Singapore Monitor, 28 November 1984

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    12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR 30cents M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Wednesday, November 28, 1984
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  • Article
    ASIANS FACE LESS RISK IN TAKING PILL
    520 1  -  It's relatively safe for them to take it for 1 1 /2 years at a stretch By RAY MILLER ASIAN women can take the birth-control pill with less health risk than Caucasian women for up to one-and-a-half years. Twelve years of pioneer research
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    Lock icon Films and songs of Indian actor-politicians banned from TV
    185 1 Reuter NEW DELHI, Wednesday INDIA'S colourful film star politicians suffered an electoral setback yesterday when their movies and songs were banned from television and radio until the end of national elections on Dec 24 and 27. The Indian Election Commission announced
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      157 1 I^SURV IVAL Carol Chang (In opera HflU CAMP FOR costume) to woo faas: Pl 6 r Fantastic Food! Merry Music! N A Terrific Time! I It's all here at Faber Valley Whether you want a delicious meal which Master Chef Eddy will specially prepare for you or just relax with
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      Two make kidneytransplant history
      144 2 TWO young men created kidney-trans-plant history at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital recently. Mr Pang Kim Cheng, 19, received a kidney from his father, while Mr Tan Yoke Lim, 26, received one from his brother. What made the transplants different was the fact that two teams of
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    • Article
      $86m shopping centre to stand empty
      270 2  -  By OEI SIN GIOK OPENING of an $86 million shopping centre has been postponed until after Christmas. While shopping crowds fill the streets around it, the South Bridge Centre the Urban Redevelopment Authority's biggest current project will stand empty. Sources said yesterday that the
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    • Article
      Guidebooks to explain amended Employment Act to bosses
      161 2 THE LABOUR Ministry is acting to help employers confused by the amended Employment Act. It is preparing two guidebooks one covering the Act as a whole and one covering the provisions which allow a working day of up to 12 hours. A
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    • Article
      London flights almost fully booked
      202 2  -  By NG MING MING MOST DIRECT flights from Singapore to London for December are fully booked and return flights are mostly booked out until January 8. One travel agent described the situation as "critical". But others said that passengers could still get to London by
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    • Article
      'SURVIVAL CAMP' FOR FAMILIES
      299 3  -  200 to sleep in tents and eat emergency rations for two days in civil defence exercise B* ROBERT CONCEICAO UP TO 200 men, women and children will find out next week what life is like in an emergency. They will sleep in tents, eat emergency rations,
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      Vandals will be severely dealt with, warn police
      207 3 POLICE will deal severely with vandals caught defacing walls and buildings with graffiti, a senior police officer warned yesterday. The targets of the spray-paint vandals have been underpasses in Orchard Road and the East Coast Parkway. Four people aged between 16 and
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    • Article
      11 underpasses under Joo Chiat's surveillance
      72 3 JOO CHIAT Police Division faces a more serious problem being responsible for a total of 11 underpasses along the 12-kilometre stretch of the East Coast Parkway from Fort Road to the Tanah Merah Country Club. These are more prone to vandalism as they are
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      No contest likely in 30 wards
      415 4  -  THESE ARE CONSTITUENCIES WHERE OPPOSITION PARTIES HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVE THE POLITICAL SCEME By EE BOON LEE THIRTY TO 36 seats if not more may go to the People's Action Party (PAP) on Nomination Day. If this assumption, based on observations ot opposition activity
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      SDP to take issue with the PAP for not producing a manifesto
      572 4  -  TIE POLITICAL seen By LOONG SWEE YIN THE SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) intends to make an election issue out of the People's Action Party's (PAP) decision not to produce a manifesto for the coming poll. Mr Chiam See
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    • Article
      'Extend PARF benefits to cars more than 10 years old'
      251 4  -  By LEE CHIU SAN A MAN who has been in the motor trade for 50 years called last night for an extension of Preferential Additional Registration Fees (PARF) benefits to cars more than 10 years old. Mechanical engineer Wong King
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      Lock icon Deck the streets with boughs of...
      225 6 T\\ g»»« er: 1 Ho* rt \ooK IN THE AIR there is a feeling of Christmas. Yes, the Christmas blitz is on. You can see it in the major department stores and now you can see it on Scott's (picture right) and Orchard Roads.
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    • Article
      Price-tagging won't help, say shopkeepers
      462 6  -  By JUDY WALKER SHOPKEEPERS in Orchard Road say compulsory price-tagging would not bring an end to bargainins in Singapore. They say that even if prices are fixed and tagging is maae mandatory, customers including tourists will still demand a discount. And they point out there
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      Tourists bewildered by big price differences
      250 6 TOURISTS in Lucky Plaza and Centrepoint yesterday said they were bewildered by the number of shopping complexes in Singapore and by the big price differences they found going from shop to shop. Although they did not mind bargaining, most of them felt the introduction
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      The word 'imperial' cannot be applied here: QC
      190 6  -  By SIT YIN FONG SINGAPORE'S lack of an empire was cited yesterday as one reason that copyright granted in Britain need not apply here. No law which included the words "Imperial Copyright" could possibly apply in the same way after independence as
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      Kreta Ayer is where the oM have pride of place
      550 8  -  UPDATE By EE BOON LEE and LOONG SWEE YIN IN KEETA AYER, the old have pride of place. A senior citizens' centre occupies a prominent position in the modernistic Kreta Ayer Complex, a tribute to the hard work and sacrifices
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      Car loans by finance firms fall for eighth straight month
      102 8 CAR LOANS by finance companies fell in September for the eighth consecutive month, figures released yesterday by the Department of Statistics show. The finance companies had outstanding hire purchase loans for motor vehicles of $564.69 million, compared with $628.9 million
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      9 6 A BOOSTER SHOT FOR TOURIST INDUSTRY: EDITORIAL PAGE IS
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      70 8 2ND ANNIVERSARY SALE LAST THREE DAYS attractive kid Charles jourcan leather keycase flfl with every NFV" purchase G^rUer a d Q apmal JP GIVENCHY )(€SMNI^IURENr 6squire leuial GLOMESH dAK\iol ir r r-'' s' MARIO VALENTINO |a|a| HE ATUCD nVtnC /cT DTC ITH 02 85 Upper Ground Floor Far East Plaia
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  • world
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      Lock icon Thai troops on the alert for Viet intruders
      170 9 UPI THAI TROOPS near the border town of Aranvaprathet are watching out for Vietnamese soldiers who crossed into Thailand while pursuing Cambodian guerillas on Monday. Thailand and Vietnam traded heavy artillery and mortar fire yesterday before the Vietnamese were driven back. Major
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      Lock icon Peres forces spring first raid on Bekka Valley
      175 9 UPI JERUSALEM, Wed ISRAEL bombed the Bekaa Valley yesterday, its first raid since Prime Minister Shimon Peres took office, and a key Jerusalem source warned Lebanon not to drag its feet at negotiations for an Israeli withdrawal. In Beirut, Lebanon continued to
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      Lock icon Rome police foil bomb attack on US Embassy
      265 9 Reuter ROME, Wednesday ROME POLICE announced yesterdav that they foiled a planned bomb attack on the US Embassy and arrested seven Lebanese who described themselves as supporters of Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini. Police officials told a news conference the arrested men had
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      Lock icon Kung-fu stadium next to Shaolin Temple
      146 9 AP BEIJING, Wednesday CHINESE tourism authorities plan to build a stadium for live kung fu demonstrations next to the 1,400-year-old Shaolin Temple, birthplace of the famous martial art, the Economic Daily (Jingji Ribao) reported yesterday. The newspaper said major repairs are also planned on
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      10-month deadlock in arms talks broken?
      356 10 STOCKHOLM, Wrtrwsday NORTH ATLANTIC Treaty Organisation (Nato) and the Warsaw Pact have reached agreement on a working structure which could end 10 months of deadlock at the stalled European disarmament conference, delegates said yesterday. They said the informal agreement between the two sides to
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      Lock icon No more two-hour lunches
      79 10 AP BEIJING, Wed SAY GOODBYE to the two-hour lunch break, the Chinese Government told all Beijing office workers yesterday. The directive, which takes effect on Jan 1, says: "The noontime break for all government functionaries in Beijing will be shortened to one nour, including the time
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      Lock icon A beer please, asks plastic heart man
      486 10 UPI LOUISVILLE (Kentucky), Wed MR WILLIAM J Schroeder spoke his first words yesterday since having a permanent artificial heart implanted in his chest, ana asked his surgeon for a can of beer. Dr William C DeVries, the surgeon who implanted the mechanical heart
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      No risk of rejection
      53 10 THE JAR-VIK-7 heart was functioning as expected and doctors began to increase its output slowly to bring closer to normal the volume of blood being pumped through Mr Schroeder's veins every minute. Because the heart is made of inert materials, there is no risk of rejection
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
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        Denver en Soviet tour
        68 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS JOHN DENVER (above) is on a 12-day tour of the Soviet Union but is playing only for selected audiences. On Thanskgiving Day, he Joined about 70 Russians and Westerners invited by Ambassador Arthur Hartman for a turkey dinner and then
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        Famed Thai rainmaker dies
        61 10 FAMED THAI Inventor Debriddhi Devakul best known for his pioneering work in artificial rain-making, died on Monday of heart failure. He was 70. Debriddhi, who suffered a heart attack last week, was known locally as Thailand's artificial rain-maker because of his many years of research in
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        Getty dollars for miners
        129 10 UNITED STATES millionaire John Paul Getty (right) has given £100,000 (*****,000) to a fund to help the families of striking coalminers at Christmas, an organiser said yesterday. Mr Jean McCrindle, one of those responsible for distributing the appeal money, said: "We are bowled over by the
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        Lionel Hampton's Paris
        72 10 PARIS BELONGED to Lionel Hampton on Monday. Mayor Jacques Chirac awarded the Jazz vibraphonist the medal of the City of Paris for his contributions to music in a City Hall ceremony. About SO of France's top jazz musicians, including Mr Maxim Saury and Mr Marc Laferriere, were
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        Answer to a mum's doubt
        110 10 A MOTHER who prayed over a young comatose accident victim despite nagging doubts the child was not her daughter says the mistake would still be continuing if she had not persisted. Mrs Colleen Lake's doubts were tragically vindicated when the child that hospital officials identified
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      Lock icon Slain British diplomat denounced as 'CIA spy'
      147 10 AP PARIS, WtdnMday MR PERCY Norris, the British diplomat shot dead in New Delhi yesterday, was denounced as a CIA spy by his alleged killers. In a telephone call to the French news agency, Agence France Pre—e, a man said a commando for
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      89 9 jSMF The Hunt has ended. Now the Feasting begins. ijlw To a hunter in the days of old, the exhilaration of the hunt was VJjj equalled only by the feasting and merry making that followed. W ■mr These moments are recaptured at the Manhattan Grill. Taste 11, |Bfe traditional game
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      295 11 Hongkongßank's double benefit Hongkoigßank V*.*IMW i<.<MV *<JQ| jp rnnirmr■ IWIIMX a i >>'*■■ urn ii n>—i iit >—11 ■r i >*b*> Ik v 11 II IK' MM*, iwmiiv >■»• .*oUMr>»rj<*ai»< '»i""»w KiMnMw'XMMaiaM in»mm u n—< aatjuwm^i»niiin<iiC»»Mi^ nasi #■i» ««ir» *jrtMaNN|^^HPC»BdMB^^^HPP .>.i«*Ai«r V^MMMMMMtfMii«MUIiaMMkMMiII«WUMMiIiaHHIV Only Hongkongßank offers both these credit cards for
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      Lock icon HOUSEWIVES WHO 'HAGGLE' AT A DIFFERENT KIND OF MARKET
      1033 12  -  By JILL HUM SHE SITS in a little niche in the trading room, her eyes glued to the trading board in front. When the right price shows on the board, she gives the appropriate order to the remisier sitting next to
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      Steamers wins rare honour for high standard of financial report
      291 12 ONCE AGAIN, Straits Steamship Co Ltd emerged top for its high standard of corporate disclosure in its financial report, by winning the Grand Award in the 11th Annual Report Award (ARA) competition. The rare distinction is only given to companies
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      US dollar stages rampage but mart ignores discount rate cut
      160 13  -  Midweek Comment on Futures Market By BENNY TAN of Shearson/Amex THE US dollar staged a rampage this week extending its gains to almost DM 3.08 despite sparodic Central Bank intervention. The market ignored a discount rate cut by the Federal
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      Keppel is the first to use revolving underwriting facility
      429 13  -  By JOHN CHOW KEPPEL Shipyard Ltd signed the $100 million five-year revolving underwriting facility (RUF) agreement yesterday, the first local company to use this money market instrument to tap lower cost of funds. Mr Chua Kim Yeow, president of DBS Bank
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      Positive reaction to prime rate cut
      118 13 VMLLSTREET WALL STREET stock prices closed higher on improved volume as investors reacted positively to Chase Manhattan's leapfrog cut in the prime lending rate to 11 Vi per cent and the official unveiling of proposed tax law changes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished
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      Lock icon DOLLAR AND GOLD
      133 13 UPI The US dollar sagged on most European exchange markets yesterday, rising only in Brussels, and gold prices also dipped. Gold closed in Zurich at U*****.50 an ounce, down from Monday's U*****.50 close. In London, gold finished at U*****.75 an ounce, also down from the previous U*****.00
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      251 13 iMtjJEu MsJ I jpk w g| j^B 1? |£Ms: $3p *Ai/ ■■HHMMII MHt liwßi j^pjppi^p^ jail® *C *x_ vtTiH_ f y MESnMMM A "_pJKth W if Ajti I _2*B^^^^^B^BKl ii»n« I V -S- y 3 restaurants, 3 Hongkong chefs, 4 Japanese chefs, a 3-piece band, and a 1-for-i offer. Add
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      Hawke in open warfare with an unexpected foe: A rock star
      587 14  -  By JOSEPH TREEN and CARL ROBINSON of Newsweek SYDNEY: It has been the longest election campaign in Australian history, what one newspaper called "The Long March." But last week, the tone of the sevenweek quest for votes changed dramatically-
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      The Czechoslovak 'death border'
      600 14  -  ■y DIANE FOULDS of UPI VIENNA: Last month, Frantisek Faktor, a 33-year-old Czechoslovak railway worker, was shot in the back by Czechoslovak border guards who {>ursued him into Ausria. It was but another of a long list of tragic escape attempts across what Foreign Minister Leopold
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      QUOTES
      62 14 "THE SOVIET Union and France cannot be allies, but we can be friends." French President Francois Mitterrand in a television interview. "WE ARE looking for equality we can negotiate on how to get there but a moratorium on one side is not the way." US national security adviser Robert
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      Booster shot for tourist industry
      556 15 THE SINGAPORE IMBiWM THE TASK force that has just reported on the future of tourism is to be congratulated above everything else for the speed with which it has drawn up an urgently needed report. This committee started work only in August, and all its
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      Three crossings are enough
      157 15  -  REPLY LOOI MEI FONG (MISS) for Permanent Secretary National Development PLEASE refer to the letter "Risking life and limb at Tanglin Road" (SM, Oct 31) by Dr I W H Chew. We thank your writer for his concern for the safety of pedestrians crossing Tanglin Road
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      Misnomers that may offend same people
      217 15  -  RANG KAH GEH Singapore 1646 AT THE National Art Gallery, I was surprised to find a child's painting of a Chinese wayang scene at the Second Asean Exhibition of Children's Art being officially labelled "Feast of the hungry ghosts" (SM, Nov 23). Surely the
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      Let there be peace at the CC study room
      164 15 AFTER frequenting the Whampoa Community Centre for about a year, I have come to the inevitable conclusion that the place is not conducive to study. Despite the organising committee's assurance that the study room will serve as a quiet place for
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      Be wary of dishonest pump attendants
      139 15 ALLOW ME to highlight how a self-service petrol station cheats customers. When an unsuspecting motorist leaves the petrol filling entirely to the helpful attendant and proceeds to the cashier, the attendant will pump in less petrol than the amount to be paid. The cashier
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      75 15 >aS w LETTERS on any sutyect of public interest will be accepted for publication. They should be typed and must be signed They must also include the writer s name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephone number would be useful
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      STAR WARS BOOST RATINGS
      696 16 STARSTRUCKj RECOGNISE the faces behind the opera make-up? Believe it or not, they are Carol Cheng and Ivan Ho. Both of them are in costume for a purpose to salvage the declining ratings of HK-TVB's nightly variety show, Enjoy Yourself Tonight. It is rare to see
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      Lock icon ANYTHING GOES AT THIS SILVER CELEBRATION
      438 16  -  FOOD FESTIVAL Wong Ah Yoke STAND Up for Singapore is now being echoed at the Dynasty Hotel's Golden Dew Coffee House. The hotel is presenting a Silver Jubilee buffet from today to Dec 9 for a gastronomic celebration of 25 years of nation building.
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      Lock icon Cantonese treats past midnight
      807 16  -  Vuisine Story: WONG AH YOKE IT is plain to see that East meets West in Singapore. But known to few is a Chinese restaurant in town where English songs are played. Instead of the theme from some Hong Kong serial filtering the restaurant, you get to
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      Growing Up ends its run
      422 18 Growing Up (C) (English subtitles) (Last episode) (Ch 8, 9.30 pm) HONGJING meets his real father, who will be leaving Singapore for a seafaring job. The latter tells him to return to his stepfather's garage. Shaowen and Li-nan's relationship develops and he brings her home
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      SBC's Activities Today at the National Exhibition
      161 18 TIME ITEM CONTENT 10-11 am SBC Hour 25 Years of Broadcasting History (Sltde presentation) SBC on Cue SBCText Historical Rolling Pages 11 am-noon Documentaries Leprosy (E) Noon-2 pm Radio One Sounds Alive (DJ: Jeanette Joseph) Audience quiz Mid-day market report News 2-2.30 pm
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      Magazine programme for housewives
      353 18  -  RADIO SCENE VALERIE TREVOR FOR those who have not tuned in to Feminine Flair yet, it is a one and a half hour morning slot from 10.30 to noon, Mondays to Fridays, on Radio One. Catering to housewives, there are items on good grooming, food and
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      Lock icon Hitchcock treasure
      1029 19 LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD: Alfred Hitchcock was having a stormy battle with 20th Century Fox mogul, Darryl Zanuck, in the Forties. In a series of 1943 memos that Zanuck fired off to the British director about his movie. Lifeboat, the studio chief threatened to sink the project because it was
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      1159 17 L I—l wmmmm—m u l»""' i I > HHSHI I 2.30 SBC TEXT Live Sample Page*. 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by 5? A I B B BMfc JIB ai 1 I See Highlights I Animals Some Like BB B B I Romper Room (E). I 5.45 Sea Urchina
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      175 17 I Noon Newsdesk 12.30 Waveguide 12.40 Book Choice 12.45 Financial News 12.SS Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 1.30 What's New 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Omnibus 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 Report on Religion 3.45 That's Trad 4.00 World News
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      575 19 fiui/i GUioe TOA PAYOH (*****34): DOUBLE TROUBLE <C) JUBILEE (*****07): DOUBLK TROUBLE (C) DALIT (*****16): DOUBLE TROUBLE (C) HOLLYWOOD (*****64): DOUBLE TROUBLE (C) Starring: Zhang Aijia, Xiao Lingling Synopsis: The lives of a brother, sister and an orphan girl are irrevocably linked in a world of gambling and theft. LIWAQU
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      305 20 AT THE MARITIME The film is about an honMUSEUM est station master, 80lVISITORS in groups of wieser, who finds him--10 or more may request s 8 >nto life s for the following films to P A®.* and losing be screened at the Mari- s time Museum on Sentosa .8.30 pm,
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      612 20 JAl»4| 44 r~] SPIRIT SOUL Li AL iH S h IA W ar St ShU j. f >m daily Admission is THEATRE POSTERS AN exhibition of 4() theatre posters produced by major German opera I houses and theatres will be held at the Goethe-In-auditorium H Fridav, noon to 6pm daiJ
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  • HOME SERVICE & HOME FURNISHING
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      FIXING YOUR OWN SHELF IN REAL PROFESSIONAL STYLE
      287 21 SHELVES are just as important to homes as any other pieces of furniture. Various items including odds and ends are placed on them for convenience. Books are among the more common of these. If you intend to fix shelves on your own,
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      Here's how to cover up those ungainly uprights
      160 21 BOOKS on shelves look atrractlve their appearance, however, is usually marred by uprights inserted between the shelves. You can't do away with the uprights because they are there to prevent those books from sagging. One way to solve this problem, which goes
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      HANDY HINTS
      187 22 SAFETY in the home is a factor that concerns us all. But how many of us take simple precautions to prevent everyday accidents that are so common nowadays? It's always better to be safe than sorry. Here are some household hints which can help prevent these accidents. IF
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      Roll along roller-blind
      249 22 BOTHERSOME roller-blinds are perhaps one of the most exasperating problems encountered by homeowners. It's not necessarily a question of "curtains" for the hopelessly inedequate home-handyman when roller blinds give trouble. Instead of ranting and raving or calling in a repairman when your blinds do not rewind properly
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      91 22 HOME DECOR AT ITS BEST Special ceramic tiles for all types of HDB apartments 1„ Renovation specialists ji e Italian Ceramic Wall 'XIM K| and Floor Tiles Kitchen Cabinet and e Marble, Terrazzo Parquet, Vinyl Tiles e Aluminium and Iron e Carpet and Wall Co- >* e Electrical and Plumbing
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      110 22 Make Yourself At Home With I.E.R. We're not another brick-in-the-wall renovation company. lER is THE company to contact for your interior or exterior renovating needs. We put the "home" into your house, with our wide range of flooring materials, carpets, wallpaper and expert workmanship. Visit our showroom and see some
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      525 23 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 J*™* 00 Keep certain information to t0 <* lober 22 yourself until others decide Yo shoul if° we,i ,n mone y What they are going to do. A Wlt small health problem may should be at their best just slow you down
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      210 23 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook TV SH°WS HAVE YT PLAV£R.e HAVE I VoU AAEAN, V©o MIELSW RKHrtfrS-.-TVifi I AVEfcAG-ES... &uT I HAVEN'T SEErt USING- P£>HTiCIAN€> HAVS I HOIO CAN THE REST OT US I THE PU<*>P-p££66UfcE J V THEIR poil&. J ACCiiRATEtV U MAcHirtg? .7 I/ V f£ po MA,4Ce <
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  • PROPERTY SECTION
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      HOUSING IN THE FUTURE
      527 24  -  It must be decent and affordable, says HDB senior estate officer By ANNIE CHIA PARTICIPANTS at a forum organised by the Architecture, Building and Estate Management Club last week on What's next after 25 years in Housing Estates' Development and Maintenance went away not learning anything
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      Peranakan Corner has not been sold: URA
      281 24  -  By VINCENT FONG AN URBAN Redevelopment Authority (URA) source has disclaimed recent rumours that Peranakan Corner in Orchard Road has been sold to a private enterprise which might not fulfill the original purpose of the Peranakan culturecentre. It was understood that rumours of
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      PACIFIC HOTELS DENIES IT WILL MANAGE THE NEW HOTEL NIKKO
      369 25  -  By VINCENT FONG PACIFIC Hotels International, a locally registered hotel management group, led by its president, Mr Orlando Luceri, has denied that the company was a likely replacement for Hotel Nikko's management company, Japan Air Lines Development Co Ltd (JDC),
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      Recent changes in the design of pile foundations
      190 25 CONSULTANTS, contractors and other interested professionals in Singapore will soon have the opportunity to learn about recent developments in the design and construction of pile foundations. The three-day 2nd International Geotechnical Seminar, which opens today at Shangri-La Hotel, will cover a workshop
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      53 24 Attractive discount for (ong term lease Si W Available on 2nd to 6th Floor nV\ U Floor area: 510.41 sq metres Puttie sistws Design Super Impose Load —10Kn/m» (200 lbs per sq ft) Catling heights 3 56 metres Ring *****42 for more ctetais POLYMOTOR PTE LTD Bindwmr Road #01-815 Block
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      91 24 Buying a home? Take advantage of OUB's Housing Loan Scheme HV A 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%% p a 11 to
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      311 25 j IB- kp| From $5,500 per month j m j Wil I (including: maintenance I I ILI 11 charges). j |CI 1 Newly completed luxury iI" I Irl n apartments in prestige ]m| I I 111 tt central location—easy 1 r ILI ll access to Orchard Road I /■I I
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      404 25 Sale of I I Properties By I I Public Auction I H To Be Held At No. 6 Cecil Street #02-04. People's H H Insurance Building, on Wedneeday. 6th H H December 1984 at 3.00 p.m. H Particulars I Apartments/ Condominium I 1) No. 27 Adam Road #02-02, Adam Garden
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      310 26 8» Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: Words 0.35 cant* p«r word 0.55 ctnli p«r word Display $7.70 p«r col. cm $10.00 p«r col. cm Bwlmm Hn Mon-Frl. 9am-spm Sat, 9am-lpm A 1 ACCOUNTING2BO-7777/ 1157 (day) or 213-4078 (night). A ADDALL 63-1433 acct. forms, records systems refills compatible with
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      246 26 Madame IKi's Oriental facial for problem skin 748-5016. Reds Salon (Rochor Centre) 296-7460 296-7250 Reds Salon (Parkway Parade) 440-4724 SALON 21 (Unisex/ Hairstyling), Blk 211, Hougang St 21.*****07. BMmAL BEMVKES Gnomes Flower Peopie44s-2258. Paper Cottage Card.. 474 0149. CATEBEBB Indonesian Buffet 440-3255. Memory Caterer 481-9428 Mrs Wah Buffet 5erv...778-0532 1
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      287 26 MONITOR'S DIRECTORY CAM MENTAL Eastern United (Car Truck Rental) 440-2204/5.. Elvin Rent A Car 748-4791/8 Three Star 440-6772/ 235-0256 DRIVING Best Driving 771-3435/ 712-2089 Liberty Auto Driving School 282-6865/ 280-9143 Mitra Driving Centre/ (Marine Parade) 288-4060/ 344-6187/3. DISCO SERVICES A Megaton 444-1484/221-5310 A-Disc Promotions 732-1900 Brickhouse Mobile 0i5c0545-9163 Carry On
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      174 26 Expert Spray Wallcoating 733 2066 Yong Sing Intr. Const 257-8607. MtOtHtHJNG CATZ 732-5501 MUSIC Coronation Music Sch 469-3252 Eric's Guitar Tuition... .445-1291. Royston Music School 468-0797. Technics Music School 469-3714 OFFICE SERVICES Yen Lee Typewriter Repairer *****11 PEST CONTROL Active Pest Control 459-4990 PARTY DECORATORS Gnomes Party People 448-3340 PHOTOGRAPHY
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      282 26 Edward. UK trained provides video filming/ photo video transfers/ dubbing 734-3840/ 1. *****65 (res). Photo, Video for all occasions (after 7 pm) Tel 456-3906 Wedding Photography Video Photography 220-1764 Youth Video Recording 261-0556 PACKERS* MOVERS Ace Removal 280-8969 Scanfreight 221-6970/ 220-2659 Winland Forwarder .294-3521/2. PEN PALS Amour Friendship 775-3086 Chong
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      172 26 SERVICE* Cushion Covers Mak<>r 255-7280 Construction Electrical Services 250 4768/ 250 5237 SECURITY GUARD AGENCIES Coastguard Secur serv336 6704 Frontier Security Management Services 336-7522/3 (24 hours) Harmon's Pte.,lnvestigation ft. Security Ag-®*****8/ *****77 (24 hours aiCwering service *****55, ask for Harmon Singh) Reliance Security Services Pte Ltd 338-4517, 338-7860 Singka Security
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      317 27 classified 273-9090 Wanted To Buy WTa portion of Shell $5,000 $1,000 coupons wtlhng to share Please call Rosy at 758 5961 after 7 00pm Cars For Sale CFS LATE IS7S DATSUN 200 L Showroom condition. New paint work. Overhauled, aircon, radio-cassette player. $6,800 only. Tel: *****41/ *****19. PROPERTY Accommodation Vacant
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      252 27 Situations Vacant GoffltM Black Decker. HIGH STARTING SALARY... S? f »7r<Vl mnn RFMFFfTS through our BEST Program Come for the happenings. X KjUUD DtNLtl io "TTTuiLiry V and Education Refund r. 1/ 7 V< HAPPY WORKING LIFE See us at. W (V/ Cabmala $440 Medical and in.ur.nce EmployM Rrtttiom Female
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      144 27 Situations Vacant I IX Here's your 5 chance to grow iwith us Join one of the world's largest fridge compressor makers and also one £2 Singapore's fastest growing |H companies as PRODUCTION gj OPERATORS Requirements: ■J" Able to work on 2 rotating shifts Have completed IB Primary/Secondary Education Excellent Benefits:
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      305 27 Situations Vacant IY NANOTEK S ELECTRONIC J PTC LTD 5 wmHi •ppifcaxioni J for the following S po**tion» C 1. ASSISTANT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN S S (Equipment) e ftC/ NTC ?or 3 m N o etectileal engineer. > S tng/ electncal fitting S S and msttfatnn or S its equivalent. S
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      210 27 Situations Vacant sv Situations Vacant isr -Requirements: Job-change, trouble-shootings, repairing maintenance of machinery and utility equipment Willing to work on rotating shifts NTC-3 in Mechanical/Electncal Engineering or GCE 0' Level Completed National Service Benefits: High commencing Various leave salary Attractive Bonus 2 increments per Transport provided year Loans scheme Meal/attendance
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      266 27 Situations Vacant sv NOTICE WALLEM BULK CARRIERS PRIVATE LIMITED (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an extraordinary general meeting of Wallem Bulk Carriers Private Limited held on 22 November 1984, the following Special Reso- lution was duly passed: "That Wallem Bulk Carriers Private Limited be wound up voluntarily and that Messrs
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      206 28 PERSONAL CARE AND FITNESS WM ufl Mr r *n^s ew s§&& 4 !Tr tYIC a i Si !'i d i wf Yang Cheng Brand Essence of Chicken With Cordyceps helps promote physical strength and is suitable for young or old 1 ji MS qos®^ Panax Ginseng the root of Araliaceae.
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      110 28 Of course you are, j exercise is a sure y way to make a big wouldn't be nice for a I person who once had a trim shapely figure. yourself, are you the shape you should be, I II or are you Joining the I now is the time to
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  • sports
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      An elusive opportunist
      288 29  -  GOALGETTER 3 By ALFONSO CHAN QATAR'S rise to prominence has been attributed to the Brazilian coaching methods, a solid defence and striker Mansoor Muftah. But that was before Khalid Salman stepped into the limelight as the team's young but prolific striker. Today, Salman stands where the spotlight
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      Singapore score impressive victory
      295 29  -  QSP 26th CHESS OUTMPIAD By IGNATIUS LEONG Special to The Monitor SALONICA (Greece), Wednesday SINGAPORE scored an impressive victory over Wales in the Bth round of the 26th Chess Olympiad played here yesterday. International Master Wong Meng Kong handled his ending very well and won the
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      Twin terrrors of Saudi's attack force
      262 30  -  GOALGETTER 1 By ALFONSO CHAN SAUDI ARABIA'S meteoric surge to the Olympics was due to the twin terror strike-force of Mehaisen Aldosari and Majed Mohammed. They captured public imagination with their powerful combination at the pre-Olympic qualifying matches at Kallang. Majed, nicknamed "black pearl,"
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      Kuwaiti striker back here to redeem himself
      318 30  -  GOALGETTER 2 r;_ si By ALFONSO CHAN WHEN KUWAIT failed to qualify for the Olympics in their pre-Olympic outing here in April, critics pointed an accusing finger at strikers Faisal Al-Dakheel and Fathi Kamil, stars from their 1982 World Cup campaign. Today, of
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      Here come the professionals
      585 30  -  SPOTLIGHT ON S KOREA By K SILVAM SOUTH KOREA arrived yesterday brimming with confidence that their professionals will reap the kind of dividends that eluded their amateur compatriots in the Pre-Olympic and Merlion Cup tournaments earlier this year. This was the assurance given by head coach
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      54 29 classified Personal Care and Fitness |^=8| I UWUu/AW I I Professional Way I 3©l KiecU^isi>W a 153 C, Selegie Road, I I Singapore 0718 M 'Te1:*****60,*****92 I I Cable: TONINTERCO li Looking to sell? Look to Monitor's classified Call *****90 Why pay more? X. _nrfti')i *>r, n. Hp at tm
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      319 29 Personal Care and Fitness r /jS\ HILTON HEALTH M^CLUB GOOD MEWS!!! FOR THE FIRST 100 BUSY EXECUTIVES Hilton Health Club offers the Special "Privilege Card Holders who pays> 1) No Entrance Fee (usual $700) 2) No annual Subscription (usual $600) 3) No Deposits (usual $300) Just $100 registration fee (for
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      261 29 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF YEW UAN PRIVATE LIMITED (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of Yew Lian Private Limited duly convened and held at the Registered Office, 147 Kampong Ampat, Singapore 1336, on the 26th
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      344 29 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, {CHAPTER 185) AND IN THE MATTER OF TIONG KONG CO (PRIVATE) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (In Liquidation) MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of TIONG KONG CO (PRIVATE) LIMITED duly convened and held at
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  • MONITOR sports
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      Wanted: A striker
      442 31  -  Coach Hussein rethinks his Cup plans without a Fandi in lineup THE FANDI VACUUM Reports by S GULAM FANDI AHMAD'S withdrawal has left a vacuum upfront in national coach Hussein Aljunied's plans for Singapore's campaign in the Asian Cup which begins at the National Stadium on Saturday.
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      Why on-off Fandi is off again this time
      544 31 THE ON-OFF Fandi Ahmad show for the Asian Cup is off all because of personal and club problems and an oversight by the Football Association of Singapore. The FC Groningen footballer, in a tele(ihone interview from the Dutch town ast night said
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      21 31 INSIDE HERE COME THE KOREAN PROFESSIONALS:Pg 31 KHALID, THE ELUSIVE OPPORTUNIST: Pg 30 TWIN TERRORS FROM SAUDI S FRONTLINE: Pg 30
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