Singapore Monitor, 6 December 1984, Afternoon Edition
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Title Section20 1984-12-06 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR EVEN! EDITION; w r M C IP) No 21 5 84 Thursday. December 6, 1984 30 cents20 words
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Article, Illustration398 1984-12-06 1 K SILVAM - ■y K SILVAM SEVEN key Syrian players were offered $40,000 eacn to fix their team's defeat in every Asian Cup match as more details of a bribery bid were unravelled this morning. Even the manner of the defeat in the tournament currently398 words
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Article, Illustration461 1984-12-06 1 ROBERT CONCEICAO - Development already under way at 80-hectare site in Pasir Ris •V ROBERT CONCEICAO BY 1990, residents of Hougang and Tampines will be able to enjoy leisurely weekends amidst yellow and green coconut trees and461 words
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197 1984-12-06 1 LONDON, Thursday ON the face of it, the unanimity seemed impressive. There was not a single voice of dissent among Britain's Parliamentarians today when the House stamped its seal of approval on the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997 under a197 words
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Advertisement17 1984-12-06 1 THE PASIR RIS PARK: SEE PAGE TWO mTV GUIDE: PAGE IS MTV SCENE AND HIGHLIGHTS: PAGE 1917 words
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Advertisement229 1984-12-06 1 i v **V OUB introduces mo-ounce loco London HfliLl Isfsn Eon certificate For the first time in Sngapore m mi if"" WW UMTH) iM—fcw,—, in i i ipo»: Through OUB you can now buy /v X and sell the lOOounoe unallocated Loco London gold certificate at international gold prices, the229 words
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408 1984-12-06 2 K K FONG - But plucky woman gives up fight after one of them points a knife at her daughter's throat K K FONG A 19-YEAR-OLD housewife today related how die tried to fight off four armed robbers yesterday and only gave up when one of them pointed a408 words
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Article, Illustration66 1984-12-06 2 The sketches show an artist's impression of what the Pasir Ris Park will look like when completed. The development, at the cost of $15 million, will take place in three phases corresponding to three themes "Children's Holiday/' "Saturday afternoon," and "Fair Weather66 words
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235 1984-12-06 2 Lianhe Wanbao THE NEW air-conditioned bus services connecting Boon Lav, Jurone and Be dok to Snenton way which started yesterday have been less than ideal. Operators blamed the lack of publicity and detailed information for the poor response. Route ACI from Boon LayLianhe Wanbao - 235 words
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162 1984-12-06 2 THE HOUSING Board will be building only five types of housing unit the three-room simplified (SS), the fourroom simplified (4S), the four-room A (4A), the live-room improved (51) and the apartment types in about two years time. At the moment, the public162 words
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Article, Illustration106 1984-12-06 3 THE MANAGER of the Tung Centre under construction in Collyer Quay says 60 per cent of the space has already been let out to three banks. Another 15 per cent is under negotiation, Jones Lang Wootton, which is in charge of leasing and management,106 words
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401 1984-12-06 3 A PROMISING picture of a highly professional police force, adequately staffed, fully trained and with advance technology at its command, has been sketched by the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Chua Sian Chin Its strength is to be increased from the present 7,000401 words
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252 1984-12-06 3 PREPARE now for problems of old age or you will live to regret it. This, in effect, is the warning issued by the Health Minister, Mr Howe Yoon Chong, in the special edition of Petir. With urbanisation and industrialisation, the elderly, like everyone252 words
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NEWS SCAN
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Article, Illustration64 1984-12-06 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Li Peng suffered slight injuries during the melee that resulted when the 231 passengers in the China Airlines Airbus A3OO, which had to make an emergency landing yesterday, rushed for the exits. Asked how she felt during the incident,64 words
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Article82 1984-12-06 4 COMPUTER company Honeywell-Synertek has retrenched 200 of its 500 workers in Singapore. An industry source said the layoffs took place last week. An official of the Singapore company said he was under strict instructions to make no comment. He declined to say if there had been a82 words
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Article65 1984-12-06 4 A MANAGER lost more than $10,000 in a toilet on Monday afternoon. Mr Guo, 38, went to the office toilet and left an envelope there which contained $10,230 When he remembered and got back to look for it. the envelope containing the money was gone.65 words
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Article, Illustration448 1984-12-06 4 OEI SIN GIOK - B* OEI SIN GIOK DEVELOPERS going Christmas shopping have a piece of choice land to put tneir money in Orchard Square. After months of speculation, the owner, Ngee Ann Kongsi, has decided to invite tenders on Dec 17. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will448 words
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Article287 1984-12-06 4 RAY MILLER - By RAY MILLER FREE GIFTS showered by companies especially at Christmas have been denounced as undermining everything that schoolchildren are taught in the moral education programme. "Soon people will want a perk for coming to church," said Dr Robert Balhetchet, project director of the programme. "They287 words
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Article79 1984-12-06 4 UNION Carbide Singapore said yesterday that its three Singapore factories did not produce methyl isocyanate the deadly substance which has killed more than 1,000 people in the central Indian city of Bhopal. Nor does it import the chemical from its production plants in the79 words
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Advertisement88 1984-12-06 3 WUh up to 75% off our Teu Ping carpets, It's here. Singapore Carpet Manufacturers' Christmas Sale on Tai Ping carpets, from 7th December to 9th December. A whole range of luxurious, pure wool carpets going at amazing discounts of up to 75%. Come early with your friends for the widest88 words
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Advertisement209 1984-12-06 4 The Magazine 'Discovery oftheYear 85' CTpW 'Moddofthenar 85' In search of thewoman who dares to dream. The Glamour Awards are being held for the first The prizes are worth well over $100,000. Never time ever. And it promises to be the event of the before has a range of prizes209 words
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Article, Illustration683 1984-12-06 6 THE BHOPAL POISON GAS TRAGEDY Reuter BHOPAL (India), Thursday NINETY children were fighting for their lives yesterday hooked to oxygen masks and tubes in a hospital in this Indian city, where the death toll from a factory gas leak had alreadyReuter - 683 words
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Article, Illustration325 1984-12-06 6 LAT-WP BHOPAL, Thursday a safety valve into a vented scrubber OFFICIALS of Union Carbide India said yesterday they believed that enormous pressure in a storage tank forced the release of poison gas that killed two thousand people here on Monday but that they did not knowLAT-WP - 325 words
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189 1984-12-06 6 UPI GENEVA, Thurt THE WORLD'S largest butterfly, the largest flower and the smallest mammal are all in danger of extinction, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (lUCN) says. They were among 12 animals and 12 plants recently identified by the lUCN asUPI - 189 words
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Article, Illustration223 1984-12-06 8 UPI MOSCOW, Thursday SOVIET leader Konstantin Chernenko (left) yesterday said that halting President Reagan's Star Wars programme was his nation's most important goal in new arms talks with the United States. "Resolving the question of space weapons is now ofUPI - 223 words
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Article, Illustration81 1984-12-06 8 TAIPEH rescue workers continuing search operations this morning said they spotted piles of bodies in the Haishan Iken mine, 25 km south-east of Taipeh. The cave-in, which occurred around noon yesterday and believed to have resulted from a methane blast has trapped 94 miners.PICTURE: UPI - 81 words
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337 1984-12-06 8 AP BRUSSELS, Thursday DEFENCE ministers of the Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) and Warsaw Pact blocs yesterday vowed to step up their respective military capabilities accusing one another of fuelling the EastWest arms race. Ending three days of talks here, theAP - 337 words
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187 1984-12-06 8 AP BEIJING, Thurt A SHANGHAI court has sentenced a Canadian citizen to five years in prison for using credit cards to defraud Chinese banks and stores of more than a half million yuan (*****,000). Canadian diplomatic sources confirmed accounts by the officialAP - 187 words
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Article132 1984-12-06 8 Reuter ANTANANARIVO (Madagascar), Thurs ABOUT 30 people died and several were injured when gongfu fans clashed with unemployed youths in Madagascar's capital, Radio Madagascar reported yesterday. Eyewitnesses said they saw people shot on Tuesday around the headquarters of the Awareness Association, a statesponsored craft cooperativeReuter - 132 words
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Article236 1984-12-06 9 Banks refuse to release $5.8 million assets to court receiver AP DUBLIN (Ireland), Thursday A COURT-APPOINTED receiver yesterday was unable to gain control of £2.7 million (SIS.BS million) of frozen funds belonging to Britain's striking National Union of Mineworkers. Mr Herbert Brewer, a lawyer appointed byAP - 236 words
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Article, Illustration97 1984-12-06 9 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS SIR ROBERT MULDOON (above) is certainly not the happiest of men, as his face clearly shows And he certainly knows how to show his displeasure at newsmen and photographers hounding him. Last week, nine years to the day after he97 words
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Article93 1984-12-06 9 JOE NAMATH had his pantyhose, Jim Palmer his underwear. Now Olympic gold medallist Steve Lundquist, 23, is making a splash with his own racy commercial pitching Sassoon's antidandruff shampoo. "Now my hair can be as gorgeous as the rest of me," intones the sexy swimmer93 words
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Article, Illustration93 1984-12-06 9 YOU might think that one "Face of the '80s" was enough for a single decade. Now there are four. This year's winner of the annual contest ("It's not a beauty pageant, it's a professional career search," says model mogul Eileen Ford) is 19-year-old Catherine Anell of93 words
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Article74 1984-12-06 9 THREE final "victory tour" concerts will go on as scheduled at Dodger Stadium here this weekend, with about 30,000 unsold US$3O (Ss64) tickets still available for each performance. Flamboyant boxing promoter Don King made the announcement at a Tuesday press conference in nearby Beverly Hills following74 words
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Article210 1984-12-06 10 AP TOKYO, Thursday JAPAN'S economy grew by an inflationadjusted 0.7 per cent in the July-Septem-ber quarter, the lowest rate of growth in six quarters, the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) announced yesterday. The agency attributed the slower rate of growth 3 per cent on an annual basis to aAP - 210 words
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Article161 1984-12-06 10 Reuter BONN, Thursday THE WEST German economy staged its strongest quarterly growth for over five years between July and September as the country recovered from its costliest industrial dispute. West Germany's Gross National Product (GNP) the widest measure of output provisionally grew by around 2ft per cent fromReuter - 161 words
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Article, Illustration114 1984-12-06 10 Agencies TEHERAN, Thursday THE HIJACKERS of the hijacked Kuwaiti Airbus check a doctor for weapons (see picture above). The doctor was sent to check the health of an injured passenger. Iranian security forces blocked the runway at Teheran airport last night toAgencies; PICTURE: UPI - 114 words
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115 1984-12-06 10 Reuter BEIJING, Thurt SINGER John Denver, who has twice played for top Chinese leaders in the United States, said today that he aims to broadcast a live television programme worldwide from Beijing early next year. Tne blond singer said he had iustReuter - 115 words
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178 1984-12-06 10 Reuter KINSHASA (Zaire), Thursday ZAIREAN president Mobutu Sese Seko was sworn in to a third term of office today to acclaim by thousands of dancing, drum-beating supporters. Mr Mobutu, 53, swore to uphold the constitution and to maintain the vast and potentiallyReuter - 178 words
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72 1984-12-06 10 AP STOCKHOLM, Thursday LAUREATES from a record number of countries began gathering in the dusky Swedish capital yesterday for traditional festivities leading up to Monday's presentations of the 1984 Nobel science and literature prizes. The only winner chosen bv Swedish juries not present for the activitiesAP - 72 words
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203 1984-12-06 11 Reuter LONDON, Thursday THE BRITISH Government yesterday backed down on a decision to cut student grants in the face of the most serious revolt in the ruling Conservative Party that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has faced during five years in office. Education Secretary SirReuter - 203 words
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219 1984-12-06 11 UPI DALY CITY, (California), A MAN IDENTIFIED as a crime syndicate leader in Taiwan is among four people named in a US$5O million (*****.5 million) civil lawsuit filed by the widow of Chinese journalist Henry Liu. Mrs Helena Lui filed the suit in SanUPI - 219 words
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164 1984-12-06 11 AP WASHINGTON, Thursday AMERICANS have dramatically changed their birth control practices in recent years with sterilisation surpassing the pill to become the most common method of contraception, a new report based on US Government statistics show. "If male and female sterilisation areAP - 164 words
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348 1984-12-06 11 AP HONG KONG, Thursday CRAMMED INTO rickety boats and sometimes drugged, children in increasing numbers are beinp smuggled into Hong Kong from China under conditions That officials describe as pure "hell." Government figures show that in November this year, 43AP - 348 words
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155 1984-12-06 11 Reuter ISLAMABAD, Thursday PAKISTAN'S military ruler General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq issued decrees yesterday making it a crime to preach a boycott of elections or a referendum. The main opposition alliance, the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD), has called for aReuter - 155 words
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Advertisement68 1984-12-06 7 FLYTHELEADER. Congratulations, Singapore Airlines, on your choice of the Boeing 757. Starting today, even more passengers than ever before will be able to fly Singapore Airlines to destinations like Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. And do so in complete comfort, thanks to improved seat spacing, legroom and overhead stowage. No wonder68 words
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Advertisement211 1984-12-06 9 Try our dslctous fraeNy-bahsd Christmas pastrtea and roasts from (he Mandarin Pastry shop. Each and \KQrvBL I avary ona of <<aa> Warns make aiuoelent qWs for Wanda and famfy. If you la aand a epacM grseing, towers *—ys say beet. At the ManJsrtn florist, there ia a I great variety211 words
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Article, Illustration615 1984-12-06 12 JOHN CHOW - By JOHN CHOW BANKS operating in Singapore will have to adapt to new conditions if they want to stay in business, according to a leading British merchant banker Mr Christopher Clarke, general manager of Samuel Montagu Co. said Singapore had been615 words
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Article104 1984-12-06 12 TAT LEE Bank will lower its interest rates by a quarter to a half point from Dec 7. The new interest rate for its saving deposits is 6.7S per cent pa. For its fixed deposits, the new interest rates are: for one month 6104 words
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Article44 1984-12-06 12 AT-A-GLANCE NEWS AND INFORMATION LOW KENG HUAT'S Singapore unit is said to be applying for listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore in 1985, as originally planned. The Malaysian unit is offering its shares to the public soon.44 words
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Article, Illustration44 1984-12-06 12 NO OFFENCE meant, but Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin has been given a nickname. Seems American bankers who love initials refer to him as DZ (rhymes with Deezee). Of course, we know the minister is anything but DZ... Mr Daim44 words
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Article63 1984-12-06 12 From Forbes magazine come these English translations: On a Greek taverna's menu, a friend in Europe found herself contemplating such delights as "roast lamp" and "lemon kitchen soap." Later in the trip, a restaurant in Sifnos raised eyebrows with its "forced meatballs." But it was a Madrid63 words
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376 1984-12-06 12 THE BANKS which do not get a full Australian banking licence may well be in the best position to compete. At a recent seminar, Australian Investment Alternatives 1985, held in Sydney, Mr I C Matheson, Westpac Banking Corporation's deputy managing director, in376 words
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115 1984-12-06 12 Reuter ZURICH, Thursday SWISS banks, which survived an attempt to curb their cherished secrecy laws last year, are lobbying for a change in the tax svstem to prevent what they say is a loss of business to other financial centres. Most majorReuter - 115 words
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104 1984-12-06 13 P HMLLSTREET J TAKEOVER FEVER in the oil industry captured Wall Street's attention yesterday for the second straight day. Acquisition rumours drove energy stocks higher despite sharply lower prices in the market as a whole. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 13.47104 words
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Article139 1984-12-06 13 THE US dollar rose slightly in fairly moderate early trading following its firmness in New York despite easier interest rates. Aotivity was largely centred in dollar/mark and dollar/yen with interbank buying taking the US unit up to an early 3.0965/75 marks from New York s 3.0955/70 close.139 words
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127 1984-12-06 13 THE SINGAPORE stock market opened easier but rallied at overnight levels later in the morning. Volume was on the low side but prices remain unchanged at overnight levels. Top volume stock FACB did 337,000, followed bv Faber Merlin's 208,000, Dunlop Industries' 179,000 and Promet's127 words
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Article48 1984-12-06 13 AT THE midday break the OUB Composite Share Price Index was down 1.22 Kints to 413.51 from the i previous day's close oT 414.73. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted Index was up 0 2373 points to 133.6511 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 133.4138.48 words
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Article193 1984-12-06 13 Selected stocks at midday. Market tone: Slightly Easier Boustead 1.86 S Cold Storage 2.68/2.69 F Neaves 5.10/5.20 Genting 4.88/4.90 GIH 2.61/2.64 Haw Par 2.02/2.06 Isetan 2.30/2.34 Jurong Cement 2.06 S Keck Seng 2.14/2.15 Esso 2.57/2.58 Hume 3.90 S Inchcape 2.43 S Intraco 2.56/2.60 M Cement 1.60 S Metro 3.08/3.10193 words
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Article110 1984-12-06 13 Your S$ to one unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DD TT DD US$ 2.1755 2.1655 2.1565 sterling 2 6157 2 5936 2 5836 Australian 9 1 8591 1 8350 1 8200 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit US! 2.17 2.15 NZ9 110 100 sterling 2.65 2.55 Australian 187110 words
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Article, Illustration523 1984-12-06 14 In spite of US aid, repression continues PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti): When he became Haiti's president for life in 1971, Mr Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier initiated a new era for the people of his impoverished island. No longer would there be the Tontons Macoutes who had bolstered523 words
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792 1984-12-06 14 MICHAEL BROWNING - By MICHAEL BROWNING Knight-Ridder N*wspap«rs BEIJING: A peasant who has become the first millionaire in Chinese Communist history has been given a plaque celebrating his achievement' along with the official congratulations of his provincial governor. Jiang Changshen, a peasant from Shifo792 words
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Advertisement105 1984-12-06 14 Dynamic Explosions A Whi k W Two stunning new groups, CITY LIMITS and TREBLE CLEF will entertain you from 5.30pm to 12.30 am. (A single group performs on Sundays and Mondays from 7pm onwards.) Now, when you order a glass of Sj Tiger Draft Beer or any other I pouring105 words
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537 1984-12-06 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR BfilH IF YOU were offered two identical bottles of brandy at two different prices, you would surely choose the cheaper version. Make that two identical bottles of Cocacola, two identical videotape recorders, two identical bars of chocolate or any other product you537 words
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Article115 1984-12-06 15 I AM disappointed with the discourteous conduct I see on our buses. The other day, I saw an old woman press the bell before the Service 174 bus reached the bus stop. But the driver did not stop. The woman reached for the bell again. The115 words
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Article, Illustration270 1984-12-06 15 THE articles "Why shoot the monkeys, ask visitors at Macßitchie" (SM, Dec 3) and "Three nuisance monkeys shot dead" (SM, Dec 1) reminded me of an unpleasant incident which occurred when I was four years old. I live opposite the Macßitchie Reservoir, and one day,270 words
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Article112 1984-12-06 15 I AM shocked at the selfishness of the writer of the letter "Let there be peace at the CC study room" (SM, Nov 28). I sincerely hope there are not many Singaporeans like him. He went to the community centre to study because his home112 words
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Article150 1984-12-06 15 JOSEPHINE ONG (MISS - REPLY JOSEPHINE ONG (MISS) Public Relations Officer Singapore Bus Service I REFER to the letter by "Resident" requesting for a bus service from Tampines Avenue 4 to Kaki Bukit (SM, Oct 18). We are pleased to inform the writer that we do have plans to introduce150 words
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Article, Illustration472 1984-12-06 16 WONG AH YOKE - By WONG AH YOKE VIEWERS in Singapore will be able to tune in to TV3 once the transmission station in Johor is set up. This could be as early as the middle of next year. At present, TV3 programmes can only be received472 words
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Article, Illustration915 1984-12-06 16 SHOWBIZ MUMS SHARE THEIR JOY LIFE can be tough for a working woman who also has a family to carc for and arguably tougher if her career is in show business. In any case, some of the top stars seem to combine successfully being a mother and915 words
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Article, Illustration371 1984-12-06 18 new© GMMKTu© Thursday Feature Special Marathon Man (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 10 pm) DIRECTOR John Schlesinger's. thriller stars Dustin Hoffman as a New York intellectual who dreams of glory as a marathon runner. To this end. he jogs everyday in Central Park. When his brother371 words
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144 1984-12-06 18 TIME ITEM CONTENT Noon-2 pm Radio One Sounds Alive (DJ: Susan Ng) Audience Quiz Mid-day Market Report News 2-2 30 pm Radio Four Signature Tune (DJ: Sarasal Raja R Somasundram) DJ s Choice An Event in 1979 2.30-3.30pm Radio Three Song Requests (DJ:144 words
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211 1984-12-06 18 LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD: Home Box Office Inc, a US pay television company, and Thorn EMI Screen' Entertainment have formed a joint venture to acquire and distribute home-video programming in North America, the companies announced.. The new company, lo.be called Thorn EMI-HBO Home Video, willLAT-WP - 211 words
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Article, Illustration944 1984-12-06 19 OPA THERE are various ways for an American kid to become a matinee idol, but no one would think that one of them is by packing up and moving to Australia. Yet, New York-born Mel Gibson took that route at the age of 12. AndOPA - 944 words
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Miscellaneous623 1984-12-06 17 leisure [^ff IP ■E^isbm Live Sample v w«g?r Opening Programme by ILs r., Tarzan the Bulge 5.15 Seaview: Happy Families (Last episode).* 5.45 360 Degrees Views of Our World: Kashmir (M) (Eng- A subtitles). V 3y B A look at the cultural and political life Kashmir, a state JMR |p*623 words
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Miscellaneous1128 1984-12-06 20 SILVER JUBILEE BUFFET A SILVER Jubilee Buffet will be held at the Golden Dew Coffee House, in celebration of Singapore's 25 Years of Nation-Building, until Sunday About 25 Chinese. Malay. Indian and specialities will be featured for lunch and dinner, from 1130 am to 30 pm and 630pmto 10 pm1,128 words
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Miscellaneous339 1984-12-06 20 FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ART THE works of SO French contemporary artists will be exhibited at Lafite and Latour function rooms, 3rd floor, Meridien Hotel, today, from 10 am to 8 pm. Admission is free. HENRY MOORE GRAPHICS AN exhibition of Henry Moore Graphics will be held at the Art Forum, The339 words
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Article252 1984-12-06 21 John McCafferty - Jo JHoces] By John McCafferty LAT-WP THERE is such an array of islands, sounds, peninsulas, points and inlets in British Columbia that among the many pleasant rewards of the area are miles and miles of coast, making beachcombing an added enticement for visiting this crisp, cleanLAT-WP - 252 words
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Miscellaneous606 1984-12-06 22 leisure comics FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook hows UUML T w€u.rM~l,| SH« stts IT A* am FIH* OM*W UHKT iYI fttW p «MG- AFRAID 5Hf'S I tffFICIAL WVW*4 K>D6 A** f ABoof Trift A SfiOtfTAftlAL IW®(% AT tne DAV TAKiOfrlT WITMIH THE COMffcNV, lAAMA*e*S, ADUUT* .11 HfcU>. NajV cak*«mtw. AB»rtk« with606 words
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345 1984-12-06 23 PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT THE MANAGEMENT Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) will conduct an intensive part-time course leading to the examinations and award of the Diploma of Business Administration from the Australian Institute of Business Administration. The course is scheduled for January next year. To be eligible345 words
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Article, Illustration103 1984-12-06 26 A QUICK UPDATE AROUND THE WORLD MOST of the world's top tennis players, including John McEnroe of the United States and Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia, have signed to play in next May's World Team Cup, organisers said yesterday. Organisers of the US$5OO,OOO (Ssl.oB million) tournament said103 words
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Article87 1984-12-06 26 FRANZ BECKENBAUER, appointed West German soccer team manager in July for a "transitional'' two-year period, may stay on till 1990, the head of the National Soccer Federation (DFB) said yesterday Beckenbauer was appointed to lead the national team until the 1986 World Cup in Mexico after his87 words
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Article96 1984-12-06 26 BOCA JUNIORS' famous soccer stadium, which was to be auctioned yesterday to help meet the Argentine club's debts, has been granted a last minute reprieve. A federal judge last week ordered the auction of Boca's 57,000-seat stadium after the club failed to make a U5535,000 payment96 words
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343 1984-12-06 26 AP LONDON, Thursday CHELSEA and Sheffield Wednesday, both promoted from the English Second Division last season, have established themselves as major forces in Division One. Both have recorded impressive victories over champions Liverpool and have surprised other top teams with their all-actionAP - 343 words
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170 1984-12-06 26 Reuter SOFIA (Bulgaria), Thurs BULGARIA cruised into contention for a place in the 1986 World Cup finals when they overwhelmed Luxembourg 40 in a European group four qualifying tie here last night. Two goals in each half carried theReuter - 170 words
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Article62 1984-12-06 26 AP JOHANNESBURG, Thurs DETHRONED World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Gerrie Coetzee suffered a setback yesterday when the WBA turned down his appeal against his eighth-round knockout by American Greg Page. Page floored Coetzee for the 10 count in an eighth round that ran 48 seconds pastAP - 62 words
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Article, Illustration515 1984-12-06 27 SEEN AND HEARD Luskin Cup'B4 SEEN: The rose among the thorns, pacing the stadium tracks during match intervals. Monitor photojournalist Christine Chew must have broken a record of sorts in Asian Cup football coverage by being the only woman photojournalist among the more thanPICTURE: MOHD ISHAK; PICTURE: CHRISTINE CHEW - 515 words
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Article, Illustration433 1984-12-06 28 K SILVAM - No blacklisting of Singapore, says Fifa boss Havelange By K SILVAM SINGAPORE will be given an equal chance to continue hosting Fifasanctioned international football tournaments if they are able and willing. This was Fifa boss Joao Have lange's assurance at a Press conference yester- day. Havelange, the president ofPICTURE: MOHD ISHAK; PICTURE: CHRISTINE CHEW - 433 words
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Article, Illustration994 1984-12-06 29 KUALA LUMPUR RACES TODAY'S TRACKMRK By WONDER BOY KUALA Lumpur trainer Mohd Ismail's MEDALLION caught the eye again with an impressive workout on a rain-soaked track at Kuala Lumpur today. With regular jockey Malcolm Johnston astride, the Sea Anchor five-year-old was pulling double when held back to994 words
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Article608 1984-12-06 29 RACE 1 Restricted Term Div C 1200m 1 Waikiki II57 Razmy 4 2 Triple Wealth 57 Lucaa 7 3 Realm Booklet 57 Lam 2 4 Tuan Tuan 57 Junaidi 6 5 Bom Winner II57 Khoo 8 Genuine Members 57 W Uew 1 7 Thirteen Wonders III 57 Kwong608 words
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Article, Illustration268 1984-12-06 30 IGNATIUS LEONG - chestT5 By IGNATIUS LEONG In SALOMCA (Greece), Thursday Special to The Monitor IN THE final rounds of the 26th Chess Olympiad, England beat the Philippines 3-1 to take the silver The United States drew with Bulgaria to take the bronze. Hungary268 words
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Article, Illustration289 1984-12-06 30 Reuter MOSCOW, Thursday THE SOTH GAME of the World Chess Championship between defending champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger Gary Kasparov ended in a quiet draw after 20 moves in just two-and-a-half hours of play. For a moment early in the game it seemedReuter - 289 words
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170 1984-12-06 30 AP EAST RUTHERFORD (New Jersey), Thursday KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR, the all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Association, on Wednesday revised his retirement plans and agreed to a one-year US$2 million (5|4.3 million) contract with the Los Angeles Lakers for the 1985-86 season.AP - 170 words
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Article, Illustration593 1984-12-06 30 Conflicting reports in the Press over Federal Territory's soccer coach KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs FORMER Newcastle United coach Richard Dinnis has agreed in principle to coach Federal Territory Malaysia Cup team, reported Malaysian daily The Malay Mail yesterday. The daily went on to say that the593 words
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Article, Illustration85 1984-12-06 30 P W D L F A Pts Saudi Arabia 2 110 2 1 3 Kuwait 2 110 10 3 Korea Rep 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 Syria 2 0 1112 1 Qatar 2 0 1112 1 Group A P W D L F A Pts Iran85 words
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Advertisement112 1984-12-06 28 The official ball of the 1982 world Cup, L.A. Olympics, II ffji 111 IfS- Merdeka Tournament and here in Singapore, Asian Cup 84. II 111 1 H H^lLr Aerodynamically designed. And tough enough to resist \Jrl[l N the most extreme conditions (and strikers) in the game. WJJ I Because no112 words
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Article, Illustration381 1984-12-06 31 World No.l's 74-match winning streak comes to an end Agencies KOOYONG (Melbourne), Thursday DEFENDING champion, Martina Navratilova, was sensationally ousted from the USfl.s million (553.15 million) Marlboro Australian Open Tennis Championships at Kooyong this morning when she was beaten by 1-6 6-3 7-5 by HelenaAgencies - 381 words
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Article162 1984-12-06 31 AP KOOYONG (Melbourne), Thursday SECOND-seeded Chris Evert Lloyd crushed No. 4 Wendy Turnbull 6-3 6-3 this morning to advance to the final of the Malboro Open Tennis Championships at Kooyong. Lloyd, 29, is aiming to maintain a record of having won at least one Grand Slam titleAP - 162 words
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