Singapore Monitor, 18 May 1985

Microfilm: NL15055
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    11 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 51/5/85 Saturday, May 18,1985 30c«its
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    Lock icon Three women set to throw a first in karate
    293 1  -  ■y CHEE LI CHOO EVER since the regional tournament began more than a decade ago, the Singapore Shitoryu Karate Association had an unbroken tradition It only despatched its men to the Asian Pacific Union Ka-rate-do Organisation (Apuko) meets whicn began in
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  • Article
    CAR INSURANCE RATES WILL GO UP SOON What car owners' association says about insurance increases
    474 1  -  ■y JOSEPH LEE MOTORISTS will have to brace themselves for another increase in costs soon. A revised motor insurance tariff, which is being worked out by the General Insurance Association of Singapore, may increase insurance
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      52 1 j|H INSIDE: YOUR GUIDE TO THE FA CUP FINAL TV GUIDE: P 14 HIGHLIGHTS: P 15 Monitor living Comics go computer. MH HM Restaurant service goes to the dogs si/7aiFesi; Home of Asia's master mariners New buys will bring the sparkle to Luton ■HHMnAto irmmi Pre- World Cup Soccer: Japan
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    • Article
      Video show will sell the teaching challenge
      656 2  -  ■y SEAH MEI KIANG AN ACUTE shortage'of teachers has prompted the Education Ministry to spend more than $70,000 to boost the image of the teaching profession. The result is a 17-minute video show on the teaching profession. It is aimed at three groups
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      Siew Choh tries to breathe new life into Barisan
      261 2  -  By LOONG SWEE YIN BARISAN Sosialis leader Dr Lee Siew Choh has not retired from politics. Dr Lee had said he would do so shortly after he learnt he had failed to be elected in the December general elections. Instead, in
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    • Article
      Only two out of 195 fail university language test
      193 2  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG ALL BUT two of the 195 undergraduates who sat for the special second language examinations in April passed. The examinations, conducted for the first time by the National University of Singapore, were for students who were given
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      New expressway opens
      123 2 THE NEWLY-COMPLETED Central Expressway from the Pan-Island Expressway to Thomson Road was officially opened today. Mr Lawrence Sia Khoon Seong, MP for Moulmein, performed the opening ceremony at 11.30 am, and the section will be opened to traffic from 1 pm. This section is the extension of
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    • Article
      Bedok residents wait for re-turfing to end
      120 2  -  By PHILIP LIM THE HOUSING and Development Board (HDB) has told its contractor to finish re-turfing work in Bedok North as auickly as possible. This follows complaints from Bedok North residents that there has been an unusu- ally large numbef of flies in
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      Modelling agency raided by police after complaints
      284 3  -  By MICHAEL LIEW POLICE raided an Orchard Road modelling agency yesterday, after complaints that it had induced people to pay a fee for a part in the movie Passion Flower. A Tanglin Police spokesman said some documents application forms, registration books and interview
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    • Article
      Estate duty and its impact on claim
      424 3  -  By SIT YIN FONG IF THE estate of dead medical student Chan Sui Keng succeeds in a $2,257,773 damages claim, a large part of it would go to the government as estate duty, the High Court was told yesterday. "This is an odd
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    • Article
      More talks on voltage surge
      167 3  -  By LEE KIT MUN THE Consumers' Association of Singapore (Case) will have further talks with the Housing and Development Board (HDB) about a voltage surge which hit some Tiong Bahru flats on May 4. Case said this after a meeting yesterday involving the Public Utilities
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      Young trendsetters speak up
      449 4 By PHILIP UM YOUNG SINGAPOREANS were told last night to be original rather than adopt the attitudes and behaviour of others. The message came across from three speakers at a seminar organised by the Singapore Jaycees Merlion Chapter. DON'T FOLLOW blindly, said Georgie Yam, a hairdresser.
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      Thai counsellor complains of illegal parking at Claymore Hill
      262 4  -  By NG MING MING THE BOYAL Thai Embassy's Commercial Counsellor has a problem. For the past vear, he has been plagued with motorists who park their vehicles outside the gates of his home at Claymore Hill. Said Mr Voratep Wongvidtaya: "They
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      Lock icon Beer downs first woman contestant
      196 4  -  By JULIE ANNE SIT CHO LI CHEN last night became the first woman to compete in the Anchor beer-drinking competition and the first woman to be disqualified from it. Miss Cho made a valiant attempt to down her half-yard glass, but left some of the
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      We hope to learn from SIA, says Chinese Vice-Premier
      184 4  -  By TOH SU FEN I in Beijing CHINESE Vice-Premier Tian Ji Yuan has said China would only move forward if its people accepted criticisms from outside the country and work towards improvement. He said this on Thursday when he referred to
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    • Article
      Fewer crimes in first quarter of the year
      228 4  -  By CALVIN TAN THE CRIME level was "encouraging" for the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, police said yesterday. Except for housebreaking, other crimes such as murders, robberies and motor vehicle thefts had registered either a
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      Lock icon Beijing may need to ration its water
      169 6 AP BEIJING, Sat DESPITE a day of heavy rain yesterday, a Beijing official said water supplies may be curtailed in factories and on farms this year because of a worsening drought. "We are prepared for the worst, but we'll do our best not
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      Lock icon S'porean giving false work permits jailed
      272 6 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday AN UNEMPLOYED Singaporean was sentenced to lOVfe years'jail yesterday by the magistrate's court here on three counts of cheating a businessman of a total sum of $17,050. However, Syed Mohamad Syed Hassan, 26, will only serve three-and-a-half years as the
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      Lock icon Granny gets invitation to join the army
      237 6 UPI OAK QROVE (North Carolina) Saturday, LILA HUTSON was ready to tell the US army recruitment staff, "Here I am," after a mail solicitation promised her a free digital watch for becoming a soldier. The only problem is that she is 72 years
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      Lock icon US stops taking in Kampuchean refugees
      182 6 Reuter WASHINGTON, Saturday U.S. OFFICIALS are virtually halting the flow of Kampuchean refugees into the United States, workers for voluntary aid organisations said yesterday. State Department sources confirmed that US officials would stop interviewing Kampuchean refugees in Thailand for resettlement in the United States
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      Spooky play that's jinxed
      158 6 > SATURDAY PEOPLE A VILLAGE production of a spooky play seems to be jinxed. 11l luck has struck many of the actors and actresses and spine-chilling accidents have been reported during the run of The Ghost Train at Holybourne, Hants. Here is a run-down of the
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      Lock icon Fed cuts interest rate to stem sluggish growth
      305 7 Reuter WASHINGTON, Saturday THE Federal Reserve Board yesterday moved to revive a sluggish US economy by cutting its discountlnterest rate from 8 per cent to 7.5 per cent, the lowest level in nearly seven years. The drop in the rate the central
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      Lock icon Rats! Nothing ruffles Volcker
      153 7 AP SEATTLE, Saturday US FEDERAL Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker kept on with his speech about trade policies even though some in his audience screamed and flea because protesters let loose five rats. The rats finally were captured by a man who scooped them up and
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      Lock icon Bodies of missing miners in blast recovered
      142 7 AP TOKYO, Sat THE bodies of the last of the missing miners from yesterday's coal mine explosion in northern Japan were found today, bringing the number of dead to 61, police said. The blast ripped through the Mitsubishi Mining Company's Minami Oh Yubari
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      Lock icon A dash for freedom
      56 7 A MEMBER of the Yuba City Swat Team rescuing a boy who was held hostage with three other children by their father on Thursday. The man had threatened to kill himself and his children. The kids were rescued unharmed after tear gas was fired into the
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      Lock icon Chinese a growing influence in New York
      201 7 Lianhe Wanbao NEW YORK, Saturday THE CHINESE community in New York will produce an influential ethnic political force in 15 years' time when the population there is expected to reach close to a million. The hopes and aspirations of the Chinese depends on
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      11 7 WALL STRUT STOCKS CLOSE HIGHER ON INTEREST RATI EXPECTATIONS! SEE PAQE
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      82 7 fur) wJ Cherry Aid Now Cherry Readywax gives your shoes new life, hides shoe damage and blemishes with a sparkling shine that lasts longer. Cherry is quick, effective and waterproof to protect your shoes in all weather conditions. So if your shoes need first-aid, smoothe on Cherry and in less
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  • money
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      New insurance scheme gets competitors going
      457 8  -  By JOSEPH LEE A CAR-INSURANCE scheme where low-risk motorists are charged lower premium rates is making many insurers sit up. Provincial Insurance company, which started the scheme, has also started a direct-mail campaign in which 6,500 letters were sent to motorists last month. According
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      New firm provides contractors with logistics support
      205 8  -  By KON SOO LEE NIPPON KOKAN KK, better known as NKK, has set up a $6.5-million company in Singapore to support Asean contractors undertaking onshore and offshore projects. NKK is Japan's second largest steelmaker. The new company, said Mr Takeo Ishihara, managing director
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      DBS cuts interest rates by quarter per cent
      226 8 DBS BANK will cut its interest rates across the board by a quarter per cent from Monday. Should the other Big Four banks follow the lead, it would bring the average savings rate to a six-year low. Already, the prime rate of
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      Westpac's profits up 54 pc
      138 8 THE SINGAPORE branch of Westpac Corporation saw a 54 per cent jump in profits in the last six months over the previous corresponding period. This was announced by Westpac Banking Corporation when it released its results for the half year ended Mar 31, 1985. Group
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      Port charges go up in Hong Kong
      406 8  -  By P T BANGSBERG in Hong Kong SWEEPING increases in some 1,000 charges related to maritime activities in Hong Kong were announced yesterday. Despite the fact that some go up by more than 100 per cent, Hong Kong "will remain easily the cheapest
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      Kuwait Investment buys more Cycle shares
      93 9 KUWAIT Investment Office has increased its stake in Cycle Carriage again. It bought 500,000 shares for $1,939,560. With the latest purchase, its stake in Cycle Carriage, rumoured to be a takeover target, rose to 18.9 million shares. This means that it now holds 15.12
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      Local market closes higher on strong buying interest
      402 9 THE LOCAL stock market, continuing last Friday's rally, surged forward on all fronts for the first four days of this week before taking a breather yesterday. Dealers described yesterday's intra-week profit-taking as healthy after four days of straight gains. The Straits Times
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      US dollar volatile in Simex trading
      271 9 TRADING this week on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) recorded an average volume of 2,430 contracts daily. June Deutsche mark opened for the week at 0.3253, but the price was pushed down during the first day of trading because of the strengthening of
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      US utility stocks hit an all-time high
      177 9 HMLLSTREET WALL street scored a strong advance yesterday on continued hopes for lower US interest rates, with utility shares posting a record high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 7.29 to 1285.34, giving the widely watched index a rise of 11.16 for the
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      Lock icon DOLLAR AND GOLD
      105 9 AP THE AMERICAN dollar staged a broad retreat in quiet trading yesterday, giving up early gains. The decline extended in slow after-hours trading after the US Federal Reserve Board announced it had cut its discount rate rate for the first time this year to 7.5 per cent.
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      92 9 I7tfl Get a feel of Body N Soul Fresh from their successful stint in Bahrain, Body n Soul of the Philippines are thrilling audiences every night at The Lounge with their special brand of music. E=£d Their repertoire ranges from Jazz to Entertainment: 1 1 8.00 pm 12.45 am ®PRfNCE
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  • opinion/letters
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      Post Office Savings Bank should tell depositors their draw numbers
      199 10 I REFER to your editorial comment "Vital to announce result publicly" (SM, May 10), which I fully support. Tne Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) has said that it will not be informing depositors of their lucky draw numbers in the
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      Let CPF insurance plan be optional
      314 10 I AM quite disturbed over recent Press reports that the Central Provident Fund Life Insurance Scheme may be introduced in a few months. The introduction of the scheme should not be made compulsory for every CPF account holder. Instead, it should be optional. If
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    World's deposed leaders find a sanctuary in tolerant Cairo
    904 10  -  feature By TIMOTHY J MCNULTY Chicago Tribun* CAIRO: Potentates and ex-kings and would-be assassins, prime ministers and despots, even the odd revolutionary, have all found nomes in Cairo. It is the.exile of choice, the city of lost destinies. Over the fast
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  • opinion/letters
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      Troubled people need help, not ostracism
      563 11 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT PLANS by the Health Ministry to demolish Woodbridge Hospital and replace it with a modern psychiatric .treatment centre are welcome because any ill person, whatever his ailment, is entitled to the best possible care. The new hospital and its modern
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      No necessity to show 'Not For Hire' sign
      111 11  -  PETER BOYD Singapore 1335 WITH the recent increase in taxi fares, I no longer see taxis displaying the sign "Not For Hire," "On Call," or "Changing Shift." Also, there are now more taxis than taxi commuters during peak hours. In the interest
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      Cabbies bad been abusing signs to select fares
      44 11 NOWADAYS, one seldom find taxis displaying the "On Call," "Not For Hire" or "Changing Shift signs." This shows that many taxi drivers had been abusing these signs in the past to choose passengers. CCL Singapore 0105
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      Congestion in Owen Road
      321 11 I HOPE the authorities will take steps to curb illegal parking of lorries and pick-ups on Owen Road. It is a nightmare for the driver of SBS Bus Service 131 to drive along this road every day, as he has to squeeze through this narrow stretch
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  • leisure
    • Saturday snippets
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        Sold: The 1st Proton Saga
        95 12 THE first made-in-Malaysia car, the Proton Saga, has already been sold. However, those anxious to see if it is really painted pink will have to wait until July when the car will be delivered. The long-awaited Proton Saga, over which many jokes have been cracked,
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        Carol sings for Malaysia
        127 12 BESIDES selling cars, our neighbour across the Causeway is also gearing up to play host to The latest effort to make Malaysia a tourist destination is to employ American sing-er-songwriter Carol Connors to write a theme song for the Tourist Development CorK ration. The song, entitled
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        Cassette piracy in China
        86 12 CASSETTE piracy, the bane of all recording artistes, is at work even in China. However, there is a characteristic lack of entrepreneurial motive behind this problem. Hong Kong singers who have recordings there, such as Roman Tam, complain that copies are made from their original productions.
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      TOP OF THE CHARTS
      205 12 THE US top 10 pop tingles, as rated by Cashbox, with last week's placings in brackets: 1. (3) Don't Yon (Forget Abont Me) Simple Minds (A and M). 2. (1) We Are tbe World USA lor AfHcn (Colombia). 3. (2) Craxy for Yon Madonna (Geflen-Warner Bros).
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      Lock icon Marital blitz
      637 12  -  Another Baba comedy from writer of Pileh Menantu By PAT D'ROSE "YOU must let me get married in your next play," a young lady told author Felix Chia. He obliged. "She was disappointed because she never got married in Pileh Menantu. So I thought, why not make my
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      The Mikado to be presented in Chinese
      543 12  -  By WONG SING YEONG THOSE who still cling to the.notion that Singapore is a cultural desert should let it go. The arts is blooming even in a year without an arts festival, to prop things up. A healthy sign is the regular interaction
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      Lock icon Scarecrow charms
      522 12  -  Pat D'Rose "I DON'T consider myself a sex symbol "Marilyn Monroe looked Into the mirror and saw a sex symbol. I look into the mirror and it's just me staring back. I prefer to be a romantic leading man," said Bruce Boxleitner, the 1.88metre, sandy-haired and achingly handsome
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      Shakespeare on the quality of mercy
      418 14 Today's highlights Centrestaae The Merchant of Venice (r) (Ch 12, 8.30 pm) ONE of Shakepeare's most well-known works, this comedv stars Warren Mitchell as Shylock, Gemma Jones as Portia, John Franklyn-Eobbins as Antonio and John Nettles as Bassanio. When Antonio is unable to pay
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      The Ingrid Bergman story
      515 14 Tomorrow's highlights Ingrid (Ch 12, 8 pm) THIS documentary follows the life of Ingrid Bergman, the Swedish beauty whose career took a downward slide when she abandoned husband and child for Italian director, Roberto Rosselini. Recollecting the life of this recipient of an Oscar and three
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      598 12 fi km cuioe ftUFH m <i ii i r iii mi 'il^^ DALIT (*****16) 9.30): THE BODY CLEMENTI (*****51) 9.39): SONG OF IS WILLING (C) SWALLOWS (C) Midnight Show (11.45 pm): THE PAWNED WIFE (Q Midnight Show: THE GARLAND UNDER THE UWAQU (*****90) (1.39, 3.39, 9.39): THE MOUNTAIN (C) BODY
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      1627 13 lelsure/tv Sample new 1.00 Opening and Programme Highlights salmon soup, Karelian pastries, egg SSfl followed by Sesame Street.* butter, Karelian hot pot and poor The letters F and H and the number 2 knights. are taught. 7.00 Asean Youth Orchestra in Concert Jm 2.10 Saturday Matinee -If a Showtime. Local
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      626 14 Tomorrow's programmes 8.30 SBC TEXT Live Sampl* Page*. 6.25 Simon and Simon Bon Voyage, 9.00 Opening and Programme High- Alonso. lights followed by Today's AJ and Rick accept a cushy job as Special Wood.* chaperon to two teenage girls on a 9.35 Smurfs (Cartoon). cruise ship. 10.00 Cuba Cuba (M)
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      81 15 BIRD SINGING CONTEST THE Fengshan Community Centre Management Committee and Residents' Committee will jointly organise a bird singing contest tomorrow from 8 am to 12.30 pm at the basKetball court in front of Block 138 Bedok North Street 2. Admission is free. CRIME PREVENTION EXHIBITION AND BOOK FAIR KAKI BUKIT
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      198 15 IN MEMORY OF VICTOR HUGO TO celebrate the 100 th anniversary of Victor Hugo, French actress and comedienne Helene Due will present a study of the author's life at the Alliance Francaise De Singapour today at 7.30 pm. Admission is free. 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINGAPORE SYMPHONY CHORUS SINGAPORE SYMPHONY
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      107 15 QBHHE3 BUTCH AND SUNDANCE THE EARLY KIDS THIS sequel to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid reveals how the two outlaws met and presents some of their early escapades. With William Katt and Tom Berenger in the title roles, this western will be screened at the Hilton Movie House tomorrow
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      794 16 leisure/comics I FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook «(L V joß.iw.iMais'N/ weu.,6ut>_<i** >7 fyt once, eww ri«r Mwve ~X y- -vI rfflky MMLUKtS powr Of VltU LOOMPAT-TH6 PRD»UM« J f ♦ff's OS AGAINST w quarterly l ibo umiy*d... Ms fni* a a®6Ai- Pismcmc/ y I .-rue world* V f NAI" flfcfloßTS/ WHAT
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  • THE SINGAPORE MONITOR RACING GUIDE
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      Covett is computer's best selection today
      380 17 By COMPUTER ANALYST m COVETT (No 10) in Race 9, the 1,400 metres race for Class 4 Division 5 horses, is the computer's best selection in a card of 9 races at Bukit Timah today. The four-year-old New Zealand gelding by Avary appears to
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      Dust Devil and Light My Path stand out
      439 17  -  By MA-TAN Of LIANHE WANBAO LIGHT My Path (No 4) in Race 5 and Dust Devil II (No 6) in the last race stand out in today's card of nine races at Bukit Timah Light My Path has raced four times three
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      Lucas, Subian and Leong in line for a riding double each
      562 17  -  By TET SINGAPORE trainer Ivan Allan should be back, after a quiet start, in the winning jimelight sparked by Remember V's triumph in last Sunday's Perak Derby With today s action taking place right on his Bukit Timah doorsteps.
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      QUICK GUIDE
      243 17 TET MA-ZHENTAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zoo Boo) (Wan Bao) Race 1 S Combat Hare S Combat Haro 2 Simply Perfect 3 Respectable 3 Respectable 10 Pokce Car 1 Jubrfee Heights 1 Jubilee Heights 7 Endless Mara Race 2 Entertainment Sparkling Eye* 9 Sparkling Eyas 2 Irish Pleasure 6
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      Leading Jockeys
      224 17 1st 2nd 3rd Nigel Tiley 21 15 12 Malcolm Johnston 16 20 16 S Y Leong 16 8 7 Subian Dalwee 14 8 11 Q Cook 13 17 16 Connorton 13 5 5 Tarry Lucas 13 5 3 Foo Yuh Kong 11 6 4 Setches 10 12 15
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      COMPUTER CARD
      2161 18 RACE 1 2.15 CI 4 Div 5-1200 m Short Course Stakes: $15,500 1 344 JubiM Halohta 1-12.8 (6) 57.0 Looi 1/2 3nzg DRAGON GYSO/03-0 41.1gThu 1 2049- MKT PERFECT 1-126 (3)55 5 SaM 1/3 3nzg WEST GYS(VO4-0 wont better than 0q y 3 7-521 RESPECTABLE 1-11.1 1) 550
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      340 19 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHATTER 185) AND IN THE MATTER OF PON HONQ COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated hi the R»pnbHc of Singapore) (In Liquidation) M unban' Voluntary WMbig-tfp NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the abovenamed Company which is being wound up voluntarily, are required
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      Lock icon Runners finish 1,000-mile pace
      112 21 Reuter NEW YORK, Saturday NEW ZEALANDER Siggy Bauer is no longer the sole member of running's 1,000-Mile Club, but his challengers have a long way to go to rival his standard. Three runners joined the 1,000-Mile (1609.3 kilometres) Club by covering that distance in a 16-day
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      Four bowling centres to hold youth trials
      191 21 FOUR bowling centres will set the stage for our aspiring young bowlers from next weekend. Kallang Bowl (May 25), Jackie's Katong (May 26), Celebrity Bowl (May 29) and Kim Seng Bowl (June 1) will hold four roll-off trials to select the national youth
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      Queenstown let latecomers play
      254 21  -  By DANIEL WEE Special to Tho Monitor QUEENSTOWN "B" demolished Public Swimming Club 25-2 yesterday in the Singapore Under-18 Waterpolo League at Toa Payoh Swimming Pool, in a match that almost never was. At 7 pm, when the match was to have started, none of the
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      SCORERS
      49 21 QUEENSTOWN: Lium Meng Toon (1), Wee Hoe Gee (8), Yeong Hock Ming (3). Lim Cheng Huat (1), lay Kok Lip (3); Dennis Lim (1), George Koh (3), Goh Kwee Teck (2). Chin Chee Kong (1) and Chew Soon Hock (2). PUBLIC: Gabriel (1) and Ho Kung Chen (1).
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      Bowlers are stil filling the alleys
      632 21  -  By ALFONSO CHAN THE BOWLING business is as J;ood as ever, and bowlers are filing the alleys despite the economic pinch these days. Most bowling centres report that all's well, and there is no drop in lane "occupancy." According to managers of the bowling
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      Ministers and MPs are good sports too
      418 21 sramcMTTß COMPILED BY THE SPORTS DESK MINISTERS and Members of Parliament (MP), despite their heavy schedules, took on the Singapore News and Publications (SNPL) team in a friendly badminton match at the Extra-Curricular Activities Centre yesterday. A number of young members of the
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      Lock icon Promet live up to fans' expectations
      324 22  -  PROMET 6 HITACHI 0 By S GULAM PROMET yesterday Kved their rating aa second best team after star-studded Hwee Sena in the Singapore Business Houses Foot- ball League. After being restricted to a solitary goal in the first half, Promet tore Hitachi Dockyard to
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      Score for Cash results
      61 22 NINE readers predicted correctly the scores of four of the six matches in The Monitor's Score for Cash "D" series contest. These nine fans will share the $2,000 prizemoney. The nine winners are: Ching Fook Yee, Frankie Fun Cheuk Weng, Aswar Anwar, Ng Shui Kheng, Md
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      Lower division clubs take the centrestage
      298 22 NFL roundup by S QULAM WITH Division One matches postponed due to the national team's preworld Cup commitments in Japan and China, the lower division clubs took the centrestage in this week's National Football League. Hai Sing Park Rangers, who came into the league
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      TABLES
      191 22 P WD L F APIs MM 7 6 1 0 13 5 19 Armtd Fotcm 7 4 1 2138 13 FPIMtod 7 4 0 3148 12 7 2 4 1 126 10 TM0m 7 3 *****110 SMII AVMM 7 2 3 ***** 9 T«tay*UM 72 1 4 7 9
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        Birthday 'gift' for Neah
        88 22 ROME: Yannick Noah of France earned himaelf a place in the semi-finals of the Italian Open tennis championship by knocking out 13th seed Jose-Luis Clerc of Argentina yesterday. Noah, 25 today, dominated Clerc in the first set but had to recover from a bad start in
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        Lloyd meets tough opponent
        95 22 WEST BERLIN: Chris Evert Lloyd dropped the a set to fellow-American Lisa Bonder y before fighting back to win a semice in the West German women's tennis open. It took top seed Lloyd almost two hours to wear down the tenacious Bonder, winning 3-6,6-0, 6-2. Results
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        Shriver shrugs off injury
        87 22 MELBOURNE: Top-seeded American Pam Shriver shrugged off the nagging pain from a shoulder injury to scramble through to the semifinals of the Victoria women's indoor tennis championships yesterday. Shriver outlasted compatriot and No. 7 seed Ann Henricksson in three sets, winning 6-3, 6-7, 6-4. Results of
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      348 21 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 189 AND IN THE MATTER OP FUJIAN ZNI NANO PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of FUJIAN ZHI HANG PTE. LTD. duly held and convened at 2. Shenton Way #05-25, ICB
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      36 22 AL—FATEHA f Col. (rvtd) Abdul Karim Bin Bagoo Al-Haj 66 years passed away peacefuiy on 18.8.88." Cortege leaving 39, MunsM Abtfulah Ave (Teachers Eel.) for Chua Chu Kang Muslim Cemetery on 18.5.85 at 2pm. Tel: *****81
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      What our fans have to say
      351 23  -  FA CUP PTBS By S GULAM and ALFONSO CHAN GEORGE PASQUAL, Football Association of Singapore councillor ana Tampines Rovers president: "Everton will win 2-1. They have all-round superiority. They are also at their peak and that is a vital factor for Cup finals. United
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      Lock icon Judges were wrong, claim NIC rowers
      392 23  -  Two disqualified for colliding into Ayer Rajah team B* K SILVAM A CLOUD of controversy hangs over the disqualification of two canoeists at the vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB) canoe championships. The competition, held at the Junior Sailing Club in Changi, ends today.
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      Lock icon West Ham stay in Div One
      116 23 Reuter LONDON, Saturday WEST HAM United secured their English First Division soccer future for another season with a 1-0 win at Ipswich last night. The valuable three points hauled the Londoners clear of the bottom three, leaving Coventry and Norwich to determine who goes
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      7 1 F.A. CUP '85 Monitor Special 8-page Report
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      A star-spangled United versus the Method Men Will the final turn out to be one match too many for Everton?
      788 1  -  OUR WRITER SIMON BARNES' CHOICE: MANCHESTER UNITED REPORTS BY SIMON BARNES AND JOHN SELLERS EVERTON, the team without stars, take on Manchester United, the team with nothing but stars in
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      Black arm-bands
      76 1 BOTH EVERTON and Manchester United will wear black arm-bands and observe one minute's silence before the final tonight as a mark of respect for the victims of the soccer stadium fire which claimed 53 lives at Bradford City EVERTON ARE unbeaten in their three matches against Manchester United
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        207 1 tj/ v Tffg pffyf, Not the way its super-flexible iioci„ e r~7 sole turns on the juice in the short run. /y < extrn^LL a .i!ni que or its soft nappa uppers and *wjDwJslfc JL Aai Oas> xtrem sole that cushioned insoles build stamina tx actually recoils like a spring,
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      What! Is the Cup being stolen?
      129 2 "KEEP A look-oat for me, mate. This (Football Association) Cup here could be a nice little money-earner. You nip off and get Manchester United and Everton to come to Wembley to play for it. If the teams won't come it'll still look nice on
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      Everton has that extra something Team without stars? Kendall fumes at tag
      710 2 OUR WRITER JOHN SELLER'S CHOICE: EVERTON EVERTON, the new pride of Merseyside, are poisea for a great finish to a breathtaking season by beating Manchester United and win the FA Cup at Wembley tonight. If both sides play
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        31 3 "LIVE' I F A. CLP FINAL I MANCHESTER UNITED vs EVERTON I Kk*~ Ky| Ifc3 jBJB| TONIGHT ON CHANNEL 5 I BROUGHT TO YCHJ EXCIUSIYEIY BY I ALFRED DUNHILL OF LONDON
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      Mark Hughes
      302 4 MATCH WINNER RAn immensely powerful striker UHe has splendid balance M Packs a powerful shot with either foot A huge appetite for the ball THE PROFESSIONAL Footballers' Association's Young Player of the Year is the Manchester United striker, Mark Hughes. 1 believe he can celebrate the award by
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      HOW THE TEAMS RATE
      669 4 MANCHESTER UNITED: 89 pts EVERTON: 84 pts Our London soccer correspondents Simon Barnes and John Sellers take a close look at the two teams that will battle for the most famous sporting trophy in the world today. The rating for the probable line-up is based on
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      Andy Gray
      314 4 MATCH WINNER One of the bravest strikers A deadly header of the ball A fierce competitor Intimidating presence EVERTON may have one of the best goalkeepers in the land, but at the other end, Andy Gray isn't half bad at scoring goals either. He got the second, and
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        53 4 WHATEVER SCOREVOU GUESSED FOR TONIGHTS FINALS, THERE'S ONE WAY YCH ALWWS SCORE WITH 9 h, when you find out whether you guessed the tff. winning score (and won one of our prizes). T( Relax. Call your friends. Have an Anchor Beer ,%sk. '(Pfc anchor®beer j' v4lv (tol) vj Keep the
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      EVERTON
      231 5 0 CUP HOLDERS Evertoo have enjoyed an easier path to the final than Manchester United. They did not face First Division opposition until the sixth round. ROUND THREE: Everton 2, Leeds United 0. Scorers: Graeme Sharp, Kevin Sheedy, Highlight: Kevin Sheedy thundered a free kick of awesome Gwer against
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      MANCHESTER UTD
      246 5 IT WAS no easy trek to Wembley for the Red Devils. Manchester United bad to struggle their way to the final, beginning with a tough Round Three game to a cliff-banging semi-final replay against Liverpool. ROUND THREE: United 3, Bournemouth 0; Scorers: Gordon Strachan, Gordon McQueen, Prank Stapleton;
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      CUP TRIVIA
      295 5 IN 18M, a club called Newton Heath was formed. It was to go on to become the finest, most ringing name there has even been in club football. But the name changed. At the beginning of the century, Newton Heath decided to call themselves Manchester United. THE MYTH
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      Razzle-dazzle Big Ron – the media man
      376 7 Razzle-dazzle Big Ron the media man THE BOSSES: RON ATKINSON (MANCHESTER UNITED) ON THE wall of Ron Atkinson's office at the Manchester United training ground is pinned a picture bearing the caption "The Boss." It shows a monkey battling with a bank of telephones. Many people feel this is rather
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      Kendall lets his players do the talking
      402 7 THE BOSSES: HOWARD KENDALL (EVERTON) HOWARD KENDALL will never forget the day his career at a First Division manager was all bat over. It was eighteen months ago, with Everton seemingly on the downward slide towards relegation and Goodison Park crowds at an
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