Singapore Monitor, 29 March 1985

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR 30cents M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Friday, March 29, 1985
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  • 391 1 SINGAPOREANS were this morning still stunned by the news that Mr Devan Nair had to resign as President because of impaired mental faculties brought about not by acute liver failure but by alcoholism. Most Singaporeans had words of love and concern for the former President, but
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  • 505 1 CPF savings plus HDB loan up to 140% of posted price By OEI SIN QIOK THE HOUSING and Development Board has relaxed its loan policy for buyers of its resale flats. Previously, the board would lend up to 80 per cent of the
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  • 106 1 Reuter COLOGNE, Friday LUFTHANSA, West Germany's national airline, has begun weighing its passengers to provide up-to-date figures on the average weight of today's flying public. Lufthansa is asking passengers at Frankfurt, New York and Bangkok airports to step on the scales with their hand luggage before boarding.
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    • 842 2  -  FALL OF A PRESIDENT By EE BOON LEE Between us, words are superfluous. THIS was what Mr C V Devan Nair told Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew four years ago when he resigned as a cadre member of the People's Action Party and MP
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    • 517 2 MR CHIAM SEE TONG, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party, said: "It is sad to learn that the President has resigned under the circumstances described by the prime minister. "The appointment of Mr Nair as President was a very controversial choice I suppose because
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    • 422 3 FALL OF A PRESIDENT DOCTORS, the Alcoholics Anonymous and social workers say that alchoholism is a problem in the country. They said this when asked for their reaction to the news that President Devan Nair had resigned because he was
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    • 119 3 ALCOHOLISM is a chronic illness, the result of habitual consumption of alcoholic drinks. When alcohol is consumed in large amounts, it can become an addiction and the drinker can neither refrain from drinking nor control the amount he consumes. When alcohol is consumed, it affects
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    • 184 3 A 1981 SURVEY carried out showed that the alcohol intake of Singaporeans had increased in a decade: from 130,000 beer drinkers in 1970 to 500,000 in 1981. The study showed the breakdown of the other forms of alcohol intake: 314,000 drank stout, 381,000 brandy, 159,000 whiskey and
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    • 163 5  -  By SIT YIN FONG WISMA Development Pte Ltd, a firm owned by Arab developers, has filed a High Court libel suit against an advertising company, Quantum: FCB Advertising Pte Ltd, and its managing director, Mr Jon Phua Ooi Yong. The suit arises from a
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    • 615 5  -  By OEI SIN GIOK A CONDOMINIUM project off Holland Road has gone into receivership. But the developer last night said she was making a last attempt to save it. Madam Lee Ying Ling, the developer, said she and her partner, Mr Cheng Teng Chun,
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    • 368 7  -  Reports by EE BOON LEE and LOONG SWEE YIN SINGAPORE cannot relax its strict immigration and citizenship rules if it does not want to be swampea by hundreds of thousands of foreigners wanting to settle here. Professor S Jayakumar, the Home Minister, told
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    • 173 7 DETERMINED to crush illegal bookies operating mini turf clubs in public housing estates, the Government is considering asking for tougher Senalties, the Home Affairs Minister, Prof S aykumar, told Parliament yesterday. The trouble was that in dealing with these bookies, the police had
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    • 448 7 IT IS not unusual for Traffic Police to suffer from a bad image because they have to enforce laws, Professor S Jayakumar, the Home Affairs Minister, told Parliament yesterday. He added that that was the reason why the police in other countries
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    • 195 7 A BASKET, a bell and a ball of string a do-it-yourself expert could not have made a better dumb waiter. This is the way medical documents at this polyclinic in Kelantan Road are transferred from the reception on the ground floor to the
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    • 560 9  -  By SIT YIN FONG A LARGE number of retired people are taking up the hospital-and-surgery policies offered by the low-cost group insurance scheme of the Retirees Club of the People's Association. Mr Henry Lim, a former president of the club and now a voluntary consultant helping
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    • 259 9  -  By IRENE TOH PEOPLE who have lost their teeth do not always have to use dentures nowadays. Between 500 and 600 Singaporeans have opted for dental implants, or artificial teeth, according to Dr Henry Lee, one of about 12 local dentists performing dental implants. A
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    • 257 9  -  By LEE KIT MUN STUDENTS in school uniform are becoming a common sight in Orchard Road cafes, fast-food restaurants and shopping centres. Often in groups of four or five, they are usually seen windowshopping or inside fast-food restaurants in the afternoons after
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    • 113 9 THERE should be more childcare facilities if more mothers are to be enticed back into the work force, says Madam Elsie Yu, the chairman of the Training and Retraining Committee of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations. Mdm Yu said today: "The question of proper
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    • 192 10  -  By CAROLYN LEE NESTING swallows are causing a problem for the administrators of the Supreme Court building. In trying to fight off the birds, Supreme Court officials have approached several organisations for help including experts from the Jurong Bird Park, Changi Airport, the
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    • 99 10 Lianhe Zaobao A MOTORCYCLIST died yesterday when he was run over by a loaded container truck. In the accident,in Jalan Bukit Merah, 67-year old Cai Baoyuan was crushed under the vehicles rear wheels. He was so badly mutilated that his family had difficulty identifying him,
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    • 291 10  -  More than enough places secured for poly work programme By SEAH MEI KIANG NGEE ANN Polytechnic has secured more places than it needs for its student industrial attachment programme. This is the first time that the number of places offered by the industries has exceeded
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  • world
    • 561 11 LAT WASHINGTON, Friday BIOLOGISTS have been startled by a genetic discovery that has raised big questions about the long-held theory that all life evolved from a single ancestor. They have found that the genetic code the language by which genes govern the processes
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    • 255 11 AP HONG KONG, Fri FOREIGN companies are scouring the world in their efforts to find suitable people to run operations in China. Companies want only the best operators to represent them in what is becoming a major world market and
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    • 117 11 UPI WARWICK (Rhode Island), Friday SCHOOL officials have banned a booklet on the metric system because the cover shows a bikini-clad woman and lists her measurements. George McLaughlin, director of secondary education for the Warwick school system, said the 11-year-old booklet was deemed
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 93 11 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS CAROL BURNETT'S (above) autobiography, due out in the spring of 1986, will be in the form of an open letter to her three daughters. Burnett writes about her determination as a gawky and shy teenager, who was given 11,000 (5f2.500)
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      • 114 11 ATTORNEY Bienvenido Tan, a lawyer for a fact-finding board that recommended tne indictment of 26 men in the Benigno Aquino assassination, says in a book which went on sale on Wednesday he would have recommended charges against 38 soldiers. Attorney Tan, in his book, The Public Has
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      • 90 11 CENTRAL Intelligence Agency (CIA) director William Casey (picture), before he established a blind trust in late 1983, owned stock in a number of companies that had contracts with the agency, according to agency documents Some of the companies' contracts were for secret operations, but others were
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      • 63 11 HOPES for President-elect Tancredo Neves' early recovery from abdominal surgery faded on Wednesday after the third operation in 12 days kept him in an intensive care unit. Mr Antonio Britto, the Presidential Press Secretary. said the physicians are no longer making any forecasts on when Mr
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      • 49 11 CHINESE Agriculture Minister He Kang (above), proudly shows his tie during an address to the National Rural Press Club in Canberra. The tie is made of Australian wool and was given to him by the Australian Primary Industry Minister, Mr John Kerin. FROM AGENCY DESPATCHES
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    • 177 12 Reuter THE HAGUE, Friday SINGAPORE'S Changi Airport has been judged the second best in the world by the International Airline Passengers Association (lapa). lapa senior vice-president Hans Krakaeur, announcing the results of the group's biannual survey, said Changi had ranked a close
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    • Article, Illustration
      57 12 SCOOTER, a two-year-old dachshund, and Brafface, the mouse, are the best of friends despite their distinct differences. Scooter enjoys the company and Brafface likes to be on top of things. Scooter belongs to the Terry Cox family of Gulfport and Brafface made the Cox home his home
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    • 196 12 Reuter KHARTOUM, Friday SUDAN'S security authorities stepped in to discourage further rioting yesterday by announcing the summary trial of 300 people arrested in two days of bloody street violence. The official Sudan News Agency Agency (Suna), quoting a statement by the capital's security
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    • 243 13 THE WEEKEND of Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and 24. 1985, was one of violence in South Africa Ten black persons died in the region of Port Elizabeth, a follow-up to the Langa massacre when 19 persons fell under police bullets on March
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    • 415 14 Announcement of $25.2 bil deficit highest since September '84 pushes sterling and mark up NEW YORK, Friday THE DOLLAR fell further yesterday on foreign exchange markets as fresh government statistics showed the already huge US trade deficit had grown by another U5511.45 billion (5525.19 billion)
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    • 335 14 UPI NEW YORK, Friday PRESIDENT Reagan rang in trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, declaring, "we're bullish on the American economy" and anxious to drive "the bears back into permanent hibernation." Traders and runners in red,
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    • 286 14 AP TOKYO, Friday JAPAN yesterday imposed its own ceiling on passenger car exports to the United States, but set it at 2.3 million, or 24.3 per cent higher than the US-requested limits of 1.85 million for fiscal 1984 ending March 31.
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    • 1030 15 Financial Statements aVKSR BANK for the ANZ Banking Group Limited and its subsidiaries for the year ended September 3Q 1984. Balance Sheet as at 30th September, 1984. 1984 SA'OOO *****A000 ASSETS Board of Directors Liquid Assets Coin, nolesand cash at bankers 206,190 110,W Sr WUHam Vines. CMC. Chairman. Loans to
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    • 429 16  -  By ANG PENG HWA FAR EASTERN Bank has filed a bankruptcy petition against businessman and former banker Datuk Tan Kim Chua, for a quarter-million dollar debt. The bankruptcy petition was filed on Nov 30,1984 but apparently could not be served on him and had to
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    • 79 16 AP BEIJING, Friday CHINA'S finance and planning ministers put the clamps yesterday on 1985 capital construction and set a modest expansion target of 7.4 per cent for Asia's fastest growing economy, in a spirit of "doing more work with less money." In their annual reports
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    • 453 16  -  By CATHERINE ONG SIMEX is no flop, John M Damf;ard, president of the US Futures ndustry Association (FIA) said yesterday. The former assistant to vicefiresident Spiro Agnew said US full res traders who think the Singapore International Monetary Exchange is
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    • 175 16 THE SINGAPORE International Monetary Exchange (Simex} is looking into the possibility of new contracts, specifically a future on crude oil ana selective options contracts, said Mr Ng Kok Song, the exchange's chairman. The cfosed in an interview published in the March II issue of Wall Street
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    • 212 17 The Star DATUK Khoo Kay Peng, deputy chairman and chief executive of Malayan United Industries, has been appointed chairman of the Tourist Development Corporation (TDC). He takes over from Tan Sri Mashruddin Mohamed, chairman of the Heavy Industries Corporation of Malaysia (Hicom), who held
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    • 530 17 A BANKER yesterday complained about the difficulty in getting up-dated financial statements from local companies. Mr Andrew Dixon, deputy manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, described as "critical, the untimely fashion that companies launched their accounts," either to the Registrar of
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    • 249 17 LAT-WP LOS ANGELES, Fri BANK OF AMERICA says it will ask Lloyd's of London to repay it about US$6O million (Ssl36 million) in loan losses in Paraguay caused by "employee malfeasance." A spokesman said on Tuesday that the giant San Francisco-based bank
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    • 182 17 HHLLSTKEET The stock market celebrated a visit by President Reagan yesterday with a morning surge in prices, but by afternoon the novelty had worn off and prices closed generally mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 4.20 points to close at 1260.78.
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    • 55 17 THE Straits Times Industrial Index closed yesterday at 822.11, up 5.05 points from Wednesday. The OUB Composite Share Price Index closed yesterday at 416.16, up 3.27 points from Wednesday's close of 412.89. The OUB Trade-weighted Singapore Dollar Exchange Rate Index rose 0.4373 point to 133.8886 at the close, compared
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    • 230 17 AP THE AMERICAN dollar fell against most major currencies in volatile trading yesterday, but the losses were not as big as in the steep selloff of theprevious two days. Tne dollar even managed gains against the currencies of Britain and Canada after interest rates fell in both
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    • 630 17 COMPANY BRIEFS NATIONAL Iron and Steel Mills' group pretax profit for the year ended Dec 31, 1984, dropped a hefty 61.2 per cent from $34.3 million to $13.29 million although turnover was only marginally down from $349.88 million to $331.42 million. Attributable
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    • 352 18 IL, IMAGINE H EVERYBODY H|l >. *k ifl Lr y I P W K IMP w s •p«^ i ,r "MMk V M Bh^MfW jJjplL When you share with your time cash donation today |T]7wa~ ~e~ "g" Community Chest a lot of good things Or, by pledging a few dotos
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  • open line
    • ANSWER BOX
      • 65 19 ARE certificates obtained from West London College of Avon Home, 360 Oxford Street, London W, recognised in Singapore? Are West London College and South West London College one or two different colleges? WEST London College is not on the British Council's list of colleges whose certificates are
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      • 192 19 THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUERIES I AM a Secondary Four student in the Science stream. I would like to make computer programming or fashion designing my career, and wish to opt to do either course after my GCE 'O level examination. Can you
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      • 153 19 I AM Interested to know the salaries and qualifications of primary and secondary school teacners. TO qualify for training at the Institute of Education as a primary school teacher, you must have the minimum entry requirements of two passes at 'A' level and two passes at 'AO',
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      • 112 19 I AM a Secondary One student in the "express" stream. I have a widowed mother, a brother who is also in school and an elder brother who is earning very little. I need financial assistance to attend school. I wish to apply for a bursary. Can
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      • 145 19 I AM a male citizen aged 19. I took my GCE 'O' level examination in 1982 and obtained six credits including English. Can I apply for a place in a pre-university centre (excluding the private ones) this year as I have not applied before? Can I
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      • 62 19 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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    • 771 20 "A TEACHER affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops." So says Henry Brooks Adams, an American historian and man of letters. This quote sums up very neatly the role of a teacher in the education of the young. There is a
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    • 369 20 VEALTHTIPS RAW MEAT for a barbecue should go into a cooler, but keep it separate from other food. While uncooked meat contain relatively large numbers of bacteria, the common food-poisoning types are sensitive to heat. Cooking will kill them, making the meat safe
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  • opinion / letters
    • 640 21 NEGOTIATING for a pay rise is always a delicate matter, be it for an office boy or a senior executive. It is highly embarrassing to see the pay rise for the highest offices of the land debated over TV, especially when
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    • 108 21 WITH the aerobics fad catching on so quickly in Singapore, I am appalled by the costumes worn by the dancers, especially when they are performing in public. If the girls were to wear a pair of tights (not stockings) under their leotards, it would
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    • 72 21 "IT'S white, it's cold and it melts in your hand." A Moroccan explaining to his son who is experiencing snow for the first time "ALL those reports about me wanting to get married and have children are rubbish. It just isn't me to get married. I'm not saying marriage
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    • 211 21 IN RESPONSE to Mr Lai ThaChai's quotation from Confucius in Parliament, I would like to make the following comments: According to the translation of The Four Books by James Legge, D D, LL D, the analect referred to read: "Recompense injury with justice and recompense
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    • 110 21 I REFER to the article "Light up in day plan for motorcyclists" (SM, Mar 22). I think we should also look into the mandatory use of lamps or lights on bicycles and trishaws. Reflectors on these vehicles are just not good enough. I nearly ran
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    • REPLIES
      • 247 21  -  DERRICK TAN Public Relations Officer Telecoms WE REFER to the letter "Telephones at expressways can help save crash victims" from Mr John Tan Chor Yong (SM, Mar 18). We share the writer's concern over the rising death rate on expressways. Telecoms has been liaising with
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      • 196 21  -  PETER CHIA Public Relations and Marketing Manager Post Office Savings Bank I REFER to the letter by "Cashless" (SM, Mar 21). The Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) system at Serangoon Gardens broke down on the morning of Mar 17, but the Post Office
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    • 416 22 mm COMMENT THE RESIGNATION of President C V Devan Nair and the events that led to it are a personal tragedy for the man and a blow to the nation. To end more than 30 years of service to the nation on an
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    • 404 22  -  J K Y LIM Singapore 1953 IT HAS been reported that there is a shortage of teachers and the Government encourages an extension of the retiring age from 55 to 65. This is what they say but in reality they aren't practising
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    • 124 22 YOUR recent report on queuing for vehicle passes at the Malaysian High Commission's vehicle permit office (SM, Mar 15) could not have been more appropriately timed as it coincided with the visit of the delegation of government officials from our neighbour, Johor. Among the objects of
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    • 93 22 THE long-vacated Nan Hwa Girls High School at SQphia Road, close to the Istana. turned dilapidated and sticks out like a sore thumb in the neighbourhood O Apart from being a breeding ground for pests, it has also turned into a public toilet
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    • 72 22 LETTERS on any subject of public interest will be accepted tor 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 reserve the
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  • FOR THE HOME
    • 161 23 WE HAVE moved the home services and home furnishing section of The Singapore Monitor here. From now on. this section will appear on Fridays, under the new name of "For the Home." The new name reflects its expanded scope. The section will deal with everything you require under
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    • 464 23 IS IT time for the local stigma against buying household appliances on hire purchase to be removed? Mr Michael Goh, general manager of the consumer products division of the General Electric Company, a distributor of home appliances, feels that it is. "Singaporeans
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    • 246 24 WHEN choosing tiles for your balcony, go for those which are non-glazed or semiglazed. A balcony is always exposed to the sun. If the tiles are highly reflective, the glare from the sun may hurt the eyes. This is the advice of Mr David Tang,
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    • 201 24 USER-FRIENDLY is a term normally encountered with computers. Now Braun have recently introduced the Aromasters, a range of coffee makers which they say are user-friendly too. The range comprises six models with capacities of 10 to 12 cups. How friendly are these coffee makers? The importers say
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    • 119 24 GILAC from France has accessories to add colour to your bathroom. Chop Hoe Kee, the importer for this range, is now offering a set of eight pieces at a promotional price of $75. The set comprises an oval mirror, a twobar, hinged, face towel rail,
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    • 754 25  -  By LEE CHIU SAN WHEN Sentosa's multi-million dollar satellite receiving station was built more than a decade ago, its ability to receive communications signals from halfway across the globe was hailed as a major breakthrough. Just a few years back, electronics enthusiasts in Singapore were
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    • 249 26 TV SIGNALS broadcast to a satellite (1) hovering above the earth are rebroadcast by 12 transponders, each transmitting two separate channels. To do this, the satellite polarises the TV signals, transmitting alternate channels at right angles to each otther so the same frequency can
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    • 157 23 In just 3 steps your home can be as beautiful as the home on left. XMUBIB 1. SPREAD PRESS 3. SMOOTH Spread Press Firmly on surface to be covered. wiggle it between a brush. Yesl 3 eas y steps: Spread, Press, Smooth. Comes in several brick textures colours for easy
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    • 518 27  -  By PAT D'ROSE SINGAPORE music groups are fast gaining popularity in Malaysia, not only on the lounge circuit, but also on TV3, Malaysia's new network. The network, which telecasts programmes that have mass appeal, has begun to showcase acts by Singapore artistes
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    • 382 28 CSMK Friday Night Movie Fantasies (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 11.30 pm) THE intrigues of a late-night soap opera series turn into reality when a maniac begins to kill off the leads of the cast. After the murder of one of its stars, the head writer of
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    • 580 29 Who is doing what to help raise funds THE theme is Caring, Sharing and Giving. And you, too, can join in by calling *****88 and help raise $2 million for the Community Chest of Singapore. On the first local ring-a-donation television show to be aired
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    • Article, Illustration
      334 31 Bells and Pages leave much to be desired THE two female singers, sisters Alda and Bernadette Garzia, moved with precision on the almost bare brown stage. But their voices, as they sang Abba's Voulez Vous and Dancing Queen, were far from strong which perhaps explained why they sang
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    • 93 27 Tfrark God mlrAnlP rtsfridciM MM > THE TIGER HOUR THE FABULOUS ROARS ON. ITALIAN PASTA Tiger Beer spoken here. pLI ;S PROMOTION. u pm 7pm da,ly Till April 7 only. Fasta, (March only). before the pasta offer runs out! 1 Glass of Beer $3 Nelt. I Jug of Beer $14
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 802 28 520 SBCTEXT Live If 1 I ■Hpflk N I 5.50 Opening and Programme High|il I I light* followed by Sounds Like a (4 I I > r story The Jay and the Peacock.' VC JU J(| 6.10 Adventure of Nils (C) (Cartoon) I H 6.40 Cultural Diary New Family Hour
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 607 31 FILM GUIOC j•' *7% REGAL (*****59) (1.30, 4, 6.45, 9): CHASE Hamilton, Michael Biehn A FORTUNE (C) Synopsis: A cyborg is sent back through time DALIT (*****16) (1.30, 3.30, 7.30, 9.30): MY r. w v to kill the woman who will give birth to the MIND, YOUR BODY (C) future
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    • 683 31 Noon News-in-Brief followed by Programme Summary 12.05 Your Lunchdate 1.00 News 1.10 Your Lunchdate (cont'd) 1.30 Mid-day Market Report 1.35 Your Lunchdate 2.00 News-in-Brief 2.05 On the House 3.00 News-in-Brief 3.05 On the House (cont'd) 4.00 News-in-Brief 4.05 On the House (cont'd) 4.30 Feature 5.00 News-in-Brief 5.05 Music My Way
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    • 140 32 ********************000 g CATHAY: Ittfe SCHCAMHK DAYI g O (*****00) 5 SHOWS ,11am. 1 30. 4 00. 630 *9 15pm O 9 NO ONE WtLL°HEAA Vo3 SCREAM.. X WITH YOU. O j V I mtk. n I S ORCHARD: MOt/sHOWINGI <| > (737 MM) NOTE TIIKtM 1an^2.30, 1.30 A IJOpm 4
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    • 75 32 I LIDO: OPENS TODAY! (*****14) 4 shows daily-Mote Times: 11am, 2.30, 5.45, 8.45 No Free List Students CONCESSION: Stalls $1.50 Circle $2.50 at 11am 2.30pm shows You will LAUGH, you will CRY, you will CLAP, you will SING, but above all you will MARVEL! WINNER Of 8 ACADEMY AWARDS BIST
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 72 32 HEALTH FAIR A HEALTH FAIR, which aims to raise health awareness and impart knowledge on some common diseases, will be held on Sunday at the Alexandra Community Centre. The fair, from 10 am to 5 pm, is organised by the Training and Health Education Department of the Ministry of Health
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    • 648 32 TOOAY: I GERMAN FILMS K OWf ttd f WI (9AP?) I j MSJw W 4|l THE Goethe-Institut will screen Treffer (Danger I Ahejd) today .t Mpm and «.Mpm .t its audiTOMORROW: I iJ BBlßHljiiniM The film is about three good friends Albi, the tide; 11.24 am rnM m KI 4|u
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 806 33 leisure comics -1 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook flkfilS AtlL'b TH£ LATttT GOS6IP, &£Ufc\/£ ME, X CT C~]X SS»* MWPPV/ MS. TKH-tIS IS $o <*>£'«£ frOOJG- To 6££ K MoMS£MSe/ F?7 i (»)ofcfci£l> A&ooT (rETYWG- S<?ME E*T*AORP*W*Y IV£ HfcARP Aa 6H£'S 1 L/ That DeMs£ cotrczhcr, srtrs taw in the f
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  • Music World
    • 490 34 VALENTINE Music Centre has made a name for itself by being able to have on sale records from the United Kingdom and America within one week of release in the parent country. They do this by importing stocks directly from suppliers mainly in the
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    • 180 35 KARL Heng Enterprises on the second floor of Golden Mile Tower specialises in selling Chinese musical in struments. The shop stocks a wide range of instruments from Soochow, Shanghai, Beijing and other parts of China. Mr Yeo Siew Wee, the manager, has
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    • 189 35 VICTOR Khoo Productions has handled the launch and promotion of several prominent entertainment spots, eating houses and shopping centres Among these are" The Big Rooster, Jollibee, Liang Court and Parkway Parade It's main concern how ever, is the entertainment business Headed and managed by Victor Khoo, who
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  • Page 34 Advertisements
    • 110 34 V QUALITY PIANO: With our marginal profit idea and low overhead business system, you will get the most value for the piano from our company. And our professional piano turning service, you will enjoy the most reliable and prompt after-sale service from time to time. Sole agent: CRISTOFORI PIANO TECHNOLOGICAL
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    • 95 34 A 1 MUSIC EXPRESS §3 E Wife MOBILE DISCO 3 n TAY c/o JASPER PRODUCTIONS E PTE LTD 2 E WE PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DISCO SERVICE, SOPHISTICATED =3 t: LIGHTING SYSTEMS. LIVELY D.J. =5 ETO KEEP YOUR NIGHT REALLY 3 ENTERTAINED. 3 E 7 PfffmWlH.BmO PROFESSIONAL 3 E||J^^^^ SOUND E PROFESSIONAL
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    • 163 35 t VICTOR KHOO 1 YI(Z PRODUCTIONS (PTE) LTD I TEL: 336 2124 Jif Am% Aftor Offk* Hours: 444 722S <£ J Mobil© Discos J J DJs/Comperes J Z Disco Consultants J J Party Planners J m 11 Singers/Bands/Dancers/Acts m Magic/Ventriloquist Shows jl PR/Promotions Z PERSONAL APPEARANCE BY 7 I VICTOR
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  • SAREES
    • 751 36  -  By ANNA JULIET ROSS SAREES to India. That is the business of Pohumal and Sons, one of the largest saree shops in High Street Centre. While the popular concept is that sarees come from India, this company has never imported a single one from that country. It
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    • 202 37 DESIGNED in London, manufactured in Japan, and worn in Singapore. That is the path a saree takes with Sumanglam Impex. Sarees are big business in London said Mr D D Gupta, managing director of Sumanglam Impex. The parent company in London has been in the saree
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    • 184 37 IN Singapore, cotton material is not popular for sarees. According to Mr D D Gupta, managing director of Sumanglam Impex, women in this region a' e not used to wearing cotton sarees wherI eas in India the demand for i this is constant throughout the year,
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    • 495 38 THE New India Emporium situated in High Street Centre specialises in saree materials, finished sarees and blouse and petticoat materials. It is a branch of one of the largest chains of saree shops in the world and occupies two units on the
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    • 198 39 A. Unfold your urn and take the inside end and tuck approximately 10cms (dapending on the length you require) into your petticoat on the right aide. B. Proceed to take the aaraa around your waiat C. Tuck in th« urn at uif dsck accordingly. D.
      Pictures and instructions by courtesy of SPS Sarees, G1, High Street Plaza.  -  198 words
  • Page 36 Advertisements
    • 180 36 T Be it Wedding, Cocktail, Dinner or Casual Wear, you can pick T rju from our wide exclusive range of SWISS, FRENCH, ITALIAN VH 2" J JW SILKS AND CHANTILLY LACES or JAPANESE Polyester rsp h fabrics specially selected by experts in the Saree field for many ojc f 'jM
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  • Page 37 Advertisements
    • 166 37 T sK_ VK KALYANASUNDRAM vUi X i SONS PTE LTD f jT SPECIALISTS IN: A "J WEDDING SILK SAREES D.C.M. TERYNE SAREES J JAPAN RUBY QUEEN P. 6200 KALYANI "v* 4 p 89®0 PERIYES V A SHANTI 4 other Sarees in Very Good Quality and at Very Reasonable Prices are
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    • 113 37 %T1 *VW »-> ;W Ay We have a very wide variety of the saree r numerous colours your Kanebo Lady and many others. Quality sarees you can afford. Rl Saigal Brothers Pte Ltd 191 Wholesale wSSM 77 High Street #02-04 High Street Plaza Singapore 0617 Tel: *****50 Cable: "Saigaltex" Telex:
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    • 90 37 ipipipipipjpjpjpjpjpjpjpjpjp^^'k'k'k Sarees! Elegant Fashionable Sarees from India, Japan, Korea other places o|c Top grade Wedding Silk Sarees rU Quality Kashmir Sarees with various sequined j- designs Famous brands of Tetrex, Nylex, Chiffon, Georgette Sarees from Japan in various T VP designs colours from India, Sri Lanka, 3? _i_ Bangladesh, Pakistan
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  • Page 38 Advertisements
    • 248 38 fffi sj3 Jjßk t I WW I 6 Dealers in all kinds \p] X o/ beautifully designed sarees A in different colours to suit every occasion. Kf< (Palace of Peoples Choice) Block 663, No #0/-09, V A Buffalo Road, Singapore 0821. 9 Tel: *****30 4 aAIV® ®V )(f Al/tf 4
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    • 150 38 REGAL'S SAREES f v 1 i ARk a Exclusive 1 d Saree* AM U Dress Materials* (Quality Is f Remembered 'h V jtx »v Long after I' o JF Price is c O1 jK Forgotten) jf* fVm NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, 81-05, HIGH STREET CENTRE, SINGAPORE 0617. CABLE HARPREET TEL: *****82/
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  • Page 39 Advertisements
    • 224 39 vb Dealing in Sareea, ready-made blouses and general textiles. Import, Export, Retail Wholesaler. KALYANI TEXTILE UMAYAL SAREES CENTRE No. 10, Uppar Dickson Road No. 35, Uppar Dickson Road Singapore 0820 Singapora 0920 M Tafc 291-0914 Tat: 292-9799 jg JfL w -AU. Ati- Ab HI Hi AU yH ViJ -\ti Ui
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  • Page 40 Advertisements
    • 219 40 Sir international X Retail Showroom X 109, North Bridge Road X #03-36 FUNAN CENTRE X Singapore 0617 X Colombo Court P.O. Box 94 T Singapore 9117 Tel: *****24 Branch T B-44 High Street Centre T Tel: *****42/ *****30 T Res: *****31 Cable: VIKRAM Telex: MILORD R*****4 i DEALING IN T
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  • Page 41 Advertisements
    • 271 41 M^^^^^^MM^^M^^^M^ "ifc Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: W*r4t 0.35 c«nt« par word 0.55 centa p«r word Display $7 70 p«r col. en $10.00 per col. cm Imlmm Hra Mon-Frl. 9am-spm Sal. 9am-lpm I ACCOUNTING LOOSE-LEAF BINDERS, Sheets. Refills compatible with yours 274 7474/ 221 7177. A 1 ACCOUNTING
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    • 278 41 DRYCLEANING LAUNDRY RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL drycleanina/ laundering of personal effects, household/ office carpets, rugs, drapes, curtains. Piecemeal or contract basis Call Master Penguin s: 732 7828 (Promenade Branch)/ 468 1868 (Henry Par* Branch). EDUCATION Driving Instruction oi BEST DRIVING 778 3435/ 782 2089. MITRA DRIVING Centre > (Marine Parade) 288
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    • 289 41 FISHING PULAU TIOMAN Trip 563 5077 DANNY CHEONG Company *****75 FOOD CORNER CATERERS Caterers ?AT WE CATER CHICKEN, beef, and mutton satays for all occasion For information call *****02 FOOD/ BUNGALOW PROVIDED for buffet/ Barbecue etc. at reasonable rates Maximum 50 persons Tel: 284 4531. WE CATER SEA-FOOD, Buffets. Weddings,
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    • 279 41 FOR SALE EMPERORCLOCJCS. USA iV A me—age from Emperor Clocks, USA: I 'A thing of H beauty is a H joy forever' We make TIME a work ol ART tor your home office Take TIME to relax with an Emperor Cdfather dock which is more a precision TIMEPIECE. It is
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    • 327 41 MERCHANDISE SERVICES Antennae Installation M SHARP ELECTRICAL Service 443 6851 At Your Service Ars METHOD DEBT Collection 732 2259 JOO KHENG SERVICE airconditioners and refrigerators. Sale, rental, respray, plumbing service, installation, maintenance services 278 1050/ 278 1052. YEO ELECTRICAL AND Plumbing Enterprise provides prompt, reliable and efficient services 254 *****
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    • 253 41 Office Services M YEN LEE Typewriter Repairer 273 0111/ *****11. Packers Movers MM RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES available with labour supplied at cheapest rates in town. Please caH 455 0215 HOUSE REMOVAL/ OFFICE removal transportation provided. Please caH: Jagrai transport. 471 0959/ 471 096$ office hours/ After office hours: 777 0392/3
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    • 262 41 ""PEN*PAL^ ARE YOU FEELING lonely, bored or having no time to get friends? Please caN personally at: Choo Huay Friendship Agency. Unit: 04-51, 4th floor. Sultan Plaza. Jaian Sultan Road. Singapore 0719. (Ba.m. to 10p.m). Tal: 292-1137/ 292-7285 Miss Katharine. Reg no *****7/00W COMPAT COMPUTER DATING Pte Ltd Sraapore s
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  • Page 42 Advertisements
    • 788 42 NOTICES IN THK MATTER OP THE COMPANIES ACT, (CHAPTER 115) AND IN THE MATTER OF LB TRADERS PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (In Liquidation) NEMBERS* VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of the Company held at 47 Hid Street #04-01, Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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    • 693 42 COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors of Singapore Bus Service (1978) Limited wish to announce that the audited results of the Company and the Group for the fmoncial yeor ended 31st December 1984 are as follows: The Company The Group Year Yeor Year Year Ended Ended Increase/ Ended Ended Increase/ 31.12 84
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  • sports
    • 342 43  -  TENNIS RENDEZVOUS: BRUNEI MERDEKA GAMES By B KULA IN BRUNEI THEY HAD the mental stamina but not the power and the strength. And so Singapore's tennis team were silenced 3-0 by the Indonesians in their semifinal encounter at the tennis club yesterday. The
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    • 262 43 SINGAPORE have a long way to go before matching the best in South-east Asia. According to Singapore tennis team manager Dr John Choy it will take at least seven years. "For the time being, it looks like we'll have to play fourth fiddle, behind
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    • Article, Illustration
      164 43 SINGAPORE may be in for another medal in the sepak takraw Merdeka Games event. Singapore, who only two days ago won a bronze medal in the team event, may just win another in the individual championship. Our B team comprising Shukor Shadik, Salleh Nanang and Jamal Omar won
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    • 40 43 SINGAPORE had to labour to beat Indonesia 83-73 last night. Singapore, who led 46-35 at half time, found themselves involved in a tug-of-war after the interval. In an earlier match, Thailand cruised past Brunei 116-86. Halftime score was 64-40.
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    • 173 43 TEO BEO LIN is Singapore's latest sensation in table tennis. Teo, who has always been seeded second behind Loy Soo Han before the Merdeka Games, is undoubtedly the best among the second stringers. He showed his prowess yesterday by storming into the semifinals of the individual championship by
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    • 412 43  -  By K SILVAM IN BRUNEI IT'S ALL systems go for December's South-east Asia Games, with hosts Thailand having splurged more than $33 million in preparation. Trie hosts of the 13th Games are also making every effort to get all the 10 members of the
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    • 430 44  -  SOCCER RENDEZVOUS: BRUNEI MERDEKA GAMES By KENNETH JALLEH In BRUNEI SPARE a good luck wish for the gallant Singapore Intermediates, the team Football Association of Singapore sent to the Brunei Merdeka Games for slaughter but which refused to lie down and die. Instead,
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    • Article, Illustration
      195 44 BASKETSALLi Singapore 13 Indonesia 73, Thailand 116 Brunei 86. TABLE TENNIS: Q finals Mar yono (I) bt Lee Kin Kee (M) 21-19, 21-17, 21-13; Teo Beo Um (S) bl A. Sattteasnth (T) 19-21, 21-13, 21-19, 17-21, 21-19; V. Limpisrivanich (T) bt Loy Soo Han (S) 21-19, 21-17, 2118; Fabian Fadli
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    • 156 44 LONDON, Friday BRYAN ROBSON, the England and Manchester United soccer captain, has time on his side after being injured during England's 2-1 victory over Ireland at Wembley on Tuesday. Robson can relax during Saturday's league programme because United play away to league
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    • 407 44  -  By S GULAM NEVER change a winning combination, even if it is not up to the mark in terms of performance, so says national soccer coach Hussein Aliunied He has decided to keep faith with the team, that struggled to a 2-0 victory over
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    • 286 44 NEW YORK, Friday THE North American Soccer League (NASL), down to two teams after a highpoint of 24 five years ago, suspended operations yesterday for the 1985 summer season. The league's acting president, Mr Clive Toye, said a professional soccer league,
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    • 97 45 EAST ASIA THE SINGAPORE team will be busy the next few days and nights, dining t well. The team has been complaining of not getting enough to eat during meals (is there an austerity drive?) but this will be a thing of the past. Today's
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    • 103 45 SEEN AND HEARD KEEPING cool is a major preoccupation in Manila. Colourful nipa fans are sold on the street, and smaller ones are used by women wherever they are. Men drink beer in the soaring heat of the afternoon even at the squash courts, and while
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    • 470 45  -  By ALFONSO CHAN IN MANILA SINGAPORE women's team went down by a humiliating 0-3 defeat at the sweaty hands of Hong Kong, but it wasn't the 39 degrees Celsius heat that got them down it was the refereeing. The temperature yesterday in the two squash
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    • 587 46 DOMINIQUE BOULET, the Hong Kong Amateur Champion, is the surprise leader in the amateur section of the Singapore Open Golf Championship at the Bukit course. Dominique, 19, (earned his golf in England, where his parents live. He and his father were invited by the neighbours
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    • 335 46  -  ALL REPORTS by ERNEST FRIDA DANNY MIJOVIC, a Czech who migrated to Canada 18 years ago, Chen Tze-Ming, last week's Rolex Masters winner, and Lu Chien Soon of Taiwan were joint first round leaders on 67 after the second day
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    • 335 46 -67 Lu Chien-Soon, Danny Mijovic, Chen Tze-Ming; 68 Shen Chung Shyan, Jeff Lewis, Singh Vijay, Romero Eduardo; 69 Eric Batten, I Legaspi, Greg Turner, Linsay Stephan, Black Doug, McClellan Craig, Tom Pernice; 70 Curt Byrum, Lim Leng Ann, Bob Stanton, Greg Ladehoff, Mira Singh, Lim Kian Tiong, Peter Teravainen,
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    • 8 44 [iSfWc dUcoujrts on a *no J 01 sport^ooods^^^^^^||
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    • 138 44 PjOgnAt STILI THE EXTRA BAILS WITH MORE EXTRA REASONS WDI Kw There are more IJPII reasons to piay Hot Dot and Top-Flite XL than any other make. Reasons like longer distance, greater payability and durability because the cover don't cut and, it retains the same compression and roundness. HOTDOTisthe hottest
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  • Page 45 Advertisements
    • 371 45 Predict the score 1 and win $2,000 j 1) The object of the contest is to predict outright If there are more than one cor- correctly the scorelines ol six Malaysia rect entry, the prize-money will be I Cup matches m the boxes provided shared It there is no outright
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    • 123 45 THE FMD/MAUYSU GUP WMALAStR COMPETITION BETTER ACCELERATION THAN EVEN A SINGAPOREAN WINGER... Now, Regent Motors offers you the <A Write your answer on the entry form chance to win a fabulous Ford Laser which will appear every Sunday Ghia whilst you enjoy the thrills and in the Sunday Monitor. You
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  • Page 46 Advertisements
    • 48 46 PESTA SUKAN MERDEKA GAMES 1985 W WMNIRW F T". 1 yvr Yv If K P/A Phnippines 14 6 4 I A *i/ Indonesia 10 13 8 y \R Malaysia 9 8 11 ©fFffefeiD StotStSD®<9®<§fe sir* f Ist Merdeka Games Brought»you by Sole Agent for YDNEX MIKASA D(&M miKiWOUSg.
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 568 47  -  Peter Hill says he now wants to focus on European circuit By ALFONSO CHAN in MANILA DETHRONED EAST Asia individual champion Peter Hill last night dropped a bombshell he will stop representing Singapore in the East Asia squash tournament from next year. The 22-year-old
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    • 161 47 SINGAPORE'S swimming internationals will not have to worry about stiff, bleached, bronzed hair again they were recipients of a year's free supply of shampoo to combat excessive bleaching. Bleacning has long been an irritating hazard for international swimmers. Because of the long hours
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    • 67 47 a,S$63O Our exclusive business executive package gives you a great deal more: Return airfare Singapore/Jakarta Guaranteed daily departure Deluxe accommodation at Borobudur Inter continental Hotel Sumptuous buffet breakfast dally Welcome tropical fruit basket Free use of sauna gymnasium An attractive Borobudur portfolio bag 'From on* night single room basis mb
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    • 39 47 1070-50% STORE-WIDE DISCOUNTS L»v«l 3, Th« Promanad* 300, Orchard Road, Singapore 0923. Tal: *****45/*****46 010 METZLER" INTERNATIONAL M SEE AND BE SEEN IN THE LATEST 85 COLLECTION Casual, yet subtly elegant. > AVAILABLE AT ALL LEADING OPTICIANS NING KWONG U*y
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