Singapore Monitor, 1 December 1984

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  • 11 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR Saturday, December 1,1984 30cents M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84
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  • 355 1 Tory MPs angered by her plan to cut student grants Reuter LONDON, Saturday MRS MARGARET THATCHER faces the biggest revolt within her Conservative Party in five years as Prime Minister over a decision to cut cash for student grants. About ISO Conservative parliamentarians have
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  • 67 1 THE SPOKESMAN of the Labour Ministry yesterday said the ministry was not considering the inclusion of domestic servants under the Employment Act as reported in yesterday's Monitor. The Monitor erroneously reported that the Labour Ministry is considering the move as a means of discouraging the hiring of foreign maids.
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  • home
    • 842 2  -  Reports by JANICE LIM WHAT DO you think your chances are of winning a cash prize for every $10 of Shell, British Petroleum or Caltex petrol that you buy? Most companies will not say what the odds are, nor do they have
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    • 341 2 THE BIG petrol-station cash chase took a twist this week, with claims that envelopes handed out by one service station were not sealed properly. But the oil company, BP, said there was no need for anyone to worry. Any buyer who got such a coupon could
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    • 37 2 THE Minister of Culture has approved the merger of Singapore News and Publications Limited, The Straits Times Press (1975) Limited and Times Publishing Berhad into a new company called Singapore Press Holdings Limited.
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    • 128 2 Lianhe Zaobao A WELL-KNOWN commodities trading firm is reported to have gone bust i because of debts amounting to nearly $100 million. < Merchants in the South Bridge Road area were shocked to hear that the long-established trading company had been ordered to close
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    • 204 3 Long-tailed macaques were damaging bins and other property at Macßitchie Reservoir THREE monkeys at the Macßitchie Reservoir have been shot dead because they were a nuisance. Primary Production Department men killed the long-tailed macaques after complaints from the Public Utilities Board (PUB) that monkeys had
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    • 412 3  -  ■y NG NG MING WITH MORE new hotels opening their doors for business, the existing ones have come up with various schemes to keep their rooms filled. The promotional efforts are aimed at encouraging "brand loyalty", especially in corporate accounts which form about
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    • 159 3 Lianhe Zaobao THE SENIOR management of the Singapore Police Force wfll see a major reshuffle from Jan 1, 1985. Sources say at least 10 directors are involved in the exercise which will see changes in the traffic command and the department of
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    • 104 4 RESULTS of the Primary Schools' Leaving Examinations (PSLE) will be released today. PupUs may collect their results from their respective schools, said the Education Ministry. About 43,000 pupils sat for the examinations on Oct 17, 18 and 19. According to sources, the highest score
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    • 170 4 PRIMARY school leavers prefer the electronics servicing (digital equipment) and electrical courses to other part-time industrial courses conducted by the .Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB). The VITB said that more than half of the applications received for the NTC Grade 2 and
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    • 567 4  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG THOUSANDS OF medical students from Singapore and Malaysia who have passed through the portals of the Faculty of Medicine building at Sepoy Lines will be Blad8 lad to know tnat their alma ma;r will be preserved. The building, known as
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    • 151 4  -  By CHEE LI CHOO A PRIVATE transport company has installed twoway radios in its buses and lorries. Mr Lim Chin Hwe, a shareholder of Woodlands Transport Service, said yesterday that the radios were installed for two reasons. "Should any of our buses break
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    • 371 5 ALL 46 shops in the South Bridge Centre at the corner of South Bridge Centre and North Canal Road have been leased and the tenants are in the final stage of concluding the tenancy agreements. Tne centre will be operational early next
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    • 104 5 DETECTIVES are looking for a man alleged to have raped a woman at a beach off the East coast Parkway. The 26-year-old woman told police that the man waylaid her in Hindu Road, forcibly took her to the beach and raped her several
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    • 94 5 PARKING coupons printed in 1983 which are valid for the vears 1983 and 1984 should be exchanged before tne year ends. However, motorists who still have unused old coupons when the new year comes can exchange them for coupons of equivalent value,
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    • 457 5 ReV£L in the wiling spirit December 1 Choose from our splendid selection of festive delicacies at the DELICATESSEN CORNER from 9am to Bpm or our specially designed GINGERBREAD HOUSE from noon to Hpm your orders today'. yfl December 10 -24 0 I 1 I JL SPECIAL PRECHRISTMAS DISCARVERY LUNCH IV
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  • world
    • 187 6 MOSCOW, Saturday AN OBJECT from space that hit Siberia with enormous force in 1908 may not have been a meteorite, as commonly believed, but plasma from the sun, according to Soviet scientists. Two experts from the Siberian Academy of Sciences said in
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    • 320 6 MANILA, Saturday PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos appeared on national television yesterday but, as in his two previous appearances since rumours he was seriously ill, did not utter anything audible to television audiences, fuelling continued speculation about his health. In its evening newscast, the government's
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    • 379 6 AP WASHINGTON, Saturday ISRAEL may have close to 100 nuclear weapons, India can make at least 24 and Pakistan could do the same by 1990, according to a report made for the United States Government. "In local perceptions, Israel is already a nuclear
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    • 50 6 Reuter BANGKOK, Sat NINE Thai fishermen were arrested on Thursday for robbing and raping seven Vietnamese boat people in southeast Thailand, police said yesterday. They told reporters the arrest was made on two fishing boats moored at a pier in Samut Prakan province, Reuter
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    • 62 6 Reuter COLOMBO, Sat MORE than 110 people were killed in attacks by Tamil separatist guerillas and ensuing battles with troops in Sri Lanka yesterday, official sources said. They said guerillas attacked a farm killing 60 civilians at Padaviya early this morning and at
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    • 188 6 AP LONDON, Saturday A MAIL-SORTER at a London post office discovered a letter bomb addressed to Prime Minister Mrs Margaret Thatcher yesterday, police said. Scottish separatists claimed responsibility. Experts said a "viable incendiary device" was concealed in a white envelope (25 cm
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    • 703 7  -  JAKARTA ONCE AGAIN SEEKING TO EXPAND TRADE WITH COMMUNIST NATIONS MICHAEL RICHARDSON The Age Newspaper, Melbourne Special Id Th# Monitor INDONESIA, which since the replacement of President Sukarno's regime in the late Sixties has leaned heavily towards the West and Japan for trade and aid,
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    • 238 7 AP MOSCOW, Saturday THE SOVIET Union and the People's Republic of China aimed an agreement yesterday to expand trade in 1985, the official news agency Taas reported. "The Soviet Union will supply the PRC (China) with machines and equipment, including means of transport,
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    • 1325 8 DR TAN CMIK KNOONi Ym have beta the oae answering voice h the Government arghi that those re* ipoinble for the BMF loan scandal he broaght la hack. Why li the Barina slve aheat the BMP the pahllt cleafoar lor a Liaalry, which evea
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    • 501 10 SATURDAY PEOPLE Sygma A CITY with a child for a mayor? No, it is not a fairy tale or a legend but a fact The place: Crabb, a small hamlet with a population of fifty in the state of Texas, near the highway between Houston
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    • 189 10 UPI HE'S PROBABLY the mod wanted and most hated man living today and the most elusive. And his banters are saying that the Paraguayan Government is sheltering the now frail old man who gersonalljr sent 4D0.000 people to the gas chamber durJosef Mengele, called the
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    • 172 6 Sheer Pleasure m After a hard day's work, j the most comfortable retreat I i I for a cocktail the ARB Ifl M at The New Otani. In the m early hours of the evening, i you can relax to the soothing our Tony as he plays a medley of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 38 9 For the Santa daus |PV in n* lip Sfin bcc fragrances. him a *li£s~ 4l^■ WM M£ml <A V I- a. i ■wyKV.v I 119 .> A? JMh^EI MvlNtfQf Ytafc SHEHB v j, .is,,':' ;}|M ftf>trr«' rr.fflwtffl*^'.«»:« i s
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    • 216 10 Come to Cockpit $iotel Where delicious food blends with delightful music. ■I Cockpit Restaurant Dragon Palace Restaurant Try our delirious Hong Kong Enjoy the real taste of Tim Sum and Teorhew 'live' Seafood, specially cooked cuisine, specially prepared by to reveal its our Hong Kong chefs. full-bodied freshness. I J
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    • 47 10 Ad«*rti«Mn»Nt MEDICATED FORMULA helps heal piles, relieves itching... Now you can get relief from the itching, burning and pain of piles with Preparation H a medicated formula that helps heal injured tissues and helps reduce the painful swelling. Preparation H also lubricates, making bowel movements less painful.
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  • world / trends
    • 29 11 The belief in Canada that all citizens regardless of wealth are entitled to generous government benefits may be about to be swept away by the national deficit.
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    • 26 11 China is strengthening its relations with countries of the East European bloc despite the rift between the two communist giants. Moscow's leadership is threatened.
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    • 35 11 Even if there is an agreement on the future of Namibia between Angola arid South Africa, Cuban troops will remain in Angola for three years after the UN gains control of the territory.
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    • 531 11 TRENDS World Politics TBI BELIEF in Cmii thai aft cMm regardless of wealth or other considerations are entitled to generous government benefits may be about to be swept away. Up till now things ran on the cradle-to-grave theory of government In Canada, it means that a
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    • 45 11 Soviet defence spending may be three times higher than the publicly announced figure of US$23 billion. Even that figure would have been a 12 per cent increase over the previous figure. Overall, the Soviet budget calls for spending about US$469 billion in 1985.
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    • 61 11 The spectre of mass starvation continues to stalk half of Africa's nations. The story in Ethiopia is being repeated throughout much of Africa because of a radical change in the general ecological situation. A devastating drought is in its third straight year in some places. The Northern Ethiopian
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    • 218 11 CHINA IS vigorously building up relations with the Soviet Union's East European allies despite the continued rift between the two communist giants, and is also rapidly increasing its trade turnover in the repon. China differentiates among European communist states to show it is unwilling to
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    • 181 11 MR FIDEL CASTRO'S government has convinced Its Angolan allies that a Cuban military rearguard must remain in Angola years after any agreement with South Africa over the independence of Namibia (South-west An official Angolan declaration said a phased withdrawal of 20,000 Cuban
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  • money
    • 577 12  -  By JOHN CHOW OPINIONS differ on Mr Adriaan Schrikker's pronouncements on the Singapore stock market and his use of just charts to monitor market performance based on price. The European stock analyst is no longer bullish about the local stock market. Although the market
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    • 156 12 SAMANDA Holdings Bhd proposed to transfer its adhesive tape manufacturing operation to whollyowned subsidiary, Loytape Industries Sdn Bhd, from April 1 1985 or a later date at the directors' discretion. The move, is to streamline its managerial accountability and provide separate corporate
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    • 498 12 THE LOCAL stock market, continuing last week's rally, opened the week steady in line with the sharp Wall Street gain over the weekend. The cut in Fed rates and in prime rates by local banks also helped sentiment. Gains were
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    • 341 13 RATHER impressive growth figures for Singapore's foreign exchange and money markets contrast with the pale trading results of the dealing rooms, said Mr C Mukundan. The Forez Association of Singapore (FAS) president said at its annual general meeting yesterday: "It has been another
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    • 229 13 The Star UNITED Asian Bank (UAB) is expected to be listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange some time in April next year. Disclosing this after a signing ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, its chairman Tengku Arif Bendahara said
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    • 114 13 WHLLSTREET L 4 Reuter WALL STREET stock prices fell yesterday for the third straight session as investors responded with subdued trading to Thursday's report of a sharp Jump in the nation's mooey supply. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4.52 points to
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    • 144 13 AP THE US dollar rose against all major currencies except the British pound yesterday following an unexpectedly large rise in the American money supply. and gold prices fell. Currency dealers said the dollar was made more attractive by expectations of higher interest rates in the wake of
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    • 45 13 THE STRAITS Times Industrial Index closed at 817.56, down 16.31 points from yesterday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 408.49, down 10.23 points. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index fell 0.0658 point to 1A3.3354iai the elosei. r. c. ti t >
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    • 646 13 MING COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE Tis merrier /f season Iw 4> I bX* I Jgm I fl Gala Dinner ft Dane* Christmas Eve Set Dinner Christmas Eve Set Dinner Festivities till 3am B* /A 7pmto 2 im 7pm to 11pm 7pmtoll pm Celebrate with jazz: MM Enjoy all your favourite Treat
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  • 292 14 RAINBOW HUES FROM THE EXOTIC HABITUES OF OUR BIRD PARK features PICTURE: JURONG BIRD PARK THESE ARE the best and the brightest of the Jurong Bird Park. And they were captured on film in a recent photography contest organised by the park and the Photographic Society
    PICTURE: JURONG BIRD PARK; PICTURE: TAN CHOK YONG; PICTURE: WINSTON WILLIAMS; PICTURE: FRANCIS LEOW YUE CHONG; PICTURE: WILMA CHUN; PICTURE: KOK CHOY FOONG; PICTURE: WAN AH KEONG  -  292 words

  • opinion / letters
    • 520 15 THE SINGAPORE I ™^MBn COMMENTS by the new PAP candidate Dr Richard Ha, mansging director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, that the country is about to enter the second phase of development aa a financial centre, are a timely reminder that Singapore has
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    • 445 15 ONLY RECENTLY, Mr J B Jeyaretnam publicly claimed that the People's Action Party (PAP) Government tried to offer him an ambassador's post Mr Harbans Singh claimed he would be the next prime minister of Singapore and now Mr Chiam See Tong claims the PAP
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    • 61 15 1 APPRECIATE the efficient transport service provided by the Singapore Bus Service. Could the authorities consider implementing skeleton bus services on all routes from midnight to early morning as practised in some countries? This would be advantageous to many commuters as
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    • 121 15  -  MRS GRACIE WEE-LEE Sr Public Relation Officer Ministry of the Environment I REFER to the letter "Noise Pollution at CairnhUl Circle" by "Leo" (SM, Nov 7). There are four construction sites in the vicinity of Cairnhill Circle. Excessive noise was traced to piling works carried
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  • leisure
    • 458 16 IPS BRUCE BOXLEITNEE knows exactly what he wants out of life. "I want recognition. Fame. My whole dream all my life was to come to Hollywood, work in TV, movies, do any-, thing. You just have to be alive to destiny." Boxleitner is 34, 1.88 metres tall, green-eyed
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    • 321 17  -  By VALERIE TREVOR IF you arent sure how you should behave at a stuffed-shirt affair or if Johnson's baby powder sums up personal grooming for you, then you might gain something by tuning in to Radio One today at 2.05 pm. A weekly series of
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    • 344 17 IPS KATE JACKSON scratchy voiced, eaergetic aad toagh pcriectkaisl. She was the bright-eyed, hraiay om of the glamoroaa, crtme-aolvtag Aageb trio which ladaded Farrah Faw cett and Jaclyn Smith. Now, she rales the roost la her saccessfol aew series. Scar ©crow aid Mn Kiag. The show
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    • 217 18 THE top 10 pop singles in the US, as rated by Casta box, with last week's positions in brackets: 1. (1) Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham (Colambla). 2. (3) I Feel For You Chaka Khan (Warner Brothers). 3. (2) Purple Rain Prince and the
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    • 332 18 TODAY TIME ITEM CONTENT Noon-2pm Radio One Sounds Alive (DJ: GeraJdme Ng) Audience Quiz (Quest: Liew Chin Chong) Interview on coordination/arrangements for display in Cultural Heritage Section 2-2.30 pm Radio Four Signature Tune (DJ: R Somasundram DJ's Choice R Venkatachalam) Interview 2.30-3.30pm Radio Three
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    • 101 18 LATWP LOS ANQELES: New York-bated Warner Communications Inc confirmed oil Tharsday that it has agreed to fell its Pana vision subsidiary to two investor groups for U5552.5 million In cash, along with warrants giving it the right to boy back ap to 15 per cent
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    • 434 21  -  SATURDAY'S BEST WITH LIM KWEE LAN Centreatage Great Performances: Three Cheever Stories O Youth and Beauty (Ch 12, 8.30 pm) THE last of the three Cheever stories sees Kathryn Walker and Michael Murphy taking centrestage They portray a couple, Cash and Louise Bently, whose marriage collapses when
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    • 455 21 Sunday Matinee For Love or Money (Ch 5, 2.35 pm) IN this 1963 comedy directed by Michael Gordon, a wealthy widow hires an attorney to matchmake for her three beautiful daughters. The attorney's handling of this unusual job results ui some hilarious situations. It stars Kirk Douglas, Mitzi
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    • 93 16 presents Free Style Dancing Championship'B4 Final on 3rd Dec '84 Ist prize $1,500 2nd prize $1,000 3rd prize $600 4th prize $400 sth prize $30v**$ 6th prize —•$2OO (Plus one cassette recorder eacfc mini compo}< In addition all finalists will receipt, a trophy and J products of adidas. Take thif
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    • 81 17 %>«/ stefeir At Huang Palace, we make every Sunday a family affair. A well deserved treat for the whole family from Dian Xin to a la carte dishes. Mouth-watering delights like steamed shrimp dumplings, pork ribs, stuffed chilli, fried wan ton, glutinous rice, beef balls, chicken feet and more. kAAA
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 6 18 ASIABEAT will be carried on Monday
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 524 18 filM OUIP€DAUT (*****16): DOUBLE TROUBLE (C) 77 SZlUP2HS I ?J^ U S![ jE (C) Starring: Aijia, Xiao Midilffct Show: PROFILE IN ANGER (C) Synopsis: The lives of a brother, sister and an orphan MANDARIN (*****01): DOUBLE TROUBLE (C) girl are irrevocably linked in a world of gambling and Midnight Show:
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 77 19 CJfflflb 24tt MKST-EVER DAY (*****86) 5 SHOWS AT 11am, 1.30,4.00,6.30,9.15 Prico^^^^ASHßOOKlHG^JoFrjeUtt CAPITOL: Tonight M'NITE TOP I 'JZ. "felSt C6ME6Y 71||M tnpSm S& JrJjf* Froai the Mkm of the original mm "FhrN h*" w\k ami *in i wctuhts mi si nts nut- shoot -i v,vKIM;VAI Kit Ml H IJCVGU irimi >
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 237 19 NATIONAL SHORT STORY WRITING THE Ministry of Culture and the various newspapers of Singapore are organising a 1984 National Short Story Writing Competition. It is open to all Singapore citizens and permanent residents. Entrants may write on any subject or theme in Malay, Tamil, Mandarin or English. More than one
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    • 589 19 HP. j Lithograph by Henry Moore, on display at the Promenade's Art Foram EXHIBITION OF FRENCH CONTEM- Ming Court Hotel, Mezzanine floor, PORARY ARTISTS until Monday from 11 am to 6 pm. THE works of 30 French contempo- Admission is free. rary artists will be exhibited at Meri- HENRY MOORE
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    • 81 19 JAWS 2 JAWS 2 will be screened tomorrow at Hilton Movie House at 8.15 pm. This suspense-filled movie focuses on a great wnite shark which terrorises the small summer resort of Amity. There will be a first drink charge of $8.50++ for non-diners. BAREFOOT EXECUTIVE THIS Walt Disney comedy which
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 1180 20 1.00 Opening and Programme IMynllyhti folomd by Bm 1 I in* strict [#^M"ikmg^jßJ 2.05 Saturday Matinee: World Without End. J|(MWPT J^^HH See Saturdays Best. r j j s f J 3.39 Bth FIQ Asian Zona Championship. The Women's Masters Final wiK be featured. 'fl 4.30 Malay Movie: Cedtaku Certtamu (English
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    • 173 20 \mz Noon Newsdesk 12.30 That's Trad 12.45 Financial News 12.58 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 1.30 About Britain 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Afcum Time 3.00 World News 3.00 Twenty-Four Hours: News Summary 3.30 From the Weeklies 3.45 Network UK 4.00 World News 4.09
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 386 21 Tomorrow's programmes 8.90 am SBCTEXT Live Sample Page*. 9.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Music Box Beat and Tempo. 9.25 The Electric Company.* 9.99 Smurfs (Cartoon) (Last episode). 10 JO Teka Tepet (M). 10.99 Intemettonal Athletics: The Budapest Qrandprix. Featuring superstar sprinter, Cart Lewis in the 100 m and
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 437 22 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 21 LIBRA You'll have a choice in which September 23 to October 22 you can select quality and Time is on your side backemerge with profit. The cycle stage meetings take place and continues high, popularity in- you are the major subject of
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    • 156 22 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook [MCHH/UoSll RVMIC/ HOBJV/ Pitman DR SMOCK By George Lemont -f WHAT'S\/ r TWO MSAN/ IIsTN n f "TWO FAT UAPICsA x THOUSAND QUANTITY' I AIMP ©N£ SUMO PATIENT ANP PORIV-. > V WWSTUCR ~)T ——y| EB AND FLO By Paul Sellers YTf u, i^ 7 T!
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  • X'mas Holiday Fair '84
    • 396 23 Those who want to get all their Christmas needs under one roof can visit the X'mas Holiday Fair '84 which opens today at the World Trade Centre, Hall Two. This fair, the third in the series, will run till Dec 5. It is open from
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    • 148 23 Shoppers at the X'mas Holiday Fair '84 will receive one Lucky Draw Coupon for every $10 they spend there. The first prize is a tour package for two to Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Second prize is a tour package for two to Hong Kong
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    • 253 24 Explosions due to gas leakage are the secret fear of many housewives. Now, the introduction of safeguard timer-regulators for gas cylinders allows these fears to be put aside. STS Trading Com* pany imports a range of these regulators for home and industrial use from
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    • 158 24 Singaporeans today are past the stage of worrying about having a roof over their heads. They now want that roof to be aesthetically pleasing too. Hilux Enterprise lets upwardlooking people enjoy a better view. The company is the importer of Brady's plasterglass ceilings, decorative cornices, centre panels and
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    • 151 25 Don't neglect your bathrooms dress them up Even bathrooms must look fashionable nowadays and at the X'mas Holiday Fair '84 Star bright Trading will introduce a range of Apollo and Alice bathroom fittings manufactured in Hong Kong. The Apollo range of fittings are made of Styrene Acrylonitrile decorated with chrome-plated
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    • 169 25 Rosewood and blackwood furniture are just as romantic and popular now as in the days of old. The purchase of such items can also be treated as an investment. Good quality rosewood and blackwood are getting scarce. Prices are increasing. Most rosewood and blackwood furniture are
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    • 291 26 How do yon rfhooss a good piano? Mr Christopher Stan, the managing director of Brahms Piano Manufacturer Pte Ltd, gives some pointers. He said: "Beaides examining the exterior, always check the sound board and the iron frame for defects. "The types of materials that are
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    • 154 27 Exercise yourself to a healthy Christmas with the equipment which Contact Health Equipment and Trading Company is offering at the X'mas Holiday Fair '84. Their JK-900 Sit Up Bench can be used for toning and trimming the abdomen, back and legs. The bench can be adjusted
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    • 352 27 Friesiand Singapore Pte Ltd is offering coffee, milk and cereals special prices during the X'mas Holiday Fair '84. Their 200 gm packs of freeze-dried Moccona instant coffee are being sold in floral design jars at $14.90 per pack. After the coffee has been consumed, the useful
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
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    • 172 23 With a fancy ceiling from Hilux. V, K r f < /-A Hilux Enterprise opens up new avenues in decorating ideas for your home with attractive Plasterglass ceilings! Beautiful centre panels with a sculptured look, and cornices that add elegance to plain walls and corners, are all designed specifically to
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
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    • 337 27 gfe&^x Play It Again With A Trebel Piano From7/V»/V/ HARMONY MUSIC CENTRE Only the finest pianos are sold by Harmony Music Centre. In 1983, Harmony Music KRANTZ LAURENT (1984 feel that every home should Centre's Trebel pianos won the Edition). a Trebel piano now. International Award for The KRANTZ LAURENT
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
    • 354 28 HE IS BETTER NOW THAN WHEN THIRD IN HIS LAST START 2 PAGE TEAR-OUT By WONDER BOY CHENS STABLE'S consistent performer, Takang Wang, has a first-class chance of chalking up his third win this season in Race Seven in today. The
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    • 588 28 WONDER BOY sums up the form and chances of hones running in today's races in Kuala Lumpur: RACE ONE 1 Not seen on track. 2 Working keenly back home. 3 Working keenly. 4 Fair track form. 5 Unlikely 6 Not seen on track. 7 Working keenly
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  • sports
    • 394 32 ASEAN CUP '84 KANDASAMY JAYAMANI, Singapore's most experienced woman middle distance runner and schoolgirl Norshidah Mohd Ali have good chances of winning gold medals at the third Asean Track and Field Championships which starts at the Rizal Stadium here in Manila today. Lt Col
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    • 562 32  -  By ERNEST FRIDA In MANILA, Saturday LYDIA de VEGA, Asia's fastest woman, was close to tears last night when the Philippines Amateur Track And Field Association (PATAFA} temporarily lilted its ban, making it possible for her to compete in the Asean (Association
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    • 952 33  -  SIMON BARNES ON BRITISH SOCCER WHAT ON earth is going on at Southampton? That is the question that everyone in English soccer is trying to answer. Mart Wright and Steve Williams are both demanding a chance to leave the club amid bizarre reports of
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    • 231 33 Reuter ZURICH, Saturday BOOKINGS on Northern Ireland's Norman Whiteside and Uwe Rahn of West Germany for celebrating after scoring goals in recent World Cup qualifying matches were cancelled by the International Football Federation (Fifa) executive committee yesterday. The two fell foul of a new
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    • 218 33  -  "mmCHEtS jOWPMP By IGNATIUS LEONG (Special to Tho Monitor) Salonica, Saturday SINGAPORE lead Belgium 2-1 in the 11th round of the 26th Chess Olympiad played here Kterday. Both International Masters Leslie >w and Wong Meng Kong drew their games and it was Chia Chee
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    • SEEN AND HEARD
      • 86 34 SECURITY is so tight for the Asian Cup that the hotel the teams are staying at resembles a mini Fort Knox. The police have set up a police post on one floor of the hotel, and it is reliably said that at least 15 plainclothes policemen are
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      • 77 34 ELEVEN of the Singapore player* are down with flu three days before their match on Sunday. Even team manager Yusof Ismail came late for the team managers meeting with stuffed nose and a bag full of medicine, while national coach Hussein Aljun- ied has not been spared. As
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      • 120 34 MORE on security. Peter Vellapan warned the team managers at a meeting that bookies will be out in full force to get In touch with the players in an attempt to fix matches. Most of them have therefore been instructed of the dangers
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    • 550 34  -  SYRIA vs QATAR Pr«vi«w by S GULAM WITH AN uncompromising defence and a lethal strikeforce, Qatar should start their Asian Cup campaign on a victorious note when they face Syria in tonight's (7) opening matcn at the National Stadium. The Qataris have
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    • 329 34  -  IRAN vs UAE Preview by ALFONSO CHAN THERE are great expectations from Iran in their first match against United Arab Emirates tonight (9). All eyes will be strained on the Iranian team, watching the players' every move. Especially the coaches of nine other
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    • HOW THEY MADE IT
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        113 34 Indonesia bt Thailand 2-1. Syria bt Philippines 2-0, Iran M Bangladesh 5-0, Indonesia bt Bangladesh 2-1, Iran M Syria 3-1, Thailand bt Phippinas 34). Syria bt Bangladesh 2-1, Indonesia bt Phipplnaa 1-0, Iran bt Thailand 50, Iran bt Indonesia 1-0, Bangladesh bt Phippinas 3-2, Thsiand bt Syria 3-2, Iran bt
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      • 103 34 S Arabia bt Nepal 7-0, Oman drew Sri Lanka 1-1, Sri Lanka bt Nepal 4-0, S Arabia bt U A El-0. S Arabia bt Sri Lanka 5-0. UAE bt Oman 8-0, S Arabia bt Oman 6-0, U A E bt Nepal 11-0, Oman bt Nepal 8-0, U A
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      • 89 34 Korea Rep bt Yemen AR 5-0, Malaysia bt Pakistan 54), India bt Yemen AR 44), Korea Rep bt Pakistan 64). India bt Malaysia 2-1, Pakistan bt Yemen AR 4-1, Korea Rep drew Malaysia 0-0, India bt Pakistan 2-0, Malaysia bt Yemen AR 4-1. Korea Rep bt India 1-0
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      • 266 34 Qatar bt Afghanistan 8-0, Hong Kong draw Jordan 1-1, China bt Afghanistan 6-0, Qatar bt Hong Kong 1-0, China bt Jordan 6-0, Afghanistan drew Hong Kong 0-0, China bt Hong Kong 2-0, Qatar bt Jordan 2-0, China bt Qatar 1-0, Jordan bt Afghanistan 6-1 Qroup A Kuwait Qatar
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    • 47 33 vv alls are ep' A A 11 kVA r~7 A\ players the world over '"V: I— ASIAN CUP '84 TODAY S FIXTURES QATAR V SYRIA (7PM) Xv-B'C, IRAN V UAE (9PM) I _j Brought to you by rgggtffftaif Qov.j, •VYONEX ascot Mikasa [gGOSEN D tiM mini nous*
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 506 36  -  STARTING TONIGHT m QATAR vs SYRIA M IRAN vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES By S GULAM SINGAPORE are now suffering what they see as the final blow to their Asian Cup hopes on the eve of their first Cup match against India 11 players are down
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    • 252 36  -  •f K SILVAM TEAM MANAGERS, coaches or officials who are sacked from the bench for giving advice to players from the sidelines will be dismissed from the stadium. Furthermore, team captains will face severe action if they interfere with play by questioning the referee's decision
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