Singapore Monitor, 1 April 1985, Afternoon Edition

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  • 18 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR k eve:«'N- EDITION r M C iPi No 215 84 Monday, April 1, 1985 EEB9
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  • 509 1  -  ■y EE BOON LEE A SUGGESTION that if more than half the workforce of a company want to form or join a union, the rest should be compelled to do the same is up for discussion by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). It is
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  • 347 1  -  ■y EE BOON LEE and CAROLYN LEE ABOUT 800 taxi drivers eight times the normal figure were at' Changi Airport this morning to look for business as many passengers gave a "thumbs down" to taxis in the city because of higher fares.
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  • home
    • 343 2  -  By IRENE TOH A MAN alleged to have committed extortion and theft while posing as a police detective was remanded to woodbridge Hospital today. A district court was told that during his "patrols" Tan Tian Lam, 22, had accused one man
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    • 126 2 SOME PEOPLE thought they could beat the qing ming crowd next Sunday by turning up at temples and cemeteries yesterday to pay their respects. But others apparently had the same idea. At the Phor Kark See Temple off Thomson Road, visitors had to
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    • 355 2 YOUNGER unionists have been urged to give their wholehearted support to the second-line union leaders taking charge of the labour movement. The out-going president of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Mr Peter Vincent, made this call at the opening session of the threeday NTUC
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    • 145 2  -  By WONG AH YOKE THE EVERYDAY Mandarin Series I produced by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) will be marketed worldwide in video and audio cassettes by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The Mandarin-instruction series comprised 60 lessons of five minutes each and was telecast
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    • 77 2 THE SINGAPORE Housing Decoration Contractors' Association is organising a logo-designing contest to forge a new identity for the organisation. Mr Ong Tiong Meng, the vice-president of the association, said that this is because the renovation industry will be playing an increasingly important role
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    • 256 3  -  By JOSEPH LEE ELECTRONICS manufacturers were urged today to visit the United States to follow up sales enquiries, and to use the overseas Trade Development offices for assistance. "Relying entirely on correspondence often results in delays and loss of business opportunities as American buyers
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    • 288 3 Lianhe Zaobao LOCAL jewellers may now import top designers and craftsmen to boost the quality of Singapore's jewellery. According to the chairman of the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research, Dr Lee Kum Tat, the Ministry of Trade and Industry has given
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    • 91 3 THE SINGAPORE Institute of Management is offering four study awards to Muslims through Mendaki. The courses, which will begin in July, are: DIPLOMA in Management Studies (two awards). DIPLOMA in Training and Development Management (one award). GRADUATE Diploma in Personnel Management (one award). All courses
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    • 798 4  -  Drop of 50 to 80 per cent 'but things may get better' By BENNY ORTEGA K K FONG CHEE LI CHOO and SEAH MEI KIANG TAXI fares went up today with drivers reporting a plunge in business and some saying they were thinking
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    • 167 4 SOME PEOPLE feel uneasy over the way the current anti-glue sniffing campaign is being conducted, Mr Baey Lian Peck, president of Singapore Anti Narcotics Association (Sana), said yesterday. Those who feel this way see the efforts as dramatised, over-reacting and emotional thus creating either a
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 133 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS "FIRST to Bata, then to school." That was how it used to be, when children had to get school shoes. Now it's Nike, Adidas, Lotto, Head, Ascot and others (picture above). "The times are a-changing" for school shoes as
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      • 136 4 SOME sales people are forming a SWAP Mandarin club to bringbilingual salesmen together to exchange sales tips and ideas, in the hope of better capturing tne Mandarin-speaking market. "The main purpose of the club is to capture the Mandarin-speaking market as there are not manv Mandarin clubs around,"
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      • 80 4 THE POLICE will stage two "robberies" tomorrow to test the effectiveness of the Immediate Temporary Alarm system. An Immediate Temporary Alarm is raised when there is a robbery or any other serious crime. Police road blocks are then set up to conduct checks on vehicles
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      • 64 4 SOON, little feet will be heard pattering around the campus grounds of the Singapore Polytechnic. This is because the polytechnic's childcare centre will be receiving its first charges between the ages of two and six on June 1. The polytechnic will be the second tertiary institution
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    • 135 2 IVILTTDH and Faber-Castell THE PROFESSIONAL'S CHOICE One of the oldest pencil manufacturers with 224 years of experience. And makers of an excellent range of drafting instruments IX/lUTOH including the trend-setting TK-MATIC 0 J W The yyorid leader in mechanical pencil and the world famous 4 precision drafting machines TG I
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    • 170 3 The Pavilion Inter-Continental and Isetan present Spring-Summer'as Japanese Designer Collection 4 6TH APRIATI2NOON Three of Japan's best-known Fashion Houses will be presenting their latest Collections during a buffet lunch f f R°y a l Bavilion Ballroom, A on Saturday, 6th April. The clothes are from t Kansai,Commedes Garcons l(Tr W
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    • 82 4 IBf QCC WITS The Talk of Singaporeans The Talk of Success Executives! Managers! And Aspiring Managers! Read the Latest, Simplified, Book of A GUIDE TO QCC WITS written by a local pioneer in QCC WITS Ltc Freddie Yap It's $8.90 per copy. Get your copies from: Stamford Bookshop 470, North
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    • 110 5 I!^^ Beautiful clear lines, every time. The Faber-Castell Pinpoint it's beautiful in I every way. Hold its sleek matt barrel with polished metal clip and you look smart. Write with it and out flows clean ultra-fine lines. It comes in 3 colours of blue, red and black. Use all the
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  • world
    • 160 6 Reuter WELLINGTON, Mon SOUTH AFRICANS WILL now have to pay for visas to visit New Zealand, Immigration Minister Kerry Burke said yesterday. "The change could well result in New Zealand citizens being charged for visas to enter South Africa but the government has
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    • 366 6 UPI LONDON, Monday THE UNITED STATES is prepared to take military action against Iran if Americans held hostage by pro-Iranian factions in Lebanon are executed or put on trial, The Sunday Times newspaper said. The newspaper quoted Western intelligence sources as saving the Iranian
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    • 75 6 BAHRAIN, Monday UNITED NATIONS SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez de Cuellar, searching for a way to end the 4 -year-old Gulf war between Iran and Iraq, meets Saudi Arabia's King Fahd today. Iran and Iraq continued to pound each other's towns and cit- ies
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    • 169 6 AP NEW YORK, Mon HUN SEN, CAMBODIAN Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, says a political settlement in his country is possible if rebel leaders distance themselves from the Khmer Rouge. "If the people want to join us, they have to
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 110 6 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS SHEENA EASTON (above) performed the song Sugar Walls (or Saturday s Solid Gold show but not lor American Bandstand. The people at Dick Clark's show said the song, written by Prince, was too sexually suggestive. Sheena doesn't argue about the sexual
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      • 117 6 FRANK SINATRA was the target of an antiapartheid protest by about 30 people in Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday night. The protesters distributed leaflets asking "Why does Frank Sinatra support South African racism?" and carried signs condemning apartheid and Sinatra for his concerts in South Africa.
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      • 109 6 CHIPS MOMAN, who has produced records by Elvis Presley (above) and some of today's biggest country stars, is moving from Nashville back to Memphis, where he got his start in the music business. Moman plans to open a studio in an old firehouse just off
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    • 101 6 UPI DUNCANVILLE (Texas), Monday THE PARENT-TEACHER Association, reversing an earlier decision, has decided to put as many as 10 vasectomies on the auction block to raise money to buy preschool equipment, the husband of the PTA president said. PTA president Terry Shulz had removed
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    • 518 7 Coming the robot homemaker of the future Reuter TOKYO, Monday JAPAN'S giant electronics firms are gearing up for a technological revolution in the home which will free householders from the drudgery of housework. Electronics engineers here say they will soon be able to build small computers into homes to switch
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    • 166 7 Reuter KHARTOUM, Monday SECURITY authorities in Sudan have arrested 17 people for alleged antigovernment activity as doctors continued a strike to protest at what they see as police brutality in handling food riots last week. Troops continued to guard key installations yesterday
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    • 268 7 Reuter SAN SALVADOR, Monday PRESIDENT Jose Napoleon Duarte has won a badly-needed majority in El Salvador's National Assembly, according to election predictions issued today by a private survey. Leftist rebels launched attacks in the capital and several other towns in attempts to disrupt yesterday's
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    • 181 7 ISLAMABAD, Mon PAKISTAN'S drive to reorganise banking along Islamic lines enters its second phase today as banks switch to an inter-est-free system for all new personal loans. Pakistanis seeking a mortgage or a car loan will now have to choose among several alternative
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    • 127 7 LAT-WP THE SOVIET Union has (Ranged its military draft law to open the way for women to serve in the armed forces. The amendment was decreed by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on March 18 and was published last Friday.
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    • 185 8 SOME say it was revenge killing, the Israelis call it a "pre-, ventive operation/' And the world at large was outraged at the violence. On March 21, Israeli troops in Sooth Lebanon killed 21 armed men termed "terrorists" and wounded seven others daring a dragnet operation in
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    • 416 9 AP BEIJING, Monday THE STAGE AT Beijing workers' gymnasium will be enlarged today in preparation for Britain's chart-topping Kduo, Wham!, whose April 7 concert been sanctioned as very healthy for youth." "Wham! is not rock 'n' roll, you mustn't call it that. Rock 'n'
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    • 92 9 Reuter NEW DELHI, Mon Prime Minister Raiiv Gandhi has started talks with opposition leaders to win support for moves to resolve the simmering crisis in Punjab state, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported. A committee of three senior Cabinet members appointed by
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    • 192 9 LAT-WP ORANGE (California), Monday PATRICIA FRUSTACI and her husband, Samuel, had planned on having a large family, but when they found out she was pregnant with septuplets that's seven babies they were shocked. "We never expected this," said Mrs Frustaci, who is almost five months
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    • 282 9 Bernama KOTA KINABALU, Monday WITH 24 HOURS to go before nomination day in the Sabah state election, it is speculated that each of the 48 state assembly seats will be contested by at least four candidates. The projection is based on statements made by
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    • 60 6 Rizna The Limelight F —-w 1 I KING S The Limelight V DENy liven you up tonight T King's Den. *B 1 V talented trio of 2 males they are a sparkle your with pop and IN T- I 1 jPI relax Have a or I m two. King's Den
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    • 151 7 SEONGIS BELj-VING Bronco is better... better quality, better value you wouldn't expect from any other fastfood restaurani A BRONCO is made with only top quality U.S. meat, freshly sliced before your eyes, served in a special egg enriched bun. Come experience the best. You'll see and taste the difference. Roast
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    • 75 8 •V. DIVINE OFFER DIVINE POCKET TISSUE 7 2C at only PER PACKET (10 shts pkt> (20pkts polybag) (Si SO polybag > Free Delivery To Your Door Step HURRY! WHILE STOCKS LAST CALL: *****73 (For free deliver mm 20 polybag OR COME TO OUR WAREHOUSE TO BUY at. 3b. Tannery Rri
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    • 287 9 Come tasle the fbcni frwine of a carefree debonair era of Paris, Seep this way, sir, your amm Dinner promises to he an event of table's waiting. You're about to ClifiCiMlf i- J sheer bliss. Quail meat salad with experience the gastronomic g<x>se liver. Light fish cream soup excitement that
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  • money
    • 1102 10 Kho Bak Weng tells how economic troubles brought his tall timber crashing down LISTENING to the woes of 56-year-old entrepreneur Kho Bak Weng, one will readily agree with the saying that it never rains, it pours. Every market timber, property, trading his companies have invested
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    • 57 10 IN THIS week's article on The Entrepreneurs, we feature 56-year-old Kho Bak Weng (right), the deputy managing director of the Sindo Group. Once a high-flier, the group is now facing problems following the downturn of the timber and property markets. In a candid interview with The Monitor, Mr
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    • 217 10 HARRISONS Malaysian Plantations Bhd has been admitted to the Stock Exchange of Singapore and trading will begin this week. Baring Brothers and Pertanian Baring Sanwa Bhd, its two managers, said the purpose of the listing was to create a wider market for its shares. Harrisons
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    • 181 11 THE US dollar fell against most major currencies from New York's Friday levels in thin early trading, despite a 0.7 per cent rise in February's leading indicators. Business was slow and spreads were fairly wide with the dollar falling to an early 3.0380/0410 marks from New York's
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    • 251 11 Selected stocks at midday. Market lone: slightly easier Boustead 4.68 B Cold Storage 2.63/2.65 FAN 5.20/5.25 Genting 5.55/5.60 GIH 2.00 B Haw Par 2.31/2.32 Jurong Cement 1.90 S Keck Seng 2.09/2.11 Esso 2.69/2.70 Inchcape 2.43/2.44 Intraco 2.10/2.19 M Cement 1.45/1.46 Metro 3.22/3.24 M P H B 0.91/0.91* MU IB
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    • 104 11 Your 8$ to ono unit of foreign currency Soiling Buying TT/DD TT DD US$ 2.2080 2.1980 2.1890 sterling 2.7814 2.7593 2.749S Australian 1.5618 1.5378 1.5228 Canadian 1.6268 1.6067 1.5967 New Zealand f 1.0366 1.0165 0.9915 CURRENCY NOTES S$ to 1 unit US$ 2.20 2.18 NZ$ 1.07 1.00 sterling 2.80
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    • 262 11 THE LOCAL bourse opened quiet to mixed this morning with interest centred on selected Malaysian stocks. It closed slightly easier at the lunchtime break. Top volume stock Fed Cable traded 408,000 to close at $1.34, followed by Supreme Corp's 247,000 at $1.73 and C and C's
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    • 33 11 THE OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 413.39, down 1.31 points from Friday's close of 414.70. The OUB Singapore Dollar Tradeweighted Index was down 0.1229 point to 133.8420 in morning trading.
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    • 58 10 Goodwood Park Hotel and Jasper Productions a Present j M seen them on TV You've heard their records Don't miss them "fcjiimy at The World Trade 43 Centre Auditorium on Bth April 1985 Ist Show 7.00 pm 2nd Show 9.30 pm ..And and Available: Goodwood Park Hotel, \V^\ Jasper Productions,
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    • 151 11 Republic of China Agricultural Food Products at your dooistep Dynasty Hotel Ballroom (3rd Storey) 3-5 April 1985 11.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. daily For the first time in Singapore, a wide selection of agricultural and food products from Taiwan, the Republic of China will be on display at the Dynasty
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  • opinion/letters
    • 387 12 THE recent raising of road taxes and petrol prices seems to be more of an attempt to thwart people from using cars as a means of private transportation rather than a real attempt to solve our traffic problems. If we applied
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    • 296 12 I WOULD like to make the following comments in response to-the First Deputy Prime Minister's call for suggestions to curb our car population growth. The present road tax rate and petrol price have made it impossible for married men who earn less
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    • 178 12 AFTER glancing through the newspaper advertisements on the availability of credit cards, I decided to apply for one. After obtaining and completing the application form, I sent it Dack. I was hopeful that my application would be approved as I met all the reqirements. My hope
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    • 321 12 LIKE many fellow citizens, I am upset about the impending increases in diesel tax and taxi fare. It was surprising to hear our Minister for Communication saying that there is excessive use of taxis. What survey or research was conducted in the
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    • 46 12 COULD the relevant authorities please consider adding loud speakers (with music) in swimming complexes similar to those set up at the Big Splash when I was there one Sunday? The music was really a bonus for for swimmers. HOPEFUL Singapore 1646
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    • 463 13 THE SINGAPORE FOOTBALL CORRUPTION bribery and the fixing of matches has never been peculiar to Singapore, as six Middle East Gulf countries woula have the world believe. On the contrary, the Republic's track record would testify that Singapore is arguably the worst place in
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    • 188 13 IT IS a problem for both the young and the old to cross busy Commonwealth Avenue West after alighting at a bus stop on that road (after the Junction of dementi Avenue 2). The bus stop is about 70 metres away from
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    • 273 13 IT WAS really disturbing to us, government pensioners, to note from Press reports that our Prime Minister is of the view that former Cabinet minister Mr Jek Yeun Thong's loss in pension of about 40 per cent is something tnat cannot be avoided. Mr
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 97 12 fashion meets FUnk The Fashion Fantasies April Fool's Surprise Outrageous fashion shows on Monday, If we told you what was going to April Ist (April Fool's night), then every happen then it wouldn't be a Sunday and Monday thru April. surprise. See things you would wear and some you wouldn't
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    • 73 13 LETTERS on any subject of public interest wM be accepted tor publication. They should be typed and must be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym m print. A contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve the
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • leisure
    • 653 14  -  The Community Chest Show draws the nation to its needy By WONG AH YOKE THE Community Chest show on Saturday was a first in many ways. It was the first such charity show in Singapore. It featured for the first time the national football team singing.
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    • 449 14  -  By WONG SING YEONG WHEN an undergraduate was asked over radio recently what he understood by the term, Community Chest, he hesitated and replied "chest of the community". Trouble is, he was not trying to be funny. But, it is hoped, after the first Community
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    • 1107 14  -  S'pore hosting the Asoan Youth Music Workshop for first time At leisurejJ By VIOLET OON WOULD you believe that it needs nearly 100 adults to take care of 100 young Asean musicians for two weeks come Monday next? They, the 100 musicians under the age of
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    • 662 16 Opera of the Month Peter Grimes (Ch 12, 9.05 pm) THIS is a live recording of Elijah Moshinsky's production of Benjamin Britten's masterpiece. Peter Grimes, a fisherman, is suspected of brutal treatment towards his boy apprentice when the boy dies at sea under tragic
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    • 649 16  -  TV SCENE x By VERNON SCOTT U UniftuiiMAH in noiiywooa UPI GIL GERARD, as TV's Buck Rogers, abandoned outer space four years ago to make space for himself in another TV series so far without success. Gerard, a handsome, strapping
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    • 783 17  -  By MICHAEL HEALY in Hollywood LAT-WP WITNESS is an extremely wellcrafted romantic thriller that could serve as a film school epitome of great commercial movie-making. All the film's disparate elements work harmoniously to the movie's benefit. It is based on a clever idea, which was turned
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 108 14 Vt^ Nights beat to the rhythm 01 sheer excitement at DOWN TOWN Fabulous prizes to be won tonight! Pioneer Sound L System, National 14'' Colour TV, National Video Recorder, Dun hill Lighters and many many more! Wednesdays Fashion show by Carrie Modelling Agency. I Fridays Swim wear Fashion Extravaganza Saturdays
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    • 89 14 pCEAi Starting April Ist, the West End Club at the prestigious Goodwood Park Hotel opens her door to executives from 4 p.m. 9 p.m. During oui new Executive Hours we offer: a 40% discount on all drinks a complimentary half bottle of liquor for every bottle purchased a variety of
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1131 15 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR j leisure «pmli.i«h iw -GIIIPE-— i 2.30 SBCTEXT Sample Pages. 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Prin- Mi«\B aP f| cess Chang Ping (r) (C). V| V JTW fjJ V 3.55 A Baby's Own World Children of the World.* I Jv "V a» <*BB This first
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 500 17 FltAi GUIDE LIFE (C) Judge Reinhold GOLDEN (*****66) (11, 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.30): sis J\ DALIT (*****16) (1.30, 3.30, 7.30, 9.30): LIFE (C) down his friend s killer. THE FLYING MR B (C) NEW TOWN (*****75) (1.15, 3.45, 7, 9.15): nSPJ 7^ 34^(U 2 3 5 45, 45): AMA LIWAQU
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 113 18 LIDO: NOW SHOWING! (7JTMMH Mat It, 1.90, 5.48,1.4S No Fkm UM Mm CONCf WON *1.50 0 U.SO M 11m 2.30pm A Ya» will UIIGII, yaa will CRY, f YM will GUP, YM Will SMC, I Bat alava an yaa will mmvel WINNER OF S A ACADEMY AWARDS Including BEST PICTURE
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    • 138 18 ********************000 g CATHAY: 19th SCREAMING DAVI 0(*****00) 11am, 1.30.4.00,6.30 ft 9.15pm (No FrM UstjA X IF FOR UN explainable reason you find yourself* g SCREAMING, NOT TO WORRY....ITS ONLY A NIGHTMARE O XEVERY 80 OFTEN, THERE IS A FILM THAT IS$ 2 DESTINED TO BE TALKED ABOUT AND O g
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 291 18 leisure YOU TOO ARE A PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER MR PHUNG KYE SUN, a lecturer from National University of Singapore's Department of Extra-Mu-ral Studies, will shed some light on the definition of the public relations officer and provide some tips on the skilful handling of complaints at the Bukit Merah Branch
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    • 882 18 SCULPTURES AND RELATED DRAWINGS if^i THE National Museum, the Embassy 01 the Federal Republie of Germany and the L V Nv. Goethe-Institut, will present an exhibition of 68 sculptures and 126 v working drawings by |n National Milium' oa di.pl.y at Ike Gallery until Sunday, 9 am to 5.30 Dm
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    • 146 18 SEOW YIT KIN PIANIST Seow Yit Kin will play Chopin's worto tomorrow at 8.15 pm at the Victoria Concert Half. The recital is organised by the Singapore Mipic Society. Tickets at $15, $12, $8 and $4 are available at Victoria Concert Hall Box Office. SOIREE MUSICALE THERE will be an
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 743 19 leisure comics FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook ntf flkW 1/tne IMP<*TAMT THW6- geiAx*# n^ o-! AOOOT r I MST 56 CASUAL./1 MUST ?> 1 VXLUff&iP *> reSlQEgfoft% EXECUTIVES IS MoT To FoßfrfcT THAT TH£Yfcfc FACING- V-*TT C rf r -*Attnv™ THINK about THEIR. FEAR C SCONCE AHD WEAA- Jrv- A /0
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  • open line
    • ANSWER BOX
      • 109 20 MY FILIPINO maid's two-year work permit will be expiring oa Jaaaary 22, 1986. She came la oa a tourist pass aad the validity of her passport will be expiriag oa October 19, Can her work permit be renewed If she wants to work for me for another
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      • 159 20 I AM interested in Joining a local branch of an' international company which requires me to be stationed in China for two to three years. The company allows me to return to Singapore for one month in a year during my annual leave. How will I be
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      • 372 20 THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUERIES I DO not have any property except a HDB flat. I have some savings in a bank and am still contributing to my CPF account and it will be some years before I retire. It has been suggested to
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      • 55 20 SOMETHING troubling you. Need clarification on certain issues? Let us help. Send your queries to us and we will try to get the relevaiit authorities or organisations to provide the answers. Send your questions to: Open Line, The Singapore Monitor, 2 Alexandra Road, #03-01 Delta
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      • 119 20 I AM a Chinese woman who Is married to a British man. We are both working. I have a live-in Singaporean amah to look after my nine-month-oid son and do house work. But she works from Monday till Saturday morning. I have to look after my
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      • 79 20 I AM a. Filipina helper. Our neighbour asked me to babysit her daughter every Sunday. Since it to my rest day, can I accept the offer as this means a better way to spend my rest day instead of wasting my time? I need additional
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    • 347 20 DR GHAZALI Ismail wore a pair of dark-framed glasses. He listened patiently to the questions and then with the confidence of a knowing uncle gave advice in an unhurried voice. The people who had gathered around him listened attentively and nodded with agreement,
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    • 291 20 SHYNESS is a condition that affects many children and a problem not all outgrow. According to Dr Philip Zimbardo, professor of social psychology at Stanford University, you do not have to wait until your child becomes shy to do something about it. He suggests this
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    • 81 20 USEFUL TIPS A WORKER who has regular medical checkups provided by his or her employer should make sure the family physician gets copies of the test results. The reason: The employee may go several years without seeing the family doctor, and his or
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    • 63 20 WHEN you choose a pair of sunglasses, the colour of the lenses is an important consideration. Lenses tinted grey, green or brown offer the least colour distortion and the best colour perception. Lenses tinted bright orange, yellow, red, blue and purple can interfere with colour perception,
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    • 95 20 LIGHTNING kills. Avoid the danger of being struck by lightning by taking the following steps. When a thunderstorm threatens, go inside a building immediately and avoid using a phone. If you are caught in an open field and your hair stands on end indicating lightning is about
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  • 676 21  -  The Chef Recommends By Lee Chiu San BEING a true local yokel, I confess to having a gluttonous appetite for Nonya cuisine. Because of this, the Tien Court on the second floor of King's Hotel is one of my favourite fuelling stations. But it was only after
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  • 260 21 In the evenings, the Tien Court offers an a la carte menu of Nonya banquet dishes along with steam boat and a delicious dessert buffet. I had krabu jellyfish,(slo for a plate for four) an appetiser of a light and sour salad liberally laced with
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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    • 105 21 I -/iff f--'#*m' l ]t Bedok Rest |pf*®p!!| mm East Coast Hotel 111 £?jf *1 House k3d®fo v| 5 l£|Sff Jsl m f^j r; .'"'fl Upper East Coast Rd l. jfe*,;' I Bedok Army Camp 3SIRf~~I Long Beach 4SIR I—l Seafood IHaHB Drunken Prawns! Live Seafoodl uri qpacMy ml ifce
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    • 142 22 EMPLOYMENT Situations Vacant i¥ STUDENTS! EARN EXTRA money by selling stickers, bookmarks, files etc... during &3l?M et me Te,:296 8l0 EXPORT ASSISTANT. GCE O' level, knowledge of CRIE procedures. Typing 35 wpm. Salary $550. Fringe benefits. Write to P.O. Box 517, Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore CARGO HANDS. SALARY $400 plus
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    • 63 23 JOCKEY R Dunwoody parting company with West Tip (No 13). at Becker's Brook on tke record circuit of tke Grand National coarse at Aintree, Liverpool, on Saturday. In tke far kackground is tke Grand National winner, Last Suspect, ridden ky Hywell Da vies (dark
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    • 293 23  -  By DANIEL WEE DEPENDING champions Queenstown A defeated Armed Forces in a competent but unillustrious 42 victory in the one-day Chan Chee Seng waterpolo knockout competition at Toa Payoh yesterday. Queenstown were so confident of victory that they even rested national skipper Teo Keng Soon. And
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    • 207 23  -  By B KULA in Brunei SINGAPORE'S Under-20 hockey ketepers may reSlace our current national keepers Shah Alam and ukhdev Singh in the coming Asean Cup in Bangkok. If Shah carries on performing as he did in the Merdeka Games, the axe is likely to
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    • 466 24  -  SINGAPORE 2 SARAWAK 0 S GULAM EXPERIENCE, a late burst of enthusiasm, and a moment of brilliance from Hashim Hosni gave Singapore victory over brave Sarawak on a night when the Young Lions appeared as heavy as the wet National Stadium
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    • 1235 24 BRITISH SOCCER WITH SIMON BARNES SPUES might have chucked away their hopes of winning the league championship with their 2-0 defeat by ASTON VILLA. On a day when Everton won away, Spurs chose to put on their most inept display of the season
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    • 109 25 BRUNEI MERDEKA GAMES WHAT A FITTING END...Although the Brunei Merdeka Games just 1 came to a close, it was still a Joyous occasion as balloons were let off I (above) amidst a carnival atmosphere. For the Singapore contingent, the Games was a golden dream came true. Earlier,
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    • 389 26  -  RENDEZVOUS: BRUNEI MERDEKA GAMES By K SILVAM in Brunei THE HASSANAL Bolkiah Stadium was an orgy of vocal and visible patriotism when Brunei scored the equaliser to level 1-1 during extra time against Singapore in the Pesta Sukan Merdeka Games football tournament yesterday A
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    • 409 26  -  SINGAPORE 1 BRUNEI 1 (Singapore win 3-1 on penalties) By KENNETH JALLEH in BRUNEI SINGAPORE and Brunei, twice deadlocked in a soccer struggle to snatch the last gold medal of the Merdeka Games, had no alternative but to call on luck to end the showdown.'
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    • 154 26 MALAYSIA S NEPAL 0 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Monday MALAYSIA trounced Nepal 5-0 in a first-round World Cup soccer match last night and enhanced their chances of entering the second round of the qualification tournament. Striker Zainal Abidin's hat-trick and a goal each by Dollah Salleh and Yunus Alif
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    • 166 27 Reuter ITALIAN soccer club later Milan, who boast of players like Uam Brady and West German Karl-Heins Rummeoiice, have been fined 200,000 Swiss francs (*****,150) by the European Football Union(UOT AjfoUowing thede-lay-to-start to their UEFA Cup quarterfinal first leg tie against West Germany's PC
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    • 428 27 Reuter ROME, Monday VERONA tightened their grip on the Italian soccer League Championship yesterday thanks to a 1-1 draw at SAMPDORIA and the defeat of their nearest rivals, INTER and TORINO. Inter suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at relegationthreatened UDINESE, while Torino were beaten 2-0 in
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