Singapore Monitor, 31 January 1985

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 30centa Thursday, January 31, 1985
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  • 387 1  -  Action dramasio replace some cultural shows from March 1 ■y WONG AH YOKE CHANNEL 12, one year old today, is to change its highbrow image. In an effort to attract more viewers, the channel will replace some of its cultural shows with action dramas.
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  • 133 1 UPI HAMILTON (Ohio) Thursday RICHARD LAMB will do more than breathe easier after kicking a smoking habit of two-and-a-half packs of cigarettes a day he'll leave jail 30 days ahead of schedule. Lamb, 57, was convicted last May of embezzling U5565,000 (about
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  • 158 1  -  »y ROBERT CONCEICAO THE Inland Revenue Department has, for the first time, prosecuted a person for trying to leave the country without paying his taxes. The man, Cheng Seng Poh, was fined $300 two days ago in the magistrate's court. On April
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  • home
    • 326 2  -  A 10-man 'buying team' is here to negotiate over price of acquisition By SIT YIN FONG AN AMERICAN hospital group is negotiating to buy Mount Elizabeth Hospital. The National Medical Enterprise Incorporated of Los Angeles, California, has sent a 10-man "buying team" to Singapore
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    • 221 2  -  By OEI SIN GIOK A WALKWAY from the city to Marina Centre will be completed by August. Plans for the promenade were announced more than a year ago. When it is ready, pedestrians will be able to walk in comfort all the way
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    • 284 2 MR LIEN Ying Chow, chairman of Singapore Press Holdings, yesterday topped off the new Singapore News and Publications Ltd (SNPL) building at Genting Lane and it immediately brought back memories of the day when he first stepped on the spot. Mr Lien, 79,
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    • 376 3  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG THE STUDENTS' i/nion of the Singapore Polytechnic is demanding to know why the polytechnic has raised tuition fees. The union, in an open letter to its fellow students, said that it viewed the increase with "deep concern." The
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    • 295 3  -  Oriental Kimisawa, opening tomorrow, will be its first here to be run with Japanese expertise Story and picture by JOSEPH LEE EMPORIUM Holdings has decided to upgrade its retail outlets and supermarkets with help from the Japanese. A spokesman of Emporium Holdings said: "We aim
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    • 238 4 POLICE are hunting for three men who posed as detectives and waylaid a housewife. The men were said to have accused her of illegal gambling activities last week and had extorted $1,500 from her. The 32-year-old housewife told police she was returning home to
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    • 269 4  - A good kite festival this year thanks to the sun and wind By NG MING MING THIS year's kite festival, organised by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, owes its success mainly to the sun and the wind. Miss Sharon Wong, the board's divisional director of tourism ser- vices, said: "It
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    • 242 4 REPRESENTATIVES of two bank employees' unions are expected to sit down again with the Moscow Narodny Bank management to discuss how the 30 workers and officers laid off by the bank yesterday are to be compensated. The Singapore Bank Officers'
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    • 97 6 SOMEWHERE in the heart of Chinatown, a flea market thrives. Every sunny day, about a hundred people browse through odds and ends spread out the ground. There is an impressive array of goods, from old coins and notes to second-hand clothes. Prices are very reasonable, mainly because
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    • 58 6 ABOVE LEFT: A "shopping centre" under the trees... a cross-section of the crowd milling round the goods ABOVE: Gearing up for the Lunar New Year festivities...Your very own steamboat, anyone? RIGHT: Only the short-sighted will miss this great bargain... customers take a closer look at the
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    • 385 7  -  Picture and story by CHEW YEN FOOK PARENTS should visit the Singapore Science Centre with their children because they can act as "reflective boards" for their children. Dr Leo Tan Wee Hin, director of the Singapore Science Centre, says when a
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    • 292 7  -  By BENNY ORTEGA FIFTEEN youngsters who have been waiting to be adopted for years are being passed over by hundreds of childless couples. The couples have signed up under the adoption scheme of the Ministry of Community Development. Despite the fact that there
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    • 228 4 Are You /<s£&s& Bird Bombed? The droppings of birds, especially pigeons, cause problems managers cannot overlook. DAMAGE TO STOCKS AND EQUIPMENT Bird excrement is corrosive and toxic, damaging stocks and equipment it falls on, resulting in costly wastage. HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT Bird excrement on factory, warehouse, canteen and other floors
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    • 333 4 It happens to aDofus. We find ourselves unable to qmk simulate their genuine interest, whether speaking to one up when we really need to. And we don't always know person or to a crowd. why. But whatever the reason, we need not just accef* it- Not only do these men
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    • 53 5 The superior cognac from Pfennessynowcomeswithunique imported ceramic jars. I W4^flr. s ••■Jx ofo.. \S&-> >«£% v t'i *>•-,, jL AVL Jlfst" yy Just what you need for the coming festivities three unique ceramic storage jars. All yours when you buy Hennessy Cuvee Superieure. ViV 7 (This offer is only valid
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    • 82 7 2 chj^i EMPORIUM W ■gAVI HOLDINGS GROUP H M The are Cute looking creatures that sing 3 different tunes while telling the Mr time! Valued at $9, you can now IF get one for only $4.95 when you spend $20 at any of our stores IM JKejKf (medicated goods excepted).
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  • world
    • 331 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday MR TAN KOON SWAN and key members of his faction will not stand against acting MCA President Datuk Dr Neo Yee Pan or any of his men for top posts in the party under a nine-point agreement
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    • 1029 8 THE MCA SETTLEMENT Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday DATUK Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, saying there was no winner or loser in the 10-month-old Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) feud, has appealed to association members to close ranks following the party's peace settlement yesterday. The settlement
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    • 381 8 BACKGROUND KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs THE MALAYSIAN Chinese Association (MCA) crisis, resolved yesterday with the signing of a nine-point agreement between the rival sides, erupted last February. Then, vice-president Tan Koon Swan and his allies alleged that party leaders had padded the membership
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    • 199 9 Reuter HANOI, Thurs UNITED Nations Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar said yesterday "modest progress" had been made in the .search for a peaceful solution to the Cambodian problem but much remained to be done. He said he obtained important clarifications from Hanoi's leaders
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    • 111 9 Reuter ROTTERDAM, Thurs AGREEMENT by Opec to reduce the price gap between heavy ana light grades of crude oil will go some way towards stabilising the world market and is more realistic than had been feared, traders and analysts in Rotterdam and Lonaoff said.
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    • 64 9 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres tried his hand at eating Be-douin-style when he visited Kaflya near Beersheba during a tour of the area on Tuesday. He seemed to be managing quite well with finger-eating, but just in case, be was given a towel to catch any
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    • 248 9 AP TAIPEH, Thursday POLICE reported yesterday the arrest of nine members of a gang, led by a woman, that specialised in helping criminals flee Taiwan. They said Tung Kuei-Sen, a reputed gangster linked to the murder of Chin-ese-American writer Henry Liu in
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    • 88 9 Reuter LOS ANGELES, Thursday AMERICAN actress Farrah Fawcett, who will be 38 years old on Saturday, yesterday gave birth to a son, a Press spokesman said. It was the first child for Miss Fawcett, who starred in the television series "Charlie's Angels." She said
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    • 362 9 Bernama JOHOR BARU, Thursday MALAYSIA and Singapore have jointly appointed a team of foreign consultants to undertake a feasibility and preliminary engineering study on the proposed multi-million dollar project to develop water resources in southern Johor. Johor State Executive Councillor Mr Jimmy Low, who
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 76 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER David Schultz, who performs under the name "Dr D." was suspended for three months and fined US$3,OOO (556,600) by the New York State Athletic Commission for boxing the ears of a television reporter. Schultz. struck American Broadcasting Corporation's
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      • 85 10 AMERICAN SINGER Tina Turner (above) has pledged never to perform in racially divided South Africa, the United Nations Centre against Apartheid has announced. The centre said that in her written pledge of Jan 15, Ms Turner advised the UN body that she had "turned
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      • 109 10 PRESIDENT REAGAN'S nominee for US Attornev-General, Mr Edwin Meese 111 (above), told a Senate panel in Washington on Tuesday that he has met "ethical as well as legal" standards of conduct, but a report made public at the insistence of senators concluded tnat he may have violated
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      • 145 10 FIVE NASA astronauts, a US senator and a French spaceman will blast off next month aboard the shuttle Challenger on a four-day mission to launch two communication satellites, officials said. Flight director Randy Stone said Challenger tentatively is scheduled to take off on Feb 20,
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    • 470 10 Agencies LONDON, Thursday THE Soviet missile which crashed in Finland last month had been aimed by mistake at the West German city of Hamburg but was shot down by Russian fighter planes, the Daily Express newspaper said today. Soviet operators realised after the missile was launched
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    • 311 10 LAT-WP LOS ANGELES, Thursday AMERICANS surveyed show little enthusiasm for President Reagan's j proposal for a space-based defence system, according to a nation-wide poll by the newspaper, The Los Angeles Times recently. i The poll also found that respondents opposed even
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    • 168 10 WASHINGTON, Thursday CHINA will see a big shift of people from rural areas to the cities over the next 20 years, something the communist government has so far fire vented, two experts on the counry's development predict. "You can't create a prosperous Chinese people
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    • 125 10 TOKYO, Thurs POST-WAR Japanese parents, misunderstanding Western ideals of democracy, have let their children run free with little restriction, says a best-selling novelist. Mr Saho Sasazawa, founder of a movement of concerned parents who now number 35,000, said this lack of parental
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    • 299 11 UPI LOS ANGELES, Thursday DOZENS of the biggest names in American popular music, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, have emerged from an unprecedented 10-hour recording session with a song to help starving Africans. Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson
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    • 211 11 UPI ROME, Thurs AN ITALIAN weekly magazine claimed yesterday that the Soviet secret service organised the attempt to assassinate Pope John Paul 11. It concluded this from an Italian military intelligence report submitted in May 1981. The claim was made in an article
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    • 89 11 AP BEIJING, Thursday CHINA is to open more of its domestic electronics market to foreign firms in exchange for imported high technology, Electronics Industry Minister Jiang Zemin was quoted as saying yesterday. The official Xinhua news agency quoted the minister as
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 160 11 FREE STEAKS Look what has just flown in, especially for Swensen's. Juicy, tender U.S. steaks, from pampered, com-fed American cattle. We have your favorite cuts. Tenderloin, ribeye and striploin. And to make them even more tempting, surprise prizes can be won with each steak order too. After your steak, a
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  • money
    • 734 12  -  AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE By CATHERINE ONG THE SES Industrial Index rose a total of 37 points on Monday and Tuesday compared to last Friday's close of 560.09. Yesterday, it edged another 1.08 point over Tuesday's close to 598.44. The surge in prices
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    • MARKETPLACE
      • 70 12 AT-A-GLANCE NEWS AND INFORMATION PROMOTE Singapore as an international financial centre, especially as we are emphasising high technology That is one message that the overseas managers of the Big Four local banks were being encouraged to note by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Other matters discussed
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      • 39 12 MR KHOO Teck Puat, it is said, almost never eats anywhere outside his Goodwood chain of restaurants. So, managers at Restaurant tie France, Hotel Meridien, were delighted when he made a booking the other day.
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      • 91 12 Bankers are so edgy these days that they are smelling a rat in everything. Mr Lim Hua Min, director of Phillip Securities, was horrified when 10 bankers called him up the other day, following a Straits Times report that way back in 1973, "directors of Chan, Lin
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    • 118 12 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Thursday US TRADE with the rest of the world suffered an unprecedented U*****.3 billion (***** billion) deficit last year, the Department of Commerce reported yesterday. A soaring domestic economy and a dollar standing at record nighs against other currencies attracted U*****.2
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    • 200 13 HHLLSTOEET Reuter WALL STREET stock prices closed mixed yesterday in active trading as investors showed signs of restraint when the Dow Jones Industrial Average neared the lofty 1300-point level. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rose 15 points on Tuesday to a record closing
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    • 55 13 THE STRAITS Times Industrial Index closed yesterday at 821.60, up 5.22 points from Tuesday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed yesterday at 415.37, up 1.76 points from Tuesday's close of 413.61. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index fell 0.1572 points to 133.8520 at the close, compared
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    • 130 13 AP NEW YORK, Thursday THE BRITISH pound rallied on world foreign exchanges yesterday as Opec ministers held oil !>rice cuts to modest levels, calming fears of an mminent collapse of petroleum markets. The American dollar was mostly higher in listless activity, with attempts at rallies held back
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    • 304 13 PROFESSOR D Daryl Wyckoff, 48, an authority on the railroad, trucking and airlines industries, died suddenly at Salem Hospital, Massachusetts, last Monday. News of the Harvard Business School professor's death was received with sadness by those who knew him. His colleague and
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    • 362 13  -  Company takes out TV ad as part of marketing strategy By JILL HUM CITY Developments Ltd has been advertising on television a first for local property companies in two years. It is also offering buy-backs at original prices for its yet-to-be-completed City
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    • 146 13 0> CLEMENTI Park Development According to a source, it consists of Carriage House expected to be completed in February or March, and which is about 70 per cent sold and Gate House which is expected to be completed by the end of 1986, and is more
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    • 114 13 fPf BUI Grandeur Come home to Hotel Grand Central and experience Oriental Restaurant/Coffee House our aura of grandeur. Savour our delightful cuisine Modern Conference Room or drink among pleasant company amidst friendly Health Centre atmosphere and personalised attention. Ample Parking Space Or have a night out in the splendid colourful
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  • features
    • 462 14  -  ■v SHARON COHEN Associated Press CHICAGO: Al Capone's depression-era "Sin Palace" a once opulent hotel that was home to mobsters and madames is about to become a museum honouring the virtues of women. The old Lexington Hotel will be
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    • 954 14 AP KHAO-I-DANG (Thailand): Artillery fire shatters the silence. Plumes of smoke rise above a besieged guerilla camp. A young man bloodied, limbs lacerated staggers towards a line of waiting Red Cross ambulances. 'Khao-I-Dang This is Charlie Three. Sending you patient. Category one,"
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    • 65 14 "IF WE are ever going to save habitats, the time is now. Or future generations can only say: 'My God, what stupid people they were.'" New York Zoological Society 's conservation director George Schaller "THIS IS a shot in the heart of all Berliners." A 65-year-old man who witnessed
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  • opinion / letters
    • 491 15 IH£_3NGftPQRE iMMnfl CONGRATULATIONS, Mrs Dolly Davenport, on a daring gamble and good luck to your Spastic Children's Association's appeals committee. Instead of another run-of-the-mill fundraiser, you and your team have stirred up a Hollywood extravaganza which, if it works, gets your association new machinery for
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    • 458 15 YOUR REPORT "Better feedback if MPs are more receptive" (SM, Ju 26) contains MM interesting points. It is reassuring to see the Hlwiinhdgi meat that all concerned MfcrMnnls most few allowed to speak, but this acknowledgement must never be tempered by the cendition that
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    • 161 15  -  -REPLY- CHEW KING HWAN for Permanent Secretary (Education) I REFER to the letters "Why the need for so much verification" by 'Irritated" (SM, Jan 9) and "Pointless to ask for data which will never change" by Y H Choy (SM, Jan 16). Generally, verification
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    • 156 15  -  KARAM JEET SINGH Singapore 1438 I AM very glad that the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) has shown and will be showing some really exciting movies this year. I refer to good comedies like "It Takes Two" and action-packed movies like "Anno Domini,"
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  • leisure
    • 889 16  -  By WONG All YOKE THERE is a saying that the world can be your oyster. But for some people, the oyster can be their world. The gastronomical world. This delicious mollusc has been enjoyed by early civilisations in Europe The Celts loved it. The
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    • 423 16  -  By PAT D'ROSE SPANDAU BALLET, once dismissed as "shallow hype" but which persevered to emerge as a top group in America and major attraction in Britain (ranking with Duran Duran), will give two concerts here in April. This will be one of
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    • 704 16 STARSTRUCKI DALLAS goes to Hong Kong. Well, why not, when several American TV series, including the popular Love Boat, have already used the colony for location shooting. Barely a week after the CBS film crew for Blade in Hong Kong completed its assignment, the crew of
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    • 561 18 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Thursday Feature Special Foul Play (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.15 pm) GOLDIE HAWN, Chevy Chase, Dudley Moore and Burgess Meredith star in this comic-thriller which is set in San Francisco. Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn) is a librarian who is trying to pick up the pieces
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    • 780 18 TV SCENE UPI HOLLYWOOD: For millions of people in the Sixties, Peyton Place, TV's first prime-time soap opera, was a vicarious way of life. In its own time and place, the hour-long drama based on Grace Metalious' novel of sex and intrigue in a small
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    • 776 19  -  By MARILYN BECK in Hollywood MUCH is made of filmland divorces, the conspicuous spending of the stars, incidents of alcoholism, drugs and worse. But there's another Hollywood that receives scant attention one where people devote large portions of their time ana tneir fortunes to making
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    • 134 16 and the price is "right! A in our rtew stealTbouse at Hotel Miramar. We will take care of the rose. Treat her to the best brand in beef our premium qualify beefsteaks from U.S. DPM/Harris Ranch in Central California. 1) Tenderloin Steak 4) Ribeye Steak (200gms) at $22.00++ (285gms) at
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1255 17 THE BMQAPORE MONnOR f\ |Q [SLITO THURSDAY, JANUARY 31,1986 IKJ MEEIljiMi I 2.30 SBCTEXT- Uve I 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The I Immortals (C) D Tarxan The Prisoner (r). B I 5.20 Andy Robson Unwillingly School. I 5.45 360 Degrees Views of Our World: Psnama (Eng- lish
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    • 287 19 f\\M GUIO€ QOLDEN (*****66): LOVE WITH THE WMMiiMMMMM GHOST IN LUSHAN (C) DALIT (*****16): LIFELINE EXPRESS (C) NEW TOWN (*****75): LOVE WITH THE CAP,TOL (*****59): NINJA MISSION (E) LIWAQU (*****30): LIFELINE EXPRESS GHOST IN LUSHAN (C) JADE (*****80): TOP SECRET (E) (C) PRINCESS (*****66): LOVE WITH THE Starring. Sha rilf
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 139 20 JEWELLERY EXHIBITION THERE will be an exhibition of jewels by Louis Gerard of M Gerard Jewellers of Paris, at Suite 2003, 20th floor, Hilton International Singapore, until Saturday, 10 am to 8 pm daily. Admission is free. LU PAN XI EXHIBITION AND SALE AN exhibition and sale of Oriental antiques
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    • 668 20 British harpsichordist, pianist and conductor George Malcolm will play tonight and tomorrow night at the Victoria Concert Hall. QEORQE MALCOLM VIOLIN RECITAL SINGAPORE Symphony Orchestra THERE will be a violin recital by Pawill feature British harpsichordist and vel Prantl, leader of the Singapore pianist George Malcolm as conductor Symphony Orchestra,
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    • 131 20 NONYA BUFFET LUNCHEON THERE will be a Nonya Buffet Luncheon at Cafe La Terrasse, Meridien Hotel, today from noon to 2.30pm. Charges are $16++ for adults and $14+ for children under 12. ITAUAN BUFFET THE Belvedere, Mandarin Hotel, will feature an Italian spread today from noon to 3 pm. Prices
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  • 566 21 Tips on how to pack for business travel fto MMt IPS CARRY three bags: A small canvas or leather briefcase for your business papers and small personal belongings; a small bag for shirts or blouses, socks or hosiery, underwear and sleeping attire; and a hanging bag
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 238 21 fwe 7/ Show You Other Worlds Besides Singapore At NTUC Travel, we believe that every place has a charm all its own. NTUC Travel Services Pte Ltd I Sophia Road #02-07, Peace Centre, Singapore 0922. Vaf Tel: *****33 (12 lines) Telex. RS ***** NTS Cable: NTUC Travel 5 I EXPERIENCING
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    • 73 21 Clothes for Winter Holidays. j Why spend a lot on new winter clothes when travelling abroad? Seasoned winter gear in top condiUon, some almost brand new, available. J Coats and jackets from only $10 to $60. V OtSAEABBCrfeEAUTY 1 On!jf/velTcorenation Plaaa. N #01-19 Bukit Timah Road, J Time of Departure
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 732 22 leisure comics SSaffSaSPffi*. d.O A ""I PASTRACK By Bill Holbrook -ittft IV£ HEAW) WT V' 16 THAT TRUE WITH A Nr SMAt -mtiß HAVE I SMOTHERED <*>0 7 FKAMKLY MS T*£Ui6, 1 ffeMML PWTtott whjth 6V JCEEPIMO tf>o .N FJ mr i t J 7(1 n' *TT" "I C§s\ ifviML
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  • 408 23 rumiwhii—i<f ißlß^Bbjlwißiiii^BMdvsft^nli^Bii^K^RK^HwiSKi uCXIKI3MCKX compuWmt IXVSI3EBII IB MISKXiSKXKB clm^MHHuS^H^Hn> £TM»# EISx SflK !^KIZZ SXmSSSBXBBKE<EXi< THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry will conduct a course on Business Psychology from February 9 to March 30. It will be held at the Chinese
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  • 213 23 PASSING the 'O' Level examination is imperative for all students either hoping to pursue their studies or to better their job propects. Unfortunately, for a good many, English has proved to be a stumbling block when it comes to overall results. It is often
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 91 23 KNOW ISLAM An advance level course in the Knglish Language Tenets of Islam and Islamic Theology (Tauhid) Maulavi M H Babu Sahib at The Muslim Converts Association 24 I'heng (ieck Avenue Singapore I!M4 Kverv Sunday 11 .'ilium 1 00pm) For information contact tel 2HH H224 74:t All ar»' welcome Qhotj*
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    • 95 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. Gain YOUR academic qualification in: GCE 'O' LEVEL through high quality and proven teaching methods and structured courses from our.
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 410 25 classified 273-9090 THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 185) NEWTECH CONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LIMITED (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) NOTICE is hereby given that creditors of the abovenamed Company which is being voluntarily wound up are required on or before Ist March 1985 to send in their names and addresses with particulars of their debts
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    • 93 26 Reuter BONN, Thurs WEST GERMAN goalkeeper Harald Tom" Schumacher has denied Press reports suggesting he is having talks with French First Division club Paris St Germain. Schumacher denied the reports after Germany's game with Hungary. The goalkeeper's contract with his club, FC
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    • 262 26  -  By K SILVAM LAST YEAR'S runners-up Marine Parade are strongly tipped to win the Inter-Constituency Badminton Championship, starting Feb 12. The second-seeded team has numerous former internationals in its lirie-up. Leading the pack are former international Chin Soon Chye, one-time junior champion
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    • 392 26  -  ALLEY CHAT By TONY LIM wffli TONY LIM A NUMBER of local bowlers, or keglers as they are sometimes called, have lashed out at the way officials chose to select the six bowlers for the Federal Territory Inter-City tournament. The tournament will be
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    • 489 26 KARPOV 5 KASPAROV 2 i, MHPOiiMinOW IHHU MOSCOW, Thursday CHALLENGER Gary Kasparov outplayed world champion Anatoly Karpov to win the 47th game of their marathon World chess Championship match yesterday, notching his second win of the series in a surprise victory with black pieces. The
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      217 27 IPS SCOTLAND'S all-round strength could well see them reach their fourth World Cup Finals in succession. They appear to have more potential than the sides that battled to the Finals in 1978 and 1982. Many believe they can do even better than the Scotland team that reached the 1974
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    • 365 27 GRAEME SOUNESS TALKS ABOUT HIS COUNTRY IPS THIS IS the best Scotland squad I have known since first breaking into the national team 10 years ago. But it would be daft of me to talk about reaching the World Cup Finals
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    • 24 27 The Team Jim Leighton, Willie Miller, Alex McLeish, Arthur Albiston, Graeme Soilness, Paul McStay, Jim Belt, Davie Cooper, Kenny Dalslish, Steve Nichol, Maurice Johnston.
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    • 145 27 YOU take no liberties with Jock Stein We call him the "boss" and mean it. When Jock was appointed I knew what to expect because Kenny Dalglish, who had played under him at Celtic, gave me a tremendous insight into the man. I got into
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    • 170 27 WORLD NEWS IPS THE AFRICAN Football Federation has wrecked the latest attempt to organise a World Club Championship. Liverpool had been invited to take part in a 12club tournament, along with Independiente of Argentina, who beat them 1-0 in the Intercontinental Cup
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    • 235 27  -  BY TONY ROCHE ALLAN Simonsen, the Danish international who broke a leg early in the European Championship against France, has made a full recovery. The former Moenchengladbach, Barcelona and Charlton wizard has signed a new contract with home side, Vejle BK,
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    • 551 28 IPS THE £200,000 (S*500,000) signing of Michael Robinson from Liverpool brought Queens Park Rangers' strike force up to four. But if the transfer raised a question mark against the future of Simon Stainrod at Loftus Road, then another query was surely justified...would Robinson
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    • 476 28 Dixon for or against England? IPS ENGLAND could be in danger of losing Chelsea's prolific goalscorer KERRY DIXON in much the same way as Liverpool defender MARK LAWRENSON was allowed to slip through their fingers. For while the 23-year-old striker was born in England, he is also eligible to play
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    • 384 28 IPS IPSWICH have found an easy way to pick their first team for the past three years stick in Steve McCall (above) and then find 10 others to put round him. McCall recently clocked 150 successive first team games, a remarkable record in the
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    • 173 29 Reuter MELBOURNE, Thursday WORLD record holder Calvin Smith (right) took the Australia Games 100 metres title yesterday with a flowing performance in his first competitive run over the distance in five months. Smith, who holds the world mark of 9.93 seconds, recovered from a slow
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    • 315 29 PERAK 2 ARMED FORCES 1 The Star THE PERAK team adapted better to a wet pitch to earn this narrow bul deserving win over Armed Forces in a Malaysia Cup match at Perak Stadium in Ipoh last night. It was a close
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    • 665 30  -  K* CJTSAI lEN» By S GULAM PENANG, under former international striker Shukor Salleh's charge, had been described as a Soal-shy team until londay's match against Nejzri Sembilan. The drought ended when Fadzil Ismail slotted in the lone goal their first for the season
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    • 285 30  -  By KEN JALLEH Jr JUNIE SNG has been asked to celebrate her return from retirement by leading a star-studded cast, which includes Olympian Ang Peng Siong. to the inaugural Singapore International Invitational championships from May 31-June 2; Also down to beef up
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    • 146 30  -  HITACHI DOCKYARD 1 OCBC 1 By K SILVAM HITACHI Dockyard were unlucky to share points with Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation in a Singapore Business Houses league Division Two match at Geylang yesterday. The Hitachi boys showed their supremacy from the outset by constantly
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    • 359 30 AT LEAST five former national squad members will be included in the selection trials for a new Intermediate soccer team. They are defenders Rashid Musanaib, Idham Eiduan, Jamaluddin Suleiman and Said Shukor, and striker Abdullah Noor. The selectors team manager Andrew Yap, coach Hobin
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