Singapore Monitor, 18 February 1983

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  • 16 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR First Edition 30cents M.C. (P) No 19/5/82 ISSN 0217-1325 Friday, February 18, 1983
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  • 343 1  - We can still buy HUDC flats at a premium The new prices p«»qe eiqht Prices catching up with private housing ■y LAM MO LIAN THE Government has rejected the idea of completely ending the sale of HUDC flats in exclusive estates to public applicants, who will still get a chance
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  • Article, Illustration
    326 1 IS there aay farther aaad lor the HUDC? Mace the Hoadag Beard took ever the HUDC oa May I last yeer, there has hoea telsest spirals flea oa the path that mid ile-lsceac liseslag policy shoaM take i l|L ,L that the tiase had cease ter the HUDC te
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  • 264 1  -  By YONG POW ANG THE Taxi Advisory Committee. a body which advises the Communications Ministry on taxi operation, is against the levy of a $1 surcharge during Chinese New Year as favoured by NTUC Comfort And it says a study has shown no serious shortage
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    • 115 1 r RpKO L J Whan luck pan out Australia the bushfire disaster on page nine Why Cat likes to be the leading lady page 16 JACKPOT Y«, Ik* Mf pnie hi NT Mob rywordt cMlcst PT ia low 914 JM. Ciipm am page IS. TTViADIP PC* It 19 WUTIJU: Mmwi
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  • opinion/letters
    • PERISCOPE
      • 119 2 IS the Soviet pendulum swinging back the other way for Joseph Stalin' Some western diplomats in Moscow believe the Andropov regime may use the SOth anniversary of "Uncle Joe's" death next month to offer a reasonably positive reappraisal of his 24-year rule They note
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      • 143 2 WHILE the Pentagon keeps dismissing allegations el heavy drug nee among US Marines In Lebanon, Marines who hove served there soy the easy availability and low coot of hashish coupled with Infrequent orine tests hos mode the peacekeeping toor of doty a "pot smoker's
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      • 99 2 Newsweek NOW that former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has finished the first draft of her memoirs, publisher Houghton Mifflin has called in free lance writer Linda Bird Francke. formerly of NEWSWEEK, to help with the needed revision Francke. author of "The Ambivalence of Abortion"
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    • 56 2  -  LOST RACE Singapore "14 IF students can pass reading subjects, such as history, geography and literature at one sitting. I don't see why they cannot do well for their second language paper Perhaps we should blame some parents for not giving enough encouragement to thetr
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    • 329 2  -  They just don't build roads like they used to! Try using bigger granite stones and less tar instead CAUTIOUS RIDER Siaiipore 112! WITH reference to your centrepiece article. "Death on two wheels"' (SM. Feb 11), it is indeed heartening to see that
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    • 132 2  -  FORMER 1 SIR MEDICAL SERGEANT Slagapore §314 I AM very impressed with the heroic act of the maa who saved the life of 1»-mouth-old Tasviader Singh daring the recent cable car tragedy. without hesitatioa, Mr Abdul La tip Jaataa dived lalo the choppy
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    • 179 2  -  NON-EXPRESS EXPRESS Siagapopre 2159 I UNDERSTAND that SBS Ser vice 191 has been converted to a semi-express service so that commuters may have a shorter travelling time between Holland Road/Clement) and the Orchard Road area This has proved to be a great inconvenience for thoae working in
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    • 472 3  -  Representatives turned it into a 'political' forum REPLIES DR SIM WONG KOOI Director Institute of Education I WOULD like to refer to the report titled "Teachers of handicapped want more information oo IE course" (SM. Feb 11). which was unfortunately based on the biassd
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    • 22 3 A MAN Is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barry more, US actor (1882-1942)
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    • 141 3  -  YAP YEOW WOON PuMfc Relations Officer Stafiport Pillct Force I REFER to the letter captioned "Draw the line on narking" from "Long Sufferer which appeared in the Jan >4 Singapore Monitor We with to assure "Long Sufferer" that the police do
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    • 95 3  -  FURIOUS Singapore IMS. I HAVE been waiting for my oneroom flat for one-and-a-half years I am very disappointed as I have been told that I will get my flat in four months' time (April 1982) but till now there is still no news The HDB
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  • home
    • 480 4 RESETTLEMENT u the major problem the Minister Without Portfolio Lim Cnee Onn has to tackle when he does his walkabout in Punggol this Sunday There are people in this once-largely rural constituency who are unhappy with the compensation they get and the
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    • 78 4  -  Story and picture by HAIRIS NO, this is not tha latest extension of the Mandarin Hotel. Tha "fieid changing room" is being put up by workers for a Chinese variaty show schaduiad for tomorrow and Fab 27. Tha Chinasa Naw Yaar show, callad Hong Bao Special
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    • 114 4 NTUC Fairprice Co-operative, to be formed on May 1, has plans to open one supermarket in every constituency Fairprice is the merger of two existing co-operatives NTUC Welcome and the Singapore Employees' Co-operative, which operates SILO supermarkets. After the merger, Fairprice will operate S3 supermarkets
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    • 205 4 IT'S A final no from the Immigration Department to Indian film-star Latha (picture), for an employment pass to work in the SBC as a choreographer An Immigration spokesman said "We have rejected SBC's application SBC has already been informed "Latha will have to
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    • 618 6  -  An activityoriented approach that makes this subject so interesting •f BERTILLA PEREIRA FROM the edge of the hyacinth-filled pond, a little cirl stirs the water carefully with a net on a long pole Next to her a cheeky boy dips elbowdeep with a bottle,
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    • 164 6 TELECOMS will be introducing a display paging service on Sunday. The new display pager will hove ltdigft liquid crystal diodes for displaying asooeages In a aunierical ceded Tbe Bemertcal be a liliptwi dna ef' caller mi atatm oi ■wift Par m ■pie, thf codrd
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    • 314 7 DESPITE the lower demand for oil and development of other regional refineries, major oil refineries here, apart from Shell, have no plans to reduce their operating capacity A spokesman for Esso, which runs two distillation units in Pulau Ayer Chawan with a design capacity of
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    • 323 7 MALAY youtb leaders from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonaaia are to attend a course to upgrade their ■atifa in organising community services. Organised by the Singapore Malay Youth Library Association (Taman Bacaan), the course baa bean scheduled from April SB to May S, at the
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    • 181 7 LIFE in Holland Village was temporarily disrupted yesterday when a blackout lasting about one-and-a-half hours hit the area bounded by Holland Avenue, Lorong Mambong and Lorong Lirv|| A Public Utilities Board Public Relations Officer Mrs Choo Wai Chan said that the blackout, which started
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    • 510 8 Ovor 2,800 units roady for allocation from mid-April Men rang* from $180,000 to $947,000 IN ALL, some 2.544 HUDC flats under Phase Three, with prices ranging between $1 $0,000 and $547,000, art ready for allocation beginning from mid-April Theee (lata are in the six
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    • 116 8 Na Average •f Flaar Prtoa Raage Average PriM Vw*» Araa (1) Prfca PIM (•4 Be4o4 Nortfc (a) Apartment 1SS 144 41 lM.»M21f.7M MI NI 1.SM (b) Maisonette 451 111 If 22JMt-242.1M SM.7M 1.4S4 8 n>a wtm«M in 117.12
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    • 151 8 SELLING PRICES OF HUDC UNITS IN PINE GROVE I, N GILLMAN HEIGHTS A«wagt Mm tm Mb (Minn Mm* hMk PMm Ni rw v** <•«-> m m (t) '(5T" m nwoaovii w Hfinwii m iM« rn.iw-Mt.iM uijm i«t im tm-ms tm itsjm iro <»» t M 1MI MtJtf-MTJM MIJM l.Mt m.Mt-MIJM
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    • THE MIDDLE-INCOME PUBLIC HOUSING POLICY
      • 157 8 Highlights of tito statement by the Ministry of Notlonoi Development Conditions of Mlo Executive flats will be told under the same terms and conditions as other HDB flats. The first batch of executive flats will be completed in the fourth quarter of IMS in five estates Bedok North,
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      • 460 8 CumlHunt of Solo Bwldw Singapore citizens, only approved Permanent Residents (PR*) will be eHUfible for HUDC bousing Approved PRs have to watt two years longer than citizens They also have to pav an additional 10 per cent of the telling price. The conditions of sale for HUDC hoeaing
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      • 153 8 Under tbe Public Officers Scheme, public officers who are allocated HUDC flats have lo continue serving tbe government or tiHwhrry boaros for 1# years from tbe date of signing tbe purchase agreement If they rtwald leave tbe service before expiry of tbe It-year bond,
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    • 317 8 A hotel executive said she was "shocked" by the HUDC flat prices. "The last time the flats were sold they were selling at a little more than $100,000 This is quite s fair jump. I expected about $300,000 at most. In my case,
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  • world
    • 508 9  -  SINGAPORE MONITOR EXCLUSIVE The bushfire disaster Down Under Prom KELLY RYAN la Melbourne today IRONICALLY, tbe disss trous Austrslian buskfires started on Ask Wednaaday and kave left tkc nation numbed and posted tbe dramatic general election off tbe front pagan And looking back aulMt
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    • 124 9 69 dead for now Agencies SYDNEY, Fri FIREFIGHTERS battle* hr s ssesad day yesterday Is estrsl ragtag liifcliin In nslb issi killed st Isnsl M pssale sad was sapsctod to Wtisa's history. WUh 40 dsad In Victoria and 2S In Saalh AaslraHa, poMee expect lbs toll cdMd surpass AoslraHs'S worst
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    • 171 9 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE Upali group plans to launch its own search today for the company )et plane missing since Sunday, with the nephew of the Sri Lankan President and Group Chairman Philip Upali Wijewardene and five others aboard
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    • 119 10 AP CAIRO, Fn US-backed Sudan vowed support for neighbouring Chad against all alien powers yesterday as US Si warned of the i military buildup of the two African nations The Sudanese News Agency quoted Badr Eddin Suleiman a Motor of ftcial in
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    • 358 10 American aircraft carrier Nimitz skirts Libyan coast Agencies LONDON, Friday IN defiant reaaaertion of his pow er, Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi said yeaterday his government will not allow the US or any foreign power to enter the Gulf of Sidra or "any other part
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    • World Briefs
      • 65 10 AP DENVER: Senator Gary Hart, a leading Democratic liberal, yesterday announced his own campaign for the White House, saying Americans (ace a choice between "national renewal and national decline." Mr Hart, elected to the Senate from Colorado eight vears ago, is the second Democrat behind
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      • 93 10 LAT-WP WARSAW: A Polish military court convicted and handed down orison sentence* yesterday ranging up to 4* years for organisers of Radio Solidarity, the clandestine station that pierced the State monopoly of the air waves durti* martial law last year to offer news from the
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      • 63 10 UPI COLOGNE: West German police arreted a top Soviet KGB agent yesterday aa be was receiving information from anotiMr spy in front of Cologne Cathedral, an Interior Ministry spokesman said The Russian spy. idsntified only as Bataacbev, was s member of the Soviet trade mission
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    • 159 10 LAT-WP NEW YORK, Fri BRAZIL'S financial rescue efforts have received a major blow as the international banking community failed to meet a deadline for completing a key aspect of the plan Bankinc industry sources, who declined to be identified, said Brazil was having
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    • 48 10 THESE fouraoetod Soviet deserters were »-a 1 m SAA initnfivwta oy ADt News at a Muslim rebel beee tot southeast AfghanieUwi. One of the soldiers explained that he surrendered because "I dM not wont to km women end chddron" PICTURE: UPI
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    • 97 10 UPI HOUYWOOO. Friday GANDHI the epic film of India's leader won 11 academy award nominations yesterday including best film, followed by Tootsie with 10 and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with nine. Ben Kingsley, who starred in Gandhi, and Dustin Hoffman, who won critical acclaim
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    • 210 10 AP BEUMQ, Fri A KEY Soviet political commentator, Alexander Bovtn, is visiting China in an apparent effort to evaluate the recent China trip of US Secretary of State George Shultz and sound oat Chinese intentions for the next round of Sino-Soviet tslks
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    • 99 10 LAT-WP NEW OBJt, Pri THIRTY people died yesterday in India's vio-lence-lorn Assam State, bringing the desth toll to more tiaa ISO in one of the country's bloodiest slectioa campaigns since kffiaitaea o*people0*people died when Hindus and Muslims fought pitched battles in three administrative districts.
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    • 241 11 12th SS-20 site to be identified AP WASHMOTON, Friday THE Soviets have started operating a new Siberian firing base for their SS-20 missile, increasing the force of these nuclear weapons in positions to hit targets over a wioe area of Asia.
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    • 107 11 UPI WABHMQTON, Friday THE Soviet lain la—chid aa Intercontinental bathetic missile •a a test flight on Feb ft, the Peatagea said yesterday. "There was a test aad the retails that we were able te determine are being evalaated," PeaUgoa spokesmaa Heary
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    • 102 11 UPI YUCCA FLAT, Nevada, Friday United States scientists detonated a nuclear weapon 1,125 feet (MS m) beneath the desert yesterday in the aecood underground nuclear teat within a week The test, code-named Cheedam, conducted at Yucca Plat, ftft miles (1M km) northwest
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    • 168 11 Reuter LONDON, Friday BRITAIN'S Conservative government came under bitter opposition fire yesterday after a newspaper disclosed that it was working out a radical new approach to the state welfare system The Guardian said yesterday it had obtained documents showing that
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  • business
    • 312 12  - NOW AT THE MAKE-OR-BREAK POINT The Singapore stockmarket ROONEY HOBSON SINGAPORE'S Mocfcmirkft H at the chartists make-or-break poiat When the Straits Times lain closed last night at 111, M «at just above a long a wailed major rwiUsct point Market analysts agree that if the lades continaas its rise May.
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    • 290 12 HONG KONG and Shanghai Bank has been selling sharsa in DBS Bank, the Hong Kong-baaed bank confirmed yesterday A spokesman said "We have reduced our holding in DBS Bank in the normal course of buswaaa." Stockmarket rumours suggested that Hong Kong and Shanghai
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    • Article, Illustration
      65 12 AP WALL STREET fluctuated indecisively yesterday after Wednesday's decline The Dow Jones average of SO industrials rose 1 48 to close at 1.088 91 But declines held a 4 to 3 edge on advances at the New York Stock Exchange Volume totalled 74 93 million shares, against 82 10
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    • 194 12 STOCK exchange investors went oa a buying spree yesterday. The prime target was MUI, with I I millkm shares bought on a ready basis and s further 444.900 on a settlement basis The price was forced up II cents to MUI opened six cents up
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    • 338 12  -  •y FOO MEY KIEN SEMBAWANG Shipyard has agreed to buy four second-hand reefer (refrigerated) vessels in a move to offset the effect! of recession It is paying USfSI 5 million (***** million) to buy the ships from Federal Steam Navigation Company, a subsidiary of Peninsular and
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    • Update
      • 50 12 SINGAPORE share prices closed marginally higher on profit-Uhtng after a slightly higher opening in active selective trading Higher Hong Kong market advices aided sentiment The Straits Timet Industrial Index roae 4 57 points to $15 M The UOB Composite Index closed at 405 44, up 112 points
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      • 35 12 AP LONDON: BULLION dropped here by nearly USsi a troy ounce to US$5O2 175 from US$5Ol CIS on Wednesday The fall in Zurich was to US$5O4 SO from US$5O7 75. AP
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      • 29 12 C I HOLDINGS has been admitted to the Official List of the Exchange un der the Second Trading Section of the industrials and Commercial Section" today
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      • 16 12 OVERSEAS Union Bank will open a branch st Hougang Avenue 1 on Wednesday
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      • 41 12 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR: BANK Negara. the Malaysian central bank, said its gold and foreign exchanges reserves rose to MM *3 billion (SM 04 billion) at the end of January from MM li billion st the end December Reuter
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      • 59 12 Reuter NEW YORK. MEXICO has asked the IS creditor hanks which constitute its advisory group for a bridging loan of US$4OO million (SM 4 million) to S million, hanking sources said, said the request for the loan. I to tide it over until a planned USfS-billion hank
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      • 36 12 Reuter TOKYO VIETNAM wm about S» billion yen in arrears In interest and principal repayments of official yen credits to the Japaneee Government at the end of IMI. the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. Renter
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    • 176 12  -  ®y GEOFFREY EU THE Troika Restaurant chain, which first started in Singapore some II years ago, has been sold to Hotel Tanglin Pte Ltd for a sum believed to be in the region of IS million. The chain was first offered for sale enrly
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    • 393 13 WITH Isetan (Singapore) signing a long-term lease as the new anchor tenant in the Parkway Parade shopping complex at the East Coast Parkway, the saga of Myer Emporium's attempt to expand to Singapore is finally over Isetan'i eeneral manager. Mr Yoahio Tsutsui, said
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    • 218 13 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has asked Loytape Berhad for the names of the vendors of Sama Holdinp and whether the vendors have any intention to bid for the rest of Loytape s shares If any bid is forthcoming. the exchange wants to
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    • 39 13 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) has asked India-Malaysia Textiles Berhad to comment on a report that a consortium of six hanks has given it one week to produce an acceptable arrangement to resolve its debt problems
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    • 145 13 THE Tokai Bank will issue US$35 million (Ss77 million) of floating rate certificatea of depoait in the Asian dollar market, lead manager DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd said. The three-year issue with option to redeem at the end of the second year at par will
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

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  • centrepiece
    • 602 14 Money giving machines, or Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) as they are called, are sprouting at a very fast rate all over Singapore. They make banking a lot easier, but it will help if the person standing behind you does not look over your shoulders while you
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    • 339 14 EVERY new technology brines with it new problem and it of tee requires a new code to solve them Thin the introduction of the car at the beginning of the century brought about the Hi£wav Code The Highway Code is not obeyed universally even to this
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    • 217 14 WITH the dawning of the age of electronics in hanking. Western countries are already finding greater use for the small plastic hanking cards. la France, a card now being used on an experimental basis has a very small electronic "chip" with a mem
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 183 14 j jackpo^lS^! Cut out and staple with other coupons. J I Posting instructions appear below I Www: i#i AfS Occupotion Artrm B I *4'" I N.t.l.C Til: I_ I H I ~p| A L TH FILL IN MISSING LITTIM across usiNa clucs below l A kkß I CLUCS FOR PT-S
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  • leisure
    • 470 15  -  By Lim Sock Ley in Hong Kong POOR Susanna Kwan Only eight weeks married and already preparing to leave her new husband, composer and singer Li Xiao Tian No, there is no trouble in the love nest She and co-stars Patrick Tse
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    • 402 15  -  By JOYCE LEE CAI YI and Jin Mei Ni of Taiji Master were in Singapore recently Remember the two pretty girls in this popular serial? They are, of course, portrayed by one and the same person. Michelle affectionately addressed
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    • 252 16 TWO STARS Of NIT SINES TAXr SPEAK OUT IPS "I'M NOT a comedian,'' says Andy Kaufman, who plays the hilarious immigrant mechanic Latka Gravas in television's Taxi. He may not think he's s comic, but the laughter of millions of Americans drowns out
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    • 278 16 IPS TONY DANZA. the hardhitting young cabbie boxer onTaxi, used to think he could keep up kis former reel-life prizefighting career and meet the demands of being a star. But his rise to success in television has forced Dansa to hang up his
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    • 11 15 ON TV FrMay Background: Options to Sentasa rescue plan: Papa 19
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1244 17 Tv 2.55 Opening foMowod toy Huang fm Hong (C) <0 4 45 The World Sportsman: Philippine Eaformer basketball player and tour founders ot the FJm Research for an Endangered Environment (FREE) travel to Mindanao *i the Philippines to W^m. investigate what being done to save the largest and moat powerful
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  • tv & radio
    • 343 18 CHANNEL 5 HIGHLIGHTS Friday Background (7.50 pm) IN THE Sentosa cable car tragedy three weeks ago, IS lives were saved in a dramatic helicopter rescue But an air operation wasn't the onlv option three others were considered Why weren't they used 7 Could they
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    • 204 18 CHANNEL 8 HIGHLIGHT The Diamond Chase (C), Ch I, 9.20 pm. THIS SBC drama was shot in November last year It was produced on a grand scale with mostly outdoor locations As the drama ts set in Sentosa, the SBC crew and artistes spent
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 373 18 12.00 PH Programme Summary 12.00 Latin American Musk 1 Hertor VMs Lobos A Fiandeirs (2 23) Rudepoems (19 02) Sandades das Setvas Brsaisirss (5 10) Roberto Szidon (piano) 2. Augustm Barrios Preiudion en sol Op 5 No 1 3. Hertor V«s Lobos Vsise Choro de is Suite Popuiaire (15.58) 4
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    • 339 18 12.00 m Cfeer OMk: Eddie Rabbrtt hosts 5.00 Science Fiction Or Fact: Hal Starr In this programme featuring the bast of country fascinating tanas on the mysteries of scientific music 1.00 News 1.10 Pick Of The Pope With phenomena such as UFO s. ESP. the Bermuda Chris Ho. The tops
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    • 515 18 THEATME FILM/SHOW TMK6 (Phona) Ma* Acm OO Mmn N (C)/1 30 3 30. 7 00. 9 16 (*****7) IwNl) AcMtenMM«(C|/130 3 30 7 00 00 (Uimil Tha PMI MmM (fyil. 1 30 4 00 6 30 9 IS (tola »cwO>H»cm M <C>/1 30 3 30 7 00 9 15 (44(0375)
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    • 80 19 MATT MONRO SHOW: ATTENTION sll Matt Maura fans! You can see your Mel Uve In concert at the Top of the Hilton. Matt will give eight porisrmances, begiaaiag tonight until Feb 20 (except Sunday). He will sing UU like Portrait el My Leve. Born Free. Softly as I Leave Yen.
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    • 410 25  -  •y B J SMITH THE National Stud Farm of Malaysia has purchased "Horse of the Year ltM" Chummy Special from Goodman Stable for an undisclosed sum The horse will be sent next year for stud duties at the Tanjong Ram butan farm Leading Penang trainer
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    • 461 25 THE George Weat-trained Biloxi showed form with a sparkling workout on good going at Penang yesterday and should re-enter the winning list In Race Pour tomorrow The five-year-old by Grey Bird bowled along fluently over <00 metres in 40 secoods and was held
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    • 226 25 Golf Reuter MANILA, Friday BRITAIN'S Dm Smyth and Alberto Rlvadeinera of Colombia vesterdav shot four-under-par 111 to share the first round lead in the IMS Philippines Open golf championship The opening tournament of the Asian golf circuit, being played over the <,4*o-metre Vslley Golf and Country Club
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    • 118 25 Reuter LONDON, Fri ENGLAND saccer maaager Bohhy Raheaa Is msklag Us laaal swap Hwary fcetcTlhriag tor riamifirtaTySe Natieaal Recreattoa Ceatre. Uafar the eM regime, HOHi players Hvn two la a ream with hagsMe telephoaes sad teleetotoa sots. A chof pre-Ig-y Mi the hotel roottoe
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    • 351 26 At least, for one Saturday when the Merseysiders' clash with Brighton is put back to Sunday FOURTEEN clubs go into action in the Football Association Cup's fifth round comforted by the knowledge that for one week at least, Liverpool won't be making the Saturday nifht
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    • 213 26  -  ay JOHN SELLERS tpacial to ttte SioQepoce Monitor THE SIDE barring Liverpool's path to a clean sweep is Manchester United which, on paper, at least, can still win three trophies It is one of a dogged pack in distant pursuit of
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    • 150 26 WATFORD'S ability to survive tomorrow's tie with Aston Villa at Villa Park could hinge on veteran fullback Pat Rice, who has the )ob of containing England winger Tony Morley Morley is back to top form and is the man Villa relies on to set up
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    • 106 26 IT IS remarkable that five of the bottom six clubs in the Second Division have reached the fifth round of the FA Cup two of them clash at Selhurst Park where Crystal Palace entertains Burnley, the Lancashire club which has won
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    • 100 25 Cocktail Lounge Presents Leo Brothers H! It's great entertainment backed by a wide repertoire of sentimental hits, country western muse All your favourites toenioy with your drinks cocktails The service is impeccable and the atmosphere is comfortably cosy tor the relaxation you deserve HAPPY HOURS 4 pm to 7 pm
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    • 449 27  -  Seok Hui and Mavis in tussle to be Sportswoman of the Year Squash KEN JALLEH Jr CAN there be any doubt that Ana Peng Siong and Mavis Ke will win the awards as Sportsman and Sportwoman of the Year for IOM^ Yes
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    • 262 27  -  TOA PAYOH UTO 2 TAMPINES ROVERS 0 NFLH3? By KEN JALLEH Jr DESPITE the two goals, an unsuccessful penalty attempt and lots of fast pared action at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Toa Pay oh s clash against Tampines Rovers didn t quite fulfil its
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      • 50 27 Reuter BIRMINOHAM: Garry Thompdbn, Coventry 's England under 21 soccer striker, joined West Bromwicv for C 225.000 (*****.000) yesterday If Thompson passes a routine medical be will make his debut in Coventry's English First Division match at Nottingham Forest on Saturday, a club spokesman said Reuter
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      • 72 27 Reuter LONDON: Irish aoccer international Mike Robinson was yesterday banned for one match and fined £I*o (SI800) for buttina Watford goalkeeper Steve Sher wood during an English First Division match last month The suspension, which comes into effect on Monday. was imposed on
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      • 56 27 Reuter TOKYO: The Philippines and Japan will nlay their soccer qualifying matches for the Los Angelas Olympic Games in Tokyo on Sept 4 and 7, the Japan Soccer Association said yesterday. The association said the Philippines had requested to scratch the scheduled home-and-away formula and
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      • 62 27 Reuter LONDON: MCC's committee has decided against restoring the club's cricket links with South Africa Jack Bailey, MCC's secretary, said yesterday that because of the worldwide damage it could cause to the game the committe had turned down a request from a group
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      • 56 27 Reuter LONDON: The English Masters Badminton Tourna men!, cancelled last year when television and censors pulled out. will be held again next October, tbe Badminton Association of England said yesterday Tbe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has agreed to resume television coverage and invitations have been issued
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