Singapore Monitor, 14 May 1985

Microfilm: NL15055
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      Divorces tip the list of cases handled by Legal Aid Bureau
      367 2  -  CALVIN TAN DIVORCES top the list of cases for which the help of the Legal Aid Bureau was sought last year. Nearly a third 3,290 of the 10,004 applications were for divorce. Another 1,293 persons needed advice in making
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      Why opening of hotel delayed
      283 2  -  By NO MIHG MING THE LACK OF A management team has delayed the opening of Columbus Hotel in Bras Basah Road, according to the developers. The hotel was due to open this year, but the date has been moved to mid-1986. Negotiations for a management
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      The pool that never was...
      398 2  -  STORY AND PICTURES: CHEW YEN FOOK IT WAS dry for 35 years. Then it served as a netball court for nearly two decades. Four years ago, an expressway from Kepnel Road to Cnangi Road was built over it. Thus, runs the history of the 50metre
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      CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATION
      48 2 ON PAGE 6 of last Friday's afternoon edition of The Singapore Monitor, under the heading "Poser over name of MRT station," we described Mr Tan Soo Khoon as the MP for Queenstown. In fact, he is MP for Alexandra. We are sorry for the error.
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      They dared to be different
      500 3  -  Book honours the deeds of brave Singaporeans SINGAPORE'S HEROES... By PHILIP LIM LIM CHIN TIONG was IS when he saved his father from drowning. Now 20, and doing his national service, he is still haunted by the accident which claimed the lives of his mother
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      The brave barber
      63 3 MR PALANI was cutting a customer's hair when heard shouts of "fire, fire." He rushed out of his shop and saw smoke curling from a flat above his shop. He dashed up the stairs to help, tie found a four-year-old boy alone in the flat and quickly
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      An unusual scout
      59 3 MR ALAN HO was an active scout when he was in school. But an accident later left him wheelchairbound. He was disheartened at first. But his friends encouraged him to continue with his scouting activities. Alan decided to try ana even went on to become a scout
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      Lock icon ALL EXCITED OVER THEIR $13,000 'TOY'
      306 4  -  Nan Hua pupils to get obstacle course that combines fun and physical education Story by SEAH MEI KIANG PUPILS of Nan Hua Primary School have a new toy but unlike most toys, it will soon be transformed into the real thing. The "toy" is
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      17 women selected for SAF-Poly scheme
      277 4  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO A SCHEME by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Singapore Polytechnic to get GCE "O" Tevel schoolleavers to enrol for four new diploma courses starting next month has drawn more than 1,000 applicants. Seventeen women are among the 222 school-leavers
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      Reservists on the name 'reservists'
      493 5  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO CALLING reservists something else would be unlikely to change the public's view of them. The answer to ignorance about the reservists' role in Singapore's defence is education. These were the views expressed by four reservists interviewed yesterday about a defence ministry survey
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      Motoring enthusiasts give feedback on policies to Dr Tan
      341 5  -  By LEE CHIU SAN DR ADRIAN Tan Cheng Bock, got a good idea of what motorists thought of the Government's latest transport policies yesterday evening. The Member of Parliament for Ayer Rajah and chairman of the Feedback Unit, was guest of
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      PA issues stamps to celebrate its 25th anniversary
      153 5  -  By CHEE LI CHOO A SET of commemorative stamps to be issued on July 1 is one of the projects to celebrate the People's Association's 25th anniversary. The stamps, valued at 10 cents, 35 cents, 50 cents and 75 cents or $2
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      Shop without having to leave your home
      522 6  -  Proposed Teleview system will be made available to all YONG POW ANG YOU will be able to read an hour-by-hour account of a big fire on television screen and get your groceries without going to the shopping centre. You can send messages, even
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      Cheaper than SBCText decoder
      69 6 A PERSON with a standard television set who wants to receive SBCText must pay $300 to $400 for a decoding device. This underlines the cheapness of the proposed videotex adaptor (coating less than $200), which will give the viewer access to a much more sophisticated system.
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      Development charges: Govt has final say
      183 6  -  By OEI SIN GIOK THE GOVERNMENT which yesterday cut development charges by 20 per cent is keeping the final say in disputes over such fees. Developers had asked for the introduction of an appeal board to handle disputes between them and the Ministry of
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      Ministry stops work at site after death fall
      212 6 By CAROLYN LEE THE LABOUR Ministry has imposed a stop-work order on the site at Pulau Seraya where two workers fell 110 metres to their deaths. A spokesman from the ministry said the men fell last Tuesday while installing a steel support
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      185 3 Asparagus especially for you. W^WWM The noble asparagus is now at the point of perfection. Snap-fresh, delicately firm and tasty, air-flown from the markets .jW jJr Jj/p of the world direct to the Brasserie La Rotonde. m Choose from the bountiful selection of tender tempters displayed .JJF on the gaily
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      225 5 -^«^B^^BHff\\ Mae Ondana y from a power-packed voice. jfl^ m John Yeo »^H| Your K^^L singer too, in English X Mandarin. Uk Ju«a v I J yj Liza Tao on the Singapore c scene, thjftflSiwanese songbird will fMtder popular songs in A realistic and moving look at showbiz! EHKanfl Mandarin
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      119 6 fvftgft g SPECIALISTS g RESTAURANT g #03-38, Specialist Shopping Centre (Hotel Phoenix) Orchard Road Our Specialities: 1% Traditional Cantonese S Cuisine Live seafood EconomicaKMslw S Business Hours: JSJ 11,30 am 2.30pm Kj 6.00pm 10.30pm i7\ lQ We alto cater for Woddbif Dinners (from S W $190 onwarda), BlrtMayPartiet and g
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      Lock icon Bomb blasts: Sikh lawyer arrested
      369 7 We'll fight militants with non-violence, says Rajiv Agencies NEW DELHI, Tutsday INDIAN Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi yesterday blamed a few Sikhs for weekend bomb explosions that killed at least 85 people, and said his Government would battle militants "not with bullets, but with non-violence." "A
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      Lock icon 'Hussein to announce Amman-Palestinian link'
      303 7 Reuter TUNIS, Tuesday KING HUSSEIN of Jordan Is ready to declare a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation whose Government would negotiate an Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territory.a top Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) official said yesterday. Salah Khalaf. also known as Abu Iyad, second only to PLO leader
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      Lock icon Old folk used as guinea pigs without consent
      488 8 UPI WASHINGTON, Tuesday MANY elderly nursing home patients nave been unknowingly used as human guinea pigs for medical experiments, according to a senior citizens' group which yesterday appealed for Immediate Federal action. The National Council of Senior Citizens, relying on internal Food
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      Lock icon Son Sann visits Beijing before meeting Sihanouk
      121 8 AP BEIJING, Tuesday THE VICE-PRESIDENT and Premier of Cambodia's anti-Vietnamese rebel coalition conferred yesterday with senior Chinese leaders in a previously unannounced visit to Beijing. Their arrival followed coalition President Norodom Sihanouk's assertion last month that he would like to resign, in what
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      Lock icon Insult starts violent row at Falklands lunch for Andrew
      187 8 Reuter PORT STANLEY, Tuesday A VIOLENT, glass-smashing row broke out yesterday at a lunch for Britain's Prince Andrew to mark the opening of the Falkland Islands' new airport. The squabble flared when Labour parliamentarian George Foulkes, a member of the British
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        Giscard sues Bekassa
        77 8 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS FORMER French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing is going to court to halt the publication of memoirs by the deposed Central African emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa (above). Giscard's lawyer, Herve Cren, said he was taking legal action against the book "Ma Verite" because
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        All that jazz...in China
        102 8 Mixing Tbelonious Monk with Debussy, Italian pianist Giorgio Gaslini has become the first jazz soloist to play by official invitation in China. "I was invited by the Chinese Ministry of Culture to play the first Jan concerts here," said the Milanese composer. "I know Chinese culture,
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        Stevie's 'no' to apartheid
        96 8 ENTERTAINER Stevie Wonder (above) yesterday sang a new song, "The Bell for Freedom", at the United Nations and later disclosed he had just written another titled "Apartheid is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong." He was being honoured on his 35th birthday at a special meeting of the UN
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        Rod Stewart arrested
        89 8 BRITISH rock star Rod Stewart was arrested in Los Angeles on drunk driving charges, but was later freed on a US$l,OOO (5|2,240) bond, police said yesterday. A California Highway Patrol spokesman said Stewart, 40, was stopped early on Monday morning in west Hollywood by two officers who
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        The Boss ties the knot
        103 8 ROCK superstar Bruce Springsteen slipped briefly into a church here this morning to marry Julianne Phillips, a 25-year-old Oregon model he met backstage at one of his concerts. Springsteen's engagement to Miss Phillips became known only last week and the wedding date was never announced.
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      Lock icon Assassins hit Ugandan govt office
      223 9 UPI KAMPALA, Tuesday ASSASSINS attacked the Interior Ministry with automatic weapons and hand grenades yesterday but were driven off by police in a 20-minute battle that left at least eight people seriously wounded. Police said Interior Minister John Luwuliza Kirunda general secretary of the ruling
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      Lock icon Bid by Italian communists for local vote appears to have flopped
      236 9 Reuter ROME, Tims A BID by Italy's powerful opposition Communist Party to outpoll the dominant Christian Democrats in local elections and seek a role in the national government appeared to nave failed yesterday, according to computer forecasts. A prediction
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      Lock icon Britain's wealthy face massive Insurance claims
      293 9 Reuter LONDON, Tims HUNDREDS of Britain's wealthiest people were told today that they could face a collective bill of more than £130 million (5f352 million) to meet claims against five Lloyd's of London insurance syndicates of which they are members. The Duchess of Kent,
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      Lock icon Emission from boy's eye found to be cotton thread
      123 9 Lianhe Zaobao IPOH, Tuesday THE COLOURED thread-like substance that was being emitted from the right eye of 10-year-old S Sivalingam (left) has been tested and found to be exactly what it had looked like cotton thread. But how the thread had
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      Lock icon 'N-bomb likely to be used within 15 years'
      207 9 Reuter WASHINGTON, Tuesday A US physicist who helped build the atomic bombs that devastated Japan said yesterday a nuclear weapon was likely to be used again within 15 years. Dr Bernard Feld, a member of the Los Alamos team that built the
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      59 7 Another Health from I^H health products VjrH It certainly has many of the important health-promoting ingredients all 32 of them including GINSENG, BEE POLLEN, VITAMINS AND MINERALS, AMINO N ACIDS, RUTIN, LECITHIN, LINOLEIC ACID, WHEAT 5 GERM OIL and Pare-aminobenzoic acid put into a J> hermetically sealed capsule by MODERN
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      60 8 Business HourtT t 10.30 am to 12.00 mid-night HAWAII HEALTH CENTRE #03 14/18. HIRAMA HOTEL SHOPPING CENTRE. 10. EH TONG SEN STREET, SINGAPORE 010S Tel: *****66, *****88 Ext: 3333 EXCELSIOR HEALTH CENTRE 5. COLEMAN STREET, #034)9, EXCELSIOR HOTEL, SINGAPORE 0617. Tel: *****06, *****33. Ext: 1873. J Ira tlttlll VFn fL^Xi
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      31 9 UM*i fe> ,-^MI efi A Anchor Draft available here |m| Resident uMeitftn > jj|L S»NCAPO« 'MJUifm M <(r I*l. KilchcMr Road, Singapore OUO "W: 29)0122. > 4b. ft ''•'•< #«>'«• < < <>'4 't ll.f 1 I
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      Eighty asked to help chart our economy
      1052 10  -  By CATHERINE ONG NEARLY SO Singaporeans and expatriates nave been invited to sit on eight subcommittees to review key sectors of the Singapore economy and examine macro issues facing the industries. Each sub-committee will have between eight and 10 members, Briga-dier-General (Reservist) Lee
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      THE SUB-COMMITTEES
      73 10 NAME OF CHAIRMAN/ SUB-COMMITTEE COORDINATORS Manufacturing Mr Koh Boon Hwee Mr Nelson Britl Mr Ang Kong Hua Mr C N Watson International Trade Mr S Chandra Das Banking and Financial Services Mr Allan Ng Mr Focfc Siew Wah Services Mr 1 F Tang Local Businesses Mr Lim Kee
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      Forty telecoms experts to meet here
      159 10 SOME 40 experts from all over the world will gather at the Hyatt Regency Hotel from today until Saturday to discuss state-of-art technology in telecommunications. Called Asia Telecom 85, the exhibition and forum is jointly organised by the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore and the
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      Modest advance after sharp gains last week
      197 11 HHLLSTOEET WALL STREET stocks advanced modestly yesterday, with analysts suggesting the unimpressive performance was another indication of slowing economic growth and of profittaking after last week's sharp gains. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 3.32 to close at 1277.50. Volume on the New
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      Lock icon Dollar and Gold
      222 11 AP FRESH worries about the soundness of the US financial system contributed to a broad decline by the dollar yesterday and helped fuel a rally that propelled the price of gold to its biggest daily gain in nearly two months. Both currency and bullion analysts said the
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      Lien, Wee and Dresdner boss leave DBS Bank
      267 11 THREE directors of DBS Bank, including its deputy chairman, have left the group. Mr Lien Ying Chow, chairman and managing director of Overseas Union Bank, retired on May 7 as deputy chairman of DBS Bank without seeking re-election. Mr Wee Cho Yaw,
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      Council rules on Grand Utd's cash offer for Sigma Metal
      244 11 THE SECURITIES Industry Council ruled yesterday that Grand United Holding Bhd's cash offer for the remaining shares in Sigma Metal would have to be unconditional. The council said it had found that the aggregate shareholdings of Grand United and the
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      Teck Puat now eyeing Hongkong Land: Reports
      307 11  -  By PT BANGSBERG in HONG KONG, Special to Tho Singapore Monitor SINGAPORE entrepreneur Khoo Teck Puat, thwarted in his bid for the Wheelock Marden group, seems to have turned his attention to the mightiest "hong" of them all. Reports swept the stock exchange
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      308 10 happens to aB of us. We find ourselves unable to qpeek stimulate their genuine interest, whether speaking to one up when we realty need to. And we don't always know penon or to a crowd. why. But whatever the reason,we need not just accept it- not whsn it can keep
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      Thanks to a helpful official
      168 12  -  C H TAY C H LIM Singapore 1955 WE WISH to thank the most courteous officer that we ever came across in the HDB office. Recently, one of us (Tay) sold his flat to the othef- (Lim). We went to the Toa Payoh Area Office
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      One must not expect policemen to patrol every nook and corner
      408 12 I AM flabbergasted at the suggestions of Wee Kian Seng (SM, May 7). He alleged that "at times police patrol cars arrived late at the scene of crime resulting in criminals getting away with their crimes." He should and
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    Macao has charms for both gamblers and romantics alike
    939 12  -  features By JOSEPH A REAVES Chicago Tribunt MACAO: The little man at the roulette table could have been the reincarnation of Peter Lorre. He had the same round belly, the same nervous, darting eyes, the same clammy beads of sweat on
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      Stopping the unscrupulous traders
      450 13 SoroSI P^^M AN OPEN and free economy was the making of Singapore. Sir Stamford Raffles realised in 1819 how the island's position and its harbour made it a natural location for a thriving go-be-tween market place. With careful and firm planning by the colonial masters and
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      Ticket inspector should have been more polite
      310 13  -  REPLIES JOSEPHINE ONG (Miss) Public Relations Officer Singapore Bus Service I REFER to the letters headlined 'Tourist was shouted at by SBS inspector" (SM, April 12) and ,r SBS driver s unfeeling actions are appalling" (SM, April 24), complaining against a ticket inspector
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      SBC show on fashion designer
      92 13  -  JEANNE TAY (Miss) Public Relations Officer Singapore Broadcasting Corporation I REFER to the letter from "Fashion Buff" requesting the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBQ to show the works of internationally renowned designers (SM* May 9). The writer will be happy to not that SBC will show
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      Maximum fine imposed for an oversight
      182 13 ON ONE of those rare occasions when my wife drove to town, she parked in Cuppage Centre. Forgetting that the parking charges had been doubled, she displayed two 60-cent coupons with their times separated by a one-hour interval. This admittedly was an error on
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      Let's have more fast-action films
      107 13  -  ROSLAN JUMARI Singapore 2056 THE CINEMA is today one of the most popular places of entertainment. May I thank the Cathay Film Organisation for showing fast-action films, such as Missing in Action, The Killing Fields, Double Trouble, Terminator, etc. I hope it will continue to
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      Lock icon Knitty gritty
      266 14  -  Lean lines are in the limelight again Clothes: Exclusivites de France (23 Lorong Mambong) Co-ordination: Inez Wei IT'S time to take leave of clothes that are three sizes too large. Yes, the back-to-the-body feeling is everywhere again, particularly in dresses. The shape to watch for is small, narrow
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      Revived Apollo draws such stars as Hall and Oates
      532 14  -  By FRANK SPOTNITZ in New York A TELEVISION special showcasing the glittering talent that has made the Apollo Theatre famous is the christening of an ambitious project to restore the Harlem landmark to its former glory. New York State was given
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      Lock icon Pfeiffer in a fluster
      436 14  -  Meeting Bowie unsettles Grease II star By LAN LYNESS OPA MICHELLE PFEIFFER was scared when she encountered rock superstar David Bowie and it had nothing to do with the knife he was holding at her throat. In fact, Pfeiffer took Bowie's menacing behaviour in her stride
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      Young Zorro dons his father's mask
      317 16 Zorro and Son (Dabut) (Ch 5, 5.20 pm) AS be ages, the legendary Zorro loses the agility needed to continue with His charitable activities. His student son is summoned from Spain to succeed his father as an avenging angel for the poor Mexican peasants.
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        Xuejun becomes a model
        70 16 The Unyielding Butterflies (C) (English subtitles) (Ch 8, 10.25 pm) XUEJUN agrees to appear in a commercial advertising Ziyang's products. As she needs the money to pay for Yuanjun's medical expenses, Xuejun also agrees to model swim wear for Ziyang's friend. Ziming tells Yuanjun that her
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        General meets a robber
        68 16 Oh Oku (C) (English subtitlaa) (Ch 8, 11.15 pm) ON a riding expedition, General Yosnimune meets Fumi and her daughter, Nobu. Impressed by her riding skills, he pays her a visit and«js introduced to Sazo, an expert in tapioca fanning. Yoshimune decides to Elant tapioca in
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        Edmund falls for Mary
        75 16 Drama on 12 Mansfield Park (Ch 12, 8.15 pm) MRS GRANT is hopeful that the country air will cure Henry and Mary Crawford of their worldly ways. Edmund, obviously taken with Mary, excuses her inde- corous conversation with Fanny on the grounds that she was brought
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      Lock icon Orson Welles confirms his popularity in new series
      643 16  -  TV SCENE By VERNON SCOTT in Hollywood UPI ORSON WELLES maintained his legendary status in the minds of most adult Americans by flattening opposing shows in his new television series. It was not as if the one-time boy genius of movies, such
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      No lack of thrills in Night Caller
      386 17  -  One of the best New Wave films FILM: NIGHT CALLER STARRING: Pat Hsia, Terry Hu t Philip Chan, Melvin Wong DIRECTOR: Philip Chan SHOWING: Dalit, Liwagu, Empress, Mandarin, Toa Payoh, Jubilee, Hollywood, Metropole and Plaza Reviewed by WONG SING YEONG TERRY HU, who
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      36 14 12-01, Basement, Tanglin Shopping Centre. Tanglin Road, Singapore 1024. Tel: *****63 our specialities:Tjf Uve Seafood Steamboat Chinese Westom Cuisine i 0 Course Dinner from $168 (10 peaoro) Good tervlce, air-conditioned and no parking problem. ixaitmt M*somanwca
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      1367 15 2.2S BBCTEXT Live Sample Page*. JHI "jdMUTf^^E^S^B 2.SS Opening and Programme Highlights <»« and Sambal Goreng Kretek. m i»» Wg; j| tt jflH 3^ES fo Mowed by The Struggle (C) (r) 6.45 Charlie Brown Special Someday (English aubtltlee). You'N Find Har, Charlie Brown (Car--4.30 Naadaga Arangam Thaai Manam toon). (English
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      177 15 <&JC Noon Newsdesk 12.30 Shakespeare and Music 12.45 Financial News 12.55 Reflections 1.00 World News 1.00 Twen-ty-four Hours: News Sumnary 1.30 New Ideas 1.40 Book Choice 1.45 The World Today 2.00 Newsdesk 2.30 Counterpoint 3.00 World News 3.09 Twenty-four Hours: News Summary 3.30 Computer World 3.45 Network UK 4.00 World
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      165 16 fCHINA From THAILAND From MALAYSIA From •9D China Highlights $1690 «n uk t .D (t 'Penang Hotel Packages Orchard Sun 14D Taste of China $2680 58D Bangkok Pattaya Chicngmai $735 Bayview ancl t«, O Hotels $295 14D SmhK nf Thin £1250 5D Bangkok Hua Hin $735 'Gentmg Highlands $99 •14D
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      60 17 OPENS THURSDAYI I MELMJPSDE DOWN At midnight on Now Vtoark Ev tha t-t. ffawMon Jwaa struck by •90 foot tkM wave and capaizod II aw wot* sm j KRETft AVER PEOPLE'S THEATRE NEXT CHANGEI A THRILLER SET AGAINST THE MOBSTERS OF THE UNDERWORLD THE GREAT ATONEMENT I THE DAY THE
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      660 17 FILM GUIDE t journalist Sydney Schanberg and his inter- Starring: ClUf Gorman, Susan Tyrell preter and friend, Dith Pran. Synopsis: A schoolgirl works as a prostitute DALIT (*****16) (1.30, 3.30, 7.30, 9.30): A dcaai nin a ris ov thit b y night to support her studies until a payNIGHTMARE ON
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      547 18 I m Wj/\ PRINTS AND DRAWI -JTTk r J INQS BY DICK BIXBY I J *****0 i THE prints and drawings I of Dick Bixby will be on I i lUJiiMDSlflmPat the Arbour I vII I Fine Art, 34 Lorong flj (T) 8281 7K Mambong, Holland VillT^ 1 MBilP I
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      70 18 SINQA THE December 1984 issue (Number 9) of SINGA is now on sale. Published bi-annually by the Ministry of Community Development, the present issue features a collection of poems and short stories by local writers including prize-winning entries in the English Section of the 1983 Annual Short-Story Writing Competiton such
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      453 19 leisure comics fit***#, stejfcsifc ARIES March 21 lo April 20 81lA w Strive to be a self-starter This September 23 to October 22 could be your power day. The ready for change, travel, lunar and numerical cycles variety, and special informahighlight achievement, pres- tion concerning legal rights tige, money, and
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      170 19 FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook Y uNP*ft£TArtt> TW* rr onttft* A Vm/no ZhuhTX x" Go*PVt*R,V«u HAVi lb A fMNtf 6YsTi#? tTSAKg "H> X 60 NWM R>R K**> Houl |T -tMIMKtf/ y cotlfriDft oHIV oMf THIN*- I N IHf SURVIVAL (V yAT A Ti**/TttßT* WUTMAKf* J f Of Tkfc sP6Ctfs_ 1 —I
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      561 20 Focus is on feminine favourites for this month's photographic promotion theme PRACTICALLY every photographer takes pictures of women. The different ways of photographing women are countless, but all can result in striking and very meaningful photographs. Glamour photos are of course the favourite of many
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      194 20 A SEMINAR on Creative Photography is being organised by the People's Association together with the Joo Chiat Community Centre, and the Photo-Videoagraphic Society of the Nanyang Technological Institute. This seminar will be held at the RELC Auditorium on May 26. The seminar, which will be conducted
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      334 22 classified 273-9090 In tha matter of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 189 and In tha matter of WORLD Mining PRODUCTS PTE. LTD. NOTICE OP SPECIAL RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the Company duly convened and held at 51 Anson Road #02-57 8> 02-59 Anson Centre, Singapore
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      477 22 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Philip Tan Wah Tong of Blk 312 Hougang Avenue 5 #01-197 Singapore 1953, have applied (or a First Class Public House (extended) licence in respect of premises at M/S Time Tunnel Lounge and Disco, 1 Netheravon Road, Basement #81-03, Hotel Meridien Changi, Singapore
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      475 22 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Tun Kwik Sew of No. Blk 740, Bedok Reservoir Road; #01* 3175, Singapore, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop licence in respect of premises at M/s Zheng Yuan Trading Merchant, Blk 740, Bedok Reservoir Road, #01-3175, Singapore 1047, and that this
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      475 22 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Koh Kee San of No. 40 Lucky Heights, Singapore 1646, have applied for a WHOLESALE LIQUOR SHOP LICENCE in respect of premises at M/S Oriental Emporium It Supermarket (P.P) Pte Ltd at 15, Mohd. Sultan Road, Singapore 0923 and that this application will
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      COUNTDOWN...4 WEEKS TO GO
      173 23 Prizes for those who are running WE HOPE you are faithfully S keeping up/ with your running practices f and to spur I you on, we would like to give you a > glimpse of some of the prizes we are giving away. The first three
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      356 23 AEROBICS IS not the sole prerogative of women, the Safra Health and Fitness Club members will tell you as they go through their paces in fighting fit form. These people, who are gearing up for the Puma/Monitor 10 Km Charity Run
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      116 23 STEP ONE: Fill in a copy of the entry form and mail it to the Singapore Cancer So* ciety, Locked Bag Serv ice No. 3, Alexandra Road, Singapore 9115. STEP TWO: You will receive an acknowledgement card. STEP THREE: Sponsorship drive participants,
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      CONFESSIONS OF A SHUTTLES
      1290 24 OEFORE every badminton match, a Cambridge undergraduate would spend time sitting before the model of a court. He would visualise how his opponent would react if be nit the shuttlecork to one part of the court or another. He would ponder over what counter measures he
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      'Sports teaches you how to handle crises'
      476 24 CHONG JIN notes that British bosses are very sportsconscious and like sportsmen in their team. If there is no fault in their academic ability, such sportsmen stand a good chance of getting good 10b opportunities. It is a philosophy which has its rewards,
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      A close shave for SVI
      318 25  -  S'PORE VOCATIONAL 4 BEDOK NORTH SEC 3 rsa^ssg] By K SILVAM SINGAPORE Vocational Institute (SVI) came back from the jaws of defeat to beat Bedok North Secondary School in a close Iv-contested match to take the National Schools soccer Under-17 title at Jalan Besar Stadium,
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      124 25 BOYS' TOWN 1 PAtIR PAN JANG 0 RAVI Indron's 19th minute penalty goal was more tnan enough to give Boys' Town Vocational Institute the Under-20 title in the National Schools Soccer Tournament at Jalan Besar, yesterday. But the Pasir Panjang boys must have gone
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      199 25 ANG MO KIO SEC 1 ST JOSEPH'S 2 A LAST-MINUTE goal by striker Anwar Ersalle gave favourites St Joseph's Institution the Under-14 title in the National Schools Soccer Tournament at Jalan Besar yesterday. The wet pitch failed to stop underdoes Ang Mo Kio
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      Changi back with renewed vigour
      486 26  -  By S GULAM WATCH oat for Changi Constituency Sports Club when thev make their pud return to top flight soccer next year. Relegated last year despite a star-studded line-up, Chang! CSC have brought in more seasoned players this season. Au-yeong Pah Kuan, Lim Tang Boon,
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      The trouble with nurses as golf partners is...
      404 26 SPORTS CMTIB COMPILED BY THE SPORTS DESK WHILE waiting for his taxi at the Singapore Island Country (Hub's Bukit clubhouse, a professional golfer spoke about the variety of amateurs he had partnered .in the pro-am tournaments around tne world over the past
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      178 24 NOTICE TENDER NOTICE FOR HIRE OF MARINE CONTAINERS Quotations are invited from container leasing companies of international repute for the hire of various types of marine containers. Tender documents will be available from 15th May 1985 at our regional office in Singapore. The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd Sf&attery Road,
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      28 25 YOITRE SO SURE WHO'S GOING TO WIN THE FA CUP FINALS WE'D BET YOU CAN EVEN GUESS THE SCORE. IP< o! irrfa. lib < ~nf'l V-s v J s
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      356 25 Everybody's got their own prediction for the FA Cup finals. Now you can cash in on it with The Singapore Monitor/Anchor Beer 'Guess the Score' contest. Just fill in the form below with your predicted score for each team and send to The Singapore Monitor. Win up to $500 cash,
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      DAUNTING TASK FOR UNDERDOGS
      440 27  -  HUSSEIN ALJUNIED ON OUR PRE-WORLD CUP MATCHES By S GULAM ON THE eve of the departure to Tokyo for the preWorld Cup match against Japan, Singapore coach Hussein Aljunied admitted that his team faces a daunta task in their World Cup "How can I say we'll
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      14 27 JAPAN v S'PORE (Tokyo, May 18) N KOREA v S'PORE (Pyongyang, May 25)
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      321 27 Reuter LONDON, Tuesday UNCAPPED trio Kerry Dixon of Chelsea and Everton's Peter Reid and Paul Bracewell became part of England manager Bobby Robson's World Cup soccer plans yesterday. All three were named in a 22-man squad for next week's Group Three qualifying clash
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      162 27 &ASCOT PRO SQUASH SHOE A. X O A ~-y un P^n.'.i.mi'Ciii.i.iaI I LET THE CELEBRATIONS BEGIN! FOR SOME schoolboys, at least. The National Schools' soccer finals were played yesterday and many players, like the pair above, had cause for Joy. Many others walked off the soccer pitch with heads hung
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