Singapore Monitor, 27 December 1984, Afternoon Edition

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  • 18 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR EVENING < EDITION r C iP) No 21 5 84 Thursday, December 27, 1984 30cents j
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  • 361 1 Vietnam trying to seal Khmer border as its troops pin down rebels AP BANGKOK, Thursday THE Vietnamese Christmas offensive appears to be aimed at throwing up a military belt parallel to the Thai border to stop guerilla infiltration into the Cambodian interior, according to a Western
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  • 117 1 Reuter BOSTON, Thursday JOGGERS have ended up black and blue after a spate of mysterious attacks by buzzards, according to a report published in the New England "Journal of Medicine" yesterday. A team of Swiss doctors said that over the past two years they have
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    • 233 1 SUF chief to make f 1 Trengganu bank on apology to 11 \W S'poreans in PM In the Press: P2 SAy Mat *ysi* Cup: P32 OF THE YEAR WHAT ARE THEY? FIND OUT ON MONDAY The Monitor s quest for the TOP 10 STORIES of the year ends todqy. And
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    • 217 2 FOUR SINGAPOREANS have obtained first class honours in surveying from Australia's University of Queensland. The four are Colombo Plan scholars Mr Chua Poh Kian, 22, Mr Chan Chin Wai, 23, Mr Tan Eng Pheng, 23, and Mr Wee Yan Chye, 23. Dr Ken Lyons, head
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    • 215 2 THE SECRETARYGENERAL of the Singapore United Front, Mr Seow Khee Leng, has decided to make a public apology to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet in the newspapers of the four official languages. The public apology, the date of
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    • 209 2  -  By SURESH NAIR TWO OF THE oldest police posts built in the early 1950s on the rural eastern sector of the island will be closed down at the end of the year. The Bedok Police Post, built in 1952, and the Somapah Police
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    • 178 2 TWO ELDERLY pedestrians, including an 88-year-old man who later succumbed to his injuries, were involved in two serious traffic accidents yesterday. ACCIDENT NO 1: Leng Chin Woo, 88, was knocked down by a motorcycle while crossing the road near the junction
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    • 93 2 A GROUP of 213 Civil Defence volunteers will receive certificates of appreciation this Saturday for services rendered at the National Exhibition. Nightly, for the duration of the exhibition, volunteers from all walks of life, including housewives, hawkers and retirees, have been on duty at the
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    • 229 3 New aviary at Jurong will simulate the birds' natural habitat HOOSH! Don't come near my baby! No, No, mum's not taking any chances with foreign intruders like this scarlet ibis (only the back is visible (extreme right of picture)). And guarding her three babies (only one
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    • 135 3  -  By SURESH NAIR BUSINESSMAN S K Loh got quite a surprise for Christmas. Thieves raided his warehouse and office at Airport Road and got away with almost $40,000 in cash and video recorders. Detectives said the thieves broke into the premises
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    • 198 3  -  By JOSEPH LEE FROM JAN 1 next year, Chinese vessels will be berthing at their own appropriated berth at Godown 37/38 on arrival. Yick Fung Shipping and Enterprises Co Ltd, the local shipping agent for China Ocean Shipping ComKny (Cosco), has secured
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    • 428 4  -  By JOSEPH LEE THE BRIGHT lights of Orchard and Scotts Roads brought a business boom for eatinghouses in the tourist belt, and helped give the retail trade a welcome boost. Visitors flocking to see the display Kcked into restaurants and coffee-houses )m early evening
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    • 71 4 COME Jan 2, 400 supplementary (Scheme B) buses will switch to one-man-operations (0M0). To make the change, the Singapore School and Private Bus Owners Association and the Singapore School Transport Federation have spent more than $40,000 on the fare collection machines
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    • 368 4  -  By CHEE LI CHOO THE SINGAPORE Zoo will get a 1,000-seat amphitheatre next year. Built with 1500,000 from the Singapore Turf Club, the gallery will enable the zoo to broaden its public appeal, as well as provide a central venue for the animal acts.
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 79 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS A BURGLAR trying to make off with $7,500 worth of goods stolen from Metro Orchard was surprised by two policemen waiting for him outside the store. He was never aware that while he was casually making his pick in the
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      • 70 4 SINGAPORE MUST strengthen its efforts to record its history, the Minister for Culture and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr S Dhanabalan, said last night. He said tne efforts of the Archives and Oral History Department should be complemented by the efforts of individuals and private organisations.
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      • 69 4 THE PORT of Singapore Authority (PSA) is spending $7 million to make sure that all 42storeys in its new building will have their cables and wires well hidden under the floors. To do that, an accessible double floor is being installed under which all the power supply
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      • 65 4 A WOMAN found murdered with multiple head and face injuries on Christmas Eve might have been killed by someone she knew. Detectives said that there was little evidence of a struggle, and the fifth-floor premises of the Singapore Footwear Merchants Association at Lorong 16, Geylang where 33-year-old
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    • 187 4 ITS FOUR days to the end of the National Exhibition and the people are still coming. The stream of visitors at the exhibition averages 50,000 on weekdays, and doubles during weekends, according to Mr Gopal Singh, deputy chief officer of the National Exhibition. Over
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  • world
    • 201 5 It has the top potential to help cut KL's deficit, says Mahathir Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, ThursdayTOURISM has the best potential of helping to reduce Malaysia's deficit, says the country's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Dr Mahathir, who said this at the annual dinner of
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    • 222 5 UPI WASHINGTON, Thurs MORE THAN 40 per cent of the world's population live in countries were Sovernments suppress civliberties ana political rights, a slight increase from 1983, a new suryey showed yesterday. The report by Freedom House, a non-partisan organisation that
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    • 329 5 UPI LONDON, Thursday MILITANT animal rights campaigners yesterday claimed they carried out a Christmas Day desecration of the 10-month-old grave of the 10th Duke of Beaufort, fox-hunting friend of Queen Elizabeth II and "Master of The Horse" to three British monarchs. "He was
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    • 151 5 AP NEW YORK, Thursday THE United Nations' Child Relief Organisation, Unicef, has lost a considerable amount of revenue in recent years because many Americans mistake it for the controversial UnesCo agency, a Unicef spokesman said today. Even Unicef's traditional Christmas card sales
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    • 270 6 UPI WASHINGTON, Thursday A HOMELESS man who froze to death in a park opposite the White House three weeks ago was a decorated World War II hero who is to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow US Park Police found the frozen body
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    • 384 6 Government figures show red ink of $60m in November AP WASHINGTON, Thursday THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ran up a budget deficit of U5528.46 billion (5559.8 billion) in November, adding to concern that the United States is headed for its worst deficit year in
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    • 358 6 Seoul's first woman lawyer fights discriminatory laws, Confucian values AP SEOUL, Thursday LEE TAI-YOUNG has been laughed at, ignored, prosecuted and barred from practicing law during her long struggle for women's rights and democracy in South Korea. Now, at age 70, she says the fight nas
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    • 91 6 AP JAKARTA, Thurt ARMED Forces commander Geij Benny Murdani has warned tnat the army will continue to hunt down rebels in the jungles of East Timor, the newspaper Sinar Harapan reported yesterday. The newspaper said that in his Christmas speech on Tuesday
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    • 453 7 After five years in Afghanistan, Red Army ups troops and introduces modern weaponry AP ISLAMABAD, Thurt FIVE YEARS after sending the Red Army into Afghanistan, the Soviet Union has begun to increase its troop strength and introduce more modern weaponry to fight a war
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 82 7 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS IN CALIFORNIA'S Silicon Valley, companies are competing to see who can throw the biggest holiday bash in computerland. The Wall Street Journal reports that one chip-making firm, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., spent US$7OO,OOO (5H,154,000) on its black-tie Christmas gala for
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      • 86 7 IT WILL be New Year's puff instead of pom for TV viewers in Switzerland. Facing protests from the church and politicians, Swiss television said it-would screen the fluffy family movie "The Sound of Music" instead of the soft-core "Emmanuelle" on New Year's Eve. Church leaders and 48
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      • 102 7 AND TO think they used to call Dolly Parton (above) a dumb blonde. Parton may have encouraged the image early in her career by telling Jokes about her chest and excessive makeup, but nobody's calling her dumb now. A blurb on tne front page of the
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    • 97 8 Reuter ANKARA, Thurs THE SOVIET Union and Turkey yesterday signed agreements aimed at a major trade expansion and long-term economic cooperation. Visiting Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Tikhonov and Turkish Prime Minister Turgut Ozal signed a 10-year programme of economic, commercial and scientific cooperation.
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    • 397 8 UPI LAGUNA BEACH (California), Thursday LIFEGUARDS may share their beach towers next summer with sea lions trained to assist in ocean rescues, but officials are skeptical the whiskered marine mammals will be accepted by the public. "If you can save one life, the project
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    • 112 8 Reuter PERTH AMBOY (New Jersey), Thursday THIEVES stole about US$4 million (SsB.6 million) from a security van company but left US$2 million (554.3 million) behind, apparently because they were too tired to carry any more, police said here yesterday. An
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    • 408 8 UPI TORUN (Poland), Thursday FOUR SECRET police officers arrived in Torun to go on trial today for the murder of an outspoken pro-Solidarity priest, a crime that could a purge in Poland's powerful Interior A captain and two lieutenants are charged with
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    • 355 8 MEXICO CITY, Thursday AFTER 15 years in operation, the Mexico City subway stilf charges one of the cheapest Metro fares in the world one peso (approximately one S'pore cent). The government maintains the fare with a big subsidy, a rare exception to a tough
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    • 183 9 UPI BEIRUT, Thursday BEIRUT HEARD the rumble of war yet again when an argument over a winning horse turned into a battle with grenades and submachine guns at the city's racetrack, a news agency reported yesterday. The private Central News Agency said four people wounded in
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    • 179 9 AP WASHINGTON, Thurs THE US Navy said yesterday that it has cancelled development of an electronics system intended to bolster its ability to monitor enemy submarines. A terse official statement said the Rapidly Deployable Surveillance System (RDSS) had suffered "persistent technical problems" which
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    • 363 9 AP BEIJING, Thursday CHINA'S re-education-through-la-bour centres for juvenile delinquents will be converted into special schools within the next three years, the official Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday. It said Justice Minister Mr Zou Yu told a meeting this week that education in
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    • 97 9 AP TOKYO, Thursday THE ARM OF a crane hoisting steel blocks at a shipyard in southwestern Japan broke yesterday, killing two workers and critically injuring 7 others, police said A 40-tonne crane was lifting a 42-tonne steel block at the taihei Kogyo shipydrdrin Imabari,
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    • 227 10 Bernama BANGKOK, Thursday NONG SAMET, also known as Rithisen, was abandoned to superior Vietnamese troops on Christmas Dav as part of the resistance strategy of the Khmer People's National Lioeration Front (KPNLF). "We did not think it was worth resisting because of the Vietnamese
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    • 338 10 UPI NEW YORK, Thursday UNITED STATES oil prices unravelled further yesterday as Phillips Petroleum Co disclosed it had lowered its posted price for West Texas intermediate the most important domestic crude oil by US$l (Ss2 1) a barrel. Phillips revealed its move a day
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    • 215 10 Reuter QUITO (Ecuador), Thursday ECUADOR is prepared to loosen its links with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Coutries (Opec) and disregard certain of Opec's directives unless it wins an increase in its production quota. Natural Resources Minister Javier Espinosa said this yesterday but stressed before
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    • 176 10 UPI TOKYO, Thurs JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, facing what could be a tough summit with President Reagan, acknowledged yesterday that trade disputes irritate relations Dut added that 1985 should be "a pivotal year" for cooperation between the united States and
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    • 238 10 UPI BOSTON, Thursday BODY BUILDERS who use steroids to make their muscles bigger may risk getting AIDS from shared needles used to inject the drug, a group of New York doctors said. Doctors at Nassau Hospital in Mineola, New York, found a 37-year-old body
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    • 216 5 The NepUiiie has uimrapped festive spectacle specially for you! W e have a fun-filled festive Later, a mobile disco will provide programme planned for non-stop dance music, complete with you on New Year's Eve. You will start the dazzling lights and effects. And the beat festivities with an eight-course dinner
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    • 94 6 When Graciela serenades, the heart melts. pretty She's Graciela Castilla Gonzaga. mt accompanied on the piano by Marina W Vargas both from the Philippines W^L |&|9P; Feel your heart melt*, muscles relax. j| H| Wj^ Fwk nerves soothed as Gracie renders I I 'S Barbara Streisand. Shirley Bassey. Irene as
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    • 87 7 When you buy a bottle of Old Parr Die Luxe Scotch Whisky a handsome gift is in the bag. i^ This handsome and sturdy ftd overnighter is yours when you buy a 11IH Darr 75cl bottle of Old ParrDeLuxe Scotch v H whisky. S DtT&e ma <e sure y° u
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    • 76 8 Jean Charles Genuine pearl marble coffee and dining tables. Delicate, ultra smooth and glossy. An Italian masterpiece, well worth its price. Colours in red, bl JnSSB Hiri Enterprise Re Ltd Office: 15 Scotts Road #08-03 Thong Teck Building, Singapore 0922. Showroom 1: 176 Orchard Road #03-31/32 Centrepoint. Singapore 0923. Tel:
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    • 109 9 ACT NOW AND JOIN THE (Jd^lcorny 850. EXHIBITION At World Trade Centre from 16th 20 th January This is the festive season and the "Year of The Ox will be here soon! All the Chinese in Singapore are looking forward to celebrating this auspicious occasion. Which is why we feel
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    • 124 10 POOLSIDE DISCO MIGHT 31st December 1984 Ist Drink 18++ per person including novelties Subsequent Drinks »Bar price rime: 8.00 pm to 2 am Mobile Disco Lucky Draw Prizes are sponsored by Associated Liquor Distributors (S) Pte Ltd r?r rfs W in SW<SS Continenlal Restaurant MEW YEAR'S EVE GALA DIMMER $75.00
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    • 174 11 MUIBANK Established in 1905 mm Ndinuui The MUI Bank network grows to 24 with the opening of a new branch at: 47-1. Jalan suitanah, ■■■§[Batu Pahat, Johor. i Tel: 07-*****4 (Manager) Tel: 07-*****5,*****6 (General Lines) jalan sultanah This branch is yet another hbh tangible evidence of our commitment to extend
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  • money
    • 216 12 SENTIMENTS IN the local stock market were much firmer yesterday after two days of merry-making although volume was still thin. Dealers attributed the pick-up to Wall Street's 11-point increase on Christmas Eve. the pending resolution of the MCA crisis, and the prime rate cut in
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    • 307 12 MI ACCOUNT and 55Plus are the new fixed deposit schemes offered by the Overseas Union Bank today. 55-Plus pays higher interest through a quarter per cent premium interest above normal 12-month fixed deposit rates and al- lowing interest to be withdrawn every month
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    • MARKETPLACE
      • 62 12 AT-A-GLANCE NEWS AND INFORMATION IT IS SAID that banking magnate Mr Wee Cho Yaw loses several million dollars every couple of years on gold. That, wags say, is why his group gives away gold bars every now and then. A source very close to Mr Wee says
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      • 84 12 REMEMBER WHAT we told you about further episodes in the Kentucky Fried Chicken boardroom battle. Well, managing director Mr Masamichi Yazawa says his dismissal is unlawful as it takes an extraordinary general meeting to remove him. Meanwhile, KFC confirmed that executive director Mr Cheah Kim Teck's resignation.
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      • 72 12 MALAYAN UNITED Industries is likely to sell its stake in Malayan United Manufacturing to Cycle Carriage through a share swap, so goes the latest theory. That might explain the flurry of activity in the two counters yesterday. MUM and C C were the second and third
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      • 78 12 Automation may be a headache with the new acronyms. The Monetary Authority of Singapore has CHITS (Clearing House Interbank Transfer System), which can chat with CHATS (Clearing House Automated Transfer System of Hong Kong). It can also chirp along with CHIPS (Clearing House Interbank Payments System of
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    • 329 12 SATERAS RESOURCES (M) Bhd, formerly Synthetic Resins, made a group operating pre-tax profit of M 57.06 million tor the six months ended Sept 30 but the results could not be compared to the previous half year of M 53.29 million due to the acquisition
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    • 237 13 Slightly lower close in thin postX'mas trading IS HMLLSTREET PROFESSIONAL stock traders stayed away from Wall Street in droves yesterday, allowing the stock market to close slightly lower in thin post-Christmas trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.22 to 1208.92. In the broader market, losing issues led fainers 736
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    • 251 13 Selected stocks at midday. Market tone: slightly lower Boustead 1.74 S Cold Storage 2.60/2.65 FAN 4.98 S Genting 4.92/4.94 G.I.H. 2.47/2.50 Haw Par 2.08/2.10 Isetan 2.42/2.46 Jurong Cement 2.00 S Keck Seng 2.09/2.11 Esso 2.55/2.60 Hume 3.54/3.58 Inchcape 2.49/2.51 M Cement 1.64/1.70 Metro 3.18/3.20 MPH B 0.98/0.99 MUI B
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    • 219 13 THE SINGAPORE stock market was just ticking over today, settlement day. The ST Index dropped 0.56 point at 11 am and continued slipping slightly. However dealers were unperturbed as the anticipated fall was smaller this month compared to November. Apart from the top two
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    • 171 13 Reuter THE US dollar rose against most major currencies from New York levels in thin early trading with a higher Federal funds rate aiding sentiment. Dealers said the dollar's rise followed its uptrend in New York but-activity was light with most banks out of the market. The
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    • 94 12 Celebrate New Year at Cockpit Hotel Where there's lots of good food and excitement Victoria Bar Live Band Entertainment by DEBBIE CEDRIC and Kathy Los Amora's Attractive Novelties and Delicacies New Year Eve 6pm to 2am Price: $32 nett per person Jf Japanese ik Coffee House J? Romantic Candlelight Dinner
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 29 12 STOKER THE BROKER I*Ai*y ii-11 19M J McNauirht Synd.. Int. L *1 CAREFULLY STUDIED YOUR ANALYSIS ON THE MERCtER AND CAME TO A DECISION... WE TOSS A CO IN.
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    • 60 13 I v V-^ ATOP OFFER. Now, when you buy two bottles of Moet Chandon champagne you'll get an exclusive top hat ice bucket. This festive offer is available at all major supermarkets. ijii uij. •'o!■ jii r j ii< i i'i> «UMH*I:II nl» i p}.. J rC.j I.jt >i >
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  • 1325 14  -  features By BOB SECTER of The Los Angeles Times LAT-WP MANILA: Usually, when Ferdinand E Marcos tries to prove he is healthy, he challenges doubters to arm-wres-tle, box, water-ski or run a foot race, though the matches never really take place. But recently, to
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  • opinion / letters
    • 449 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT THE WEATHER this December may have been dull, the skies leaden and grey. But will Singaporeans ever forget the Christmas lights which turned the festive season in the Orchard Road area into the closest thing to a wonderland that we've seen in
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    • 980 15  -  LIM ENG CHENG Singapore 1027 THE People's Action Party (PAP) won by an overwhelming majority but why did Ng Pock Too and Mah Bow Tan lose? They are two very strong candidates. Botn are senior executives who are ideal candidates for Ministers of State They were
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    • 197 15  -  YEO TONG HAI Singapore 1955 THE ELECTION results have surprised the Government and it is planning to take into consideration the people's views on policy matters. The Government should not abdicate its responsibility for the welfare of the people. Nor should it abandon its role
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 44 15 If ABOBTTION a COUNSELING inl 1 >. 1* f;i i; j i*> /t,i n'j t n• i >»!' i* n '.i i m?»nC >t* '<m;,M t:i »K< tri>Zi 11 vi i -i tiq i ".3 1 i'Crt jioB 'jd; ja >I>ti) he •rl Llf liJrri 1
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  • leisure
    • 1518 16 LAMAS' CAREER IS ROSY, BUT HIS LOVE LIFE ISN'T LORENZO LAMAS should be happy. While many of the characters in the popular soap opera, Falcon Crest, have died in an air crash, Lance whom he portrays has been given another year's lease*of life.
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    • 765 16  -  DUNE IS LARGELY SPECIAL EFFECTS FILM: DUNE STARRING: Kyle MacLachlnn, Sean Young, Linda Hant, Francesco Annfc, Sting DIRECTOR: David Lynch SHOWING: Udo. Chnnai Rnvtnwnd by C J TAN SOMEWHERE between Walt Disney's sugary sweet incredibilities and science fiction's cynical fantasies live people more real than the imaginary
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    • 323 18 Thursday Feature Special Praying Mantis (Chinese subtitles) (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.55 pm) CALCULATED greed, ruthless murder and viciousness towards one's fellow man these are the human traits which are explored in this movie. Cherie Lunghi and Carmen du Sautoy take the title roles as Beatrice and
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    • 556 18  -  TV SCENE By VALERIE TREVOR NOW that the Metro Show has ended its run on Tuesday nights over Channel 5, here's a list of what will be filling the 7.50pm slot for the next few months. Look Back on Jan 1 is one of three
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    • 1102 19 1984 WAS not a year for greatness, for breakthroughs, for boldness. The bad movies were not as awful as usual, but the good movies were less than spectacular. It was the year in which an amiable Bill Murray comedy called Ghostbusters went straight through the box-office
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 455 17 Captain Boyd (Gerald S O'Laughlin) and Roxanne Caldwell (Heather McNair) in Automan (Ch 7.50 pm) 2.30 SBCTEXT- Live Sample Page*. 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The Immortal! (C) (r). 4.25 Tarzan Prodigal Puma 5.15 Cougar (Part three) (Last episode).* WA The Gary Coleman Show (Ch 5, 6.25 pm)
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    • 299 17 mil 5.25 SBCTEXT Live Sample Pages. 5.5S Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The Art Chest What's Going On At Your House?* 6.15 Romper Room (C). 6.45 News (T). ties). This sequel to Reincarnated tells the Story of a man who masters a special martial arts skill to rid the
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    • 124 18 SBC's Activities at the National Exhibition TIME ITEM CONTENT Noon-2 pm Radio One Sounds Alive (DJ: Susan Ng) Audience Quiz Mid-day Market Report 2-2.30 pm Radio Four Signature Tune (DJ: Sarasal Rajah DJ's Choice R Somasundram) Interview with a comedy actor (Quest: S 0 A Hadhi) 2.30-3.30pm RSdio Three Song
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 425 19 FIUM GUIDE JUBILEE (*****07): THE OWL VERSUS BUMBO (C) HOLLYWOOD (*****64): THE OWL VERSUS DALIT (*****16): THE OWL VERSUS BUMBO (C) BUMBO (C) LIWAGU (*****30): THE OWL VERSUS BUMBO (C) jJPI 1 WWPWPJW METROPOLE (*****27): CRAZY PARTNERS (C) BEDOK (*****7): MERRY CHRISTMAS (C) VENUS (*****97): MERRY CHRISTMAS (C) BROADWAY (*****94):
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 1133 20 HONQKONQ MUSIC LOVERS'S RONDALLA MUSIC WfA CHINESE ORCHESTRA THE Rondalla Band from the Univer- I z W HONGKONG Music Lovers' Chinese sity of Singapore will give a lunchtime U J jUIEB n|«rl WWSI Orchestra will perform at the Singa- concert on Monday from 12.30 pm to I _in llfflffl pore
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    • 59 20 WALT DISNEY CARTOONS BUKIT Merah Branch Library will screen Walt Disney Cartoons, tomorrow at 7 pm at the library's lecture hall. Free tickets are available at the Adult Information Desk. SAME TIME NEXT YEAR HILTON Movie House will screen Same Time Next Year on Sunday at 8.15 pm. There will
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  • 250 21 French resort chain begins the New Year at a new location —^I^B^P^^!—itHfcfl— r£k*4B^/F^&B^ M CLUB M6diterran6e, the world's largest resort chain starts the New Year at a new location in Singapore. The international French chain, better known in Asia for its beachside properties will
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  • 148 21 HERE'S good news for water-sports enthusiasts who would like to combine their aquagambols with a touch of South Sea island magic. Club Med's first resort in the Pacific Ocean, on the enchanting island of Moorea will reopen in March 1985, following 15 months
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  • sports
    • 234 25  -  By B KULA WHAT does Selangor team manager Mazlan Datuk Harun say about Singapore's chances? "Singapore will have to be satisfied if they can finish second in this season's Malaysia Cup. Singapore are a good bet to reach the semifinal, but their chances
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    • 210 25  -  gfcgflfcffi By B KULA MOKHTAR DAHARI is eagerly waiting to get his name back at the top of the goal-getters chart. Mokhtar, now almost fully recovered from his leg injury, wants badly to win the Golden Boot award this season. He said:
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    • 236 25 AP BEIJING, Thursday A NEW Beijing hotel has opened a 20-lane bowling centre to the amusement and confusion of Chinese neophytes. Trie lanes at the Lido Hotel opened on Christmas Day, aimed mainly at tourists and foreigners living in Beijing But hotel
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    • 59 26 "WE'VE got a bunch of spoilt kids. But I know that whan tha crucial momont comes, they'll rise to the occasion. Frankly, you can't Mama the team for having such an attitude. We have bean champions so many times that heads
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    • 545 26  -  FIVE STARS RtporU by B KULA MALAYSIA Cup holders Selangor fear nobody. Their only worry is complacency. According to team manager Mazlan Datuk Harun, they've won the Cup so many times that their players tend to take things a little lightly some times. Their confidence, which
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    • 79 26 Ooalksspsrsi R Arumugam, S Krishnamoorthy Ptftndwi Santokh Singh, P Dharmalingam, Jamaluddin Norton, Wong Hung Nung, R Subramaniam, K Gunasegaran, Zaidi Mokhtar, Khalid Ali Midfielders: Reduan Haji Abdullah, JamaHddin bin AN, Nasaruddin Bin Kamaruddin, Azlan Johar, Too Sen Fee Strik«rst Mokhtar Dahari, Razali Alias, Zapril Hashim. Khan Hung Mena, Azlan
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    • 254 26 A FADED STAR— SANTOKH SINGH, once Selangor's tower in defence, has not only lost his captaincy, but may also lose his permanent place among the first eleven. He's up against stiff competition. While international P Dharmalingam is virtually assured of one of the centreback
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      235 26 Fullback Khalid Ali is finally back where he belongs KHALID ALI has finally returned home to Selangor, after being away in Federal Territory since 1982, and is hoping to revive his glorious days with the Malaysia Cup champions. for Khalid, his sojourn with FT turned out to be a
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    • 666 27  -  By ALFONSO CHAN PERAK begin their quest for Malaysia Cup success on a morale-boosting note after international midfielder Azizul Abu Haniffa's decision to stay with his home state. Azizul rejected lucrative offers from other Malaysian states, including Selangor, for his services.
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    • 68 27 PERAK RATING: Goalkeepers: Ramli Talib, Wan Zamami, Yusof Ghazali. Defenders: Aw Kim Leong, S Silvarajoo, Abdul Rais, P Umaparam, Goh Chin Poh, Chan Chee Wan, Mohamed Zakaria, J Thirunagnam. Midfielders: Azizul Abu Haniffah, Too Sow Wee, Meor Mahaputra, M Ambalangan, Ong Hong Seng, Meor Abdullah Sani. Strikers: Raja Azahar,
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    • 67 27 Singapore are a new quality. Most of your stars have gone on to Malaysian states and this may contribute to your downfall!. Judging from their performances in the Asian Cup, they aren't very good, despite the fact that they played against top opposition. So we
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    • 234 27 FORMER international striker Baharin Osman knows what it is like to score goals. Perak failed to get the goals in this year's competition, a problem which ended whatever hopes they had of making the final stages of the tournament. ""If they want to do
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    • 206 27 Azizul Haniffah a bright new star gggB SKILFUL Azizul Abu Haniffah is pint-sized, has nifty footwork and scores goals from unlikely situations. The 23-year-old midfielder captured the imagination of the Malaysian fans when he burst onto the scene, together with fellow midfielder Karim Pin in the Tigers squad during last
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    • 230 27 Finding the net duo's task for their team THE TASK of finding goals for Perak will fall on centreforward C Nadarajan, ex-international and a former Trengganu player for five years, and newcomer M Ambalagam from Kampar. The duo have a daunting task to revive Perak's dwindling football fortunes after last
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    • 500 28  -  #y ERNEST FRIDA THE TARGET for Singapore's athletes hoping to travel to Bangkok for the South-east Asia Games next December is to beat the third placings of the 1983 Games. In a bid to get the team ready early, the Singapore Amateur
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    • 330 28 Reuter MOSCOW, Thursday THE WORLD chess Championship battle resumed in Moscow yesterday after a delay of five days caused by the death of Soviet Defence Minister Dmitri Ustinov. Title-holder Anatoly Karpov and challenger Garry Kasparov sat down before a small and quiet crowd in the
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    • 113 28 Reuter RIO DE JANEIRO, Thursday TELE SANTANA'S projected return from a post in Saudi Arabia to his former job as Brazil's soccer coach has hit a snag. Santana is unlikely to be released by his Saudi club Al-Ahli before his contract
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    • 215 28 AP JAKARTA, Thursday A BRILLIANT performance by goalkeeper David Lee helped Singapore's Tiong Bahru to beat Brunei 2-0 and maintain their fourth place in the first Asean Inter Club soccer tournament. After a scoreless first half, Singapore captain and centre-naif Abdullah
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    • 1559 29  -  ■RJONITOR^^" RACING TODAY'S TRACKWORK By WONDER BOY INDERAPURA Stable's Camberly II showed up attractively in this morning's workout at Batu Gantong. With a riding boy astride, the Favoured Bay four-year-old displayed delightful action when doing stylishly over 600 m on the bit, finishing with plenty
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    • 684 29 RACE 1 2.00 CI 3 Div 7 1200 m 1 Cha Cha Mambo 57 Johnston 4 2 Samar 57 Khoo 5 3 Evertrust 55 K L Oo 2 4 Tonington 55 K W Tan 7 5 Allan's Choice 55 Kwong Mandate 54V? Razmy 9 7 Unforgettable 1154 V?
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    • 194 30 Reuter MELBOURNE, Thursday AUSTRALIA lost three wickets for only 17 runs and were struggling to avoid defeat on the last day of the fourth cricket test against the West Indies. At lunch, Australia had recovered slightly to 59 for three wickets, still needing 310 runs
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    • 315 30 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday LEFTFLANKER Karim Pin, whose place in the Kedah team is doubtful, proved to the selectors that he is still good when he gave a sterling performance in a friendly match against Penang at Stadium Darulaman in Alor Star on
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    • WORLDFRONT
      • 105 30 A QUICK UPDATE AROUND THE WORLD NUMBER 2 seed Mercedes Paz of Argentina, unseeded Patty O'Reilly of Ridgewood, New Jersey, and two top-ranked Soviet junior players reached the 18-year division semifinals of the Rolex International Junior Tennis Championships yesterday. Paz, who is fourth in the International
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      • 98 30 THIRTY yachts have abandoned the SydneyHobart race after being dismasted or damaged in strong wind and rough seas, officials said. Among the casualties was the huge Bermudan yacht Condor, favourite to take line honours for the third successive year in the 630-mile race from
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      • 96 30 USING an inverted grip and perfecting the dimples on a bat, the Chinese are already acknowledged experts at table tennis. Now they've invented a device to further perfect their game: An instrument that measures the speed of a spinning ping-pong ball. In one recent test,
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    • 497 30 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday INDONESIA AND China, the titans of world badminton, are set for another explosive clash, this time in the Asian Badminton Confederation (ABC) championships in Kuala Lumpur from April 7-14. According to Badminton Association of
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    • 355 31 MALAYSIA CUP LATEST KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs TWO Singaporeans who "migrated" to Trengganu will head the East Coast state's strike-force in the Malaysia Cup competition which kicks off next month. Ahmad Paiian, 19, and Nasir Jalil, 29, midfielders from Singapore who represent almost two different generations of footballers,
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    • 140 31 Bernama DAMMAM, Thursday THE SAUDI youth national soccer team beat Qatar 2-1 in an Asian Youth Cup Group 1-A qualifying game and moved to second place in the group behind Bahrain. Mihaysin Juman put his side ahead in the fifth minute of the match
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