Singapore Monitor, 6 January 1985
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Title Section12 1985-01-06 1 the Sunday Monitor Sunday, January 6, 1985 M.C.(P) No. 22/5/84 40 cents12 words
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Article, Illustration329 1985-01-06 1 Oei Sin Giok - by Oei Sin Giok Monitor staff writer Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin called on Singapore lawyers to reduce "unnecessary litigation" to help stem the steady, staggering increase in the courts' case load. "I have seen in my many years as Chief Justice too many ill-ad-vised suits329 words
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862 1985-01-06 1 Frieda Koh - by Frieda Koh Monitor staff writer Real estate developers are campaigning on several fronts to boost the property market and convince prospective home-owners to buy now. Firstly, they are waging a public fight to counter the view that prices862 words
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186 1985-01-06 1 Irene Toh - by Irene Toh Monitor staff writer A sales promoter, Gho Hong Theng, 33, lavished $2,360 worth of jewellery, wallets and handbags on himself and two girlfriends using a credit card he had "borrowed" from a friend. Yesterday, Gho had to186 words
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Article, Illustration45 1985-01-06 1 Census of Population 1980 The number of women in the labour force indicated an increase over the last five-year period, the number in 1983 registering an increase of 21 4 °o over that of 1979 SOURCE: Singapore Dept of Statistics SM CHART BY PETER THAMSOURCE: Singapore Dept of Statistics; SM CHART BY PETER THAM - 45 words
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Advertisement291 1985-01-06 1 Music scene: Pop parade NEWS IN BRIEF PAP STOPS holding meet-the-people sessions in Anson and Potong Pasir. Pg2 STILL NO INDICATION as to who will fill non-ward MP seat. Pg 2 AFTERMATH of the brawls among foreign workers. Pfl3 MORE WORKERS are now getting paid through their bank j accounts.291 words
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Advertisement20 1985-01-06 1 Discover the old-world J jfe 1 &"3 charm of Kuantan Can Murphy's law trigger nuclear The day of the Singapore20 words
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Advertisement18 1985-01-06 1 A green 'oasis' in West Top designer likes wearing casual garb Diplomats in Singapore mix business with pleasure18 words
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LOCAL NEWS
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Article, Illustration189 1985-01-06 2 The legal profession exists because humans were wayward and prone to do wrong, Dr Tay Eng Soon, the Minister of State for Education and Communications and Information, said at the church service organised by the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship yesterday. Dr Tay was addressingMonitor photo by Shafie Goh - 189 words
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307 1985-01-06 2 Loong Swee Yin - by Loong Swee Yin Monitor staff writer The People's Action Party (PAP) has ceased its meet-the-people sessions in Anson and Potong Pasir the two constituencies which elected opposition Members of Parliament in the recent general election. But the party will307 words
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199 1985-01-06 2 It is still unclear which of the opposition candidates will fill the non-constituency seat in Parliament. But at least one Singaporean a Monitor reader is already looking beyond this question and at the possibility of opposition candidates getting elected199 words
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Article, Illustration536 1985-01-06 2 Bertilla Pereira - How do you feel about going back to school? Monitor staff reporter Monitor staff photographer Interviews at Orchard Mall by Bertilla Pereira HAM YEAN HOW 15, Chinaae High School "I feel good, excited about going back to school. I'm happy and it's fun to see friends again. IPhotos by Spencer Loh - 536 words
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402 1985-01-06 2 Ang Peng Hwa - by Ang Peng Hwa Monitor staff writer supply Another major developer challenged forecasters' views that a glut in the residential property market would bring increasingly lower prices. "Currently, it is possible to buy good quality housing in an advanced state of construction at402 words
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Article200 1985-01-06 2 Mr Ng Teng Fong, president of the Far East Organisation, said he welcomed the additional 20 per cent to be paid by the purchaser on issuance of TOL (temporary occupation licence). In a press statement, he said: "Developers can make use of this 20200 words
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Article, Illustration179 1985-01-06 2 In last week's Photo Views feature, we inadvertently mixed up the words and photographs of two respondents. Here we have them correct, answering the question: What will you be doing in 1985? We regret the error. ANDY LIM 25, Salas Representative "It's not going to be easy179 words
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94 1985-01-06 2 In the report on Page 1 of The Singapore Monitor yesterday, it was suggested that Mr Teh Cheang Wan, the Minister for National Development, will no longer be associated with the Housing and Development Board because Dr Yeo Ning Hong, as Second94 words
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Article, Illustration964 1985-01-06 3 Masaki Watanabe - by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer Police described the New Year's Day brawls between South Korean and Thai construction men as "one of the worst involving foreign workers in recent years." But five days after the melee, during which police were stoned forMonitor photos by Hairis - 964 words
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Article, Illustration411 1985-01-06 4 Ang Peng Hwa - ...or how to please everyone everytime by Ang Peng Hwa Moortor staff writer Residents of Pasir Panjang Garden used to get annoyed when flat-dwellers from a nearby public housing estate parked their vehicles indiscriminately along the streets in their private housing estate. It got so bad411 words
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408 1985-01-06 4 K K Fong - by K K Fong Monitor staff writer A gang of burglars broke into 11 offices in the People's Park Centre between Friday night and yesterday morning and, wherever they could find nothing worth stealing, they vented their frustration by smearing faeces and408 words
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306 1985-01-06 4 Gandhi Ambalam - by Gandhi Ambalam Monitor staff writer Nearly half of the 1.2 million workers in Singapore now have their salaries paid through bank accounts. In the first ten months of last year, more than 80,300 workers opened bank accounts in response to the306 words
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470 1985-01-06 6 Bertilla Pereira - by Bertilla Pereira Monitor staff writer The new school year opened with a headache for several principals and parents because of confusion over the way some primary pupils had been posted. And, say principals, it looks as though at least some of the confusion was470 words
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221 1985-01-06 6 Chee Li Choo - by Chee Li Choo Monitor staff writer "Adjunct Professor" that's one of the titles the National University of Singapore is offering computer professionals who are able and willing to give up to eight hours of their time a week to lend a hand221 words
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Article68 1985-01-06 6 Two new day-care centres will ■open at the Telok Blangah and River Valley community centres on Feb 1. The centres, run by the People's Association, will open from 7 am to 7 pm on weekdays, until 2 pm on Saturdays. Registration starts on January 10.68 words
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Article, Illustration121 1985-01-06 6 It was the "Countdown to '85" and there was always something interesting going on on the stage. Thousands of viewers and people in the audience centred their attention on the platform. In doing so, they missed the rest of the show. Our MonitorMonitor Photos by Shafie Goh - 121 words
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Advertisement160 1985-01-06 4 QUICK. NAME ONE COUNTRY THAT OFFERS YOU ALL THESE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. k ..V k v Any traveller who's J been in New Zealand will m tell you there just isn't a 0 j country like New yjr-y f Because a time when New becomes a IH wonderland of adventure,160 words
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MONEY
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Article, Illustration854 1985-01-06 8 All over the world, we read and hear constantly that the US dollar is over-priced and that it must fall. Yet, after these dire predictions, it persists in defying gravity. The Singapore dollar is exceedingly sound and, in fact, has not weakened in854 words
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Article, Illustration227 1985-01-06 8 Laws to prevent Singapore's new financial futures market from turning into a 'casino' will be introduced soon. Dr Richard Hu, the newly-appointed Minister for Trade and Industry, said that the legislation would be one of several measures that the government would take to enhance Singapore's227 words
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Article162 1985-01-06 8 Reuter NEW YORK Henry Kaufman, one of Wall Street's most respected analysts, says the US economy could expect a reasonably promising year in 1985, with a continued growth rate and only a modest rise in inflation. Mr Kaufman says he expects that real growth in162 words
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Article, Illustration808 1985-01-06 9 Edward Ong - by Edward Ong For the Monitor Other than the Hong Kong market, which could pick up further, most other stock exchanges will remain fairly uncertain and short of buying interest. Wall Street's yearopening performance has been disappointing, and this has set the softer808 words
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Article, Illustration45 1985-01-06 9 JET FIGHTER: Photo shows workers of Israel Airport Industries, at Ben Gurion Airport, labouring on a full-scale experimental model of the new Lavi jet fighter. The made-in-lsrael jet's first flight is scheduled for early next year. Reuter Photo by ReuterPhoto by Reuter - 45 words
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Article709 1985-01-06 9 Lawrence Wee - by Lawrence Wee F<x the Monitor The finance companies are in a dilemma. Their mainstays of business, cars and properties are on the slide. Car financing, once a sizeable proportion of their loans portfolio, is now decreasing due to the declared policy of the Government709 words
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Article311 1985-01-06 9 Reuter BEIJING China's one billion people spent a record amount of money last year and are expected to spend even more this year, the Commerce Ministry reported. Retail sales rose 17 per cent to 300 billion Renminbi yuan (*****.7 billion) and could go up by nearly311 words
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WORLD NEWS
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NEWS IN BRIEF
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76 1985-01-06 10 AP CLEVELAND (Ohio) An armed woman who held seven hostages aboard a Pan American Airways jet was critically wounded in a gun battle with anti-terrorist teams who stormed the plane after a six-hour standoff. The woman, identified as Ornetta Mays, 42, demanded to go to BrazilAP - 76 words
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60 1985-01-06 10 Reuter SYDNEY Swimmers were warned against entering Sydney Harbour after the sighting last week of six sharks, one of which ate two dogs. The dogs, a Terrier and a German Shepherd, were seized by a shark in the inner-city Rozelle Bay. Police said a canoeist reportedReuter - 60 words
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Article95 1985-01-06 10 Reuter LONDON Surgeons in Sheffield have amputated .the left arm of British rock group Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen four days after they sewed it back on following a car crash, a hospital spokesman said. Allen, whose group has taken the United States by storm,Reuter - 95 words
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Article66 1985-01-06 10 UPI NAZARETH (Israel) Militant Rabbi Meir Kahane has sent hundreds of letters to Arabs warning them to leave Israel and the occupied territories or face bloodshed, Arab leaders said. They said Mr Kahane, a member of Israeli Parliament, offered to help them get visas andUPI - 66 words
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56 1985-01-06 10 UPI MONTEVIDEO Uruguay's newly elected civilian government promised to free all political prisoners, including former guerilla leaders, when it takes office on March 1 and ends 12 years of military rule. The 400 political prisoners were condemned by military tribunals for acts ranging from civilUPI - 56 words
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Article50 1985-01-06 10 Reuter WASHINGTON The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of St&ff, General John Vessey, will visit China from Jan 12-19, the Defence Department announced. He will meet Chinese officials and leaders of the People's Liberation Army and tour military facilities and army units. ReuterReuter - 50 words
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68 1985-01-06 10 Reuter SEOUL Leading South Korean dissident Kim Young-sam called for a boycott of parliamentary elections expected in February if the government did not allow fuller democracy. The former presidential contender charged that unfair election systems made it a foregone conclusion that President Chun DooReuter - 68 words
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Article, Illustration79 1985-01-06 10 BEIRUT Swiss Ambassador to Lebanon Paul-Andre Ramseyer has flown back to Beirut to lead a search for kidnapped charge d'affaires Eric Wehrli (picture left). No trace has been found of Mr Wehrli or of the car from which unknown gunmen dragged him in broad daylight last79 words
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Article459 1985-01-06 10 FEW BURGLARY victims come away as happy and honoured as Fort Worth, Texas, restaurateur Jim Buckley who lost 325 kg of chillies in a New Year's Eve theft that also saw U554,200 (558,820) damages to his premises. "I"don't think I have ever seen anyone work so hard459 words
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Article, Illustration602 1985-01-06 10 Wire services CAIRO An Israeli-organised airlift of thousands of Jews out of Ethiopia, which has just become public in Israel, is the climax of a 10-year-long highly secret "underground railroad" operation to rescue them from the turmoil of the Ethiopian revolution. While the full dimensionsPhoto by AP - 602 words
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Article425 1985-01-06 10 Associated Press LONDON A magistrate has issued an order preventing Britain's first reported commercial surrogate mother from handing over her baby to the childless couple who paid her to have it, the Daily Star reported. The British tabloid, which has acquired what it says425 words
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Article718 1985-01-06 10 Jackie Sam - by Jackie Sam Monitor staff writer The government of a south Indi- an state variously described as "a political wonder" and "a successful political experiment" has been flattened by the Congress(l) electoral steamroller. The fall came this week, a fortnight after the general elections, when718 words
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130 1985-01-06 10 France's first test-tube triplets two girls and a boy United Press International PARIS France's first test-tube triplets, two girls and one boy, were born in a Pahs hospital three weeks premature but in excellent shape, hospital officials said. The triplets, who weighed in at between two and 2.2 kg, were130 words
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ASEAN NEWS
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727 1985-01-06 11 Michael Richardson - by Michael Richardson The Age Newspaper, Melbourne Special to The Sunday Monitor Vietnam and its communist ally in Cambodia are pressing to discredit and break up armed resistance to their control of the country. Their latest operation differs from dry-season offensives in the727 words
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Article, Illustration563 1985-01-06 11 Masaki Watanabe - by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer The city of Jakarta's plan to phase out becaks the traditional three-wheeled pedicab has drastically reduced their number, but enterprising operators have come up with a new mode of transport, a motorised becak. The converted becaks, usually powered563 words
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131 1985-01-06 11 Reuters BANGKOK Up to 10 Thai defence volunteers were killed and several wounded when Vietnamese troops in Cambodia fired artillery shells into a border district in north-east Thailand, police said yesterday. Police in Burirum province revealed that the attack took place on Friday in131 words
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Article, Illustration49 1985-01-06 11 MADAM DEWI SUKARNO (right), Japaneseborn wife of Dr Sukarno, the late Indonesian president, with her 18-year-old daughter Karina at the fashionable Swiss ski resort of Gstaad. Karina, who bears a striking resemblance to her father, lives with her mother in Paris. Monitor photo by SygmaMonitor photo by Sygma - 49 words
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Article249 1985-01-06 11 Reuter KHAO-I-DANG (Thailand) Hundreds of soldiers and civilians are killed or maimed by land mines in Cambodia's guerilla war every month, according to a French rehabilitation worker on the staff of a hospital here. "A handicapped soldier is a burden, a dead one is, in a249 words
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COMMENTARY
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OBSERVATIONS
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Article271 1985-01-06 12 A bear hunter in northern Norway named Herman Sotkajaervi described what he saw and heard last week: "The ground trembled, my house shook, and the noise was deafening as a reddish-yellow light streaked through the air at an incredible speed." The strange sight and sound naturally271 words
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Article130 1985-01-06 12 The two public brawls early last Tuesday morning between South Korean and Thai construction workers left bruises on more than just a few bodies. They also fractured the respectful relationship normally accorded the police. During the melee, for the first time in memory, troublemakers stoned policemen130 words
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Article38 1985-01-06 12 Reuter reports that a rodent-infested neighbourhood in Shanghai has started a lottery with 20,000 chances. Price of a ticket is a dead mouse. Top prize is two electric blankets. Consolation prize i 5...20,000 dead mice?38 words
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Article, Illustration373 1985-01-06 12 Chopsticks are as Chinese as Ming or cheongsam. So you can be sure there was nothing flippant or offhand about that decision to drop the chopsticks and pick up the fork-n-spoons. A Chinese official has given the assurance that it is part of Deng Xiaoping's pragmatic approach373 words
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Article, Illustration798 1985-01-06 12 Steven Guo - by Steven Guo For the Monitor There are few things sadder than to meet a young girl who's just spent her entire savings in one fell swoop. I met such a girl the other day, sole breadwinner in a family of five.798 words
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Article, Illustration710 1985-01-06 12 The language of romance has fallen into disuse. In fact, it is abused, especially by the Americans whose terms of endearment seem limited to things like honey and cutie pie. Somehow American girls survive this garbage. The Europeans, or at least some of710 words
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Article, Illustration1087 1985-01-06 13 A new team is in place, a new style of leadership in the making, a new rapport to be struck between the Government and the governed. Might there also be a new role for the press to play? There must be if1,087 words
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765 1985-01-06 13 Masaki Watanabe - by Masaki Watanabe Monitor staff writer Japanese tourists are a familiar part of the Singapore cityscape. Attired in designer sportswear and hats (for protection from the "tropical sun"), they usually move around in groups, more often than not on the lookout for765 words
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Article, Illustration1384 1985-01-06 14 Jackie Sam - by Jackie Sam Monitor staff writer Five months ago one of New Delhi's top general practitioners was in Singapore, shopping for video equipment for a TV studio. That visit is still the subject of endless speculation about the sinister motives of a doctor1,384 words
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Advertisement356 1985-01-06 13 vjl j WAa«ml 1 1985 fesaw Puzzle Oianipioriship Hotel Island Grand Prize worth $4000 Two-night accommodation in a deluxe Hallmark's latest Craze Two-night accommodation in a two- too™ at the Shangri-La Hotel with daily full Hallmark's exciting Jigsaw Puzzles are in bedroom Executive Suite at the Shangri-La American breakfast for356 words
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Miscellaneous24 1985-01-06 13 JP ij| >1 FEEL A GREAT RELIEF WHEN SCHOOLS RE-OPEN... WE KNOW lAT LEAST WHERE HE'S GOING WHEN HE LEAVES HOME IN THE MORNING.24 words
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Advertisement90 1985-01-06 14 There's a lot of tradition in Heineken Beer. And the tradition of being recognized as The tradition of consistent quality, that's been one of the finest beers in the world. seen year after year. (Well over 100 of them.) (Well, there is only one Heineken.) The tradition of consistent quality,90 words
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RACING GUIDE
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Article600 1985-01-06 15 lift! I I CI 3 Div 7-1400m 5 Unforgettable II 54.5 Foo (1) 7 7 1 4 Data Bank 54.5 Tiley (6) 5 6 2 3 Frieco 55 Tweedie (5) 2 2 3 2 Swing Top 57 Lucas (2) 3 4 4 Course Scratching: 7 Evert rust 54600 words
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229 1985-01-06 15 Computer Analyst - For the Monitor by Computer Analyst At the end of each race, you swear you could have picked the winners for one or more of the following reasons: it had the best barrier draw next to the rails in a sprint race; it229 words
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Article135 1985-01-06 15 Tipsters in our Sunday Monitor Guide tallied these results in last Sunday's races in Penang. First Second Third Wonder Boy (Monitor) '2 4 1 Ma-zehn Tan (Zao Bao) 13 3 Ma-Tan (Wan Bao) 5 4 2 Tet (Monitor) 2 5 3 Computer Analyst (Monitor) 3 5 3 Following135 words
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Article196 1985-01-06 15 Wonder Boy - For ttie Monitor by Wonder Boy SEAN Stable's Foxiloxi gets his best ever chance of winning his first Classic event in the running of the $130,000 Yang Di Pertua Negeri Gold Cup over 2200 m in Race Five at Batu Gantong today. The Alvaro six-year-old196 words
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Article281 1985-01-06 15 RACE WONDER BOY MA-ZEHN TAN MA-TAN TET (Monitor) (Zao Bao) (Wan Bao) (Monitor) 3 Gold Meridian 5 Fleet Foot 5 Fleet Foot 3 Gold Meridian 1 1 Glamorous Charm 2 Alexander 1 Glamorous Charm 5 Fleet Foot 5 Fleet Foot 1 Glamorous Charm 3 GoW Meridian 1 Glamorous281 words
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Article1479 1985-01-06 15 RACE 1 2.00 CI 3 Div 4 1400 m Stakes: $14,500 1 ***** GLAMOROUS CHARM 1-25.5 2) 57 0 Ooi 1/3 snzm Noord* GYSH/24-YS 2 ***** ALEXANDER 1-24.9 (3) 565 Johnston 1/7 snzg Noordr GYSH/13-G 40g kapt wel in handTus 3 ***** QOLOMERCIANI 1-25 31,479 words
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Article261 1985-01-06 15 COMPUTER ANALYST BEST PICKS vVtOSI rr®T®rrrCl Dfls Race 3 No. 3 MOSSMJJOM A non-acceptor last week apparency keeping for second run when he goes over the right distance. Waa a neck second at Ascot over 1400g in a smart time of 1-24.5. Has been training well during the last two261 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration607 1985-01-06 16 IPS For many years now, well-known sports writer ERIC BATTY has been given the task of naming a World XI team for World Soccer magazine. As Batty points out, it is never intended that his "chosen" team should ever play as a side against any club orIPS - 607 words
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Article, Illustration511 1985-01-06 16 Julian Bees - ITALIAN SOCCER uiih Julian Bees Italy's first division soccer is almost halfway through the season and, according to past statistics, the top team at this time almost always win the championship. This year, so many experts say, the odds look different. One of them511 words
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Article, Illustration860 1985-01-06 16 Aquarius - GOING FISHING by Aquarius For The Monitor Many times, I have come across friends and fellow fishermen who've been sold tackle totally unsuitable for the type of fishing they wish to pursue. While the ignorant fisherman has to carry part of the860 words
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Article, Illustration650 1985-01-06 17 Reuter NEW YORK Affable and gregarious, he is boxing's most charming personality -a .fighter whom, it might be said, never met a ;man he disliked. r Not even an opponent who had just landed a solid right to the jaw. At least that650 words
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Article, Illustration319 1985-01-06 17 McE steamrolls past Jimbo again Reuter XAS VEGAS John McEnroe beat arch rival Jimmy Connors for the ninth time in a row here on Friday night to reach the final of the Challenge of Champions tennis tournament. The American now meets Guiliermo Vilas of Argentina, who defeated Ivan Lendl of319 words
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268 1985-01-06 17 Associated Press ARKANSAS Bothered by a strong first-day showing by East Germany, the United States improved in Friday night's events with two world best times in the men's and women's 200-metre medley relays in the US swimming international meet. The United States, which came268 words
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Article, Illustration382 1985-01-06 18 Kenneth Jalleh - PENANG vs M'SIAN FORCES City Stadium, Penang, 8.30 pm. All Malaysia Cup previews by Kenneth Jalleh Penang, last year's semifinalists, should have no problem containing the Armed Forces not with Hassamuddin Hassan who is all set to start the state's Malaysia Cup campaign with a bang382 words
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263 1985-01-06 18 NEGRI SEMBILAN vs MALACCA, Municipality Stadium, Seremban, 4.30 pm Malacca have Soh Chin Aun, one of the best footballers Malaysia has produced over the decades. As long as Soh is there, Malacca cannot be underrated. Malacca may be fielding a team263 words
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Article50 1985-01-06 18 One star*- Expect a draw; 1-1,2-2, etc. Two stars Win by one goal 1-0,2-1 3-2, etc. Three stars Win by more than one goal but no more than three. Four stars Win by four goals and over 4-0,5-1, etc. Five stars Win by six dear goals S-0,7-1, etc.50 words
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Article, Illustration447 1985-01-06 18 SARAWAK v KELANTAN, Jubilee Padang, Kuching, 4.30 pm If Sarawak pulls off an upset over Kelantan, it will evoke a mixed response from coach Mohammed Che Su, who only a short time ago did much to raise Kelantan's Malaysia Cup status to its447 words
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Article, Illustration356 1985-01-06 18 BRUNEI v TRENGGANU, Stadium Hassanal Bolkiah, BSB, Brunei, 8.30 pm Trengganu's 3-1 victory over Sabah in their opening cup tie on Friday evening at Kota Kinabalu shows that the state intends to go far this year. Ahmad Paijan, the state's top scorer, was too well markedMonitor photo by Christine Chew - 356 words
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Article, Illustration251 1985-01-06 19 It was a sorry tale of misses. Despite the roaring welcome of the Bruneian fans, which should have made the Young Lions feel at home, Singapore put up a pathetic display. For while their ball-play and their jerseys dazzled, the Singaporeans had nothing toMonitor photo by CHRISTINE CHEW - 251 words
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368 1985-01-06 19 Kenneth Jalleh - by Kenneth Jalleh Monitor staff writer Skippered by Frank Young, Neruru, six months old, and already the fastest yacht in Singapore, is favourite for line honours in the race for the Singapore Tatler/Cartier Perpetual trophy starting at Changi Sailing Club at368 words
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Article288 1985-01-06 19 Ernest Frida - by Ernest Frida Monitor staff writer Changi Golf Club, in an effort not to waste talent, may take in two of the players abandoned by the Seletar Country Club as associate members of the club. This was disclosed by the club's captain, Ong Ah Keng,288 words
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Article, Illustration664 1985-01-06 20 Kenneth Jalleh; S Gulam - TODAY: SABAH vs SINGAPORE (LIKAS STADIUM, KOTA KINABALU, 4.15 PM) by Kenneth Jalleh and S Gulam If Singapore are to bring back their international prestige, and not leave it behind in East Malaysia, the Young Lions must beat Sabah in their second MalaysiaMonitor photo by Christine Chew - 664 words
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Article110 1985-01-06 20 With the Eastern states, Sabah and Sarawak, and the Sultanate of Brunei fighting to hold the Malaysian mainlanders and Singapore at bay, there's not likely to be a feast of goals in the Malaysia Cup matches today. Only Penang, who finished third last year, and Malacca,110 words
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404 1985-01-06 20 Associated Press CALCUTTA The third cricket Test match between England and India ended in a tame draw yesterday at the Eden Gardens here. The two teams are tied 1-1 in the five-Test series. England, replying to India's mammoth score404 words
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Miscellaneous393 1985-01-06 16 4-D Tally In random numbers games, some numbers emerge more often than others in the short run. Sometimes, a pattern will be seen which may, or may not, repeat itself. For fun and comparison, our Computer Analyst this week analyzes the 4-D results held in Ipoh for the 10 draws393 words
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Advertisement52 1985-01-06 19 Singapore! ~~~™l mKw^ West Berlin is a green 'oasis' In the heartland of East Germany !&'■'> I is West Berlin, the last of the free If _J world in the country. Take a walk through the forests of the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Jessica pius ther Ho,| vw od stars52 words
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Article, Illustration655 1985-01-06 1 Violet Oon - by Violet Oon For the Monitor Bangkok, when it sizzles, is really hot and I don't mean the weather alone. The chilli padis are hot enough to zap you into outer space. And what is unique about Thai dishes is that they655 words
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Article, Illustration369 1985-01-06 1 Violet Oon - by Violet Oon For the Monitor Staying and dining at the Oriental Hotel in Bangkok is quite an experience. They say it is the best hotel in the world. I beg to disagree. It is fun staying there and the feeling369 words
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Article, Illustration570 1985-01-06 2 Norma Osborne-Stanley - by Norma Osborne-Stanley Streets Press Service A model glides down a runway wearing a cream-coloured evening gown with a removable jacket. Her collar and wrists are wreathed in beige feathers. A second model struts forward in a form-fitting dress of black suede that dips low570 words
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Article, Illustration166 1985-01-06 2 TREND TRAIL While his dreadlocks and Jewish hat appear in discos the world over, Boy George, alias George O'Dowd, makes another chame-leon-inspired switch in his image. From the looks of his recent publicity shots, the Boy is tired of his crossover look. Gone are those166 words
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Article, Illustration568 1985-01-06 4 David Joseph - by David Joseph Monitor staff writer If the Eighties were to be remembered, it would be for the reversal of gender attire such as tuxedoes for women by Claude Montana and skirts for men by Jean-Paul Gaultier. It will be very interesting to seeSketches by David Joseph - 568 words
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413 1985-01-06 4 Reuter "Fashion is not fashionable if it does not come from Paris," wrote French author Colette 30 years ago. Today, Paris still leads Rome, New York and London as the fashion capital, the experts say. And behind the413 words
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Article512 1985-01-06 5 Violet Oon - by Violet Oon For the Monitor Frozen pork will be the food of 1985, if the Primary Production Department (PPD) has its way. We know that the pig farms will have to go eventually. That means something has to replace the fresh pork we've512 words
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Article, Illustration711 1985-01-06 5 Violet Oon - by Violet Oon For ttie Monitor "You must go to the hawker centre in the Ambassador Hotel." my father kept on urging. "It's the most fantastic place for hawker food you'll ever find. "Everything that's anything in Thai food is offered there down to mountain and711 words
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Article, Illustration580 1985-01-06 6 Marilyn Beck - FILM FOCUS by Marilyn Beck Tribune Media Services HOLLYWOOD 2010 author Arthur C Clarke isn't concerned that the Hollywood trade papers have ravaged the upcoming film version of his space epic. "It will be a blockbuster," he states unequivocally about the US$25 million580 words
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Article, Illustration460 1985-01-06 6 Tim Drape - CLOSE-UP by Tim Drape Streets Press Service "I have been referred to as one of the new studs in town," says Peter Weller. "But I don't feel new. I've been around for 10 years." But two recent movies are re-minting the ruggedly handsome actor's460 words
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Article, Illustration629 1985-01-06 7 Philip Cheah - FILM REVIEW Ihe Last Night of Madam Chin Starring: Kelly Yao Wei Director: Pai Jing-rui Coming to Majestic, Odeon-Katong and Jurong by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer The Last Night of Madam Chin is simple, touching and a pleasure to watch. That's more than629 words
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Article, Illustration737 1985-01-06 7 Philip Cheah - SCREEN SCENE by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer It's strange but true. The Singapore Film Society is stricken with the same ailment as the cinema chains box-office cancer. Nothing short of popularity would cure it Last year, Wang Tung's If I Were737 words
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Article, Illustration582 1985-01-06 7 Philip Cheah - A quick look at some films in town by Philip Cheah Monitor staff writer The Moment Has Come This is certainly Chow Yuen •Fatt's best movie performance to date and one of the classier romantic dramas made recently. Leung Po-chih, one of the early new wave directors, follows582 words
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Article, Illustration349 1985-01-06 8 SEEING IS BELIEVING: Yes. That's Elton John (left) and at the Theatre Royal of London. They're doing their bit in a Sir John Gielgud performing in a pantomime, Mother Goose charity performance to fight famine in Ethiopia. ALL THE RIGHT MOVES: Pia Zadora, 28, has just teamed up with JermainePhotos by Sygma - 349 words
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Article, Illustration1081 1985-01-06 9 Robert Hillburn - by Robert Hillburn Los Angeles Times We have been conditioned by the Oscars and Grammys to always come up with five nominees when voting for the year's best achievements. But that's a waste of time in 1984. There's no need to go beyond two nominees1,081 words
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Article, Illustration425 1985-01-06 9 Lim Teck Lin - REVIEWS by Lim Teck Lin For the Monitor Alf Alison Moyet: When Alison Moyet was in Yazoo she achieved the distinction of having sung on some of the best singles in the new British pop scene. Together with Vince Clarke she made memorable records425 words
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LETTERS
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295 1985-01-06 9 Celina Choo - Celina Choo Singapore 1954 A reader Usha Kantilal (Sunday Monitor, Dec 30) said that pop music made her much more open in her thoughts and ideas. In much the same way, pop music has had that effect on me. Music has allowed me to295 words
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124 1985-01-06 9 Doris Goh - Doris Goh Singapore 2376 I am amazed at the speed in which British pop has spread in Singapore. It- has become the most vital thing in a youngster's life. Yet they shouldn't listen to the music then buy a pop star badge just124 words
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128 1985-01-06 9 Lai Kit Wan - Lai Kit Wan Singapore 1438 I think there's a mistake in your story of the Best Albums of 1984 (Sunday Monitor, Dec 30). According to the Smash Hits Readers' Poll, the album Arena by Duran Duran should be No. 10 instead of the128 words
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Article, Illustration470 1985-01-06 9 OUT TAKES Clash of the Amateurs. Yes, it's what we've always wanted new blood on the rock scene. This Tuesday at the Victoria Concert Hall, a concert of new groups titled The Clash of the Amateur Bands will be held. Six groups will be performing Communique,470 words
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Article, Illustration905 1985-01-06 10 Hie Hui Ching - WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS by Hie Hui Ching Monitor staff writer Films: Thursday Night Movie: The Red Tent Ch 5, 9.50 p.m. An Italian-Russian collaboration about the 1928 rescue of the crew of the dirigible. Italia, commanded by General Umberto Nobile (played by Peter Finch),905 words
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Article, Illustration728 1985-01-06 10 Hie Hui Ching - TV COMMENT by Hie Hui Ching Monitor staff writer Watching Channel 12 can be fun. But many people see it otherwise. To them, it's like studying math. They are turned off. They think it's too difficult. So they don't even try, much less learn to728 words
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Article, Illustration293 1985-01-06 12 Jamaica Inn r- Ch 12, 8.40 p.m. Daphne Du Maurier's classic romance is enacted on screen with Jane Seymour playing Mary Yellan, a girl who comes to Jamaica Inn seeking refuge after the death of her parents. Her arrival is greeted with a less than293 words
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Article, Illustration313 1985-01-06 12 Hie Hui Ching - SUNDAY'S PICK by Hie Hui Ching Monitor staff writer Orchestral Tribute To The Beatles Ch 5, 10.05 p.m. Held at the Royal Albert Hall and in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra313 words
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Miscellaneous401 1985-01-06 6 horoscopes by Sidney Omarr Los Angeles Times Syndicate YOUR BIRTHDAY TOO AY: If Jan 6 is your birthday you are musical, artistic, sensitive, sensual and probably have a "sweet tooth". You also have an unusual voice, are drawn to drama, teaching art and literature. You tend to be self-indulgent, members401 words
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Miscellaneous628 1985-01-06 12 SUNDAY JANUARY 6.1985 For programme update see main paper page 2 8.30 SBCteat 'Uv«' Sample Pages. mottier. 2 30 SOCtest Live' Sample Pages. gjj^jpdPj,-zzzwz «.i,rg^^£Msar^ followed by Music Box: Inetru- 2.35 Sunday Matinee: The McConnell Sawyer (C). Maniaha (T) (r). a 9n r«mrvnw «> 3.15 Chineae Matinee: Boat Girl. 6628 words
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Article, Illustration310 1985-01-06 1 Ilsa Sharp - SPECTRUM by Ilsa Sharp For the Monitor Life in rural Malaysia is intriguing. For the uninitiated, a first impression of Kuantan could be of lethargic villagers and endless quietude. But if you take the time to get closer to the sights, Kuantan can bePhoto courtesy of Ilsa Sharp - 310 words
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Article, Illustration653 1985-01-06 2 Edward Dolnick - by Edward Dolnick KNT International Deep inside hollowed-out Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado, the United States Air Defence Command's "alert-code status board" suddenly lit up the United States was under nuclear attack. Ten fighter planes at the three different bases were sent airborne, submarine bases653 words
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Article, Illustration531 1985-01-06 2 Pete Carey - by Pete Carey Knight-RkJder Newspaper There are many horror stories, collected by computer scientists over the past few years, to illustrate the dangers of relying on computers to make life-and-death decisions: Floods along the Colorado River in 1983 were caused by miscalculations fed into the United531 words
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Article, Illustration122 1985-01-06 2 THE NETHERLANDS, so called because of its low-lying plains face the constant threat of the sea. Bounded in the west and north by the North Sea, 60 per cent of the country's population live below sea level. In 1953, the Netherlands suffered serious floods122 words
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259 1985-01-06 2 In most patients, by the time prostate cancer is diagnosed, it would, have spread from the prostate gland to other areas, thus reducing the chance of cure. Though new therapies can preserve sexual potency while treating the cancer, the death rate for prostate cancer259 words
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105 1985-01-06 2 Researchers at the University of California have pinpointed a substance essential in the healing of wounds. Preliminary tests on animals show that the substance, called the angiogenesis factor, can aid healing that would have been impossible in the past. Continued research, say doctors, could lead105 words
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97 1985-01-06 2 A special lightweight walking platform, developed by American scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Centre in New York State, can help paralysed children walk. The device, called the Rochester parapodium, consists of an oval footplate that makes it possible for the child to97 words
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Article, Illustration592 1985-01-06 4 Ahden Busch - by Ahden Busch For the Monitor Tham went off to a study at a foreign university. On his first day, he met his roommate who asked him what he would be studying. Tham told him Psychology. His roommate responded, "Now592 words
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Article, Illustration1207 1985-01-06 4 K.L. Quek - by K.L. Quek For the Monitor Most adults have difficulties dealing with problem children. They either consider them stupid, mad or possessed. We hear of trips to the nearest temple for charms to free the possessed child. Dr Goh Choo Woon with1,207 words
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Article, Illustration722 1985-01-06 4 Leon Richardson - by Leon Richardson For the Monitor Most people don't plan to fail. They just fail to plan. It is an unexplainable quirk of human nature that people want to "go" but don't want to plan where they are going. It722 words
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Article, Illustration1883 1985-01-06 5 ...scene of the 1915 Singapore mutiny lexandra. An area Abounded by Tanglin, Ayer Rajah, Pasir Panjang and Telok Blangah. Of the mutiny, the first event to shake up Alexandra, pre-eminent lawyer of the early 1900s, Roland Braddell wrote in his book, Lights of Singapore: "Round Alexandra Road and Ayer1,883 words
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Article, Illustration562 1985-01-06 5 Jackie Sam - SINGAPORIANA by Jackie Sam Monitor staff writer Civil defence measures were adopted more than a year before war came to Singapore on December 8, 1941. Black-outs on a small scale were carried out for some months before the first major exercise on562 words
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Article, Illustration722 1985-01-06 6 Foo Mey Kien - by Foo Mey Kien Monitor staff writer We feature Casa Rosita in our regular focus on the new genre of showflats in Singapore that appeal to the discerning homemaker. Showflats sometimes cost half a million to decorate but some are furnished for less than $50,000.Monitor photos by Spencer Loh - 722 words
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Article417 1985-01-06 6 DEVELOPMENT LOCATION OPENING TIMES ENQUIRIES Parkwest Upper Ayer Rajah Rd 9 am 6 pm daily *****12/*****43 Clementi Park Sunset Way 9 am 5.30 pm daily *****09 Casa Rosita Newton 9 am 6 pm daily *****62 Villa Oes Flores Whitley Road 9 am 5 pm daily417 words
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653 1985-01-06 7 Annie Chia - by Annie Chia Monitor staff writer Have property prices bottomed out? To the layman and a residential property buyer, the bottom of the market means "property prices have reached the lowest and will not fall further". But what is the lowest price level653 words
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Article, Illustration348 1985-01-06 7 Periscope A JTC newsletter Jurong Town Corporation will bifild a four-million-dollar clubhouse for ita staff within the grounds of Jurong Town Hall by 1986. Besides having squash courts, several function and games rooms, a lounge, an after-office-hour snack bar and extensive landscaped348 words
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Article, Illustration366 1985-01-06 7 Mack Philips - by Mack Philips Popular Science Plank panellings create an atmosphere of warmth. They can be used to decorate a room by using herringbone, chevron or diagonal layouts. There are different types of plank panellings. They can be sorted into four main types: hardwoods; mostly366 words
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Article, Illustration676 1985-01-06 8 Michael Carlton - by Michael Carlton Los Angeles Times Only a mad man, one assumes, would want to stage another world's fair after the unmitigated disaster of New Orleans' justended journey into bankruptcy. The Louisiana world exposition closed with more than US$lOO million (Ss2lB million) in unpaid bills.676 words
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421 1985-01-06 8 Michael Gartner - WORDS by Michael Gartner Register and Tribune Syndicate Once upon a time, before people had plastic hearts or transplants from baboons, medical sages taught that our bodies had four fluids: blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. These fluids, called humours (from421 words
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413 1985-01-06 8 SENIOR CITIZEN'S CORNER One of the most difficult decisions facing the senior citizen who has just suffered the loss of a lifetime partner is whether to stay in the old home, live alone, or move to a retirement community or apartment where "neighbours" will413 words
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Article, Illustration697 1985-01-06 10 Men have died tor them, nations were conquered for them and today, they are jealoush guarded as vital ingredients in seeret recipes. In Hie Book of Spices, two authors appraise our most celebrated culinary treasures. It was midsummer in the year 1522. A697 words
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