Singapore Monitor, 24 January 1985, Afternoon Edition
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Title Section22 1985-01-24 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR V -i EVENING EDIT'iO" I IN M C (P) No 21 5 84 Thursday, January 24, 1985 30 cents22 words
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Article, Illustration586 1985-01-24 1 JANICE LIM - By JANICE LIM MALAYSIA does not intend to disallow imports via a third country and that includes Singapore. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Malaysia's Minister of Trade and Industry, gave the assurance this morning. He dismissed speculation about amendments in Malaysia's import regulations to allow only direct586 words
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171 1985-01-24 1 How to get a driver's licence even if you're blind AP RIO DE JANEIRO, Thursday WHEN Renildo Santana Guedes got his driver's licence this week, major newspapers called attention to the event. Mr Guedes is blind. The request for the licence was part of an investigation into alleged irregularities ofAP - 171 words
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Article, Illustration217 1985-01-24 2 SURESH NAIR - The raiders... and their quarry Story by SURESH NAIR POLICE arrested six Thai women at a construction site last night on suspicion of being involved in vice the second such arrest at the site in a week. Deputy Superintendent Syed Kadir Alsree, head of investigationsPictures by LIANHE WANBAO - 217 words
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175 1985-01-24 2 FOO MEY KIEN - By FOO MEY KIEN THE BUILDING and construction industry is still a potential multi-billion-dollar market for building equipment and materials and interior decorating products. It remains so in spite of the weakness in the property market, Professor Huang Hsing Hua, deputy vice-chancellor175 words
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235 1985-01-24 3 OEI SIN GIOK - By OEI SIN GIOK THE CUPPAGE Road area is as commercially viable as any other for retailers, a spokesman for the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said today. Poor business is affecting every retailer in town, not only those in the Cuppage Road area,235 words
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72 1985-01-24 3 A TOTAL of 48 car parking lots will be built near the National Library at Stamford Road. The Urban Redevelopment Authority will call for tenders tomorrow to build a car park on the land, former site of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau which72 words
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206 1985-01-24 3 THE NEED to explain the larger issues of urban redevelopment prompted the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) to launch its first "meet-the-media" session this morning, said URA general manager, Mr Au Eng Kok. Mr Au explained that while many Press reports of URA projects206 words
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117 1985-01-24 3 THREE blocks of pre-war terrace shophouses in Chinatown owned by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) will be given a facelift. The blocks, which house 44 shophouses, are located at South Bridge Road, Sago Street, Trengganu Street and Smith Street. In117 words
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181 1985-01-24 4 JOSEPH LEE - By JOSEPH LEE IT WAS a golden year for goldsmiths last year, according to Mr Cting Seng Mok, president of the Singapore Jewellers' Association. Mr Chng, who is also the managing director of Poh Heng Jewellery Pte Ltd whicn has eight outlets, said: "Last181 words
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659 1985-01-24 4 CATHERINE ONG - By CATHERINE ONG SUGGESTIONS have been made to the Government to allow the use of Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings to buy Singapore Airlines (SIA) shares, informed sources have told The Monitor. These suggestions were made in response to Government659 words
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133 1985-01-24 4 K K FONG - By K K FONG POLICE are looking for a man who is believed to be the last person to have seen a murdered woman alive. The housekeeper of Helen Chang Hai Lin, the dead woman, told police that a man in his thirties visited133 words
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Article, Illustration72 1985-01-24 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS THE SEA (above) is not washing up durians. Rather, durian husks have been thrown on the beach by durian customers at the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre. While a picture is worth a thousand words, the stench from rotting husks under72 words
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Article80 1985-01-24 4 EGGS will be one cent cheaper at most supermarkets from today as a result of a price war among wholesalers. A check with the bij supermarkets such as Yaohan, Fitzpatrick's, Cold Storage and Jason's yesterday revealed that they intended to pass savings to their customers.80 words
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Article88 1985-01-24 4 SINGAPORE bakers yesterday welcomed a Government tax reduction move which they said could reduce the use of fresh eggs by as many as 400,000 a day. Mr L C Wang, secretary of the Singapore Flour Confectionery Wholesale Co-Operative Ltd, said the use of the "cheaper88 words
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Article, Illustration94 1985-01-24 4 WORK ON the "Hello Chinatown Spring Festival Fair" has begun. This Chinese-style archway fronting Banda Road is one of four that visitors will have to use to enter the fair. The month-long festivities will include dancing, food demonstrations, cultural displays, calligraphy and lion dance competitions. Booths selling94 words
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187 1985-01-24 4 SIT YIN FONG - By SIT YIN FONG JEANS supplier Aeron Fashion (S) Pte Ltd yesterday filed a suit for payment of unpaid goods bills totalling $168,373 against Emporium Holdings (S) Ltd, the giant retail chain which earlier this month denied it faced liquidity problems, and declared it was187 words
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162 1985-01-24 6 THE PRIMARY Production Department (PPD) will become a part of the Ministry of Environment soon. It was placed under the Ministry of Education for more than a year. The move is in line with the ministry's concern with pollution and other environmental matters, a162 words
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Article, Illustration93 1985-01-24 6 TEN abandoned used cars, including Mercedes Benzes, BMWs and Jaguars, will be sold tomorrow at a Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) auction. These cars have been held at the authority's wharves for nearly seven months, according to an executive of Nippon Express, the shipping agents ofPICTURE: ASMAH HAMID - 93 words
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282 1985-01-24 6 NG MING MING - By NG MING MING NINE travel agents have formed what they say is Singapore's first tour consortium specialising in Indonesia packages. Holipak Consortium will offer eight tours to Indonesia. 'We picked Indonesia because it's a ready market and one of the cheaper destinations," said Mr282 words
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226 1985-01-24 6 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) reiterated its stand on the "open-sky" policy yesterday in response to reports that the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) wants to attract at least two to three more airlines a year to fly here. The authority, according to226 words
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95 1985-01-24 6 TRAFFIC LIGHTS will be installed at the junctions of both Dorset and Owen Roads to make it safer for pupils of Owen Primary Scnool to cross the two roads. A Public Works Department (PWD) spokesman said yesterday that the Roads Division95 words
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Article, Illustration78 1985-01-24 6 THE DRIVER of the last panel van (extreme left) in this four-vehicle collision suffered minor face injuries when his windscreen was smashed. Mr Zee Yong Kong, 36, was treated as an outpatient at the Alexandra Hospital. The accident, which occurred about 11.45 am yesterday nearPICTURE: HAIRIS - 78 words
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404 1985-01-24 7 ESPIONAGE: The Soviet 'shopping list'... AP BONN, Thursday THE SOVIET Union has issued a topsecret "shopping list" as thick as a telephone directory that details hightechnology equipment the Kremlin wants its spies in the West to bring back home, West German Interior Ministry sourcesAP - 404 words
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Article, Illustration527 1985-01-24 7 The Indian interrogation... AP NEW DELHI, Thursday A SOVIET military attache has been ordered out of India for alleged espionage activities, according to an Indian newspaper. The Organiser, a weekly pro-Hindu, anti-communist newspaper did not name the attache in the report,AP - 527 words
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Article64 1985-01-24 7 Reuter PONCHON (France), Thursday A MAN and his wife driving their separate cars were killed when the venicles collided head-on with each other early yesterday, police said. The victims were Philippe Bo- very, 37, and his wife Monique, 43, both bank employees. Police said theyReuter - 64 words
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222 1985-01-24 7 AP WASHINGTON, Thursday PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan said yesterday that he was waiting for the Kremlin to replv to a US proposal to meet in Geneva in early March tor a new round of arms talks. But Mr Reagan, in the first interview ofAP - 222 words
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Article, Illustration53 1985-01-24 8 DEMONSTRATORS took refuge inside Santiago's cathedral from police water cannon during a memorial mass on Tuesday for Chile's former president Eduardo Brei. The police action came as supporters of his Christian Democratic Party turned the occasion into a big demonstration against the military53 words
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533 1985-01-24 8 LATWP TAIPEH, Thursday AMERICAN investigators have been told they will not be allowed to talk to Taiwanese military intelligence officials arrested in connection with the killing ip California of dissident Chinese-American author Henry Liu. A Taiwanese Government official said yesterday thatLATWP - 533 words
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134 1985-01-24 8 AP MANILA, Thursday A COURT issued warrants today for the arrest of Armed Forces chief General Fabian Ver and 25 other men indicted on double-murder charges in the killing of former Senator Benigno Aquino and the man the military said Killed him. JusticeAP - 134 words
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190 1985-01-24 10 LATWP BANGKOK, Thursday AFTER years of enmity between pro-Western Thailand and communist Laos, a festering border dispute has spawned a diplomatic war of the White Papers. In the latest salvo, the Thai Foreign Ministry issued a 33-page document last week charging thatLATWP - 190 words
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571 1985-01-24 10 LATWP TOKYO, Thursday ECONOMISTS here will remember 1984 as the year in which Japan finally left behind the second oil shock and put real growth back above the 5 per cent mark. Healthy expansion is expected to continue through 1985, though atLATWP - 571 words
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307 1985-01-24 10 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Thursday FUR flew and tempers flared at two inaugural balls early Tuesday morning when throngs of Republican revellers got ready to go home and then couldn't find or couldn't get their hands on their minks and lesser wraps. Accounts differLAT-WP - 307 words
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195 1985-01-24 10 LAT-WP TAIPEH, Thursday TAIWAN has served notice that it is worried about the possibility that the United States will agree to sell naval equipment to China, and said its supporters will seek to block any such deal in the US Congress.LAT-WP - 195 words
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152 1985-01-24 10 BEIJING is deep in winter, and there is something electric in the air static electricity, to be precise. The air here is so dry in winter that sparks fly everywhere. At night, if you turn over in bed, a trail of little flashes152 words
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150 1985-01-24 10 A CHINESE stereotype has been exploded There is a dire shortage of Chinese laundries in the Chinese capital. The Worker's Daily recently complained that, with a population of nearly 10 million, Beijing has a mere 85 laundry and dyeing shops. Equipment150 words
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111 1985-01-24 10 Knight-Ridder TWO YOUNG Chinese lovers, standing on a pavement, their backs turned to the street, Siering intently at a blank brick wall while ey exchange sweet nothings is a random sight along Cnang-an Avenue. Passers-by understand and leave them alone, walking pastKnight-Ridder - 111 words
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Article, Illustration109 1985-01-24 11 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS GINA Lollobrigida (above) had to overcome a lot of fears to take a role in the upcoming Broadway version of Tennessee Williams' "lie Rose Tattoo." "My willpower, which goes beyond what is reasonable, nas prepared me," Lollobrigida said from her109 words
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Article121 1985-01-24 11 WHEN Mary Armstrong was a little girl growing up on the English coast, she kept a picture of Queen Victoria, then the monarch, in her room. She never lost her faith in British royalty, even though she lived away from her native land for <5121 words
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Article, Illustration78 1985-01-24 11 CATHY Evelyn Smith, charged with murderins American comedian John Belushi (above) with an overdose of heroin, has agreed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter, prosecutors said. In a plea bargain reached with the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office more than a year ago but only completed78 words
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Article78 1985-01-24 11 FEED Hardt, the owner of a hotel for victims of the deadly disease, Aids, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, says a lack of business is forcing him to close. Hardt, citing financial problems and a lack of clientele, said on78 words
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Article75 1985-01-24 11 STEVE Lundquist won two gold medals in swimming at the Los Angeles Olympics but doesn't have much time for the pool anymore. He was one of the headliners at the Young Republicans' ball during inauguration festivities in Washington on Monday and works on commercial ventures for the75 words
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428 1985-01-24 11 Reuter LONDON, Thursday THE OBSERVER, one of Britain's leading Sunday newspapers, is to be prosecuted for corruption for buying documents from a senior Defence Ministry official, the government said yesterday. Charges against the paper's editor, Donald Trelford, and members of his staff are alsoReuter - 428 words
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289 1985-01-24 11 UPI KUWAIT, Thursday A COMMITTEE of experts from the Organisation of PetroleumExporting Countries (Opec) has decided to recommend lowering the cartel's bencnmark price by US$l a barrel, the Kuwaiti news agency said yesterday. It said the recommendation would go to Opec's full ministerialUPI - 289 words
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85 1985-01-24 11 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Thurt A 10-YEAR-OLD boy died and his brother is in critical condition at the General Hospital here after they were hurled from a block of flats yesterday. A man, believed to be mentally unstable, was said to haveBernama - 85 words
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Advertisement106 1985-01-24 11 Sands Escapades for just ***** mjHmJ(lnclusive of return air-fare) Discover fun Fenang at Golden Sands Enjoy a fun-filled holiday with us in Penang. Two to seven day packages from just ***** to Ss7o2 including your return airfare from Singapore. Price includes: Mountain View room with balcony, twin-sharing basis (Ocean View106 words
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665 1985-01-24 12 JANICE LIM - By JANICE LIM THE BIG Four local banks and Citibank offer personal loan packages Citibank's l juiw in a Flash, DBS's Action Loan, OUB's Executive Loans, UOB's and OCBC personal instalment loans. WHO QUALIFIES A income level is imposed by banks as665 words
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Article114 1985-01-24 12 JANICE LIM - By JANICE LIM BUYERS of private property and Housing and Urban Development Company (HUDC) flats can now make one-stop applications for Central Provident Funds (CPP) and POSB (Post Office Savings Bank) housing loans. liey can lodge them either at the Credit POSB offices at POSB114 words
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Article52 1985-01-24 12 AT-A-GLANCE NEWS AND INFORMATION DR CHUA Wee Meng is understood to be taking legal action to recover his 1.65 million shares in Alfa-Pacific Securities. The shares are the key to unravelling the stockbroking firm's problems, as they will help to establish ownership control of52 words
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Article41 1985-01-24 12 MR HO Soo Ching, managing director of Morgan Grenfell Asia, is leaving the merchant bank. Sources say that he will be joining the local Lloyds outfit. MGA will thus have had three managing directors in two years.41 words
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Article40 1985-01-24 12 IN THE wake of the Hoo Thye scandal, a certain large local bank isn't giving out diaries to its customers as part of its annual give-aways. Customers apparently will be getting free abalones, garlic, dried mushrooms, potatoes...40 words
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Article28 1985-01-24 12 President Ronald Reagan has an executive decisionmaker, reports Fortune magazine. The choices: Yes, no, maybe and scram. The White House insists it's just a toy.28 words
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Article502 1985-01-24 12 THE EFFECTIVE interest rate is the bank's actual lending rate and is much higher than the flat discounted rate. When a borrower pays at a flat discounted rate of interest, the bank does not discount interest on monthly instalments paid. The best interest rates that502 words
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265 1985-01-24 13 IN LINE with Wall Street's sharp overnight gain, the local bourse opened firm all round with interest centred on blue chips such as SPH, Genting and banking issues such as OCBC, UOB, DBS and Maybank. Prices, however, took a turn in mid-morning265 words
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Article105 1985-01-24 13 Reuter THE US Dollar rose slightly against most major currencies from New York levels in thin early trading. Dealers said some commercial buying helped the dollar but it lacked a clear trend with the possibility of Central Bank intervention continuing to hang over the market. The USReuter - 105 words
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130 1985-01-24 13 HHLLSTREET Reuter WALL STREET stocks closed higher yesterday as investors reacted to favourable economic news and indications that the Federal Reserve Board will probably do little to tighten monetary policy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 15.23 points to 1274.76. Gaining issues ledReuter - 130 words
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Article42 1985-01-24 13 The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 384.25 up 1.19 points from the previous day's close of 383.06. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted index was up 0.0974 point to 134.2542 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 134,1568.42 words
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120 1985-01-24 13 Reuter WASHINGTON, Thurs JAMES BAKER, designated to be the next US Treasury Secretary, said yesterday the United States haa not joined European central banks in a bid to hold down the dollar by intervening in world currency markets. In an appearance before the SenateReuter - 120 words
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154 1985-01-24 13 SIME DARBY BHD is selling R G Shaw and Co Ltd to an overseas company for approximately Ms 64 million (5556.5 million). With the transaction, Sime Darby will make an extraordinary profit of Ms 32 million. R G Shaw Co and its154 words
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Article285 1985-01-24 13 Selected ilocks at midday. Market tone mixed Boustead 1.47/1.48 Cold Storage 2.42/2.44 F4N 4 92/4 94 Genting 4.88/4.90 GIH 2 08 S Hawpar 1.88/1.89 Isetan 2.40/2.44 Jurong Cement 1.44/1.47 Keck Seng 1.87/1.89 Esso 2 60/2 62 Hume 3.06/3.10 Inchcape 2.42/2.47 Intraco 2.10/2.18 M Cement 1.46/1.47 Metro 2.79/2.82 Mphb O.BBMi/0285 words
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Article105 1985-01-24 13 Your S$ to on* unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DD TT DD US| 2 2085 2.1985 2.1895 Sterling 2 4680 2 4460 2 4360 Australian 1 8048 1 7807 1.7657 CURRENCY NOTES SS to 1 unit US! 220 2.18 NZf 1.10 1.00 sterling 2.49 2.39 Australian 1.82 1.74105 words
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Miscellaneous22 1985-01-24 12 A ltt»" c McNautili Synd., lac. E "ut'eA CONSULTANT 6MOWINCT R Ifr MOW TO CUT DOWN ON M OUR WINTER RJfcL BILLS.*22 words
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Article, Illustration901 1985-01-24 14 GEORGE de LAMA - features By GEORGE de LAMA Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON: As the world watches and wonders about the Byzantine power struggles apparently shaping up within the Kremlin, few have as much at stake as Cuba's Fidel Castro, according to a former Cuban diplomat. "The Soviet power struggle901 words
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161 1985-01-24 14 SHARONA JOAN DEOCAMPO - SHARONA JOAN DEOCAMPO Singapore 1852 AFTER reading Mr Peter Boyd's reply, "Form a body of technicians to check on contractors," (SM, Jan 18). I would like to say that I believe the blame for poor workmanship should not fall entirely on contractors.161 words
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67 1985-01-24 14 ROBIN HOOD - ROBIN HOOD Singapore 1335 I FULLY support your editorial on tne "Need for law against bad workmanship" (SM, Jan 21). Contractors in Singapore may have to adopt measures to prevent shoddy workmanship. This problem will get out of hand if unskilled workers jump into67 words
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149 1985-01-24 14 I REFER to the letter "The long queues at a SAP school" by Mr Tan Wei Ching (SM, Jan 3). I must apologise for the inconvenience inadvertently caused to Mr Tan and other parents. Although our Secondary One pupils were149 words
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225 1985-01-24 14 RECENTLY I waited at the Miramar Hotel in Havelock Road for 15 min before I got a taxi. During that time I saw at least five taxis cruising by with the blue light on without turning in to the Miramar Hotel taxi-stand. By sheer luck225 words
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Article72 1985-01-24 14 "THE REAGAN Administration, to rephrase the words of (Abraham) Lincoln, was and is a government of millionaires, for millionaires and by millionaires." Pravda criticising the US$l2.5 million celebrations for President Reagan 's second inauguration "I MYSELF was a heavy cigarette-smoker, but 14 years ago I stopped and since then72 words
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Article424 1985-01-24 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT COME July, if things go according to plan, commercial television will be beamed into the homes of Singaporeans via Johor Baru. There is little doubt that the Malaysian private TV3 will be a hit with Singapore viewers. Unfettered by cumbersome424 words
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Article, Illustration220 1985-01-24 15 I WOULD like to commend your newspaper for the editorial headlined "Covert protectionism isn't quite fair" (SM, Jan 19), which must have reflected the feelings of most Singaporeans like myself. In denouncing restrictions on free trade over two hundred years ago, Adam Smith said:220 words
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179 1985-01-24 15 I AM a regular customer of the hawker centre at Blk 630 Bedok Reservoir and I have noticed that two of the stallholders are frequently quarrelling. I have been worried that a fight may one day occur between them. On Jan 19, about 7 pm,179 words
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Article90 1985-01-24 15 ESTHER LIM (MISS - REPLY ESTHER LIM (MISS) Public Relations Officer National Library 1 REFER to the letter "A periodic new books' list will be appreciated" by "A reader." (SM, Jan II). We are pleased to inform the writer that the National Library will be producing computer-generated lists90 words
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Miscellaneous12 1985-01-24 15 HUmT jl 'DID AHm Bane TO consult US ABOUT THKE SP«E WEAPONS?"12 words
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Article, Illustration586 1985-01-24 16 PAT D'ROSE - By PAT D'ROSE ONE HUNDRED young and talented amateur musicians from five Asean countries Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore will get together to form an Asean youth symphony orchestra after completing a two-week workshop session here in April. This will be Singapore's586 words
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Article170 1985-01-24 16 Drama test '85 IT'S time again for those who love the theatre or rather are the theatre to start preparations. The Community and Cultural Services Division of the Ministry of Community Development is organising the Bth Annual Drama Festival in August/September to be held at the Victoria Theatre and170 words
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Article, Illustration464 1985-01-24 16 WONG SING YEONG - By WONG SING YEONG LIFE, for Hong Kong TVB comedian Lo Hoi Pang, is not a laughing matter. As a 27-year-old, he swam six kilometres of the turbulent Pearl River to escape from Mainland China to Hong Kong. He did it without464 words
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Article, Illustration577 1985-01-24 16 MARY SEDOR - WW HI A: travelling at leisure By MARY SEDOR in Manaua, Brazil AP FOR eight years, renowned Brazilian author, Mario Palmerio, has explored the Amazon jungle in a houseboat, but he has not published a word. He says the immense region is too enigmatic.AP - 577 words
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Article, Illustration520 1985-01-24 18 J Thursday Feature Special Xanadu (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.55 pm) THIS musical fantasy provides a look at the future and a remembrance of the way things were in the heyday of Hollywood. Olivia Newton-John plays a muse, Kira, one of Zeus' nine daughters who comes520 words
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Article, Illustration684 1985-01-24 18 VERNON SCOTT - TV SCENE i By VERNON SCOTT in Hollywood UPI BRAINY as she is beautiful, Yvette Mimieux is one actress content with her type-cast roles in movies and television. Going back to her sex kitten teenage days when she was a 16-year-old star of H u Wells' TheUPI - 684 words
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Article, Illustration619 1985-01-24 19 Agencies HOLLYWOOD: Yet another former movie star, Ava Gardner, has succumbed to the lure of television lucre, accepting a role in the Knots Landing TV series. Gardner, who starred in such hits as Mogambo, The Barefoot Contessa and The Sun Also Rises, has appeared only sporadicallyAgencies - 619 words
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Advertisement144 1985-01-24 19 *********************************** 1 OPENS CATHAY TODAY i o 4 SHOWS DAILY: 1.15, 4.00, 6.45 9.15pm O O A THRILLING, HEART-TUGGING EPIC THAT WILL CAPTURE THE O 2 BEN CROSS CHRISTOPHER LEE ROSANNO BRASSI 2 O OMAR SHARIF as KODA DAD O o $3,000 Worth of Sarees Lakme Perfume lo be won.144 words
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Miscellaneous418 1985-01-24 19 FILM GUIO€ HOLLYWOOD (*****64): WOMEN POLICE (C) '4nNMF* ~> #*%iM'J DALIT (*****16): WOMEN POLICE (C) Starring: Guo Hongyun, Yi Jinfang, Zhu Tai-li, Zhao Ya-nan METROPOLE (*****27): TOWN OF SINS (C) Synopsis: The story of four policewomen recruits, VENUS (*****97): BUTCHER (C) their stringent training and the sacrifices they make in418 words
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Miscellaneous115 1985-01-24 19 NEWSFRONT reel stories are woven into the fictionSINGAPORE Film Society will screen al story which romanticises the perNewsfront tomorrow, at 6.30 pm and sonal lives of the characters behind 9 pm, at the Goethe-Institut Audi- the cameras. The cast includes Bill torium, Singapore Shopping Centre. Hunter, Wendy Hughes and Gerard115 words
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Advertisement31 1985-01-24 20 JADE: HURRY! LAST DATS! (*****80) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00.,6.30, 9.00 Shhh! r«,vi UcW mi man isflsT See ltaai*are the secret." Wm J|J*i Sunday Mm# mimm usp/s VIM. Kll MF.R-IDCYGUTTCKIIXX^31 words
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Advertisement43 1985-01-24 20 I LIDO: OPENS TODAY! I (Pfcom *****14) S SHOWS: 11am, UO, 4.00, 6.45, 9.15 No Fra* U*t EVTDII nma Nsts Mckad Jacfesaa at tap CAI llll' star H tMs yssfs Gra—y Hwarttl I /LMJr -m H <, ORIOIIIAL TAPES AMP RECORDS marketed by WEA43 words
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Advertisement106 1985-01-24 20 (*****98) 4 Shows: 1.30, 440, 6.3069.15pm i Shy, qu*et Tsddy Pistes wnHd a k HTDe •avarnure. And oos day N mkid into his ttteki jlj OM wukr out LI miock fnrrßKl OW MM|*iMta|i Jin—Irp—')1 rp—') t ijl TMjMUBjW MtlIMItW"TK■■■ jMT V j: I »^«awrjjj 1j SABAH FVJI PROOUCmrS MOST BUOCESBRJI106 words
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Miscellaneous398 1985-01-24 20 PIZZA GALORE CAFE VIENNA, Royal Holiday Inn, will feature a pizza galore for this month. The menu offers six different creations of pizza and is priced at $7.50+ each. A fine selection of Italian wines by the glass is also available. The pizza galore will be served for lunch and398 words
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Miscellaneous313 1985-01-24 20 HI 1 ■ft- Jktfll I The Heritage Siagen will present a gospel concert on Saturday and Sunday at 7.30 pm at the Sifporr Conference Hall. SWEDISH NATIONAL TRIO CON- Placerville, California, will present a CERT gospel concert of praise ana inspiraTHE Swedish National Trio and the tk>n Saturday and Sunday313 words
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Miscellaneous186 1985-01-24 20 FOURTH ASEAN EXHIBITION OF PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY THE Fourth Asean Exhibition of Painting and Photography will be held at the National Museum Art Gallery until the end of this month, 9 am to 5 pm daily. Admission is free. BATIK PAINTINGS THERE will be an exhibition of batik paintings at186 words
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Article, Illustration451 1985-01-24 21 Air India now offers four big stopovers LBo Meesi INDIA, the great colourful mosaic provides the international traveller with an endless choice of surprises. The country's diversity of culture and tradition is an experience that 'never ceases to amaze even the most seasoned traveller. Tourists from here451 words
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Advertisement222 1985-01-24 21 fwe llJShow You Other Worlds every place has a Hong Kong From excludes Hong Kong J v/j ~"w many Aif V 'a.4^^s more places. t\ differrnl worlds. i uV NTUC Travel Services Pte Ltd g I Sophia Road #02-07, fVace C'enire, Singapore 0922. V&T Tel: *****33 (12 linn) Telex: RS222 words
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Advertisement25 1985-01-24 21 Time of Departure S'pore: 09 00hrs Batam: 09 30 hrs (WIB) 13 00 hrs 13 30 hrs (WIB) 16 30 hrs 17 00 hrs (WIB)25 words
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Miscellaneous704 1985-01-24 22 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR V. K leisure comics Thursday, January 1965 CmKj FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook in VoUVfc Mll>ifSS*D ri/ IM ALL THfe -"N ALL IH£ P»llfiCs AMD V If/ VfcARS l'Vf BfcfcN J HOW |S I DoM'T iAOCStAMM- AT TH>5 H«e,Mo OUf'S I fHW' I 1 TROST 1 COMFWf.' HOW704 words
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Article531 1985-01-24 23 ,m. lfc I f!i rnt I. II a#■ mb\mMlm m CAmftfJl THE computer is an integral part of society today. It has become indispensable in every field of commerce, industry and management. Computer programmers command highly paid jobs in Singapore and the need for531 words
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Advertisement89 1985-01-24 23 THIS is the Personal Advancement market place where various courses for those seeking such information will be listed. Call IDA YUNOS for information and ad placement at *****90 ext 27. Make money investing Every day people are making money simply by buying or selling stocks and shares SO COULD YOU!89 words
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Advertisement189 1985-01-24 23 DALE t CARNEGIE II COURSES FOR BUSINESS Wmmk INDUSTRY oti nder COURSE ONE DALE CARNEGIE SALES COURSE SALESMEN SALESWOMEN: GET MORE RESULTS This action-packed Dale Carnegie SALES Course in Professional Selling helps you: Develop sales confidence Improve your sales personality Sel more ol your products Reach your goals in selling189 words
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Advertisement151 1985-01-24 23 I I TRAINING n—» #11-10 International Plaza Singapore 0207 S Tel: 220 6871/ 221 7008 Commencing in February 'O'/'A' level revision classes (Commerce Stream) Special Courses for N' level students leading to 'O' level exam. LxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxvS Computer Course CITY AND GUILDS 747 CERTIFICATE The internationally recognised City and Guilds Certificate151 words
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Advertisement259 1985-01-24 23 I Some of the most successful ERA sales agents are stl going to school. BnBB When you join ERA you can earn more than average real estate agent. You can earn more becauae you learn more and receive 90% of groes commisaion. As an Estate Specialist you m can take259 words
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Advertisement361 1985-01-24 24 Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor Words 0.35 cnti par word 0.5S cant* p«r word Display $7.70 par col. cm $10.00 par col. cm Baalnaaa Hra Mon-Frl, 9am-spm Sot. 9am-lpm MONITOR'S DIRECTORY ACCOUNTING SERVICES A 1 ACCOUNTING 280 7777/1157 A ADDALL 274 7474/ 221 7177. If you're not getting361 words
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Advertisement198 1985-01-24 24 Situations Vacant IX TEMPORARY PERSONNEL CLERK for about a month Typing speed 35 wpm. Relevant working experience. Able to start work immediately. Call *****88 ext 312 for interview. The Singapore Monitor Limited 2 Alexandra Road #03-01 A Delta House •Singepore 0315 SINGING YELLOW CANARY, complete with cage. Selling for only198 words
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Advertisement337 1985-01-24 25 classified 273-9090 Domestic Services OS MAIDS CAREFULLY SELECTED guaranteed English speaking No need to deposit $5,000 Babysitters all rounders Call Inter-Mares (Miss Chin). Tel 278 0163/ 272 9025 Florists WESTERN FLOWER ARRANGEMENT t>y VELA FLORIST *03-19 Excelsior Hotel 5, Coleman Street Tal: 339 2429/ 339 7M4 Reasonable Fee ft Individual337 words
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Advertisement378 1985-01-24 25 Accommodation Vacant r a* FURNISHED HDB ROOM at Toa Payoh $290 Free laundry Cooking allowed Tel 255 3074 after 2p m Christian preferred GEYLANG, UNFURNISHED ROOMS for rental $135/- per month Single working ladies or couple No cooking Contact 338 5167 GILSTEAD ROAD (OPPOSITE Goldhill Plaza) Furnished ground floor apartment378 words
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Advertisement421 1985-01-24 25 NOTICES i IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF F.S.K. PRIVATE LIMITED (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of F.S.K. Private Limited duly convened and held at 5001 Beach Road #04-08 Golden Mile Complex, Singapore 0719 on the421 words
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Advertisement480 1985-01-24 25 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Denis Michael Yeomans of No. 252 B Pasir Panjang Road Singapore 0511, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop Licence in respect of premises at M/s Yeoman Agencies (S) Pte Ltd 132 Pasir Panjang Road Singapore 0511, and that this application will be480 words
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Advertisement300 1985-01-24 25 I AUCTION OF RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT (Approx. Smooths old) Place: JOl-01A Afro Asia Building No. 63 Robinson Road Date: Friday, 25th January 1985 Time: 2.3opjn. Viewing: On day of sale Iteau coMist of connter-top idilpiaton, upngii iiwjui, miny ww wo NfTtHi emergency lighting, gas ovens. Ugh pressors fryer, cash register, warmers,300 words
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Article, Illustration408 1985-01-24 26 Spotlight on Johnny Metgod (Nottingham Forest), Frank Stapleton (Manchester United) and Nigel Callaghan (Watford) JOHNNY METQOD: When Johnny Metgod goes on a lap of honour it takes his Nottingham Forest team-mates some time to catch him! The Dutch international, currently top of the pops with the City Ground408 words
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Article, Illustration396 1985-01-24 26 FRANK STAPLETON: While arguments still rage about the merits of Ron Atkinson's summer signing, Manchester United's Championship hopes rest with increasing weight on the shoulders of one of the manager's first purchases at Old Trafford. When Atkinson persuaded Arsenal to part with Republic of396 words
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Article, Illustration427 1985-01-24 26 Reports by IPS NIGEL CALLAGHAN: Watford manager Graham Taylor feels that his winger Nigel Callaghan is the best dead-ball kicker in the country. And Callaghan works hard to perfect the Brazilian-style banana kicks that have foxed some of the League's defenders. He says: "We'veReports by IPS - 427 words
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304 1985-01-24 27 Reuter KIRYU (Japan), Thursday SINGAPORE'S Lau Wing Cheok pushed his way through the second round of the men's singles in the Japan Open Badminton Championships here yesterday when he defeated Dipak Taylor of England 7-15 15-5 18-16. However, things didn't work out for Singapore'sReuter - 304 words
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Article, Illustration382 1985-01-24 27 KARPOV 5 KASPAROV 1 KARPOV KASPAROV TUSSLE AP MOSCOW, Thursday WORLD CHESS champion Anatoly Karpov vesterday agreed to a draw offered by challenger Gary Kasparov after Kasparov, playing black, made his 36th move in the 45th game of the world championship match. Karpov, leadingAP - 382 words
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Article, Illustration1737 1985-01-24 28 WONDER BOY - ■WIUNUUk" 1 RACING TODAY'S TRACK WORK By WONDER BOY FOUR-year-old THUNDERFLASH II displayed good headway with an outstanding gallop on a good track at Bukit Timah this morning. Taken out by visiting jockey Jim Bleasdale, the Pakistan Flight gelding galloped diligently over 600 m in 421,737 words
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Article762 1985-01-24 28 RACE 1 2.1501 4 Div 7 1200 m 1 Marshall 57 Lucas 12 2 Coronation Sun 56 V? Hamid 7 3 Local Aca 56 to Ang 1 6 Tiny Twinkle 1156 W Liew 6 5 Smart 4 Slick 55 Johnston 14 6 El Toshi 55 A Rahman 5762 words
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Article, Illustration506 1985-01-24 29 Agencies BIRMINGHAM (England), Thursday THE LONG awaited re-run between Zola Budd and Mary Decker will probably take place on tne European Grand Prix circuit this summer. "I will run in Europe, probably over 3,000 metres," South African-born Budd said yesterday, adding,Agencies - 506 words
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Article, Illustration475 1985-01-24 30 ERNEST FRIDA - By ERNEST FRIDA JEFFREY DUNN, the British middle-distance coach who was involved in preparing his country's 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games team, arrived last night to do his bit for our coaches and athletes in the busy athletic season ahead. Dunn475 words
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Article265 1985-01-24 30 AP PHILADELPHIA, Thursday SIXTH-SEEDED Joakim Nystrom, a member of Sweden's victorious Davis Cup team, and seventh-seeded Jimmy Arias were upset in the second round of the US$3OO,OOO (*****,000) US Pro Indoor Tennis Championship yesterday. Nystrom, ranked No 11 in the world computer rankings, wasAP - 265 words
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250 1985-01-24 30 AP KEY BISCAYNE (Florida), Thursday SECOND-SEEDED Chris Evert Lloyd, often a slow starter, sputtered a little in her first match of 1985 before outlasting Gigi Fernandez 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 yesterday in the second round of the Virginia Slims of Florida women's tennis tournament. MartinaAP - 250 words
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218 1985-01-24 30 AP NEW YORK, Thursday BOXER Larry Holmes says his International Boxing Federation title defence against David Bey on March IS will be his last. "I still enjoy it," Holmes said at a news conference yesterday, "but everything must end." Holmes, who has indicatedAP - 218 words
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Advertisement370 1985-01-24 29 CONTEST 53 win $2,000 1) The ob)ect of the contest is to predict outright If there are more than one corcorrectly the scoreknes of six Malaysia rect entry, the prize-money will be Cup matches in the boxes provided shared If there is no outright winner, the 2) A different match370 words
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Advertisement122 1985-01-24 29 THE HRD/MAUYSUCUP MM-UOHI COMPETITION K BETTER ACCELERATION THAN EVEN A SINGAPOREAN WINGER... Now, Regent Motors offers you the Write your answer on the entry form chance to win a fabulous Ford Laser which will appear every Sunday Ghia whilst you enjoy the thrills and in the Sunday Monitor starting excitement122 words
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Article, Illustration561 1985-01-24 31 Full FA programme expected at weekend as Britain begins to thaw out F A CUP FOURTH ROUND AP LONDON, Thurs AS THE nation thaws out after three weeks of freezing weather, British soccer fans look set to enjoy an almost full programme this weekend, whenAP - 561 words
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Article, Illustration105 1985-01-24 31 Reuter LONDON, Thurs TOTTENHAM set up the prospect of a compelling English Football Association (FA) Cup clash with Liverpool when they beat London rivals Charlton Athletic 2-1 in a Third Round replay last night. Tottenham, held 1-1 at home by the Second Division strugglers 18Reuter - 105 words
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Article46 1985-01-24 31 EVERTON v DONCASTER (Goodison Park) MAN UTD v COVENTRY (Old Trafford) LIVERPOOL v SPURS (Anfield Road) ARSENAL v YORK (Highbury) FOREST v WIMBLEDON (City Ground) WEDNESDAY v OLDHAM (Hillsborough) LEICESTER v CARLISLE (Filbert Street) ORIENT v SAINTS (Leyton Stadium) GRIMSBY v WATFORD (Blundell Park)46 words
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