Singapore Monitor, 26 February 1985, Afternoon Edition
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Title Section18 1985-02-26 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR EVENING EDITION V C .Pi No 21 5 84 Tuesday. February 26, 1 oc 30cents18 words
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Article, Illustration534 1985-02-26 1 Ministers speak out on vision of development over next five years THREE ministers today told of a better Singapore, to be built over the next five years with the full co-operation of the people. MR GOH CHOK TONG, the First Deputy Prime Minister and534 words
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Article152 1985-02-26 1 Reuter HONG KONG, Tuesday THE MIGHTY US dollar retreated in Asian markets today pushed off its pinnacle at least in part by the actions of Singapore money traders. But dealers said it was too early to say whether the dollar's steamroller advance had stopped,Reuter - 152 words
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206 1985-02-26 1 THE CRIMINAL Investigation Department is looking into an alleged $50 million fraud involving Chop Hoo Thye, which went into receivership after it encountered financial difficulties. The investigation, which comes under the department's Commercial Crimes Division, is said to be related to the206 words
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Article, Illustration392 1985-02-26 2 COMEDY CAPERS from Hong Kong took the first three spots in the box office draws for the Lunar New Year season. Heading the list is Gong Xi Fa Cai which literally means Wishing You A Prosperous New Year; it grossed $331,381 in nine392 words
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184 1985-02-26 2 JULIE ANNE SIT - By JULIE ANNE SIT A YOUNG woman died yesterday after being knocked down by a car in Jurong West Avenue 1 four days ago. The pedestrian, T Saroja, 26, succumbed to injuries and died in the Tan Tock Seng Hospital yesterday.184 words
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Article, Illustration56 1985-02-26 2 LINING up 3,000 chairs under the hot morning sun is no easy task as these three Anglo-Chinese Junior College girls found out. But it's for a good cause. They were helping out in the preparations for this evening's centennial celebrations of the Methodist ChurchPICTURE: CLIFTON AW - 56 words
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Article148 1985-02-26 2 IRENE TOH - By IRENE TOH THE DRIVER of an excavator decided to take his revenge after he was dismissed from his job for not being able to control his machine at work. After his dismissal on Jan 11 this year, Ong Kim Seng, 28, went to a148 words
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Article, Illustration401 1985-02-26 3 A BETTER SOCIETY VISIONS OF A IMEW SINGAPORE AN ADVANCED city; a refined, knowledgeable people able to work hard and enjoy themselves and a cultivated society that is compassionate. These are some of the objectives Singapore will strive to achieve.401 words
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441 1985-02-26 3 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THE MINISTER for Community Development Mr S Dhanabalan today spoke of a Singapore where incomes would rise, and the society would become more cultivated in its enjoyment of music, recreation and the arts. In his addendum to the President's speech,441 words
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Article317 1985-02-26 3 A CITY OF EXCELLENCE MORE playgrounds, neighbourhood parks and town gardens will be developed in Singapore. Four new regional parks will be built at Bukit Batok, Sembawang, Pasir His and Eng Neo. These were disclosed in an addendum to the presidential speech in Parliament issued by317 words
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Article, Illustration528 1985-02-26 4 Who will fill the empty chair? President gives vision of a better society for all PRESIDENT C V Devan Nair last night sketched the kind of better society that the Government hopes to build in the next five years. It's a society where everyone has an honoured528 words
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Article, Illustration322 1985-02-26 5 LINDA CHAN - By LINDA CHAN SMALL firms were the major casualties of the slowdown in business last year. Just how bad business was for them in* 1984 is reflected in the 65 per cent increase in the number of sole proprietorships and partnerships that went bankrupt.322 words
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Article285 1985-02-26 5 By QANDHI AMBALAM and LINDA CHAN SEVERAL business leaders yesterday came up with a variety of proposals to overcome the downturn in Singapore's economy. They include: SETTING up of a high-level economic council; ABOLISHING the Payroll Tax; GIVING employers a temporary relief from contributions to285 words
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Article, Illustration303 1985-02-26 5 OEI SIN GIOK - By OEI SIN GIOK SOME owners and residents of Beverly Hill condominiums are angry with the developers, Far East Organisation. The flat-owners say maintenance of the condominiums is bad, security is "non-existent" and the marble flooring in several apartments is defective. Each 351-square303 words
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Article68 1985-02-26 5 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS FROZEN TV dinners, the complete instant meals so popular in the West, will soon be on the supermarket shelves and they will be specially maae to suit the Asian palate. The Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) is68 words
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Article79 1985-02-26 5 PUPILS attending the lower secondary English course at the British Council all agree on one point learning the English language is not an unpleasant task. In fact, fun and games are very much a part of the lessons. And pupils are encouraged to play an79 words
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Article83 1985-02-26 5 A MAN LOST his pants after a swim and a bath. A woman lost her cosmetics bag. A canteen owner lost his rice cooker. While thefts such as these are common enough, they took place at a most unexpected place the National University of Singapore.83 words
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Article108 1985-02-26 5 ■.SINGAPORE is being invaded. There are more television crews and journalists here than ever before. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, having taken to heart the recent recommendations of the Tourism Task Force, invited newsmen from all over the world to witness the festivities during the Lunar New108 words
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276 1985-02-26 6 IRENE TOH - Court dismisses ill-treatment allegations By IRENE TOH ALLEGED ill-treatment by her employer led to a Filipino maid committing suicide by drinking insecticide at her employer's house in Palm Grove Avenue on July 31 last year. But subsequent police investigations failed to uncover any evidence,276 words
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Article, Illustration97 1985-02-26 6 THE Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan seen showing the Minister of Housing from the Sultanate of Oman some of the skyscrapers in the central business district as seen from the National Development Building, this morning. Mr Ahmed bin97 words
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183 1985-02-26 6 A NEW special interest group for users of the IBM Personal Computer and compatible machines will be formed this Thursday when the Singapore Microcomputer Society holds its general meeting at the Singapore Conference Hall. The society, which was formed in 1968 and now has183 words
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Article, Illustration706 1985-02-26 6 SEAH MEI KIANG - By) SEAH MEI KIANG PUPILS attending the lower secondary English course at the British Council all agree on one point learning the English language is not an unpleasant In fact, fun and games are very much a part of the lessons.706 words
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Advertisement232 1985-02-26 3 IPs the Lunar New Year and time once again to celebrate with the family and friends -IV in the traditional W WF' H B way or just plain T enjoy the festivity v#' of the occasion jjft aft Tf Irrace From Feb 19 Mar festive fare like Fa Cat with232 words
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Advertisement119 1985-02-26 5 Lunar New Yfear Celebrations with the Meisan Difference KW, ■L "v Usher in the Year i»f the Ox with a Good Fortune feast of fresh, deicate Raw fish or "Yi-Sheng", tossed with special ingredients, in true Chinese traditkn. Complement it with other prosperity dishes Super** Shark's fin with Brown Sauce,119 words
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188 1985-02-26 7 AP COLOMBO, Tuesday THE SRI LANKAN government has decided to raise money for the nation's defence fund by selling off state land, an authoritative governmental source said here yesterday. The source, who spoke on condition that he not be identified,AP - 188 words
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Article, Illustration42 1985-02-26 7 CHINESE and Japanese girls flirtingly strut on stage to model varying lengths of skirts daring a joint fashion show in Beijing recently. The baggy Mao look is out and Chinese youths are fast becoming fashionCOBSCIOSS. PICTURE: REUTERPICTURE: REUTER - 42 words
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70 1985-02-26 7 AP JAKARTA, Tuesday INDONESIAN Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja said yesterday that he would ask the United States for clarification about reported US assistance to China's navy. Parliamentarian Amin Iskandar of the United Development Party, a coalition of Islamic groups, told Mr MochtarAP - 70 words
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Article286 1985-02-26 7 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday PRIME Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has criticised a boycott of mandarin oranges from China that took place last week during the Lunar New Year. An unknown number of Malaysian Chinese refused to buy the traditional holiday fruit to protest againstAP - 286 words
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128 1985-02-26 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday BETWEEN 10 and 12 per cent of secondary school pupils interviewed in Selangor, Penang and Kelantan admitted to having experimented with drugs, according to a study carried out by the National Drug Research Centre of Universiti Sains Malaysia128 words
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118 1985-02-26 8 AP LONDON, Tuesday A US$2 million (554.2) lawsuit brought by Lynne Frederick, widow of actor Peter Sellers, against the makers of Sellers' last film opened in the high court yesterday. Ms Frederick claims The Trail of the Pink Panther was "an appalling film" made inAP - 118 words
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364 1985-02-26 8 Bounty being offered by Colombian drug dealers UPI WASHINGTON, Tuesday The U.S. DRUG Enforcement Agency (DEA) has received "widely ranging" information of threats against agents, including Colombian hit squads tnat news reports said had entered the United States, a spokesman said on Sunday.UPI - 364 words
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Article, Illustration218 1985-02-26 8 Reuter ISLAMABAD, Tuesday FIVE MEMBERS of Pakistan's militai7 government appeared to be fighting for their political lives today in general elections marred by six deaths and dozens of injuries and arrests. Preliminary results reaching Islamabad showed the five Cabinet ministers trailing behindReuter - 218 words
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Article142 1985-02-26 8 UPI JERUSALEM, Tuesday ISRAEL'S two chief rabbis yesterday banned artificial insemination unless the recipient is a married woman and the semen is her husband's. "It is prohibited for any Jew to provide semen to hospitals," they said in a notice in Israeli newspapers. "It is prohibitedUPI - 142 words
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278 1985-02-26 8 UPI WASHINGTON, Tum THE SOVIET Union has committed significant violations of arms control agreements with the United States while racins to deploy thousands of nuclear warheads, senior administration officials charged yesterday. "We see essentially unimpeded upward Eowtn," the Pentagon's chard Perle tola the USUPI - 278 words
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69 1985-02-26 8 UPI SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday AUDREY LIAO, 21, was crowned Miss Chinatown USA during festivities that launched celebrations of Chinese New Year, which will climax Saturday with a huge parade through San Francisco's Chinatown. Miss Liao, a student from Baltimore attending the University ofUPI - 69 words
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Article, Illustration172 1985-02-26 9 $2.2 mil reward for capture of 'death doctor' LAT/WP LOS ANGELES, Tuesday A $1-MILLION (5|2.2 million) reward for the capture and extradition of Dr Josef Mengele, the infamous "angel of death" of the Auschwitz concentration camp, was announced yesterday by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre forLAT/WP - 172 words
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288 1985-02-26 9 UPI BOISE (Idaho), Tuesday THE FORMER 'propaganda minister' of a White-supremacist cult hanged himself in a jail cell and left a suicide note saying he was afraid of what might nappen to him after testifying against his former comrades. Eugene Thaddeus Kinerk, 22, was being heldUPI - 288 words
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257 1985-02-26 9 UPI WAUKEGAN (Illinois), Tuesday A MAN fired from his job for keeping too much money in his cash box on the night of a robbery is eligible for a US$5,OOO (Ssl 1,000) reward from the same company for helping to captureUPI - 257 words
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203 1985-02-26 9 WASHINGTON, Tue The Nationalist Chinese Government of Taiwan may charge two persons in the slaying of ChineseAmerican journalist Henry Liu in the next two weeks, its Information Minister said yesterday. Mr Chang King Yuh, on his first visit to tne United States203 words
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307 1985-02-26 9 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday MALAYSIA has asked Australia to train Malaysian naval officers in anti-submarine warfare, Deputy Defence Minister Abang Abu Bakar said yesterday. He told reporters after talks with Australian Navy Chief Vice-Aamiral David Willoughby Leach that Malaysia needed the know-how toAP - 307 words
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151 1985-02-26 9 AP HOPKINTON (Rhode Island), Tuesday Mr Tommy Wright's driver's licence shows his birthdate as 23-2-85, but the date is accurate and he considers himself the best driver in the state. Mr Wright was indeed born in '85, 1885, and celebrated his 100 th birthdayAP - 151 words
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Article, Illustration79 1985-02-26 10 Visible at the lower right of the picture, a streaking Cruise missile passes Wandering River, Alberta, last Tuesday daring a test by the US Air Force over aorthera Canada. A balloon and streamers at the apper right of the photograph are part of an79 words
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211 1985-02-26 10 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Tues MEXICAN police permitted a prime suspect in the kidnapping of a US drug agent to flee by plane from Guadalajara on Feb 18, Francis Mullen Jr, chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEAI said yesterday. Rafael Caro Quintero, allegedly a memberLAT-WP - 211 words
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354 1985-02-26 10 LATWP TOKYO, TuMday THE IMPENDING expiration of quotas for Japanese car exports to the United Stales is Cause for little celebration here Government officials and car company executives seem convinced that some type of control will have to continue. News that aLATWP - 354 words
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Article146 1985-02-26 10 Reuter LONDON? TuMday TWO BRITONS attempting to ran round the world together say their biggest problem is that they have ran out of thine to say to each other. Mr Henry Weston, 23, and Mr Robin Cross, 24, Dave battled on with their 2C,000-km marathonReuter - 146 words
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242 1985-02-26 10 UPI UNITED NATIONS, Tuns THE UN Special Committee on Decolonisation is to hold a regional meeting next month in Papua New Guinea to discuss independence for six territories, including East Timor and Guam. Indonesia considers the former Portuguese colony of East TimorUPI - 242 words
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Article, Illustration102 1985-02-26 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS DIANE Keaton (above) and Mel Gibson showed how love can blossom in prison in the movie "Mrs Soffel" and the 100-year-old Allegheny County Jail came off looking stately. More than a dozen movies have been made at Alcatraz and now102 words
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Article143 1985-02-26 10 JOHN Fogerty's hit record "Centerfield" has undergone some changes, apparently for legal reasons. One song, "Zanz Can't Dance," was changed lyric sheet, title and vocals on later pressings. The original got especially bad reviews from Saul Zaentz, chief of Fantasy Records in Berkeley, California, and143 words
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Article, Illustration116 1985-02-26 10 DEBORAH Shelton (above), who plays Mandy Winger on "Dallas," was stunned by viewer reaction after she insolently doused the fires of passion of JR Ewing by tossing a glass of wine in his face. Shelton, whose character plays the girlfriend of Cliff Barnes, said about116 words
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Article101 1985-02-26 10 THE DODGERS moved to Los Angeles almost 30 years ago but the folks in Brooklyn still are waiting for them to return. The New York Legislature passed a resolution marking the 30th anniversary of the team's only World Series title and members of that team101 words
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Article, Illustration276 1985-02-26 11 CATHERINE ONG - By CATHERINE ONG MALAYSIAN businessman Lee Ming Tee, former managine director of Sigma Metal, has rion an As 47 million (5574.7 million) contract to undertake a turnkey project in China for the making of printed circuit board plants. Printronics Ptv Ltd, a division276 words
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Article283 1985-02-26 11 THREE MEN, well-known in financial circles here, are now working for Malaysian businessman Lee Ming Tee. Mr Tay Kim Kah, former finance director of Keppel Shipyard, is in charge of Mr Lee's Hong Kong and China financial services operations. They include gold dealing, securities trading283 words
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Article502 1985-02-26 11 MR LEE MING TEE is probably the Malaysian answer to Mr Jack Chia as far as foreign aggressiveness in business in Australia goes. According to information culled from various Australian publications, Mr Lde shifted his domicile from Kuala Lumpur to Sydney at the end of 1983.502 words
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599 1985-02-26 12 JANICE LIM - By JANICE LIM KENTUCKY Fried Chicken share price continued to surge forward yesterday with purchases totalling nearly $7.2 million. And it was the day's top gainer with a total volume of 1.79 million snares traded. This is a jump from 1.04 million shares last599 words
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112 1985-02-26 12 OVERSEAS UNION BANK has established its second representative office in China at Shenzhen in the Guangdong Province. The office, located at Suite 81, Friendship Hotel at 4, Ka Pun Road, will be headed by Mr Wu In Chuan, who is also the representative112 words
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Article275 1985-02-26 12 Selected stocks at midday. Market tone: steady Boustead 1 73/1 75 Cold Storage 2.68/2.70 F N 5 15/5 20 Genting 5.50/5.55 G.I.H. 2.18/2.20 Haw Par 2.55 B Isetan 2.40/2.48 Jurong Cement 2.01 S Keck Seng 2.08 B Esso 2.67/2.70 Hume 3.20/3.30 Incbcape 2.46/2.50 Intraco 2.15/2 30 M Cement 1.47275 words
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163 1985-02-26 12 TOKYO, Tuesday FOREIGN Minister Shintaro Abe said yesterday Japan must continue to make efforts to open its markets wider to the products of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean). Answering a question in the Diet (Japanese Parliament), Mr Abe said163 words
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221 1985-02-26 12 THE NET tangible backing of Singapore Glass will increase from 88 cents a share to $1.62 with its acquisition of Parkway Properties and Parkway Land. This will be further increased to $2.32 a share if the revaluation of Parkway Parade and Astrid Meadows, developed by221 words
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186 1985-02-26 12 THE LOCAL bourse opened firm this morning with interest still centred around situational stocks. Yesterday's high flier KFC, however, was rather quiet although it firmed towards teabreak. The market closed steady. Doing the top volume is Haw Par's 349,000 to close at $2.57, followed186 words
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181 1985-02-26 12 HMLLSTREET Reuter WALL STREET stock prices closed mostly lower yesterday although blue chip issues improved for the first time in three sessions because of an improving bond market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.66 to 1,277.50 but overall, losing issues ledReuter - 181 words
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Article41 1985-02-26 12 THE OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 412.25, up 2.99 points from theprevious day's close of 410.26. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted Index was down 0.0032 point to 124.0824 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 124.0856.41 words
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Article202 1985-02-26 12 Reuter THE US dollar eased slightly against most major currencies on profit-taking, after initial firmness, in moderate earlv trading Dealers said the dollar's undertone remained strong but the market was nervous over its steep rise recently with operators uncertain what steps the central banks would take toReuter - 202 words
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Article98 1985-02-26 12 Your 8$ to on* unit of .foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO US| ***** 2.2725 2.2635 sterling 2.4182 2.3941 2.3841 Australian 1.6028 1.5788 1.5638 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit US| 2.28 2.26 NZ| 1.08 0.98 sterling 2.45 2.35 Australian 1.63 1.53 Canadian 1.65 1.58 S$ to 10098 words
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Article, Illustration511 1985-02-26 13 LEE CHIU SAN - PHOTOGRAPHY By LEE CHIU SAN Those wanting to take pictures of the decorative lights of Chinatown still have a few more nights in which to do so. Local lensmen with some experience of taking good night shots along Orchard Road during the Christmas season511 words
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407 1985-02-26 14 I AM in agreement with most of what President Devan Nair said in his address to the Association of Surgeons of South-east Asia. It is important that in every case the Ktient's welfare must be paramount, and should be a participant in407 words
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331 1985-02-26 14 JIMMY LIM - JIMMY LIM Singapore 2056 IN A stench-filled alley between Desker Road and Rowefl Road, ladies of the night sit at doorways, assuming seductive poses to entice prospective clients. Not too far away, in Bugis Street, transvestites in alluring attire prance around to the lascivious331 words
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177 1985-02-26 14 BEING an observer at the recent upgrading test conducted by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation, during which an incident occurred, prompted me to write this letter. Without doubt taekwondo has been popularised as a modern sport, though it still retains the177 words
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1055 1985-02-26 14 LEWIS M SIMONS - features •y LEWIS M SIMONS Knight-Ridd«r N«wipap«rt TOKYO: Chizuko Ohyama, a 37-Er-old dentist and mother of two, had two abortions. In Japan, she asserts, a woman seeking to limit the size of her family has no alternative. "Since there's no 1001,055 words
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Article522 1985-02-26 15 IygMBBHIBB WE CAN, if we want to be neighbourly, overlook the annoying incidents of inconsiderate behaviour by some among us. Put it down to isolated lapses in manners. By all means remain cool with the few smokers sneaking puffs in buses and cinemas522 words
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412 1985-02-26 15 TAN HENG HUAY - TAN HENG HUAY Exec Asst Secretary (Public Relations) Housing and Development Board YOUR recent editorial (SM, Jan 29) commented that the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has, in an arbitrary way, built and offered flats with designs that are not accepted by412 words
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137 1985-02-26 15 TAN ENG KIAT - TAN ENG KIAT Singapore 2057 MY WIFE is a civil servant in a department dealing with the public. She was allowed to leave office after a half-day's work on Lunar New Year's Eve. All civil servants were allowed to leave137 words
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74 1985-02-26 15 WILLIAM KOH - WILLIAM KOH Singapore 0314 AS A matter of curiosity, I would like the Central Provident Fund Board (CPF) to furnish us with the state of CPF accounts as at Dec 31, 1984, as follows: 1) How many accounts (active)? 2) Percentage of accounts below74 words
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Miscellaneous9 1985-02-26 15 awtof peopie 1 ..ESPfcwiw muw on mv soc/AL- B9 words
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Article, Illustration384 1985-02-26 16 HE'S beautiful and famous. She's even more beautiful and extremely rich. Together, they are currently the pop world's most exciting new couple. They are, as any music fan below 25 would know, Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes and his exotic model wife, Julie Ann. The sensational,384 words
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142 1985-02-26 16 Philip Cheah - Philip Cheah THEATREWORKS Pte Ltd, the newly incorporated professional theatre company, wants talent for its first production in April. Titled Goose Pimples, this tragicomedy about unexpected happenings at a small dinner party will be directed by Lim Siauw Chong. The company needs about five actors and142 words
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Article, Illustration329 1985-02-26 16 INEZ WEI - Co-ordination by INEZ WEI YOU'VE had your share of festive feasting. But the sweetmeats and rich delicacies that you have put away over a few indulgent days have already turned into unsightly extra centimetres that you cannot hide. So, you are feeling fat and weighed down aboutPictures by SPENCER LOH - 329 words
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Article, Illustration940 1985-02-26 16 BRUCE NIXON - By BRUCE NIXON in Dallas LATWP EVERYBODY takes the power of advertising for granted these days, more or less. First of all, you take a brand of beer that tastes as though it's made from river water. Then you mount a massive television, billboard andLATWP - 940 words
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Article, Illustration480 1985-02-26 18 Kennedy (Malay subtitles) (Last episode) (Ch 5, 10.10 pm) IN this final episode, J Edgar Hoover confronts the President and the Attorney General with the results of his investigations regarding the President's womanising. At the same time, the threat of tragedy looms over the family. Ambassador480 words
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Article, Illustration505 1985-02-26 18 VALERIE TREVOR - s' l§P 8 I TV SCENE By VALERIE TREVOR EVERY Tuesday and Thursday between 7.15 and 7.30 pm over Ch 5, various presenters appear on your TV screen with a story for young children. The series Share a Story has been running for some505 words
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Article, Illustration1087 1985-02-26 19 SHEILA BENSON - By SHEILA BENSON In Hoftywood LAT-WP SURPRISES? A few. Disappointments? More than a few. Overall reaction to this year's Academy Award nominations? The Academy is the Academy is the Academy, and nobody will ever get hurt on its cutting edge. In this year of studioLAT-WP - 1,087 words
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Miscellaneous561 1985-02-26 17 SBC 2.30 SBC TEXT Uve tempi* Paget. 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The Struggle (C) (r) (English subtitles). 4.30 Story Time (T) (r). 4.55 Troupers. 5.25 My Favourite Martian Keep from the Church (r). Undo Martin invents a camera which can take pictures of future events. Tim is561 words
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Miscellaneous823 1985-02-26 17 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1985 18 w<: fA LJ /r *rJ4 3: IV w- fc. m. V fc. 1 A V~/ >.»T« 8.00 New* and Weather Forecast. 8.28 Programme Summary. 8.33 Today in Hlatory. 8.38 Azan layak. 8.45 Matter of the Game Part Two. 8.45 Ehwal Semaea. 10.20823 words
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Miscellaneous171 1985-02-26 20 leisure I j wmm LE PLAISIR ALLIANCE Francaise will screen Le Plaisir today at 9 pm, at the Cultural Theatre, Cuscaden Road. Directed by Max Ophuls, this film, adapted from a novel by Maupassant, is about the wonder and gloom of pleasure. Admission is free. H-MOLL-MESSE (MASS IN B MINOR)171 words
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Miscellaneous606 1985-02-26 20 CHINESE BRUSH C T~l PAINTING EXHIBI- jffr THERE will be a Chin- V«>3|Sf 3S ese brush painting k A Ichut "exhibition A BACH-HANDEL-SCHUTZ exhibition W will be held at the Goe- X the-Institut Art Gallery V until the end of this month from noon to f VyK 6pm daily except606 words
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Miscellaneous455 1985-02-26 21 leisure comics ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA Orders, instructions are sub- September 23 to October 22 ject to sudden changes. Keep Emphasis on travel, communiplans flexible and options cation and a special relationopen. Relatives could be in- ship. Get views on paper, reavolved in a short trip or455 words
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Miscellaneous190 1985-02-26 21 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook V* iHfc VOirm S X AHt> WHAT A&oUT A, WifiCtto AUTHORITY/ 1/ IN THEM'S ToDAV,BOB?HOU> DO£S «n A Mlßfc*. iMTrtettfc.iteV 17 THfiV IttWttD rr... I Trf§ <<toufH of tMcfiCS I V V Rl**Utp DR SMOCK By George Lemont NOW IF —n CH«R UP/\ L THIS Wgߣ190 words
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Article, Illustration296 1985-02-26 22 HAPPY Birthday! Even if you don't realise it, according to Chinese tradition, today is supposed to be your birthday, and everybody else's as well. The Chinese version of Genesis says that Man was created on the seventh day of Creation, and all Mankind should celebrate a296 words
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479 1985-02-26 23 ON THIS seventh day off the Lunar New Year, tradition-minded Chinese will be trooping to restaurants to partake off Yu Sheng (raw fish), the name off which is a pun on the words "generating an excess", and other dishes with equally auspicioussounding names. SWATOW RESTAURANT479 words
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229 1985-02-26 24 LEE CHIU SAN - By LEE CHIU SAN CONTRARY to popular opinion, the eating of raw seafood is not a uniquely Oriental custom. The French, and the English, have been guzzling their oysters uncooked for years. And many Dutchmen have the ability to put a whole raw229 words
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Article286 1985-02-26 24 RUMAH Melaka, a Nyonya restaurant in Far East Plaza, is serving raw prawns instead of fish for the annual Yu Sheng ritual. The new dish is known as "Har Sang" is priced at $20 per serving including salad and $10 for each additional plate of prawns. The286 words
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Advertisement86 1985-02-26 22 GQUKN FLOWER RESTAURANT PIE LTD Wishing all oar patrons, business associates and friend* a Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year SPECIAL NEW YEAR DISHES 'ftwyo lty Raw Fkh Sharkfbw with Crabmeat Sot* *Roatt Chicken Steamed Fish Mhnfcuu.ii with Pak Choy Lok (Pramm) ram iovi/1 vMirrmps OiWtor w«fc Semee* with ScaMop*86 words
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Advertisement85 1985-02-26 22 r All Wishing all our patrons, business associates and friends a Happy and Prosperous Lunar Jffl New Year. Join us from the 22nd Feb to 6th March as AM well be serving Swatow's 'Prosperity* Raw Fish and a host of Traditional Teochew dishes for the festivities. Mil SWATOW TEOCHEW *mt85 words
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Advertisement271 1985-02-26 23 TOSS UP A K OF GOOD LUCK H^ttl Enjoy our Good Luck Raw Fish (Yb Sheng) with special Chinese New Year menu at Pin Hsiang this festive season. Our special Chinese New Year menu prices from $250+ $300+ per table. The special menu include Yu Sheng, Melon Ham Soup with271 words
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Advertisement85 1985-02-26 23 from 3 Good-Luck Vegetable Hainanese Mutton Soup 5 Hainanese Roasted Chicken Our Dally Specialities.- Pomtret Sambal I. /< Steamed Crab Craws I Prawn Sambal v Chicken Soya Bean i***" ra Sauce etc. Indooesion foods: ,v\ /I B\ 1 Godo Godo /fl M\ 2 Ayom Goreng \Afl 3 Soroy Ayom Kombmg85 words
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Advertisement48 1985-02-26 23 Red Coral Restaurant PORTWORKERS' UNION HOUSE 140 Cantonment Road, Singapore 0208. T «1|*****4U2 1 1_1^— —P R w Draught WE WISH YOU A HAPPY A A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR vq^ f LDONGYICKKEEi RESTAURANT wishing you all "laoqi" v 31 -32 Bugia Street Singapore. > SW TEL:*****09 \P /TtN XTVn48 words
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Advertisement65 1985-02-26 24 Celebrate the Lunar New Year with SPECIAL RAW FISH Traditional Cantonese dishes supervised by Hooi Kok Wai and specialities from our kitchen. ♦Hongkong Roast Chicken fFried Deer Meat ♦Chilli Crab WecSerfoT Birthday Wedding Parties, 1 buffet lunches and private functions. Live music and songs for your dining pleasure. No cover65 words
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Advertisement216 1985-02-26 24 >&#& e May Fortune Smile onfou. (Celebrate the New year at the Yu sheng for dinner with shark's fin N«M>dle Garden Restaurant. Start soup, stewed chicken with yam, baked with M yu sheng" (raw fish salad) for pom fret, abalone and mushrooms, good luck and prosperity, then treat are some216 words
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Advertisement270 1985-02-26 25 Classified ADS Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sonday Monitor WmO 0.35 casts par word 0.55 caata par word Dtofliy $7 70 par col cbb $10.00 par col. caa Baataaaa Hra Moa-Frl. oaai spai Sat. 9aaa-lpai ACCOUNTING A 1 ACCOUNTING 280 7777/ 2801 157. A ADD ALL 274 7474/ 221 7177.270 words
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Advertisement637 1985-02-26 25 NOTICES i PUBLIC AUCTION CHAPTER 222 (PAWNBROKERS) Unredeemed pledges made up to Aupiat 1984 consisting of gold and silver ornaments, jewelleries etc. pledged with the following pawnshops will be sold by pubic auction Ban Hin Pawnshop Blk 2 Jin Bukit Merah NOI 5162 Ban Joo Pawnshop Blk 1 Tg Pagar637 words
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246 1985-02-26 26 ERNEST FRIDA - By ERNEST FRIDA SINGAPORE will send a contingent of 191 (148 competitors and 43 officials), representing 11 sports to the Pesta Sukan Merdeka Games in Brunej from March 24 to 31. S S Dhillon, the secre-tary-general of the Singapore National Olympic Council246 words
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Article101 1985-02-26 26 ATHLETICS: 38 (21 men, 10 women and 7 officials) BADMINTON: 9 (6 men and three officials) BASKETBALL: 16(12 men and 4 officials) BOXING: 15 (10 men and 5 officials) SOCCER: 23 (18 men and 5 officials) HOCKEY: 19 (16 men and 3 officials) SEPAK TAKRAW: 15' (12101 words
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465 1985-02-26 26 ALFONSO CHAN - By ALFONSO CHAN THE SQUASH Rackets Association of Malaysia has called for a re-think on the annual Ovaltine Salver match between Singapore and Malaysia which goes into its third year this Saturday. Association secretary Prasad Pillay, in an urgent telephone call to the465 words
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154 1985-02-26 26 PARIS, Tuesday AN INTERNATIONAL tribunal hearing an appeal by Belgian race director Jacky Ickx, sanctioned for the way he ended the Monto Carlo Grand Prix last year, has ruled that his fine should be reduced but that his licence as a race154 words
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Article, Illustration419 1985-02-26 27 CATHARINE FERNANDO - By CATHARINE FERNANDO SOME run for fun, others run to be fit. We invite you to run for charity. Which is not to say you can't combine them all and run just for the hell of it. When the Puma/Monitor 10km Charity Run is419 words
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206 1985-02-26 27 CHARITY is reason enough. Your effort will help the Singapore Cancer Society. 10km is not an impossible distance. There are attractive prizes to be won. Keep an eye out for this page every Tuesday to see the prizes we have lined206 words
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Article, Illustration219 1985-02-26 27 Train with WEEK 1 DAY 1: 20 minutes, jogging and walking. You start by jogging until you become short of breath, uncomfortable or unable to easily talk with a companion. Should that occur, stop and walk, again at a comfortable pace, until you fully recover. Then, jog again.219 words
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527 1985-02-26 28 ANNE BARRY - By ANNE BARRY I'M GOING to discuss the subject of diet because although it's not directly related to sport, I feel it's one of the most important tnings that sports people should know. Vegetables, especially fresh ones, are very delicate items of food527 words
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Article, Illustration530 1985-02-26 28 Louise McGrillen - Shoes the runner's most important piece of equipment ON THE ROAD with Louise McGrillen THERE is a cardinal rule for athletes travelling abroad to race: "Always carry your spikes as hand luggage." There are light racing shoes for track and crosscountry running. The athlete guards them in the same way530 words
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448 1985-02-26 28 Take it easy above all, enjoy yourself "The runner is like a child at play, his actions are an adventure in freedom and the only purpose of his breathless chemistry is to explore the limits of his own strength." Dr Bronowski's marvellous definition of a very primitive inclination of the448 words
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Article, Illustration596 1985-02-26 29 ALFONSO CHAN - Chew all Scene IMPORT: ALFONSO CHAN m T FIRST, squash A was boring for Cbew Kok .Karat. Mmm. He was told to hit m m the ball oo the wall for long stretches of time. It got to be so he wanted to quit Bat he neverPICTURE: CHRISTINE CHEW - 596 words
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Article, Illustration589 1985-02-26 30 WONDER BOY - 'MONITOR RACING TODAY'S TRACKWORK By WONDER BOY LAST START winner INTERCEPTOR maintained his winning form when he showed good headway with an impressive gallop, otherwise it was a dull morning trackwork at Kuala Lumpur this morning. Trained by Kitson Leong, the six-year-old by Alvaro with visiting589 words
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Advertisement418 1985-02-26 26 classified 5 273-9090 In tht Matter off ttM Companies Act Cap. 185 And In tho Matter of PIK WAN RESTAURANT (S) PTE LTD PIK WAN RESTAURANT (S) PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordigary General Meeting of the abovenamed company duly oonvened418 words
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Advertisement123 1985-02-26 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 18S TWINQAS (S'PORE) PTE. LTD. (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 10 Coliyer Quay #1908 #19-09, Ocean Building, Singapore 0104 on the .18th day of February 1985, the special resolution set123 words
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Advertisement428 1985-02-26 26 NOTICES OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME Notice is hereby given that in consequence of the intended purchase of a ship by our clients, Namibia Shipping Co Pte Ltd,, we have applied to the director of marine under section 417 of the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 172) in428 words
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Advertisement259 1985-02-26 27 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM PUMA-SINGAPORE MONITOR 10 Km CNARITY RUN, DIIIIID Krwrrra Sunday, 9th June, 1985 (Under lAAF/SAAA Rules) rllllin IVHJNiimv (Only first 8,000 entries will be accepted) Protection Ciauae/ SURNAME MALE FEMALE Disclaimer 1 1 In consideration of your accepting this entry, I the undersigned, CHRISTIAN NAME intending to be259 words
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Miscellaneous56 1985-02-26 28 WELL-BALANCE ROUTINE TAKE YOUR TIME AND ENJOY YOURSELF. RELAX YOUR MINO WHILE YOU EXERCISE YOUR BODY. 3 m Willi i ir \W K> s-' I ROWING MACHINES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT —7 SUPPLEMENT THE BENEFITS OF V RUNNING. 1 CALISTHENICS AND WEIGHT N TRAINING ARE PART OF A WELL" ROUNDED EXERCISE56 words
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Advertisement85 1985-02-26 30 ONE MKffiCl NO CONTEST Wherever people are seri«^y/ 7 /L^*zm> about their football KKF-' Asian Cup, or Malaysia Cup they choose the football IK/ I^// they can be sertous about. j I. v I• I a IM l| I A cnip Aocnt G S Clll Pt6 Ltd showroom: #81-19, The85 words
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Advertisement450 1985-02-26 30 I rnM Bocauso of a I brtak in fix- I /w?STSKWLiLHk tur9l > th cou I pons from last I wook aro boi \ja contest i j Predict fhe score SSS£ and winSZOOO M rch j I 1) The object of the contest a to predict outright If there ere450 words
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Article, Illustration718 1985-02-26 31 ALFONSO CHAN - By ALFONSO CHAN STRIKER Tay Peng Kee will be out of action for at least a week as a result of a knock on his left ankle during the match against Japan last Saturday. Peng Kee played well in that match, and did718 words
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Article332 1985-02-26 31 LONDON, Tuesday EUROPE'S TOP soccer players, keen to impress their national team managers before this week's World Cup qualifying games, displayed the full range of their talents in weekend League games. With many countries suspending League pro([rammes to avoid injuries to squad members, Scotand manager332 words
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Advertisement64 1985-02-26 31 H^SwtoOy/^/Jv SalM Department 38 E Jalan Pwmmpin. Support 2067 Trt *****77 m m JfESSHh PAGE 31 The rugged D 300P can manage all the rough and tough activities of the active men. It's the perfect sport watch.. D 300P watch Alarm Stopwatch Water-resistant 30m Also available the LD 300P lor64 words
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