Singapore Monitor, 10 May 1985, Afternoon Edition

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    • 404 2  -  By CATHERINE ONG THE GOVERNMENT has announced two more incentives to promote Singapore as a loan syndication and fund management centre. Income earned from syndicated loans and other credit facilities will not be taxable for another five years, from 1988 to 1993 Non-residents
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    • 404 2 SINGAPORE'S economic growth will edge nearer to the 5 per cent end of the 5 to 7 per cent targetted range by the Government, according to Mr C N Watson, chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and
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    • 143 2  -  By SURESH NAIR TWO National Cadet Corps (NCC) officers who have served the movement for more than two decades are among 118 full-time and part-time volunteers from local secondary schools who will be decorated with special medallions by the Education Ministry tomorrow. Major Heng
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    • 79 2 ON PAGE 3 of The Singapore Monitor, evening edition, of May 8, 1985, under the heading "Woman faces 446 charges of cheating her company", we stated that a managing partner of a Japanese electrical company allegedly cheated the firm of about $355,000. In fact the accused, Goh
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    • 130 3 TWO THAIS were charged in a subordinate court today with allegedly cheating a man of $5,000. They allegedly deceived him into believing that the money paid was for four pieces of gold bars when they were in fact, fakes. Rimbud Sae Joo, 55,
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    • 291 3  -  By MICHAEL LIEW TWO DIRECTORS of a Singapore piling company, were charged this morning with four counts of allegedly giving $3,400 as a reward to two officials of the Housing and Development Board (HDB), for showing favour to their company. Goh Chong Ying,
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    • 186 3  -  By JOSEPH LEE COLOUR printing costs in SingaKore can be 15 to 30 per cent igher than in Germany, Italy and otner European countries depending on the size and content, according to Mr Hubert Schaafsma a British publisher. In a Press conference today at
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    • 85 3 LEARNING of the third kind not of extraterrestrials but that of hands-on experience is in store for the young. Dr Tay Eng Soon, Minister of State (Education, Communications and Information) this morning commended the Singapore Science Centre for the establishment of tne Discovery Centre, which
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    • 54 3 THE REGISTRATION exercise for admission into Primary One and Pre-Primary classes will begin in July. At a Press briefing this morning, the Education Minister, Dr Tony Tan, said that the new registration guidelines would be fashioned after the 1982 guidelines which he described as the
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    • 531 4  -  It will erase doubt that prizes have been awarded By CHEE LI CHOO COMPANIES which run contests and lucky draws should advertise the results not just advise the winners by post, says the Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case). This would prevent any doubt about
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    • 449 4  -  By MICHAEL LIEW SOME aspiring actors and actresses may have made a mistake this week. They may have paid $20 each to sign up with a model agency, thinking it would get them a part as an extra in the movie Passion Flower, to be
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 118 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS A HOTEL has put on a free shuttle service to bring customers to its tables. About 10 people took the air-conditioned buses to lunch at the Cairnhill Hotel yesterday, the third day of the new service. Between noon and 2.30 pm,
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      • 132 4 IN ALL his career, Mr Justice Wahab Ghows had never met a communication problem quite like the one he struck on Monday. Not only were the contending parties a divorcing couple deaf-mute, but Die sign language expert called in to help was also deaL So the
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      • 98 4 A SINGAPOREAN, who is believed to have run out of money during his stay in Thailand, was found dead in a Chiangmai hotel on May 1. Thai police said the 32-year-old Singaporean, whose body was found in a hotel room, did not have any money to
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      • 96 4 GENERAL Electric (USA) retrenched 950 workers in Singapore this morning. About 420 were Singaporeans. The rest were work permit holders. The retrenchment brings to 1,400 the number of workers laid off this year by the company, which is Singapore's biggest private employer. A spokesman falling demand" for
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      • 133 4 A MAN who did not heed the conditions of sale at a public auction found himself with defective goods he could not return. Mr Chan Eng Kwee, bought 27 watches, two cameras and a projector for $1,520. Of these, three watches and two cameras were defective.
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    • 193 3 She's given you a lifetime of tender, loving devotion. How do you even begin to thank her? It would be nice to express your appreciation for her ever so often. Especially 0n... Wf Mothers Day, May 12. At The Mandarin, we offer four ways to show your gratitude. On our
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    • 218 4 VITAL TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS PUBLICLY: SEE EDITORIAL ON PAGE IS Get Ahead Of The Rest! Alan International Hairdressing Schools offer the most comprehensive hairdressing courses for 1985. Incorporating avant garde trends and techniques in hairdressing, these courses are specifically formulated to teach hairdressing to its highest m <*> standards. So
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    • 452 6 UPI LISBON, Friday PRESIDENT Reagan yesterday hailed Portugal's fledgling democracy as an example for other nations, but for the second time in two days, part of his audience walked out in protest of his policies. Mr Reagan, on a two-day state visit that will wrap
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    • 212 6 UPI LOS ANGELES, Friday A 14-YEAR-OLD boy has pleaded guilty to helping his mother strangle their landlady, chop the body into pieces and package the cooked flesh for poor transients to find and eat, a prosecutor said yesterday. The boy
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    • 177 6 AP BEIRUT, Friday CHRISTIAN militia leaders, bowing to Syrian pressure, yesterday elected a new militia chieftain, Elie Hobeika, who Israelis sav masterminded a 1982 massacre of Palestinians at refugee camps in Lebanon. The move by leaders of the "Lebanese Forces" coalition of Christian militias displaced
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    • 358 8 Reuter NEW DELHI, Friday RELATIONS between India and Sri Lanka were further strained yesterday by the arrest of an Indian journalist in Colombo. An Indian External Affairs spokesman told reporters India's High Commissioner in Colombo, who was due to leave his post yesterday, had been
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    • 64 8 Reuter BRISBANE, Fri AUSTRALIANS will soon be tucking into crocodile meat under a plan for the commercial harvesting of the reptile in Queensland, a State Minister said yesterday. The meat, sold frozen, would be from the tails of reptiles bred at a farm in the far north
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    • 216 8 Reuter JOHANNESBURG, Fri SOUTH African police yesterday reported the death of a second Black man following police detention last weekend A spokesman in Pretoria said 20-year-old Sipho Motsi, a student organiser, died in hospital on Sunday after being arrested on charges of
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    • 64 8 KEVIN Darcey (left) and Joe Nelson (right) stand with a cardboard likeness of President Ronald Reagan along Pennsylvania Avenue on Wednesday. The two entrepreneurs and a third, John Lane (not in picture) are the owners of a company, called Innovative Ideas Inc, which offers tourists a chance to
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    • 278 8 Reuter BEIJING, Friday VIETNAMESE troops in company strength attacked the border of China's Yunnan province on three consecutive days this month but were repulsed, Chinese Central Television News said yesterday. The station said the Vietnamese forces attacked the Laoshan area of Yunnan on May 5,
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    • 131 10 PRISONERS were seen standing on the roof of Bois d'Arcy jail (above) west of Paris, during the rioting which erupted on Tuesday after the suicide of a prisoner. Unrest spread to two more French jails yesterday and riot police moved into Fresnes Prison where prisoners
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    • 106 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Fri THE ASSOCIATION of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has offered Papua New Guinea (PNG) participation in three of its committees, Foreign Affairs Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said yesterday. The committees are the committee on food, agriculture and forestry, committee on
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    • 366 10 Reuter LONDON, Fri AN ACCOUNT of drunkenness and low morale in Britain's scandal-pla-gued security services was presented to Parliament yesterday by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Releasing an official report into events leading up to the jailing last year on spying charges
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    • 101 10 Agencies USTER (Switzerland), Friday AT LEAST 13 people were killed and five injured yesterday when the roof of a public indoor swimming pool collapsed, police said. Zurich state police spokesman Robert Leiser, describing the scene as "catastrophic," said tne building was crowaed at the
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    • PEOPLE WATCH
      • 81 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS FORMER Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka (above), who suffered a stroke two months ago, is at home but seems to be in poor health, the Kyodo news service quoted two visitors as saying yesterday. Rumours that Mr Tanaka, the
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      • 85 10 THE VATICAN has ordered Brazil's controversial liberation theologian, Father Leonardo Boff, to maintain a period of silence in which he is not to write or discuss his work, the Vatican said yesterday. A Vatican statement did not say how long the period would last, but
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      • 105 10 DR HAING S NGOR (above) has not been sitting back reading potential scripts and living a Hollywood lifestyle since winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in "The Killing The day after the ceremony, Dr Ngor, who played the part of Dith Pran, the
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      • 91 10 ACTOR Edmond O'Brien, who starred in the original film of '1984" and won an Oscar as a Hollywood Press agent in "The Barefoot Contessa," died at a sanitorium after a lone bout with Alzheimer's Disease, a spokesman said yesterday. He was 69. O'Brien won the academy
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      • 107 10 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is back home resting in Rumson, New Jersey, having played to combined audiences of more than 300,000 in Australia and Japan. Springsteen, whose "Born in the USA" recently became the bestselling LP in Columbia Records history, plaved 16 sola-out shows. While
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    • 202 9 Showflats are certainly impressive to i°°k a toda v we will no J ust try MWBg\ to impress you. We invite you to /^Wm at the actual condition of our F m bare units. Nothing will be hidden >/ from you to enable you to be selective. The choice is
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    • 64 10 FATTY HOE RESTAURANT 158. Upper East Coast Road (Opposite BP Petrol Kiosk) TEL: *****83/*****88 re ik iKZ-fa 10 PERSONS PER TABLE $80/ONLY WITH 10 DISHES 1. Fatty's Cold-dish 2. Shark's Fin 3. Fatty's Fried Chicken 4. Cuttle-fish braised wrapped in paper 5. Steamed Duck 6. Oyster in Spring Onion 7.
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  • money
    • 748 11  -  By JANICE LIM AT LEAST one feedmill company is tapping new markets and new businesses to offset losses in revenue from pig feed. Gold Coin, one of four major publicly listed feedmills in Singapore, has ventured into the China
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    • 90 11 LIM KAH NGAM Ltd announced its substantial shareholders as at March 30, 1985, as follows: Lim Kah Ngam (Investment) Pte Ltd, 44.5 million shares (44.26 per cent); Mr Lim Kah Ngam, who has a deemed interest in his wife, Sim Hui Khim's shares of 3.4
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    • 197 12 H HMLLSTREET fl STOCK PRICES closed sharply higher yesterday as investors reacted to optimism about lower interest rates. It was the strongest advance in more than two weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 10.49 points to close at 1260 27. Volume on
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    • 44 12 The OUB Composite Share Price index closed at 405 83 up 3.55 points from the previous day's close of 402.28. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted index was up 0.3197 point to 133.0956 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 132 7759
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    • 233 12 THE US dollar ruled narrowly mixed against most currencies around New York levels in very quiet early trading with operators reluctant to take fresh positions ahead of the weekend. Dealers said uncertainty over the dollar's short term directions and its recent wild fluctuations kept most participants on
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    • 512 12  -  By P T BANGSBERG IN HONG KONG Special To The Monitor TWO senior officials have firmly denied published reports of a rift within the Hong Kong government over banking reforms. "How can there be, when we are carrying on a debate with the
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    • 262 12 THE LOCAL bourse opened steady this morning with prices surging after the first half hour of trading to close firm at lunch break. There were only five losers Faber Merlin loans, TL Bank, High and Low, Bousteadco, all down one
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    • 249 12 Seta .e<4 stocks at midday Marke. tone: Firm Boustead 1.64/1.65 Cold Storage 2.43/2.46 F N 5.00/5.05 Genting 5.85/5.90 GIH 1.86/1.87 Haw Par 2.12/2.13 Keck Seng 2.19/2.20 Esso 2.61/2.64 Inchcape 2.36/2.40 Keppel 1.61/1.63 Magnum 3.48/3.50 M Cement 1.258 MTC 3.64/3.66 NBT Susp Pan Elec 2.62/2.63 Perlis 3.30/3.32 Roths (M) 3.16/3.22
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    • 78 12 HAW PAR expects to better its results through its best-known products the Tiger Brand and Kwan Loong line of balms and oils. According to the company's annual report, Tiger Balm has been repackaged so it can be packed by machines for an anticipated
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    • 103 12 Your S$ to one unit of foreign currency Selling Buying TT/DD TT DD US$ 2.2315 2.2215 2.2125 sterling 2.7308 2.7087 2.6987 Australian 1.5539 1.5298 1.5148 Canadian 1.6238 1.6037 1.5937 New Zealand 1.0208 1.0008 0.9758 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit US* 2.23 2.21 NZf 1.05 0.98 sterling 2.75 2.65
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    • 121 11 Irene Francipß^Hl^SSA m J v Alcove Lounge. While away the to truly national performances by Silk featuring Irene Francis and Mr 1 Accomplished performers, their repertoire of popular hits, j j jazz and ballads are a musical treat. Mr Mrs They'll sing for you, joke and laugh with you for
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    • ANSWER BOX
      • 226 13 THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUERIES Q: PLEASE tell me bow many glasses of water should a person drink in a day? Does drinking water in excess of the recommended number of glasses cause one to put on weight? For those who
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      • 95 13 Q: IS THERE any treatment for "sweaty" palms? I have this problem and it gets worse when the weather is hot. A: SWEATY palms are usually associated with overactivity of the parasympathetic nervous system (one of the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system). In most
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      • 176 13 Q: I HAD a swollen testis two years ago. Recently, I sought treatment at the specialist outpatient clinic at Alexandra Hospital. The doctor said one of my testes was damaged, that there would be a very high tendency of low sperm count and that he could not
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      • 292 13 Q: RECENTLY, 1 discovered that my hair was turning brownish in colour and lots of it had developed split ends. Please let me know if it is necessary to cut away the split ends as I am very unwilling to do it. Many of may friends
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      • 58 13 Is something troubling you? Do 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
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      • 124 13 Q: MY Indonesian maid recently heard that Indonesia is recalling all its old passports and issuing new ones to replace them. Is this true? If so, when and where can she have her passport changed? How long does this take and how much does this
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      • 63 13 Q: I AM very keen to take up a professional hair styling course. Can you recommend a good school? A: YOU can Took in the telephone directory for the addresses and telephone numbers of hairdressing schools. Find out the details of the courses and consider
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    • 201 13 Residents' Slogan Competition THE Residents' Slogan Competition is one of many activities organised to celebrate HDB's 25th Anniversary. It is organised for HDB estate residents to join in the celebration through their participation in the competition. Through this residents can share their ideas on what
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    • 125 13 AS A parent of a young child, you know how frustrating a lack of verbal communication can be. Bui do not be discouraged by paying close attention to your child's movements, you can pick up several non-verbal clues to their feelings. Here are a few ways children
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    • 175 13 THE Kim Seng Community Centre Management Committee, Kim Seng Community Centre Youth Group and the Bukit Ho Swee Community Centre Youth Group are organising a Kim Seng Constituency Mass Jog on May 26 to promote an awareness of physical fitness and provide an opportunity
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    • 125 13 "O| 11 May 1985 See the most exciting fashion range of working clothes at t Fern Tree Cafe on Saturday 11 May 1985 I Fern Tree Cafe offers the finest international buffet in IL—JB town with a delectable spread of soups, salads, appetizers, •'"r I "1 meats am! desserts V
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  • 768 14  -  features By MARK FINEMAN Knight-Ridder Newspapers NEW DELHI: The prominent Indian legislator was only half-joking in a recent debate in the nation's Parliament when he summed up the sorry state of India's vast rail- way system. "A day will come," Mr Basudev
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    • 233 14 MAKING TRACKS: India's rail system V/y*"" NETWORK: 63,280 kiloCTQT SIZE: 10,211 locomotives and 573,000 cars, the WWT world s second largest after the Soviet Union UIISIkI PASSENGER CAPACITY: 9 million passengers ride DAILY LOAD: Average of 11,630 separate trains: 6,500 of them are passenger trains. NOW! Top of the range
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  • opinion/letters
    • 443 15 THE SINGAPORE I monitor HH A CHANCE to win a dream house, or a Mercedes car or a trip for two to Disneyland in the United States is an invitation few people can resist. The odds may be long but there is always the hope
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    • 193 15  -  fm i A V REPLIES TAN HENG HUAY Executive Asst Secretary (Public Relations) Housing and Development Board I REFER to the letter from "Appalled Resident" (SM, March 20) regarding living conditions near the Circuit Road Hawker Centre. According to the report
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    • 250 15 I REFER to the recent Press repor.t that the poor have benefited from the Government's high-growth policy and are not being left behind. But what about the old and unwanted unwanted by society, by employers and, perhaps, even by their own families?
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    • 108 15  -  JEANNE TAY (MISS) PRO, Singapore Broadcasting Corporation PLEASE refer to the letter from L K L (SM, April 26) requesting the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation to televise the Peranakan play, "Buang Keroh Pungot Jernish." We did not record the full length of the
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    • 72 15 LETTERS on any subject of public interest will be accepted for publication. They should be typed and must be signed They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym m print. A contact telephone number would be useful We reserve the
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    • 619 16 Silk and Irene Francis DANCE music played by musicians familiar to those in touch with the local music scene is what you get at the Alcove Lounge, Boulevard Hotel You hear a Manhattan medley (especially Unchained Melody), a Stevie Wonder medley, reggae and rock n' roll. Silk is
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    • 179 16 IT IS time for bands to start beefing up their acts if they want to compete in the Battle of the Bands contest. The first of its kind here, the contest aims to coax unknown talents into the limelight and to give new bands some
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    • 976 16 AROUND THE HOTELS Apollo: Gina Ler and Scorpio and Cambodia alternate on the stage of the lon Bar. It's pop and rock music all the way. Renovations at the bar have been postponed by another month or two. Asia: Bells and Pages, a Filipino band, entertain with
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    • 468 16  -  PAT D'ROSE THE people shouted for an epcore, clapped their hands, banged the tables, knocked glasses and shouted again. Nothing happened, so they waited. No one moved from his table for 10 minutes after Eartha Kitt and her musicians left the stage at last night
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    • 437 16  -  By WONG SING YEONG THE sentimental love songs of Taiwanese crooner Fei Yuqing will once again fill the Golden world Live Theatre, from tonight till Sunday. This is his fourth engagement at the East Coast theatre and the season will probably be extended. His fans never
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    • 498 18 Friday Night Movie Shooting Stari (Ch 5, 10.15 pm) ON their television series, actors Hawke and O'Keefe, as private eyes, are able to solve a case within an hour. When they are fired from their series, they decide to go into private practice. Playing
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    • 563 18  -  By LEE MARGULIES Hollywood LAT-WP BILLY DEE WILLIAMS, who comes on tonight over Channel 5 in the television movie, Shooting Stars, and whose miniseries, Chiefs, begins its run here on Monday, dislikes being labelled. That is why he looks for film and TV roles that
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    • Running series
      • 49 18 Family Hour Oshin (Ch 8, 7.05 pm) BUSINESS is extremely good when Axin lowers the prices of her fish. On learning that Axin is managing well, Hao encourages her to set up a fish shop and reconcile with her husband, Long san. Tanaka Yuko as Axin
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      • 48 18 The Unyielding Butterflies (Ch 8, 9.30 pm) WHEN confronted by Dilei, Zhenzhu and Ma deny that they were responsible for hurting Yuanjun. To raise money for her sister's plastic surgery. Xuejun resorts to working in a nightclub as a cloak attendant Liang Lifen as Zhenzhu
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    • 473 19  -  TITLE: TURK 182 STARRING: Timothy Hutton, Robert Urich, Kim Cattrall DIRECTOR: Bob Clark SHOWING: Cathay Reviewed by WONG AH YOKE THE name Timothy Hutton is a guarantee of quality and in his latest film, he does not fail to live up to
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    • 427 20  -  PAT D'ROSE AN Inspector Calls demands a lot from the actors. It is leaden with dialogue and if the players cannot inject enough emotion into their lines, the entire essence of this whodunnit mystery will be lost. The two-hour long play deals with
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1448 17 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR I A leisure/tv friday, may 10, ims i u 2.25 SBCTEXT Live Sample Pages. success but lacks confidence. 2.55 Opening and Programme High- Although his fiancee tries to offer Mt JWr&v ft JttjM A *> lights followed by The Passen him comfort, he refuses to accept M
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    • 217 18 Meals at Cafe De Grand are twice as good. Enjoy a select choice of Western and Chinese cuisine or ask for your local favourites at Cafe De Grand. You'll love our delicious food and our surprisingly low prices. Come to Caf6 De Grand today. And relax in the cool, quiet
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 140 20 ASCENDANCY SINGAPORE FILM SOCIETY will screen Edward Bennett's Ascendancy at the Goethe Institut, Singapore Shopping Centre today, at 6.30 pm and 9 pm. Set in the Twenties in Ireland, the film centres on the life of a young woman who is obsessed with the memory of her brother, who was
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    • 122 20 I J I I y Water Margin by Larry Lee Teck Suan on display at Lone Pine Gallery PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BY DICK caise De Singapour, 4 Draycott Park, BIXBY until May 19, 9 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to THE prints and drawings of Dick P m
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    • 112 20 mmmrnß LYDIA ARTYMIW AMERICAN pianist, tydia Artymiw, will be featured as the soloist in Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Second Series Concerts today and tomorrow at 8.15 pm at the Victoria Concert Hall. The programme includes Glinka's Russian and Ludmilla Overture, Chopin's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1 in E minor
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  • FOR THE HOME
    • 529 21  -  by SA'AT ABDUL RAHMAN TELEVISION sets are perhaps the most mismatched and outof-place items in the decor of many homes. There are several reasons for TV sets sticking out like sore thumbs. First, TV sets don't usually come in colours
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    • 134 21 "FOR THE HOME" is our weekly section which deals with everything you require under one roof furnishing, services, appliances and information. It appears every Friday. Read it and act while the information is still fresh in your mind. After learning how to carry out a home improvement
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    • 311 22 Incentive scheme can give you savings of up to 15 per cent COMMITMENT to the productivity movement has allowed a local renovation company to gives its customers more value for money. The Renovation Division of Tiong Lee Seng Pte Ltd can give some customers savings of
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    • 379 22 NAKAMICHI has just introduced the OMS-7 and the OMS-5, compact disc players designed to give better sound reproduction. While most other players employ filters that cause increased phase shift at high frequencies, erratic group delay and "ringing" on music transients, these
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    • 61 22 M|"T GUARANTEED V\\ Exquisite Workmanship of Hong Kong Skilled Workers Completion Date Guaranteed By Contract S^eC a^'Se rer^° Ua^° n W r^S flots ing: kitchen cabinets, Complete on time Satisfaction Guaranteed Exquisita 3JB TIONO LEE SENO PTE LTD Showroom: 122, Middle Rd #01-03/05 Midlink Plaza, Spore 0718 S *****13 (4
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    • 187 22 Wallcoverings V V MADE IN ENGLAND Available from i 3 Leading Interior Decorators Renovation Contractors you covered We are the roofing and re-roofing specialists. We supply and install French Romane clay roof tiles Japanese glazed/'unglazed clay roof tiles Concrete roof tiles So if you ve got a roof, we'll get
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 757 23 leisure comics TT FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook ft'tK* rs»e. j xttp -rais m up X v- —4] OWTifA* WORK, Birr Y 6»dH« tftAT eXPfcßltrtdUG- K J*** Tr IM WORRIED A6®oT Trtfc €»PfchlDlN(r T«o tMQi—I OF MO.. J f HfR Ml PoßHAfcbfcP I effCCT IT* HAVING- I fi/*\* AT TWfc >1
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 549 24 Classified Ads Tel: 273 9090 Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: Wm4i 0.35 cinli par word 0.55 ccnu p«r word Display $7.70 par col. cm $10.00 par col. cm Boaioaaa Hra Mon-Frl. 9am-Spm Sal, 9am-lpm 1 ACCOUNTING A 1 ACCOUNTING 280 7777/ *****57. DOWELL MANAGEMENT 296 6861. FOR RELIABLE
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    • 267 24 Situations Vacant »v I (SERANG0ON GARDEN) I 5 Maju Avenue I MANAGEMENT TRAINEE(S) J We are looking (or 'O' Level graduates who have a recently completed N.S. to join us as Management Trainees. The job is exacting and requires the person to take over the running of a complete shift
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    • 172 24 Situations Vacant ix FANCY DRESS COSTUME JOLLY JOKER 467 3915 FISHING FISH ft FISH 295 1575 OVERNIGHT WEEKEND Fishing 734 3260, Roy. PULAU TIOMAN Trip 563 5077 FISHING AND Diving unlimited at Tioman/ Aur/ Pemanggil 368 3785 FOOD CORNER CATERERS Caterers INDONESIAN BUFFET 440 3255 MEMORY CATERER 481 9428 MRS.
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    • 290 24 Eating Spots 1 MEMORY CAFETERIAKALLANG Pudding Road *****38. 10 course Chinese dinner at $180 nett Minimum 4 tables Free parking Also cater for buffet, Wedding, Receptions, etc. Entertainment tNT EAST COAST MUSIC Studio. We supply pop groups, dance band, lounge band, male/ female vocalist. Studio for band rehearsals and rental
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    • 234 24 At Your Service rs ALFRED'S LEATHER Centre Leather handbags repairs 737 8604 PROVIDING TRANSPORT AND Forwarding services for shipment between Singapore and Pulau Batam. Call: 779 3386 Telex R*****5. METHOD DEBT Collection 732 2259 GOLD-PLATING. WE polish and gold-plate your old jewellery, belts, buckles, watches, pens, spectacles, medals etc Call
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    • 275 24 Computer Products/ Services CPS $29 for PC/XT joystick card $1,450 for PC/XT model J/CPU. shipment today S 1,550 tor PC/XT model I. shipment tomorrow SI.MO lor PC/XT model H, shipment Sunday with extra gitl $1,750 for PC/XT model Q. shipment Monday Special Discount upon personal discussion according to your choice
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 339 25 classified 273-9090 Office Services 05 PRINT AS YOU Wait. Instant printing services for letterheads, invoices etc. on A-size paper at $20 per ream. #05-04 Fook Hai Building or phone 532 2238 YEN LEE Typewriter Repairer *****11/ *****11. Packers Movers^ SCANFREIGHT 221 6970/ 220 2659 WINLAND FORWARDER 291 4217/8. HOUSE REMOVAL/
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    • 437 25 PEN PALS CHONQ KUAN Sang. Marriage-Aid Bureau, 298 7174. Reg no. *****3/OOW DATA SAMPLING SERVICES search for your ideal partner 1. Colombo Court, #06-03, Spore 0617. Reg: *****0/ 008. ARE YOU FEELING lonely, bored or having no time to get friends? Please call personally at: Choo Huay Friendship Agency. Unit:
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    • 452 25 THE MEETING PLACE PLEASANT BUSINESSMAN, age 35. likes to meet career ladies. Reply with contact no to: Sembawang P.O Box 24, Singapore 9175. A CHINESE EXECUTIVE wishes to seek female friends aged 25 and above. Please reply with contact number and. if possible, a returnable photograph to: SM. Box 532.
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    • 436 25 NOTICES NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held in the Conference Room, SBS HQ, 205 Braddell Road Singapore 2057 on 1 st June 85 at 11.30 am for the following purposes:1. To receive the Directors' Report
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    • 141 25 I PUBLIC AUCTION BY ORDER OF THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER MOHAN'S DEPARTMENTAL STORE PTE LTD The entire stock and inventory to be auctioned in the following categories^ Pens Cigarette Lighters Cameras. Binoculars. Projectors Accessories Ladies Gents Watches Jewelleries (Rings. Pendants. Bracelets. Diamonds, etc.) Cosmetics Toiletries Textiles (Suitings. Silk Materials, etc.) Leather
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 380 26 classified 273-9090 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF AGRI CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT A SUPPLIES PTE LTD (Formerly known as Ltdona Building Supplies Pte.Ltd.) (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) (In Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the
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    • 430 26 Tenders are invited for the H I ELECTRICAL I INSTALLATION WORKS FOR THE PROPOSED ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO EXISTING GEYLANG SERAI VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE Tender No VITB/GSVI/22/85 I I Tender Deposit $300 00 H Showround Date :14 May 1985 at H H 0930 hours I Meeting Place Canteen, Geylang a Serai
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    • 416 26 NOTICES Tenders are invited for the supply, H delivery, installation and commissioning H of the following 1. EQUIPMENT FOR I HAIRDRESSING TRAINING STUDIOS I (movable pedestal hair I dryer,stationary pedestal hair I dryer with bench, sterilising I cabinets, etc.) I Tender No VITB/KKVI/20/85 I Tender Deposit $300 00 Closing Date
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    • 570 26 ®PWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from CIDB Registered Contractors for the following:(A) PWD/COS/CADD/T/5/8S Nominated SubContract for Supply and Installation of a Lift and Dump Waiter for Hon Sui San Memorial Library at Kant Ridge Drive (B) PWD/CQS/CADD/T/6/85 Nominated SubContract for Supply, Installation A Commissioning of Airconditiomng and Mechanical Ventilation
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  • sports
    • 741 27 RACE 1 1.30 CI 3 Div 1 1600 m 1 Tunku's Bliss 57 Hefeman 4 2 Charisma 111 56 M C Liew 8 3 Semar 55V? Foo 5 4 James Brigand 55 K W Tan 2 5 Kabhi Kabhie 54ft M Rahman 1 6 Kim Pao Tan 54ft
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    • 64 27 JAPANESE champion Jiro Watanabe, right, connects with a left uppercut as Dominican challenger Julio Soto Solano misses with his left. The exchange took place in the final round of their World Boxing Council junior bantamweight championship bout in Tokyo last night. Watanabe, making his secind defence of
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    • 149 28 TOTTENHAM Hotspurs are all set to launch a fresh bid to bring Scottish internationals Willie Miller and Alex Mcleish to England this June. Tottenham boss Peter Shreeves, like his predecessor Keith Burkinshaw, sees the Aberdeen duo as the ideal defensive partnership. Until injuries to Gary
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    • 384 28 EVERTON'S superstar goalkeeper Neville Southall has no excuse for being late for training he has more than 30 clocks in his Woolton home! Whenever he goes away with Everton or Wales, Neville always brings a clock back as a present for his wife,
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    • 58 28 LIVERPOOL are stepping up their search for an understudy to goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar now that Bob Bolder has made it clear he'll be moving on in the summer. One young keeper to catch Joe Fagan's fancy is Mansfield's Kevin Hancock, who has one of the
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    • 858 28 Says Gunners' captain DAVID O'LEARY will only leave his beloved Arsenal when the management have no further use of his talents. He wants to remain with the First Division club for the rest of his playing days. "I want to play football until I'm 35 and
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    • 158 28 ENGLAND manager Bobby Robson will have to wait at least 18 months to get his hands on Aston Villa's promising young full-back Tony Dorigo. Villa has asked the Home Office to treat Dorgio's application for British citizenship as a special case, but have been told
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    • 293 29  -  Decision to award free-kick in last minutes of play irks team By S GULAM REFEREE Johnny Han almost got himself caught in the middle of a controversy by awarding a rather dubious last-minute indirect free-kick to TAMPINES ROVERS in last night's National Football League Division One
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    • 82 29 PWDL F APts Poke* 7 6 1 0 13 5 19 FP United 7 4 0 3 14 8 12 Armed Forces 6 4 0 2 12 7 12 Tempevet 73 *****110 TkmgBahni 6 2 3 1 11 S 9 Sooth Avenue 7 2 3 ***** 9 Toe
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    • 977 29  - Friendship and cooperation the key to success in local athletics FjRIDVfj a... w(tH Maurice Nicholas IN ATHLETICS, as in any sport, there are ups and downs. Where Singapore is concerned, we reached our peak in 1973-74. That was the period when our runners created an impact on the Asian stage
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    • 626 29 SPORTS CHATTER COMPILED BY THE SPORTS DESK THE PRICE of being a squash celebrity can be an expensive affair, as Zainal Abidin (above) has found out, again. Just yesterday, a conman used his name to persuade the booking office girl at the Kallang Squash
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    • 104 30 AP ATLANTIC CITY, Fri JESSIE FERGUSON outpointed Buster Douglas to post a 10-round majority decision in a heavyweight bout last night. Ferguson, who weighs 95.7 kgs, utilised an edge in quickness to score numerous body shots during the middle rounds. He controlled the bout until the final
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    • 71 30 AP DETROIT, Fri FORMER world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks continued his comeback bid last night, winning a unanimous decision over Tom "Ruffhouse" Fischer in a 10round cruiserweight bout. Spinks has a 3-0 record since beginning a comeback after a 22-month layoff. Fischer's record is 3310.
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    • 177 30 Lianhe Zaobao CHINA has picked Han Jian, Zhao Jianhua, Yang Yang and Yang Qianli to spearhead their men's singles assault on the World Badminton Championships in Canada, scheduled for June 10 to 16. In the women's singles, China will be fielding Han
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    • 261 30 AP MONTHEY (Switzerland), Friday ALLESSANDRO Paganessi of Italy took the second leg of the Tour de Romandie road cycling race yesterday, outsprinting Juerg Muller of Switzerland, but Muller took the overall lead. Paganessi cycled an average speed of 36.6 kph
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    • 378 30 Reuter NEW YORK, Fri FAVOURITES John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl toyed with their third-round opponents but former French Open champion Yannick Noah was beaten by American veteran Terry Moor yesterday in the U*****,000 (Ssl 38 million) Tournament of Champions at Forest Hills. Noah,
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    • 52 30 Terry Moor bt Yannick Noah 4-6,6-3,6-4, John McEnroe bt Martin Jaite 6-2, 6-1, Ivan Lendl bt Victor Pecci 6-2,6-1, Claudio Panatta bt David Pate 6-7, 6-1, 6-3. Aaron Krickstein bt Marty Davis 2-6, 7-6, 6-0, Lawson Duncan bt Guillermo Rivas 63, 6-4, Brad Gilbert bt Peter Doohan
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    • WORLD FRONT
      • 65 30 A QUICK UPDATE AROUND THE WORLD A SPRAINED ankle yesterday forced Hector "Macho" Camacho to pull out of a scheduled title bout in New York with World Boxing Council lightweight champion Jose Luis Ramirez of Mexico The 12-round bout was to have been held on a
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      • 72 30 Mac O'GRADY birdied eight holes, setting a course-record eight-under-par 63 for the firstround lead in the US$5OO,OOO (551.125 million) Byron Nelson Golf Classic in Texas. O'Grady finished with a flourish, running in birdie putts of seven metres and 5 metres at the last two holes. However,
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      • 55 30 THE International Soccer Federation (Fifa) announced in Zurich it will impose severe penalties on national associations that try to violate age limits in youth tournaments. Guilty officials will be suspended for life and the respective national associations for two years from all Fifa activities including the Olympics,
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      • 61 30 A RECORD purse of U553,073,500 (556.91 million) will be offered at this year's US Open tennis championships, it was announced by Randy Gregson, president of the US Tennis Association. Both the men's and women's singles champions will receive U*****,500. compared with US$l6O,OOO last year when
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 533 27 classified 273-9090 TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for:SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF INDUSTRIAL GAS FOR THE PERIOD 1 JUL 85 TO 30 JUN 80 Cost of Documents: Ss3o/- Closing Date 28 May 85 Eligibility to tender Open to all contractors with relevant experience. All tenderers are required to pay a tender
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    • 486 27 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Tian Aik Tern of No. Apt Blk 34 Whampoa West #05-49 Singapore 1233, have applied for a First Class Beer House licence in respect of premises at M/s Ming Huat Eating House Blk 445, Tampines St 42 #01-14 Singapore 1852, and that this
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 372 31 HOOLIGANISM IN BRITISH SOCCER IPS In the light of recent outbreaks of soccer violence in Britain, the FA Cup tie between Millwall and Luton in particular, British PM Margaret Thatcher announced several measures to curb hooliganism. A popular British soccer magazine feels that the
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    • 168 31 WORLD CUP *86 Reuter BUENOS AIRES, Friday ARGENTINA was denied its first victory of the year last night when Paraguay held the exworld champions to a 1-1 draw in a friendly international. Diego Maradona celebrated his return to the Argentine team as captain by scoring a
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    • 148 31 THIS is what British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher demanded after the sickening night of violence at the Luton-Millwall game: INSTALL more effective perimeter fencing around pitches. SPEED-UP the introduction of closedcircuit television to identify defenders. INVESTIGATE the introduction of identity cards for fans, and report back to the
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    • 207 31 ROTTERDAM, Friday TIGHT security will be in force in Rotterdam next Wednesday to combat any trouble among soccer fans arriving for the European Cup Winners' Cup final between Everton and Rapid Vi- enna. All police leave has been cancelled and 1,200 men, including 70
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