Singapore Monitor, 14 March 1985

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    12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Thursday, March 14, 1985 30cents
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    Lock icon When nine padlocks and four doors could not stop the burglars
    104 1 ONE would think that nine padlocks and four doors, two of them made of steel, would be enough to keep out a burglar. They were not enough in the case of a photo store in Bras Basah Road yesterday.
    PICTURE LIANHE WANBAO  -  104 words
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    CHARITY HIT TAPES: 4 CHARGED
    373 1  -  Make it clear the record was for Ethiopia, says judge By IRENE TOH FOUR people were charged in court yesterday with having pirated cassette tapes of the charity record "Do They Know it's Christmas?" for sale in their shops. Two of the cases were adjourned
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      28 1 FULL REPORT ON PAGE THREE WIN-A-FORD Competition l^j) Entry forms in The Sunday Monitor. gtn a.-.- --5, Predict ttw acor* *nd PlUq. Es&§mmk win $moo. See page 26
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      Ong's back in building society
      336 2  -  By EE BOON LEE THIRTY years after he left the Malaya Borneo Building Society to become the organising secretary of the People s Action Party. Mr Ong Pang Boon has returned to the building society business. He is now a director of the Singapura Building
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      Lock icon Mandarin in Braille at School for the Blind
      479 2  -  By CHEE LI CHOO EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Tay Choon Rui, a student at the Singapore School for the Blind, can now read and write "zhe shi ren" (this is a man) and other Hanyu Pinyin sentences in Braille. The school devised a system in
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      Land acquired far MRT trackline
      233 2  -  By OEI SIN GIOK THE GOVERNMENT has acquired 14,784 square metres of land sandwiched between Jalan Angin Laut and Sunbird Road. The acquisition notice was gazetted yesterday. It will be used for the trackline of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system to Simei housing estate,
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      There was no stopping these thieves
      253 3  -  By JULIE ANNE SIT BURGLARS cut their way past nine locks and four doors, two of them steel, to break into a photo store at Bras Basah Road yesterday. They made off with about $50,000 worth of cameras and about $10,500 in cash. The
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      Centaur is China-bound – for a price of $2.5 mil
      141 3  - Centaur is China-bound for a price of $2.5 mil By JOSEPH LEE THE passenger/cargo ship Centaur (above) has been sold to a Chinese shipping company for $2.5 million to be used for cruises along China's coast. A spokesman of the Straits Steamship Group, which owned the 8,000tonne vessel, said the
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      Dr Yeo to explain two of the new tax moves on TV
      276 3 TOMORROW S Friday Background (Channel 5, 7 55pm) will take another look at the increase in taxi fares from next month and the rise in duty on diesel which cabbies have to pay from October. The Minister for
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      Employers and maid struggle outside court
      636 4  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO A COUPLE who had problems with their Filipino maid said that they were involved in a scuffle outside the subordinate courts because the maid refused to accompany them to the police station. The maid, Mrs Elizabeth Burgos, 28, came to Singapore
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      Registration of cars down with new taxes
      126 4 NEW CAR registrations have fallen by an average of 60 per cent over the four days after the announcement of the 15 per cent road tax increase. On March 9, the first day after the higher tax was announced, only 10 cars were
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      Registry of Vehicles to test new taxi meters
      100 4 THE REGISTRY of Vehicles has assigned a sector each on the East Coast Parkway and the Nee Soon Expressway to be used as trial tracks to check the new taxi meters in preparation for the implementation of the new cab fares on
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      The Awakening gets low ratings on TV in Taiwan
      317 4  -  By WONG AH YOKE THE low ratings that The Awakening received in Taiwan is not a sign that its production standard is low. said a proframme sales officer for the Singapore iroadcasting Corporation. The local drama serial got lower popularity ratings
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      Lock icon But Guangzhou viewers give it a warm reception
      215 4 Lianhe Zaobao SINGAPORE Broadcasting Corporation's drama production, The Awakening, is being serialised over Guangzhou (Canton) Television to favourable reviews. It is the first Singapore television programme to be shown in China. Beginning in early February, the Guangzhou telecast of The Awakening has
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      S'pore family size shrinks
      371 6  -  Number of young mothers with five or more children drops 97 per cent, as birth rate falls By CATHARINE FERNANDO FAMILY planning has drastically reduced the overall number of births from 50,560 in 1967 to 40,585 in 1983, though there were still small groups of young
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      Bogaars has heart attack
      69 6 MR GEORGE Bogaars, chairman of the National Iron and Steel Mills, is being treated at the Singapore General Hospital after a heart attack Mr Bogaars was formerly chairman of Keppel Shipyard He has written a book about it. One-time head of the Civil Service, he had
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      Lock icon Tougher security for estate
      356 6  -  THE BRADDELL VIEW STABBING By SURESH NAIR RESIDENTS of Braddell View are planning to enforce security measures to ensure that there will be no repetition of Tuesday's daylight roDbery and stabbing of a Filipino maid Tne Braddell View Flat Owners' Association reacted immediately in the aftermath
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      Maid bit off robber's nail in the struggle
      511 6 FILIPINO maid Gloria Sanchez yesterday recounted how she bit off an armed robber's thumbnail while fighting him off in an executive apartment in Braddell View "If I had not retaliated violently by biting his thumb he would have stabbed me to death,"
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      SOLID GOLD CHARITY
      554 7  -  Dancers from TV series among celebrities coming By CATHARINE FERNANDO FIVE dancers from the hit TV series Solid Gold, Lou Ferrigno of The Incredible Hulk fame and a few stars from the hit comedy series WKRP in Cincinnati are among 13 celebrities who will be giving a
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      196 2 Angclo Oaks by Gianfranco Gian-Marco Momcntodue by by Mori Geoffrey Bccne Delupy Hugo Boss suits and others Sale ends 20 March, 1985 j CILAIIOIfItKTTK STOPS #02-36/38 Lucky Plaza Tel: *****47 (iLAMOUKKTTK 1 Unit 02-09,15t Floor Pavilion Inter-Continental Hotel Tel: *****59,*****20 Freehold Residential /fimb^r SHOWCASE /Mmk Living Magnificently In The East
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      159 3 MING COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE Price 5522.00 per adult 5517.00 per child under 12 years caLA/). Mondays to Thursdays Sj Fridays to Sundays [ql un ripe tomatoes. fpl resh > Coo sa'ads P |us Fresh crisp greens. C '—J a choice of roasts Crunchy carrots and N.Z. striploin, leg celery and
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      129 4 Discover Grandeur At Hotel Grand Central, we treat you like a grand Conveniently located in the centre of the city, it [P f ideal for business, shopping or entertainment. Our economical room rate another irresistable feature. K*t Amidst a splendid and homely setting. Cosy and intimate. EHPT Fine graciousness and
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      235 5 Invest in RESOURCE HOMES 1 i The Prestigious New TbwnsnTp of Johor Baru PUTERI1ELITA: 88 UNITS ONLY a we are Quality finishes. D DeQuse of our Economies of Scale, we MPM Ah social and recreational facilities children's playground, market, schools, PRICE: $57,950*00 places of worship, shopping complexes, I. 1 f>
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      115 6 li) <- 1 gpp; Krosmode is back where they started. It's only a year since Krosrmxle's The Black V White Nites first triumphant entry into the local Every Tuesday, Wednesday music scene. Thursday. The first 10() to arrive, And where did it all start? At between 8.30 10.30, wearing all
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      159 7 Happiness is the finest kitchen appliances, Yours on easy payment J i J d ,L I Happiness Re Ltd I to you range of Pi" imported kitchen I appliances that I excel in style, I H performance I and I H And now the new I "Happiness I Happy I
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      Lock icon Ammo blast 'accidental'
      344 8 Death toll not disclosed in Indonesia's third dump explosion in five months UPI, Reuter JAKARTA, Thursday THE THIRD ammunition dump explosion in Indonesia in five months killed "several" soldiers and civilian workers yesterday but authorities insisted it was ac-«' cidental and warned the public and Press against
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      Lock icon China-made shoes cause religious row
      171 8 AP CAIRO, Thursday THE CHINESE Government has apologised for exporting shoes with God written on their soles which angered Muslims in Egypt and other parts of tne Arab world, and has promised to stop manufacturing them China's ambassador to Egypt relayed his government's apologies for
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      Lock icon China relaxes entry-exit process for Taiwanese
      335 8 AP BEIJING, Thursday CHINA will relax entry-exit steps for visitors from Taiwan and hopes Taiwan will reciprocate, Communist Party Politburo member Deng Yingchao said in a speech made public yesterday. Miss Deng, widow of Premier Chou En-Lai, also pledged that Beijing will abide by
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      Lock icon Soviets increase their arsenal of SS-20 missiles
      335 8 AP WASHINGTON, Thursday THE SOVIET Union has increased the number of its sophisticated SS-20 missiles to 414 and is in the midst of a 'vigorous construction programme" to deploy even more of the triple-warhead weapons, the State Department said yesterday. The figure represents
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
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        'We're all great impostors'
        129 8 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS "IMPOSTOR PHENOMENON" is a who-am-I-fooling insecurity that makes people feel as though they aren't smart or skilled enough to cut it and that failure is imminent Recent studies show 70 per cent of the population has "impostor phenomenon" the feeling
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        No more of M-A-S-H roles
        116 8 LARRY LINVILLE, who played the hapless Major Frank Burns on M-A-S-H, says people thought he died or vanished when he left the show midway through its 10-year run. Linville says the public is more accepting than Hollywood producers when it comes to actors trying to
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        Hospital sues Connie Francis
        73 8 CONNIE FRANCIS, (above) committed by her father to a Florida hospital for treatment of mental problems two years ago, is being sued for not paying her entire Dill. The suit was filed in a Palm Beach court and claims Francis owes U557,546. The American singer has
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        Alex Haley thrills university
        88 8 Alex Hal ey thrills university ALEX HALEY, (below) the Pulitzer Prize-win- ning author of Roots, will togin work on April 1 as adjunct professor of journalism and American studies at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. "We are excited about Alex Haley's association with the university and the opportunities for
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        From record album to film
        94 8 WHAT started as a record album has become a two-hour television special. Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Brenda Lee will star in The Winning Hand with Johnny Cash making a special appearance. The album by the same title was released in 1982 with
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      Cambodia dispute 'may tip the balance in S-E Asia'
      562 9  -  By MICHAEL RICHARDSON The Age Newspaper, Melbourne, Special to The Singapore Monitor SINGAPORE, Thursday AUSTRALIA'S Foreign Minister, Mr Bill Hayden, has warned that unless the Cambodian conflict and related hostility between Vietnam and China is resolved, Soviet military strength in South-east
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      Lock icon Sihanouk says his forces will help 'evict' Viets
      426 9 AP SURIN (Thailand), Thursday CAMBODIAN resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk said yesterday that his guerillas were fighting side by side with Thai forces to evict Vietnamese troops from Thai territory. Prince Sihanouk also rejected Communist Indochina's most recent overtures on the Cambodian
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      Lock icon 'Removal of tumour is as effective as mastectomy'
      259 9 Reuter WASHINGTON, Thursday WOMEN do not have to undergo disfiguring breast removal to survive breast cancer, provided the disease is treated in its early stages, according to a study released yesterday. "This supports the trend away from the mutilating, debilitating, radical mastectomy
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      Lock icon 'Ethiopian troops sell food meant for the starving'
      271 9 Reuter STRASBOURG, Thursday HUNDREDS of tonnes of European Economic Community food aid to Ethiopia are being sold to traders by Ethiopian soldiers, three members of the European Parliament said yesterday. Mr Paul Howell (Conservative, Britain), Mr Niall Andrews (Fianna Fail, Ireland) and
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      102 8 •<^° ced \o H t,m tor you *o make a choice :> before II -e** creates unnecessary problem. Please step in our centre e \a*^ eS let us have total care lor you. nz 10 pe 3 v^"T^L We have the expertise and techniques to serve our ladies, for the
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      Bankers shun prime site
      828 10  -  They give developers the thumbs down for Orchard Square, say property sources By ANG PENG HWA and JANICE LIM BANKERS gave the thumbs down to developers interested in tendering for the only prime piece, of land left in Orchard Road, say valuers and developers. As a
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      We're number 11
      139 10 FOREIGN RESERVES SINGAPORE ranked 11th among the world's nations in the size of its foreign reserves, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) statistics. With official foreign assets valued conservatively at US|lO.3 billion (5522.7 billion) at the end of September 1984, a rise of 15 ger cent from
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      Ex-chairman of stock market to head Morgan
      146 10 MORGAN Grenfell (Asia) Ltd has appointed its first Singaporean chairman Mr Ng Soo Peng, former chairman of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. He replaces Mr David Keys who is now deputy chairman. Mr Keys is a member of Morgan's management committee in London.
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      Lock icon Prices drop, amid profit fears
      107 11 MMLLSTBEET Reuter INDICATIONS that several major computer firms are suffering from a drop in profits pulled most stock prices lower yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 10.05 points to close at 1261.70. Declining issues led gainers 1,008 to 493. Volume on the New York
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      INDICES
      58 11 THE Straits Times Industrial In- dex closed yesterday at 831.31, down 6 71 points from Tuesday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed yesterday at 420.28, down 3.11 points from Tuesday's close of 423.39. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index fell 0.0957 point to 134.1023 at the
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      Dollar and Gold
      135 11 GOLD rose to U*****.50 (*****) an ounce before fading back and the British pound fell, then rebounded yesterday after Britain decided to abolish its national oil company. The dollar rose elsewhere on a strong jump in retail sales. Britain said it plans to abolish the state-owned British
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      Employers in favour of lasting economic council
      446 11  -  By JANICE LIM THE HIGH-LEVEL economic council proposed recently to chart Singapore's longterm economic plans should be a permanent set-up with a small number of representatives meeting regularly. This has been suggested by several representatives from employer groups and trade organisations. Said Mr
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      BACKGROUND
      53 11 KEIDANREN, the Japan Federation of Economic Organisations, is the most powerful and influential of Japan's four business organisations. It was established in Japan in 1946 to mediate differences of opinion among its various member industries and find practical solutions to economic problems both in Japan and in its relations
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      Committee set up to review economy
      207 11 THE TRIPARTITE economic committee, comprising members of the government, private sector and the union, was announced by Finance Minister Dr Tony Tan in his Budget statement last Friday. The Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry had called for the set up of
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      82 10 PROPERTY SALE BY AUCTION MORTGAGEES' S\LE #02-14 Pearl Bank Apariment 59* Sixth A\cnuc '23m >'« from 2-6-70) 2-Siore> Semi-Delached 47|.8m (999 yrs) CM'NER'SALE «81-05 Lucky Pla/a (SHOP) 4 Jalan Pernama j| m (FREEHOLD) 2-Store> Semi Detached #8114 Lucky Pla/a (SHOP) 330.5 m (FREEHOLD) 51m (FREEHOLD) DATE: Thursday 21-3-1985 TIME: 2.30
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      134 11 A GREAT DEAL MORE WITH BORNEO MOTORS. MORE SHOWROOMS MORE PARTS Wide range of Toyota k The vast Parts Centre at models including the popular Lo~*' H Jr J West Coast stocks thousands of Starlet are on view at our eight ~inexpensive genuine Toyota The nippy compact Starlet Toyota running
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  • opinion / letters
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      Let people be the judge
      213 12 ON PARLIAMENT THE decision of Mr Goh Chok Tong and I Professor S Jayakumar to come down hard on opposition MPs and people who < spread rumours and half-truths is both < timely and right l From his performance in Parliament,' Mr Chiam see Tong
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      Watching Parliament altered preconceptions
      325 12 I HAVE never really read Parliamentary reports in the Press. There was just too much to read. But during the past week I became an avid fan of the TV broadcasts. Congratulations to the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation for this fine effort. I have not only been
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      Televise future Parliaments 'live' too
      168 12  -  ROBERT CRIAU Singapore 0922 THE Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) should be congratulated for the production of "Today In Parliament." It is a fine example of democracy in action, perhaps an inevitable trend in our increasingly sophisticated society. It ought to be a permanent fixture for
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      Sympathy for opposition, admiration for Tony Tan
      193 12  -  SHIRLEY LIM Singapore 0718 AFTER watching "Today in Parliament" on TV for the past week, I must say I was really put off by the behaviour of several People's Action Party (PAP) MPs The jeering and catcalls emitted when an opposition MP tried
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      Constructive criticism was missing in debates
      227 12  -  MELVIN SIM Singapore 1646 HAVING watched the Parliamentary debates on TV, may I suggest that the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation not cover the event until the politicians have attained professional maturity. Each time the opposition MPs speak, viewers have to put up with volleys of
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      Let's re-examine the way we dress
      539 13 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR IBBl— SHORTS AND DIRTY jeans are out if you want to watch a soccer match from the VIP seats. Also out of favour with the stadium authorities are "slippers, sandals, T-shirts with advertisements and collarless Tshirts." It is about time that
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      Observation showed no obstruction to traffic
      125 13  -  REPLIES CHAN CHOO GIAP Public Relations Officer Singapore Police Force PLEASE refer to the letter "Parked cars in Seletar an eyesore" by "Fed-up" (SM, Feb 23). Observations conducted by Traffic Police officers revealed that although there were vehicles parked along Seletar and Kasai Road,
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      Flashing amber being used as out-of-order light
      128 13  -  KHOO SOO HOON (MS) for Permanent Secretary (National Development) WE REFER to the request by Mr Steven Koh in the letter "Angullia traffic lights need adjusting" (SM, Feb 26). The Public Works Department (PWD) has adopted a standard three-second amber light for all
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      Unwise for HDB to cut 30-month waiting period
      300 13  -  TAN HENG HUAY Executive Assistant Secretary (Public Relations) Housing and Development Board PLEASE refer to the letter "HDB should cut waiting period for house sellers" by "Ineligible'' (SM, Jan 14). The writer suggests that the 30-month waiting period for those who sold
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      96 12 LE RENDEZ VOUS PRESENTS GILLIAN GEDDES V Ai V o##®® The lady sings the blues and a wide repertoire of popular hits by Cole Porter, Bacharach Neil Sedaka Stevie Wonder, Carole King James Taylor Babara Streisand and others Nightly from 8 1 5 pm except Mondays Featuring Paul Gostelow, resident
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      74 13 w LETTERS on any subject of public interest will be accepted for publication They should be typed and must be signed They must also include the writer s name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print A contact telephone number would be useful. We
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      100 13 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR LIMITED 2 Alexandra Road #03-01 A, Delta House, Singapore 0315 Telephone: *****88 Telex No: RS ***** Monitr JOHN ORR, CHIEF EXECUTIVE Seah Chiang Nee, Chief Editor Edward Ying, Advertising Sales Manager Toh Thian Ser, Deputy Chief Editor D K! V i.. rw. Bilf Giles. Sunday Editor ob
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      15 13 m M '~W ftfOßt »F RWGW CNt TOWN. RWW INftfflON W» RoeeiNQ AMP TERKDRIZINft H\fWa£CO«fflßYslPE!!'
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  • leisure
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      An Imperial touch of pop in sacred tunes
      775 14  -  By PAT D'ROSE TODAY'S Christian music reflects a marriage between the sacred and the secular the sacred in the lyrics, the secular in the up-beat modern strains. And for the Imperials, four gospel singers from the United States who gave a performance
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      Back together again
      1012 14  -  mm wwi w» p»m.i »w uwirai' mimi« xw JMiMiii,«wi>MM«^j^'tMww»ris^ Bacharach and Warwick bridge 10-year rift By MARILYN BECK in Hollywood IT IS a story in the tradition of show business reunion sagas that of an internationally acclaimed songwriter-recording artiste combo of the Sixties that split to the
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      Teri finds her niche in gospel music
      440 14  -  By PAT D'ROSE A SENSATIONAL cover-album image can do much for a rising star. It can inflate the ego. But it can also lure you away from your real self, as Teri De Sario found out the hard way. Like most young girls,
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      What they did for love
      457 16 Thursday Feature Special Mayerling (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.15 pm) OMAR SHARIF and Catherine Deneuve take the leads in this Terence Young tragedy about love in the Royal Court of Austria in 1888. Rudolph, son of the Emperor Franz-Jo-seph and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne,
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      Lock icon Gone with the Wind on videocassette
      671 16  -  By FRANK SPOTNITZ in New York UPI METRO Goldwyn Meyer-United Artistes (MGM-UA) has finally released Gone with the Wind on videocassette and videodisc with restored, visuals and an enhanced soundtrack. Studio executives had wanted to release the blockbuster, which for decades was the top-grossing
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      HEY MICKEY
      135 17 IT is every child's dream to pinch Mickey's nose. But four-month-old Daniel Teo is too young to realise he was toying around with Mickey Mouse, one of cartoonland's best loved characters. Daniel was among 8,000 people who showed up at the Ken-air Travel Fair at the Mandarin Ballroom
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      WHEN GREASE IS NOT FOR REAL
      141 17 "HI there, the name is John, and I'm swell-headed because they say I've the hips of Elvis and the feet of Fred Astaire." Nobody, not even Mr Travolta, talks like that unless the occasion is a fancy dress party, like the one held at
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      FACES IN THE CROWD
      61 17  -  By WONG SING YEONG This weekly column features social events or interesting happenings in and around town. If you have any such occasions on the calendar, our reporter will cover the function if possible. Please address your invitations to WONG SING YEONG, Faces in the Crowd,
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      90 14 How can you feel your pretty, feminine best S your arms anc egs j Unwanted hair is embarrassing. And shaving it off can be very unpleasant and unfeminine. v What you really need isthat special feminine ikSZ touch. The Immac touch. EjnL Immac gently removes every trace of unwanted hair,
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      497 15 1: SBC I I 2.30 SBCTEXT- Live Sample Pages. 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The Wild Bunch (C) (r). 4.30 Tarzan The Perils of Charity Jones (Part two) (r). Social worker Oharity Jones and Jai are captured by the Waziris after escaping from a horde of murderous rebels.
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      884 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1MS 1 16 -T A 1 J* r -y* r i > in r »> t s *>W w wT* ff i Kucha, a town of song and dance, is featured in The Silk Road Journey into Music: South through the Tian Shan Mountains
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      141 18 4th WEEK I at JADE Eddie Murphy is detective Axel Foley a quick witted, fast talking on vacation in Beverly Hills |HH^ tttaM ■SSBK s j iii.i-«j K| Cenieii '<f BHtAKHVKi m r A BOX OFFICE g? yu«P« fillNb HUM A 111 M'J* INIXHIiIH Mill 111 KUIMh tflM l> VIM"
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      39 18 I TODAY: TOMORROW: Low tide: 10.55 am High tide: 4.37 am (0.4 m) (2.4 m) High tide: 5.34 pm Low tide: 12.34 pm (1.8 m) (0.6 m) Low tide: 10.55 pm High tide: 8.37 pm (1 m) (1.7 m)
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      423 18 LM CHRISTIAN POP CON- 4fr& CERT m, V'fe, M TERI DE SARI and Hl■ n| The Imperials, comprisi*~B II 11 JPLL r, «Si ing Jim Murray, David i mm F wfll, Paul Smith and Aril It I mand Morales, will give .W m a fund-raising dinner J fa ifi concer
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    Lock icon Aboard the Indian houseboats
    895 19  -  fK&H4&clci a time < f oux ty* By SHARON DIRLAM LAT-WP SRINAGAR, INDIA: THE Vale of Kashmir is golden with the rice crop at harvest time. Peasants trudge along the narrow roads, heads and shoulders hidden beneath massive loads of yellow rice straw. The road winds
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      97 21 THOSE aspiring to further their studies but unable to attend classes because of work commitments can take up correspondence courses. Cambridge Correspondence School in Mayo Street, offers education by post in the General Certificate of Education (GCE) "O" and "A" Levels. There are two types of tuition
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      137 21 Where you can study for the C G exam ADAMS Computer and Commercial School at the Peninsula Plaza now conducts full-time and part-time computer courses leading to the London City and Guilds 747 examination. Both the full-time and part time courses will start on March 25. The full time course
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      572 21 ADVERTISEMENT Chinese Chamber to conduct courses soon And there will be one on corporate taxation THE SINGAPORE Chinese Chamber of write computer programmes in the Ba Commerce and Industry in Hill Street sic language. will conduct a number of business, com- It will run from May 2 to June 25.
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      447 22 Private Tuition PT TUTORS NEEDED FOR all levels/ subiects/ districts. Perferably A level and above Please contact: 220 6949 EMPLOYMENT Situations Vacant Situations Vacant SV Situations Vacant You'll be better off at A. ASAHI TV-GLASS PTE LTD FEMALE PACKER Asahi TV-Glass Pte Ltd, one of the largest glass manufacturers in
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      263 22 FANCY DRESS COSTUME JOLLY JOKER 469 4439 FISHING PULAU TIOMAN Trip 563 5077. DANNY CHEONG Company 295 1575. FOOD CORNER CATERERS Caterers CAJ WE CATER BUFFET, barbeque. cocktail party for $8/- onwards Tables, chairs provided Annie 481 4782, 288 8097 INDONESIAN BUFFET 440 3255 MEMORY CATERER 481 9428 MRS. WAH
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      246 22 HOBBIES Photography/ Equipment pe LEARN BASIC VIDEO Production and earn extra income Call personally at: 756, Upper Serangoon Road, #01-8/31, Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre Between 3pm to spm, except Sunday. DAVID, VIDEO Filming 449 1588 VIDEO CAMERA Rental 453 2617. LEISURE SPORTS MART Sports Goods/ Coaching sct SUBARASHI SPORTS (RACKET)
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      263 22 Domestic Services 0« MRS BENJAMIN'S TRENCH pastry classes Tuesday and Thursday morning learn 40 assorted pastries Indian cookery Saturday afternoon contact 452 4951. Florists PLANTS FOR RENTAL to offices and apartments. Satisfaction assured Fun s Florist Nursery, Tel: 253 7023, 221 9641. Hire Purchase HP EASY H.P. TERMS. Imported C.T.V.
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      Oon brothers create history outside the pool
      396 23  -  By KEN JALLEH Jr OLYMPIAN brothers Oon Jin Teik and Jin Gee have made history by becoming the first Singaporeans to be honoured for successfully combining sports and studies to win the Brigham Young University Academic Athlete Award. The two swimmers, both medal
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      Crowd direct their anger at referee
      410 23  -  POLICE SPORTS 2 TAMPINES ROVERS O By ALFONSO CHAN REFEREE Johnny Han was the object of the 500-odd crowd's wrath in an illtempered National Football League Division One match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. He flashed .the yellow card four times, two each to
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      Early goals prompt IA win
      117 23  -  INDIAN ASSOCIATION 3 PONGGOL 1 By B KULA TWO quick goals by Indian Association (IA) enabled them to beat Ponggol 3-1 in their Singapore Hockey Association under-20 Group B match at Farrer Park yesterday. lA. who started off well by scoring in the first and
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        Long rest for Spurs star
        48 23 TOTTENHAM'S First Division championship hopes dipped yesterday when England soccer international Gary Stevens (above) was ruled out for the rest of the season. Midfielder Stevens injured knee ligaments in Tottenham's 2-1 defeat by Manchester United on Tuesday night and underwent an operation yesterday.
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        Cup holders plan boycott
        118 23 FRENCH soccer Cup holders Metz, beaten by Bastia in a violent second round tie on Tuesday, said yesterday they would not return to Corsica for a league match next month. Metz striker Toni Kurbos was felled by a punch from a Bastia defender in the second
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        Asian group new fixtures
        71 23 THE International Football Federation (Fifa) has revised the draw for the Asian Group One Sub-Group B qualifying round of the 1986 World Cup. The re-arranged fixtures involve Iraq, Qatar, Jordan and Lebanon. A Fifa spokeswoman told the Press the new schedule was in line with a
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      Lock icon The pain and the joy
      367 24  -  25 Reports by K SILVAM A young runner brooding over a lost race, another eyeing the finish line and glory just metres away, a boy flat out with exhaustion, and a group of jubilant girls celebrating victory. These pictures capture some of the spirit of
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      The champ who didn't want to run
      208 24 DEBUTANT Wu Xiuchun of Jurong Secondary created an upset by winning the Girls 'C' Division title in the National Schools cross-country championship at Macßitchie Reservoir Park yesterday. A volleyball fan and player by inclination, she never liked or wished to take up running.
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      Lock icon Salver losers dropped
      377 25  -  Gerald and Albert left out of team for East Asia tourney Reports by ALFONSO CHAN TWO of squash's most hardworking and senior members of the national squad, Gerald Lim and Albert Wee, are naturally disappointed at being left out 01 the team for the East Asia tournament
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      Peter all set to lead team and defend title
      189 25 NATIONAL champion Peter Hill returned home from Europe last Friday all geared up to lead the Singapore team as well as aefend his individual title in the coming East Asia squash tournament in Manila starting March 23. Flushed with success in
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      Sri Lanka give fine display of batting and bowling
      372 26 SRI LANKA gave a fine exhibition of power batting and bowling to thrash Singapore by 127 runs in a one-day friendly cricket match on the Padang yesterday. The visitors, who were on their way back after competing in the World championship
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      Mahesh bowled over by 'aggressive play'
      455 26  -  Reports by ERNEST FRIDA SINGAPORE captain Mahesh Kumar Mehta will long remember the Sri Lanka pace bowlers not for their fine performance but for their hostile bowling against him in the one-day cricket match on the Padang yesterday There was no question the Sri
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      Sorry Sunil, our guys are Just dying to play
      95 26 INDIAN captain Sunil Gavasker yesterday suggested that Singapore use three Indian reserve players to play in today's one-day cricket match o 1 the Padang. Mohai Rajalingam, the capta. i of the Singapore tean said: "The players have been looking forward to
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      India's latest cricket sensation
      433 26 SUNIL MANOHAR GAVASKER, the captain of the visiting Indian cricket team, regards Mohammed Azharuddin, 22, as God's gift to Indian cricket. Coming from Gavasker, it must surely mean more than a compliment. "Azharuddin will be one of the greatest batmen and he will surpass all my
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      SCOREBOARD
      179 26 Sri Lanka innings S Wettimuny Ibw Snmal 28 M Von Hagt b Mehta 25 B Kuruppu c Chandtok b Srimal 54 R Madugalle c Amarasunya b Balaknshnan 64 R Ranatunge b Balakrishnan 21 D Mendis c Chandtok b Hahkrishnan 41 R Dias not out 16 A De Mel not
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      416 25 CONTEST I 1 Predict the score MgL and win $2,000 I 1) The obiect of the contest is to predict outright It there are more than one cor- I correctly the scorelines of six Malaysia rect entry, the prize-money will be Cup matches in the boxes provided shared If there
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      131 25 JJF'' THEPROF^^ UfH HiM The Profi secret is an M WmuwmM extremely elastic sole that mm Mm W m M unleashes incredible speed and I M I power into every shot. PTOfi WOn't be Offering ct^mSn^intn' any contest or cash giveaways xhat- m ,n« stnde. for the Malaysia Cup. at
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      36 26 UEiISWE WNO ml'^k W =ii\. An MM Wbrtd w IV 1./fln QAMAA ZAMAN m uujwha ,W £> MMffUTUNk f ~~f MOUO now y® ft* v VTJEMUA You've got to watch it happen... Check out tomorrow's Straits Times
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      ANGER OVER ABSENTEEISM
      531 27  -  Hussein questions priority given to League ties SINGAPORE STARS WHO MISSED TRAINING By ALFONSO CHAN NATIONAL soccer coach Hussein Aljunied last night lashed out at the National Football League's committee's priorities and intends to thr6w a spanner into the domestic soccer programme The move is likely to
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      BACKGROUND
      143 27 IS THE Malaysia Cup Singapore's top priority? Why should the national team be deprived of players who are currently turning out for their National Football League clubs in the now congested League fixtures? During the past weeks, the tussle for national players between club and country had erupted but
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      Lock icon Everton into FA Cup semis
      172 27 Reuter LONDON, Thursday GRAEME SHARP returned after a fourmatch absence through injury last night to shoot English Football Association (FA) Cup holders Everton into the semifinals of this season's competition. Sharp converted a 76th minute penalty against Ipswich his 22nd goal of the season to
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