Singapore Monitor, 8 March 1985, 3

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  • 20 1 r cnrinrr k OiLviiiu MCDITION THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M C iP) No 215 84 Friday, March 8, 1985 30 cents
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  • 431 1 Taxi fares, road tax up; payroll tax, entertainment tax down By our Budgtt toami EE BOON LEE, GANDHI AMBALAM, YONQ BOW ANQ and LOONQ BWEE YIN BuHget THE GOVERNMENT today announced a range of tax and levy reductions that will ease the pressure on businesses hit
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  • 104 1 SKILLS Development Fund (SDF) levy halved to 2 por cent from April 1. This Is to b« reviewed at the end of three ynn. PAYROLL TAX suspandad. CPF contributions na increase. ROAD TAX an cars and poods vehicles -to Inoraasa by 15 par oant from
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  • 261 1  -  ■y LOONG SWEE YIN THE OPPOSITION Member of Parliament, Mr Chiam See Tong, voted with the Government today on the motion to thank the President for his address at the opening of Parliament. The Singapore Democratic Party chairman and MP for Potong Pasir
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 19 1 H INSIDE: I Taxi faras to go up Cinanfaa gat a boost Now guidolinos on govt-ownod firms! Pagas 2-3
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    • 108 1 II S.PH.DE SIL\A I I JEWELLERS I 01-18. Tangiln Shopping Ctntra. Singapore 1024. Tat *****28 I Aaaoctata Company 1 1 Canted BuUOng. Hong Wong' B ONE OH LETERON" SIGN SYSTEMS for sales charts and presentations, graphs, desk and department identification, safety signs, direction signs, displays, labelling, name tags, and many
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  • home
    • 329 2  -  By EE BOON LEE THE GOVERNMENT is to spend $-18.8 billion in the next financial year, starting on April 1 this year, with the bulk of the money going towards improving economic and social services. Substantial sums have also been earmarked for education and public
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    • 161 2 YOU have to pay more for your taxi ride from next month. The flagdown will go up from $1.20 for the first 1.5 km to $2 for the first two kilometres. For subsequent distance, it will be 10 cents per 275 m up
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    • 145 2 THE entertainment tax reduction to a flat 10 per cent compared with 25 to 35 per cent at present will be a nig help to companies in the entertainment and tourism industry, including cinemas which now pay the higher rate. The reduction does not apply, however,
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    • 220 2 UNDER the new guidelines for government companies, including those owned by statutory boards, currently unlisted Government companies will in future, where possible", be listed on the stock exchange. The Government will sell off its share of any company of which it does
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    • 530 3 Housing, education and economic services top the bill -BflHget- HIGHLIGHTS of expenditure: Expenditure on education, housing, economic services and public debt servicing accounts for nearly 70 per cent of the total Budget. EDUCATION: The allocation for education goes up by $64.3 million, or S.S per cent.
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    • 407 3 Highlights of the estimated revenue for financial year INCOME TAX: Collections are estimated to reach $3.3 billion, falling short of financial year 1984's collections by 8.2 per cent. This is mainly due to the fall in Erofit margins, which will adversely affect corporate ix revenue. Income tax
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    • 191 4 LAWYER Harry Wee was injured in the nose by a piece of falling glass in Funan Centre yesterday afternoon. The panel slipped off from the ceiling above the escalator on the sixth level and hit the former president of the SingaKre Law Society while
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    • 270 4 Lianhe Wanbao MR CHIAM SEE TONG, Member of Parliament for Potong Pasir, should accept the challenge to build four blocks of Housing Board flats, according to Mr Yi Zhendong, president of the Singapore Renovation Contractors Association. Mr Chiam had asked for three months to
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    • 202 4 Lianhe Zaobao VOICE DUBBING for SBC actors is going to stay much longer than expected. The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), which allowed the actors to try out their voices in the recent comedy series Da Xia Wu San Qi, is unhappy with the
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    • 353 5  -  Waiting period in Yishun and Woodlands estates is a short six months By OEI SIN GIOK IF YOU want your Housing and Development Board flat fast, then the estates to apply for are Yishun and Woodlands. You can get your flats within six months
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 109 5 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS THE PYTHON (above) which laid 60 eggs after 11 years of barren existence is being converted to Buddhism. The scripture chanting ceremony for the conversion of Shun Zhu (the pythons name) was scheduled to take place this morning at Phor
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      • 80 5 Pi THE SMALL Claims Tribunal yesterday ordered an employer to pay a Sri Lankan maid the sum of $1,360 as six-and-a-half months' wages owed to her. The employer, Mr C Karuppiah, was given till today to pay Mrs Theresa Selvaratnam, 38, the full sum.
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      • 88 5 ALL HOSPITALS and medical personnel are being told to prepare themselves to handle the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, popularly known as AIDS, when it hits Singapore. Both the Ministry of Health and the head of the hematology department of the Singapore General Hospital, Dr Ong
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      • 95 5 A 23-YEAR-OLD Filipino maid lodged a report at the Joo Chiat police station three days ago, alleging that her employer had repeatedly assaulted her. She has also sworn a complaint before a magistrate. Miss Bennifelle B Hermosura alleged that the beatings began in April last
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      • 75 5 PRIVATE candidates who sat for the GCE "0" Level examinations last year are given two more working days to apply for courses under the joint admissions exercise. The closing date for the joint admissions exercise for private candidates has been extended to next Tuesday, March 12.
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      • 91 5 THE POLICE are keeping a close watch on the Kranji area after a spate of crimes was recently reported by residents there. Detectives who have been assigned to tackle the problems suspect that a group of foreign workers is behind the incidents. In the past
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    • 248 6 I Lxx>k what savings for your home I f/t n\ WT-. vJH Single (90 X 190 cm) $68^0 Imported 20-piece dinner set 546 45 $50 50 I $13.90 Imported table lamps $79 $229 $37.5 a King (180 X 190 cm) I T »L u U Super twin $77^40" I p
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  • world
    • 74 8 Four, then six just 'lucky' Kim Perham and her husband. Dick, showing off four infant Jumpsuits they bought when two months ago they found that Kim was having quadruplets. Then a month ago their doctor updated it to quintuplets and last week to sextuplets. The couple was quite surprised as
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    • 380 8 AP MMboume, Friday THE UNITED STATES has asked Australia to start monitoring Soviet warships in Southeast Asia to replace the functions of a New Zealand intelligence base in Singapore, according to a published report yesterday. The Melbourne Age newspaper reported that
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    • 272 8 AP LOS ANGELES, Friday WE ARE the world, an anthem sung by 45 American superstars, was released on radio and in record stores yesterday, with its proceeds aimed at the hungry in Africa and the United States. The tune, written by Michael
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    • 190 8 AP NEW DELHI, Friday A STEAMSHIP carrying Hindu pilgrims capsized off India's southern coast, and as many as 48 people drowned, news reports said. The disaster took place on Wednesday in the Bay of Bengal near the port of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu State, about 1,850
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    • 56 9 A CROWD of voters arriving at a polling station yesterday to cast their ballots in Hong Kong's first territory-wide elections to pave way for self-administration after the British pallont in 1997. At stake are 237 seats on 19 Distric Boards, which look after local
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    • 187 9 Reuter NEW YORK, Friday SINCE Britain's Princess Diana would never do such a thing in public herself, Penthouse magazine has done it for her. The new issue of the magazine that is known for its nudes shows Princess Diana standing with a seductive grin on
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    • 387 9 Reuter BAHRAIN, Friday IRAQ has launched missile attacks on two Iranian cities and Iran has subjected Basra, Iraq's second city, to an eight-hour artillery bombardment in a wave of gulf war attacks on civilian targets. Reuter reported from Basra that Iranian shells fell throughout
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    • 230 9 UPI BEIRUT, Friday LEBANESE and Israeli troops battled in southern Lebanon on Thursday, killing an Israeli and wounding five Lebanese. It was believed to be the Lebanese army's first killing of an Israeli soldier since 1948. The fighting came as the
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    • 513 10 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Friday AMERICA'S trade representative William Brock, agreeing with US senators who expressed increasing frustration over the slow pace of trade talks with Japan, has said that "it may be time to take retaliatory action against countries that deny American
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    • 131 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri ASEAN will urge the leaders of industrialised nations at their annual summit in Bonn in May to reduce protectionist measures, Malaysia's Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said yesterday. Asean was disenchanted with the results of last year's summit in London, particularly in
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 48 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS The Princess of Wales (above) seen in a Cossackstyle hat when she and her husband, The Prince of Wales, visited the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, at the mainly-ceremonial army unit's headquarters in London recently.
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      • 85 10 Just to prove that rock 'n' roll will never die, the Turtles, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, The Grass Roots and The Buckinghams are going on the road again. The bands, which had more than 30 hits between them, will start their ISO-city "Happy Together"
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      • 122 10 There was almost one star less at the "Night of 100 Stars II," which was taped last month for telecast on March 10 on ABC. Robert Urich, his wife and their two children were vacationing at their log cabin between Montreal and Toronto, enjoying the
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      • 66 10 CHESS STRATEGY: World chess champion Anatoly Karpov (above) denies he was ill and on the verse of losing when chess officials called off his match with Garry Kasparov last month in Moscow. There were reports that World Chess Federation President Florencio Campomanes stopped the match because
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    • 152 10 AP MUNICH, Friday CHINESE workers are busy dismantling the Zuendapp motorcycle factory in Munich for transplanting to their homeland. The unusual operation came about when China purchased Zuendapp assets for 16 million marks (Ssl2 million) after the West German company went bankrupt last year,
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    • 418 11 Beijing willing to let Taipeh keep security network if it agrees to be reunited with, the mainland AP BEIJING, Friday CHINA will let Taiwan keep its intelligence network if it becomes reunified with the mainland. This new offer by President Li Xiannian, made on
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    • 258 11 AP TAIPEH, Friday President Chiang Ching-Kuo has ordered a review of financial regulations following what officials describe as the worst financial scandal in Taiwan, government officials reported yesterday. The officials said Presiderft Chiang raised no specific points for review but told
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    • 169 11 Reuter LONDON, Friday BRITAIN announced yesterday it would introduce legislation outlawing surrogate motherhood for money. Social Services Secretary Norman Fowler said he would present a bill to Parliament banning commercial agencies from recruiting women to have babies for others in return for cash. The bill would
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 42 8 Business Hours: 10.S0 am to 12.00 mid-night X HAWAII HEALTH CENTRE hirama norm, shopping centre. 10. FJL' TONG SEN STREET. SINGAPORE OIO.Y Tel: *****66, *****88 Exl 3333 EXCELSIOR HEALTH CENTRE S, COLEMAN STREET, EXCELSIOR HOTF.t.. SINGAPORE t».17 TEL: *****06, *****33. EXT 1873.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 114 9 Sands Escapades for just ***** pjjPgfcJT(lnclusive of return air-fare j Discover fun Fenang at Golden Sands Enjoy a fun-filled holiday with us in Penang. JMUE Two to seven day packages from just ***** to Ss7o2 including your return airfare from Singapore. Price includes: Mountain View room with balcony, twin-sharing basis
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 158 10 ■pS* jj|| I^iioDandjptaeßcnl^ie A sumptuous spread of fine Show starts at 1.30 p.m., French cuisine. Your choice of with fashion provided by the soups, appetizers, six main boutiques against the dates courses or succulent meats from shown. Max Factor prizes to be our carving trolley, desserts. And won, too! then
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    • 113 11 THE NEW MALE VIE W|4i*a£|j|/*V AT A NEW 12 ISSUES FOR SAVE SsB.oo ""■■^■Ui OFF THE NEWSSTAND PRICE DISTRIBUTED BY C.R. DASARATHA RAJ PTE LTD 126 RACE COURSE ROAD, SINGAPORE 0821 Yes, please enter a subscription to MALE VIEW in my name and send me the next 12 issues for
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  • money
    • MARKETPLACE
      • 65 12 AT-A-GLANCE NEWS AND INFORMATION HONG KONG businessmen may have a reputation for their wheeling and dealing. But it is Singaporeans who are outwitting them when it counts first, it was George Tan of Carrian fame or rather infamy; now it's Mr Khoo Teck Puat who
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      • 73 12 Chop Hoo Thye's owner Mr Ng Choon Ser believes in having the last word. Soon after fleeing Singapore, he wrote a letter blaming bankers for withdrawing the umbrella and destroying an enterprise built upon decades of diligence and hard work. Lately, we heard from good authority that
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    • 557 12  -  By JILL HUM SHARE prices are expected to move higher over the next two to three months and a 930 on the Straits Times Industrial Index by then is not a remote possibility, dealers and analysts contacted yesterday said. The 30-stock index
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    • 395 12  -  By. JANICE LIM THE DEAL to take over Alfa-Pacific Securities may have fallen through as negotiations between Mr Tony Tan of Parkway Properties and directors of the firm have reached a deadlock, stockbroking sources said. Mr Tan of the Ipoh Garden group
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    • 94 12 AP HONG KONG, Friday THE FIRST diamond bourse to Asia was set up in Hong Kong yesterday to strengthen the local diamond trade and promote the diamond industry in Asia, Financial Secretary John Bremridge said. Speaking at the inauguration of the Hong Kong Diamond Bourse,
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    • 111 13 HMLLSTREET STOCK prices closed moderately lower yesterday as the market remained mired in concerns over US interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 8.84 points to close at 1271.53. Losing issues led gainers 959 to 578. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange declined
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    • 46 13 THE OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 430.57 down 1.06 points in morning trading from the previous day's close of 431.63. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade Weighted Index was up 0.1559 point to 133.3735 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 134.2176.
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    • 169 13 Reuter THE US dollar finned against most major currencies from New York levels in quiet early trading. Dealers said expectations that US monetary policy will be tightened and interest rates will rise coupled with the larger than expected US$3.6 billion (SsB.2 billion) increase in latest US M-l
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    • 272 13 Selected stock* at midday Market tooe: lower Boustead 1.80/1.81 Cold Storage 2.70/2.71 F N 5 45/5 50 GenUng 5 90/5 95 G.I.H. 2.32/2.40 Haw Par 2 51/2.52 Isetan 2.56 S Jurong Cement 2.09 S Keck Seng 2.28/2.29 Esso 2 66/2 69 Indicape 2.68 S Intraco 2.19/2 21 M Cement
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    • 94 13 Your S$ to on* unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO US$ 2.2840 2.2740 2.2650 sterling 2.4326 2.4105 2.4005 Australian 1.5720 1.5479 1.5329 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit US| 2.29 2.26 NZ$ 1.09 0.99 sterling 2.47 2.37 Australian 1.62 1.52 Canadian 1.65 1.58 S$ to 100
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    • 250 13 THE LOCAL bourse opened mixed this morning as profit taking continued. Interest was centred on second-liners ana the market closed easier at the lunch time break. Supreme Corporation did a hefty 1.97 million to close at $1.81, followed by MRCB's 596,000 at 83 cents and Grand
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    • 497 13 LOS ANGELES, Friday IN THAT other world called the foreign exchange markets, it is widely supposed central bankers are, in the long run, not very effective when they try to lean against forces such as those which have been driving the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 158 12 The Businessman's Lunch at Le Chalet, Ladyhill Hotel Le Chalet makes you an ■s exciting offer for lunch the Businessman's Lunch > $12 75 per person. course meal A different menu is served daily. Reservations: 737 211 i A Subml to 10". servue m ji', ihdrge ami I'< gov I
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 173 13 MING COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE p njoy an international choice in dining. Salads, roasts, cold cuts from the West. Tim Sum, curries, Chinese roasts and noodles from the East. There's something new to discover, every lunch and dinner, at Coffee Pot's Daily Buffet. Mxj may also dine A La Carte at
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  • opinion/letters
    • 273 14 REPLY I REFER to the letter entitled "Ariy measures taken to prevent AIDS here?" (SM, Feb 28) by Mr Tan Chwee Kiat. The writer may wish to know that the Ministry of Health has been monitoring the AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syn- drome)
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    • 143 14  -  ROGER S P YAP Singapore 1232 I NOTICE that of late more and more taxis have been installed with a radio/cassette player. While I think that this is a good idea as the radio will provide the taxi-driver with some form of
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    • Article, Illustration
      74 14 LETTERS on any subject of public interest wM be accepted lor 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
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    • 126 14 I WISH to draw the attention of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) to the following: The piece of vacant HDB land adjacent to Blk 1014 Geylang East Avenue 3 has several depressions. During the rainy spells water accumulates in these depressions. When the
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    • 335 14 I WOULD like to make a complaint to the TransIsland Bus Service (TIBS) It seems that all the requests made by the public for more Service 178 buses during peak hours and especially on Sunday morning and evening are not answered. On
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    • 132 14 I REFER to the article "Police will throw book at gamblers who attacked detectives" (SM, March 6). The police have time and again warned that they will act against bookmakers. But so far illegal gambling seems far from smashed. Mini-turf club operators will never stop
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    • 436 15 Soinffill BBfl^M FOR THE first time, the activities of the Social Development Unit, or the government's matchmaking role in society, have been given a public airing. Details were given by the Finance Minister, Dr Tony Tan, in Parliament on Wednesday and by the Permanent Secretai7,
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    • Article, Illustration
      73 15 LETTERS on any subject o* pubic interest wM be accepted for They should be typed and must be signed. They mutt also include the writer's name and addreu even if the writer decide* to un a peeudonym fcn print. A contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve
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    • 157 15 THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme for foreign domestic servants was a two-sided affair where both the Government and the domestic servant benefited. With the change to the government levy, the money now only goes to the Government coffers and the servant is
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    • 40 15 RECENTLY there were Press reports that the accouchement fee has been raised for mothers who have more than two children. Does this rule apply to graduate mothers too? A NON-GRADUATE Singapore 1231
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    • 308 15 THE question as to what is the ideal form of government for a small Asian country like Singapore often comes up in political discussion. A number of Wogs (Western oriented gentlemen) clearly hanker for the British model, lock stock and barrel. But
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 186 14 LOO EE HN6 RESTAURANT 6AN CHIN SEN 6 .CURRY FISH HEAD. VJe Specialise in. V*Curry Chicken. Curry Mutton J Sambal Prawn. J^E E- 1 6 Curry Lonton(. i I f 7 Samhil Crab. jgjf J GANYEWHER Sjmb l ANDREW GAN 'ALL CURRY FISH HEAD LOVERS' We have moved to our
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  • leisure
    • 504 16 UPI LIKE actor Tony Franciosa who plays attorney Gary Maxwell in the television series. Finder of Lost Loves (the pilot episode of which will be shown tonight on Channel 5 at 10.55 with the series beginning on Tuesday), Lloyd Shulman reunites people long separated.
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    • 1138 16  -  Susan Howard sees guide to a happy marriage in TV series By FRANK DURHAM in Los Angeles IPS EVERY time evil old J R jumps into bed for an affair in the TV soap opera Dallas, Susan Howard who plays Donna Krebbs believes he
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    • 200 16 Some 8,000 movies to be preserved THE Museum of Modern Art in New York City has been accumulating films more than 8.000 from all over the world since 1935 for study. preservation and presentation to the public. It was in that year that the
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    • 234 16 THE first production of Theatreworks Pte Ltd, a professional drama company, is under way. Last weekend, an unprecedented number of more than 70 people turned up for the audition of Goose Pimples, the first of four productions for this year. Its press relations spokesman, Lim Kay Tong, said:
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    • Article, Illustration
      442 18 Friday Night Movie Finder of Lost Lovos (Pilot) (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 10.55 pm) A FORMER airline pilot, Cary Maxwell (Anthony Franciosa), starts an agency called Maxwell, Ltd, which reunites lost loves. He is assisted by his sister-in-law, Daisy Lloyd (Deborah Adair), and a secretary, Avis Turner (Marcia
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    • 934 18 LAT-WP PARIS: IN FRANCE, a country that has won more Nobel prizes in literature than any other, it is now chic for intellectuals to boast about their avid reading of comic books. Almost every major book store in Paris has a comic book counter, and it is usually
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    • 601 19 BROTHERS Frank and Robin Anthony are examples of how far fresh faces can go in the music scene, once they understand the demands of their profession and undertake the challenge. Hardly two weeks after winning the Talentime (group section) in November, the duo was offered a contract
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    • 60 16 FREE! A ROLL OF FILM FOR EVEFYROLL PROCESSED. A free roll of 24-exposure Sakura colour film is yours with every roll you send in for processing at Singapore Colour Centre. Enjoy the benefits of quality film processing and the added bonus of 24 high-quality exposures, at no extra charge. So
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1369 17 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR A leisure q V 7 fridav, marchB, ises i w SBC TEXT Live Sample Paget. 3.00 Opening and Programme by The Passenger (C) Featuring a young and talented a on migratory birds, child dancers and an interview with actor John Forsythe. The 5.15 Romper Room (E). -««r^
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 141 18 Af Milano Pizza. Wbaft under your plait can now be aknosf asdeUghflulas whal^ojWop. Yes, ii you come to Milano Pizza from 14th February to 13th March 1985 you can be in for a delightful surprise. Just check the bottom of your plale. If you find a yellow sticker, that means
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 105 20 TRADITIONAL DISHES OF SRI LANKA THE Department of Extramural Studies of the National University of Singapore will conduct an 8session course on the traditional dishes of Sri Lanka, commencing tomorrow, and thereon every Saturday, from 3 pm to 6 pm. The course will be held at the instructor's home at
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    • 554 20 1 K ii I^*B ft I X 1 I x Hf ■v 1 The White Table by Walter MerteL.on display at the National Museum Art Gallery CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING EXHIBI- to 6pm daily except Sundays. AdmisTION sion is free. THERE will be a Chinese brush paint- 3-DIMENSIONAL CONTEMPORARY ing exhibition
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    • 38 20 EKEHHKH TODAY: TOMORROW: Low tido: 6.17 am Low tido: 7am (0.6 m) (0.4 m) High tido: 12.03 pm High tido: 12.48 pm (3.1 m) (3.1 m) Low tido: 6.48 pm Low tido: 7.30 pm (0.1 m) (0.1 m)
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 706 21 leisure comics jggggjgjT fcfc a FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook ,tl V 008V0O COAHT V IH'& H6U>S CUtTiVATIE I Y T A W*>C* IMAM «HU *2S£i S J?7 ,L >V W ToPSPI»J, VOO N££P A HAVINfr A POO*R LU>ICH I i I 1 I gg J ARIES March 21 to April
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    • 126 22 IF YOU are between eight and 11 years, do not have any plans for the March school holidays and like to act, tell jokes, play games or have an interest in art and craft, the Queens town branch of the National Library would like to
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    • 373 22 DEPRESSION is not the preserve of any age group. Some may feel depressed more often than others. Perhaps it is because they have not learned how to cope with stress situations. Couplea with self-doubts and fear oi rejection by those close to them, manv find
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    • 47 22 LOOK out for these warning signs: GREAT change in eating or sleeping habits or Doth; LOSS of interest in studies, work or favourite pastimes; FALL in school or work performance; CHANGE in behaviour such as becoming very withdrawn, tense, restless, bored, sad or anxious.
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    • 129 22 YOU wish to speak to someone confidentially, you can call the SOS at 221-444. SOS is a telephone service run by trained volunteers of various backgrounds to help people who are in distress. The service: IS available 24 hours a day, seven days
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    • 88 22 MYTH: Because a person loves you, he or she understands how you are feeling. FACT: Not necessarily so. Building understanding between two people requires constant effort and a commitment to communicate feelings and needs to one another. MYTH: Unlike adults, young people do not have a thing
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    • 335 23 ANSWER BOX THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUERIES I HAVE come across a number of preparatory schools listed in the Yellow Pages. What is a preparatory school? What are the requirements for a child to be admitted to a preparatory school? I have
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    • 183 23 I OBTAINED a pass in English Language and two other credits In my "O" level examination. I am in doubt as to whether I can further my studies in a private pre-university school. Please tell me the requirements for taking the "A" level examination.
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    • 199 23 PLEASE advise me on what steps to take when my tenant is in arrears with his rent, although the contract clearly states that the rent should not be more than a week late. I am at a loss about what to do. Telephone calls
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    • 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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    • 180 23 HERE are some tips that should help: SWALLOW swallowing activates the muscle that pulls open the Eustachian tube. Yawning does it even better. Avoid sleeping during descent and ascent (you will not be swallowing as much). CHEW GUM or suck on mints these
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    • 130 23 WHAT can you do when a co-worker's smoking bothers you? In the interest of promoting peaceful co-exis-tence between smoking and non-smoking workers, here is a programme designed with respect for the rights of all: ENLIST the smoker's cooperation in reducing the smoke level. Many smokers
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    • 227 23 PROBLEMS with the ear are the most common medical complaint of air -travellers. The problems can range from minor discomfort to severe pain and even loss of hearing. These problems are aggravated when you have a cold. The American Council of Otolaryngology has this explanation
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    • 157 22 An Aerobics Encounter at Phe Phe firsPof ip& find! a. jjk Saturday, 9 March happening at the Kasbah, Mandarin Hotel, j this Saturday night from 7.30 pm. Come and watch J i JK the SemifinaJists of the Castlds National Aerobics Wr Championship (Mixed Pairs Group Category) who will be sweating
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    • 414 24 Fringe Benefits mm m m J f Priorit Y in allocation of HDB housing; |MA I m H medical benefits for officers and their 111 m x< I <«**■-_* families; renovation loans, motorcycle V loans housing loans at low interest jk j rates; 28 working days' leave per year; **mm
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    • 833 25 classified s 273-9090 NOTICES In tho Matter of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185. And In tho Matter of FIRST CINE-TEL S'PORE PTE. LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the abovenamed Company which is being wound up voluntarily, are required on or before Bth April, 1985 to send
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    • 17 25 The Singapore Police Force offers you A First Class Career. Turn to page 25 for more details.
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 210 26 van Classified Ad Rstet Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: <lw<i 0.9$ ceata per word O.SS ceata per word Dtsptey $7.70 par col. cai $10.00 .per col. cm ■aatoaaa Hra Moa-Frl. 9aai-spm Sat. faai-lpai ACCOUNTING IF YOU'RE not getting results why don't you try our line? 274 7474/ 2il 7177. A 1
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    • 221 26 Eating Spots n KIPLING'S CHOP HOUSE, 15th Floor, Asia Chambers, McCullum Street, where Executives lunch in cosy ambience Economically. Tel: 221 2639. Entertainment MT -1 int EAST COAST MUSIC Studio We supply pop groups, dance band, lounge band, male/ female vocalist. Studio for band rehearsals and rental of musical instruments.
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    • 261 26 LEISURE SPORTS MART Sports Goods/ Coaching SUBARASHI SPORTS (RACKET) Restringing Services. Blk 330, #01-1809, Ang Mo Kio Ave 1. 455 5006. MERCHANDISE SERVICES Antennae Installation Al SHARP ELECTRICAL Service 443 6851 At Your Service AYS METHOD DEBT Collection 732 2259 JOO KHENG SERVICE airconditioners and refrigerators Sale, rental, respray. plumbing
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    • 188 26 Furniture/ Furnishings f|} COME IN AND make us an offer. Discontinued designs, oddments, damaged and secondhand furniture items to clear. Visit the Scratch and Dent Department of Courts Funiture Warehouse in Upper Bukit Timah. Opens everyday from 10am 10pm Florists WEEKEND CHEAP SALE 30% 50% discount. Plants, dried flowers, garden
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  • sports
    • 182 27  -  By ERNEST FRIDA ALLISON DAWSON, of the American School, came to within a hair's breath of improving Kwik Leng s 1983 girls under-17 100 metres backstroke meet record of 1:12.34 at the Singapore Junior swimming championships at Toa Payoh yesterday. The 15-year-old
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    • 302 27  -  IN THE DOLDRUMS By ERNEST FRIDA ROLAND SCHOON (left), who represented SingaBre at hockey in the 56 Melbourne Olympic Games and is now a grade one umpire, said: "Today's education system, job progress, environmental changes and other distractions have largely contributed to
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    • 154 28 THAT HOCKEY standards have plungad is nothing new. Yet, failure was a stranger to Singapore hockey in the Sixties when our national team ranked among the best in the world. The sport itself is said to suit Singaporeans and yet... The slide began in the late Seventies,
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    • 313 28 Figures show very little result in return for the $300,000 spent by SHA OVER THE past five years, the Singapore Hockey Association spent close to $300,000 on hockey tournaments and on training programmes for the national senior and junior teams. The end results are anything hardly
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    • 284 28 Poor rapport, communication breakdown, indifferent attitude of clubs, national officials and players over the last few Sirs has led to drop in standards. This is what Chelliah Tiruchelvarayan, who was president •of the Singapore Hockey Association from 1973 to 1979, had to
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    • 248 28 JOE DAVID, Deputy Director, Ministry of Education, and the man in charge of extra curricular activities, had this to say about Singapore hockey: "The hockey and athletics associations were among the best organised sports bodies and they enjoyed the highest respect
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    • 558 29  -  Singapore must improve its squash if it wants to stay ahead r fitl wttfe Haridae Hair SINGAPORE'S iron-clad hold on the annual senior sguash international with Malaysia came to an end last weekend after 12 years. Malaysia scored a stunning 3-2 win over Singapore, a win that
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    • 212 29  -  By KEN JALLEH Jr ONG SOO HENG and Ramesh Dhanabalan came a-calling last night, knocking on the doors to Singapore's exclusive national seniors squash club. This they did with stunning performances in the Milo national league at the East Coast Recreation Centre, giving
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    • Article, Illustration
      191 30 AP NEW YORK, Friday FILMMAKER Bud Greenspan said he has slow-motion film that shows Mary Slaney was at fault when the US runner and Britain's Zola Budd collided in the 3,000 m final at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. The favoured Slaney, the former Mary Decker, fell to
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    • 368 30 Reuter LONDON, Friday FOURTH-PLACED Cologne entertain leaders Bayern Munich in a key West German soccer League clash tomorrow which the home side must win to keep their modest title chances alive. But the visitors, five points ahead of Cologne, will be a
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 322 27 classified Accommodation Vacant m SBHDB To let on tender basis:17 Kay Siang Road, an unfurniahad double storey detached bungalow with 3 bedrooms, 4 servant's rooms and a small garden Closing date: 11 Mar 85 For further enquiries and tender forms, please call the Estates Officer (G), Tel *****44 Ext 2025
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    • 518 27 The Singapore Police Force offers you A First Class Career. Turn to page 25 for more details. Accommodation Vacant TENDER NOTICE (Separate tenders are invited for:1 DESIGN. SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF TRIAL WINDOWS AND CANOPIES TO PSA MULTI-STO-REY WAREHOUSING COMPLEX AT ALEXANDRA/PASIR PANJANG ROAD Cost of Documents Drawings Ssss/Closing Date
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    • 243 31 Spurs still hopeful of winning AP LONDON, Friday DESPITE Wednesday's 0-1 setback against Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur are still hopeful of retaining the DEFA Cup. "It is going to be a real test of character. We have to convince ourselves we can still win," said Tottenham captain Steve
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    • 337 31 Reuter LONDON, Friday ENGLISH First Division soccer leaders Everton take a break from the League tomorrow when they meet Ipswich at home in the quarterfinals of the Football Association Cup. Cup holders Everton, who are bidding to become the first team to complete
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