Singapore Monitor, 17 January 1985, Afternoon Edition

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    • 395 2  -  By EE BOON LEE THE MINISTRY of Labour is to be asked to look into Moscow Narodny Bank's decision to retrench 30 employees, or 30 per cent of its staff, in a week's time. Both the Singapore Bank Officers' Association and the Singapore
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    • 156 2 FANS CAUGHT a glimpse of their idol Teresa Teng at Kreta Ayer yesterday afternoon. In fact, one of them a durian seller was so enthralled that he gave her a gift. In the company of a Japanese TV production team, the Taiwanese superstar created quite a
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    • 161 2 A MAN bought a jar of face cream for $3 and four fountain pens for $1 each and tried to make a profit by cheating a housewife. A district court heard today that Tay Toh Boon, 47, went to housewife Chai
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    • 183 3  -  Woman flung the substance into another's face and relieved her of jewellery worth $800 By IRENE TOH A WOMAN threw chilly powder at another woman's face so she could rob her. But Anamari Samydas' plan failed when a passerby managed to catch her while she was making
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    • 226 3  -  THE FALLING ROOF INCIDENT... By CHEW YEN FOOK ENGINEERS from the Ministry of the Environment were today assessing the damage done to a row of terrace houses at Bedok Walk alter some excavation work at the back of the houses.
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    • 369 4 Lianhe Zaobao ALTHOUGH 99 per cent of our primary and secondary schoolchildren are in the English language stream, 88 per cent of them still speak mainly dialects and Mandarin at home. Only about 11 per cent of the students use the English
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    • 467 4  -  But it is necessary to prove negligence on someone's part, say lawyers By SURESH NAIR OWNERS of property damaged by an object falling from a high-rise flat could bring a case against the flat-owner, lawyers said yesterday. It would be up to the flat-owner
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    • 135 4 POLICE have begun "cleaning up" Chinatown in preparation for the Lunar New Year. In the past few days, they have been raiding known criminal haunts to flush out what they call "potential bad hats" in the area. And they are working
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 179 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS THE POPULAR hawker stalls in front of the old Thong Chai Medical Institute building (above) will soon be a thing of the past as they begin resettling elsewhere in about a month's time. Some of them will move to
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      • 96 4 SINGAPORE secondary schools will celebrate National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) Day for the first time on May 7. The dedication of a special day for the NPCC is in line with the Education Ministry's extra-curri-cular activities department to instil a "sense of pride and identity'
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      • 97 4 Trade union into for $10 FOR TEN dollars, you can get a general idea of what the trade union movement is all about Applications for the two-day basic course, starting on Feb 4, should be made to NTUC's secretariat for leadership training and trade union education before Jan 21. Participants
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      • 108 4 A 20-YEAR-OLD police constable is helping Beach Road police in an investigation into an alleged snatcn theft of $30 from a taxi driver recently. The ariver told police that he had picked up a passenger soon after midnight in Scotts Road. When they reached the
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    • 146 4 Lianhe Zaobao WORK to transform the Capitol Chopping Centre into a multistorey car park will start in about two months' time when all the tenants in the three-storey complex leave. The area will get 300 more parking lots when the new
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    • 136 3 \bu can turn these paper hong into real value If you're re-decorating your home for the Lunar New Year, you especially on At Europa, we're giving generous discounts on the attractive collections m shown here Simply cut out the appropriate 'hong baos' and present them when you make your purchase
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  • world
    • 51 6 IRENE Perez (top and in right picture) the smallest baby ever born on record. Irene, who weighed only 465 grams at birth, is seen leaving the hospital in Barcelona, Spain, yesterday morning with her parents, five months after her birth on Aug 27, 1984. PICTURES:
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    • 286 6 AP LONDON, Thursday IRAN has set up a special military unit to recruit ana train suicide squads to carry out terrorist operations in countries opposed to Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic republic, the London Times reported yesterday. It said documents obtained by an Iranian opposition
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    • 99 6 AP GENEVA, Thurs BANGLADESH and India, exporters of frogs' legs, may be headed for "ecological catastrophe" because they are killing off a vital link in the ecological chain, an article in the World Wildlife Fund newspaper said yesterday. It said conservationists believe the ecological
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    • 138 6 AP LA PAZ (Bolivia), Thursday WORKERS demanding back wages seized 29 factories in La Paz yesterday and held their executives hostage, the government s Board of Industry said. The Board of Industry threatened to shut down all Bolivian factories if the takeovers continue.
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    • 60 8 NOBEL Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa of Calcatta had much to smile about in Hong Kong yesterday Accompanied by nine-year-old Swiss baby Christina Ott daring a signing ceremony, she accepted a building inside an abandoned barrach on behalf of the "Missionaries of C harity." The
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    • 293 8 Reuter BEIJING, Thursday CHINA and Vietnam have exchanged Jirisoners on their border a month beore the feuding communist neighbours together celebrate the Lunar New Year. China said on Tuesday that it released 15 Vietnamese who had confessed to armed provocations, reconnaissance and sabotage within
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    • 174 8 AP WASHINGTON, Thurs BLACKS in America continued to lose ground economically in 1984, a year marked by greater racial polarisation and heightened alienation among the poor, said a civil rights group. Mr John E Jacob, president of the National urban League, in an
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    • 71 8 Reuter MANILA, Thursday A JOBLESS Filipino stabbed his nagging wife to death yesterday, cut off her tongue and then tried to kill himself. Police here said neighbours took Roberto Ale- jandro, 48, to hospital with a kitchen knife still stuck in his abdomen. Alejandro was
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    • 540 9 Residents will get chance to speak out Bernama KOTA KMABALU, Thurs A "PEOPLE'S Assembly" is to be formed In the Tambunan State constituency as a forum for the people to raise any issue pertaining to their welfare and future, its assemblyman, Datuk Joseph
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    • 129 9 Reuter TAIPEH, Thurs ANYONE wanting to burgle the Wangs should think again. If their four Bengal tigers don't tear him limb from limb, their two gorillas, Tarzan and Molly, will. Apart from keeping burglars at bay, the animals, especially Mary, an 18-month-old tigress,
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    • 250 9 Agencie s WASHINGTON, Thursday THE UNITED States and the Soviet Union, soon to begin new arms negotiations, have agreed for the first time to bold bilateral talks on the Middle East, White House officials said yesterday. White House spokesman Robert Sims said
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    • 93 9 Reuter LONDON, Thursday LONDON women have the largest sexual appetites in Britain, according to a magazine poll published here. Company magazine said nearly a third of women questioned in the British capital had sex live or mere times a week. Nearly a third
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    • 177 9 AP WASHINGTON, Thursday THE US Federal Bureau of Investigation B3I) is sending agents to Taiwan to seek ormation about the slaving of a dissident Taiwanese author in California last year, an FBI spokesman said last night. The disclosure by FBI spokesman
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    • 365 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday DATUK Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday directed the setting up of a special committee on tourism to develop the tourist industry in the country. Information Minister Datuk Rais Yatim said the Prime Minister issued the directive at the weekly Cabinet
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    • 400 10 UPI LONDON, Thursday BRITAIN'S first known surrogate mother has said she had an "enormous lump" in her throat when the baby was taken away from her but she knew keeping the child would cause more pain than giving her
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    • 133 10 TAIPEH, Thursday TAIWAN is seeking US$3.B9 million (518.56 million) in compensation from Thai exporters for shipping maize containing a dangerous level o! alfra-toxin, the Maize Importers Joint Committee said yesterday. The Government Health Department here has said alfra-toxin can cause cancer. Committee spokesman Mr
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 80 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS CHINESE tennis star Hu Na (above), who defected to the United States two-and-a-half years ago, says she's found happiness in her adopted country despite failing to achieve the lofty ranking she enjoyed in her homeland. Tennis observers give
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      • 79 10 BILL COSBVS show is the big hit of the television season, but he sent a telegram to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association asking that his name be withdrawn from nomination for a Golden Globe Award. i "I'm not interested in competing against my peers," he
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      • 73 10 THE UNVEIUNG of the People and Power photo exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery drew some of Washington's biggest names. White House photographer Mr Michael Evans, who shot the more than 500 portraits of "people who hold the reins of power in Washington" was honoured by 1,000-plus powerhouses
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      • 86 10 MS SHEILA Tate, Mrs Nancy Reagan's Press secretary who helped turn the First Lady's image into that of a national spokeswoman against drug abuse, resigned on Tuesday to join Burson-Mar-steller, the nation's largest public relations firm, as a senior vice-president in its Washington office. No replacement
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      • 39 10 BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher sold her Chelsea home.for about US$4OO,OOO (S$880,000) after having paid U5567,000 for it in FVench banker Paul-Louis Weiller bought it for his granddaughter, Countess Bela Rodier. FROM AGENCY DESPATCHES
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    • 182 11 AP BEUING, Thurs THE STATE will no longer fix mandatory quotas on grain, cotton and most other farm produce, a rural policy expert said yesterday in detailing one of China's most sweeping reforms. The abolition of mandatory crop purchases was announced on Dec
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    • 499 11 Gangsters trying to influence polls for seats on district boards, fears official AP HONG KONG, Thursday FEARS have been expressed here that triad societies, the Asian equivalent of the Mafia, are trying to influence a historic election to be held in March. "Where there's
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    • 276 11 PARIS, Thurs PRESIDENT Francois Mitterrand, in a surprise announcement on television last night, said he would leave tomorrow for the troubled Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The French president, a master of political surprises, gave the news in a televised interview at the
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    • 46 11 AP TOKYO, Thurt A HONG KONG Jeweller, was robbed by low men of watehes and lighters worth *****,000 la his Tokyo hotel room yesterday. Mr Li Chlh-shaa reported they tied him ap aad took M Rolex watches aad 100 DaahlU lighters. AP
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    • 239 10 Form A Function only a! LightcraH! Shoemaker updown pendant in I 3 Cokxjrt I M Suitable tor SL or Toshiba A ■|Neobails 139 Mk. j/r 1 v I Cone pendant with colour top R Suitable tor energy saving lamps lamp AHB Ml n r b#ds,d Pastel coloured W^s2s f I
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    • 119 11 MMM™MAGNIFICOr lfl OreT^NCHEON Embark on a delectable gastronomic journey from Jan 15 to 31, when we rn bring you a potpurri of Italian specialities in our Italian Buffet Luncheon daily from /p 11am till 3pm. Bueno Appetito! l£tdL4s6.tL& Adult t $14 Child under 12 $B++ nr Level 5 Open 24
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    • 255 11 QHTnever has the need for professional security and safety equipment H been more in demand thantoday'Oe Are you In this multimillion dollar market? The past decade has seen the countries of Asia If j ride an unprecedented economic upewing. With jj growing affluence the demand lor professional f Yv\ I
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  • money
    • 1017 12  -  By CATHERINE ONG STOCK exchange officials are expected to be out of Alfa-Pacific Securities by the beginning of next week. Informed sources said yesterday that the firm was likely to clear its large forward trading positions by this weekend. Alfa has
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    • MARKETPLACE
      • 46 12 AT-A-GLANCE NEWS AND INFORMATION TALK about group loyalty. Today, all the branch managers of the Emporium Holdings chain, which was hit by rumours of being in financial difficulties, will be gathering to sign letters confirming their faith in the group.
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      • 41 12 DAIM ZAINUDDIN, the Malaysian Finance Minister, said the Singaporeans he knew well were his contemporaries, former Minister Chua Sian Chin and John Pillay. Others he knew well were Dr Tony Tan and most of the bankers in Singapore.
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      • 46 12 AN airline intercom re- layed the following messages: "Welcome passengers to the first all-computerised flight There will be no flight crew as everything will be done through computers. "This system is foolproof and ensures that there are no errors (click) no errors (click)...."
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    • 186 13 THE LOCAL bouise opened firmly this morning on moderate turnover and closed steadily at the noon break. Top volume stock Dunlop Ind did 195,000 to close at 90 cents, followed by DBS's 167,000 at $5.35 and QAF's 149,000 at $1.28. Top riser DBS was up 15
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    • 224 13 THE US DOLLAR fell against most major currencies from New York levels in quiet early trading despite a rise in US interst rates. Dealers said fears of possible Central Bank intervention contributed to the dollar's slide with the US unit falling to 253.90/254.00* yen from New York's
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    • 292 13 Selected stocks at midday Market Ion: mixed Boustead 1.49/1.50 Cold Storage 2.48/2.49 F it N 4.80/4.84 Genting 4.76/4.78 Gih 2.07 B Haw Par 1.91/1.92 Isetan 2.40/2.43 Jurong Cement 1.50/1.54 Keck Seng TB9 S Esso 2.59 S Hume 3.00 B Inchcape 2.45 B Intraco 211/215 M Cement 1.46/1.48 Metro 2
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    • 98 13 Tour M to on* unH Of foreign currency SoWng Buying TT/OO TT DO usi 2025 z i»ss tins C sterling 2 4B66 2.404S 2 4545 Australian I 8103 1.7943 1 7793 CURRENCY NOTES Silo 1 unit US| ISO 117 NZt 110 1.00 C sterling ISO 2.40 Auitralian 1.1* 1.76
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    • 379 13  -  By CATHERINE ONG AN UNNAMED buyer, believed to be Datuk Khoo Kay Peng of the Malayan United Industries group, has bought up to 20 per cent of the shareholdings of United Overseas Land (UOL) for close to $50 million. UOL yesterday announced
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    • 172 13 |g HMLLSTREET J Reuter STOCK prices closed mostly higher on Wall Street yesterday where the trading volume was high as small investors snapped up secondary issues while, ignoring the blue ctyps. The Dow Jones Industrial Average inched 0.11 point lower to 1230.68. But
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    • 31 13 THE OUB Composite Share Price Index was down 2.63 points to 382.58. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted Index was down 0.0147 point to 134.5479 at the close of morning trading.
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  • opinion / letters
    • 720 14 THERE have been newspaper reports and comments on parallel imports and the trading system here. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) and Consumers' Association are concerned about the retail prices of various products. I take this opportunity to analyse our present system ana to emphasise
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    • 919 14  -  Hong Kong looks as showy as ever despite imminent Chinese takeover —features i» Joseph A Reaves Chicago Tribune HONG KONG: Temperatures plummeted into a wintry cool in early January, and suddenly it seemed that half of Hong Kong was covered in mink. Mink coats were
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    • 448 15 MONITOR COMMENT IT IS the grass that suffers when elephants fight, says an African proverb. The grass, as a bit of inspired retelling had it, does not fare any better either when elephants make love. This is a point worth recalling at this juncture when China
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    • 385 15 I WISH to commend the efforts by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to promote Funan Centre and I think the shopping complex will be a success given some time. However, there are a few faults which I feel should be brought to the
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    • 278 15  -  DEXTER HO Singapore 0314 WHEN MR George Shultz and Mr Andrei Gromyko left Geneva after the last of their four meetings there was hope of a revival of arms talks. The joint communique signalled a hopeful year for superpower relations. The many smiles
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    • 151 15  -  T J TAN Singapore 0512 I REFER to the reply by Telecoms entitled "Levy on unlisted subscribers is for special service" (SM, Jan 10), the content of which is somewhat garbled and calls for clarification. First, the assertion that additional administrative cost is
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    • 60 15 I AM a fulltime private pre-University student. My classmates and I nave been wondering whether the Singapore Bus Service has reached a decision on concession passes for fulltime private students. As we are not working, bus fares are causing quite a dent in our
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    • 123 15  -  PETER BOYD Singapore ISSS I refer to the report "440 budding cabbies start training" (SM, Jan 14). Those responsible for implementing and conducting the training deserve a big pat on the back. Taxi drivers should be courteous and honest. Taxi drivers who return
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    • 72 15 LETTERS on any subject of public interest wft be accepted for publication. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephons number would be ueefui. We reserve the
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  • leisure
    • 1945 16  -  SEYMOUR HOLDS HER OWN IN HOLLYWOOD WITH A STRING OF TV SUCCESSES By FRED ROBBINS OPA JANE SEYMOURS beautiful eyes one green, one brown are the tip-off to the truth about her: She is a woman of vastly different hues and striking contrasts, making her utterly
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    • 535 16  -  By VALERIE TREVOR WHAT makes a girl enter a beauty contest that does not at least hold out the hope of a Miss Singapore title? The Miss Para wave 1984 contest at the Paramount hotel recently attracted some 40 hopefuls who, over a period
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    • 546 18 Love Story continued wmvs Thursday Feature Special Oliver's Story (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.15 pm) THIS is the sequel to Erich Segal's classic Love Story. Oliver is now a lawyer, lonely and grieving the loss of his wife. He meets the beautiful Marcie (Candice Bergen), heiress to Bonwit Tellers, who
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    • 720 18  -  TV SCENE By VERNON SCOTT in Hollywood UPI MICHAEL LANDON, who plays an angel in his new TV series, Highway to Heaven, is something of a beneficent spirit as a TV producer. When he produced Little House on the Prairie, Landon employed scripts dealing with a wide
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    • 962 19  -  Bridges may finally become a star Byl DEBORAH CAULFIELD in Hollywood LAT-WP WILL Starman make Jeff Bridges a star? As critics reviewed the movie the story of an alien-human love affair (co-starring Karen Allen) they repeatedly raised that question. As Newsweek stated: "It's very tempting to say
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1392 17 l—g 2.30 SBCTEXT- Live Sample Pages. i lifiT I 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The I Tarzan Faces i B I When the Chief dies, his daughter is nominated as the ,>*• Hfly' "iaf■ new leader. However, a warrior challenges her for the Cjt*' < I right to
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 282 20 ——-,1 i viyv^i^ BALLET AND ORIENTAL DANCES j THERE will be a ballet and oriental dance perfor- I mance by the Singapore Chinese Girls School at I Shell Theatrette tomorrow, from 12.45 pm to 1.30 pm. u Admission is free. I VIOLIN RECITAL E VIOLINIST Lynnette Seah-Simon and pianist Shane
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    • 633 20 1 ~'T if J ,rFW Aa 1J Matayir Bin Amin's A Kampong Air Market on Water on display at the Fourth tseaa Exhibition of Painting and Photography at the National Museum Art Gallery 10NG TIAN TONG The theme of the exhibition is Cur'HERE will be an exhibition of in Art
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    • 105 20 HUMOROUS PLAYS QUEENSTOWN Branch Library will hold a presentation entitled, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Library tomorrow at 7 pm at its lecture hall. The presentation includes adaptations from Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter, PH Reid's Escape from Golditz, Douglas Adam's The Hitchhiker's Guide
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  • Go Places
    • 229 21 YOU CAN now take an eight-day trip to China for $1,590. This package, at the lowest price for which such a tour has ever been offered, is one of nine put together by a consortium of four local travel agencies formed to package China tours with
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    • 40 21 8-Day China Highlights S$1590 14-Day China Delights S$2850 14-Day China Highlights S$2850 14-Day Taste of China S$2600 16-Day China Explorer S$2850 16-Day China Discovery S$2950 Spectacular 22-Day Best of China S$3350 22-Day Scenic of China S$3700
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    • 111 21 TRAVELLERS on the eight-day China Highlights Tour will visit Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Guilin. They will fly to Hong Kong and spend a day sightseeing there before going by hydrofoil to Guangzhou, where they will catch a domestic flight to Guilin. Guilin is famous
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    • 85 21 Time of Departure S'pore: 09 00 hrs Baiam: 09 30 hrs (WIB) 13 00 hrs 13 30 hrs (Wtß) 16 30 hrs 17 00 hrs (WIB) Clothes for Winter Holidays, Why spend a lot on new winter clothes j when travelling abroad? j Seasoned winter gear in top condition, I
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 745 22 leisure comics I FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook «(L OOR COMPUTER. 9i"5TeM IMe CftOfcAU PROMM* f Ttwrs K *OtKS& UKB A CITY, WITH 16 SoUtfibWN -fHC fiUKKT A6«JT I I&*£Do*P EACH DATABLE Be»MO- 1 AttOUWTMr 6tffcT*MS W CrOZ&P €>rt£. J A HfclfrHfrOßHAOD/ 7 ARC "IWE V fiLB? J y ARIES March
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  • 359 23 PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT THE new school term has just begun. Students who will be sitting their examinations especially the GCE "O", "A" or "N" level papers should start to gear up for the big moment now. These examinations are extremely important as their future will
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    • 143 23 1 V Powers has a much more exciting way to spend time. John Robert Powers School Leavers Courso What better time than RIGHT NOW to become pretty, well-groomed, poised and confident. We taught Jane Fonda, Diana Ross. Jackie Kennedy John Robert Powers has the best curriculum in Singapore teaching the
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    • 638 26  -  Tournament exposure limited to Malacca Open and Taiwan DAVIS CUP All stories by ALFONSO CHAN ANY TALK on how Singapore will fare against Hong Kong in this weekend's Davis Cup competition (starting tomorrow) will have to settle on one key factor experience. Any
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    • 324 26 DAVIS Cup honorary referee Dr Benny Chen has issued a pre-match warning on time-wasting in the Davis Cup competition between Singapore and Hong Kong starting tomorrow. He is also very keen that the Davis Cup should be fairly contested, and will not hesitate
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    • 389 26 THE LIGHT humour of Singapore Lawn Tennis Association president Dr Ong Leong Boon did It was just the tonic needed to break up the heavy tension after the official draws for the Davis Cup tie between Singapore and Hong Kong were made at
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      346 26 HONG KONG: Ist singles: Kelvin Ng, 21. Studying medicine at Cambridge University, and tennis captain of his University. Has won two Davis Cup singles, against Taiwan last year, and Thailand in 1983. Hong Kong's top junior player for many years, with trophies in major tournaments at home and
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    • 1016 27  -  RACING TODAY'S TRACKWOHK By WONDER BOY RESTRICTED Term candidate MEDUSA displayed sparkling action with the fastest time of the morning on a good track at Ipoh today. With a riding boy astride, the Regalis three-year-old showed a nice turn of speed with a smart sprint over
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    • 395 27 Reuter SANTIAGO, Thursday FOR CHILEAN Davis Cup captain Jaime Fillol, 1985 has got off to a decidedly shaky start. Any day now, he and his family would have to move out of their US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) home, which has just been auctioned
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    • 257 27 Reuter PARIS, Thursday THE WORLD Indoor Games open here tomorrow, bringing together athletes from more than 70 nations despite unfortunate timing and the rival attraction of competition in the Olympic city of Los Angeles. Officials agree that the timing of the two-day
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    • 316 28 Team will play a blend of European defensive and Asian attacking hockey ASIAN CUP HOCKEY FOR th« first time In a long while, Singapore will tomorrow confident of a better showing than in play on grass. That alone has lifted spirits, semifinal berth. Monitor Sports hockey writer
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      632 28 WHEN Singapore's hockey squad leaves for the Asian Cup in Dhaka tomorrow morning, they will have their sights set on a singular target that of reaching the semifinals. Whether they will return home empty handed as they did in the 1982 first Asian Cup in Karachi will only
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    • 603 29 Two goals from the ace striker sink a lacklustre Liverpool Reuter TURIN (Italy), Thursday TWO GOALS from Polish international Zbigniew Boniek last night finished off a lacklustre Liverpool and earned Juventus the European "Super Cup" for the first time. The Italians hit peak form
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    • 432 29 GOLF ROUNDUP SINGAPORE Island Country Club, in a move to strengthen their position in the Singapore Golf Association Premier League, have brought in players whom they considered to be onform. The club has made two changes in its team for the
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    • 367 29 Reuter BUENOS AIRES, Thursday ENGLISH and European soccer champions Liverpool are one of several sides chasing the signature of Argentine international goalkeeper Luis Islas, the player's father said. Several European clubs were prepared to pay US$3OO,OOO (*****,000) to Argentina's Estudiantes Club of
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    • 90 29 Reuter SANTIAGO, Thurs BAILIFFS yesterday removed tables, chairs, desks, typewriters and photocopiers from the offices of the Chilean Football Association as soccer's massive debt crisis finally came to a head. A Santiago court ordered the goods be impounded for a unpaid debt of 2.3 million
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    • 333 29 Reuter SYDNEY, Thursday SHI LANKA are banking on paceman Asantha de Mel recovering from injury in time to face the irresistible West Indies in today's World Series Cup day-night cricket match here. De Mel is suffering from ankle trouble, and
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    • 646 30 SEOUL OLYMPICS '88 LAT-WP SEOUL, Thursday FROM THE PACE and scope of preparations here, you would never know the next Summer Olympics are almost four years away. Just south of the city, a stunning 100,000seat stadium has been dedicated. Taxi drivers are struggling
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    • 110 30 Reuter SEOUL, Thurs THE ORGANISERS of the 1988 Seoul Olympics said yesterday the contract for US television relay rights for the Games was not expected until April or May due to delayed negotiations on the timetable for major events. Competing US television companies
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    • 129 30 Reuter TOKYO, Thurt WORLD number one Morten Frost of Denmark and triple All-England champion Liem Swie King of Indonesia were seeded first and second in the men's singles at next week's Japan Open badminton championships. Seedings for the event, the third on the
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    • WORLDFRONT
      • 102 30 A QUICK UPDATE AROUND THE WORLD WELSH Rugby Union officials said yesterday thev were pleased with the revised date of March 30 for the Five Nations match against France, postponed due to bad weather. "That is the date we want," said Welsh Rugby Union Secretary
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      • 35 30 Ivan Lendl (above) has withdrawn from next week's US Professional Indoor Tennis Championship because of a pulled stomach muscle. Lendl had been seeded third behind John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors.
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      • 75 30 WORLD Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight champion Santos Laciar of Argentina will defend his title for the ninth time in Grenoble on March 4 against Frenchman Antoine Montero, boxing promoter Juan Carlos Lectoure said today. The Argentine first won the title in 1981 from Peter Mathebula
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      • 85 30 HEAVY rain washed out most of the first round of the South African PGA golf championship today with only six players completing 18 holes. Officials said the first round would resume tomorrow but no decision had been made whether 36 holes would be played on the
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