Singapore Monitor, 12 April 1985, Afternoon Edition

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    • 193 2 THE MULTI-MILLION dollar Bukit Timah Expressway is 70 per cent completed ana is scheduled to be completed by November. Eight-five per cent of earthworks and six out of 13 bridges are completed. More than half of the expressway is either paved or under pavement
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    • 90 2 THIS bird needs no window-dressing to make it feel at home. In the heart of Chinatown, enough plants and creepers cling to the masonry of the house to give it a natural setting, despite the concrete and tar of the surroundings. Amid the
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    • 108 2 A THIEF or thieves took an assortment of expensive pens and lighters after breaking into a florist shop in Orchard Roaa yesterday. Police said tne thieves stole 810,085 of Cartier and Dupont pens and lighters from Kim's Florist Shop on tne second floor of
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    • 108 2 WEE BOCK LIM, 53, was charged in court todav on two counts of CBT and one count of cheating with a dishonoured cheque. He was alleged to have committed CBT of a cheque of $38,500 by making a cash withdrawal for his own use on
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    • 101 2 A 84-YEAR-OLD housewife lost $12,000 in cash and valuables after thieves raided her zinc-roof house in Neo Tiew Road yesterday. Madam L H Liew told police her house was burgled during a short span of three-and-a-half hours when she was away in a friend's
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    • 196 3  -  By IRENE TOH A MAN KNIFED a supermarket manager in the latter's office when he was caught trying to pay for goods with a stolen cheque, a court heard today. Lee Thiam Seng, 26, unemployed, pleaded guilty in a district court today to voluntarily
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    • 153 3 A TEN-year-old girl who climbed onto a parapet on the 12th floor cried "Momr' Soon after, she fell off the parapet. At a coroner's court hearing today. Miss Asmahan bte Amir, 12, a student of Crescent Girls' School, testified: "I was
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    • 413 3  -  ®Jf JOSEPH LEE SALESPEOPLE were urged today to perform mind surgery to eliminate "stinking thinking." "Half of what we learn, we need to unlearn," American Rex Gamble told an international convention in Singapore. Mr Gamble, a platform sneaker and author based in Colorado, described mind
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    • 364 4  -  By IRENE TOM THE POLICE force is widening its role in community education with a new emphasis on preventing road accidents and getting people to participate actively in police work as well. To kick off its activities in this area, officers of the pioneer
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    • 213 4 SALES OF new and used cars have dropped 20 to 50 per cent since increases in road tax and petrol price were announced last month, dealers said yesterday. People who are buying cars are choosing smaller ones. One dealer said the market for bigger new
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    • 178 4 MR CHIAM SEE TONG said last night that he still did not have enough information to say whether he would take up the Government's challenge to build Housing Board-style flats although he has been sent a map showing the proposed site. The Singapore Demoncratic
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 88 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS THESE rusting metal sheets on the lawn in front of the National Museum drew stares from curious passers-by. Some thought it was an item left behind by contractors after the recent renovation of the museum. But they were mistaken. This
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      • 59 4 FROM Monday, motorists will no longer get anything extra for their petrol purchases. All the Singapore refinery companies and their agents have agreed to stop distributing gifts, which are estimated to be costing them some $5 million a year. Petrol kiosks throughout Singapore have all
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      • 49 4 JEANS SUPPLIER Aeron Fashion is back in business with Emporium Holdings, following the settlement of their legal dispute. Aeron Fashion had sued Emporium Holdinn on Jan 23 for overdued payments. Mr Joseph Quek, Aeron's managing directorm, said he had received prompt payment for all outstanding debts.
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      • 40 4 MORE than 500 trainee teachers have pitched in to help the National Kidney Foundation to buy a kidney dialysis machine. They have already exceeded their target of $25,000 for a walkathon, which will be held tomorrow.
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      • 51 4 THE People's Action Party is planning a Klitical symposium next month to enhance s political knowledge of its grassroots leaders and members. First Deputy Prime Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong will preside over the symposium and deliver the keynote speech on May 26 at the DBS
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      • 60 4 TAXI-DRIVERS operating under the NTUC-Comfort flag will be dealt with if they refuse to give the 20 per cent discount in fares. Mr Sam Chong Keen, Comfort's general manager, pointed out that if commuters were not given the 20 per cent discount by Comfort taxis,
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  • world
    • 447 6 Agencies HONG KONG, Friday THE UNITED States dollar fell further in Asia today after concerns over the health of the American economy pushed it down sharply in New York yesterday. Currency dealers said an unexCcted 1.9 per cent fall in US reil
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    • 288 6 AP LONDON, Friday THE UNITED STATES President Ronald Reagan has dampened hopes that his projected summit meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev could be a "turning Doint" in US-Soviet relations. Mr Reagan, speaking in an interview published today in the Times of London, said: "I don't
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    • 167 6 Reuter LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS (Switzerland), Friday CARTIER, the French jewellers, yesterday ran a bulldozer over 5,000 fake Cartier watches which they said had Swiss mechanisms. The stunt was part of a campaign to keep cheap imitations from stealing Cartier customers. It made rubble
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    • 151 6 AP OKLAHOMA CITY, Friday PHYLLIS SMITH coordinates shipments of mother's milk from 47 states and 2,500 donors a month, mixing the milk for her 4-year-old daughter, who can't eat or drink anything but water or human milk. Doctors, who said Lacie Smith
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    • 111 6 UPI ANCHORAGE, Frt FOUR SOVIET bombers were intercepted by US Air Force jets in international air space off Alaska last Friday, officials disclosed yesterday. The aircraft, four-en-sine propeller-powered Bear bombers, were intercepted in pairs several hours apart off the northwestern coast of Alaska by F-15Jets
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    • 278 7 Malaysian police can now detain a suspect indefinitely without trial Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE MALAYSIAN parliament approved stringent changes to the existing drug abuse law yesterday, allowing police to detain a suspect indefinitely without trial. Several opposition members and social groups objected to the detention
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    • 173 7 BOSTON, Friday BOSTON POLICE have taken up a new weapon against crime: Hand-held shields called "body bunkers" that make officers look like medieval knights in black armour while allowing them to deflect bullets from almost any gun. The shields, in models up to 1.2
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    • 153 7 Reuter GIFU (Japan), Fri JAPAN yesterday unveiled an experimental airliner capable of using airports with runways too short for normal commercial planes. A spokesman for the team developing the 20 billion yen (*****.6 million) national project told reporters the Asuka plane would begin test
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    • 251 7 Reuter MADRID, Friday SPAIN'S Constitutional Tribunal has ruled that a 1983 law legalising abortion in specific cases is unconstitutional, sparking a bitter political row. The ruling socialist party reacted angrily to yesterday's decision but government officials expressed confidence that the law could be
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    • 97 7 Reuter AYACUCHO (Peru), Friday MAOIST guerillas have hacked off peasants' fingers and seized a university building in their latest bid to force a boycott of general elections on Sunday, officials and witnesses said. The Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) rebels on Wednesday chopped fingers off two youths in
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    • 191 7 UPI LONDON, Friday A LETTER printed yesterday in a respected medical journal detailed the case of a young model who dieted until she weighed 38 kilogrammes and then ate nine kg of food in a single meal that killed her. The letter
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    • 345 8 AP TA PHRAYA, Friday CAMBODIAN resistance followers staged a mock attack on a Cambodian refugee site in Thailand, apparently to force Thai military and international aid officials to move the refugees to another site, sources said yesterday. More than 20,000 refugees at Site Six
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    • 164 8 Reuter WASHINGTON, Fri A KAMPUCHEAN resistance leader said yesterday his forces had enough weapons at the moment to continue fighting Soviet-backed Vietnamese troops in their country. But Prince Norodom Ranariddh, responding to an announcement'by the Reagan administration on Wednesday that it would no
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    • 32 8 A NAGOYA carpenter Yoshio Kiyokawa repairs a mechanical doll made in 1676 for a performance at a summer festival. Is this where Japan's robot industry began? PICTURE: REUTER
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    • 310 8 AP BEIJING, Friday THE STATE versus Gao Wenqing, 21, accused of picking the pockets of foreigners on a bus, began at 1.30pm in a courtroom with soiled window curtains and smudged linoleum. "Tell us about your crimes," said a stern, middle-aged woman
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    • 383 9 UPI WASHINGTON, Friday AMERICAN retail sales last month suffered their sharpest decline for more than seven years and a senior government official said the Reagan Administration's 1985 growth projection might be hard to meet. The Commerce Department said yesterday that retail
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    • 148 9 Reuter UITENHAGE (South Africa) Friday A BLACK witness said yesterday that wounded mourners were killed to prevent them giving details of last month's shooting of 19 Blacks in a clash with South African police. Mr Eric Tembani, one of the Blacks taking part in
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    • 163 9 Reuter KHARTOUM, Friday POLITICAL and union leaders said last night that Sudan's new military rulers had agreed to the formation of a civilian caretaker government. The statement was issued by a group of professional unions and political parties which have been negotiating with
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    • 56 10 The 13-member US Congressional delegate, headed by House Speaker Mr "Tip" O'Neill (front right), had an almost four-hour session with Soviet leader Mr Mikhail Gorbachev (front left) in the Kremlin on Wednesday. After the meeting the Soviet leader said he wanted a more thorough outline of
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    • 120 10 AP NEW DELHI, Friday UNION CARBIDE has decided to close down its chemical plant in Bhopal after the Indian Government refused permission to restart the factory, the site of a poisonous gas leak that killed more than 2,000 people last December. A company statement
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    • 335 10 UPI LOS ANGELES, Friday AN UNARMED suspect in the kidnapping of a 4 ft-year-old Korean girl was cornered by police and shot to death yesterday moments after picking up the ransom money, investigators said. The child, identified as Deanna Jin, was suffering from
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    • PEOPLE WATCH
      • 109 10 A QUICK LCX)K AT THE NEWSMAKERS FORMER actress Brigitte Bardot (above) said she considered a Legion of Honour medal awarded to her by the French Government was for her work for animal rights, not for her films. "I take this Legion of Honour for my
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      • 102 10 ACTOR Gerald Mcßaney astonished producer Jack Lucarelli when he reported for work on his new movie, Jackals, on location in Tucson, Arizona. Mcßaney had a full head of hair when Lucarelli signed him for the role earlier this year. But Lucarelli failed to recognise his
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      • 80 10 PHILIP Michael Thomas, who plays Don Johnson's partner in TV's flashy Miami Vice, is hoping his appeal to the MTV audience will boost his recording career as well. "The most incredible person I've ever met is myself," Thomas explained to Glamour magazine. After singing two
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      • 73 10 THE OAK Ridge Boys will represent allAmerican entertainment on May 14 as part of the grand opening of The Acropolis in Nice, Prance. The band plans to donate proceeds from the concert to the Feed The Children programme. The money will be used to drill
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      • 78 10 BESTSELLING author James Michener (above) says some people were not very pleased with his book Space, which has been made into a five-part mini series. Some Nasa officials were perturbed by the depiction of extra marital alliances between astronauts and "groupies" at a Florida motel. "Some
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    • 208 8 Get Ahead Of The Rest! Alan International Hairdressing Schools offer the most comprehensive hairdressing courses for 1985. HBHra Incorporating avant garde trends and technique's in hairdressing. these courses are specifically formulated to teach hairdressing t«> its highest standards. So you will he well equipped to take your place way ahead
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    • 179 9 The New BRAUN Coffee Makers Braun now offers a new range of coffee makers: ffH New in a combination of practical features and H new in an appealing compact design. And all these are offered to you at an attractive price. *> Pivoting filter I The filter holder is pivot-hinged
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    • 96 10 Crisis management: Rags 12 What KEY PROJECT is off your c\J/o during Happy Hours! K KEY PROJECT. Three guys and a gal who'll excite you at the Vanda Bar with their own style of music and a wide repertoire of favourite pop tunes, good 'ol ballads and evergreens. Catch them
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  • money
    • 347 11  -  By KOH SOO LEE KEPPEL SHIPYARD'S share price plummetted to near its year's low yesterday with the stock market expecting a dismal set of year-end results from the group. Brokers reported that panic-selling broke out among the counter's holders yesterday in anticipation of an announcement
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    • 302 11  -  By ANG PENG HWA NGEE ANN KONGSI is negotiating with Far East Organisation on the sale 01 Orchard Square. And the result of the negotiation is likely to be known by the end of the month. This is because Ngee Ann, which owns the
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    • 479 11 COMPETITION in the non-car-bonated fruit drinks market is expected to heat up when Vitasoy Distributors (S) Pte Ltd introduces four new fruit drinks under its Vita brand today. The company has started its advertising campaign on television. Its campaign in
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    • 70 11 AP MANILA, Friday THE Monetary Board has placed the state-run Philippine Veterans Bank under receivership, sayinc it cannot stay in business without adversely affecting its depositors and creditors,, the Presidential Palace announced on Wednesday. The move came two weeks after President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the resignation
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    • 121 12 fi HMLLSTREET g Reuter WALL STREET stock prices closed with a modest gain yesterday as investors tried to decide if the US economy will rebound later this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 3.75 points to close at 1263.69 Advancing issues
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    • 42 12 iSTHE OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 407.45, down 2 points from the previous day's close of 409.45. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted Index was up 0.0571 point to 133.4690 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 133.4119.
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    • 140 12 Reuter THE US dollar fell against most major currencies from New York levels in active early trading. Dealers said the US unit eased to 3.0430/50 marks from New York's 3.0565/85 close, to 2.5660/5700 Swiss francs from 2.5720/60 and to 9 3050/3100 French francs compared with 9.3400/3500 francs
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    • 113 12 THE HONG KONG and Shanghai Banking Corporation will start a China desk on April 17 to promote business between Singapore and China, Mr Andrew Dixon, deputy mariager of the Singapore branch, said yesterday. The bank's office in Hong Kong has arranged 200 projects in China
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    • 706 12 LAT-WP DANBURY (Connecticut), Fri HOW DO YOU put the best face on the worst industrial accident in history? In a variety of ways, that question was put to Union Carbide Corp chairman Warren Anderson recently when he made a dramatic appearance before employees of the
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    • 249 12 Selected itocka at midday. Market tone: slightly easier Boustead 1.73/1.75 Cold Storage 2.72/2.75 F N 5.10/5.15 Genting 5.75/5.80 G I H 1 83/1.85 Haw Par 2.18/2.20 Isetan 2.40 S Keck Seng 2.14/2.15 Esso 2.58/2.59 Hume 3.48 S Inchcape 2.44/2.45 Intraco 2.06 B M Cement 1.39 S Metro 2.89/2.90 MP
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    • 104 12 Your SS to on* unit o! foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO USf 2.2110 2.2010 2.1920 sterling 2.7907 2.7686 2.7586 Australian 1.4922 1.4682 1.4532 Canadian 1.6296 1.6096 1.5996 cfl New Zealand 1.0259 1.0058 0.9808 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit US$ 2.21 2.19 NZ* 1.05 0.98 sterling 2.82.
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    • 245 12 SHARE prices opened quiet and trading remained mixed for the morning session at the Singapore Stock Exchange. Interest was very selective. It was basically centred on second-liners. Blue chips and finance stocks were quiet this morning. The closing tone was mixed. Top gainers were Pelangi, up
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    • 27 12 /signof A good y service W For detail* write to Lombard North Central PLC. Banking Services. Dept 504 17 Bruton Street London WIA 30H, England Telephone 01-*****34
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  • open line
    • ANSWER BOX
      • 276 13 THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUERIES I BELIEVE that the level of environment pollution in Singapore is well below the acceptable World Health Organisation standard. However, it is inevitable that pollution levels will rise as more motor vehicles come on the road and more industries are
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      • 166 13 I WAS born during the Japanese Occupation. The time of my birth was registered as 5.30 pm in the birth certificate. What I want to ascertain b whether the time stated is local or Tokyo time. If it is Tokyo time, what is the Singapore time?
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      • 130 13 I WOULD like advice on how and when I should wean my 16-month-old boy from his pacifier. He seems to be getting more attached to it lately, especially at night and when he wakes up. THERE are different opinions as to whether or not a pacifier should
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      • 117 13 I AM a Singaporean married to an Indian citizen in India. I have completed my GCE 'A' level examination and wish to further my studies in India. Having contacted the relevant authorities over there, I was told to produce a "Migration Letter" for study purposes from
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      • 188 13 I WATCHED "Today in Parliament" on television almost daily daring the last parliamentary sessions and I noticed that whenever the debate was about to start, a man walhed into the chamber carrying a mace in his hand. All the Members of Parliament bowed when
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      • 118 13 MY SON and I are the registered co-owners of a Housing Board flat. His name was registered after the demise of my husband. I wish to sell my ownership rights to my son's wife. Can my son and his wife use
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      • 55 13 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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    • 241 13 NO ONE enjoys moving. But if the idea overwhelms you, make adequate preparations for the task. The following tips on packing are helpful: START packing four to six weeks before the move. Weed out things to give away, throw away or sell. PACK
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    • 132 13 I j Romance is soft and warm y 1 and the can hear. Romance' is also Joel and Tracy Joffrin— a f 1 I husband and wife duet who have entertained throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and on H 1 cruise ships in the Mediterranean and Caribbean. "lA They
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  • opinion / letters
    • 191 14 LETTERS to the Press on pension matters have been unanswered or unnoticed by the Government department concerned. The letter "Treat all pensioners alike" (SM, Nov 19, 1984) remains unanswered. The viewpoints and feelings of poor pensioners are completely ignored. The Finance Minister, Dr
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    • 278 14 AS A tourist in your beautiful country, I could not help marvelling at the efficiency and courtesy of the public service until my unCleasant journey in a us. I had been taking Service 136 from the bus stop along Ang Mo Kio Ave
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    • 226 14 WE READ of complaints from students about arrogant bus drivers and often the reaction to come to mind is "poor kids." But has anyone any sympathy for the drivers? As a bus commuter, I loathe unruly students. Sometimes you come across students
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  • 1077 14  -  features ■y JUAN O' TAMAYO Knight-Ricktor Ntwtpaptrt GUADALAJARA (Mexico): With lights flashing and sirens wailing, the Jalisco State Police cars raced through the darkness one night last January, escorting a marijuana shipment bound for the US market. Drug traffickers paid top state police
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  • opinion/letters
    • 458 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOK pgffiffiHSH SINGAPORE has much to be thankful to Britain, its former colonial power, for what it has achieved today. Some of the reasons were mentioned in glowing terms by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during a recent dinner given in honour of
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    • 374 15  -  S Y TAN Singapore 1647 A FURORE arose out of Mr Teh Cheang Wan's statement in Parliament that in situations where the Housing and Development Board (HDB) area offices are asked to provide services to two or more constituencies, the constituency with an
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    • 75 15 I FEEL more disappointed than amused at "Disappointed's" naive interpretation of Mr Chiam See Tong's remarks relating to the existence of the price of land in the last parliamentary debate. Far from being overawed by the Prime Minister, Mr Chiam was making remarks which carried a
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    • 130 15 THE MINISTERS should thank the two opposition MPs for bringing up the views of the people as these were genuine feedback from the public, instead of alleging that the two MPs were trying to cast a slur every time they spoke. It is the
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    • 69 15 7 LETTERS on any subject Of pubic interest w«l be A M ecoepiea for puoecaaon. They should be typed and mutt be signed. They mutt alto mdude the writer's name and address to use a pseudonym in phnl. A contact WHphona number would be uaeM. We reeerve the right to
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  • leisure
    • 1302 16  -  Outspoken Cher does many interviews to publicise her new movie By DEBORAH CAULFIELD in Hollywood LAT-WP PEOPLE magazine has come and gone, Newsweek is just leaving and USA Today will soon arrive at the newly rented beach house in Malibu, California. Inside, Cher takes a
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    • 703 16  -  By WONG AH YOKE PASSION FLOWER, Columbia Pictures Television's two-hour show which begins shooting here on May 20, will feature 25 Singaporeans among its cast And three of these are in the main ciifc Oddly, there is a role for'Sn American man under the
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    • 516 18 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Friday Night Movie Cover Up (Pilot) (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5,10.15 pm) MAX HARPER tJon-Erik Hexum) is a successful model who uses the world of high fashion as a cover up for his work as an outrider an undercover agent who, if caught,
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    • Article, Illustration
      806 19 TWO new lounge acts in town that opened this month come from the west, bringing with them a wide repertoire of Western tunes, both familiar and unfamiliar. Itomanc* Despite its name, Romance sings more than love ballads. The husband-and-wife team sings everything country, calypso, evergreens and a generous
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    • 465 19  -  By WONG SING YEONG SUCCESSFUL war films, like The Bridge on the River Kwai, painted a villainous picture of the Japanese soldier as a brutal fanatic stopping at nothing to establish his superiority in those cruel times. That, of course, is now part of
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    • 64 16 FREE! A ROLL OF FILM FOR EVERY ROLL PROCESSED. A free roll of 24-exposure Sakura colour film is yours with every roll you send in for processing at Singapore Colour Centre. Enjoy the benefits of quality film processing and the added bonus of 24 high-quality exposures, at no extra charge.
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    • 1152 17 THE SINGAPORE MONTTOR X 1 leisure ®tBMRWBoPK. FmoAY.ApmLi2.iMs i w Bfftf A .I Hilvna 2.30 BBCTEXT Live Sample Page*. A I 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The M 4.25 4 4 I. Entertainers such as Carol Burnett. Helen Baddy and Jim V JKlf Webb help introduce children to
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 80 20 r^llpllpL CHAMBER MUSIC THE Asean Youth Musicians will present a chamber music concert at the Shell Theatrette, Shell Tower, today from 12.45 pm to 1.30 pm. Admission is free. FRANTISEK VAJNAR/JOHN CLEQQ CZECH conductor Frantisek Vainar and British Sianist John Clegg will be featured in the Singapore ymphony Orchestra's concert
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    • 527 20 PICTURE: SHARIF RASHID Eddie Rose, British illustrator... his pen and ink drawings are oo display at the Tiffin Room, Raffles Hotel EDDIE ROSE paintings and embroideries, organised BRITISH illustrator Eddie Rose will ty the Alliance Francaise, will be held hold an exhibition of pen and ink draw- 4 Oraycott Park
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    • 67 20 YOU TOO ARE A PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER A TALK on You Too are a Public Relations Officer will be held at the Bukit Merah Branch Library tomorrow at 3 pm. Speaker Phung Kye Sun, a lecturer from National University of Singapore's Department of Extra-mu-ral Studies, will give a definition of
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    • 717 21 m m m inc oimiMrvnt miwiii i vn leisure comics fhioay, apw». 12,1985 —lBB nj FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook I Josr V*6.' SHE V SHI F«R H p lAS.IMLUS 6AID I HAV* SOMBONE UMTH SfftCiflc YW> M*Al4 MV CAW** A& £ffmJW WAtfTs vbo To HEAD I Wfc £Xptg|gNC* fri PUD&ETiNG-
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    • 188 22 WHAT helps get women back into the workforce, eases the labour shortage experienced by small businessmen, saves on taxi fares and assists in the campaign to promote the eating of frozen pork? The answer is the chest freezer. Mr Michael Goh, manager of
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    • 340 22 A GEC 14 cubic foot freezer is giving 55year old satay-seller Salleh Mohamed some breathing space. Mr Salleh, of "Satay Istimewa" in the Geylang Serai hawker centre, sells an average of 1,000 sticks of satay a day. Mr Salleh said: "The freezer is
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    • 424 23 TIME was when repairing and repolishing old furniture called for the skills of a professional craftsman. But today all this seems to have changed, thanks largely to new, innovative tools as well as an amazing number of wood revitalisers. Old furniture,
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    • 176 23 HERE'S a way of preventing dust from settling on newly-painted surfaces. Simply wet the ground immediately around the object being painted. This helps to lay the dust that would otherwise be blown from the ground on to the wet paint. You can sprinkle the water by using
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    • 317 24 C-Bricks a new look for walls A NEW wall finishing which home owners can apply themselves is the C-Brick from New Zealand, a non-ceramic, lightweight brick-like tile made from China clay. Each piece measures 205 mm by 60 mm and is six mm thick. Handymen who want to tackle the
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    • 310 24 INVISIBLE doormen are beginning to cost less. It's easier to afford not to have to get out of your car to open the gate when driving home in the rain. The Hydromatic Automatic Gate System, recently introduced in Singapore, is now available for
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    • 145 22 2. PRESS 3. SMOOTH^ Spread C-Mortar Adhesive Pre# C-Brick firmly into Smooth on adhesive on surface to be covered. adhesive and wiggle it into between C-Bricks with a brush, place. Yesl 3 easy steps: Spread, Press, Smooth. 'Comes in itvaral brick taztum colours for easy co-ordination with existing decor. 'Weather-resistant
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    • 46 23 Falling Out the Bamboo Parade by MEKAY For more information please call: Te1:250 0316/*****0@ Or Visit our Showroom: MEKAY SALES TRADING CO ,^B7TIT>7 Showroom and Office /n^iNH^r 400 Balestier Road »01-17 Balesticr 'mMJST (beside Hoover Live Theatre) Singapore 1232 Tel: 250 0316 or 253 1000 W
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    • 116 24 DOMAIN DESIGNS Running into problems decorating your HDB flat? Call in the professionals, call Domain. Our jWCCBH (flttll I* \P designs are imaginative. 111 If Ml I 1 decorative and above all, /L beautiful. We've been if?! 1!! turning Hats into delight- I dpfSrlWN/ L At ful homes for nearly
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    • 229 24 owners CONTRACTORS $1.50 p.s.f. upwards Scratch iron dust coated Heavy duty pure porcelain tiles fHs Fibre reinforced floor tiles Marble effect tiles with sizes of j Special effect gross tiles Geometrical designed floor tiles 1 Special bathroom tiles complimented J with ceramic soap holder hook Weather resistance tiles for balcony
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    • 284 25 VAN Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor Words 0.35 cents per word 0.55 ccnts per word Display $7.70 par col. cm $10.00 par col. cm Boainaaa Hra Mon-Frl. 9am-spm Sat, 9am-lpm ACCOUNTING the first name in forms Add all good deal some more 274 7474/ 221 7177. A 1
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    • 119 25 EDUCATION Driving Instruction^ BEST DRIVING 778 3435/ *****89 MITRA DRIVING Centre (Marina Parade) 288 4060. Music/Dancing LMiom CORONATION MUSIC School 489 3252 ERIC'S QUITAR Tuition 445 1291. LMAMM TO DAMCM Disco BaMroom Latin, Social Dancing through Gaylin Dance Studio Tsl: 292-1839/ 533-8270 EMPLOYMENT Situations Vacant SV g v^pAcinc^Z Part of
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    • 382 25 Situations Vacant i* I Eastern Industries (A member of the Nation*! Iron Group) An asteSHaSed [roap #f cempanles In the forefront ef construction technology has epperlunltles ler:A) MALES PERSONNEL CLERK The Job: To update paraonnal and administration record, write aimpia correspondence. typing and Wing, prepare and execute work parmM application
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    • 131 25 Situations Vacant ty Caterer* WE SUPPLY FRESH and delicious food to your doorstep. Different menu everyday to whet your appetites. Lunches 6 dinners are also available. Fast prompt delivery. Call now! At 745-4387. Eating Spots KIPLING'S CHOP HOUSE, 15th Floor, Asia Chambers, McCullum Street, where Executives lunch in cosy ambience
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    • 316 26 classified 273-9090 Security Guard Agencies m COASTGUARD SECURITY 336 6704. HARMON'S PRIVATE Investigation ft Security Agency 33 *****/ 338 8477 (24 hours answenng service: *****55, ask for Harmon Singh). SHERLOCK SECURITY. For your security needs within your budget. Consult us. 336 7070. Services m CUSHION COVERS Maker 255 7280. JUDYCARE
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    • 335 26 PEN PALS MATRIX AND MATCH introduces suitable partners. Write to P.O. Bdx 174, Toa Pavoh Central. Reg.No: *****9/ 00A WHY LIMIT YOUR choice of compatible partners? Call us today and a whole new social life begins. As without mixing there's no matching. *****16. AMdUR FRIENDSHIP Bukit Panjang P.O. Box 96.
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    • 165 26 Accommodation v>c nt CATHAY GARDEN. J ALAN Keris. Newly completed, terrace house with beautiful Brden for rent. Partly/ fully nished. *****81. Miss Ng. DISTRICT 1128, SEMIDETACHED house. Partially/ fully furnished for rent. Interested tel: 734-9181, Miss Ng. STUDENTS URGENTLY REQUIRED for accomodation BuM Purmei. Food tuition transport arrangeabie. Quiet surroundings.
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    • 293 26 Tenders are invited for the following H works:- H I 1. PROPOSED I RENOVATION OF DRESSMAKING TRAINING FACILITIES AT BAHARRUDIN VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE I Tender No VITB/BVI/6/85 I Tender Deposit $600 00 I I Showround Date: 18 April 1985 I at 0900 hours H Meeting Place Canteen, I Baharuddin Vocational H
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    • 421 26 NOTICES ■firrftii-- J t .v ran >> nnV ir- .i.t'tiy- j risMidifttL TENDER NOTICE Separate tenders are invited <or> 1 REPAIRS TO STEEL SHEET PILED WALL AT FINGER PIER Cost of Documents Drawings Ss3s/Closing Date 23 Apr 85 Site Showround 15 Apr 85 at 9.30 am Meet at PSA Pass
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    • 652 27 RACK 1 1.45 CI 2 Dtv 2 1200 m 1 Chaya Timor V 57 M C Uew 2 Ruling Party 57 Dahlan 4 3 Nica Performer 55% P Laa 7 4 Astonished 55 Laong 3 5 Scarlet O'Hara 54 Johnatoo 2 5 Buioh Kaaap 1153 Junaidi 5 7 Putarl Emas
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    • 494 28  -  By S GULAM SINGAPORE coach Hussein Aljunied, who watched last night's National Football League Division One match between Tiong Bahro and Farrer Park Dynamos, was tempted to enlist Safi Anuar to solve his team's scoring woes, though he was later discouraged by his size. The
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    • 89 28  -  By B KULA THE future of Singapore's rugby seems to De in the hands of former national coach Natahar Bava. If he returns to help, there is every hope that Singapore will regain some of their lost pride at the next Asian championships
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    • 124 29 LAN RUSH LOOKS AT THE ENGLISH TITLE RACE USUALLY, it's wonderful to bo able to gloat about being 100 per cent right In a prediction out Ray CletriMnoe makes me wish I'd kept my movtb shut! Soar* brilliant goalkeeper came "home" to Anfield and gave one
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    • Article, Illustration
      153 29 WHEN Adrian Heath's injury ruled him out for the rest of the season, I wondered how Everton would fare in front of goal. But just when they needed him most, Andy Gray rediscovered his scoring touch. Everton are picking up points from games even when they are not at
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      87 29 DIVISION ONE P W D L F A PT. Everton CM CO 21 6 5 71 35 69 Man Utd 35 19 8 8 67 37 65 Tottenham 33 18 7 8 62 35 61 Liverpool 33 16 9 8 49 25 57 Southampton 35 16 9
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    • 275 29 Reuter LONDON, Fri SWEDEN'S top two players, Mats Wilander and Anders Jarryd, were notable absentees when the International Tennis Federation (ITF) yesterday announced details of the holders' Davis Cup world group first-round tie with Chile. The ITF said the tie, postponed due to
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    • 142 29 IPS I SAID a month ago in SHOOT! that it would be foolish to write Liverpool off from the title race. I have not changed my opinion! Ray Clemence did our cause no good at all, I admit that. But we do have the experience and the know-how to
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    • 104 29 IPS SO MANY people believed United would crack when they lost Bryan Robson through injury. But United, despite shattering injury problems, have kept their teeth set against the odds and are right back in the hunt. You have to fancy a side with quality players like Gordon Strachan,
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    • Article, Illustration
      133 29 IPS SPURS keep talking about having twice the home games left than they have away but I wonder if they would not be better-off playing most of their run-in away from White Hart Lane? They seem to dry up at home, suffering perhaps from the driving demand of their
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      70 29 IPS DESPITE Arsenal's recent return to form, I think they will be crowded out of this season's title. They have excellent players at Highbury a whole catalogue of internationals like Viv Anderson, Kenny Sansom (above), Steve Williams, and Charlie Nicholas. But Graham Rix has missed too much of the
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    • 466 30 'Chopper' Chen China's secret weapon Lianhe Wanbao THE 38TH World Table Tennis Championships in Sweden are over, but the people there are still talking about the Chinese "secret weapon" that effectively destroyed the home team. His name: Chen Xinhua. He scored 12 straight wins, conceding only one set to a
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    • 259 30 WORLD TENNIS C'SHIPS AP DALLAS, Friday AMERICAN Tim Mayotte, pressuring Sweden's favoured Mats Wilander from the start with a withering serve-and-volley game, advanced to the semifinals of the US$5OO,OOO (551.125 million) Buick World Championship Tennis finals with a 6-3 6-1 76 win over the
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    • 112 30 Reuter BOSTON, Friday A BLACK South African runner was barred from the Boston Marathon on Monday because of a ban by The Athletic Congress on South African contestants in international sporting events. The marathon's sponsor, the Boston Athletic Association, told South African Mark Plaatjes
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    • 381 27 classified g 273-9090 I Tenders are invited for the following I 1. SUPPLY, DELIVERY, I INSTALLATION AND I COMMISSIONING OF ENGINE WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT (portable I boring machine, cylinder I I honing machine, air I compressor-motor driven, I I gantry crane, dynanometer I I (portable model), hydraulic l| I trainer and
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    • 411 27 NOTICES mm TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from CIDB Registered Contractors for the following:(A)CQS/20/85 Earth Mound at Raffles Junior College (B) +M&E T 2S/8S Supply of Twenty-Six (28) Units Scow End Tippers to Ministry of the Environment Delivery Date: Tenderers are required to submit a firm delivery period for the
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    • 322 27 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF METROSAE ENGINEERING PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 185, that a Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed
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    • 66 28 Y® We wish to thank all badminton players r who support our VICTOR and FLYING Shuttlecocks. U||ll^ Due to the price increase in raw materials and U.S. dollars exchange rate, we have to adjust the retail prices. Effective 15.4.85, VICTOR (Champion) at $25.00 per dozen FLYING (Tournament) at $23.00 per
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    • 93 30 lards of Difference^ Spalding's New '85 Series "i pro SI FLITE 1 1 Each club in the set is designed to m develope a consistent trajectory resulting KB in a more consistent distance and accuracy so that the approach shots would be nearer the pin. Thus getting the ball nearer
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 440 31 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Friday FEDERAL TERRITORY'S former international goalkeeper Rashid Hassan has been left out of the team which will Sarawak at the Jubilee Ground in Kuching tomorrow. However, team officials insist that Rashid, who said on Wednesday that he was "finished" with
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    • 870 31 U.S. MASTERS GOLF Reuter AUGUSTA (Georgia), Friday TWO YOUNG Americans with well-founded dreams of playing on the US golf tour shared a day in the sun in the opening round of the Masters tournament. The undulating, lightning-fast greens
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    • 61 31 MARUMAN /WJ 'Bignnn 20 cißAmicr^# 11(0115 vl£v MMUMOWUR t&l kil. VNTSttK WHAT'S ON THE INSIDE PAGES Page 31— Mayotte proves much (or J Wilander S African banned from Boston Marathon M» metzler: INTERNATIONAL Hp I Model 0712 SEE AND BE SEEN IN THE LATEST 85 COLLECTION Casual, yet subtly elegant.
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