Singapore Monitor, 7 November 1984

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    12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR 30cents M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Wednesday, November 7, 1984
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    Lock icon IT'S REAGAN
    319 1 He gets more than 270 Electoral votes needed for victory Agencies WASHINGTON, Wednesday PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN last night won re-election to a four-year term on a tidal wave of votes that buried Democrat Walter Mondale and amounted to a sweeping approval of Mr Reagan's conservative leadership. Mr Reagan
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    Lock icon FINAL COST OF POLLS: $2 BILLION
    122 1 WASHINGTON, W*dn«sday AP THE Federal Election Commission estimates that the final tab for the US presidential, House of Representatives and Senate races will top US$l billion (552.16 billion). That's up from US$795 million spent on the 1982 House and Senate campaigns and US$7BB million
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    Lock icon RECORD CROP OF WOMAN CANDIDATES
    110 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday AP DEMOCRATIC vice-presi-dential candidate Geraldine Ferraro was not alone in her precedent-setting bid as the first woman to run on the national ticket of a major US political party. This year, a record number of female candidates are seeking US Congressional seats and
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      191 1 INSIDE: Girl may have been strangled and thrown out of flat: P2 INSIDE HARDLY ANY PROMISES FROM REAGANi P0 OHE NOTCH UP FOR THE INCUMBENT: PS THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE ELECTION Si PS THE OTHER BATTLESi PS ©Nc?/ Grays of Cambridge calibre I in the court. VI The new
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      21 1 S PORE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS BUILDING CENTRE For all building materials t equipment Tal: Bfc. 19 #0343 Outrun Part Comptu (0316)
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    • Article
      Only 100 pirate tapes seized from each retailer as symbolic gesture
      350 2 EVENING RAIDS are being considered by the International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers (IFPI) to stamp out the sale of pirate tapes after its swoop operations on Monday netted some 1,400 illegal tape recordings from 11 retailers. The
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      CATHAY BOWS OUT OF VIDEO BATTLE
      408 2  -  I* GANDHI AMBALAM THE CATHAY Organisation has bowed out of the video battle, and says it will not return until Singapore's copyright law is changed. Cathay Home Video, the cinema chain's answer to competition from home entertainment, closed at the end of October, about
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      Girl may have been strangled and thrown out of flat
      264 2  -  By K K FONG POLICE believe a 19-year-old girl was strangled and thrown from the 10th storey of. a block of flats. The body of Miss Lim Kwee Huang was found at the foot of Block 52, Kallang Bahru last
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      Lock icon Narrow escape for two in pickup after double crash
      125 2 Lianhe Zaobao A PICKUP travelling towards Jurong along Upper Ayer Rajah Road crashed into a tree on the road divider, landed on the other side of the road and was then hit by an oncoming lorry. Fortunately, neither the driver of
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      Corrections and Clarification
      60 2 A REPORT in The Singapore Monitor on Oct 8 stated that Mr Foo See Thim was a member of the "Singapore Institute of Engineers." The report was based on a Press release issued by Burson-Mar- steller (SEA) Pte Ltd. The Institution of Engineers Singapore has point ed
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      100 people to be charged after raid on hell-riders
      337 3  -  By VICTOR SOH A TOTAL of 100 people will be prosecuted for defects and illegal modifications to their motorcycles und vehicles after the raid on hell-riders at Nicholl Drive last month. Eighty-six of them are motorcyclists, eight are motorists and six
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      NUS officials stop student project on priority scheme
      394 3  -  By MICHAEL LIEW A STUDENT project on the primary school priority scheme for graduate mothers has been stopped by officials of the National University of Singapore (NUS). The university administration has told the NUS Students' Union (NUSSU) it considers the project to
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      Telecoms' IDD service out of order
      208 3 TELECOMS' International Direct Dialling (IDD) service will not be available due to the breakdown of its international telephone exchange this morning at 12.41 am. Telecoms said in a statement this morning that a stand-by system will allow it to provide up to 30 per
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      17 That's the number of eating places in Raffles City complex
      364 4  -  By OEI SIN GIOK SEVENTEEN new restaurants and lounges will tempt diners and drinkers when Raffles City is in full operation. And that will be in the two Westin hotels alone. The fare offered will range from dim sum
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      Changing skyline at MRT stations
      241 4 THE SKYLINE at Orchard Boulevard, Newton Circus and Somerset Road will change as buildings associated with the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project take shape. High-rise developments proposed for Newton Station for instance will overwhelm the nearby two-storey prewar houses. I 1 On either side of
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      President gives a salute to Singapore
      128 4 PRESIDENT Devan Nair took a leaf from Sir Winston Churchill yesterday to describe Singapore's achievements in the past 25 years. "Never, or rarely, at any rate, has so much been done, by so few, and with so little," he said. The few who had
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      OF THE 4 CONSTITUENCIES, ONLY ANG MO KIO IS EXPECTED TO HAVE FIGHT BACKGROUND TO ALJUNIED
      609 6  -  pt<NE<R'Al> EtiEftfJOW By EE BOON LEE PAST GENERAL elections used to attract a lot more candidates, from a lot more parties. Over the years, many of the parties have disappeared from the scene, or
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      No link between polls and CPF move: Ong
      285 6  -  By LOONG SWEE YIN MR ONG Teng Cheong yesterday dismissed speculation that the Government was deferring its decision on the Central Provident Fund (CPF) withdrawal age issue because of the coming general election. "It is not so," said the Minister without Portfolio
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      136 3 Qsoo tiwrpft < I Autumn ALa Carte auVendome IaEWeNDOME I restaurant I In France, as the seasons change, so ux> does the menu. Baby Chicken in Springtime, Fresh Strawberries in Summer and River Salmon, Quail and Ragout of Hare in Autumn, when the hunting season begins. Because, as any French
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      162 4 From worldwide sources, this now and unique monthly magazine reports business opportunities o! all kinds. Manufacturing Licences/Franchises/A genctes/ Distributorships/Import-Export Opportunities/ Tumby Projects/Production Know-How/Joint Ventures Patents New Products New Processes/A cquisibons/and much more... Specifically to: Help you start a new business of your own; Help you expand your product lines; Help
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      144 5 11 |om4l ss- (i is in the air at the ff f. Shangri-La. m- I Latour, Shangri-Las new Continental jSMKk restaurant, is about to open its-doors. .An abundance of ambience, exquisite food, superb wine, attentive service and -jcK\ a luxurious comfortable interior awaits you. Jj in^L^ These are just some
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  • world
    • PEOPLEWATCH
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        Now Vanessa bares all
        122 7 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS FORMER Miss America Vanessa Williams, who bared all in Penthouse, has agreed to tell it all in a book. Williams became the first woman to resign the title last July when Penthouse announced it would publish photos of her posing
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        New-look Princess Diana
        76 7 PRINCESS Diana showed off a sophisticated new hair style yesterday when she attended the state opening of the British Parliament. The 23-year-old wife of the heir to the British throne wore her blond hair up in a classical chignon abandoning the softly swept-back style that millions have
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        Ustinov absent from rally
        98 7 DEFENCE Minister Dmitri Ustinov was absent when Soviet leaders gathered at a Kremlin rally yesterday, sparking speculation that he was ill and might miss today s Red Square Revolution Day parade. Mr Mikhail Gorbachev, however, appeared secure in his position as Kremlin number two, taking the
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        Thai author on trial
        57 7 LEADING Thai author Sulak Sivaraksa, 51, went on trial yesterday on charges of defaming King Bhumiphol Adulyadej in his book, Unmasking Thai Society, and in interviews. The outspoken author is being defended by human rights activist, lawyer Thongbai Thonspao, who recently won the Ramon Magsaysay award
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      Lock icon Culinary experts' war on fast food
      189 7 AP BANGKOK, Wednesday FIFTEEN culinary experts from seven Asian and European countries will hold a "gastronomical summit" here next month and speak out against the fast food craze that has swept the world but corroded culinary values. the Dec 6-8 conference, billed as the
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      Lock icon S'pore can complement Malaysia: Musa
      161 7 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday MALAYSIA and Singapore need to re-adjust their thinking to build up better rapport between them, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam said yesterday. Leaders of both countries should understand that while they were competing in certain areas, they were complementing one
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      Punjab gunmen kill 2 bus passengers
      271 7 ASSASSINATION OF INDIRA GANDHI NEW DELHI, Wednesday TWO BUS passengers were shot dead yesterday by "terrorists" in Punjab state, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported. The agency said: "Two bus passengers were shot dead and another seriously injured oy four armed
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      Lock icon Police hunt for Sikhs who plotted Indira's death
      132 7 UPI POLICE yesterday hunted for at least four Sikh plotters, including policemen, implicated in the assassination of Mrs Indira Gandhi, a top intelligence source said yesterday. "There was no foreign hand," the source said. "The plot was hatched by Indi- ans, who
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      Lock icon One notch up for incumbent
      287 8 UPI, AP DIXVILLE, Notch (New Hampshire): Wednesday RETURNING officer Steve Barba records the votes as the tiny town of Dixville again becomes the first to cast its votes in the Presidential election. Dixville voted 29 for President Reagan to 1 for Democratic challenger Walter Mondale,
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      Lock icon HARDLY ANY PROMISES FROM REAGAN
      419 8 THE HMD TO THE WHITE HOUSE AP WASHINGTON, Wednesday BY HIS own party's count, President Ronald Reagan made 147 campaign promises in 1980 and kept more than 100 during his first year in office. This time around he has hardly made any, giving voters few
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      Lock icon Mondale scores a 'first'
      133 8 UPI NORTH OAKS (Minnesota), Wednesday DEMOCRATIC challenger Walter Mondale arrived at his local polling place even before it opened yesterday to be the first to cast his ballot, declaring with a smile, "everything's great." With frost blanketing the rolling hills and the sunrise peeking through the
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      How they voted in '78 & '80
      75 8 How they voted in '78 '80 THE CHART shows how the states went in the 1976 and 1980 elections. Seven big states that voted Democrat in 1976 lowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida deserted Mr Jimmy Carter in 1980 to send Mr Ronald Reagan to the
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      Lock icon If candidates are what they eat, Reagan wins
      95 9 UPI DAYTON (Ohio): A POLL offering food for thought shows Mr Ronald Reagan would beat Mr Walter Mon- dale if the election was based on their dining habits. Listeners to WTUE-FM's Your Morning Show, which kept track of what Presidential contenders ate
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      Lock icon ELECTION SIDELIGHTS
      137 9 Bottoms up to Reagan! Reuter PARIS, W«dn«sday REGULARS at Harry's Bar, a favourite haunt of American political pundits in Paris, neld their own mini-presidential poll yesterday and voted 367 to 234 to give victory to President Reagan over Walter Mondale. The poll has been a tradition since 1924
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      Lock icon Pleasantries but no trading of good luck wishes
      108 9 UPI WASHINGTON: THE CHIEFS of the Reagan and Mondale campaigns, appearing together for the last time during the 1984 Presidential race, took turns being pleasant to each other, but stopped short of trading good luck wishes. President Reagan's campaign chief, Mr Ed
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      Lock icon US First Lady nearly falls from steps of helicopter
      105 9 AP LOS ANGELES: NANCY Reagan lost her balance twice yesterday and once nearly fell to her knees down the steps of a helicopter, the result, White House aides said, of a head injury she suffered two days ago. President Ronald Reagan
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      Lock icon Four take their issue lying down – literally
      97 9 Four take their issue lying down literally UPI SANTA BARBARA: THREE transients who lost a court bid to vote even though they have no permanent homes were in prison on election day because they had decided to' take the matter lying down. The men were arrested on Monday night after
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    • THE OTHER BATTLES
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        Lock icon CONGRESS
        262 9 UPI WASHINGTON, Wed DEMOCRATS, virtually as- sured of continH ued control of H the House of Representatives, were confident they could hold the line yesterday against a Republican surge that Republican analysts say could re-establish a conservative coalition. Democrats appeared certain to retain the 218 seats necessary for keeping
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        Lock icon GOVERNORSHIPS
        307 9 UPI WASHINGTON, Wednesday 3 REPUBLICAN candidates for governor clung tightly to President Reagan's coat-tails yesterday in their hopes to evict at least a few Democrats from the 35 governors' mansions they now occupy. As voters streamed to the polls, Republicans believed they had a chance of taking over as
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        Lock icon SENATE
        204 9 UPI WASHINGTON, Wed 2 DEMOCRATS and Republicans battled coast-to-coast yesterday for control of the Senate with Republican stalwarts Mr Charles Percy and Mr Jesse Helms in dead-heat showdowns and a third, lowa's Mr Roger Jepsen, facing defeat. Republicans, who were swept into power in the 1980 Reagan landslide, went
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      164 7 'Today'magazine has a lot of surprises in store. Here's one of them. READERS u f®dSBß MOM* READERS 'Today'. The largest weekly readership in Singapore. Surprised? TODAY is the new, lively, colourful weekly magazine distributed with the Sunday Monitor. Its established readership base of over 500,000 with a circulation exceeding 100,000
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      56 9 Easy to carry 41 Easy to set-up Various colours and sizes available. Suitable for: gardens, pool-side, terrace, patio/ inner court and the beach 2.50 x 2.50 x 2.30 m $1300/Distributed by: JET SaquariesCo 9 Pte Ltd 100 Eu Tong Sen Street #01 33 Pearl's Centre, Singapore 0105 Tel: *****13, *****14
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      98 9 fA >)AQI|J Golden Phoenix mrn >k chao zhou cuisine GARDEN RESTAURANT 6th storey. UIC Building. Shenton Way For reservations. please call Ellen. Tel: *****55. E9JII i Golden Phoenix Sichuan Rt^anrant Sichuan cu.s.ne Ho|e| EqualoriaJ 429 Bukit Timah Road. Singapore 1025. For reservations. please call Diana. Tel: *****31 ext. 136 or
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  • money
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      Concern over trade volume on Simex-Chicago linkup
      549 10  -  By GEOFFREY EU in Chicago, Special to The Monitor THE CHICAGO Mercantile Exchange's (CME or the Merc) two-month-old futures trading link with its Singapore counterpart is experiencing some teething problems, but that is to be expected at this early stage, a top CME
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      FINANCE COMPANIES' INTEREST RATES ON DEPOSITS
      85 10 1 mth 3 mths 6 mths 12 mths (Per cent) Asia Commercial Finance 7.75 8 8.25 8.25 Chartered Finance Company 7.0 7.25 7.50 8.0 DBS Finance 7.0 7.0 7.25 7.75 Far East Finance Organisation 8.0 8.0 8.25 8.50 Forward Overaea Credit 7.0 7.25 7.50
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      Outlook gloomy, soys Sea View Hotel head
      73 10 SEA VIEW Hotel Ltd's chairman, Mr Lim Kok Gin, said the outlook for the hotel industry remained extremely gloomy with the room glut worsening. In his chairman's statement, he said he did not expect contributions from hotel operations to improve. The termination of
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      Shopping around for the best fixed deposit rates
      446 10  -  By EDWARD ONG SHOPPING around and bargaining are two things a customer can do to ensure the best rate of interest for his fixed deposits with finance companies. There are 34 finance companies which offer Singapore dollar deposit facilities for customers, however,
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      Kudos for Reagan as first election day trading is held
      158 11 WALLSTREET INVESTORS celebrated President Reagan's re-election today even before polls closed in Wall Street's first-ever election day trading session. With Mr Reagan projected by national pollsters to be headed for a landslide victory over Democratic challenger Walter Mondale, stock prices
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      Dollar and Gold
      171 11 THE US DOLLAR turned broadly higher in quiet trading yesterday, interrupting a sharp retreat from the record heights reached in mid-October. Many traders around the world sat out the session, awaiting results from the US presidential and Congressional elections, and US markets were quiet as many large
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      Current trend of money market may fee misleading
      201 11  -  MIDWEEK FUTURES COMMENT By BENNY TAN I of Shearson Amex THE US DOLLAR made a surprise plunge against all major currencies at the end of last week in thin trading, ahead of the presidential election. Commercial and technical selling accelerated the fall.
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      The biggest potential for growth in the world
      458 11  -  That's what South-east Asia promises, says NMB chairman By JOHN CHOW SOUTH-EAST ASIA has the biggest long-term growth potential than anywhere else in the world, says a top Dutch banker. NMB Bank chairman W E Scherpenhuijsen Rom said this at a Press
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      Visa plans to launch travel voucher scheme
      265 11 VISA INTERNATIONAL travel vouchers may be launched by Visa International next May if it can garner sufficient interest from its member financial institutions to make a success of the scheme. Mr Peter J Harkess, Visa's general manager for South-east Asia, said that its
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      Haw Par sells Dynasty Salons
      68 11 HAW PAR Brothers International sold Dynasty Salons for HK52.65 million (*****,220) cash. This consideration, which includes Haw Par's loan repayment to Dynasty, gives rise to an extraordinary profit of about HK5875,000 (*****.450). The sale has no material effect on the group's assets or earnings. JACK
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      Sealion revises projected profits
      322 11 SEALION Hotels has revised projected pre-tax profits for the year ending Dec 31 upwards to $6.1 million. The revision from the earlier February projection of $1.3 million was due to the half-year to June 30 results, which amounted to $3.6 million. The improvement was due to
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  • PROPERTY SECTION
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      Property investment dips by 55 pc
      324 12  -  By VINCENT FONG PROPERTY investment in Singapore has taken a 55 per cent dip in what was described as a "cautious" market by the former president of the Real Estate Devel- opers' Association of Singapore, Mr Daniel Teo in the last six months compared
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      When prompt completion of project poses problems
      432 12 WHILE the owners of other hotels are busv sorting out strategies to overcome the effects of the glut in hotel rooms, the developers of Marina Square have yet another dilemma on their hands. The awesome task of filling 850 rooms in the Pan
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      Two properties worth buying
      136 12  -  By ANNIE CHIA TWO OF the four residential properties listed as mortgagee's sale for the Knight Frank Cheong Hock Chye Baillieu (KFCB) auction tomorrow are worth considering. They are: a two-storey detached house at 12 Lorong Mydin and another at 283 Joo Chiat Place. It is
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      American Club alters new building plans
      654 13 Higher cost estimates send architects back to drawing boards HIGHER than expected cost estimates have sent architects scurrying back to their drawing boards to modify the original design plan of the Singapore American Club. Steady progress is being made in the largesfcale redevelopment project,
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      171 12 To be held at:- I I The British Council Theatrette I I Basement, Singapore Rubber House I I 14 Collyer Quay I Singapore 0104 I On Thursday Bth November, 1984 I I At 3.00 p.m. I I 40, Jalan Gembira I Singapore 1336 I (MK 24, Lot 2488) I Title:
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      114 12 6 UNITS 3store y aviv semi-detached bungalows UJMLI by the East Coast Freehold tenure J Ideally located in the residential area of Katong/ Siglap, each unit is sited on a land area of 3,700 sq ft and has a large built-up area with S bedrooms, study and 4 bathrooms. Located
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      128 13 I Property Auction I Sale Today I 1) No. 11 Phoenix Garden 2) #07-01 Claymore Plaza Apartments 3) No. 21-C Mount Sinai Rise 4) No. 200 West Coast Road #08 04, Westpeak H 5) #21-07, #21-08 and #21-09 TongEng H Building, Cecil Street 6) Unit 5730 Golden Mile Shopping Centre
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      213 13 Buying a home? Take advantage of OUB's Housing Loan Scheme Mandarin Gardens OUB's Housing Loan Scheme offers: Easy loan repayments with CPF contributions Longer repayment period of up to 25 years Loan with Overdraft facility Competitive interest rates Currently: Up to 10 years 9%% pa 11 to 25 years 10
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  • features
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      MEXICO FOLLOWS LATIN TRADITION OF SPECIAL CHARITABLE PAWNSHOPS
      1026 14 A special Mexican pawnshop uses its profits to run a home for the aged, a school for the poor, a soup kitchen and an art exhibit room. It charges less on its loans than banks, reports PATRICK OSTER of Knight-Ridder Newspapers. At
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      Warsaw retains independent spirit
      679 14  -  •y DEBBIE SEWARD NtwswMk WARSAW: A joke making the rounds in Eastern Europe has two travellers converging on Warsaw. The first is from Moscow; the second from Paris. Exclaims the Muscovite on his arrival: "Ah, Paris!" Groans the other traveller: "Ugh Moscow!" The Solidarity movement couldn't
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  • opinion / letters
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      A little bit more feeling
      444 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT ABOUT 120 workers were reported this week to have gone to lunch and returned to their factoryto find that they no longer had jobs. Their company had been placed under liquidation; business had failed. Last week, a reader wrote to The
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      Stress on courteous and caring service
      169 15 REPLY WE WISH TO thank the writers of the letter "The bus driver who didn't like students" (SM, Oct 10) for bringing the incident to our attention. Our apologies to them for the unpleasant ride. The driver concerned has since been reprimanded and his
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      Workers have avenues to settle grievances
      214 15 I REFER to the report "Unusual debate in pages of Catholic News" (SM, Oct 31). Father Edgar D'Souza, associate editor of Catholic News, commented on the amendments to the Employment Act by saying that the "amendments have opened the door wider ftjr management to
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      Noise pollution at Cairnhill Circle
      230 15 IT SEEMS that people living near Mass Rapid Transit sites aren't the only ones having to suffer huge doses of noise pollution. Residents of Cairnhill Circle have had to live with the noise of the construction of three blocks of private apartments for the past
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  • leisure
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      Lock icon A bond that's hard to break
      1203 16 'A VIEW TO KILL' MAY BE MOORE'S LAST 007 FILM X IPS •"I WILL miss James Bond," says Roger Moore. The movie world is already speculating about who could possibly step into Agent 007's shoes when Roger Moore and Sean Connery kick them under
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      One of the best buffets in town
      597 16  -  *&uisinej By WONG AH YOKE SERVING buffet lunches has usually been the practice of hotels but Southern Fishing Village (formerly known as Southern village) prides itself for breaking that tradition by having a spread of Asian food every day. The Chinese restaurant on
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      Schnitzels, strudels and more
      473 16  -  fOOD JL; FESTIVAL Wong Ah Yoke FOR many Singaporeans, the only awareness of Austrian food is hearing Julie Andrews include schnitzels and apple strudels among her favourite things in The Sound of Music. However, the Austrian Food Festival held at the Century Park Sheraton until Nov
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      Tribute to Harlem's Apollo Theatre
      431 18 Applause Uptown: The Story of Harlem's Apollo Theatre (Ch 12, 9.05 pm) THIS musical extravaganza pays tribute to one of New York's most famous landmarks Harlem's famed Apollo Theatre. Appearances by well known artistes such as Jack Albertson, Lou Rawls, Natalie Cole, Ben Vereen, Gladys
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      Lock icon Greta gets to suffer gloriously for love
      666 18 SV2CBBE UPI HOLLYWOOD: Camille may or may not be the greatest tour de force for actresses, but many great stars were drawn, like moths to flame, to the role of Marguerite Gautier. It gave many a distinguished actress the opportunity to die by
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      Lock icon Gripping canvas of war-torn Cambodia
      556 19  -  PUTTNAM'S 'KILLING FIELDS' By DAVID ANSEN Newsweek IMAGINE a country where an estimated three million people out of a population of seven million have either been massacred or have died of starvation or disease. An extraordinary movie called The Killing Fields is about such a
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      Lock icon LANGE TO PLAY PATSY CLINE
      185 19 LAT-WP JESSICA LANGfe will play country singer Patsy Cline opposite Ed Harris in Sweet Dreams, one of three cnrrent productions unveiled by HBO Pictures and its financing arm, Silver Screen Partners. Sweet Dreams is being directed in Nashville, Tennessee, by Karel Reisz (The French Lieutenant's
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      1354 17 ■EM bBIBPP SBCTEXT Sample Pages. 3-00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by This r < m Land is Mine (C) > f -T#jM 4.35 Sport Images Triathlon: The Super Athletes. t>\ flfr 'f» A 4HI The triathlon comprises endurance sports such as swim- Lv j* AAi t *«flB ming, cycling
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      626 19 fKM GUIP€ DALIT (*****16): THE YOUNG TAOISM FIGHTER METROPOLE (*****27): LET'S ROCK (C) (C) VENUS (*****97): ENTER THE FAT DRAGON (C) Starring: Yuan Reehu, Tai Pao, Guan Zbong Synopsis: A young man masters a powerful Taoism gongfu in order to defeat an evil sect. F^r? U (*****30): THE YOUNG TAOISM
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    237 22 It's the Tarkett line from Sweden HOME SERVICE HOME FURNISHING^ KENITEX PTE LTD, established In 1973, is the local distributor of Tarkett products from Sweden. Tarkett is the manufacturer of homogenous sheet vinyl (PVC) flooring. The product comes in a range to suit different needs.
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      277 24 Situations Vacant An expanding plastic and metal factory has immediate 1 vacancies for the following positions 1. MOULD SET-UP TECHNICIANS f Abie to work 3 rotating shifts Technical knowledge Completed N S Some experience in miction moulding 2. FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Permanent 2nd 3rd shifts No experience required as training
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      660 25 Agencies JOHN McEnroe's 21-day suspension has upset the rankings for several major tennis tournaments which are to be held over the period of his ban and in some way or another will affect most facets of tennis. At the European Champions' Championship (ECC) in
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      331 25 Reuter CAPE TOWN, Wednesday RUNNING STAR Zola Budd has decided not to compete in South Africa this year to keep her options open should she decide to resume an international career, a South African sports official said yesterday. Vice-president Jannie Momberg of the
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        Change of Games dates
        75 25 A QUICK UPDATE AROUND TOE WORLD The Dominican Republic has agreed to change the date of the 1986 Caribbean Games in order to avoid a clash with the Commonwealth Games which are being held in Edinburgh from July 24 to August 2, 1986. The Caribbean Games
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        Wood dropped
        64 25 Graeme Wood, who has opened in 42 of his 43 tests, may drop to the troublesome number three spot for Australia in the first Test against the West Indies starting in Perth on Friday. The left-handed Wood, who celebrated his 28th birthday yesterday, is one of three specialist
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        Marathon trick too short?
        65 25 Athletics officials met last night to discuss last Saturday's much-criticised Lisbon Marathon and to decide when the course could be remeasured. Little-known Portuguese runner Cidalo Caetano equalled the world best mark of two hours eight minutes and five seconds for the race ana many others ran
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        Misbun in top 12
        113 25 Misbun Sidek of Malaysia squeezed into the top 12 in the final badminton Grand Prix points standings. The top 12 men and eight women in the standings will be invited to compete in the Grand Prix finals in Kuala Lumpur from Dec 12-16. The final standings:
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        Sending nut for Carlos
        62 25 Real Madrid striker Carlos Santillana has been recalled for Spain's World Cup qualifying match with Scotland in Glasgow next week. Santillana missed his country's 3-0 win over Wales in their opening Group Seven match last month because of injury. But he returns along with Athletic Bilbao
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        Bruno strolls through
        80 25 British heavyweight hopeful Frank Bruno scored an easy victory over American Jeff Jordan when their fight was stopped in the third round. Jordan, SO, scarcely landed a punch during the first two rounds while absorbing a lot of punishment himself and early in the third round his
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        Four Swedes in top 10
        99 25 The top 20 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings: 1. John McEnroe (US) 2. Jimmy Connors (US) 3. Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia) 4. Mats Wilander (Sweden) 5. Andres Gomez (Ecuador) 6. Anders Jarryd (Sweden) 7. Henrik Sundstrom (Sweden) 8. Joakim Nystrom (Sweden) 9. Jimmy
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      711 26 EUROPEAN SOCCER Reuter LONDON, Wednesday AS LIVERPOOL lurch towards Lisbon like blinded veterans who know the path by habit, the eternal hopefuls of European soccer will be dreaming of tneir overthrow and inscribing new names on club soccer's premier trophy. Bordeaux, Juventus and Sparta Prague
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      208 26 Reuter LONDON, Wednesday SECOND DIVISION Manchester City knocked West Ham-of Division One out of the English Football Milk Cup with a 2-1 triumph in their third round replay here last night. Tony Cunningham shot City ahead after 25 minutes, Steve Whitton curled home a
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      Rain spoils golf outing for Ali and company
      266 26 RAIN AND lightning has for the second time this year robbed Belville Country CLub resident professional Ali Ratim a chance of winning a Pro-Am tournament at the Bukit course yesterday. All and his three amateur partners Gary Chua (handicap 7), Vincent Seet
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      Insurance settled, so Suria says 'yes' to Asian Cup finals
      322 26  -  By S GULAM MIDFIELDER Eajagopal Suriamoorthy, Singapore's Malaysia Cupper in the Pahang team, last night assured Football Association 01 Singapore chairman Teo Chong Tee he will be available for the Asian Cup finals which will be held from Dec 1-16.
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      Hard going at Fanling
      493 26  -  S'pore team needs time to adjust to fast greens By ERNEST FRIDA SINGAPORE'S Douglas Ooi, Daniel Lim, Poh Ee Kiat and A Chelliah, are all geared up for the World Amateur team golf championship which starts at the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club today. Douglas, the
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      809 27  -  7 s sr By KEN JONES STAR SOCCER focuses on Mark Hateley, the latest sensation in English football. The young striker's rise to the limelight has been nothing short of phenomenal. Starting from the time he scored that memorable goal for England against Brazil in their summer tour
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      Lock icon The pitfalls behind the glamour
      394 28  -  By BRIAN CLOUGH IPS MARK HATELEY is living high. He's scored goals for AC Milan in Italy, goals for England at Wembley. Schoolboy dreams aren't they? And he is only 22 years old. Glamour, headlines and praises have been heaped on him. And rightly so.
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      Battle of the 'Big Four' looms
      331 29  -  Singapore, the Philippines, Australia and South Korea geared up for team events PREVIEW by TONY LIM THE FIGHT for medals in the Bth Asian Zone FIQ Championship is gradually revealing the bowling prowess of each country, and seems confined to four countries: Singapore, the
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      A POPULAR FILM STAR AMONG THE BOWLERS
      314 29 SEEN AND HEARD UNEARTHED: Some bowlers with very unusual occupations. Among the 100-odd bowlers from 16 countries we have a movie star, a trotting horse trainer, a forklift driver and, hold your breath, a Gblic health officer who tpects "communicable diseases." Filipino coach
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      RESULTS AND MEDAL TALLY
      161 29 Results: 1 Men's Doubles Ronnie Ng/Patrtck Wee (Sin) 2532. 2 Byun Yong Han/Yoo CNng Hee (S Kor) 2508. 3 P Nepomuceno/O Reformatio (Phil) 2505 4 Kang D 1/ S M Moon (S Kor) 2503. 5 Silvano Prez/John Sullivan (Aus) 2416. 6 Tjandra F B/R L Tuwassey
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      Patrick quits soccer for good
      405 30  -  By ALFONSO CHAN A SMILING Patrick Wee ruminated for a while, letting his partner Ronnie Ng do all the talking at the Press conference after their golden victory. Fiddling the ring of gold hung around his neck, Patrick then broke into a wide grin and
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      THAT TOP OF THE WORLD FEELING Rennle and Patrick fight off challenge
      442 31  -  MONITOR sports By TONY LIM A DARK cloud was hanging over Ronnie Ng's head since the tournament began on Monday he had started off rather poorly in the singles event. But he managed to cast that aside and
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