Singapore Monitor, 15 February 1985

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  • 11 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR 30c«nU M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Friday, February 15,1985
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  • 526 1  -  Security more important than pay for top job-hunters, firms say ■y JOSEPH LEE TOUGHER economic conditions .have forced a dramatic change on the expectations amd recruitment of Singapore executives, talent-hunt companies say. 'Among the changes they see are: RECRUITS give Job security higher
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  • 245 1 UPI MIAMI, Friday TWO APPARENT vigilantes tracked down a rape suspect, handcuffed him, shot him in the nead and left him for dead, Miami police said yesterday. Mariano Molina, 19, was only grazed by the gunshot and was in the Dade County Jail on charges
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    • 656 2  -  By CATHARINE FERNANDO IF YOU are shopping for a gemstone, don't be taken in by its brilliance or flawlessness. Have it laboratory-tested to check its authenticity before you become a victim of jewellers who will trick you into paying large sums of money
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    • 170 2 Picture and story by CHEW YEN FOOK IF you think you've seen it all when it comes to sun-tanning, look again. Human beings seem comparatively unimaginative when it comes to basking in the sun. Turtles have no qualms in literally climbing onto the backs of
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    • 319 3 THE ACTING chairman of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), Mr Soon Kia Seng, has resigned from his party. Mr Soon said yesterday a letter of resignation had been sent to Mr Chiam See Tong, the party's secretary-general, on Feb 2. He said his resignation was based on
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    • 364 3  -  By SURESH NAIR POLICE have arrested 30 people in raids on shell games in Chinatown in the past few days. Detectives from the Central Police Station raided a number of suspected gambling dens after numerous complaints from people, mainly housewives, of being
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    • 267 3  -  By SIT YIN FONG A PILOT low-cost group insurance scheme for retirees has passed its oneyear test. It will launch into its second year on March 27 when existing policies expire. The scheme was pioneered by the Retirees Club of the People's Association
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    • 146 4  -  By JOSEPH LEE ALL PORT of Singapore Authority (PSA) gates at Tanjong Pagar Container Terminal, Keppel Wharves and Pasir Panjang Wharves will be re-num-bered and renamed from March 1. Gate 4 will be renamed PSA Gate 1 Marina Wharves; Gate 3 will
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    • 284 4  -  By NG MING MING LOOTING of a factory which had been partially burnt down has eased, says its owner. Mr Kuek Cher Tin, whose family owns the terazzo tile factory at Lorong Lichin, said: "My family still makes regular checks on the factory." The
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    • 373 4  -  By GANDHI AMBALAM POLICE are investigating whether a urine sample of an army cook who was detained by them for alleged drug-taking at the Paya Lebar station, was tampered with. When contacted yesterday, an officer of the station confirmed that
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    • 370 6 RUN-UP TO THE LUNAR NEW YEAH PRICES of Chinese mandarin oranges have dropped by more than $4 a crate from last year's prices. Prices charged by import firms along New Bridge Road range from $22 per crate of 96 for the small variety
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    • 200 6  -  By NG MING MING THE LUNAR New Year exodus is about to begin. And all available means of transport to major Malaysian towns are heavily booked. Express train tickets to Kuala Lumpur until Feb 19 have been sold out. A travel bureau in
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    • 326 6  -  By SURESH NAIR A DISTRAUGHT housewife went to a piece of reclaimed land off Marina Centre yesterday evening, hoping to find her missing husband fishing there. She found him, but he was not with his fishing gear or with his
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    • 574 7  -  ■y JULIE ANNE SIT SINGAPORE taxi-drivers yesterday welcomed the proposal to charge a flat rate of 915 per hour when >uiiar New Year commuters make "private" arrangements to hire their taxis for visits to relatives and friends. Almost every cabbie interviewed responded with
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    • 191 7 A CHECK with a few radio taxi standi yesterday showed that the responae to private" booking arrangements between commuters and taxi-drivers was generally good. A spokesman of Chip Bee Radio Taxi Service said: "It is still early with five days to go, but already 20
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    • 476 8  -  By IRENE TOH IT WILL be compulsory for hotel guests to join in the fire drills conducted in our hotels soon, once an amendment to the Fire Service Act is approved by Parliament. The amendment, if approved, would make it compulsory
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    • 188 3 H Celebrate Lunar New Year in the biggest way possible. At S. E. Asia's largest theatre restaurant, our troupe of 10 Chinese culinary experts, headed by Chef Tang, has cooked up a fabulous feast for the season. The special 10-course menu for lunch and dinner starts off with traditional "Yu
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    • 164 7 Haraydays I wv are here again One free drink, for every drink you order Get ready for the happiest happy hours in town. Drink as much as you like and we'll match each drink, glass for glass (offer not valid for drinks ordered by the bottle). Bottoms Happy hours are
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    • 6 8 Ding-&-Dine Celebrate >?pirr^ Wr. 'IHpK. 3*^l
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    • 162 8 ,<i'}'!/'//is//-'. THhe HOKY& FSI it s product of the latest technology in its field. Designed I specially to dean bare floor surfaces lake tiles, tanrazo. hardwood, finished concrete, marble, linoleum, etc. Years of intense research have gone into making FSI. It has an easy one-stroke action diet sweeps dirt and
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  • world
    • 481 9 Reuter KHAO BMAPEE (Thatand), Friday VIETNAM has dealt the communist Khmer Rouge Its most serious setback ever, toppling one major stronghold and seising part of another in s lightning offensive in the mountains of western Cambodia, Thai military officers reoorted Vietnam^victories yesterday "may be
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    • 154 9 Reuters WASHINGTON, Friday THE REAGAN Administration has decided against a plan to dump surplus US dairy products on the world market to punish New Zealand for barring visits by American warships, the Agriculture Department said yesterday. Under-Secretary Daniel Amstutz told reporters
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    • 78 9 DELAWARE, Rl A FORMER Baltimore, Maryland, policewoman has been charged with killing her husband and leaving plastic baas filled with parts of his body around the city, authorities said yesterday. Trash collectors at an apartment complex discovered William Shipley's head in
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    • 369 10 WASHINGTON, Friday THE International Monetary (IMF), deeply worried about Brazil's failure to carry out economic reforms, has decided to cancel a US$4OO million (S$M4 million) loan to the country due next month, officials said yester- day. The move has also abruptly ended talks between
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    • 133 10 AP By OVCAQO, Friday SUSHI may be savoury but people who eat the raw fish are at risk of acquiring parasitic worms that can cause sharp abdominal pains, Japanese doctors say. In 15 years, doctors in Japan treated 178 patients who had a roundworm infection
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    • 134 10 UPI MOSCOW, Friday A WEST GERMAN newspaper reported yesterday that Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko is dying and a leading Soviet cardiologist cut short a tour of the United States, returning to Moscow again raising questions about the leader's health. Mr Chernenko last appeared in
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    • 174 10 BAQHDAO, Fit IRAQ last night said its planes had hit "a very large naval target" near Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal. This is the third attack on Golf shipping claimed by Iraq yesterday. A military spokesman said the aircraft had "scored a
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    • 350 11 LAT-WP TOKYO, Friday GAMBLING again that smaller is better, Japanese electronics companies are putting the first Bmm home video systems on the market, despite uncertainties about the new format's reception with consumers. The new systems are not for the firesent, at least intended as
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    • 141 11 AP BEUING, Friday STATE-SANCTIONED peddlers in Beijing will sell a record 1.56 billion fireworks (or the Lunar New Year, 75 per cent more than last year, city police chief Gao Ke said yesterday. He warned would-be revellers to be careful and avoid buying
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 78 11 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS US OLYMPIC hurdler Edwin Moses (above) yesterday denied he tried to buy sex from a policewoman posing as a prostitute and only spoke with her because he believed she had recognised him as an athletic star. "I was kind
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      • 89 11 SOVIET poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko and novelists Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru and Milan Kundera, a Czechoslovak turned French citizen, were named finalists in Paris for a new literary award honouring Ernest Hemingway. The winner of the US$5O,OOO (S$110,000) Ritz Paris Hemingway Award for the best
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      • 66 11 AN ELABORATE Valentine's Day party to Mark William Schroeder's 53rd birthday was cancelled because the artificial heart recipient was suffering from fever and a flu-like illness. Doctors in Louiseville (Kentucky), who originally had hoped to discharge him yesterday, said they did not know when he
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      • 92 11 BRITISH opposition leader Mr Neil Kinnock said he was now prepared to accept Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's assurance that she was not involved in a decision to prosecute a top Defence Ministry official. Mr Kinnock told the House of Commons he was prepared to accept Mrs
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    • 358 12 Deng intensifies dismantling of Soviet-style centrally planned economy and promotes enterprise Reuter BEIJING, Friday CHINA enters the Year of the Ox next week set firmly on a new road towards prosperity. Its 80-year-old leader Deng Xiaoping, attempting to iniect a new vitality into this country
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    • 327 12 LATWP WASHINGTON, Friday FEDERAL law-enforcement officials have expressed fear that last week's kidnapping of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Guadalajara, Mexico, may be part of a pattern of increasing assaults on US targets by drug traffickers throughout Latin America. Agent Enrique Camarena Salazar,
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    • 146 12 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Friday THE EXPEDITION to a "lost city" in the Peruvian 1 Andes that University of Colorado archaeologists recently announced with great fanfare involved wellknown ruins that are even touted in tourist guidebooks as an interesting place to visit. At a
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    • 393 13 Competition from the Orient spurs patriotic campaign UPI EL PASO (Texas), Friday IMPORTED clothing from the Orient is forcing down the price of American cotton, and spurring an effort to get consumers to l>uy American. The campaign to promote sales of clothes with the
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    • 335 13 UPI LONDON, Friday BRITAIN'S tax collectors are more prone to mental disturbance than even Hospital patients under treatment for psycho-neurotic illnesses, a university professor says. Cary Cooper, professor of Organizational Psychology at Manchester University, earlier this week blamed excess workloads and unresponsive management for
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    • 223 13 Newsweek NEW YORK, Friday A STUDY OF women with breast cancer shows that those who undergo simple removal of the tumour and radiation treatment do just as well as women who undergo disfiguring mastectomy surgery. The study involved 2,200 women treated at more than
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    • 66 10 You can get a pair fof haH the price of t duj^i|<;|^^jH^M That's the only difference. designs and colours (You've gcrttoseett^ fe And ttie Y are 90 comfortable you alhjj J W fl Isn't it nice to know that you can havefhft -flljl H m' style and comfort of designer
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    • 119 11 I JfSuol I (Founded in 1840) I I Xn the Year of the Ox, when success cannot be achieved I I without real effort, John Little will try very hard to give I I you what you want! I I (juaranteed quality at the lowest prices possible!! I I We
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    • 276 12 JGoId ■jpes metric 10th Jan-2nd March,l9Bs By Ist Jan. 1985, all jewellery gold irrecoverably lost during the will be weighed and calculated by 1 process of making gold jewellery, the metric system. Ift I By normal practice, customers Get to know your metrication If I are charged the manufacturing by
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    • 183 13 Put your feet in good hands nrknsimk^ A symbol of trusted craftsmanship. The original BirkenstockFootbed gives your feet all the care and comfort they would otherwise be deprived of. Deep heelseat cradles the heel Natural cork lightweight, supporting; covered with genuine suede Uppers lined with genuine suede Ample room for
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    • 386 14 Bumiplitra policy has produced a large number of energetic entrepreneurs, he says MALAYSIA has produced the largest number of entrepreneurs over the last 10 years in the Asean region thanks to the New Economic Policy (NEP) of Bumiputra participation in the private sector, says Malaysia's
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    • 498 14 Government win allow companies to run some parts of system THE Malaysian Government plans to allow private companies to ran parts of its railway system. "New Hues, east to west or north to south, can be M id Finance Minister Mr Daim Zalnuddta in an interview
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    • 126 15 |g HHLLSTREET Reuter WALL STREET share prices closed lower overall yesterday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average failing in its second straight attempt to stay above the 1,300 level. The Dow reached 1,303 early in the session but profit-taking again shoved the closelywatcned indicator downward.
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    • 55 15 THE STRAITS Times Industrial Index closed yesterday at 802.92, down 1.50 points from Wednesday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed yesterday at 405.17, down 1.41 points from Wednesday's close of 406.58. The OUB Tradeweighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index rose 0.2143 point to 133.7212 at the close, compared
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    • 98 15 AP NEW YORK, Friday THE AMERICAN dollar reached record peaks yesterday against the French franc, Italian lira and Swedish krona but fell against other currencies in foreign exchange trading in Europe and retreated further later in the United states. The dollar bounced up as prospects faded that
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    • 293 15 COMPANY BRIEFS THE MALAYAN Banking Bhd group posted an after-tax profit of $57.6 million for the half year to Dec SI, 1984. This is 13.9 per cent higher than the $50.7 million in the last corresponding period. At the company level, net profit was
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    • 297 15 JACK CHIA (Australia) incurred a pre-tax loss of Af 1.5 million (5f2.53 million) for the half year ended Sept 30, 1984. This is a 25 per cent increase from the (previous corresponding period's Afl.2 milion although turnoverlmproved by a
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    • 141 14 /sign of ft good y service W For detaite write to Lombard North Central PLC. Banking Sarvicea. Oapt 604 17BrutonStraaL London WIA3OH, England Telephone Ot-409 3434 Moisture-resistant particleboard (chipboard) A special Moisture-Resistant Particleboard designed for use in humid countries, particularly in areas prone to damp, steam, moisture condensation and accidental
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    • 233 16 RECENTLY I went to the National Stadium to watch the Malaysia Cup match between Selangor and Singapore. Interest was high as evidenced by the very large crowd of supporters. As a consequence the car parks very quickly filled up and latecomers,
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    • 183 16 I WAS extremely shocked when I read in the papers that the Ministry of Defence was so lax in its selection of officers that a convicted rapist and armed robber was allowed to be a Singapore Armed Forces officer. What was
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    • 785 16  -  •y KITTY McKINSEY Knight'Ridctor N«w»pap«rs BUDAPEST: Ibusz, the Hungarian Government-owned travel agency, is advertising an 18-day tour of the United States, a trip of similar length to India and Nepal, and a package combining China, India and Japan. Each trip costs the equivalent of 32
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    • 228 16 LETTERS on any subject of public interest will be accepted for publication. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in phnt. A contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve the
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    • 1976 18  -  Two Asian actors receive their first nominations in the supporting-actor category By DALE POLLOCK in rioiiywooa LAT-WP AMADEUS, the flamboyant film biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and A Passage to India, David Lean's statelv treatment of East-West relations in colonial India, has paced the 57th Academy
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      489 20 W3PB Friday Night Movie The Godfather I (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5,10.10 pm) MARLON BRANDO plays the aging head of a powerful Mafia clan and the patriarch of the Corleone family in Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel. The epic, which won 10 Academy Award
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    • 649 20  -  TV SCENE By LIZ HODGSON LUCKY old J R. It seems that no matter how nasty everybody's favourite bad guy is, he always ends up with a smile on nis face. And who could blame him for smiling at the prospect of getting his hands
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    • 868 21  -  FROM THE BLASE TO THE SPARKLING By WONG SING YEONG THERE are four reasons for lovers of Chinese comedies to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The festive season has brought together four Hong Kong comedies that feature almost every big name in glittertown, including Michael Hui, Cherie
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    • 807 23 f 1,1 c H |is I PAT D ROSr l. -u ABOUT three months from today.j you probably not recognise Hangloose. This turnedpop band will un- dergo a transformation that will result in a boost in its image, sound and visual appeal. There will be
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    • 1313 19 lmmmvamwoMto* > 2.25 BBC TEXT Live Sample Pages. I 0% mm 1 a« II hi e- aa ®F*" J 4.90 upitwiQ inu rivyiiimiiv ntynngnii tomowcq oy in® Vmh Pminair (C) (English 4.29 Kldewond.* Featuring an Interview with rock star Eddie Money, the V J^Hl actors of the Philadelphia Children's Theatre,
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    • 611 23 FILM OUID6800 MEETS POM POM (C) jubilee (*****07) (1.30,3.30,7.30,9.30): MK 800 DALIT (*****16) (1.30, 3.30, 7.30, 9.30): MR 800 MEETS POM POM (C) SSLd Hal, John St.*. Richard (1. 3.30. 7. 3.30): MR 800 Synopsis: A brilliant detective, Mr 800, finds out that WSI MMpR; his wife has been flirting
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    • 210 24 ********************000 ORCHARD OPENS TODAY! X (*****88) 4 Shows: 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 ft 9.15pm X A beautiful woman is like a symphony. X It can drive you crazy J X if you think someone else is scoring. SEE IT X WITH SOMEONE 0 YOU TRUST! IWli ||g| W O IHDLKY M(X)RE
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    • 60 24 ********************00 Fna tH cmtrs K "HNS lUT 'Wtt g SIMS BIT M "KIN tf IK JBT g Mac* (Eric Walker), a young *pac« Castaway, In a March for his parents, finds himself In an unfamiliar world of th*%£ Ewok*. A Lucasfilm Ltd and Korty Films Product ton from 20th< 9
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    • 136 24 JADE: UMTED SEASON OM.YI (*****90) 5 SHOWS at 11am, 1.30. 4.00. C-JO, 9.00 t°B!C mLD HH Love is hard to find when the whote ,111 esMm 0 CONSTANT UJMI VI HAND TO*ID A,--. *~..,ng »«AN(S« N MHIHHIHH CAPITOL-CHANGI: Traarrtw M ilt* aw m UMM KW TIM ATTMCIMN Featuring tha NEW
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    • 377 24 "^yl BPUI SCI dV- VT" .3 •X iiftwl^^^W One of James Tan'i works on display at the Lone Pine Gallery CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING by Kian Kok at the Alliance Francaise, JAMES TAN, a specialist in the Ling Park 'J"" 1 Tuwdav from Nan style ofChiSese brush painting® "J® to 830
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    • 126 24 FRENCH BUFFET LE VENDOME, level 2, Dynasty Singapore, will feature a French buffet luncheon for this month, daily from noon to 2.30 pm at $23.50++ per person. For reservations, call *****00 X 7238. THAI BUFFET THERE will be a Thai buffet dinner at the main poolside of the Goodwood Park
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    • 684 25 leisure comics FASTRACK By BUI Holbrook ismimw FT vbo sh* that in hch d*6 Vu*u-.ttH*ns X i MiITUUIS SSSM6 *R> F£«U TH9V DC*IT CAW IF As» HOl IWA Of f IMDeNTU«et> THAT p**>t* OUR AS* tAcicip iswuMMhißiuiv uJrmour I servitude. l ftrfcr tbo much A JFmfiuaarrr 1 r rARtiW V
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    • ANSWER BOX
      • 106 26 THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUERIES I AM a Plpiae nU wto has ban k year. I hma ■afrrafcffiilLPimTir I"*JZhmZthm*1"*JZhmZthm* II yean' aperhace tcachtog priaaary five timl'' %t *L waat to teadi here? If Mt where eaa I apply? What are the faelMlr etleea ended? If
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      • 151 26 wmm eiflre. I wM m* m kmtm tf I am <*■■€* *9 >* Win, g***g* A WORK permit ismaated to a foieigi maid for a ma imam of bar yean aa initial period of two yean which caa be renewed for a farther two years.
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      • 112 26 a I HAVE heen rwl| pWi fcr many venrs. The treaMe Is thart the eeleer of the Mi lain away after mm Km, havhg the fti laokhg pa le b there any way te rnwr gald Ml Maw and be able la prevent Meakaar ham ladftsg?
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      • 55 26 SOMETHING ImdillM joa. Need derffieetion oa certain issnes? Let as help. Seaad yoar qaeries to as and we will try to get the relevant authorities or isgsniiMhina to provide the anawers. Send yoaar uneationa to: Open Line, The ShMEapore Monitor, S Alexandra Road, #OMI Delia"
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    • 60 26 HAVE yoa Mt something hi a taxi recently? Here's a Hat of articles collected hotaeaa 1m 14 and Jan 19. A wallet containing caA, a camera; a pen Ugfctar; a wallet with a MwWj card; a khMMajMport; and a ranißinlat i rßftUppmes passport. Owners can daim
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    • 86 26 TIB United Natioas Association of Sincaoore has elected the fouowing Board of Directors at the 17th Annnal General Meet Assoc Pro# (Dr) Iham Seong Chee; vicejinillial. Majs E Jesada- Secretary-Geaeral: Mr Bwt Koh Kok Sa« Assistant secretary|iMral: Mr Kwaa Wal Honorary treasurer: Mr Alfred Lien Kim Seng;
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    • 86 26 STUDENTS at the National University of Singapore will find it easier to catch a bus daring the coming mmfaatiM period. The Singapore Bos Service'will extend the operating hours for service 211 and Mto Swday and Public Holidays. The two services serve Kent Ridge The operating
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    • 329 26 Giro is a fully computerised service. You can be sure it is accurate. GIRO ia a compateriaed payment service that settlea a wide variety of hoaaehold bills on your behalf, aatomatically and on time, even if yon are away on DOtMHiyS.
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    • 139 26 DO YOU use lots of words to make your glut when fewer would When you use too many words, you tire your listener. Pay attention to your speech habits; you may be surprised at the extra words. Scan the list of filler phrases and ridiculous redundancies,
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    • 97 27 DONT wait for Housing Board workers to remove your junk. If you need to get rid of bulky items, carry it to the bin compound yourself. "Residents can help each other to remove the heavy items," said Mr Jamali bin Haji Mokmin, a resident from
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    • Article, Illustration
      438 27 THERE is a proper K* ce for junk. It is not corridor or the staircase and certainly not the lift landing in your block. When bulky objects such as old cupboards, cabinets, couches, television sets and refrigerators are dumped indiscriminately, they turn instantly into fire hazards. In Telok
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    • 335 27 THE Regional English Language Centre is offering several courses starting in July. DIPLOMA COURSES A nine-month course leading to the Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Dip TESOL) will begin on July 1. This course is designed specifically for the needs of
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    • 1147 28 'i'li 1 i i Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor 0.35 cmli par word O.SS cnli p«r word $7.70 ptr cat. cm $10.00 p«r col. cm ■■•loan Hra Moa-Frl. Sot. 9on-lp« Situations Vacant B SINQA requires ASST. PACKING FOREMAN OCE o iavai. Must boKnowtodgoatta in I) Hot Stamping b)
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    • 485 29 classified 273-9090 PEW PALS LUCKY FRIENDSHIP Agency 296 9255/296 2192/296 5145 CONFIDENTIAL INTRODUCTIONS. Biodata/ telephone: Palmate. Singapore Shopping Centre. #05-27. 190 Clemenceau Ave (0922). Jennifer: 339 0406. (*****6/00 A). RED LADY HELPS you get ideal partners. Thomson P.0.80x 112, Singapore 9157. Reg No: 2204/00 M WINSTON FRIENDSHIP 273 3333 FRIENDSHIP/
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    • 499 30  -  Reports by ALFONSO CHAN SINGAPORE'S much-maligned striker Tay Peng Kee is determined to answer his critics, who have written him off as being a misfit in the national team. The 23-year-old striker has been feeling the pressure of not scoring goals in the Malaysia Cup
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    • 269 30 PAHANG 1 PERLIS 1 The Star KUANTAN, Friday PAHANG were held 1-1 by little Perlis in a Malaysia Cup match last night and veteran striker Hamidon Abdullah must have wished he was somehwere else rather than the Darulmakmur Stadium in Kuantan. Hamidon
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    • 418 30 STRIKER Tay Peng Kee's footballing career is dangling by a thread after he failed to turn up for national training at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The 23-year-old striker did not inform national coach Hussein Aljunied of the reason for his absence
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    • 634 31  -  Squash teen titan recalls day she lost out to bowler Adelene Wee Report by ALFONSO CHAN SHE HAD NEVER had such a Valentine's Day before. Three lovely cards, two candy hearts, fun and drinks, and finally the best gift ever the Sportswoman
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    • 440 32  -  KEN JALLEH Jr By IT WAS the hour when telephone calls are least expected and far from welcome. When the telephone can herald bad news, or an emergencyIt's 3.20 am in Houston and Ang Peng Siong is snug in bed, wanned by
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    • 219 32  -  By B KULA FOR swimming coach Lenn Wei Ling, the Coach of the Year award signals only the beginning of another era of dedicated coaching. Lenn, who has been actively involved with swimming for 17 years and has nursed proteges Ang Peng Siong, brothers
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    • 177 32 By ERNEST FRIDA EXCEPT among the swimmers, there were few surprises and little dissatisfaction when the awards were announced yesterday. Olympians David Lim, Oon Jin Teik and Oon Jin Gee were left out of the Meritorious Awards and failed to make it for the
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    • 519 33  -  fro RUM nriftln. fl„ am, A n 1 <£• B KULA SO YOU want to be a sportsman. You think that acquiring the skills alone will be enough to put yeu among the best in Asia. You'd better think again. Sadly, many
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    • 228 33  -  By B KULA POLICE Sports Association are ready to make a comeback to Division One rugby. The lawmen feel they are not only fit, but tough enough to take the hard tackles of the teams in the Singapore Rugby Union's top league this year. This
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    • 391 34  -  Canadian's game falls into place after two months of inconsistency on Asian circuit REPORT by ERNEST FRIDA CHUBBY Karin Mundinger ol Canada had her finger in every sport but mastered none until she won a golf scholarship to Ohio University. Yesterday, she showed just how
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    • 526 32  -  MONITOR sports By ERNEST FRIDA SINGAPORE squash received a timely snot in the arm yesterday when the men's national team was voted Team of the Year and top woman player Lim Seok Hui was
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    • 377 33 CONTEST Predict the score Ji and win $2,000 1) The obfect of the contest is to predict outright. It there are more than one corcorrectly the scoreiines of six Malaysia rect entry, the prize-money will be Cup matches in the boxes provided shared If there is no outright winner, the
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    • 68 34 Made In Italy Exquisite Italian home accessories and sale prices just for the Festive Season^— Ceramic plant* r« Ceramic vases Ceramic waHplatg LeatherJpMflriH coffee tall^—^ W SBfct»ve ,500 colour $2,800 Reductions apply to every item in our store, so hurry in! >. Sale on to 28 February, 1985. |CAPRKE 3
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    • 153 35 THE TOP AWARD WINNERS Ang Penq Siong Lenn Wei Ling Ronnie Ng (bowling) Lim Seok Hui (squash) Men's squash leti'cs) 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
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