Singapore Monitor, 2 May 1985, Afternoon Edition

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  • 16 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR Feven(m;'2H t EDHION M M.C. (P) No. 51/5/85 Thursday, May 2, 1985 30cents
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  • 134 1 UPI CHARLESTON (West Virginia), Thursday MAYBE this time Douglas Hicks has learned to stop sleeping in dumpsters A month ago, Hicks, SO, of Ashland, Kentucky, required hospital treatment In Charleston for a leg wound when the lid of a garbage truck closed on him
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  • 109 1 Reuter LONDON, Thursday A LONDON museum's choice of the hamburger as the pinnacle of US design may strike some as a sort of anti-American swipe, but other nationalities are just as likely to be provoked by judgements in a new exhibition here. "The hamburger speaks
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  • 575 1  -  Chok Tong on what will happen if the Straits of Malacca is closed ■v JOSEPH LEE SINGAPORE will lose its illustrious status as one of the world's busiest ports and quickly revert to its humble beginnings
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • home
    • 66 2 THIRTY years ago, there might have been 20 trishaws or more clustered beneath this old sign in Sungei Road. Now, with trishaws more for tourists than for day-to-day transport, the number is dwindling. The other day, there was only one, and the driver was
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    • 463 2  -  By MICHAEL LIEW A MANAGING director and a marketing executive were allegedly cheated of $63,000 by a jockey and his wife who posed as owners of a piece of property, a subordinate court heard today. Kwong Hin Meng, alias David, 34, and his
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    • 103 2  -  By SURESH NAIR CIRCUIT breakers worth $19,000 were reported stolen from a block of uncompleted flats at Yishun New Town yesterday. Police said 108 units of the circuit breakers, on the fifth to 10th floors of Block 722, Yishun New Town, were
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    • 420 3  -  By BENNY ORTEGA FOR EVERY 20 Namibians, there is one South African soldier to keep watch over them with the most sophisticated modern weapons. That's the sort of oppo- sition faced by the South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo), according to the organisation's
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    • 63 3 MAY DAY is a family day as well as a union day, and unionist Mr Khusaini Jamari made the most of it. Mr Khusaini, a member of the United Workers of Electrical and Electronic Industries (lying down) was pictured at the Japanese Garden yesterday with
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    • 87 3 A 12-YEAR-OLD schoolboy passed away at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital last night 24 hours after he was knocked down by a car along Sembawang Road. Police said Hew Yoon Hoe succumbed to serious head and body injuries at 11 pm last night. He
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    • 325 4  -  Importer passing off sub-standard rejects at regular prices, says motoring source By JOSEPH LEE SEVERAL thousand sub-standard tyres are being sold in Singapore, according to motor industry sources. The sources say the tyres all manufacturers' rejects were brought in last month and are being
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    • 309 4  -  By K K FONG MORE THAN 20 dangerous weapons, including parangs, Bearing scrapers, daggers and iron rods, have been seized in a crackdown on youth violence in the past few days. In a series of raids, police picked up about 30
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    • 147 4 THERE has been an increase in the number of visits between the people of China and Singapore since early 1983. Many of the visitors, who come on official business, are helping to create closer economic links between the two countries. Others are just tourists.
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 125 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS A DRIVING instructor and his family must have thanked their lucky stars that it was not high tide in Johor late yesterday morning. If it had been, they might not have escaped from their car after it plunged into
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      • 110 4 THE COMPOUND of a Johor hospital was sealed off by armed officers yesterday during an incident involving police and a group of Singapore motorcyclists (above). One of the motorcyclists was arrested. The incident blew up about 3.30 pm when police began confiscating the keys for
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 112 2 HI Alcove Lounge. While away the hours to truly performances by Mr 1 Accomplished performers, Wr^ their repertoire of popular hits, jazz and ballads are a musical treat. VH Mr Mrs They'll sing for you, joke and laugh with you for a convival evening in a cosy and relaxed setting.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 371 3 He's certainly quick on the draw. Simply because this superhuman I 1 is no human at all. I 1 Call him a CADE) I I /O Xv For that's what he is... Computer I I y Aided Design and Draughting-. \y This amazing masterpiece of a i I—> computer is
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 177 4 THE SHOWCASE or BUILDING PRamos MalaysiaTprenuer building exhibition MALBEX'BS. Malaysia's premier building exhibition is back with a showcase of the latest building products. On view will be items from over 20 countries, ranging from formwork systems and partitions to the latest in floor and wall finishes, sanitaiyware V—A——V— and fittings
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 120 5 ideas meet and new styles are born. A place in time unlike ..jmF Citizen watches elegant timepieces that capture iHr P the elusive spirit of the city. There's an original selection JK jB to choose from, with styles to suit every fashion. UltraJ*F jiv thin dress watches or casual analog
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  • world
    • 405 6 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs MALAYSIA'S opposition Muslim fundamentalist party is trying to shed its Malay only image in an attempt to woo the country's ethnic Chinese and Indians. Parti Islam Sa-Malay-sia (Pas) has opened its doors to all Malaysian Muslims as part of an of-
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    • 94 6 UPI NEW YORK, Thursday A MAN may look at barebreasted women at topless beaches, but he should not be too obvious about it, the May issue of "Gentlemen's Quarterly" magazine recommended yesterday. There are certain unspoken rules of behaviour at topless beaches, the magazine
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    • 45 6 CHINESE troops of the People's Liberation Army appeared in new uniforms yesterday, featuring stiff headgear, braids, epaulets and glittering insignia on the red collar tabs. The new look is part of the general modernisation of the armed forces. PICTURE: REUTER
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    • 183 6 AP BONN, Thursday THE UNITED States and Japan signed an agreement yesterday to expand trans-Pacific aviation routes, ending a thorny dispute and paving the way for increased revenues for both countries. US Secretary of State George Shultz and Japanese Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe praised the
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 45 8 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS PAYLOAD specialist Taylor Wang (above) hooking up to a portable radio in the Spacelab on Monday as part of the activating of tne laboratory. Spacelab is in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger.
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      • 76 8 A PRINCESS, a baroness and a bevy of Biddies attended a ball on Tuesday night to support Sydney Biddle Barrows, a former debutante whom police have called the operator of a major New York prostitution ring. The ball was organised in a former church
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      • 69 8 AUSTRALIAN rock singer Peter Garrett said yesterday he had quit the anti-nuclear party he helped found following a split at its first national conference. Garrett, largely responsible for the Nuclear Disarmament Party's (NDP) rise to prominence at last December's general elections, decided to resign after more
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      • 80 8 STEVIE Wonder (left) made a musical tribute to technology, thanking a gathering of business executives for providing him the means for his music. "Technology is my little sister, my big brother, my mother ana my father, he told the invitation-only group at a Boston hotel. He
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    • 219 8 LAT-WP HOLLYWOOD, Thursday AMERICAN television network NBC, bracing for a run at first-place CBS next season, said that it would put six new series in its autumn line-up including a new version of the Alfred Hitchcock series of yesteryear. But it axed the long-running Diff'rent
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    • 405 8 LAT-WP ADDIS ABABA, Thursday ETHIOPIA'S largest famine relief camp, with a population of 60,000 people, was evacuated by force and burned within the past three days. Two senior Western relief officials, who visited the camp on Tuesday, said that between Sunday and Tuesday, Ethiopian
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    • 197 8 AP MANILA, Thureday A WOMAN who cried hysterically after Benigno Aquino was assassinated and then refused to talk fiuDlicly for 20 months told a crowded courtroom his morning she saw a soldier kill the opposition leader. "The Metrocom man was holding
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    • 128 8 Reuter BOSTON, Thursday FOUR PHYSICIANS say they have resolved a question that has been bugging doctors for years: What is the best way to get rid of a cockroach in your ear? The old-fashioned way is mineral oil,
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    • 1206 9 The Vietnamese dream of a prosperous country after the war has turned into a nightmare VIETNAM 10 YEARS AFTER SPECIAL REPORT BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON THE AGE NEWSPAPER, MELBOURNE Correspondent Michael Richardson reports on the dismal state of Vietnam's economy in this second of a
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 48 6 f FOR THE HOME jPQ Look out for the all-new "For The Home" section this Friday. It has everything you need to up-date and beautify your home. Ideas on interior decorating and furnishing, plus product news on kitchen and household appliances. "For The Home" has so much more.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 48 8 Fresh into Singapore! America's favourite cookies, crackers and snacks... uncommon? OUMJIYSVBIJU6 NCir?!^ Available at: Cold Storage John Littles Daimaru NTUC Fair Price Econ minimarts Overseas Emporium Emporium Holdings Group Tay Buan Guan Fitzpatricks Supermarket Isetan Yaohan QSole Agent for Singapore, Malaysia Brunei: THE GETZ CORPORATION (SINGAPORE) SDN. RHD.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 205 9 The M Awards Inn fV/IfYlPl nf IQPS The 3rd M Awards organised by Studio M follows the jll C j IUfJ I VkJJCI Ul I /OJ. tremendous success and recognition of the previous M f awards. This promises to be a most cherished event in tribute to Singapore's top model
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  • money
    • 368 10  -  By ANG PENG HWA A DIRECTOR of Ambassador Hotel has been forced to resign because two companies in which he was a director were insolvent when they were wound up recently. Mr Leaw Kok Yin is the first director of a public company to
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    • 75 10 Section 149 of the Companies Act penalises a director when two of his companies fail within five years of each other. He is disqualified from being a director or promoter in, or taking part in the management of another company for five years
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    • 254 10  -  By JANICE LIM BUSINESSMAN Kho Bak Weng's multi-million-dollar antique collection may be auctioned off if his company does not pay up its $800,000 loan to Hill Samuel Merchant Bank. Hill Samuel says one of his companies, Phoenix Arts and Crafts, an
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    • 260 10 OIL prices worldwide are not expected to rise above current levels throughout 1985, the Bank of America says in its latest quarterly energy report. Some decline was probable, the bank said. Specifically, no rise in coal prices is expected this year and
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    • 199 11 THE LOCAL bourse opened with plantation stocks remaining firm following steady palm oil prices. Some bargain hunters were seen in the midmorning ana prices closed generally firmer. Top gainer Selangor Coconuts gained 12 cents to close $2.82, followed by Pan-Eli up eight
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    • 131 11 HSfLLSTOEET Reuter WORRIES about a slowing economy yesterday handed the stock market its biggest one-day drop since November and left stock prices at their lowest point since mid-January. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 16.01 points to close at 1242.05. volume on the New
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    • 25 11 The OUB Composite Share Price index closed at 404.05 up 1.19 points. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted index was down 0.0839 point to 133.2300.
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    • 343 11  -  By JANICE LIM AT LEAST two property agents are seeking buyers for a house belonging to banker and businessman Lawrence Ng Sau Long who disappeared last March. The double-storey bungalow at 18-C, Chatsworth Road was the subject of a
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    • 306 11 Selected stocks at midday. Market tone steady Boustead 1.67/1.68 Cold Storage 2.50 B F and N 4 98/5.00 Genting 5.80/5.85 G I H 1.75/1.77 Haw Par 2 13/2.14 Isetan unq Jurong Cement 1.66 S Keck Seng 2 20/2 23 Esso 2.58 B Hume 2.88 B Inchcape 2.45 S Intraco
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    • 122 11 Your S$ to one unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO US* 2 2338 2 2238 2.2148 sterling 2.7447 2.7227 2.7127 Australian 1.4563 1.4322 1.4172 Canadian 1 6399 1.6199 1 6099 New Zealand 1.0219 1.0018 0 9768 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit USf 2.23 2.21 NZ|
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    • 161 11 Reuter THE US dollar firmed against most major currencies from New York levels in quiet early tradins, dealers said. Expectations of high US interest rates and Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker's remarks that he was not willing to write off the Fed's economic growth forecast of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 174 10 THE SOUTHEAST ASIA BUILDING ANNUAL '85 INDISPENSABLE TO YOUR LINE OF WORK The Building Annual contains the most up-to-date information CONTENTS: on the building and construction industry in the region; where Overview ot building in Southeast Asia the btg developments are coming up, how the schedules are Progress MRT in
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 94 11 To be held at Mandarin Court A 4th Floor Mandarin Hotel on Tuesday 7th May 1985 at 2.30 p.m. LANDED PROPERTIES •1) 25D JALAN HOCK CHYE (s*mi-d«tach«d) Area: 296 sq.m. Title: Freehold •2) 203 C PONGGOL 17TH AVENUE (bungalow) Area: 842.4 sq.m. Title: Freehold •3) 15 PONGGOL RD 24TH AVENUE
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    • 166 11 HMTCL MERIDIEN SINGAPORE. ,4li)IIA r IX)IIAWVI^^^ Cafe La Terrasse will echo fc^^J^saasssan&Baas^^^^ with cheerful "Alohas" from May 1 15, when the exotic toasted coconut pudding will cuisine of the South Pacific delight sweet-lovers. comes to the Meridien. The Hawaiian Buffet is The cold buffet will include priced at $16+ per
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  • opinion/letters
    • 173 12 I WAS very moved when I read the article in The Straits Times by David Kraal, "I went home to Woodbridge" (April 27). I feel very sad that many people have the wrong impression of Woodbridge Hospital. I totally agree with David Kraal.
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    • 152 12  -  DAVID KWOK Singapore 0208 THE CURRENT practice of erecting iron clothes hangers along the common corridor (above) by residents of Tanjong Pagar Plaza and other Housing and Development Board (HDB) estates needs to be controlled. These metal objects are not only dangerous to children but adults
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    • 154 12 PLEASE refer to the report, "Keep retirement age flexible" (SM, April 9). A young employee works hard for a company. But when he is old, he is seen as unsuitable, inefficient and unproductive. This shows that employers are ungrateful nowadays. We should not
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    • 277 12  -  HENRY LIM Singapore 1545 IT IS laudable that from time to time the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board makes announcements in the newspapers requesting persons interested in claiming the CPF accounts of deceased kin to submit their claims to the Board within two
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    • 203 12 AT PRESENT there are no traffic lights at the junction of Ayer Rajah Road and South Bouna Vista Road. It is very difficult and dangerous for vehicles to turn right from South Bouna Vista Road to Ayer Rajah Road, which has heavy and very
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    • 462 13 THE SmGAPORE Mwmt» raSBBH IT IS obvious that we are moving from tight government control to free market mechanism over a broad front. A welcome move, indeed, for businessmen who have been grousing about there being too many restrictions. But what about the
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    • 141 13  -  GOH KENG SWEE Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and former First Deputy Prime Minister MISS Catherine Ong in her reply to my letter said that the requirement for banks to get Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) approval for loans
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    • 332 13  -  ANG POH INN (MISS) Public Relations Officer Ministry of Labour WE REFER to the letter "Existing rulings 'abet' abuse of foreign maids" by "And Justice For All" (SM, March 13). The Ministry of Labour agrees with the writer that employers should not be
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    • 125 13  -  REPLIES DR S DEVI Deputy Director of Medical Services (Primary Health and Health Education) Ministry of Health I REFER to the letter "Screening system vital for the caring of the aged" by Mr Henry Lim (SM, April 25). I wish to thank the
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    • 54 13  -  KHOO SOO HOON (MS) for Permanent Secretary (National Development) WE REFER to the letter "Car spotted with cement droppings" (SM, April 13). Would "Hapless Motorist" kindly contact Mr Khor Poh Hwa on Tel *****45 or *****07 so that we can look
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 125 12 Malaysia's best hawkers are in town Discover authentic Malaysian Hawkers' food. 20 renowned hawkers from Penang and Kuala Lumpur present mouth-watering tastes Nightly Baba Show from April 27 30 at 8.30pm. Win 5 'Great Value Holidays Package Tour' N Y sts Lunch s 11.30 am 3.00pm Dinners 6.00pm 10.00pm Price:
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    • 72 12 LETTERS on any subject of public interest will be accepted for publication They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the water's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in pnnt. A contact telephone number would be useful We reserve the
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  • leisure
    • Article, Illustration
      726 14  -  Loren wants to play Anna Karenina in Russia By ARTHUR SPIEGELMAN in New York Reuter SOPHIA LOREN is sitting in a flower bedecked hotel suite carefully trying to pronounce the name of Russia's new leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. "Comrade Borb-a-chev, comrade Dor-ba-chev, ah, comrade Gorbachev, maybe he can help,"
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    • 1071 14  -  By NANCY MILLS OPA "HAPPY families are all alike," Count Leo Tolstoy wrote in Anna Karenina. "Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' Considered one of the world's greatest pieces of literature, Anna Karenina is a tragic story about grand passion. Yet,
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    • 621 14  -  By WONG AH YOKE AFTER an eight-month crisis with Hong Kong Television Broadcasting (HKTVB), Andy Lau Tak Wah is back in the station's fold. The prodigal son, put in cold storage for disagreeing over the terms of his contract, has now returned to
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    • 509 16 Thursday Feature Special Judith (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 9.50 pm) IT is 1948 in Palestine, the last year of the British Mandate ana the dawning of Israeli independence. Helping the enemies prepare for invasion into the new country is General Gustav 'Schiller (Hans Verner), a former
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    • 731 16  -  ffiMfSrCJENEi By JOAN HANAUER in New York UPI BLAME Bill Cosby for a lot of what you see on your television screen next season the success of The Cosby Show will have inspired it. This is the time of year when the three networks are planning
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    • 663 17  -  By PAUL ATTANASIO Washington LATWP THE Karate Kid learns a new martial art in Vision Quest, a tale of wrestling and rites of passage based on the novel by Terry Davis. It is the usual dumb stuff he strives, he fails, he falls in
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1598 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR leisure Q J THURSDAY, may 2, i9Bs IV/ I 2.30 SBC TEXT- Live Sample volution (M) I 3.00 Opening and Programme 10 Programme Highlights. followed by The Wild Bunch 6.15 New* H Diary 4.30 Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat I I Stallion H I Peter leaves
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 642 17 FILM GUlOe >>? ODEON-KATONG (*****19) (3.30, 7, 9): THE MUSICAL CHINA CIRCUMSCRIBING DUN HUANG (C) a!r*i?T?npß»T SINGER (C) VENUS (*****97) (1,3.30,7.15,9.30): THE MUSICAL SINGER ORCHARD (*****88) (11, 2.30, 5.30, 8.30): THE KILLING (C) DALIT (*****16) (1.30, 3.30, 7.30. 9 30): AFFE('TIONATKLY FIELDS (E) YOURS (C) Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 18 18 2nd WEEK Y A f\l? (*****80) 5 shows daily Cll «f /iilEl 11am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.30, 9.00 turn
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    • 130 18 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOdOOOOOOOOOOOO g PEOPLE'S THEATRE: OPENS TODAY q AYER (*****72) DAILY 4 SHOWS: 1.30, 3.45, 7.00 9.15 pm q o A NEW COMEDY FROM TH E DIRECTOR O g AND STAR WHO BROUGHT YOU "KT g O Micki was the only woman he ever wanted to marry. q Until he met
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 320 18 ■HI FAMILIAR FAVOURITES CONCERT THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Familiar Favourites Concert tomorrow will feature Lim Yau as its conductor and Gary Gardner and Kenneth Olson as its soloists. Included in the programme are Rossini's Barber of Seville Overture, Mozart's Concerto for Horn and Orchestra No 3 in Eb K 447,
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    • 310 18 A textile store on Serangoon Road part of the audio visual show at the National Museum Art Gallery OUR HISTORICAL SITES brings Ryan O' Neal back on the THE third and fourth shows in the screen as Oliver. Now in his middle series of Our Historical Sites will fea- age,
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 700 19 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR XI I iGISUfO COmiCS THURSDAY, may 2,1985 Lm\J ——————————1 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook BEHAVE **>0 vr< IT T~7\ INVESTIGATED WAte/ u)fc u»«p WTo /WE AMtEADtf HAP AW f geAHV? I Of IM6TAI44Hfr A f AU. Of THE EffKlWf £*sTf* Of I WHERE? J WVAtf OWArtV I AVAU-A&UE,
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  • 480 20  -  By MICHAEL CARLTON LAT-WP [GUADELOUPE, French West Indies: THIS is the age of cruise ship hype. With so many new ships bumping the waves of the Carib bean and the Mexican Riviera, and sailing the warmth of the Mediterranean and the
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  • 716 20 LAT-WP THE Sea Goddess is very much for the independent traveller, the person who may even be somewhat anti-cruise, the voyager who appreciates great luxury and demands individuality. Until the Sea Goddess began to cruise the Mediterranean and the
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 115 20 '?<n<i o4<fo«KUfa Tel: *****88 i HONEYMOON IN I HONOLULU I J, SID 1998 I 6 days at Sheraton I Princess Kaiulani, American I breakfasts, dinner, city I tour, transfers and lei I greeting on arrival. I EXOTIC I PATTAYA jm I SID 735.00 V I 5 days at the deluxe
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  • 451 21 msm&mmmmi L !.i ...v i- ■•*■.«»/#><* i/wuinMnrv Gfrmtmm ALLIANCE Francaise De Singapour, the French Cultural Centre of Singapore, was established here in 1949. A non-profit educational organisation, it is managed by a locally-elect-ed committe. Although affiliated to its headquaters in Paris, it operates
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  • 71 21 ALLIANCE Francaise is now conducting placement tests for its new students who have studied French before. The test is to assess the student's exact knowledge of the language. It consists of a written test and interview with Alliance's Linguistic Counsellor. The Counsellor will
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 146 21 We suit your pace and budget. OUR COURSES: 1) C A G 747' $120/- Ist month 2 FREE computer package training courses incorporated 2) Basic Coboi Programming 3) Wordstar. Obaae B other package training courses. ADAMS COMPUTER COMMERCIAL SCHOOL #05-22/23/24, Peninsula Plaza ITI, North Bridge Road Singapore 0617 TEL; 339
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    • 62 21 Are you aspiring to executive level but having problems in Business English? We are giving a free talk on how to upgrade your communication skills. The lecturer is a top British professional. So remove the obstacles to your career progress by coming along this Sunday, sth May '85. Time 11.30
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    • 249 21 THIS is the Personal Advancement market place where various courses for those seeking such information will be listed. Call DORIS LIAW for information and ad placement at *****90 ext 21. Survival in the 'Bffs is on everyone's mind and creative decisions, and learn stress today. Are you constantly trying to
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 366 22 Classified Ads Tel: 273 9090 Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: W«r4a 035 (tMi par word 0.55 ccnU p»r word Display $7 70 p*r col. cm 110.00 per col. cm Bnaiaaas Hra Mon-Frl, 9am-Spm Sal. 9am- Ipm ACCOUNTING A 1 ACCOUNTING 280 7777/ *****57. DOWELL MANAGEMENT 296 6861. FOR
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    • 401 22 FURNITURE/ RESTORATION/ REUPHOLSTERY ANNE FOO Sofa Centre 255 7280 A SPECIALIST IN upholstery custom-made sofa. Accept trade-in. reasonable price 748 7240 (day) 448 8443 (night) GROOMING Beauty Aids BA FACIAL FOR Gents 339 3311/2. MADAME IKI'S Oriental facial for problem skin 748 5016 BEAUTIFY YOUR SKIN with plant/ herbs skin
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    • 274 22 Property For Sale KATONG, SINGLE STOREY bungalow over 8000 sq.ft. Well-taken care with mature garden and fruit trees Near schools, markets, easy shopping and transport Furnished, airconds. heaters etc. $888,000 ono Tel *****1, Tan. Looking to salt? Look to Monitor's classified Call 273*0*0 today THE MEETING PLACE WELL EDUCATED GENTLEMAN,
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    • 319 23 ROMANIA 0 ENGLAND O Reuter BUCHAREST, Thursday ENGLAND fought a desperate rear{;uard action to hold out for a goaless draw against Romania yesterday, picking up a priceless point which should see them qualify for the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico. England were under pressure for
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    • 815 23 RACE 1 1.45 CI 3 Div 5 1200 m 1 Taiwan 57 Sairi 9 2 Fu Lu Shou 56'/? Marzuki 1 3 Elite Squad 56 Hefeman 4 4 Crown Counsel 55V? Johnston 12 5 Rio Blanco 55V* M Rahman 13 6 Brave Performance 54V? Lam 10 7 Reputation
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    • 481 24 Reuter GROUP ONE W BRUSSELS, Belgium beat Poland 2-0 (halttima 10). Scorers: Erwin Vandanbargh (30th min), Frank Varea utaran (53rd). Attandanca 48,310. Remaining match: May 19 Greece v Poland. May 30 Albania v Poland, Sept 11 Poland v Belgium. To be arranged: Albania v Greece. GROUP THREE
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    • 417 24 N IRELAND 2 TURKEY O Reuter BELFAST, Thursday MANCHESTER UNITED striker Norman Whiteside kept NORTHERN IRELAND firmly in the hunt for 3 place in next year's World Cup finals in* Mexico last night when he scored both goals in his side's 2-0
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    • 378 24 IRELAND O NORWAY O DUBLIN, Thursday IRELAND'S attempts to rekindle their World Cup ambitions failed dismally last night when they were held to a goalless draw at home by NORWAY in a European Group Six qualifying tie. Heavy rain before
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    • 201 24 Reuter ROTTERDAM, Thursday THE NETHERLANDS' hopes of reaching the 1986 World Cup finals dipped last night when they could only draw 1-1 with AUSTRIA in their Group Five soccer tie. A 60th-minute equaliser by Austrian striker Walter Scahchner denied the Dutch, world Cup runners-up in
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    • 147 24 Reuter LUXEMBOURG, Thursday A GOAL by striker Fadily Vokri two minutes from the end saved Yugoslavia from an embarrassing goalless draw against Luxembourg in their World Cud Group Four soccer tie yesterday. vokri's late winner put the Yugoslavs temporarily at least on top of the section
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    • 153 24 Reuter BRUSSELS, Thursday BELGIUM laid to rest the memory of their last World Cup meeting with POLAND when they beat their visitors 2-0 last night in a vital qualifying match. The Belgians avenged the 3-0 defeat handed out by the Poles in their encounter
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    • 484 25 AP LONDON, Thursday WITH ALL-conquering Everton looking certain to win the English soccer league championsnip, attention focuses Saturday on the race for places in next season's European competitions and the scramble for First Division survival. But both issues are being so hotly contested
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    • 193 25 P W 0 L F A Pit Evert on 35 24 6 5 80 36 78 Man United 38 19 10 9 70 41 67 Tottenham 37 19 8 10 67 42 65 SheffWed 38 16 14 8 55 39 62 Arsenal 39 18 8 13 57
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    • 80 25 Tennis player Chris Evert Lloyd (above) proudly displaying her award which was presented to her on Tnesday. It was given to her for being the "Greatest American Woman Athlete of the Last 25 Years" daring ceremonies in Beverly Hills. The awnrd was sponsored by the Woman's Sports
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    • 303 25  -  By B KULA HOCKEY international Tan Sek Yong has won his battle against fitness. Sek Yong, who only a few weeks ago, was told by team manager Anil Subramaniam to improve on his fitness, has now not only gained near 100% fitness, but
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    • 877 25  -  But results for quarterfinal places produce no upsets By JEREMY YEO for The Monitor THREE QUARTERFINAL berths were keenly contested at yesterday's fourth round matches of the Ascot 10th Singapore Closed Squash Championships at Kallang, though the results were very much as expected. The first
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    • 141 25 Reuter LAS VEGAS, Thursday TOP-SEEDED Jimmy Connors and secondseeded Kevin Curren were upset yesterday in the first round of the U*****,000 (*****,000) men's tennis tournament here. Connors, who has not suffered a first-round loss since 1981 in Montreal, fell
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    • 612 26 SPORTS CHATTER THE JOURNEY from Singapore to Trengganu turned out to be quite a tiring one, though the two flights needed to reach there took barely two hours. The Singapore team had to wait at Subang Airport for 90 minutes to get a
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    • 548 26  -  By S GULAM in KUALA TRENGGANU IT WAS raining cats and dogs just before the Singapore team was due to leave for a work-out at the Sultan Nasiruddin Shah Stadium here. It was their fourth attempt to get to the stadium for a
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    • 319 26  -  By S GULAM TRENGGANU are counting on two Singaporeans in their bid to beat the Republic in tonight's Malaysia Cup quarter-final match in Kuala Trengganu. The two players are not members of the Singapore team, but are former Singapore internationals. They are Ahmad Paijan
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    • 154 26 SINGAPORE: Drew with Brunei .0-0, bt Sabah 1-0, bt Perlis 5-0, lost to FT 0-1, bt Perak 4-1, bt Kelantan 2-0, bt Selangor 1-0, bt Trengganu 2-0, bt Pahang 2-1, bt Negri 1-0, bt Forces 2-0, bt Sarawak 2-0, lost to Johor 1 -3, bt Kedah
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    • 72 26 Reuter MILAN, Thursday INTER MILAN confirmed yesterday that they would appeal against a European Football Union (UEFA) decision not to order a replay of their UEFA CUP semifinal second-leg tie against Real Madrid. UEFA's disciplinary commission rejected Inter's re3uest for a replay because there was
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    • 184 27 SOFIA, Thursday EUROPEAN champions France face a severe test of their durability and confidence when they meet a Bulgarian team intent on revenge in a World Cup qualifying match tonight Bulgaria, who have not lost to France in Sofia since 1932, felt
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    • 29 27 WORLD CUP '86 FRANCE Bats, Ayache, Specht, Bossis, Amoros, Fernandez, Tigana, Toure, Platini, Stopyra, Bellone. BULGARIA Mikhailov, Kiev, Arabov, Petrov, Dimitrov, Zdravkov, Gochev, Gotev, Sirakov, Sirakov, Velichkov.
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    • 48 27 P W D L F A Pti Franc* 4 3 1 0 7 0 7 Yugoslavia 4 2 2 0 4 2 6 Bulgaria 4 2 115 15 East Germany 4 1 0 3 7 6 2 Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 0 14 0
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    • 281 27  -  SCHOOLS C DIV BOYS UNDER-14 BADMINTON FINAL By ERNEST FRIDA CHARACTER, guts and determination saw ANGLOCHINESE SCHOOL win the C Division National Schools Badminton Team Championship for Boys Under-14 for the third time in a row when they beat RAFFLES INSTITUTION by four matches to one at
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    • 116 27 Boys: (ACS players first) Sadhigue Allaudin beat Tang Wei Li 15-0, 15-4 Ivan Cai lost to King Yee Leng 15-7, 15-4 Rudy Shahan beat Jimmy Sim 15-3, 15-8. Abdul Razak and Tan Chee Siong beat Azahri and Lim Soon Hwee 15-10, 15-6. Low Han Tzen and
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    • 100 27 Reuter GLASGOW, Thursday ABERDEEN clinched the Scottish Premier League soccer championship last night when Glasgow Celtic's faint mathematical hopes of overhauling tnem disappeared in a 1-1 home draw against bitter rivals Rangers. The latest edition of the oldest club fixture in world football was an ill-tempered affair
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