      74 4 WITH THE general election most likely to be held next month, we begin today a series focusing on the various constituencies, providing glimpses of how people have voted over the years. We begin with a look at Anson, not so much because it is the only constituency in
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      'Man in the middle' managers now get top attention
      779 6  -  A 1 j By RODNEY HOBSON MIDDLE MANAGEMENT the supervisors and deKirtment' heads responsie for putting decisions into action have become the central figures in Singapore's productivity Submissions by employers' groups to the National Productivity Board (NPB), the establishment of a
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      NUS students to organise current affairs study groups
      279 6  -  By MICHAEL LIEW A MOVE which could herald a widening of interest among students in national issues and policies is under way at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The NUS Students Union (Nussu) has formed a sub-committee with the task of
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      First S-E Asia energy law Institute being planned here
      122 6 A SPECIAL institute on energy law, the first in South-east Asia, is being planned in Singapore. Mrs May B Y Oh, chairman of the energy section of the Lawasia conference, being held at the Hilton Hotel, said in a speech that
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      Lock icon REAGAN
      629 7 My No. 1 priority is peace, says incumbent Agencies SACRAMENTO (California), Tuesday PRESIDENT RONALD Reagan, closing in on an apparent landslide re-election victory, said yesterday his top priorities in a second term would be "peace, disarmament and the reduction of world nuclear weapons." With latest polls pointing to a
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      'Live' counting and results
      66 7 THE RESULTS of Ike presidential election will be known tomorrow and an Invited group In Slnxnpore will be nble to wntcb tbe count ai "live" on n lnrge TV screen nt tbe SbnnkLa Hotel. Admission to tbe election programme nt tbe hotel, sponsored by tbe United
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      THEIR PLATFORMS...
      590 7 REAQAN HERE ARE Ronald Reagan's positions on some of the major domestic, defence and foreign issues: UNEMPLOYMENT: Unemployment rate was 7.5 per cent when he took office and last week the Government reported it at 7.4 per cent. In between, it reached 10.7 per cent, the highest since
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      US expats have already voted, by mail, weeks before everyone else
      629 8  -  Dateline: Singapore By GANDHI AMBALAM WHILE MOST Americans go to the polls to elect their president today, their fellowcitizens overseas including up to 7,000 in Singapore have already voted. Expatriates and travellers who have not done so by now
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      It's absolutely no posters at the American Club
      49 8 THE AMERICAN Club is serious about the ban of political activities in its premises. It has refused requests from members for permission to put up posters of presidential candidates. "We are trying to detach ourselves from politics," said a club official.
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      189 3 A Christmas Draw Affair with Weffejair B BELLEFAIR Christmas cards are enchantingly picturesque and warmly worded deservedly among the finest from CANADA. This Christmas, we offer a generous Christmas Draw with 500 fabulous prizes to be won! aSxrr}* 3 Top Prizes* of a 7-day Fly/Cruise Holiday for two to Bali/Surabaya,
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      125 4 ||p| Memories come by myself in case lie was delayed tiffilrsA'' v The music and atmosphere brings back xi memories of the time he proposed. Stf wi Jfc three years ago today. K/wH I he service is still impeccable and it s <1 mu ot t lc m t() M'
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      193 8 AMBER PARK VERY SPECIAL PRICES FOR UNIT 04, BLOCK 1 S j UNITO2,BLOCK2 9i| FromSs26opsfupwards. Bfji Live in magnificent style —at prices now more afford- HHJH] K y BMHijgji able than before! Comprising 27 storeys of stunning HSj ■> KKjapartments in two beautiful tower blocks, Amber Park W commands really
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      MONDALE
      520 9 Fritz's last, best hope rests with the woman voters i WASHINGTON, TuMday MR WALTER "Fritz" Mondale's last, best hope for an upset in today's US presidential election rests with a silent vote composed of women wbo may support him in greater numbers than they have been willing to admit
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      Lock icon No major political shifts In Congress predicted
      123 9 UPI WASHINGTON, Tuesday YESTERDAY was the last hurrah for candidates in 33 Senate, 13 Governor and 435 House elections. No major political shifts were forecast, although Republicans should pick up some House seats and a few governorships, while Democrats were favored to win
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      Valet parking and choice cuisine – at poll station
      83 9 Valet parking and choice cuisine at poll station SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday WHEN voters so to the polls at one posh Pacific Heights district, they will be treated to valet parking, tasty food and they will cast their ballot in a room with crystal chandeliers and rare antiques. "Why should the
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      Lock icon 'Indira looked like a goddess as she walked to her death'
      287 10 Reuter NEW DELHI, Tuesday INDIRA GANDHI looked like a goddess as she walked to her death dressed in a saffron sari, a government official said yesterday, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. Mrs Gandhi was shot by two
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      Lock icon 3 KILLED IN NEW UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN DELHI
      498 10 Agencies NEW DELHI, Tuesday A SOLDIER was killed in a gunbattle while trying to stop looting and arson in New Delhi yesterday and two other people died in a new upsurge of violence in the Indian capital. The Press Trust of
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      Lock icon Maneka blames ruling party for the anti-Sikh rampage
      286 10 AP NEW DELHI, Tuesday INDIRA Gandhi's estranged Sikh daughter-in-law yesterday accused the governing Congress Party of inspiring the murderous anti-Sikh rampage that followed the Prune Minister's assassination. Mrs Maneka Gandhi, 28-year-old widow of Indira Gandhi's son Sanjay, called the violence since her
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
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        Short of breath, but robust
        85 11 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS SOVIET PRESIDENT Konstantin Chernenko, short of breath but looking robust appeared on Soviet television last night reading a speech blaming Washington for world tension. It was the second time in a month that Soviet Television News, on which an
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        ...and Gorbachov is fine too
        61 11 versary of the 1917 revolution. PORTRAITS OF the Soviet leadership erected in Moscow yesterday confirmed politburo member Mikhail Gorbachev's position as Kremlin number two and appeared to refute speculation that he might be in political difficulty. Mr Gorbachev, 53, was placed alongside Mr Chernenko in
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        Gunning for Lindy's record
        50 11 808 Martin won't have to worry about getting lost like Charles Lindbergh did, but he might get dizzv. Martin, 34, plans to break Lindy's solo endurance flying record by circling San Diego bay in California tor 42 hours sometime next month in a motorised hang glider.
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        Activist ends 51-iay fast
        69 11 MITCH Snyder, an outspoken activist for the city's homeless, ended a 51-day-old hunger strike on Sunday after President Reagan directed federal officials to renovate a shelter for the homeless Mr Snyder, 41, a leader of the community for creative non-violence, had demanded that the Reagan Administration
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        Crusade against the Bomb
        76 11 NEW ZEALAND Prime Minister David Lange is considering a campaign of speeches in Europe against continued French nuclear testing in the South Pacific. Speaking at a news conference following the detection of the second French nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll within a week, Mr Lange said
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      Lock icon 11 bad Chinese workers fired
      81 11 AP BEIJING, Tuesday A HONG KONG-CHINESE joint venture electronics factory in Shanxi province has fired 11 disruptive labourers after they refused to reform, a newspaper re..Hii The front-page story in the Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao) was seen as a warning by the communist government to
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      Lock icon Britain is Europe's most crime-ridden nation: Poll
      290 11 AP LONDON, TuMday BRITAIN is the most crime-ridden country in Europe and trails behind only Colombia, Brazil and South Africa in a world ranking, says a Gallup poll published yesterday. The survey, commissioned by Britain's Daily Telegraph, indicates that Prance led IS Western
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      Lock icon Debate and nothing but a debate: Umno
      221 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday UNITED Malays National Organisation (Umno) yesterday rejected a suggestion by Partai sa-Islam Malaysia (Pas) to have their debate substituted with a "Muzakarah" (discussion), saying the encounter would be held on Sunday as scheduled. Umno secretary-general Datuk Sen Sanusi Junid
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      Lock icon 8 blacks die in S African protests
      153 11 Reuter JOHANNESBURG, Tim EIGHT South African blacks were killed yesterday when a mass strike In the country's industrial heartland turned into violent protests, a police spokesman said. He said police made extensive use of rubber bullets, birdshot and tear gas to quell riots
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      53 10 f\Ve 71 Show You Other Worlds I At NTUC Travel, we believe that I every place has a charm all its own. I *exclude air fare to NTUC Travel Services Pte Ltd •aVw I Sophia Road 001-07. Peace Cewre, Sinpapoie (W22 \Sr Tel: *****33 (12 lines) Telex: RS ***** NTS
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      82 11 l M jT HEAD FOR THE MOST EXCITING NIGHT SPOT A IN TOWN. jfr Capture tho spectacular fashion show at iQlk M Studio M overs Tuesday nit;ht this month g It's all happening at 11 pm. Be there. w h'll Nine to fn Nin»- C olleitiun W nil Hone\ Bee
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      'CATS' AND 'TIGERS' ARE ON THE PROWL IN THE MARKET
      710 12 CATS: Certificates of Accruals on Treasury Securities TIGERS: Treasury Investment Growth Receipts CATS and TIGERS are prowling the market nowadays. Together with zero coupon bonds, they are fast rinding favour with the investing pabUc JOHN CHOW takes a look at
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      Irex acquires rest of Roxy Electric shares
      68 12 IREX SDN has offered to acquire the remaining 9.19 million Msl Boxy Electric industries (M) Bhd (REIMB) shares for M 53.67 each. BEIBM has decided to appointed Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Bhd to act as independent advisers to its minority shareholders. Earlier this year,
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      Italy's largest bank hopes to play trade ambassador role
      266 12 BANC A Nationale Del Lavoro (BNL), Italy's largest bank, hopes to increase Singapore's trade with Italy, although at the moment, it is not one of our major trading partners. "This is one of the reasons for our existence here," said BNL's
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      Why a branch was opened here
      73 12 BNL CHAIRMAN, Mr Nerio Nesi said the bank decided to open a branch in Singapore because of the following reasons: IT WILL become increasingly important in the future, according to a report published in Europe, IT IS located in a financially and commercially strategic
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      'Reagan will win' forecast sends stock prices up
      212 13 111 I I WALL STREET'S belief that President Reagan was headed for re-election sent stock prices higher yesterday in moderately heavy trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 12.59 to 1229.24. Advancing issues led losers 1,071 to 547 and volume on the
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      INDICES
      52 13 THE STRAITS TIMES Industrial Index closed 1.55 points down to 834.88 yesterday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 415.99, down 2.71 points from Friday's close of 418.70. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index rose 1.1471 points to 133.3048 at the close, compared with Friday's close
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      Norsechem's acquisition now revised to $10 mil
      442 13 NORSECHEM (M) Bhd's earlier acquisition of Summit Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (SDC) for Msls million (5513.5 million) has been revised to M 511.4 million (Sslo million), to be satisfied by the issue of 14.25 million 50 cents Norsechem shares. Norsechem has also revised
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      Lock icon Dollar and Gold
      261 13 AP GOLD bullion shot higher late yesterday, extending a rally that has lifted prices US$l4 an ounce in three sessions. Analysts attributed the rise in gold and other precious metals to falling interest rates in the United States, something that has sent the US dollar tumbling from
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      78 12 SHACOH 920RC the world's largest plain paper copier Ideal for Architects. Engineers. Contractors All blueprints can now be reduced to size A 4 or enlarged to larger than size AO Max Enlargements 920 mm width x 150 metres long Copying onto Plain Paper. Tracing Paper. Polyester Rim We also specialise
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      149 13 v v, j93EZ H tk* .'T^^WI A midnight snack or lunchtime Bite, you' I find Be it local specialities like spicy Soup Kambing, hot Nasi Lemak, Laksa, Oxtail Soup, Chicken Rice, delicious Fried Hokkien Mee or w in our continental fare ■f Vi 0 f if you prefer, take in
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      Unauthorised resale of classified poisons
      510 14  -  Ministry will ban 'hand-carried' exports of poisons in public interest REPLY LAWRENCE LIM for Permanent Secretary (Health) Director of Medical Services "PHARMACIST" has made out an ingenious political argument for what is essentially a simple case of law enforcement by the Ministry of Health, in
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      Colonel and wife fight against high-powered abuse in Philippines
      831 14 MANILA: COLONEL Adelberto (Bert) Yap had the right stuff. He graduated first in his class at the Philippine Air Force Flying He was the first cadet to receive the Bronze Cross for bravery. Over the years he won so many combat
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      233 14 b§ngGifenglj6u J|>&& Step into our Chinese restaurant for a unique dining experience. Discover sumptuous Teochcw dishes prepared by our c Itefs from (long Kong. Steamed Bird s Nest in ftamboo Pith and Stewed Ahalone ant! Fish Maw in Oyster Sauce are two of our wide range of delicacies. Prince have
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      What US poll means to S'poreans
      504 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT AMERICANS will go to the polls today to elect their president for the next four years and, like all such occasions, the 'world, from the Soviet Union to Mauritius, from Japan to Uganda, will watch with more than a passing
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      Vital points were left out
      159 15 I REFER to the report "SDP's Chiam denies charge over banning of the journalist" (SM, Oct 28). Having read through the coverage by both The Sunday Times and The Sunday Monitor, I am most disappointed with your report. Important points covered in The Sunday Times
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      Political reports have been more than fair
      228 15 I MUST applaud the way in which The Monitor continues to publicise the forums of the Singapore Democratic Party in the interest of your readers despite the ungracious and provocative stand the SDP has adopted towards your paper. Your report "Why PAP is
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      Chiam and The Monitor
      298 15 His actions appear to be inconsistent SOME TIME ago, I wrote to challenge Mr Chiam See Tong's brash and spurious allegation that Singaporeans are unthinking people. Until now, he has not seen it fit to defend what he said. Has Mr Chiam changed his mind? Recently
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      74 15 LETTERS on any subject oI pubic interest win be accepted tor 'publication. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also indude the writer's name and address even if the writer decides "tit* t to use a paeudonym in orint A contact lelenhona number would be useful. We
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      Wrapping up for the big winter
      350 16  -  WARM UP WITH OVER-SCALED COATS By INEZ WEI IN THE land of the four seasons, gearing up for the winter chill usually means a major revamp of the wardrobe and a big bite of the budget. This year, however, that shouldn't be necessary for
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      Popular works that please
      541 16 ONE of Asia's leading orchestras, the Korea Philharmonic, will give concerts at the Victoria Concert Hall today and tomorrow at 8 pm. Led by conductor Kwak Sung, the 90-strong orchestra will play two programmes of popular classical works that are sure to please. Western-style orchestras were
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      Sarah Chen sings English hits
      395 18 In Person: Sarah Chen Special (Ch 5, 7.50 pm) SARAH CHEN, a Taiwanese singer known for her sentimental Mandarin ballads, will perform her first special in English, singing lively hits such as Jealous Lover, Heartstealer and Rio de Janeiro. Her guests are The Xperiments, Matthew
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      The high and the low notes
      871 18  -  TV SC§Ni By WONG AH YOKE DESPITE complaints about the low standard of this year's English Talentime, the 300-odd people in the SBC auditorium were charged with excitement on Sunday night. It was, after all, the grand final of Talentime '84. As the contest
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      Lock icon Most honoured director
      523 19 UPI HOLLYWOOD: One would think John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock or perhaps Frank Capra was the most honoured director in Hollywood annals. But no, the title belongs to Arthur Hiller, director of such hits as The Americanisation of Emily and Love Story. One may search the Hollywood archives
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      337 16 TAMPAX AND VIRGINITY can use Tampax I mM keep your virginity." Young women sometimes hear a How do you use Slender lot of 'stories' about tampons and V/ Tampax tampon? their usage. It's only natural that a Easy. Each Slender you have questions about sanitary A Tampax tampon comes protection,
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      996 17 SBC SBCTEXT Live Sample Pages. Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The Struggle (C) (r) (English subtitles). For the Family (T) (r) (English subtitles). The Comic Book Kids The Princess and the Goblin. Battlestar Qalactica War of the Gods (Part 1) (r). The Battlestar crew arrives on a strange planet
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      344 17 h r V V t Annette Crosbie (right) plays Catherine of Aragon in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Debut) (Ch 12, 8.55 pm) Quran Raiding. Programme Summary. Paint Along with Nancy: Yellow Shrub Roaea. Camp Wildemeaa: Swift Eaglea Legend. Bimbingen Agama. Bella Kerjaya. Bonaventure Travel Show: Qaape. WKRP in
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      177 20 J t t ********************00 0 GOLDEN SULTAN: 41st FUNNIEST DAYIg X 4th FLOOR SULTAN PLAZA, JALAN SULTAN JJ 9 (*****76) 5 SHOW: 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 A 9.15pm 9 9 IT'S BEAUTIFUL! IT'S FUNNY! 9 9 IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRAZY! o 1 HURRYI HURRY! SEE IT NOW gCATHAY: 89tt SPLASHMG DAYIg
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      142 20 GERMAN FILMS THE Goethe-Institut will screen Pandora's Box at its auditorium tomorrow at 7.50 pm. Directed by GW Pabst, the German film (with English subtitles) tells the story of a woman who drives her lovers to self-destruction. On Thursday at 7.50 pm, Effl Briest will be shown. Directed by Rainer
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      756 20 New Works in Tapestry, Sculpture and Paper will 1 JK -.jjHT be held the Art Forum 'WgjjH -4CTK iWpJIJB 300 Orchard Road) until Thursday, 10 am to 6 pm ||SA ijZfk It will feature about 60 pieces of work by young artists from the I 7 vJ®» Am. M United
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      188 21 A NUMBER of readers have called up asking for entry forms for the photography contest being organised in conjunction with the Punggol Point Community Centre. We would like to clarify again that no entry forms are necessary. Simply write your name, address and telephone number on
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      Shooting without a tripod
      552 22 THIS column has dealt at some length on the use of bags and mini clamps as camera supports for picture-taking in low light and on overcast days. We will now go one step further and discuss shooting at really slow exposures (V« sec and below) without
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      94 22 AS a rule, users of 35mm SLR cameras hate tripods. They are bulky, heavy, slow to set up, and inhibit the spontaneity of shooting and the ability to capture decisive moments which are the main reasons why lovers of the 35mm format opted
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      606 23 leisure/ comics FASTRACK By Bi Ho,broo,t HOM-lb&croH 1.l PERHAPS <tbu WONT *joo MAV MdT "HJE?,, —IMft FASTRACK For frfX A PAT Otf Se rwnCED. 3o& SECUfcTV «fMT& CoNSCICNTiooi WOUKEKS): j THE OA4C. I F^T 2 ARIES March 21 lo April 20 LIBRA I rt/ llj jlj Don't let a friend
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      133 24 tectum GUARD AGENCIES Harmon's Pte Investigation L Security Ag 33*5371/ 33M477 (24 hours answering service: *****55. ask for Harmon Singh). Coastguard Secur Serv 336-6704 John Yap 217-7777/ 235-20 M Reliance Security Services Pte Ltd 335-4517, 331-7160 Regal Security Services294-MI7 Singka Security Serv 273-5673. Cushion Covers Maker 235-72 M U Elna
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      231 25 classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant Here's your chance to grow with us Join one of the world's largest fridge compressor jSIS makers and also one Singapore's fastest growing |H companies as PRODUCTION OPERATORS CS Requirements: Able to work on 2 flfl rotating shifts Have completed H Primary/Secondary j=j= Education Excellent Benefits:
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      1271 25 Situations Vacant NOTICES The Singapore Monitor is inviting applications for the post of I NOTICE I Tei E A n aniIICADC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Tay Chye I CLE a AII MUfIOWnO Hock of No Block 2, Beach Road, #09-4801 Singapore 0719 have applied for a First Class
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      489 25 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Beh Cheng Siah of No Block 5, Mattar Road #***** Singapore 1438 have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop licence in respect of premises at M/s: Cheng Teck Wine Merchant Block 208, Hougang Street 21, #01-203 Singapore 1954 and that this application will
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      Lock icon A RACE AGAINST TIME FOR EUROPEAN CUP HOPEFULS
      634 26 Reuter LONDON, Tuesday MANAGERS of some of the top clubs vying for the European Cup woke up yesterday knowing they had only 48 hours before their most vital games of the season to solve problems thrown up by a string of lacklustre
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      Lock icon Rush to Wales' rescue
      146 26 Reuter CARDIFF, Tuesday LIVERPOOL striker lan Rush is poised to revive Welsh World Cup soccer hopes in next week's qualifying tie here against Iceland. Rush is fully recovered from the cartilage operation which kept him out of Wales' first two European group seven games. Both ended
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      Kasparov holds Karpov to a 13th consecutive draw
      240 26 MOSCOW, Tims WORLD chess champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger Garry Kasparov agreed to a draw last night, the 13th consecutive one in their title match. The draw came after 20 moves and three hours of play. Chess experts said Kasparov, playing white,
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      614 27  -  With a two-gold haul, the keglers from Manila look $et to sweep team title Report by ALFONSO CHAN BONG COO followed a good night's sleep with a hearty breakfast, said her prayers, and set off for Jackie's Bowl Orchard yesterday where she proceeded to bowl out all
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      THE TOP 10 MEN THE TOP 10 WOMEN
      161 27 SINGLES 1 Oly Reformatio (Phi) 1,390 2 John Sallivan (Aast) 1,267 3 Tom Kary (Aut) 1,247 4 Frankle Wong (Mai) 1,242 5 Wu Tai Chang (Taiwan) 1,241 PATRICK WEE (SINGAPORE) 1,238 7 T Warata (Japan) 1,228 8 S Pre* (Aast) 1,227 9
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      Top teams will get the Soetopo Jananto Cups
      166 28 THE OVERALL champions in this year's Bth Asian Zone FIQ Championship now being run at Jackie's Bowl Orchard, will be awarded the Soetopo Jananto Challenge Cups in the men's and women's divisions. This was announced during the FIQ Asian Zone General Assembly.
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      A pair with that look of invincibility
      439 28 Singles champ Oly and World Cup winner Paeng will be the ones to beat TONY LIM'S PREVIEW OF TODAY'S DOUBLES THEY have an awesome look, this Philippine pair of southpaws comprising newlycrowned singles leader Oly Reformado and World Cup holder Paeng Nepomuceno. The
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      Lock icon SUPREMOS IN THEIR DOMAINS
      379 29 WE. SPORTS PEOPLE PART 1 IPS This week, we bring you the first of a two-part series of athletes that are a class above other athletes. And what makes them special, that separates them from other athletes is their persistence... whenever it comes to winning. IN
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      'Not a ghost of a chance without Fandi'
      477 30  -  That's how coach Hussein assesses our Asian Cup semifinal chances B* S GULAM THE CHANCES of Singapore earning a semifinal berth in the Asian Cup competition at the National Stadium from Dec 1-16 are very slim without the services of Fandi Ahmad,
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      Junior Japanese shuttlers to play games here
      139 30  -  By K SILVAM TWELVE junior badminton players from Japan will be arriving in Singapore this afternoon to play a one-day friendly match with a team from the SSC/F&N Badminton Training Scheme. The Japanese youths are on a goodwill mission sponsored by the Japan
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      Kok Meng deserves his HK trip after all
      350 30  -  By ERNEST FRIDA OW KOK MENG, an advertising representative, silenced his critics when ne finished third in the Hong Kong 1,500 international race with a fast time of 4:01.46 last Saturday. Many raised a hue and cry when the Singapore Amateur Athletic
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      Easy quarterfinal tie for defending champion Gerard
      149 30  -  By ALFONSO CHAN DEFENDING champion Gerard Tan of Pavilion Hotel went well on his way towards retaining his singles crown in the Avis Travel Industry Squash Championship yesterday. He cruised past Ismail Mohd of Changi Interna* tional Airport Services 9-4, 9-6, 9-6 in
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      HAIL OLY, THE SUPER SOUTHPAW Luck was also with me, says Oly
      543 31  -  MONITOR sports By TONY LIM SOUTHPAW Oly Reformado won the gold medal in the singles event in grand style, scoring 1390 pinfalls to set a new Asian FIQ Championship record. But what thrilled the spectators most was the
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      I have faith in dad, says son of Gen Ver
      364 31 SEEN AND HEARD DOWN AT the alley, not many people know of the identity of Colonel Irwin Ver, president of the Philippine Bowling Congress, much less to match it with another name recently in the news worldwide. Colonel Ver is
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      56 26 NOTICES We extend our Best Wishes to Mr Lim Tow Seng, Chairman of The Emporium Holdings Group and The Lim Seng Huat Organisation, on his 71st Birthday. From Mr John C Orr Mr Lee Chiu San Ms Chew Lee Ching Mr Edward Ying Mr Teo Han Kim Ms Shirley Cheah
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      215 26 IN THE MATTER OF SIN TECK LEE ENTERPRISES PTE. LTD. (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 272 of the Companies Act (Cahpter 185) that a Final General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company will be held at the office of
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      145 30 TI Jr. I\ THE BIG TASTE (CI J? S OF ENERGY I=3 Pripps is the energy drink with the big, refreshing taste of lemon It is easily TJf 11 B hJB jT absorbed into the body to immediately replenish the body fluids, minerals I B 211 Jjj# 1 grE and
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