Singapore Monitor, 2 January 1985

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR 30cents M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Wednesday, January 2, 1985
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  • 594 1 30-year-old marketing policy on agricultural goods to be changed Reuter BEIJING, Wednesday CHINA will end its 30-year-old policy of state monopoly on the buying and selling of agricultural products, Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang announced yesterday. "This is what we have hoped but dared not
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  • 79 1 Reuter LOUVIERS (France), Wednesday A 14-YEAR-OLD French girl has become a millionaire overnight by winning a record jackpot in a special Christmas draw of France's national lottery, officials said yesterday. The girl, who asked to remain anonymous, won 10.5 million francs (552.38
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    • 49 1 NOODLES AT ONLY BLEAK NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR fill Bp $M| MANCHESTER UNITED: P3G ■VII LATEST ON EN6USH LEAGUE STANDINGS: P34 CENTS A 80WL... Hip Clashes between South Korean and Thai Find out where wflp l construction workers: Secret society link? on Pages 18 19 SEE PAGE SIX fjGUIDE^2MJTVJ>CENE^^
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    • 137 1 THE i'PORE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS BUILDING CENTRE For all building materials equipment Til: ffIWWyMOWW Ml 19 #0343 Outram P*k Compln (0316) k of Cambridge I calibre \>\ M in the court. a *1 The new Gray* Sliver Flash G-2005 Made from 100% 1 > graphite that's ultra light for an
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    • Article, Illustration
      1711 2  -  Applause at the Istana The scene for the shifting of centre of political gravity from olcktp new guards All but at the top after eight years in world of politics THE NEW CABINET CARTOONIST HOU SOON MING sketched the nine New Guard members who have moved into
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    • 96 4 In 1984, Ronald Reagan was returned for the second term as the President of the United States, Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated, droughts in Africa starved millions and the tragic Bhopal gas leak killed more than 2,000. In Singapore, a general election returned
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    • 957 4  -  S'poreans share their ups and downs for '84 and their hopes for the new year BETTER LUCK IN 1985? By CHEE LI CHOO and SURESH NAIR MISS LAM MEI LEEN, 17, a student, sat the "0" levels in 1984. "It's a very crucial exam to me
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    • 491 6  -  By SURESH NAIR POLICE have questioned scores of South Korean and Thai construction workers to establish whether secret society activities amongst them caused the drunken brawls involving hundreds of foreign workers at two construction sites early yesterday morning. Seven foreign workers four Thais ana
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    • 255 6  -  By GANDHI AMBALAM CASHLESS shopping may be possible at Singapore's department stores and supermarkets Dy mid-year. This is the new target set by five big banks for the introduction of Eftpos (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale). The system, which involves neither cash
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    • 608 8  -  By K K FONG PUBLIC cooperation helped police cope with a rising crime rate in 1984, police chiefs say. A year that saw the introduction of tougher penalties and wider police powers and a successful operation to curb hell-riding also saw
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    • 508 8 INTERVIEW WITH HOW YOU RANKED WINNER (J j|Cy^^J HE STORIES By SEAH MEI KIANQ THE WINNER of The Monitor's Top Editor of the Year contest almost became a journalist himself. Mr David Leo, 36, operations manager in passenger services at the Singapore Airport Terminal Services
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    • 336 8 These are the placings for the various categories as determined by 3,157 Monitor readers who participated in our "Top Editor of the Year" contest: HOME NEWS Ist: Medisave ***** points W* New tough crime laws ***** 2nd: Report on the Aged ***** points points Jrd:
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 67 2 UNBELIEVABLE? NO. UNBEATABLE. The Konica AF3D -just $179 The auto-focus camera with auto-date device from Konica. In-built with a unique infra-red focus-detection system, the AF3D allows precise focusing automatically under any lighting condition. Now yours for only $179 at all Singapore Colour Centre outlets. Hurry! Offer ends January 31st, 1985.
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    • 80 3 youa totally T «nG tree,.,. eniovable musical experience. And it gel (jaiWy. 11 VA/Hh jusl one song it's^tfT^Tw^ye n 1 t, M|)PCa23O*3TtC 1 TmmiS s,. alt Vukjedtnaiiivays. Mondays *ut our Sfclhand a ty: rmieijchflo«i, si^o»d7i9Wj29Booi wi(fbejn-a<tehdance).l* Showtime at Jrl Spm evary »nd Friday J Wednesday fashions tonight »re trom Ountop
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    • 285 6 A joint campaign by MPH and Singapore Monitor to stretch your reading dollar. SMHPA DITOFF THIS AD CUT ACHU*K OFFf 1 BOOK PRICES! LJ m books in town. i TftStbuTl fIHU 4 1 An inescapable fact M Jtiii fryTrm of life if you also /jf I ffiggftLl I happen to
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    • 104 8 J^rabiaru' (fie&aura^^k Tanglin Shopping Centre #04-05 H M 19, Tanglin Road, Singapore 1024. B Opportunity Here To Appreciate "Exquisite Arabian Delites" "That totally different flavour I The excellence to quest your delicate taste buds! Creative entrees prepared just for you I With compliments of our Arabian Chef. I H Wadih
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    • 178 9 ANEW INTERNATIONAL NAME, AN ESTABLISHED GLOBAL BANK. EBBS Now you will see a new name over the doors of our impressive new headquarters building and all our branches throughout Singapore. Standard Chartered Bank. ESa You know us as The Chartered Bank. ''jjlr I EbSA We've now adopted the name of
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  • world
    • 445 10 UPI NONG SAMET (Cambodia), Wed 1 CAMBODIAN guerillas suffered heavy casualties yesterday in a fierce New Year's shelling attack by Vietnam, whose troops also intruded twice into Thai territory. Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) insurgents said 20 guerillas were killed and 40
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    • 59 10 AP NEW ufeLHI, Wed RELIEF teams were rushed yesterday to a remote northeastern Indian district where an estimated 10,000 people have been left homeless by. a powerful earthquake. The Cachar district, bordering Bangladesh, remained cut off because of disruption of telecommunications. Official reports said
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    • 258 10 Reuter BHOPAL, Wed MORE THAN 7,000 victims of last month's gas leak at the Union Carbide plant here blocked traffic for six hours yesterday to protest against delays in welfare payments from the authorities. The demonstrators marched from the factory, where the leak oc•curred,
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    • 56 10 AS SNOWFLAKES fall gently on the resort town of Faraya in Lebanon, a happy reveller, wearing a party hat in picture above, fires his Soviet-made Kalashnikov rifle in the air to welcome in the New Year. Church bells also rang out their joy
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    • 217 10 UPI SHEFFIELD (England), Wednesday DRUMMER Rick Allen of the heavy metal band Def Leppard was in critical condition yesterday alter surgeons sewed back his left arm, severed in a New Year's Eve car crash, hospital officials said. A spokesman for the Royal Hallamshire Hospital said
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 93 11 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS A BRITISH Government official once described former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (above) as "a viper" who should be firmlv repelled, according to Cabinet documents for 1954 released yesterday. The description came from a senior foreign office official, commenting in
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      • 84 11 WINSTON Churchill regarded the presence of US bases in Britain as dangerous because they made it a Soviet target, according to previously secret Cabinet documents released yesterday ana quoted by the BBC. The BBC also said the 1954 documents showed Churchill, who was then prime minister, was
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      • 90 11 CHINA'S top leader Deng Xiaoping (above) revealed in a speech published yesterday that he I>ersonallv supervised a crime crackdown aunched 18 months ago in which thousands of people have been executed. Cnina has not disclosed the total number of people sentenced to death in the anti-crime blitz,
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      • 95 11 ZBIGNIEW Brzezinski, National Security adviser to former US President Jimmy Carter, watched yesterday a man-eating tiger being trapped in a game sanctuary in Nepal. Mr Brzezinski, on a weeklong visit to the Himalayan kingdom with his wife, was touring the Royal Chitwan National Park when they
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    • 143 11 UPI ALBANY (New York), Wednesday POLICE yesterday began booking people for not wearing their seat belts as New York became the first state in the US to fine drivers and front-seat passengers for not buckling up. Several arrests were reported statewide, including a woman who
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    • 173 11 Poor performance forces govt to close down 100,000 companies UPI TAIPEH, Wednesday NEARLY one-third of the 330,000 companies in Taiwan will be disbanded by mid-1985 because of poor performance. A source in the Economic Ministry said on Saturday that in an
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    • 325 11 Reuter CONCORD (New Hampshire), Wednesday CROWDS of onlookers gathered outside a country jail here yesterday hoping to glimpse the man who says he is the celebrated "Subway Vigilante" who shot four alleged muggers on a New York underground train. Local police said Bernard
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    • 217 11 Reuter LONDON, Wednesday WORLD leaders yesterday looked to 1985 as the beginning of a possible thaw in relations between the Soviet Union ana the United States as the two sides prepared for talks on nuclear weapons. But POPE JOHN PAUL told thousands of pilgrims
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    • 118 11 UPI ISLAMABAD, Wad PAKISTAN yesterday launched a new phase in its programme to bring banking in line with Islam's teachings, announcing that no bank in the country may accept inter-est-bearing deposits after July 1. The ruling one of several measures announced by Finance Minister Ghulam
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • money
    • 829 12  -  OUTLOOK FOR SINGAPORE STOCK MARKET IN 1985 A By WALTER TUNG Research Manager, Kay Hian Co THE MARKET is expected to move lower during the earlier part of the year but could turn upwards in the second half of 1985. Over the
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    • 421 12  -  By MS TAN POH HONG, Assistant Vice President, Sun Hung Kai Securities IT IS well-known that 1985 will be a year of slower economic growth and modest profit gains. Discounting this, the Straits Times Industrial Index (STI) lost some 25 per cent from its
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    • 538 12  -  By CHNG WEE TIONG Director, City Securities TO MANY, the investment outlook for both the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock markets has become more cloudy, given the generally perceived deterioration in economic and investment appeal on a comparative basis with other
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    • 1276 13 Upward movement of 1984 reflects strength of the Japanese economy By UM SER HENG of SINGAPORE NOMURA MERCHANT BANKING LTD THE TOKYO stock market has continued its upward movement in 1984 and is expected to remain firm in 1985, reflecting the Japanese economy's strong
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    • 633 13 Tokyo stock market r«view by Samuol Montagu ft Co THE MOCHITSUKI market has begun a little early this year in Tokyo. Mochitsuki or "pounding of the rice cake," refers to the sharp up-and-down movements used in preparing this traditional year-end fare. After rising steadily throughout October,
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  • PROPERTY SECTION
    • 714 14  -  Only those who have money to burn should consider buying property, says consultant By ANNIE CHIA SPECULATORS who do not want to get their fingers burnt should stay out of<4his dampened property market. But those with the money to burn should seriously consider buying now.
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    • 413 14 Old, ever-changing and loved at arm's length that's Chinatown. To give an impression of the evolution taking place, Building Preview spoke to Mr Ho Kok Cheong, chairman and managing director of People's Park Development Ltd TODAY'S "gloomy property market is not the end of
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    • 512 15  -  By VINCENT FONG WHEN Pan Pacific Hotel in Marina Square is fully opened at the end of next year, ihe owners, Marina Centre Holdings and Tokyu Corporation, would have spent no less than $30 million on interiors including a fire-proof fabric
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    • 210 15 THE NATIONAL University of Singapore's Department of Building and Estate Management and the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore will hold a one-day seminar at the Pavilion Inter-Conti-nental on Jan 24. The theme is New Frontiers In Property Development. Speakers invited for the full-day
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 498 15 I Mortgagees' Sale I I Public Auction I To Be Held At No. 6 Cecil Street #02-04, I H People's Insurance Building, on H Wednesday, 9th January 1985 at 3.00 p.m. M Hj Particulars H Landed Properties H ■1) No. 50 Faber Drive (detached bungalow) H Land Area: 992.6 sq.m
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  • opinion / letters
    • 397 16  -  V K KANNAN Singapore 0718 THE results of the general election raised some eyebrows but were they really unexpected? Being an undergraduate. I followed most reports of the election rallies. I detect some "arrogance" in the speeches by the ruling
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    • 165 16 RECENTLY, it was noted that the one-man-one-vote system may play havoc in swinging votes to an opposition with incapable leaders. Our political system is weak as it has a strong ruling party with weak opposition parties Modifying the system will not ensure that there will always be
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    • 110 16  -  PROF PAUL P PANG Rome THE SINGAPORE Tourist Promotion Board should commission a good publishing firm to compile a souvenir book to immortalise Singapore's magnificent 25th anniversary of nation-building celebrations. The National Exhibition is an excellent showpiece. The lights and decorations in Orchard Road
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    • 348 16 "THAT Lee Kuan Yew was brilliant although his parents were not graduates" (ST, Dec 27) a purported "apology" made by Workers' Party Secretary-General Mr J B Jeyaretnam provokes one to think twice about Mr Jeyaretnam's sincerity in his apology to Dr Dixie Tan. Before an old wound
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    • 644 16 ISSUE Lianhe Zaobao THE results of the latest general election, though not stunning, need to be looked into and studied. The people want the ruling party to remain in power and steer the country to greater prosperity and a higher level of modernisation.
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    • 229 16  -  4Drpr V m&Kimk mit Xfc; CHUA LIAN HO Director, National Maritime Board I REFER to the letter "Many Singapore seamen unemployed recently" by "Seamen" (SM, Dec 19). The letter states that the majority of the seamen working on board Singapore ships are
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    • 454 17 HUM COMMENT THE DECISION by Mr Ng Teng Fong, chairman of the Far East Organisation, to raise his property prices by 10 per cent in anticipation, as he explained, of an upturn in the property market in two months' time has raised some eyebrows in
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    • 823 17 Mortgagor doesn't benefit from 'second' fire policy on property WITH reference to the article "Insurance for your house how much is adequate" (SM, Nov 19) by Sue-Ann Tan of United Overseas Insurance, can someone please enlighten the insuring public on the following points? 1. In the
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  • leisure
    • 489 18  -  By WONG AH YOKE AFTER the gastronomical binges at the Christmas and New Year parties, it is perhaps time to go light on both your palate and wallet. But would you believe that it is still possible to buy a bowl of noodle soup for
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    • 838 18 ACTRESS MERETE VAN KEMP IS A BEAUTY WITH A MIND OF STEEL IPS PRETTY Merete Van Kemp is a survivor, just like the character she plays in the TV series, Princess Daisy. Daisy lives through a rape by her half brother and considerable nastiness to become a milliondollar
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    • 375 20 •R5W© HW Applause: Jazz Great BB King, Live at Nick's (Ch 12, 9 pm) THIS is a recording of blues maestro, B B King's live concert in Dallas, Texas, in 1983. There is also a short interview with King on his perception of the blues. The
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    • 557 20  -  TV SCENE By VALERIE TREVOR CHANNEL 12's Centrestage slot on Saturday night at 8.30 has yielded some good programmes. Apart from the witty Shelley Duvall Faerie Tale Theatre productions, blockbuster Broadway plays such as Barefoot in the Park and Shakespearean classics, there is the Great Performance Playhouse
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    • 592 21 MORE SERIALS AND A MOVIE SjSjjjjS I£TARggUCT| FOR many in show business, 1985 means a year of bigger prospects and greater challenges. TVB is one of the organisations that will have an eventful year. Several of its drama serials are already in their later
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1344 19 Dog Star ll^PP^ pencxTnotabte for its maritime ex9.15 The A-Team: The Only in Town (Malay subti- mm^mmmm J mmmlm^mmm JmMi^SttKKm^J^tKtKKtttK^ Left: George Peppard as Hannibal in the A-Team (Cb 5, 9.15 pm). Right: Dai returns to Jio-Tian in Oshin (Family Hour) 10.10 Professional Bowlers' Tour Greater Hartford Open. P P
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 160 20 Why wait till I tomorrow I morning? I Get today's latest news today! I It's in the evening edition of The Singapore Monitor, Monday through Friday. Pick up your copy at hawker centres, bus-stops and street stalls where the Lian He Wan Bao is on sale. THE SINGAPORE Jlk MONITOR
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 429 21 fILM GUIO€_ JUBILEE (*****07): THE OWL VERSUS BUMBO (C) Hollywood (*****64): the owl versus DALIT (*****16): THE OWL VERSUS BUMBO (C) BUMBO (C) LIWAQU (*****30): THE OWL VERSUS BUMBO (C) CiMiiMlliHM METROPOLE (*****27): HAUNTED HOUSE (C) BEDOK (*****7): MERRY CHRISTMAS (C) VENUS (*****97): MERRY CHRISTMAS (C) BROADWAY (*****94): MERRY CHRISTMAS
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 313 22 AUSTRIAN CHOIR THE Singkreis Klagenfurt Seltenheim Choir from Austria will perform in a Music for Everyone concert at the Victoria Theatre tomorrow at 8 pm. It will perform folk songs from Austria and other countries, and European Madrigals. Tickets at 910, $8 and $5 are available at Cold Storage Centrepoint,
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    • 601 22 Italian specialities at the Belvedere, Mandarin Hotel PIZZA QALORE $14 for children under 12. CAFE VIENNA, Royal Holiday Inn, ITALIAN BUFFET will feature a pizza galore for the month of January. The menu offers six THE Belvedere, Mandarin Hotel, will different creations of pizza and is feature an Italian buffet
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    • 143 22 THE VERDICT HILTON Movie House will screen The Verdict on Sunday at 8.15 pm. Paul Newman stars as a down and out lawyer with one last chance to regain his self-esteem. There will be a first drink charge of $8.50++ for non-diners. CITIZEN KANE THE Singapore Film Society will screen
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  • HOME SERVICE & HOME FURNISHING:
    • 297 23 At the Female Preview and Apartment Furniture Fair '85 YOU can win everything in the home of Taiwanese film star Yu Shao Hsin except the actress herself at the Female Preview and Apartment Furniture Fair '85. Advertising Trade and Promotion Pte Ltd, organisers of
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    • 178 23 The hardest part of doing laundry is hanging heavy, wet clothes on those cumbersome bamboo poles Now, ME KAY puts the problem out of your way so neatly and efficiently! MEKAY's quick retractable feature saves your clothes from soot, grime and dripping mops from
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    • 60 23 January 4 Opening Ceremony 12 noon Beauty Demonstration Pias Cosmetics 7pm January S Beauty Demonstration Josephine Cosmetics 1 30pm Bridal Gown Show 2.30pm Beauty Demonstration Dtbi Cosmetics 7pm January 6 Taiwan Fashion and Sportswear show Ipm Bridal Gown Show 6pm Beauty Demonstration Meishoku Cosmetics 7pm January 7 Josephine Night
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    • 335 24 HOUSEPROUD Singaporeans are often faced with a dilemma when it comes to looking out for a reliable contractor who can carry out a renovation job to their satisfaction. In today's competitive market, certain contractors here are involved in a "price war". So to
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    • 252 24 IF you have a pivot-arm garage door, one of the most hazardous tasks you face is replacing its springs. The springs must be slightly stretched when the door is open so that it stays in place. This means that the
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 121 23 r Cut along dotted line YES! -J I am interested n having MEKAY Retractable I clothes racks and rails instated in my home at I the address below. Please view my premises and provide me with FREE quote. I would like to know more about your product. I I Please
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    • 157 23 HOME DECOR AT ITS BIST Good newt for new HOB apartments owners He CONFIDENCE The only firm to offer a one year maintenance period free-of-charge QUALITY Quality workmanship and materials to suit all needs RELIABILITY 8 years of reliable service to satisfied customers #02-26. President Hotel Complex, 181, Kitchener Road
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 661 25 leisure comics FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook -.ttlS r~CO«WWNIC*TiM«- 1, IT oetRKTES "1 T WITH A CoMPoTfiR. rTS ObM WU$ OF Sbo CM I ft>u£VoiC£. 1 15 L'K£ SPEAKING-A J GfIUAMMI WD W THE TECHNIQUE V V foreiwlah&OA&E; t wme To-ntAKWOir usei> *v I&WSTS j <r; \mifA\% *><* comaaands »nbTHE >M
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  • New Year – New Baby
    • 284 26 "AHHH...! What a lovely new day!" this pretty babe seems to be saying. Ushering in the New Year is the republic's first baby of the year 1985 a boy born just six minutes after midnight at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Greeted
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    • 73 26 APRICA a big range of nursery equipment APRICA....the name symbolises the best in nursery equipment. The entire APRICA range consists of strollers, carriages, walkers, high chairs, rocking beds, carry cots, bed rests, garden swings, potty seats, infant cars and nursery toys: All APRICA products feature safety, comfort, durability and style.
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    • 326 27 Some Boots products to help infant care include: BOOTS BABY POW DER: Made from the finest talc to prevent chaffing and keeps baby's skin cool, dry and comfortable in our humid weather. Because it keeps the skin dry, it assists in preventing bacterial formation and lessens
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    • 386 28 MAJA is today becoming a household word for mothers. It is the name of a feeding bottle, which silences the incessant waitings of babies who suffer from the common phenomenon called 'wind'. People among the various races in Singapore traditionally treat 'wind' by massaging the babies
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    • 717 29 WHY are Heinz Baby Foods the best you can buy? Because Heinz Baby Foods are actually cooked in the can or jar by the Peak Nutrition process. This means that none of the natural goodness is lost in the escaping steam. All recipes are reviewed by
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    • 192 29 FOR those sterilising feeding equipment by boiling, feeding time is undoubtedly a hassle. Boots Feeding Bottle Steriliser Tablets offer a convenient and safe methods for sterilising feeding bottles, caps and teats. One antibacterial tablet is dissolved in two litres
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 126 26 I "Love means never having to say it's too expensive" It/Taj a feeding bottle helps prevent 'wind' in your baby. It is widely IYJlrecommended in the medical circle and is also the feeding bottle that enjoys worldwide patent. Maja bottles cost more but aren't all quality products relatively more For
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    • 51 26 /fsf emmas® /s</ babysafe® Parents! If your baby is due in January this year, please send in your name, address and baby's birth date to: Cannon Rubber S'pore (Pte) Ltd 8, Tanjong Kling Road, Jurong, Singapore 2262. Tel: *****66 Off era valid for all babies bora in v January 1985
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 90 28 Someone you cafe for with all your heart. Someone to whom you give only the best. That's the someone Boots Baby Care products are made for. They 're formulated in England using only the finest, purest ingredients. tested and researched to make sure it's just right. doesn't compromise when it
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 100 29 Latest convertable stroller and pram from APRICA APRICA cares for your baby's safety, comfort and style SJf SeefuHrange of APmCA I so 1 "1 W 9 maximum protection Safety a products on display at Ewan Z_\ Pte Ltd AKiddypowt Center Reversible PteLtd trape/iad seat, extra padding handle tJL S and
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
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    • 276 30 Situations Vacant L_ ty YAOHAN SINGAPORE PRIVATED LIMITED have immediate vacancies for: ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE OFFICER (Security Dept.) Secondary education Relevant Working experience preferred Preference win be given to candidates who were ExNCOs in the police force FEMALE CLERKS (Finance Dept.) Secondary education Key-punching experience prefferred FEMALE CLERKS Secondary education Must
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