Singapore Monitor, 8 November 1984

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    12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 30cents Thursday, November 8, 1984
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    SUBSCRIBERS LOSE OUT AS PERIODICAL FOLDS
    1146 1  -  Hundreds unable to get refund from digest on health and medicine MEDICAL DIGEST A GUIDE TO HEALTHY LIVING rOR EVERYONE •y VICTOR SOH and MAN MCI KIANG HUNDREDS of people in Singapore and Malaysia have complained to the Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case) that
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      110 1 6 DOUBLE- sento« alBhSh DANGERS fjA)v| i°»-i 8 l" n u HELL-RIDING: O Liverpool and th« big DArc r\ HBBMk" 'JBBm clubs fared: P3O and P32 rAbL PART ONE TOMORROW: I 1 i M The unanswered questions I* > b■' f I I L WtW Why were Indira Gandhi's assassins
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      215 1 van 0118 introduces flO-ounce Loco London Gold Certificate For the first time in Singapore in i w ft.; -mamrm Through OUB you can now buy /v and sell the KD-ounce unallocated Loco London gold certificate at international gold prices, the 7 first of its kind in Singapore. So, instead of
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      The 'people' problems of troubled Singaporeans
      253 2  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG MOST problems faced by Singaporeans concern their relationships with people, according to the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS). From 1980 to 1984, between 40 and SO per cent of people who approached SOS for help, haa relationship problems. This year's figure
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      Lock icon Lectures by police on dangers of hell-riding
      324 2  -  By VICTOR SOH MOTORCYCLISTS whose machines were impounded by the Traffic Police during a blitz on bell-riders last month have been lectured by police on the dangers of illegal racing. The riders, who turned up in batches of about SO every morning at
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      Changi Prison opens its chapel doors to tourists
      209 3  -  By NG MING MING GROUPS OF TOURISTS are to be allowed into the Changi Prison chapel. A Singapore tour operator, Tour East, has obtained permission to show visitors around the chapel, which is within the prison compound. The company last month won
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    • Article
      Cops probe burning of 6 double-decker buses
      377 3  -  By K K FONG POLICE are questioning several people in connection with the burning of six doubledecker buses in two Singapore Bus Service (SBS) depots. The act is suspected to be the work of arsonists. The first fire broke out at the Ang
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      Glut forecast, but HDB to build more warehouses
      176 3  -  By OEI SIN GIOK DESPITE forecasts of a surplus of warehouse space in the next few years, the Housing and Development Board is planning to provide more. It is acquiring almost 116,500 square metres of rural kampung land at Mandai to build
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      Slew Choh fights new PAP man in Boon Teck
      683 4  -  M UPDATE By EE BOON LEE OP THE five constituencies featured today, only one is being contested by the Barisan Sosialis, once a formidable opposition to the People's Action Party. Boon Teck, where the party chairman, Dr Lee Siew Choh, is
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      42 stranded after Sentosa monorail short-circuited
      416 5  -  By SURESH NAIR FORTY-TWO tourists were stuck in a train four metres above the ground for half an hour when Sentosa's $16 million monorail system short-circuited. Thev were rescued by the island's fire brigade, and given what one tourist described as "VIP treatment" by
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      Jalan Kayu leaders meet likely PAP candidate
      251 5  -  By EE BOON LEE KEY GRASSROOTS leaders from Jalan Kayu last night had a measure of a man who may stand as a People's Action Party candidate for the area, a mix of HDB and private housing estates as well as large tracts
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      New PAP candidates speak on issues of the day
      260 5 THE NEW People's Action Party candidates' views on issues of the day are published in the latest edition of the party publication Petir. The paper carries speeches made by seven of tnem at the recent PAP conference. Today, we reproduce eicerpts
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      CONGRATS, SINGAPORE
      459 6  -  TRIBUTE TO THE NATION FROM THREE VIPs TO COINCIDE WITH LAUNCHING OF BOOK By LOONG SWEE YIN MR DAVID Marshall has named Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Kens Swee, Second Deputy Prime Minister S Raiaratnam and Environment Minister Ong Pang Boon as the
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      Woman catches daughter's molester
      66 6 A GIRL's mother caught a man who had outraged her daughter's modesty, a court heard yesterday. Salleh Hodri, 24, pressed the 19-yeir-old girl's left breast as she was walking in a car park at Marsiling Lane on the morning of Oct 12, tne eourt was told.
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      Middle managers: The 'industrial lonely men'
      505 6  -  productivity] month84m By RAY MILLER MIDDLE managers singled out this week as a key target in the drive to improve productivity often see themselves as the "industrial lonely men of Singapore." But, say leading management consultants, it is time the middle-men stopped complaining and
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      277 4 ■■MORE ON THE POLITICAL SCENE: PAGE 5 yon crippling yoor engine with negect? I The Problem a Since 1979, most car manufacturers have been using With its exclusive silicone-silicate formula, Prestone II [1 aluminium for their engine parts to increase fuel economy. Super Coolant bonds a tough protective film on
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  • world
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      Lock icon Rammed!
      77 7 Non-striker bangs picket in defiance of boycott UPI DAVID Arnold, a picket, bounces off as a car driven by a non-striker rams into him. Mr Arnold was unhurt. The incident took place as strikers at the General Dynamic plant in the Fort Worth suburb of White Settlement, Texas, continued
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      Lock icon Thais attempt to retake hill seized by Viets
      280 7 UPI BANGKOK, Thursday THAI TROOPS yesterday tried to wrest control of a hill 2,000 m inside Thailand from Vietnamese forces as the two sides exchanged artillery duels, a senior army official said. The disputed hill, 300 km northeast of Bangkok, is a
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      Lock icon HK to stop hiring Britons for top administrative posts
      100 7 Reuter HONG KONG, Thursday THE HONG. Kong Government will stop hiring civil servants from Britain next year in preparation for the colony's return to China in 1997, the Far Eastern Economic Review reported yesterday. The Hong Kong-based weekly magazine quoted Secretary
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      Lock icon Mondale: The past
      87 8 Mr Walter Mondale being hugged by his daughter, Eleanor after conceding the Presidential election in Civic Centre in St Paul, Minne- sota. At a news conference yesterday, he announced that he would not run for public office again. He would return to the private practice of law.
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      Lock icon Bush: The future?
      86 8 VICE PRESIDENT George Bush leaving the polling place in Houston, Texas, after casting his ballot in the general election. Addressing his supporters at the Westin Galleria Hotel on Tuesday night, he said: "This is your victory... in the coming four years, as in the past four, we
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      Lock icon Reagan stays committed to 'Star Wars' programme
      632 8 UPI LOS ANGELES, Thursday UNITED States President Reagan, savouring an immense personal triumph at the polls, yesterday broaaly sketched the outlines of a second term devoted to revitalising the arms control process and fending off higher taxes In an interview earlier yesterday, he
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      Facts and figures
      130 8 ißflMMi.n prmmM 4 MORE YEARS THE VOTER turnout was 92.5 million, or 53.2 per cent of the voting age population. That would be a slight increase over the 52.6 per cent turnout in 1980, the first rise in voting in a presidential election year since 1960. WITH
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      Congratulatory note from the Soviets
      208 8 NEW YORK, Thursday THE SOVIET Unidn, in unusually conciliatory statements, congratulated President Reagan yesterday on his re-election and said improved US-Soviet ties would "radically" lessen global tensions. Western leaders pressed for renewed arms talks with Moscow while hailing Mr Reagan's landslide victory over democratic challenger
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      Lock icon Two top Indian security men sacked
      341 9 Continuing purge of intelligence service Sikh priests prevented from going to Delhi Agencies NEW DELHI, Thursday THE TOP TWO officials of India's domestic intelligence service were fired late yesterday in a continuing security purge triggered by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination. Three top police
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      Lock icon Devaluation of baht would lead to unrest, warns Arthit
      308 9 Reuter BANGKOK, Thursday THAILAND'S military supreme commander, General Arthit Kamlang-ek, called tonight on the government to rescind this week's devaluation of the baht, warning it would lead to unrest. In an unscheduled appearance on army television, Gen Arthit said the 14.8
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      125 Kerala kits missing after bridge collapses
      91 9 NEW DELHI, Thursday ABOUT 125 schoolchildren were missing yesterday after a rope bridge collapsed over a swollen stream in a mountain region of the southern state of Kerala, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. The news agency, which earlier reported more »han
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    • BANKS IN TROUBLE
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        Lock icon Run on NY bank of HK resident
        211 10 NEW YORK, Thursday AP THE RUN on the Chinatown bank of former Hong £ong resident T C "Eddie" Chan, who has been subpoenaed to appear before the President's Organised Crime Commission, resumed yesterday when the bank reopened after an Election Day holiday, authorities
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        Lock icon Reason why Fuji Bank lost $103m
        223 10 TOKYO,Thursday Reuter FUJI Bank, one of Japan's big{;est, said yesterday that it had ost 11.5 billion yen (Sslo3 million) through unauthorised speculative trading by its chief foreign exchange dealer in New York. It was the biggest-ever foreign exchange loss by a Japanese bank, beating
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      Lock icon Major US banks lower their prime to 11 pc
      232 10 Agencies NEW YORK, Thurs MAJOR US banks lowered their prime rate to 11V« per cent from *12 per cent yesterday in response to a a in Its cost of money 1 spreading belief that the Federal Reserve has eased up on
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
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        The new-look Princess DI
        69 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS BRITAIN'S Queen Elizabeth II (left in picture above) and Princess Diana! sporting a sophisticated new hairstyle, ride from Buckingham Palace to the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday. The 23-year-old wife of the heir to the British throne abandoned the
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        Kohl denies wrongdoing
        94 10 CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl yesterday denied any wrongdoing in the Flick political payoffs scandal but acknowledged that he received cashstuffed envelopes from the company on three occasions. Testifying for the first time before an all-party parliamentary committee investigating the socalled "Flick Affair," the conservative Christian Democratic Chancellor initially
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        Indonesian spy appeals
        79 10 JOHANNES Batista Susdaryanto, an Indonesian naval officer sentenced to 10 years in jail for selling secrets to the Soviet Union, has pleaded for clemency to President Suharto. The Antara News Agency said yesterday that Susdaryanto, 49, sentenced on August 22 by a military court, asked for clemency
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        Only a sore throat, comrade
        72 10 SOVIET Defence Minister Dmitry Ustinov, 76, was missing yesterday when troops, tanks and flag-waving civilians paraded past the rest of the Kremlin leadership in Red Square on the 67th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. When asked about Mr Ustinov, a Politburo member and Moscow Party
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      Red China enters World Court for first time
      164 10 UNITED NATIONS, Thursday CHINA won a seat on the World Court yesterday for the first time since the Communist government in Beijing Jained admisslonato the United Nations 3 years ago. American-educated Ni Zhengyu, 78-year-old Legal counsel in the Chinese Foreign Ministry, was
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      Restoring unity in Peronist ranks
      139 11 ONE YEAR after losing elections for the first time in their history, Argentina's once all-powerful Peronists are looking for a leader and a political theme to restore unity and hope to their shattered ranks. The party's crisis was highlighted on the 39th anniversary of the
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      JAPAN'S DEFENCE
      23 11 Japan's defence industry is booming because of a sustained government effort over the past few years to strengthen its military capability.
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      SOVIET TANKS
      24 11 The Israeli army has rebuilt captured Soviet tanks to western standards and they are putting them into service in the armoured units.
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      PERONIST UNITY
      31 11 A year after losing the elections for the first time, Argentina's Peronists are looking for a leader and a political theme to restore unity and hope to their ranks.
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      Big boost for Japanese defence industry
      289 11 .TRENDS. World Politics JAPAN'S defence industry is booming thanks to a sustained government effort over the past few years to beef up its military capability. While the Japanese defence industry is small, signs are that they will be increasing at a brisk pace. In
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      Israeli army puts captured Soviet tanks to good use
      177 11 THE ISRAELI army has rebuilt captured Soviet tanks to modern Western standards and Israeli officers say the army is putting them into service in its armoured units. The Israelis captured Soviet T54 and T55 tanks in the 1967 Six-day War and
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      F-16 JETS REQUEST:
      43 11 Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates are seeking to purchase F-16 jet fighters. The United States will consider the requests next year. The Kuwaiti request would face difficulties because of objection from the Israeli lobby within Cortgress
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      NEW PYONGYANG LAW:
      50 11 North Korea is negotiating with a French construction company to build a 1,000 room-hotel in Pyongyang. North Korea recently enacted a law allowing foreign companies to invest in joint«ventures with government corporations. Until then, it had been closed to outside capital under a policy of economic self-reliance.
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      SINO-SOVIET TALKS:
      49 11 China and the Soviet Union went back to the negotiating table last month in a bid to patch up their differences and gve a new dimension to the Wadhington-Moscow-eijing power.triangle. Bilateral talks may not achieve anytfyng close to a breakthrough leading to resumption of their 1950s-style cordiality.
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      359 9 jj i I A fashion revival This is the Moon Watch controlled. Stylish because it's one of the latest fine watches by made by the watchmakers who Wf Favre-Leuba of Switzerland. have led in fashion for over a ir In years gone by, a Moon century '^7?IBCNyfJ' Watch was the
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  • money
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      Japanese shy away on the first day of Yen trading
      724 12 JAPANESE YEN futures trading took off at 9.20 am yesterday but the Japanese were not there, as evidenced by the low volume transacted. Exactly one month after Simex's linkup with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Simex deputy chairman Francis Yeo rang
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      No immediate gain for KLI if it buys stakes
      97 12 KUALA Lumpur Industries Bhd's (KLI) proposed acquisitions of 70 per cent of the equity interest in the People's Insurance Co (M) Sdn Bhd and Kota Raya Development Sdn Bhd are only expected to contribute to its profitability from the year ending
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      LKT bids $8 m less than rivals to win HDB contract
      465 12 LEE KIM TAH (Pte) Ltd (LKT) has beaten over 30 rivals to win the $75.6 million Simei Estate HDB contract. The wholly-owned subsidiary of listed Lee Kim Tah Holdings Ltd bid $8 million less than its nearest rival to
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      Building giants that were elbowed out
      232 12 LEE KIM TAH'S success in the tender to build the 2,356 four- and five-room improved flats was in the face of competition from such giants as Hyundai Corp (South Korea); Kajima Corp, Marubeni/Shimizu, Penta Ocean (all of Japan); White Industries of Australia; and SGE
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      New Marine Midland subsidiary to trade on Simex
      281 13 MARINE Midland Banks Inc's new marine subsidiary, established to execute and clear financial futures contracts on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex), is affiliated with CM M Futures Inc, the US based futures commission merchant of the CM M Group Inc, which
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      Lock icon Prices dip despite Reagan win
      285 13 HMLLSTREET Reuter WALL STREET yesterday ignored President Reagan's reelection and declining interest rates to concentrate on profittaking for a session marked by a steady decline in prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 10.93 to 1233.22. Losing issues led gainers 979 to 616 and volume
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      INDICES
      41 13 THE STRAITS Timet Industrial Index closed 4.39 points ap to 838.17 yesterday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 419.88, ap 3.34 points. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index fell 0.0934 point to 132.8508 nt the close.
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      Not 'cashless' but 'less cash'
      293 13  -  Small notes and coins will still be used despite charge and credit cards: Financier By EDWARD ONG THE CASHLESS society is "entirely a myth", says Mr Choo Weng Chuk, who is the general manager of Diners Club Singapore (Pte) Ltd. As the luncheon guest speaker
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      'Robust US economy is checking any fall in dollar'
      447 13 THE US dollar, which has been undergoing a correction recently, Is not ex* pected to register any further significant fall against the other currencies, according to OUB Financial Review's November issue. This is because the greenback is still well-sup-Eorted by the
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      Dollar and Gold
      131 13 THE AMERICAN dollar slid to a two-month low yesterday, in a decline analysts attributed to falling US interest rates and to rumours, quickly denied, that Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker was about to resign. AS the' dollar fell aVid tfc interest-rate outlook re- mained bright, gold
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      56 13 A Fondue Feast at Economical Prices From now to Oct 31, you can enjoy Le Chalet's famous fondues for lunch at our promotion price of $20 plus 10% service charge Sc 3% govt. tax. This offer includes a complimentary fresh Mushroom Soup and salad. Reservations: Tel: *****11 LadytiiH Hold W
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  • features / letters
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      Staging hunger strikes to fight Moscow's persecution
      706 14  -  Faced with criminal prosecution, Christian group resorts to radical tactic By Howard Tyner of The Chicago Tribune MOSCOW: Their children have been taunted as "fascists" and beaten by schoolmates. They themselves have lost their jobs, have been forced to pay large fines and
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    • REPLIES
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        Special service for students only
        225 14  -  JOSEPHINE ONG (MISS) PRO, Singapore Bus Service I REFER to the letter by "Commuter" requesting for more Service 41 buses and a new service for students alone Tanjong Katong and Guillemard Roads (SM, Sept 20). Passenger loading surveys conducted following the writer's letter showed that
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        Bus No. 167 is for all commuters
        109 14  -  BERNADETTE CHIM (MISS) PRO, Trans-Island Bus Services WE REFER TO the letter "Is Service 167 for workers only?" by "Frustrated" (SM, Oct 30). Service 167 provides the general public and students with a direct link between Admiralty Road West (outside Sembawang Shipyard) and
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      Sexual attitudes in twilight years
      725 14  -  By ROSEMARY GOUDREAU I Of The Orlando Sentinel LAKE BUENA VISTA (Florida): About 55 per cent of women lose their sexual desire after menopause, mostly because of hormonal changes, medical researchers report. In a Yale University study of 178 post-menopausal women, 121 women had symptoms
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  • opinion / letters
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      Unfair appraisal of the Singapore voter
      479 15 mm COMMENT WITH THE general election fast approaching, the Singaporean voter has come under the political magnifying glass and is being appraised in a way, we feel, that is unfair to him. The latest contribution came from the Acting Chairman of the Singapore Democratic
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      Wrong to show embracing scene in 'Growing Up'
      157 15 THERE APPEARS TO be a relaxation in the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's censorship of TV films. This laxity in censorship is found in a scene from the Mandarin series, "Growing Up," which was telecast on Oct 24 at 9.30 pm. The scene depicts
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      Productivity is common sense plus the will to work
      518 15 THE BOOSTING of productivity is a social responsibility which reJiuires mutual efforts or mutual benefits. Singaporeans have worked very hard to improve productivity over the last three years. It was clear that the only way we could build for the future
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  • leisure
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      Lock icon From tomboy to one of Bond's ladies
      1246 16  -  TOUGH ROAD TO STARDOM FOR TANYA By LAN WOODWARD IPS "PEOPLE are always trying to fabricate stories about me," murmurs the ex-Charlie's Angel who has made it into the latest Bond movie. "They're always trying to sensationalise my life," says Tanya Roberts, best
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      At last, a made-in-HK English sitcom
      667 16 ISTARSTRUCKj IT HAD to happen. Hong Kong will finally have an English situation comedv of its own and it will explore aspects of the cultural gap between East and West. The series will aptly be titled Made-in-Hong Kong. A brainchild of TV entrepreneur Robert
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      BBC programme on Indira to be televised tomorrow
      315 16  -  By WONG AH YOKE THREE weeks before Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated on Oct 31, she talked abont the lack of security and the future of India after her death on a BBC television programme. And, as though foreseeing her
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      Nightmares and murder
      477 18 IjISGWS Thursday Feature Special The Cradle Will Fall (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 10 pm) BASED on Mary Higgins Clark's novel, this suspense drama stars Lauren Hutton as Kathy DeMaio, a spirited young assistant district attorney who is warded at the Cedars Hospital after a minor car accident.
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      THE STORY OF TWO CULTURES
      506 18 Aussie series not merely M account of POW breakout Illlllllllllllll llllll lllllll TV SCENE A 10-HOUR Australian television series, Cowra Breakout, now in production is the story of two cultures those of Australia and Japan and not just an account of a massive prisoner-of-war breakout.
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      535 17 2.25 SBC TEXT- Uve Sample Pages. B fcMjifcA.' 2.55 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The immortals (c> Tarzan for Brave Seaview: First Steps. Sandy and George take up elocution lessons an eye on superstardom. But Daddy in knowing who will help 5.45 360 Degrees Views Our World, Turkey subtitles).
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      916 19 Noon Newsdesk 12.30 Steptoe and Son 7.00 Noon Programme Steps in Time (cont'd): Classical Record Review World News 7.09 News Summary 12.05 Musical 1. Dvorak: Symphony 12.45 Financial Review about Britain 7.15 New Notebook Musical No 7 in D minor Opus I !??i 7 2 L Week Steps in Time
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      213 19 -v.: &W." A". J mogen Hoist Arts Circle 7.30 Ballet Haydn: Piano Sonata 4.00 Programme Highlights: Khachatur- No 29 In F, Steven de Summary 4.05 Compos- lan: Masquerade, Lorv Qroote (piano) 2. Haydn: ers from Different Eras don Symphony Orches- String Quartet in C Opus Claude Debussy: Im- tra/Stanley Black
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      298 20 leisure GERMAN FILMS THE Goethe-Institut will screen EEH Briest today at 7.30 pm at its auditorium. Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, the film (with English subtitles) is about the tragic consequences of a young bride's adultery with her husband's friend. Tomorrow at 7.30 pm, Der Fangschuss (Coup de Grace) will
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    To Japan on a special package
    286 21 GO PLACES IN selecting a package tour, holiday-makers are primarily influenced by the sightseeing itinerary offered. And accommodation and the price of the package are just as important. Most tour agents do not offer sufficient stop-over time for most of these packages, resulting in
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      299 23 OVER the years, the guitar has become one of the most popular musical instruments. Anyone who can play a couple of melodies on the Spanish guitar is usually a great hit at a party or gathering. Today, most of the world's famous orchestras include
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      123 23 A FOUR-DAY workshop on Marketing Communications will be held by PL Marketing Communications from November 22-25 at the Royal Holiday Inn Singapore. The workshop will teach marketers how to use the various tools of marketing communications, such as branding and packaging, merchandising media, personal selling,
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      218 23 Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce 47, Hill, Street Singapore 0617 Offers DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DBMS) 4 lectures by Mr Goh Tian Sze DATE: 1 DEC to 22 Dec Time: 2.30 to 4.30 pm Course Fee: $80/Venue SCCCI Microcomputer Centre (3rd Floor) 1) Introduction: The Data Base Management System (DBMS)
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      94 23 THIS is the Personal Advancement market place where various courses for those seeking such information will be listed. Call IDA YUNOS for information and ad placement at *****90 ext 27. I t& c protect eyes with CHARLIE Monitor! protect efficiency with A 1 Software! protect realistic Computing With A 1
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      139 24 SECURITY GUARD AGENCIES Coastguard Secur Serv 336-6704 Harmon's Pte Investigation 1 Security As *****71/ 338(477 (24 hours answering service: *****55, ask for Harmon Singh) John Yap 217-7777/ 235-2088 Reliance Security Services Pte Ltd 338-4517. 338-7860 Regal Security Services 294-8487 Singka Security Serv 273-5673 skmvtCES Cushion Covers Maker 255-7280 SEWING MACfBNE
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      227 25 classified 273-9090 Situations Vacant E Here's your 2 chance to grow I" with us Join one of the world's largest Z fridge compressor I makers and also one of Singapore's fastest growing I companies as I PRODUCTION OPERATORS Requirements: Able to work on 2 I rotating shifts I Have completed
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      589 25 Situations Vacant I An expanding ptastic and metal factory has immediate 1 vacancies tor the following positions 1. MOULD SET-UP TECHNICIANS Able to work 3 rotating shifts Technical knowledge Completed N S Some experience in injection moulding 2. FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS e Permanent 2nd 3rd shifts O No experience required
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      972 25 NOTICES i NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Mohd Sedik Bin Mohd Salleh of No Block 132, Tah Ching Road #08-731 Singapore 2261 have applied for a Retail Beer Shop licence in respect of premises at M/s: Syedunnisha Provision Frozen Foods, Sedik Aisha Enterprise Co. at Block 517 Jurong
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      991 26 classified 273-9090 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Tan Ban Lee of N0.388F Clementi Road Singapore 2159 have applied for a Second Class Public House licence in respect of premises at M/s: Pete's Birdland B B Q Restaurant, 71, Hillcrest Road Singapore 1128 and that this application will
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      736 26 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OP SINGAPORE Originating Petition) In the Matter of I Number 77 of 1984 Singapore News I And Publications Limited I And In the Matter of the I Companies Act, Chapter 185 I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition presented by I Singapore
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      373 27  -  Women World Superstar Volleyball Tournament By K SILVAM DONT expect too much from the American national team at the Women World Superstar Volleyball Tournament, starting at Gay World Stadium tomorrow After all, only two of their Olympic players are in the team.
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      World volleyball chief in flap over hotel...
      86 27  -  By K SILVAM YOU can't please everybody, it seems. llie organisers of the Women World Superstar Volleyball Tournament booked all the players and officials in a hotel away from the hustle and bustle of the city. But Ruben Acosta Hernandez, president of the
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      Guam women show they're no push-overs
      403 28 WtporU by ALFONSO CHAN GUAM is a tiny, elongated island, 570 square kilometres, and just a dot in the Pacific Ocean. With a population of about 200,000 people, you wouldn't think their prowess in sport could amount to much, even though they are a
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      Defending champion Gerard Tan bows out of final
      127 28  -  By ALFONSO CHAN LIM Chin Hoo of Mandarin Hotel is the favourite for the Avis Travel Industry Squash Championship singles final at 6.30pm tomorrow after beating defending champion Gerard Tan of Pavilion Hotel 9-3, 9-7, 9-3 in their semifinal match at the
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      Lock icon Australia will play Roche in match against Ireland
      223 28 Reuter DUBLIN, Thursday FLANKER Chris Roche, surprisingly dropped for the match against England, was yesterday reinstated for the second international of Australia's rugby union tour of the British Isles against Ireland at Lansdowne Road on Saturday. Roche played in 16 consecutive tests
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      CBS-TV men here to capture the action at Jackie's
      353 28 AMERICA'S premier television network, Columbia Broadcasting Station (CBS), is in town to televise the Bth FIQ Asian Zone Bowling Championships on at the Jackie's Bowl Orchard. CBS is represented by Ron Meyers and Associates, who are producing the p: .rime for
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      Lock icon QPR crash out despite their four-goal lead
      410 29 Partisan Belgrade 4 QPR 0 Reuter BELGRADE, Thursday YUGOSLAVIA'S Partizan Belgrade clawed back a four-goal deficit against England's Queen's Park Hangers to reach the last 16 of the UEFA Cup here last night. The Yugoslav's surprise 4-0 win levelled the second round tie
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      UNITED SCRAPE THROUGH ON LATE STRACHAN PENALTY GOAL
      820 29 PSV Eindhoven O Manchester Utd 1 SCOTTISH midfielder Gordon Strachan scored from the penalty spot two minutes into extra time to guide Manchester United into the third round of the UEFA Cup at the expense of Dutch side PSV Eindhoven. Strachan stepped
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      517 29 Results of second round, second leg, matches In the three major European club soccer competitions yesterday: UEFA CUP Spartak Moscow (Soviet Union) 2 Lok Leipzig (East Germany) 0 (halftime 1-0), Spartak win 3-1 on aggregate Dynamo Minsk (Soviet Union) 2 Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) 0 (2-0); aggregate score 2-2; Dynamo
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      IN
      517 30  -  Morale up after news of Fandi's inclusion ASIAN CUP '84 By S GULAM THE NEWS that Fandl Ahmad will lead Singapore's strike force in the coming Asian Cup will not only be a morale booster for the team but will also bring the crowds back to the National Stadium.
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      OUT?
      233 30  -  Knee injury may cost Sundram a place in team By S GULAM NATIONAL striker V Sundramoorthy may be ruled out of the Asian Cup because of a knee injury he suffered two days ago. The 18-year-old national serviceman was admitted to the General Hospital yesterday and he has been
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      564 27 classified 273-9090 NOTICES I I B AIH\ M 2ND PRIZE $400,000 3rd PRIZE $200,000 4th prize $100,000 STH PRIZE 50,000 5 JACKPOT PRIZES $15,000 each 4-DIGIT MAJOR PRIZES $500 each 10 LUCKY PRIZES 5,000 each (Terminal digits) 25 GIFT PRIZES 3,000 each 4 srT H* o ZES 350 each 25
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      314 27 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 1«9 JEB COMPANY (PTE)LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of JEB COMPANY (PTE) LTD duly convened and held at 10, Jalan Besar, #12-11, Sim Lim Tower, Singapore 0820 on 3rd November 1984, the following resolutions set
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      121 28 WORLD CHAMPIONS PREFER /9izuid i Mizuno Volleyball Shoes are worn by Olympic Volleyball Women s Team 1984 held in Los Angeles tlst-China. 2nd-U S A 3rd-Japan) 3rd Asian Volleyball Championship Women's Team 1983 held in Japan (2nd-China) 9th World Volleyball Championship Women's Team 1982 held in Peru (Ist-China. 2nd-Peru 3rd-U
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      167 30 STEEL EAGLE For the perfect weight balance in your swing! It's so very important in golf to have the weight balancer weight and the exact spot of the correct swing in each individual club. With PGPs Steel Eagle corrector you can adjust the swing your Wj strength and swing speed.
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      Lock icon DALGLISH SENT OFF FOR FIGHTING
      361 31 Reuter LISBON, Thursday LIVERPOOL survived the twin blows of conceding a fifth-minute penalty and having striker Kenny Dalglish sent off against Portuguese champions Benfica here last night to carry their defence of the European Cup into the quarterfinals. Beaten 1-0, Liverpool won the second-round tie
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      Politics and bowling don't mix: Ninoy's niece
      265 31 Slliill WWII HEARD '.',wwwwwwwww'^wwww\ A WEE BIT of Philippines politics has been imported into Singapore for the duration of the bowling tournament. But, thank goodness, it's not of a confrontational type, even though the ingredients are there for a blowup. Close upon our
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