Singapore Monitor, 2 April 1985, Afternoon Edition

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  • 20 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR V C 'P i No 21 5 84 l Tuesday, April 2, 1985 EVENING EDITION; 30 cents
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  • 202 1 UPI TAIPEH, Tuesday PASSENGERS in a taxi threw firebombs into a hotel in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan early today, starting a fire that killed at least 25 people and injured nine. It followed a bar brawl between guests and management after which the guests
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  • 523 1  -  Delegates divided on ways to bring non-members into unions By GANDHI AMBALAM THE National Trades Union Congress was urged today to go all out against "free riders" in the same way as the Government is going all out against "hell riders". The "free riders"
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  • 195 1  -  From SEAH CHIANG NEE UJung Pandang (Sulawesi), Tuesday PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew held wideranging talks with President Suharto this afternoon, within three hours of his arrival in this capital of South Sulawesi. Tomorrow, they will have further talks. The two are concerned
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 21 1 20.8 mil plodgod to Pasir Ris resort: Soo PAGE 2 M TV GUIDE: Pl 6 U TV SCENE HIGHLIGHTS: Pl 7
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    • 317 2  -  By IRENE TOH LIGHTNING can strike, even on a fine day. A Meteorological Services Department report confirmed that a lightning strike could have happened at Adam Road on Sept 23 last year although no rain had fallen. The lightning killed a 19-year-old
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    • 194 2 UNION members and their employers have so far pledged some $20.8 million to the development of the Pasir Ris resort for workers. This is $7 million short of the target as the total development cost, including furnishings and equipment, is $27.5 million. In
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    • 262 2  -  By VICTOR SOH JURONG POLICE nabbed two armed "robbers" this afternoon. The "robbers" one armed with a gun and the other with a parang were caught at the junction of Mandai Road and Woodlands Road at 12.05 pm in their getaway car. No one
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    • 322 2  -  By WONG AH YOKE THEATRE in Singapore will be given a boost this month in a pioneer project by the Ministry of Community Development to promote drama among the young. To celebrate the International Year of the Youth, a festival entitled Theatre
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    • 140 2 A 19-YEAR-OLD youth, who allegedly robbed two men of some jewellery at a staircase at Far East Plaza together with three other youths, was charged in a district court today. Ong Kok Hua allegedly robbed Mr Albert Kelvin Moey Kwong Seng of a gold bracelet valued
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    • 504 3  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO BY THIS evening, 200 regular officers and civilian staff members of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will have their blood groups recorded on their identity cards. This marks the first blood grouping exercise to be conducted by tne force since
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    • 159 3 TRAFFIC POLICE will be on hand to regulate the traffic flow along Canberra Road on Thursday April 4 from 6am to 10pm in view of the Kavadi Procession that will be held at the Holy Tree Sri Balasubramaniar Temple. The Indian procession will start near
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    • 105 3  -  By JULIE ANNE SIT A MAN lost nearly $27,000 in Geylang Road last night when a thief snatched away the plastic bag he was carrying in his left hand. The plastic bag also contained a crossed cheque valued at $3,000. Mr C Y Ng, 30, a
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    • 481 4  -  By YONG POW ANG BARELY a day after their introduction, the new taxi fares appear to be changing the lifestyles of many Singaporeans at least temporarily. Reluctant to pay the extra, people are: GOING home earlier at night. GETTING up earlier in the
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 70 4 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS PEOPLE are still calling Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, asking how they could donate to the Community Chest, and have been doing so since the live ring-a-donation show last Saturday. Those who want to donate to the Chest can send their donations
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      • 50 4 IS SINGAPORE sinking? This was the poser set by Apence France-Presse (AFP) wnich got Malaysians excited and Singaporeans angry yesterday. A few Malaysian newspapers picked up the agency's April Fool story that the island's southern tip is sinking under the weight of "massive development projects concentrated there."
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      • 59 4 THE POST of chairman of the National Trades Union Congress has been abolished. Delegates attending the conference yesterday gave their approval for the abolition of the post. Also abolished are the three deputy chairmen posts. Three new posts of vice-pres-ident will replace them. The Star the
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      • 67 4 SEVERAL record retailers are cashing in on the popularity of the song We Are the World, made by 45 top American singers in aid of starving Africans. Local shops are importing the 12-inch singles record directly from retailers in the United States and selling
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      • 47 4 AIR FARES between Singapore and China will be cheaper than generally expected when direct flights linking the two countries begin next month. A return trip to Beijing will cost $1,568 while that to Shanghai and Guangzhou are fixed at $1,416 and $1,150 respectively.
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      • 63 4 RESIDENTS of a condominium in Cairnhill Road are getting hot air in their bedrooms when they switch on their air-conditioner in the living room. This is one of the complaints residents of Elizabeth Heights have made to their developer, Victory Realty Co Pte Ltd. The complaints
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    • 102 4 A VETERAN trade unionist, Mr George Chua, who was planning to give up his union activities after 22 years, has now been persuaded to stay on and is tipped to become the new president of the National Trades Union Congress. Mr Chua,
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    • 452 5  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO TRAFFIC Police have assured the 21,000 learnerriders (L-riders) holding provisional riding licences that they will all be tested by Oct 1 at the various test centres. From then on, learner-riders will not be permitted on the roads.
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    • 80 5 A SLANDER suit filed in the High Court by a sports goods dealer against a High Street sports goods wholesaler was discontinued on March 9 this year. Mr Palaiyan Gnasekaran, who owns a chain of four sports goods shops, has withdrawn his suit against
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 167 5 Republic of China Agricultural Food Products at your doorstep Dynasty Hotel Ballroom (3rd Storey) 3-5 April 1985 HOO am. to 7.00 pm 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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  • world
    • 172 6 AP CAIRO, Tuesday INTELLIGENCE authorities have uncovered a secret Lib-ya-backed group dedicated to causing unrest in Egypt and arrested five of its members, the state-run Middle East News Agency (Mena)said yesterday. Mena said authorities over the past seven months had monitored the group's activities and contacts
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    • 260 6 AP TRIPOLI, Tuesday COLONEL Muammar Gaddafi has urged a new international organisation to launch "revolutionary violence," including suicide attacks, to liberate Arab lands, the official Libyan news agency Jana reported yesterday. The Libyan leader spoke here at the end of a two-day session by the
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    • 325 6 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Tuesday PRESIDENT Reagan said yesterday that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had responded to his invitation for a Washington summit meeting and administration officials described the written reply as "positive". In an Oval Office interview, Mr Reagan declined to discuss the contents
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    • 198 6 The Star KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl grabbed her injured three-year-old sister and led tier two younger brothers out of their Jalan Cheras flat after their mother attacked them with a knife this morning. Neighbours, who heard the girl's cries, rushed
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    • 339 7 ATHENS, Tuesday THE Greek Parliament was told last night that a man who said he represented the conservative opposition offered a Greek deputy 200 million drachmas (553.3 ihillion) in an attempt to buy his vote in a ballot for a new president. Socialist deputy
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    • 120 7 AP Washington, Tuet THE Soviet Union has deployed an unusually large naval force in the South China Sea for what appears to be an exercise built around one of its aircraft carriers. The deployment, first reported in Japanese newspapers, was confirmed here yesterday by
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    • 176 7 UPI NEW YORK, Tuesday A MAJORITY of women surveyed in a poll published yesterday prefer dining in a fine New York City restaurant to having sex and a large percentage of men agree with that preference. But, the poll showed, men and
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    • Article, Illustration
      79 7 A REAL-LIFE scene of the Vietnam War was re-enacted in Saigon (re-named Ho Chi Mink City alter the North Vietnamese conquered Sooth Vietnam) recently to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the fall of Sooth Vietnam. Rnssinn technicians dressed as American military policemen, in n film version for
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    • 222 8 AP BEIJING, Tuesday A CHINESE singing tro\ipe has invited Taiwan pop star Teresa Teng to perform on the mainland, a new sign that Beijing approves of the 32-year-old entertainer whose recordings were once banned as counter revolutionary and decadent. The Shanghai newspaper Wen
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    • 48 8 UPI CHEYENNE, Tims A NEWSPAPER EDITOR has filed a disturbance complaint against an irate reader after the two men got into a fist fight in the newspaper office. The fight started over an article about fundraising for a new truck stop in Cheyenne. UPI.
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    • 225 8 UPI WASHINGTON, Tuesday JAPAN HAS made "new commitments on trade issues" and President Ronald Reagan welcomes this development, a White House spokesman said yesterday. Deputy Press Secretary Larry Speakes told reporters that two special envoys, Mr Gaston Sigur, a Japan expert on the
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    • 400 8 More economic support for non-communist rebels Agencies WASHINGTON, Tuesday THE US Government said yesterday it wanted to increase economic support for non-communist Cambodian rebels but said US military aid would create a hurdle to a negotiated settlement in that country. State Department spokesman Bernard
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    • 221 8 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday THAI troops captured a large communist guerilla camp, which housed a "factory for making booby traps, in southern Thailand last month, Malaysian Chief of Defence Forces Gen Mohamed Ghazali Seth said yesterday. They took the camp in Gubiar,
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    • 181 9 AP BEIRUT, Tuesday THE BODY of a Dutch priest missing in Lebanon has been found at the bottom of a ravine. A Christian radio station reported that a shepherd found the body of Rev Nicolas Kluiters in the ravine in the Bekaa Valley
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    • 298 9 UPI JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday A BLACK man trying to enter South Africa from Zimbabwe by scaling a new electrified border wall was killed by a 20,000-volt current, the first such victim of the barrier. The body of an unidentified man was found at the wall
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    • 203 9 Reuter MIAMI, Tuesday MIAMI CITY OFFICIALS and an antiapartheid group are demanding that Miss South Africa be barred from the Miss Universe beauty pageant here in July. Mr H Smith, head of the Miami Chapter of the Coalition for a Free South Africa,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 200 6 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 our new Executive Hours we offer a 40% discount on all drinks a complimentary half bottle of liquor for every bottle purchased a variety of snacks
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 125 8 m I, .II I 8 Free Body V M Treatments one Gold Pendarrt 1 Free Gift Coupons V Ji &K, M': f k B Today, Joanne Drew JHUbI celebrates 23 years of care for Women in Asia. Ladies, we've come a long way together. We offer incentive jpackages for you
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 176 9 LEffibiDflME II IT* 41 I liymShr.' k JM II Iv^^Ni'vfl kkV Jk.l Br-Jff v ;>f«.. At i*k IF M ~r f 4t~ HL Bi'J aB n^v »'r.\ I^All A sumptuous spread of fine Show starts at 1.30 p.m., French cuisine. Your choice of with fashion provided by the soups, appetizers,
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  • money
    • 225 10 TUAN Sing Holdings is again trying to sell the block of apartments it owns in Sommerville Estate. But now, instead of the $35 million hoped for when it was marketed last August, the block of 84 apartments is unlikely to fetch more than
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    • 46 10 UNITED Overseas Bank will open a branch in Osaka next month, its second in Japan after the UOB Tokyo branch. The UOB Osaka branch will be in Semba, the main business district iif Osaka, and will be managed by Mr Chew Kang
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    • 351 10  -  By JILL HUM PRIME lending rates are likely to see another round of cuts as the cost of funds for banks continues to soften, bankers said yfesterday. The prime lending rate is the lowest lending rate banks charge their best customers. Current prime
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    • 395 10 SINGAPORE factories are becoming more automated. Figures from the Ministry of Trade and Industry show that there are now 100 reprogrammable robots, 200 automatic insertion machines and 600 manipulators being used in local industries. At the end of 1984, there were 220 computer-aided design
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    • 79 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Tuatday BOLTON Properties Bhd turned in a better set of results for the financial year ended Dec 31, 1984 despite a marginal decrease in group turnover. The group recorded a 25.1 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to $11.19 million from
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    • 160 10 SEALION HOTELS announced a 16 per cent drop in company pre-tax profits from $8.6 million to $7.3 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1984. Company net after-tax profits slipped 24.1 per cent to $3.7 million from $4.8 million previously. Turnover dipped 3.2 Gr cent
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    • 273 11 Selected stocks at midday. Market toae: slightly easier Boustead 1.68/1.70 Cold Storage 2.66/2.70 FAN 5.15/5.20 Genting 5.60/5.65 G.I.H. 1.98/2.01 Haw Par 2.25/2.26 Isetan 2.44 S Jurong Cement 1.89 S Keck Seng 2.09/2.10 Esso 2 68/2 69 Hume Unq Inchcape 2.45/2.46 Intraco 2.12 S M Cement 1.43/1.44 Metro 3.08 B
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    • 68 11 WCLLSTREET WALL STREET stock prices closed higher yesterday, despite sharp declines in several merger-related stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 5.97 points to end the day at 1272.75. In the overall market, advancing issues led declines by 849 to 684. Volume on
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    • 42 11 THE OUB Composite Share Price Index closed at 411.44, down 1.88 points from the previous day's close of 413.32. The OUB Singapore Dollar Trade-weighted Index was up 0.2444 point to 133.6514 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 133.4070.
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    • 147 11 Reuter THE US dollar rose slightly against most major currencies from New York levels in very quiet early trading. It rose to 253.05/15 yen from New York's 252.85/95 close and to 34.1340/60 marks from 31.280/1300 marks in the US. It also rose to 2.6490/6520 Swiss francs and
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    • 199 11 ENCOURAGED by Wall Street s slight overnight sain, the local bourse opened steady this morning with Malaysian counters taking the lead. The market, however, turned easier towards the lunch break and closed lower. Top volume stock C and C did 356,000 to close
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    • 119 11 Your M lo om unM of foreign currwncy SoMng Buying TT/00 TT 00 ust t.SMO X.SSM 1.2171 t sterling > 7240 2 7(20 2 WW Australian f 1 M02 14(41 ***** CMUdiaal 1 *272 I (172 1M72 New Zealand 1 (274 1.1171 (M22 CURRENCY NOTES SS to 1 unH
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

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    • 151 11 jfflF^ihavr heard this T on radio now I Funworld n ta^ theni m weekend picnic S^MVyfryy^^j^// */ft| f VfYvyVm ll the pool, plus swimmin^KSPJ^ UPu\mSu M 1 f lfcJiJW uie of cabana, lunch, f V 1 barbecue dinner and cuhun) \Wyjß J Aow. One set of chinsnware. t "Master Craftsman"
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  • opinion/letters
    • 298 12 I AM glad that "Needs Help" in his letter "Error in the way skills fund works" (SM, Mar 21) is one of those who see some disadvantages in the Skills Development Fund (SDF). My company is a publishing concern solely dependent on
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    • 250 12 I REFER to the letter "Locked school gate firevents access to child" by "May Day" SM, Mar 19). The writer has mistakenly believed that Redhill School locked its main gate as a result of the recent abduction of a pupil of another school.
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    • 92 12 I WISH to draw the attention of the relevant authority to the fire on Nov 22, 1984, at Lorong 29, Geylang. The debris from the fire was left uncleared. Could the relevant authority kindly remove this debris, including the receptacles immediately? This is because
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    • 457 12 ROSEMARY Chen's letter (SM, Mar 21) should not be allowed to go unchallenged. It was obviously written without really understanding the issues involved. Way back during World War 11, the Australians and New Zealanders fought alongside the American soldiers against their common
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    • 452 13 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT BUDGET TIME is usually a rough period for the National Development Minister. With more than 70 per cent of the population living in Housing and Development Board flats, Mr Teh Cheang Wan gets a hugely disproportionate amount of
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    • 356 13  -  REPLIES CHUA TOON WAH Estates Officer Estates Department Jurong Town Corporation PLEASE refer to your article "Leaky pipes at Lakepoint" (SM, Mar 20). According to the sales agreement between Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) and its lessees of Lakepoint, any defects such as
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    • 84 13  -  LOOI MEI FONG (MISS) for Permanent Secretary (National Development) WE THANK your writer Mr Michael Seet for his letter "Traffic lights in Scotts Boad causing jams" (SM, Mar 16). We would like to inform him that the Public Works Department (PWD) has readjusted the traffic
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    • 140 13  -  CHEOK YEN AIK for General Manager Urban Redevelopment Authority WE REFER to the letter "Why coupon parking for longer hours?" (SM, Mar 16). Parking on the public roads in Kallang Industrial Estate including Genting Lane was chaotic. Cars and heavy vehicles were choking the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 71 12 LETTERS on any subject of. public interest wtf bo yrifptfH for publication. They should be typed and mutt be signed. They must also include the writer's name and address even if the writer decides to use a pseudonym in print. A contact telephone number would be useful. We reserve the
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  • leisure
    • 303 14  -  «5irt From loose shapes and sober shades to tights and brights By INEZ WEI IF YOU have come to associate Japanese designs with big, loose shapes and dark, sober colours, Isetan's Spring/Summer '85 collection by Kansai, Studio-V and Comme des Garcons will change your
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    • 433 16 KH Variety Tonight Music Moves (Debut) (Ch 5, 7.50 pm) THIS first programme in the second MusicMoves series (the first series was shown in June last year) examines the plight of orif;inal music in Singapore and also takes a ook at new bands.
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    • 435 16  -  TV SCENE By WONG SING YEONG THE 57th Academy Awards Show probably won't win an award for the best award show if there were such a thing. But award shows do not deserve any awards anyway. Despite the 57-year history of the Oscar, a more inventive
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    • 875 17  -  By P PAUL ROSENFIELD in Hollywood LAT-WP THIS is my last Oscar story of 1985. It is being written because 1) I am sad and 2) 1 will have to deal with Oscar again next year and, again, I will be sad. And even
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1572 15 leisure Iff] I 2.30 SBC TEXT Live Sample Paget. Ri4i A K I 3.00 Opening and Programme Highlights followed by The Struggle (C)(r) (English subtitles). I 4.25 Story Time (Selected stories) (T) (Last episode). I 4.SS Jackanory Playhouse The King's Thief. 5.20 My Favourite Martian Girl the Flying Machine V
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 72 16 GOLDEN DE SAUNA 5001, Beach Road #01-54, Woh Hup Complex, Singapore 0719. Tel: *****69. *****43 The Luxury Health Fitness Centres With The Golden Touch Various Massage Styles^^^ Japannt Fihpmo Thailand Sauna Bath Facial SpWndrdty decor ated split level rooms wtti itt own attached bathroom tor complete privacy vVUIr Competitive prices
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 245 17 BEST U.S. STEAK Direct from Harris Ranch in Central California The Number f X One Steak in California, and now in Singapore LjT T7j?)T a A Only at Jack's Place Steak House you'll find six different MMfIKM choices from only $16. you'll get a tender, juicy, corn-feo 1 premium U.S.
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 96 18 LIDO: NOW SHOWING! (*****14) 4 Show*: 11, 2.30, 5.45, 9.45 No Froo Ust Students CONCESSION $1.50 $2.50 at 11am ft 2.30pm Ym will UUGH, m Will CRY, Ym will CUP, m will SINS, Bat ihve all ym will MMVEI. 58 ACADEMY AWARDS best IK [roourmiwol mwt F. MURRAY ABRAHAM TOM
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 298 18 OK SEOW YIT KIN PIANIST Seow Yit Kin will play Chopin's works today at 8.15 pm at the Victoria Concert Hall. The recital is organised by the Singapore Music Society. Tickets at 815. $12, $8 and $4 are available at the door. SOIREE MUSICALE THERE will be an evening of
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    • 944 18 SCULPTURE j AN exhibition of Three- j l" 1 r* dimensional Contempo- niTiniTin l ranr German Sculptures UJJJJJJJ J! ana Related Drawings ■■■■■■II 1 will be held at the !j" HHBIKHB 1 M National Museum Art w M I Gallery until April I 9 am to 5.30 pm daily. H
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 687 19 leisure comics """"™~~™™"~~~~FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook lEmkjlXMfr' r7 Ro».AT TH«e *ONH> f IW* i$ V<M ft tfoRMW6- y V I AAcmnfr*, rrs iMp»«takt f aujamc«... &V frUMfrAUAKe V AND i<^p^f MoT To oer cAuwrr N Utf ll of thi shifts... j vtou *V2T? 6 I IsHwmt Of y ARIES March
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  • 336 20 PHOTOGRAPHY CHOOSING the first prize winner in the Kodak Singapore International Kite Festival Photo Contest was easy. Mr Lau Bok Leong's entry stood way out. ahead of the rest of the more than 140 entries. What made it really outstanding was technical quality. Though this is
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  • 110 20 SHOOT a hawker and win yourself a trip to the Hong Kong dragon boat races. The Hong Kong Tourist Association, together with Kodak. Tithes Dental and Photo Supply Ltd and Cathay Pacific Airways are sponsoring a photo competition on hawkers' activities. The two top prises arc six-day
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • 146 21 CF QFE; THE search for spices brought civilisation to this part of the world. Arab, European, Indian 'and Chinese traders converged upon South East Asia to seek fruits, seeds and bark to add flavour to their food. Today, the production of spices is more widespread.
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  • 104 21 RAMMIS Pte Ltd in Hougang markets some 29 local and imported spices for the wholesale market. However, the company takes retail orders occasionally. EASTERN Import Ex- port in Hong Lim Shopping Centre specialises in different types of dried chillies from all over the world. The
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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    • 83 21 Dealing with spices and foodstuff Specialise in dry chillies and garlic Import and Export of produce goods and spices from China, Thailand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Europe and America <+$ EASTERN IMPORTER ft EXPORTER NO. G32, HONG LIM SHOPPING CENTRE, +5 SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD, £+> SINGAPORE 0105. £+> TEL: *****55 *****82 CABLE:
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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    • 263 22 Miscellaneous Courses MRS BENJAMIN STARTING cooking courses. French, Indian. Chinese, French pastries Nonya cooking. Morning sessions only. Contact: 452 4951. EMPLOYMENT Situations Vacant SV THE JACK CHIA GROUP i* seeking e MANAGERESS TUMBLE TOTS SINGAPORE This is a new concept which provides an active physical play programme for pre-school children
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    • 111 22 Music/Dancing Laaaaaa CORONATION MUSIC School 469 3252 ERIC'S GUITAR Tuition 445 1291. Private Tuition fT EXPERIENCED DEDICATED TUTOR offers to teach all subBcts at lower primary levels, amtah 441 4009 (night). TUTORS NEEDED FOR all levels/ subjects/ districts. Preferably A level and above Please contact: 220 6949 Situations Vacant SV
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    • 245 22 Cataran e WE CATER BUFFET, barbeque. cocktail party for $81- onwards. Tables, chairs provided. Annie 481 4782. 288 8097 Entertainment QUALITY PIANO: With our marginal profit idea and low overhead business system, you will got the most value for the piano from our company. And our professional piano turning service,
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    • 252 22 Interior Decor/ Renovation ITALIAN MARBLE AT $1.50 -$5.00 psf (Compressed and Natural). Call 250 6538 or #02-09. Balestier Plaza. MIKESAN CONTRACTORS. SPECIAL package prices you can afford on aH renovation works. Installment arrangeable. Contact: 743 1272/3. 12-112" HEAVY DUTY ceramic with skirtings. 3-room $2,800; 4-room $4,400; 5-room $5,400. Workmanship Guaranteed!
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  • sports
    • 314 23  - Start running for a good cause WEEK 6 CATHARINE FERNANDO The p«cc is stepptsg ip u the dale drtwi mnr for the Pama/MooJtor 10K raa oa Jaae I. We have received More thu 1,900 entries aad oer tolephoaeo arc basy with calk from people who've heard somethlac M it, hat
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    • 557 23  -  ON THE roadl by Louise McGrillen FOUR years ago, I ran four miles in the Phoenix Park. The evening was cool ana dry and the run took me all of 33 minutes. I was tired at the end of it and could do no
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    • 719 23  -  THE SINGAPORE MONITOR DIET by ANNE BARRY I BET when you were a little girl, your mother used to say that unless you ate your dinner you weren't going to get any cake after or if she caught you eating sweets before
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      360 23  -  WEEK 6 Train with Herb Elliot AUSTRALIAN Olympic champion and onetime middle-distance world record holder Herb Elliot today gives you a training schedule for the beginner as well as the advanced runner during for the sixth week of training. BEGINNERS: Day 1: Jog about one and a half
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    • 667 24  -  FITNESS by YVONNE DOLAN NOW THAT your mileage is steadily increasing, there are times when, having finished your training, you feel stiff and leg neavy. I know I often do and that too despite stretching out immediately. I still get home feeling weary and tense sometimes.
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    • 470 25 New crop of gymnasts moves to the fore in the land of Olga Korbut Reuter MOSCOW, Tuesday JUDGING BY the pace of developments in the Soviet women's team, a year is a very long time in gymnastics. Just 12 months back, tiny Irina Baraksana and Vera
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    • 309 26 -AP MONTE CARLO, Tuesday IVAN LENDL is expected to have trouble making the transition from the fast indoor surface to the clay when the U*****,000 (*****,000) Jacomo Monte Carlo Open tennis tournament starts today in second-round play in this seaside principality. Monte
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    • 130 26 BUENOS AIRES, Tims TOURNAMENT scoring leader Natella Krasnikova scored nine goals on Monday as the Soviet Union defeated Zimbabwe 11-0 and took over the lead in Group A of the women's Intercontinental Field Hockey Cup. India had no problem in defeating Switzerland
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    • 329 26 Reuter QOTHENBURQ (Sweden), Tuesday CHINA sustained their imperious form at the World Table Tennis Championships yesterday and powered into today's men's and women's team finals for the eighth consecutive time. The Chinese men trounced Japan 50 and face hosts Sweden in a repeat of
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    • 122 26 BANGKOK, Tims MORE than 20 countries have been invited to participate in this year's King's Cup boxing championships rescheduled for April 16 to 23, the Amateur Boxing Association of Thailand said to- day. It gave no other details. But International Amateur Boxing Association
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    • 373 26 AP NEW YORK, Tuesday THE LEAD for the New York International Chess tournament tightened up on Monday after three rounds, with at least four players sharing first place. Grandmasters Lev Alburt and Sergey Kudrin and International Masters Nick Defirmian and Michael Wilder each have
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    • REVIEWS
      • 49 26 TODAY we give you a post-mortem of bow four of Singapore's teams fared in the recently concluded Merdeka Games in Brunei. Sports reporter B KULA reviews hockey, sepak takraw, tennis and table tennis. Tomorrow we will bring you more reviews on the other sports.
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      • 159 26 Training that's the key word for the team TENNIS TRAIN, TRAIN, train that's the code word that the Republic's tennis team will have to ado|)t, if they want to keep up with the region's Taking a game off the Philippines, the Indonesians and the Thais in the singles, is like
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      • 111 26 HOOKEY MALAYSIA will reign as South-east Asia's best for a long, long time. Singapore, who nave always been tagging behind Malaysia as the second best team in Southeast Asia, may just lose their strong hold if they carry on performing like they did in
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      • 139 26 SEPAK TAKRAW BEATING Malaysia and Thailand in sepak takraw seems to be a pipe dream for Singapore. Even stealing a game irom them appears to be an impossible task. The Thais and the Malaysians are far superior in skill. Their players, in
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      • 170 26 TABLE TENNIS THE REPUBLIC'S table tennis quartet did the impossible in the Merdeka Games. Critics had written them off as "no hopers" before the competition. Yet they remained undaunted and went for the kill in Bandar Sen Begawan, winning for themselves a bronze medal.
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 268 27 The Star COACH Frank Lord is leaving his options open when his coaching contract with the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) ends in June. Whether he will stay back or leave will depend on the decision to be made by the FAM. He has
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    • 492 27 ASIAN BADMINTON CONFEDERATION BADMINTON GIANTS Indonesia have caused a furore with their decision to send their secondstringers for the Marlboro-Asian Badminton Confederation. The championships, in which Singapore will also be participating, will be held in Kuala Lumpur from April 15-21. Badminton Association
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