Singapore Monitor, 1 February 1985

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Friday, February 1, 1985 30cents
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  • 624 1  -  Thieves add to woes of family whose business is in a bind ■y NG MING MING By SEAH MEI KIANG LOOTERS are picking a fire-damaged ceramics factory in Tampiner clean. Some are even coming in vans, pickups and lorries to take away tiles, items
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    • 206 2  -  ®y SIT YIN FONG A WOMAN fell to her death while spring-cleaning for the Lunar New Year. Madam Ng Hong Choo, 69, is thought to have been cleaning the front windows of her 13th-floor flat in Geylang when she fell. Her family said
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    • 52 2 ONE SLIP and this woman crouching oa all fours could plunge from the open upstairs whitlow which she is cleaning for the coming Lunar New Year festival. Monitor cameraman SHAPIE GOH caught this picture while passing by a two-storey shophouse in Lavender
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    • 573 2  -  By CHEE LI CHOO SHOPKEEPERS in Chinatown have been told to keep their wares inside their shops this Lunar New Year. The Environment Ministry officers have warned them it is an offence to display goods outside as they usually do during
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    • 250 3  -  By SURESH NAIR SINGAPOREANS have been warned that there has been a "disturbing" increase in theft of motorcycles and cars in the past two years. Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Home Affairs) Mr Chin Harn Tons save the warning at tne opening of the Auto-Crime Prevention and
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    • 61 3 AN 18-YEAR-OLD national serviceman, Private Leow Kok Beng, was killed in a training accident yesterday. A Defence Ministry statement said Pte Leow died in the afternoon during an exercise at the Sarimbun Reservoir. He was from the 46th Singapore Armoured Regiment. Pte Leow will be
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    • 263 3  -  By K K FONG NOT ALL people at shope)g centres are there to y things. And it is for this reason that plainclothes policemen are being sent to mingle with the shopping crowds. They will be there to make sure that pickpockets and other
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    • 229 3  -  By CATHARINE FERNANDO DIETICIANS have finally joined the league of other health workers such as physiotherapists and medical' social workers by forming an association of their own. The Singapore Dieticians Association will be inaugurated on Saturday. Mrs Fatimah Lee is the president. She
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    • 443 4  -  By CHEW YEN FOOK and JULIE ANNE SIT PEOPLE are being harassed by at East Coast Road. As well as swooping on people from behind, sometimes pecking them on the head, the crows make such a noise they are giving nearby residents sleepless nights. The attacks,
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    • 122 4 BIRD expert Dr Chris Hails from the Botanic Gardens said the only thing that could have provoked the crows to attack was someone disturbing their nests. He said this kind of attack was designed to scare off intruders. He said: "In any case,
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    • 464 8  -  Suppliers say business has been cut by half as vessels head for cheaper Japan and HK By JOSEPH LEE FEWER vessels called at Singapore last year for bunkers and supplies. Mr Wong v Hung Kim, general manager of the Port of Singapore Authority, attributes
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    • 72 8 MADAM Wong Ah Yin, 89, made sure that her personal documents were in order. She did not want to miss out on her hong bao yesterday at City Plaza. Mdm Wong, of Balestier Road was among 3,000 senior citizens, registered with the Social
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    • 253 9  -  By OEI SIN GIOK THE EAST Coast Park will be extended to make more room for joggers, cyclists and kite-flyers. A spokeswoman from the Ministry of National Development said the present park, which has an area of 40 hectares, will be enlarged
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    • 105 9  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO FISH seized from an aquarium last month belong to the same family as the piranhas, but do not eat flesh. A spokesman of the Primary Production Department said yesterday the British Museum of Natural History had confirmed that the fish belonged to
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    • 107 3 c Qm Sxpettwce EXHIBITION OF RMNTINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF PROFESSOR SUNYEE 2nd to 9th February 85 As part of Genesis' programme to promote fine arts locally, we will be holding an exhibition of Chinese brush paintings from the works and private collection of Professor Sunyee. We will also be
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    • 166 3 Lai] Kir again One freedrink, for every drink you order Get ready for the happy Drink as much as you and we'll match each drink, glass for glass (offer valid for drihks ordered by the bottle). Bottoms up! Happy hours are Wednesday Friday At 9.15pm the latest, most exciting fashions
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    • 162 4 TIME AT THE ROBIN'S TAVERN At the Robin's Tavern, SMASH (from the Philippines) will zap you with their latest upbeat tunes of today. And to take you down memory lane, SUNNY BALA THE MOON GLOWS will bring you back in time with their nostalgic croonings of yesterday. Thafs not all.
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    • 73 4 tor every ro« .oi \m P' oC f 5 a. orated on 3r p s>« K° di,k Only 25C each. 'COLOUPL^ P The largest professional |ab in tne reg»° n Our t.riCj (ju.tlity ((>ntf<)l MKjhf-t (>'< n ,'vu; to pr( iiljcc Li(• .11 1 r; i' Conic to Albert Photo
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    • 108 6 Oriental Kintisawa Superstore is here aP tiougang. Three floors k offUH, food and -fashion, (/A/E/V//lu ONE DAY OFFERS! 7 CnTSP* Mil* 397gr° J Urn# 24 tins per c utiomw f agg^T'""" /l Tomorrow only! Today only l \./J W vVBf > MEADOW GOLD VII —HAND BRAND Ice-Cream 2 litres L
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    • 114 8 Ute be m Bia m eMITa Bia biis bei eisi eiaa Bia era blb Site @la EIfWHB H THE PENTHOUSE RtSTfIUMKT I yjQ -a 4th Storey, Holland Road Shopping Centre, Wl V TA w Tel *****06/*****18/*****52 y Dates f 8/2. 18/2/85 nCH or DRAFT ,of 0 We present you the
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  • world
    • 256 10 THE PRESSURES OF LIFE IN TWO ISLAND ENCLAVES HONG KONG: A WOMAN who threw her newborn baby into Hong Kong harbour told a court that she did so because she was unable to stand the mental stress she was experiencing The baby was saved. But the
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    • 335 10 TAIWAN: LATWP YANG KUO-SHU, a profaneut at National Taiwan University, has noticed that some of his friends are making plana far the future plana that Involve lliing aomevhere other than Mm. Many people, inflnenced by what haa happened In Bnc Kong. are looUngMlotte paaribility of even
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    • 163 10 UPI CHAPEL MLL (N Carolina), Fri A CHINESE girl in the process of being adopted by an American couple was found hanged from a tree limb near a golf course and authorities are trying to determine whether foul play was involved. The body
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    • 322 10 AP ARANYAPRATHET, Friday VIETNAMESE forces, backed by tanks and artillery, avaalted a communist Khmer Rouge stronghold south of this key Thai border town yesterday, sparking a flight of Cambodian civilians into Thailand, Thai military sources said. The attack, which began on Wednesday evening,
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    • 333 12 'Serious, fruitful' arms negotiations possible despite 'offensive and aggressive' Star Wars plan WASHINGTON, Friday SOVIET President Konstantin Chernenko, reported by aides to be on holiday and not seriously ill, was quoted yesterday as saying that the stage was set for fruitful arms talks. In replies to
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    • 227 12 AP TAIPEH, Friday A CHINESE Air Force pilot defector from mainland China married another Chinese defector, a cellist, in Taipeh yesterday, their friends said. The friends told the Associated Press that Col Sun Tienqin, 48, tied the knot with Li Tienhui, 45, in a
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    • 73 12 AP LONDON, Friday BRITAIN'S conservative government, facing severe economic problems, fought off a censure motion from the Labour Party opposition last night to win House of Commons support tor its policies by a vote of 392-222. After the first vote, which was on a
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 46 13 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS OSCAR winner Maggie Smith (picture above) added a London theatre "best actress" award to her shelf of honours for The Way of the World. The occasion was the annual awards presented by the London Standard newspaper.
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      • 83 13 BEFORE he was The Rifleman on TV, Chuck Connors was a professional baseball and basketball player, although he admits to being deficient in the latter sport. "I couldn't dunk the ball," the 1.9 metres Connors said of his 53-game career with the Boston Celtics in the
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      • 92 13 PEARL Wong, whose Cantonese cookery in New York has been a favourite of network, fashion and theatre celebrities for 17 years, is retiring from the restaurant business this spring. Pearl opened Pearl's after she lost her job at a restaurant and 52 friends and
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      • 107 13 EXIT Bruce Springsteen, enter Bob Seger. Universal Picture's Mask, which opens on March 8, and due to debut with 10 minutes of Springsteen favorites will now be replaced by 10 minutes of Seger's. Universal was unable to reach terms with CBS Records and Springsteen (picture
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    • 122 13 UPI LONDON, Friday WATCHING television and going for walks are the most popular leisure activities among British adults. The annual "Social Trends" survey, published by the Government's Central Statistical Office, said British men spent an average 21V« hours a week watching television in 1983, compared
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    • 385 13 AP WASHINGTON, Fri ASTRONAUTS will take toys on the next shuttle flight, and by playing with them in space will try to demonstrate to children what a weightless environment is. Commander Karol J Bobko will occupy himself with a spinning top and a gyroscope.
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    • 135 10 To the strains of the sitar and our exotic cuisine, you will soon drift to India. We don t blame you Our North Indon and MoghrJcuere is ftwhnest mtown And* amply transports you rto another realm realm an ama/mgty varied cxisne thals both exotic and spcy J Specialty prepared Tandoon
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    • 157 12 Ready Fw Occupation A s 39l,6soApartment for *10! One lucky home-owner will be offered anofher apartment (Type A —1119 sq ft) worth stylish Thomson Address. located close the Novena and other amenities, Concorde consists of 21 storeys luxury apartments double storey penthouses. fittings which an ideal include imported ceramic flooring,
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    • 92 13 Jy|P RENDEZVOUS J It has to be a goumiet's dream come true two whole weeks of ex- cellent curries selected from the curry I capitals of India, Malaysia and Indonesla. And home-spun Singaporean speNorthern Indian mutton marsala, or Aery red 1 fish curiy; try the milder but V) equally flavouriul
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  • money
    • 365 14 Optimism based on favourable economic prospects, says bank report THE HONG KONG economy could achieve its first double-digit growth of 10 per cent this year, Hongkong Bank said in its January economic report. The bank's optimistic outlook is based on the prospects of a
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    • 118 15 WHLLSTREET Reuter WALL STREET stock prices closed mixed in slower trading yesterday amidst investor disappointment over a drop in the index of leading economic indicators. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.11 points to close at 1286.77. In the broader market, advancing issues beat
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    • 55 15 THE Straits Times Industrial Index closed yesterday at 833.51, up 11.91 points from Wednesday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed yesterday at 421.77, up 6.40 points from Wednesday's close of 415.37. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index rose 0.0345 points to 133.8865 at the close, compared
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    • 170 15 AP THE AMERICAN dollar turned mixed in US trading yesterday after losing ground against most major currencies in European activity. Gold prices edged lower in the United States after moderate gains overseas. Republic National Bank in New York quoted gold as of 4 pm at US$3O4 a
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    • 296 15 Bernama THE CREDITORS committee of the financially troubled Socoil Corporation Bhd is doubtful about the offer by a mysterious buyer, believed to be Kentucky Fried Chicken boss Loo Cheng Ghee, to buy the refinery, currently under receivership. A member of the committee, Mr How
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    • 273 15 GAMMON (Hong Kong) Limited announced yesterday that it had agreed to acquire Swire Properties Ltd's 50 per cent shareholding in Gammon Building Construction Ltd. The shares will be valued on the basis of the audited accounts as at Dec 31, 1984. As
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    • 84 15 MEMBERS of the Association of Banks are now free to determine the commissions and fees they charge for banking transactions. These include the sale of bank drafts, the issue of bank guarantees and the handling of import and export documents. The Relaxation is allowed
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    • 85 15 FROM today, holders of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation and Bank of Singapore auto-teller cards will be able to use the automated teller machines of both banks. The shared network will boost the total number of teller machines offered by the banks to 29. Oversea-Chinese Banking
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    • 189 15 INTERNATIONAL Wood Products's one-for-one rights issue will go towards reducing the group's borrowings, chairman Tan Sri Datuk Wee Boon Ping said. The establishment or acquisition of new businesses, coupled with operating losses incurred over the past two years and higher stock
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 38 14 f 1 ©"Ml C MrNaurfct Sjrnd. lit" q T *H6 POEWT HAVE AN M. 0. A. H H6 PIP IT WITH Hie M.B.P.' MARRIED THE BOSS'S OAU&UTE.R. L-r ni—i tev3 «f liwi *;if "!C.l noi Ahi'tuilL, fj r;i)
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    • 27 15 /sign of A good Kservice W For dataito write to Lombard North Central PLC. Banking Servicee,Dept 804 17 Bruton Strati London WIA SDH, England Telephone 01-409 3434
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  • 638 16  -  features By MICHAEL BROWNING IfilaAt llanananara BEIJING: The chief judge of a county court in Shanxi province has been reprimanded and forced to write a self-criticism after he ordered a defence lawyer to shut up in the middle of a trial and threw the lawyer out
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  • opinion/letters
    • 264 16 ALTHOUGH I'm not a resident of Ang Mo Kio, I frequently pass by its bus interchange. It is with regret that I observe now the once spanking new interchange has deteriorated into the pathetic state that it is in today. Despite the number
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    • 72 16 "ALL the world is a rainbow of people." Rev Jesse Jackson disclosing plans to expand a movement of environmentalists, peace activists, blacks, Hispanics and Asians. "SHE is totally in charge of Prince Charles. He is now so wet, as they say in upper-class circles, that you cquld shoot ducks
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    • 413 17 THE SINGAPORE GOOD show, Emporium Holdings. When everything has been going to pieces for the retail trade, you're going ahead to expand with new ideas and new techniques to capture consumer loyalty. The approach you have taken shows a lot of guts. This is a
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    • 441 17 I AM writing to report two incidents that happened to my sister and me, both on board SBS buses. On Jan 21, about 4.20 pm, my sister boarded a No 192 bus after basketball practice in school. She was with two of her
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    • 92 17  -  ROBIN HOOD Singapore 1335 I WRITE in response to the article "Why school tuckshop vendors can't give more nutritious food" (SM, Jan 29). I must agree with the article; I can't understand why Singaporeans are such troublesome and fussy people. It must be obvious to
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    • 144 17 PLEASE refer to the letter "Unnecessary to identify lawyer in Emporium story" (SM, Jan 29). In response to your invitation to comment, may I point out two other recent instances where the names of two lawyers as well as their partnership firms were mentioned
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    • 63 17 THE ISSUE of legal notices in the ordinary course of business is not of any relevance to readers on the whole. Not only was the item in the Emporium story not newsworthy, it was in fact irresponsible, particularly in the light of
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    • 39 17 nt »WI to un i p—udonym m print. A wtact Mdphoni numbw would to unful Vfi iviwi oiv ryii 10 ton vnvrv your tottort to: Tha Editor. Th» Singapore Monitor. 2 Alexandra Rd #03-0iA. Oatta Houaa. Singapore 0315 —w-
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous

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    • 460 18  -  J By INEZ WEI DESIGNERS are bringing back the silhouette, vanquishing the Japanese-in-fluenced heavy shrouding of past seasons to the back of the wardrobe. Women will be women again, in clothes that shape and streamline the body to flattering effect. Echoing this new emphasis is the Charles Jourdan
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    • 44 18 Clockwise from right: Sheena,The Female Undergrade, a mainland Chinese production and Caravan of Courage are just three of the many movies which will be released for the Lunar New Year. For the full list, turn to page 24.
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    • 635 20 Friday Night Movie Qreaae (E) (Ch 5, 10.15 pm) THIS adaptation of the Broadway musical set in the Fifties stars John Travolta as Danny Zuko and Olivia Newton-John as Sandy Olsaon. They met at a seaside resort and had a perfect summer holiday. Back at Rydell
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    • 454 20  -  TV SCENE By DAVID CROOK in Hollywood THE videodisc is alive and well and making a comeback of sorts. Less than a year after RCA gave up on one form of the video technology, the laser-opti-cal videodisc is making news these days. Earlier this month,
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    • 824 21 THE three years have paid off. When Heritage stuck to its decision to experiment with an original concept before an audience that couldn't tear itself away from Top 40 music, the musicians staked their rice bowls. The group received some encouraging feedback on its original music, but
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    • 486 23  -  By WONG SING YEONG WITH the lunar season comes a feast of highly publicised films. The start of the Year of the Eat was a good time for the movie industry, with Aces Go Places (Part Three) and Teppanyaki among the top box-office hits for 1984.
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    • 71 18 its Friday mm THE BUCK STOPS HERE EVERY DAY. A good day's work should end at TGIF every day. TGIF means a lot music, dancing, great home cooked food and super thirst quenchers that hit the spot just so. We're open for lunch, dinner, drinks....and then some! YOV<CAN'T MORE, CAN
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    • 165 18 LONGER Now there's a new write heads, as line of mini-floppy disks I IM W well as the actual disks, from Japan that takes And their magnetic all the confusion out of surface is guaranteed to choosing the most suitable disks for Jbe 100% error-free. your data storage and retrieval.
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1417 19 leisure BUIPE i 1 I 2.2S SBCTEXT Live Sample Pegee. Hf I 2.55 Opening and ProgramiM Highlights followed by The 1 I H I Featuring kids who are serious about theatre, the life of a H ft{ I 12-year-old ballerina who had her first lesson at the age N T
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    • 157 21 "It's not expensive!" she exclaims softly to her friend. "What's not expensive?" 1 muse as I step through the door towards the bar. The place? Probably. I see simple furnishings. Nothing poshy. Just cosy; a little homely. The band churns out some old sentimentals. Good music. Don't know them though.
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 236 21 fHAI <HJIO€ EMPRESS (*****67): WOMAN REVENGER (Q EXPRESS (C) MANDARIN (*****01): WOMAN REVENGER (C) TOA PAYOH (*****34): WOMAN REVENGER (C) JUBILEE (*****07): WOMAN REVENGER (C) BEDOK (*****77): AZURA (M) HOLLYWOOD (*****64): WOMAN REVENGER (C) BROADWAY (*****94): LIFELINE EXPRESS (C) cathay (*****00): double trouble (E) Midnight Show: BREAKDANCE II (ELECTRIC 800-
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 90 22 LIDO: NOW SHOWING! (*****14) SHOWS at 11am. I.SO, 4.00, 0.45, 0.15 FEATUWNG MTT SONG "SUMMER WMO" FERFOMCO (Y FMNK SMATM JADE: 56th LAST DAY! (M *****) I SHOWS 11am, I.JO, 4.00, IN, 0.00 CAPITOL Out Twwriwi Chevy Chase and his partners art anas dealers. They aell second-rate weapons to third
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    • 65 22 J j II I p < tha*HiMl J r O|DC!» OOn* MM SHMUOOO OWWS HWWI BOOGNOO SIMP OWWB O i I I TMMMTtW MMJM Q ********************000 1* MM J?] I B TONSSMSpniqht ,M PLAZA: Sunday morning t a SHOW 11am PmrtM Hooki liiHaihlwyp Z 5 iiiMoiinitu wtwl> jMimrnfr 5 RICHARD
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 82 22 HARVEY: A COMIC FANTASY KING EDWARD VII HALL at Sepoy Lines, National University of Singapore, will present Harvey: A Comic Fantasy as its annual Hall Play at the Victoria Theatre today at 8 pm. Harvey is written by Alary Chase, who won the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for Best American Play.
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    • 465 22 jJTfTJ I HOTEL Meridien will feature oysters for dinner at the La Brasserie until Jljd 1 Feb 9 Four types of French oysters available They are the De Mar 1 ennes No 1, Belon 00, Creuse De Bre- VI tagne No 1 and Fines de Claire No 1 [|Mj' J*
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    • 79 22 inHW JEWELLERY EXHIBITION THERE will be an exhibition of jewels by Mr Louis Gerard of M Gerard Jewellers of Paris at Suite 2003, 20 floor, Hilton International Singapore, today and tomorrow from 10 am to 8 pm. Admission is free. BACH-HANDEL-SCHUTZ EXHIBITION THE Goethe-Institut and the Institute for Foreign Cultural
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    • 59 22 E3SBIHB3 FOLK DANCING ELEMENTARY COURSE KAMPONG KAPOK Community Centre will organise an elementary folk dancing course, beginning todav, and thereon every Friday from 8 pm to 10 pm for four months. Fee is $5 for members and $8 for non-members. Those interested can register at the centre between 3 pm
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 120 23 5- < > -a 5 -5 2- J 5 i e < j > l j 5- s j> J 5 5. 'w S» 5 -w x > V I Devoted To You j 5r That's right. This Valentine's Day, the Singapore 5" Monitor will devote entire pages to all
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 740 24 leisure* comics CXJ 1 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook IMpttMfTKD,&O6/ **VE IF AU TH6 ErtPU*teES HCfU. AR& \IM TKIS WfRE UKfc u)HAT, I'PHCYCKee fc Jwsr W** W OITiL J -THM" ?Mo >40 MDlOfflotl. rA6.T<?6t4J« J Tfc/HSffcßßfcD PACK I $o*ETHiM<r Kfllß I OM> CAOHG- ABOOT THEIR. V J -fa TUB HoMe I
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  • open line
    • ANSWER BOX
      • 292 25 THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUERIES I AM a bonsai lover. I have been trying to cultivate flowers from my bonsai trees for tbe past few years, but have not been successful. What are tbe necessary skills involved? Where can I get wild bonsai trees so that
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      • 102 25 I AM interested in starting a business dealing with aquarium fishes and pet birds for import and export. What is the procedure for application and bow much does it cost? BEFORE the business can be set up, licences have to be applied for. Application forms
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      • 55 25 Something troubling you. Need clarification on certain issues? Let us help. Send your queries to us and we will try to get the relevant authorities or organisations to provide the answers. Send your questions to: Open Line, The SingaSire Monitor, 2 Alexandra Road, #03-01 Delta
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    • 144 25 IF CLOSET storage space is too tight, why not try the "pocket idea"? Simply staple a tightly woven canvas on your closet door. It should be narrower than the door but at least 20 cm longer at the bottom. Fold up the excess canvas and
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    • 314 25 Speak clearly. Don't make the interviewer strain to hear or understand you. A WIDE range of factors often decide whether or not you are hired for a job. Here's how you can boost your odds at an interview. Avoid Mondays and Fridays. Many
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    • 250 25 TANK ROAD will be closed to traffic from 4 am to midnight for the Thaipusam procession on Monday. Six bus services will be diverted. SERVICES 123, 139, 143 These services, on reaching the junction of Clemenceau Avenue and River Valley Road, will turn left into River
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    • 133 25 TWO NEW aerogrammes featuring a scenic view of the seafront and cultural dances will be on sale from Friday. Feb 15. You can buy them at any post office, at the Mails and Parcels Centre (Telecoms Chai Chee Operation Block), and the Telecoms
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    • 224 26 Catfci MT DELICIOUS ROASTED INDONESIAN chicken $19 50 with delivery. Indonesian buffet $8 per person. Mm. 20 persons. *****55. Eating Spot* u M.T.X. RESTAURANT at B* 9023, Ana Mo Klo Ave lod. Puk 3, oft Ylo Chua Kong M We serve special Teochev* porridge at lunch time and Teocnew styfc
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 212 27 classified a 273-9090 HOBBIES Photography/ Equipment K CAPTURE YOUR WEDDING and Social Function LIVE! on video View our demonstration tape before booking Call 291 0427/ 250 2629 for details Health Clubs MC than in the experienced hands yPrN refreshing seune. -MUttV So visit us soon. And let us I lend
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    • 195 27 LEISURE SPORTS MART Sports Goods/ Coaching SUBARASHI SPORTS (RACKET) Res fringing Services Blk 330, #01-1809. Ang Mo Kio Ave 1. 455 5006. Health Clubs Bfc Cleaning Services^, SPECIALISED IN HOUSE cleaning, painting, parquet sanding and varnishing. Tree and grass cutting. Call: 295 1414 ext. 1009 Ba|. JAS CLEANING SERVICES Open
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    • 373 27 Packers Movers PAM MOUSE REMOVAL/ OFFICE removal transportation provided. Please call: Jagrai transport. 471 0959/ 471 0963 office hours/ After office hours: 777 0392/3 $20 PER TRIP house/ office removal/ furniture dumping Workers available. Call 444 8936 Ba.m. to 10p.m. Wanted To Buy„ T WANTED LEFT HAND side of the
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    • 683 27 PUBLIC AUCTION CHAPTER 222 (PAWNBROKERS) Unredeemed pledges made up to July 1964-consisting of gold and silver ornaments, lewenedes etc. pledged witn the following pawnshops will be sold by public auction. Ban Hin Pawnshop Blk 2 Jin Bukit Merah #*****2 Ban Joo Pawnshop Blk 1 TgPagar Plaza #0115 Ban Kim Pawnshop
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    • 432 27 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Gan Yam Seng of Blk 107, Jalan Rajah #11-104, Singapore 1232 have applied for a First Class Beer House licence in respect of premises at M/s Gajoen Japanese Restaurant Basement 2, Boulevard Hotel, Singapore, 200 Orchard Boulevard, Singapore 1024, and that this
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 430 28 classified 273-9090 In Km Matter of The Companies Act, Cap. 185 and CHONQ ft CHONG PRIVATE LIMITED (In Vohmtwy I ky^lirtoo) MMntoraJ^mtary NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Creditors of the •bovenamed Company which is being voluntarily wound-up, are required on or before March 1,1§85 to send their names and
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    • 985 28 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE Separate tenders are invited for:1 PREMIXING TO OPEN STORAGE AREA OPPOSITE OOOOWN 39. KEPPEL WHARVES Cost of Documents Ss3s/- Drawings Closing Date 12 Fe" 15 Site Snowround 4 Feb >5 at 9.30 am r Meet at PSA Pasa Ofßoe, 2nd Storey, Tanfong Pagar Complex 2 SUPPLY, DEUVERY,
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    • 390 28 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 115 AND M THE MATTER OF ■run nam rn WWW (PTE) LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation) MENDERS' VOLUNTARY WMDMOUP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the above Company, which is being voluntarily wound up. are required on or before the 18th
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    • 259 28 IN THE MATTEII OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.ISS AND IN THE MATTER OF TAUAN (PTE.) LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation) MENDERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the above Company, which is being voluntarily wound up, are required on or before the 18th March 1985 to
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  • sports
    • 506 29 TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST GENTLEMAN OF SOCCER IPS STANLEY Matthews was born in Hanley, Staffordshire on Feb 1, 1915. In a career spanning 33 years, he became one of the finest footballers England has ever known. He was known as "The Maestro" and "The
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    • 638 29 CI lift I POOR performances mean poor turnout, right? Yes and no, judging from the response of fans at the National Stadium in the Malaysia Cup series so far. First the facts: Spectator interest in the Malaysia Cup has not
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    • 359 29  -  By S GULAM CHANGI Constituency Sports Club, relegated to Division Two last year, are odds-on favourites to return to the top division of the National Football League next season. With a squad that boasts of nine former internationals, none of the other nine
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    • Article, Illustration
      517 30 IPS KENNY HIBBITT (left) introduces the Coventry team: STEVE OGRIZOVIC: Steve's a real comedian, he searches through the papers and football magazines to find interviews with Coventry players, then pins them up on the wall with his own comments. I fully expect to see this up there in
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    • 303 30 SPOTLIGHT ON EX-ENGLAND KEEPER RAT CLEMENCE I'LL ALWAYS treasure my 61 England caps. But, contrary to current rumours, I'm not planning to ask manager Bobby Robson to call me back into his squad. I stick by the decision I made when
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    • 342 30 My debut for Spurs and we had to play at Wembley! IPS MAKING your debut for a new club is harrowing enough, but to make it at Wembley is terrifying. It nappened to me when I appeared for Spurs at the start of the 1981-82 season after signing from Liverpool
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    • 373 31  -  By ERNEST FRIDA HUANG YUEH CHYN of Taiwan leads the foreign challenge in the $43,000 Singapore Open at Jurong Country Club from Feb 14-16. Yueh Chyn had the Japanese Ladies Professional Golfers' Association (JLPGA) competitions by storm last year with a string of victories.
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    • 263 32  -  By ALFONSO CHAN A SERIES of international age-group soccer meets have been lined up for students in this year's schools soccer programme. Top of the list is an age-group tournament to celebrate International Youth Year, organised by the New Zealand Schools Council, tentatively scheduled for September.
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    • 235 33 Au-Yeong Pak Kuan: "We have a* good a chance of winning the match a« Kelantan. "But I believe we will go into the match more determined to take the three point*. "I know Kelantan have a reputation for rough play. But
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    • 370 33  -  i SNOC MERITORIOUS AWARD By S GULAM AU-YEONG PAK KUAN, the national team skipper, has been nominated for the Singapore National Olympic Council SnOQ meritorious award by the Foot--11 Association of Singapore (FAS). Association secretary Steven Tan said: "He is an exemplary footballer.
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    • 429 34  -  PREVIEW by S GULAM in KOTA BARU TALK of the weather here, and you may be sizing up Singapore's chances against Kelantan in tonight's Malaysia Cup match (8.30). For rain could dampen whatever hopes Hussein Aljunied has for his boys. Realising how treacherous the field
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    • 151 34 WAN YUSOF ZAIN is no longer in the Kelantan team, but the name remains in the mind of Singapore skipper David Lee. For it was the stocky Kelantan striker who capitalised on David's mistake to give Kelantan their famous 1-0 victory over Singapore at
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    • 125 34 The Star MALACCA team manager Mohamed Jais's position in the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) council is in jeopardy after he was found guilty of aidins and abetting Malacca's walkout in the match against Trengganu. The Competitions Committee did not pass any sentence
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
    • 229 31 classified NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Lee Tee Siak of Blk. 447, Jurong West St. 42, #09-284, Singapore 2260 have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop licence in respect of premises at M/s Yew Lian Foodstuff Trading Blk 36, Beo Cres-cent,#ol-37, Singapore 0316, and that this application
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    • 110 31 ■*t~? THEWMNMG FRENCH lOOK. AMNVAGE WH ROSSKNOL. Sportshirt with repeat pattern triangle motif in alternating bands of blue red on (Or brown beige; light dark grey; yellow, blue green.) 100% mercerized cotton. Model RG 1186 Available VHf vj; At leading Department Stores itfßi and Sports Shops, where you fcjjji 'v-aL
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  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 668 32 classified NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Koh Swee Ching of Blk. 79, Commonwealth Drive, #10-557, Singapore 0314, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop licence In respect of premises at M/s Tiang Huat Seng Pte Ltd 203, Henderson Road, #01-08, Singapore 0315, and that this application will
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    • 190 32 NOW. LESS POWER TO YOUR ELBOW JWITH THE F2SOGRAPHITE You're a good maybe even a very good player. And you want all your power to go into your serves and returns. Not into your elbow. So you'll want to get your hands on the new Rossignol F250. Because the construction
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  • Page 33 Advertisements
    • 406 33 \T\ CONTEST 1 Predict the score JEm j ond win $2,000 I 1) The object ol the contest is to predict outright If there are more than one corI correctly the scorehnes ol si* Malaysia rect /ntry, the prize-money will be Cup matches m the boxes provided shared If there
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    • 116 33 THE FORD/MALAYSIA CM 1 WNALASER COMPETITION 1l«* M IfWJj BETTER ACCELERATION THAN EVEN A SINGAPOREAN WINGER... Now, Regent Motors offers you the A> Write your answer on the entry form chance to win a fabulous Ford Laser which will appear every Sunday Ghia whilst you enjoy the thrills and in
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  • Page 34 Advertisements
    • 303 34 NOTICES KB&B Tenders are invited for the following H nominated Sub-Contracts for the proposed H Commercial Training Institute at H Commonwealth Avenue West. Singapore:- H 1. SUPPLY AND I INSTALLATION OF SUNBREAKERS Tender No VITB/CIC/53/84 I Tender Deposit $300 00 Closing Date :11 Feb 1985 at 1200 hours H 2.
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    • 100 34 AVAILABLE AT AUTHORISED DEALERS. Sole Agent for S.E. Asia: H.W. Shelley Co. (Pte) Ltd. __K 1 Mft 11l x w 7/>e name is Rente; the look is racy. You're ready for anything in Rente mix 'n' match action-wear co-ordinates shorts, tops and shirts, leg-flattering minis. On the court, or just
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 436 35  -  She may be the first squash player to win Sportswoman award SINGAPORE'S TOP SPORTS AWARDS By ALFONSO CHAN LIM SEOK HUI may be squash's first Sportswoman award winner. The teenage squash titan is the Singapore Squash Rackets Association's best bet for the Sportswoman accolade because
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    • 205 35 The Star SINGAPORE moved to the top of the Malaysia Cup table yesterday as a result of Malacca's oneyear suspension. The table has been readjusted following the competitions committee's decision to nullify all matches involving Malacca. Malacca played against Negri Sembilan (0-3), Armed Forces (2-1), Trengganu
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  • Page 35 Advertisements
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