Singapore Monitor, 16 February 1985

Microfilm: NL14915
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      Six boys caught firing crackers
      392 2 Five of them caned by school while the sixth will be referred to the police FIVE BOYS were caned and a sixth boy would be referred to the police after they were found letting off fire crackers in a toilet of their school. All six
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      Many prefer to invest in residential property
      463 2  -  By IRENE TOH and OEI SIN GIOK MOST PEOPLE were lukewarm to the Government s decision yesterday to lift all restrictions on ownership of non-residential property by Housing and Development Board (HDB) owners and applicants. A few who could benefit from it were
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      Lock icon Remembering the war dead
      52 2 REPRESENTATIVES from the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry attending the 18th annual memorial service at the Cenotaph yesterday morning to commemorate the civilian victims of the Japanese Occupation. The president of the chamber, Mr Tan Keong Choon, laid a wreath at the memorial. PICTURE:
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      Small shopkeepers suffer poor sales
      489 3  -  By CHEE LI CHOO "IT IS SO close (o Lunar New Year but where is the crowd?" asked Mr Roger Raj, owner of a jeans shop in Far East Plaza. His question sunns up the feelings of small shopkeepers about sales this season. The bigger
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      Why commuters give taxi-drivers hong bao
      358 3  -  *y JULIE ANNE SIT SINGAPOREANS taking taxi rides on Lunar New Year Day traditionally give taxidrivers a hong bao in addition to the fare. But some commuters feel that the practice is unnecessary. However, most of the commuters interviewed by The Monitor yesterday said
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      No differences within my party leadership: Chiam
      263 3 THE SECRETARY-GENERAL of the Singapore Democratic Party, Mr Chiam See Tong, said yesterday there were no differences within his party leadership. There were people out "to make trouble" for the party, said the Member of Parliament for Potong Pasir. He did not elaborate.
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      A gift of speech
      137 4 Association for the Blind gets 2 'talking' computers TWO "TALKING" computers will be given to the Singapore Association for the Blind. Creative Technology, the company which made local history by making Singapore's first computer, will present the association with two Cubic 99 computers on Feb 18.
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      Lock icon Look out for fake canned abalone
      496 4  -  #y JOSEPH LEE CHEAP Australian and New Zealand abalone b being passed off as a well-known brand of canned abalone from the auctioned stocks of Hoo Thye, the import firm which went into receivership last year. Many who missed the chance to buy these
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      S'porean missing from ship identified
      189 4 THE MISSING Singaporean in the fire on board an Indian passeMer liner, Chidambaram, has bam identified as Mr S Sithapalam, M, of Rowell Road. He is one of $4 missing aagh»—« people are knowa to have died in the Are bat their bodies were said
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      Lock icon BY HOOD OR OTHERWISE...
      364 6 HERE comes the rain again. While a few lucky ones had umbrellas, many were caught unprepared when the rain came pouring down. Most of those caught off guard kept themselves from getting drenched by seeking shelter in a building. However, there were others who did not
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      Controversial unionist resigns from Mobil
      489 8 By YONQ POW ANQ MR SODIRMAN Ghani, former general secretary of the United Workers of Petroleum Industry (UWPI), has resigned from Mobil a move which seals his fate with the union leadership. Some unionists had earlier seen Mr Ghani's request "to be released" from his
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      WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH!
      179 8  -  STQOV AMI) Dummc BY CHEW YEN FOOK CLEARING the canal is hard work especially after this week's heavy rains. And the monthly clean-up at the Alexandra Canal at Lower Delta Road, will require two weeks instead of the usual one, said a site supervisor from
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      89 2 Suniw CurryUffin At Raffles. *Niwir» Also, special Tok Panjang buffet in the Tiffin Room. S Raffles Hotel Our tradition is legendary Beach Road. Singapore 0718 Tel: *****41 Germany' Beat h DDEimain A great shoe to wear Rugged, sporty cosuots for rodays man on rhe go Top quality leather uppers for
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      67 4 COVER GIRL LIGHTS UP YOUR EYES t I U eyeshadow colours In town. IHp Cover Girl 4-ln-l Eye Collection palettes come In frosted and matte hues, all formulated to stroke on smooth and stay fresh and beautiful through the hardest day. Choose from 8 combinations of 32 shades. Including some
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      274 5 1 hp ft i t I I TllTi I I i»l lj 11 im m t ITT Tmrr V v <<£ '"f V "t 1 5, 4 y v Strangf.Tat .fs Of Imperial Feasts (Or a hundred birds greeting the phoenix) Sumptious stories about how Imperial chefs were inspired to
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      68 6 and swing away with fabulous prizes. ATTENTION PLEASE! International Yo-Yo Champions will be in your district for demonstration very soon. Join in the fun and win fabulous prizes in the Yo-Yo contest. All are welcome. Participants must use Texan Five Stars Yo-Yo for the contest. Please enquire from Yo-Yo retail
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      66 8 mm GONG XI FA CAI to all patrons, frianda and buainaaa aaaoclataa. We will be closed as from tomorrow. Business will rssums on 21/2/85. Specially pre pared by our Hongkong chef:- SHRIMP WONTON NOODLE CONGEE DOUBLE BOILED SOUP ROASTED MEAT EARTHEN CLAYPOT SEAFOOD SWEET DESSERTS FA CAI RAW FISH AVAILABLE.
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      138 8 H miy fca HI. Bui H BESTBMS LET US PROTECT OUR YOUTH Om of the posters br the campaign. Anti-inhalant abuse campaign te be launched THE NATIONAL Anti-inhalant Abuse Campaign will be launched by the Minister of Home Affairs and Second Minister of Law, Professor S Jayakumar, on March 11.
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      Lock icon 'Ban embryo research' bill passes second reading
      459 9 AP LONDON, Saturday A BILL that would ban experiments on human embryos cleared a major Parliamentary hurdle yesterday, but Britain's Conservative government is expected to prevent it from ever becoming law. The bill, introduced privately by former Health Minister Enoch Powell, passed a
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      Lock icon Ed Moses acquitted
      51 9 Reuter LOS ANQELES, Sat US OLYMPIC aokl medal hurdler Edwin Mooes was yesterday found not guilty of soliciting an act of prostitution. A jury of six men and six women cleared Mooes of the charge after deliberating for two hours and SO minutes following a fiveday trial
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      Lock icon US Customs seize Colombian jet
      177 9 Reuter MIAMI, Saturday US CUSTOMS agents at Miami Airport yesterday seized a Boeing-747 cargo plane of the Colombian national airline, Avianca, alleging it had been used to smuggle drugs. A Customs spokesman said 1,100 kg of cocaine, with a street value of around US$6OO million
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan troops kill 52 terrorists
      242 9 Agencies COLOMBO, Saturday SRI LANKA'S security forces killed S2 terrorists in a raid on a northern jungle hideout early yesterday, state-run Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corp reported. In other developments yesterday, India demanded compensation from the Sri Lankan Government for the killing of two Indian
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      Where is the evil doctor of Auschwitz?
      677 10 SATURDAY PEOPLE HUNTING DOWN THE ANGEL OF DEATH AMERICAN, Israeli and West German diplomats have spent more than three decades searching in Paraguay for traces of fugitive Nazi death camp doctor, Josef Mengele. But their confirmed information shows only that Mengele dropped out
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      I had countless offers to kill him, says Nazi hunter
      228 10 FAMOUS Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal (above) says he had turned down many offers from South Americans willing to kill Auschwitz death camp doctor Josef Mengele "for not very big money." Wiesenthal said he was certain Mengele, who is believed responsible
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      DIARY OF HORROR
      234 10 M ONE of Josef Mengele's l%Ai cruellest experiments Jed to pyi Jewish concentration inmate to kill her newborn infant. Ruth Eliax, a survivor of Mengele's experiments and of Auschwitz, said the doctor strapped her breasts just after she had given birth to her baby. His purpose was
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      186 9 NO MESS! HO FUSS! DO-IT-YOURSELF BRICK AND STONE WALLS TO BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME FOR LMNG ROOM STONE WALL TO DINING ROOM ADO BRICK ADO YOUR OFFICE GIVE YOUR RESTAUKANT A WARMTH LOOK Available in 15 colours ond designs. e Use it indoor or outdoor I e No hacking of existing
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      109 9 meS? Relieve your 18, cooking problems HKon Lunar New Year with Btoyokuni Gas Cooking IH The sensational new Toyokuni gas TK-219E(S) cooking range will take the hard work out of your cooking. A gas range with one high calorific, one regular calorific and are small calorific burner plus a host
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      90 10 riiii Why Vietnamese food is so popular? The answer is at our place. CLUBHOUSE Vietnamese Restaurant You don't need to go to Vietnam lor good Vietnamese Food. We are one of the best not only in Town but in the World. Dinner Traditional taste, Tropical atmosphere, Reasonable price. Lunch: Economical,
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      Industrialists expect their business to worsen: Survey
      364 11 IN THE LAST quarter of 1984, most industrialists reduced the number of employees, the overtime they worked, and the output and selling prices of their products because of a lack of orders. For the first half of this year, more industrialists expect the
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      Duta Yap to sell Sigma stake to Koon Swan
      631 11 BARELY 48 hours after a strategic equity stake in the company changed hands, Sigma Metal Industries has hit the acquisition trail. A number of parallel moves involving Singa-pore-based purchases aimed at transforming the aluminium fabricator into a trading, investment and property
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      Merrill Lynch jumps on to capital market bandwagon
      220 11 MERRILL Lynch is the latest merchant bank to jump onto the capital market bandwagon. It has recruited Mr George Thia, a director of Kay Hian and Co (Pte), to be the managing director of its investment banking operations. Mr Thia, 36, will
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      Investors choose to remain on sidelines
      423 13 THE WEEKLY STOCK MARKET ROUNDUP CONTINUING last week's sideward trend, the local stock market closed slightly easier yesterday on selective trading. Trading was light as investors chose to remain on the sidelines pending the Lunar New Year holidays. A minor rally on Wednesday fizzled
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      Lock icon New Straits Times goes into newsprint recycling business
      144 13 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday THE NEW Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd has acquired the entire paid-up capital of Malaysian Newsprint Industries Sdn Bhd from Fleet Group Sdn Bhd. MNI has a paid-up capital of two shares of $1 each and recently received
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      Lock icon Stocks close lower after a record-setting week
      114 13 HHLLSTREET Reuter WALL STREET ended a record-setting week on a sour note yesterday as the upcoming long holiday weekend prompted investors to take profits for the seconc straight session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which closed at an all-time high of 1297.92 on
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      Lock icon DOLLAR AND GOLD
      331 13 UPI NEW YORK, Saturday THE US DOLLAR tumbled yesterday after US Treasury Secretary James Baker acknowledged American authorities had been intervening to dampen its surge. Gold was little changed. Mr Baker said at a news conference that the US authorities had been intervening "since I got here
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      Slight drop in pre-tax profit for Ming Court
      317 13 MING COURT Hotel's pre-tax profit for the year ended Dec 31, 1984, was marginally down to |5.S million from $5.5 million in the last corresponding period. Turnover increased from $22.5 million to $23 million, a small increase of 2.5 per cent. Net
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      43 11 wwtS^^" 2>*S< ve^ 0 <*°Ta«S jS***^ X<S -X&S3& to* 0 Qt ep ri c S feS a'** 1 .^.pi"" 09 Soto Ag*nts: (i 4 i\ SCHMIDT SCIENTIFIC (PTE) LTD V £2, IS, P»ni*ng Road, *1000, PSA MutttStorey \ra/ Complex, Singapore 0811. TK; *****33.
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      46 13 INDICES THE Straits Times Industrial Index closed yesterday at 804.14, up 1.22 points from Thursday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed yesterday at 405.30, up 0.13 point from Thursday's close of 405.17. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index rose 0.2201 point to 133.9413
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      27 13 *2 rta JAPANESE TEPPAN YAKI J^NDJ^ESIAN RESTAURANT JAPANESE RESTAURANT 80 Marine Parade Road. CUISINES Jurong Hill #03-01, Parkway Parade an d Ala Carte (Above Jurong Bird Park)
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    Lock icon Finding love in the fast lane
    953 14 'Tail dating' is the new buzzword for singles on southern California roads features LAT-WP LOS ANGELES: No, tail dating isn't a cupid service for dogs. But, let the record show that another dating service is in action in southern California. Inasmuch as there are
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      Political debate on TV will mean confidence in people
      475 14 THE FIRST Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Mr Goh Chok Tong, has indicated that the Government is prepared to So on television with opposition leaders to iscuss policy matters. If the young leaders really adopt such an enlightened attitude,
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      Angullia Park traffic lights need adjusting
      162 14  -  STEVEN KOH Singapore 1852 MANY thanks to the authority concerned for resynchronising the traffic lights at the Junction of Angullia Park in front of International Building. But motorists travelling along this stretch of road don't have enough time to stop when the traffic lights
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      A bold remedy needed for hockey
      419 15 ■f— THE STATE of affairs in the sport of hockey is simply ghastly. It is dying a slow death. Singaporeans who remember the times when our players held their own against the best teams in the world cannot but feel pained by the terrible
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      Full-day school may be best for latch-key kids
      211 15 PLEASE refer to the letter "Full-day class prevents worthwhile pursuits" by "Eysenckian" (SM, Feb <). I believe the writer represents the lucky minority as the majority live in Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats, and their children don't have private tutors for
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      Can TIBS deploy more buses for Service 182?
      197 15  -  PETER VINSEN Singapore 2573 EVERY morning many commuters rush for Trans Island Bus Service (TIBS) No 182 because this is the only service that travels from Admiralty Road to Orchard Road then to the New Bridge Road terminal. These buses are always
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      Property prices have not bottomed out as claimed
      241 15 I COULD not help feeling both amused and outraged upon reading Mr Ng Teng Fong's remarks about the property market. To raise his sale price by 10 per cent in this current soft market and simultaneously getting the Press to report his
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      72 14 LETTERS on any subject of puMc interest wW be accepted tor publication. They should be typed end must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print A contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve the
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      72 15 LETTERS on any subject of public interest will be accepted for publication They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve the
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      TOP OF THE CHARTS
      218 16 THE top 10 pop singles in the US, as rated by Cashbox, with last week's positions in brackets: 1. (3) Careless Whisper Wham (Colombia). 2. (I) Easy Lover Philip Bailey and Phil Collias (Columbia). 3. (2) I Waal to Know What Love Is Foreigner (Atlantic). 4.
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      Japanese originals
      942 16  -  ry^&lcbb&cci Reviews By LIM SEK THE annual Red and White Song Festival tonight (see lead story) will be another eye-opening window to Japanese music. With the exception of traditional Japanese Enka which will appeal to more mature fans, the average listeners will definitely be wooed by the light,
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      KOHAKU
      1213 16 A Japanese family tradition for New Year's Eve THERE'S an Oriental saying that even the great oak has a humble beginning as an acorn. Indeed, who would have thought that a simple one-hour-long radio show begun on New Year's Eve in 1951 would end up as a 35-year-old tradition;
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      Odd mates
      344 18 Cantrastaga: Staged for Laughs The Odd Coupla (Ch 12, 8.30 pm) THIS is the stage version of Neil Simon's hit Broadway play about two men who set up housekeeping together in an .eight-room apartment in New York City. Focusing on the strains and exuberance of a modern relationship,
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      Tomorrow's highlights
      461 18 Film Focus Henry Fonda Fortnight The Grapes of Wrath (B/w) (Cn 12, 8.35 pm) SET in the Thirties, this classic, produced by John Ford, is about the Oklahoma farmers who leave their drought-ridden lands. After a gruelling trek, they arrive in California only to become virtual slaves to
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      Lock icon WINGED AGAIN
      170 19 LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD: The trouble-plagued Debra Winger film, Peggy Sue got Married,has been hit again. Winger is in traction with a herniated disc after aggravating a back injury suffered when she fell off a truck as a teenager. The latest diagnosis places her out of commission for six weeks
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      Chinatown's New Year celebrations
      402 20  -  #y PAT D'ROSE WITHOUT the noise and colour, Chinatown is not Chinatown. And in an attempt to bring the crowd back on its streets, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board is getting people to celebrate the Lunar New Year there just like the good old days when
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      25 16 I ♦rorrv r>r «16 i -jst drink) I is I 1 1st Prize: $2500 5 Stadium Walk #02-01 Leisure Drome Bldg, I 2nd Prize: $1500
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      301 16 Lunar celebrations in Chinatown Page 21 f JACK'S PLACE STEAK HOUSE\ffO IS NOW AT HOTEL MIRAMAR T (NEXT TO IBETAN, MAVELOCK ROAD) <T N Lg^% Hotel Miramar, an old name to many, has undergone extensive renovation and become one of the great hotels with 350 rooms, I ij swimming pool,
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      1201 17 12.20 BBCTEXT Live Sample Pages. li£* I 12.50 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Sesa- f**"' V W M W(H I me 1 2.25 Saturday Matinee The Rogue and Grizzly (Chinese Mp M "'■'■■W s Highlights. I 4.05 Italian Football Juventus versus Roma. >■ I V H 5 00 Bintang
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      161 17 fcfcfcj- 1 Noon Newsdesk 12.30 That's Trad 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.09 Twenty-four Hours: News Summary 1.30 About Britain 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Album Time 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-four Hours: News Summary 3.30 From the Weeklies 3.45 Network UK 4.00 World News
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      542 18 TOMORROW'S PROGRAMMES 8.30 BBCTEXT Live Sample Pages. as the Gambler The Adventure 9.00 Opening and Programme High- Continue# (Part two). iighta followed by Today'a See Tomorrow's Highlights. Special Moving. 4.40 Sandiwara Hari Tue (English 9.35 Fraggle Rock. subtitles) (M) (r). 10.05 Take Tepat (M). 5.20 Sixty Minutes (Ninth edition). 10.35
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      206 19 fILM GUIO€— DALIT (*****16) (1.30, 3.30, 7.30, 9.30): MR 800 MEETS POM POM (C) Starring: Terry Hi, Michael Hal, John Sham, Richard Ng Synopsis: when a brilliant detective, Mr 800, finds out that his wife has been flirting with a rich man, he plots his revenge with the help of
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      454 19 (1.30, 3.45,7,9.15): MR 800 MEETS POM POM Mklaight Stow: MY LUCKY STARS (C) MAJESTIC (*****32) (1, 3.30, 7, 9): GONG XI FA CAI (C) Midnight Stow. GONG XI FA CAI (C) ODEON-KATONG (*****19) (3.30,7,9): HAPPY UNION (Q Starring: Hn Pnliao, Xiao Pinning Synopsis: The adventures of s little boy who
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      84 19 -ir-V" T > **>, > r. "v. v. y LIBERTY (*****09) (11,1.46,4,0.45,0.15): THE FLYING ICR B (Q MUdaifht Show: MY LUCKY STARS (Q CHANQI (*****60) (11,1.46,4,0.46, 0.16): THE FLYING MR B(C) MMaifht Stew: HEAVENLY BODIES (E) WOODLANDS (*****41) (1.46, 4, 6.46, 0.16): FLOWER IN THE RAINING NIGHT (C) Mttaigkt Show.
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      427 20 STRUT ACTIVITIESi Today: Stit-waMng (Siong Fong Art Dragon and Uon): pm to BJO pm Pugittfc Display (Singapore Chaa Chung Huay): 6.30 pm to 9.00 pm Sunday: Oraoon Danoa (Ping Ann Tung Troupe): 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm Monday: Lion Danoa (Kampong Qiam CC Lion Oanoa Troupe): 6.30 pm to 9.30
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      160 20 The ideal gift this Lunar NewYeac Itk ml Klu F r &>• v J Everyone's talking about it. Nobody wants to miss it. The Silk Road series—Singapore's unique chance to see what for many of us is our heritage coming alive. What better hong bao than the magnificent three volume
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      151 21 I JADE: TONIGHT MIDNIGHT FUNNIEST ACTION COMEDY OF THE YEAR Now breaking BovOffice records in America! He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop -3^^RS53 !r \^^B on vacation in Beverly Hills. LUNAR MEW YEAR ATTRACTION PARAMOUNT PICTURES PRESENTS A DON SIMPSON/JERRY BRUCKHEIMER
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      39 21 BnnMl TODAY: TOMORROW: High tide: 8.12 am High tide: 9.28 am (2.3 m) (2.5 m) Low tide: 3.55 pm Low tide: 4.52 pm (0.5 m) (0.3 m) High tide: 11.12 pm High tide: 11.54 pm (2.1 m) (23 m)
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      216 21 JAPANESE PEOPLE AND THEIR For more the EmACTIVITIES basiy of Japan at *****55. THE Embassy of Japan will screen ENPANTS DU PARADIB (1848) four filmlets, each lasting 15 minutes, (PART 2) on every third Saturday of the month, ALLIANCE Francaise will screen part starting today. two of Las Enfants Du
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      173 21 CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING JAMES TAN. a specialist in the Ling Nan style of Chinese brush painting, will hold an exhibition of impressionistic and semi-abstract paintings at the Lone Pine Gallery, mezzanine floor, Ming Court Hotel, until Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. Admission is free. CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS AND PRINTS
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      337 22 comics K A (s(£ (s(fa ARIES March 21 to April 2f LIBRA Youll take greater charge ef September 23 to October 22 you own deaUny wishes will Be analytical, protect self in come true where money and emotional clinches. Romance love are concerned. Relation- is featured, so is creativity, so
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      126 22 FASTRACK By Bid Holbrook ueu.iMwt.rT VewmmK&rr/kmuvpuhat ~FsoMcnmu-tt>o UH*r*lM \Mumsowofur wokkmct ihktv hmrs \f oohuittwhk. I I uSTvSueSJSm I iwwftib situmr/MNtox II S*waS«rS? J|( "stuttmm'rj wfauxr cMs«cicrri»o* l\ J5 v y DR SMOCK By George Lemont EB AND FLO By Paul Sellers "TAKTI yvu HAVET! /^FIRM-.- yjo wompert&u CEOA*4PTH*VE^) A TERRIFIC
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
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      Useful Advice has first rate chance of winning
      224 23  -  2 PAGE TEAR-OUT By WONDER BOY LAST start easy-all-the-way winner Useful Advice has a first rate chance of completing his double in Race Five today. The well bred Nebbiolo four-year-old came to hand early with a smart win in his second start
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      QUICK GUIDE
      198 23 WONDER BOY MA-ZHEN TAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) Race 1 1 Flying Swatow 3 Terry Moor* 3 Tarry Moora 3 Tarry Moora 5 PUau SamMan 5 PUau Sembten 8 Thistle Tha Wind 7 Respectable 1 Flying Swalow Race 2 DaoNng Commando 2 Flight Charter 3
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      Leading Jockeys
      193 23 1st 2nd 3rd Connorton 12 5 5 Malcolm Johnston 10 7 7 Satchas 6 8 4 Sublan Dalwaa 5 3 3 Alwin Tweedie 4 4 1 Q Cook 4 2 6 Hamid 4 2 3 Patar Laa 4 2 1 Nigal Tilay 4 1 3 Edward Chan 3
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      Form of today's runners
      520 23 WONDER BOY sums up the form and chances of the runners in today's races in Penang. RACE ONE 1. Working keenly, worth noting. 2. Fair trackform. 3. Needed the run last week, one to note. 4. Fair trackform. 5. Working keenly. 6. Fair trackform. 7. Fair
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      COMPUTER CARD
      1651 24 HOW TO READ THE CARD 1 92-31 BAY THUNDER 1-54.8 (7 56.5 Woon 1/4 4 rug Ahmad GOSO/08-GS Saddle Horse's Best Barrier Jockey Number Origin Track Trackwork Number Name Time of rides and Conditions today Sex Previous Weight Horse's Trainer's Number of Runs Performances Age Name Number of
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      COMPUTER ANALYST
      166 24 BEST PICKS MACS 1 3 T•cry MOOT* 1 Frying Swaftow 7 WaapttlaMl t 12 C«p*ui Growth* Daahing Commando 2 FlgM Chartar S 3 Mpta 10 Titoky Slavan 11 Kuala Kangaar 4 lOlatandMM fKwalPai SBaauCadaau t Uaafui Advtea UaYarWoN 2 lay Thunaar 1 Only For You Aocompaoa 9 iMJial
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  • sports
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      Lock icon Mancini's odds take a beating
      377 26 Sharp reversal from first bout with Bramble Reuter NEVADA, Saturday LIVINGSTONE BRAMBLE is a 5-2 favourite to repeat his June 1 victory over Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini tomorrow night and retain his World Boxing Association lightweight title. Bramble was a 2-1 choice in this gambling
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      The end of e love affair...
      783 27  -  Romantic though the notion seems, the FA Cup's minnows aren't likely to progress BRITISH SOCCER BY JOHN SELLERS LONDON, Saturday THE FIFTH round of the FA Cup conjures up a number of intriguing possibilities for lovers of the giant-killing act, and who save those
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      Karpov, Kasparov against ending game
      591 27 MOSCOW, Saturday THE President of the World Chess Federation ordered a halt to the 160-day-old championship match yesterday, but title holder Anatoly Karpov and challenger Gary Kasparov rebelled against the move in an angry public debate. Chess Federation chief Florencio Campomanes told a news conference
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      Lock icon KARPOV-KASPAROV TUSSLE
      281 27 AP SEPT 9 Karpov wins a coin toss, enabling him to choose his colour for the opening match SEPT 10 The first game ends in a draw SEPT 17 After the second draw, Karpov scores his first win SEPT 27 After two more draws, Karpov wins the sixth
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      Raring to go against Pahang
      460 28  -  Au-Yeong and Malek look forward to clash against two former colleagues By ALFONSO CHAN AU-YEONG PAK KUAN and Malek Awab, two of Singapore's senior C- yers, are eagerly lookforward to playing against Pahang, especially against old teammates T Pathmanathan and R Suriamurthl. Both of them
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      Winner's secret: I rely on The Monitor
      312 28  -  By KEN JALLEH JR THERE'S more to picking winners than mere guesswork. Abdul Rani should know. He's a winner himself, for picking Malaysia Cup winners in The Singapore Monitor's Score for Cash contest Abdul, a 23-year-old graphics artist, was not on with four
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      Lock icon DEFENSIVE SLIP SETS UNITED ON THEIR WAY
      168 28 Reuter LONDON, Saturday A DISASTROUS defensive error set Manchester United on their way to the quarterfinals of the English Football Association Cap last Digit United vest ea to heat Second Division lsadirl Blackbarn Rovers 14 aad did enough ea a difficult, bene hard
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      Lock icon Kedah and Penang play to a draw in bruising game
      137 29 The Star KEDAH held Penang to a goalless draw at theDarutaman Stadium last night in a bruising match which saw both teams loae a }>layer each through inury An early raid by Penang had the Kedah defence in a fix.
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      Lock icon A win for Trengganu
      422 29 Pre-match award gives them the needed boost TRENQQANU 2 KELANTAN 0 iauvmev 85 The Star THE STAR Dunhill Team of the Month award provided Trengganu the spark they needed to charge to a rousing win over arch-rivals Kelantan at the Sultan Ismail Stadium in Kuala Trengganu
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      Lock icon US golfer Kim out to settle a debt
      507 30  -  By ERNEST FRIDA AMERICAN rookie Kim Shipman, whose trip on the Asian Circuit was made possible only through a 911,000 loan from her father, may be able settle the debt after the final round of the $43,000 Singapore women professional open championship
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      SECOND ROUND SCORES
      317 30 144 Kim Shipman (US) 74-70; 141 Karin Mundinger (Can) 70-7*. Wu Ming-Yeh (Taiwan) 73-73; 147 Huang Yueh-Chyn (Taiwan) 73-74; 14t Kayoko Ikoma (Japan) 74-74, Tammy Welbourn (US) 71-72. Jackie Bertram (US) 74-74; 149 Julie Cole (US) 77-72; 150 Terry Jo Myers (US) 73-77, Fusako Nagata (Japan) 73-77;
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      383 29 Predict the score £4 qtidwfnSZOOO 1) The object 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 2) A different
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      112 29 Ira: JR*' HB|||hpp The Profi secret is an M BBIWB ILB- extremely elastic sole that WPmMW llrP unleashes incredible speed and rnrnm u power into every shot Profi won't be offering any contest or cash giveaways stride. for the Malaysia Cup. a?i mt But we do offer the as players
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    NORHALIS' BIG 'MISSION'
    627 31  -  Clamp down on dangerman Zainal PAHANQ v SINGAPORE (Darulmakmur Stadium, Kuantan) MONITOR sports By ALFONSO CHAN MARK him, and mark him well. The word's out to keep dangerman Zainal Abidin shackled wnen Pahang meet Singapore at the Darulmakmur Stadium in Kuantan tomorrow. And the man for this
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