Singapore Monitor, 19 March 1985, Afternoon Edition

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    18 1 Fevening r EDITION THE SINGAPORE MONITOR Tuesday, March 19, 1985 V C P| No 21 584 30 cents
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    'SUE DOCTORS' PUSH NOT NEEDED: DR TAN
    431 1  -  Excessive court action could cause 'dwensive medicine' and higher patieftts' bills, he says By YONG POW ANG HEALTH Minister Dr Tony Tan told Parliament this morning that his ministry did not think it was desirable to have a "sue the doctors and hospitals"
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    Gen Lee rebuts Dr Toh's remarks 'Let's hear your proposals, Toh'
    794 1 THE Minister of State (Defence and Trade and Industry), BrigadierGeneral (Reservist) Lee Hsien Loong, today quoted the successes of threegovernment owned companies to prove that public servants could run businesses as well as private entrepreneurs. Gen Lee mentioned the
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    Lock icon IN A PIG'S EAR, IT WAS!
    70 1 Reuter BEIJING, Tuesday DOCTORS used cartilage from a pig's ear to rebuild the nose of a Chinese farmer bitten off by a rat 25 years ago, the China Daily said today. The report said that now, 10 months after the operation at a military
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    Lock icon Brazil's bid to squeeze fuel out of orange juice
    108 1 AP SAO PAULO, Tuesday BRAZIL'S largest producer of orange juice, said yesterday that it was building the country's first "al-cohol-from-oranges" distillery. The alcohol, said a company executive of Citrosuco Paulista, will be used as fuel for cars and industries. The executive
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      Army to set up 8 training areas
      563 2  -  But land available for NS training will still be declining, says Gen Lee JT IN PARLIAMENT Reports by EE BOON LEE LOONG SWEE YIN AND YONG POW ANG THE SINGAPORE Armed Forces will set up eight training villages, with a land area of
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      'Yeo and Teng Cheong contradict each other'
      170 2 IT WAS a case of Minister of Communications and Information versus the Second Deputy Prime Minister over the taxi fares and diesel tax for taxis, Mr Chiam See Tong (Singapore Democratic Party Potong Pasir) told Parliament. Mr Chiam said the Minister of Communications
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      Civil defence force to consist 95,000 people
      237 2 THE FULL Civil Defence Force is expected to consist 65,000 reservists and 30,000 volunteers. The reservists would come from ex-Singapore Armed Forces, ex-Police and Civil Defence reservists, said Mr Wong Kan Seng, Minister of State (Home Affairs and Community Development). Mr Wong also
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      Work under way on $18 mil junior college at Tampines
      144 3 AN $18.2 million junior college, which will be built by the Public Works Department, in Tampines New Town is under construction. Features of the college, located on a six-hectare site at the junction of Tampines Avenue 7 and Avenue 9,
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      Repairs begin on bomb-hit Faber House
      363 3  -  By SURESH NAIR BOMB-HIT Faber House was back to normal today as work got under way to repair the damaged building following Sunday's explosion at the 12-storey office complex in Orchard Koad. Security measures in the building have also been tightened. The building houses
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      Provident Fund to take over survey on wages
      315 3  -  By GANDHI AMBALAM THE CENTRAL Provident Fund has a new job and one expected result is a $200,000-a-year saving for the Government. The Fund is to take over the survey on wage patterns of workers, now conducted by the Research and Statistics
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      'Energy, if ill-used, can destroy'
      189 3 WE MUST be careful not to let the mastery of energy lead to mankind's destruction, as is possible with nuclear energy. This caution came from the Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education), Mr Ho Kah Leong, at the opening of the Energy Week '85 at the Singapore
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      Lock icon Japan trade gap will stay: Khoon Choy
      361 4 Lianhe Zaobao SINGAPORE will continue to register a deficit in its trade with Japan in the foreseeable future, according to the Republic's ambassador to Japan, Mr Lee Khoon Choy. Invited to speak at a Japanese economic institution in Tokyo, Mr Lee cited three
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      Trade Board sets up representative office in Rome
      125 4 SINGAPORE'S growing trade with Italy has prompted the appointment of a trade representative in Rome. The Trade Development Board said today it had appointed Mr Gerald Pattinson, 35, Singapore Airlines general manager in Italy, as Honorary Trade Representative for two years from
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      Lock icon Biotech team for Tokyo
      333 4 Aim is to learn how Japanese apply knowhow to industry Lianhe Zaobao A HIGH-POWERED biotech mission from Singapore is planning to visit Japan next month to study its experience in this field of research and application. Led by Associate Professor Nga Been Hen of the Department
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      Workers make 20% on their CPF savings 'Cowec funds could run into tens of millions of $'
      1197 6  - Workers make 20% on their CPF savings 'Cowec funds could run into tens of millions of Isetan's Cowec plan reaps benefit in its first six months By CATHERINE ONG ISETAN employees have everything to cheer about a portion of their Central Provident Fund savings is enjoying a 20 Kr cent
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      Man tells of fall down lift shaft
      194 6  -  By JOSEPH LEE AN ASSISTANT foreman at the Singapore Airlines {esterday told the story of ow he fell three storeys down a lift shaft in his tow-truck and survived. Mr Tay Tiong Loh, 36, said on March 8, he drove a tow-truck to
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    • NEWS SCAN
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        Stars for charity show
        65 6 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS WELL-KNOWN entertainer Anita Sarawak and Miss Singapore, Koh Li Peng (above), will be among the stars who will appear in Singapore's first "ring-in-a-donation charity show. The Community Chest Show, which will be telecast "live" at 9.1S pm on Channel 5
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        Estate's anti-crime plan
        72 6 POLICE have devised a crime prevention plan for Braddell View residents following an attempted robbery last week in which a Filipino maid was repeatedly stabbed. Apart from stepping up patrols in the area, police crime prevention officers will also offer to check households against possible break-ins. Police
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        Hunt for two thieves
        89 6 OFFICERS from the Criminal Investigation Department are looking for at least two people who broke into a trading firm in Hillview estate, ransacked the office, and then set it on fire. According to Mr Tan Song Soon, managing director of Moh Huat Trading Pte Ltd in
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        Faber House security
        56 6 THE MANAGEMENT of Faber House is to check why its security system failed to prevent a blast which damaged the building on Sunday night. A senior official confirmed the complex had a 24-hour security network with regular patrols. But the "inadequacies of the present Stem," he said,
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        Petrol tax, Johor's gain
        67 6 H THE INCREASE in Singapore's petrol tax appears to have benefited Johor Baru judging by the jump in the number of Singaporeans filling up at service stations across the Causeway. One litre of premium grade petrol costs M 51.06 (about 550.92) in Johor Baru compared with
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      Air-con bus rides to remain at $2 per trip for six months
      108 6  -  By IRENE TOH FOR RESIDENTS of some private housing estates, air-conditioned bus rides to the Central Business District will remain at $2 per trip for another six months. The estates include Springleaf Garden, Pandan Valley, Pine Grove and
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      60 2 Another to from B I^l HEALTH PRODUCTS f lK* It certainly has.m&ay pfihe Important health-promoting Ingredients aN 32 of |hem including GINSENG, BEE POLLEN, VUAHUfW AND MINERALS, AMINO ACIDS, RUTIN, LEdttHCl, LINOLEIC ACID, WHEAT 5 GERM OIL and PanMiftlnobenzoic acid put into a <J> hermetically sealed capßule by MODERN SCIENCE
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      137 3 SI WL rfS Food Festival I y V R March 15-24, 1985 Pooltido, sth Floor I J '-J Royal Holiday Inn Singapore I If A Offering the delicious abundance of Renang where I I 18 hawkers are specially flown in to bring I Try 1 you flenang's top ten specialities
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      150 4 A GREAT DEAL MORE WTTH BORNEO MOTORS. MORE SHOWROOMS Wide range of Toyota The vast Parts Centre at models including the popular xr < f|Wß6l* fejt stocks thousands of Starlet are on view at our eight #W/ v inexpensive genuine Toyota conveniently located showrooms. \y3_ parts which will keep your
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      100 5 CMC Computers and Communication* Announcing the opening of a new era in office productivity. The newest member of NEC's global lamily, NEC Business Systems (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. supplies businesses with key telephones, facsimiles and PABX's from NEC, the world leader in integrating Computers and Communications. C&C business systems is from
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      328 7 Full line correction memory Automatic relocation Automatic centering and piWpmKJQEEQQCEQCEQECSRpHBP t carrier return Automatic paper feed I *<.-. HBE2 t W Worker CrnrnWm WW W:< v Full line correction memory !p§ 15-character LCD display panel for easy 42cm (16W) paper capacity naM Line Formats'memory Automatic pitch control, centenng. underlining, carrier
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      Lock icon Nuclear test 'unsafe'
      335 8 British bomb should not have been fired, Australian inquiry told Reuter LONDON, Tuesday THE man who designed and tested Britain's first nuclear bombs in Australia in the Pities said today that at least one of the devices was exploded in unsafe conditions. Lord Penney, former head of
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      Lock icon Iran slows its push towards Basra road
      220 8 Reuter TEHERAN, Tuesday IRAN appears to have ordered a halt to its ground offensive against Iraq amid new diplomatic moves in the Gulf war. Diplomats said the latest Iranian war communique indicated Iran had stopped its drive towards the vital road linking Baghdad
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      Lock icon Agents smash $29 bil-a-year cocaine gang
      197 8 UPI SAN DIEQO (California), Tuaaday FEDERAL authorities say they have smashed a South American-based cocaine smuggling ring said to have imported up to 15 tonnes of the drug into the United States every year. After 18 months of investigation, agents have arrested 72 suspects
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      Lock icon China offers 300 shops for sale
      135 8 AP BEIJNQ, Tutaday SOUTHERN China's special economic zone of Zhuhai has started selling more than 300 commercial shops to Chinese from Hong Kong and Macao, the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily reported. It said that as an added inducement to buy, Zhuhai will allow
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      Lock icon One, two, three and Reagan sings: 'When Irish eyes...'
      79 9 PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy (on the right) and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his wife Mila joined opera singer Maureen Forrester (left) on stage and sang When Irish Eyes are Smiling at the end of a gala
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      Lock icon TV takeover gives Wall St $ 7.7 bil shock
      399 9 TV takeover gives Wall St 7.7 bil shock Reuter NEW YORK, Tuesday CAPITAL CITIES Communications said yesterday it was buying American Broadcasting Companies for US$3.5 billion (S|7 7 billion) in what Wall Street had previously thought was a nearly impossible deal the takeover of a major television network. The announcement
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      Lock icon Govt to act for Bhopal victims
      141 9 UPI sation awarded NEW DELHI, Tuesday THE UPPER House of Parliament yesterday passed legislation giving the Indian Government exclusive right to represent victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy in foreign courts. When passed by the Lower House, the bill will replace an ordinance enacted
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      Lock icon Tennis ball in the back silences snorer
      253 9 UPI NEW YORK, Tuesday FROM THE time-honoured poke in the ribs to tennis balls, electric shocks and surgery, there are many cures for the common snore. Over the years the US Patent Office has received applications from the inventors of more than 200
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      Lock icon Sheraton to manage Beijing Hotel
      177 10 AP BEIJING, Tuesday THE SHERATON Corp signed an agreement yesterday to manage the luxurious but troubled Great Wall Hotel, making the US-Chinese venture the first in China to bear the name of an international hotel chain. "We're expecting to make it a financial success for
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      Lock icon Vigilante is losing his Clark Kent image
      305 10 Time NEW YORK, Tuesday BIT BY bit, the complicated public image of Bernhard Goetz, New York city's "subway vigilante," seems to be shifting. The initial perception of him as a mild-mannered Clark Kent who changed into an intrepid punk stopper was certified last
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      Lock icon British novice wins $23,000 American football jackpot
      108 10 UPI BIRMINGHAM (Alabama), Tuesday RICHARD EDGE had never kicked an American football until two weeks ago, but his soccer training in native Britain and a little advice from a friend helped him boot his way to a USflO,6OO (5523,320) jackpot on Sunday. Mr
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
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        Murdoch and China link?
        149 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS AUSTRALIAN media magnate Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Times of London and The New York Post, is in Beijing and was quoted yesterday as seeking collaboration with Chinese broadcasters. Hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Radio and Television, Mr Murdoch
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        Kim in leading council post
        124 10 DISSIDENT leader Kim Dae-.Jung (above) formally assumed the post of co-chairman of the Council for the Promotion of Democracy, council officials said yesterday. The other top post of co-chairman in the militant organisation is held by Mr Kim Young-Sam, another opposition leader, who led the
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        Mark Twain called a racist
        80 10 TO MANY a reader, Mark Twain is the foremost American novelist and his masterpiece is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This year, the book's centenary, has brought several "Huck Finn" stage productions. It has also brought a renewed outcry from some who want the novel
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      Britain shuts W Beirut office
      311 11 Security fears grow after Muslim group claims it kidnapped three people BEIRUT, Tuesday BRITAIN closed its embassy office in mainly Muslim West Beirut to the Eublic yesterday after a shadowy Musm group claimed it kidnapped two Britons and an American Journalist last week. British Ambassador
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      Lock icon Widow sells medal
      71 11 AP LONDON, Tum THE widow of a British soldier killed by a terrorist bomb in Northern Ireland has sold her husband s bravery medal at auction, saying she needed the money to support her two children. The National Army Museum paid the equivalent of U*****160 (5553,184) for
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      Police fire at rioters as protest flares on caste policy
      338 11 NEW DELHI, Tuesday POLICE fired bullets and tear-gas shells yesterday at stone-throwing crowds protesting against Government policies reserving places in schools for members of Untouchable castes. Two people were wounded in the shooting as police triea to stop mobs rampaging
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      Lock icon Paper says police on alert for attacks
      138 11 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday MALAYSIAN police are on the alert against possible attacks by North Korean intelligence agents on South Korean interests there, a leading local newspaper reported yesterday. The Malay-language utusan Malaysia newspaper said police had stepped up security at all points
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      177 8 NOW you can have one of the biggest and most powerful ioniser and cleaner in the world. Filthy, unclean and polluted air is Skypac is easy to use and cleaning is damaging to your health and affects also easy with removable filter's. It is your working and living environment, ideal
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      154 9 "S* TISSOT y^iXb vV" tf '3^i[ JPH|H| s h ,ij ws WO-***** Stool ***** 730-***** fc<otour Ss4fcS 642-***** Cold Plated SHPwEs: s tksotprtoo. EVERYTHING YCXJ EXPECT FROM A QUALITY SWISS WATCH. EXCEPT IN PRICE. Tissot PR 100. A quality Swiss Tissot PR 100 is everything a watch that combines perfection
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      118 10 New dimensions in flexibility. Spacenumber modular HBffl 1 IninlnllßllTT TUll components for storage and Ml 11 fl IJlllllllllllliitl 1 filing needs of the office, from ■|I|||||M Hill suspended files, shelves, pigeonholes, drawers to lockers, UK Made. worktops, plan-files, computer With Plastic or Metal Tambour. tape racks, tape hangers, Call discpak/cartridge
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      238 11 —■■■I Wow! So thin, still a calculator l 7^ o.Bmm solar FILM 1 caw 'a* i»A* A~ Credit card size that slips in W^vl w«m.. a* k~> k 't'i"'ji anywhere. With its fabulously Jr L tea l1 njr l he l l L r eOO Pocket TVs that get around,
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  • money
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      Sterling inspires new confidence
      402 12  -  By ANG PENG HWA THE BRITISH pound has been climbing steadily from its low of U551.***** in New York two weeks ago, and some banks are already buying in expectation of a further increase in its value. Yesterday, it traded at U511.07/09. Some foreign exchange dealers
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      Bank to set up offshore branch
      104 12 YASUDA Trust and Banking has been given approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to upgrade its representative office to an offshore branch. The representative office, which applied for the licence in mid-1982, received the official approval last month. Deputy chief representative Mr Susumu
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      '30 per cent' drop in gold trading
      492 12  -  By JANICE LIM THE VOLUME of gold trading has dropped by as much as 30 per cent since its heyday in the early Eighties, according to market estimates. Brokers say that gold, which has traditionally been used as a hedge against inflation, has
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      Media companies score strong gains
      131 13 B HHLLSTREET M NEWS yesterday that Capital Cities Communications was buying American Broadcasting Companies (ABC) for US$3.5 billion (557.7 billion) led most media stocks higher, but wall Street prices nevertheless finished lower overall. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.23 to 1249.67. Declining issues led
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      INDICES
      42 13 THE OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 422.39, up 0.60 point from the previous day's close of 421.79. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted Index was down 0.0740 point to 134.1150 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 134.1890.
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      STOCKS
      245 13 Selected stocks at midday. Market tose: mixed Boustead 1.73/1.74 Cold Storage 2.63/2.44 FAN 5.30/5.35 Gen ting 5.65/5.70 G.I.H. 2.23/2.25 Haw Par 2.40/2.41 Isetan 2.42 B Jurong Cement 2.01 S Keck Seng 216/2.18 Esso 2.66/2.69 Hume 3.22/3.28 Inchcape 2.42/2.46 Intraco 2.10/2.25 M Cement 1.48/1.49 Metro 3.44/3.48 Mphb Muib 2.44/2.45 Nat
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      FOREX
      105 13 Your 8$ to ono unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO US! 2.2680 2.2580 2.2490 sterling 2.5344 2.5123 2.5023 Australian 1.5857 1.5616 1.5466 Canadian 1.6523 1.6322 1.5466 New Zealand f 1.0227 1.0026 0.9776 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit US| 2.26 2.24 NZ$ 105 0.98 sterling 2.55
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      Quiet trading throughout morning session
      169 13 THE LOCAL bourse opened cautiously this morning and remained quiet throughout the morning trading session, closing easier at the luncntime break. S Darby traded the top volume of 242,000 to close at 12.02, followed by Supreme Corp's 231,000 at $1.78 and Promet's 168,000 at $1.58.
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      DOLLAR AND GOLD
      141 13 THE US dollar recovered slightly against most major currencies from New York levels in quiet early trading. It rose to an early 3.3160/75 marks from New York's 3.3110/30 close and to 2.8250/65 Swiss francs from 2.8220/50. It also rose to 10.1165/95 French francs from New York's 10.1125/75
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      113 13 face to grace the I I scene. Meanwhile, l\ A Singapore's leading models will I l\ vie for the industry's most k prestigious accolade, the' Model J of the Year'award. J I For the winner of each 1 category, $8,000 cash, a trip to J New York and a $15,000
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  • opinion / letters
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      Locked school gate prevents access to child
      100 14 THE recent case of kidnap at a certain school has caused the Redhill School authority to overreact by closing the school's main gate. As a result, I was unable to enter the school canteen the other day to see whether my sick child
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      Why no consultation over petrol price increase?
      630 14 THE PRICE of petrol in Singapore today must be one of the highest in the world. The recent price increase of 30 cents per litre is really unbelievable in the light of falling crude oil prices the world over. Opec's present troubles stemming
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      Budget increases costs, not savings
      220 14  -  K K LEE Singapore 1024 DE Tony Tan's new budget is a disappointment. It did not really reflect the problems of the high cost of doing business in Singapore. In fact it pushed through another round of higher costs that will again hit the lower
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      Equipping for a blackout chaos
      163 14  -  NG HENG WAH Singapore 1231 WHENEVER there is a power failure, the services of the Fire Brigade and the Police are urgently required to rescue people trapped in lifts and to control traffic. The recent blackout was a total chaos. A handful of people were
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      Untitled
      63 14 "THE AIM of socialism is to allow all the people to become rich together, not to produce two classes. If our policy produces a new capitalist class, then we have really taken to evil ways." Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping "EXCELLENT! It's better than corrupting them into Marxist ways. It might
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      Benefits favour more betting outlets
      445 15 innin THE PROPOSAL to set up horse-racing betting outlets in the housing estates to beat the illegal bookies at their own game is a bold idea, but like others involving gambling, it will be controversial. The first reaction would probably be negative. There is, however,
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      Source of letter was inadvertently omitted
      93 15  -  DR GOH LEE GAN Honorary General Secretary 4th Council of Management Association of Private Medical Practitioners of Singapore THANK you for printing our letter dated Mar 8 on page 15 under the headline "An integrated approach to 'cure* medical system" (SM, Mar We note,
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      Charging doctor's fee is not high commercialism
      342 15  -  DR GOH LEE GAN for 4th Council of Management Association of Private Medical Practitioners of Singapore Singapore 0316 MAY WE refer to the letter by "Hippocrates" (SM, Mar 5). We share Hippocrates' concern that patient interest snould not "degenerate" or "sink" into "high
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      No direct bus to Orchard Rd
      87 15 I WILL be moving to Serangoon New Town shortly and I noticed there aren't any direct bus to Orchard Road. The only buses available are Services No 77, 24 and 25. The residents, especially those who work in the Orchard Road area, would be
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      85 14 LETTERS on any subject of pubNc interest w« 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. X contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve the
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      68 15 OPr'.rS LETTERS on any subject oi pubic nMml be feCOQp'tSO fOC (NJbkCfttiQfli They should be typed and mutt be signed. They mutt also include the winter s name and address to use a peeudonym m print. A mrrtrt telephone number would be useful. Wis reserve the right to edrt letters
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • leisure
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      Enjoying being a girl again
      528 16  -  Fashion al leisure Fabric and style come together for the ultra feminine look By INEZ WEI TOP designers throughout the world are toasting the female form again. Shape is all, with clothes narrower, more defined and, above all, very feminine. Although trend followers in the
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      Maxwell helps an orphan find her father
      528 18 •ueewe Finder of Lost Loves Yesterday's Child (Malay subtitles) (Ch 5,10 pm) CARY MAXWELL helps a Vietnamese orphan (Lindsay Price) hunt for her American father (Dean Jones), only to find that the latter does not want his child. In the meantime, Daisy Lloyd
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      First steps of a paraplegic show the way for others
      578 18 CRASH GIRL'S SAGA BROUGHT TO THE SCREEN EvscbnH NEW YORK, Tuesday "ONE SMALL step for woman and one GIANT step for mankind." That's what Nan Davis said in 1982 after walking for the first time in the four years since
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      Movies – the wey we were...
      2133 19 Movies the wey we were... Remember your first date? You probably went to the cinema. The cinema has played a larger-than-life role in our leisure hours for SO years beginning in the 1900s when movie-going was a highlight of colonial existence, to today when it remains a sanctuary from the
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      77 16 &Mmdi oUdaka Introducing our daily specials I brought back by popular demand. Menu served everyday:- MeeSiam X Laksa Lemak $5+ I Penang laksa $5+ Penang Laksa Wp Jj Nyonya Lunch Ss+ L« 11 Rumah Melaka UIH spring chicken $6+ B Mee Siam or «y our a b one Far East
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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      1360 17 SiSi-iB A Q 1 leisure Q mV7I»/j TUEM^^CH^'IS Sample Programme Z^H Struggle »jU^^ Story AAi^J drama her good luck charm concentrate her role My Favourite Martian Goldfinger The Factory Mrs producer cartoon to annoyance of the the Ayam a (Animated). Mindy Share \^MA a V«P'/■j^^^^m 7.50 Variety Tonight Pretty Qiri
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      993 21 SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE LONDON Ensemble will perform at the for Everyone concert the Concert Hall today at The programme includes Mozart's Piano Quartet in major Rossini's Duetto for Cello and Double Bass, Mahler's for and Schubert's Piano Quintet A major The ■RHBRtb Trout. are at the peter low Peter Low concert
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    366 23 PHOTOGRAPHY HAVE you ever gotten a roll of film back from the developers and found the pictures looked just horrible? Don't write off your talents or blame your equipment there and then. There is just as good a chance that the fault
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      337 24 For Sale/Rental ry> ADVERTISER PROVIOES ONE desk, two tables, telephone, in quiet basement office. Shenton Way. Rental $250 $400. Tel: 253 7023 PARTY Decorators GNOMES PARTY People 448 3340 Sweets ESS BON-O B O N 235 3551/ *****75. QOODLUCK FRIENDS CENTRE introduces ideal friends, lifetime partners confidentially. Please send stamped
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      351 25  -  BADMINTON COUNTDOWN ■■MERDEKA GAMES By K SILVAM NATIONAL shuttler Lim Teck Seah will not be turning out for Singapore at the Merdeka Games in Brunei next week as his employers have refused to grant him leave. The Singapore Badminton Association, already deprived of
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      Lock icon Intermediates in poor shape for tournament
      316 25  -  SOCCER By B KULA OFFICIALS of Singapore's intermediate football squad for Brunei sighed in relief yesterday when the full squad of 18 players turned up for training at the Jalan Besar Stadium. For coach Robin Chan, assistant coach N Sivaji, and manager Andrew Yap,
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      134 26 t 1 w I lOiV J i'Ks /Rom *-UMUt O Close shave for Armed Forces... Singapore's striker, D Tukijan (number 7), watches his shot go sailing over the crossbar Pictures by CHRISTINE CHEW OMiss of the Match...Armed Forces' Mazlan Talib (number 7) has
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      CHARITY RUN
      309 27  -  WEEK 4 Train with MM Herb Elliot OUR TRAINING speeds up a little from this week, to prepare you better for that date on June 9. Australian Olympic champion and onetime middle distance world record holder Herb Elliot gives you today a training schedule for the beginner as
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      Simple exercises to avoid 'runners knee'
      545 27  -  WEEK 4 Fitness by YVONNE DOLAN TODAY, WE will learn the simplest and most effective exercises to strengthen the quadriceps muscles on the front of the thighs, the shin muscles and the knee muscles. The exercises will also help to stretch tight calf muscles
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      THE THREE-HOUR EATING GAP
      535 28  -  DM by ANNE BARRY NOW THAT the beginners are past the walking option of their training schedule and the more advanced have launched themselves into a more strenuous routine, it's time to mention the training diet. How should training days differ from rest days as regards
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      Lock icon Zico charged with illegal transfer of funds
      154 29 AP UDINE (Italy), Tuesday LOCAL customs police yesterday charged Zico, the Brazilian soccer star of Italian major league club Udinese, with illegal transfer of funds abroad and tax evasion. Colonel Adone Cursano, chief of customs police in this north Italian city, al- I
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      Lock icon Cram to try the 5,000 m
      222 29 Reuter LONDON, Tuesday STEVE CRAM, Britain's 1,500 metres world champion and Olympic silver medallist, will run his first major 5,000 metres race later this year with one eye on the future. Cram has opted to run the distance at the English Amateur Athletic Association
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      It's time to get back to books: Seok Hui
      489 30  -  NATIONAL SCHOOLBOY/SCHOOLGIRL AWARDS By K SILVAM "I WILL now concentrate on my studies for the pre-Univer-sity exam at the end of the year, said an overjoyed Seok Hui last night after winning the Sportsgirl Tor 1984 award. Olympian Oon Jin Gee
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      No resting on our laurels
      393 30  -  HUNK HP '85 N By ALFONSO CHAN SINGAPORE'S lead at the top of the Malaysia Cup table seems unassailable, especially with six valuable points from two weekends of away matches against Negri Sembilan and Armed Forces. We nave 28 points froip 11 matches, nine more
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      110 30 Reuter BANJUL, Tims GAMBIA'S Ports Authority have been banned from further participation in this season's African Champions' Cup following a humiliating 8-0 defeat by the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces in Morocco last week. In a statement yesterday the Gambian Soccer Federation described the side's
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      368 30 AP LONDON, Tuesday ENGLISH soccer club Chelsea escaped yesterday with a warning and an order to improve spectator facilities, following rioting by fans at a match two weeks ago. Despite recent calls by the British Government for a crackdown on soccer hooliganism, a disciplinary
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      54 27 THE RUN IS T0... Help the Singapore Cancer Society Ipm. f help cancer victims. J The target is $1 million Tel No: *****88 which cost* $800!<X>0 and cancer re- Cancel Society" to jj flflfV THE SINGAPORE call: Ul' Hill 1 MONITOR The Singapore Monitor from 9am to Singapore 9115 lllMllv
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      51 30 HONG KONG MACAU Tips on travel, what to see, what to buy, where to eat all the information you need on these popular places will be contained in a special supplement in The Sunday Monitor to be published on March 24. Plus special features on business opportunities there. Don*t miss
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      834 31 ALL-ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS TOMORROW Reuter LONDON, Tues CHINA are ready to unleash their badminton firepower on the All-Eng-land championships starting at Wembley tomorrow after sweeping through the final warmup event, the Swedish Open in Malmo on Sunday The powerful Chinese squad won four of the five
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      131 31 MEN'S SINQLESi 1. Morten Frost (Denmark) 675 points 2. Lius Pongoh (Indonesia) 590 3. Han Jian (China) 490 Zhao Jianhua (China) 490 5. Michael Kjeldsen (Denmark) 455 6. Nick Yates (England) 435. 7. Steve Baddeley (England) 430 8. Hastomo Arbi (Indonesia) 405 9. Yang Yang (China) 340
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