Singapore Monitor, 14 November 1984, Afternoon Edition

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    20 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR evening' EDITION t M C (Pi No 21 5 84 L Wednesday. November 14. 1984 30 cents
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    Lock icon BMF scandal: Sack errant board members now, says Unmo Youth
    415 1 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Wtdntttfay THE Youth wing of Malaysia's most powerful political party has demanded the immediate resignation of all Bank Bumiputra board members and senior executives involved in approving loans to Bumiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF). The Youth leader
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    Lock icon FIRE IN JAKARTA RAGES OUT OF CONTROL
    548 1 Firemen unable to contain blaze in landmark building Agencies JAKARTA,' W«dn«sday A HUGE fire rased out of control today through one of Jakarta's best known buildings, housing a department store and government offices. Scores of firemen battled the blaze at the 14-storey Sarinah
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    Lock icon Thailand's railway workers go on strike
    234 1 UPI BANGKOK, Wednesday THAILAND'S national railway workers went on strike last night, stranding hundreds of passengers around the nation with a walkout over wages and working conditions. The strike by about 2,000 members of seven unions against the state-owned railway, State Railway of Thailand,
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      'Choice of the right leaders will benefit all'
      670 2 NUS CONVOCATION AT SINGAPORE CONFERENCE HALL PRESIDENT C V Devan Nair told graduates of the National University of Singapore (NUS) this morning that progress in their chosen professions is dependent on the exact quality of the leadership in Singapore. "It is in
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      $100,000 worth of stolen computer parts recovered
      162 3  -  »v K K FONG JOO CHIAT Police have seized more than $100,000 worth of stolen computer circuit boards and arrested three suspects in the past 24 hours to help in their investigation. A party of detectives raided a kampong house in Jalan Sempadan
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      Man jailed two months for stealing trishaw
      141 3  -  By JALIL MISWARDI A 32-YEAR-OLD man was today convicted of stealing a trishaw ana committing mischief. Tan Swee Siong admitted stealing the trishaw on Oct 10 at about 12.30 am at Blk 16, Petain Road. The court was told that the trishaw belonged
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      Dhana drops in on Oman and Bahrain
      268 3 FOREIGN Minister S Dhanabalan, now on his way to attend the AseanEEC Ministerial Meeting in Dublin, made official visits to two of the Gulf states, Bahrain and Oman. In Bahrain, Mr Dhanabalan and his fourmember delegation had an audience with the Amir of
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      Date set for campaign against glue-sniffing
      134 3 SINGAPORE'S National Anti-Inhalant Abuse Campaign should officially start on March 2 next year and run until May 31, subject to approval of the Prime Minister's Office. A meeting of the organising committee of the Singapore Anti-Nar-cotics Association today decided on a budget of $230,000
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      Robbers hold up goldsmith
      81 3 TWO ARMED robbers held up a goldsmith and escaped with $20,000 worth of earrings in Aljunied Crescent yesterday. Mr W K Chong, 29, of Sin Kim Seng Jewellery Trader, told police he was waiting for a lift at Block 105 when he was surprised. Two men,
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      'Heroin queen' case: Aussie tip led to arrest
      259 4  -  By K K FONG A SINGLE telephone number was the clue that spurred Central Narcotics Bureau agents on a six-month hunt for the woman known as Singapore's "heroin queen." The number, given to Australian police by a Singaporean taxi driver arrested on
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      TALKS ON WHO MAY SUCCEED THE PM
      523 4  -  Younger PAP leaders now discussing the issue By EE BOON LEE YOUNGER leaders of the People's Action Party have begun discussing who may become Prime Minister when Mr Lee Kuan Yew retires in about four years. The question of who is likely to
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    • NEWS SCAN
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        A charitable newsletter
        193 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS IT BEGAN as a class project to help improve their English. But for the 27 Secondary 4B boys at the Catholic High School, the project extended into a fund-raising effort to help Ethiopia's famine victims. Kenneth Tan, 16, explained: "After the
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        1,200 VIPs invited
        70 4 IMM&DSiai EXHIBITION A TOTAL of 1,200 guests have been invited to the opening night of the National Exhibition tomorrow. They include Cabinet Ministers, community and grassroots leaders, heads of government ministries and statutory boards as well as foreign diplomats. The exhibition, a climax to the series of
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        Discussing flexible paydays
        80 4 EMPLOYERS are getting together to discuss the possibility of paying staff on the third week of each month. Singapore National Employers' Federation, Singapore Manufacturers' Association and the Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce will hold meetings with their members to discuss flexible paydays. The move is in
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      Veto power of President may lead to conflict, says SDP
      159 4  -  By LOONG SWEE YIN THE SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) has raised the spectre of a conflict between the President and the ruling party if tfie former was given the power to veto government spending of our reserves. Mr Ling How
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      155 2 N PHUKET&CHIANGIIUI TOUR wHh Bangkok 6-day 0% I m Holiday resorts ATI for the price of $969 Incfcided Hi^rii^ti* IS FuH day Phang-Nga Buy Tour including Jamas Bond Island (9 Seafood lunch at a Gipsy VBege GQ Phuket welcome B-B-Q dinner in Hit-Top Restaurant IS Chiangmai city tour 0 Thai
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      199 3 only!^|j a% We have a pleasant surprise Jl A Christmas Draw Affair with WefCefair Jp BELLEFAIR Christmas cards are enchantingly picturesque and warmly worded deservedly among the finest from J^^ng This Christmas, we offer a generous Christmas Draw with 500 fabulous prizes to be won! ggrnt 3 Top Prizes* of
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      70 4 A Fondue Feast at Economical Prices From now to Oct 31, you can enjoy l.c Chalet's famous fondues for lunch at our promotion price of $20 plus 10% service charge 3% govt. tax. This offer includes a complimentary fresh Mushroom Soup and salad. Reservations: Tel: *****11 ism LadyhiH How J
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      302 5 An invitation to you Come to the 1985 Exhibition of Citizen Witches at Lucky Plaza. This exhibition will present Citizen's largest 7~. ~7Z 7 collection of watches ever assembled at one Fashion and Luxwy by Citizen location. There are watches for everyone, for The Espreme is a masterpiece of the
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  • world
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      Lock icon China's farmers beat the 'system' for fat profits
      371 6 Reuter ZHAO XIAN (CHINA), Wednesday CHINESE farmers and private traders are making a monkey of the state distribution system by travelling huge distances to sell their goods for fat profits. Like the crafty Soviet Georgians, who flew to Moscow with sacks of
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      One down, one to go for Nasa's space shuttle Discovery
      123 6 CANAVERAL (Florida), Wednesday THE SPACE shuttle "Discovery" today made final course adjustments for an attempt to salvage a second communications satellite, the last major task of its eight-day mission. Two days after retrieving the Palapa satellite, Discovery closed in on
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      Taipeh cops nab 50 mobsters in crackdown
      90 6 DATELINE: TAIWAN TAIPEH, W«dnMday TAIWAN launched a crackdown on organised crime today by arresting more than 50 people with underworld connections in a series of early morning raids, police said. According to a police official, the swoop, which started after midnight, was the
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      Sabah cops screen 23,000 immigrants
      102 6 DATELINE: SABAH KOTA KINABALU police have so far screened 23,000 Filipinos and Indonesians as Girt of the "Ops Bersih "(Operation Cleanup) unched in the district on Nov 1. OCPD Supt Victor Lim told reporters yesterday that 17,366 of those screened were Filipinos and 5,588 were
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      Lock icon Nudity and American bank's open and shut case
      136 8 UPI BELLEVILLE (Illinois), Wtd AN EXHIBITION bry eight artists at a local bank came to an abrupt close because a bank official removed a sketch of a nude considered too explicit for the area's tastes. The removal of the sketch by Mr
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      Lock icon Keep the £1 note, say furious Britons
      136 8 Reuter LONDON, Wednesday THE BRITISH Government faced the wrath of an outraged nation yesterday after announcing plans to abolish the one-pound note and replace it with a hated coin. Politicians, newspapers, shopkeepers and the public united to condemn the change, announced by the
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      Lock icon AFGHAN CHILDREN SENT TO RUSSIA FOR INDOCTRINATION
      310 8 AP NEW DELHI, Wednesday THE SOVIET authorities in Afghanistan are taking thousands of primary school children from their parents and transporting them to the Soviet Union for at least 10 years to be indoctrinated and Russianised, Western diplomatic informants reported yesterday. The first
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      Lock icon Soviet officer orders the massacre of 450 guerillas
      154 8 UPI A SOVIET officer ordered the massacre of 450 unarmed Muslim guerillas who had surrendered after holding a mountain fortress in central Afghanistan, a Western diplomat said yesterday. The summary execu- tion of the rebels occurred in early October in Hezarajot, west
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
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        Honours for author Devries
        46 8 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS AUTHOR Peter Devries (above, left), standing next to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was one of the 23 distinguished authors honoured on Monday night for contemporary fiction and non-fiction at the New York Library's fourth annual Literary Evening.
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        Woman for all seasons
        49 8 CLARE BOOTHE LUCE, the first woman ambassador to a major foreign country and a former member of Congress, received the Raymond E Baldwin Public Service Award in Connecticut on Monday. Ms Luce, 83, is called a "woman for all seasons" because of her endless accomplishments.
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        Tutu appointed bishop
        20 8 NOBEL Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu was vesterday appointed the first black Anglican bishop of Johannesburg.
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        Di visits the handicapped
        33 8 PRINCESS Diana (right, above) visited the Family Centre of SENSE, the National DeafBlind and Rubella Association in Ealing, London, yesterday. The Princess is patron of the National Rubella Council.
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        Return of 'Supermac'
        60 8 FORMER Prime Minister Harold MacMillan, calling himself the Rip Van Winkle of British politics, returned to Parliament at the age of 90 Bsterdav to deliver his maiden speech in the ouse of Lords. Mr MacMillan, once dubbed "Supermac" and who in January was created the Earl of
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        Like father, like son
        64 8 CROWN Prince Akihito, heir to the throne of Japan, is a major contributor to a book on Japanese fish to be published soon. Like his fatner Emperor Hirohito, 50-year-old Akihito is an expert on marine biology. He has specialised in the study of the goby (perciformes
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      Lock icon Libya planning fresh Chad offensive
      135 8 Reuter N'DJAMENA (Chad), Wednesday THE OFFICIAL Chadian news agency said yesterday Libyan troops had not withdrawn from northern Chad and an offensive against government-held positions was imminent. The agency, ATP, also questioned France's motives in saying Libya had pulled out an estimated 5,000 troops which
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      Lock icon Young, old and fair to contest India polls
      404 9 Reuter NEW DELHI, Wednesday THE YOUNG, THE OLD and the beautiful are the main players in December's national elections in India, the world's largest democracy. UnUl his mother's assassination 13 days ago. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, at 40 and Indians younBest8 est
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      Lock icon Fresh bid to fight baby's rejection of baboon heart
      128 9 AP LOMA UNDA (California), Wednesday DOCTORS withheld food from Baby Fae and administered a second drug to combat her body's effort to reject a transplanted baboon heart, but the infant remained "active and alert," hospital officials said yesterday. "The rejection episode
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      Lock icon Hunted army deserters hold nine hostage in coffee shop
      253 10 AP SEOUL, Wednesday TWO South Korean Army deserters, who had eluded an intensive manhunt since Sunday, broke into a basement coffee shop in Kunsan early today and, holding eight or nine civilian hostages, were defying pleas to surrender, the Yonhap News
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      Lock icon 'Asean arms race already under way'
      361 10 Bernama PORT DICKSON, Wednesday AN ARMS race in the Asean region may well be under way, according to some strategists attending the Conference on Stability, Development and Security here. They came to this conclusion even as the debate, on whether the acquisition of some
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      Lock icon A pattern of arson in fires'
      308 10 3 suspects identified: Filipino Army Chief Agencies MANILA, Wednesday THE MILITARY sees "a pattern of arson" and has identified three suspects in a series of hotel fires that killed 40 people in the Philippines, acting Armed Forces Chief Lieutenant-General Fidel Ramos said yesterday. Gen
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      Lock icon A paltry 1,200 respond to call for comment on accord
      195 10 HONGKONG: TOMMTOSI997 UPI HONG KONG, Wed ONLY 1,200 of Hong Kong's 5.5 million people have responded individually to a Government appeal for comment on the agreement returning the British colony to China, officials acknowledged yesterday. The meagre response has drawn
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      Lock icon Tennessee banker faces 44 felony charges
      131 10 LATWP WASHINGTON, Wednesday IN ONE of the largest cases in history involving alleged bank fraud, Tennessee banker-politician Jake F Butcher, who organised the 1982 World's Fair at Knoxville, was indicted yesterday on 44 felony counts in connection with the collapse last year of his
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      225 9 kMjipi WBI Hi > 4' t^ s lSl „.T^i S ra' f v fw JKi 4 **> ff S faOr~;)®"' will never see inside. \bu shoulchit miss it The Dane's House will be an outstanding event at the International Furniture Fair. Everybody will want to take a look inside. But
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      208 11 Afraid the copier you're thinking of buying will turn into this? Then turn to this If you're running a small business out of a small office, Like a multicopy range from 1 to 99; flexible copy the last thing you'll need is a huge, cumbersome size from A 6 to
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      Positive public reaction to MAS control of dealers
      909 12 REACTION TO MAS ADMINISTRATION OF THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY ACT THE Monetary Authority of Singapore took over the administration of the Securities Industry Act (1973) from the Registrar of Companies. The Monitor canvassed the broking community and the public for their views on
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      Endiri postpones offer to take over Malaysian Containers
      262 12 ENDIRI Sdn Bhd has deferred its general offer to acquire the remaining 85 per cent of Malaysian Containers (1974) Bhd shares at M 52.55 each due to unforeseen circumstances. It intends to proceed with the takeover offer at a later date. FIMA
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      DOLLAR AND GOLD
      167 13 IN SINGAPORE, the US dollar rose against most major currencies in quiet early trading following its firmpess in New York on a higher Federal Funds rate and the absence of Fed intervention in the open market. Dealers said market expectations that figures to be released tomorrow will
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      INDICES
      47 13 AT THE midday break, the OUB Composite Share Price Index was down 0.93 point to 394.50 from the previous day's close of 395.43. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade Weighted Index was up 0.2503 point to. 133.2577 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 133.0074.
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      STOCKS
      257 13 Selected slocks at midday. Market tone: slighter lower Boustead 170/172 Cold Store 2.72/2.78 FAN 4.76/4.80 Genting 4.71/4.78 GIH 2.01 B Haw Par 1.91/1.93 Isetan 2.58 S Keck Seng 2.08 S Em 2.42/2.43 Inchcape 2.54/2.58 Intraco 2.71/2.78 M Cement 1.50/1.51 Mulpha (S) I 08 S Oriental 2.04/2.10 PMC 1.57/1.58 Perils
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      FOREX
      97 13 Your to on* unM or vomgn cuuwocy swmng Duyiny TT/DO TT DO US$ 2.1525 2.1425 2.1SS5 sterling 2.7212 2.6992 2.6892 Australian 9 1.6616 1.8376 1.8226 CURRENCY NOTES 8$ to 1 unit US* 2.15 2.13 NZf 1.10 1.00 sterling 2.75 2.65 Austialian I 1.88 1-80 Canadian I 1.68 160 8$
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      Prices firm despite Wall Street's 12-point drop
      204 13 THE SINGAPORE stock market opened hesitant with share prices marking down in line with Wall Street's overnight 12point drop. However, though volume was not exceptional, prices firmed and was still holding towards lunch break. Finance and newspaper stocks were generally up. Top volume
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      Lock icon Stock prices close much lower
      95 13 WALLSTREET Reuter STOCK prices closed sharply lower yesterday in light trading on Wall Street with investors worried about an array of interest rate, economic and federal deficit problems. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 12.59 to 1206.60. Losing issues led gainers 1,050 to 461
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      Will there be fewer speakers of Mandarin?
      256 14  -  YEO TONG HAI Singapore 1955 THE CURRENT Government policy is to encourage all Chinese to speak Mandarin. As a responsible citizen, I have decided to end my many years of being monolingual. I am spending long hours learning classical Chinese in order to
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      Remember, good government cannot be taken for granted
      432 14 THE PEOPLE S Action Party (PAP), with Mr Lee Kuan Yew at its helm for well over two decades, has steered our nation clear of many a possible calamity. I wonder how many of us today while basking in our newly-found economic
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      Priest is concerned about the needy in Africa
      239 14 I REFER to the letter "Workers have avenues to settle grievances" by "Surprised" (SM, Nov Father Edgar D'Souza, associate, editor of Catholic News, is a former parish priest of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. He has only recently been transferred to
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      We'll accept voters' verdict with grace: SDP
      631 14  -  SOON KIA SENG Vice-Chairman Singapore Democratic Party ALLOW ME to comment on your editorial, "Unfair appraisal of the Singapore voter" (SM, Nov 8). It described the speeches made by Mr Howe Yoon Chong, Mr Chiam See Tong and my humble self as having
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      143 14 COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE r O Where a special meal is matched with a unique wine From France, comes the unique wine of a harvest just ended young red wine. Possibly the finest of these wines is Beaujolais Noveau. Now, like connoisseurs everywhere, you may also savour the pleasure of this
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      Aid needed for many more years
      514 15 MoNffOR pgfliffiflSH IT HAS been said that people deserve the government they get. But it needs a heart of stone to reconcile this axiom with those nightly television pictures of thousands of starving Ethiopians. The African drought and the relentless advance of the Sahara
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      Yellow box at Bedok North
      67 15  -  LOOI MEI FONG (MISS) For Permanent Secretary National Development WE REFER to the letter "Car park too close to traffic lights" by M Pang (SM, Oct IS). We would like to thank your writer for his suggestion. We are glad to inform that a yellow
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      HDB only repossesses flats in serious cases
      302 15  -  REPLIES TAN HENG HUAY Executive Asst Secretary (Public Relations) Housing Development Board PLEASE REFER to the letter by "Thinking Taxpayer" who comments that the Board has not been strict enough in enforcing the covenants in the lease agreements against some inconsiderate residents. When
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      Priority scheme report
      80 15  -  NG SUAN ENG (MISS) Assistant Director University Liaison Officer I REFER to your report "NUS officials stop student project on priority scheme," by Michael Liew (SM, Nov 7), and wish to make a clarification. It was explained to the reporter that the students' project was an activity
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      Slow bus drivers were disciplined
      114 15  -  JOSEPHINE ONG (MISS) Public Relation Officer Singapore Bus Service I REFER TO the letter "Still travelling at a snail's pace" (SM, Sept 10) about certain Service 14 drivers who deliberately drive slowly. Our sincere apologies to the writer for the drivers' tardiness. Surveillance checks by
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  • leisure
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      Yul Brynner fights on
      962 16 HE CONTINUES TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST DESPITE CANCER YUL BRYNNER, the actor who first gave bald heads a sexy image with his celebrated performance in The King and I, is again bravely fighting cancer. Ten years ago, he had cancer of the throat and
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      Life and times of the typical Singaporean
      437 16  -  Wong Ah Yoke THE typical Singaporean is the bystander, the man who only wants to see things happening bnt refuses to get involved. This Is how Miss Clara Chua portrays him In her play which has been commissioned by the Ministry of Cnltnre
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      Tasteful blend of Thai and Chinese
      721 16  -  Ijuisine By WONG AH YOKE A GOOD meal goes down all the better with a pleasant view and this writer finds that swimming pools whet the appetite. Rimnaam Restaurant is inside the Jurong Town Swimming Complex on International Road, and looks out on the
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      Life and works of de Beauvoir
      376 18 Contemporary Female Writers Simone de Beauvoir (Ch 12, 8 pm) FRENCH novelist and essayist Simone de Beauvoir is known primarily for her treatise Le Deuxieme Sexe (The Second Sex), a scholarly plea for the abolition of the myth of the "eternal feminine". In this
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      Lock icon When being a joker isn't funny
      423 18 ••v TV SCENE OPA By HENRIETTA KNIGHT in London TO MILLIONS of television viewers, it is all just a good laugh. But for the wives of Britain's top comedians, the funny business has suddenly become very serious. Already this year, three muchloved British TV
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      Lock icon Beijing company involved in Taipan project
      104 19 Reuter BEIJING: A Chinese television company will work with American prodncer Raffnella de Laurentiis on filming Taipan, James Claveil's best-selling novel a boat British traders who founded Hong Kong, the China Daily said yesterday. The newspaper said the China International Television Corporation signed n
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      1437 17 v /\W THE BMQAPORE MOMTOR I A GlSlire Yy Wednesday, NOVEMBER 14, iw IU J i^i-^gy- ,1-wi 2.20 BBCTEXT Live Sample Pages. 2.50 Opening and Programme Highlights followad by Thla Land ia Mina (C) 4.25 Sporta Imagaa Flna Wat Una. 4.55 Animate in Action Animal Crowda.* A look at the
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      161 20 r^H9| A jjl In X' Mr aai Mr* Haaspeter Wellendorff with a model displaying the GoMspronea, aa exclasive jewellery set. Retrospective exhibition, THEATRE POSTERS organised by the AN exhibition of 40 Ministry of Culture and Theatre Posters profii J °Ku f 6 duced by major German will be held at
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      556 21 leisure/ comics I FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook V goB, I KNOU THAT <[t>o IM£ £FFecTS OF l«0-L*VU. RAMA»O««p~ AKIP> TH£ THe HWe ftttN OROSSUV ftKAMCftATED.' TMI A 600PRV OVER gepoßT6 -THAT 60 VoUCAN 6<T OACK AHt> £>WOV hAAItffENANCE.'I A vipeo piepuAV w R(v**D* of cpwotck a w\V,jotioß* v New people
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      Why big contractors seem willing to lose millions on jobs
      1244 23  -  By VINCENT FONG ULTIMATELY, the motive of many a Japanese and Korean construction company in Singapore, or anywhere else overseas, seems to be not to secure profits but to build up contracts. Some of the largest Japanese and Korean construction
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      Time-sharing resort to open in 1986
      250 24 KUALA LUMPUR, W«dn«sday PAKA JAYA, a luxury time-sharing resort in Paka, Trengganu, is expected to open for business in 198& Reputedly the pioneer time-sharing resort in the country, its sales launch was officiated by the Director-General of the Tourist Development Corporation (TDC), Mr Hamzah
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      145 24  -  By FOO MEY KIEN PIN TJOE PARK at Ardmore Park Road is expected* to get its Temporary Occupation Licence (TOL) sometime in January or Febru- ary. This single 19-storey block of flats is being developed dv Pin Tjoe Private Ltd on 5,606 sq
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      412 23 SOME JAPANESE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES Total contracts won oversea*: US$55 billion Total contracts awarded in Singapore: US$ll billion Total contracts awarded in Singapore last year: US$2.6 billion Middle-east No of companies: 10 No of Japanese workers: 2,208 Singapore No of companies 30 No of projects awarded this year: 20 No of
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      53 24 1 j W Attractive discount tor long term lease ISI U Available on 2nd to 6th Floor Floor area: 510.41 sq metres Ainm sisrews Design Super Impose Load 10Kn/m' (200 lbs per sq ft) Ceiling heights 3.56 metres Ring *****42 lor mora (Mail* POLYMOTOR PTE LTD ■andamaar Rood #01-515 Block
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      540 24 SOME KOREAN CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES: Mor« than 160,000 South Korean construction worker* art currently engaged in building and engineering projects in nearly 40 countries, with the Middle-east accounting for more than 90 per cent of the US$7O billion (or approx Sslso billion) worth of building contracts overseas. The Seoiifgovernment had also
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      342 25 VAM Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor Sunday Monitor Words 0.35 cnto p«r word 0.55 ctnti p«r word Display $7.70 p«r col. cm $10.00 p«r col. can Bwlmm Hra Mon-Fri, 9am-spm Sot. 9am-lpm Accornima A ADO ALL (3-1433 acct. forms, records L systems refills compatible with yours A 1 ACCOUNTING. 210-7777/
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      261 25 Reds Salon (Rochor Centre)..... 296-7460/ 296-7250 Reds Salon (Parkway Parade) 440-4724 SALON 21 (Unisex/ Hairstyling). Blk 211, Hougang St 21..2172M7. Gnomes Flower People 445-2251. Paper Cottage Card 474-0149 CAM MENTAL Eastern United (Car I. Truck Rental) 440-2204/5. EMn Rent A Car 746-4791/8 Three Star *****72/ 235-0256 Hardy's Restaurant 734-9092. Indonesian
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      148 25 MONITOR'S DIRECTORY GSM Carpet Shampoo 337-7769 Kleen shine Industrial 5er*****2 A Megaton 444-1484/221-5310 A-Disc Promotions 732-1900 Bncfchouse Mobile Diaco .545-9163 Casa Blanca. 440-2277/ 743-3477 Chapter One 745-6169 CRF—PCX 453-7346/452-1476 D-Airwaves Mobile Disco *****06 Faces Oe Mode *****63/*****58 Coodtlmes 224-3111/ 223-0414 Morroco 252-3959/ 252-4903. Music Makers 336-***** 9 New Wave Disco
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      121 25 Design Interdec Pte Ltd 746-0716 Yong Sing Intr. Const. 257-1607. CAT 2 732-5501. Coronation Music 5ch.,469-3252. Eric's Guitar Tuition 445-1291. Royston Music 5ch001..461-0797. Technics Music School 469-3714. Yen Lee Typewriter Repairer *****11. Flffllii Ace Removal 280-8969 Scanfreight. *****70/ 220-2659 Winland Forwarder ...294-3521/2. s»r DECORATORS Gnomes Party Pe0p1e...448-3340 Situations Vacant [S
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      136 25 Coastguard Secur Serv 336-6704. Frontier Security Management Services 336-7522/3 (24 hours). Harmon's Pte Investigation fc Security Ag.. .*****71/ *****77 (24 hours answering service: 3372?55. ask for Harmon Singh). John Yap 267-7777/ 235-2066. Reliance Security Services Pte Ltd 336-4517. 336-7660. Regal Security Services 294-6467. Singka Security Serv 273-5673 Cushion Covers Maker
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      Lock icon Turkish backlash awaits England
      617 27 TODAY'S TIES AP LONDON, W«dßMd«y TURKEY, Wales and Sweden all face crucial World Cup qualifying soccer matches today in their bid to reach the 1986 Mexico finals. The Turks, surprisingly beaten 1-2 at home by Finland last month, take on England in Istanbul knowing that another
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      A Scottish test for Spain
      469 27 LONDON, Wednesday SPAIN, beaten finalists in the European Championships last June, face the most severe test of their soccer resurgence when they meet Scotland at Hampden Park tonight. Not since they won the European Nations Cup on home soil in 1964 have Spain been held
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      Lock icon A Forest of talent
      760 28 r star 1 CCCK W A OPA NOTTINGHAM Forest boss Brian Clough said in his flat voice when his outfit hit the front of the English League: "My team is not good enough to be top of the First Division." That comment was interpreted variously as
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      Cloughie's charges
      49 28 1. Steve Sutton 2. Kenny Swain 3. Brynn Gunn 4. Chris Fairciough 5. Lan Bowyer (capt) 6. Paul Hart 7. Steve Wigley 8. Johnny Metgod 9. Trevor Christie 10. Peter Davenport 11. Steve Hodge 12. Colin Walsh 13. Garry Birtles 14. Gary Megson 1 Bon Brian Clough
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      Lock icon Jeers turn to cheeps of 'ole' for Mexicans
      464 28 Reuter MEXICO CITY, Wednesday THE MEXICAN national soccer team, back from a South American tour which was made to prepare for the host role in the 1986 World Cup, is being met by praise from the news media and fans' enthusiasm instead
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      Lock icon Misbun grouped in pro-Kennex finals with Icuk and Prakash
      252 28 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday MALAYSIA'S Misbun Sidek has been drawn in Group Two for the US$100,000 (S$210,000) pro-Ken-nex Grand Prix badminton finals from Dec 12-16 with Indonesia's Icuk Sugiarto and India's Prakash Padukone. He was tied at the 11th spot with
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      Camberly shows striking form
      1053 29 RACING TODAYS TRACKWORK By WONDER BOY INDERAPURA Stable's up-and-coming sprinter, CAMBERLY II .displayed remarkable improvement with an attractive workout on a yielding track at Bukit Timah today. With app M C Liew in the saddle, the Favoured Bay four-year-old opened up stylishly over 600 m in
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      Lock icon Hodge finds the net for England 'B' against New Zealand
      109 29 Reuter NOTTINGHAM (England), Wed ENGLAND "B" beat New Zealand 2-0 (halftime 1-0) in a soccer match here last night. Scorers: Hodge (21st minute), Mabbutt (92nd minute) In Dundee, Scotland, Spain beat Scotland 2-0 (nalftime 1-0) in the European Under-21 soccer
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      Vilas in for ECC Round 2
      225 29 HE ELIMINATES LAST BELGIAN IN CONTEST ANTWERP (Belgium), Wednesday ARGENTINE Guillermo Vilas, American Gene Mayer, Spain's Jose Higueras ana Ramesh Krishnan of India qualified for second-round action of Antwerp'.s US$BOO,OOO (551,715,600) European Champions' Championship (ECC) of tennis yesterday. Vilas took some time to defeat
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      Lock icon US Olympic boxers make pro debut
      609 30 Reuter NEW YORK, Wmdnmsdmy PROFESSIONAL boxing, badly in need of new blood, will get a large transfusion tomorrow night when four American Olympic champions and two other Us medal winners make their professional debuts at Madison Square Garden. A capacity non-paying crowd of about
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      Lock icon LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE ONE MORE DRAWN GAME ON THE BOARD
      342 30 KARPOV4 KASPAROV 0 WORLD CHttS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL UPI MOSCOW, Wednesday YET ANOTHER draw, which would be the 15th in a row, is expected today when challenger Garry Kasparov plays white in the 24th game of the World
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      Lock icon Field day for underdogs in West German Open
      240 30 Reuter MUNICH, Wednesday UNDERDOGS Ross Norman of New Zealand and Glen Brumby of Australia won their way into the final of the West German Open Squash Championship last night in tense semifinals. Norman, 25, the eighth seed, pulled off the main surprise,
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      Lock icon Axed Yazid is a surprise inclusion in Johor squad
      285 30 MALAYSIA CUP '86 The Star Kuala Lumpur, Wadnaaday, YAZID MASURI, one of five regulars dropped from the Jobor Malaysia Cup training squad is a surprise inclusion for the second phase of trials which begins in Johor Baru on Friday. He is
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      178 27 I gg IN TNI MATTER OF THE COMMUNIS ACT, CAP.IM AND IN TNI MATTIN Of WIND LIE GOLD A DIAMOND MINCNANTS (FTI.) LMNTCD (In Miwtin' Voluntary WMtof Up) NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of WENG LEE GOLD, ft DIAMOND MERCHANTS (PTE.) LIMITED which is bang
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      FT MAY GET CZECH WORLD CUP COACH
      411 31 MALAYSIA CUP '86 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday FEDERAL TERRITORY may engage the services of a former Czechoslovakia World Cup coach in their bid to make an impact in the new Malaysia Cup season starting in January next year. The man the Federal Territory Football
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      Lock icon Suriamurthi keeps them waiting
      174 31 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday MIDFIELDERS R Suriamurthi and Ahmad Yusof have yet to show up for Pahang's Malaysia Cup selection trials. Suriamurthi is still in Singapore seeking treatment for a shin injury while there has been no news from Ahmad, the former Penang player. Suriamurthi
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      105 31 \m FOR THE CHALLENGERS i SSTriMMM MOM*rro« lmyi< MCMTMU MBTTvmmxmrnmmA* iwwm ***** M TODAY'S MATCHES Turkey v England Wales v Iceland Portugal v Sweden Scotland v Spain Denmark v R of Ireland Austria v Netherlands N Ireland v Finland The CX 111 or CX 250 are A built for efficiency
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