Singapore Monitor, 27 January 1985

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  • 585 1  -  by Bertilla Pereira Monitor staff writer The Health Ministry has cautioned its clinics on the use of ultrasound screening because of possible harmful side-effects on unborn babies or mothers. A ministry spokeswoman also advises pregnant women against allowing private practitioners to do ultrasound scanning if their
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  • 72 1 This brightly-coloured kite Is among 200 that will take to the skies today at Marina South as the Singapore International Kite Festival 1985 gets underway. The kites will be flown until 5.30 pen. Minibuses will provide free shuttle services to Marina South from 8.15 am to
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  • 606 1  -  by Frieda Koh Monitor staff writer China has increased its aid to non-communist Cambodian resistance forces following the fall of their military headquarters on the Thai border to Vietnamese forces, Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian said on his arrival in Singapore yesterday for a
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  • 467 1  -  by Fatimah Gous Monitor staff writer Hawkers do it, housewives do it, clerks do it even trishaw riders and expats do it: They're placing bets on horses, numbers, and games. Some win,some lose. The only sure bet is that the government gains from
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    • 340 1 America's best-read comic: The X-Men Christian music goes upbeat Fwy£ Old-fashioned cooking mtFrßKjßiffifc makes a comeback NEWS IN BRIEF DEVELOPER SUES: A Singapore developer has filed two winding-up petitions against the man who bought some 60 per cent of his $150 million People's Park Katong shopping complex in East Coast
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    • 9 1 The magical micro- Journey into dreams New column on
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    • 29 1 WEATHER EThe weather outlook for today is expected to be partly cloudy with showers over several areas in the afternoon. Temperatures should range between 24 to 31 degrees Celsius.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 810 2  -  by Ang Peng Hwa and Sit Yin Fong Monitor staff writers f Singapore developer Mf Ho ,'Kok Cheung has filed two wind-Mng-up petitions against the man ;who bougpt some 60 per cent of ihis $150.million development, 'People's Park Katong shopping 'complex in East Coast Road. In
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    • 56 2 A 10-member delegation from rthe Japan Federation of Economic Organisation flies in tomorrow. During a four-day stay, the delegation will hold talks with Firtt Deputy Prime Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong; Minister for Finance, Health an* Education Dr <Tony Tan; Minister for National 'Development
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    • 166 2 The scope of the Small Claims Tribunals, due to begin next month, could in time be extended to include cases such as contract, rent arrears, wilful damage to property and assault. The Minister for Home Affairs and Second Minister for Law, Professor
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    • Article, Illustration
      686 2  -  What do you think of the new university entry rules? Interviews at Catholic Junior College Interviews and photos by Bertilla Pereira Monitor staff reporter CHARTCHAI CHAYAVIRABOOD 17, Science stream "The ministry sprung it on us so suddenly. I was shocked when I heard about it. What bugs me
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    • 84 3 If you know all the names of these personalities, you're extraordinary. We asked a sample of 50 people on the streets this week if they could identify these individuals by name and say what each does. Even though all ten have high profiles in news or
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    • 429 3  -  b r K K Fong Monitor staff writer An odd-job labourer and a mutton seller were stabbed to death in separate incidents last Thursday and Friday, bringing the murder toll last week to four. The latest two murders in Jurong and in Toa Payoh took
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    • 47 3 It is going to cost $10 more to get rid of bees, hornets or wasps nests in your house or garden. Beginning next Friday, the Environment Ministry said, it will charge $60 instead of $50 a nest because of higgler costs of manpower and materials.
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    • 749 4  -  by Frieda Koh Monitor staff writer The eminent British scientist listened attentively, paused briefly, and then answered directly. Could science "make people" in the future? came the question. It was possible, the chunky five-foot-tall professor responded, a microphone in one hand and a brown
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    • 561 4  -  by Linda Chan Monitor staff writer Private and voluntary childcare centres are hesitant about the incentives announced last week by the government to encourage the expansion and establishment of more such centres. None of the 10 centres contacted by The Monitor
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    • 463 5  -  TV3 by Masaki Watanabe writing from Kuala Lumpur TV3, Malaysia's first commercial TV station, is keeping its expansion plans under tight wraps including the launch date of its Johor service, which will enable viewers in Singapore to get reception. Chief executive Mr
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    • 419 5  -  by Linda Chan Monitor staff writer More dogs are becoming casual"ties of Singaporeans' move to "high-rise living. A .record number of 425 dogs were put down last December by the Society for the Prevention of "Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), said Mrs Deirdre Moss,
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    • 252 5 way to London {and Perth, J Aerobic enthusiasts can start •sweating their 'Way to something •more than just fitness and good health. Singapore's first national championship offers •prizes such as return air tickets to and Perth, hi-fi equip- ment and sports gear.
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    • 124 5 A Thai construction worker was charged yesterday with the attempted murder of a policeman. Saksit Meenoi, 32, was accused of shooting police corporal Azhar Abu Bakar at the Accident and Emergency Ward of the Singapore General Hospital on Thursday at 2.35 am. Cpl
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    • 143 6 An Englishman was once quoted as saying, "It has the smell of standing in an open sewer in London, but a taste which is pure heaven." It seems that there is very little middle ground on the topic of Durians. You either love them
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    • 575 7  -  by Ang Peng Hwa Monitor staff writer Video pirates suffered a minor legal setback three weeks ago but it's already having a major impact on their business. Among the effects: A number of videotape libraries are scrambling to unload pirated tapes for fear they
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    • 299 7  - A 'thank you' note from Reagans by Julie Anne Sit Monitor staff writer Petite Anna Poorani Chandra, 19, has always had such a "crush" on Presidentlßonald Reagan that she could not resist sending him her congratulations after his historic landslide election victory over Democrat Walter Mondale last November. Yesterday, Anna,
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    • 411 7  -  by Bertilla Pereira and Dawn Westerhout Monitor staff writers Who would have guessed that Goh Chok Tong could be mistaken for Chiam See Tong or that Kenneth Liang, newscaster from Friday Background, could be mistaken for swimmer Ang Peng Siong? Yet, that's what
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 425 2 TV UPDATE Today's Programmes 2.01 Quran and Programme Summary. One rally driver Danny Sullivan, actor 2.06 Programme Summary. Robert Stack, liquor tycoon Philtippe 2.10 Rentak Ria (r). Rothschild, and singer Paul Anka. 3.03 Afternoon Movie: The African Ele- 727 Azan Maghrib. phant 7.34 Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Filmed
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  • MONEY
    • 513 8  -  by Edward Ong For the Monitor Look to Wall Street and Hong Kong for the action this week. There appears to be enough support from investors for Wall Street to continue to move higher. In Hong Kong, a further cut in interest rates
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    • 593 8  -  INVESTMENTS by Leon Richardson For the Monitor When talking to business groups or associates, the question I am most frequently asked is: "Why do businesses fail?" The answer is simple they don't. The managements fail. The liquidation of a business is merely a symptom, and
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    • 581 8  -  by Lawrence Wee For the Monitor Back from Australia in 1966 for my university vacation, I had the rare opportunity of attending an official factory opening in Jurong.-. The ceremony was graciously attended by no less than Dr Goh Keng Swee, the
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    • 777 10  -  by Fong Weng Fatt Monitor staff writer Computer users can now communicate with each other using the cheaper and more readily available Bell modems, which convert computer signals into audio signals for transmission across telephone lines. This is because Telecoms is now allowing the
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    • 569 10  -  by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer The bid by Mr Taiji Sato, the Japanese "petroleum rebel," to buy inexpensive Singapore petrol and sell it to consumers in his country at below-market price appears doomed to failure, according to informed Japanese sources. The 31-year-old
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    • 519 10  -  by Mazlan Samad Monitor staff writer Singapore faces increasing competition from the development of ports in other Asean countries and will need to redefine its role and functions as a shipping centre. So says Dr Ross Robinson, an Australian researcher
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    • 130 10 Reuter LONDON After five days of wrangling, the two sides in Britain's 10-month-old coal strike have patched up their differences and agreed to talks to pave the way for an end to the dispute. The Miners' Union and the State Coal Board said
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 980 11  -  by Ranjit Gill For the Monitor Twenty minutes before he was to deliver the keynote address at an international conference on business in Malaysia at the Hyatt Regency Hotel last Thursday, Mr Tan Koon Swan was called to the telephone. Two
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    • 149 11 Associated Press ARANYAPRATHET: A large, tank-backed Vietnamese force is preparing to attack the last camp still held by the non-communist-Khmer People's National Liberation Front in Cambodia, the Front radio said yesterday. The radio, monitored at this key Thai border town, said the Vietnamese
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    • 89 11 United Press International MANILA Muslim rebels have dropped a 500,000 peso (5554,000) ransom and agreed to release it» American and a German held hostage for 69 days to an organisation of Islamic countries, officials said yesterday. Col. Carlos Aguilar, Philippine Constabulary commander in the southern
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  • COMMENTARY
    • OBSERVATIONS
      • 127 12 The libel trial in New York pitting Israeli General Sharon against Time magazine ended ingloriously with both sides groping for ways to claim victory. In truth, neither won. Mr Sharon could rightly claim a "moral victory" because the jury found the magazine had published some false and
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      • 72 12 Compulsory medical check-ups on a regular basis for workers in hazardous or unhealthy jobs is an excellent step. The Government, the industry, and participating doctors deserve special commendation. AH too often, workers sacrifice their health needlessly because they pay too little attention to early warning signs of
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      • 70 12 Hong Kong is hotly running down that hardy band of entrepreneurs known as "counterfeiters" because, it says, they're giving the colony a bad image. They make genuinely cheap "Levis" and "Rolex" watches and sell them cheap, to the dismay of original manufacturers who make genuinely expensive
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      • 49 12 Borobudur temple, damaged by terrorist bombs last week, will be repaired, Indonesia has promised. The act was simply despicable. The only saving grace, if there is one, is that the bombs wrecked monuments of stone. Casualties of so many other terrorist attacks are not repairable at all.
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      • 61 12 Justice, government morality, and decency must be terribLy suspect in a country where the army is plainly implicated in a brutish political assassination. But democratic processes cannot be entirely corrupt in a place where the chief of the armed forces can be indicted, arrested, and allowed to
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    • 348 12 In case you don't know, James Bond has retired. If you ask me how OP 007 is making out in retirement, the answer's soso. Not pottering around in some garden back in Old Blighty. Like all retired spies these days, he's been on consultancy work, operating out
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    • 857 12 I'd like to write about two young ladies 1 know. One is a university student from Tokyo who recently stayed in Singapore briefly to do research. The other is a Singaporean, on "leave" from her New Zealand university, who went to
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    • 865 12 The ongoing debate on the property market has missed an essential point that Singapore is heavily overbuilt. It's the oversupply that has brought down prices and rentals, to the chagrin of developers, whose eloquence now seeks to prop up a falling market. Instead
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    • 1139 13  -  by Frieda Koh Monitor staff writer Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has said that "consensus" politics would be more suitable for Singapore than "western-style" democracy. Singapore could perhaps model its political development after that of other Asian nations, such as Japan, he added. There are
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    • 653 13  -  by P. Francis Monitor staff writer It happened in Pasir Panjang, as reported in The Sunday Monitor recently. It happened in Mayflower Estate about five years ago. v It has also been a problem in other private housing estates in Singapore, such as
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    • 915 14  -  by X X Chen For the Monitor It was a lovely afternoon and it already seemed a shame that I should be cooped up in an office. It was then that I received a smug phone call from a friend
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    • 557 14  -  by Lee Chiu Sen Monitor staff writer Legend has it that the Caliph Haroun al-Rashid initialed a direct feedback system for gauging the feelings of his subjects. Disguised as commoners, the Caliph and his Prime Minister roamed the streets of Baghad, talking with
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    • LETTERS
      • 247 14  -  Dr Kenson Kwok Singapore 0922 My reaction to Mr Ong Wee Hock's open letter, Ong to Lee, (The Sunday Monitor, Jan 20) is not unlike one interpretation of our election results. The substance is fine, but not the style. Agreed, Mary Lee's letter was
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      • 270 14  -  Wilson Chia Deputy Chief, Finance and Administration VISA International We refer to Mr Leon Richardson's article on How to to Use Credit Cards to Advantage (The Sunday Monitor, Dec 30). The article neglected to mention that the Overseas Union Bank and the Hongkong Bank are
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 374 15 The Washington Post NEW YORK A grand jury here refused to indict Bemhard Hugo Goetz, the so-called "Subway Vigilante," for attempted murder but did indict him on charges of illegal possession of a loaded pistol and with concealing two guns in his apartment. While the
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    • 190 15 Associated Press CANBERRA The rift in the Anzus alliance appeared to widen after Australia pressured New Zealand to accept visits by US warships, and New Zealand said it would not bend to pressure. Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke announced on Friday that he
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    • 186 15 Reuter VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul II embarked yesterday on the 25th foreign trip of his papacy, a 12-day visit to Latin America, during which he is expected to address the urgent social and religious problems of the region. It will be
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    • 193 15 United Press International WASHINGTON The United States and the Soviet Union will announce simultaneously an agreement to begin nuclear arms talks in mid-March in Geneva, Switzerland, diplomatic sources said. The joint statement is expected to include an announcement by the Kremlin
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    • 238 15 United Press International NOUMEA (New Caledonia) Two French warships are en route to the South Pacific colony of New Caledonia, where six white construction workers were beaten by about 40 native separatists a day after a state of emergency was lifted. The club-wielding separatists attacked the
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    • 122 15 United Press International KATMANDU A physician who was on the first American team to climb Mount Everest in autumn died earlier this month while attempting a trek up the world's third highest peak, the Ministry of Tourism said yesterday. Dr Chris Chandler,
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  • RACING GUIDE
    • 684 16 gRACE 1 Spi 4 Div 7 1200 m •7 Shoot Up 111 54.5 Ooi (8) 4 2 1 S3 Local Ace 56.5 Ang (1) 6 6 2 9e2 Coronation Sun 53.5 Hamid (7) 10 7 3 M 3 Bundini Bliss 52.5 Bleasdale (3) 114 tfwnar Robert's Stable Trainer
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    • 304 16 RACE WONDER BOY MAZEHN TAN MA-TAN TET (Monitor) (Zao Bm) (Wan B*o) (Monitor) 5 Brambanan 3 Tuan Tuan 3 Tuan Tuan 2 Brazzaka 1 3 Tuan Tuan 9 Effendi 6 Spirit Support 3 Tuan Tuan 6 Spirit Support 1 Badak 9 Effendi 1 Badak 6 Wonderful Surprise 11
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    • 229 16 by Wonder Boy For the Monitor DATUK Amar Wee Hood Teck's classy Remember Me V should chalk up his maiden win in the running of the unofficial Dgrby Trial over 1850ra in Race Six at Bukit Timah today. The well-performed Silver Dream four-year-old has come
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    • 296 16 by Computer Analyst For the Monitor Depending on the luck of the draw for the barrier position, a horse may have already lost his chance to win even before the race is run. On a semi-circular type of course, the shortest distance between the starting
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    • 137 16 Tipsters in our Sunday Monitor Guide tallied these results in last Sunday's races in Penang. First Second Third Wonder Boy (Monitor) 5 6 4 Ma-Zhen Tan (Zao Bao) 5 4 1 Ma-Tan (Wan Bao) 3 5 3 Tet (Monitor) 3 3 2 Computer Analyst (Monitor) 6 4 4
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    • 2006 16 Going forecast: good COMPUTER ANALYST BEST PICKS MM 1 2 Brauaka 4 Rising Sun 3 Tuan Tuan S Wonderful Surprise lII* 5 Sombrero M 9 Hochoy 3 7 Red Seal* 1 Alan's Choice 5 Beacon's Shine 4 IE For Easy II 10 Mork 8 Abadi
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    • 467 17 Past performance can sometimes provide clues to future happening*. In random numbers games, patterns sometimes emerge which may, or may not repeat themselves. For fun ana comparison, we analyze here the Toto results (based on number of times appeared) for the last 15, 30 and 50 draws. 97/84
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    • 650 17 GOING FISHING by Aquarius For the Monitor Lines are the most important link between the fisherman and the fish. You can fish without a rod and reel, but you can't fish without a line. Many people are not paying enough attention to this all-important link.
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    • 290 17 LETTERS I recently bought a 20-footer jaring wooden sampan with fibreglass hull and a Marine 25hp outboard. I love sea fishing but I need more information. (i) We usually fish off Singapore's western coast and off the Southern Islands. Where could I obtain a
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    • 146 17 I'd like to know if your club organises sea-fishing trips around Pulau Übin, Changi, the East Coast off Peninsular Malaysia and the open sea off the southeast coast of Johor. What are the best time of the year to fish in those waters?
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    • 118 17 Could you enlighten us on the potential fishing grounds in local as well as in Peninsular Malaysian waters and the ideal period and time to frequent these places. Singapore Adventurers' Club Singapore 9138 Aquarius replies: There are a few well-known fishing grounds locally,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 335 18 Agencies AUSTRALIA GAMES MELBOURNE: The nine-day Australia Games got off to a good "start yesterday with competitors and officials making their entrance for the opening ceremony marching under the banners of their sports not their nations. Games officials stressed that .unlike the Olympic Games,
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    • 593 18 Reuter NEW YORK Mary Decker, returning to the international arena only for the second time since her Los Angeles Olympic Games mishap, was booed by New York fans on Friday night before running the thirdfastest indoor mile ever. She beat Olympic 3,000 metres silver medallist
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    • 663 19  -  SINGAPORE v PERAK National Stadium, 8 pm by Kenneth Jalleh Monitor staff writer Goals won't come as easy as they were against Perlis in tonight's Malaysia Cup tie but one thing seems sure: With or without goals, the Singapore-Perak encounter is bound to be
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    • 409 19  -  SABAH v SELANGOR Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, 4.30 pm b S Gulam Monitor staff writer Sabah's chance of registering their first home, win this evening seems daunting as they face defending champions Selangor, who have won all their three matches so
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    • 304 19 PERLIS 3 KEDAH 0 The Star KANGAR An unpredictable Perlis displayed immaculate form to outplay Kedah 3-0 in this Malaysia Cup tie at the Datuk Sheik Ahmad Stadium in Kangar yesterday. Playing to a packed stadium, with fans braving a heavy downpour to cheer
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    • 136 19 SARAWAK 1 JOHOR 1 KUCHING Sarawak gave an unimpressive display but still managed to hold Johor to a draw at the Jubilee ground in Kuching yesterday. The unhappy home crowd swamped the field after the final whistle and if not for the policemen on
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    • 411 19  -  Agenzia Ansa ITALIAN SOCCER uuh Julian Bees ROME Four teams Verona, Intern azionale, Torino, and Roma are huddled in the space of two points at the top of the Italian First Division, and two more are further adrift, but in touch, as Italy's
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    • 228 19 VATICAN CITY Few outsiders have the right to set foot inside the looming walls of this capital of world Catholicism ensconced in the heart of Rome, but even fewer are permitted to play in the Vatican state's soccer championship whose matches for the
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    • 419 20 Reuter TOKYO Top seeds Morten Frost of Denmark and Li Lingwei of China were beaten in the men's and women's singles semifinals of the Japan Open badminton championships yesterday. But it was a great day for the Chinese, who claimed three of the four final places.
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    • 887 20 SPORTS PARADE Lau Wing Cheok: If the name doesn't yet ring a bell, be patient. The first tinkles were heard in this year's opening circuits of the ProKennex Grand Prix tournaments in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan, and that's as good a promise
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    • 423 21  -  by Kenneth Jalleh Monitor staff writer When China looks to Singapore for a bowling coach, it says volumes for that coach. That the task fell on Henry Tan, coach and manager of Jackie's Bowl in Katong is not surprising for he is a
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    • 388 21  -  by Alfonso Chan Monitor staff writer Victory for Ernest Tan wasn't easy, but it wasn't unexpected- He beat Mark Hill 9-6,9-6, 9-6 for the U-16 crown in the finals of th§ sth Pepsi Youth squash* tournament at Kallang yesterday. <• In
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    • 406 21  -  by Ernest Frida Monitor staff writer 4 Taiwan's past winners and familiar names are among the first lot of entries received for the $269,000 1985 Singapore championship at the Bukit course from March 28-31. The talented Taiwanese golfers, who communicate so well with the
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    • 1025 22  -  Singapore 1 Sri Lanka 5 by B Kula Monitor staff writer in Dhaka Singapore were humiliated by Sri Lanka and sent tumbling to a 5-1 defeat in an Asian Cup hockey match at Dhaka yesterday. It was a defeat Singapore rightly deserved. They were
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    • 118 22 Bernama ALOR STAR Singapore have confirmed their participation in the East Coast Cycling Tour Race from Kota Barn to Johor Baru from Feb 8 to 12. Trengganu Cycling Association vice-chairman Awang Salleh said here yesterday that more than 100 cyclists would be taking part
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    • 77 22 HENRY TAN (second from left), seen here giving a helping hand to aspiring bowlers, has received a special invitation to coach China's bowling team. Sportsman of the Year twice, in 1970 and 1975, his career stretches from the 1970 World Cup, where he finished runner-up, to the 1977 SEA Games
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    • 362 22 R outer PHILADELPHIA Jimmy Connors' determination carried him into the semifinals of the US$3OO,OOO (*****,000) US Pro Indoor tenAis championships here on Friday night. He joined top seed John McEnroe and two unseeded players, American Scott Davis and Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia. After
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    • 112 18 Tonight,the heat is on! Singapore is back in action with MILO V I T I, T| 1 ft Jr ftC' B JM^al r ,l f l Iriiwiiilirifl ft. ft 7 2 w w Bl &> M p mi Sk i jjppiM v^N^iw?^fPmwi'jsi»«• We must win against Perak on the home
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    • 227 20 Fripps and Castle'spresent ah Aerobics Ejimnter C WfL M Go for it! May the best win in this exuberant, t JJM Ms <S(W, explosive event of the year. 0 fl/ Attractive prizes must be won. MWJB«' f Ss v. Return air-tickets to London and Perth MTI 7 Tnps t0 Pulau
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    • 211 21 4 PLAZA: OPEN TODAVI S H'k (*****72) 1.90, 4.00,'7.00 it 9.30pm SI THE DEADLIEST EMOTION OF ALL IS PASSStON OUT OF CONTROL jg 1 > -1 g RICHAKD KYMBt MNA AMUTOD g SiIIISnHMBBBHSBHHSSHHHHHSII What's a guy like rf\C^ Tan walking on stilts? Looks like he's "riding" for fall. ITDW» O
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    • 979 1  -  by Sam Ng For the Monitor You could be $850 richer if you still have a brand new copy of the first issue of The Uncanny X-Men which came out 22 years ago. Then it cost only 40 cents. Profiting from comic books doesn't mean you have
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    • 43 1 In recent years, Marvel's Uncanny proved to be one of the best-read comics. won the prestigious Eagle Awards twice andJkmpSro to be one of the most popular comics among Singapore readers. This week we give a brief the group. T
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    • 74 1 ComlcsVlew is a fortnightty column for comic readers. Judging by your letters, a comics checklist is very popular. We start the checklist this week. It lists comics that wiH be released up to Feb 10 when the next Comics View column appears. On that Sunday, we will also run
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    • 823 1 To reach shops on or about Jan 30 DAREDEVIL #217 Cover by Barry Windsor-Smith. Guest-stars the Black Widow in The Sight Stealer, and new villain, The Coasack, as well as the Gael. NEW MUTANTS #26 The spotlight is on Legion, the son of Professor X. RED SONJA #8
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    • MUSIC
      • 692 2  -  Why Not?! Artiste: Paquito D'Rivera Reviewer: Sam Ng Jazz fans can rejoice. Especially those who love listening to saxophonists. You don't have to listen to the Sadao Watanabe and Dap|L ifcnborn anymore. Good news Bvls instead in the person of Paqnito D'Rivera. Paquito who? Paquito D'Rivera, Latin America's
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      • 882 2  -  by Michael Cheah Monitor staff writer Christian records are moving into the big time. In the continuing effort to spread the Good News, Word Records, has signed a distribution deal with A&M Records reports Billboard, the United States news weekly on music. Under the agreement,
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      • 1258 4  -  by Robert Hilburn Los Angeles Times (California) The Imwvtew^^i n its third hour and still searching for to describe his the last< lost decade. hacF been locked for most of those years in an artistic straitjacket. Fogerty's eyes finally lit up. He found the image:
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      • 471 4  -  REVIEWS by Robert Hilburn Los Angeles Times Centrefield isn't a concept album, but it is filled with commentary. I Saw It On TV is a bittersweet reflection of America over the last 30 years, a harder-edged, politically conscious American Pie. The track
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      • 480 4  -  VOICEBOX by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer Last year, as I went out to say that Bruce Springsteen was the single most important rock artiste to have emerged, I had in the back of my mind, a nagging doubt. Isn't Born in the USA,
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        • 106 4 Music is the main source of entertainment for most of us and it's important what kind of music we listen to. Certainly, we shouldn't base our choice on the performer's looks. Artistes like Cyndi Lauper and Boy George who are famous for their
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        • 116 4 I still remember the good old days when our local bands could hold audiences spellbound and British servicemen were a ready market for both local and imported music. Obviously times have changed. The best example is on Talentime, where standards have gone down. Isn't it
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    • 317 5 Sygma FASHION The New Year almost always prompts a whole new look to start out with. And the stars are no exception. A stellar tribute was paid recently to the most celebrated designers in the world, with blockbuster names like Isabelle Adjani, Jacqueline Bisset, Mariel
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    • FOOD
      • 1226 6  -  by Violet Oon For the Monitor Food fashion means fast foods marketed with much pizzazz. The product itself is usually bland and sterile. But no one seems to care. Does this mean the end of good old-fashioned cooking the way mother used to do it?
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      • 42 6 Place: Food Traditions, 1 Goldhill Plaza, Podium Block #01-33, Singapore 1130. Tel: *****86. IVpe of food: Traditional Chinese and local dishes like Fujian Prawn Mee and Hainanese dumplings. Prices: Reasonable for the quality. Hours: 11 am to 11 pm daily.
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      • 745 6 Betawi Indonesian Restaurant, tucked in a corner of East Coast Road, turned out to be quite a find because it offers the sort of high quality Padang food that a friend of mine describes as: "The best thing I've eaten here since World
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      • 344 7  -  by Violet Oon For the Monitor Start preparing for the Lunar New Year today. Send in the application form for The Sunday Monitor Gourmet Circle and Oberoi Imperial Hotel Year of the Ox Cooking Class to be held on February 7
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      • 134 7 I 1 I Contest form for Tho Sunday Monitor and Otooroi Imperial Hotai I Lunar Naw Yaar Cooking Class. Name: Address: I Occupation: IC No.: Phone No. :(Office) (Home) I Answer these two questions correctly to win three prizes. 1) The I'Escargot Restaurant at the Oberoi Imperial Hotel
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      • 229 7  -  by Violet Oon For the Monitor French food buffs will love the new cooking course that French chef Bernard Sautereau offers at the Le Bernardin Restaurant starting on January 29 at 10.15 am. The six-week course, held once a week, costs $220 and
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      • 425 7 Recipes that are low in fat Meat eaters can enjoy a carefully chosen beef recipe from time to time and still practise a diet that is low in fat overall if menus and total food intake are planned with that goal in mind. Our two recipes for the
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    • FILM
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        371 8 THE STORY The Killing Fields In 1973, Sydney Schanberg (Sam Waterston), a correspondent for The New York Times, is smuggled from Phnom Penh by his guide and interpreter Dith Pran (Dr Haing S Ngor) into a city which has been bombed, supposedly due to computer error, by a
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      • 34 8 t: Sam Waterston, Di S Ngor, John Julian Sands rHoland Joffe r: bavid Puttnam Photographer: Chris Menges Script: Bruce Robinson Music: Mike Old field with songs by Lennon and McCartney Length: 142 mins
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      • 429 8 The Killing Fields, another film on conflict in Indochina, has been resoundingly panned by film critics. Lindsey Boyd of the Monthly Film Bulletin says: "The subject matter of The Killing Fields may recall The Deerhunter, Apocalypse Now, Under Fire, et al.,* but ideologically and filmically it is much
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      • 103 8 It's time to stop calling singer/actress Pia Zadora, 28, the child woman, for she is now the mother of a child. Welcome to motherhood, Pia. Pia gave birth on Jan 1, to a daughter who has been christened Kady, the name of the character played by
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        547 9  -  A quick look at some films in town by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer Purple Rain Prince pouts, screeches and 'teases but for a non-actor, he still carries off Purple Rain with style and conviction. As a rock film, Purple Rain must surely be as an unqualified success.
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      • 504 9  -  CLOSE-UP by Kenneth M Chanko Streets Press Services For Nancy Allen, 1984 was a busy year but not nearly as busy as 1985 promises to be. Although the 34-year-old New York City actress appeared in three movies last year, including Paul Barters Not
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      • 732 9  -  Ihe Far Pavilions (1984) Starring: Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Christopher Lee and Omar Sharif Director: Peter Duffell Showing at Cathay by Adaline Scheerder For the Monitor A Hollywood vision, and version, of British India. That's what you get when you see The Far Pavilions.
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    • TV REVIEW
      • 1034 10  -  WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS by Hie Hui Ching Monitor staff writer iniiJ Thursday Feature Special: Foul Play Ch 5, 9.15 p.m. plays a bewildered librarian a murder and can't prove what she has seen. Chevy Chade is the cool detective who becomes her protector and
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      • 834 10  -  by Stacy Jenel Smith Tribune Media Services HOLLYWOOD "Little signs" told Paul Freeman that he wouldn't stay long in the series, Falcon Crest. The English actor who portrayed Raiders of the Lost Ark's evil Belloq and currently appears (in a new season not
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    • TODAY'S TV
      • 549 12  -  TUBE TALK by Hie Hui Ching Monitor staff writer There will not be any cassette recording of this year's Chinese Talentime finalists, according to a Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) spokesman. The spokesman said that Form Pte Ltd, the record company interested in the recording wanted
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      • 314 12 Gossipy gem on lives of rich and famous on RTM SUNDAY'S PICK Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Ch 3, 7.02 p.m. RTM has done it again. First, it was Entertainment This Week, now this. Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous is a gossipy, magazine programme which takes a look
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    • 244 2 Dancing till 2.00 am. Is it your feet or your face that suffers most? How often it happens. Those The clarifying lotion helps your r fabulous evenings that move swiftly into the skin breathe by clearing your complexion early hours. Leaving you with just enough completely and restoring its natural
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    • 172 3 WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO LOOK GREAT THIS CHINESE NEW YEAR 4i Wu' 3' J I w lifHk W x Y^SyimV^^^B %imfljJK^^^WM&\«, |y fc|"• I jS■ fjjlipmjj\ Ik i JM I J f H f Wm -*•?*< jr ilfl r 1 < Jf > Lju S ■PHI i V /JH
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    • 113 5 THE WMNMG FRBKH LOOK ADVANTAGE ROSSIGNOL. j Smash. Lob. Volley. Backhand. Forehand Every stroke in the book looks better when you play rjfftft v JLyt it with French flair. In Rossignol. For Rossignol is perfect French. For style. For chic. For colour. And acutely so for '85. With the new
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    • 62 6 Jj Sunday Brunch [L I; For the whole family at the Phoenix Coffee House I 10am-2.30pm $1950 $Q5O Adults Idm Children O Bak kut teh Nasi goreng Chye tow kway Chicken curry Lamb kormah Sayur lemak Baked beans Sausages Eggs-fried, poached, scrambled French toast Pancakes Bread-rolls, toasts, muffins, croissants Fresh
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    • 330 7 Advertisement Cheers! Belcome to our first edition of Cheers'! It's going to be a regular column on this page every fortnight, with the accent on fine wines and good spirits. There'll be news about moneysaving offers and special events, along with some new recipes and drink mixing ideas. So, join
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    • 572 7 HOROSCOPES by Sidney OmanLos Angeles Times Syndicate YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: You have a unique appeal to public. People are drawn to you and many confess their most intimate problems. You are a natural humanitarian, you also possess a sense of drama, are drawn to music and law. Aries, Leo and
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    • 168 8 AT LAST SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS THE ASIAN FORM HHHHHHHHHHHHHIHHHHHHiIHHHHHHHHHHP bp^ j| NEW FORMFIT PERFECTION jJ/r New Formfit Perfection was designed specially DEMURE: Padded brassiere without wiring in r££& to flatter the Asian figure to understand and delicate skintone 515.90. PEEK-A-BOO: Laced string 3nw highlight the lovely uniqueness of the Asian woman,
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    • 398 9 FILM GUIDE BORNEO FILEM CHONG GAY ORGANISATION PLAZA DEVELOPMENT Uwagu Woman Revenger (C)/10.45 am Gold«n La»* with th. pk«.» «i /n,# Plaza Woman Revenger (C)/11 am (*****30, Tendangan lb.Nt (M)/i 30. 3.30. 7. 9is (29M4W) RaidefS ol iT 4 (2,***** CrOM Countr (E,/1 330 7 1S '30 6 45, 9
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    • 3184 11 TV WEEK MONDAY JANUARY 28. 1985 I TUESDAY JANUARY 29, 1985 WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30. 1985 2.30 SBCtext 'Live' Sample Pages. This 10-minute programme is a 22Q SBCtext 'Uve' Samole Paoes 7cn rv.«™ u. c 2.30 SBCtext 'Live' Sample Pages. kee A romantic cfcnner at Ash*y'» 3.00 Opening Announcements. special news
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    • 51 12 vx^S^M I Daniel Hechter menswear... jA a Pleasure to Behold fr daniel hechter Dept Stores: Daimaru Galaries Lafayette Isetan Apollo Isetan Katong isetan Orchard Klasse Centrepoint Klasse Lucky Plaza Metro Golden Mile Metro Grand Metro Grand Scotts OG Elite OG Main OG Orchard Shops Hazareth Safi Jeaneries Collection Subway Jeaneries
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    • 714 12 SUNDAY JANUARY 27. 1985 For programme update see main paper page 2 8.25 SBCtext 'Live' Sample Pages. See Sunday s Pick. 2-05 SBCtext live' Sample Pages. Kaikini (T) (r). 8.55 Opening and Programme Highlights 4.40 Sepenjeng Jelen: Slapa Yang SafcH 2.35 Opening and Programme HigMtahta 8.45 Mews (TV followed by
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    • 489 1  -  by Chew Yen Fook Monitor staff writer My strange love affair with micro-organisms has led me to look into every nook and corner, ditch and drain hole. Some of my friends swear I am overcome by "microscopilis" a peculiar obaesaiMtfer something that cannot be seen with the
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    • 194 1 What to look for and where you can find them: i Start with your own aquarium at home. Scrape some algae from the side of the glass plus a little sediment from tiie bottom of the tank and I assure you that you will
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    • FEATURES
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        732 2  -  by Mazlan Samad Monitor staff writer It moves people. It moves products. Sometimes it irritates, sometimes it entertains. Most times, it makes an impact on our lives in unusual and unexpected ways. In short, it packs power. I'm talking, of course, about advertising. It has become a pervasive
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      • 499 2  -  by Lo Tien Yin For the Monitor Lavender Street: the name conjures up sweet aromas of a jasmine-lined thoroughfare. Not quite. According to S Durai Raja Singam in Malayan Street Names, when the road was built more than 120 years ago, the smell coming from
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    • SCIENCE
      • 650 3  -  PSYCHOLOGY by Ahden Busch For the Monitor The most wonderful fantasy land, with lively vivid technicolor, creatively scripted stories, almost beyond imagination and no commerical interruptions. We all purchase a ticket to this magical theatre every night in our dreams. Some people
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      • 667 3  -  USER NOTES by Fong Weng Fatt Monitor staff writer I wrote about moving data through various programs such as Supercalc, Wordstar and dBASET 11, some weeks back. The key to this limited form of integration is the CP/M operating system which links
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      • 946 3  -  by P. P. Wong For the Monitor A day out at the beach can end in tragedy if swimmers ignore safety rules, particularly in unsupervised beaches. Swimmers must check the local sea, and the beach and its nearshore waters for telltale
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      • SENIOR CITIZENS' CORNER
        • 187 3 "Killed by retirement." If you saw this message on a grave marker you might think someone was playing a cruel joke. The expression is heard now and then, however, when someone who has endured a long and active career takes retirement in apparently good health
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        • 175 3 Oceanic Press Agency One of the biggest hurdles in retirement can be related to the ego. The force that drives some people to career success often can be defined as the urge to "be somebody." Anyone who achieves is "somebody." There's nothing better for the
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    • INDIA'S REPUBLIC DAY 1985
      • 547 4  -  By MR A N GOPALAKRISHNA PILLAI High Commissioner of India to Singapore I am glad The Sunday Monitor is publishing its own selection of special articles on India to mark our Republic Day. Steady progress, like in our case, does not make news
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      • 238 4 The Indian High Commission established the India House Cultural Centre last year to assist in preserving and encouraging cultural diversity in Singapore. The activities of this Centre are open to people of all races and Chinese, Malays and Europeans have participated enthusiastically in all its
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      • 704 4 The ethnic Indians in Singapore take a keen interest in the fine arts and are presently supporting an academy with an enrolment of more than 300 students. This interest in the culture of the land of their ancestors dates back more than fifty years.
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      • 214 6 The average Singaporean will not find it easy to grasp the concept of the vastness of India. This is a country of continental proportions, inhabited by 700 million people. Major cities within India are further apart than countries in Asean, and Madras, the southern gateway
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      • 25 6 South India's wild-life reserves hold a special appeal for photographers Madras is a bargain hunter's paradise for handicrafts and Jewellery
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      • 552 6 Mr M T Rayadu, director of the Government of India Tourist Office in Singapore, provides some tips to potential visitors to Madras. "The air fare to Madras is $970 return by Singapore Airlines or Air India, who between them have six flights
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      • 1056 7 Madras a kaleidoscope of moods Here, a temple bell rings. There a cathedral spire soars 'skyward, proclaiming the existence of one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. St Thomas the Doubter is believed to be buried in Madras?-''.•!" This is the land of the Tamils, and home of
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      • 1352 8  -  By SOMESHWAR DAYAL SINGH New Free Trade Zones (FTZ) in India offer anique investment opportunities. The.main attraction are that of cheap and skilled labour and tax savings. This proyides a definite cost advantage vis-arvis operational costs in more developed parts pf the world. In June 1983, on
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      • 532 8  -  By K V VENKATASUBRAMANIAN In the early 1950s the manufacture of radio receivers heralded the beginning of the electronics industry in India. The industry, which was predominantly consumer oriented, is now diversified. The range now extends from production of consumer and professional grade electronic components to
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      • 518 9 PLANS are afoot to form a major social club for all Indians. An application for the registration of this club, to be modelled along the lines of clubs representing the interests of nationals of other countries such as the American Club, the
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      • 492 9  -  Interview with Dr R C Cooper, chairman, ASEAN Interests Ltd By LEE CHIU SAN Dr Cooper, an Indian national, is a chartered accountant who holds a Ph D in economics. He advises a number of corporations on their business dealings with India. There used to be
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    • PROPERTY
      • 221 11 Tai-Pan Ramada is nearing the final stage of its $70-million renovation, refurbishment and extension programme. The new extension wing, to be opened soon, will house an additional 231 rooms and suites. In-rt>om amenities include rosewood furniture and trimmings, massage showers, coffee and teamaking facilities, and extra
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      • 319 11  -  by Vincent Fong Monitor staff writer Singapore developers have jumped at the chance to develop Maritime Centre in Sydney, by way of an invitation to tender. According to a local source, leading developers here have enquired about the project and were
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      • 297 11 Lianhe Zaobao The Singapore Decorator Renovations Association have reached a preliminary agreement with Lloyd's of London on a collective insurance scheme, the first of its kind taken out by a local association of renovators. The scheme will ensure that renovation work on a property would not
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      • 268 11  -  by Vincent Fong Monitor staff writer Studio apartments have found favour with buyers once again as 17 of the 22 studio units in Delfi Orchard, in Orchard Road, have been snapped up in barely more than two months. The units ranging in sizes from
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      • 117 11 The Singapore News and Publications Ltd will top out its new building at Genting Lane on Jan 30 at 3.30 pm. Mr Lien Ying Chow, chairman of the company, will perform the ceremony. It will be witnessed by the company's board of directors
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      • 750 12  -  Monitor staff writer by Foo Mey Kien We feature Amber Park in our regular focus on the new genre of showflats in Singapore that appeal to the discerning homemaker. Showflats sometimes cost half a million to decorate but some are furnished for less than $50,000.
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    • 139 5 On the occasion of the 2j 35th Anniversary of jj X the Indian Republic Day, J® our salutations and congratulations to the Xjgi People and fj tp. The Government of India in their march 8 towards economic fPj J and social progress. -X- BANK OF INDIA A INDIAN BANK 108,
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    • 134 6 Congratulations Best Wishes to the Government and People of India on the occasion of their Republic Day SERVICE WITH SECURITY For all classes of general insurance business NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. LTD. 11th Storey, GMG Building, 108 Robinson Road, Singapore 0106. Tel: *****11 THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO. LTD. GMG Building,
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    • 96 9 Congratulations Best Wishes To The People Government Of India On The Occasion Of Their Republic Day Importers, Exporters, Wholesalers Retailers Of Electronics, T.V's, VCR's Computers, Calculators Tapes etc. PAWN BROTHERS TRADING PTE LTD #01-04 05, Malaysia Arcade 75. High Street Singapore 0617 Tel 338 8437, 338 0702 Telex RS *****
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    • 406 10 Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor Words 0.35 cents per word 0.55 cents per word Display $7.70 per col. cm $10.00 per col. cm. Business Hrs Mon-Fri, 9am-spm Sat, 9am-lpm ANNOUNCEMENT PERSONAL Car Pool CP LIFT REQUIRED FROM Fort Road to Balestier Road. Willing to pay. Call: Wye Mun
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