Singapore Monitor, 29 January 1985

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Tuesday, January 29, 1985 30c»nts
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  • 431 1  -  Beach huts damaged at Sentosa Corporation's island retreat ■y JOSEPH LEE VANDALS have struck in Pulau Hantu. Eleven out of 12 wooden beach huts on the island have been damaged with the benches, latticed sides and sections of the roofs ripped out. Pulau Hantu is
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  • 172 1 UPI FAIRFAX (Virginia), Tuesday A TODDLER who found a 357-calibre pistol in a handbag shot an 83-year-old woman and her companion at a party in Springfield, Fairfax County police said yesterday. Police said the four-year-old boy was rummaging through a purse
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • home
    • 348 2  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO WOODEN windows of some flats in Chai Chee Road are rotting. The louvres nave also fallen off. A Housing and Development Board (HDB) spokesman said the board would take immediate steps to repair any window if there was a possibility
      PICTURES: SPENCER LOH  -  348 words
    • 384 3  -  By K K FONG THE OLD shell game, where a small ball is placed under one of three cups which are moved rapidly around and onlookers invited to bet on the cup with the ball underneath, is coming back on the
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    • 270 3 PRIORITY for children of graduate mothers in primary school registration will be raised again as an issue in Parliament. Dr Ow Chin Hock, Member of Parliament (Leng Kee-PAP), said this yesterday. A feedback team formed in his constituency to look into the people's feelings on
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    • 238 4  -  Pictures and storv by CHEW YEN FOOK SPARROWS are causing a stir at mealtimes at a National University of Singapore canteen. The birds are unwelcome "regulars" at Eva's Kitchen next to Yusof Ishak House Said second-year law student, Lau Weng Yam, 22: "How do you
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    • 121 4 A MAN has been arrested for illegally dumping a lorry-load of renovation debris outside the State Land Office in South Buona Vista Road. Sources said the office had recently become a popular dumping ground for those who refuse to transport their garbage to the official
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    • 368 6  -  By OEI SIN GIOK ALL FIRST ten units of the Housing and Development Board's new style 3-room flats were taken up yesterday. One hundred and seventy applicants were invited to select their 3-room flats yesterday and all of them had the chance to
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    • 139 6 A TEAM of Japanese police consultants is conducting workshops and seminars on safe driving for traffic policemen. The Traffic Police commandant, Mr Chua Chin Kiat, who confirmed this yesterday, said that the Japanese officers arrived here last Thursday. He said Singapore would
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    • 351 6  -  By NG MING MING EXCITING and hectic these were the feelings of Miss Chong YokeLen, who represented Singapore in the first "Hong Kong International Shopper of the Year" contest held on Jan 17 in the colony. "It was very hectic, but I enjoyed it
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    • 118 6 CHINA'S Foreign Minister and State Councillor, Mr Wu Xueqian, met Senior Minister (Prime Minister's Office) Mr S Rajaratnam at the latter's office in City Hall yesterday. Earlier, Mr Wu called on Mr S Dhanabalan, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Community Development. A 90-minute discussion
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    • 586 8  -  By CHEE LI CHOO SCHOOL tuckshop vendors say they cannot provide more nutritious food at the price students can pay. Generally, a bowl of noodles costs about SO cents. Rice is about 20 cents, with meat and vegetables at additional cost.
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    • 97 8 IT'S ALL peace and tranquility in Sisters' Island as the picture above shows. The hut is in perfect condition an indication that it is appreciated by visitors and picnickers, who love the quiet and peace on the island. In sharp contrast, vandals have wreaked havoc
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 104 4 Productivity means working efficiently together as a team Productivity at work comes from a positive Of course, job satisfaction is not the only the competitive world market. And making attitude. It starts with individual initiative. reward of working productively. Through quality Singapore more prosperous will result in p t Q
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 1372 5 The 1985 Exhibition of Citizen Watches Consumer Contest Congratulations to the 1,000 lucky winners! Your I.C. number could be listed below. A panel of judges drew the winners to our consumer contest. We are giving away $50 in cash to 1,000 participants. Winners will be notified by post. NRIC NO:
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • world
    • 208 9 AP BEUING, Tuesday HAVING rehabilitated Confucius' reputation, China is now planning to rebuild his hometown. The official Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday that the old section of Qufu, the Shangdong provincial town where China's greatest sage was born in 551 BC, will be refashioned
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    • 184 9 AP CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida), Tims EXCEPT for minor damage to heat-protec-tion tiles, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Nasa) said Discovery returned in excellent shape from America's first military manned space trip, a secret mission that successfully deployed a giant spy satellite with a once-troubled booster.
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    • 363 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday POLICE have found the car believed to be used by four men in the $1.2 million robbery at the Bank of Tokyo yesterday. The car, a white Volvo 244 with a Perak registration plate number A AC 5871,
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    • 252 9 UPI GENEVA, Tuesday OIL MINISTERS frpm the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries failed to resolve differences over a new oil pricing structure on the first day of a new emergency conference. After morning and evening sessions, the 13 ministers decided to
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    • 108 9 UPI BEIRUT, Tuesday IRAN said yesterday its forces "completely crushed" an Iraqi offensive on its southern battlefront, inflicting many casualties. Hours earlier, Baghdad said its forces made gained ground in the region. In the Gulf, Iraq said its warplanes blasted three naval targets yesterday, bringing to
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    • 814 10 Mexico pays out 11.5 m to kin of fire victims LAT-WP MEXICO CITY, Tues SURVIVORS of the explosion and fire that killed 499 people on Nov 19 in suburban San Juan Ixhuatepec are learning that the value of life can vary, depending on where vou live. The tragedy at San
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    • 298 10 LAT-WP TOKYO, Tuesday THE 1937 "Rape of Nanking a symbol of Japanese brutality during World War Two, is under increasing attack from revisionist historians and veterans' groups here as a myth fabricated by the victorious allies. In articles and books published here in recent
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    • 273 10 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Tuesday ZHAQIG WENJIN, China's Ambassador to the United States and a key actor in the evolution of Chinese relations with this country, will end his tour in Washington within the next few months, according, to diplomats here. Mr Zhang will be replaced
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 142 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS AMERICAN track star Mary Decker (above) did not finish her race in the Olympics last summer, but she is the first woman to win TV Guide magazine's "Mr Nice Guy" award, given annually to a sports figure for boorish
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      • 113 10 THE FATHER of Zola Budd, the South African-born athlete who runs for Britain, said on Sunday his daughter hated him and had not spoken to him for four months. "My little girl feels only hatred for me," Frank Budd, 52, tola the British mass-circulation newspaper,
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      • 74 10 PIOTR STERNIK, the 6-year-old Polish boy who underwent heart transplant surgery, was operated on Saturday a second time to stop excessive bleeding and was listed in critical but stable condition. The boy was taken back to the operating room 13 hours after the Friday transplant
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      • 64 10 HACKSAWS, money and silk maps concealed inside the board of Waddingtons famous "Monopoly" game helped prisoners of war escape from fortresses as the Colditz Castle. At the game's 50th birthday celebration in London, ex-Colditz POW Mr John Powell Davis (left) and Mr James Yule (right) revealed
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    • 1004 11  -  Vietnam, Laos and Heng Samrin government give terms and conditions for settlement The Age Newspaper, Melbourne Special to The Monitor ■y MICHAEL RICHARDSON VIETNAM, Laos and the Hanoi-sup-ported government in Cambodia say they nave prepared a "new" initiative to pave the way for a settlement
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 97 9 SV Memories L I running Lite- iin izlad lie asKev! me to lW 1 j l > x come bv mvselt in ease lie was delayed. The music' and rmnspherc brings h.uk i>Vy y memories of the tunc- he ptoposed 'ir stivitt stUl 'mpcxcahle and it s »/v i mce
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 81 11 Compact engine design has converted With surprisingly more leg room than JijC many other cars! Wmß 4 Stylishly designed for more comfort HM CHAMPION MOTORS jf W? 'C _.^T__ NICE PEOPLE TD DO BUSINESS WITH sraov &mxm PICKUP SJ*WV MEM. W I World Trade Centre. #01 46/49, Maritime Square Singapore
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  • money
    • 493 12 Two companies retrench 23 staff and reshape themselves JANICE LIM BOUSTEADCO, a major trading firm in Singapore, is not renewing the contract of its deputy chief executive Mr Robert Constable. Mr Constable, who is on a two-year contract, will leave the company at the
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    • 198 12 AP BEIJING, Tuesday CHINA is preparing to float a second major bond issue on the Japanese market, following the success of its first foray into international bond trading last November. The China International Trust and Investment Corp., an import-export trading company, will float
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    • 87 12 Reuter BONN, Tuesday WEST GERMANY, its exports buoyed by the strong dollar, achieved an all-time record trade surplus in 1984 and saw its best current account performance for six years. Federal Qffjqe.figures released yesterday showed a provisional surplus on foreign trade of 54 billion
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    • 214 12 SAVINGS and current account holders of Standard Chartered Bank can now use the bank's automatic teller machines to withdraw up to $2,000 cash a day from their accounts. All an account holder needs to do is to use his Chartercard twice that means making
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    • 163 13 H HMLLSTREET 3 SECONDARY stocks yesterday tied the record for the longest winning streak in Wall Street history, enabling the stock market to extend last week's explosive rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fluctuated wildly throughout the session but closed up
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    • 55 13 THE STRAITS Times Industrial Index closed yesterday at 794.64, up 18.45 points from Friday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed yesterday at 401.84, up 12.33 points from Friday's close of 389.51. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index rose 0.0697 point to 134.1318 at the close, compared
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    • 297 13 THE BRITISH pound once more was buffeted on world foreign exchange markets yesterday as fears of a collapse of oil prices briefly pushed sterling to a new low in Europe. But a recovery in oil markets and another upward surge in British interest rates enabled the Kund
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 28 13 FIRST Entity Corporation Sdn Bhd has acquired 8.8 million TDM Bhd shares for M 54.60 each or a total of M 540.48 million.
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      • 69 13 CONSTRUCTION and Supplies House s (CASH's) directors expect 1985 to be a difficult year but they hope to maintain its pre-tax earnings of 10 cents per 50-cent share and to pay a minimum dividend of five per cent for the year ending Aug 31. The
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    • 805 13 Bidder said to be Kentucky Fried Chicken's boss Loo Cheng Ghee The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday A MYSTERIOUS buyer is making a bid to acquire the financially troubled palm oil refinery Socoil Corporation Sdn Bhd, whose largest unsecured creditor is Bank Bumiputra. The bidder
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    • 512 13 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Tuesday IT IS HARD enough to understand the billing and fees on a single charge card, and that is only tne top third of a financial iceberg. Beyond the consumer's own card transaction is a system of
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • opinion / letters
    • 255 14 I HAVE heard of the Government s efforts to encourage single civil servants to get married with the aim of improving the "quality" of the next generation. However, I did not realise that their efforts include such moves as published in the Jan
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    • 113 14  -  LEE KIP LEE Singapore 2158 ALL PRAISE to the Housing and Development Board (HDB) for their decision to retain the name Chong Pang when they transformed the old village into a new town. How about paving tribute to a more well known SingaBure pioneer,
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    • 96 14 THE PLOT of vacant land behind MacPherson Green (a private housing estate) belongs to the Housing and Development Board (HDB). It is covered with tall lallang and nas been lying waste for several years. May I suggest that this land be turned
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    • 154 14 I WRITE this letter in the wake of what I suspect might be a case of mistreatment of pupils in a primary school. My brother is studying at a primary school. On several occasions in the night, I noticed that instead of revising
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    • 672 14  -  features »y MICHAEL BROWNING Knight'Wthtor Newspapers BEIJING: A 21-year-old Chinese woman had her eyes gouged out by a peasant who bought her for about US$55O (551,182), kept her in brutal servitude for nearly three years and forced her to bear a child
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    • 74 14 "WE CANNOT and do not deserve freedom unless we are prepared to fight for it, to suffer for it and, if necessary, to die for it." Philippine opposition leader Jovito Salonga "WE ARE living on borrowed money and on borrowed time. For the United States, and for other countries,
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    • 579 15 1u < 111* :l COMMENT PITY the Housing Board. It's done a lot of good work in the last two and a half decades. It has given many of us a roof over our heads at a low cost when all around
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    • 291 15  -  LI XIAN JI Singapore 1955 I AM not a shareholder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, neither do I patronise its fast food restaurants frequently. The conduct of the chairman of Kentucky Fried Chicken, as reported in the Press recently, has prompted me to
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    • 76 15 I HAVE some doubts regarding a policy of the Ministry of the Environment. Does the ministry allow snack bar operators in prestigious shopping centres to fry chickens, fish, and cuttlefish on their premises? These food produces strong smells, especially the cuttlefish. Some of these
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    • 186 15 WHILE I appreciate the report "EmSrium settles jeans bill" (SM, Jan I have however one observation to make. I am rather disturbed by the way in which the identity of the plaintiff's lawyer and the name of his partnership firm came to be
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    • 79 15  -  —REPLY SEEK HANG PENG for Registrar of Vehicles PLEASE refer to the letter headlined Taxi-driver demanded extra charge by "Frustrated Passenger" (SM, Jan 24). It is an offence for taxi-drivers to impose an extra charge as well as pick and choose their passengers. I would
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 66 14 yourself to an outrageously Relax over a free flow on the order one or bottle during our daily Golden Hours (Wm IK another, absolutely ■HP' V Disco Hrs: 9pm to 2am m W *1 My Fri Sat to 3am I M Pf First drink: $14++ (Sun Thur) m $18++ sat)
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    • 74 14 >2>S W LETTERS on any subject of public interest will be accepted for publication. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephone number would be useful. We
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 73 15 ,sS LETTERS on any subject of put*° interest wM be accepted for publication. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a peeudonym in print. A contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous

  • leisure
    • 1221 16  -  By PAT D'ROSE Nature's gift of love and kindness Is seldopi used, or not at all. People in this world are cry in' Ana many of them are dyin' Cause we don't really give our all. ISMAIL FARID MICHAEL JACKSON, Stevie Wonder and
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    • 309 16 Roger Moore, The Hulk and five Solid Gold dancers By WONG SING YEONG JAMES BOND to sing For Your Eyes Only to The Incredible Hulk on stage in Singapore? Yes, if all goes according to plan. Roger Moore (James Bond), Linda Blair (The
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    • Article, Illustration
      112 16 RECOGNISE the face? It's Boy George with his latest look. The hairstyle is short and black. And he bluntly told his fans: "This is how I want to look. People can like it or lump it." George recently swopped his effeminate longhaired look for a close-cropped orange hairdo.
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    • 379 16 Wong Sing Yeong MICHAEL JACKSON performing at the National stadium? Yes, nearly. A group of local promoters actually planned to bring in the American megastar early this month. They wrote in to Jackson's lawyer-agent in the States and received a possible contract
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    • 625 18 ■sew© Celebrity (Part one) (Malay subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.15 pm) THIS is a six-part dramatisation of the best-seller, Celebrity, written by the late Thomas Thompson. The story traces the lives of tnree Texans over a 25-year period, beginning with their graduation from high school. One becomes
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    • 460 18  -  W@@Sul By Mi MARGARET HALL 1 in Hollywood IPS IT was on the cards that J R would be minus his dear old mammy. But in the end, the producers of Dallas (currently telecast on Channel 3 on Tuesday evenings) decided that the
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    • 1608 19  -  By DAN SULLIVAN in Los Angeles LAT-WP "I'M a movie critic how can I hate the theatre? It's almost unnatural. But every time I go, proud of my attention to duty, I feel awful Something is wrong." So writes David Denl>y in
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    • 266 19  -  JEANNE TAY (Miss) Public Relations Officer Singapore Broadcasting Corp I REFER to TV Addict's letter headlined "Bilingual news watcher" (SM, Jan 16). We are unlikely to revise the telecast time of news as it is our intention to maintain approximately an hour's interval between the
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    • 99 19  -  HAN LEEI HONG u.'i ALTHOUGH The Silk Road is telecast on Channel 12 every Thursday, I cannot enjoy the programme because the pictures on Channel 12 are not clear, and they disappear every now and then. Moreover, the Chinese News bulletin is on Channel 8 at
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1352 17 WHUK 2.30 SBCTEXT Live Sample Cmß CjK I 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The IvY9| m Struggle(C) (English subtitles). 4.25 Story Time (T) (r). ;l I 4.50 Troupers. jWj w I Featuring Jerry Brodey, a singer-songwriter whose 0 ill V V accessible lyrics speak superheroes, garbage and c
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    • 179 17 lyato i Noon Newsdesk 12.30 The Classical Guitar 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-four Hours: News Summary 1.30 New Ideas 1.40 Book Choice 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Rock Salad 3.00 Work) News 3.09 Twenty-four Hours: News Summary 3.30 Sweet Soul Music 3.45 Network
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 52 19 LETTERS from Leisure readers on subjects pertaining to our columns will be selected for publication weekly in this column. Please address your letters to Leisure Box, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra Road, 03-01A Delta House, Singapore 0315. You may use a pseudonym but actual names, addresses and telephone numbers must
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 303 19 fVLM GUIO€ ju TOA PAYOH (*****34): WOMEN POLICE (C) JUBILEE (*****07): WOMEN POLICE DALIT (*****16): WINNER TAKES ALL (C) H 9jj ,Y yj? P t ***** 4 WOMEN POLICE (C) LIWAQU (*****30): BY HOOK OR BY CROOK (C) yPTTTyrffBBBBfc METROPOLE (*****27): ONE STEP AHEAD (C) VENUS (*****97): BUTCHER (C) BEDOK
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 219 20 ********************000 ORCHARD: 11th BIG DAY! g q (*****88) 4 Shows: 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 A 9.15pm X a Shy. quiet Teddy Pierce wanted S a little adventure O O And one day it walked into hit O Q life in a red silk dress q a JMk GENE WILDER g (3TU3
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    • 125 20 LIDO: LAST 2 DAYS! (*****14) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.45, 9.15 MHHir a a vim rvinVtt MKiS MKIMI JACK Ml BS lUr rufctm mw MUMMY AWMM IMSSSMM Original Tpaes Records marketed by WE A Last DAYS! JADE: HURRY-HURRY-HURRY (*****80) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 ■jgfegjjg)
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 151 20 LUNCHTIME MUSIC SONGS from The World of Great Classics will be played at the Marine Parade Branch Library tomorrow from 12.30 pm to 2 pm at its auditorium. Admission is free. HARVEY: A COMIC FANTASY THE King Edward VII Hall players, will present Harvey: A Comic Fantasy as its annual
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    • 444 20 Light and Shade in water colour by Ong Kim Seng...on display at the Fourth Asean Exhibition of Painting and Photography FOURTH ASEAN EXHIBITION OF ART EXHIBITION PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY AN art exhibition entitled Singapore THE Fourth Asean Exhibition of Remembered will be held until Feb 4, Painting and Photography will
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  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • 392 21 PHOTOGRAPHIC societies in Singapore should consider pooling their resources, expertise and experience to jointly organise national or international photographic competitions and exhibitions. This call was made by Mr Sidek bin Saniff, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry,
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    • 580 22  -  By LEE CHIU SAN ARE you one of those who buys a camera to take pictures or' do you want an expensive and fancy looking piece of glass and metal modern sculpture? I couldn't help asking this question while photographing the Singapore International Kite
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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    • 187 22 eVGRYTHINGS AUTOMATIC i ■r f AUTO FOCUS WITH CONTINUOUS SHUTTER r FOCUS LOCK RELEASE CAPABILITY The shutter will be Precise Infrared focusing repeatedly released when system that focuses the shutter button is even depressed. darkness. ELECTRONICALLY AUTO WIND CONTROLLED SELFYou'll always be ready for htt*!*/ T"\ ktt o. ttmt TIMER
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 517 23 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA You're rid of a burden, green September 23 to October 22 light flashes for progress, you Take nothing for granted, demake a new start and you fine terms and check fiscal recould fall madly in love. No sponsibilities of those who
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    • 194 23 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook LISTEN Of Vpo SUIA TO V THCY'dI >4oT U 7~ iVt Dl%eVtto\ THINK THAT TH6 1 1 fUAD AND FottoTrtN, &UT OH.V**.' f "OtfV MAKE SfcND "Tb Ht)o ARE W»*TWLW I frf 1b Ml.' tHUR. ft* ONfc **C«LLINT J I THIS ISN'T IMS CAS6.' 7 APPLICATIONS
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 1366 24 .'-+((.}'(*([{<;,>^!?:^&;*&<,:" Classified Singapore Monitor: Ww4 0.55 end pa Display $7.70 per cat Mmm Hra Moa-Fri. 9*n MONITOR'S ACCOUNTING SERVICES A 1 ACCOUNTING 200 7777/1157 A ADOALL 274 7474/ 221 7177. The First Name in forms. Add an good deals some ■M DOWELL MANAGEMENT 296 6861 INCOME TAX Prods 344 8378
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    • 333 24 Furniture/ Furnishings FSS CANE FURNITURE, REFRIGERATOR lor rental/ sale.26, Greenwood Avenue (off Hill crest Road). Te1.469-0478/ 468-4241. Opens: Sundays/ Public Holidays Gardening SPRING SPECIALISED IN Turfing Carpet Grass, tree and grass cutting. Competitive rates! Call Frankie: 288 4570. Interior Decor/ Renovation ip# SPECIALISED IN HOUSE cleaning, painting, parquet sanding and
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 714 25 classified s 273-9090 Property For Sale^ FORTUNE CENTRE, 413 sq.ft. Opposite Fortune Deluxe Lounge. Level 02. Rental: $1700 inclusive Tel: 338 4871, Lee Hwee Huang Real Estate Management CITY PLAZA APARTMENT, 1,700 sq.ft. 3 bedrooms and free parking. $360,000 Call; 338 4871, Lee Hwee Huang Real Estate Management VACATION Hotel/Holiday
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    • 470 25 NOTICES I CITY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) LOSS STOCK CERTIFICATES The following stock certificates have been reported lost or destroyed Name of r..tnir.i. No o1 Stockholder cenrocaie no. t|oc( Unju Mr Soh Khay Beng C *****04 1000 do C *****05 1000 -do- C *****06 1000 -do- C *****07 1000
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    • 264 25 LOST SHARE/STOCK CERTIFICATES The following share/stock certificates have been reported lost or destroyed Name of Company Certificate No In name of No of Shares/StocM Chemical Industrie* 0386 Tai Yun Shan 1 x 250 (Far East) Limited *****0 Tai Yun Shan 1 x 250 International Trust A Finance Limited *****6 Sng
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    • 293 25 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 Saction 254 (2) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION METROSAE ENGINEERING PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At. an Extraordinary General Meeting of METROSAE ENGINEERING PTE LTD duly convened and held at 5 Portadown Road, Singapore 0513 on the 21st day of January 1985, the special resolution set
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