Singapore Monitor, 4 April 1985, Afternoon Edition

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  • 20 1 THE SINGAPORE MONITOR V CI P) No 21 5 84 Thursday, April 4, 1985 EVEN'iNGI r EDITION J 30 cents
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  • 453 1  -  Labour and management still wary, says report By JOSEPH LEE LABOUR productivity has been the main factor behind the fourfold rise in Singaporeans' standard of living in the past 17 years. This conclusion is drawn in the National Productivity Board's 1984 Survey of Singapore. The
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  • 128 1 THE NATIONAL Productivity Board will not be approving any more companies for tne Company Welfarism through Employers' Contribution (Cowec) scheme for the next three to five years. This was revealed today by Mr Koh Juan Kiat, group director of Labour Management Relations of the board, at
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    • 143 2 SINGAPORE is the best model for developing countries faced with acute housing problems, says the assistant secretary-general of tne United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation And Singapore could contribute skills and funds to the foundation to help the organisation resolve housing
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    • 362 2 THE NEW taxi fare rise has caused a drop in business of as much as 70 per cent at some shopping centres, say shopkeepers. And generally, shopkeepers in Lucky Plaza in Orchard Road, People's Park Complex in the city area, and City Plaza in
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    • 83 2  -  PICTURE by CHEW YEN FOOK A FOUR-SEATER see-saw is one of the things children visiting the West Coast Park playground will be able to ride on when the park is completed by the middle of the year. The 50-hectare park will also have
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    • 214 2 SINGAPORE'S multi-racial heritage could be tapped for literary endeavours, says Mr Teo Chong Tee. "Because of our rich cultural heritage, there is a wealth of material in our archives and in our history for any writer bold enough to write a historical novel
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    • 79 2 SINGAPORE Airlines yesterday received its fifth new-generation aircraft, an Airbus A3lO- The new A3lO, with 18 first and 200 economy class seats, will fly on routes from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Bangkok, Jakarta, Kao- hsiung, Seoul, Brunei and Manila. The aircraft is part
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    • 379 3  -  By ROBERT CONCEICAO FOE 16 reservist officers now on exercise at Pulau Tekong, the training they are undergoing is being done on their own time. All 16 have completed their 40 days' reservist liability for the year when they completed a battalion tactics course
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    • 87 3 AN IMPORT and export seafood factory was robbed of about $12,000 in cash on Tuesday. The managing director, Mr P K Tan, of Effort Holdings Pte Ltd in Pandan Loop, had left the two storey office-cum-factory about 7 pm on Tuesday after locking up. He returned the
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    • 77 3 A DRUNK was found dead on a bench in Albert Street beside the Bee Bee Bar, a coroner's court heard today. An autonsy report revealed that Karpal Singh, 45, unemployed, died of acute alcoholic intoxication. Police found him motionless on a bench on Dec 13,1983 at
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    • 67 3 THIEVES broke into a department store at Liang Court in River Valley Road and got away with about $11,205 worth of lighters on Tuesday. Singapore Daimaru Pte Ltd's salesgirl Miss L C Lee, 29, left the premises on Tuesday about 9 pm. She returned the following
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    • 84 3 MOTORCYCLIST Ang Teck Kee sustained serious head injuries yesterday when he collided into the rear of a station wagon about 11.15 pm opposite the entrance to Alexandra Hospital. He is now warded at the Alexandra Hospital and is on the dangerously ill list. Ang was travelling
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    • 125 3 TOA PAYOH Police today appealed for the next-of-kin of a Sikh woman whose body was found at the foot of Blk 193 Toa Payoh Central on March 25 at 11.25 am. The woman is believed to have fallen to her death from the 24th floor of the
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    • 540 4  -  By GANDHI AMBALAM NTUC-INCOME, the insurance arm of the National Trades Union Congress, is introducing a super $l-a-year insurance scheme in a bid to boost the sagging membership in its affiliates. The new policy, which will be introduced next month, will only be
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    • 284 4  -  By JULIE ANNE SIT IF yon think the only thing cops do is so after robbers, you are mistaken. They go after wayward husbands and wives too. 1 Take Sgt Johnny Eng Guan Hock, 44, for instance. He h» earned the name "Sergeant
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    • 409 5  -  By SEAH MEI KIANG IF MOST of the people in your family speak mainly English, you are likely to be one of those better off financially in Singapore. You will also be enjoying a higher social status than most. According to Trends in Language,
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    • NEWS SCAN
      • 89 5 A QUICK GLANCE AT HOME NEWS TAXI-DRIVER Tang Kian Cheong (above), 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 taxidrivers must do something for
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      • 82 5 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 is offering a special rate of $15 per hour
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      • 91 5 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 much as 50 per cent to make
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      • 55 5 THE HOUSING and Development Board has awarded a one-year contract to repair 51 motor shops with sinking floors in the Eunos industrial estate. The floors are all broken and uneven (above). A housing board spokesman said the floors were sinking because the floor slabs of shops
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    • 185 5  -  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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  • world
    • 256 6 LONDON, Thursday BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Marf;uret Thatcher's longstanding popuarity seems to be faltering, and opinion polls show for the first time that she could lose Britain's next election. The polls also indicate that the opposition Labour Party is recovering from self-inflicted wounds which led
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    • 124 6 Reuter LONDON, Thursday MRS MARGARET THATCHER will visit Saudi Arabia for talks with King Fahd on her way home from a six-nation Far East tour on which she leaves today, her office said last night. A Downing Street spokesman said the visit had been added
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    • 47 6 Koko, the 104 kg gorilla, whose pel cat was killed by a car several months ago, admiring her new kitten, a tailless tabby like the one she lost. Koko first gained fame 12 year* ago when she learned to converse in sign language.
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    • 100 6 AP ATHENS, Thursday SOCIALIST PREMIER Andreas Papandreou, accused of cheating in last week's parliamentary ballot for a new Greek president, yesterday announced his decision to hold a June election, six months before his four-year term runs out. A government spokesman said the premier will meet
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    • 435 7 AP MOUNTAIN VIEW (California), Thursday SCIENTISTS have presented evidence to support an emerging theory that life on earth began in clay rather than the seas. The researchers have established that clay can store and transfer energy, two properties essential for the generation
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    • 270 7 AP WASHINGTON, Thursday DELEGATES of Asean nations today ended two days of talks with United States officials in which they expressed concern over trade protectionism by the US, declining commodity prices and their own debt problems. Specifically, Asean pointed to new US trade legislation which, while
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    • 148 7 AP NEW DELHI, Thursday MORE than 138,000 Indian children suffering vitamin A deficiency become blind or partly blind every year before they reach the age of six ,an eye specialist said. Dr J V Bhatt, programme director of the Britainbased Royal Commonwealth Society for
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    • 203 8 AP WASHINGTON, Thursday THE WAY US Congressman Silvio Conte tells it, there are so many cockroaches in the nooks and crannies of congressional Kwer on Capitol Hill that when he opens i office door late at night the roaches are waltzing his
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    • 38 8 SPACE SHUTTLE SOVIET-STYLE THIS is the Soviet version of the Space Shuttle, as depicted in the annual report by United States Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger on Soviet military power. It is mounted on a Bison bomber. PICTURE: REUTER
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    • 328 8 Reuter PARIS, Thursday A DECISION by France's ruling socialists to introduce proportional representation has aroused a storm of controversy, drawing opposition charges of cynical manoeuvring for elections next year. Under the present system, a candidate is elected if he wins more than half the votes
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    • 256 8 AP BEIJING, Thursday certain areas CHINESE can inherit private "means of production" from relatives who owned businesses, the National People's Congress was told yesterday. As a result of China's post-Mao economic relaxation, inheritance has become more complex as incomes rise and personal property increases, NPC secretary-general
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    • 217 10 JOHANNESBURG, Thursday BISHOP Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Laureate, led a traffic-stopping procession of SO clergymen through Johannesburg to police headquarters yesterday to protest against South Africa's detention without trial of opponents of its apartheid policies. Risking arrest under the country's severe security laws,
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    • 360 10 AP WASHINGTON, Thursday THE House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday approved US$5 million (5511.5 million) for military aid to non-communist resistance forces in Cambodia despite warninp that the move could lead to a new us entanglement in South-east Asia. The committee first
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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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    • 94 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
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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 in 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 Numeiry yesterday said that Col Mohammed Gaddaffi of Libya had offered his economically hard-pressed Government US$5 billion (Sf 11.25 billion) if ne would sign a unity agreement similar to the one Col Gaddaffi worked out with Morocco
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    • 189 13 Reuter, UPI LONDON, Times 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
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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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    • 52 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 are available from 17 feet to 46 feet. Enquiries to Linda Tan at 734
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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 tne signing ceremony, OUB's general manager (treasury) said the HKI2OO million (S*s6 million) FRCD issue "reflects our growing confidence in
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    • 78 14 HARRISONS Malaysian Plantation Bhd saw only three lots changing hands on its first trading day on the local stock exchange to close at $3.50. Dealers say the stock has yet to settle in. Given time, it can be as effectively traded as Consolidated Plantations because
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    • 639 14  -  By ANG PENG HWA THE SYNDICATED loans market has fallen on hard times. Already squeezed by reduced profit margins from keen competition, it is now being edged out by new loan packages. "It is Bard to predict fashions," said Mr Peter Perry, general manager
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    • 169 14 SynOcatod Imm and not iaauance tadMaa Lows aipwd January IN4-Omm*w IM4 (si raatoidvInga art aidudad) Sols Issd wnsfiw facaha M awaiwte, c»had wawagari aquai aawaata. Rank Bank NO. a* Inm AmmmI (Ut$) 1 Bank America Capital Markets Group 190 31.409 67 X Chase Manhattan 117 26
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    • 44 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 receiver* ship. 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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    • 539 14  -  By JANICE LIM THE STOCK Exchange of Singapore does not see a need to take any action on the allegations made bv Kentucky Fried Chicken chairman Loo Cheng Gnee that five broking firms weren't delivering his scrip, said an SES
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    • 241 15 Selected stocks at midday, market tone: slightly steadier. Boustead 1.75/1.76 Cold Storage 2.71 B F4N 5.20/5.25 Genting 5.70/5.75 G.I.H. 1.99/2.00 Haw Par 2.50/2.51 Isetan 2.24/2.40 Jurong Cement 1.92 S Keck Seng 2.14/2.15 Esso 2.68 b Hume 2.29 S Inchcape 2.45/2.40 Intraco 2.04/2.16 M Cement 1.42/1.45 Metro 2.00/2.02 MPHB 0.90/0.90%
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    • 109 15 Your >1 to on* unit of loraign GUfftncy Soiling Buying TT/DO TT DO US9 2.2320 ***** ***** sterling 2.6991 2.0771 2.6071 Australian 1.4729 1 4409 1.4339 Canadian 1.6301 1.6101 1.6001 Now Zealand 9 1.0010 0.M10 0.9660 CURRENCY NOTES S9 to 1 unit US* 223 2.21 NZf 1.06 0.97 sterling
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    • 66 15 HMLLSTREET WALL Street stock prices closed sharply lower yesterday for the second consecutive session, leaving analysts divided on whether further declines were ahead. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 7.62 points to 1,258.06. Declining issues led advancers by 980 to 521. Volume on
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    • 43 15 THE OUB composite share price index closed at 414.37 up 3.35 points from the previous day's close of 411.02. The OUB Singapore dollar trade weighted index was up 0.2320 points to 134.3328 in morning trading from the previous day's close of 134.1008.
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    • 148 15 COVERING of short positions ahead of the long Easter holidays helped the US dollar to rise against most major currencies from New York levels in very quiet early grading. Dealers said operators were unwilling to take fresh positions and remained largely sidelined in the absence of fresh
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    • 244 15 THE LOCAL bourse opened firm this morning despite Wall Street's overnight fall. Attention was centred on blue chips and selective finance stocks. The market closed steady at the lunch time break. Top volume stock Pan-El traded 797,000 to close at $2.92, followed by Supreme Corp's
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    • 163 15 Republic of China Agricultural Food Products at your doorstep Dynasty Hotel Ballroom (3rd Storey) 3-5 April 1985 1100 am to 7.00 pm dally 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
    • 428 16 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 adjust the general level of wages to
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    • 178 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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    • 782 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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    • 522 17 M— 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 price too high.
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    • 424 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 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 drivers' income? With this
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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 will 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 reeerve the
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous

  • leisure
    • Article, Illustration
      1898 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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    • 599 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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    • 617 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 a
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    • 409 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 tne 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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    • 63 18 FREE! A ROLL OF FILM FOR EVERY ROLL 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.
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    • 93 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
    • 1436 19 mU A \&J THE SINGAPORE MONITOR I 1 leisure Q V/ L THURSDAY, april 4,1985 L-XJ Live Sample MJjjK 3.00 Opening and Programme followed by The i S^lT^EjEI Tarzan Rona HQ Andy Robaon Treasure sea rescues the when their *^PVU| sea by a In they help to look for a
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 553 20 TOMORROW'S PROGRAMMES 8.30 SBCTEXT Live Sample Pages. 4.35 The Mystery o! 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 6.10 Programme Highlights. Could helps to explain how sym-
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 698 21 fllM OUIO€ Awards, including Rest Supporting Actor for LY GHOST (C) Awards, including Best Picture, tells the tragic Haing Ngor, focuses on the madness surround- Ul 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- whose
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    • 50 22 ir^amumsmmri o JUMM6 DRIVE-HI CMIIU 5 TORH6NT/SATIMDAY MIDNKHT AT < > A GOLDEN SULTANMAJESTIGBROAOWAYBEDOK/REGAJ. i X OOEAON-KATONG/KONG CHAN/ZENTTH/GALA 0 OOEON-KATONG/BHOADWAYfIEGAL/GOLDEN SULTAN 1145pm I BEDOK/KONG CHAN/MAJESTC/VENUS 12 15*n SATURDAY RMNNGHT AT VENUS ANOTHER ZANY COMEDY FROM CMEMA I CITY, TIC COMPANY THAT MOUQMT YOU "ACM QO PLACET ALL TMi MONO WES"
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 622 22 Easter at the hotels •toW Date Specials Crown Prince Saturday/Sunday Easter buffet (lunch) at Cafe de Prince. Priced at $22++ (adults)/sl6+ (children) Each customer wN receive a pair of Easter chocolate eggs Dynasty Sunday Easter buffet (lunch) at Le Vendome Lounge. Priced at $29++ (adults)/ $15 (children) Chocolate bunnies, cookies,
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    • 139 22 St# THE TAP DANCE KID THE TAP DANCE KID will be screened at the Marine Parade Branch Library's Auditorium on Saturday at 11 am and 3 pm. The story is based on the book, Nobody's Family is Going to Change by Louise Fitzhugh. An eight-year-old boy wants to be a
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    • 258 23 ILove r r 3pF Vf/#WW/B $H« kpfiHiifl .^g| till **SiL;« St 'kiXu ORANGE ORANOE >r f^!(A a* ••> II #/»j| i'-. ■'.<: Happy Easter j BEST U.S. STEAK IS "JT Direct from Harris Ranch in Central California The Number n One Steak in California, and now in Singapore Ljf a
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    • 641 24 leisure comics FASTRACK By Bill Holbrook Diplomacy is the keynote Go September 23 to October 22 check the legal papers. Some- questions, and give full play to i ttHflH ji. one attempts to sell you some- y°ur intellectual curiosity. I*l Z——J thing at an inflated price. Be Your popularity increases,
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  • 532 25  -  §@iPiLMai©\ 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
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  • 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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  • 202 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
    • 114 25 honeymooJunl J HONOLULU I SIO 2079.00 I 7 days at Sheraton I Sglel Princess Kaiulani, American I breakfasts, (inner, city I tour, transfers and lei I greeting on arrival. I EXOTIC I PATT AY Ajm I 5 days at the deluxe I Cfiff inclusive of American I breakfasts and Coral
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    • 175 26 r '^vj|ftiKlb jjWLkl"-' >^J |jT 3%. v ,1 Jr m 1 'ImBI M M MJL 4 m. Jt r~ Jfc^^W'' v -"M r^KtoiW X I Ih hhl -nw "•> V I mJ Ifl I v j: :£C'y^M Vbu say this is impossible With ARMORSHEIA this impossibility becomes reality. Simply apply
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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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    • 250 27 Columbia Secondary School of Canada offers your children secondary and post secondary education and prepares them for admission into Canadian or VkH merican universities. Over 90% of our lylkl students have successfully done so. Why it is the best choice: Columbia Secondary School of Canada is an accredited co-educational high
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    • 122 27 Computer Courses Congratulations to our winner! Calvin Heng Siang Boon has a great deal to feel proud about. He has just been awarded one of the most respected of computer awards given by Hrf /t > WjM the City Guilds Institute JH Computer Programming and Information u L. i Calvin
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    • 618 28 AOVERTISOMENT How to better manage your own small business THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hid Street wiN 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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    • 181 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 W8 10th July 1965 This courts provides: e A professions! qualificstion for tsschers interested in teaching English ss
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    • 176 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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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 1203 29 van Classified Ad Rtt«l Sluifiri Moaitor: I Baa4ay Moaitor: WotSo O.SS ctili par word I 0.55 end p*r word Dt»»li> $7.70 o*r col. c» I $10.00 pur col. cm Saalaooo Hi* Moa-Frl. 9om-spw Sot. fm lpa caterers INDONESIAN BUFFET 440 3255. MEMORY CATERER 481 9428. MRS. WAN Buffet Service 778
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    • 239 29 PUBLICATIONS STAMFORD BOOKSHOP- for a wide range of books. 470, North Bridge Rd. #01-02, Singapore Finance House, S(0718). Tel: 339 0426. SWIMWEAIP SPEEDO SWIMWEAR, sole agent Shalome Associates 737 7562. VACATION Hotel/Holiday Accommodation MMA REST HOUSE in Malacca 481 7287. SEASIOE REST HOUSE in Malacca (4 km. from town). 2
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  • Page 30 Advertisements
    • 359 30 classified s 273-9090 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF WINDERMERE SECURITIES PTE LTD NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP (Pursuant to Section 290) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company, duly convened and held at
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    • 385 30 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OP ANKARA TRADING PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at 43 Genting Road, Singapore 1334, on the 29th day of March 1985, the
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    • 283 30 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 185 CAT COWI ENTERPRISES PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the abovenamed company which is being voluntarily wound up are required on or before 10 May 1985 to send in their names and addresses with particulars of their
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    • 276 30 NOTICES OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME We, Timur Carriers (Private) Limited of 1, Shenton Way #18-06, Robina House, Singapore 0106, hereby give notice that in consequence of the intended change of ship's name, we have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under section 417 of The
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    • 184 30 ®PWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from CIDB Registered Contractors for the following.(A) SEE(R) 1/85 Contract for Cutting Out Teat Samplea ol Premix Road, Precast Concrete Unite etc. in the Republic of Singapore during the period 15.4.85 to 31.3.88 (B) SEE(R) 2/85 Pedeetrian Crossing Signala at 8 different locations along
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  • sports
    • 758 31 RACK 1 2.0 CLASS 2 DIV 3 1,200 m 1 Startrack 56.0 KL Oo 7 2 Our Party 55.5 AppCHKam 10 3 Scarlett O'Hara 55.0 M Johnston 4 4 AJsxandar 54.5 O Subian 5 Triumphant Ninja 53.5 App M Rahman 6 Setia IV 53.0 App T Naslr 3
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    • 352 31 Who will be fielded in the men's singles tournament Reuter GOTHENBURG (Sweden), Thursday HAVING dominated both team events, China appear to have only one problem as they begin their assault on the individual titles when the world table tennis championships resume today. The question is not so much
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    • 296 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 Aipins 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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    • 270 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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    • 117 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 B DIVISION: P W D L F A Pts BV 1 1 0 0 12 4 2 OSS 1 0 0
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    • 76 33 AP LONDON, Thurs 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
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    • 272 33 RACE FOR THE ENGLISH DIVISION ONE TITLE AP LONDON, Thursday EVERTON strengthened their grip on the Division One title yesterday by winning 2-1 at rivals Tottenham Houpur's ground. White Hart Lane. The Merseyside team opened up a lead of four points over Manchester United, which moved into second
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    • 93 33 P W D L F A Pta Evarton 31 20 6 5 67 34 66 Man United 33 18 8 7 62 36 62 Tottenham 32 18 6 8 61 34 60 Ltofpooi 32 15 9 8 48 25 54 Araanal 34 15 7 12 51 42
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    • 47 33 Manchester United 2 Leicester 1 (postponed since Feb 16), Norwich 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Feb 23), Sunderland 0 Liverpool 3 (Jan 12), Tottenham 1 Everton 2 (Jan 19), West Bromwich 11pswich 2 (March 9), Southampton 1 Luton 0, Watford S West Ham 0
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    • 68 33 Agencies LONDON, Thurt MANCHESTER UNITED emerged as Everton's leading rivals for the Englisn Division One crown. Their 2-1 win over Leicester City at Old Trafford eased them into second place above Spurs on 62 points. Second-half goals by England captain Bryan Robson and in-form
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    • 293 34 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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    • 160 34 ROMANIA 3 TURKEY 0 Reuter BUDAPEST (Romania),Thurtday ROMANIA claimed their first World Cup qualifying points with a competent 3-0 Group Three win over Turkev yesterday. Two goals by Rodion Camataru and another from Gheorghe Hagi all in the first half
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    • 152 34 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
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    • 346 34 Reuter BONN, Thursday WEST GERMAN soccer League leaders Bayera Munich were held to a 2-2 away draw by middle-of-the-table Eintracht Frankfurt last night. Bayern, who are in the semifinals of the European Cup Winners' Cup, appeared headed for defeat when
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    • 166 34 Group Thrat P W D L F A Pta England 3 3 0 0 14 0 Northern Ireland Finland 4 2 0 2 5 5 4 4 2 0 2 4 0 4 Romania 2 10 15 3 2 Turkey 3 0 0 3 1 13
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    • 374 31 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE I Separate tenders are invited tor:1 REPLACEMENT OF 2 NOS STEEL OIL PIPES AND 1 NO WATER MAINS AT BERTH K9 TO Kl2, TANJONG PAQAR CONTAINER TERMINAL Cost of Documents Drawings Ss4o/~ Closing Date 23 Apr 85 Site Showround 10 April 85 at 9.00 am Meet at
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    • 413 33 CONTEST {5 I Predict the score ji > <md win StOOO J 1) The object of the contest is to predict outright II there are more than one cor• correctly the scorelines ol six Malaysia rect entry, the prize-money will be I Cup matches m the boxes provided shared II
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    • 111 33 THE HRD/MALAYSM CUP WM-AUSER EOMHimON BETTER ACCELERATION THAN EVEN A SINGAPOREAN WINGER... Now, Regent Motors offers you the A* Write your answer on the entry form chance to win a fabulous Ford Laser which will appear every Sunday Ghia whilst you enjoy the thrills and ImzyW in the Sunday Monitor.
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    • 95 34 IgBQC Business HouiT 10.30 am to 12.00 mid-night HAWAII HEALTH CENTRE #03 14/18. FT KAMA HOTF.I. SHOPPING CENTRE. 10. EU TONG SEN STREET. SINGAPORE 010S Tel: *****66, *****88 Ext: 3333 EXCELSIOR HEALTH CENTRE S. COLEMAN STREET, #03-09, EXCELSIOR lIOTEL SINGAPORE 0617. Tel: *****06, *****33. Ext. 1873. J JLgO English food
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  • MONITOR sports
    • 359 35 MMKRUOr '85 Pahang striker Zainal Abidin is getting married today. His father-in-law wants the player to go on his honeymoon but the player says... KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday TODAY is a happy and auspicious day for Pahang striker Zainal Abidin. He is getting married to Zalina,
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    • 169 35 P W D L F A Pta SINGAPORE 11 10 1 1 22 2 21 Trangganu 10 7 0 3 19 9 21 F Territory 10 6 2 2 17 9 20 Salangor 9 6 1 2 17 6 19 Pahang 9 5 2 2 16 6 17 Johor
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    • 200 35 Reuter CHICAGO, Thursday SECOND-SEEDED Jimmy Connors of the United States abandoned his traditional serve and volley game on Tuesday to score a 6-2 6-3 first-round win over countryman Jay Lapidus at the U*****,000 (*****,500) Volvo Chicago tennis tournament. The 32-year-old Connors took 75 minutes to
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  • Page 35 Advertisements
    • 59 35 m WATER FESTIVAL TOUR 13 APR 85 One Day Chiangmai Tour By Direct Flight SINGAPORE CHIANGMAI SINGAPORE Dep 8 am Arr 9.45 am Dep 6 pm Arr 9.45 pm Inclusive of: Return AirTicket.Water Blessing from Chiangmai,Meals. sightseeing.Shopping A, PHYA (S) TRAVEL SERVICE TA 171 vfjmjl #01 18 Golden Mile Beach
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