Singapore Monitor, 18 February 1985, Afternoon Edition

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    15 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR £EVENING I EDITION p >No 21 584 Monday. February 18. 1985 30c,-.■■'s
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    SIX DIE IN 4-VEHICLE WOODLANDS PILE-UP
    484 1  -  By K K FONG and SURESH NAIR SIX PEOPLE were killed in a four-vehicle collision at Woodlands early today, in what has been described as one of the worst road accidents in recent years. Police said five of the victims, believed to be Malaysians,
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    US withdraws from Anzus meeting
    159 1 CANBERRRA, Monday THE UNITED States has pulled out of Anzus pact talks on military communications due to begin in Sydney today, defence officials said. The withdrawal is a further US response to New Zealand's ban on visits by nuclear powered or armed warships which put
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    Lock icon Taiwan nod for DBS
    52 1 AP TAIPEH, Monday TAIWAN has approved an application by the DBS Bank to handle offshore banking transactions here, the Finance Ministry said today. It is the 10th banking institution granted permission to engage in such operations since an offshore banking unit centre was established here last
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      'Ang Mo Kio will be first estate to have town council'
      325 2 ANG MO KIO will be the first housing estate to set up a town council, followed by the housing estates in Toa Payoh and Tampines. The town council concept, although still in the preliminary planning stage, is envisaged to
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      The newly-wed Gohs find joy in their love birds
      281 2  -  Storv and cloture bl CHEW YEN FOOK FOR THE Gohs, last Saturday would be deemed the happiest occasion of their life for what more could a new-ly-wed couple ask for if they were invited to be present at the adoption by
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      Taiwanese sailor stabbed to death after an argument in ship
      165 3 A TAIWANESE sailor was stabbed to death following a pre dawn argument with a colleague on board a Taiwanese fishing vessel off Singapore waters early this morning. Police said 31-year-old Ju Jin Shing died of a deep stab wound on
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      114 nabbed in police's New Year crime blitz
      291 3  -  By SURESH NAIR POLICE have arrested 114 robbery, theft and housebreaking suspects in the first seven weeks of this year, in what they describe as a "major success" in their New Year blitz on crime. In doing do, they say, they have
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      Two fined for relaying horse-racing results
      151 3  -  By IRENE TOH A YOUNG girl and a woman pleaded guilty today at the Subordinate Court to making illegal announcements of horseracing results last Saturday. The woman, Poon Moey Seh, 24, was fined $1,600 while 17-year-old Ang Beng Choo was fined $800 for the
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      Lock icon Why your kumquat may perish
      384 4  -  By CHEE LI CHOO KUMQUAT plants laden with golden fruit are flourishing all over Singapore, as they have done so for the past Lunar New Year seasons. They are highly-fa-voured ornamental pieces because the fruit symbolises wealth and longevity. But why do they not last!
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      Extension standard due by mid-year
      228 4  -  By NG MING MING IF YOU are thinking of buying an electrical extension cord reel, it may be wiser to wait a few months. The Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) is putting the finishing touches to draft specifications for the appliance, which
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      Chinatown is very much alive
      604 4  -  By JUDY WALKER THE FIRST thing you notice when you step into Chinatown are the smells. Ripe durian, mixed with joss stick perfume and pungent Tiger Balm. There are few places in the world where the nostrils are assailed with such a mixture of odours.
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      Set up fund for the poor, says MP
      227 6 THE MEMBER of Parliament for Jalan Kayu, Mr Heng Chiang Meng, has proposed to the constituency's Citizens' Consultative Committee to set up a welfare fund for the poor, the helpless aged and the physically handicapped there. Mr Heng said the fund could
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      Lock icon Madam Neo, 83, gets a surprise from Chok Tong
      79 6 IT WAS "Hong Bao Day" yesterday. Several MPs went round their constituencies to distribute red packets to needy residents. Among them were the First Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, who toured his Marine Parade constituency. Mr Goh presented a
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      Jeya gives hong bao to senior citizens
      52 6 THE MP for Anson, Mr J B Jeyaretnam, giving away hong bao to senior citizens in his constituency yesterday. Accompanied by party members, the Workers' Party Secretary-General distributed the red packets to the elderly folk at the void deck of Block 145, Jalan
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      239 3 It's the Lunar New Year and time once again to i celebrate with the family and friends in the traditional V way or just plain T ■JS jjjnLv M enjoy the festivity I of the occasion ':dk'Jri33F?^%R^""^ji MtM' r' -a V Wlflr y,*M\ b IRR/vci Wjfl From Feb to Mar
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      83 6 ifflßr Electric Theatre will blow all your fuses. The latest British rock Wednesday and Thursday nights are extravaganza to hit Singapore. And free if you arrive between 8.30 pm they're specially flown in for the 10.30 pm wearing anything red. Lunar New Year. Electric Theatre is five guys, [J two
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      15 6 Treat For Food Lovers See The Chef Recommends In The Back Pages The Singapore Monitor
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      Westmoreland drops $ 120m suit
      194 7 Westmoreland drops 120m suit NEW YORK, Monday GENERAL William Westmoreland has withdrawn his USfl2o million libel suit against the CBS televison network. Legal sources said his decision followed advice from his lawyers that his case was "falling apart". Gen Westmoreland, a retired four-star general, claimed he had been humiliated by
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      Lock icon The kiss of life may be a kiss of death, say firemen
      301 7 Agencies LONDON, Monday BRITAIN'S firemen have refused to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to victims until they are given proof the deadly disease AIDS cannot be contracted through saliva. The Fire Brigade Union announced that it would impose the ban
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      Don't be unkind to my 'marvellous' man, says Thatcher
      224 7 LONDON, Monday PRIME Minister Margaret Thatcher says she bitterly regrets seeing the media poke fun at her husband Denis, because 'Tie has been absolutely marvellous". Interviewed on television before flying to Washington for an official visit, Mrs Thatcher was asked how
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      Third patient 'doing very well'
      268 8 FORSjkdlfas98 LOUISVILLE (Kentucky), Monday PROPONENTS of the artificial heart are counting on Murray Haydon to make the best case for its value because unlike the first two recipients he was not on the brink of death when he went to surgery. They say, however, that
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      Lock icon Boy plays dead to save his life from dogs
      349 8 UPI MARIETTA (Georgia), Monday AS THREE snarling dogs pulled him down, biting and tearing at his throat and head, 14-year-old Tony Byrd realised he had to do something to save his life. So he played dead. Doctors said quick thinking saved
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      Lock icon Woman who had nothing between her and God
      247 9 UPI SHREVEPORT (Louisiana), Mon The REVEREND John Fellers said nothing in his training as a minister prepared him to deal with the naked woman he found praying in the sanctuary of his First Methodist Church. The Rev Fellers said he was so
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      Lock icon Korean opposition increases strength
      99 9 Korea Reuter SEOUL, Monday THE OPPOSITION New Korea Democratic Party increased its strength in the National Assembly by one to 68 today when a lawmmaker who ran as an independent in the Feb 12 elections rejoined the party. Mr Kim Hyun-Kyoo, 47, quit the moderate opposition
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      Lock icon Tamil refugees allege brutality by Sri Lanka
      272 9 AP NEW DELHI, Monday MORE than 400 Tamil refugees landed by boat in southern India yesterday with tales of torture, killing and rape by army troops in Sri Lanka, a news agency reported. Indiscriminate attacks on minority Tamils by Sinhalese security forces have
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      Lock icon Boys drift 17 hours on ice
      174 9 Reuter OSLO, Monday TWO teenage boys survived a harrowing 17-hour journey adrift on an ice floe off the Norwegian coast, but a third died of exposure, rescuers said yesterday. The three, all aged 13, were skiing on a frozen section of the Oslo fjord
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      Lock icon Cambodian refugees flock to tent city
      486 9 AP KHAO SARAPEE, (Thailand) CARRYING newborn babies, sacks of rice and live poultry, the first of nearly 40,000 Cambodian refugees began evacuating yesterday to what will become a vast tent city inhabitated by civilian followers of the defeated Khmer Rouge. Fifty buses,, as well
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      Lock icon 'Remove the threat' Hu tells troops at Viet border
      126 9 AP BEIJING, Mon CHINESE Communist Party chief Ha Yaobang has visited frontline troops in southwest Yannan Province and told them to "remove the threat" posed by Vietnamese forces across the border, the government reported today. Mr Hn led a senior military
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      Lock icon Mud-slide sweeps houses away
      166 10 Reuter A HOUSE swept away by a mudslide in New Zealand's flood-hit North Island lies at an angle amid the devastation (above). It was one of 50 houses destroyed or damaged by the mud and water which poured down a hill at Te Aroha, south-east of
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      Lock icon Smoking-related deaths double
      267 10 UPI NEW YORK, Monday THE NUMBER of smolcing-related deaths from many diseases and even fires has doubled in the past 20 years and now accounts for 500,000 each year, an epidemiologist reported in Population and Development Review. "The way it is going, there's not much basis for
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      Lock icon Spinster outwits the taxmen
      116 10 AP STOCKHOLM, Monday THE TAXMAN showed keen interest in her money from time to time, but her neighbours in the tiny hamlet of Hackvad in central Sweden never took much notice of the unassuming old spinster. All that changed during the weekend when it was disclosed
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      259 7 H "With 55-Plus, I earn a higher interest which lean withdraw every month!" Introducing 55-Plus. The new fixed deposit scheme If you are 55 years and over, take advantage of It. from Overseas Union Bank exclusively designed for Just speak to any of our 55-Plus representatives at people 55 years
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      89 8 When you buy a bottle of Old Parr Die Luxe Scotch Whisky a handsome gift is in the bag. Hn nß* nh jf i B -www luiiAti'' This handsome and sturdy overnighter is yours when you buy a I Jin 75cl bottle of Old Parr De Luxe Scotch Hi fartlf
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      150 9 i JBMlBalleKfcßflß^ —I 'Wljere tf>e ijifyty are filled wirf) exriieipeijt Bill Bailey's Bar I 5.30pm to 7.30pm daily. Two groups top the bill at this Buy a drink, and your favourite watering-hole. Lynn and next drink is on the The Lovebirds, whom you know house! and.love for their very original
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      119 10 MING COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE V trac ona good fortune dish in a special preparation with salmon, or with iican |J|m parang. Enjoy it with other traditional festive dishes, |E&|| selected from our Lunar New Year ALa Carte Jul menu, or, as part of our set menu. And make this a
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      250 11 vSI^IHBIIIHSH oar special way of saying For Onr Card members ForOarMefchams Welcome Every time you successfully introduce new Card- When your Clients charge their transactions with you to Something exciting is always happening at Cheq-Point. members to Cheq-Point, youH gain redemption vouchers Cheq-Point, you'll gain vouchers to redeem attractive Whether
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      Chicken man's hard-built business noes on the line
      841 12  -  THE ENTREPRENEURS By CATHERINE ONG LEE KONG CHIAN he is not. Like the rubber magnate, however, Lee Choon Huat amassed his wealth by having a vision and realising that vision by the sweat of his brow. Thirty years ago, while still a
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      Institutions nibbling into quality issues
      360 12 ONQ AND COMPANY'S WEEKLY STOCK MARKET REVIEW AS WE approach the Lunar New Year of the Ox, the local bourse will likely assume a steadier undertone as most unfavourable news has been discounted already. In addition, the overbought/sold indicator is in a grossly oversold zone,
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      TOP APPOINTMENTS
      336 13 MR STEVE LYONS, managing director of Burson-Marsteller (BM) Kuala Lumpur since 1982, has assumed the post of managing director of both B-M/SINGA-PORE and KUALA LUMPUR. In Singapore, he replaces MR MIKE BEARD, who has returned to Britain. Giving management support to Mr Lyons in his new role are
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      Lock icon DOLLAR AND GOLD
      130 13 Reuter THE US dollar fell against most major currencies from last Friday's New York levels on increased selling in nervous early trading. It fell to an early 254.70/90 yen from New York's 255.50/60 Friday close and to 3.2485/95 marks from 3.2550/65 marks. It also fell to 2.7615/25
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      S'pore bourse opens steady
      156 13 THE LOCAL bourse opened steady this morning and closed steady at the lunch-time break. RFC moved up sharply towards mid-morning, closing at $3.82, up $1.26. It was also the most heavily traded stock for the morning session doing 587.000. Other top risers were Sel Prop and
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      STOCKS
      248 13 Selected stocks at midday. Market tone: steady Boustead 1.68/1.70 Cold Strorage 2 59 B F4N 5.10/5.15 GenUng 5.40/5.45 G.I.H. 2 19 B Haw Par 2.27/2.29 Isetan 2.50 S Jurong Cement 2.01 S Keck Seng 1.98 B Esso 2.60 B Hume 3.00/3.20 Inchcape 2.53 B Intraco 2.23 B M Cement
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      FOREX
      96 13 Your 89 to on* unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO US| 2.2330 2.2230 2.2140 sterling 2.4842 2.4621 2.4521 Australian 1.6808 1.6567 1.6417 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit US$ 2.22 2.20 NZ$ 110 1.00 sterling 2.49 1.46 Australian 168 1.66 Canadian 1-68 l.M S$ to 100
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      103 12 LePescadou Restaurant Provencal Buffet —A La Carte'l9Bs' Lunch at $19.85 From 14 Jan '85 Onwards Consider a table laden with superb hot and cold appetizers, generous cold meat cuts, crispy, garden-fresh vegetables. A selection of pipinghot main courses plus a perfectly done roast, (different everyday!). Or you may choose from
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      121 12 Stoker the Broker is being held over due to lack of space Freehold Residential U SHOWCASE TULIP GARDEN k AHotikA within lush surroundAn Appreciation wgm the corner of Holland and I. »i Fkrrer Roads a location dote to I I' U .1 111 Luxurious the icenic Botanic Gardens and the
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      42 13 INDICES: the OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 407.34, up 2.04 points from the previous day's close of 405.30. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted Index was up 0.2325 point to 134.1738 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 133.9413.
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      209 13 Celebrate Lunar New Year I in the biggest way possible. |L 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. I The special 10-course menu for lunch and dinner starts off with
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    The younger leaders will be just as effective, says Raja
    1924 14 features THE YOUNGER leaders will make it and be as effective as the old guard in governing Singapore, said the Senior Minister (Prime Minister's Office), Mr S Rajaratnam. If no external crisis takes place and this would oe beyond Singapore's
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      Small claims court: Reconsider open hearings
      461 15 I monitor psiaai LAST Wednesday, history of a sort was made in Singapore. The small claims court went into operation. This means that consumers, for the first time, can seek compensation for shoddy goods and services from unscrupulous businessmen. What's more they can do
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      Drop rules which undermine our enterprising spirit
      213 15 I REFER to your front page article headlined warning on wireless devices by Telecoms (SM, Feb 9). Ironically, on that same day, the First Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tons, talked with community leaders on the maximisation of our potentials through encouragement
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      Please repeat this show, SBC
      26 15 COULD the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation kindly consider retelecasting Mind Your Language for those who missed this programme? ALI RANJIT Singapore 0314
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      Should I pay $185 to remove sink?
      150 15 AFTER four long year*' wait I finally received the key* to my Housing and Development Board flat recently. When I went to apply for a renovation permit, I was told I had to pay a fee of 9185 for an item called "Transport
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      SBS must launch services in new towns quickly
      281 15 AFTER reading "How SBS plans for new towns" (ST, Jan 30), kindly let me raise a few points with the Singapore Bus Service: If Singapore Bus Service (SBS) really has a plan for services in new towns such as Tampines, then it
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      45 15 V > Thay should ba mutt ba tion must atoo Indue ar*a namt amI prim. A contact Maphona number would ba umM. Wb raaarve thi right to adt Icttart. Address your letters to: Tha Editor. Tha Stnoaoora Monitor. 2 Alsxandra Ad #03-01 A, Delta House. Singapore
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      Lock icon Shackles of superstition
      575 16 Wong Sing Yeong I HAVE this 82-year-old neighbour from Shangtung who takes a full-splash bath only once per year on Lunar New Year's Eve. He has been doing this, said his wife, since they got married. I never got to know why he subjects himself to such
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      The way it was...
      807 16  -  FAMILIAL TRADITIONS ARE DYING OUT By WONG SING YEONG THE good old days. It is a favourite pastime of the older generation to talk about them. And of course, the Lunar New Year was livelier, noisier and more meaningful then. Now, things have changed. They don't
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      The generation of various traditions
      686 16  -  By WONG AH YOKE TRADITIONS are what is passed down from generation to generation until they become part of the lives of a people. In Singapore, some age-old traditions have been pushed to the background as other influences are assimilated. For example, Western traditions of
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      Specially for the New Year
      313 18 TV SCENE THE Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) regular drama and singing artistes will turn up in full force to celebrate the Spring Festival with viewers on the two-and-a-half hour Lunar New Year show tomorrow night. They have been practising very hard for the different items
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      Lock icon The Jeffersons get desperate
      179 18 LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD: How can a show about a dry cleaner and his wife be expected to do battle with The A-Team? In the case of The Jeffersons, the proposed answer is to add casinos, celebrities and cleavage to a tried-and-true formula. In TV parlance that sort
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      A glimpse into the future
      517 18 The Living Planet A Portrait of the Earth: New Worlds (Chinese subtitles) (Last episode) (Ch 12, 8 pm) IN this final episode, David Attenborough considers the fortunes of man and his influence on the evironment around him. Man is the most dominant species on earth
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      Activities in Chinatown
      384 20 STREET ACTIVITIES; Today: Lion Dance (Kampong Glam CC Lion Dance Troupe): 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm Drum Display (S pore Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Association): 9 pm to 9.30 pm Thursday: Chinese Opera Madam White Snake (Kampong Glam CC Lion Dance Troupe): 8 pm to 8.30 pm Sat,
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      1191 17 ■E2ZZ3 I 2.30 SBCTEXT Live tempi* I 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlight* followed by Prin- I 3.55 Country Contort.* Hk I This programme emphasises the function of the contra- > 1. A I dance as a unique social ritual, focusing on contra I exists today. I 4.20 Toybox ii. J
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      176 17 [gST t jl Jg Noon Newidesk IUO Puckoon 12.45 Loltor from London 12.86 Reflections 1.00 World Now* 1.00 Twenty-four '-tours: News Summary 1.30 Letterbox 1.48 Rooordng of the Week 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Time Remembered &00 World News 3.09 Twenty-four Hours: News Summary 330 Sarah and Company 4.00 World News 4.00
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      105 18 THE RAJAH INN (Old Rajah Room) Wishing All Our Patrons Friends Cong Xi Fa Cai. HElf'' mn/KJSS I &»«"> Curd Stuff with f***™ 8 Chicken Wing Stuff in m Butter-Crab 15 Indonesian Medan Fish Head ■pr- $15 Hi*' 1 Ja M Yu Sheng for prosperity. Hurry! Excfu,n B e y°
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      327 19 NEW YEAR DINNER Hotels Restaurant Prica Spacials Boulevard Cafe Carousel $18++ Yu Sheng (raw fish salad) Crown Feng Cheng $600++ Lunar New Year Prince Lou 10-course DinnerpO persons) Dynasty Tang Court $24++/S46+ Yu Sheng (raw fish salad) $350++ Family Reunion Dinner Equatorial Golden $350++ 8-course Lunar Dinner Phoenix (10 persons)
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      94 19 TOMORROW NIGHT CAPITOL I LIBERTY 6.30 ft 9.15pm I 6.45 9.15pm Featuring tha NEW DANCE CRAZE that's SWEEPING SINGAPORE A THE WORLD... AEROBIC DANCING! WSZE 9 CYNTHIA DALE I RICHARO REBIERE LAURA HENRY I* Conjunction \NW) /fgj I ft**#**■jsmeziKsasß I FUNAN CENTRE on February 19 at 3.00 pm CENTREPOINT on
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      144 20 JADE: TOMORROW 9.00* ft OPENS WEDNESDAY Ml TNNMM, WHKSMV t THURSDAY AT MMKNT FMMEXT DCnM-CWHT IF TK TIM MR ■niaißf sex-ernes ncvnn wwntn He's been chased, thrown through a window and arrested. Eddie Murphy is a Detroit cop B M on vacation in Beverly Hills. fIK PARAMOUNT PICTURfS PRESENTS A
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      258 20 CASH BOOKMO Mlliy MO MUTAJIY NOMiUST min nu«||b CONCUOON W S CMH 4th FLOOR. SULTAN PIAZA 9 u mwmmm >■ JALAN SULTAN V O (*****70) 5 SHOWS 11am. I*3o 400 630 A 9.15pm Q S CATHAY: u. g o RETTfR TNM TK lASTI o O the most visually breakdance FILM
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    FINE SELECTION OF CUISINE
    717 21  -  The Chef Recommends By THERESA CHAN A NAME like "Red Coral Restaurant" implies the promise of prawns, fish, lobsters and the like. But those who prefer not to be limited to sea-food should take a look at the menu the restaurant offers before they bypass this
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      50 21 Happy ilSi New Year pHlk4B^ n to 22/2/65 We are close for business. L. From 23/2/85 we will be open and serving you our Fa Cai Yu Sheng until 6/3/65. forlfteservation Please call: *****4,*****7. RED LANTERN REVOLVING RESTAURANT (PTE.) LTD. 60A, Change Alley Aerial Plaza, Collyer Quay, I Singapore 0104
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      203 21 Red Coral Rtitawifit PORTWORKERS' UNION HOUSE 140 Cantonment Road, Singapore 0208. Closed on 19 ft 20 Fab fWA ChirMM Business at usual on 21 Feb 85 Di«UQhl AvaHnh** Morv Wi WISH YOU A HAPPY A A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Superb fresh live seafood, drunken prawns with Brandy, barbeque live lobster,
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      398 22 leisure comics |^f|pBS# ARIES March 21 to April 2d LIBRA What threatened tobe a September 23 to October 22 period of confinement will ac- H ott \f f,a r# dominate, tually represent "open Fa ™"y member should be enspaces." You'll have platform, ura t dietcycle moves up, wider audi- tio
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      126 22 FASTRACK By Bi Holbrook I x .1 MV CHAIR M&/CR »>U6 00T WT VT DR SMOCK By George Lemont I I'AA, f IT SSSMS TH^ SO? WC VOO'RC 1 I f APRAIP 1 I NUT WHO'S WORK IN COUUP USg AS 1 PUNCH J NOT/ AAV 1 US MAS A
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        203 23 THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUERIES RECENTLY my colleague had her telephone "tapped" because of anonymous calls. The caller usually chooses to remain silent. What is meant by the word "tap"? Does it mean that all incoming calls are taped? How does Telecoms detect the nuisance caller? Does
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        ANY QUERY? LET US HELP
        55 23 SOMETHING troubling you. Need clarification on certain issues? Let us help. Send your queries to us and we will try to get the relevant authorities or organisations to provide the answers. Send your questions to: Open Line, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra Road, #03-01 Delta
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      Sleeping: How much is enough?
      211 23 THE STANDARD eight hours of sleeD a night is probably more than many of us really need, according to Dr Robert Van de Castle of the University of Virginia's Sleep and Dream Laboratory. It was back in the 12th Century that a scientist named Maimonides
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      A NEW WATCHDOG FOR FIRE SAFETY
      475 23 ONE EVENING early last year, 20 officers from the Central Fire Station paid surprise visits on four big shopping complexes. They were not on a shopping spree. Armed witn bolt cutters and hammers, they cut open padlocked exit doors. Two department stores and a
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      Poor response to fire drills, says fire chief
      130 23 THE DEGREE of fire safety in any premises depends very much on the cooperation of owners, managements and staff of high-rise buildings. The 216 evacuation drills conducted by the Fire Service on commercial high-rise buildings since 1976 have so far met a
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      86 23 Wishing All A Happy Prosperous Lunar New Year Our three restaurants will be closed on Tuesday, 19th February and Wednesday, 20th February 1985. Business will resume on Thursday, 21st February 1985. We regret any inconvenience caused. As from 21st February to 6th March, 'Good Luck' Yu Sheng (Raw Fish) is
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      247 24 Situations Vacant ml SECURITY GUARDS WANTED immediately at Robinson Road (7am 7pm); Pioneer Road (Jam 7pm); Fourth Chin Bee Road (7am 3pm). Contact *****78/ *****77 or can personaly during office hours at: 39 Stamford Road, Suite 224 Stamford House, Singapore 0617. FANCY DRESS COSTUME JOLLY JOKER 469 4439. FISHING DANNY
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      232 24 FURNITURE/ RESTORATION/ REUPHOLSTERY ANNE FOO Sofa Centre 255 7280. GROOMING Beauty Aid* M FACIAL FOR Gents 339 3311/2. MADAME IKTs facial for problem skin 748 5016 Hairdressers hai FIVOT POINT SCHOOL conducts professional hairdesign courses. Commencement 25th Feb. for part-time classes. Enrol now and get 10% discount. #03-33. Orchard Plaza.
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      222 24 Florists EU 50% discount Stock clearance Sale Citrus Plants (Kumquats) SmaN42o,3ft-$4O Mandarin Orange Plants -$*****50 e Flowering Plants $***** FUN'S FLORIST aNURSfRV Thomson Rdl Junction of Andrew Rd Gardening SPECIALISED IN TREE Cutting Turfing, disposal removal Contact 296% 10/ 296 9534; after spm, 256 1495 Interior Decor/ Renovation m 12"i12"
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      287 24 PARTY DECORATORS GNOMES PARTY People 448 3340. PEN PALS GOODLUCK FRIENDS CENTRE introduces ideal friends, lifetime partners confidential Please send stamped self-addressed envelope to get few hundreds members particulars free of charge to Bras Basah P.0.80x 269, Singapore 9118. Tel: *****05. *****23 11am to 10pm. Reg No: *****1/00 C. (Estd.
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      317 24 VACATION Hotel/Holiday Accommodation Haft BANGKOK BRAND NEW Hotel. Centrally located. 700 rooms, atr-cond., TV. Special Discount!!! Only $35 221 9010. BEASIDE REST HOUSE In Malacca (4 km. from town). 2 bedroom* with kitchen. $60/daily or $80/- weekends Tel 481-7287. REST HOUSE in Malacca 481 7287. NOTICE M THE MATTER Of
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      Lock icon Sampdoria wreck Roma's title hopes
      438 25  -  I with Julian Bees Agenzia Ansa A DRAW between Verona and Inter Milan left the top of the table in the Italian First Division unchanged, but just behind the leaders, Sampdoria inflicted a 3-0 defeat on Roma's residual title hopes and England midfielder Ray Wilkins
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      Lock icon Real's league title hopes get a big jolt
      207 25 Reuter MADRID, Monday REAL MADRID'S hopes of recapturing Spanish soccer glory were jolted when they were held to a humiliating 1-1 away draw by lowly Malaga in their First Division clasn yesterday. It was the ninth consecutive match that Real failed to
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      Lock icon Rahn and Meier pull out of W German squad
      154 25 Reuter BONN, Mon MIDFIELDERS Uwe Rahn and Norbert Meier yesterday withdrew from West Germany's squad for the World Cup European Group Two qualifying matcn with Portugal next Sunday because of injury. Meier, 26, has a groin strain and Rahn, 22, suffered
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      The Telford fairy tale gets an unhappy ending
      810 26  -  BRITISH SOCCER BY JOHN SELLERS THREE goals from the First Division leaders in the final 23 minutes put paid to non-league Telford's fairy tale FA Cup run. Sadly, the match ended in bitterness, with Telford being booed-off the pitch at the end
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      RESULTS AND TABLES
      1139 26 ENGLISH PA CUP Fifth round Evert on 3 Telford 0, York 1 Liverpool 1 (replay Wednesday, Feb 20), Blackbum 0 Manchester United 2. DIVISION ONE Chelsea 1 Newcastle 0, (other scheduled matches postponed.) miMRi Evarton 25 14 4 I IT M SI Tottenham 2914 I SI IT
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      605 26 RACE 1 a S Div 6 1400 m 2 Tequamal 56 Cook (8) 111 5 Schemer 55.5 Mahhat (6) 3 3 2 8 Doable Blessing 54.5 Johnston (2) 2 2 3 7 Gentleman II 55 A Rahman (11) 5 4 Coarse Withdrawal: 4 Teiii 55.5 Owner: Menang Lagi
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      Hussein – the man and his sports
      726 27 Hussein the man and his sports HUSSEIN Aljunied. The name has become synonymous with football. Now back at the helm of the national team, Hussein's soccer life is well recorded. But what of his other interests? S GULAM caught him away from the football field one day and discovered that,
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      'Not too late for hockey revival'
      533 27  -  Outgoing president of SHA on how the future of the game can be brightened B* B KULA IT'S NOT too late for hockey to make a revival, says the Singapore Hockey Association's (SHA)outgoing president Mansor Sukaimi. Mansor, who announced his resignation yesterday, feels that
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      Golfers slam Asian circuit
      454 28  -  Women won't play in it again if organisation of the tournament is not improved GOLF ROUNDUP with ERNES T FRIDA By ERNEST FRIDA THE TWO-YEAR-OLD Asian Women Golf Professional Circuit may fold up if nothing is done to improve it. Most of the women professionals I
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      Lawrence shows potential by winning monthly medal
      321 28 LAWRENCE LIM, the eldest son of national player Lim Choo Beng, yesterday gave observers a glimpse of his potential when he won the Seletar Country Club 'C' division monthly medal with a gross 87. Lawrence, 18, who carries the same handicap as his
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      Joe Yeo posts a unique hole-in-one
      150 28 JOSEPH YEO, handicap 10, posted his second hole-in-one at the par three 17th hole in a social match at the Bukit course on Saturday. Playing with lefthander Ong Chew Bee, Lian Ho Peng and Quek Meng Liat, Yeo must have landed the most spectacular
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      Lock icon Inept Perils defence 'gives' 8 points to Federal Territory
      443 28 FT 5 PERLIS 2 The Star Bernama SAIDIN OSMAN, a former Perlis player, rammed in a hattrick against bis home state to help Federal Territory trounce Perlis 5-2 at the Merdeka Stadium last night. Hassan Sani scored the other two goals.
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      Lock icon HK hold China in pre-World Cup qualifier
      79 28 Reuter HONG KONG, Mon A SPIRITED Hong Kong defence held powerful China to a scoreless draw in the opening match of the World Cup Asia qualifying soccer, Group 4 A. The Chinese dominated the game, mounting reFieated attacks against heir less-seasoned opponents, but
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      Lock icon Brilliant tries give France a win in disappointing game
      194 28 Reuter PARIS, Monday TWO BRILLIANT first-half tries by fullback Serge Blanco inspired France to an 11-3 victory over Scotland in the Five Nations-Rugby Union championship yesterday in a game which promised more than it eventually produced. France, shaken by their 9-9
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      Lock icon A most satisfying win for Singapore
      236 29 Hum or '85 Pahang Regent's warm welcome for FAS bigwigs PAHANG'S imported players Terry Pathmanathan and R Suriamurthi were among the topics of discussion at a welcoming luncheon for the Singapore team hosted by the Regent of Panang at a leading hotel in Kuantan
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      Lock icon Ray fought well, says Bramble
      391 30 Reuter RENO (Nevada), Monday WORLD Boxing Association lightweight champion Livingstone Bramble extended an olive branch to Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini yesterday following his second victory over the former title-bolder. Bramble, who had engaged in a scathing war of words with Mancini before both fights, had
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        Schumacher renews term
        74 30 A QUICK UPDATE AROUND THE WORLD WEST GERMAN goalkeeper Harald "Ton!" Schumacher yesterday signed a new contract which will keep him at his home town club of Cologne until 1988 His signature ended speculation that he would leave Cologne at the end of the season, possibly for
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        Walker does it again
        104 30 FEBRUARY 17,1985 will be one of the red letter days in the illustrious career of runner John Walker (above) after the New Zealander became the first man to run 100 sub-four-minute miles. The 33-year-old former world mile record holder clocked 3 minutes 54.57 seconds to win
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        Really, after 13 years
        129 30 A LAST-ROUND 69 earned Britain's David Llewellvn his first major victory for 13 years in the Ivory Coast Open Golf Championship yesterday. The 33-year-old Welsh World Cup international, whose only previous win came in the 1972 Kenya Open, finished 11-under-par on 277. Llewellyn, who covered the
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        W Germans are favourites
        102 30 WEST GERMANY'S chances of hosting the 1988 European Soccer Championship finals should be significantly improved wnen the tournament's organising committee begin their two-day meeting here today. The West Germans are favourites to receive the event ahead of England, but the final decision will be be made
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        Thaler comes back in style
        138 30 WEST GERMAN rider Klaus-Peter Thaler took advantage of the misfortunes of the favourites to make a sensational comeback by winning the professional Cyclo-Cross World Title yesterday. Thaler, 35, who returned to the saddle only two months ago after retiring in 1983, found himself at home
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      373 25 classified NOTICES Advertisement CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND BOARD ACCOUNTS OF:Names of Deceased Members Account No. 1. CECIL ARULSINGAM S/0 A*****5E RASANAYAGAM 2. IBRAHIM S/0 S K SAHIB *****71Z 3. RENGASAMY S/0 *****591 BEERAMUTHU 4. SULONG BIN IBRAHIM *****85Z 5. GANYEOWHONG A*****1F 6. TAN CHOW KEE PAUL *****728 7. KOH SEAH CHEOW
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      38 25 I Important announcement from I I Singapore Tobacco Company (Pte) Ltd! I The following is the price in Singapore of I I Western Filters: I I Recommended price to consumers I I 20's Kingsize soft cup: $1.90 I
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      135 29 IF YOU MISS THIS ONE.YOU ARE TO HATE YOURSELF FOR IT. AO- Winderer An unsurpassed multipurpose walking shoe for the serious walker. Lightweight, comfortable and even gives the luxury of a soft calf skin outer. Provides excellent protection all round. LIMITED-PERIOD OFFER? Available only at: R M New Balance Technical
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      126 30 i «|pppliL Combining the genius of her soccer superstars and the excellence of her leather materials, p > Brazil introduces to the world TOPPER. The super soccer boot that is of high quality leather, light and comfortable. Designed specially to take all the rigours that the rough and tumble professionalism
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      399 31 IPS ENGLAND'S stormtroopers go to Belfast determined to inflict the same misery on Northern Ireland's defence that they have on the Finns and the Turks. Billy Bingham's men will not relish the threat from a Mark Hateley inspired England attack that has scored 14 times in three
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      Ray Wilkins will make a great skipper: Robson
      181 31 ENGLAND captain Bryan Robson speaking of the coming game against Northern Ireland said he hoped the Irish would not make the mistake of thinking England will be rudderless if his shoulder injury didn't respond to the treatment it had been receiving. He
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