Singapore Monitor, 8 February 1985

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR 30cents M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Friday, February 8, 1985
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  • 57 1 A DOG may be a man's best friend. But who is a dog's best friend? For one caning (picture above) which was run over at Upper Serangoon Road last Saturday, it happened to be another dog. The dog in the foreground kept a three-hour vigil over
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  • 132 1 Reuter LONDON, Friday BRITISH singer Matt Monro (left), a former London bus driver who rose to international fame .with a voice likened to that of Frank Sinatra, died yesterday, a hospital spokesman said. Monro, 54, had been treated for cancer at the private
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  • 346 1  -  Ministry survey on why students take to cigarettes •y CATHARINE FERNANDO ONE schoolgirl compared with four schoolboys has experimented with smoking cigarettes. And the child is likely to become a habitual smoker if one of the parents smokes. This was revealed in a survey conducted by
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  • 356 1 THE PREVENTION of smoking among schoolchildren should be a priority, the World Health Organisation expert committee on the Prevention of Coronary Heart Diseases said in an article published in the latest issue of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • home
    • 551 2  -  J.B. CUSTOMS HOLD UP NO. 2 Report: JOSEPH LEE FIRST it was oranges, now it's pears and garlic A lorry containing 390 crates of garlic worth M 514,300 from Singapore has been held up since Tuesday afternoon at the customs complex at Johor Baru. And
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    • 310 2  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO TRAINEES in the Construction Brigade are being rewarded with overseas holidays for their excellent work at Housing Board worksites. A local contractor, Lee Kim Tah, last year paid for the overseas holidays for several of the trainees attached to the
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    • 332 3  -  By NG MING MING ORGANISATIONS representing employers and businessmen have joined in the debate about protecting workers' monthly Central Provident Fund savings when firms go bankrupt. "Workers earn their right to such contributions," said Mr George Abraham, secretary of the Singapore
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    • 280 3  -  By IRENE TOH THE SMALL Claims Tribunal, the court which helps to settle disputes between consumers and traders over the sale of goods or services, has had 56 claims filed in the first six days of operation. "The response is good,"
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    • 207 3 EVERYTHING that a driver in the Singapore Armed Forces needs to know is now found in a pocket-size illustrated handbook. The book has been issued to every driver in the Armed Forces. The do's and don'ts found in this 142-page book include tips
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    • 407 4  -  By OEI SIN GIOK A LANDLORD of a house under the Rent Control Act who made an ex-era-tia payment of $6,000 to throw out a sub-tenant now finds that it may not be worthwhile letting out the place again. Alter forking out all
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    • 181 6 EXAMINATION fever is rising once again at the National University of Singapore. But students seem to stand up to the stress better this year. The university's clinic says the number of undergraduates falling sick during this period has not gone up, unlike in previous
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    • 162 6 SINGAPOREANS can fly directly to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong by June if China and Singapore sign an aviation pact which is being finalised. The Associated Press, quoting Xinhua, the official news agency of China, yesterday reported that the last details were being worked
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    • 108 6 THE Port Authority Recreation Club will hold a charity walk-a-jog on March 31 to raise funds for the Community Chest of Singapore. The five-kilometre walk-a-jog will begin at 8 am. It will start and end at the clubhouse at Bukit Chermin Road. The
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    • 304 8  -  Pictures and story b y CHEW YEN FOOK PIGEON eggs galore that is what these workers found while applying "Hot Foot," a sticky substance used to drive away the birds from flats in Housing Board estates. "There are times when we even find
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    • 270 9 IT WILL be more expensive to deliver your third, fourth or fifth child from March 1. A Ministry of Health statement which announced higher accouchement fees for the third and subsequent child, said the higher fees were in line with the Government's
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    • 104 9 THE DIFFICULTY faced by Singaporeans making calls to Bangkok is expected to be over by the middle of the year when more circuits are made available by the Thai authorities. According to Singapore Telecoms, the Thai Telecommunication Authority will be installing additional
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    • 91 9 THE Singapore Zoological Gardens has received $25,000 from Toshiba to help keep the zoo clean. The money will pay for the cleaning services and the buying and maintenance of dustbins, a statement by the zoo said yesterday. This donation is regarded as the 43rd
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • world
    • 285 10 UPI CAMP H M SMITH (Hawaii), Friday THE US Pacific Command yesterday confirmed a New Zealand report that Che De- fence Department has taken back an invitation to a New Zealand parliamentary group to visit the command's headquarters this month. Major Terry
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    • 443 10 UPI WASHINGTON, Friday A WOMAN deserted by her husband 16 years ago tracked down her former mate even though a court declared him legally dead and he twice remarried and changed his name. Patricia Bennett, an Internal Revenue Service accountant,
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    • 191 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE HIGH Court here yesterday reserved judgment on applications to dissolve Mareva injunctions freezing the assets and bank accounts of five comBanies said to belong to former umiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF) chairman Lorrain Esme Osman. Justice Dr Zakaria Yatim also
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    • 330 10 AP ARANYAPRATHET, Fri VIETNAMESE forces appeared poised yesterday for an all-out assault on the Cambodian guerilla hill fortress of Phnom Malai following two days of some of the fiercest fighting of Hanoi's 12-week offensive. The fall of the Khmer Rouge stronghold south of
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    • 149 10 UPI WASHINGTON, Friday FOREIGN diplomats living in Washington and its suburbs will soon lose their blanket exemption from local sales taxes, a District of Columbia official said yesterday. The change is aimed at recovering much of the US$l5 million to US$2O million (Ss33 million
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 56 12 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS ■NO WONDER actress Jacqueline Bisset (above) and actor Tom Selleck set such good Press. A Valentine's Day poll of 500 lifestyle editors from newspapers around the country nas turned up the clear consensus that Bisset and Selleck are the "most romantic"
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      • 70 12 SINGER Frankie Laine, who cut 21 gold records in the Forties and Fifties, has left Mercy Hospital in San Diego where he was laid up after quadruple bypass heart surgery and is now recovering at his nome in Point Loma Peninsula. The 71-year-old crooner drove
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      • 77 12 PORNO queen Marilyn Chambers may get her kicks from entertaining big wigs but not if he's a judge in court. Chambers had to defend herself this week against charges of lewd conduct and prostitution Dressed in a loose beige dress with a plunging neckline, she
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    • 784 12 UPI TOKYO, Friday JAPAN'S perennial debate with itself on defence spending may reach a resolution this year with the scuttling of a self-im-posed limit on its arms budget. Since 1976, Japanese governments have limited defence spending at least overtly to 1
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    • 220 12 LAT-WP GUANGZHOU, Friday CHINESE leader Deng Xiaoping's new open-door policy has ushered in an unwelcome arrival to the mainland economy, a flourishing black market in foreign currency. Along Guangzhou's Liu Hua road, street vendors pass foreign visitors muttering, "change money?" while
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    • 87 12 UPI IDAHO, Fri A BOY who saved his older brother from drowning wasn't too impressed when he received a letter of commendation from President Reagan. That's because, at two-years-old, he can't read yet. Anthony Flappingeagle received a registered letter from the White House this
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    • 360 12 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Friday THE APPARENT involvement of Taiwan Intelligence agents in the murder of Chinese-American journalist Henry Liu has sparkea outrage in Congress and is prompting some House and Senate members to re-examine the United States' already strained ties with the
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    • 407 14 UPI MOSCOW, Friday PRESIDENT Konstantin Chernenko, who has not been seen publicly since Dec 27 and has been reported ill, attended a meeting yesterday of the ruling Politburo, the official Tass news agency said. The announcement came as The Standard newspaper in London reported the 73-year-old
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    • 267 14 UPI WASHINGTON, Friday THE US deficit in merchandise trade, after adjustments, was a record U*****.6 billion (*****.7 billion) in 1984, but the fourth quarter was the best of the year, with U5|22.9 billion in red ink, the Commerce Department said yesterday. Americans
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    • 140 14 AP TOKYO, Friday SOUTH KOREAN dissident Kim Dae-jung left for home today to end two years of exile in the United States and renew his struggle to bring democratic reform to South Korea. The 59-year-old dissident was accompanied on the final leg of his political
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    • 72 14 Bernama MASJID TANAH (Malacca), Friday A FAREWELL ceremony for a primary school headmaster here came to an abrupt end yesterday when he collapsed while making his ''goodbye speech and died Haji Junid Mohamed Ali, 54, was speaking at a ceremony to mark his transfer to another school.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 443 11 if.* &££s&!' fc™*\ J "l*fc celebrales g the Year Usher in the New Year with gifts of your choice JJ from Tan Chong. Here's how you can get these wonderful gifts: |Hfe You w> be entitled to a specific number of points When you buy any new Nissan vehicle this
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 174 14 PRIZE STEAKS Look what has just flown in, especially for Swensen's. Juicy, tender U.S. steaks, from pampered, corn-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
    • 651 16  -  Owner asking for a price slightly above $200 million By CATHERINE ONG SINGAPORE Land is discreetly putting its trouble-plagued Gateway project up for sale with an asking price of slightly above $200 million, property sources said yesterday. Gateway, a $800-million twin tower project under construction at
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    • 324 16 RAFFLES CITY expects all the units in its shopping centre to be taken up by mid-1985, according to a DBS Land manager. Mr Kong Chan Wan, DBS Land senior marketing manager, said in an interview with Banknotes the DBS group
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    • 341 17 SELECTED stocks on the local bourse could give {;ood value for money this year and now is a good ime to buy, says stockbroking firm Lyall and Evatt. Stocks recommended are DBS, UOB, PMC, Lee Kim Tah, L and M, EAC, Cons
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    • 93 17 E HMLLSTREET fl Reuter WALL STREET responded yesterday to the optimistic tone of President Reagan's State of the Union message by pushing stock prices higher as volume topped 150 million shares. Mr Michael Metz of Oppenheimer and Co said the speech "created an aura of
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    • 41 17 THE STRAITS Times Industrial Index closed yesterday at 815.81, up 3.67 points from Wednesday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed yesterday at 411.98, up 0.37 point. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index rose 0.3898 point to 134.1790,.
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    • 112 17 AP THE AMERICAN dollar extended its recordbreaking advance yesterday, reaching new peaks against the currencies of France, Italy, Norway and Sweden and gaining against most other currencies. Gold prices slipped below US$3OO to U*****.50 a troy ounce in after-hours trading in New York, the first time in
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 137 16 HTo the strains of the sitar and our exotic cuisine, you will soon drift to India. We don t blame you Our North Indian and Moghul cuisine is the finest in town. And it simply transports you into another realm A realm o( an amazingly varied cuisine that s both
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 240 17 He: Hello She: Thanks for the most beautiful Valentine's Day ever He: Anything for the lady I love She: The roses were adorable, the dinner divine He: (to himself) Thanks, Larry She: But I really loved what came after He: Sodidl She: M never forget it He: Me too She:
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  • 710 18  - Thaifrauen or plight of mail-order brides features By ANGUS DEMING and THEODORE STANGER Newsweek Dey Teparak is 25 years old. She stands five feet one inch tall, weighs about 39 kg 101 pounds and worked as a seamstress in Bangkok. She likes reading and music, and does not fear surprises.
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • opinion / letters
    • 547 19 iKBIBSI AT LEAST two readers, among the many who've responded to our invitation for comments, have taken us to task for mentioning the name of a lawyer in a story about the settlement of a debt between Emporium Holdings and a supplier. Both claim there
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    • 87 19 MY FAMILY and I enjoy watching those "oldie but goodie" movies on television. One movie in point was "The McConnell Story" starring Alan Ladd, which was televised in early January as a Sunday matinee. We would appreciate it if the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
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    • 673 19 KUDOS to the Parks and Recreation Department for beautifying our avenues and boulevards. Just take a drive along the airport boulevard and the East Coast Parkway and you will know what I mean. However, these roads Kle in comparison with
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 73 19 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 m print. A contact telephone number would be useful We reserve
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    • 762 20  -  THE FIRST FINALISTS IN A TOUGH NEW CATEGORY COMPETE THIS SUNDAY By WONG AH YOKE THE finalists in this year's Talentime (Chinese) Open section have a lot in common. Although they do not qualify for the amateur section as they have had some professional singing
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    • 333 20  -  By PAT D'ROSE REGULARS at the Jade Lounge will soon miss that ample, familiar figure that leans over the piano, stabs the keys and hums the first few bars of Fly Me to the Moon, or Misty or any of the well-loved jazz classics. David
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    • 546 23 LONE WOLF RELIES ON RAW TALENT YOU cannot accuse Lone Wolf of soft-sell-ing animage. This is one Filipino group where you won't find a cosmetic chorus of dolly birds. Music is a serious business for its members. There are no gimmicks, no frills and no colourful costume
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    • 292 20 LAT-WP ANAHEIM, California: Walt Disney Productions said on Wednesday that, as expected, it has reached agreement with Lucasfilm Ltd to develop a new attraction for Disneyland based on producer George Lucas' Star Wars films. The Lucas attraction is scheduled to open in the summer of 1986.
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    • 612 22 Friday Night Movie Coal Miner's Daughter (Ch 5, 10.20 pm) THIS docu-drama is based on the life of Loretta Lynn, a coal-miner's daughter, who overcame an impoverished background to rise to the top of her profession as a famous country music singer. Married at
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    • 428 22  -  TV SCENE By WONG SING YEONG AS the Chinese say, local ginger is never hot. That seems to be the attitude most Singaporeans take when it comes to assessing local television productions. But Men from the Past, SBC's first sci-fi serial, mav change a few opinions.
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    • 426 25  -  By PAT D'ROSE THE concert, Give Them a Little Hope, has been postponed for at least a month. "Feb 23 is off because of time constraints," said Dr Francis Lopez, chairman of the working committee of the Lions Club of Singapore (Host). The
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    • 413 25 LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD: More details were released by the organisers of We Are the World, the single recorded last week by 45 pop-music superstars in the US to aid the starving in Africa: The single, which is to be released in March, will be
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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    • 4 20 Nightbird See Page 24
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 1382 21 /?j&£7 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR XX I leiSUrG t f A /wwFJ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY »,19»8 Live I 3.00 Opening Programme Passenger a team from Los jj* Simmons, harmony of Boys Choir have performed all I the world and work on a school The I Romper J|Z Swallows Amazons Forever The Big
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 167 22 11 I^N' "It's not expensive!" she exclaims softly to her friend. "What's not expensive?" I 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
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 544 23 fVmM OUIO€ TOA PAYOH (*****34): THE LAST CARRIAGE OF JUSTICE (C) NEW ZEALAND FILMS terrorised by an embittered fan. DALIT (*****16): RATU BUAYA (M) THE LAS T CARRIAGE OF JUS- the New Zealand High Commission There will be a first drink charge of will screen the following films today $8.50++
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 52 24 CAPITOLs TOMORROW M'NITE mm w mm igw team attmctw Vr-izodi^^ JX CYNTHIA DALE RICHARD REBIERE LAURA HENRY JADE: HURRY-SEE IT NOWI (******0) S SHOWS at 11am, 1.30, 4.00,6.30, 9.00 wp Dim KImmII-Pml Kntka Mdnrt Irtrttr "NEUTRON DANCE "MUSIC frtM "MYHU.T wm CTT' MTT MBS ITI «njl rt l4 •Jt'l'rb* (1
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 224 24 JAZZ CONCERT MUSIC FOE EVERYONE at the Singapore Conference Hall will feature a jazz concert by the Christof Lauer Quartet on Wednesday at 8 pm. Comprising Christof Lauer (saxophone), John Schroder (electric guitar), Josef Thones (drums) and Thomas Heidepriem (bass), the quartet plays swing, rock-iazz and other conventional standards. Tickets
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    • 746 24 HHONQ KONQ CITY CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY THE 21-strong Hong Kong City Contemporary Dance Company will perform two different sets of modern dance dramas, Song of the Good Earth today and tomorrow and Li Po A Tribute in Dance Image and Imageries on Sunday at the victoria Theatre at 8 pm.
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 830 26 leisure comics —-1 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook Hou cmt Voo WLHM.W, I mL, S ~m»Ck MMWte MAIMfAIN rr ttBPS fAt CAM U ftuuo 5V Doift +*> I A FftMAMEUtW FROfA E%P£ttl»J&- 66IMG-DISTJWSTWU. THAT MftKoD COUHT Otf if. I w NEGATIVE fboMMCMooT CVNItAL AHO J RfMiV WORK? IV J mmJj f
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  • LUNAR SPRING FAIR '85 FEBRUARY 8-12 WORLD TRADE CENTRE NOON TO 10 PM DAILY
    • 354 27 THE Lunar Sping Fair '85, a consumer goods exhibition, opens today at Hall Two of the World Tade Centre. The fair, which will run till Tuesday, February 12, is open from noon to 10 pm daily. Admission is free. More than 100 exhibitors are displaying their goods
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    • 111 27 MEKAY Sales Trading Co, one of the exhibitors at the Lunar Spring Fair '85, will be displaying its range of retractable clothes hangers. These are designed to replace bamboo poles and do a more efficient job of getting clothes dry. Both ceiling- mounted and wall mounted
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    • 131 27 DATE TIME Tod/y I.oopm 2.00pm Facial/Make-up Show 5.00pm 6.00pm Dance Competition 7.00pm 7.30pm Fitness International 7.30pm 8.30pm Variety Show 8.30pm 9.00pm Fashion Show Feb 9 1 00pm 2.00pm Facial/Make-up Show 3.00pm 4.00pm Dance Competition 4.00pm 4.30pm Fashion Show 4.30pm Announcement of Dance Competition's Results 6.00pm 6.30pm
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    • 303 28 FOLDING doors which look like wood, give the feel of solid wood, but are actually made of rot-proof synthetic material throughout. That is what Sunshade Building Products is offering at the Lunar Spring Fair '85. The company is the importer of Grosfillex brand
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    • 262 28 Have you ever tried to make your own ice-cream? Doing so is easy now, with Oetker ice-cream powder. With this product, all you do is add very cold water, whip the mixture, and put it in the freezer. You will have ice cream
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 173 27 Grosfillex PVC Folding Doors fit anywhere Hi' I'm the Sunshade boy again, here to tell you about Grosfillex PVC Folding Doors from France. They're the versatile doors you can install practically anywhere. They're built with the latest technology and superbly finished in stylish wood grain panels that add elegance to
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    • 158 27 A Now you can make delicious ice cream. Any time. Any how. Just open a pack of Oetker's, whisk it. freeze it, and serve it! You don't need anything else to become the dessert expert with Oetker's! Three hours in the freezer and what fIMBHfI comes out is some realy
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 256 28 I'll■ Everyday, neat, dean housing estates quickly turn into wet. gawdy eyesores. As sure as the sun rises. It's the daily appearance of the bamboo parade. Creaky bamboo poles laden with sodden launcfry pose a cumbersome and soggy sight and a danger as Kfler litter Now. MEKAY puts the problem
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    • 222 28 a'. v,y, yjfnn I tHST I I 8-12 February 1985 World Trade Centre Singapore I J _—fM^J^rkOpen to everyone vptf °f 13 *°w >»" Q'^ I ORGANIZED BY I RAYMOND CHONC EXCITEMENT, FUN THONG HUAT IMPORTERS A EXPORTERS PTE LTD a \tt\ ciionni dbx audiophile lab AfNll AMATEUR PHOTO STORES
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    • 174 29 IT IS important to recognise that prolonged high blood pressure causes kidney disease. Effective treatment of high blood pressure will usually prevent permanent kidney failure. High blood pressure also damages the heart due to the increased work it must perform and causes the premature hardening
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    • 408 29 ALL ABOUT HIQH-BLOOD PRESSURE BLOOD pressure is the force of the blood against the walls of the arteries. It is a determinant of the amount of work the heart must do to pump blood throughout the body. Measured blood pressure is recorded as two
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    • 148 29 'Hardening of the arteries' Atherosclerosis it a degenerative disease that Patt V cor narrows or blocks blood vassals combines to form t rkA|Aa|A*Ai blood clot fly/jjf Cholesterol is the mam component of /w ///nr plaque the fatly yellowish substance //n( A /fi x\s. &(//J
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    • 126 29 ALTHOUGH many different underlying abnormalities may cause high blood pressure, in over 80 per cent of those affected, no direct link has been found. People who suffer from hypertension have primary or essential hypertension. There is accumulating evi- dence which shows the importance of the kidney in
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    • 168 29 HALF of those who have high blood pressure do not realise it and half of those who realise it are not under treatment. So the first step is to find out if you have high blood pressure. In most cases there are no symptoms
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      • 96 30 THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUERIES 1 WISH to become an air hostess. I do not mind staying in any country. I hope you can give me the addresses of some airline companies which I can write to. YOU could try writing to the head offices of
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      • 131 30 I AM interested in studying for a certificate in public relations. Could you tell me where and how I can take up such a course? THE Institute of Public Relations of Singapore will be conducting a certificate course in public relations in the near future. Registration
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    • 288 30 AGEING MAY be unavoidable, but researchers have found that some of the deterioration that comes with ageing can be prevented. Experts believe that the maximum life span can be further extended. In fact, studies have demonstrated that the average life expectancy has
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    • 261 30 The Mirror THE goal of current research on ageing is not the discovery of some elixir of youth that would eliminate mortality. Rather, it is to increase the proportion of people who live long, nealthy and productive lives and ultimately succumb not to
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    • 90 30 YOUR bathroom walls and tiles can be scrubbed quickly and easily. Just fill the bath with hot water first and let the steam loosen the dirt for you. Then use a long-handled brush to scrub them clean. To prevent water lines forming on the bath,
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    • 204 31 pi' I Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor W*nb O.SS cratt par word 0.5S crate par word Display 97.70 par col. cm f 10.00 par col. cm Iwkaat Hra Moa-Frt. 9aan-spm Sal. 9aM-lpM MONITOR'S DIRECTORY A 1 ACCOUNTING 280 7777/ 2801 157 A ADOALL 274 7474/ 221 7177. Looso-Jaaf
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    • 137 31 l EAST COAST MUSIC Studio. We supply pop group*, dance bend, lounge bend, mete/ temele vocalist Studio for bend reheeneh end rente! of musical instruments. Tel: 447-1621. EAST COAST MUSIC Studio We supply pop groups, dence bend, lounge bend, mete/ female vocalist Studio for bend rehearsals and rental of musical
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    • 219 32 classified 273-9090 Under $60 Bargalne LOUNGE DRKSSES ANO tomato's used otoMngi. ScHng T "*****0 Beauty Aids H FACIAL 910 ONLY. Ftm gifts lor every pur eft— Um only Aloe Vera products Chinese New Year promotions. Appointment: 737 5252 #042STOrchard Plaza. 20% OFF FACIAL!) We have Experianoad Beauty Therapists to cater
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    • 277 32 MERCHANDISE A SERVICES At Your Service ><t CMN SWEE PROGRAMMING Co ■peciaHtes in programming C N C (machining centre ana lathe) 92 per block. Tel: 560 7619 OCT SHOP. VALENTINE, New Year and Greeting cards. Dry flowers, gift items and ladies acceaories. #01-31 City Plaza. Tal: 743 1349 YEO ELECTRICAL
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    • 507 33 classified 273-9090 SINGAPORE—CAMBRIDGE QCE NORMAL LEVEL REGISTRATION FOR THE ISSS EXAMINATION FOR PRIVATE CANDIDATES Registration for the 1985 QCE Normal Level examination will be received from members of the public who are not currently studying in Government or Government-aided schools, from Monday, 4 Feb 1985 to Saturday 16 Feb 1985,
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    • 195 33 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 115 AND MMil li 001 INVESTMENTS PTI LTD (INVOLUNTARY UQUDATION) NOTICE OF FMALMEETMQ NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 272 of the Companies Act. Cap. 185 that a Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company wN be held at
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    • 484 33 NOTICES $PWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from CI OB Registered Contractors for the following > (A) SOS 28/83 Nominated Sub-Contract for Supply and Inatallation of Fume Cupboarda to Kant Ridge Hospital Phase II Supply and laying of Aaphatt Concrete for Roada in the Republic of Singapore during the period
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    • 475 33 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Sim Choon Hong of No. 19 Tanglin Road #06-50 Tanglin Shopping Centre, Singapore 1024, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop licence in respect of premises at M/s: Peranakan Place Complex Pte Ltd, 186 Orchard Road, Singapore 0923 and that this application will
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    • 496 34 classified 273-9090 NOTICE NOTICE .IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Chong Hoi Sang, of No. Blk 204, Jurong East St. 21, #04-269, Singapore 2260, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop licence in respect of premises at M/s: Village Farm Product Supermarket Pte Ltd, Blk. 463, Jurong West St. 41 #01-576
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    • 472 34 4 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Tan Cheng Chye of Blk 34, Toa Payoh, Lorong 5 #*****, SingapoaE 1231, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop licence in respect of premises at M/s: Walk In Minimart, Blk 429, Jurong West Ave 1 #01-314, Singapore 2661 and that
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    • 489 34 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Sim Choon Hong of No. 19 Tanglin Hoad #06-50 Tanglin Shopping Centre, Singapore 1024 have applied for a First Class Beer House licence in respect of premises at M/s: Peranakan Place Complex Pte Ltd, 186 Orchard Road, Singapore 0923 and that this application
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    • 403 34 TENDER NOTICE Audit Department invites tenders from experienced cleaning contractors for the regular grass cutting and cleaning of its premises at 41, Hillcrest Road, Singapore 1128 for the period 1 April 1985 to 31 March 1988. Tender documents are obtainable from the Administration and Finance Office of the Department. Non-registered
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    • 330 35  -  By ALFONSO CHAN MALEK! MALEK! The band of faithful fans cheered, as he made his way down the red-car-peted steps after receiving his Man of the Match award from Football Association president Teo Chong Tee Well-wishers rushed to congratulate him, swarmed and clapped
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    • 415 36  -  ■FjRTDmJ wft* K Silvam ACCOLADES should be given to the Singapore Sports Council and the Basketball Association of Singapore for their recent comprehensive study on the seven-year-old basketball training scheme. The study signalled what may be a new era for the sport, away
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    • 153 36 Reuter BAUNATAL (West Germany), Friday FRENCH soccer star Michel Platini and Finland's Nordic ski sensation Marja-liisa Hamalainen-Kirvesniemi were yesterday named European Sportsman and Sportswoman of 1984 by the continent's sports journalists. Hamalainen received her honour at a gala evening organised by the
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    • 245 36 FORMER international Grace Cheong and Allison Dawson both shared honours by establishing a meet record each on the third day of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's age group swimming meet at Tanjong Rhu yesterday. But it was the younger Allison who returned
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    • 540 37  -  SINGAPORE 1 SELANGOR 0 By S GULAM SINGAPORE tamed archrivals Selangor with their fluent teamwork, but they failed where it mattered most up front, and on the scoreboard. It would have been fitting reward for the fans if all the effort was translated into goals.
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    • 355 38  -  By S GULAM DESPITE being substituted, crew-cut Yahya Madon was still starry-eyed in the dressing room after last night's game against Selangor. He could not believe that he had scored the winner against the defending champions, the team he used to admire when
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    • 256 38  -  By ALFONSO CHAN THE KALLANG Roar made a rare, if subdued, appearance last night. Arch-rivals Selangor were mesmerised by the spell cast by the masses on the terraces, who spurred our very own "Red Devils" on to victory. Selangor were outclassed, and that's that. In
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    • 48 38 Shots on target: Singapore 9, Selangor 4 Shots off target: Singapore 10, Selangor 5 Corners: Singapore 5, Selangor 6 Freekicks: Singapore 10, Selangor 9 Offsides: Singapore 4, Selangor 0 Referee: Mohd Nor Jaffar (Kelantan) Man of the match: Malek Awab (Singapore) Match Rating: 8 Attendance: 27,328
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    • 437 37 I CONTEST j Predict the score 1 and win SZOOO i i 1) The obfect of the contest is to predict outright If there are more than one cor- I correctly the scorelines of five Malaysia feet entry, the prize-money will be I Cup matches m the boxes provided shared
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    • 131 37 THE FKO/MAIAYSU CUP WMA-LAStR COMPETITION 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 the Sunday Monitor starting
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      130 39 WELCOME BACK THE PICTURE on the left is a heartwarming sight to any soccer-loving Singaporean. For it means that after four long years, the Kallang Roar is still alive and kiching. And although things started -a little slowly at first, the faint screams of 'Referee Kayu' and 'We Want Goal'
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    • 538 39  -  By S GULAM and K SILVAM THE MOOD in the dressing rooms after the game was a study in contrasts. Jubilation in Singapore's and despair in Selangor's. Although Selangor tried, they could not deny that they were well and truly outclassed by a bunch of young
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    • 131 39 gateway to one of the best tennis W complexes in Asia a million dollar tennis club open not only to the rich but to all. To help you avail yourself of all the fine facilities we present: MEMBERSHIP Individual corporate membership- entrance fee from a few hundred dollars. TENNIS LESSON
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