Singapore Monitor, 24 December 1984

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  • 12 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR M.C. (P) No. 21/5/84 Monday, December 24, 1984 30c«nts
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  • 124 1 In the Yuletide spirit Metur* fey CMKW YEN FOOK CHRISTMAS will never be the same without the singing of carols and the Peter Low Choir is doing iust that Beside the warm glow of burning candles, this 80-strong choir was rehearsing last week at the Church Of the
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  • 125 1 UPI DSMRE (Turkey). Monday NOT A single reindeer walks the streets of Demre and no one can remember any fall of snow. If Santa Claus landed his overloaded sleigh on the housetops of his hometown now, he might crush locals sleeping on their roofs.
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  • 775 1  -  Party conducting post-mortem after the 13 p c swing of votes to the opposition •y EE BOON LEE THE PEOPLE'S Action Party has started analysing the causes of the 13 per cent swine of votes to the opposition in Saturday's
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    • 16 1 A RAGES OF POST-ELECTION if REPORTS 2,314 A 5 EDITORIAL THE DANGER FACING SINGAPOREANS: PAGE 19
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    • 476 2  -  By EE BOON LEE IT'S NOT so much the defeats in Anson and Potong. Pasir but the general pat-' tern of voting that is of greater concern to the People's Action Party (PAP). Opposition candidates generally polled higher than in previous
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    • 223 2  -  By NG MING MING I THE BANNERS and placards are still there. Some were upright but others had already been beaten to the ground by the strong wind and heavy downpour late yesterday afternoon. "Ng Pock Too serves you better" is written on
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    • 146 2 MR CHUM SEE Tong, Secretary-GenefaV dttfe Singapore Democratic Party, spoke about bis future plans When (tataßMHd by reported stortly.alter he was elected as Member of Parliament?Q)r Fttaag Pasir on Polling Day. fJF "We propose to form some kina of a body, he said at
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    • 167 3 Fourteen PAP MPs celebrate their victory by going round to thank their supporters FOURTEEN People's Action Party (PAP) Members of Parliament held post-election processions yesterday to thank residents for their Support. Three of them were returned unopposed on Nomination Day. They were Mr Leong Horn Kee
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    • 526 4  -  By EE BOON LEE LAWYERS of the People's Action Party are looking into transcripta of election rally speeches by opposition parties to see whether there is any ground for taking up legal action. In a pre-dawn news conference, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
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    • 114 4 THERE is an air of festivity at the PAP Telok Blangah branch. And for very good reason. The PAP candidate for the constituency, Dr Koh Lam Son, was the only one to obtain a better percentage of votes last Saturday compared with
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    • 326 5  -  By LOONG SWEE YIN WHEN contacted last night, Mr M P D Nair of the Workers' Party (WP) said his acceptance of the non-constituency seat in Parliament was a matter for the party to decide. "It's not an individual
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    • 694 5  -  VIEWPOINT BY MARGARET THOMAS THE PEOPLE'S Action Party (PAP) remains firmly in power. The loss of two seats, and the large swing of voters away from the PAP generally, will make little difference to the running of the country. But it
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    • 161 6  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG THE GREMLINS are in town and one big department store has sold up to 500 pieces in just one week. Miss Jennie Yuen, toy buyer of the Metro chain of department stores, said: "We sold something like 500
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    • 352 6  -  By SURESH NAIR DONT give pickpockets reason to rejoice this Christmas, say police. The annual end-of-the-season crackdown on crime has begun. Since the beginning of this month, officers from the Tanglin, Jurong, Queenstown and Beach Road police stations have been visiting crime-prone
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    • 88 6 THE AUSTRALIANS want to fill the vacuum left by Chop Hoo Thye, the abalone importer, which closed shop three weeks ago. The New South Wales Abalone Cooperative Society Ltd, is seeking buyers in Malaysia and Singapore. The co-operative
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    • 486 7  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG ABOUT 20 primary school principals will be assigned to teaching posts in other schools when the new school year starts in January. The Ministry of Education says it is the usual practice to redeploy principals and teachers each year and
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    • 173 7  -  By CHEE U CHOO TRAINING must continue even if the construction industry is slowing down, according to some people in the industry. Mr Peter Hartigan, a project manager at Land Lease, an Australian comany, said: "Whether or not business s slowed down, people
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    • 78 7 Lianhe Zaobao AN INDONESIAN tourist lost $41,500 all for a pair of jeans. The 33-year-old man was attracted to a pair of jeans in a shop in People's Park and decided to try it on for size. But he made the mistake of leaving
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    • 215 8 WHERE'S the road? Mr Malik Puasa, 29, of Clementi, found that the only way to get across the road is to swim. The junction of Cluny and Bukit Timah Roads turned into a pond after a heavy downpour yesterday afternoon. Several parts of
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    • 190 8 A GANG of robbers has been terrorising couples courting in the vicinity of the Chinese and Japanese Gardens in the past few weeks. So far, Jurong police have received nine complaints of robbery. The latest involved a single girl who was waiting
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    • 152 4 Celebrate Christmas at Cockpit Hotel Where there's lots of good food and excitement #3 Victoria Bar Live Band Entertainment by DEBBIE CEDRIC and Kathy Los Amora's Attractive Lucky Draw Frizes, Novelties and Delicacies Christmas Eve 6pm to 2 am Price: $30 nett per person Japanese y Coffee House J Romantic
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    • 175 4 I Dec 984 J Sponsors: /jfl Overseas Philip Morris >\ V^^H Corpn. Asia V^^H Boh In Singapore Phoon Huat R&SV/ Boncafe Co. Kmw/ Bristol Meyers Plaza Hotel /Nl^H Klflßfif Century T.V. Radio Polar Engineering 1 oavid Sports Reister Enterprise Decor Furniture Rothmans of j/ Denrose Singapore Pall Mall X^^Hl Diversey
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  • world
    • 343 9 They will manage China competently when I'm dead, he assures doubters Reuter BEIJING, Monday TOP CHINESE leader Deng Xiaoping has assured doubters that his chosen successors will control and manage China competently when he and the rest of China's revolutionary old guard are dead and buried.
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    • 392 9 LAT-WP HONOLULU, Monday IT'S A JUNGLE out there, even for the plants. Scientists have found that many plants conduct chemical warfare against their neighbours, exuding toxins from their roots to'prevent the growth of nearby plants. This appears to be one method
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    • 128 9 AP TOKYO, Mon POLICE have seized a postwar record 1,702 handguns so far this year, many of them apparently smuggled illegally into Japan, mainly from the Philippines and the United States, Japan's Kyodo News Service reported yesterday. Quoting the National Police Agency, Kyodo
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    • 82 9 AP BEIJING, Mon. SIX Chinese technicians have built a three-wheeled "solar-powered car, the Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao) reported yesterday, calling the vehicle "the first of its kind in China." But it is unclear whether this was China's first solar-powered car. A similar report
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    • 184 9 Agencies SAN BENEDETTO (Italy), Monday TWO explosions ripped through a train packed with holiday travellers in a mountain tunnel north of Florence yesterday, causing at least 25 deaths and numerous injuries, said the Ministry of Civil Protection in Rome. The explosion, on the Naples
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    • 86 10 UPI THIS week's Parliamentary election in the world's most populous democracy involves some staggering ■ambers and here are some of them: Total population 730 million. Eligible voters 378.93 million. Polling stations 479,205. Candidates (after withdrawals) 5,301. Seats at stake (Dec 2428) 509. Seats to be
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    • 98 10 VETERAN CANTONESE film actor Cheong Ying was cremated in Toronto on Thursday and sources said his remains will be flown back to Hong Kong. His two sons prepared the Buddhist ceremony in the presence of Cheong Ying's wife. The funeral was attended by about 100
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    • 386 10 Reuter NEW DELHI, Mon PRIME Minister Rajiv Gandhi last night reaffirmed his promise for a sweeping technological development of India as the country prepared to start voting today in its general election. "We want to take the villages forward in
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    • 77 10 UPI NEW YORK, Mon NEWSWEEK Magazine belled 1984 the Year of the Yuppie" in its Dec 31 issue, declaring that the affluent members of the baby boom generation hold increasing influence in politics and the marketplace. The magazine gave several definitions for what
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 105 10 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS THE ROYAL family gathered at Windsor Castle yesterday for its annual family Christmas party, amid headlines that Princess Diana (picture right) and her sister-in-law Princess Anne were feuding bitterly. "It's the season of good will and even Princess Anne
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      • 74 10 ETELVINO Severino da Silva lives. But the Brazilian Government does not believe him. "I've already come to the conclusion I don't exist," Mr Da Silva, 53, said in an article in the O Globo newspaper, which documented his weary, years-long struggle to prove that he
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      • 47 10 TELEVISION STAR Simon ("Manimal") McCorkindale (picture above) and his wife, actress Susan George (who acted alongside Dustin Hoffman in the movie Strawdogs) had their matrimonial union blessed in the Holy Trinity Church in Cookham-on-Thames, near London, on Saturday. The couple married in Los Angeles recently.
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      • 63 10 THE POLICE who captured the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe, have sent him a Christmas card in his Jail cell, British newspapers reported said. Sutcliffe, who killed IS women and terrorised northern England for four years until be was caught in 1980, received .the seasonal greetings
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    • 112 10 UPI WARSAW, Monday NINE OFFICIALS from the banned trade union Solidarity began a four-day hunger strike in a Gdansk church vesterthe Jailing of a Solidarity Solidarity founder Mr Lech Walesa urged Poles to stage similar protects throughout the country. The nine strikers, led by
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    • 193 12 Reuter LONDON, Monday BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher comes from a long line of farm labourers, servants and cobblers, according to genealogists. The. grocer's daughter who became Britain's first woman premier also has Irish blood on her father's side in the form of Catherine Selewin,
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    • 350 12 WASHINGTON, Mon PRESIDENT Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher have agreed on a four-point doctrine guiding US arms policies, including a commitment that any deployment of space-based defence systems would be "a matter for negotiation" with the Soviet Union.
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    • 333 12 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Monday IT WON T be visible over Bethlehem, but scientists from three nations hope their very own Christmas star the world's first man-made comet comes upon a midnight clear when it streaks across the sky early tomorrow. Toe US-launched "Comet"
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    • 161 12 Bernama BATU QAJAH, Monday DEPUTY Home Minister Mr Radzi Sheikh Ahmad yesterday described 1984 as the worst year in the history of drug abuse in Malaysia. The number of addicts continued to rise despite the redoubling of efforts to introduce stricter laws ana
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    • 27 13 A sonic wave device called a lithotripter which destroys kidney stones of the type that now requires surgery has been approved in the United States.
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    • 23 13 Chemically treated cards could be an inexpensive method to test for underdeveloped lungs in foetuses the primary complication faced by babie^
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    • 30 13 A new report says the factory of the future will be smaller than today's plants since there will be few people or products cluttering up the available space.
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    • 139 13 L3r CHEMICALLY treated cards an inexpensive way to lest for under<fevefisped lungs in foetuses, the primary complication faced by newborns. A study by the Indiana University says most lung tests require equipment that is too expensive to some hospitals. In the common procedure, a
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    • 406 13 TRENDS Science and Medicine THE AMERICAN factory of the future will be a lot smaller than present-day plants since, a study by Purdue University predicts, there will be fewer people or products cluttering up the space. The report concentrates on metal-working factories. Computers
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    • 118 13 A SONIC wave device that destroys kidney stones of the type that now requires surgery has been given approval in the United States. Development of the device, called a lithotripter, is being hailed as an authenUc medical miracle. The German-made machine
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    • 37 13 Mam mograms can detect breast cancer early. The American Medical Association says monthly self-exami-nations are important. Recent studies suggested mammography could detect breast cancer two years before the tumour became large enough to be felt.
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    • 47 13 Feeding anti- biotics to animals to promote growth can lead to serious human illness when people eat meat contaminated with drug-resistant bacteria. A New England Journal of Medicine report traces an outbreak of human food poisoning to cattle infected with a drugresistant strain of salmonella.
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    • 42 13 Japan still lags behind the United States in expenditure for research in science and technology. Japan spent 5151.2 billion, or 29.4 percent of the US expenditures for the same period, for government, university and private company research programmes in 1982.
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    • 140 11 We Are GMfc/saw "Ita Sort Of Gifts You'd Like To Give Yourself For Christmas Of course, we have to point out that in reality the best things in life are seldom completely free. However all you have to do to qualify for our rather special (and extremely exclusive) Draw is
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    • 406 13 festive I CELEBRATIONS M jat the Tai-Pan Ramada Hotel T I Celebrate this festive season with a sumptuous International and Thai buffet spread J at the D'jit Pochana. Our festive programme begins from Dec 10 31, with an array of festive fere coupled with a kaleidoscope of music and entertainment
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  • money
    • 746 14  -  His firm provides 50 pc of the metal gates in our HDB flats :he entrepreneurs By RAY MILLER SOME COMPANIES grow large and anonymous. Others grow but still retain the roots, flavours and personalities they had in their humble beginnings If he can be described as
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    • 196 14 IN THE holiday-shortened week ahead Ong and Company expects the local bourse to trek a quiet and unexciting course. Not much interest is expected as many investors are in a holiday mood. The debut of Lum Chang on Dec 28 should
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    • 257 15 MR KARIJANHUNEN was appointed Managing Director of Kansallis International Bank (Asia Pacific) Ltd. He Joined Kansallis-Osake-Pankki (KOP) in 1971 as a corporate analyst. Four years later, he was promoted to Regional Manager of Nordic Bank PLC, London, in which KOP had a 25 per cent shareholding. In 1980,
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    • Article, Illustration
      352 15 Kansallis International Bank (Asia Pacific) Ltd also appointed the following: MR FRANK GUNNAR LONNQVIST as Manager, Business Development. Mr Lonnqvist is responsible for Marketing and Credit. Mr Lonnqvist is a holder of two Master's degrees, one in Business Administration from the Helsinki School of Economics, and the
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    • 140 15 N* f^B —jg^—BM i.* lo the strains of the sitar and our exotic cuisine, njA you will soon drift to India. ■Bp' We don't blame you. Our North Indian and Moghul cuisine is the finest in town. And it simply transports you into another realm. A realm of an amazingly
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  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • 179 16 THE Photographic Society of Singapore will be holding the 1984 Asean Salon of Photography from December 29 to 31. Selected'prints will be on display in the exhibition hall of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Industry Building in Hill Street. The exhibition will be open to
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    • 470 17  -  By LEE CHIU SAN AFTER last week's article on photographing lights in Orchard Road was published, a number of readers called up to ask what I meant by "pulling the zoom." It's an old trick photographers use to give an explosive effect to otherwise static shots.
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    • 19 17 A zoom shot where the image is in the centre of a number of converging rays.
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  • features
    • 518 18  -  ■y SUSAN TRAUSCH Boston Olobo WASHINGTON: People who work for the US Government don't just crumple up a paper and toss it into the waste basket. This is the paper capital of the universe, and folks here put as much or more effort
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    • 927 18  -  •y MICHAEL BROWNING KnHKp-ltldctor Newspapers BEUINQ: A Chinese newspaper has reprinted excerpts from a forthcoming book that reveals for the first time the sordid details surrounding the death of Liu Shaoqi, the whitehaired intellectual who was the highest-ranking victim of the tumultuous Cultural Revolution.
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    • 124 18 CHRISTMAS AT THE RAJAH INN Discover to your delight the evciting taste of Indonesian cuisines at a reasonable price. BEAN CUt&STUFF CHICKEN MNG STUFF ABM£ATSI2 Hettul StnmboX Speciil $X I On Christmas's Eve till New Year's Eve gift vouchers will be given to every $50 spent in our restaurant. INDONESIAN
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  • opinion / letters
    • 497 19 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT COMMENT A POWERFUL message was delivered to the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) by voters in Saturday's general election, and in a way that surprised most political observers. Its reverberation may leave a mark on the PAP and on politics in Singapore.
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    • 278 19 AFTER striving for 25 years, Singaporeans can be justly proud of the result. We are a model of what a hardworking, talented population can do under a strong and stable government. However, life is like a boatman rowing upstream. The moment we stop advancing and
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    • 418 19  -  PATRICK CHIA Singapore 0923 I AM thankful for your editorial comment "Don't blame Press for low property prices" and the open invitation to developers to air their views on the property market (SM, Dec 12). Below are some salient points relating to real estate
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 1006 21 SBC 2.25 SBCTEXT Live Sample Paget. 2.55 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Princess Cheng Ping (C) (r). 3.45 A Christmas Carol. This is a magnificent cartoon adaptation qf Charles Dickens' Christmas classic. It recounts the tale of Ebeneezer Scrooge, the lovable skinflint who, haunted by various spirits past, present
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    • 394 21 Dawn Yip (left) nnd Kao Po (right) will ting on Glow A Christmas Special (Ch 5, Midnight) i in 5.01 Quran Reading. 5.05 Programme Summary. 5.11 Battlo of tha Planets (Episode 14). a 5.34 Shirt's Neighbourhood (Episode 262). 6.00 News. 6.10 Bimbingan Ugama. 6.21 SinarZaman. 6.36 Cumi Dan Ciki: Se-ekor
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  • leisure
    • 500 22 Pra-HoNday Movie Grace K«Ny (CNmn subtitles) (Ch 5, 10.15 pm) THE romantic tale of Grace Kelly is brought to life by former angel, Cheryl Ladd. Before ber death, the princess herself assisted in the pre-pro-duction phase of this re-cre-ation of her rise to stardom. The movie begins
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    • 414 22 Holiday Night Movie Escape to Victory (Chinese aubtitlaa) 1 CCh 5,10.15 pm) SET in Germany in 1943, this John Huston production stars Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and soccer stars Pele, Bobby Moore, Deyna and John Wark. As part of their psy- j etiological warfare programme, the German High
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    • 564 23  -  FILM: REVENGE OP THE NEEDS STARRING: Robert Camdiae, Aathoay Edwards, Tad McGlaley, Berate Casey DIRECTOR: Jell Kaaew SHOWING at Qokten Sultan Ravi#wad by WONG AH YOKE INSIDE moat of us, though we do not or will not recognise it, is a "nerd". Hasn't there been a
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    • 1539 25 HE is there and He is not silent. Christmas seems an appropriate time to think about religion and God. It appears that Singaporeans since they no longer need to worry about where tneir next meal will come from are now able to spend more time on
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    • 498 25  -  By PAT D'ROSE On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me A fine diamond ring On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me A gorgeous gold chain and a fine diamond ring.... SO RUNS a Christmas
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    • 193 26 Churches Dtc 24 Dec 25 Am M« Kio Methodist Church (Street 21) A 9 am Bethesdn Church (Frankel Avenue) 8 am/10.30 am Bart ley Christian Church 7 pm 4 pm (Victoria (How San Drive) Concert Hall) Barker Road Methodist Church 9 am Bedok Lutheran Church 7.30 pm/ 10
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 437 22 Tomorrow's programmes 8.30 88CTEXT Live Samp* Pam. 10.00 Opening and Programme Highlights foiowsd by A Handful of ChristmssSongs.* Maria Morgan and Keith Field entertain with Jingle Beit, Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney, We Thrss Kings of Oriant, Whto Shepherds Watch Thair Flock by Night and other carols. 10.18 The
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 570 23 fUM CUIDC < JHRMIMfIiPPP JUBILEE (*****07); Today/Tomorrow: THE OWL VERSUS i BUMBO (Q DAL1T(*****16): Tonight Midnight/Tomorrow Morning: Today/Tomorrow: THE OWL VERSUS THE OWL VERSUS BUMBO (C) I UWAQU (*****30): Tonight Midnight/Tomorrow Morning: Today /Tomorrow: THE OWL VERSUS THE OWL VERSUS BUMBO (C) BUMBO (C) nil ■nil liimiii Tonight Midnight/Tomorrow Morning:
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 133 24 NOW SNOWING at 4 THEATRES UDO-CHANGI-SAVOY-ORIENTAL ALL Theatres 5 SHOWS: 11.00 am, 1.30, 4.00, 6.45. 9.15 PRICES: $4 S3-CASH BOOKINGS-NO FREE LIST taster starnphNicsMl wife lXJl ott ,STi *o]atLlDO You have seen Indiana Jones; 'Gremlins' Ghostbusters. Now we present yfIKJ W^i KYLE MacLACHLAN STING*SEAN YOUNG ww 1 Him ran ■cc»m»»»<«ll«w
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    • 164 24 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOO o g ORCHARD g o TOMSHT MOM6HTI o ft Shy, quiet Teddy Pierre ft wanted a little adventure J? And one day it walked into Jf V him life in a red silk dress V O Now his wile is parkinfi O O a gun His friends are s
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 77 24 (SB HK MUSIC LOVERS' CHINESE ORCHESTRA THE Hong Kong Music Lovers' Chinese Orchestra will perform at the Singapore Conference Hall on Wednesday and Thursday at 8 pm. The orchestra was founded in 1979 by a group of young musicians. To date, it is made up of many professionals who have
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    • 593 24 THE QODS MUST BE FROM AFGHANISTAN TO CHINA CRAZY AN exhibition entitled From Afghanistan to China will HILTON Movie House be held at the Art Forum, The Promenade, today from will screen The Gods 10 Jg jP m Must he Crazy tomorrow 0,1 display will be drawings, maps, etchings, prints,
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    • 97 24 SHORT STORY WRITING story wily* accepted THE 1984 National Short 25M w^rds^lll SSrSffis ?il£w£pS??, to tojtwd. to^etherwith^ Singaporeeitizeris and per- and y det a,l s are manent residents. available at the Cultural Entrants may write on Affairs Division, Ministry any subject or theme in of Culture, National Liany of the
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    • 584 27 BE ATOP EDITOR OF THE YEAR AM MONITOR YOlffqWAY TOBANGKOK For just one day in the year, in fact, the last day of the year, we'd like you to I(I I 1 play editor. And win prizes into the bargain. f A We've listed what our editors consider the top
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    • 558 28 WORLD NEWS 7. The Poison Gas Disaster ENTERTAINMENT .TV exhibition, the National 1. Indian Prime Minister in India: ANfa fM II Tl IDP Exhibition, a two-month Indira Gandhi's More than 2,500 feared I JP' window on the nation s assassination. dead, 50,000 hurt, many Ipast,1past, present and 2. The Hong
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 692 29 leisure comics I FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook r t »K3S?iSF-»«¥«isvv!s,r.l (PSTKXSKT ARIES March 21 to April 20 LIBRA |P^]|pk You should discuss future September 23 to October 22 =S IL .p plans with a loved one. Your The emphasis is on fun, Yl I lunar position highlights your games, long
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  • 352 30 The Chef Recommends A PLAZA HOTEL: At the Plaza Steakhouse, there is Christmas and New Year's Eve Lunch and Dinner. Traditional set lunch wilj be served between noon to 2.30pm at the cost of $20 for adults and $12 for children below the age
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  • 164 30 CHILDREN will be in for a real festive treat at Scotts Shopping Centre. The kids can either assemble gingerbread houses themselves with do-it-yourself kits or, or watch them being put together by young experts from the Mountbatten Community Centre. These cute Gingerbread Houses have been specially imported
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    • 213 30 *1 NORTH INOIAN CUISINE FOOD-FIT FOR ROYALTY! Savour tempting delights such as: 'MmtMmmtm> Rmm NM* Menu ciwwj— doily #05-36 Far East Plaza, Scotts Road. S'pora 0922 (opposite Hobday Inn. Next to Hyatt Regency) We also cater for wedding*, parties special occasions. TEL: *****40 BAY KITCHEN INTRODUCING OUR SPECIALTY:HONG KONG STYLE
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    • 142 30 c A» n l »uT en v, M wruvmi/'_ flj =—RESTAURANT (PTE) LTD. 60A, Change Alley Aerial Plaza, Collyer Quay, Singapore 0104. I Set atop the city's buzzling business core and harbour front, the Red Lantern Revolving Restaurant affords memorable dining experience. I j Take in enchanting city sights .and
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    • 219 30 3fi The Best Korean Cuisine 36 was originated in Seoul, Korea and now found in W SfOUIBARMN KOttAN RESTAURANT i«i»H LUNCH DINNER Adult $10.50 $12.00 per person Chikfren $5.50 $7M per penon (Below 10 yean) A, A.4 Choice of chicken, t pork, beef, ox tongue, cuttle-fish, rice, soup, vegetable Reaarvationa
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    • 554 31 Many centres provide services for parents whose children are difficult to control IF YOUR childrea give you problems, yom can tan to several social and welter* services: THE SINGAPORE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY The Singapore Children's Society runs two centres for children with behavioural problems. Parents or schools
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    • 201 31 DID YOU leave a tennis racket behind in a taxi on Dec 4? If vou did, you may claim it from the Registry of Vehicles (ROV) office at Sin Ming Drive during office hours. The ROV says 55 honest taxi drivers have
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    • FAST TIPS
      • 89 31 INFORMATION YOU CAN USE REMEMBER your pet during the party season. A normally docile pet may get frightened if its surrounding is too noisy. It may even become aggressive. So if you are having a party, keep it in a place away from the noise and
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      • 125 31 IRONING clothes incorrectly may lead to unwanted creases, or worse, a ruined dress. Here are a few pointers on how to press your clothes: TO PREVENT a shine which can be Eermanent from the iron, place a piece of rown paper or a damp cloth
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      • 51 31 EVER found yourself with mascara that has dried up and an impatient date in the living room? Don't despair. Put the mascara tube (wand end up) about half-way into hot water for two to three minutes. This will soften the remainder in the tube enough for the
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    • 351 33 mm 1 1 ii- i■ 1 "V Wishing »ll our clients, friends business associates "A Merry Christmas Happy New Year 99 Empo Trading Design Construction Renovation Contractors 756 Upper Serangoon Rd #03-08, A Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre fai Tel: *****17/ *****16 f A Merry X'mas A Happy New Year J
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    • 662 34 VAN The staff of the Classifieds Department wish all advertisers, readers and friends ytf.0.0.4 Merry JJ Christmas And yfifSjt A Happy New Year m^^^^m^^mmmmt^SESSESSSSSSSS!STTm^SSm Season's Compliments to allout patrons y Xmas Eve Xmas Eve w c Dinner Dance New Year s Eve Jnf Dinner Dance New Year s Eve $45/-
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    • 1179 35 VAN Classified Ad Rates Singapore Monitor: Sunday Monitor: Warda 0.55 c«att par word 0.55 ccnU per word. Display $7.70 par col. cm $10.00 par col. cm Baatoaaa Hra Mon-Frl. 9am-spm Sat. 9am-lpm MONITOR'S DIRECTORY FANCY DRESS COSTUME JOLLY JOKER FANCY Dress 469 4439 [fishincT^ DANNY eMONO CO 295 1575 WATER
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  • sports
    • 319 36 NICOSIA, Monday STRIKER Peter Houtman injected a ray of hope into the Netherlands' World Cup qualifying campaign when he grabbed a late winner in their European Group Five soccer tie against Cyprus here yesterday. Houtman headed home Willy van Der Kerkhof's right
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    • 688 36 RACE I CI 5 Div 4 1200 m II Geaeral Orders 52.5 How (10) 1 I 1 8 Combat Hero 54.5 Nicolai (7) 2 2 2 3 Rhythm Muter 55.5 Mahhat (6) 3 4 3 4 Jardinier 55 Martnki (12) 7 7 4 Coarse Scratching: 2 Precisely 56
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    • Article, Illustration
      810 37  -  Negri to rely on a strategy of all-out attack and Defence Stortos by ALFONSO CHAN NEGRI SEMBILAN's failure to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Cup this year by a point was just too bitter a pill to swallow. All they needed was just to beat Perak
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      246 37 A striker in the calibre of Zainal Abidin THE HIGHLIGHT of Mohamad Noor Hassan's football career was receiving accolades from newspapers who had voted him, alongside Zainal Abidin, as the nation's best strikers in the last Malaysia Cup competition. But at 26 years, the well-built, soft-spoken centre forward is
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    • 91 37  -  NEGRI SEMBILAN OoiMiiipirti Alias Mohamad, K Loganathan, Tan Kok Yoong and Hamdan Mohamad Kalam. Ptftndtrti Hamdan Wahab. Roslan Yaakob, Zaki Sheikh Ahmad, Koay Slew Hua, Borhan Joned and Mohamad Noor All. Hdflelderai Yusoff Aziz. M Mahandran, Mutalib Adam and Hamzah Mohamad Strfkarss Mohamad Noor Hassan, Nazarami Abu Zarim, Yahaya
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    • 64 37 THERE will be no star strikers (in the Negri team) this year. Negri's style off play will be total football, the modern game. The forwards must learn to help out in defenoe 9 and the defence riiust move up to Joiii in the
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      240 37 The man at the heart of the Negri defence KOAY Slew Hua, the captain of the Negri side, is the longest serving player of the state. For nine years be has been the mainstay of the defence, and next year, his experience and leadership will be looked upon to
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    • 307 38 AAlie ainnrlan nV/mCj MOVKMy INTERNAZIONALE stole a point on Italian League leaders Verona yesterday, thanks to an impressive 2-0 win over fourthplaced Sampdoria. The win left third-placed Inter two points adrift of Verona, who drew 0-0 at Como, and level on 19
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    • 113 38 AscoN 0 Milan 1; Atalanta 0 Torino 0; AveWno 1 Lazio 0; Como 0 Verona 0; Intemazionale 2 Sampdoria 0; Juventus 2 Napoti 0; Roma 3 Cremonese 2; Udinese 2 Fkxentina 2. P W D L F APIs Verona 13 8 5 0 16 4 21 Torino 13
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    • 693 38 BRITISH SOCCER ROUNDUP BY SIMON BARNES NORWICH 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 THE TEAM with the most reason to enjoy their Christ- are clambered to the top of Dtvjsldh One a creditable win over Norwich. 7? It was a scramble
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    • 1134 38 ENQUSH MV OMK Araanai 1 Watford 1; Aston Villa 4 NawcaiM 0; Evarton 3 Chaisaa 4; Man Unitod 3 Ipswich 0; Norwich 1 Tottenham 2; Shaft Wad 2 Btoka 1; Waal Ham 2 Southampton 9; QPR 0 Uvarpooi 2; Laicaator S Coventry 1; Sundartand 0 Foraat 2.
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 386 39  -  »y S GULAM FOR FOOTBALL fans who have been wondering whether there is a chance of Fanai Ahmad turning out for Singapore in the first few matches of the Malaysia Cup starting next month, the answer is: No. The FC Groningen footballer returned home
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    • 205 39 Reuter PARIS, Monday SOCCER star Michel Platini, captain of France's European championship winning side this year, was yesterday named 1984 French Cftfjhpion of Champions tt a poll by L'equipe sports newsthl second time Platini, wafivtolays for Italian clufc Juventus, has won the prestigious annual award.
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    • 70 39 WHEN doctors told Verona's Preben Elkjaer that he could not play for the team last weekend because he was still sick the Danish striker reportedly broke up the locker-room in frustration. The Italian League leaders then went on to tie 0-0 with Como, allowing second-placed Inter to inch
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    • 6 39 ITALIAN SOCCER LEAGUE REPORT: SEE P39
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    • 54 39 WIWJM9EI PAGE 88 B«}« INSIDE Total Football': Focus on Negri: P 38 WSSmSSm ■IMASTERPCCSS■ FROM TNI 8000/9000 SERES HHI 91 SmssNkmrnt. |fl H 8011 QCH 9027 n SANYO 9] ivonr imuii or iour lvs MR 1\ SANYO BUSINESS SYSTEMS (S) PTE LTD M |OB|X 1» MWdto Road. NM9 %tadi Building.
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