Singapore Monitor, 31 December 1984

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    11 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. <P) No. 21/5/84 Monday, December 31,1984 30c*nts
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    The top sports story
    19 1 m liooitor in fan ksve voted The Los Angeles Olympic Gaines w (tkunmwt mMM lbs
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    The top home story
    30 1 There were some surprise homefrogt selections by Monitor readers. Modiand the Howe Report on aged came out tops. K fall list is ou IW m i-«-«
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    YOUR NO.1 CHOICE Indira's death shock
    691 1 Monitor readers rank Medisave as top story of the year Log Aintai Qlnptc selections by Monitor renters.Medi toinsflc* wMtytbs and the Howe Report o YOU, THE readers of The Singapore Monitor, voted the Medisave health scheme, or its implementation In March, as the biggest
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    A poignant moment...
    72 1 -4 1. REAMERS voted the aaaaaainaUon' of Indian Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi (right) as the Number Om foreign alory of the year. The picture above at a grieving Rajiv Gandhi at his slain mother's flaming funeral pyre repreaenta the mood of IM4 for India. The year
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    Who's who in the new Cabinet...in our Evening Edition today
    78 1 THE NEW Singapore Cabinet liM-ap will be announced today. Who will tain over what portfolio? Who is mbyte op? The Monitor's EveninaEdttion will carry the Ml Cabinet list as well as profiles of the members oi the Cabinet The Singapore
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      10 1 The winner: See Page 3 Full results: See Page 8
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  • home
    • THE TOP 10 STORIES OF THE YEAR
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        1 Medisave
        158 2 In tfiolr ranking of tha Top 10 norin of too Hoflllßr nivv snown uiai tnt avanta which how tha biggaat impact on them oro thooo concomlng cninMi wmcn ittvci tholr bode noodo Nko hoolth, transport and Mcurtty. Not surprisingly, thooo include tho MoAAAAMfa OA||A|||A OlMwf Hiliwi OCiwflw, tho
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        2 Howe Report
        95 2 THE COMMITTEE on the Problems of the Aged headed by Health Minister Howe Yooh Chong proposed that the retirement age be raised to 60 and later, 65. The other highlights are: CPF withdrawals at 60 and later 65; earned income relief to be doubled for those between
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        3 Brig-Gen Lee Hsien Loong enters politics
        197 2 "HE IS my father but I make my own decision. I consulted all round and my father approved of the move, so I saw no reason for not proceeding," said Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister's son, as he entered poliUcs.
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        4 Changes to the Constitution
        169 2 TWO historic bills were tabled in Parliament in June and they virtually guaranteed at least three Opposition MPs after the general election. If a party takes all the seats in the Parliament, the three best unsuccessful candidates <- that is, th£ Jhree who have won
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        5 Expulsion of Jardines
        141 2 JARDINE Fleming (Singapore), one of Singapore's oldest merchant banks, was packed off by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The charges cited by the authority as the grounds for the unprecedented action of withdrawing the licence of a financial institution were: THE BANK had offered inadequate advice
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        6 Stiffer laws
        107 3 STIFFER penalties, including minimum jail sentences and mandatory caning, were introduced to deal with the rising crimes. The minimum jail terms vary from six months to eight years and mandatory caning from six to 12 strokes. For carrying arms, the punishment is a minimum five-year jail term
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        7 General election
        129 3 THE general election saw a 12.6 per cent across-the-board swing to the opposition. Two seats went to the opposition Anson and Potong Pasir. The Prime Minister, after the elections acknowledged the receipt of a clear signal from a significant portion of the young voters in the general
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        8 Tourist boost
        102 3 IN A MAJOR bid to boost tourism, a task force put together an 80-page report on how to bring more people to the island. Preservation of parts of Chinatown; compulsory display of price tags in shops; a "Latin Quarter" by the banks of the Singapore River and
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        9 The 'big dig'
        63 3 THE "big dig" began on March 1 at Shan Road (or the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT). Residents were told to prepare for noise and dust as the tunnelling work would go on 24 hours a day. The MRT is scheduled for completion in stages. But
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        10 Simex
        53 3 THREE years of planning bore fruit when the Singapore Monetary Exchange (Simex) started in financial futures on Sept 7. Trading got off to a good start on its first day and 2,813 contracts were clinched. The historic interchange with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) herald the beginning of
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        THE TOP 10 STORIES
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        Some surprise rankings
        157 4 SOME OP the readers' rankings came as surprises to Monitor editors. For instance, the news that China was giving up on Marxism-Leninism was considered the greatest news of the decade, if not the century. But readers relegated it to the very bottom of the entire list. One
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        How the results were scored and tabulated
        328 4 GETTING THE results out in time for today's issue of the Monitor was a joint effort by both man and machine. While the use of several Applecompatible machines helped to cut down the collating work, it was sheer dedication on the part of
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        Tug boat worker drowns while unloading sugar at sea
        140 4  -  SURESH NAIR A 56-YEAR-OLD tug boat worker was killed In a freak accident after he was accidentally hit while unloading sacks of sugar at sea off Pasir Panjang over the weekend. Mr Tan Soo Lek, a father of three, lost his
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      WTC booked for next 2 years
      316 5  -  Except for short breaks between exhibitions, space at all five halls has been taken up By ROBERT CONCEICAO ALMOST all exhibition space at the World Trade Centre (WTC) has been booked for the next two years by exhibitors. Except for a lew days in-between
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      What information link-up with communications will bring about
      234 5  -  ■y BENNY ORTEGA INFORMATION at the touch of a button that is the promise of the proposed link-up of Communications and Information in one ministry. Mr Goh Chok Tong, Defence Minister and Second Health Minister announced yesterday that in the new Cabinet,
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      Travel agents want right to sell tickets at their own prices
      240 5  -  By NG MING MING SINGAPORE'S travel agents hit by tough penalties foi selling cheap air tickets are seeking the right to sell tickets for any price they please. They say fares could fall by as much as 25 per
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      163 2 HONG KONG TIM SUM TEOCHEW PORRIDGE with STEWED GOOSEMEAT PRICES AKI- KIAS< >N,Vlil j; Ample FREE Parking with Car Valet Service available Cockpit $otel Cockpit Restaurant T«l: *****65/*****01 PHOTOGRAPHY POSTPOHED As there wHI be no pubficationof The Singapore Monitor tomorrow, the photography pages wilt be published on Thursday. BOOK EXHIBITION
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      206 3 The Neptune has unwrapped a 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
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  • world
    • THE TOP 10 STORIES OF THE YEAR
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        1 Indira's death
        120 6 INDIA became the focus of international attention in October when Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi was shot dead by two Sikh bodyguards. In the most widespread violence since post-independence riots in 1947, Sikhs were dragged off trains, cornered in temples, beaten and burned to death. In June
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        2 HK accord
        54 6 ANOTHER kind of ending the agreement to hand back Hong Kong to the Beijing Government in 1997 made the news in September. After two years of negotiations, accord was finally reached that would give Hong Kong the right to maintain its life style and economic institutions for
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        3 Marcos drama
        85 6 SPECULATION on President Marcos' health gained cur* ency when he failed to appear in public for two weeks in November. Since then, he has appeared on television but speculation persists that he has undergone kidney surgery. The Philippines saw dramatic events of another sort when the majority
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        4 Reagan again
        99 8 IN THE US election, Democratic candidate Mr Walter Mondale. chose Ms Geraldine Ferraro as running mate, making her the first woman candidate for vicepresident The attempt to attract female voters failed to dent Mr Ronald Reagan's popularity as he swept back to power on a tide of
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        5 Jakarta riots
        88 8 MUSLIM EXTREMISTS went on the rampage in Jakarta in September ana 18 people were killed. The supreme commander of the Armed Forces, General Benny Murdani, warned that there might be more such acts in the offing and said it was the work of extremists. In the weeks
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        6 Starvation in Ethiopia
        154 8 ETHIOPIA, a decade after its first major famine in modern times, again saw seven million people starving because the rains failed and the Government was unable to cope with the relentless advance of the Sahara. More than 300 000 people may already have died and up
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        7 Gas tragedy in Bhopal
        41 8 A UNION Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, central India, leaked poison gas from an underground tank, killing hundreds overnight. In the following days the death toll reached 2,500, and doctors fear thousands more face crippling after-effects.
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        8 The Baby Fae story
        66 8 IN A YEAR when hundreds and thousands died from a single event, the death of Baby Fae was remarkable in that it captured the imagination of people everywhere. Four-month-old Baby Fae was given the heart of a baboon because her own heart was undeveloped. But
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        9 Kafir issue in Malaysia
        62 8 ONE OF the most bewildering issues this year must have been Malaysian politicians labelling each other "kafirs" (infidels). It was the result of the PAS campaign to win back Kelantan from the ruling National Front coalition. Fundamentalist preachers took control of the party late last
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        10 China's shift from Marxism
        46 8 THE MOST, cheering bit of news for the year was the announcement in China that it was about to abandon Marxism. It marked the first time that Beijing openly disavowed communism as a workable economic system since the revolution in 1949.
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      Lock icon Police seek grandmother in slaying of toddler
      101 10 AP INDIANAPOLIS, Mon A WOMAN beat her 3-year-old granddaughter to death and left the body and her four other grandchildren alone in their apartment for more than two weeks, police said Latasha Caldwell died after she was beaten with a broom handle, slapped
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      Lock icon Khmer guerillas set to retake border base
      381 10 Reuter NONG SAMET (Thailand), Monday HEAVY fighting raged yesterday as Cambodian guerillas appeared to be recapturing their Nong Samet base which had been overrun by Vietnamese troops, Thai military officials said. They said lightly-armed Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) guerillas, rattling Vietnamese
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      Lock icon We're not going capitalist, assures Deng
      246 10 UPI BEIJING, Monday CHINESE leader Deng Xiaoping, in a major speech published yesterday, assured his ageing comrades who strived all their lives for communism" that China is not going capitalist. In the previously unpublished address, delivered on Oct 22 to a two-day meeting of
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
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        Time's Man of The Year
        82 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS TIME magazine has named Peter Ueberroth, (above) organiser of the 1954 Olympics in Los Angeles and Commissioner of Baseball, its Man of rhe Year. Calling him "a promoter with a global mission", the magazine said in its Jan 7
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        'God's lesson to man'
        100 10 NOBEL laureate Mother Teresa, (above) on a visit to drought-stricken Ethiopia, said yesterday the country's famine was God s way of teaching the world the lesson of charity. "God is teaching us a lesson. He is giving us the opportunity to give until it hurts," the
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        'No' to Nazi's release
        104 10 SURVIVORS and relatives of victims of one of Italy's bloodiest wartime massacres voted overwhelmingly yesterday against the early release from prison of Walter Reder, the former Nazi SS major who ordered it. The townspeople of Marzabotto in northern Italy, meeting on the case of Austrian-born Reder,
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      Lock icon Reagan meet estranged son and family
      247 10 LAT-WP LOS ANQEUES, Monday THE REAGANS relaxed and mended family fence* on Friday in a plush USS3,»M-a-night (556,500) suite here where they held truce talks with the President's eldest son, Michael, and met Michael's 20-month-old daughter, Ashley, for the first time. "It was a
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      Lock icon Indian leftists suffer body blow
      513 11 Their political parties lost 10 of 28 seats in the country's general elections Reuter CALCUTTA, Monday COMMUNIST parties suffered a body blow in India's general elections, opening a debate on the future of the once-powerful left "Indira Gandhi dead it more powerful than Indira Gandhi
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      Lock icon Bonn plans to reverse world's lowest birthrate
      352 11 Reuter A/iyy mm Dunn, MvoncMy ANXIOUS about its dwindling population, West Germany has announced details of a 20 billion marks (S|l4 billion) package of tax cuts to make having a family more attractive financially. Health Minister Mr Heimr Geissler told reporters that the
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      'Clay being used to mend human body'
      117 11 MOSCOW. Monday mVwwWfif SOVIET surgeons have successfully used clay as a material to meod man's body, Tass said. More than 200 disabled persons have been recently cured to implantation of ceramic discs, the official news agency said recently. The technique, developed by. the
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      1917 9 Hey, You're All Winners! Here are the first 500 entries submitted for The Singapore Monitor TOP EDITOR OP THE YEAR CONTEST. ltartnety Mad Chicken "lb finger fidarrgood' 400 Winners of a Kentucky Pried Chicken Coupon each. 100 Winners of a Monitor T-shirt each. A P Nadan Abbas Bm Hayat Abdul
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      186 10 I Wishing Patrons, fr Sponsors Friends to j/ Lap Heng Co. I\ vV ffy Leisure Time j 1/ UNI Lixiang Dept. Store V r AX Malayan Breweries Y Ming Kee Sia Huat Soonsors Ft Y Sifln 9 Hoe ,nt ...tT Mino-0 Restaurant Singapore Crocodile AMF Overseas Muj Garment o 0
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      97 11 KlO I I I i I I ™I $i* fIH I ■R *r **?x Vvn ■PPPt'^ ■f-). vW ><". ,rr gjw I f'l J J A new home for the I I Special features: 3 I I Land area more than 11 000 sq. ft. Swimming pool I I (1021
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  • money
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      THE PRIME RATE NEXT YEAR
      823 12 Our bankers expect it to fluctuate within the Bto 10 pc range THE LOCAL prime rate, which has been through several rounds of downward revision recently, will continue to hold great interest for many in the coming year. Where is it heading for and what
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      'Lira and kroner will remain weak'
      513 12  -  Foreign Currency Review by MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST ITALIAN LIRA THE LIRA has remained at weak levels against the dollar, currently trading at lit 1905, compared to a third quarter average of lit 1797/USf. Its continued stability against the Deutsche mark at the lit 615/
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      Stock market's leap top story of '84 in Japan
      72 12 TOKYO, Monday THE TOKYO Stock Exchange's leap into uncharted territory above 10,000 yen on the Dow was the overwhelming choice of financial editors as Japan's top news story of 1984. The top 10 news stories selected by editors taking part in
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      THE 'MERGER' KING OF WALL STREET
      1197 13 NEW YORK, Mon COMFORTABLY seated in the exclusive confines of the Harvard Club just off Fifth Avenue, Ivan F Boesky hkrdly resembles the ruthless money machine that his fellow financiers say he is. He smiles politely when asked about his personal fortune, which some
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      More investors expected to re-enter local bourse
      259 13 Ong A Co's weekly stock market preview AS WE HAD anticipated, the local bourse ended 1984 on a quiet note. Nonetheless, the under- tone has generally been steady and we expect this to remain so in the shortened trading week ahead. With the
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      500 13 I Come and share the excitement with live entertainment. Singing. Dancing. And the A m grandest fare that ever spread a table. Find New Year cheer at Plaza. Tlwrc's New Year's Eve Dinner New Year's Eve Supper New tear Cheer I-1 Mtagolta Seafood candteliflht Cheer the New Year through this
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  • features
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      Reaching China's lonely hearts...
      812 14  -  A rash of want ads for unmarried persons are being taken out in a land where singles don't swing By MICHAEL BROWNING Knight Bidder Newspspers BEIJING: There are a lot of lonely people out there. Listen: **Qiu Min, 34, 1.57 metres high, unmarried, college graduate majored
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      Lock icon Afghanistan is fast turning into a Russian 'Vietnam'
      657 14 UPI MOSCOW: A black-clad mother huddled over a new grave in Moscow's Vagankovsky cemetery. Tears streamed down her face, falling on a jar of fresh flowers. "He died in Afghanistan," the woman wailed to no one. "My boy is dead." The tombstone
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      79 14 FRISCO'S FESTIVE FARE, to make this season really special NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER ftyv Nett (inclusive qf Cesx Service Charge and Novelties). .Fresh Garden Pea Soup lightly curried fresh pea soup Poached Fillet of Dover Sole served with julienne of vegetables and white wine sauce Lime Sherbet Laurent Perrier Hme
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  • opinion / letters
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      A little bit of reflecting
      497 15 THE SINGAPORE in COMMENT HISTORY, for most Singaporeans, is what happens to them day alter day. Happy or sad, meaningful or dull, the days pile up largely unrecorded except in some misty corners of our not-always-dependable minds. But they are our personal history. What happens
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      SBS to reprimand driver
      91 15  -  REPLY JOSEPHINE ONG (MISS) Public Relations Officer SBS WE WISH to thank the writer of "Bus driver didn't stop" (SM, Dec 6) for bringing the matter to our attention. We would like very much to reprimand the driver concerned for his inconsiderate act However, without details
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      Concern over the 'careless' way S'poreans voted in polls
      845 15 KNOWING the results of the recent general election and seeing the Prime Minister on television expressing his concern and anger at the careless way Singaporeans had voted, I could not but share his concern, though not his anger. He has done
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      44 15 I |K^V~ 7 V] M LS'tQ^l jgt\ f in Jfff II I s h^jHT siTj iiL n I QEjPORE'WE PUNISH YOU...HERE ARf* OUR MEDALS OF HONOUftIH f t>l IVI J£N HJ rrl j ••j s.tl t k.m. ,■> > i «*i..: s v 11 S? *ll
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      *" * •- >■ '* i »- lm
      396 16 >■ i lm Cloaara Patral fin*!■ Despite the gttttering array of Hoag Kong aad Taiwaaese showbiz persoaalities Alaa Tarn, Roman Tam, Jenny Tseng, Frances Yip aad Johnay Yip, to name a few who visited Siagapore to perform here, the "live" theatres failed to be a gold miae for tbeir promoters.
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      The year of growing up
      635 16 AS catchy tiflas go, If IMS was the Year of Living Dangerously, then IM4 was the year of drawing Up. Last veer ended with an exciting if not profitable visit (for promoter Goh Poh Seng) by rock superstar David Bowie. This year was capped by
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      THE TOP 10
      166 16 1 Launching of SBC Channel 12 S The breakdance erase: Controversy over a new dance pheno--menon. S Festival of Arts: Overwhelming success of the festival; tickets were snapped up within hours. 4 The "Awakening" series: The success of SBC's first foray into the long-running Chinese serials with
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      A gala farewell to '84
      403 18 Countdown to *85 (Live) (Ch 5, 10.15 pm) MORE than 30 artistes usher in the New Year in this live telecast from the west entrance of the National Stadium. Among thoee performing in this gala show are members from the SBC Orchestra; the SBC dancers;
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      Tomorrow's highlights
      415 18 A Touch of Magic in Cloee-up (Ch 5,11.05 am) SIROCO is one of the world's foremost "close-up" magicians. His illusions are not performed on stage, but a few feet away from tne audience. In this programme, no editing or electronic manipulation is employed, but what makes it different
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      Stars to light up your life
      919 19  -  By PAT D'ROSE TINA TURNER, Wham, Dunn Duran, Tanya Tucker and other big names will prohahly be here to belt oat their hits if the recommendation for the cut in entertainment tax, from 25 per cent to 10 per cent, to accepted. Local show
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      EXCITING FARE FROM
      327 19  -  #y WONG AH YOKE TOMORROW bectas a new year of ezdtag TV fare from both SBC aid RTM. And by mid-year, signals from TVS wul be coming oar way from its statioa la Jobor. Tbat may meaa aa additional cbaaael to taae la to. Both SBC and
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      1985
      521 20  -  Some meaty stuff on arts ■y VIOLET OON IT LOOKS like the Arts Festival is the most exciting thing on the 1985 arts calender, but there are Mil tome other pretty meaty stuff for you to chew on. Th*the Ongkreis Klagenfert-Selteu-heim Choir from Austris will present s concert in
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      SBC AND RTM
      211 20 Grease with Joha Travolta aad Xanadu with Geae Kelly. Other movies to loot forward to are Heaven Can Wait (Warren Beat* ty, Jalie Christie), The Electric Horseman (Robert Radford, Jaae Fonda). The Wis (Diana Ross, Michael Jachsoa, Lean Home), The Main Event (Rynn O'Neal, Bnrbrn Streisnnd) nnd
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      Movies for '85
      867 21  -  WONG AH YOKE A BUMPER crop of awaited movies will be screened in Shaws and Cathay cinemas in 1985. For Chinese New Year, Shaws will show Beverly Hills Cop, Red Dawn and Heavenly Bodies. Red Dawn, starring C Thomas Howell and Patrick Swayze is about a group
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      1014 17 vonowea oy KnnBased on the classic by Hector Henri, this story teds of the adventures of an eight-yeer-otd boy. Remi, who goes in seerch of his mother. Romper Room (E). Spredthick's Mueicel Mystery Tour. Newe (E). The Cere The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Rub*, the Amazing Cube: Rub* end
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      332 17 J» "•VP JipfflNls y SHWf'• v*w v :t %.^> f vw "s» t* rJttShr*' Tjjjpfe? re* •V v- *i v %VT 1 \A*-» f iV-lASfj 1 *v. i 1 .'"M SA; v JjSfr.,. >* *s« v v < 'IfcT* «r *%wi !^SH> m it it* Quran Reeding. Programme Summary. m
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      371 18 Tomorrow's programmes ■Eai;™ 9.30 SBCTEXT Live Sample Pages 10.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by QarfMd In tho Rough. 10.30 Jono Fonda's Workout A 30-minute programme which features Jane Fonda in her famed fitness course for beginners. 11.05 A Touch of Magic in Cloee-up. See Tomorrow's Highlights. 12.20 The Montreux
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      69 19 Have a drink in a cosy atmosphere this festive season. firing a friend or two and enjoy our courteous services. Come and celebrate your New Year's Eve in style at Saiwai the mast cozy lounge in louti. Smwm SNACK BAR LOUNGE #03-05, Cuppage Plaza, 5 Koek Rd, S pore 092£
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      261 22 i» Pianist Du Rogoff will perlorm oa Jaa t. MUSIC FOR EVERYONE THE Singkreis Klagenfurt Seltenheim Choir from Austria will be featured in the Music for Everyone series at the Victoria Theatre on Thursday at 8 pm. They will perform European choral music, folk songs and European Madrigals. Tickets at
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      838 22 A 9 mt I .jffk C J THIS Barbra Streisand I J SDiaT jfM and Kris Kristofferson SwwllmraEfif muaical about an un- m JIuIMIWHjTOwB 11 known singer's rise to wL. J J BBiMBMHmK *fn I fame will be screened at I the Hilton Movie House 1y 9r jCfi tomorrow at
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      37 22 B9HH TODAY: TOMORROW: Low Mo: Il.lt am High Mo: 6.30 am (1.3 m) (Mm) High tide: 5.13 pm Low Mo: 1.07 pm (2 m) (1.2 m) Low Mo: 11.46 pm High Mo: 6.66 pm (1.2 m) (Um)
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    Dishing out new year delights
    708 23 The Chef Recommends OBEROI IMPERIAL Singapore: Tomorrow, all restaurants at the Oberoi will remain open as usual. The hotel's Coffee Shop will serve buffet lunch from 11.30 am to 2.30 pm. Prices: $25 nett (adults) and $15 (children). For reservations call *****66 ext 223 or
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    Bistro's festive offerings
    102 23 BISTRO Toulouse-Lautrec at. the TAnglin Shopping Centre will celebrate New Year's Eve dinner with a set mlnu for $120. Items an the menu include lobster cocktail, asparagus cream soup with pink peppercorn, orange sherbet and a choice of Dutch steak with morel sauce together with buttered noodles
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      140 23 BAY KITCHEN INTRODUCING OUR SPECIALTY:HONG KONG STYIE FOUI SEASON'S STEAMBOAT SIDE ORDERS:A 'LA CARTE CHIENES DISHES, PORRIDGE, RICE VERMICELLI, RICE AND NOODLES. WE OFFER BUFFET AND ALSO TAKE AWAY ARE WELCOME. 'M j- z* m DROP IN AND EXPERIENCE OUR EXCELLENT FOOD AND SERVICES. BUSINESS HOUR: MON-SUN FROM 10AM-10PM. /fl&pS
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      633 24 I»l«uf comics FASTRACK By Bill HoJbrook V ®o». AH.* vboß HAIW-ups M VWR mum UFm«e. HAW. AND lN££CO£|-n£S SWA ffco* f HbO £V£R T*»g|> SOATTHItkr WLOUS? f po«* TPI OMfc IWNG—HboR r«AR OF 6o*fcTVtlrt> FootHMPV $o*lTHi»J<r J glfcTH 1 i TAKIH6- WSKS/ frrn'^VarmifflrS? ARIES March 21 to April M "BRA
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        No joy-ride until you pass
        146 25 THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUERIES I AM a learner motorcyclist and I heard that I may lose my motorcycle 111 fail my riding test by May next year. Does that mean that my motorcycle will be confiscated if I fail my test? How do I
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        Problem with white hair
        124 25 I WOULD be most grateful If yon could help me with my problem with white hair. White hair seems to ran ia my family. Is there anything I can do besides dyeing my hair? Does taking brewer's yeast help? When I was a schoolgirl, white hair
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        ANY QUERY? LET US HELP
        55 25 Something troubling you. Need clarification on certain issues? Let us help. Send your queries to us and we will try to get the relevant authorities or organisations to provide the answers. Send your questions to: Open Line, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra Road, #03-01 Delta
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      NO QUICK REMEDIES FOR A HANGOVER
      494 25 TONIGHT is New Year's Eve, the time for parties and drinking toasts. But are you going to spend the first day of 1985 sufferine from a hangover? How do you prevent that morning after feeling when your head feels as though it is going
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      Manual workers must be insured
      468 25 THE WORKMEN'S Compensation (Amendment) Act 1980 makes it compulsory for every employer to insure against any liability which he may incur through any worker employed in manual labour irrespective of his monthly earnings. Although employers are not compelled by tne Act to insure non-manual workers,
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      Take part in a photo contest
      87 25 THE ASIAN Cultural Centre for Unesco (ACCU) is organising the Tenth (1985) Photo Contest in Asia and the Pacific region. The aim is to promote mutual understanding and friendship as well as photographic activities among people in the region. Both professional and amateur photographers
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      125 26 FANCY DRESS COSTUME JOLLY JOKBO FANCY Drsst 409 4439 I^FISHINcT^ *****75* GMt V* CO WATUN 9KNNO PON b«g*v nara *****00/*****37 MOHI 445 2250 FURNITURE/ RESTORATION/ REUPHOLSTERY Ammtmrwmomomeom *****00 AMNV ROO MM Contra *****00 A tfIKIMUOT IW upholstery cuatam-mada tola, accept trada-ln raaaonabla, prica 740 7240 (day) 440 0443 (ntgW) GARDENING/
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      170 26 WKODIHO PHOTO*!I4PHY video photography 220 1764 PHOTO, VIDVO MR al occasions (after 7 pm) 456 3906 PACKERS A MOVERS A 9CAMPH9ICHT 221 6970/ *****69 wihlaho pohwahoe* 291 4217/6 CMONfI KUAM tIOT Mar riage-AkJ Bureau 296 7174 ghoo huay rmmnntHtr AgenCy *****37/ 292 7265 COMPUTE* OA TIM* 533 7715 MIfNP/ HA**IA*M
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      181 26 ANNOUNCEMENT BUSINESS Business Opportunltlss M xp nd,ng mMCi NspMfMuon, invited M.OOO $15,000 par imaslar. Good Ratuma. UmMad Applicants Only. Ctoamg data 15th January 1908 For data*, wrtta to: Tha Advarttaar Nation P.0.80x 70. Singapore 9122. I 11 r < ANNOUNCEMENT BUSINESS Personal n Rad habits dir h.ird Learn proper game
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      281 26 ANNOUNCEMENT BUSINESS Business Opportunities r penpals] CfXfTW Introduces ideal m friends, lifetime partners confldentialy. Please send stamped self-addressed envelope to get few hundreds members particulars free of charge. To Bras Basah P.O. Box 269. Singapore 9118. Tel: *****05. *****23 11am to 10pm. Reg No: *****1/00-C. (Estd.l979) I ARE YOU FKEUNO
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      263 26 FOR SALE CARREf 100' X M' light brawn colour In good condition $60. Tel: 456 651TSuitabie for the dirtng room. Under $60 Bargains Ufl BMX BICYCLE BO (cm) Good condition. Interested can Francis tei: 294 8066. SeMng at 160/- only. LEISURE A SPORTS MART Sports Goods/ Coaching (RACKET) Resthngmo Services.
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      Lock icon NUMBER 1 MICHEL PLATINI
      452 27 French star comes out top in poll for best soccer player IPS MICHEL PLATINI. modest millionaire of Juventus and Prance, can hardly pretend surprise any more at the way he has swept every award this paat year. World Soccer's World Player of the Year crown Is
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      BEST 10 TEAMS
      27 27 1. FRANCE (emblem right) 2. LIVERPOOL 3. JUVENTUS 4. PORTUGAL 5. INOEPENOIENTE •.ARGENTINA > i 7. DENMARK 8. MANCHESTER UTD •.BRAZIL 10. FLUMXCNSC and SPAM
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      BEST 10 BOSSES
      33 27 1. M HIDALGO (right) 2. JOE FAGAN 3. SEPP PtONTEK 4. CARLOS BILARDO 5. MIGUEL MUNOZ NILS LHEDHOLM 7. FERNANDO CABRITA I. GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI 9. TERRY VENABLES 10. ERNST HAPP&
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      Robson-led Utd show their mettle
      959 28  -  ROUNDUP BY ROUNDUP BY SIMON BARNES CHELSEA 1 MAN UNITED S MANCHESTEB United, hammered by Stoke on Boxing Day, turned on the power and the class to whack promising Chelsea out of sight And there is one reason that happened United and England skipper Bryan
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      RESULTS AND TABLES
      952 28 fftfll iffj DfY ONE CMImo 1 Man Utd 3; Coventry 1 Waat Ham 2; Ipswich 0 Evarton 2; Uvarpool 1 Luton 0; Nowcastla 1 Araanal 3; Nottm Forast 9 Alton VSa 2; Southampton 0 Shaft Wad 3; Stoka 0 QPR 2; Tottenham 2 Sundartand 0; Watford 4
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      YESTERDAY'S RACES
      656 28 RACE 1 CI 2 DtvS-1299m I Mlhaarillioa 97 Raxmy (I) S 4 1 19 Slacbea The Brahes S3 Cook (IS) 7 9 2 AHMItom n M 4 MM (2) SIS 4 Gcstarc II M P Lm 114 Owaer. Red Dot Stable Tralaer. Lob Kit Soon Woo by 1%.
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        6 Delia is top sportswoman
        123 29 A WELL-GUARDED secret slipped out after the national sports awards winners were announced that of Coach of the Year winner Henry Tan's bowling tip which paid off for Sportswoman Delia Milne. It was all in a note of encouragement from Henry during fierce competition in
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        7 Reds' Milk Cup for keeps
        86 29 MILK CUP mania came to Maine Road with Everton's midfield mastery almost making nonsense out of prematch predictions. But Liverpool three-time title holders, the favourites with the fearsome frontline walked off with the Cup, which will be kept at Merseyside forever. Liverpool's victory was
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        8 Coach Jita resigns
        97 29 NATIONAL soccer coach Jita Singh resigned from the FAS with less than a month to go before the national team's first major assignment this year, in the Anchor Cup. The resignation, which had been kept under wraps for a week, was the subject of intense discussion
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        9 TV coverage controversy in Asian Cup
        48 29 A HITCH over the cost in providing television coverage for the 10-nation Asian Cup finals threatened to derail Singapore's bid to host Asia's most prestigious football tournament. This was finally resolved with a meeting between the FAS and the parties involved.
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        10 France become the best in Europe
        41 29 FRANCE confirmed their status as the best team in the tournament, and probably the world, when they were crowned European soccer champions with a 2-0 victory over Spain in the Pare de Princes Stadium.
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        3 Peng Siong is Asia's fastest
        123 30 ANG PENG SIONG became the fastest Asian swimmer at the Olympics when he won the 100 m freestyle consolation event in Los Angeles. His splendid 51.09s effort not only made him the ninth fastest swimmer at the Olympics for the event,but it bettered his
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        4 Return of exiles
        101 30 THE FOOTBALL Association of Singapore opened its doors to soccer exiles T Pathmanathan and R Suriamoorthy in 9 complete reversal of its year-long closed-door stand towards the former Singapore internationals. In what led to.a happy reunion for the pair with the national squad, FAS chairman Teo
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        5 'Has anyone a spare ticket?'
        70 30 ALL 7,000 free tickets for the SingaporerChina badminton exhibition match on Sept 24 were snapped up less than 00 minutes after being put up for distribution. More than 500 fans had to be turned away. The lucky ooes had a delightful evening watching the
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      416 27 classified 273-9090 Accommodation Vacmt m AIMKLOm UUM. MIW Garden 3-bedroomed airoond flat, perVety furnlehed. 1.963 aq. It. Raaaonabta rant. Yoono A Company M: *****777 220 1861 •UTI4O MAD (OtMT. 1130) lerge master badroom wftti flldge, CTV. airoond. attached bathroom avelablo immediately. $Sl.OOO pm Alao airoond/ non airoond room $*****60 pm.
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      575 27 HONG YUN GU RESTAURANT PTE. LTD 938, EAST COAST ROAD SINGAPORE 1545 TEL: *****22, *****22, *****22 OPPOSITE NEW OCEAN THEATRE OPENING ON Ist JANUARY '85 Advertisement CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND BOARD ACCOUNTS OF:Nam— d Deceased Membsrs Account No. 1. ABO RAHMAN BIN HUSSIAN *****60 C I LEE KIM SECK A*****1J a
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      240 27 IN THE MATTER OF THK COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 1M ANO M THE MATTCII OTTMAC KNI IMMIIt PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY UQUIOATtON) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of Terac Enterprises Pie Ltd vtfiich la being wound up volunterty. an required on or before 14th January 1965 to send In
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      32 28 BIG sweep FIRST: ***** ($2,902) SECONDS ***** ($725) THIRD: ***** ($362) STARTERS ($53): ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** CONSOLATION ($36): ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
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      123 30 \1 ym^i;!•!;<; M;|r{ii i, Reflexes. They're the key to the instant, explosive reaction that separates the stars from the also-rans in squash. And, it's obvious that young world champion Jahangir Khan has better reflexes than a Bengal tiger. But, when it comes to translating reaction into action, what's needed is
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      The Games come out tops
      131 31 THE TOP 10 STORIES MONITOR readers picked the glittering Olympics as Ike biggest sports story of 1984. Bat the Games had to contend with numerous other headlinegrabbing sporting events for the accolade, Jita Singk's resignation and oar re-entry into the Malaysia Ctap to name a
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      THE OLYMPICS
      71 31 ITHE GAMES began in June, but not without the Soviet-led boycott which dulled some of the glitter won by American athletes in the world's first free enterprise Olympics. There were many memorable moments, notably Carl Lewis' record equalling four-gold haul, Mary Lot Retton's toothy performance in gymnastics and
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      BACK IN M-CUP
      72 31 2 SINGAPORE will play in the 1985 Malaysia Cup toiynamerit after a three-year absence. This was announced after Johor relented and gave their blessings for our return. But the Republic will have to meet certain conditions first, which according to JFA president Datuk Ajib Ahmad, aire "to
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