Singapore Monitor, 11 January 1985, Afternoon Edition
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Title Section21 1985-01-11 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR P«T|l ▼v. V *T\ I'.V t.MiMi EDITION M C (P) No 21 584 Friday, January 11, 1985 30cents21 words
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Article, Illustration400 1985-01-11 1 SEAH MEI KIANG - ■y SEAH MEI KIANG KENT Ridge Hospital will be the first government hospital in Singapore to have greater autonomy in the management of its own affairs. And if the pilot scheme proves successful, the new system of administration will be extended to the Singapore400 words
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Article100 1985-01-11 1 ACCORDING to a Press statement released by the Health Ministry this morning, "autonomy in management will also allow the hospitals greater flexibility to work oat better and innovative terms and conditions of service and to recruit, reward and retain the better staff." Another advantage of an autonomous hospital is100 words
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Article241 1985-01-11 2 Lianhe Wanbao ABOUT 7,600 taxi drivers with at least 10 years' experience are going back to school for a refresher course. The course will begin within two to three months. The first group of taxi drivers are those whose licences expire in May. TheyLianhe Wanbao - 241 words
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Article, Illustration423 1985-01-11 2 JOSEPH LEE - By JOSEPH LEE MONEY IS the most important benefit that Shangri-La Hotel's employees desire when they joined the Company Welfarism through Employers' Contributions (Cowec). A hotel survey showed that 86 per cent of the staff nad joined the scheme since Dec 1 last year.423 words
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207 1985-01-11 2 EIGHT other companies have been approved by the National Productivity Council to join the Company Welfarism through Employers Contribution (Cowec) scheme. They are Emporium Holdings which has 3,200 employees, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorBjration with 1,382 staff, yatt Regency with 912 staff,207 words
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Article, Illustration360 1985-01-11 3 OEI SIN GIOK - By OEI SIN GIOK SOME APPLICANTS for Housing Board executive maisonettes in Bishan New Town will get an open roof-top terrace in addition to the normal features of other maisonettes. The terrace, 16 sq metres each, is similar to those in the HUDC flats at360 words
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173 1985-01-11 3 BIT YIN FONG - By BIT YIN FONG HEARING OF the winding-up petition against Tarisco Pte Ltd the company which brought the Long John Silver seafood chain to Singapore was this morning adjourned by the High Court for the thlra time. But Mr Justice Wahab Ghows said the173 words
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366 1985-01-11 4 CHEW YEN FOOK - By CHEW YEN FOOK in DESARU (Johor), Friday THE SEASIDE resort of Desaru, still reeling from the shock of the drowning of two people on New Year's Day, was hit by tragedy again yesterday, when a Singapore woman died. The 35-year-old waitress was366 words
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103 1985-01-11 4 A BRAWL broke out at 2 am yesterday morning at the Oasis nightclub, leaving six men injured, one seriously. Reports say a group of customers was taunteo by another for not tipping a dance hostess after ner services. The exchange turned into a103 words
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381 1985-01-11 4 SIT YIN FONG - By SIT YIN FONG FROM a Mazda car to 10 boxes of Pakistan mangoes, from flowers to TV sets...a stream of unsolicited goods has been arriving at a medical laboratory in a high rise shoppins centre in Orchard Road. If not for381 words
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Article, Illustration64 1985-01-11 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS MR JOSEPH ANG'S (above) hobby has created an unusual wall in his living room. He has decorated it with more than 1,000 matchboxes. Mr Ang, 45, a general services officer with the Vocational and Industrial Training Board, started collecting matchboxes seriously about64 words
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Article113 1985-01-11 4 THE YOUNG woman didn't take much notice of the loving couple in the corner of the lift. Arms on one another's shoulders, they stood whispering what seemed to be sweet nothings It looked like a quiet romantic scene until the man pulled a knife. The young113 words
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Article, Illustration124 1985-01-11 4 CABINS (above) by the sea that's what some enterprising boatmen at East Coast Parkway have created. For $155 a year, owners of fishing or pleasure boats are allowed by the Ministry of Environment to park their craft at a stretch of beach near the Parkland124 words
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Article104 1985-01-11 4 POLICE arrested 15 people yesterday who they believe are involved in fly-by-night rackets over the past two years. Three teams of detectives from the Central police station raided two companies during lunch-time. They arrested seven suspects from an office in Lorong 15 Geylang and another eight104 words
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Article72 1985-01-11 4 RENTS for fast food outlets high-fliers of the property rental market are falling, despite high demand. Property consultants say the rates being paid in new buildings are down as much as 20 per cent on the amounts paid 18 months ago. Operators, who were once willing72 words
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320 1985-01-11 6 WASHINGTON, Friday US HEALTH Secretary Margaret Heckler asked drug makers on Wednesday to put voluntary warning labels on aspirin Decaose of a possible link to a deadly children's disease. The childhood illness, known as Reye's Syndrome, can appear following a viral infection320 words
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Article96 1985-01-11 6 AP FARMINQDALE (New York), Fri POSTMASTER Robert Walsh said he invited a New York Islanders star to talk to his troops because it struck him that hockey players and postmen nave one thing in common. Thev fall down on the ice a lot. He alsoAP - 96 words
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Article267 1985-01-11 6 AP UNITED NATIONS, Friday THE WORLD'S population is 4.8 billion at the start of 1985 and, by the year 2000, will reach 6.1 billion, 80 per cent of which will be living in developing countries, the United Nations announced yesterday. But in a biennial report,AP - 267 words
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Article, Illustration74 1985-01-11 6 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS CONFESSES) subway gunman Bernhard Goetz (above) was issued top government security clearance to work on electronics calibration systems for nuclear weapons in New York, a television station has reported. Goetx, 37, said nothing during a brief appearance on Wednesday u74 words
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Article73 1985-01-11 6 THE US Congress will be asked to grant citizenship to Li Cunxin, a dancer from China so he can represent the United States at a ballet competition in Moscow later this year, Senator Lloyd Bentsen said in Washington yesterday. Miss Li, 24, a featured dancer with73 words
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Article64 1985-01-11 6 CONCERT promoters go to great lengths to satisfy the needs and whims of rock stars. Organisers of the 10-day Rock in Rio concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which begins today, had to provide Rod Stewart with a dozen soccer balls while AC-DC will have six64 words
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Article, Illustration62 1985-01-11 6 TWO MEN suspected of plotting to kidnap rock star Paul McCartney's wile, Linda (above). will not be charged, the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in London said yesterday. Police found a plan of former Beatle McCartney's country home in southern England while questioning the two62 words
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Article87 1985-01-11 6 FORMER Central Intelligence Agency analyst Sam Adams, who sparked a 10-year controversy by charging that the US military lied about enemy strength in Vietnam, defended his conclusions yesterday at retired General William Westmoreland's libel suit against CBS in New York. Mr Adams, a co-defendant in the87 words
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326 1985-01-11 7 They show highest potential for economic growth among industrialised nations: Report AP NEW YORK, Friday THE ECONOMIES of Japan and Australia are displaying the most promising growth Ktential among non-communist inaustriaed nations, the Conference Board report-* ed yesterday. The index of leading indicators aAP - 326 words
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Article, Illustration71 1985-01-11 7 Cashing in on the strong Reuter WILLIAM BARTLEY and his wife Dee, from Lytle, Texas, buying bone china at a London store during the sales. Americans are flocking to London for the sales and getting good bargains. They are cashing in on the strong US dollar. Everything is much cheaperReuter - 71 words
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196 1985-01-11 7 AP WASHINGTON, Friday US SECRETARY of State George Shultz, fresh from arms talks with the Soviets, conferred with congressmen yesterday while another top official said American missile deployments in Western Europe will continue. In Moscow, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko briefedAP - 196 words
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Article, Illustration506 1985-01-11 8 Last year's runaway 8-award winner gets only one nomination for best video J THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS 1 LOS ANGELES, Friday AMERICAN pop stars Prince, Cyndi Lauper and Tina Turner received five nominations each yesterday for the annual Grammy awards the recording industry's equivalent of the Oscars.506 words
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144 1985-01-11 8 Reuter BEIJING, Fri CHINA plans to host a maior Asian Arms Fair ana Defence Technology Conference next year, tne organisers said yesterday. Commedia Associates, the Hong Kong-based organisers, said in a statement that more than 400 firms from 37 countriesReuter - 144 words
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Article, Illustration390 1985-01-11 10 AP BAN SA-NGAE (Thailand), Friday THE enemy remained at the gate of Asean today after Thailand ana Vietnam agreed to a "no-man's land" zone along part of the Thai-Cambodian border occupied by Hanoi's troops. On Wednesday, reinforced Thai forces went on full alert at what BangkokAP; PICTURES: NATION REVIEW - 390 words
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Article, Illustration172 1985-01-11 11 GAS LEAK: BRITAIN Agencies LONDON, Friday EIGHT PEOPLE were killed yesterday in an explosion, believed to be caused by leaking gas. The blast blew apart a luxury apartment block in southwest London, the Fire Department reported. Officials said hope was fad- ing fast for other victimsAgencies; PICTURE: REUTER - 172 words
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250 1985-01-11 11 GAS LEAK: SWEDEN Reuter STOCKHOLM, Friday CORROSIVE gas threatening 35,000 people in the western Swedish town of Karlskoga started seeping into homes yesterday and 300 residents have been evacuated, police said. Clouds of billowing white gas started to leak from an explosives plantReuter - 250 words
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177 1985-01-11 11 HIW GAS LEAK: INDIA AP NEW DELHI, Friday MORE THAN 100 people were treated for eye and throat irritation at hospitals last night after nonlethal gas leaked from a warehouse in central India, United News of India said. Hundreds of peopleAP - 177 words
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Advertisement115 1985-01-11 8 When Graciela serenades, the heart melts. pretty multi- j^H She's Graciela Castilla Gonzaga. accompanied on the piano by Marina Ml Vargas both from the Philippines IJB B Feel your head melt, muscles relax. Bk Ijk H nerves soothed as Gracie renders I m M Barbara Streisand. Shirley Bassey. Irene |y115 words
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614 1985-01-11 12 CHARLES CHEW - By CHARLES CHEW in Sydney special io ine Monitor THE AUSTRALIAN Government expects Asia to invest more than Asl.s billion (512.76 billion) in Australia as a result of the economic recovery in the past 18 months. Asian investors, especially those from Hong Kong, continue614 words
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Article55 1985-01-11 12 OVERSEAS Union Bank (OUB) has informed the Stock Exchange that the values of OUB and Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) shares in connection with OUB's acquisition of 3.75 million ACB shares are $3.80 and $2.80 respectively. The basis for arriving at the values was through55 words
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Article104 1985-01-11 12 Guthrie can buy 5% of Hi Lo KUMPULAN GUTHRIE'S (KG) cash offer to acquire the remaining Highlands and Lowlands shares not already controlled by its holding company or acquired from KL Kepong received acceptances amounting to 15.48 million shares or 5.12 per cent of Hi Los shares. KG and its104 words
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285 1985-01-11 12 THE PIZZA HUT restaurant business will change hands if negotiations between Cerebos Pacific Ltd, QAF Ltd and Pizza Hut Inc, USA go through. Cerebos wants to purchase the franchise for Pizza Hut restaurants from present owner QAF Ltd for not285 words
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68 1985-01-11 12 AMCOL Electrical Industries Ltd has established a general trading subsidiary in Hong Kong known as Amcol Cosmos Ltd with an authorised capital of HK$5 million (Ssl.4 million) or 500,000 HK$lO shares. Its paid up capital is HK$2O or two HK$lO shares. Amcol68 words
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135 1985-01-11 13 C HHLLSTREET 3 ENCOURAGED by statements by Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker, the stock market rose sharply today in heavy trading as investors grabbed both blue chip and secondary stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 20.76 to 1223.50 and advancing135 words
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Article42 1985-01-11 13 THE OUB composite share price index closed at 390.22 up 1.43 points from the Srevious day's close of 388.79. The OUB ingapore dollar trade-weighted index was up 0.2120 points to 134.1791 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 133.9671.42 words
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Article208 1985-01-11 13 THE LOCAL bourse opened firm this morning in response to the improvement on Wall Street last night as well as the KLSE approval of contra for settlement trading. It closed off its morning high for the midday break. Top volume stock Sime Darby did 319,000 to close208 words
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Article279 1985-01-11 13 Selected stocks at midday. Market tone steady Boustead 1 57/1 58 Cold Storage 2 &S/2 &4 FAN 4 86/4 88 Gen ting 4.72 B G I.H 2.11/2.14 Haw Par I.N/1.17 Isetan 2 40/2*o Jurong Cement 161/184 Keck Seng 1.94/1.95 Eaao 2.58/2.59 Hume 3 SO B Inchcape 2 48/2 50279 words
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Article128 1985-01-11 13 STERLING continued to weaken from New York's close in thin early trading on disappointment that a rise in British bank base rates has not materialised. Dealers said lack of support and uncertainty over oil prices also contributed to a weak sterling, which fell to an early U551.1250/60128 words
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Article83 1985-01-11 13 Your S3 to ono unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO US| 2.2075 2.1975 2.1885 sterling 2.4900 2.4680 2.4580 Australian f 1.8192 1.7951 1.7801 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit US$ 2.20 2.17 NZ| 1.10 1.00 sterling 2.53 2.43 Australian 1.IS 1.75 Canadian 1.88 1.60 S$ to83 words
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Miscellaneous23 1985-01-11 12 STOKER THE BROKER e IMM ,/.<* iipiiffy McNaufhl Syirf.. Ik. fOLT/MOFf I Pont care mow MP TMEIR TV PKOOI?AM 15. TWa* STOCK MITAMfcW HIOH.23 words
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Advertisement372 1985-01-11 13 .A joint campaign by MPH and Singapore Monitor to stretch your reading dollar. SNSPA NT OFF'THHS AD TO GJTACHUNC OFFfI RAAV DD ircc I MPH has the i J W widest range of Jl f n tow JJj j The Thinking: Woman Doing It Now linen and Shadow* China Oate372 words
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624 1985-01-11 14 AFTER HAVING had the benefit of the reactions of the Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong and others in the PAP, the point that sticks out like a sore thumb is that they have not quite got their fingers on the pulse. Although the624 words
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224 1985-01-11 14 MAK YEN-CHEN ANDREW - MAK YEN-CHEN ANDREW Singapore 1026 THE LOCAL Press has reported that the ministerial walkabouts, which have been going on for two years, have not produced the desired results. It is time that our MPs look for an alternative. The best way224 words
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189 1985-01-11 14 WILLIAM KOH - WILLIAM KOH Singapore 0314 I WOULD like V K Kannan to answer the following questions on the "withdrawal of a quarter of CPF at 55" (SM, Jan 2). 1) Does he imply that if a person puts in 25-30 years of work189 words
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186 1985-01-11 14 MARJORIE DOGGETT - MARJORIE DOGGETT Advisory Director World Society for the Protection of Animals IT IS really sad and regrettable if there are many members of the public as ignorant about stray dogs as the resident of the Depot Road area (SM, Jan 5). That the186 words
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389 1985-01-11 14 AFTER working for 19 years, I have finally reached a salary level which enabled me (together with my career wife) to buy a new car. Imagine the pride of owning a brand new car (though only a small Japanese one) through your own389 words
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294 1985-01-11 14 LOW SUAT KHEAM - Noise at HewlettPackard due to unforeseen circumstances REPLIES LOW SUAT KHEAM Personnel Administrator (Public Relations) Hewlett-Packard Singapore I REFER to the letter from Omega, entitled "Help us out, Hewlett..." (SM, Jan 7), about noise and- air pollution from the construction site at the Hewlett-Packard facility. We would like to take294 words
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121 1985-01-11 14 GEORGE THOMAS - GEORGE THOMAS Public Relations Officer Singapore Sports Council I REFER to Mr Lim Boon Hock's letter "Are private students eligible for concession?" (SM, Jan 3). Firstly, concession rates are given to students of a private school only if the school is recognised by121 words
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Article462 1985-01-11 15 THE SINMPORE monitor HBHlffl AFTER three years of waiting, football fans hungry for the excitement of Malaysia Cup soccer are being served, for starters, an unappetising prospect of a coachless national team. What has gone wrong, FAS? An administrative bungle is no way to woo back462 words
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165 1985-01-11 15 I'M DYING to know why over the years the National Library refuses to furnish a periodical "new books" list. The administration insists that readers prefer the present book lists, which highlight a particular writer or topic for a certain period find this165 words
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Article100 1985-01-11 15 I AM a foreigner doing private Pre-University studies here. I am told that private foreign students are not eligible for bus concession passes. Last year, I went to the Singapore Bus Service (SBS) headquarters to appeal for a private foreign students' bus concession pass but100 words
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484 1985-01-11 15 W Y HENG - W Y HENG Singapore 1955 THE ARTICLE "Getting to the bottom of property prices" (SM, Jan 6) requires some fundamental clarifications. It appears to suggest that developers determine property prices, whereas under current conditions it is plain that market forces are dictating484 words
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Article, Illustration520 1985-01-11 16 WONG SING YEONG - Documentary shines again in survey By WONG SING YEONG THE SBC documentary series, Friday Background, proved a winner again in the ratings game, normally dominated by less serious programmes apart from the news. It is the second most popular English programme shown on SBC, according520 words
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Article199 1985-01-11 16 IF surveys are accurate at all in reflecting the general trend, then Channel 12 has not fared too well in terms of numbers. Not one English programme (the News aside) aired on 12 made it to tne top 15 in the latest SRS survey released. Friday Background,199 words
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Article, Illustration196 1985-01-11 18 WONG SING YEONG - TV SCENE By WONG SING YEONG SBC is planning to tend a TV drama crew to Britain for the filming of the 30-episode serial, The Tycoon. The Diner's Club has offered to sponsor the trip and it is now up to196 words
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Article, Illustration387 1985-01-11 18 Friday Night Movie The Electric Horseman (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5,10.15 pm) ROBERT REDFORD and Jane Fonda, who starred in Hal Wallis' movie of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1967), team up again in this 1979 film. He stars as Sonny, a five-time world champion cowboy, while she387 words
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Article, Illustration1256 1985-01-11 19 CHARLES CHAMPLIN - Filming of Chorus Line finally takes centrestage By CHARLES CHAMPLIN in New York LAT-WP THE Mark Hellinger on West 51st is one of the dwindling number of landmark Broadway theatres, spacious (1,600 seats) and ornate, a relic of some more flamboyant past. My Fair Lady commenced lifeLAT-WP - 1,256 words
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Article, Illustration531 1985-01-11 21 THEIR on-again/off-again relationship has taken on a new twist. Tony, Terry and Spencer a trio reputed for its Simon and Garfunkel repertoire and strong harmony are back making music, but this time with different partners. Tne first break-up was in 1980, three years after they got together. Then531 words
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Article, Illustration580 1985-01-11 21 ART HARRIS - By ART HARRIS in Memphis LAT-WP ALL day, they traipsed up the long windy driveway, 2,000 pilgrims in all, past the life-size manger scene on the lawn, paying homage to the "King". They came from as far away as Canada and California, Europe and Japan. They woreLAT-WP - 580 words
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Miscellaneous1295 1985-01-11 17 "1 Opening Programme I 4 25 We*meet a young auctioneer, a 13-year-okj handicapped I boy who learns Karate, a free-style swimmer who aspires lfc, to go professional and kids who use an 8 mm camera to 5 45 and Amazons Forever '>" l I and to go south on Mrs1,295 words
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Miscellaneous386 1985-01-11 20 KUCYNA INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PRIZE THIS is organised by Boston University School of Music to promote and encourage the composition of new music. Composers of any age and nationality may participate. Ten works win be selected for performance and one will be selected for a U552,500 cash award. Results will be386 words
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Miscellaneous503 1985-01-11 20 SINGAPORE SYMPHO- NY ORCHESTRA FIRST SERIES CONCERT H pore Symphony OrchesP tra's First Series Concert will be held today and to- morrow at 8.15 pm at MpHH the JF J Stephanie Chase, one <dP ffl If J 1 of America's most gifted violinists, will be feaM HI tured as a503 words
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Advertisement60 1985-01-11 21 HR*fi Dance the night away Singapore's latest' Space' Disco in Katong. Models will present you a Sportswear Casual Wear from boutique collections for men. Fashion show sponsored Dunlop Sportswear Models Ist Charge: Join us for lots fun on Guy's every Friday and Sunday. For reservations, please call: *****43 POLARIS DISCO60 words
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Miscellaneous496 1985-01-11 22 leisure comics i^sssS ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA You achieve a greater degree September 23 to October 22 of balance. Breaking from the A breakthrough occurs. You'll past helps you make a valu- know wtfere to go and how to able, new contact. The accent be at the496 words
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Miscellaneous235 1985-01-11 22 FASTRACK By Bjll Holbrook 000, Vol/M iJOOKm- Toort. IX EV DoUT HAV* 4 W€ fotL V -vF fo*. A MOOeRM CAJltt*. A COMPLICATED COURTSHIP X G-irfSU)HO A UOIAM4, &uT YoUfc PRO ass UV£S $0 UJHAT 1 GRI>SH 1 APPROACH 16 AR* SXi&SAfVL EMOUrH PO "THfcV if A&AWST I Out OF235 words
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Article816 1985-01-11 23 PARLIAMENT passed a Bill to amend the Employment Act in July last year. Among the changes, are those concerning the calculation of pay. There are now three new formulae for monthly-rated employees. The new formulae are to be used for calculating: Payment in lieu816 words
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Article132 1985-01-11 23 "MONTHLY RATE OF PAY" refers to the total amount of money payable to an employee for working for one month. This excludes overtime payment, bonus or annual wage supplement, travelling, food or house allowance and any reimbursement for special expenses incurred by an employee in the course132 words
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Article111 1985-01-11 23 THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUERIES I HAVE lost my Identity Card and was told by the police to have a new one made at the National Registration Office. I would like to add a Christian name on my new Identity Card. Can I do so? TAKE111 words
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Article153 1985-01-11 23 I WOULD like to know whether those who passed their Highway Code test this year, bat are unable to take the driving test, will be affected by the new Highway Code test and ruling? Will the Highway Code result card only be valid to153 words
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Article143 1985-01-11 23 WHAT is the status of a Singapore girl married to a foreigner? Must we register our marriage at the Registry of Marriages? What citizenship will our children have? What is the status of my husband here? A SINGAPORE sirl who is married to a foreigner143 words
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Article171 1985-01-11 23 I AM interested In housekeeping as a career. I do not have much knowledge in this field and would appreciate it if you woald help me in providing some insight into the duties of a housekeeper, the prospects and the salary range. THE main duty of171 words
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Article55 1985-01-11 23 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 Delta55 words
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Article, Illustration102 1985-01-11 26 Ong Siew Lian (Age 72 years) passed away peacefully on January 11, 1985 Leaving behind loving: Husband Tan Chwee Choon Sons: Tan Cheow Chay Tan Cheow Keng Tan Cheow Siang Daughter: Tan Cheow Jiok, Julie Daughters-in-law: Choo Chen Chok Tan Chye Lin, Dorothy Tu Peck Geok, Margaret Son-in-law Chew102 words
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Advertisement382 1985-01-11 25 Property For Sale Of 3-ROOMED CORNER house at Tetok Blangah Rise for sale, price negotiable. Contact Mr Raymond Ong at 270 7107. WELL KEPT 5 room Bedok North Avenue 3. Quiet, good location. 6th floor Asking for $130,000 0.n.0. Call: 444 7036 APPOINTMENTS SALES ENGINEERS Career Opportunities at SCHLEGEL TECHNOLOGY382 words
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Advertisement24 1985-01-11 25 VACATION Hotel/Holiday Accomodation MM SEASIDE REST HOUSE in Malacca (4 km from town). 2 bedrooms with kitchen $60/daily or $80/- weekends Tel: 481 728724 words
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Advertisement489 1985-01-11 25 NOTICES LOST SHARE/LOAN STOCK/TRANSFERABLE SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS CERTIFICATES The following Share/Loan Stock (LS)/Transferable Subscription Rights (TSR) certificates/* together with the relevant signed transfer deeds have been reported lost or destroyed: Name of Company CflWcaf No. m Name o< »har—/LS/TSR ANA Hotels Singapore Ltd *****0 Goh Kok Yong 1 x 1.000 Keppei489 words
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Advertisement527 1985-01-11 26 classified 273-9090 TENDER NOTICE Separate tenders are invited for:1 REPAIRS TO JETTIES AND LANDING STEPS AT PSA JARDINE STEPS Cost of Documents Drawings Ss6o/Closmg Date 22 Jan 85 Site Showround 14 Jan 85 at 10.30 am Meet at Contracts Department 2 REPLACEMENT RAINWATER DOWNPIPES, GUTTER AND WATERPROOFING TO EXISTING GUTTERS527 words
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Advertisement569 1985-01-11 26 NOTICES ®PWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders ore invited from CIDB Registered Contractors lor the following (A) SOS/77/83 Engineering Survey and Investigation, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Interchange at East Coast Parkway/Fort Road Phase One (B) COS/2/85 Access Road System at Track 24 off Yio Chu Kang Road Supply and Laying of569 words
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Advertisement465 1985-01-11 26 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Leow Choon Whatt of No. Blk 15, Teck Whye Lane #09-139, Singapore 2368, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of premises at M/s. Choon General Provision Store, Blk 491, Jurong West Ave 1 #01-169, Singapore 2264, and that this465 words
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Advertisement129 1985-01-11 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Chng Kian Chuan, of No. Blk 140, Jalan Bukit Merah, #*****0, Singapore 0316, have applied for a First Class Beer House licence in respect of premises at M/s Chuan Nam. Ting, Blk 215, Jurong East St. 21, #01-541 Singapore 2260, and that this application129 words
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Article351 1985-01-11 27 ERNEST FRIDA - Move to give athletes a chance to prove themselves in Brunei Games By ERNEST FRIDA IN A MOVE to select the best athletes for the Pesta Sukan Merdeka Games in Brunei from Mar 24-31, the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) has invited all athletes to351 words
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431 1985-01-11 27 Reuter NEW YORK, Fri SOVIET athletes, denied the opportunity of competing at last year's Los Angeles Olympics because of the Eastern bloc boycott, will be out in force in this year's North American indoor athletics season. Nine Soviet athletes planReuter - 431 words
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Article, Illustration211 1985-01-11 27 Reuter HONG KONG, Friday DENMARK'S Morton Frost who dominated men's badminton in 1984 launches his assault on this year's Grand Prix circuit tomorrow when he meets Indonesian Eddy Kurniawan in the Hong Kong Open badminton championships. Over 150 players from 19 countriesReuter - 211 words
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401 1985-01-11 27 HARIDAS NAIR - By HARIDAS NAIR SINGAPORE scored a convincing 3-0 win over India to take second place in the 2nd Asian Junior Boys team championship which ended yesterday. Pakistan took the top spot with a superb 3-0 win over Malaysia. The Malaysians, who lost401 words
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Article, Illustration814 1985-01-11 28 WONDER BOY - "MUWIIUK^™ RACING TODAY'S THACHWORK By WONDER BOY CHENS Stable's first time out winner THREE PIPS showed a return of form with an outstanding trial on a good track at Ipoh today. With apprentice A Hamid astride, the Sound Reason three-year-old galloped attractively in the company814 words
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Article659 1985-01-11 28 RACE 1 1.30 Restricted Terms Div B 1100 m 1 Chimbu 57 Azhar 10 2 Fu Lu Shou 57 Foo 6 3 Human Revolution 57 M Rahman 9 4 Glamour II 57 RafOO 11 5 Pompous 57 Hamid 7 Genuine Members 57 Ooi 1 7 Dinkum Auaaie 57659 words
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Article456 1985-01-11 29 Reuter NEW YORK, Friday MATS WILANDER of Sweden survived three match points and squeezed out a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, victory over Jonan Kriek of the United States yesterday to reach the semifinals of the Grand Prix Masters tennis championship. Tomorrow afternoon, the 20-year-old Wilander willReuter - 456 words
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107 1985-01-11 29 Reuter PALM SPRINGS (Calif) Friday TIM SIMPSON crawled out of a sickbed last week and headed for the U*****.000 (S| 1.2 million) Bob Hope Golf Classic, the first tournament on the PGA tour schedule this year. Simpson shot a six under-parReuter - 107 words
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292 1985-01-11 29 AP OKLAHOMA, Fri A WORLD-CLASS member of the East German swim team seeking to remain in the United States left Oklahoma City yesterday for Tuscaloosa, Alabama, an official said. Jens-Peter Berndt, 21, of Potsdam, accompanied by an official of the US Immigration andAP - 292 words
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283 1985-01-11 29 AP WASHINGTON, Friday SEEDED players Wendy Turnbull of Australia and Zina Garrison won matches yesterday to advance into the Suarterfinals of the US$l5O,OOO (*****,000) Virginia lims of Washington tennis tournament. Turnbull, the tournament's N0.3 seed, turned back unheralded Sabrina Goles ofAP - 283 words
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Article43 1985-01-11 29 A QUICK UPDATE AROUND THE WORLD OFFICIALS of the Bob Hope Classic, Bing Crosby National and Las Vegas Invitation tournaments have announced tbev will pay a one mil-lion-dollar bonus to any golfer who wins all three events this year.43 words
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Article140 1985-01-11 29 TERRENCE Alii of Guyana, himself no stranger to hunger, plans to donate part of his US$6O,OOO (Sf 130,000) purse from Saturday's world title fighi against American Harry Arroyo to starving children in Africa. Alii, who takes on holder Arroyo for the International Boxing Federation (IBF)140 words
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Article82 1985-01-11 29 SOUTH AFRICAN Nick Price shot a six-under-par 66 to open a three-stroke lead in the second round of an 80,000 rand (§$82,000) international golf tournament at the Zwartkop course near Pretoria. Price, who carded a 67 on Wednesday, is now three strokes ahead of South82 words
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Article55 1985-01-11 29 THE FIELD in the Masters tennis championships will be expanded from 12 to 16 players next January, officials said yesterday. Next year's tournament will mark the last time the tournament will be played in January, the men's International Professional Tennis Council said. It will be held55 words
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Article129 1985-01-11 29 CHANGES are being made in rules governing the conduct of American players in Davis Cup tennis competition, Arthur Ashe, captain of the United States team said yesterday. The changes reportedly are the direct result of displays of anger by John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors during the129 words
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Article116 1985-01-11 30 AP HONQ KONG, Friday A HONG KONG selection of First Division teams Seiko and South China held French Champions Bordeaux to a 1-1 draw in a friendly international soccer match in Hong Kong yesterday. The home team's Derek Parlane scored the first goal in the 11thAP - 116 words
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Article, Illustration798 1985-01-11 30 Reuter LONDON, Fri BRIAN CLOUGH, who celebrated his 10th anniversary as manager of Nottingham Forest last week, remains as enigmatic and controversial a figure today as when he arrived at the City Ground in 1975. A decade of success during which Forest wonReuter - 798 words
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98 1985-01-11 30 AP INDIANA, Friday INDIANAPOLIS lawyer Ted Boehm has been named chairman and chief executive officer of the local organising committee for the 1987 Pan American Games, it was announced yesterday. The selection of Boehm, president of the non-profit Indiana Sports Corporation, wasAP - 98 words
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113 1985-01-11 30 AP CALIFORNIA, Friday AMERICAN professional basketball sensation Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has made it official: He will play another season. Abdul-Jabbar, the National Basketball Association's (NBA) all-time leading scorer, signed a one-year extension to his contract, the Los Angeles Lakers announced yesterday. Abdul-Jabbar, who turnsAP - 113 words
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Article420 1985-01-11 31 COLORADO, Friday EIGHTY-SIX US athletes flunked drug tests before the 1984 Olympics when evidence of stimulants, anabolic steroids or testoserone were found in their bloodstreams, the US Olympic Committee reported. Ten of the athletes who failed were screened during the Olympic trials. Two of420 words
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Article206 1985-01-11 31 ZAINAL ABIDIN HASSAN, who has been playing a hide-and-seek game with Pahang, will play for them in this season's Malaysia Cup, but on condition that he is released once the tournament is over. Zainal has also apologised to the Pahang FA for his absence from training. According to206 words
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Advertisement131 1985-01-11 31 gateway to one ol the hot tennis W complexes in Asia a million dollar tennis cluh open not only to the rich hut to all. To help you avail yourself of all the fine facilities we present: MEMBERSHIP Individual corporate membership entrance fee from a few hundred dollars. TENNIS LESSON131 words
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Advertisement96 1985-01-11 31 The Golf Specialist agjy ltl»ournlcfcn«m«.~ 'bacauaaGoMla our only game. t At our shop, we can supply all j top brandaotgoNing equipment... «r everything you nead to ptay J ParOoN PLUS SUNDAY'S CARD -SEEPG 29 INSIDE nWllander to make Masters i c semifinals Page 30 An eventful decade for Brian Clough:96 words
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