Singapore Monitor, 4 April 1985

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    • 305 2  -  By CHEE LI CHOO ONE taxi-driver has come up with a novel way of increasing his takings. Mr Norman Oh, 40, who drives a Singapore Airport Bus Services taxi, has advertised his services in The Singapore Monitor. In the advertisement, Mr Oh
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    • 1171 2  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO FOURTEEN taxi-drivers, worried over the lack of passenger* since Monday's fare increase, turned up at The Singapore Monitor office yesterday to complain that their takings were not enough to cover operating costs any more. The taximen, mainly NTUC Comfort drivers, were
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    • 245 2 TAXI-driver Tang Kian Cheong, 46, says he will drive any handicapped person, for less than the new metered fare. "When I read about the plight of the handicapped in the newspapers I felt that we, taxi-drivers, must do something for them. These people rely on taxis. They
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    • 392 3  -  By JULIE ANNE SIT IF you think the only thing cops do is go after robbers, you are mistaken. They go after wayward husbands and wives too. Take Sgt Johnny Eng Guan Hock, 44, for instance. He has earned the name "Sergeant Bigamy" in
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    • 145 3 Lianhe Zaobao SINGAPOREANS can look forward to fresher and cheaper Chinese vegetables and fruit when direct flights between the two countries are inaugurated next month. Singapore Airlines and the Civil Aviation Authority of China are slashing their freight rates by as
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    • 242 4  -  By JOSEPH LEE A HOTEL GUEST got suspicious when he was shut in a toilet with a woman. And he was right. He came out to find two other women searching his room. The women are now being interrogated by police, and may be charged
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    • 345 4  -  By SIT YIN FONG THE HOUSING and Development Board (HDB) has awarded a one-year contract to repair 51 motor shops with sinking floors in the Eunos industrial estate. Work began a week ago to repair the shops in the area, which com-
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    • 894 5 A greater insight into Government thinking on such issues as its tax policies, the Central Provident Fund and privatisation emerged last night in a television panel discussion with Dr Tony Tan, the Finance Minister. With Dr Tan were representatives from the unions, management, the university and
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    • 170 6 NTUC DELEGATES CONFERENCE SOME workers want to be retrenched because of the tight labour mar- ket, the National Trades Union Congress was told yesterday. To the amusement of delegates who attended the Triennial Conference of the congress, its secretary-general, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, said
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    • 274 6 THE NATIONAL Trades Union Congress has expressed concern over the nigh unemployment rate among Singapore seafarers. It suggested that the Nautical School and Marine Engineering School be closed for a while to cut down the number of new entrants into the market. The congress
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    • 372 6  -  By CATHARINE FERNANDO STIFF competition among travel agencies in Singapore has led to the takeover of NTUC Travel by Trident Travel Pte Ltd. In the early Seventies, just after NTUC Travel was set up, it was in a favoured position because it
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    • 325 7  -  By CHEW YEN FOOK FOR THESE boys, the black tar trapped in the tube spells the message: Do not smoke. This rather startling display is how 12-year-old Teo Chin Aun explains the ugly effects of smoking to fellow pupils at the Haig Boys' School's
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    • 566 7  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG IF MOST of the people in your family speak mainlv English, you are likely to be one of those better oft financially in Singapore. You will also be enjoying a higher social status than most. According to Trends in Language,
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    • 169 2 SEHNGIS MjgflNG Bronco is better... better quality, better value y'v^~ ic% sk '*> i \i j :S At BRONCO, you'll get quality and you wouldn't expect from any other fastfood restaurant. A BRONCO is made with only top quality U.S. meat, freshly sliced before your eyes, served in a special
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    • 189 4 Goodwood Park Hotel and Jasper Productions a Present j M seen them on TV You've heard their records Don't miss them "MIIIIM f at The World Trade Centre Auditorium on Bth April 1985 Ist Show 7.00 pm P J 2nd Show 9.30 pm r Twl IfifllfNT Available: Goodwood Park Hotel,
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    • 25 5 Mondays Victor Khoo DJ. Tuesdays Ladies Night (No first drink charge for Ladies) Wednesdays Impersonation Show. S Sponsored by Johnnie Walker Black Label Courvoisier. di
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    • 19 6 |j u 42 bJvSmM^ 4 vjfv High Street: 38-40, High Street. Singapore 0617. Tel: *****08 •AT HIGH STREET ONLY
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    • 89 6 Think Automatic-Go HYP ROTO 2 TIC Automatic Gate Systems German Technology Japanese made The (incomparable system in price and performance, incorporating: high speed hydrauflc operation. 24 volt DC battery power supply. the most sophisticated remote control system (over 13,000 codes and a very long range). fast, ratable and efficient beck-up
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    • 221 7 A 6406 $133 $10,000 ■m^^F PENTHOUSE y»^,www C 1693 $150 $3,500 2 BEDROOMS _T From x<y- JW < l iHh Bedok Court's unique 'garden' concept lit I Um_JIL. Quality finish Marble flooring in affords every apartment a spacious ["IfY" /Q Irving and dining areas and solid forecourt which can serve
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  • world
    • 343 8 Asean wants the problem resolved constitutionally, PM Lee tells Suharto Reuter UJUNG PANDANG (Sulawesi), Thursday PRIME MINISTER Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday the political unrest in the Philippines was causing "very great concern" in the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean). He told a Press
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    • 149 10 NAIROBI, Thursday NEW ZEALAND will not issue visas to the South African Springbok rugby side but cannot stop the New Zealand side playing in South Africa, New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange said here yesterday. Despite his Government's "abhorrence" of South Africa's racial separation
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    • 367 10 WASHINGTON, Thursday THE United States said yesterday it believed Vietnam had increased the strength of its military forces in Cambodia. Responding to the announced withdrawal of 15,000 Vietnamese troops from the country which started yesterday, the State Department said in a statement "Rather than
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    • 170 10 UPI TOKYO, Thursday JAPAN, facing deteriorating relations with the United States over contentious trade issues, said yesterday it would send a special envoy to explain its policies to Washington officials. The Foreign Ministry announcement came as top officials sharply criticised an anti-Japan bill passed by
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    • 562 12 THE SLAIN WRITER CASE AP TAIPEH, Thursday TAIWAN'S former military intelligence chief and two of his senior aides will appear before a military court today for a pre-trial hearing on charges that they played a part in the murder of a Chinese-American journalist in
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    • 169 12 AP LONDON, Thursday CHINA HAS completed building a network of underground air defence shelters, but the bunkers are not completely designed to withstand nuclear and biological weapon strikes, Jane's defence weekly reported yesterday. The magazine said that only the lower two of three layers in
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    • 93 12 UPI PORTLAND (Oregon), Thursday THE SEARCH for teacher-astronauts to ride the space shuttle has turned up some educators who-have problems spelling and writing. "Most shocking," was the way Jonathan Nicholas, columnist for The Oregonian newspaper, described it. Nicholas was a member of a
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    • PEOPLEWATCH
      • 52 12 A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEWSMAKERS PRINCESS Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (above) of Thailand turned 30 yesterday. The Princess played and sang with a traditional Thai music band at the National theatre io Bangkok to mark her birthday anniversary. Her favourite instrument is the "Sor Duang" or
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      • 73 12 INE TSUGAWA, Japan's oldest woman, celebrated her 110 th birthday yesterday with little fanfare at her home in southwestern Japan, a relative said. Mrs Tsugawa keeps regular hours daily, arising at 6 am, eating a breakfast consisting of rice and misoshiru, a fermented bean soup,
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      • 77 12 WITH Dutch unemployment at almost 20 per cent, Ms Ellen van Maris can't get a paying job using her physiotherapist training, so she's gone to work on her own body instead. The 27-year-old Dutch woman is the International Federation of Bodybuilders' lightweight women's world champion. And
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      • 89 12 LIBERACE (above), in his typical understated fashion, is going to take over Radio City Music Hall next month. Liberace, booked for an April 4-21 stand, has broken all of Radio City's box office records including his own grossing more than US$2 million (554.3 million) so far
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      • 87 12 TINA TURNER, who was joined on a London stage recently by British rocker Elton John, got another surprise guest last weekend. David Bowie took to the stage for the first time in nearly two years to join Tina at her performance in Birmingham, England. They sang three
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    • 439 13 Bernama KOTA KINABALU, Thursday PARTY and personal interests aside, the Sabah state election, polling for which will be on April 20 and 21, is a family affair for at least 12 candidates. Four from the Tun Datu Mustapha family, headed by the 67-year-old United Sabah
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    • 142 13 LAT-WP WASHINGTON, Thursday SUDANESE President Jaafar Numeirv yesterday said that Col Mohammed Gaddaffi of Libya had offered his economically hard-pressed Government US$5 billion (S| 11.25 billion) if ne would sign a unity agreement similar to the one Col Gaddaffi worked out with Morocco
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    • 188 13 UPI LONDON, Thurs TIME ran out for one of Britain's last all-female bastions at precisely 1000 Greenwich Mean Time today with the introduction of Britain's first male speaking clock. After 49 years of domination by women, baritone Brian Cobby was selected from 5,000 applicants
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    • 158 13 Reuter COLOMBO, Thursday NINE SRI Lankan policemen were killed yesterday when Tamil separatists ambushed a patrol returning in two jeeps from a raid on a guerilla camp. The defence ministry said a sergeant and eight constables of the police Special Task Force died when
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    • 84 8 LE RENDEZ V3US PRESENTS GILLIAN GEDDES te blues ami ci wide repertoire Of popular hits by Cole Porter Bacharuch Neil Seiioko Stevie Wonder Carole Kmc] James Tciylor Babara Streisand and others Niqhtly 'rem 8 5 pm except Mondays Fecitunnq Paul Gcsteiow resident pianist accompanied by Winston Bliqn on sax ana
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    • 208 9 EASTER HOUDA/WEAR jB Round neck cotton a" IP T -shirt from Japan «Y (available in 6 designs) B Sizes: 130, 140. 150 i a Colours: White, Blue, i jrr^^^y /B Li^L C o| °urs White/ printed cotton jRw Navy blue, White/ skirt suit 1 r JMSRt Red, White/Royal blue Sizes-
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    • 152 10 MING COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE S$ 17 00 per child under 12 years Mondays to Fridays to Sundays [e] un ripe tomatoes. Hfl resh 0001 salads plus liil Fresh crisp greens. I IIJ a choice of roasts Crunchy carrots and NZ. strlploln, leg celery and more! |3t s ri. am flaroroon
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    • 183 11 NCUSIEWARIES FAIR 14-piece KUNLUN Tea Set. _#Ip aa in gift $14.90 4 piece canis,er set from 30 2 s 5.tU V I I TANITA J Toaster (#140) CorninaCasserole #11l rA J J «/q«~ =PL t?Q (I.slitre)*2T $18.50 I- WW* A j -a Ironing Board from Germany a. A (3 litre)
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 120 12 SEA RAY THE BOAT Now at Dynasty Hotel, 320 Orchard Road, until 7th April. Sea Ray boats are produced at six manufacturing plants in the U.S. where more than 11,000 were produced in 1984. 31 models ire available from 17 feet to 46 feet. Enquiries to Linda Tan at 734
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    • 20 13 Of Raffles Hotel A FORlta WfaOLE Eamiiy. 1 /V\ Aduhss25 Childrensl5 Reservatk*is:Call33B7376. 1 Raffles Hotel /Jl |P~ Beach Road, Sinpraporeo7lB
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  • money
    • 120 14 OVERSEAS Union Bank issued its first overseas negotiable floating rate certificate of deposits (FRCDs) at its Hong Kong branch yesterday. Speaking at the signing ceremony, OUB's general manager (treasury) said the HKI2OO million (S|s< million) FRCD issue "reflects our crowing confidence in
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    • 79 14 HARRISONS Malaysian Plantation Bhd saw only three lots changing hands on its first trading day on the local stock exenange to close at $3.50. Dealers say the stock has yet to settle in. Given time, it can be as effectively traded as Consolidated Plantations
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    • 814 14  -  By ANG PENG HWA THE SYNDICATED loans market has fallen on hard times Already squeezed by reduced profit margins from keen competition, it is now being edged out by new loan packages. "It is Bard to predict fashions," said Mr Peter Perry, general manager
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    • MARKETPLACE
      • 43 14 AT-A-GLANCE NEWS AND INFORMATION WHY ARE all the chicken businesses facing problems? KFC is being investigated under the Criminal Procedure Code. Hardees was facing cash flow problems. Lee Brothers Poultry is in receivership. We suspect there is some FOWLplay somewhere.
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      • 62 14 TALKING about how small our econ- omy is, statistics in the latest Esquire magazine gives us a better perspective. Americans, according to the magazine, spent about US$2O billion last year maintaining their lawns. That's more than what we make as a nation in the same period! But, while
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      • 18 14 THE STOCK market is so sluggish that brokers complain they are becoming expert chess players.
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    • 530 14  -  By JANICE LIM THE STOCK Exchange of Singapore does not see a need to take any action on the allegations made by Kentucky Fried Chicken chairman Loo Cheng Ghee that five broking firms weren't delivering his scrip, said an SES
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    • 577 15  -  By JILL HUM RECEIVERS and managers are often called in too late to save an ailing company, says Mr Chan Ket Teck, a partner in Coopers and Lybrand. He said that very often, receivers were called in when the company had deteriorated to the
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    • 100 15 WALL Street stock prices closed sharply lower yesterday for the second consecutive session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 7.62 Eoints to 1,258.06. Declining issues led advancers y 980 to 521. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange dropped to 95.48 million from
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    • 79 15 AP NEW YORK, Thursday THE AMERICAN dollar staged a late rally in light and erratic trading yesterday, marking the second day of what currency dealers described as trendless swings. During the course of the day, it fell below 3.08 West German marks in the Far East before
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    • 169 15 FEP International Pte Ltd is still in business today because receivers were appointed before the firm went into serious financial trouble, said Mr Chan Ket Teck. Coopers and Lvbrand, which handled the case in 1977, recovered the $12 million debt for the United Malayan Banking
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 78 14 The Businessman's Lunch at Le Chalet, Ladyhill Hotel.. Le Chalet makes you an exciting offer for lunch the Businessman's Lunch At a reasonable $12 75 per person, I enjoy a superb four- J course meal A different j menu is served daily. 3 from Mondays to r\ ""X Reservations: 737
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    • 162 15 Republic of China Agricultural Food Products at your doorstep Dynasty Hotel Ballroom (3rd Storey) 3-5 April 1985 11.00 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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  • opinion / letters
    • 427 16  -  FOO MENG TONG Administrator Skills Development Fund I REFER to the letter by "Need Help" (SM, Mar 21) concerning the way the Skills Development Fund (SDF) operates. The Skills Development Levy was introduced in 1979 as part of a wage correction policy to
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    • 177 16 ON SUNDAY, Mar 31, about 10.30 am, I went to the Kallang Bahru Post Office Savings Bank ATM to withdraw some money, but found that the ATM was closed. This was rather disappointing and I found it puzzling that the ATM should
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    • 783 16  -  FOCUS By DR CHAN YAN CHONG THE PRIORITY scheme for registration of children of graduate mothers for primary school has been one of the most controversial subjects in recent years. This scheme is opposed by the people by and large, the opposition parties
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    • 530 17 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR COMMENT THE marked absence of passengers on April 1 was no joke to the drivers of 11,646 taxis. It was the first day of the new higher taxi fare structure and Singapore commuters made it very clear that they found the
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    • 423 17 I WAS surprised to hear the First Deputy Prime Minister in "Today in Parliament" refer to the Member for Potong Pasir as "the mouse that finally roared." The nickname is uncalled for and irrelevant, with the doubtful exception of soliciting puerile laughter.
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    • 124 17  -  PETER BOYD Singapore 1335 I REFER to your report "Cab business fails as fares rise" (SM, Apr 1). The cost of living here is indeed very high; now comes the increase in taxi fares. What next? Is increasing taxi fares to raise taxi
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    • 57 17 -REPLY WE THANK "Ko-Chan Teo" for his letter "Box junction needed at Cluny Road" (SM, Mar 22). We would like to inform the writer that the Public Works Department did on Mar 23 paint a yellow box at the junction of Cluny Road/Bukit Timah Road. LOOI MEI
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    • 72 17 LETTERS on any subject of public interest wM be accepted for 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 in print. A contact telephone number would be useful We reserve the
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  • leisure
    • Article, Illustration
      1897 18 The Last Viceroy recreates the pomp and grandeur of bygone days On March 24, 1947, Viscount Mountbatten was sworn in as the Viceroy of India in the Durbar Hall of the Viceroy's House in Delhi with all the pomp and ceremony of the last days of the British
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    • 460 18 THE Surrender Chambers, part of the Sentosa Wax Museum the other part is the Pioneers of Singapore Museum is now open to the public. Closed for renovations since Nov 30 last year, it has been upgraded at a cost of $860,000. The original exhibition, comprising the British
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    • 596 20 Pre-Holiday Movie The Big Sleep (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 10.40 pm) BASED on Raymond Chandler's novel, this 1978 suspense drama stars James Stewart as a retired general who hires private investigator Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) to wipe out a syndicate of blackmailers which is
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    • 618 21 Holiday Night Movie Prototype (Chinese subtitles) (Ch 5, 10.10 pm) AFTER five years of research, Dr Carl Forrester (Christopher Plummer) and his team perfect an android Prototype Model 2VR, also known as Michael Smith (David Morse). Against Forrester's wishes, Michael is sent to Washington to be re-programmed into
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    • 408 23 AP TOKYO: Kool and the Gang, the popular American rhythm and blues group, and songstress Deniece Williams, also of the United States, walked off with the two top prizes at the 14th Annual Tokyo Music Festival last Sunday night. Led by vocalist James Taylor,
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    • 283 23 VISITORS to Hong Kong these two weeks will have the opportunity to watch a selection of critically acclaimed films from around the world. The Ninth Hong Kong International Film Festival which began last Friday will end on Apr 13. Directors of note who will have their
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 69 18 FREE! A ROLL OF FILM FOR EVERYROLL PROCESSED. A free roll of 24-exposure Sakura colour film is yours with every roll you send in for processing at Singapore Colour Centre. Enjoy the benefits of quality film processing and the added bonus of 24 high-quality exposures, at no extra charge. So
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    • 92 18 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 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1374 19 i—fimiß 3.00 Opening and Programme by The flflfSK^VK4. J^J; Tarzan Rona 5.15 Andy Robson Treasure Trove.* sea captain rescues when their '91^ boat is sea by a turn the tide. In they help him to look for a Daniel Purris who is 5.40 The Fight Against Hunger More Wheat and
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 582 20 TOMORROW'S PROGRAMMES 8.30 SBCTEXT Live Sample Pages. 4.35 The Myatery of the Disappearing 9.00 Opening and Programme High- Schoolgirls. lights followed by The Easter See Holiday Highlights. Bunny is Coming to Town. 5.45 Romper Room (E). The famous Little Engine Who 5.10 Programme Highlights. Could helps to explain how sym-
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 734 21 fIIMGUIOe Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for LY GHOST (C) Awards, including Best Picture, tells the tragic Haing Ngor, focuses on the madness surround- iiioncc/Kjfljn«/i A OAV story of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre composer, DALIT (*****16) (1.15, 3.15, 7.30, 9.30): ing the fall of Cambodia in 1975 and the take-
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 767 22 Easter at the hotels MoW Data Specials Crown Prince Saturday/Sunday Easter buffet (lunch) at Cafe de Prince. Priced at $22++ (adultsVSl 6++ (children) Each customer will receive a pair of Easter chocolate eggs Dy««ty Sunday Easter buffet (lunch) at Le Vendome Lounge. Priced at $29++ (adults)/ $15 (children) Chocolate bunnies,
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 257 23 ILove ORANGE ORANGE h 2flfiW Jfk aT ?X iMif t _> Happy Easter BEST U.S. STEAK IS jr Direct from Harris Ranch in Central California The Number One Steak in California, and now in Singapore Lfl ysjjfr A W Only at Jack's Place Steak House you'll find six different MußrgM
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 749 24 leisure comics FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook Diplomacy keynote. Go September 23 lo October 22 f ][L_ if slow seek a balance, and Diversify, make contacts, ask .arr^T^- J il i check the legal papers Some- questions, and give full play to a V** im Mr i/ "^il 1 /•HiT"" one
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  • Untitled
    • 100 25 OXLEY Travel Service Pte Ltd offers couples intending to enter the state of matrimony an audiovisual presentation of their grand wedding show and honeymoon tours at the Hotel New Otani, Phoenix Ballroom on April 14 from 3 to 6 pm. The presentaion will include honeymoon tours of Asia,
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    • 533 25  -  By STEVE CHADWICK LAT-WP HAMBURG, West Germany: Zhou Cheng Yi can't remember how many times he's shown tourists the Great Wall, the Ming tombs, the Emperor's Palace, the Lama Temple and all the other Beijing sights. But on the Chinese stand at
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    • 203 25 OVER the years, package tours have become increasingly popular among Singaporeans. Most of these tours save one the hassle of travel formalities and cater to most budgets as well. Now Gekwee Associates offer the choice of three delightful package tours for the May-June
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 120 25 HONEYMOON IN j HONOLULU SID 2079.00 7 days at Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, American breakfasts, dinner, city tour, transfers and lei greeting on arrival. EXOTIC PATT AY A Jm 5,0 ***** JrnW 5 days at the deluxe Royal ot|H\\ Cliff inclusive of American "I' breakfasts and Coral Island tour. CHINA SIO
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    • 57 25 fwe llJShow You Other Worlds every place has a charm all its own. Cipanas/ Bandung Dep: Thu NTUC Travel Services Pte Ltd s 1 Sophia Road #02-07. Peace Centre, Singapore 0922. WOT Tel: *****33 (12 lines) Telex: RS ***** NTS Cable: NTUC Travel 5 T t J 1» >I- tTTT
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
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  • PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT
    • 453 27 STUDYING abroad is evidently the dream of most students. The prestige of being educated overseas is one of the reasons for this. More so when the educational institution is one that is recognised and popular the world over. Besides pursuing academic knowledge,
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    • 136 27 STUDENTS with a GCE "A" level certificate enrolling in the Columbia Secondary School of Canada may be granted equivalent credits. They will be permitted to complete the pre-university course or Grade 13 in only one semester and then seek admission to a
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    • 178 28 CALVIN Heng Siang Boon, a first year Computer Science student at the National University of Singapore has recently been awarded a bronze medal for achieving third place in the City Guilds of London Institute examinations 1983/84. The subject he took was the C G 747
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 248 27 lIP fljl Columbia Secondary School of Canada Ui offers your children secondary and post secondary education and prepares them for admission into Canadian or >1 merican universities. Over 90% of our Hb Ty students have successfully done so. Columbia Secondary School of Canada is an accredited co-educational high school registered
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    • 135 27 Computer Courses Congratulations to our winner! Calvin Heng Siang Boon has a great deal to feel proud about. He has just been awarded Hp one of the most respected of computer awards given by JS WjM the City Guilds Institute Jfl (London) the 747 \./u Computer Programming j and Information
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    • 11 27 Phone *****90 Let us help you write a rewarding ad X
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 617 28 ADVERTISEMENT How to better manage your own small business THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hill Street will conduct two business courses, three language courses and two computer courses at its premises soon. The business courses will be on "How to better manage your small business," and
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    • 210 28 THIS is the Personal Advancement market place where various courses for those seeking such information will be listed. Call DORIS LIAW for information and ad placement at *****90 ext 21. 27th May 1006 10th July 1985 This courts provides: e A professional qualification for teachers interested in teaching English as
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    • 174 28 BESIDES offering computer courses preparing students for the London City Guilds 747 examinations, the Stamford College Group is also well-known for its home study courses. The group has over 30 years of experience in providing correspondence education. Some of the home study courses available are the GCE "O" and "A"
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  • sports
    • 251 31 YUGOSLAVIA 0 FRANCE 0 Reuter SARAJEVO (Yugoslavia), Thurs FRANCE and Yugoslavia moved a step nearer Mexico after playing out a dull, goalless draw in their World Cup Group Four qualifying soccer match last night. The powerful, tabletopping French side maintained their unbeaten run in the
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    • 97 31 ROMANIA 3 TURKEY 0 Reuter CRAIOVA (Romania), Thure ROMANIA claimed their first World Cup qualifying points with a competent 3-0 Group Three win over Turkey yesterday. Two goals by Rodion Camataru and another from Gheorghe Hagi all in the first half secured the triumph. Hagi
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    • 176 31 P W D L F A Pts England 3 3 0 0 14 0 6 Northern Ireland -4 2 0 2 5 5 4 Finland 4 2 0 2 4 8 4 Romania 2 10 15 3 2 Turkey 3 0 0 3 1 13 0 Next
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    • 116 31 HUNGARY 2 CYPRUS 0 Reuter BUDAPEST, Thursday HUNGARY stumbled to the threshold of next year's World Cup soccer finals in Mexico with an unconvincing 2-0 win over Cyprus in their Group Five qualifying match yesterday. The Hungarian triumph, courtesy of second half goals from
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    • 195 31 ITALY 2 PORTUGAL 0 Reuter ASCOLI PICENO (Italy), Thursday ITALY turned on the style which made them world champions in 1982 to crush Portugal 2-0 in a friendly soccer international last night. The Italians celebrated their 200 th international on home soil with
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    • 297 32  -  Selectors say players not ready for Asian badminton tourney By K SILVAM WITH Singapore's top three badminton players not ready, the Singapore Badminton Association has decided to withdraw from the team event of the Asian Badminton Confederation championships from April 15-25 in Kuala Lumpur. Robin
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    • 281 32  -  By K SILVAM THE ASIAN Badminton Confederation championships in Kuala Lumpur from April 15-25 will lose its glamour with giants Indonesia deciding against sending its top players and pullouts by China's Han Jian, Li Lingwei, Han Aipine and India's Prakash Padukone. Announcing
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    • 516 32  -  By K SILVAM FIFTEEN of Singapore's top sailors will set off for the Admiral's Cup the world championship of ocean racing in Cowes, England, on a specially built 40-foot boat built at a cost of $500,000. It will also cost the Admiral's Cup
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    • 267 32  -  By DANIEL WEE BUONA VISTA staked their claim on the National Schools Waterpolo C Division Championship with a narrow 5-4 win over arch rivals Queensway Secondary at Barker Road yesterday. Under the league system, Queensway must now beat Saint Andrew's Secondary to meet Buona
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    • 126 32 A DIVISION: P W D L F A Pt# RJC 1 1 0 0 9 6 2 ACJC 1 0 0 1 6 9 0 STI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B DIVISION: P W D L F A Pt» BV 1 1 0 0 12 4
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    • 528 33  -  By S GULAM SINGAPORE will renew their rivalry with Johor in the Malaysia Cup tomorrow (8 pm) at the National Stadium in what promises to be the best match in the competition so far. While Singapore have been at the top of the
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    • 217 33 SINGAPORE coach Hussein Aljunied's biggest worry for tomorrow's Malaysia Cup match against Johor is the neighbouring state's international striker Donah Salleh. The 21-year-old left-footed forward is Malaysia's latest sensation. His genius for scoring was discovered after he found the winner
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    • 603 34  -  Soccer review by KENNETH JALLEH MAKE NO misUke about it: Luck may have decided the Merdeka Games soccer final in Brunei last Sunday, but without the skill, and the guts, of the fighting Intermediates, Singapore would not have the only gold medal ever won
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    • 410 34  -  By S GULAM SINGAPORE'S Intermediate football team heroes, who made history by winning Singapore soccer's first ever Games gold, are up for some special treats. Describing the achievement as unique, Football Association of Singapore chairman Teo Chong Tee revealed the first of the many
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    • 183 34 TOP SEED Ivan Lendl, made his singles entry in the second round of the Monte Carlo Open tennis tournament yesterday ana had to work harder than he might have anticipated to dislodge American qualifier Lawson Duncan 6-4 6-4. The Czechoslovak world Number Three,
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    • 98 34  -  By S GULAM ABDULLAH NOOR and Ishak Saad, both members of the Intermediate team which won the gold medal in the Brunei Merdeka Games, have been recruited to the senior team. The two players were chosen by national coach Hussein Aljunied from a number 01 players
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 79 35 Agencies MANCHESTER UNITED emerged as Ever ton's lead in| rivals for the League crown. Their 21 wis over Leicester City at Old Trafford eased them into second place above Spars oa 62 points Secoad-half goals by England captain Bryan Robsoa and ia-lorm Irishman Fraah
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    • 231 35 RACE FOR THE ENGLISH DIVISION ONE TITLE AP LONDON, Thura EVERTON strengthened their grip on the Division One title yesterday by winning 2-1 at rivals Tottenham Hotspur's ground. White Hart Lane. The Merseyside team opened up a lead of four K>ints over Manchester nited, which moved into
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    • 141 35 RESULTS AT A GLANCE: Manchester United 2 Leicester 1 (postponed since Feb 16), Norwich 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Feb 23), Sunderland 0 Liverpool 3 (Jan 12), Tottenham 1 Evert on 2 (Jan 19), West Bromwich 1 Ipswich 2 (March 9), Southampton 1 Luton 0, Watford 5 Weat
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    • 118 35 AP LEAGUE champions Liverpool, who saw their title hopes drift further away when they lost at home to Manchester United last Sunday, bounced back with a 3-0 victory at Sunderland. Lan Rush, last season's top scorer in Europe and reportedly a transfer target for top Italian clubs,
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    • 20 35 Romania and Hungary /I edge closer to Mexico Yugoslavia hold fancied f sBs Frenchmen to a draw See Page 32
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