Singapore Monitor, 13 May 1984

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    12 1 THE SUNDAY MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 22/5/84 Sunday, May 13, 1984 40cents
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      10 1 S_| DOMINICAN NUN MAKES OLYMPIC HISTORY Report: P46 >v v
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      62 1 What Singaporeans have to say about their mothers in Neighbourhood's Top Mum Contest. Is there an alternative to rubbish chutes in HDB flats. Thttt and other stories for residents of districts 12,13,14,15,18,19,20 and 28. GOVT MAY ENSURE MINIMUM SEATS FOR OPPOSITION: PS Q US cartoonists HffiH brush up on Reagan's
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      PAP NAMES WOMAN CANDIDATE FOR POLLS
      158 2 Doctor among party's latest batch of four candidates to be announced THE PEOPLE'S Action Party has named a woman candidate for the next general election in its latest batch of four candidates. The woman candidate is DR DIXIE TAN, 48, a medical practitioner in
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      DR DIXIE TAN
      246 2 KNOWN for her deep involvement in welfare work for handicapped children, DR DIXIE TAN has helped retarded, educationally subnormal and deaf children to get special education and train,n& Dr Tan is the founder president of the Association for Educationally Subnormal Children and founder president of the Quota
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      DR ARTHUR BENG KIAN LAM
      248 2 DR ARTHUR BENG KIAN LAM knows what it is to "go into battle". He joined the PAP Anson Branch when it was gearing for the 1981 by-election. The PAP lost. As Vice Chairman of the Anson Branch of the PAP, he has been quietly nurturing
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      MR NG POCK TOO
      232 2 OF THE four new PAP candidates named yesterday, the most prominent is MR NG POCK TOO, 39, who was recently appointed Political Secretary (Prime Minister's Office). Formerly Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Development Board, he is Vice-Chairman of the Citizens' Consultative Committee in Anson as
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      MR CHNG HEE KOK
      228 2 MR CHNG HEE KOK, 35, is a mechanical engineer who's now Managing Director of a company. Previously, he worked in a Swiss trading company and in the Ministry of Defence. A familiar figure at the Meet-the-People Sessions at the PAP Leng Kee Branch, he is aware
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      Local furniture market expected to improve
      256 2  -  By OEI SIN GIOK NEW OCCUPANTS of HDB estates are expected to spend $50 million more on furniture this year than last year. They spent about $250 million last year and the president of the Singapore Furniture Manufacturers' and Traders' Association, Mr C S
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      GOVT MAY ENSURE MINIMUM SEATS FOR THE OPPOSITION
      772 3  -  PERCENTAGE POLLED WILL BE COUNTED If no opposition MP is elected or if fewer than a given number are returned, then defeated candidates with the highest percentage of votes would be given Parliamentary seats A SPECIAL 'OPPOSITION ONLY' BALLOT Another feasible method
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      Trade Board gets new chief
      70 4 THE Deputy Director-General of the Trade Development Board, Mr Leong Chee Whye, has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the Board. Mr Leong succeeds Mr Ng Pock Too who was appointed early last week as Political Secretary to the Prime Minister. Mr Leong
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      ROLE OF OMBUDSMEN FOR OPPOSITION MPs
      577 4  -  Govt working out ways to achieve a 'quota' of opposition in Parliament By EE BOON LEE AN OPPOSITION candidate who gets into Parliament via a mechanism being worked out by the Government would have all the privileges of an MP except that he probably
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      Opposition leaders reject govt's latest proposals
      499 4  -  By GANDHI AMBALAM OPPOSITION leaders have rejected the Government's move to ensure a minimum number of opposition seats in Parliament through a mechanism different from present parliamentary practice. The lone opposition MP, Mr J B Jeyaretnam, said vesterday the plans reflected the government's fear
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      MRT briefing for MPs
      90 4 THIRTY-FIVE MPs attended a special briefing on the MRT in their capacity as advisers to the Citizens' Consultative Committees in the start of a maior public relations exercise to let people know of what they can expect as the project gets under way. Among those at
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      CARRIAN ITEMS GOING, GOING...
      451 7  -  PRECIOUS ART COLLECTION TO BE AUCTIONED IN HONG KONG IN TWO WEEKS' TIME By SIT YIN FONG SINGAPORE art connoisseurs are expected to join those from other parts of the world to compete in a public auction of what can be called the "Carrian Art Collection"
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      Lock icon I do, I do – just for Mr Video
      558 8 I do, I do just for Mr Video Wedding couples are rushing to have their special day captured in video THIS IS not the filming of an action scene from The Fall Guy. This is...a wedding. As the flower-decked Mercedes Benz cruises majestically along the highway, the couple gaze into
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      General Datacomm enters Asian mart
      93 8 AN AMERICAN data communications equipment manufacturer is seeking a share in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market for high technology products and services. The firm General Datacomm International, based in Connecticut in the United States will participate in CommunicAsia 84, the third Asian in- ternational electronic communications
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      Kids of well-educated parents do better, another study shows
      541 9  -  By CAROLINE BOEY' A LATEST study by the Education Ministry has again shown a trend for children of well-educated parents do better in school. The better educated the parents, the higher the success rate of their children. The latest indication of
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      TABLE ONE
      67 9 1983 GCE <0' LEVEL Total no. obtained obtained obtained obtained Educational level of at least 3*0' at least '0' at leasts at least 8 of both parents pupils Level passes Level passes distinctions distinctions Tertiary 322 98% 92% 40% 8.2% Pre-U/Polytechnic *447 94% 79% 23% 2.5% Secondary 4018
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      TABLE TWO
      93 9 AN INDEX TABLE OF PARENTAL EDUCATION (USING NO SCHOOLING AS THE BASE) Pupils with at Pupils with at Pupils with at Pupils with at Educational laval least 3 0' least 5 0' Iaast5 least 8 of both parents laval passas level passes distinctions distinctions Tertiary 1.4 3.0 20.0
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      Police call on homes of errant motorists
      257 10  -  They step up drive against those who ignore traffic summonses By SURESH NAIR MOTORISTS who ignore repeated notices to answer traffic violation charges can expect a knock on the door at night in future. The Traffic Police have stepped up their campaign against
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      Family of polished street thieves
      161 10 FOUR Singapore sisters and a brother are known to be among Singapore's most polished street thieves. All of them have been caught, punished and sent to jails. Detectives and department store security guards keep close tabs on them as they do on other known pickpockets.
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      Travellers' cheques and credit cards end pickpockets' good times
      589 10  -  By K K FONG CREDIT cards, travellers' cheques and tight trousers almost put the "king" of Singapore's pickpockets out of business. With less cash being carried, pickings became lean and'even when there was cash, it was difficult to lift from the
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        Man tried to pass off as genuine a fake lottery ticket
        170 10 A MAN tried to pass off as genuine a fake Singapore Sweep ticket in the hope of getting a $1,000 consolation prize, a court heard yesterday. Unluckily for him, his attempt, to induce the sweep organisers, Singapore Pools Pte
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        Snatch thief caught after a street chase
        138 10 A PARTNER in a petrol kiosk was about to enter a bank in Balestier Road with $20,000 when a snatch thief came from behind and rah off with the bag containing the money. Yew Yong Kim gave chase, joined by several passers-by, and
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        Drug inmate fined for absenting from work
        93 10 AN INMATE of a drug rehabilitation centre who was absent from work at his dayrelease workplace without cause was fined $600 yesterday. The court was told that Loh Nyit Keong, 28, did not turn up for work at the worksite on Aug 29
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        Manager caught with two obscene tapes
        82 10 A MANAGER of a hardware company was yesterday fined $1,000 for possessing two obscene tapes. A subordinate court was told that a policeman stopped a car driven by Steven Yen Tuck Hai, 23, at the Pasir Panjang Wharves Gate 1 at about 10.20 am
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      $1,000 fop third-time spitting
      549 12  -  Education Ministry involved in drive to spread anti-spitting message in schools By CATHARINE FERNANDO FROM today Singaporeans face a barrage of leaflets, posters and filmstrips on television, urging them to stop spitting. The Stop That Spitting Campaign organised by the Ministries of Health and Environment, was
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      CAMPAIGN GOOD IDEA BUT $1,000 FINE TOO HEAVY, SAYS PUBLIC
      702 12  -  REACTIONS TO THE TOUGHER PENALTIES INTERVIEWS BY JILL HUM AND PHILIP LIM THE campaign to stop spitting has drawn a favourable public reaction, although some people feel that the $1,000 fine for a third offence is too high. A sample
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      202 3 OPPOSITION MPs EXPECTED TO PLAY ROLE OF OMBUDSMEN:PAGE 4 Don't believe half of what they tell you in rno 1 I Australian Tourist Commission UIC ilUdii CUICUL 1 re 9155 I I want to see Australia. Please send me your free I m'Visit Australia'book. I ouppiettient# i*™ —i I I
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      257 4 Again this year The best European Asparagus served with a j touch of fine art Now is the time when European white asparagus is all jaf at its best. The pick of the crop in France is being H |B selected by experienced buyers for Movenpick and M Jm t
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      240 5 II its ear and the first petrol-driven cars mm were making a spluttering appearance in 1860 when young Edouard Hener (Hoy-er) founded his fledgling watch company at St. Imier in Switzerland. Specialising in a pendant-winding system his watches were soon attracting the carriage trade from as far afield as Bavaria,
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      391 6 or 'The best German car/ but ac ie pi °f the world to I 1 choose Peugeot, V l somewhere. at No. That What does mean the motorist in Singapore? For an answer, take a look at the brand-new Colt and Lancer, introduced to w-~ J* Singapore recently. 7 First
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      177 7 w mm h;.fl.. or e 250 Introducing the Tooth Saver-Ruocaril with 2 Fluorides Fluocaril beats onEnary toothpastes with its hj&h Fluoride content This is why the logical French made Fluocaril their best-selling pharmaceutical toothpaste. It contains two Fluorides of higher concentration (2,500 P.P.M.) than any other toothpaste, to strengthen your
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      157 8 Nyonya Meneer Jamu is now available in Singapore at the following authorised outlets Amina Boutique Mansoor Brothers Queensway Shopping Centre #02-44 11 Baghdad Street Alexandra Road Tel: *****42 Botticelli Saloon Beach Road #02-301 304 Orchard Road #04-57 The Plaza Lucky Plaza Tel: *****02 Tel: *****52 Medic Drug Store Health Foods
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      75 10 No More Hearing Problems with REXTON rjfk Hearing Aids a Swiss Quality Product There is a right model in the REXTON > range to suit every degree of deafness. REXTON Hearing Aids are comfortable to wear, easy to operate and inconspicuous. Sole Agents Distributors for REXTON Hearing Aids m in
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      Lock icon 'Chinese naval squadron moves to Spratlys'
      141 13 Reuter JAKARTA, Sat A SMALL squadron of Chinese naval vessels has moved to the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, possibly prompting a show of naval force from Vietnam and the Soviet Union, a senior Indonesian Government official said today. The official,
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      Lock icon Soviets trying to get non-East bloc nations to boycott games
      411 13 AP LOs ANGELES, Saturday THE SOVIET Union appears to be trying to convince countries outside the East bloc to boycott the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Peter Ueber- roth, the games' organising committee president, said yesterday. He said the Soviet
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      Lock icon LEGAL ACTION AGAINST MCA SPREADS
      270 13 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday LEGAL 'action against the MCA spread throughout the country with Tan Koon Swan supporters filing suits against the party in Penang, Ipoh, Malacca and Johor Barn today. The similarly-worded suits by suspended MCA branches and members sought declarations from the
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      Lock icon 'Dutch Govt only wants ship if it is the Risdam'
      236 14 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday THE DUTCH Government does not want any part of an estimated US$7 million (US$l4.7 million) in treasure in a sunken 1727 ship, but wants the ship if it turns out to be the butch East India
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      Lock icon 'Ivory was stolen from Batu Gajah graveyard'
      184 14 The Star MER6ING, Saturday THE SUNKEN wreck off the Mersing coast is believed to contain ivory stolen from an elephant's graveyard on Pulau Batu Gajah by European sailors, according to a legend. A fisherman, Kassim Jaafar, 70, said that according to the legend,
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      Lock icon THE $20 MILLION HUNT
      677 14 Raising the wreck will take years, says Malaysia's museum director THE MERSING TREASURE The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday RAISING the sunken wreck said to be that of the Dutch East India Company trading vessel Risdam off the Mersing coast is not only a monumental task, it
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      Lock icon ARE THERE TWO SUNKEN SHIPS?
      384 14 NEW THEORY FROM DUTCH DIPLOMAT The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday THE DUTCH Embassy here is now not sure whether the Dutch and Malaysian Governments are talking about the same sunken "treasure ship." The embassy's First Secretary, Mr Hans Wagenaar, has come up with a theory
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      Lock icon 'Chernenko seriously ill'
      214 15 Soviet leader's health appears to have deteriorated, says CBS UPI WASHINGTON, Saturday SOVIET leader Konstantin Chernenko was so ill he had to be helped to walk during ceremonies to welcome Spanish King Juan Carlos and his wife during a Soviet visit this week, CBS News reported. US
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      Lock icon British alert on plot to blow up airliner
      164 15 Reuter LONDON, Saturday THE BRITISH Government has warned airlines and airports in Britain to be on extra alert for a plot to blow up an airliner as it leaves a British airport, a Transport Department spokesman said today. The spokesman said the
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      Lock icon Russian households won't be able to afford computers
      175 15 Reuter MOSCOW, Saturday THE AGE of borne computers is dawning in the Soviet Union but they will be so expensive that people will have to hire them rather than buy them, a Moscow newspaper reported today. The daily Moskovskaya Pravda said a
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      Lock icon HK Mass Transit Railway's 1996 target
      689 16 TRENDS Nation Review THE MASS Transit Railway (MTR) of Hong Kong has increased fares by 11 to 33 per cent. Inspite of this, the Chairman of the MTR Corporation, Mr Wilfred Newton, still expects a deficit of about HK$5OO million ($136 million) this year.
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      TRENDS...a quick read
      62 16 OFTEN, apparently insignificant events or political decisions outside Singapore may signal the start of trends of vital interest to you they may affect the way you live, the way you conduct your business. Reports of such events may be confined to specialist or trade publications. In TRENDS,
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      Marcos predicts landslide victory amid fraud charges
      182 16 MANILA, Sat CAMPAIGNING for the first Parliamentary elections since the lifting of martial law in 1981 drew to a close today, with President Ferdinand Marcos predicting overwhelming victory and his rivals charging fraud. The Government's Commission on Elections ordered all campaigning to cease
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      Asia TV chief Dennis gets four years' jail for manslaughter
      457 16  -  By PAULINE LOH in HONG KONG DENNIS CHIU, the 25-year-old managing director of Asia Television in Hong Kong, has been sentenced to four years' jail for the manslaughter of a policeman hit by his car in July last year. The
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      Handshake that left Viet minister red-faced
      154 16 HONG KONG, Saturday DIPLOMATS here are still gossiping about a recent brief encounter in Tokyo between Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Han Van Lau and Mr Khieu Samphan, leader of the Khmer Rouge which is fighting Hanoi's forces in Cambodia. According to witnesses quoted by
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      Lock icon Vietnamese told to tighten belts even more
      421 17 Since the invasion of Cambodia, credit from Western countries has slowed to a trickle Reuter HANOI, Saturday VIETNAM'S 57 million people, already battered by inflation and unemployment, will have to tighten their belb even more because of the drying up of credit from
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      Lock icon Catholic church in Vietnam still strong, says the Pope
      397 17 AP ROME, Saturday POPE John Paul II said today at the end of an 11-day Asian tour that the Roman Catholic church in communist Vietnam remains a "strong, fighting church," but acknowledged that it is in difficulty. The Pontiff made the
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      Lock icon Princess Anne's quick retort on sexy magazines
      124 17 AP LONDON, Saturday PRINCESS Anne on Thursday toured the company that publishes two of Britain's best-selling erotic magazines and seemed amused by the efforts to keep the sexy stuff out of sight. "I wasn't born yesterday," she said. The daughter of Queen Elizabeth
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      78 15 GASTRIC PAIN? Take Gelusil for fast relief! Gastric pain. You know only too well what it's like. When it happens, you can take Gelusil antacid tablets for fast relief. Just chew two pleasantly mint-flavoured Gelusil tablets. They give effective relief, and you'll soon feel, more comfortable, j Take Gelusil for
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      183 18 Leonard from Switzerland. A watch for the Leo personality the person who appreciates bold, confident fashion statements and has the authority to wear them. A king in the world of gold watches for both men and women. With dramatically contrasting stripes of gold and platinum echoed in an elegant crown.
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      Lock icon Misfortune stalked 'Eagle Claw'
      1040 19 Man who led US force in abortive hostage rescue in Iran tells all~. IPS ON the morning of April 25 1980, Colonel Charlie Beckwith sat in the back of a C-130 transport plane staring down at a small dhow sailing in the Gulf of Oman his
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      How honest are Singapore executives?
      881 20 HOW widespread are malpractices in our marketplace? Very widespread and tolerated, says a survey carried out by two dons. They even suggest that education and our Asian background may have a lot to do with this. But in face-to-face interviews with The Sunday Monitor, marketing
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      What's the worst sin?
      216 20 THE dons' survey also showed that marketing executives at all levels take a more tolerant view of malpractives within their own ranks than those committed by customers. But the senior executives take a dimmer view of them than their juniors. Except for one instance, top managers
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      Executives as consumers...
      214 20 IN an earlier survey Dr Mehta and Dr Kau made some other eyebrowraising discoveries: 59 per cent of the executives sampled agree that companies are not responsive to consumer demands; 71 per cent believe unethical practices are widespread throughout business; 62 per cent think stores do not
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      Integrity quotient: it's a question of tolerance
      547 21 DR SUBHASH C Mehta, one of the two university dons who carried out the survey, suggests that possibly education and our high degree of materialism may account for the greater level of tolerance 'Of malpractices in the marketplace. "Generally speaking, educated .people may
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      Women in Japan: rebels with a cause
      1735 22 "MY HUSBAND' is afraid of what you will write about," Masako Asakawa confessed at the beginning of our visit, as she poured the tea. "He thinks you will write about just the bad things." She laughed as if to dismiss her husband's concern.
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      Lock icon Ligress cubs join feline club
      259 23 SYGMA ulie is a beautiful 11M gress, i.e., the female f I offspring of a lion and a tigress. She took the world by storm and defied scientists by giving birth to a cub on April 17, at the Thoiry Zoo, outside of Paris. Though
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      Lock icon Pet your way to a longer life
      849 24 KNT International Owning a pet even just a tropical fish seems to help people live longer and apparently can reduce the number of deaths from heart attacks, two University of Pennsylvania researchers stated in a new book, "Between Pets and People." In fact,
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      Guidelines to puppy upbringing
      505 24  -  r jg pet 9 PARADE A By DEIRDRE MOSS AS OWNING a dog entails a certain amount of responsibility, it is essential that every potential dog owner realises and considers this before acquiring the new addition to the family. If you have bought a puppy recently
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      When felt hats made headway
      658 25  -  SINGAPORIANA By Jackie Sam A little noticed, all-but-vanished trade is the sale of felt hats with smaller brims than Humphrey Bogart's fedoras. North Bridge Road used to be full of them before and for a short while after the war. Many people, including schoolboys, used
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      THAI FOOD, CHINESE TOUCH
      706 30  -  EATING OiiMi VIOLET OON SINGAPOREANS are becoming so spoiled with fine food that an ambitious restaurateur out to please his customers has a problem: what can he do to excite our tastebuds? Lim Hing Gok of the Rimnaam Restaurant at the Jurong Swimming Pool on Quality
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      139 19 FEATURES HOW honest are Singapore executives? P2O-21 JAPANESE women moving out of their shell: P22 LIGRESS (cross between a lion and a tiger) creates a sensation by giving birth to a cub: P23 PETS can help you live longer plus Pet Parade: P24 Women making their presence felt in Residents'
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      245 20 LetMe A Teach YOU English! \m Be Specialist Trained in Written and Spoken English! A good command of English can ensure your success! It can improve your chances of promotion get you a better job increase your earning power and enhance your social life. You can acquire it quickly and
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      395 21 Knowing more about your level of trust toward othfers The following questions will help you to or "NO". When you finish, add up youi score determine the level of trust you feel towmrd Completing different survey for each of a your subordinates or colleagues. Think about a number of key
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      174 21 ill m" ~f j I A f\j. ***r H HHHMg Is this where you get your advice on medications? They could be well meaning Can I drink alcoholic beverages Do medications interact with relatives or friends or neighbours. while on medication? one another? And they could bt wrong too. medicinc
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      30 26 How American cartoonists view Reagan's visit to China IB /Bww' rA |v s yB Towa*. Justice,3 TREEPOWS.TUE ?01?SUir OF tRW® fOtWR Y KM»v l&Mm I >S}fF I' 7 <U& jjtow
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      301 29 THE VISAGT LEAVES SOME OF THE FASTEST-LOOKING CARS BEHIND only goes to show how Because the GT doesn't as as the cars listed, beneath its bonnet |HilHHHHiilHHHHlHHißMllHJllßdMflM3lUUpilHpHiHii^^HHHiHli^^^HillH is a powerful 5-speed FWD 1360 cc engine with twin carburettors. 17. 1 14 1 Yet it still delivers small car economy up
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      Where tradition lives on
      556 31  -  DESTINATION: BRUNEI By LEE CHIU SAN BRUNEI IS A LAND where tradition is preserved in the face of prosperity Where contented people fill their thatched huts with the latest modern appliances and park an average of four gleaming new cars in each courtyard. It's the richest
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      Valley of the River Kwai
      692 32 DESTINATION: THAILAND INCREASED investment in tourism in the Asean region is slowly erasing the line dividing a' seemingly impossible adventure from just another pleasure trip open to all tourists. Even the most inaccessible spots are being made accessible and adorned with modern amenities and services
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      521 31 Around our islands of fantasy, you can live 7,107 dreams. Seldom can so much be said in one word. 6-day SAH 2 (SSI 145) A "Mabuhay", spells of the magic you're about to J begin in the enchanting islands of the Philippines. The landscaped beauty .nd cxc.tement ofMan.la arfd Spin
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      205 32 Phuket Phang Nga Bay 4 Days $589 ep: Every Thursday. I 5 Days $628 •p: Every Sunday. I Seafood Dinner Accommodation at Phang Nga Bay Resort FuU Board (4 Days Tour) Phuket/Bangkok/Pattaya 8 Days/9 Days $1030/$lO5O Dap: Every Thursday Sunday. Bangkok/Pattaya/Chiang Mai 5/7 Days $735/$855 Dap: Every Sunday. Bangkok/Pattaya/Hong Kongl
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      662 34 C^ v ON CEBU, it's considered a disgrace if any native-born son cannot play the guitar. Making guitars, and making music, are major occupations on this island. Traditional craftmen, equipped with little more than chisels, saws and finely tuned ears, turn chunks of well-sea-soned wood into
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      Nias place for a holiday
      338 35 DESTINATION: INDONESIA A JOURNEY INTO THE PAST A PLACE where people get stoned! That's Nais, the name of a district comprising a group of islands off Sumatra. Here megalithic traditions have a rock-solid foundation. The people of Nias build big stone struc- tures to honour
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      232 35 FfcOM PAGE 34 trotting over with fish, lobsters, oysters and other produce from his estate on a neighboring island. They lay on banquets of the kind you though went out of fashion with the Romans. Pons also enjoys parties, and travels over on weekends to play host. If
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      192 37 OXLEY Tours has a choice of five and seven day tour packages which show* visitors most of the major attractions of Thailand. The five day tour takes in Bangkok and Pattaya. Visitors will go first to the beach resort of Pattaya where they can see the corals
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      75 37 PHUKET is the latest Thai tourist attraction. And now Constair Express (tel *****00) offer four, five and six-day holiday packages with a number of regular departures every week. These are priced from $499 to $699 and are the' convenient way to
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      Plain sailing on an air scooter
      397 38 SPORTS fads are succeeding each other thick and fast in the West these days: skate-boards, surf-boards, delta-planes and sand-buggies. Now the latest is the ULM the ultra-light motorised plane, which is essentially a scooter motor with wings. The machines come in all shapes and
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      Women in RC work
      452 39  -  All stories by EE BOON LEE THE absence of woman MPs in Parliament for many years has not meant a stifling of female views on a whole host of national issues from the priority scheme for children of graduate women to the various incentives to persuade
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      From a disinterested observer to front-runner
      368 39 MISS Azizah Mohd Tahir, a graduate civil servant who describes herself as a homely type, used to pay little attention to problems in her neighbourhood whether it was noise generated by buses at the interchange or the lack of parking lots. Today, she's not
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      Noisy buses cause a big stir
      236 39 ANG MO KlO's bus interchange is both a boon and a bane, according to some residents living in the Town Centre where it's located. The advantages of having an interchange virtually at their doorstep are immense. But there are problems. Noise, for one. Safety,
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      Lovers find new haunt in staircase landing
      135 39 IMAGINE stepping out of your flat on, say, the 20th floor and finding a couple coddling on the staircase landing. This is the kind of scene that's likely to greet yon if yon live in one of the blocks of five-room HDB flats
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      How China shapes lives of 2 women
      594 41 What does it mean to be Chinese? Especially one whose life is guided by strict Confucian laws that demand obedience to the point of death? China of Robert Elegant's book is in the midst of change. The Manchus are corrupt and weak. Barbarians
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      Stereotyping with class
      327 41 Title: Raven Author: William Kinsolving Publisher: Fontana Reviewer HIE HUI CHING RATING: THERE IS A degree of predictability about Kinsolving's Raven that's depressing. The protagonist, Buck Faulkner is an orphan, and of course, a loner who wants to make good. He does. He builds the Raven, a
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      MPH BESTSELLERS LIST MPH BOOKSTORES IN SINGAPORE Week Ending 27/4/1984
      297 41 Previous Position Week Till* Author PuMMwf 1. m Search ol Thomas J Harper Excellence Peters Row Robert H Waterman Jr 1 Fireto* Down Craig Thomas Sphere 3 6 How To Master Tom Hopkins Granada The Art ot SeKtng 4. Mandarin
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      Lock icon Burt reveals his secret dreams
      1418 42 IPS Burly Burt Reynolds has confessed his secret desire for a personalised Concorde and a life-size tiger made of gold and precious jewels. All is revealed in the Hollywood Le-man's mail order catalogue Burt's Book of Dreams. Every item is a hand-picked reflection of Reynolds'
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      Omar Sharif gives up gambling
      425 42  -  STAR TALK By MARIAN SINGER THE "Laurence of Arabia" and "Dr Zhivago" star is fed up of making "schlock" movies. "I've given up gambling," he says, which was the source of all OMAR SHARIF's problems. "Now I can afford to look for things because they're
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      Words to be reckoned with
      392 43  -  WORDS By MICHAEL GARTNER A DOCTOR was writing about alcoholism for a newspaper column. The "next patient was a young woman who wanted a pregnancy test," he wrote. "Well, I thought, at toast one case without booze or drug problems. But then I spotted 'her
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      Most unkind cut of all
      387 43 Hobson's Choice CENSORSHIP is one of those oddities that has become a dirty word even though we all believe in it. We have to draw the line somewhere. So your correspondent accepts that SBC is entitled to edit films and serials if parts are deemed
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      Lock icon Race against time for nun
      216 44 DOMINICAN SISTER TO CONTEST OLYMPIC MARATHON SYGMA The Olympic Games will open in Los Angeles on July 28, 1984, bringing together the best athletes of the world. With participants from 150 nations competing in 23 events, the Olympic Games is undoubtedly, the focal point of
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        Fast foods invade Holland Village
        391 45  -  By ANG PENG HWA The fast food war has spread to Hollaod Village raising rents of old shophouses.. Three outlets offering chicken, doughnuts .and hamburgers will open in Holland Village among the row of shophouses selling films and music-cassettes. They are Big Rooster, Mister Donut
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        Speculation to blame for the 1970s' spiral
        605 46  -  RESIDENTIAL MARKET IS MOST PRONE TO VOLATILE VALUES By ANG PENG HWA SPECULATION in the property market, especially the residential sector, was the cause of wjldly" fluctuating prices in the late Seventies. Speaking to a group of German architects on a tour here
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        ARE PROPERTY FAIRS HELPFUL?
        676 47  -  By ANNIE CHIA PROPERTY EXHIBITIONS organised either at home or overseas are not useful for making sales. This is the concerted view of most property developers and consultants. A property fair is a novelty foisted on desperate developers in a depressed market by an over-enthusiastic group
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        Another 'open house' at Kismis View
        412 47  -  PROPERTY ROUNDUP By VINCENT FONG ANOTHER "openhouse" at Kismis view will be held on May 20 by Colliers, the estate's sole agent. According to Mr Loke Fook Chuen, managing director of Colliers, this follows the very encouraging response received at its last open-house, held
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      52 40 cubWE GOTTA BREAK 111 S OLD MASTER CUTE O--. HB' 'SS2 0 mi^^m Hfl Cheap... WE'LL STAGE A TEACH JEFF IF HE BETS ON yoU GOS l\ \w —r-\ t —i i t> n \Ti 11 ..ri.'i \»i Morse race a lesson-- me gambles! to win you let joe U'
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      477 41 *j^———l*. u W9 YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY: Much will happen this year. Career people may get a much better job, with more money and responsibilities. Older people are likely to get a wish to travel, or perhaps move home. Romance is favoured, and many under your sign will marry towards the
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      146 43 W Villa dcs Floras >> 'If; A Thepri\^ofasemkle^^ of a luxury condorm Apartments also available Only 41 neighbours, no high-rise blocks split-unit airconditioning f designs from only $626,000 Swimming pool, squash court Floor areas from 2031 2692 sq ft children's playground x'JONI |»|i (188.69 250.10 sq m) Freehold property IX"
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      80 44 ;T,':BMWiri a flfeßdf f' t* ,w ■WA 4NMt> 'J^p EXCEPTIONAL CUISINE, IMPECCABLE SERVICE Maxim s de Paris /or dining in style. Snacks at the Tea Garden any time of day. Finest Cantonese caisine at the Summer Palace. Cocktails to the music of Patrick Foo and Strings in the Lobby Bar.
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      318 45 AARC AD IA Coui it ry~l i< )i lic givciiei~>; seek k kc 1 Approached via an aVenue of rain h I trees through a quiet ndgibourhood R: rs: A tranquil panorama of landscaped v: 2* g gardens blending with the' "R w&MjJMH architecture of the homes *'Jg 9 Each
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      195 46 I if BP: j ft Bosch buik-in affiances. Get it right from the start Bosch buili-in appliances arc world famous for their finest machines made and ihe finest modern labour-saving outstanding quality, advanced engineering, reliability and kitchen. durability. There are refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers. Get it right. Get Bosch. Right from
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      239 46 r PROPERTY 7 AUCTION OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE, ESTATE PROPERTIES AND OTHERS. THE VILLAGE (Studio Apartment) 4*l A PASIR PANJANG ROAD Area: 60sq.*m. (630*. ft.) ThJr Freehold (With Tknancy) Apartment NOl 46A LORONG LOW KOON Area: 230.39iq. m. (2,4Josq.ft) Title: 999 years (Vacant) Semi-detached House No. 557, SIXTH AVENUE Area: 343.73
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      22 47 PtetfcMfauU' 1 t n (j (package DEAL IN REAL ESTATE I 737-01*415*nea) "7C Somrr** Hou;; 11 gESS PmonoHtd Servlct I* our SfrdolUy
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      253 47 4Ui Floor Mandarin Hotel Orchard Road, Singapore ON FRIDAY 18TH MAY 1984 AT 2.15 P M OWNER'S SALE 1) 888 SEMBAWANG ROAD J-itorey aemi-detached bungalow Area: 487.1 aq m Title: Freehold 2) 23 LILY AVENUE 2-itorey terrace house Area: 198.2 aq.m. Title: Freehold 3) 43 NIM ROAD Maisonette Area: 210
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      315 47 I AUCTION SALE I Mortgagee's Sale Of Valuable Residential H And Commercial Properties To Be Held On WEDNESDAY, 16TH MAY 1964 AT m 3.00 P.M. At No. 6 Cecil Street #02-04, People's Insurance Building, Singapore 0104. Particulars 2-storey Detached Bungalow 1) No. 24 Robey Crescent Lot. 142-15 of Mukim XXII
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      423 48 HP" iX/rliHi I wl *vk iBrT Iw^nß |inffV 3 ■fl Bfck, '<1 ■H^ /mm |l§ Ik,'*: /0v Bc CjwS 'W >v f«fe 1 jr ~r H BP' 1 1 BhSi&» rjcß •j&jr A* 4 —>r, '\-lKk m wk Jr I _fl J There's a squall coming. Since 1860, split-second accuracy
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      123 49 SUNDAY MATINEE DEATH BE NOT PROUD (Ch 5, 3.10 p.m.) Sunday Choice HOBBY Benson gives a command performance as Johnny Gunter, a teenager facing certain death from a brain tumour. His courage and determination in the face of death will move you to tears.
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      A maker of many promises
      139 49 TOP SHOW OF THE WEEK CENTRESTAGE THE RAINMAKER (Sat, Ch 12, 8.30 p.m.) AMERICAN playwright N Richard Nash's romantic comedy centres on the importance of self-honesty and self-esteem. This play brings together a major film director, John Frankenheimer, producer Marica Govons and top performers that
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        Lady who made nursing history
        409 50  -  TODAY`S HIGHLIGHTS SCORING SYSTEM: Ht Mrti M* Mw A*nn By VALERIE TREVOR Mousercise (Ch 5, 9.00 a.m.) THIS WEEK, Mickey Mouse explains how the word "Breakfast" originated. Just how did they come to coin this word to mean the morning meal 7 Do you know?
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        It's time for good old Charlie Brown, kids
        354 51 WEEK`S HIGHLIGHTS Avert* Vary 6tti EictHMt To Sir With Love (Mon, Ch 5, 6.25 p.m.) HARI Rhodes stars in this single half-hour comedy as an American teacher posted to a British school on a iob-exchange prot;ramme. His first challenge is to help
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      67 49 **"—^Trrrrn——p—— 36cm 114") Portable Colour TV It stands 14"tall. The only thing small about the TC-430M, National latest portable colour TV, is its size. But it sure stands tall when it comes to features: Super Quintrix picture tube with 20% greater resolution Modified chassis 44W low power consumption 8-position push
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      141 49 PPPPffI What's Arbour CSI \I Charlie Brewnf )L„ see Page 58 New Nestle. Baby Foods Now good nutrition tastes good too Nestle nutritionists know that if your baby doesn't like the taste of the food you give him, your baby might not eat right. So at Nestl6, we prepare our
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      120 50 STREAMLINED National's latest video cassette recorder, the NV37OEN, comes in a slim compact design, yet it's packed with all the features you'd want in a VCR. Front loading system Multi-function display One-touch timer recording Memory function 14 days timer recording Cue/Review operation See it today at your nearest National dealer!
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      629 50 8.30 SBC TEXT Live Sample Paget. ing at a club which does not admit those 5.20 Mr Magoo (Cartoon). 9.00 Opening And Programme Highlights who are below eighteen years ok). In 5.35 Great Little Railways The Dragon of followed by Mousercise (E). order to get into the club, Willis lies
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      575 51 8.00 Opening And Programme Highlights ive artists and ,ooks at ,he reasons be- 8.35 Showcase Theatre: The Holy Terror. followed by Naive Art. hind their entering into this art field, and See Today's Highlights. the various ideas which have influenced g5O ate News (E). This episode focuses on the French
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      609 51 THEATRE FILM/SHOW TIMES (Phone) Dalit The Trail (C)/10.4S am (*****16) Mahjong Heroes (C)/1 30. 3 30. 7. 9 15 Uwagu The Trail (C)/10.4S am (*****30) Tongkat Sakti (M)/1 30. 3 30. 7. 9 15 Bedok The Last Affair (C)/ll am (*****7) The Great Escape (C)/1 30, 3 30. 7. 9
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      412 52 THE NEIGHBOURHOCO SUBSCRIPTION How to keep the good news coming regularly The sure way to get a smooth flow Toa Payoh Kallang, Macpherson, Potong Pasir of information about your neighbourhood anc Whampoa; Bedok— Chai Chee, Gulega, is the form below. Just fill it in, cut it out Somapah and Changi.
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      323 53  -  fgyj By WONDER BOY DEFENDING champion Shadowfax 111 has a first rate chance of winning his second successive Perak Derby, worth $200,000, in Ipoh today. The Record Token five-year-old meets tough top class opposition over 2,400 metres in Race Five, but he should
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      126 53 PERAK HERO (3) was pot Into intensive training after finishing third last week and his track form showed that he is set to score in Race 1 today. The powerful Swift and Honest (1) is the most dangerous challenger. Easy Jet (5) was edged out into third place,
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      246 53 WONDER BOY MA-ZHEN TAN MA TAN (Monitor) (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) Race 1 1 Swift And Honest 1110 Litte Papa 3 Perak Hero 8 Rising High II 8 Rising High II 1 Swift And Honest II 5 Broadview 4 Glisten 5 Broadview Race 2 5 Easy Jet 11
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      1998 53 RACE 1 CLASS 3 DIV S 1,200 m 3 Hittite Warrior 55.5 Sag (5) 3 11 2 Byloa 56 Gorrham (1) 2 2 2 6 Affectation 111 S3 app Danis (3) 6 0 3 1 Taming Sari II 57 Sairi (6) 7 7 4 5 Prestige 111 54.5
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      3338 54 HOW TO READ THE CAHDe Mdltkag iMker, horse's aame; age, origin and wq weight; weight difference within brackets; Jockey's name; harrier draw; trainer owner; rams record (flrsts-seconds-thlrds-toorths-on-placod) and last three runs; lnst ran record; aad last win record (If nay). RACE 1 1.45 CLASS 3 DIV 2 1,600
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      235 55 THIS WEEK WINE LOVERS SPECIAL (FREE TASTING) 1 Kscheruuer Oliver De France (White) excellent, dry white wine from the famous region of Bordeaux easy and refreshing to drink $9.50. 2 Eschenauer Oliver De France (Red) a well-balanced, red wine with a delightful bouquet and Active Pest Control 459-4990 Anti Pest
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    372 56 BRIAN STEIN LUTON TOWN FULL name: Brian Stein. Birthplace and date: Cape Town, South Africa on Oct 19, 1957. Height and weight: 1.7 metres, 73.4 kgMarried: Yes, to Yvonne. We have a Daby girl Kimberley, just one year old. Home: We have a semi-detached house in Flitwick, just
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      Lock icon Make way for Boris
      557 57 THE NEW FACES Reuter HAMBURG, Saturday SINCE Gottfried Von Cramm won two French open titles and reached the Wimbledon final three times in the *****, Germany has waited in vain for a genuine male tennis star. A string of young talents have raised hopes briefly in
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      Connors' scare before making it to semifinals
      425 57 NEW YORK, Saturday YOUNG Aaron Krickstein put a scare Friday night into Jimmy Connors before the top seed joined John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Arias in the semifinals of the US$5OO,OOO (S$l,050,000) Mercedes Tournament of Champions at the West side Tennis Club.
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      Australians and Canadians win in Olympic basketball qualifiers
      183 57 HAVANA, Saturday AUSTRALIA and Canada, surprise winners in a women's Olympic qualifying basketball tournament here, piled on the pressure by beating strong East European opposition last night in the first matches of the final round. The Australians came from four points behind
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      Misadventures of the Rovers
      19 57 I would like a little more effort from you in the second half J w
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      98 58 AZ of the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS CONTINUING our exciting new European Championship series... an A-Z dossier on the teams who will be competing in France next week. Each week, up to the start of the Finals, The Sunday Monitor will be bringing you a detailed look at the eight hopefuls. And
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      538 58 FOCUS ON DENMARK IPS THE iokes about beer and bacon had to stop No longer is Denmark famed only for brewing "possibly the best lager in the world' or the stuff that makes breakfast go with a sizzle. It was all rammed firmly down the
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      PROBABLE SQUAD
      133 58 Wa»« Club Ag« Caps GOALKEEPERS Ote K|aef Esberg 29 26 Troels Rasmussen Asrhus 23 4 Ote Ovist Copenhagen 34 22 DEFENDERS Jan Moelby Ajax 22 6 Soren Busk Ghent 30 25 Ole Rasmussen Hertha Berlin 32 36 Morten Olsen Anderlecht 34 59 Ivan Nielsen Feyenoord 27 13 Ole
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      HOW THEY GOT THERE
      348 58 England, Greece, Hungry, Luxembourg). September 22, 1992 DENMARK (0) 2 (Hansen pen 80, Olsen 90) ENGLAND (1) 2 (Francis 3, 81) Att 45,000 (in Copenhagen) Denmark: Rasmussen T., Rasmussen O Busk, Roentved, Neil sen, Lerby, Bertelsen, Olsen, Hansen, Elkjaer, Bastrup. November 10, 1992 LUXEMBOURG (0) 1
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      48 58 PWO L r A Pt» Denm.rt I I 1 1 17 S 13 England I S 2 1 23 3 12 Gtmc* 1 3 2 3 I 10 I Hungary I 3 1 4 II 17 7 Luiembourg 10 0 1 S 36 0
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      621 59 LEONARD COMES BACK TO WIN AFTER K.O. BUT ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT UPI WORCESTER (Massachusetts), Saturday SUGAR flay Leonard, shocked by the first knockdown of his pro career and unimpressed by his first performance after 27 months of inactivity, announced he was retiring once again following his ninthround
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      Hopes of LA for Peng Siong and relay team
      366 60  -  By KEN JALLEH JR IT'S OFFICIAL: Asian swimming sprint kingpin Ang Peng Siong has been recommended to represent Singapore in the Los Angeles Olympics, along with his relay team mates David Lim, Oon Jin Teik and Oon Jin Gee. This was
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      135 60 AP LONDON, Saturday WORLD chess champion Anatoly Karpov of the Soviet Union won the Third Kings International Chess tournament here last night after drawing with England's John Nunn. Karpov's final score was nine points out of a possible 13. In joint second place were
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      TIPS FROM THE TOP
      290 60  -  GORDON STRACHAN Aberdeen and Scotland BY PAUL TREVILLION BODY LINE Gordon Strachan is a positive player who attacks the ball, especially when moving to collect a pass or direct the ball to a team-mate. His first-time passes are invariably hit with the correct weight for a
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      Shuttledom's supremo
      267 61  -  THOMAS CUP ma cop nuub myy-ii imn iimwii MORTEN FROST OF DENMARK By KENNETH JALLEH AFTER the way the tall, lanky, scraggy-faced Dane had wrecked LuanJin, China's Number One badminton machine, it seems AllEngland champion, 26-year-old Morten Frost Hansen, is set to follow in the footsteps of yesterday's
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      'Beating Liem was my greatest achievement'
      122 61 MODEST and unassuming, Frost considers Liem Swie King the greatest player of the present generation, and his greatest achievement, he says, was that night on March 25 at the Wembley arena in London this year where he beat the Indonesian to realise a long
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      TAMING A RISING STAR
      49 61 FROST (being camera) in Friday's match against Park Joo Bong of South Korea. Frost won 15-11,4-15, 15-7, hut that didn't stop the Koreans from creating the biggest npset of the tournament so far when they edged Denmark 3-2 to win a place in the semi-finals.
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      He's the most competent player today, says Hartono
      147 61 RUDY Hartono, who played against Frost in an All-England semi-final when he was a struggling 18-year-old seeking to make good in the badminton world, says that the great Dane has become "the most competent player today." On the court he is Mr
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      356 61 Imelda guiding light for Indonesia's youngsters The Star INDONESIA do not want to suffer the same fate as Malaysia. That is why Imelda Kurniawan is still with the Über Cup team at an age when most women would have given up competitive badminton. The Indonesians realise that if all their
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      I'M ALL FOR FIVE-GAME FORMAT, SAYS PENG SOON
      230 62 BADMINTON'S premier elder statesman, Wong Peng Soon, has expressed his support for the new five-game format for the Thomas Cup and Über Cup. The Malaysian newspaper, New Straits Times, quoting the country's national news agency, Bernama, reported Peng Soon as saying that
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      Helen comes to grips with the king of fruits
      226 62 SEEN AMD HEARD ENGLAND'S comely 19-year-old Über Cup star Helen Troke was particularly intrigued by the aroma coming from the piles of green, thorny-looking fruits whenever she and her team-mates took a stroll along the streets of Kuala Lumpur. Explanations from
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      WHERE IS POH LIM?
      120 62 WHERE is Ong Poh Lim? After reading Malaysian newspaper reports that one of Singapore's greats in Malaya's Thomas Cup winning teams in the first three competitions, had attended the Badminton Association of Malaysia's 50th anniversary dinner last Sunday, calls for Poh Lim were made at the
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      Lock icon An English star is born
      483 62  -  STEVE BUTLER, third singles By KENNETH JALLEH ANOTHER Morten Frost coming up? The handsome voung Englishman, barely 20, touslehaired with a shy smile in front of me, replied: "Who me? To tell you the truth that's what I like to be. But it's easier said
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      IT WON'T BELONG BEFORE WE WIN THE CUP
      111 62 TanftfiQ rfTD IJMVIAa lUr ran cop nXAUfe MAT 7-18 man ihupup IT is Morten Frost who is my ideal, and who inspires m me on. He has given all of as in Enrope hope that we can tnrn the tide against the
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      137 62 The Star INDONESIAN Über Cup manager Minarni Sudarjanto turned 40 on Thursday and she received a somewhat rare birthday present she got drenched. The mother of a girl and a pair of twin boys took it all in stride, saying: "I had sensed
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      985 63 The 'Iceman' is willing to take on any man who wants to play him By KENNETH JALLEH EVER since the trim and tough-looking young Indonesian, Icuk Sugiarto won the world sinCi title in May last year in Copenhagen, he been standing on international badminton
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      'CLASH OF TITANS' TO BE HELD IN S'PORE
      237 63  -  By K SILVAM ALL-ENGLAND champion Morten Frost Hansen will lead a formidable European side against an Asian selection in the Europe versus Asia badminton invitational meet here. The badminton meet, which has been billed as the "Clash of Titans" is scheduled to
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      EUROPE'S LINEUP
      47 63 MEN: SINGLES: First Morten Frost, Second Jens-Peter Nierhoff, Third Nick Yates. DOUBLES: First Stephen Baddeley and Martin Dew, Second Thomas Khilstrom and Stefan Kalsson. WOMEN: Singles: First Helen Troke, Second Kirsten Larsen. DOUBLES: Karen Beckman and Gillian Gilks. MIXED DOUBLES: Martin Dew and Gillian Gilks.
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      Pakistani kinfolk...
      26 64 Relatives-in-squash...Qamar Zaman (in sports outfit) and his brother-in-law Maqsood Ahmed after the former's victory over Gawain Briars yesterday. They will meet in today's final.
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      Lock icon It's an all-inthe-family final
      192 64 It's an all-in-the-family final PAKISTANI squash maestro Qamar Zaman is poised to pocket the $10,000 first prize money when he takes on brother-in-law, compatriot and training partner Maqsood Ahmed in a Yeo's-Pepsi challenge series final which threatens to become a mere formality today (5.30). The pair has met on a
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      Gallant Davenport will have to sit out KL leg
      301 64 THE THIRD leg of the Yeo's-Pepsi Squash Challenge in Kuala Lumpur from May 16-20 will nave to carry on without the spirited challenge of Stuart DavenEort, now that he has returned home for is doctor to take a look at his
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      38 65 There's no time even to strip as a fully heat-ed-up Qawain Briars gets quick relief from the shower. The English player had earlier lost his semi-final encounter with Pakistan's Qamar Zaman. PICTURE: SPENCER LOH
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      Lanky Briars crumbles under the onslaught
      551 65  -  QAMAR vs BRIARS By KEN JALLEH Jr LANKY Englishman Gawain Briars stood tall against Pakistani top seed Qamar Qamar for 32 minutes but crumbled after two games to fall 9-7, 9-7, 0-9, 0-9, 2-9 in the semi-finals of the Yeo's-Pepsi squash challenge series at
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      Kenyon, down with blisters, defeated
      516 65  -  MAQSOOD vs KENYON By ALFONSO CHAN IT WAS to be a question of mind over matter. Phil Kenyon, suffering from blisters the size of 50 cent coins on the soles of his feet, couldn't psyche himself enough to disregard the pain. He lost his semi-final
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      Beng Teong scores a classic win OUTCLASSED!
      638 60  -  i MISBUN SIDEN (Malaysia) tost to STEVEN BADDELEY (England) 15-12, 15-11 MATCH OF THE NIGHT By KENNETH JALLEH and K K SILVAM SO much hope on Misbun Sidek, and so much more was the disappointment when the lanky, temperamental Malaysian went down, or
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      SBC to telecast English. FA Cup 'live' on May 19
      58 66 GOOD news football fans. The English Football Association Cup final between Watford and Everton at London's Wembley Stadium will be telecast "live" on May 19. A Singapore Broadcasting Corporation official, who confirmed this today, said the "live" telecast is scheduled
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      4 1 THE SUNDAY MONITOR AUSTRALIA
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      Australia the big country
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      Message from the High Commissioner
      463 2  -  WALTER HANDMER Australian High Commissioner to Singapore RELATIONS between Australia and Singapore are distinguished by the broad sweep encompassed in day-to-day dealings and contacts and in the striking awareness in each of our national communities of the mutuality of the interests and aspirations that we
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      Trade Commissioner's message
      271 2  -  GRAEME HARGREAVES Senior Australian Trade Commissioner SINGAPORE and Australia are important trading partners. Over the past five years, imports and exports between the two countries have risen substantially from S$ 1,000 million to 552,600 million. Singapore is already Australia's third most important market in Asia after Japan
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        492 2 Prime Minister Canberra I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to this special edition of the Singapore Monitor on the ties between Australia and Singapore. One of the lasting impressions of my recent visit to Singapore was Singapore's magnificent record of achievement in the area of economic development.
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      Asian financiers fancy Perth hotel projects
      369 3 SOUTH East Asian interests are playing a major role in the expansion of international class hotel accommodation in the Western Australian capital city of Perth. Of a number of projects involving South East Asian finance, the $100 million Merlin Hotel complex is the most
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      Singapore Australian Business Council
      316 3 THE Singapore Australian Business Council has as its objects: to provide a forum on an organised continuing basis of Australian senior executives irrespective of the origins of the organisations for which they work, and Singaporean and other nationals who are senior executives of Australian companies, which
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      Focus on Australian Alumni of Singapore
      298 3 IN 1955, a small group of returned graduates from Australia, with the esprit de corps to establish a forum to interact and forge a close link between Singapore and Australia, founded the Australian Alumni of Singapore under the leadership of' the founder President Mr.
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        99 3 Valentine Greetings and John Sands Greetings I JT f) are pi ease< i l» their ran B es I£ greeting cards 17 are available in k ~-LjJT Singapore. These beautiful greeting j/Lm/' A cards are distributed by £jjr I MPH Distributors (S) Pte Ltd V* and are available from selected
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        119 3 RECORD LIFT! 550 TONS WITH ONE CRANE ft Walter Wright has been r Bf breaking records in the heavy lift and transport fjpfM engineering fields for :Vu nearly 50 years in \m It* wEEB Australia. ml I yr^Jl M V MS Even in South-East Asia, U |Pn| history is being
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      The Australian Tourist Commission message
      382 4  -  PETER GOULDING Manager Asia of the Australian Tourist Commission ASK a stay-at-home European, American or Australian what Asia is like and he will probably tell you about coolies, rickshaws, malarial mosquitos, terraced fields and planters' drinking pink gins on wide verandahs. That goes to prove
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      ENJOY AN EXCITING NIGHT TOUR OF PERTH
      105 4 WHETHER you are holidaying in Perth on your own or with your family, spend at least one evening on a Skybus tour of Perth by night. "Perth After Dark" takes passengers around the city in a bold, blue double-deck bus for As2s a
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      Perth is the place for a tour package
      357 4 PERTH has managed to retain both its peaceful exterior and its charm. The wide, blue Swan River that divides the city and northern suburbs from those in the south is still visible from many points through the city buildings. The colour of
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      AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE
      214 5 AUSTRALIA, the big country is a land of wide open spaces. It is a land that is largely desert, enlcosed by fertile coastal strips and ringed by shimmering golden beaches. It is the largest island in the world eight million square km. The waters of three oceans and
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        82 5 Hk -^^n.'/xfPy^^ 1 HAYLES CRUISES TOURS ACCOMMODATION GREAT BARRIER REEF NORTH QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA CAIRNS TO GREEN ISLAND TOWNSVILLE TO MAGNETIC ISLAND Colour brochures available F.I.T. and group rates for travel agents suitable for tour programmes comprising both islands or one. Member of the Australian Inbound Tour Operators Assoc. Producers of
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        822 6 S Newmans NEWMANS. 100 years in (lie South Pacific. Newmans is one of the oldest and largest established travel companies in the South Pacific. A Organisation has always been the key to Newmans SUCCCSS. company born and matured in the South Pacific. A company with pride of place in the
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      TASMANIA— the tourist treasure trove
      397 7  -  By SURESH NAIR TASMANIA, or Tassie in short, is an island so often overlooked and grossly under estimated for its tourism potential by Australia-bound tourists. If you can only find time to go to Australia during December, January, February or March, then Tasmania (314 km
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      An escape to Dream world
      463 9 IT HAS been said of the overwhelming success of family entertainment theme parks in the United States and elsewhere that every country should have somewhere that people can flee reality a while. If so, Australia how allows such an escape at Dreamworld. You might hot
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        255 9 WSTIUUA-ANYWAY, ANYTIME days PERTH from $1199 A choice of the S deluxe Sheraton, King's Airways hotels Most meals I City tour El Cabello Blanco its amazing Spanish dancing f1 horses Yanchep ParK/Caves Vineyard tour River cruise I Atlantis Marine Lion Safari Park Fremantle Adventure 1 World Strawberry farm seafood centre
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        166 9 Tksmania. A surprisingly different wgtf destination in Australia. From snow fields to sunny beaches. From lavish hotel casinos to historical sights. From quaint English-style country gardens to spectacular wilderness areas. From lush rain forest to wide rushing rivers. Tasmania offers a happy blend for an all-year round family holiday. No
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      Rearing, racy, rampant
      779 10 THAT'S MELBOURNE CUP DAY WHEN ALL AUSTRALIA STOPS! AUSTRALIA virtually grinds to a halt for the three minutes it takes to run a horse race on the afternoon of the first Tuesday in November. Even the Federal Parliament, in Canberra, wisely discussing affairs of national importance, stops
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      The Festival City
      512 11  -  l£de(ctide A 1 By PAT D'ROSE A FORMER Malaysian in Adelaide told us: "If you like music, art, theatre and eiyoy various forms of artistic expression staged usually along the malls, in the squares and parks, your life will be forever charmed." It need not be explained
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      WILD AND WOOLLY SOVEREIGN HILL
      552 12  -  By SURESH NAIR THE days of the Wild West are far from over...it's only just begun in the historic Australian town of Sovereign Hill. Yes, it's almost like a dream come true! That's the exciting proposition for tourists visiting Soverign Hill, in Ballarat, a city
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      LAND OF FIVE-STAR FOODS
      566 13 AUSTRALIA is one of the world's great food and beverage producers. A wide variety of soil and climatic conditions and the existence of a sophisticated processing industry produce an extensive range of food, wine and beverages. Not only does Australia produce staple foods such as cereals,
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      BREWING BEER CHEER TOO
      84 13 AUSTRALIA has always been famous for its strong invigorating beer and exports it throughout the world. The Aussie beers have a rich, smooth flavour, contrasting with the thinner sharper taste of some beers from other countries. It is brewed to be at its best when well
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        60 13 Wake up to the world's favourite breakfast! Millions of people start the day with a To make a Kellogg's Corn Flakes breakfast wholesome bowl of Kellogg's Corn Flakes even tastier,just add some fruit or some nuts, and milk. Full of goodness. Full of flavour. Kellogg's Corn Flakes. Light. Delicious. Kellogg's
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        116 13 While the rest of of the appointed Singapore is sleeping in agents for the world the early morning, famous Riverland tonnes of fruits and oranges. vegetables from For the freshest Australia are being Australian grapes, flown in fresh for you plums, peaches, from CDK. apples, pears, CDK has for many,
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      Look out for the fabulous Food Festival
      254 14 And kids can enjoy being on the hop with Captain Kangaroo.... EVERY second year the Australian Food Festival is held in nugor supermarkets in Singapore. This year the Festival starts on May 17 and runs for two weeks in Cold Storage, Daimaru and
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      578 15  -  By ROGER SWEET DURING the last 15 years, Australia's wine industry has undergone a major revolution. From its previous emphasis of producing strong fortified sherry and port-style wines and distilling grape juice to make brandy, Australia has today become one of the foremost producers of
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      FRUITY FAVOURITES!
      359 16 Australian: vegetables prove increasingly popular here too FOR the first half of any year much of the fruit you find at the hawkers' stalls or eat at restaurants here will be Australian. Australian apples and pears are very popular in Singapore. In fact over the course of a
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        71 16 The Super Market Leaders Australian foods have always enjoyed an extraordinary reputation among Singaporeans. m* Offering both superb quality and value, it's hardly surprising so AHhSHhm many Australian food brands are today's market leaders. The best of Australian food products. From Ben Co. Don't miss the Australian r Food Festival
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      THE BIG INSURANCE LINK
      458 17 THE trade and commercial links between Asia and Australia have been developing for over a century, but it is only in recent times since Singapore gained independence that a strong interaction between the insurance sectors of Australia and Singapore has emerged. This interaction is attributable to
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      112 17 A INSURANCE operations require substantial funding. The funds are in the form of: shareholders' funds which determines the level of solvency of an insurer; the reserves (funds) for unexpired/unearned premiums; the reserves (funds) for claims notified, or admitted, or are likely to be notified,
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        371 17 Introducing an old Australian company with a new look. OBE Insurance Group, with origins (founded in 1886), the lankers margin and an ability for growth, going back to 1886, has been active Traders' Insurance Company together with greater flexibility for here and throughout Asia for Limited (founded in 1921), and
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      Expanding courier link-up
      384 18 COURIER companies are playing an increasingly important role in helping advance trade links between Singapore and Australia. In today's competitive business world where time is the essence, more and more Australian and Singapore firms are counting on courier companies to communicate critical information and despatch urgent consignments
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      NEW AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES
      197 18 AUSTRALIA, has always been known as a source of quality agricultural produce. To imagine otherwise would throw Australia's image out of perspective. f Surely but steadily, another type of quality product is. slowly making itself felt on the market here. The results are not immediate
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      Business booms for top security printers
      222 18 WITH two mqjor security factories in Sydney and Melbourne both employing in excess of 250 employees and two other factories in Brisbane and Perth, Valentine Sands Textron is the largest group of printing companies in Australia. Because of the location of the factories, their
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        121 18 1. -JiMßilßfe, P- mu iKI I Down Under? 1 Fast and efficient service. Desk-to-desk delivery. Interstate and around the worid. When you need to send vital documents, air cargo or The same standard of reliability is reflected in our Whatever your consignment, tenders, spare parts, small parcels fast and efficiently
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      Right on top of development and research Down Under
      658 19 THE world's agricultural, mining and manufacturing industries reflect Australia's technological contributions, which are disproportionate to the nation's small population. More research and development per capita is conducted in research laboratories in Australia than in other countries. The dominant research body is
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      153 19 A NEW Australian newspaper targetted for circulation in Southeast Asia, Japan and Hong Kong, will be on sale from August 1. The first of its kind, the monthly tabloid The Australian News will feature financial, political, domestic and sports highlights from Australia.
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        60 19 PATRICK OPERATIONS PTY LTD. V INCORPORATING PATRICK STEVEDORING CO. PATRICK AGENCIES PROVIDING A TOTAL SHIP CARE AND CARGO HANDLING SERVICE HEAD OFFICE: 60 MARGARET ST. TELEPHONE: 233 6722 SYDNEY N.S.W. 2000 TELEX: ***** AND AN AUSTRALIAN-WIDE NETWORK OF BRANCH OFFICES SINGAPORE REPRESENTATIVES L.N. Shipping Pte. Ltd. World Trade Centre, 1
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      580 20 AUSTRALIAN manufacturers today produce a wide range of construction equipment and almost all of these manufacturers work to detailed specifications and contract instructions before delivery. Any construction job begins with earthmoving moulding the site to suit the needs of construction design. A
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        248 20 YOUR WEEKLY SHIPPING LINK WITH AUSTRALIA South-East Asian exporters MISC vessels and RT. Djakarta and importers can now connect Lloyd's new addition to the with Australia more often than ANRO fleet. ever before: every week! So what does all this mean? The Australian National Simply that ANL now Line, together
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      Solving the environment problems of the future
      510 21 WORLDWIDE energy supplies have dwindled and cost are escalating contaminants have changed the quality of our air and water and governmental regulation is playing on increasingly significant role in industry. Diversey's worldwide system of research and development will play a mtyor role in
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        215 21 I SECURITY PRINTING H a? Kfl We have the skilled people, the technology and the equipment to solve your problem relating to H business forms or security documents. H We are the experts to print numbered business forms, or security documents with weighted B MODULUS CHECK DIGITS SYSTEM. g Hsfl
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      Gearing up for deregulation
      896 22  -  By RODNEY HOBSON Business Editor AUSTRALIAN banks have received a shot of adrenalin, not a cudgel blow over the head, from the Campbell report which recommended greater competition. Although the impression sometimes filtered abroad that Australian banks were against the commission's recommendations and accepted them with
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        271 22 jM *;sj:!\s;i*"-*" &s£:£•.' 9nfl|H|K S fe |^a^^HHppv ;v jiijj J g| M H^SIbSI^^K The faces that spring most easily In Singapore and Hong Kong. That group is ANZ. A banking to mind, when our sunburnt country is we offer the full range of international group that is prepared to deal
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        181 23 IF YOU'RE NOT KNOWN IN AUSTRALIA, IT HELPS TO BE WITH SOMEONE WHO IS estpa First; Bank in Austria, ■< v HKltJi Iff mmrnm The Western Pacific is the fastest developing area in the world with an annual growth rate of more than 5% p.a. over the past ten years.
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